Genius Detective - Chapter 418

Chapter 418

Chapter 418: Common Interests

With such a sudden situation happening, Luo Zuyu was invited to "rest" in another room for the time being . Lin Qiupu and Chen Shi went outside . Lin Qiupu lit up a cigarette miserably . "Old Chen, what do you think she would say?"

Chen Shi replied, “‘We didn’t kill anyone, but the body was dismembered by us’, and so on . "

"What should we do?"

"Don't worry . Let her tell the lie before we break the whole chain of lies . "

It was already five o'clock in the afternoon . The two took a short break while also investigating some information .

Luo Zuyu's company was founded by his brother and sister-in-law . His brother was naturally a celebrity as well . After Luo Zuyu was exiled, the company had desperately engaged in public relations behind the scenes to slowly rebrand and clean-up his image .

It could be seen that the company will use all its strength to resolve this crisis for him . Calling them formidable opponents would not be an understatement .

A police officer ran over and said, "The people in the entertainment news company said that the original photos couldn’t be found . They said that a temp worker was careless and had reformatted the hard disk . We took people to search their office and brought the computer back . "

Chen Shi smiled . "They’re still using temp workers as an excuse in this day and age?"

Lin Qiupu couldn't bring himself to smile . "Can it be restored?"

"We’re attempting it right now . "

Lin Qiupu said, "Isn't that a bit stupid? They’ve lost the evidence for their alibi now . "

ad"Of course they’d have to do this when it didn’t exist in the first place . In this way, the entertainment article becomes the only evidence for his whereabouts . "

"That wouldn’t hold up in court!"

"It depends on which court . Luo Zuyu's nationality is . . . "

Lin Qiupu just remembered and held his forehead . "Canadian nationality . Anglo-American legal system . There is a jury system there!"

"But he is at best an ordinary citizen . As long as the evidence is solid, he can be tried in our country . . . The goal of this group of people is to prevent us from getting clear evidence and arresting him . Then they’ll find a way to send him back to Canada for a trial instead . ”

Lin Qiupu felt a headache coming on and supported his forehead without speaking for quite some time . Lin Dongxue went over and said, "Brother, if you’re too tired, let me and Old Chen take over the next round of questioning . "

Lin Qiupu looked at her . "You have to be careful . "

"I know!"

When the interrogation began later, Ji Xingyao had not found herself a lawyer . She seemed very confident . She said, "I didn't expect you police to investigate so meticulously and even find the vomit in the vase . What you think is correct . The manager did see the corpse that night and vomited in the vase . But the person wasn’t killed by Luo Zuyu, or by any of us . "

Chen Shi said, "Who do you think killed her then?"

Ji Xingyao shrugged, "That's the police’s job . But I speculate that someone wanted to frame and hurt Luo Zuyu . That’s why he went to his room to commit murder . The surveillance was filmed clearly . When Luo Zuyu came back that day, he saw the body and panicked . So, Manager He contacted me . My first reaction was that we absolutely could not call the police . After all, a celebrity’s reputation is very important . Then I hurriedly brought the team there that night . I thought about it on the way . We would have to dispose of the body . ”

Chen Shi said, "We found the DNA of the deceased on the roof, but the process of moving the body was not captured by the surveillance cameras . There are several floors between the 22nd floor and the roof, so you booked all the rooms in the upper floors . Then you used a rope to transport the body upwards from outside the window . "

Ji Xingyao smiled and nodded, "Sure enough, we couldn't escape your discerning eyes . That’s true . After all, the hotel is intensively monitored and we could only handle the corpse from above . How did we deal with it? I thought of the large helium balloons in the gym that I rented not long ago . I sent someone to steal the balloons and the helium machine . Then we took them to the roof under the cover of equipment boxes . We divided the body into small pieces, put them into bags, hung them from balloons, and let them fly away! Even so, the police were able to find this place, I have to say you have my admiration! "Ji Xingyao clapped slowly .

"So, what about the head of the corpse and the used helium machine?"

"They were taken away using balloons too . "

"I think most of what you said is the truth, but the motive doesn’t make much sense . You said that you’re protecting Luo Zuyu's reputation . What reputation would be preserved by dismembering and throwing away a body? When this matter is exposed on the Internet, netizens won’t know what your name is or what your company is called . They will only search for keywords like 'Luo Zuyu' and 'Dismembered corpse' . Do you think that his reputation can be protected?"

Ji Xingyao said calmly, "Of course, protecting the reputation is a reasonable motive . This was based on the assumption that the police wouldn’t be able to solve the case . Of course, I never dreamed that you can find the hotel with just a few balloons . The police in Long’an City sure aren’t your average Joes . "

Chen Shi sneered . What a good “evade major charges while admitting minor ones” move . After taking away the murder charge, the charges of defiling a corpse, taking drugs, and disrupting law enforcement could be easily be shouldered .

