Chapter 213: We Are Blood Siblings

Yu Dazhang did not doubt Liu Siyuan's words.

For someone of Liu Zhengyang's standing, having multiple wills was perfectly normal.

A will's validity did not depend on how many copies there were.

It depended on whether the will met the statutory formal and substantive requirements.

As long as it met the legal requirements and could clearly express the testator's true wishes, the will had legal effect.

"I will report this situation up the chain," Yu Dazhang said, choosing his words carefully:

"Whether it gets approved, I can't say for sure. Wait for my word."

After hanging up, he immediately called Li Jun:

"Captain Li, Liu Siyuan wants to see Liu Qi…"

He then repeated the content of his earlier call with Liu Siyuan, including his own analysis.

"You also think Liu Qi will kill herself?" Li Jun confirmed.

"All I can say is the probability is very high," Yu Dazhang paused, then added:

"Given Liu Qi's IQ, if she's determined to die, probably no one could stop her."

This kind of thing had to be guarded against, especially when you knew about it in advance.

If a detainee committed suicide, the relevant personnel would all be implicated.

"Understood," Li Jun picked up that Yu Dazhang wanted the siblings to meet, just hadn't said so outright.

Naturally, he didn't dare make any promises either.

Even for a detachment commander like him, this wasn't something he could decide.

It required the investigating agency's consent and approval from a leader within the system before a suspect would be allowed to correspond with or meet immediate family members.

After ending the call, Yu Dazhang went back to watching the movie.

Qu Tuotuo didn't ask more, but handed him the popcorn she was holding.

The vacation still had to continue being a vacation; Yu Dazhang had never thought of himself as all that important.

With so many criminal investigators at the branch bureau, he trusted the leaders and colleagues could handle things well.

The next day.

Yu Dazhang turned down Qu Tuotuo's invitation to eat breakfast together, and lingered in bed struggling until past ten.

When he really couldn't lie there any longer, he finally sat up from the bed and stretched.

He had always believed that a vacation had to include lying in bed—otherwise, wasn't it the same as not having one?

Over a decade of police work in his previous life had taught him one lesson: to keep a clear head, sleep was extremely important.

If a person went a day without sleep, problems like poor concentration and memory decline would appear.

Two consecutive days without sleep, and mobility and stamina would both drop sharply, with immunity and resistance also plummeting.

In his previous life, Yu Dazhang had at most tried staying awake for three days straight.

At that point, his attention and senses had gone numb.

At the same time, his body sent him a final signal: if you don't sleep now, you won't ever need to again.

The average lifespan of a criminal investigator in the country was 48.

Most of them were worked to death; long-term sleep deprivation caused extremely serious damage to liver and kidney function, and it was irreversible.

After washing up, he reheated the meal his mom had left him and ate it slowly.

This damned sense of ease… Yu Dazhang was thoroughly enjoying his current state.

Nothing to worry about, nowhere to go—this time belonged only to him.

If only he could wake up naturally every day and then linger in bed for over an hour…

Well, since he'd chosen to be a cop, he might as well stop dreaming about that.

After eating, it was nearly noon. Just as he was considering whether to invite Qu Tuotuo, his phone rang.

He picked it up and saw it was Li Jun calling.

"The leader approved it."

The moment the call connected, Li Jun on the other end said quickly:

"But the leader has one condition—the Liu siblings can meet, but only after you report for duty."

Which leader said that… Yu Dazhang frowned unhappily.

What do you mean after I report for duty? Isn't this just forcing him to go to work today?

Seeing that Yu Dazhang hadn't spoken, Li Jun continued: "Rest easy, we'll talk about it after you report for work tomorrow. I'm just giving you a heads-up."

If he believed that, then Yu Dazhang would truly be a fool.

"I'll notify Liu Siyuan right now. I'll head to the detention center to wait for him shortly."

When a detainee showed signs of suicidal ideation, of course the sooner it was dealt with, the better.

At the same time, Yu Dazhang understood the leader's approach.

After all, this was the case he was leading; having him present made it easier to keep track of how the investigation was unfolding.

It was precisely because of trust in Yu Dazhang that the leader had made such a decision.

Same old saying—when the leader gives you face, you have to take it.

Half an hour later.

Yu Dazhang met Liu Siyuan at the entrance of the Hongkou District Detention Center.

"Officer Yu, thank you so much."

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Liu Siyuan said with a face full of gratitude:

"I didn't expect to see my sister this soon. You really helped a lot this time."

Yu Dazhang looked at him intently:

"It's because you read people well."

If there was any oversight in this case so far, it was that Yu Dazhang had underestimated Liu Siyuan.

He had always assumed Liu Siyuan was some rich second-generation kid just coasting through life.

Eating, drinking, and playing, swapping women like swapping clothes.

He had even been hypnotized by Zeng Lisi without noticing a thing.

But ever since receiving Liu Siyuan's phone call yesterday, Yu Dazhang realized the man had been putting on an act the whole time.

Liu Siyuan understood his sister Liu Qi extremely well—so well that he could even predict she would attempt suicide.

And he also had a solid grasp of the law; before making the call, he had already figured out how to convince Yu Dazhang.

With such a stark contrast, it would have been hard for Yu Dazhang not to feel suspicious.

Inside the detention center, Liu Siyuan and Liu Qi sat facing each other across a table.

Yu Dazhang stood about four meters from the table, watching them both with a solemn expression.

Ma Jian and Liu Miao stood beside him.

This had been specially approved by the leadership.

Considering Liu Qi's mental state, a face-to-face conversation would ease her emotions as much as possible.

Since the case was still in the investigation stage, this meeting would be audio- and video-recorded in its entirety.

The two siblings stared at each other for a long while.

Finally, Liu Qi broke the silence first:

"I thought you might come, just not this fast."

"I was afraid that if I came too late, I wouldn't get to see you." Liu Siyuan wore a faint smile, not a trace of anger visible on him.

Liu Qi couldn't help but frown, clearly not expecting that attitude from her brother.

"Don't you hate me?"

The moment she asked that, a flicker of guilt crossed her face, and there was a hint of something uneasy in her eyes.

"I can't bring myself to hate you." Liu Siyuan stared at Liu Qi and said:

"Ever since we were little, you've always been competitive—you had to win or lose at everything."

"But I was a coward. I just wanted to live a little better, a little easier."

"But every time someone bullied me, you were always the first to step up for me."

"Maybe in your eyes, you were only doing it to show off your ability, but I saw it as family love—because we're real brother and sister."

Listening from the side, Yu Dazhang felt a pang of heartache.

The two siblings had always been close; if not for that sudden will, they should have stayed that way forever.

He had expected Liu Qi to be moved by those words.

He hadn't expected her to laugh.

"I can no longer tell whether what you're saying comes from the heart."

Liu Qi's smile looked somewhat bitter:

"But don't worry—what you're afraid of won't happen. I'm not that fragile."

(End of chapter)