Chapter 70 The Final Case (8)

  Have you ever thought that the person you trust may disappear completely just around the corner.

  Have you ever thought that he is actually not the person you know?

  Or... he has changed too much, you can't recognize his old appearance anymore.

  Xia Zhu gently covered her eyes and slowly opened them.

  In front of me was still that house, and in the corner stood someone more familiar than anyone else.

  "Lin Yuanqi." Xia Zhu felt a bit parched in her throat.

  Just a second later, Lin Yuan handed over the water cup: "You're awake."

  His tone was so calm, as if all of this were a matter of course.

  "What about your colleagues in the homicide unit?" Xia Zhu looked at the man in front of her, and once again felt a chill rising from the marrow of her bones.

  She found that she really didn't know Lin Yuanxi anymore, he seemed to be no longer the same as before, with an arrogant and proud appearance, a mouth that could kill people.

  The current Lin Yuanxi has changed and become unfamiliar to him.

  "They're probably gone by now," said Lin Yuanxi.

  "Did he leave?"

  Her tone was still calm, the kind of calm that had been trained to be disguised, but Xia Zhu knew that her heart had already turned upside down because of Lin Yuan's one sentence.

  "Hmm, Xi Bao has left too." Lin Yuan said calmly.

  ……

  So now the plot is that Xi Bei has walked into a trap?

  How is it possible? How can there be such good things?

  "They just made a record for Xi Bao, after all, Xi Bao got the last card." Lin Yuanhui kindly explained to Xia Zhu.

  They seem to be still in their usual state, Lin Yuanxi writing and drawing on the whiteboard, Xia Zhu quietly listening beside him, like a most well-behaved student.

  "The last trump card......" Xia Zhu furrowed her brow, her beautiful eyebrows curved: "Was it you who did this?"

  "No." Lin Yuanxi's words came quickly.

  "Is that so?"

  Her voice is too flat, without a single fluctuation.

  Lin Yuanxi looked over: "You don't believe me?"

  It's hard to describe Lin Yuanxi's expression at that moment, it didn't seem like he was hurt or sad, just a very calm face.

  A very peaceful tone.

  Just like old friends.

  But is there such an old friend?

  "Did you drug me?" Xia Zhuo struggled with great effort:

  Lin Yuan hesitated for a moment, then nodded slightly: "The kind that won't hurt you. Now you have two options to choose from. One is to stay here with me, and the other is to leave now. No one will stop you."

  Xia Zhu suddenly fell silent.

  She found herself really unable to understand Lin Yuanke, unable to understand him at this moment.

  He always refused to make his words clearer and assumed that everyone should understand.

  "If I stay, then at least I need to understand your position."

  "I am the psychological consultant of the Major Crimes Unit, always have been." Lin Yuanxi said softly.

  Xia Zhu looked steadily into his eyes.

  Lin Yuanqi fell silent, and after a long while, he chuckled softly: "You see, even if I say it out loud, you still won't believe me."

  At that moment, Xia Zhu felt that something had quietly changed between them.

  It's as if the beautiful atmosphere of the past slowly, slowly disappeared without a trace.

  "For me..." Xia Zhu slowly opened her mouth: "You are first and foremost my family, and secondly my colleague."

  Lin Yuan's eyes fluttered for a moment, and this time a hint of a smile flashed across his eyes.

  "So, will you believe me because of this?" Lin Yuan asked.

  "I've always believed in you." Xia Zhu said softly.

  "Alright, then let's sleep a bit more today." Lin Yuan placed something in Xia Zhu's palm and at the same time, he knocked on Xia Zhu's neck without any politeness.

  His smile was so firm and decisive, with a gentle warmth that intoxicated Xia Zhu.

  The unique gentleness belonging to Lin Yuanli.

  When Xia Zhu woke up again, she found that her surroundings had changed once more.

  "I'm back?" Xia Zhu felt that her voice was incomparably tired.

  "From today on, Lin Yuanxi becomes a suspect." Zou Mingyuan's tone was somewhat violent, despite his efforts to suppress it.

  Xia Zhuo was silent: "What happened?"

  "You were found on the third floor balcony, next to a scattered deck of cards. Luckily, Shengyuan was nearby at that time, otherwise you might have died from shock." Zou Mianyuan couldn't hide his anger.

  "I still don't believe Yuan is that kind of person." Sheng Yuan furrowed his brow: "Yuan, you probably need to calm down for a bit."

  "Regardless of whether I can calm down," Zou Mianyuan said: "Lin Yuanliu has now become an unquestionable suspect."

  Xia Zhu was taken aback and suddenly felt something pressing against his palm.

  "This is..." She raised her hand, and her eyes grew slightly warm.

  A ring.

  Exquisite and compact.

  Xia Zhu thought back to Lin Yuan's attitude at that time, and it seemed like something was surging in her mind.

  "Captain, can you get the tech department to check this ring?" Xia Zhu lightly fiddled with the diamond-studded part and furrowed her brow.

  "Where did this come from?" Zou Mianyuan was taken aback: "He proposed to you in that situation?"

  Looking at Zou Mu Yan's furious face, Xia Zhu could only briefly explain the conversation between the two, saying: "I suspect this is the reason why Far Kuai Ning is unwilling to return even if he is willing to continue undercover."

  The ring was quickly taken away by the technical department, and the small drill on it was removed to reveal a tiny camera inside.

  These days, Lin Yuan and Xi Zuo's every word and deed have been somewhat reflected in it, but it's still not enough...

