"Since you've overturned the suicide conclusion, your second point must be to overturn the accidental death conclusion, right?" Miao Yunfei slightly narrowed her eyes, her long lashes trembling subtly.
"Well, that theory isn't urgent to overturn yet. Take me to suspect Bao Qingshan's home first. I want to meet Bao Qingshan," Lin Chen said as he stood up from the sofa.
Miao Yunfei said nothing. The three of them left together and got into a police car.
Miao Yunfei drove; her expression was as cold as yesterday, but her attitude toward Lin Chen had greatly changed.
Lin Chen sat in the back seat; Zhang Tian'ai was in the front passenger seat.
"Zhang Tian'ai, how's the Liu Xiaojing case? Has Zhou Dayong confessed to his past crimes?" Lin Chen asked, recalling the Donglin University Dismemberment Case.
Zhang Tian'ai nodded. "Zhou Dayong's psychological endurance wasn't strong. We used some techniques, and he confessed everything. We also found Liu Xiaojing's twin sister. The case is still under investigation and will be handed to the court for judgment. I'll notify you of any results."
"Mm," Lin Chen replied, then fell silent.
On the road, Zhang Tian'ai was looking at her phone. Suddenly she exclaimed, and Miao Yunfei asked, "What's wrong?"
Zhang Tian'ai looked up. "Oh, nothing. I just saw a headline: a contestant at the Tianhai City Rubik's Cube Speedcubing Competition set a new world record of 2.71 seconds, beating the previous record of 4.73 seconds for solving a 3x3 Rubik's Cube."
"2.71 seconds? What a joke," Miao Yunfei said skeptically.
Zhang Tian'ai didn't argue and showed Miao Yunfei her phone screen. After a brief look, she said, "It's real. The event had professional scramblers, judges, and cameras recording the solving process. But..."
"But the news said the contestant left immediately after setting the record, and cameras didn't capture his face. He also declined the 30,000 yuan prize and the honor," Zhang Tian'ai continued.
"Strange people can be a bit odd," Miao Yunfei said casually. "What's his name?"
Scrolling down, Zhang Tian'ai suddenly paused and looked at Lin Chen in the back seat with surprise. "The contestant's name is... Lin Chen..."
They arrived at an intersection and stopped at a red light. Miao Yunfei glanced at the name "Lin Chen" on the screen and then at Lin Chen himself.
Facing their gaze, Lin Chen said, "If I told you I'm the one who set that world record, would you believe me?"
"No," the two women replied almost simultaneously.
"There are many people named Lin Chen," Miao Yunfei returned to her usual cold expression and restarted the car.
"Yeah, someone who can solve a cube in 2.71 seconds must be practicing every day. I've been to your place a few times; you don't even have a Rubik's Cube," Zhang Tian'ai put away her phone.
Lin Chen shrugged. "Believe it or not."
The car soon stopped in front of a rental building—suspect Bao Qingshan's residence.
At the door of a third-floor apartment, Miao Yunfei knocked. A woman's voice called out, "Who is it?"
"We're police, here to follow up on the case," Miao Yunfei said.
The door opened. A woman in her thirties appeared and let them in.
Inside, the lighting was dim, the room cluttered, and trash had spilled from a full bin onto the floor.
On a simple sofa sat a little girl watching TV. Upon seeing Lin Chen and company, she looked shy and ran to her mother.
The woman was Bao Qingshan's wife. She went to a room's door and knocked. "Qingshan, the police are here to ask some questions. Come out."
After a while, a sleepy Bao Qingshan came out.
About forty years old, he looked haggard with dark eye bags, clearly a night owl.
His beard was unshaven and scruffy, giving a disheveled, defeated impression.
"You've asked me several times and questioned my friends too. Why are you still here?" Bao Qingshan said to Lin Chen and the others, sounding impatient.
Miao Yunfei, with a bad temper, replied coldly, "We suspect the deceased was murdered. Cooperate, or it won't be easy for you."
"Murdered?" Bao Qingshan was stunned. He tidied his sleeves and asked anxiously, "Are you sure he was killed? Have you caught the murderer? Who is it?"
Lin Chen stared closely at Bao Qingshan's every move and said sternly, "We have evidence. The murderer is you!"
Lin Chen's words struck like thunder. Bao Qingshan froze.
Bao Qingshan's wife's face turned pale, and she quickly stepped forward. "Officer, please don't wrongfully accuse him. Qingshan is an honest man; he wouldn't kill anyone. You must be mistaken."
Bao Qingshan came back to himself. "Yes, I hate him, but I didn't kill him."
Neither Miao Yunfei nor Zhang Tian'ai expected Lin Chen's declaration and both looked at him.
Lin Chen's serious face suddenly relaxed. "Bao Qingshan, don't be nervous. I'm just joking with you."
"You're not supposed to joke like that—seriously, I thought the police were framing an innocent man," Bao Qingshan complained, while his wife sighed in relief but shot Lin Chen a disapproving look.
Lin Chen observed Bao Qingshan's expression, narrowed his eyes slightly, sensing something unusual.
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