Chapter 23
Everyone in the office focused their attention on him, and Jiang Nan suddenly felt that the pancake in his hand no longer tasted good.
He put away the pancake, laughed awkwardly, and explained, "I didn't eat lunch."
After saying this, Jiang Nan realized that his explanation was unnecessary.
Because no one in the whole room looked at him.
They all stared at the person next to them in disbelief.
Jiang Nan tilted his head slightly and noticed that the protagonist, who attracted everyone's attention, still kept his head down and remained silent.
She stuffed the cake into her mouth, then stopped and stood there motionless, as if she was embarrassed by the gaze.
Only Jiang Nan, who had spent the longest time with her, knew that this girl didn't want to stand out and was pretending to be dead on purpose.
Jiang Nan patted Lin Anyu on the back and said, "Looking for you."
Lin Anyu came back to her senses immediately. She bit the cake and turned her head to glare at Jiang Nan fiercely.
How could she not know that it was for her?
But what good could come from so many people looking for her? She was pretending to be dead, couldn't he see that?
Unfortunately, her eyes were too non-aggressive, and Jiang Nan didn't take it seriously at all. He added, "I'm really looking for you."
Lin Anyu heaved a sigh of relief, then awkwardly "pulled" the biscuit out of his mouth and put it in a plastic bag.
Said: "After a field trip, Jiang Nan was a little hungry, so I went with him to buy a cake."
After saying that, he did not forget to ask enthusiastically: "Do you want to eat?"
Everyone shook their heads.
Lin Anyu: “Oh.”
The landlord withdrew his hand somewhat unconfidently, hesitated, and said, "It doesn't seem to be her."
"Yes, it's not her. That person seems to be taller than her, and doesn't speak like her."
Lin Anyu: “?”
Gu Beizhi frowned: "What does she say?"
"He's quite commanding, probably a captain or something."
"Oh, and..."
The landlord was about to continue talking when Jiang Aichen stopped him immediately: "These have nothing to do with the case. We'll talk about it later. Closing the case is more important."
"Too."
Gu Beizhi knew this very well. He stood up, walked to the landlord and said, "Auntie, I have some personal questions to ask you later. Would it be convenient for you to wait for me for a few hours?"
His sincere attitude made it hard to refuse him.
The landlord nodded.
When passing by Jiang Nan, Gu Beizhi did not forget to ask: "Buy some fruit for Auntie later, I'll pay for it."
Although Jiang Nan didn't understand Gu Beizhi's move, he still nodded blankly: "Okay."
After the two leaders handed over the physical evidence to the technical department, they left the meeting room.
In an instant, the tense atmosphere in the conference room dissipated.
Lin Anyu took several bites of the pancake and said sarcastically, "I was so scared! I was so scared! I thought I was going to be sent to the traffic police again."
"I can't be turned over to the police."
"I'm going to be scared to death if I'm implicated by you." Jiang Nan added, "But who was that enthusiastic citizen who sent the evidence talking about? Is there someone who looks like you?"
Lin Anyu: "I just came back from buying cakes with you, how would I know?"
While they were talking, the landlord came over and looked at Lin Anyu from head to toe.
Lin Anyu straightened up uncomfortably. The landlord asked, "Little girl, are you twins?"
Lin Anyu shook his head: "No, I'm the only one in our family."
"Then why do you look so much like that person?"
Lin Anyu: “Ah?”
Seeing Lin Anyu's confusion, the landlord explained: "This morning, I met a police officer who looked very similar to you. I thought she was the tenant, so I took her to visit my house. There she found out that my previous tenant was a murderer, so she asked me to bring evidence to the police."
Lin Anyu pondered for a while before asking uncertainly, "Are you from Yuqing Community?"
"Yes." The landlord said with certainty.
Then, she was greeted by another round of silence.
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"I'll go, I'll go. Do you know how psychopathic that murderer is?"
Suddenly, the office door was pushed open again.
In the corner, a female detective who was sorting out a case report turned around and asked, "Why did it explode?"
"In fact, Qiu Huaran used to be a dull person, and he was still in love. He lived with his girlfriend right after graduation. Then, after Qiu Huaran started working, he habitually gave his salary to his girlfriend and let her spend it. As a result, his girlfriend said that she helped save it for the two of them after they got married, but in fact, every time she got the money, she spent it all. She spent it on food, drinks, and various cosmetics, and almost no money was left."
"Then, a year ago, Qiu Huaran's mother fell ill. Qiu Huaran couldn't afford the money, so he asked his girlfriend for it. It turned out that his girlfriend had spent all their joint savings."
The female detective continued to ask: "And then, he killed the person?"
"Well, he also admitted that the three dead people in the North Sea were also his. He also said that he used trace amounts of hallucinogens to weaken the consciousness of the dead people, and then took the opportunity to hypnotize them."
Jiang Nan concluded: "In other words, he used hypnosis to make the deceased walk to the crime scene and commit suicide?"
"Yes." The detective replied.
Jiang Nan: "No wonder we can't find any clues."
Suddenly, Lin Anyu, who was sitting in his seat, held his chin and said, "I think we should collect more evidence. We can't believe everything Qiu Huaran said, but we can't disbelieve it either."
"After you caught him, he accepted his fate and answered whatever you asked him," the detective said. "How could he lie?"
