Green Vine City.
After leaving the woman's house, the officers headed straight to the local police station in Green Vine City to use their system to find potential suspects.
On the way.
Li Yunfei looked curiously at Xu Mo.
"How did you figure out that woman was suspicious?"
From the woman's words, Li Yunfei learned that only she knew about Xu Jing going to the neighboring city to find her boyfriend.
Thanks to Xu Mo spotting the woman's suspicious behavior, otherwise, no matter who the officers asked, they wouldn't have been able to gather the clues that narrowed down the suspect pool.
"Instinct," Xu Mo replied, unable to explain exactly why but just feeling that something was off about the woman.
Especially her evasive behavior when asked to think carefully, which clearly indicated she was hiding something but didn't say anything.
The journey was silent.
Green Vine City Police Station.
After explaining their intentions, the officers began their search with the help of the local police.
Since they didn't know whether the suspect was a freshman or a senior, they had to check all students from freshman to senior year.
Ten years ago, the suspect could have been a freshman or already a senior.
If the suspect was a senior, he would have entered the police academy in 2009. If a freshman, it would have been in 2012, the year of the incident.
Between 2009 and 2012, only fifty-three people from Green Vine City had enrolled in the police academy in the neighboring city.
Fifteen of these fifty-three were women, which could be immediately ruled out.
Among the remaining thirty-eight, those with two-character names or names without the character 'Bing' could also be ruled out.
In the end, only three people met the criteria.
Zhou Bingquan, Dong Bing, Chen Xiaobing.
"Only three left after this screening? That makes our job much easier!" an officer exclaimed upon seeing the results.
This trip to Green Vine City was indeed worthwhile.
With the clues provided by Xu Jing's friend, the suspect pool was narrowed down to just three people, significantly reducing the officers' workload. Now, they only needed to investigate these three individuals.
Chen Ke immediately ruled out one of the three suspects.
"It's unlikely to be Zhou Bingquan. Remember, Xu Jing referred to the suspect as 'our little Bing brother' in front of her friend. The character 'Bing' in Zhou Bingquan's name is in the middle, while in the other two names, 'Bing' is at the end. According to naming habits, nicknames or aliases usually use the first or last character of a name, rarely the middle one."
An officer took this a step further after hearing Chen Ke's explanation.
"If that's the case, then Chen Xiaobing's suspicion is even greater. He's simply called 'Xiaobing,' which matches the 'little Bing brother' nickname. Think about it, think carefully!"
"Makes sense. Let's start with Chen Xiaobing," Li Yunfei decided the order of their investigation.
They immediately asked the local police to retrieve Chen Xiaobing's information.
However, the results left them stunned.
The Chen Xiaobing they were investigating had joined the police force in the neighboring city after graduation and died in the line of duty during his third year of service.
"So... do we still investigate him?" an officer hesitated.
Li Yunfei pondered for a moment before shaking his head.
"Let's put him on hold for now. Let's look at Dong Bing next."
It's difficult to investigate a deceased person, as there's no one to question. To investigate Chen Xiaobing, they would have to ask his relatives or friends, which is quite troublesome. It's better to temporarily set him aside and investigate the other two easier targets first.
Moreover, Chen Xiaobing died a hero's death. According to the data, he sacrificed his life to save others from a knife-wielding criminal. He was a hero with a strong sense of justice. For such a righteous police officer, Li Yunfei was not very willing to suspect him of being a murderer.
Next, the officers checked Dong Bing's information.
According to the records, he also joined the police force after graduation, specifically within the Green Vine City public security system.
Based on the information, the officers couldn't determine whether he was the murderer. To uncover the truth, they would need to conduct an interrogation.
After finding out where Dong Bing worked, they set off again.
Qiaobei Road Police Station.
Interrogation room.
Under the watchful eyes of all the officers at Qiaobei Road Police Station, Xu Mo and Li Yunfei prepared to interrogate Dong Bing.
Outside the interrogation room, the officers who came with Xu Mo and Li Yunfei were surrounded by the local officers, creating an awkward atmosphere.
Using someone else's interrogation room to question their own officer... this was indeed quite thrilling!
It was the first time they had ever done something like this, causing their hearts to race.
Inside the interrogation room.
"Do you recognize this person?" Xu Mo presented a photo of the victim, Xu Jing.
"No, I don't."
"Are you sure you don't recognize her?"
"Yes, I'm sure. I don't."
"Alright," Xu Mo nodded. "That's all. Thank you for your cooperation."
