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  "Sanqi! What's wrong?" Tongtong saw Sanqi staring at a newspaper, Sanqi let out a long sigh "Ahh~~~ Is this issue of Forbes rich list incorrect? Why isn't my name on it?" Sanqi looked puzzled.

  Tongtong patted his head "Are you having a fever? If your name is on it, that's when things have gone wrong!"

  Sanqi's eyes lit up and he exclaimed, "Really!?" Then, with a dejected expression, he picked up the newspaper again. "When can I get it wrong?" "This..." Tongtong was thoroughly defeated by him.

  "Ding! Ding! Ding!" A piercing sound like an alarm came from Sanqi's pocket. "Look, someone is calling my iPhone 4." Sanqi proudly took out his pre-21st century "mobile phone".

  "Yeah, yeah. Some idiot calls his antique an 'iPhone 4', never mind that. The most important thing is, can you come up with a phone next time that's more expensive than the monthly fee?"

  "Money is no problem, the problem is there's no money!...... Hello? This is Tian Sanqi, the genius billionaire. Who is this?"

  "Cough... Ah, good day, Mr. Tian. I'm Ouyang Xuan, Deputy Captain of the Municipal Criminal Police Brigade. There's been a homicide here, may I ask you to come down to the station with me?"

  Sanqi immediately jumped up excitedly, "Great! Great! However, it would be best if you could send a police car over. Because I'm not good at recognizing roads, and I've never taken a police car before!" On the other end of the phone, Ouyang Xuan was speechless for a moment, as in all his years as a policeman, he had never heard anyone voluntarily ask to take a police car.

  "Ah yo~ painful (tong tong), what are you doing!" Ouyang Xuan heard a girl's voice on the phone again. "Are you sick?! Who would ask to ride in a police car, riding in a police car will make others think you're a criminal. You're not lost, why don't you just go yourself." Then Tian Sanqi said: "Yes yes yes, you're right. I'll obey orders." Then he said to Ouyang Xuan: "Captain Ouyang, do you want me to come over now?"

  "If possible, please come as soon as you can." Ouyang Xuan found this young man quite interesting and couldn't help but lower his suspicions a little from an emotional standpoint. However, the habits he had developed over the years made him suspect every person who could possibly be a criminal.

  "Look, even the police uncle invited me to be a consultant, it's really enough." Then he started changing clothes and going out. "Ah~ poor Sanqi!" Tongtong patted Sanqi's head, then bit her finger and looked up at the ceiling, as if muttering to herself: "I heard that eating more fish can nourish the brain and make people smarter. So you should eat at least a pair of whales."

  "Alright! I'm all set. Bye, dear Tongtong." Sanqi finished his preparations and rushed out the door. He seemed to hear Tongtong shouting something behind him, but since he didn't quite catch it, he just pretended not to know.

  "Haha ~ Luckily I ran fast. Otherwise, Tongtong would definitely chase me for rent."

  "Sanqi, you're too cunning! I knew there was something unsaid. Hurry up and pay the rent for this month, last month, and the month before that!" This scared Sanqi badly, "Tongtong, why are you chasing me? My rent..." Suddenly Sanqi pointed behind Tongtong's back, his mouth wide open in shock "That...that...ah?"

  Tongtong curiously turned her head to take a look, and there was only an old lady exercising over there. By the time she realized she had been deceived and turned her head back to look for Sanqi, he was already gone without a trace. "Sanqi! Don't let me catch you!!"

  It wasn't until Sanqi was completely out of sight that he let out a sigh "The road is long and distant, I'd better hail a taxi." TAXI~~

  Ten minutes later, Ouyang Xuan received a call. "Hello, I'm Ouyang Xuan."

  "This... Captain Ouyang, I'm Tian Sanqi. Hmm... I was thinking, could you come out and pick me up? Hehe." Sanqi's voice seemed a bit hesitant.

  Ouyang Xuan walked out of the door and saw Sanqi sitting in a taxi. "Sorry, Captain Ouyang. I didn't bring any money today, so this fare..."

  "I... I'll pay for you." Ou Yang Xuan seemed to have sensed that this "genius rich man" didn't seem as wealthy as he claimed.

  Ouyang Xuan brought Sanqi to the interrogation room, where a police officer was already seated at the desk. He seemed to be in charge of taking notes. Ouyang Xuan first asked Sanqi to sit down and then sat down behind the desk himself.

