Chapter 13 - Chapter 13: Chapter 13: Are All Ghostwriters This Omnipotent? (2/2)

Old Zhang wore a pained expression.

Shen Qianqian was even more surprised. Could a swindler really be self-taught?

She had interrogated swindlers before, but each one had been taught by a master, practiced hard for years, before they dared to venture into the martial world.

But the 54-year-old landlord in front of her, who had learned cheating techniques on his own, was the first she had ever seen.

It really was a sight to behold.

“Where did you get the tutorial from? How long have you been practicing?”

Shen Qianqian fired questions in quick succession without giving Old Zhang much time to think, creating an overwhelming sense of pressure.

“Just practiced for one night, from a tutorial I saw in a novel.”

Old Zhang answered honestly.

Even though Shen Qianqian had seen her fair share of bizarre suspects, this answer still took her by surprise.

Cheating techniques learned in one night?

And from a tutorial in a novel?

Good heavens!

The last time Shen Qianqian read Lin Chuan’s novel “Thief,” readers said they could learn lock-picking skills from it.

This time it was something even more exaggerated.

Learning cheating techniques!

Are authors these days all so omniscient?

Shen Qianqian thought to herself, I really want to see, which author is this audacious?

Teaching someone cheating techniques, in reality, is a form of instructing criminal methods, which constitutes the crime of disseminating criminal methods, and can result in a fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years, criminal detention, or control.

If the circumstances are serious, it can be a fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than ten years.

In particularly serious circumstances, a fixed-term imprisonment of ten years or more or life imprisonment can be imposed.

“Which novel is it?”

Shen Qianqian was also curious to know which author it was.

“Sailing Novel, ‘Swindler’.”

Under duress, landlord Old Zhang had no choice but to reveal everything.

Even if he didn’t say it, the police would search his phone and find the novel.

Shen Qianqian took out her phone.

She opened Sailing Novel and searched for ‘swindler’.

The first one on the list was a work called “King of Cheating” by an author named ‘Handon’.

Shen Qianqian clicked into it and put the phone screen in front of Old Zhang: “Is it this one?”

Old Zhang looked and shook his head: “No.”

This website had several books titled “Swindler,” with a high rate of duplication in names.

“Do you remember the author’s pen name?” Shen Qianqian asked.

Old Zhang’s mouth twitched: “I remember.”

“What’s it called?”

“It’s called… Mr. Lin.” Old Zhang revealed Lin Chuan’s pen name.

Shen Qianqian’s brows furrowed.

She was no stranger to the pen name Mr. Lin!

A duplicate name?

Shen Qianqian pursed her lips, her slender, fair fingers rapidly tapping the screen, entering the keywords ‘Mr. Lin’ and ‘swindler’.

At that moment, a book with over one million words popped up.

Shen Qianqian asked, “Is this the one?”

Old Zhang glanced at it, and nodded vigorously, his eyes filled with a sense of guilt.

Author, you’ve been implicated!

Shen Qianqian clicked into the author’s homepage, and with a quick glance, she was taken aback.

Author: Mr. Lin.

Works: “Thief,” “Swindler,”…

“Well done, Lin Chuan, passing on criminal methods in a novel, teaching people cheating techniques,” Shen Qianqian thought, her chest heaving with emotion.

After questioning Old Zhang,

Shen Qianqian reported the interrogation details to the head of the Public Security Brigade.

The decisive and efficient Captain Li Bing quickly issued an order: “Qianqian, help contact Sailing Novel Website and retrieve this ‘Mr. Lin’s’ information. Prepare to contact the local police station and summon him.”

Shen Qianqian shook her head: “Captain Li, there’s no need. I know him.”

Li Bing raised his eyebrows in surprise: “You know him?”

“I invited him to the police station last time to investigate a perfect-level home invasion theft,” Shen Qianqian said.

“Immediately summon him to the police station, Qianqian, you’ll conduct the interrogation,” Li Bing said with a smile.

Shen Qianqian nodded.

She then quickly left the Public Security Brigade of Anling City’s police station and hurried towards the Redwood Cafe.