Chapter 4 Article 6 Interrogation

  When the car entered the anti-drug brigade, Liu Xiaotao saw the sign on the gate and broke out in a cold sweat. His face turned pale. Xiao Bin dragged him into the interrogation room and pressed him onto a chair. He sat down across from him at the table. Peng Siche also pulled over a chair to sit beside them as an observer. Xiao Bin stared at Xiaotao for half a day without saying a word, staring until Liu Xiaotao's heart was racing with fear.

  Lao Wei found out that Xiao Bin had brought the person back, and without caring about the wound that was torn open again due to the intense exercise during the capture earlier, he held the file and pushed open the interrogation room door to walk in. Seeing Peng Si Zhe sitting beside him, he was stunned for a moment, and Peng Si Zhe nodded at him and greeted him.

  Lao Wei took a look and saw that it was his own person, but didn't say anything. He pulled over a chair and sat down beside Xiao Bin, slapping the file heavily onto the table, causing Liu Xiaotao's butt to jump up from his seat in fright.

  "What did he say?" Old Wei ignored Liu Xiaotao who was sitting anxiously and asked Xiao Bin.

  "He'll say it later." Xiaobin said casually: "Has Feng Baowen been invited?"

  At the mention of "Feng Baowen", Liu Xiaotao's forehead was covered in big drops of sweat that couldn't help but drip down.

  Lao Wei stared at him for a while and asked: "Is there anything you want to say..."

  "I...I...I want to pee..." Liu Xiaodao said with a trembling voice.

  Liu Xiaotao's words made Peng Sizhe, who was sitting on the side listening, burst out laughing "hahaha", but then thought it wasn't suitable and quickly held back.

  "Urinate?! What's your relationship with Feng Baowen?" Xiao Bin asked loudly.

  "I... I don't know..."

  "Do you know her?!" Xiaobin found a photo from the file and pushed it in front of him. Liu Xiaotao took a glance and quickly shifted his gaze away.

  "I don't know..."

  "What about him?" Xiao Bin pushed over another blurry photo of flesh and blood.

  Liu Xiaotao deeply lowered his head and didn't dare look up: "Don't know... I don't know..."

  "Do you want to know about their situation? Didn't Feng Baowen go to the hospital to ask around today? Don't you recognize Feng Baowen? Feng Baowen is very familiar with you, you two are classmates, sworn brothers. University graduates for two years, no job has been done for more than three months. Half a month ago, came to Guining, wanting to make some money by selling drugs..." Xiao Bin said coldly.

  Lao Wei heard the last sentence, looked at him suspiciously, and indeed, Feng Bao Wen had recruited a lot of people, but how did he not know that they came to Guining to do drugs?

  Xiao Bin gave Lao Wei a sly glance, indicating that he had just made it up to scare Liu Xiaotang. Lao Wei didn't say anything and turned his head to look at Liu Xiaotang who was covered in cold sweat. It seemed that Xiao Bin's scare tactic still had an obvious effect.

  "On November 5th, you and Feng Baowen invited Nie Yun and Liu Desheng to have fun, then gave them drugs to take, but unexpectedly they overdosed. Around 1 am, you sent them to the First People's Hospital, then hastily fled. Liu Xiaotao, do you think you can escape? Don't you know that hospitals have surveillance cameras? Do you want me to show you the footage?" Xiao Bin saw his chance and quickened his pace, continuously attacking to destroy his psychological defenses.

  "I...I...I didn't...I really just came here to look for a job!" Liu Xiaotao anxiously explained, lifting his head in defense.

  Lao Wei watched the fire and thought it was about right, then inserted a sentence in a neither rushed nor slow tone: "Do you know what's become of Liu Desheng and Nie Yun now?"

  "What happened to them?" Liu Xiaotao's eyes lit up, and this move betrayed him.

  Nie Yun is dead, Liu De Sheng is now lying in hospital with brain damage. Old Wei said to him.

