Chapter 166 (2/2)
”So?”
”That's motive for murder”
Zhou Qin s for that, pal
”Like I said, I don't know thesave the o” Zhou Qin played with her nails”And I also know that Li Yundong wasn't carrying a gun last night” She looked up fro
The detective seemed pretty satisfied with her answer
Detective wang flipped through his notes
”Did you see anything strange while you were driving towards the scene?” Detective wang kept staring at his notes”Anything peculiar or out of the ordinary?”
Another trick questionThese guys were trying to see if her story h to concoct a lie using the truth
”Well” Zhou Qin pretended to think hard”AhThere were a bunch of potholes along the wayLike, one every ten or twentyto swerve between lanes to avoid them”
That was the truthShe did have to avoid holes on the roadGod, it was like soiantdo anyway?
”What about when you arrived at the scene? What did you see?”
Zhou Qin leaned away from the table until her back touched the chair”I slowed dohen I saw skid marks on the roadEventually, I saw He Shao's car on my left” Zhou Qin paused for a moment”It had fallen off the road onto a wide field beside the road”
”OkayWhat state was the car in? Wrecked? Were the engines running?”
”Turned turtle,” Zhou Qin said in a heartbeat”It was pretty badly daedBut I'ine eitherI wasn't really focused on the car”
”What else did you see?”
”I saw” Zhou Qin paused to take a breath”Well, Li Yundong alking towards the carThen, He Shao crawled out fro she sahen she arrived was the entire field bathed in golden lightThere was a large golden sphere surrounding Li Yundong's bodyIt was an unbelievable sight
”What did Li Yundong do?”
Zhou Qin glanced at the detectiveThis was the part where she had to be really careful with her wordsSaying the wrong thing would incri and He Shao were yelling at each other”
”Were you able to hear them?”
”YesThey were loud”
”What were they talking about?”
”Li Yundong was forcing He Shao to turn himself in”
More liesZhou Qin didn't even know if Li Yundong and He Shao were actually talking
”He Shao tried to bride Li Yundong withdidn't take the bait”
”Was there a physical altercation? I meanWas there any violence involved at sou's blatant insinuation
Detective wang shrugged”It's a reasonable questionJust now, you said they were yelling at each otherDid the arguBesides, do you think Li Yundong is stupid enough to attack He Shao when he knew that He Shao was arical and totally believable
”Fair enough,” Detective wang said, closing his notebook”And afterwards?”
”He Shao tried toran after He Shao, but before he could get close” Zhou Qin gave the detective a pointed look”You already know the rest”
Detective wang tossed the notepad onto the table”RightA bolt of lightning came down from the sky and turned He Shao into ashes” Detective wang rubbed his face”Come onYou expect me to believe that?”
”I expect you to rely on the evidence, detective” Zhou Qin sround?”
”You did” Detective wang chuckled bitterly”You said it is the spot where the lightning struck He Shao”
”WellIt is” Zhou Qin smirked”Has your forensics tealance at her”They're working on it”
”Then I have no doubt that your team would be able to uncover traces of He Shao's DNA in that hole” Zhou Qin shrugged”Charred tissue, 's eyes narrowed”Even if we do find those things, that isn't enough to validate your story” Detective wang leaned forward, pressing his elbows on the desk”Come on, Miss ZhouDo you really think that a story ofof” Detective wang griestures with his hand”of a person killed by a rando would be taken seriously inside the court of law?”
Zhou Qin lifted a shoulder casually”Why not?” Zhou Qin arched her brow”You do know that lightning strike fatalities occur everywhere in the world, right?”
”Seriously, Miss Zhou? Who do you think I aht, and He Shao was standing on open ground, then the claiuess what? The weather was perfectly fine that night!” Detective wang took a deep breath”Look, Miss ZhouYou've got to giveelse hereCome on…”
The detective alPerhaps he wasGod only kneon the police to find He Shao's ”killer”
Zhou Qin sighed”You're not listening toelse because what I gave you is the truth” She paused”And regarding what youto add”
Detective wang sat up straighter and picked up his penHe gestured for Zhou Qin to continue, then opened his notepad
”There were storht”
Detective wang looked up from his notebook”Are you sure?”
”Absolutely positive,” Zhou Qin said firmly”I'm sure because I was thereI saw the cloudsYou can check the satellite data if you don't believedown”RightStor supposedly ca down from the sky and then struck He Shao until there was literally nothing left of hi tossed the pen onto the table”Good luck asking the jury to believe all that crap”
Zhou Qin shook her headIt seee had to be revealed
Zhou Qin and Detective wang stared at each other across the table
”I can prove it,” Zhou Qin said minutes later”I can prove that He Shao was struck to death by a bolt of lightning”
Detective wang's eyes widened”How?” He leaned forward, seehed”I recorded the whole thing withdeflated”We've already checked your phone, Miss ZhouThere wasn't any recording”
”Not that phone,” Zhou Qin said”My other phoneIt's inside love co waved at the tay ive Zhou Qin a narrow-eyed stare”Why isn't the footage the first thing you showed us?”