  Xī Bǎo is the behind-the-scenes pusher, and now the big king's poker card is still in his hand, indicating that he has not yet achieved his ultimate goal.

  "No," Xia Zhu furrowed her brow: "Is Xi Bao still here?"

  "We can't force him to stay, but a team has been sent to follow him." said Zou Mianyuan.

  After all, Xi Zhong was only cooperating with the police as a person involved in the case this time. Even if the police hated him to the bone, they couldn't go too far.

  Xia Zhu furrowed her brow, still feeling that things wouldn't be so easily settled.

  "Can that team be contacted at any time?" Xia Zhu asked again.

  "Of course, they all wore communicators, how...". Zou Mu's eyes narrowed: "Could it be that Xi Bao would dare to wipe out our entire team?"

  "No, Xī Bó doesn't have to do this." Xia Zhu's brain was racing.

  She suddenly realized that even if Lin Yuan was not by her side, the change brought about by this master was almost palpable.

  She began to get used to thinking in Lin Yuan's thought pattern, got used to his sharp tongue, got used to his meticulous operation step by step, and even got used to his psychological substitution mode for criminals.

  "If I were Xiabo," Xia Zhu muttered, "there's probably only one thing I'd want to do."

  Zou Mianyuan's eyes narrowed: "Ruined Lin Yuanliu?"

  "Right, if there's no way to get him in the water with the simplest method, then actually there's an even better way..." Xia Zhu said slowly, a glimmer of incredulity flashing at the bottom of her eyes.

  "That's right," Sheng Yuan nodded, a hint of anxiety flashing in his eyes: "If that's the case, then Lin Yuan will truly be pushed from behind the scenes to the front, and no one will be able to save him."

  There is a kind of person who isn't inherently bad, but when no one in the world is willing to believe he's a good person, he has no choice but to degenerate.

  What Xi Jinping is doing now is probably just like this.

  "Watch out for Xi Bao's movements, don't let him be ambushed!" Zou Mianyuan hastily picked up the intercom and said.

  "Captain! Xi Biao has been sniped on the street!"

  When he was shot on the street, he was first hit in the ankle and fell down, then another bullet hit his chest.

  "What about the sniper?" Zou Muyuan forced himself to remain calm as he gripped the receiver tightly, afraid of hearing that familiar name.

  "They've been caught, but they didn't say anything." The captain on the other side took a look at the things searched from the sniper's body, and a hint of incredulity flashed in his eyes: "There is a note, and also a mobile phone."

  He obviously saw what was on the note, otherwise he wouldn't have such a shocked expression.

  But he quickly gathered his things and composed his facial expression, saying: "I'll take these things back to the office."

  "Alright, good job." Zou Muyuan put away the items and looked at Xia Zhu: "If Lin Yuanqi is really arrested this time, it's unlikely that we'll be taking over, but we'll do our best to help."

  "I know." Xia Zhu nodded and covered up the gloom at the bottom of her eyes.

  But she also knew that everyone here had chosen to believe in Lin Yuan.

  That's enough already.

  For myself, for Yuan Qi, this is enough.

  "Now it's troublesome for the media. If the media says something that affects public opinion, they might think the police are covering up for their own people." Sheng Yuan furrowed his brow.

  "Lin Yuanqie didn't do anything, and even if he did, it must have been under duress." Zou Mianyuan said firmly.

  Sheng Yuan nodded and comforted Zou Muyuan's emotions, saying: "But the media may not think so, and a very key point is - we have no evidence."

  "I don't know how the evidence collection is going on the other side." Zou Mianyuan looked at Xia Zhu.

  Xia Zhuo is daydreaming.

  Why did Lin Yuanxi choose to knock himself unconscious in that final moment, rather than taking all the evidence and leaving with it?

  Why did he still choose to stay there in the last moment?

  Is he blind to Xi Jinping's plot to destroy himself and drag him down?

  It's impossible because he is Lin Yuanlei, he won't be deceived so easily.

  So what else is in that house that Lin Yuanli fears or... has to stay and find?

  "Can I go back to the apartment one more time?" Xia Zhu asked.

  "At this time, it should have been under martial law." said Zou Mianyuan.

  Sheng Yuan added somewhat uncomfortably: "Besides, Lin Yuan's arrest warrant has probably arrived."

  The mobile phone in that evidence bag clearly had a recording of Lin Yuan's last steps, spoken in a calm and collected tone.

  At least it doesn't look fake, and now the technical department is doing the final verification.

  Lin Yanzhi's arrest seems inevitable now.

  Shengyuan patted Xiaozhu's shoulder: "We'd better not be in the spotlight now, or it might cause public opinion to lean to one side."

  "Yes." Xia Zhu didn't say anything else, she just sat down silently, closed her eyes silently and began to think seriously.

  It was also Lin Yuanxi's habit that when he couldn't do anything, at least he could keep his mind clear and think through the whole thing from beginning to end.

  Lin Yuanxi has a theory that if someone experiences many things but can't find a thread to connect them, it only means you've missed out on a lot.

  Now Xia Zhu can only recall as much as possible, because she knows that the homicide team is the last straw.

  If even they can't do anything, they will become the last straw that crushes Lin Yuanxi.

  Lin Yuan will be crushed?

  Xia Zhu didn't know, but even just thinking about it, imagining Lin Yuan's proud back being forced to bend down, Xia Zhu only felt a heart-wrenching pain.

  She can't always seek shelter under the umbrella of the Major Crimes Unit or Lin Yuan's wings, this time she has to learn to rely on herself and protect the people she loves.