Later, Xiao Jing explained everything to Fang Yuan.
Ever since Qin Yanping's death, Xiao Jing had begun to suspect that someone was using hypnosis to induce suicide in the girls in Dormitory 441.
He had followed Tao Bing'er and unexpectedly discovered that He Jianhui had also been following her and had been in contact with her before her suicide. While he was investigating He Jianhui, Fang Yuan, along with Qin Yue and He Jianhui, came looking for him. To avoid alerting He Jianhui, he feigned illness and sought help from his old classmate, Sun Changbin. With Sun Changbin's help, he feigned death and slipped back into the medical school library at night. That's how Fang Yuan saw Xiao Jing there. The footsteps Fang Yuan heard that night in Xiao Jing's little room in the library were Xiao Jing's own. He had sensed Fang Yuan inside and hadn't entered.
After returning to the medical school, Xiao Jing told Qin Yue the truth and asked for her help. By this time, He Jianhui was Qin Yue's fiancé. Qin Yue refused to believe that her fiancé was a murderous psychopath, and no matter how much Xiao Jing tried to persuade her, she refused to help him. Xiao Jing was helpless, so she repeatedly pleaded with him not to tell him about her faked death and secret investigation into He Jianhui. Qin Yue reluctantly agreed.
After Xu Zhaodi became a vegetable, Xiao Jing became convinced that He Jianhui was the mastermind behind all these horrific events.
However, he encountered difficulties in gathering evidence of He Jianhui's crimes. He analyzed that He Jianhui's psychological abnormalities were primarily linked to Fang Yuan. He now had a very strange hobby: studying Fang Yuan's psychology. He was probably obsessed with Fang Yuan, and everything he did revolved around her. On the one hand, he was testing his hypnotic skills, and on the other, he was spying on Fang Yuan's mental activities to satisfy his own abnormal psychological needs.
Xiao Jing speculated that He Jianhui would not stop and would continue his shameful activities, hypnotizing Su Ya to induce her suicide.
As expected, He Jianhui not only hypnotized Su Ya, but also Zhang Ming, who was lingering downstairs. After failing to induce Su Ya to commit suicide, an enraged He Jianhui simply ordered Zhang Ming to rape her, making him the scapegoat. However, at the final moment of choosing good from evil, Zhang Ming, driven by love, chose kindness, preferring to knock himself unconscious rather than harm Su Ya.
Hypnosis, while mysterious, is not omnipotent.
For the subject to trust the hypnotist, besides the mastery of the technique, the subject must also be psychologically convinced and willing to accept the hypnosis. He Jianhui couldn't command the trust of everyone, but he had a unique advantage: blood jade. This specially treated blood jade had a strange effect, making those around him drowsy and quickly enter a hypnotic state.
Furthermore, the subject had to be willing to do something the hypnotist utterly opposed. If the subject was deeply opposed to something, they would not obey the hypnotist's instructions but would resist, waking up from the hypnosis. This is somewhat similar to being drunk: no matter how drunk or daring a drunkard is, they wouldn't resort to murder or arson for no apparent reason. From this perspective, the deaths of Qin Yanping and Tao Bing'er stemmed from their own weakness. In contrast, Su Ya showed far greater strength. She pulled back at the critical moment, refusing suicide no matter how much He Jianhui tried to persuade her.
Xiao Jing saw administrator Zhang let He Jianhui into the girls' dormitory and knew something was amiss. Desperate, he pleaded with Qin Yue again, asking her to call He Jianhui and invite him to her home to keep him company.
Originally, Xiao Jing had held out hope, but this time, Qin Yue readily agreed. This explains why the lights were still on in the teachers' dormitory when Fang Yuan passed by; Qin Yue was discussing marriage with He Jianhui at the time.
After seeing He Jianhui leave the girls' dormitory, Xiao Jing contacted the medical school security department, rescued Su Ya, and forced his way into He Jianhui's apartment, uncovering his secret. To bring He Jianhui to justice, he orchestrated a scheme to lure Fang Yuan here with a black cat.
He knew that He Jianhui was conceited and infatuated with Fang Yuan. If he returned home and discovered Fang Yuan knew his secret, he would likely reveal everything. This would solve all the mysteries and allow Fang Yuan to understand He Jianhui's crimes. Just in case, he even notified his old classmate, Wei Tianqiang, a forensic pathologist.
Now, everything is over.
A week later, Xu Zhaodi awoke, cared for by her younger siblings, and her health slowly began to recover. She recounted that during her vegetative state, she felt as if she were trapped in an airtight black room, unable to escape.
Later, she seemed to hear the calls of her loved ones, and her desire to see them drove her to relentlessly pound the black room. The moment she felt she had broken through, she opened her eyes and saw her loved ones.