  "Dead... dead..." Liu Xiaotao buried his head and covered his face with his hands, and actually began to sob.

  The atmosphere in the interrogation room was oppressive, neither Lao Wei nor Xiao Bin spoke, they just quietly watched him sob.

  "Are you still going to say that you don't know Nie Yun?" Xiao Bin said coldly after he finished sobbing.

  "Alright, I'll tell you all, police officers. I really didn't come here to deal with drugs. I know Nie Yun, she was my high school classmate, two years younger than me, and also...my dream lover. And Feng Baowen is my university classmate, we've always been close friends. After graduating from university a couple of years ago, we changed jobs many times because the salary was low or for other reasons, none of which lasted long..."

  "So why did you come back to Guining?" Old Wei interjected.

  "Ah... it's all because of her..." Liu Xiaodao glanced at the photo on the table, Nie Yun's face already devoid of vitality. He sighed and continued: "Nie Yun and I have always been in touch, but only as friends. I never thought it would end up like this... At the beginning of this year, Feng Baowen and I were laid off by a company, and we received over 30,000 yuan in severance pay..."

  "Is it over 30,000 in total or over 30,000 per person?" Xiao Bin made a record, these details must be recorded clearly, and asked.

  "Each person got over 30,000, 33,500 to be exact. Since it was the company's fault for breaching the contract, we received this much money. In a big city, you'd say it's not a lot, but also not a little. I'm tired of the fast-paced and oppressive life in big cities. So I discussed with Feng Baowen whether to start our own business..."

  "Continue..." Xiaobin's hand didn't stop writing.

  "Feng Baowen said that this amount of money in a big city is not enough to live on for several months, let alone start a business. It's better to think of ways to go to smaller cities with more opportunities."

  "Then you chose to return home?" Old Wei asked.

  "Not really, we first chose to go to Guangdong because I studied electronics and Guangdong has many electronics factories. Our initial idea was to do something related to electronics in Guangdong," said Liu Xiaotao.

  "What's next?"

  "We had all planned it out, but then one day I saw on WeChat that Nie Yun had posted a status update: 'The white knight is right next to me.' I felt really bad and Feng Baowen asked me what was wrong. I told him that I've always liked Nie Yun, and Feng Baowen being the good brother he is said, 'If you like her then go chase after her! We don't have anything going on anyway, wherever we go it's all about starting anew.' So we booked our tickets to Guiying and arrived half a month ago. We've been busy finding a place to live, but I still haven't seen Nie Yun in person despite talking to her on the phone several times."

  "What did you say on the phone?" asked Xiao Bin.

  "There's nothing much, just a casual greeting. I said I was going to return to my hometown to start a business, and half-jokingly said it was for her sake. She was still very happy at that time. That's basically it, there wasn't much else. Later on, after I had settled down, I asked her out to dinner."

  "What number?" Little Bin reminded him as they were about to enter the key point.

  "On November 5th, then a few of us went to pick up Nie Yun..."

  "How many people?"

  "There are three of us: I, Feng Baowen, and that little fellow you just caught - we all call him Little Luo."

  "What is his relationship with you?"

  "We were sharing an apartment, and none of us had much money. The rent was 1600 per month, which was a bit of a burden. So we posted an ad online to find someone to share the rent with, and that's how Xiao Luo got in touch with us. He had just moved here for a week, and since we were all young people, we decided to go out for dinner together."

  According to Liu Xiaotao, Peng Sizhe felt that this Xiao Luo was really unlucky.

  "How did you go?" asked Xiao Bin.

  "I had agreed on a location with Nie Yun, and we hailed a taxi. I thought it was just going to be Nie Yun alone, and the taxi could barely fit us. But then Nie Yun said there was another friend, Liu De Sheng. At that time, Feng Bao Wen was somewhat unhappy, saying what kind of thing is this?"

  "Is Liu Desheng the Prince Charming that Nie Yun talked about?" Xiaobin thought this was worth noting down.

