C14 (1/2)

I suddenly felt a little muddle-headed. I didn't understand why the police officer who thought that my elder sister had committed suicide would suddenly speak to me in such a manner at this moment without any evidence.

I frowned at the man in front of me. ”What do you mean by that?”

The man who called himself a cop suddenly reached out to me. ”Give us Su Lihua's cell phone.”

”I didn't.”

The man in front of me made it impossible for me to have any confidence in him. I don't remember one of the officers on the scene, which made me a little more wary of him.

The man's eyes suddenly revealed a trace of fierceness, ”If you are unwilling to hand it over, then it means that you want to hide the evidence that killed Su Lihua. Since you are unwilling to cooperate, then I can only bring you back to the police station to investigate.”

My feet unconsciously backed off, but the man followed me closely, step by step. His face had a layer of extremely awkward and hypocritical gentleness to it. ”If you're willing to cooperate, we'll eliminate your suspicions and help you catch the murderer.”

My breathing quickened, and I was extremely afraid. I could feel the malice in his eyes, ”Please, please take out your police ID.”

The man's eyes flickered, but he said calmly, ”The police officer certificate is in the car, I forgot to take it down. If you don't believe me, you can come with me to the car and take a look.”

Naturally, I didn't dare to follow the man in front of me. Perhaps it was the natural instinct of a human to evade danger. I reached into my pocket and took out my phone.

My sister had always bought me the same kind of phone as her, so it was hard to tell from the outside.

The man received the phone from me and smiled in satisfaction. He didn't have any doubts about it and asked, ”What's the password?”

”I don't know.”

He was neither surprised nor angry at my answer, as if he were pleased with it. He put the phone in his pocket and left.

I used a casket that I bought beforehand to collect my sister's ashes. I stored her ashes away on this night when no one was paying their respects to her.

On my way home, I passed a public phone booth. I took a slip of paper from my pocket, which was a phone call from Shang Qirong before he left, so that I could call him if I found anything. I took out a coin, threw it into the phone, and dialed Shang Qirong's number.

It was around 4: 00 in the morning. Apparently, my phone call woke up Shang Qirong who was sleeping soundly. His voice was filled with a thick sense of drowsiness as he mumbled the word ”Hello” in a daze.

”I am Su Mo, Su Lihua's sister. Just now, a person who called himself a police officer came to find me and asked for my sister's things. He even said that he suspected me of being the culprit. I would like to ask you, what exactly happened?”

Because of my words, Shang Qirong's voice became a lot more spirited, ”Impossible, although I am an intern police officer, but I am still one of the members responsible for this case. If the department really has such a decision, how could I not know?” ”Also, your sister's case has already been settled and it's impossible for such a problem to occur.”

I held the microphone tightly in my hand. ”That person is in his thirties. He has a tall and sturdy figure with a comb through his hair. There's a 3 cm scar on his ear. He looks a bit fierce. Is there anyone like that in your police station?”

Shang Qirong immediately replied with certainty, ”No, someone must have pretended to be our man.”

My heart sank, and my other hand went to my sister's phone in my pocket. There had to be something important in it. But what I need to do now is to find a way to turn on this phone.

Feeling my silence, even through the phone, I could still hear Shang Qirong's sigh. With a tone that rarely came from his age, he advised me to leave the city, saying that Su Lihua, as the leader of the Nine Palace, was in contact with the upper echelons of society. If she was really killed by someone, then the person I couldn't afford to offend would be someone I offended.

Shang Qirong told me that although he shouldn't say such depressing things as a policeman, he also didn't want to see an innocent person in trouble. Since they found me, it meant that they had already targeted me.