Chapter 159: You’re Lying! (2/2)

“You’re lying!” I said, slamming the table. “Tell us the truth!”

Tears welled up in Chu Yan’s eyes. “I told you the truth!” she insisted between sobs. “I could never hurt anyone on purpose!”

The room was filled with sympathetic sighs. Almost everyone was moved by her pleas and tears. And then, Chu Yan’s eyes suddenly rolled back, and she collapsed and died again.

“Inject her with the epinephrine again,” ordered Xiaotao.

“But, Huang-jie!” Xiaozhou protested. “It’s too dangerous! I mean, look at her! The poor girl has suffered enough!”

“That’s right, Huang-jie!” echoed the other officers. “How could such a girl murder anyone?”

“What she did was self-defense! It’s all those perverts’ fault!”

“Dude,” Dali chimed in, “she’s obviously not a cold-blooded criminal! Can you not be so harsh on her?”

Even Baldy, the hardened gangster who was supposed to avenge his boss’s death, was moved to tears by Chu Yan.

“You idiots!” snapped Xiaotao. “Have you forgotten your duties as police officers? Just because she’s pretty doesn’t mean that she can get away with killing people! Wake her up now!”

Everyone’s face turned sour and no one took any action. At that moment, I felt it was crucial that I stand by Xiaotao.

“Xiaozhou,” I said, “do you want to remain a member of the task force?”

Xiaozhou shifted on his feet nervously, then reluctantly injected the epinephrine into Chu Yan’s body. In a few seconds, she woke up and gulped for air. She looked around with sorrowful eyes, to which Xiaotao sneered, “That was a well-timed death!”

“It always happens when I get very emotional,” she answered, biting her lips.

“Now tell us the truth!” Xiaotao urged her.

“But I’ve told you everything I know!” Chu Yan argued, getting more and more agitated. “I never meant to hurt anyone! Please take me home!” Then she started to breathe with difficulty, as if she was going to collapse again.

Everyone in the room glared at us. They probably thought that we were too cruel to the girl. Xiaotao didn’t dare to speak too loudly after that for fear of over-stimulating her. As Chu Yan’s breathing slowly recovered, I whispered to Xiaotao, “I think we’ll have to take it easy on her.”

Xiaotao nodded. I asked Chu Yan a few simple questions like whether she remembered the date, which school she attended, and who her parents were.

She told us that her father was a businessman. Because of her illness, she had never gone to school before. Her father was often away for work. She usually spent her days at home reading books and drawing pictures.

I told her that she could go home if she promised to answer a few more questions. She nodded in agreement. I showed her the photo of Cao Da from my phone and asked her, “Do you remember this man?”

Chu Yan shook her head.

“Why did you go out that day?”

“To buy some sanitary pads,” she replied.

“What were you wearing?”

“A dress, a pair of flats, and I was carrying a small bag…” she answered. “But they’re all gone now.”

“Aren’t you afraid that some perverts would follow you if you go out alone?” I asked. “Do you know how to defend yourself?”

“No,” she shook her head.

“Okay,” I said. “That’s all for now. You can go home now.”

“Thank you!” she cried. Her eyes lit up. “Oh, I’ve really misunderstood you. You’re not a bad guy at all!” Her sweet voice made the men around me stare at me with envy.

“Should we really just let her go?” Xiaotao wondered.

I nodded. Once the officers took her away and everyone else had left the room, I told Xiaotao, “None of the answers she gave was the truth. I’m sure what she did was not purely self-defense, but premeditated murder!”

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