He then turned to Li Yunfei beside him: "It's not him. We got the wrong person."
Dong Bing: "???"
Li Yunfei: "???"
All officers: "???"
Confusion tree with bewildered fruits, you and me under the bewildered tree.
This was it?
Over already?
They had come all this way, suspecting Dong Bing of being the murderer, borrowing the interrogation room here to question him, and the interrogation ended as soon as it began.
Xu Mo had only asked two questions, and they were repetitive! Just two questions and he determined that Dong Bing wasn't the murderer?
Not only did others feel puzzled, but even Dong Bing himself was baffled.
Was this guy a rookie officer?
Who interrogates like this?
Saying you don't recognize someone and you believe it? No murderer would admit to being a murderer right away!
You should at least ask a few more questions! I haven't killed anyone; I can withstand your questioning!
In Dong Bing's view, being questioned more thoroughly could completely clear his suspicions, but being asked only two questions would not clear his name and might even have the opposite effect.
Li Yunfei, too, was puzzled.
He whispered, "Isn't this... over just like that? What can you tell from just two questions?"
Unexpectedly, Xu Mo shook his head.
With time, his use of psychology had become more adept. Whether someone was lying or not, he could tell from their expressions.
"Two questions are enough. I asked twice because he's an officer with stronger psychological resilience and wouldn't flinch under interrogation. An ordinary person would only need one question... From his expression, I could tell he wasn't lying. He genuinely doesn't know Xu Jing. If he doesn't know Xu Jing, how could he be the murderer?"
"So, next one."
e, Immortal Body, Transmigration, System, Progression Fantasy, Academy Setting, Third-Person Perspective. Alternate Title: Transmigrating into a High Martial World and Reading Live Comments. Bad news: I transmigrated. This is a terrifying high-martial world, and my original, pathetically weak body fell into a coma and never woke up. Good news: I got a Popularity Points system upon arrival. I can see live comments and even create an unkillable alternate identity. Starting out, the alternate identity has all stats at 1. The system tells me that to grow stronger, I must participate in the plot, gain popularity points to allocate stats and grow stronger, and ultimately awaken my original body. And so, carrying my original body on my back, I officially entered Huaqing Academy, where the story's protagonist resides. From that moment on, Chen Guan kicked the original plot to pieces. Live Comments: [Doesn't anyone find this mysterious coffin guy creepy? He can summon indescribable grey misty hands.] [Is this guy a hero or a villain? What kind of onion became a spirit?] [By the way, does anyone know who's in the coffin? Shouldn't the debt for saving his life be repaid by now?] [According to unofficial histories, the person in the coffin was Chen Guan's first love. Their love was once passionate and earth-shattering, but they were separated by life and death due to worldly circumstances. What a star-crossed pair.] ... Years later, the world knew of a demon god born from a coffin, shrouded in grey mist, impossible to gaze upon directly. His foremost divine emissary often wielded a scythe, reaping lives like the god of death. As war approached, facing former friends and a boundless sea of enemies, Chen Guan merely raised his scythe. "Would you like to dance as well?"
ts me of treason?" "Correct. The host must return to the capital and gradually build up influence." "Wait—I have half a million soldiers, and you want me to go back to the capital to 'build influence'?" "Host, you are currently the Northern Garrison General, loyal to the Great Xia Dynasty." "Of course I am loyal to Great Xia! Absolutely loyal!" "But you keep referring to yourself as 'We'..." "Never mind the details! Summon all the regional commanders and military officers! We suspect treacherous officials are manipulating the court! They shall march with Us to the capital and purge the corrupt!" "......"
s + Rent Collection Wealth】 At the start, he inherited a rundown house in the urban village from his grandfather. The house had no tenants, but the moment he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a self-proclaimed empress from the Tianxuan Continent arrived as his first tenant. Ye Chuan soon discovered that with every new tenant moving in, not only did he receive massive daily payments, but he also obtained unique items related to their backgrounds. 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Tiger Strength Pill—dramatically enhances physical power!】 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Deer Blood Pill—significantly boosts vitality!】 …… From that day on, all sorts of bizarre tenants began appearing in the house: the empress from Tianxuan Continent, an apocalyptic sorceress from the Magic Realm, a mysterious scientific girl who fell through a spacetime rift… Every single day, he received strange, powerful items and endless money. Then one day, he suddenly realized—he had become invincible. Enough, enough! Stop giving me more!
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