  "No, Nie Yun said that Liu Desheng was just met halfway, and heard that Nie Yun and friends were having dinner together, saying to come together. Nie Yun is more outgoing, and didn't mention it to me beforehand, she came over in Liu Desheng's car."

  "Oh, and then?"

  "We went out for dinner together, then Liu Desheng suggested going to KTV to sing songs, we agreed, and then we took Liu Desheng's car to the KTV..."

  "Which KTV? What color is the car?"

  "The KTV in Jincheng Building, I'm not very familiar with the return to Ning, I forgot the name of the KTV, Liu Desheng's car is a red Nissan, when we arrived, they said there were no private rooms left, Liu Desheng was very enthusiastic and said let's go to Di Ao Nightclub, he said he could get a discount..."

  "Wait! What nightclub?" Xiao Bin put down his pen and looked at him with his eyes, Lao Wei also straightened up when he heard the name.

  "Dior nightclub, he said he could book a private room and get a discount. Originally we didn't want to go, but Nie Yun was in high spirits that day, and I wasn't at ease with her being a girl going to such a place alone, so we went together."

  "Go on."

  "Liu Desheng seemed to be very familiar with the place, I saw him greeting several waiters when he went in. Liu Desheng was also very enthusiastic that day, saying he would treat us to drinks. At that time, we were in a private room and had ordered many bottles of wine, so we just drank..."

  "What then? Take drugs?" Xiaobin sneered.

  "No, absolutely not!" Liu Xiaotao said very certainly: "Around 10 o'clock, Liu Desheng said he was going to buy a pack of cigarettes. When he came back, he gave us some cigarettes. I don't smoke, so I didn't take one. Nie Yun was in high spirits and took one. At the time, I even said, 'Why are you smoking too?' She didn't say anything."

  "How many cigarettes did she smoke in total?" asked Xiao Bin.

  "We played dice and drank before, I think we smoked three or four cigarettes?" Liu Xiaotao's memory was a bit fuzzy.

  "Did she make any special movements when she smoked?"

  "She was extremely excited, speaking somewhat vaguely, and seemed particularly open-minded. When she won at shaking the dice, she hugged the person next to her and kissed them. At that time, I didn't think much of it, so I sat down beside her and asked if she had drunk too much. She ignored me, anyway, I was quite depressed at the time."

  The girl he liked was out of control, hugging and kissing him. It's frustrating for any man, but that's not the point. Xiao Bin asked again: "What happened next?"

  "About 11:30, the first rave of the Diou nightclub, Liu Desheng pulled Nai Yun out, I was very angry at that time, Feng Baowen even wanted to beat up Liu Desheng, Xiao Luo persuaded him not to. Then we went to the dance floor to find Nai Yun, after searching for more than 10 minutes, didn't see Nai Yun's figure on the dance floor, I got anxious, later found Nai Yun and Liu Desheng drinking in a corner."

  "What drink? Describe it."

  "It was unclear, it seemed to be a high-heeled glass cup, like a cocktail or something. Nie Yun's face was very red and her eyes were blurry at the time. I was already very angry, so I went up to pull her, and Nie Yun leaned on me. Liu De Sheng said 'what are you doing?' and I pushed him away, supporting Nie Yun as we tried to leave. But Nie Yun was very excited, and when we passed by the dance floor she wanted to go in, waving her arms and legs wildly. So I pulled her back to the private room first, thinking she should rest for a bit. Later, Feng Bao Wen and Xiao Luo also returned to the private room, and we saw that Nie Yun's face didn't look right, so we discussed whether we should send her home first. Just as we were discussing this, a waiter came running over saying Liu De Sheng was fighting with someone in the bathroom. I and Feng Bao Wen rushed over to take a look, and Liu De Sheng was being pinned to the ground by someone who was desperately scratching his face. Liu De Sheng wasn't even struggling back, we were so scared that we quickly separated them and helped Liu De Sheng up. At this time, Xiao Luo came running over in a panic saying Nie Yun was vomiting. I rushed into the private room again, and Nie Yun was bent over on the sofa, looking very painful as she vomited. I didn't care about anything else anymore, so I hugged her and thought of taking her to the hospital."

