Chapter 10
After hearing Lin Anyu's answer, the fair-skinned man was in a daze for a second, and his hand hanging in the air froze.
The originally confident voice was now uncertain: "Lin?"
Lin Anyu nodded in confusion: "Yes."
Her father's surname is Song and her mother's surname is Wang. How could she be so stupid as to take a surname that has nothing to do with her?
The fair-skinned man couldn't believe it: "Isn't your last name Song?"
"No," Lin Anyu said firmly, "There is no one with the surname Song in my family for three generations. I think you have recognized the wrong person."
Never had the last name Song?
"How is that possible? You told me..."
The fair-skinned man was obviously a little agitated. He was about to refute something when he suddenly met Lin Anyu's emotionless gaze, which seemed to be examining him, or waiting for his next question.
Her calm yet questioning attitude was like a hammer, completely shattering the man's hopes.
At that moment, those bright eyes darkened.
He asked again uncertainly: "Do you...know Song Luo?"
Hearing the word "Song Luo", Jiang Aichen, who was questioning Xi Zixuan, looked back inconspicuously.
He didn't say anything, nor did he stop it.
"Song Luo?" Lin Anyu repeated.
Man: “Yeah.”
Lin Anyu looked at the strange man in front of her. She thought that since he knew the name of a police officer, he and Song Luo might really know each other. Lin Anyu did not hide it. She answered: "Yes, she is a famous criminal police officer in the country. It would be strange if I said I didn't know her."
The man continued, "Has anyone ever said that you and she really look alike?"
Lin Anyu shook his head naturally: "No."
After saying that, she vaguely understood something, and she tried to explain: "Oh, maybe Song Luo and I really are a little bit similar."
Man: “Hmm?”
Lin Anyu explained: "Before, when I was arresting people, I encountered a fire and my face was injured. My godmother took me abroad for plastic surgery. So now this is how I look like after the plastic surgery. Maybe, I accidentally made myself look exactly like Song Luo."
The man thought she could give some other reasons, and sighed with a little disappointment: "Oh, I recognized the wrong person."
Lin Anyu: “Yeah.”
Noticing the man's absent-mindedness, Lin Anyu raised his eyes slightly, with a barely perceptible emotion flashing in his eyes: "What's your name?"
The clean-cut man came back to his senses from his trance and regained his usual composure. He smiled and said kindly, "Oh, yes, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Xu Jinshu, I'm a sleep aid anchor, and I'm a friend of Captain Song."
As he spoke, he did not forget to kindly hand over his business card.
Lin Anyu took it and carefully checked the information on the business card. Then, as if chatting, he asked casually, "You are a sleep aid anchor. How do you know Xi Zixuan?"
As if he had expected her to ask this, Xu Jinshu calmly replied, "In addition to being a host, I also opened a sleep aid shop upstairs called [Sound of Sleep], and I am the only sleep aid therapist there. Xi Zixuan is an old customer of mine, so I came here specially to see her."
Lin Anyu seemed to believe what he said, and she replied calmly: "Oh."
"Sleep aid, can you hypnotize people?" Lin Anyu continued to ask.
"No," Xu Jinshu replied calmly, "Captain Lin, you seem to be on guard against me."
Lin Anyu stuffed his business card into his pocket, then pretended to be serious, inserted his thumbs into the gap between his belt and his police uniform, put his hands on his hips, and said, "Sorry, I'm very wary of any suspicious person who appears at the crime scene."
As if deliberately misinterpreting Lin Anyu's meaning, Xu Jinshu said, "Oh, so someone died in this gym. I was really lucky to be there."
He raised his wrists in front of Lin Anyu and said, "It's my bad luck, Captain Lin, take me away."
As he said this, he took advantage of Lin Anyu's lack of reaction and continued to push his wrist towards her.
Lin Anyu was speechless.
At that time, she felt that the man in front of her was quite gentle and polite, but how come he turned out to be a scoundrel in the end.
"Be careful of the impact or I'll really take you away." Lin Anyu threatened.
Xu Jinshu smiled nonchalantly: "It doesn't matter. You said that before the court issues a verdict, you will swear to protect everyone's right to live."
