One hour later.
Shi Chen sat on the sofa, staring at the three people in front of him.
He stroked his chin, his gaze sweeping over the three of them one by one. After a long silence, he finally spoke: "Did Pei Zhi force you?"
"Truth or Dare?"
He looked at him incredulously, "Jiang Cheng, how could you..."
Pei Xi: "..."
Upon hearing this, Pei Zhi instantly flew into a rage, "What do you mean I forced you?! Do you think I'm that bored?!"
Shi Chen frowned as he watched him, his smile fading slightly, and then he looked at the group of people again.
Having worked as a police officer for so long and interrogated many people, he can usually tell with a high degree of accuracy whether someone is telling the truth or lying.
If his judgment is correct, what they're saying... seems to really be true.
But is that right?
Is this correct?
Pei Xi looked at Shi Chen's pensive expression and felt a little uneasy. She remembered that when they used to chat, Shi Chen was particularly uninterested in things like rebirth and predicting the future, and had even denied their fantasies outright.
So she tugged at Pei Zhi's sleeve and gave him a wink.
Pei Zhi, upon receiving the order, stepped forward and said to Shi Chen with absolute certainty, "Why would we need to lie to you? What benefit would we gain from lying to you? Besides, even if you don't believe me, shouldn't you believe the two of them?!"
He paused for a moment, then raised his voice again: "No! Why don't you believe me? I consider you my best brother, you should trust me the most!!"
Shi Chen: "..."
He raised his hand and pressed it into the air, his face serious. "...Okay, I didn't say I don't trust you. Calm down and let me think about it."
Pei Zhi: "...Oh."
The room fell silent for a moment.
Pei Xi looked at Shi Chen quietly, after all, this matter was indeed somewhat unbelievable.
He definitely needs time to process this.
After waiting a while, she couldn't help but speak again: "Brother Shi Chen, you have to believe me. Although I don't know when the car accident will happen, the sooner we punish Xie Zhou, the sooner we'll be safe. After all, according to the information I have, he is probably already a drug addict, and the risk factor is very high."
A look of worry crossed her brow. "Besides, he's still harassing Miaomiao. This kind of person is so dangerous; I don't want him around Miaomiao any longer..."
"What did you say?" Shi Chen was taken aback, then suddenly looked up, his brows furrowing deeply.
Pei Xi was also taken aback. "Huh?"
Shi Chen immediately asked, "Does he know Miaomiao?"
Pei Xi nodded and said, "The male singer I mentioned before who confessed to Miaomiao is him."
"I don't feel comfortable letting this drug addict keep bothering me..."
"Okay, I understand." Shi Chen suddenly interrupted her, his expression turning serious.
Pei Xi was startled.
She subconsciously looked up at Pei Zhi beside her. Pei Zhi touched his neck, looked around, and didn't look at her.
Pei Xi glanced back and forth between him and Shi Chen a few times, somewhat puzzled.
Just then, Pei Zhi put his arm around her shoulder and patted her. He coughed lightly and said, "Well, your brother Shi Chen trusts us now, so don't worry."
After saying that, he glanced at Shi Chen with an inscrutable look from an angle where Pei Xi couldn't see him.
So all that talk he gave earlier, even though he was hoarse, didn't get to the point.
hehe.
Shi Chen didn't receive his gaze. He frowned and thought for two seconds, then looked at Pei Xi and said, "Do you have any evidence? Like photos, videos, or anything like that? If you have evidence, it will be easier for me to apply to the police station for approval to summon him for a mandatory drug test."
Pei Xi nodded. "I have a video here."
She took out her phone, pulled up the video, and handed it to Shi Chen.
The video was sent to her by Sun Yufei. It was posted on WeChat Moments by Xie Zhou's friend a couple of days ago. They were having dinner together. The lights in the private room were dim, but you could see a water bottle in the corner of the table with two straws stuck in the cap.
"This kid's ice skating," Shi Chen glanced at him and sneered.
With just one glance, he immediately determined that the bottle was a "curling" used for ice skating.
Pei Xi nodded and put away his phone.
“Yufei and Miaomiao also said that sometimes when he is interviewed, he talks incoherently, as if he is not in a daze. I feel that it is likely related to drug use.”
Shi Chen hummed in agreement, a shadow falling over his peach blossom eyes.
"When was this video uploaded?" he asked.
“The day before yesterday,” Pei Xi said.
"Send it to me." Shi Chen suddenly stood up, picked up his coat from the sofa, put it on quickly, and looked up at the three of them. "I'm going back to the police station now."
After saying that, he straightened his collar, and a smile returned to his eyes as he looked at Pei Xi. His tone was firm, yet with a hint of comfort: "Don't worry, Pei Xi. Protecting the lives, health, and property of you people is the duty of us, the people's police."
"Your brother Shi Chen swore that he would be reliable and wouldn't let you down."
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