Chapter 17: I know who the killer is (2/2)

“Who told you to get on?” Suyang glared at me. His entire body language was telling me to.... Get. Off.

I pretended not to notice as I put on my seat belt. I had thick skin, “If you didn’t want me to get on, then why did you stop your car in front of me? Since I’m already on, you might as well take me along.”

“Uggh. Forget it. I’m going home anyway. It’s on the way home.” Suyang gave up as he started the engine.

“I’m not going home! I want to go to the police station! Please!” I clasped my hand together as I smiled and begged.

“Get off!” Suyang was trying to kick me off again. I guess my brilliant cute smile didn’t manage to work on him. “The police station is located on the opposite direction. If you want to go, take a taxi there yourself!”

“I am giving you a great opportunity right now! Don’t you want to write speculative novels? Don’t you want to get into the psychological minds of criminals? The police station is a perfect place for you to learn. You need to cherish your opportunities. Not everyone can casually enter and exit the police station, you know?” I teased my hair as I proudly stated.

“You and your twisted words and forced logic.” Suyang’s car was still heading towards the direction of the apartment.

“No, think about it! You and Shen Shaoqian were cosplaying because you wanted to truly experience the roles in order to achieve a more realistic effect, right? If you bring me to the police station, you can personally witness all the different types of roles they have from within. It will definitely help you with your writing. Plus….”

Suyang seemed to be slightly affected by my flowery speech. “You’ve almost convinced me. Keep going.”

Yes, Sir!

I turned to salute at Suyang as I continued, “This morning, I told you I was going to capture the homicidal maniac, right? He should be captured in the next few days. Trust me. If you bring me to the police station, I will convince the other police officers to let you personally interview him after he is seized. That way, you can ask him about his dark and twisted world one on one. Wouldn’t that be great source material for you?!”

There happened to be an intersection in front of us, and Suyang suddenly made a dramatic turn at the lights as he headed towards the opposite direction. We were heading towards the police station!

Currently, Suyang still had a frozen expression on his face. “Congratulations, you have convinced me.”

“YES! YES!”

My heart was shrieking from excitement. I was proud of my silver tongue. But for a simple ride, wasn’t this a big price to pay?

“Don’t be so stimulated because I have agreed. I just want to carry on the tradition and virtue of Greater China -protect the animals. You’re merely a goldfish!” Suyang calmly stated.

“Pssssh! I’m fine with being a goldfish! Goldfishes are super cute. Their eyes are so big! Don’t you know?” I rolled my eyes at him as I rebutted.

“I know, goldfishes are really cute.”

Suyang carelessly slipped a line, but it really touched me. My finger lingered on the tip of my curled hair as I attentively gazed at Suyang’s side face. Suddenly, I realized he was actually quite adorable.

“A goldfish only has a memory of seven seconds. I guess it would be ranked as mentally disabled.”

“You! Annoying goblin!” I shouted. I should have known he would have something else to say.

“Nowadays, the cops don’t just listen and obey. Even if I request, they may not let you see the criminal face to face…” I growled. I wanted to get revenge for the goldfishes.

After our mouth battle, Suyang and I were very quiet. It was too boring. I couldn’t help but start a new topic, “Don’t you think it’s tiring for a person to act like an angel when in reality he’s actually a shady devil?”

“A lot of people are like that. Who are you talking about?”

“A lot of people are like that?”

“Regardless of who you are, we all have a different side to us. For example, the way you act towards your parents and teachers would be different. The way you interact with your friends and lover would be different. Perhaps I didn’t have the intentions, but I felt like I had to do it. Or maybe, I wanted to do it but I felt like something was stopping me from acting. Humans tend to contradict themselves. Only when they are alone, are they truly themselves.”

Wow, an author was truly an author. His words were so deep. I had difficulties understanding him.

“Can you simplify what you’re saying?”

“For example. When you first met us, didn’t you assume Shen Shaoqian was a criminal?”

Now that Suyang mentioned it, I thought about my first impression of Shen Shaoqian.

True. If I randomly came across him on the streets, I definitely wouldn’t be able to associate the uncle version of Shen Shaoqian with the hot version of Shen Shaoqian. They completely contradicted each other, even though they were both Shen Shaoqian.

Seeing how I had lowered my head without a word, Suyang continued, “Shaoqian is not a criminal. He had never even deliberately stepped on an ant. But he was able to convince you that he was a vicious criminal. Do you see what I mean?”

“So basically, you may know a person but you don’t know his true nature? Sometimes, we could be wrong, because what we see could be a disguise the entire time….” I pondered on this thought as I thought of a plan. I turned to Suyang and exclaimed, “I don’t want to go to the police station anymore. Take me to the hospital!”

“You want to go to the hospital again?”

“You’ll find out when we get there! Hurry! Turn around!” I urged Suyang as I touched his arm.

“Do you seriously think I’m your driver….?” Suyang muttered resentfully, but still altered his path to take me to the hospital.