Chen Shi said, "Miss Ji, I admire your ability to adapt to crisis . . . You have prepared three ‘outer coats’ for Luo Zuyu . The first one was the tricky means of corpse dismemberment . It was a gamble made in the hope that we wouldn’t be able to find you at all, or find you only after seven days . That way, the hotel’s surveillance footage would no longer exist . The second one was the forgery of fake surveillance footage and alibi evidence . In short, as long as Luo Zuyu wasn’t at the scene, he wouldn’t be suspected of murder . The third one is what you’re saying right now . When it can’t be covered up, you’ll take on the charge of dismembering the body . Besides murder, you confess to everything else… What beautiful tricks . But I want to remind you that this dam that blocks the truth is made up of lies . As soon as there is a gap, it will fall apart immediately . I hope you understand what you are doing!"

Ji Xingyao shrugged indifferently . "You can say what you want . In short, this is the truth . There’s no evidence, so you can only make guesses! Actually, I would like to ask you something . Why would a big star commit murder? Don’t you think that he would know the consequences of doing it? Your unreasonable speculations are nothing but jealousy . You want to watch a high and mighty person topple down and then laugh at his misfortune . It’s lonely at the top, and stars like him are often framed and entrapped . As the owner of the agency, I’ve seen this too often . I just didn’t expect that one day, the mainland police would also use this kind of dirty method to frame him . But the truth is the truth . Luo Zuyu didn’t kill, so he didn’t kill . Before you can pull out any evidence, what can you do to us?"

Chen Shi sneered . The last sentence was probably her only honest words . He said, "Call your whole team! We need to check your confession . "

At the end of the interrogation, Chen Shi came out and said to Lin Qiupu, "You can handle the rest! If you need to detain them, do that . If you need to let them go, do it . "

"What?! Did you give up?"

"It's not giving up . We really don't have evidence right now . Continuing interrogations at this point is meaningless . "

Looking at Lin Qiupu's disappointed look, Chen Shi wanted to say that he was, after all, not a god . Finding the murderers were the limits to his abilities . He just didn't expect the murderer to be so cunning and meticulous this time .

But of course, he wouldn't say it out loud . Saying such words in front of the eyes of a group of police officers would undoubtedly pour a bucket of cold water on everyone's enthusiasm .

Chen Shi patted Lin Qiupu on the shoulder and said, "This time will be a battle of endurance . Don't be discouraged . Look for evidence slowly . . . I believe there must be evidence . "

"For the first time, the suspect walked out of the interrogation room in peace . "

"Yeah, it's our shame . But you can rest assured that we’ll definitely get our justice . " Chen Shi laughed . "I just want to go back to sleep now . I’m so tired, I can't bear it anymore . "

On the way back, Lin Dongxue asked, "Why did you suddenly stop interrogating?"

"Motivation!" Chen Shi said, "I suddenly found that the motive for the murder was a mystery . Why does a star with such a status kill people? I can't figure it out! But if there is doubt, it’s a good thing . If there is doubt, it means that there is still a place that hasn’t been investigated . ”

"A lot of manpower was invested in this case . I believe there will be results . "

"Let's just take it as greeting them today!”

Ji Xingyao and Luo Zuyu went through the bail procedures respectively . The two got into the car that came to pick them up . After getting into the car, Luo Zuyu laughed . "Sister-in-law, did you see the blank expressions on the police’s faces? Hahahaha, a bunch of rice buckets[1]!"

Ji Xingyao glared at him fiercely . "Don't let your guard down . This time, the police are very clever . Especially that one with the surname Chen . You’re not allowed to act without permission from now on!”

"What can happen . It’s been so many times and I’ve-"

Ji Xingyao glared at him again and Luo Zuyu was too scared to talk further .

Ji Xingyao thought that there should be no flaws . Everything followed the script perfectly . As long as they get over this obstacle, it would be fine . But Luo Zuyu was an unstable factor . She didn’t think he would go nuts in the interrogation room that day .

She had connected with the paparazzi . As long as they helped her with the "little favor", she would provide them with three or four major news tip-offs in the future .

As for the female artist who just debuted, Ji Xingyao had promised her that she would be given a chance to star as the leading actress this year .

Everyone now had common interests . If there’s glory, they’ll share it, and if there’s loss, they’ll bear it together too . There shouldn’t be any problems . . . There should be no problems!

No, absolutely not!

This was the entertainment circle . Everyone lies for their own interests in exchange for their consciences . They were acting both inside and outside the shows . The people in this circle are all acting masters . A bunch of police officers couldn’t do anything to them .

Although she thought so in her heart, the voice of that officer was still ringing in her ears, making her frown . . .

At that moment, an anonymous text message was sent to her mobile phone, "Boss Ji, do you want to make a deal? I can divert the police's attention for you . "

Ji Xingyao was shocked . Who was this? How could they know her private number? She muttered to herself a few times before replying, "Who are you?"

The other party quickly replied, "I’m a professional . Let's work out a place to meet!"

Was it a scam?

She thought it over for a long time and then replied with an address . "See you at nine tonight!"

1 . An expression that is used to describe people as being useless .