Chapter 16
After leaving [Sounds of Sleep], Lin Anyu sat in the back seat, silently observing Jiang Aichen's expression.
Xu Jinshu said that the person who rescued her from the fire scene three years ago was Song Luo.
So Jiang Aichen came to Beihai Criminal Police Team for her?
Lin Anyu didn't know Xu Jinshu, and didn't know whether the news he told was true or false.
She could only ask Jiang Aichen.
Lin Anyu hesitated: "Captain Jiang, do you know Xu Jinshu?"
"I don't know him." Jiang Aichen answered quickly.
"Is what he said true or false?" Lin Anyu asked uncertainly.
Jiang Aichen did not answer her: "We can talk about other things later. Now, read the information Xu Jinshu gave you."
"Oh," Lin Anyu didn't dwell on the previous question. She looked through the information about Xi Zixuan that she got from Xu Jinshu and said, "From the records, starting from this month, Xi Zixuan has been going to [Sound of Sleep] every day. The medical records were recorded until the 21st. That was the day after Tang Shuang's death."
Jiang Aichen explained while driving: "He gambled and owed 300,000 yuan. He just paid it back one hour after Tang Shuang died."
"He went to the Sound of Sleep probably because he was in too much debt and under too much pressure, which affected his sleep. That's why he went there."
"As for where he got the money to pay off his gambling debts, I don't know. Jiang Nan is investigating."
"Is there any other information?" Jiang Aichen continued to ask.
"That's all," Lin Anyu replied. "That's all I can tell from the report."
"Okay," Jiang Aichen didn't care much. He asked, "Where's the next stop?"
Lin Anyu: “Ah?”
What going where?
"This is the hypnotist file that Xu Jinshu gave you." Jiang Aichen tried his best to remind him.
"Oh, yes."
She said the case was related to a hypnotist.
Lin Anyu did not dare to neglect it. She quickly flipped through the information Xu Jinshu had given her and randomly picked one from the files: "No. 701, South Street Road, Dongguan Hypnosis Center."
"Okay." Jiang Aichen said, and made a sharp turn and quickly turned to another street.
Dongguan Hypnosis Center is located next to a university. The busy street is full of energetic college students.
Lin Anyu followed Jiang Aichen out of the car and passed by the crowd. Countless gazes came from all directions.
Lin Anyu knew that these gazes were all directed at Jiang Aichen.
After all, his face is recognized as the most handsome in the Beihai Branch.
It is understandable that these young girls, who have not yet entered society, would look at him a few more times when they meet him.
Jiang Aichen walked into the hypnosis center with an expressionless face. An almost kind man walked towards him. He smiled, full of sunshine and gentleness, as if he had no hostility at all.
"Do you two need help?"
His voice was light and seemed to carry a kind of magic, which easily penetrated Lin Anyu's defenses and made her inexplicably develop a sense of trust in this place.
Very strong.
Lin Anyu didn’t know why she made such an exclamation, but her intuition told her that the person in front of her was definitely a leader in the industry.
Jiang Aichen didn't seem to be affected at all. He asked in a cold voice: "The police are investigating the case. Please cooperate."
The man was stunned for a second, then quickly said, "Come to my office."
After that, he said to the receptionist at the front desk: "If the customers who have made appointments later arrive early, please ask them to wait for a moment. I will come out after cooperating with the police."
"Okay," the receptionist seemed to remember something and added, "Mr. Qiu, do you need the city runner to pick up your flight ticket for tomorrow?"
"Okay, you arrange it," he said, not forgetting to explain to Jiang Aichen and the others behind him, "Sorry, I was just about to go out to get my plane ticket, but I ran into two police officers."
Jiang Aichen seemed to have heard the hidden meaning in his words: "Don't worry, we will just ask a few questions, it won't take too long."
"What are you talking about? Cooperating with the police doesn't count as a waste of time."
Jiang Aichen didn't give him any face at all and said bluntly: "As a psychological hypnotist, you should know that suggestion is non-selective."
The man was curious and asked gently, "What do you mean?"
"Like hypnosis, suggestion is also an important activity to intervene in human emotions. But unlike hypnosis, suggestion is more subjective. The process by which the human subject receives and recognizes any external phenomenon and any thinking behavior is called suggestion." Jiang Aichen seemed to be saying something insignificant. His tone was indifferent, and no one could hear his emotions. "Suggestion is non-selective, which means that everything you have heard will leave a certain impact on your cognition, even if it is an insignificant sentence."
The man didn't seem surprised. He smiled and said, "The officer has learned hypnosis before."
Jiang Aichen: "No, I just understand."
"You are an amateur, but your answers are so professional. You must be a genius. I will definitely ask for your guidance if there is a chance." The man continued.
As soon as he entered the room, Lin Anyu had been silently observing the harmless man in front of him.
Why did she always feel like she had seen him somewhere?
Lin Anyu asked: "Have we met before?"
The man stopped and looked back at Lin Anyu and said, "Officer, you are joking. I have never been to a police station in my life. How could we have met before?"