Two weeks later, He Jianhui was sentenced, but instead of serving jail time, he was forcibly detained in a mental hospital. He was right; legally, there was no strong evidence to prove he was the murderer. The blood jade He Jianhui had mentioned was never found, and no one except He Jianhui himself knew whether it even existed. The process of hypnotizing someone to induce suicide was truly bizarre. Despite the circumstantial evidence of forensic pathologist Wei Tianqiang, the court could not find a legal basis for sentencing.
However, He Jianhui was not released. Although he could not prove his guilt, Wei Tianqiang could prove he was a dangerous psychopath, based on evidence from a bug in his room and photos of women he had secretly taken. Ultimately, He Jianhui was sent to Qingshan Mental Hospital for treatment. While it was supposed to be treatment, it was actually forced detention, with strict restrictions on his personal freedom.
Three weeks later, Xu Zhaodi had almost fully recovered and was able to study and live normally. Peace reigned in the girls' dormitory 441, and no more strange incidents occurred. Su Ya's personality had also improved, and she was no longer as cold towards her friends as before. Zhang Ming's willingness to bang his head against the wall rather than hurt her had deeply affected her, prompting her to rethink her own approach to life.
The only situation was not going well for Qin Yue. Her fiancé had become mentally ill, and some uninformed teachers and students were gossiping about her behind her back, just as they had previously gossiped about the girls in Dormitory 441. Fortunately, Qin Yue didn't take it personally and invited the three girls to her home for a dinner.
Qin Yue bought a lot of vegetables—duck, pork ribs, and crucian carp—and was busy preparing them. Xu Zhaodi helped in the kitchen, washing and chopping vegetables, learning from her cooking skills. Su Ya had taken over Qin Yue's computer, reading novels online. Fang Yuan, bored, went to Qin Yue's desk to find a book to read.
Just then, the phone rang. Seeing that Qin Yue was too busy, Fang Yuan answered it herself. The call was from the law firm, informing her that they had helped Qin Yue sell her computer company for an astronomical sum.
Fang Yuan was shocked, her head crawling with ants, her mind numb with shock. How could Qin Yue own a computer company? Thinking about the name, it sounded familiar. Could it be He Jianhui's computer company? If so, how could Qin Yue have the right to dispose of He Jianhui's personal property? Could they be married?
Hanging down the phone, Fang Yuan was dazed, her eyes wandering. Xiao Jing said that he had long since told Qin Yue about his suspicions about He Jianhui and had begged her to help him investigate him, but she had refused.
But that night, she readily helped Xiao Jing entangle He Jianhui. Could it be that Qin Yue had long known everything He Jianhui had done, and was waiting for He Jianhui to get a marriage certificate with her, becoming legally married, so she could control He Jianhui's property, and then cooperate with Xiao Jing to uncover He Jianhui's true identity? Whether He Jianhui was imprisoned or committed to a mental hospital, she was a vested interest; He Jianhui's property would belong to her.
Fang Yuan recalled that after Qin Yanping's death, when they were staying at the medical school guesthouse, Qin Yue had looked at He Jianhui with a strange, resentful look, as if blaming him. Did she know then that all this was orchestrated by He Jianhui? He Jianhui was fully aware of their affairs, and was Qin Yue also involved?
It was said that Qin Yue's father was a distinguished psychology professor, and Qin Yue, influenced by him, must have some knowledge of psychology. If she truly was dating He Jianhui for his wealth, then perhaps He Jianhui's psychological quirks were the result of her intentional or unintentional induction.
Fang Yuan felt a chill run down her spine, her heart sinking into a thousand-year-old ice cellar. During dinner, Fang Yuan saw Qin Yue's charming smile, which seemed like an act.
Unable to contain herself, she blurted out, "Teacher Qin, when did you and He Jianhui register your marriage?"
Qin Yue froze, her smile frozen in place, wrinkling her face. After a long moment, she finally understood Fang Yuan's meaning and softly recited the date—the day He Jianhui was arrested.
In Qingshan Psychiatric Hospital, alarms blared, and guards in white coats pursued the suspect. Outside the hospital, a dark figure swiftly scurried down the hillside. He reached the road, where a car quickly drove up, its doors opening to take him in. In the car, the dark figure wiped his sweat, gazed out the window at the vast, deep night, and smiled, a sinister smile: "Fang Yuan, I'm coming."
In girls' dormitory 441, Fang Yuan woke from her sleep, sweating and shivering. The lights came on, and Xu Zhaodi and Su Ya looked at Fang Yuan in surprise.
"What happened?"
"He's coming," Fang Yuan muttered to herself, gazing out the window at the vast, deep night.
The night was deep, very deep...
(End)