"Even if he's a suspect."
"So, I believe you."
Lin Anyu was silent for a while, then nodded.
"This sentence does make sense, but..." Lin Anyu raised his head, "When did I say this?"
Xu Jinshu's hand, which was suspended in the air, froze, and then he retracted it with a click.
His teasing attitude was much more restrained, and he said: "Sorry, I mistook you for my acquaintance again."
Lin Anyu stared at him, her expression much more serious than before. She said word by word: "You don't have to test me. I have no need to lie to you. I am definitely not Song Luo."
"I didn't, don't misunderstand me." Xu Jinshu explained.
As the two were arguing, Jiang Aichen came over and asked, "What's going on?"
Lin Anyu's nervous mood immediately relaxed a lot, and she quickly replied: "This person, he recognized the wrong person."
Jiang Aichen said nonchalantly: "We've finished asking questions, let's go."
Lin Anyu: “Yeah.”
This time, Lin Anyu did not say goodbye to Xu Jinshu, but followed Jiang Aichen out of the mall.
As he passed the corner, Lin Anyu looked back indifferently at Xu Jinshu who was standing there in a daze.
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Until he returned to the police station, Lin Anyu showed no signs of emotional change.
It was as if he was not affected at all by what happened just now.
After bringing Xi Zixuan into the interrogation room, Lin Anyu went to the forensic room to find Meng Qirang.
As soon as he entered the room, Lin Anyu said bluntly: "Qi Rang, Captain Jiang asked me to come and get Tang Shuang's blood test report."
Meng Qirang, who was surrounding the corpse and conducting further inspection, stopped what he was doing and took off his gloves and put them aside: "Wait a moment, we just detected hallucinogens in Tang Shuang's blood, and Su Su took it for further testing."
"It will take a few more minutes."
"He's been out for two hours. He should be back soon."
"Okay," Lin Anyu sat down on the office chair that Meng Qirang had given him and said, "I'll wait here for a while."
Lin Anyu sat on the chair Meng Qirang gave him, leaned on the chair's hinge, and turned around.
Before stopping, Meng Qirang packed up everything and walked over from the morgue table. She forced Lin Anyu's swivel chair to stop: "How was it, how did it feel to go on a mission with Captain Jiang today?"
Mentioning this, Lin Anyu became interested: "You may not believe it, but I didn't make any mistakes today. On the way, Captain Jiang also explained a lot of his reasoning to me."
"That's awesome. Not only does he not mind your stupidity, he actually explains it to you." Meng Qirang said in surprise.
"What do you mean you think I'm stupid?" Lin Anyu was unconvinced.
"I'm wrong, I used the wrong words." Meng Qirang apologized quickly.
Lin Anyu also felt that today's experience was unreal. She sighed, "It's really nice to follow Captain Jiang on patrol. But I feel that Captain Jiang's criminal investigation methods are not suitable for me."
Meng Qirang was curious and asked, "How do you say that?"
Lin Anyu said truthfully: "It's just a feeling. His way of reasoning is to follow the clues methodically."
“As soon as you get a little clue, you immediately make all the assumptions in your head and then find contradictions.”
“So as to make the most appropriate inference.”
Meng Qirang: "Is there anything wrong with this?"
Lin Anyu: "There's nothing wrong with it, it just feels like a waste of time."
Meng Qirang: “Hmm?”
Lin Anyu gave an example: "For example, I think the murderer of Tang Shuang should be a man, about 28-45 years old. He should have a stable career, or he thinks he has a career that everyone trusts. In his daily life, he loves cleanliness and has a strong anti-reconnaissance awareness, which is probably related to his career. When he was young or an adult, he should have experienced a difficult period in life, so he has a sense of inferiority and pride in his bones. He likes to stand on a high place and look down on everything in the world, just like looking down at the ants on the ground. Only at that moment will he feel that he is the master of his destiny."
"I think he would like to live in a high-rise apartment in the city, and his home should have a large floor-to-ceiling window, because only in this way can he satisfy his desire to overlook the world."
After Lin Anyu finished speaking, there was no sound in the entire forensic room.