  "What's your name?"

  "Field Three Seven."

  "What kind of name is this?" The young policeman couldn't help but ask.

  "Sanqi, also known as Tian Qi or Tian Sanqi. It's a type of medicinal herb. This herb has a nickname called 'worth more than gold', which shows how precious it is. My parents naturally think I'm the most precious thing too! So I'm also 'worth more than gold'! Hehe, isn't this name very meaningful?" Sanqi started bragging about the origin of his name again.

  "It is... I suppose." The young police officer was glared at by Ouyang Xuan and didn't dare to stray from the topic again.

  "Professional."

  "It's freelancing now."

  "What does 'now is' mean?" Ou Yang's sharp eyes shot towards San Qi.

  "Because until yesterday, I was just a temporary theater staff. Working for money."

  "Why don't you just go ahead and do it?"

  "It's because I had a falling out with those people from the crew." Sanqi said after some thought.

  "Who are 'those people'?"

  "It's mainly that lousy director Mu Yu Feng and that big star... what was her name again... Ah, Cheng Zhi Ling. That's right, it's her." San Qi really wasn't good at remembering people's names.

  "Is this person the 'Cheng Zhiling' you mentioned?" Ouyang Xuan handed a photo to Sanqi.

  "Ah, yes, that's her. But she is much more beautiful in person than in the photo." Sanqi smiled and replied.

  "Excuse me, where were you at 9:30 last night?"

  "My home."

  "What are you doing?"

  "Should be watching TV? I remember waiting for a detective drama that starts at 9:40." Sanqi looked at Ouyang Xuan.

  "Who can prove it?"

  "My landlord can prove it."

  Here is the translation:

  "Alright, you can go back now," said Ouyang Xuan with a smile. Sanqi also stood up with a smile and said to him, "Can I really go back? Isn't this too simple?" Ouyang Xuan furrowed his brow, "What do you mean by this?" "Nothing, I just wanted to know the confessions of the other suspects," Sanqi seemed like a different person, and Ouyang Xuan could feel that his aura had completely changed. "How did you know we suspected you?"

  "It's simple, because you told me that a murder case occurred here. Immediately after, you started investigating whether I had the motive and opportunity to commit the crime. I clearly said that there were two people who had conflicts with me, but you only focused on Cheng Zhirong and ignored Mu Yufeng. This shows that the deceased was indeed Cheng Zhirong herself. As a big star, she wouldn't have come into contact with many people in her daily life. The last time I saw her, there were six people around her, including me: Mu Yufeng, Cheng Wenhui, Boren, Qian Caozhenai, and Wu Chengyue. In other words, there are six suspects. I deduce that the deceased's death occurred between 8 pm to 9 pm, so you will ask for my alibi during this time period. Moreover, your attitude towards interrogating me suggests that up until now, you haven't found any leads. This leaves two possibilities: either the deceased died in a very unusual way or there were normal signs of death. However, the second possibility can be ruled out; otherwise, you wouldn't have called me here. Because if you couldn't find any clues on the deceased's body, you started investigating potential suspects who might have committed the crime. So what kind of 'death method' would make it impossible for you to investigate? It must be an 'impossible crime', and among those, the most common one is... a locked room murder."

  That young police officer Zhang opened his mouth, "Wow!" Ouyang Xuan also applauded, "Beautiful reasoning." Looking at Sanqi's triumphant expression, it was clear that he had restored his true nature.

  "Can I know their confessions now?" Ouyang Xuan sneered with a smile "You took the know."

  "Why?"

  "Don't think that just because you've read a few detective novels, you can really consider yourself a detective. We're dealing with real cases here, not some made-up stories. Cases like this should be left to the police, not someone like you, 'Great Detective Sir'."

  "OK, OK. I won't ask then. However..." Sanqi stared at Ouyang Xuan and said word by word: "Even if we don't rely on the police, I must investigate this case clearly!"

  "Why?" Ouyang Xuan still couldn't help but ask him as Sanqi was about to leave.

  Sanqi smiled and said, "As you said, I'm a detective. 'Revealing the truth to the public' is the duty of a detective."

  Looking at the receding back of Sanqi, the young police officer asked Ouyang Xuan "Deputy Captain, do you think he is the murderer?" Ouyang Xuan just stared at Sanqi's back and did not respond.