Miss Zi Yuan's warning ca into Zhou Qin's mindnobody outside of the four of thehtYeahEasy for her to say
Zhou Qin lowered her gaze like a scared little girlGreatNow she had to act like a victim she didn't have an excuse for why she didn't reveal the footage first thing she was brought into this interrogation rooh”The footage was rathergraphic”
The interrogation dragged on for another twenty htlyAnother detective poked his head in”Hey, wangI think you need to see this”
Detective wang exited the interrogation roo?”
”Oh, yeah I've got soue said”Coood
Detective wang walked over and peered over his colleague's shoulder”That's the footage?”
”Uh-huhNoatch” His colleague tapped the space key
The video began to play
Like Miss Zhou claie shook a little as Miss Zhou followed He Shao's ht flash lit up the center of the screen
”Holy fck”
Detective wang brought his face closer to the screen, which showed He Shao's entire body engulfed by a white—ht vanished, but the video didn't endThe iain, and Miss Zhou's stilettos cairl had probably lowered the phone in shock
Seconds later, the ie shi+fted and refocused on the center of the fieldThe caround
The dark hole was exactly where Miss Zhou had described it earlier
”Holy shi+t” Detective wang whispered
Sounds of Miss Zhou's heavy panting blared through the speaker
Dark furound as the video played onAt one point, the i
Then, the video ended
”Fcking hell” Detective wangelse bro,” said his colleague
”What?” Detective wang said without looking away froeeks checkedThe video wasn't fabricatedIt's one-hundred percent legitEven the time stamp matches the ti turned his head and irl's telling the truth,” said his colleague grih his hair”Then there's no way to bla”
There was a brief moment of silence
”What the hell are we supposed to do,down our necks”
Detective wang snorted”Yeah well, the He fa down his”
Another silence spread between the shook his head”Miss Zhou's story is pretty much rock solid”
That was an understatereed,” his colleague said
”But… My gut tellssaid”She's left out some key infor paused in thought, then glanced at his colleague”Did you notice how she always kept her state?”
”You think she knowsthan what she told us?”
”I think she's protecting hihed”Then, we'll just have to find other ways to coax the infor shook his head”The usual tricks won't work on herThat girl is s reached for the keyboard and played the video again, skipping to the part where the lightning struck He Shao
”shi+t, broDo you really believe all this?” said his colleague
Detective wang raised his brows at his colleague
”I mean, do you think that He Shao's death isyou knowthe work of God? Sohed”hell if I know, bro”
His colleague's phone pinged
”Forensic results just came backThe tissue samples obtained from the hole has He Shao's DNA”
Detective wang shook his head”Come on, manYou and I both know that that's far from conclusive”
”They also did a heat transfer analysis on the tissueBased on the temperature profile, they estirees Fahrenheit, which corresponds to a lightning strike”
Detective wang's jaw dropped open”You're shi+tting ri the heat transfer lasted? 35 secondsThat's way too long for nor strikes, but it corresponds to the video”
Detective wang replayed the videoThe flash lasted for 3 seconds
”FckDivine punish snorted”The guy probably had it co paused, then lowered his voice into a whisper”You kno fcking corrupt he is, broAll the stuff he's done? Maybe he fcking deserves it”
His colleague threw his hands up”But the He faonna want answers froue pointed at the coue fell silent, clearly waiting for him to answer
”What did the commissioner say? What does he want us to do?”
His colleague shook his head”He said to pin it all on that Li Yundong guy”
Detective wang snorted”Sli off both the He and Zhou faonna work anyue”The evidence is rock solidIt's clear that He Shao was struck by lightningThere's no e can blaLike, what the fck are we supposed to say? That Li Yundong su frohed”Does the commissioner know about this evidence yet?”
”Not this videoBut I think he knows about the forensics report” His colleague paused and stared at him”What do you reckon we do? Pin it on Miss Zhou?”
Detective wang looked towards the interrogation rooant and couts, that was for sure; she wasn't even here with her lawyer
Detective wang shook his head”She didn't do it, broThis is way too messyWith her resources, I'uyAnd besides, what's her motive? The Zhou fa, they'll lose an ally”
”The coonna try to pin it on her whether ant to or not”
Detective wang stared at Miss Zhou through the ht, broThis ain't right”