Chapter 106 Don’t be so fierce.
Yan Xun lowered his head slightly and stared at the blank draft paper in front of him. He didn't look at Jiang Huai who was leaning his head and staring at him. At the same time, he deliberately avoided the opposite side's sight: "I am the team's top laner Yan Xun. When the incident happened, I was playing solo on the first floor to make up points. Li Li's position was between me and him. He got up later than usual that day and didn't come down to prepare to board the plane until twelve o'clock. I wore headphones the whole time and ignored him."
As he spoke, he held the fountain pen in his fist and scribbled on the draft paper.
Zhuang Chong, who was standing next to him, didn't try to peek, but the word "Yan Xun" was written in large letters, and the ink was crookedly arranged to form the word "fan", and the two pauses in the pen looked particularly forceful.
Yan Xun finally gave up on messing with the poor draft paper. "I was so angry that I went to the freezer to get a bottle of Coke to cool it down. When I came back, I found him leaning on his seat, and the screen was dark. I thought he didn't sleep well last night and was catching up on sleep... Who knew something like this would happen?"
Manager Zhuang Chong sighed deeply: "I came to the living room to talk to him about the contract renewal during the transfer period. I called him for a long time but he didn't wake up. When I touched him, I found that he was extremely cold and he was no longer breathing."
"I had just had an argument with Zhongdan the night before... I felt it would be awkward to see him, so I stayed in my room upstairs and didn't come downstairs." Li Li, who had been called out by Yan Xun earlier, was a little stiff.
Manager Zhuang Chong immediately asked, "Why are you quarreling?"
Li Li covered her face with her hands and said in pain, "When we were playing duo, I kept eating his mid lane. He told me to stop eating, and I thought he was teasing me, but he actually got angry."
Zhuang Chong was somewhat speechless: "I have already said that I should get along well with my teammates...Alas!"
"Okay." The detective blinked and temporarily accepted their explanation. After all, the search for evidence had not yet begun, and it was impossible to discuss the whole thing now. It was just to help the audience understand the background of the characters.
Jiang Huai looked at his assistant Gu Shutang: "What about you?"
"When I went out to get some water, he was still playing, and asked me to get him a glass of water... But I didn't take the opportunity to poison him, really. You can check later, the water was poured directly from a large water dispenser. I was watching the comments on the live broadcast the whole time, and didn't pay much attention to him."
"At least we can rule out the possibility that the murderer put the poison directly in the water dispenser. He should have used the cup instead?" Gu Shutang, who is currently the biggest suspect, made a joke to ease the atmosphere. "Otherwise, I would be a corpse now."
"...I'm the team's substitute mid laner, Yu Lan." Yu Lan had just arrived and was meeting half of the people here for the first time. He wasn't familiar with them yet and was a little hesitant when he spoke.
Jiang Huai tapped the table lightly twice. Yu Lan's gaze fell from his fingertips to his face. Through the plain lenses, she saw Jiang Huai's soothing eyes.
As if she had received some kind of placebo, Yu Lan curled up her index finger and resumed her normal speaking pace: "I was originally discussing next season with Manager Zhuang. If I still can't get a starting position, I will prepare to transfer."
"After the discussion, I went outside to get some water and happened to meet Zhongdan. I chatted with him for a while and asked him what he thought. An hour later, I suddenly learned of his death." He changed the subject and suddenly responded to Gu Shutang's joke, "...If the water dispenser was poisoned, we would have become three corpses."
Zhuang Chong was a little surprised.
He and Yu Lan were in the same group in the girl group song special "A Warm Glass of Wine". From what I remember, the other party was not a talkative person. If Zhou Chengwen hadn't discovered that Yu Lan was very good at twirling a fan, they probably wouldn't have said more than ten sentences in total - and she could even joke?
Jiang Huai was somewhat pleased with himself.
[I am so professional now! I can do all the micro-expressions and movements easily. Before I finish thinking, I subconsciously control the vest and start selling! ]
[I really miss the straight man who felt awkward talking to himself on the phone three years ago.] 819 said woodenly.
Yu Lan had just arrived and was not familiar with the process yet, and it was normal for Jiang Huai to take care of his former teammates. They were rummaging through boxes in the next area, and the two groups were very close.
