Chapter 22: You're Threatening Me Again

  Upon hearing this, Bei Nan immediately calmed down, his eyes reddening as he stared at him resentfully.

  Watching Lu Zhuang sit down, his body began to study the doll. Bei Nan's heart was getting more and more angry, the more he thought about it, the more wronged he felt. His arm slammed heavily: "Bastard!"

  Yuan Yiqin's stomach was hit again, and the pain made him inhale a mouthful of cold air. He endured the pain and the flames that rose in his heart. That damned stinky girl, like a cat with its fur standing on end, came at him wildly. If he could, he really wanted to strangle her to death.

  They stared at each other for a while, and Bei Nan also felt eye pain, so he withdrew his gaze, pushed him away with one hand, sat down on the cabinet that had fallen to the ground beside him, and quietly looked at Lu Zhuang who was fully focused on studying the doll.

  The entire Second Detective Brigade headquarters was staring at Lu Zhuang, waiting for the results of his investigation, the atmosphere was quiet with only the sound of cold air blowing from the air conditioner in the corner.

  After carefully examining the doll from top to bottom, even stripping off its small clothes and shoes for inspection, Lu Zhuang did not find anything unusual. On the surface, everything seemed normal, but whether there was something inside the doll or not, he couldn't know. He also tried to sense it, but didn't feel any other abnormalities.

  In the end, it was concluded that the doll was fine, and it turned out to be just an ordinary doll.

  Lu Zhuang restored the doll to its original state, subconsciously picking it up and bringing it to his nose for a sniff. There was no strange smell, only the faint, sweet scent of a 'girl', with only one distinct fragrance, undoubtedly belonging to Bei Nan. The only thing on it was Bei Nan's breath.

  Lu Zhuang let out a deep breath and walked up to Bei Nan's face.

  Benan stood up from the cabinet and looked at him.

  "Life is precious." He handed the doll to Benan, uttering these words with a serious tone, as if persuading him.

  "My Xiao Xi has always been by my side, she wouldn't do something so cruel." Bei Nan looked at Lu Zhuang with a sorrowful face and said firmly, word by word: "I've asked Xiao Xi, she didn't do it, I believe her."

  "Convenient for us to meet Little Xi?" Lu Zhuang asked on the spot.

  Bei Nan shook his head and refused. He didn't force it anymore, glanced at Yuan Yiqin beside him, and sat back in his chair.

  "Bei Nan, can we trust you?" Yuan Yi Qin asked somewhat weakly.

  "I believe in Konishi."

  Looking at Benan's firm expression and resolute words, he was slightly moved in his heart. After careful consideration, it indeed made sense.

  Although all the contradictions in the matter were directed at that doll, at Xiaoxi, they also determined that it was Xiaoxi with unknown identity beside Benan who did it. It seems that she has never carefully considered Benan's words, and she has always been explaining and denying them, even though those explanations are very weak and pale.

  However, it was precisely because of her trust in Xiao Xi that she worked hard to defend and maintain.

  But...

  Yuan Yi Qin's mind lingered on the image of the doll listening at his door last night, as well as the white figure with a face identical to Bai Nan's that was monitoring Shao Yi Ya going downstairs in the corridor.

  Whether Xiao Xi truly existed still needs to be carefully verified.

  "Officer Liu, trouble you to take Benan to the prison." Yuan Yiqin turned his head and looked at Officer Liu.

  Officer Liu was stunned for a moment, then immediately reacted and understood that he meant to let him take Bei Nan to the prison to see Jia Mucun.

  "Alright, I understand."

  Then, Yuan Yiqin looked at Bei Nan and said: "I still have something to deal with, so I won't accompany you. I let you meet Jia Mucun, this is the condition for letting you move in and live with me. However, now I want to add an additional condition, you must stay with me until all these homicide cases are investigated clearly before leaving."

  At first, she moved in with him. He got her a permit to visit Jia Baoyu in prison, but they hadn't discussed how long she would stay with him.

  Jia Mu Cheng's prison visit permit has been obtained, and Bei Nan will be able to see Jia Mu Cheng soon. However, it's possible that after seeing him, she might just pat her butt and leave, so to be on the safe side, Yuan Yi Qin still needs to make things clear.

  "You're too overbearing, if the investigation can't find out that it's your Second Criminal Investigation Brigade's incompetence, and not my Xiao Xi's fault, what does this have to do with me? You must want to tie me to you?" Bei Nan was very displeased.

  "Alright, I admit that the Second Detective Team is incompetent. However, your Xiao Xi is now one of our suspects. Same old story, if you don't want us to take away your Xiao Xi, then cooperate with us obediently. Oh right, didn't you say that we were 'interacting' with Bei Huan Yan? Afterwards, I think there are still many places where I need to help you act and cooperate, this can also be considered as another condition." Yuan Yi Qin said matter-of-factly.

  "You're threatening me again!" Benan gritted his teeth.

  "I don't want to threaten you repeatedly, but I have no choice but to do so in order to get you to cooperate with me." Yuan Yiqin said helplessly, and then continued: "It's okay, just remember it in your heart. When you have something that can be used to threaten me in the future, I welcome you to come and threaten me. Don't be polite at that time, go ahead and threaten me with all your might."

  Bei Nan glared at him fiercely, holding the doll and striding towards the 'door', stopping in front of the glass 'door' controlled by the system. Officer Liu immediately came over, swiped his card, and left with Bei Nan.

  Watching them leave, Yuan Yiqin slumped powerlessly in his chair, his face aching with a headache: "I'm so annoyed, I don't even know how to deal with it."

  "Kids these days." Lu Zhuang shook his head, with a 'you're still too young' expression. "By the way, who is Jia Mu Cheng again? Beinan's ex-boyfriend?"

  Yuan Yi Chen's eyebrows slightly furrowed: "Perhaps, it is said that they were classmates from junior high to senior high school who had a relatively good relationship. In the first year of high school, there was a 'girl' in their class who liked Jia Mu Cheng and repeatedly targeted Bei Nan. Later, it turned out that Jia Mu Cheng mistakenly killed that 'girl', all for the sake of Bei Nan."

  Jia Mu Cheng killed the girl who liked him for Bei Nan, although it was a miskill, but for them at that time, the impact was not small. It's also because of this that Bei Nan's expression was so shocked and complicated after hearing Jia Mu Cheng's three words.

  Bei Nan felt guilty towards Jia Mu Cheng, and Yuan Yi Qin took advantage of this.

  Lu Zhuang nodded slightly, then looked at Yuan Yiqin with a face of disgust and lectured: "You, don't always threaten Bei Nan, if you want to keep the 'girl' by your side, don't use such rough methods, being gentle won't kill you."

  "You're still a bachelor at forty-five, what qualifications do you have to say that about me?" Yuan Yiqin retorted bluntly.

  Bei Nan is different from those 'girls', she must be treated with special means.

  Threatening her was a bit shameful, but he had no other choice. At worst, he could just let her catch him off guard and threaten her back later. Let her bear a grudge if she wanted to; from the moment he threatened her, he had already prepared himself for her potential counterattack.