Municipal Public Security Bureau Criminal Investigation Detachment.
"Sister Xiaolan, we meet again."
The municipal police department has always treated minors well, so even though Ruan Chen's hands were still covered in blood when the police arrived, she was not taken to the interrogation room.
She sat in an empty office, the wooden chair not very comfortable, making it difficult for her to find a comfortable position to take a nap.
Xu Xiaolan held a notebook, with another young male police officer beside her. The two sat opposite Ruan Chen.
"Tell me, what's going on?" Xu Xiaolan's tone was very businesslike as she turned on the recorder.
Ruan Chen naturally wouldn't cause trouble here. She explained the whole story clearly and logically, and finally said, "I specially chose the classroom that day. The camera was newly installed last year and it looks very clean. In addition, Principal Feng arranged for the PE teacher to be at the front door in advance. They all saw that it was that masked man who attacked me first."
“We’ve already finalized the camera and authentication details, and they’re working really well,” Xu Xiaolan said.
"So?" A bad feeling suddenly arose in Ruan Chen's heart.
“Your classmate, Bo Nian, has a completely different story from yours.”
Sure enough, Ruan Chen sighed.
Seeing her sigh, Xu Xiaolan asked, "What are your thoughts?"
Ruan Chen pondered in his heart, not in a hurry to answer.
She had discovered that Bo Nian's mind would go blank whenever he wasn't around.
Based on those clues, it's not hard to deduce that the masked man probably has no connection with the Nan family at all, but the clever Bo Nian couldn't have thought of this at all.
It seems that, just as Ruan Chen said, even if Bo Nian died, those people would not let the Bo family go. But Bo Nian's idea of jumping off the building kept resurfacing.
It seems there are quite a few awakened individuals in this world who don't follow the rules, like Cheng An and Cheng Lu.
“I think Bo Nian needs a professional psychologist,” Ruan Chen raised her hand and tapped her forehead with her index finger. “He might have a problem here.”
The younger male police officer slammed his hand on the table and said unhappily, "Young man, this is not a place for jokes. Please give us your honest feedback on your thoughts and ideas."
Ruan Chen helplessly shrugged and glanced at Xu Xiaolan.
"Xiao Chen, calm down. Ruan Chen and the others are in a complicated situation."
Xu Xiaolan briefly reassured her colleague before returning to her conversation with Ruan Chen. "As far as I know, the Bo family has no history of mental illness. I just met Bo Nian, and he's in good mental condition. So what are your thoughts?"
"Mind control, that's a term that should be familiar to you, Sister Xiaolan, right?"
"Just for a grade?"
Ruan Chen fell silent again.
Xu Xiaolan turned to her colleague and said a few words. The colleague looked surprised and hurriedly left.
Then Xu Xiaolan fiddled with the recording equipment for a bit and said to Ruan Chen, "The surveillance in this room only shows images, not sound."
Ruan Chen finally spoke her mind, "Did Bo Nian tell you that the mastermind behind everything is a man named Nan Liushui and his family?"
“That’s right. We’ve already sent people to retrieve the exam papers of Nan Liushui and Bo Nian. Bo Nian said that Nan Liushui’s people forced him to write Nan Liushui’s name on his answer sheet,” Xu Xiaolan said, pressing her ballpoint pen repeatedly. “This statement currently fits the logical loop.”
"What if I said that all of this might just be a setup to frame the Nan family? It seems to make sense logically as well."
Xu Xiaolan sat up straight, her expression suddenly becoming serious. "Ruan Chen, I know about your relationship with the First Military Academy Research Institute, and I also know that the South Institute thinks highly of you. Will this relationship affect your judgment?"
Ruan Chen hesitated for a few seconds, then said, "I have a suggestion."
Tell me about it.
"Why don't we invite the South Institute over and ask them?"
Xu Xiaolan thought for a moment, "It is indeed the most direct and simplest method, but I need to ask for permission. Normally, at this time, no one from the Nan family should be involved."
"But the Nan family is not an ordinary family. I think this matter should have already reached their ears, but they are very law-abiding."
This is one of the reasons why Ruan Chen believes that someone is trying to frame the Nan family.
“Let’s leave it at that for now,” Xu Xiaolan said, closing the notebook. “You can go back now. For Bo Nian’s personal safety, he can’t leave yet.”
"Understood," Ruan Chen stood up, ready to slip away, but then turned back with a grin, "Sister Xiao Lan, aren't you worried about my personal safety?"
"Stop being silly. The Cheng siblings are waiting for you at the door. Let me remind you, I know you probably hired them as bodyguards, but this brother and sister are on the blacklist of our city bureau. They've done a lot of borderline things in the past. Since you've hired them, you should be careful."
"Okay, Sister Xiaolan, thank you."
Ruan Chen picked up her schoolbag and slung it over her shoulder, then skipped out the door as if she were on springs.
Two cool motorcycles were parked at the entrance. Ruan Chen hopped onto the one Cheng Lu was driving.
"How are you? How do you feel?" Ruan Chen asked directly as her first question.
“I just tried to contact Bo Nian from a distance using the mental network, and he was indeed influenced by some kind of psychological suggestion,” Cheng Lu said. “The person who suggested it to him is very professional. They implanted some kind of deeply ingrained idea in him. What’s more troublesome is that this person exerted mental influence on him while implanting the idea.”
"Don't you have any way to undo this effect?"
"A professional psychologist is needed, and this doctor's mental strength level must be higher than that of the person who exerted mental control on Bo Nian."
Whenever Ruan Chen was with Bo Nian today, she would consciously spread her mental net around him.
However, as long as Bo Nian leaves the scope of Ruan Chen's mental network, his thoughts will become uncontrollable.
The motorcycle stopped in front of Ruan Chen's apartment. She jumped off the motorcycle and subconsciously reached for her phone to check the time.
There were twelve missed calls from Hsu Hsiao-lan.
Ruan Chen's heart suddenly started pounding wildly.
She called back, but no one answered the first time; the call only went through on the second attempt.
"You had barely left when Bo Nian snatched the pen from our investigators' pen and stabbed it into his own throat!"
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