When Yu Lan was alone with Jiang Huai, she became more talkative. Li Li could hear their relaxed conversation from close by. There was even a smile in their tone, and they seemed very relaxed.
She turned her head and looked at Yan Xun, who was in the same group with her. The man who was always beaming with joy on weekdays had the corners of his mouth clearly tilted downwards.
The more Li Li looked at him, the more she felt something was wrong. If it was just his expression, it would be fine, but Yan Xun's movements in finding clues were not as quick and decisive as before.
[Don't sell your Huai Lan! ] 819 screamed, [Yan Xun is too slow in finding it, he's just slacking off! Can you please do something serious? ]
[I know, I know, don't push me.] Jiang Huai turned his attention to the second-generation rich kid over there and began to search for clues with great enthusiasm.
From Li Li's perspective, a long line of people squatted on the ground, bending down to feel for clues at the bottom of the freezer. Probably unable to reach it, he tutted impatiently, pinched his brows with a sullen face, and squatted lower.
Noticing the gaze, Yan Xun suddenly turned his head to look at her. Li Li shuddered with fear and turned her face away at the speed of light. She was still wondering about the other person's strange behavior today and couldn't help but take a few more glances at him.
Is he sad? No, right? Is he so obsessed with Jiang Huai?
And although Yu Lan is a former teammate and they have a good relationship, he is also very special, right? What is there to be sad about?
No, what’s so special about Yan Xun? Li Li fell into a new contemplation: Is being able to be a slut special enough to be considered special?
"I checked the water dispenser and the replay of Gu's live broadcast at the time." Yan Xun said, "Although there was nothing abnormal with the water dispenser, the replay showed that she poured water twice, and the second time she came back was obviously much faster than the first time she helped the mid laner."
"You already said you're helping the mid laner." Gu Shutang said calmly, "Pouring one cup of water is definitely faster than pouring two cups of water."
During the discussion, Yu Lan seemed to have something to say but was a little confused. Jiang Huai gave him a reassuring look, and Yu Lan finally spoke: "I think it might have been done by Yan Shangdan..."
Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Yan Xun: "How could I poison you when I haven't even been near the water dispenser?"
After recording "Who is the Murderer" for so long, a strange consensus has been formed among the guests: Although Yan Xun looks fierce and has a bad temper, he usually only gets angry at Jiang Huai and rarely shows his displeasure to others.
When He Chen came, everyone was joking and deliberately put Yan Xun and Jiang Huai in the same group to search for evidence. He just said a few words. Although they were both guest stars, his attitude towards Yu Lan was very bad: "You don't doubt that Assistant Gu, who touched the cup, doubts me? What? I don't think I am--"
"Don't be so fierce." The detective interrupted him lightly, with a heavier tone than usual, sounding like a playful joke. But Jiang Huai's tone was gentle but also a little tough: "What if it gets out that our team's starting lineup is fierce to the substitutes? That would be bad."
Li Li thought to herself that this was not a good thing. Jiang Huai's bias was simply drawing the fire from Yu Lan to herself. What if the banquet tour was doubly bad and everyone was affected?
As expected, Yan Xun gritted his teeth, and his expression looked even more unhappy than before.
He turned to look at Jiang Huai next to him. In a sense, his aggression towards Yu Lan was indeed weaker. After all, all the anger that came for no reason was transferred to Jiang Huai: "Then how do you say I poisoned you?"
In stark contrast to him, Jiang Huai seemed to be in a good mood today, and his ending tone was still playful and ticklish: "Didn't you go to the freezer to get a Coke?"
"...So what?" Yan Xun was obviously a little disappointed.
"The mid-lane player likes to add ice to his water." Yu Lan said.
Yan Xun said in a cold and stiff tone: "I didn't ask you."
He was still looking at Jiang Huai, but from the beginning until now, Jiang Huai had not turned his head to look at him - of course, he had not turned his head to look at Yu Lan - he just leaned lazily in the detective's chair, maintaining a detached hosting posture from beginning to end.
Jiang Huai answered the second half of his question first, which was not really a question: "We investigated the clues together, so it doesn't matter if he replies to you or I reply to you."
