"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!"
lities. One day, Qi Yuan was buying groceries when he unfortunately came face-to-face with a monster. Just when he thought he was going to die on the spot, he suddenly heard the monster's thoughts... "This aura, he's definitely not an ordinary master!" "So terrifying, so terrifying." "A fight with my back against the wall, I can't take it anymore." Qi Yuan: Ah, no one told me that my awakened ability isn't telepathy, but rather the stronger my enemies imagine me to be, the stronger I truly become. PS: Zhou Hai in the first chapter is not the protagonist.
mance] After transmigrating for eighteen years, Lin Qi lived as an utterly ordinary herbalist in the countryside. One day, he kindly brought home a sickly, beautiful girl covered in blood. They married in a flash and began their blissful, intimate life together. Right then, his long-delayed system finally activated. [Warning! Host detected in contact with the "Crimson Calamity," the world-ending witch!] Lin Qi looked at the adorable wife currently curled in his arms, who couldn't even open a jar lid and trembled at the sight of a mouse. Lin Qi: "System, are you insane? This is clearly just a weak and delicate sickly girl!" Thus, Lin Qi treated the system as a "Contrast System," where taking care of his wife made him stronger. Combing his wife's hair rewarded him with [Free Attribute Points]. Taking his wife out for sunshine rewarded him with [Forbidden Spell: Arcane Explosion]. Lin Qi: "This soft life tastes so good!" ... Yet, in the eyes of outsiders: The strongest Beastkin Assassin: "That man dissected a Beast King with a common skinning knife! That was a show of force towards the powerful!" The Holy Son of the Radiant Church: "I infiltrated his home as a tutor, but he had me babysit the children... He must have seen through my disguise!" The World-Ending Witch, Felucia: "I hid all the way in the countryside. How is it that the husband I married on a whim is stronger than I was at my peak?"
grated, and just when he finally managed to get into an elite academy, he discovered that he actually had a system, and the way to earn rewards was extremely ridiculous. So for the sake of rewards, he had no choice but to start acting ridiculous as well. Su Cheng: "It's nothing but system quests after all." But later, what confused Su Cheng was that while he was already quite ridiculous, he never expected those serious characters to gradually become ridiculous too. And the way they looked at him became increasingly strange... (This synopsis doesn't do it justice, please read the full story)
[Dao Companion Rental System]. By renting himself out as a temporary dao companion to daughters of destiny, Qin Hao could obtain generous rewards. His service philosophy was simple: play the role of the devoted lover, resolve their troubles, depart without a trace once the matter was settled, and absolutely avoid entangling karma. However, those daughters of destiny didn't see it that way. That night, all the major powers across the Three Realms and Nine Heavens jointly besieged the Qin Clan, plunging it into an unprecedented crisis. "It's Su Qingyue! The peerless sword immortal who attained the Dao and became an Immortal Emperor in a thousand years, the one who severed the River of Time with a single sword strike! When... when did our Qin Clan make an enemy of her?" Qin Hao stepped forward, clearing his throat lightly: "Ahem, Ancestors, don't panic. She's here for me. To be honest... she's my ex-girlfriend." From another direction, the newly ascended Empress of the Demon Realm arrived with ten thousand demons pressing on the border: "Qin Hao! Today, the entire Qin Clan shall be buried with you!" Hearing this, the Qin Clan ancestors all turned their eyes sharply towards Qin Hao. Qin Hao scratched his head somewhat sheepishly: "The Demon Empress... she's also my ex-girlfriend." Before the Qin ancestors could process this, an aloof figure traversed the River of Time: "The Qin Clan deserves annihilation!" Recognizing the newcomer, the Qin ancestors paled in terror: "It's her! Liu Ruyan, the Extinction Empress who ventured alone into the alien realm and suppressed it for an entire epoch! Didn't she vanish into the River of Time long ago? Why would she cross it just to target our clan?" Qin Hao scratched his head again, looking even more embarrassed: "My fault, my fault. She's an ex-girlfriend too." Watching countless celestial maidens descend, the Qin Clan ancestors were utterly astounded: "You scoundrel! Just... just how many women have you gotten involved with over the years?"