"I'm not saying he lied on purpose," Lin Anyu said lazily, "maybe he doesn't even know that his memory has been distorted."
A detective asked, "What do you mean?"
Lin Anyu said meaningfully: "A person's memory is the most fragile thing. Once the things they experience exceed the scope of what they can accept, there will be two results. One is memory abandonment. Simply put, the principle of memory abandonment is similar to that of a lizard cutting off its tail. When the body finds it difficult to accept that experience, it will voluntarily abandon the painful memory at a certain time, and then return to a new life with a body that remembers nothing. The other is memory distortion, such as Qiu Huaran's case."
"Because his girlfriend died in the most unacceptable way for him, he chose to numb himself and accuse her of a behavior that he hated, trying to make himself hate her. In this way, even if he thinks of their relationship again, it won't be so painful."
“This can also be considered a form of conscious self-protection.”
Jiang Nan: "Why do you have such an inference?"
Lin Anyu said nonchalantly, "Because there is a bottle of piracetam tablets in his office. It is a drug for treating memory disorder. Qiu Huaran lacks a sense of security. There is no way that there is someone else's stuff in his office, so it is very likely that it is his own."
After saying all this, Lin Anyu was worried that they wouldn't understand, and even concluded considerately: "To put it simply, I think he might have a mental illness."
Jiang Nan: “Hmm?”
Just now, Lin Anyu reacted and immediately pulled her mind out of her wild thoughts. She smiled and said, "These are just nonsense."
"You are right, Qiu Huaran does have a mental illness. Here is the report." At the door, Gu Beizhi, who appeared at some point, raised the report in his hand and said.
Everyone in the room looked over.
Jiang Nan looked at Jiang Aichen and Gu Beizhi who appeared at the door. He asked in confusion, "Aren't you interrogating someone? How do you have time to investigate whether Qiu Huaran is sick?"
Gu Beizhi did not hide anything: "Halfway through the interrogation, your Captain Jiang suddenly felt that something was wrong, so he asked someone to investigate. As it turned out, it was just as he thought, Qiu Huaran had been ill for a while."
After saying that, he did not forget to tease Lin Anyu: "Don't mention it, your team's little mascot and your team leader Jiang are quite in sync. Your team leader Jiang said that the suspect was not in a good condition, and the little mascot said that the suspect had a brain disease right after that."
"This morning, too. When Qiu Huaran was mentioned, Captain Jiang guessed it. And this little mascot caught him without any notice."
"Who would believe you two who are not getting along?"
No matter what Gu Beizhi said, Jiang Aichen remained silent.
After a long while, he said, "Are you done?"
Gu Beizhi was not annoyed, but nodded calmly: "Well, that's it."
Jiang Aichen: "Jiang Nan, take the confession and verify the authenticity of the testimony."
"Yes." Jiang Nan agreed.
"Lin Anyu, come here." Jiang Aichen said.
There will definitely be no good thing if you mention her alone.
Lin Anyu: "Can I not come?"
"What do you think?"
Lin Anyu accepted his fate: "I don't think so."
Gu Beizhi curled his lips and watched the interaction between the two.
After Jiang Aichen led Gu Beizhi away, Jiang Nan rushed forward and shook Lin Anyu's shoulders: "Fuck, little mascot, you have been cheating recently."
Lin Anyu hung her head somewhat reluctantly, a little dazed by his shaking. She nodded: "Yeah."
"That's awesome, Lin Anyu, do you want to recover your memory?" a male criminal policeman asked not far away.
Lin Anyu laughed dryly.
Restore memory? She has memory gaps now, how can she recover?
"Probably." Lin Anyu said roughly.
People around are making a fuss——
"It's no wonder that he used to be Zecheng's ace. Apart from being awesome, I really don't know what to say."
"With this ability to observe subtle details, if it were in ancient times, people would think you were a prophet."
"Mascot, if you regain your memory, don't hate us. We worshipped you as a mascot when you lost your memory. If you hate us, go find Captain Jiang. It's him who put you in the traffic police team every day."
"That's right, it's all because of him. When you regain your memory, don't let him go!"
Lin Anyu was a little flattered by everyone's flattery.
In addition, she remembered her experience of being driven to the traffic police team to be exposed to the sun every day, and she swore: "Okay! When I recover my memory, the first thing I will do is to pull Jiang Aichen down from the position of captain and make him serve as deputy captain."
"Awesome." "Great, great!" "You're worthy of being the ace." Voices of encouragement such as these came one after another.
Only Jiang Nan, who was standing next to her, said: "Haha."
Lin Anyu seemed to be poured with a bucket of cold water. She asked, "What are you laughing at?"
"I laugh at your deep hatred for Jiang Aichen."
Lin Anyu felt a little embarrassed.
He hasn't recovered his memory of being the "ace" yet, and he's already bragging about bringing down the leader.
Lin Anyu: "It's indeed quite obvious."
"Well," Jiang Nan said with a wry smile, "But I think your hatred for me seems to be deeper."
"Ah?" Lin Anyu immediately denied, "No way, we are good brothers."
"Haha," Jiang Nan roared, "So the most vicious way you can think of to retaliate against Captain Jiang is to make me lose my job?"
Lin Anyu blinked blankly.
It seems to make some sense.
Jiang Nan: "Are you crazy, or am I crazy?"
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