Breaking Through the Clouds - Chapter 6

 Translated by 231yolu :)

"You trust him?" Qin Chuan asked doubtfully.

Yan Xuan's fingers were intertwined rhythmically. After a while, he said slowly: "The forensics team is recovering the surveillance footage. If they can find an alibi, I will trust him."

The Deputy Branch Office was filled with the smell of instant noodles and cigarettes. People could be heard outside the office. The policemen who were not on night shift had started to come to work.

"But this is too ridiculous, Old Yan. Feng Yuguang's department head and supervisor had said that his grades were not good and that he would be thankful if he could finish his graduation thesis. But Chu Ci said that Feng Yuguang had made a bet with her to get a PhD and to do research projects? Feng Yuguang only watches dramas, plays games, and flirts with girls. This is not his academic image. Also, if you listen to Chu Ci's confession, I don't believe you can't tell that he is not telling the truth. This kid is definitely hiding a lot of things! "

Yan Xuan raised his index finger and shook it in front of Qin Chuan's nose:

"I have reservations about the first half of your sentence, but I agree with the second half."

"— — He is indeed hiding some things."

Half an hour ago, in the interrogation room.

"He made a bet to get a PhD."

"What?"

"He made a bet that he will definitely get a PhD." Chu Ci said helplessly: "I don't know what gave him such confidence. Maybe it's because of his miraculous low flying results."

Yan Xuan and the officer in charge of recording looked at each other. They were both surprised. Then he turned to Chu Ci: "— — How did you two get to this topic?"

"When I came in, he was reading a book. There was an experiment he didn't understand, so he asked if I could explain it to him. My relationship with him isn't so bad that we can't even talk, so I talked for about twenty minutes. There were still a few points at the end that he didn't understand, so I said that we'll stop here for today. Anyway, those are extracurricular extensions, so it doesn't matter much to him if he doesn't understand. "

"Then he got anxious and told me not to look down on people, saying that he wasn't worse than anyone, and that if he wanted to get a PhD, he would definitely get one." Chu Ci explained: "Actually, I didn't mean to look down on him."

Yan Xuan thought to himself: We all know that the top students don't even realize the natural discrimination they have against the flunkies, but we flunkies are actually very sensitive. But on the surface, he was noncommittal, only asking: "So you guys made a bet? What's the wager? "

"A research project. If he really gets in, I'll take him on a research project. "

"Then what if he doesn't get in?"

Chu Ci suddenly fell silent, and after a few seconds, she replied: "He'll lose one dollar to me."

Inside and outside the interrogation room, everyone was stunned.

"…" Yan Xuan confirmed: "One dollar?"

"I didn't believe that he could get in, and I didn't want to get any benefits from it. But at that time, he was very agitated and insisted on arguing with me, so I could only quickly send him away so that I could go back to the lab. " Chu Ci let out a long sigh, this time with a slight sigh: "If I knew that was the last time I would see him, maybe I would have stayed longer … At least I would have helped him finish explaining the last few points of knowledge."

There was no sound in the interrogation room. Everyone was deep in thought, and for a moment, only the sound of their own breathing could be heard.

"Can I ask? Feng Yuguang … How did he die? "

Yan Xuan snapped out of his thoughts. "Oh," he said casually. "Hallucinations caused by drugs."

Chu Ci was a little surprised: "Impossible, he took drugs?"

"It's precisely because the case is uncertain that we need to investigate. During the investigation stage, it's not convenient to reveal the details to the public. As a top student, I don't think I need to remind you about the relevant laws."

"…"

Yan Xuan closed his notebook, stood up, and shrugged his shoulders, as if he suddenly remembered something: "Oh right, one last question. Just now, when my colleague asked you about the luxury bag, why did you say that you didn't know anything? "

Chu Ci had already stood up, but when she heard this, she was a little hesitant.

"… I don't want to get into trouble."

He paused, slightly averted Yan Xuan's gaze, and said: "Giving a bag out of the blue, this is really incomprehensible … When encountering something strange, normal people's reaction would be to stay away, isn't that right, Officer?"

·

"It's indeed very strange, but just based on this alone, we can't confirm that Chu Ci is a suspect."

Yan Xuan opened the window, and the morning's fresh air rushed in, sweeping away the various smells that had been fermenting in the office overnight. Qin Chuan stood behind his desk, still a little puzzled: "What do you mean?"

"If I wanted to kill my roommate, I would choose to do it in a place I'm familiar with, and not somewhere a thousand miles away from home. In fact, ninety percent of student injuries occur in school. If I really wanted to kill someone, creating a laboratory accident is much more convenient than using scopolamine and methamphetamine to harm people. "

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