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As the investigation deepened, various clues came together, and the evidence chain of Nancy's suicide gradually became clear.

Susan once again convened a case summary meeting, with Vincent, the deputy team leader, responsible for analyzing Nancy's suicide process.

Vincent, the deputy team leader, took a sip of coffee and cleared his throat, "From the psychological counseling video obtained from Luke, it is evident that Nancy's life was not going smoothly. The blow from cancer made her lose hope in life.

In despair, she thought of suicide.

But she could not bear to leave her family behind, worried that her children and husband's lives would be even more difficult after her death.

She remembered the personal accident insurance her husband had bought for her last year.

At that point, a problem arose—committing suicide usually does not lead to full compensation.

Therefore, Nancy thought of disguising her suicide as a homicide.

For this, she devised a meticulous plan.

On July 7th, she began the first step of her suicide plan by staging a robbery scene in her home, selling the family's jewelry to avoid police detection of her whereabouts, and parking her car in an area without surveillance cameras.

On July 8th, Nancy drove to a supermarket. To avoid police detection, she deliberately disguised herself, wearing a white hat and a mask. In the supermarket, she bought suicide tools like ropes and candles, and then went to a self-service gas station to fill up her car before abandoning it in an area with no surveillance cameras.

On July 9th, Nancy began to fulfill her last wish by dining at a Michelin three-star French restaurant, likely the most expensive meal of her life.

On July 10th, Nancy visited a chain beauty salon for a full body beauty treatment, spending up to two thousand US dollars.

Nancy was a beauty therapist, always serving clients, and before she died, she wanted to experience being served.

Her thoughts are not hard to understand.

After fulfilling her wishes, Nancy returned to the two-story detached villa of the Cage family to commence her suicide.

Nancy first scattered gasoline around the house, then lit a candle, placing flammable objects near the bottom of the candle to create a delayed ignition effect.

The next step, Nancy took sleeping pills, used a napkin from the restaurant to block her mouth, used a rope to tie her legs, and finally wrapped her hands.

Indeed, it was a wrapping, not a binding," the deputy team leader emphasized, took another sip of coffee, and continued,

"It is quite difficult for a person to bind their own hands, but it is not difficult to wrap one end of a rope around with the help of the feet. In normal circumstances, it is easy to distinguish between wrapping and binding.

But this case is different. The fire destroyed most of the rope, leaving only some remnants, making it impossible to tell whether it was a binding or a wrapping.

This is where Nancy was clever.

Furthermore, there is another point that proves Nancy's suicide.

She took sleeping pills before her death: The flames produced a lot of dense smoke which would cause suffocation and death. Nancy, being unconscious, would not have suffered much.

By the time the fire reached her body, she was already dead. The charred body looked terrifying, but it was just a burnt corpse.

That is my analysis report on Nancy's suicide plan," said the deputy team leader.

After he finished, there was a silence among the attendees.

Nancy's act of suicide for insurance fraud was wrong, but it also elicited sympathy.

Little Black said, "Although it might be inappropriate to say, I still feel that Nancy's suicide was more about her personality.

Actually, Nancy's life was not particularly difficult. Both she and her husband had jobs, and while they weren't wealthy, they were certainly better off than many families, certainly not poor.

I've seen many African American families poorer than them who are still happy."

This time, the deputy team leader didn't rebut Little Black, and said, "Actually, I can explain this point. Nancy's real pain came from the vast difference between her ideal life and her actual life.

Nancy worked in a beauty salon, and her clients were wealthy people. After interacting with these people for a long time, she developed an illusion that her life should also be like that.

Nancy wanted herself and her children to live the life of the wealthy; in other words, she desired to climb the social ladder.

And that's where her pain stemmed from.

Whether you admit it or not, the world is stratified.

Wherever there are people, there will be competition; everyone wants to climb higher, and it is already not easy to maintain your current social level.

If you want to cross classes, reach a higher level,

Unless you are very capable and lucky, otherwise you must make unimaginable efforts.

And in this world, effort does not always result in rewards.

No rewards, no meeting of expectations, the more effort you put in, the more pain and confusion you suffer.

Nancy lived in this cycle of effort, dissatisfaction, confusion, and agony, leading to her severe anxiety and stress.

The arrival of cancer overwhelmed her.

I even suspect that the cancer was linked to her mental stress," said the deputy team leader.

Luke somewhat agreed with the deputy team leader's statement. He had once heard a phrase, "Your pain comes from knowing too much."

Previously, Luke could not understand this phrase, but later he also went through a period of anxiety, not wanting to do anything.

Then, he started scrolling through short videos.

In America, they call it TikTok.

This platform is highly addictive; the videos are filled with beautiful women, luxury cars, and beautiful scenery. It is incredibly enticing, and time just flies by—an hour can pass in what seems like minutes.