Chapter 526: Team Leader Xu Is Still as Fierce as Ever

"Three years ago, you were diagnosed with liver cancer. You were optimistic, and even after getting cancer you actively fought the disease."

"At that time, you came into contact with some people who were clearly young and perfectly healthy, yet because of trivial matters they constantly said they didn't want to live."

"You disliked their defeatist attitude; you thought that even as a cancer patient you could face life so strongly without wanting to die, whereas these young, healthy people spent their days contemplating suicide over breakups, unemployment, and the like."

"You felt some jealousy toward them, and you despised their failure to cherish life, so you entertained the thought of killing."

"You thought… since they all wanted to die, I would fulfill that, I would send them to death."

"After killing the first nine people, you planned to continue, to kill more who didn't value life, but then you learned you never actually had cancer—you had been misdiagnosed."

"Later you sued the hospital, used the settlement money to start a business and earned some profit; remembering the crimes you committed, you donated a large portion of your earnings to charity, seeking redemption."

Xu Mo's words made Qiu Yuanhang's expression keep changing.

From initial surprise to fear, then with great agitation he slammed his hands hard onto the small table attached to the interrogation chair.

"Right! You got it. I am jealous of them, I hate them. They are so young, with a long road ahead—why don't they cherish life?"

Qiu Yuanhang seemed like a completely different person, no longer the honest demeanor he showed when first met at the noodle shop. His gaze was extremely fierce, cold, chilling to look at; his eyes now resembled those of other serial killers. ωωw.. net

Originally, Han Fei thought interrogating Qiu Yuanhang would be more troublesome.

After all, this was a case from three years ago, and the Police had found no trace left by the killer at the scene, which alone indicated the murderer was extremely cunning and meticulous.

Yet such a person, who even after committing the crime cleaned the scene spotless, was apparently knocked out by a few words from Xu Mo?

No, that's not right. Xu Mo didn't use a simple provocation; Han Fei recalled the words Xu Mo just said and Qiu Yuanhang's reaction after hearing them.

Xu Mo seemed to know the circumstances of that time, as if he understood the whole story of the case.

And precisely because of that, his words provoked such a strong reaction from Qiu Yuanhang, driving him to directly admit his murder.

However, Han Fei was absolutely certain that Xu Mo could not possibly know the details of the case.

After all, the case file was only handed to Xu Mo that morning, and Xu Mo only learned of the case then.

So… Xu Mo deduced the whole story of that case purely by reasoning?!

Thinking of that, surprise inevitably appeared on Han Fei's face.

The ability to reason from case files is possessed by almost every police officer; it can even be called a basic skill a police officer must have.

But someone like Xu Mo, who after only ten minutes of reading the file can deduce the case's entire story clearly, is unique; in all Han Fei's years on the job, he has never seen a police officer with such strong reasoning ability.

Even he himself lacks that ability; otherwise the case would have been solved long ago and not dragged on to the present.

Since Xu Mo has already explained the whole story of the case, and Qiu Yuanhang has confessed, there is nothing left to interrogate.

Han Fei coasted through the whole process, only at the end handing Qiu Yuanhang a written record for him to sign.

This cold case that had puzzled Han Fei and all the police for three years was resolved by Xu Mo in less than a morning.

Thus, when leaving the Interrogation Room, Han Fei had not yet recovered from his shock.

"I really didn't expect it—three years, a case that gave me a headache for three years, and you solved it in less than a morning. Your reasoning just now was brilliant; it felt as if you already knew the inside of the case, you deduced everything."

"Impressive, I'm convinced," Han Fei sincerely gave Xu Mo a thumbs‑up.

Xu Mo only smiled lightly and said nothing more.

Because Han Fei guessed correctly, he indeed knew the case's details in advance, including the killer Qiu Yuanhang's mindset back then.

He could reconstruct everything exactly, not because of strong reasoning, but because he was cheating…

Of course, he couldn't say that to Han Fei.

"You successfully captured the Escapee, reward—Constitution +2!"

This reward directly affected his body; Xu Mo felt his physical condition improve instantly, his strength seemed much greater than before, though he couldn't tell exactly how much.

Such a reward that acts directly on the body isn't really something to be curious about; the point is curiosity is useless, you can't examine it, and you'll only know its effect when you need it.

Having spoken so much in the Interrogation Room, Xu Mo felt a bit thirsty.

He simply greeted Han Fei and went back to drink water to moisten his throat.

When leaving the Interrogation Room, Han Fei noticed Li Chen was still interrogating the suspect they had brought back.

He simply pushed open the door to another Interrogation Room and called Li Chen, who was interrogating the suspect, out.

"No need to continue the interrogation, just release them; it's already confirmed that the killer in that case from years ago was Qiu Yuanhang."

Li Chen: "???"

I was just getting started here, haven't even asked a few questions, and you tell me the interrogation result is out? Qiu Yuanhang is the killer?

Does the efficiency have to be this high!

"Sure enough, Jiang is still sharp; I only asked a few questions and Han Team had already finished the interrogation."

Hearing this, Han Fei gave a wry smile and explained.

"I didn't take part in the interrogation; I coasted the whole time. It was Team Leader Xu who did it. If you want to praise someone, praise Team Leader Xu."

"Team Leader Xu did it?" Li Chen remarked. "Then that's normal; Team Leader Xu is as fierce as ever, and has again set a new record for the shortest interrogation time in our Police Station."

Li Chen had witnessed Xu Mo's speed in interrogating criminals.

Criminals that take others an entire night to handle, Xu Mo can finish in ten minutes.

Any criminal interrogated by Xu Mo seems bewitched, as if given a soporific potion—answering every question honestly, unbelievably compliant.

"Quickly, release the person we brought back," Han Fei said, glancing at the clock.

It's only just reached eleven o'clock; after lunch there's still half an afternoon left, and Han Fei wondered whether to later give Xu Mo the file of another case to look at.