Free Web NovelChapter 380: Chapter 363: Does It Represent Me, or Him?_1
Mr. Lou Sanfeng shook his head.
"In this record, the first half is his responses, and the second half is mine. How should we distinguish them? Signing with a character like this, who does it really represent — me, or him?"
This statement made Liu Yufei stunned; for a moment, she didn’t know how to answer. Xu Dayuan’s brow furrowed. This was inside an interrogation room; in any other setting, Xu Dayuan surely would have beaten this guy up.
Right after Mr. Lou finished speaking, Zhou Ning immediately grabbed his mobile phone to draft a message, which he then sent to Xu Dayuan. As the interrogation room tense atmosphere hung, the sound of the incoming text message disrupted everyone’s thoughts.
Xu Dayuan took out his phone and glanced at the message content, which read:
Director Xu, let the clerk split the record into two parts. One part for the 2.3 case of Chen Gang, and the other starting from his narration about his mother and childhood, mainly for the 4.14 case. Wouldn’t that count as two parts? It follows neither his request for two people’s portion nor contradicts our requirements.
Xu Dayuan turned off his phone screen, put it away, and gestured to the clerk. A young man approached the spot Xu Dayuan had pointed to and he then instructed.
"Hurry up and split it in two, quickly print them out, then have Mr. Lou sign quickly. I need to go to the school; my son’s teacher sent a text message saying my son won the Math Olympiad championship and they want an interview."
Xu Dayuan didn’t raise his voice, especially with the last sentence, which he delivered rather lightheartedly, without a trace of a smile on his face. However, his hand was behind his back, head slightly tilted up as if holding back something, while Liu Yufei gave Xu Dayuan a thumbs-up.
Mr. Lou observed Xu Dayuan attentively, visualizing the scene these words painted in his mind, as if it were a blockbuster of the year. After all, he was the type who severely indulges in psychological self-suggestion. However, Xu Dayuan didn’t return his gaze.
The clerk efficiently split the record into two parts.
No particular annotations were made, only a line of small characters, 2.3 and 4.14, was written on top. Xu Dayuan glanced at it without touching it, as Liu Yufei took it over instead.
The two records were laid out on the table, and Liu Yufei pointed and said:
"Yours, and his. Don’t mix them up!"
Mr. Lou pursed his lips and closed his eyes — a gesture which made Liu Yongxin anxious. He stomped his foot and cursed.
"What on earth is this guy? Is it that when he was in his mother’s womb, was there supposed to be a twin and he devoured his soul? Not to mention being pretentious, he’s always making a fuss about nothing. Forget about Mr. Xu, even I want to drag him out and give him a good beating."
Zhou Ning grabbed Liu Yongxin’s arm, as the elder’s blood pressure was already high and getting angry like this wouldn’t help lowering it.
"Don’t worry, he’s just reflecting for a moment. It’s the first time he can use two identities to deal with one matter, so he needs to be more solemn, perhaps as a consolation to his own soul. I don’t even know how to express it, after all, Director Xu has neither despised him nor recognized the identity of two personalities."
Liu Yongxin was skeptical but didn’t say anything more.
Surely enough, Mr. Lou opened his eyes again with moisture in them, took the pen, and formally signed both names. Of course, the left hand signed one, and the right hand signed another, with different handwriting styles for each name, followed by their respective fingerprints.
After all this, Mr. Lou let out a satisfied breath. Xu Dayuan picked up the record to check, saw no issues, and handed it to Liu Yufei. Leaning on the table and looking at Mr. Lou, he lowered his voice and said.
"Before we transfer you to the prosecutorial authority, we can take you for a detailed physical check-up. Don’t worry; I’ll personally find someone, definitely a professional team. When you have those bouts of heavy sweating during persona shifts, I believe there’s something wrong with your body."
"Huh?"
Mr. Lou was taken aback for a moment. Just as Liu Yufei had opened the door to call someone, she turned around and heard Xu Dayuan’s words, not catching what he truly meant.
Xu Dayuan smiled, straightened his police uniform, and stared into Mr. Lou’s eyes.
"I hope you’re suffering from a serious illness, so you can avoid the death penalty and instead enjoy the rest of your life tormented by disease. Moreover, since you and ’he’ are fighting over the body, you’ll live every day in pain and condemnation.
After all, your family has a history of heart and kidney disease, right? You did watch your father die from an attack. Yufei, take him away and remember to arrange solitary confinement."
Mr. Lou’s face revealed a hint of panic; after all, the fear of the unknown is the most unsettling. He struggled briefly, but Liu Yufei quickly twisted his arm behind him and cuffed his hands. Then with an upward pull—
Such action made Mr. Lou cry out in pain.
"Ah, let go of my hand. Aren’t you police officers? Aren’t police officers supposed to not hit people?"
Liu Yufei pointed at the surveillance cameras in the four corners of the interrogation room and patiently explained:
"See? There are cameras everywhere here. If you think we’re using excessive force or if you believe I’ve hit you, please feel free to sue me. My badge number is 111871, and both the action and sound just now were recorded.
Let me clarify: I was putting the handcuffs on you, and you tried to get free. That’s what caused the struggle. If I actually wanted to hit someone, it wouldn’t be with that kind of move — at least it would result in a fracture. I’m the Ludong Province Sanda champion, the kind that doesn’t differentiate between male and female competitors, understand?"