Lin Anyu seemed to be immersed in her own world. She said, "But when I met Xi Zixuan, I found that he was not like that. He is timid, selfish, hypocritical, lustful, greedy, and dreams of getting rich overnight. He does not do anything human. But he feels that he is gifted. After working hard, he has achieved nothing, but he desperately wants to prove himself. He and the murderer I judged are two extremes, so I think our current direction is wrong!"
Just as Lin Anyu finished speaking, a man's hearty voice came from the door: "What's wrong?"
Meng Qirang recognized who he was in a second. She didn't care about being surprised by Lin Anyu's words. She crossed her arms over her chest and taunted in the direction of the door, "Why are you here?"
The forensic room was Meng Qirang's territory. Jiang Nan was afraid that she would kick him out. He chuckled and said, "Captain Jiang saw that our little mascot hadn't returned for a long time, so he got worried and asked me to come over to see what happened."
Meng Qirang said bluntly: "I think Jiang Aichen has nothing to worry about when Anyu comes to my place. But you, on the other hand, when you come to my place, isn't he worried that I will turn you into a specimen?"
"What a joke! How could our gentle and considerate forensic doctor Meng do such a cruel thing?" Jiang Nan said flatteringly.
Meng Qirang snorted, "Hmph."
Jiang Nan changed the subject again: "Just now I heard you were analyzing the case?"
Meng Qirang: “Yes.”
Lin Anyu also asked: "What do you think?"
Jiang Nan: "I don't have any thoughts, I just think what you said is wrong."
Lin Anyu asked: "Which sentence?"
Jiang Nan cleared his throat and said, "Everything must be based on evidence. All inferences made without evidence and facts can only be regarded as guesses by the inferer, not as inferences. However, as long as there is a little bit of evidence, even if the direction of the investigation is wrong, it is not a waste of effort."
Useless work?
Useless work?
Useless effort!
In a trance, Lin Anyu seemed to be trapped in a memory.
In that memory, the smoke was huge.
Amid the smoke, she heard footsteps coming from deep inside. She couldn't see who was coming, but could vaguely see the military boots on his feet.
As if he was scolding someone, his voice was harsh.
"The charm of traditional criminal investigation is that it can unravel the mystery and make the hard-nosed murderer nowhere to hide."
"You should be thankful that the suspect is a coward. If you just check the timeline, he will confess. If you really encounter someone who is stubborn, criminal psychology will be useless."
"Criminal psychology reasoning without evidence is nothing to me."
"Little girl, you have to remember to follow the evidence. All the reasoning you use, even if it's wrong, even if it takes a few more detours, is not in vain."
"This is all about making sure we don't miss any good guys."
"As a police officer, you should know that if you catch a murderer by mistake, it will ruin that person's life!"
"Little girl, you still have a long way to go, don't be too proud."
"I am not Watson, but I hope that you can become the Sherlock Holmes that I personally train."
…
A few words lingered in Lin Anyu's ears, making her a little dazed.
It was not until Meng Qirang noticed that something was wrong with her and touched her gently that she took a step back in fright and came out of her memories.
She was unconsciously sweating on her forehead, and her heart felt as if a heavy weight of lead had fallen on it, making it hard for her to breathe.
Meng Qirang asked with concern: "Anyu, are you okay?"
Lin Anyu finally recovered from her shock and answered honestly, "It's okay, I just seem to... remember something, but I can't seem to grasp that memory."
Meng Qirang asked excitedly: "Really? Then you should take a rest and continue to recall. Maybe you can remember other things."
"So you have recovered your memory. You scared me by seeing sweat on your forehead just now." Jiang Nan and Meng Qirang helped Lin Anyu sit down.
Lin Anyu didn't care about it at all. She sat on the chair, quickly grabbed Jiang Nan's wrist, then raised her head with difficulty and asked, "Jiang Nan, who told you that just now?"
Jiang Nan was startled: "What sentence?"
Lin Anyu frantically reminded: "It's the useless part."
"Oh, that sentence," Jiang Nan replied nonchalantly, "That sentence was said by my goddess. I even compiled it into a book. If you want to read it, I'll lend you my notes for a few days."
Lin Anyu asked uncertainly with a trembling voice: "Song Luo?"
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