Chapter 213
Xu Shaojun had been frightened all night and felt humiliated. Upon hearing this, he flew into a rage: "What do you mean by that? I've said it many times before, I was just borrowing money. As for the hurt you mentioned, I never did it at all."
"If I haven't done it, why should I prove it to you?"
The two policemen looked at each other.
Unexpectedly, this young man is not stupid at all. They set up various routines just to make those with weak minds be led by them at this moment. Every time I think of Xu Shaojun, even though he was scared like this, he still didn't fall for it at all.
However, the superiors had already instructed that this kid must suffer no matter what. Even the director was very respectful. They were just two small policemen and could only obey the orders from their superiors.
"I think you'll cry until you're in your coffin." The fat policeman spoke fluent local dialect, rubbing his hands and approaching Xu Shaojun. "I've questioned you all night, but you refuse to confess a single word. If you won't take my soft words, then I'll have to use force."
"What are you going to do?" Xu Shaojun tried to struggle, but his hands were tied firmly to the seat.
A strong premonition came over me.
The fat policeman sneered: "What are you doing? You are an educated person, so you haven't seen our methods, right? If you refuse to tell the truth, you will suffer a lot."
"Why waste your time talking to him?" the thin policeman said impatiently. "Just follow the old procedure."
Looking at the other party holding a wooden stick, Xu Shaojun had already guessed what kind of treatment he would suffer.
"I'm innocent!"
He shouted for help, but even though such words seemed pale and powerless at this moment, he really had no other choice.
No one could prove it for him, and he happened to appear at the Zhong family in that time period.
The fat policeman raised the wooden stick in his hand and chopped it down at Xu Shaojun with great force. Although it couldn't directly tear Xu Shaojun's skin apart, it could still make him feel excruciating pain.
Again and again.
Xu Shaojun could still cry out in pain at first, but later on he couldn't stop talking: "It must be Zhong Qiao herself who is fickle and has made enemies outside... otherwise how could she be retaliated against?"
"I am innocent, I was wrongly accused!"
It would have been fine if he hadn't said these words, but after he said them, even the two policemen felt a chill down their spines.
The thin man took a look at the dark shadow cast outside the door and knew that the ancestor had not left.
This bookish young man was unlucky. How could he have offended such a powerful figure? Originally, he was just going to teach him a lesson as usual, but now, because of his constant pursuit of death, even if he didn't die today, he would be skinned alive.
"Beat him." The fat policeman waved the wooden stick in his hand, sweating profusely. "Beat him until he's honest and tells the truth."
However, Xu Shaojun, who had suffered various beatings, refused to admit what he had done to the Zhong family even though he was howling in pain. From beginning to end, he just kept repeating that he really went to borrow money that night.
His explanation was pale and powerless, and was swallowed up by the sound of sticks hitting each other, and even two of the sticks were broken.
Ji Hebai looked for a while, turned around and walked out of the interrogation room.
Seeing this ancestor finally come out, the police chief smiled flatteringly and said: "This is just a small matter that can be handled by the subordinates. Why bother you to make such a trip?"
Ji Hebai glanced at him sideways: "What do you think?"
The police chief was stunned, and then realized that the ancestor in front of him was referring to the Zhong family.
He was momentarily struggling with how to respond. Whether his answer was right or wrong, he couldn't guess the other person's feelings. Drawing on his experience, the director said somewhat tactfully, "In my opinion, Xu Shaojun doesn't look like someone who would kill."
His analysis was well-reasoned. "Although Zhong Zhiwei is old, he's still in his prime. His strength is comparable to Xu Shaojun's. Furthermore, he has Zhong Shao's help. Two fists are no match for four hands. Xu Shaojun has a history with the Zhong family, so there's no way he'll be able to succeed so easily."
"Judging from the wound, it went straight through, only an inch away from injuring the internal organs. It's obvious that the attacker is very familiar with the Zhong family. Zhong Zhiwei and his wife were completely unprepared for this person, which is why they were hit."
Ji Hebai also nodded.
He thought about all this, and Xu Shaojun was very concerned about his reputation when he was in college. He really didn't need to take such a big revenge on the Zhong family just for a small amount of money.
There is no benefit for him.
"Xu Shaojun can't be released yet." Ji Hebai reorganized the things in his mind and suddenly thought of something that everyone ignored.
"Are there any suspicious objects at the crime scene? Also, were there any suspicious people around after the incident?"
The director thought about it. When these subordinates came back to report, their reports were quite detailed, so he just remembered a few more sentences. When Ji Hebai suddenly mentioned them, he remembered them.
"There is one, a man named Lin who recently returned to the mainland from Hong Kong. He seems to be a relative of the Zhong family. However, when the Zhong family was in trouble, he was ill and stayed at home."
"Lin Bozhou?" Ji Hebai frowned. How could he forget this person at the critical moment? He remembered that Zhong Qiao had paid special attention to this person before.
Now that something has happened, this person seems to have disappeared from the face of the earth and has never shown up from beginning to end.
"Yes." The director remembered, "I heard he was seriously ill and had an alibi."
Unable to guess Ji Hebai's intention, the director could only ask, "Are you going to arrest him and interrogate him?"
It seemed as if the next second, as long as Ji Hebai said yes, he would rush into the house and capture the person back with ease.
Ji Hebai said: "Not yet, so as not to alert the enemy, but you need to speed up some manpower in the next few days to supervise this person's words and deeds. If there is anything wrong, report to me immediately."
The director nodded frantically: "Don't worry, I will have my subordinates keep an eye on it 24 hours a day."
He rubbed his palms together and spoke hesitantly, "We could keep him, but according to the police station's regulations, this is already a stretch. If we continue to detain him, and his family comes to make trouble, our police station will be in trouble."
Ji Hebai glanced at him and smiled meaningfully: "Director Chen, just lie to yourself. What have you done that isn't dirty? I'm not saying this to save your face. Don't take me for a fool."
The director's back was covered in sweat. He had originally wanted to trick him and claim some of the credit, but it seemed that this was completely impossible.
"No, don't worry, I will keep a close eye on him."
With the middleman keeping an eye on him, Zhong Qiao could rest assured while taking care of his parents in the hospital these days. After explaining everything, Ji Hebai was about to go out, but he was stopped by a male voice the next second.
"Ji Hebai, you are so majestic."
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