Mr. Lou fell silent. Liu Yufei waved her hand, and two detectives took the person away. Xu Dayuan took a sip of water and hurried to the adjacent observation room. Seeing Mr. Qu at the door, he brought him in as well.
"What are you doing standing outside?"
Mr. Qu scratched his head and glanced into the observation room. He didn’t dare mention the expression on Zhou Ning’s face; the atmosphere was so tense it felt like it could explode, and he almost wet himself with fear.
"I was just organizing video footage. Mr. Liu asked me to come over and provide some software, but it looked like things were wrapping up, so I didn’t go in and disturb Director Zhou."
Liu Yongxin waved his hand, signaling Mr. Qu to enter. The door closed behind them. Zhou Ning looked at Xu Dayuan, who sighed deeply, understanding the meaning in Zhou Ning’s gaze.
"These two cases, the interrogation and evidence collection stages for the suspects are finished, but the process by which this case leaked that year is still under investigation, especially after transferring the case to prosecutorial authorities, which indirectly disclosed the details of the investigation.
That’s why I want to delay the process. Zhou Xiaozhou, I need to borrow Mr. Qu for a while. And of course, it would be best to borrow a few specialists from Qin University. There are some things that I don’t want investigated internally. I’ll leave out the details for you, and I hope neither you nor Mr. Liu get involved."
Zhou Ning understood. He didn’t want anyone looking for revenge, but as far as this case was concerned, he had done all he could within his limits.
"Okay, but we’ll need to ask Mr. Qu what he thinks. I’ll contact the others for you."
Mr. Qu shrugged indifferently. freēwēbηovel.c૦m
"I have no objections."
Liu Yongxin leaned in.
"Director Xu has wrapped up things on his end. Let’s quickly return the remaining funds to the Cheng Family and the Zhu Family proportionally. We have no objections to your handling the rest, and we’ll be pulling out."
Xu Dayuan nodded.
"Don’t worry, I’ve already spoken to Mr. Hu. This afternoon, Cheng Zhi and Zhu Yantao will come over. Even that moldy thirty-thousand has been exchanged by the bank, so there’s virtually no loss. As for the civil compensation after the trial, that’s another matter. You all take a good rest."
Without saying anything more, Zhou Ning helped Liu Yongxin leave the criminal police brigade and headed towards the rear building. On the way, Zhou Ning kept silent. When they were about to reach the technical department’s building, Liu Yongxin patted Zhou Ning’s arm.
"Director Xu said you should take a good rest and not dwell too long on this case, letting your emotions get caught up in it. After all, Lou Sanfeng isn’t a normal person. As for the upcoming physical examination, I’m guessing Director Xu will look for Mr. He. You should give him a heads-up."
Zhou Ning nodded and gave Liu Yongxin a reassuring smile.
"Don’t worry, Master, I can handle it. After hearing Lou Sanfeng’s story, I’m even more convinced of the importance of our work. We must take any case we handle seriously, and we should preserve all the related material as completely as possible. To give closure to the departed and to ensure that the wicked receive their due."
Liu Yongxin patted Zhou Ning’s arm. They had now arrived at the door of the office.
"Alright, no more brooding. Your mentor, Professor Li Chengbin, has been at Qin University these past few months. Visit him when you can to prepare your research direction for the paper."
Zhou Ning grunted in agreement and pushed open the office door. Mr. Zhao stood at the doorway, seemingly about to leave. Seeing Zhou Ning, his eyes searched Zhou Ning’s face as if trying to discern the results of the interrogation.
Liu Yongxin slapped Mr. Zhao’s arm, unable to withhold a laugh.
"You kid, stop prying. The review is complete; it’s pretty much what we expected, only more bloody. But we haven’t cleared up the issue of the leak, so the case won’t be transferred for now. However, the ransom paid by both victims’ families will be returned promptly, and there are some procedures to finalize. Don’t go blabbing about it, and remember to keep discipline."
Mr. Zhao nodded vigorously and pulled them into the office.
"Rest up. I overheard Tao Da just now, and it seems that Lou Sanfeng regularly had quite a bit of money in his account, nearly ten million. I can’t imagine where all that money came from. He doesn’t have other cases on him, does he?"
Zhou Ning shook his head and took a sip of water.
"His grandfather passed away and left him all his wealth. As for his father, this child is all he has. Of course, we don’t know about any others. Being able to easily purchase a plot of land and a small building in Yu Xiulian’s name, his assets are naturally quite substantial. His motive for the crimes wasn’t related to money."
Zhu Xingxing looked baffled and squatted down in front of Zhou Ning.
"Boss, tell us, what was his motive then? Could it really be like the analysis suggested, that he’s a psychopath, no, I mean, does he have multiple personalities?"
Zhou Ning pondered for a moment, then began recounting the story. Listening to it all, everyone fell silent, no better off than Zhou Ning had been just moments before.
Just then, the door was knocked three times before swinging open. Zhu Zuozhang peeked in.
"Director Zhou, do you have a moment? I have a case here; could you take a look at it?" freeweɓnovel.cѳm
[This badge number 111871 commemorates Li Yong, a traffic policeman from Qingdao City.]
