Chapter 403 - His Look of Concern (1/2)

Silence.

Silence.

A minute passed by in the interrogation room and no one spoke.

Bai Muchuan looked quietly at Abdul before turning to a detective. “Make the light brighter!”

“Yes Sir!”

A bright light shone on Abdul’s face.

That made him looked paler.

He looked hideous!

He squinted his eyes due to the discomfort. His eyes felt as if it was tearing and stinging.

Bai Muchuan did not bother with him as he looked at the document again. He then lifted his head and saw how uncomfortable he was with that bright light.

He asked, “You claimed that you only met Cui Ming once?”

“Yes.” Abdul tried to avoid the bright light. His eyes were red, almost tearing up. “We met at my hotpot restaurant; that was the only time I saw him!”

“You’re lying!” Bai Muchuan slammed the document down on the table heavily. That made Abdul jump in shock.

He glanced at Bai Muchuan, flustered. He opened his mouth, and he sounded meek. “No… Detective Bai, I really didn’t…”

“Yesterday, when I showed you Cui Ming’s picture, you recognized him with just one look,” explained Bai Muchuan nonchalantly, “moreover, that’s a picture we took after his death.”

A living person would somehow look differently when died.

If it was not someone close enough, it would be impossible to identify a corpse with just a glance…

Abdul could find no words to refute him.

After remaining silent for over 10 seconds, he let out a resigned sigh.

“I’ve actually seen his pictures in Lima’s mobile phone… After Lima returned, she would look at her phone in a daze. I’ve checked her phone without her knowledge frequently… To think that she had secretly taken pictures of that man… she even had naked pictures of him… Don’t you think that she’s stupid?”

Lima actually took Cui Ming’s pictures secretly?

So that was why Abdul knew the existence of his tattoo.

As well as Ye Lun…

However, why did the police find nothing on Lima’s mobile phone when they brought Lima back to the station?

Everything about Cui Ming had disappeared as if she had erased all traces of it.

She also seemed to have suffered a psychological blow—

Bai Muchuan furrowed his eyebrows. “Why didn’t you say so earlier?”

Abdul suddenly revealed a disconsolate expression as he pleaded. “Detective Bai, I know that the Dark Clan has gotten into serious trouble this time. This… daughter of mine, I don’t know how close she was to Cui Ming. I’m just scared. I’m scared to link myself with the Dark Clan, scared of going to jail, scared to be shot to death… That was why I kept my mouth shut…”

Bai Muchuan did not show much response.

Abdul could not read his thoughts and seemed even more flustered.

“Detective Bai, I really don’t have any relationship with the Dark Clan. My restaurant is a legitimate business…

“For Lima, I’ve really treated her as my real daughter at the beginning. I’m the one who raised her…

“But, all of you already know how beautiful she is, like a flower. I’m a man, and I haven’t had a woman for many years. Isn’t it normal for our relationship to turn out this way? Moreover, it’s consensual… she has never raised her objection… So how could you count this as a crime?”

He actually asked what he had done as a criminal act? He was trying to find loopholes in the law!

“At that time, was she not 14 yet?”

“She was! She definitely was!” Abdul looked very agitated and seemed like he could swear an oath any moment if they wanted him to. “If she was not yet 14 back then, how could I have done that to her? I guarantee that our first time was when she was almost 16…”

This man was very smart.

He knew the law very well and had chosen to say things that tread along the boundary of the law.

What was more infuriating was that this was something private and had taken place many years ago. How would it be possible to find any evidence of his crime?

Especially now that Lima didn’t seem to be behaving normally…

Bai Muchuan’s eyes were piercing cold as he stared at Abdul who was trying to argue his way out.

“Whether or not you are guilty,” he got up slowly from his seat, “it’s not up to me, but you better not lie, or else—”

Hmph! He left the interrogation room thereafter.

The interrogation room’s atmosphere was too stifling!

No matter who was listening to such a story, it just seemed too awkward and uncomfortable.

Yet these detectives could only suppress their uneasiness and could not vent the emotions they were feeling…

The police are human after all. They also have emotions, feelings, as well as values and ethics they uphold. However, everything they do must be within the scope of their duties. They could not even behave like the public onlookers who could roll up their sleeves and give that *sshole a good thrashing.

Bai Muchuan walked out of the room in big strides; his expression was brooding and grim.

Xiang Wan did not go in with him to see Abdul.

She was waiting outside. When she saw him, she quickly put away her mobile phone and went up to him.

“What’s up? Who angered you?”

“It’s nothing.” Bai Muchuan quickly adjusted to his normal state as he patted her head. “Are you bored waiting here by yourself?”

“Heh, not really! I have my phone with me, so time passes by quickly.” Xiang Wan looked at him with a pleasant smile.

She was such a sensitive person; how could she not see the changes in Bai Muchuan’s expression?

However, since he did not want to pass on the negative feelings he had to her, she would comply with his wishes and be an adorable and sweet girlfriend instead.

“Do you need me to help you with anything?” She winked and asked him softly.

Bai Muchuan shrugged. “I want to go to the toilet. Can you help me with that?”

That would really be awkward!

Xiang Wan rubbed her hands seriously. “I worry that I’m unable to support you well!” she said carefully.