Chapter 618: The Young Master Can Hear Inner Voices Again! 34

We are officers of the Capital Public Security Bureau, and we are now legally interrogating you. Please answer our questions truthfully; you may refuse to answer questions unrelated to the case.

In the interrogation room, two officers sat across the table from Jin Chen, facing him, while the clerk had already prepared to take notes.

At 15:20 today, we received a report that someone had committed murder, and the description given by the caller basically matches you. When our officers arrived at the scene, you were standing beside the corpse and had even taken a hostage. Is that true?

Jin Chen: "……"

He rubbed his forehead in frustration, saying, "That's my boyfriend, not a hostage, and I didn't kill anyone."

He glanced at the served notice of litigation rights and obligations, and his headache worsened.

He decided to seize the initiative, otherwise he wouldn't know when the explanation would end.

He sat up straight, leaned forward slightly, and locked eyes with the interrogating officer.

The forensic examiner can conduct an assessment; my time of entering the study does not match the time of death, and I knocked before entering, and there was a response from inside.

The two officers exchanged a glance.

The forensic report will be out soon, but what response are you referring to? asked the older officer.

It should be the audio tape, if your people at the scene can find it.

Even seated in the suspect's chair, Jin Chen remained calm, saying, "If you can't find it, I think you should consider suspecting his wife."

The young officer clearly disagreed, his words full of hostility toward Jin Chen.

According to the report from our colleagues at the scene, the dagger at this death scene bears no killer's fingerprints, much like another death incident that occurred a few days ago at the Fu family.

Very different.

Jin Chen frowned, sizing up the young officer, and said, "The previous one—I don't know how you tested it, and I haven't seen the corpse, but it was suicide."

Fu Zhenhua's corpse had neat wounds with sharp edges, clearly indicative of a homicidal stab wound, impossible to be suicide.

The middle-aged officer was surprised at how closely this person observed, and then heard Jin Chen continue.

I have several pieces of evidence you might find interesting, but I rushed out and brought nothing.

0731 quickly compiled all known clues and rushed to deposit them into Jin Chen's account.

After hearing his account, the middle-aged officer, adhering to the principle of impartial law enforcement, got him a laptop to log in.

On the contrary, the young officer wanted to refuse, but dared not make it too obvious.

The more they examined the clues, the more alarmed they became, even involving a child-killing case from thirteen years ago.

This was no longer just a simple murder case.

The middle-aged officer's expression grew solemn: "Even if your clues are true, we can only conduct a joint investigation based on this; we cannot immediately arrest Xu Li and the butler you mentioned."

After all, no matter how many clues Jin Chen provides, they are merely one-sided accounts; they need more authoritative evidence.

Of course, I'll show you this, but it's merely to clear my own suspicion.

Jin Chen glanced at the young officer who had obviously relaxed, showing understanding, and said, "Friendly reminder: the butler is highly skilled in hypnosis; it's best not to let officers be alone with him."

Knock knock knock—

Another female officer entered the interrogation room.

Team Song, the forensic report is out.

Team Song took it, and upon seeing the pathological diagnosis of cause of death, he again glanced in surprise at Jin Chen.

It actually matched what he said almost exactly, even though he had only glanced briefly at the scene.

The young officer seemed to have found a loophole, saying, "You're not a psychologist, are you? How do you know so much about corpses and death results?"

He tapped his fingertips on the table, thought over his wording, and smiled slightly: "We're all doctors, after all; no distinction."

Young officer: "……"

Team Song pondered, feeling that this young person's assistance to the case might go beyond this.

Although your suspicion can be lifted for now, please do not disclose any information related to this case to anyone; I will conduct regular follow-up inquiries with you.

Certainly.

Jin Chen raised his eyebrows slightly and readily accepted.

Being able to use the police to investigate past matters is naturally efficient, and moreover, for many overt matters, the police's authority is clearly greater.

What he wants to investigate is precisely what the police cannot— the hidden things.

There's one more thing.

Jin Chen took out the item he had placed in his space from his pocket and set it on the table.

This is what I pulled from Fu Zhenhua's tightly clenched palm before your people took me away.

I suppose it's… meant to convey information to me, but since you're investigating, perhaps it could be helpful.

Jin Chen never expected that Fu Zhenhua would still leave him a clue before death; perhaps it was because Xu Li and the butler had laid their cards bare beforehand, delivering such a blow to this person.

It was a slip of paper with scribbled, uneven writing, looking as if it had been hastily scrawled in secret, and one could barely make out five characters.

Take good care of him, butler?

Jin Chen explained, "He means Fu Muci, the hostage you just mentioned; as for that butler later, he's pointing out the killer."

He again deliberately glanced at the tense-faced young officer.

Team Song thought for a long time, but still did not let anyone bring the butler and Xu Li over first.

If it were merely investigating this death case, with these items he could completely bring both suspects together for questioning.

But it also involves the child-killing case from thirteen years ago, as well as the recent warehouse suicide, and is moreover a grudge between two powerful families; the waters here are not so shallow.

Now bringing the suspects in for questioning would undoubtedly scare the snake in the grass.

The female officer paused, her voice dropping even further: "Chief Wang has also come along."

Team Song started, looking at Jin Chen in astonishment.

Jin Chen's brow twitched slightly, and he rose to walk outside.

Sure enough, in the main hall he saw Chief Wang inquiring about the situation of the police who had returned from the scene, as well as the full context of this case.

Director Wang already understood the general outline of the incident, his brows furrowed into a shape resembling the Chinese character for 'river', and seeing this scene he also sighed deeply.

"I haven't seen Mu Ci for many years; his speech shakes badly, but he didn't hesitate to save you."

The young policeman, hearing this, stared in surprise at Jin Chen.

Team Song was just about to let Jin Chen leave, but Chief Wang stopped him; although he was doubtful, he didn't say anything more.

Director Wang's tone suddenly became solemn.

"But Mu Ci wanting to save you and my thinking you're the killer, wanting to interrogate you, are not contradictory; I hope you can understand."

"After all, all the evidence at the scene points to you; I only recognize the facts."

"Of course."

Jin Chen's expression was grave.

Then Director Wang and Jin Chen re-entered the interrogation room.

Team Song looked at the tightly closed main gate, let out a doubtful hum, rubbed his head, and said, "Could it be that this guy named Jin Chen really is the killer?"

He couldn't make sense of it, and returned to his own office.