"So, next one," Xu Mo said, then stood up and left the interrogation room.
Inside the interrogation room, Dong Bing and Li Yunfei were left in a daze.
Outside the interrogation room, the police officers on both sides were also in a daze.
They never expected that the matter would end so hastily. A group of them had come to the Qiaobei Road Police Station in full force, suspecting that Dong Bing was involved in a case they were investigating. Yet, after just two questions, it was over...
After a few seconds of hesitation, Li Yunfei also stood up and left the interrogation room.
He came to Xu Mo's side.
"Are you sure we don't need to ask a few more questions?"
"Yes, he doesn't even know Xu Jing. The killer couldn't be him. Let's check out Zhou Bingquan again."
At this moment, Chen Ke also stepped forward to support Xu Mo's decision.
"Listen to Xu Mo. His instincts have never been wrong. If Xu Mo says Dong Bing couldn't be the killer, then he definitely couldn't be."
Chen Ke knew Xu Mo's capabilities, especially in interrogating suspects. Even Han Fei might not be able to match Xu Mo in this regard! So trusting Xu Mo was definitely the right choice.
The group came quickly and left just as fast.
Before leaving the Qiaobei Road Police Station, they also took the opportunity to look up information on the next suspect, Zhou Bingquan.
Not checking would have been fine, but once they did, they were shocked.
This Zhou Bingquan had a lot of issues!
During his time at the Police Academy, he was given a major demerit for fighting. After graduating and finally getting into the police force, he was fired several times due to his conduct issues...
As a result, after reviewing his resume, the officers all felt that he should be the most suspicious of the three.
"I now feel that Zhou Bingquan is the most suspicious. We should have checked him earlier. His resume clearly shows he's not a good guy. It's my fault for initially ruling him out of the three suspects," Chen Ke felt guilty.
If it weren't for his earlier remarks, the officers might have started by investigating Zhou Bingquan instead of the other two, saving them a lot of time.
The officers began to comfort Chen Ke, saying it wasn't his fault and that it was just a minor issue, not having a significant impact on the investigation.
"How could it be your fault? Even if you hadn't said anything, we would have been misled by the names of the three suspects. Who knew Zhou Bingquan had the most issues?"
"Don't blame yourself. When you suggested we check the other two first, we didn't object, did we? If we really want to point fingers, we all share the responsibility, not just you."
"Exactly, don't blame yourself. And it hasn't caused a major mistake either. We can still check Zhou Bingquan now; we didn't waste too much time on the other two."
...
Leaving the Qiaobei Road Police Station, the group arrived at a residential complex not far from the station.
According to the information, Zhou Bingquan had applied for a security guard job at this complex.
"It's not that I don't let you in; it's the complex's rules. They don't allow outside vehicles in. It's no use talking to me."
From a distance, the officers saw a private car owner communicating with the security guard at the complex entrance.
Seeing that the guard wouldn't let him in, the private car owner quickly handed a pack of Hua Zi cigarettes out the window: "Brother, I'm just going in to pick someone up; I'll be out in two minutes. Just make it easy for me."
The guard swiftly took the cigarettes handed out the window and put them in his pocket.
"You're too kind... This time only, no next time!"
With that, he immediately pressed a button on his remote, raising the complex's entrance barrier.
This guard was the very person the officers had come to find—Zhou Bingquan.
"I told you he's not a good guy, look at him!" Chen Ke pointed at Zhou Bingquan. "He gave up a secure job as a police officer to become a security guard and even took cigarettes from others..."
The officers drove up to the complex entrance, though they had no intention of entering. They were just there to find Zhou Bingquan.
The group got out of the car and knocked on the window of the guard booth.
Inside, Zhou Bingquan, who had been putting his feet up on the desk and playing with his phone, turned to look at the group outside the window, quickly putting his feet down and getting up to leave the booth: "What do you want?"
"Police officers, we need to ask you a few questions."
Zhou Bingquan was momentarily stunned but then nodded: "Alright, but you'll have to wait while I hand over my shift. I'll call my colleague to replace me."
"Okay."
Soon, another guard arrived, and Zhou Bingquan briefly handed over his duties before leaving the complex with the officers.
The group prepared to return to the Qiaobei Road Police Station to once again use their interrogation room.
Meanwhile, at the Qiaobei Road Police Station, the officers were discussing Xu Mo and his team who had just left.
"Were those guys really police officers? I feel like they were a bit amateurish."
"Amateurish is an understatement. Have you ever seen such an interrogation? It was like a joke... Two questions and they were done. I doubt they've even had professional training."
"Let's not talk about it. They're all in the same system. How do you know they don't have real skills? Maybe they have some special interrogation techniques."
"What special techniques? Unless they have telepathy and can see what the other person is thinking, there's no way they could just ask a few questions and be done. They're just amateurs."
...
As they were discussing, Xu Mo's group returned.
Like last time, they were there to use the interrogation room again.
This time, however, the person they were going to interrogate was not from the Qiaobei Road Police Station but someone they had just brought in from outside.
In the interrogation room.
Xu Mo once again took out his phone and showed a photo of Xu Jing.
"Do you know her?"
Unexpectedly, Zhou Bingquan carefully looked at the photo and didn't deny it, nodding directly: "Yes, I know her."
"What's your relationship with her?" Xu Mo continued to ask.
Zhou Bingquan pondered for a moment.
"Ex-ex-ex... girlfriend," he then asked, "Why are you suddenly asking me about her? That was during my university days; it's ancient history."
Xu Mo calmly said, "She's dead."
"Dead?" Zhou Bingquan was shocked. "When... wait, you don't think I killed her, do you?"
"Officer, I may not be a good person, but I definitely wouldn't do something like murder!"
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
] This is a dark fantasy-themed dating simulation game. The main gameplay involves containing various monster girls and investigating the truth of a world shrouded in mist alongside your companions. However, due to his love for the dark and bizarre atmosphere, Luo Wei ended up turning a dating game into a detective mystery game. Women? Women only slow down his quickdraw! To Luo Wei, the female leads in the game are more like tools to perfectly clear levels and squeeze out rewards. For Luo Wei, flirting with every girl he meets and then discarding them is standard procedure. Worried about characters losing affection points? No need. With his maxed-out charm stat, Luo Wei is practically a "human incubus." A little psychological manipulation and those points come right back. It's a bit scummy, but the paper cutout heroines in the game won't actually come at him with real cleavers. However... Luo Wei has transmigrated. He's accidentally entered the second playthrough of this game. His past actions have caused all the girls to transform into terrifying yanderes. Due to the game's setting, most of the heroines he once contained are "troubled girls." Obsessive, twisted, mentally unstable, all aggressive yanderes... The type who will kill you if they can't have you... Luo Wei wants to cry but has no tears left. "I really just want to survive..." In short, this is a story of battling wits and engaging in a love-hate relationship with yanderes.
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