Lin Anyu: "Oh, maybe I recognized the wrong person."
With that, the three of them walked to the man's office.
This office is not big, but it is simply decorated. At a glance, one can see an entire wall of books, densely arranged.
There are all kinds of hypnosis instruments around the desk.
Jiang Aichen picked up the name tag on the desk: "Qiu Huaran?"
Qiu Huaran took a clean tissue from the side, wiped his dry hands a few times, threw it into the trash can, smiled slightly, and replied: "Yes, it's been an old name for many years, and it has never been changed."
Lin Anyu, who had been observing the surrounding environment, noticed that there seemed to be a single empty compartment on the entire wall of bookshelves, and there seemed to be a group photo placed on it.
It’s not difficult to recognize the boy in the photo; it’s Qiu Huaran.
As for this girl...
Lin Anyu looked at it carefully.
She has a pair of standard peach blossom eyes, delicate eyebrows, and evenly arranged and restrained facial features, without any aggression. She smiles faintly, as if the winter snow is melting in spring, gentle and warm.
What impressed Lin Anyu most was the double eyelids on her gentle eyes. No, it should not be considered double eyelids, because there were three or four small folds in the middle of the double eyelids.
From a distance, it looks like he has a pair of natural triple eyelids.
Not to mention, Qiu Huaran and his girlfriend are quite a good match.
Lin Anyu was curious and was about to reach out to pick up the photo, but Qiu Huaran noticed her and immediately stepped forward to stop her: "Officer, wait a moment."
Lin Anyu immediately stopped what he was doing, tilted his head, and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Nothing." Qiu Huaran stared at the photo in front of him tenderly, revealing an irrepressible tenderness. He explained, "This is my ex-girlfriend. She is dead."
Lin Anyu immediately apologized: "Sorry."
Jiang Aichen, who came over at some point, glanced at the photo inconspicuously.
"It's okay." Qiu Huaran was the first to adjust his mood and asked before Jiang Aichen, "What do the two officers want to ask me today?"
Jiang Aichen: "Where were you around five in the morning on the 23rd?"
Qiu Huaran was not panicked at all: "I'm at home."
Jiang Aichen: "Is there any witness?"
Qiu Huaran: "I'm sorry, my girlfriend went home on the night of the 22nd and didn't come back until the night of the 23rd, so I don't have any witnesses."
Lin Anyu: "You have a girlfriend."
Qiu Huaran smiled gently: "Yes, I am a normal man. It's not strange to find a girlfriend."
Lin Anyu: "You have a girlfriend, but you still put pictures of your ex-girlfriend in your office. Won't she be jealous?"
Qiu Huaran said frankly: "No, since the day we started dating, she told me that she doesn't mind."
"Straight man." Lin Anyu complained quietly.
Qiu Huaran obviously heard what she said, and he replied, "Indeed."
Just as the two finished chatting, someone suddenly rushed in from the door.
Still a woman.
As soon as she opened the door, she shouted into the room: "Huaran, my parents agree."
As soon as she finished speaking, she noticed Lin Anyu and the other two people in the room looking at her in unison.
Her face instantly turned red with embarrassment.
"The receptionist at the door didn't tell me that there was anyone in the room."
Qiu Huaran was not annoyed at all. Instead, he said in a very gentle tone, "It's okay. These two are police officers. They are here to investigate something."
"Oh, sorry to bother you." The girl apologized politely.
"It's okay, I don't blame you." Qiu Huaran comforted from a distance.
There was only Lin Anyu in the whole audience, and she was staring at her intently.
His brows knitted unconsciously.
Noticing that the people around him were motionless, Qiu Huaran asked curiously, "What's wrong with the officer?"
Lin Anyu said roughly: "Nothing, I just feel that your standards for choosing a partner have always been quite stable."
Qiu Huaran did not respond.
Combined with the previous plane ticket and what the girl said just now after she came in.
It is not difficult to guess that the two are preparing to go on a long journey.
Jiang Aichen asked: "Where are you going?"
The girl was obviously naive. Even though she knew Jiang Aicen was a police officer, she still answered without any defense: "Longcheng, Huaran said that traveling is the most important way to quickly test whether the personalities of two people are suitable. So we decided to travel and learn about each other before getting married. In case it is not suitable, we can cut losses in time."
Lin Anyu was a little surprised: "Are you getting married?"
The woman replied: "Yes, Huaran said that we will get married after we return from our trip."
Watching the topic gradually go off track from afar, Jiang Aichen knew that without any evidence, it would be difficult to know what to ask someone who had nothing to do with him.
In the past, he had indeed followed his master in visiting in this way.
However, it is a pity that the person who can use all his abilities to quickly identify the real murderer and easily grasp the clues through visits is Song Luo.
It’s not the Lin Anyu in front of you.
What on earth does he believe in?
I actually felt that the person in front of me could also solve the case using his master's method.
He is really crazy!
He walked out of the office without looking back.
Before leaving, he did not forget to call Lin Anyu: "Let's go back to the police station."
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