Chapter 563: New Skill: Three Seconds Before the Crime

"Doesn't matter. If someone's got their eye on me, then they've got their eye on me."

Chen Fan spread his hands, utterly unconcerned.

With the system on his side and so many skills to boot, if he still couldn't outplay people who didn't have a system—

Chen Fan figured he might as well reincarnate and try again in his next life.

Of course.

That was impossible.

……

After leaving the interrogation room.

Old Song walked over and asked, "What did that guy say to you?"

Chen Fan had no intention of hiding it and said, "That guy said he really admires me, told me to be careful, that someone has already set their sights on me."

Old Song frowned and said, "Then why do you look so indifferent about it?"

Chen Fan said, "Old Song, you and Old Li have been cops for so many years. The criminals you've caught are countless, and there are so many people who see you as mortal enemies. Are you scared?"

"Every day you still come to work diligently. Not to mention you two—even those so-called soldiers on the border, and the anti-drug police."

"Every single one of them is seen as an enemy by those criminals. Only by defeating them can the criminals move on to the next step. But they didn't back down either, and it's precisely because of them and people like you that our motherland can continue to prosper."

Old Song was stunned for a moment—he hadn't expected to hear words like these from Chen Fan.

Although he knew Chen Fan was a person with very sound values, apart from when he was working cases, Chen Fan was hardly ever serious.

"So, if someone's got their eye on me, then they've got their eye on me. Anyone can come at me."

Chen Fan laughed it off indifferently. Old Song looked at Chen Fan's profile and couldn't help but show a faint smile.

He seemed to understand why his daughter liked Chen Fan.

Indeed.

Chen Fan was simply too outstanding.

……

On the internet.

Because of the live-streamed cases from his early days at work, a detective craze had swept the web.

Not only had many writers used Chen Fan as the protagonist in their novels,

quite a few private companies had already begun producing detective-crime and forensic series with Chen Fan as the lead.

Even more students had stopped choosing those wildly popular majors and were instead flocking to police academies.

The forensic major was even more popular than ever.

Chen Fan also received many invitations from production companies and schools, asking him to give lectures first.

At first, Chen Fan was quite interested in these lectures.

But after going to too many, he grew very impatient.

These lectures weren't like the previous classes where he could perform dissections on the spot and talk about professional knowledge.

They were just about saying a bunch of high-sounding platitudes.

Chen Fan felt he wasn't suited for such occasions, and after that he never went again.

There was no livestream today, and Old Liu had also taken a rare day off to go home and rest.

Ju Jingyi and Zhao Jinmai had gone elsewhere to record a show.

Xiang Qinqin and Liu Mengyan stayed together, learning from each other.

One was a talent-type player, the other a hard-work-type player. The two influenced each other, achieving what could be called a one-plus-one-greater-than-two effect.

Chen Fan also obtained a new skill after the case ended.

【Ding, congratulations to the host on obtaining the skill: Three Seconds Before the Crime】

【Three Seconds Before the Crime: You possess the ability to observe the past. Whenever you see a corpse, your mind will automatically project the scene the deceased saw in the three seconds before their death.】

【Three Seconds Before the Crime Extension: You can see the past, and also the future, but observation of the future is extremely limited. When you look at a person, you can randomly see one second of their future. This skill is passive and triggers randomly.】

When Chen Fan saw this skill, his mood soared.

It wasn't that he thought the skill was particularly special—it was just that the system had been way too generous these two times.

Finally, he'd gotten a normal skill.

He was a forensic doctor, not a pervert. Although the previous skills were useful, they'd also caused people to misunderstand him.

He really wasn't a pervert!

Evening.

A light rain began to fall from the sky.

Winter rain is different from summer rain. The fine drizzle landing on a person, coupled with a cold wind, made it unbelievably cold.

Chen Fan, wearing a mask, arrived at Wanda Plaza.

Before he even stepped into the mall, he saw Song Zuer standing at the entrance, shivering from the cold.

Song Zuer kept looking around to the side—clearly waiting for someone.

Chen Fan walked over and said, "Are you planning to freeze into an ice sculpture right here?"

The moment Song Zuer saw it was Chen Fan, she no longer cared about the cold and was about to rush up and hug him.

Chen Fan reached out and pressed his hand against Song Zuer's forehead, saying, "Let's hurry up and eat. If you freeze to death, how did you pick this time? It's so cold and you still asked me out. Besides, isn't today a day off? Aren't you afraid your dad will find out?"

Song Zuer chuckled: "Let me tell you, I don't know what's gotten into my dad lately. He used to dislike me having contact with you, but now he doesn't care at all, and sometimes he even asks me how things are going between us…"

"Anyway, I think my dad has already set his sights on you."

As she spoke, Song Zuer linked her arm through Chen Fan's. The two of them looked just like a couple in the throes of a passionate romance.

Chen Fan, however, pulled his arm free from her embrace and said, "I haven't agreed yet. Is it enough just because he's set his sights on me?"

In many matters, the one who gains the initiative is always the winner.