  "What's next?"

  "At that time, I was also in a panic and didn't think much, so I found the car key on Liu Desheng's body. Feng Baowen knew how to drive, so he drove Liu Desheng's car to send them to the hospital."

  Upon hearing this, Xiao Bin and Lao Wei exchanged a glance, and he judged that Xiao Bin was not lying.

  "Why didn't you call the police?" Old Wei asked.

  "When we first encountered this situation, we were also panicked. I sent Nie Yun into the emergency room, and the nurse told me to go pay the bill. I came out and discussed with Feng Baowen and Xiao Luo, but we didn't have any money on us either. Liu Desheng was yelling loudly in his hospital room at that time, so Xiao Luo suggested that we run away first and come back later to see what happens. At that time, Feng Baowen and I probably also knew that they were taking drugs, and the crime of drug addiction is not a small one. We panicked and left the hospital."

  "What's next?"

  "We went back to the rental house, and were discussing what to do about this matter, but couldn't come up with a solution. Today we really couldn't bear it anymore, so Feng Baowen said let's go ask around, if the person isn't dead then things won't be too big of a deal... who would have thought..."

  "When we went to find you, why did you attack the police?"

  "I... I... I was very scared at that time, Feng Baowen didn't respond either, I thought maybe our crime is too severe..."

  Old Wei also knew what was going on at this point, stood up and shook his head: "Young people..."

  Peng Sizhe and Lao Wei went out together, asking: "Will there be some gains?"

  Lao Wei shook his head: "It's just a few young people who are not familiar with the world, they were drugged in a nightclub, and they didn't have much help with the case."

  "What about Dior's evening wear?"

  "I suspect it's a drug distribution point, still investigating, uh, what was your name again?"

  "Peng Sizhe, Special Police Brigade."

  "Peng Sizhe? This name seems very familiar......" Old Wei seemed to recall something.

  "Huh? Didn't we meet at Dio Nightclub that day?" Peng Siche didn't know what Old Wei meant.

  "Come to think of it, didn't your brother go missing?" Old Wei thought he hadn't made himself clear earlier and said it again.

  Peng Sizhe smiled wryly: "How did you know?"

  "They are all part of a system, the head of the criminal investigation and I were classmates, this matter is so suspicious, when we get together, we just talk about it."

  "Alas...good news doesn't spread far, but bad news travels a thousand miles." Peng Sizhe sighed.

  "No big deal, I'm just a lucky guy with a good astrological sign, and we're all police officers. If you need any help in the future, feel free to ask, everyone calls me Old Wei." Old Wei stretched out his hand to Peng Si Zhe, and from that moment on, they became friends.

  "I'll go take a look, you just wait casually."

  "I'm almost ready to go back too, leave a phone number." Peng Sizhe said, the two exchanged phone numbers, and Peng Sizhe took his leave first.

  Lao Wei approached the interrogation room when Xiao Bin's interrogation was also completed, and Liu Xiaotang was asked to sign and fingerprint the interrogation record.

  The formalities are completed, and Liu Xiaotao asked: "I... when can I leave?"

  Xiao Bin received the message and asked for a record, without even lifting his head: "Wait until we have finished investigating, if you really don't have any problems, then you can leave."

  "Then... can I go take a look at Nie Yun?" Liu Xiaotao asked softly again.

  "You'd better ask Nie Yun's parents about that." Xiao Bin raised his head and said.

  Two police officers took Liu Xiaodao away to the detention room, while Xiao Bin tidied up the interrogation records and returned to the office. He plopped down in his chair and slammed the record on the table: "Damn it!"

  It took great effort, but I thought catching Feng Baowen and Liu Xiaodao would bring a breakthrough. However, it seems they are completely unaware of anything!