"Why did you see a female student in the middle of the night?" Han Bin asked.
David shrugged. "She's already an adult. We like each other. You know."
"Since you think there's no problem, why did you lie to the police?"
"I'm a teacher. Once this gets out, I'm afraid it will affect my work." David pursed his lips and sighed. "The internet is too developed and too violent. You know."
"You're afraid it will affect your work. Do you know that your false statement will also affect the police's work?"
"I'm sorry. I was scared." David put his hands together and begged. "Forgive me this time, Mr. Policeman. I promise that what I said is true. I swear to God."
"What's the female student's name?"
"Her Chinese name is Ma Qi. I helped her marry an English name, Maggie. We really like each other. It's true love."
Han Bin felt that David's reason for lying was not sufficient. University students were adults. A teacher-student relationship might attract criticism, but it was not illegal. "You're still not telling the truth. Why did you lie to the police?"
"I have nothing to do with Mike's death. Why do you have to dig into my private affairs? You can go to the hotel to investigate. I was there that night. I had no time to kill Mike," David said.
"If you had made it clear to the police before, I wouldn't have gotten to the bottom of it. But it's different now. You lied to the police, so the nature of the case is different. I want to know why you lied to the police, not what you did that day," Han Bin said coldly.
David rubbed his face with both hands. "That Maggie … is pregnant."
"What is it?"
"Maggie is pregnant."
"That's a good thing. Get married."
David shook his head. "Oh, that's the problem. She asked me to marry her, but I don't want to get married yet."
Han Bin snorted. "A foreign teacher who doesn't want to get married got his student pregnant. This is indeed good news."
"Yeah, I know what you're thinking. The school doesn't want this matter to be known by others. Otherwise, I might be expelled. I need this job as a foreign teacher. This job suits me very well. The students all like me very much. We get along very well."
"So the school asked you to lie to the police?"
"Oh, no one wants to lie to the police. No one wants to do this. The school only told me that this matter cannot be spread, or else I might be punished by the school." David sighed.
"I'm also helpless. I didn't do anything illegal, and I don't want to lie to the police. If we were in America, I wouldn't have to answer the question that day. You understand."
"Which hotel did you go to that night?"
"Qianda Hotel."
"What time did you arrive?"
"Around 10: 30, Room 803. I'm telling the truth. You can check it out."
Han Bin made a note in his notebook. "How did you get that wound on your face?"
David rubbed his face. "It was that female student's family."
"It suits you."
"Yeah, I know I deserved it, but I really liked that girl back then, and she liked me back then. We had a very happy time, and I thought that was enough, but she wanted more. I didn't expect things to turn out like this." David had a wronged expression on his face.
"Fortunately, my colleague doesn't speak English. Otherwise, you might be beaten up."
"Maybe, but you're a good person."
"I'm a police officer."
"Yeah, you're very professional. I like you."
"I don't care at all."
David shook his handcuffs. "Okay, Mr. Police, I've already explained what happened that day. Can you release me now?"
"Wear it. It suits you." Han Bin stood up and said to Wang Xiao and Bao Xing, "Take him back to the police station."
"No, you can't do this. I've already explained everything clearly," David shouted.
Bao Xing pushed him and urged, "Stop talking nonsense. Let's go!"
After the three of them escorted David to the car, Wang Xiao looked depressed. "Team Leader, what did this foreigner say to you?"
Han Bin briefly explained the contents of the statement.
Bao Xing said, "This foreigner is full of lies. Maybe he's lying to us again."
Han Bin took out his cell phone and called Li Qin. He asked her and Jiang Yang to go to Qianda Hotel and check David's whereabouts on the night of the 15th.
Bao Xing muttered as he drove, "Why is this foreigner so bad? He got a girl pregnant and still doesn't want to take responsibility. If I'm not a police officer, I'd slap him twice."
Wang Xiao snorted, "This college student is also an adult and can fall in love freely. As a police officer, it's not good for us to say anything. If we say too much, people will think that we're lenient; but if something really happens and we run into them, if we don't do anything, people will say that we're not doing anything. It's hard."
Bao Xing snorted, "In my opinion, it's the culture of the Qin Island Foreign Language Institute. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked. Just wait and see. Sooner or later, something will happen."
Han Bin didn't answer. He leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes to rest.
"Pa!" The sound of someone hitting someone's head was heard.
David shouted in English, "What are you shouting for?"
Han Bin scolded, "What are you shouting for?"
David complained to Han Bin, "Mr. Officer, your men hit me."
"Do you have evidence?"
