— Does this count as betraying Mr. Blank?
The next second, Zhao Le's expression changed slightly.
Although he didn't know how Chen Mingming could appear in this place, he knew that every step he took next was crucial. One wrong step and he would lose everything … Zhao Le retracted his gaze from behind Chen Mingming. He only saw the police officer in charge of the detention room standing guard a few steps away.
He wasn't sure if there was anyone else outside.
Maybe … the police knew that Chen Mingming was his classmate, so they asked him to come.
Zhao Le exhaled softly and sat on the single bed that was connected to the wall. He said faintly, "Betrayed? If you say so … If I don't say anything, it will only make things worse for me. Even if I keep silent, this case won't stagnate. The longer it drags on, the more torture it will be for me. You should know that I still have to take care of my sister … I can't let this drag on. If the case is not solved, the police will probably apply to extend the detention time, right? I … have no choice. "
Chen Mingming had been observing Zhao Le's subtle expressions and movements. He was silent for a moment before suddenly asking, "Wang Liang was really killed by Mr. Blank?"
Zhao Le said, "Should be."
"Should be?" Chen Mingming frowned.
Zhao Le said, "When I arrived, Wang Liang was indeed dead."
Chen Mingming said indifferently, "But you also said that you have never seen Mr. Blank. So, even if you were at the scene, you still missed each other … That means, whether it is Mr. Blank or you, both of you are suspected of killing Wang Liang. "
Zhao Le frowned. "You should have seen the content of my conversation with Mr. Blank."
Chen Mingming said indifferently, "But in fact, there was only the communication before and after the case … there was no communication during the case. So, from the time you went to Wang Liang's rented house to the time you started to discuss the follow-up plan online, it was a real blank. "
Zhao Le said in a low voice, "The truth is exactly what I said."
Chen Mingming looked deeply at Zhao Le. "If I can think of this, so can the police … If you can't produce real evidence to prove that you are just an accomplice, it will be more disadvantageous for you."
Zhao Le lowered his head in silence. After a while, he slowly said, "Ming Ming … If the police asked you to come, then forget it. I have nothing to say. Wang Liang had already died before I arrived … but I really don't know how he died. I can only guess that Wang Liang was most likely killed by Blank Lord. I've already said everything that needs to be said … The content of my conversation with Blank Lord on the forum is also absolutely true. I can only resign myself to fate. "
Chen Mingming suddenly asked, "Do you think that Lord Blank will know that you will stand up and testify against him?"
Zhao Le's gaze suddenly became complicated, and he said in a low voice, "If it's … it should be able to guess. So if the police want to catch it, they'd better hurry. "
Chen Mingming knew that he wouldn't get any useful information if he continued to ask, unless he directly exposed his identity as Blank Lord — but would Zhao Le believe him?
He was already very sure that the shop owner had done something to him, causing him to forget this part of his memory … Since he had already forgotten it, there was naturally no way for him to prove it in front of Zhao Le.
"Take good care of yourself." Chen Mingming's face darkened slightly and he turned to leave.
"Thank you for coming to see me. You're going abroad tomorrow, right? Perhaps, this will be the last time we see each other …"
Chen Mingming didn't stop walking. When he passed by the police officer on duty, he just nodded slightly.
…
It was as though he was facing the last big question in an exam paper, and he only had three minutes left.
In the pantry, Chen Mingming held a spoon and slowly stirred the coffee in his cup. He had been doing this for quite some time.
"Mingming, why are you here?" The one who walked in was Zhou Yusheng. Seeing Chen Mingming's absent-minded appearance, he couldn't help but ask curiously, "What are you thinking about?"
"The case." Chen Mingming forced a smile.
"What do you think is suspicious?" Zhou Yusheng pressed his hands on the table and looked at Chen Mingming as he asked.
Chen Mingming frowned and said, "Based on Zhao Le's confession and the content of their conversation, we still don't know what happened before and after Wang Liang's death. As for who the murderer is … fortunately, we can't confirm it for now."
Zhou Yusheng said, "You think Zhao Le is more suspicious?"