Yan Xun took a deep breath, closed his eyes and opened them again, like a temporarily dormant active volcano, deflated on the verge of eruption. Jiang Huai felt that his performance was a bit like blowing up a balloon, and couldn't help curling the corners of his lips.
He added a Polaroid photo of an ice tray with crystal clear ice cubes neatly arranged, but one third of it was missing: "Except for you, no one has been there."
Yu Lan added the rest of the evidence chain for him: "The only one in the base who likes to drink ice water is the mid-lane. He had a fight with Li Li the night before and used up all the ice. This set of ice cubes was newly frozen by you."
Yan Xun wanted to argue, but Yu Lan responded by interrupting him in a proper way and asked gently, "How about it? Do you want to drink the remaining ice cubes?"
He and Jiang Huai cooperated very well, one after another, even Zhuang Chong next to them felt a little speechless, not to mention the person being interrogated. Yan Xun raised his eyes and stared at Yu Lan for a few seconds, and suddenly smiled: "I really want to drink."
He shifted his gaze and looked back at Jiang Huai: "Go get me a glass of water?"
"I don't want to go to jail yet." Jiang Huai blinked and said lightly, "Shall we vote now?"
The five people voted unanimously in favor, and even Yan Xun himself gave up struggling. He pulled the corner of his mouth and simply put his hands on the table. Detective Jiang Huai, who successfully captured the real murderer on his first day in office, smiled and said, "Thank you for your cooperation."
Yan Xun didn't say anything else, just snorted coldly, and watched Jiang Huai handcuff him quietly. In the process, Jiang Huai's fingertips brushed his skin, and his body temperature formed a sharp contrast with the cold handcuffs. Yan Xun exhaled: "I got the ice tray."
The detective seemed a little curious and reached out to push the falling mirror: "Then why didn't you hide it?"
Li Li had a bad feeling. Through Zhuang Chong, Yan Xun looked at her and said through gritted teeth, "Because Li Li has been staring at me."
[It's really not that I want to win, it's just bullying when two against one.] Jiang Huai tried to explain, [It's because Yan Xun didn't have the chance to destroy the evidence, okay?]
"Huh?" Li Li said in disbelief, "How could I have been staring at you?"
"You were just staring the whole time," Yan Xun said, "and it looked like you were thinking while staring... I didn't even dare to take out the ice tray."
"You two have a really good relationship." The director said with a smile.
He thought to himself that it was fortunate that you had a good relationship, otherwise, with such a low salary, he would never have been able to invite someone like Yu Lan who had both traffic and cooperation in the recording: "During the discussion session, our Xiao Jiang obviously trusted Yu Lan very much."
"It's mainly because we searched for clues together." It was mainly because it was an open-book exam, Jiang Huai thought angrily, "Yu Lan has been very cooperative. If she was the murderer, it should have slowed down the process a bit, but we searched very, very quickly... and it seems unlikely that a new guest would be the murderer?"
"That's not necessarily true." The director said, "Our production team is very free."
He had another question: "I saw Yan Xun was a bit harsh towards Yu Lan during the discussion. You don't care about him normally, so why did you want to talk about him today?"
"After so many episodes of the show, I've gotten used to his style." Jiang Huai's tone was very familiar. Yu Lan stood quietly beside him without saying a word. "But Yu Lan just arrived, so I think we should get along better."
The two of them finally finished the interview. When they returned to the backstage, Zhuang Chong had already left. Li Li was lying on the sofa, cheering: "Victory! This is the first time that it was passed unanimously! What are you going to do later?"
"I'm going to have dinner with Jiang Huai later." Yu Lan took their phones and looked at Jiang Huai, "Let's go?"
It was a completely unexpected answer. After all, she wasn't asking Yu Lan. Li Li exclaimed, "Not bad."
Jiang Huai smiled and said, "Then let's go first."
After they left, Li Li remembered that the person she was actually asking hadn't responded yet: "Tangtang, what about you? What are you going to do later?"
"Is there another store you want to check in at?" Gu Shutang was still packing up. "If you treat me, I'll go with you."
"That's fine." Li Li turned around and found that Yan Xun, who usually arrived early and left early, was late today. "Why didn't you leave? Do you have a date?"
Yan Xun stood there, looking at the door that the two of them had closed when they left. After a moment of hesitation, he answered her, "...No date. I'll leave soon."
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