"Oh my god, evidence. You're asking me for evidence. Didn't you see it?" David questioned.
"Of course I don't have eyes." Han Bin's words had a double meaning as he reprimanded, "Be quiet. Don't do it again."
David pouted and could only swallow his grievances.
After returning to the Municipal Bureau, Wang Xiao and Bao Xing escorted David to the detention room.
Han Bin returned to his office, poured a cup of tea, and stood by the window sill, looking out.
Wang Xiao and Bao Xing returned one after another.
"Ring ring ring …" The ringtone of a cell phone rang.
Han Bin took out his phone and saw that it was Li Qin. "Hello."
"Leader, we went to Qianda Hotel to investigate. On the night of the 15th, David arrived at the hotel at 10: 34 pm and didn't leave the hotel after that. He should have come directly from Four Seasons Restaurant. There's no time for the crime."
"Got it."
"Are there any other clues?" Li Qin asked.
"Go and confirm HAL's whereabouts. He said that he went to the Golden Cube Bar at around 8 pm and left the bar at around 12 pm to stay at the Klaisi Hotel."
"Okay, got it."
After Han Bin hung up the phone, he saw Wang Xiao and Bao Xing looking at him and said, "David didn't lie this time. He arrived at Qianda Hotel at 10: 34 pm on the 15th. Judging from their trajectories, there's no time for the crime."
Bao Xing snorted, "This scumbag got lucky."
"Leader, should we lock him up for a few days or let him go directly?" Wang Xiao asked.
Han Bin hesitated for a moment, "Qianqian, inform the Qindao Institute of Foreign Languages to come and pick him up. I want to ask if it was David's personal behavior to deceive the police and provide false testimony, or was it their institute's idea."
"Wang Xiao, Bao Xing, go to the traffic police station and check the Skynet surveillance near the crime scene to see if there are any suspicious vehicles." Han Bin ordered.
"Yes."
…
At 6 pm, there was a knock on the office door.
"Come in."
"Creak …" The door creaked and Chen Haijing walked into the office.
"Officer Han."
"Director Chen is here, please sit down."
Chen Haijing squeezed out a smile and sat across the desk.
Huang Qianqian poured a glass of water and put it in front of Chen Haijing.
"Thank you." Chen Haijing said politely and looked up at Han Bin, "Officer Han, I heard that David was arrested. What happened?"
"How can I ask you that?"
"Officer Han, I don't quite understand what you mean."
"David lied and deceived the police on key testimony. He also said that it was the Qindao Institute of Foreign Languages' instruction."
"How is that possible, Officer Han, that's impossible. There must be some misunderstanding."
"Does your school know that David got a female student pregnant?" Han Bin asked.
Chen Haijing sighed, "We didn't know before. Later, the female student's parents came to the school and we learned about it. We were also shocked at the time and didn't want this to happen."
"So, you hid David and instructed him to lie to the police."
"No, no, this is David's personal behavior. It has nothing to do with the school."
"The foreign teachers your school hired are really …" Han Bin was a little speechless.
"Yes, there are indeed loopholes in our school's recruitment and management. After this incident, we will definitely make great efforts to rectify it." Chen Haijing made a solemn vow and guaranteed. Then, she changed the topic and probed.
"Officer Han, do you think I can take David away?"
"Ring ring ring …"
Han Bin's phone rang.
"Let me take this first." Han Bin walked to the side and pressed the answer button. "Hello."
Li Qin's voice came from the phone, "Team Leader, we have a major discovery here."
"On the night of the 15th, HAL did go to the Golden Cube Bar, but he didn't leave around 12 o 'clock. Instead, he left at 9: 32 PM. According to the surveillance of the Golden Cube Bar, he should have gotten into a black SUV."
"Is it Mike's car?"
"From the angle of the surveillance at the entrance of the Golden Cube Bar, we can't see the license plate and logo clearly, but from the model, it looks like it."
"After that, we went to the Lexie Hotel and found that HAL arrived at the hotel at 1: 24 PM. His right pant leg was stained with blood, and from the surveillance video, we can see that he was very anxious."
"I think HAL is very suspicious, which also explains why he ran away."
Han Bin hesitated for a moment. "I will locate HAL's phone as soon as possible. Wait for my news."
After hanging up, Han Bin said to Chen Haijing, "Director Chen, I have to go out to investigate the case now. I'm afraid I can't receive you."
"Officer Han, can I take David with me?"
"Go back first. When David's case is investigated, he will naturally be released." Han Bin said this and went straight to the technical team.
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