Chen Mingming said matter-of-factly, "The witness only saw Zhao Le … unless someone else saw Blank Lord. Otherwise, Blank Lord is just a pile of data on the Internet. For the time being, Blank Lord's existence can only be considered virtual. "
Zhou Yusheng frowned and said, "This Blank Lord shouldn't be made up. After all, other than the conversation at the time of the crime, we can also go back more than a year and find the content of his contact with Zhao Le. But you're right. In the few hours before and after the crime, the content of the conversation didn't mention much, so this is a blind spot in the information. Actually, there's another suspicious point … "
Chen Mingming said, "Are you talking about the missing parts of Wang Liang's body?"
Zhou Yusheng nodded, "I just discussed it with Old Ma. We both feel that this method is very strange."
"What do you think?" Chen Mingming asked directly.
Zhou Yusheng said, "We feel that, according to Zhao Le's words, if Blank Lord really wanted to challenge the police, he would have already done so. There's no need to take away part of the body … From the remaining parts of the body, we can more or less determine the cause of death. But in fact, with the way things were handled at the scene, even if we know the cause of death, it won't be of much help. "
"So, the cause of death might reveal something?" Chen Mingming muttered.
Zhou Yusheng nodded. "We all think that the murderer is trying to hide something … However, I'm afraid this case is going to be a long battle. Unless Lord Blank is also caught, we still have no idea what to do next for the time being. During this time, the only thing we can do is to repeatedly question Zhao Le. "
A long battle … Perhaps for the police, but for Chen Mingming himself, he only had 24 hours left for the assessment.
Once the 24 hours had passed, he had no idea if everything would return to how it was a few days ago or if something else had happened … All he could think of was that once the 24 hours had passed, he probably wouldn't be able to appear in public as a police officer anymore. At the same time, his identity as Lord Blank would probably be exposed soon.
But once that happened, would he recover his memory as Blank Lord … The truth would be revealed directly.
Chen Mingming even thought of another possibility, which was that once the assessment time was over, his memory of the past few days would be erased at the same time … Then, he would take the next flight out of the country.
According to this train of thought, once he successfully left the country, even if his identity as Blank Lord was confirmed, the difficulty of the police's arrest would be greatly increased.
Wait … If the power outage didn't lead to the exposure of the corpse, the discovery of the corpse might have been delayed for a long time. At that time, whether it was the witness or the boss of the maintenance department, they would have completely forgotten about the incident … All traces would have disappeared. As for Zhao Le, naturally, he wouldn't come out and turn himself in.
In a way, the crime this time could be considered a success.
"Let's get off work. I haven't been home for two nights. Your mother is going to scold me to death."
Zhou Yusheng's words interrupted Chen Mingming's thoughts. After a short moment of shock, Chen Mingming nodded … Perhaps, after tonight, this home wouldn't exist anymore?
"Let's go to West Street," Chen Mingming suddenly said as he walked out of the door.
"West Street? Why? "Zhou Yusheng asked, puzzled.
Chen Mingming smiled and said, "Mom likes to eat the casserole porridge in the night market over there. Have you forgotten?"
"That's true …" Zhou Yusheng nodded, "You're so considerate. If I don't coax her at night, I won't be able to rest at night."
The car slowly drove out of the parking lot. Chen Mingming looked at the place that was gradually disappearing. He suddenly felt that these days were very long and very fast.
…
When it was late at night, Nan Xiaonan said goodbye to Xiao Bao and left the office with her things.
However, she didn't leave the station immediately, but quietly came to the detention room.
The identity of a forensic doctor couldn't allow her to directly contact the suspect. She tried to use another method … but she needed to be more careful.
Zhao Le had actually been locked up, and the case might come to light soon … But Nan Xiaonan wasn't a person who only did half of things.
Zhao Le's confession wasn't completely credible … So, she just needed to make him tell the truth.
In fact, she knew that if she didn't cheat this time, the case wouldn't have developed to this point so quickly … But since it had developed to this point, it didn't matter if it was faster.
Her finger drew a spell seal in the air … In addition to being a Star Creation Saint Guide, she was also a master who had mastered the Arcane Spell.
Her finger gently flicked on the seal in the air, and the seal began to disappear in an instant … Nan Xiaonan smiled slightly.
