Chapter 154

On this side, Li Tian silently pulled a pair of handcuffs from his pocket and tossed them onto the table.

Eating sunflower seeds, he said, "Put them on. Don't make me force Zhang Tianxiong to hold you down. Talk—confess honestly. How exactly did you do it?"

The viewers in the livestream were completely dumbfounded.

"Brother, big brother, you're my big brother, please, please, teach me—what on earth should I do?"

"No way, this is real skill. Damn, today I actually learned something."

"That big sister—her eyes are practically pulling threads when she looks at Chen Fan. I'm convinced now. Just because he's handsome—is that really enough?"

"Li Tian, hurry up and arrest Chen Fan. Seriously, this guy's got something off about him. He really does know a trick or two."

Chen Fan laughed lightly, looked at Li Tian, and said, "Just because of this, you suspect me?"

"If I don't suspect you, then what else could it be?"

"Life is but thirty thousand days. What is it you're really chasing? What is the meaning of life? You've never known. You just blindly chase after that vague, distant answer of yours."

Li Tian froze, staring at Chen Fan.

In that instant, he felt his whole body filled with a kind of force desperate to be unleashed.

"Are you free?"

Chen Fan looked at Li Tian.

Li Tian stayed silent, saying nothing, but the wine glass held in both his hands was trembling.

"Are you really free? Has there ever been a single day you lived for yourself?"

Li Tian remained silent.

"All of them are freer than you. Why do you keep shackling yourself like this? Your heart is wild, unrestrained. What you crave forever is excitement—but you don't have the courage."

Li Tian stood up and said, "Shut up."

"You don't dare. You don't dare at all. You don't dare face your real self head-on. Do you dare strip off your clothes and show yourself? To tell everyone that you have a life of your own?"

"Why wouldn't I dare? Even if I do it, it's because I like it myself. It has nothing to do with you."

"Go on then."

"Why wouldn't I dare go."

Li Tian stood up, tore off his jacket on the spot, and charged into the dance floor, twisting wildly.

The livestream audience, the celebrities in the observation room—every single one of them stared in stunned disbelief.

Holy crap, big brother, wait—no, big brother, wait a second—we can't quite process this.

No way, how on earth did you do it? How did you make Captain Li Tian start letting himself go like that?

The others at the table looked at Chen Fan. At that moment, he picked up his wine glass and took a sip.

A few of them reached out directly, shook their heads, and began to clap.

He's really badass.

At that moment, everyone's phone rang. Chen Fan looked at the message and said, "Work's here. Drink up, fast."

Xiang Qinqin chugged an entire bottle in one go.

On this side, Qu Yiling quickly gnawed two bites of watermelon.

The rest of them—Chen Ti grabbed a pile of snacks and stuffed them into his clothes, while Xu Xintong just laughed and paid no attention.

He turned around, intending to pick up the foreign liquor and take it with him.

Qu Yiling laughed, planning to haul the case of beer off the floor.

The group slipped out in a flash.

At that moment, the big sister grabbed Chen Fan and said, "Handsome guy, don't rush off. We're planning to invest in a personal project just for you."

Chen Fan reached out directly, grabbed the woman's clothes, and said, "Woman, I really admire your courage, but I don't like you interfering in my life. Our meeting was just fate. Acting like this only makes me dread getting close to you."

"I… I'm sorry. I'll, I'll be careful. About the money—"

"Transfer it to my card. Thanks."

"I don't know your bank card."

"You will. I believe in your ability."

The woman watched Chen Fan leave, reached out, and touched the napkin he had left behind, lost in a daze for a long while.

She was truly smitten with Chen Fan.

After the group got in the car, Chen Fan said, "Zhang Tianxiong, hurry up, start driving."

"Wait a second."

"Huh? What are you waiting for?"

Li Tian scrambled into the car on all fours and said, "Drive, drive now! Damn, what happened to me? Oh my god, I'm ruined."

Pfft—hahahaha.

In the car, everyone laughed wildly.

Chen Fan said with a dead-serious face, "What are you doing? Officer Li was just releasing his true nature. How could you all—how could you treat Officer Li like that? That's just… oh right, did you get it on video?"

A few of them nodded without hesitation, pulled out their phones, and gave them a shake.

"Damn it, I'm an expert in psychology, micro-expressions, behavioral science—how could I get brainwashed by you? You little punk, how did you pull it off? Did you drug me?"

"Get lost. That's slander. How could I possibly do something like that to a comrade?"

"Cut the crap. I don't believe a word. You definitely did something to me. I swear it's bizarre—how did my brain short-circuit like that back then?"

Xiang Qinqin whispered, "Um, Chen Fan, did she really give you the money?"

"Just teasing her. How could I possibly take it."

Qu Yiling said, "Why do I get the feeling you're feeling down?"

"I'm not. I'm absolutely not. I'm willing to devote my life to forensic work. I'm willing to fight alongside forensic work until the day I die. I'm willing to let everyone live without fear of being harmed."

Xiang Qinqin said, "Mm, I know, but, um, can you stop squeezing my hand? My hand really hurts."

Hahahahaha.

Everyone laughed along.

After the few of them arrived at the unit, Old Liu ignored everyone, tossed each of them a glucose drink, and said, "Going out to play is no problem, team-building is fine too, but you have to learn how to sober up fast, understand?"

The few of them nodded one after another.

"Get to work."

Everyone nodded and threw themselves straight into the fray.

The fresh corpse showed clear signs of bloating, indicating the body had been left sitting for some time.

Old Liu directed Chen Fan in the dissection over here, while explaining forensic knowledge.

"Faster, give me some speed, and you still can't match Chen Fan, who came to this halfway."

"How do you do it at this spot? Chen Ti, are you a pig? How many times have I taught you? When taking trace evidence, you must pay attention to the measure—don't overdo it. What are you even good for?"

"And you, Xiang Qinqin, low diploma, little knowledge—that's not a reason you can't do well. I don't have time to let you go learn. This society is cruel."

"Qu Yiling, are you a pig? Otherwise how about I call your teacher and have you go back and learn it all over again?"

"What, do I still need to teach you five times how to do things?"

Old Liu's cursing and the few busy figures formed the clearest picture of a workplace.

But it also represents the law—work related to it.

It was ten o'clock at night; the few of them had only gone out to play for about an hour or so.

Sister Jing Tian took a tissue, dabbed at the corner of her eye, and said, "There are always people bearing burdens."

Zhang Xinyu said, "Happy times are very short. They only got to enjoy it for a little while before being called back to keep working. Is being a forensic doctor really this busy?"

Qin Ming said, "It's not busy, it's extremely busy. If it weren't for this being a show, it would probably be even busier. A lot of the time, all the cases in one urban district are handled by a single department."

"Even to the point that an entire province can be concentrated into one department."

The knife flew; Chen Fan pulled his hands back over here and said, "Done."

Old Liu said, "There's still some food left over at the cafeteria. You can bring the alcohol you have along and go have a drink."

"Thanks, Teacher."

The few of them left. Old Liu shook his head helplessly, then began cleaning up the things these kids had left behind and writing up the report.

At this moment, the livestream was cut off.

A few of the celebrities stood up. Hu Ge said, "Let's go mooch a meal."

Everyone nodded.

Qin Ming watched the few of them leave, then took out his own notebook and used it.