But suddenly, a terrifying thing caused her smile to stiffen … The curse seal that had already dissipated by half was actually reassembling bit by bit in front of her.
Nan Xiaonan suddenly had goosebumps all over her body, as if she had met her natural enemy. Her whole body tightened in an instant … She instantly turned around, and the thing that made her hair stand on end came from behind her.
"Luo, Mr. Luo!"
"Lady Nan, it's time to get off work. Aren't you leaving yet?"
Nan Xiaonan was startled at first … Her mind habitually entered the accelerated state. But as soon as this state was activated, a feeling of dizziness suddenly made her steady her steps and directly leaned against the wall.
She couldn't help but sigh secretly. In these two days, her mind had been accelerated too many times, and her body couldn't bear it.
But at this time, a warm current suddenly poured into her body from her limbs, relieving her extreme fatigue … Her state was about ten seconds ago.
Nan Xiaonan blinked, and asked a little nervously, "Mr. Luo, is this case … related to you?"
"It is indeed related." Luoqiu nodded, and didn't deliberately hide anything.
Nan Xiaonan was a little confused … She didn't understand how such a powerful person could be related to such an ordinary person's murder case.
Suddenly, Nan Xiaonan was shocked — Her tactic was stopped just now, and her tactic was to make Zhao Le spit out the truth. So, Luoqiu was on Zhao Le's side?
Then, she used Star Creation Creatures to catch Zhao Le, didn't that mean …
"I … I don't know." Nan Xiaonan's nervousness in her heart became more intense.
"It doesn't matter, it seems to be more effective this way." Luoqiu smiled casually.
She was startled, and didn't understand what the so-called effect meant, but she didn't dare to ask more about this matter. At this moment, she even decided to ignore this matter … Judging from the fact that her tactic was stopped just now, the other party probably didn't want her to interfere more.
"I'll take another day off tomorrow." Nan Xiaonan said seriously.
Luoqiu said noncommittally, "Lady Nan, do you have anywhere else to go?"
"No." Nan Xiaonan shook her head, "I'll continue to write what you want tonight."
Luoqiu nodded and made an inviting gesture, "Then let's go together, I'm going back now."
Nan Xiaonan hesitated for a moment, but finally gritted her teeth and gathered her courage to approach Luoqiu … The moment she stepped beside Luoqiu, everything in front of her quickly retreated and changed into a new environment.
She had arrived at Luoqiu's house.
…
…
It was almost midnight by the time they reached home, as they had taken a detour around West Street.
The light in the living room was off, but there was a lamp in front of the sofa.
When Zhou Yusheng gently pushed the door and walked in, he saw his wife leaning on the sofa, wearing glasses and looking at a photo album in her hand.
"You're back." His wife quickly put down the album and removed the blanket covering her body, "I made some soup, I'll heat it up for you."
Because he was afraid that his mother would be worried, Chen Mingming asked Zhou Yusheng not to mention that he was admitted to the hospital.
Zhou Yusheng thought that low blood sugar was not too urgent, so he agreed after thinking for a while.
"Come, eat something." Zhou Yusheng lifted the box in his hand.
This was his wife's favorite food.
"What are you looking at?"
Chen Mingming asked his mother to sit down, and he sat beside her. Zhou Yusheng also sat down, and the family of three squeezed on the sofa.
"I'm looking at your childhood."
When they were performing in kindergarten, when they were reciting in elementary school.
When they were traveling, when they were playing sports.
On their birthdays, during the New Year.
Turning the album page by page, his wife gradually fell asleep and leaned on Zhou Yusheng's shoulder. He was so tired that he fell asleep, hugging his wife.
Chen Mingming tried his best to be as gentle as possible. He took a blanket and covered the two of them.
He stared for a moment, turned off the lamp, and walked out.
Half an hour later, Chen Mingming returned to his other home … This was originally the place his mother bought after she divorced his father.
In a few days, many places in the house were covered with dust … Chen Mingming went back to his room in silence and turned on the computer.
"If it's really me, I should have left something …" Chen Mingming took a deep breath and opened the folders on the computer one by one, "Information, I need more information."
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