Chapter 186
Officer Liu knew that Su Xingyuan might get into trouble, but he didn't expect it to happen so soon.
When he was invited into the conference room, he felt numb.
This is Su Xingyuan’s first day in the detention center!
Officer Liu sighed, explained to the captain of the security team, and then said: "Su Xingyuan... is indeed a little special. The director also knows about this. Because the higher-ups don't want more people to know the inside story, they haven't told you the details for the time being."
The director in the main seat also nodded and smiled bitterly.
"So that's how it is."
The captain of the guards expressed his understanding, but then his expression became strange again. He said to the director: "We usually deduct performance points and increase the sentence of prisoners who violate the rules. Since Su Xingyuan has no sentence and is coming in with this reason..."
To be honest, he really felt that it was a bit inappropriate.
And after watching the surveillance footage, we know that Su Xingyuan was counterattacking in self-defense - although the level of defense was obviously excessive.
"...How about arranging a separate room for Su Xingyuan?"
Officer Liu said tentatively.
Su Xingyuan took action today, and they have a rough idea of his strength, so there is no need to put him together with the others. Officer Liu sometimes even felt that Su Xingyuan was not in the same dimension as them, and whatever he wanted to do was like a dimensionality reduction attack.
"Then give him a private room, deliver his meals to him, and exempt him from labor. I'll be thankful if he can stay here peacefully until the investigation is completed."
The director finally made the decision.
So, that night, Su Xingyuan moved into the new room.
It's more like a suite in a hotel than a separate room for solitary confinement. It looks plain from the outside, but when Su Xingyuan opened the door, he saw a fully equipped bookshelf, desk, a TV with various movies downloaded, and a separate washroom inside.
He even suspected that the police station chief's office was not as luxurious as his.
The black-haired boy blinked, turned his head, and asked Officer Liu who was following him sincerely: "So if I beat someone up, will your station give me a higher room?"
Officer Liu, who didn’t dare to let anyone else take over and followed in person, said: “…”
He said angrily: "Don't play dumb, kid. Don't you know why I give you such good conditions? You are much smarter than I was when I was young!"
You're still pretending to be innocent, but you're really full of tricks!
Su Xingyuan suddenly laughed out loud.
When he smiled so generously and naturally, that dangerous feeling of scheming disappeared again, as if he had returned to the simplest state of his student days. Seeing this, Officer Liu couldn't help but sigh, what is talent?
Some people are born with the ability to change their faces.
The black-haired boy gently rubbed the corner of his eye with his fingertips and raised his thumb: "I can't help it, watching others fail is really addictive, it's very interesting."
After saying this, he stopped making jokes and walked into the suite that was tailor-made for him. He looked around and said with a smile, "Thank you. I'm very satisfied."
"As long as you are satisfied, please stop tormenting the poor guards."
On the surface, Officer Liu appeared calm and composed, and nothing could be seen from his expression. But only he himself knew how relieved he felt when he heard the four words "I am very satisfied".
Su Xingyuan is probably not a person who cares about his living environment, so when he said "I am very satisfied", the subtext probably means that if nothing unexpected happens, he will stay here quietly, just like every prisoner who abides by the rules.
But even so, Officer Liu still shoulders the important task of paying attention to Su Xingyuan's movements every day.
In addition to the independent bathroom, Su Xingyuan's suite is equipped with cameras. Just when Officer Liu thought that the black-haired boy would watch TV or read a book when he was bored, he discovered that he was doing backflips all night long.
Officer Liu: “…”
Officer Liu: “?”
...Is this the self-discipline of a man who is strong enough to sink a person's head into the ground?
Although he was not very adaptable at first, after getting used to it, Officer Liu actually felt it was okay. After seeing the black-haired boy do a backflip with ease, I even wanted to try it out a few times on the spot.
However, this peaceful daily life did not last for two days.
On the third day that Su Xingyuan entered the suite, the prison received a request for a visit.
The applicant was none other than Yu Fu, who was previously implicated in the hospital attack.
"Why is he here?"
Officer Liu frowned slightly, and at the same time received an order from his superior to bring Yu Fu to Su Xingyuan's room so that the two of them could meet.
Soon, the man who looked a little weak but had a relatively gentle and calm expression a few days ago walked into the detention center. Officer Liu only had an impression of him a few days ago, but when he saw him today, he was slightly shocked.
Logically speaking, since he has been discharged from the hospital and rested at home for a few days, Yu Fu's mental state should seem better. But not only did he not show any signs of improvement, he looked even more haggard; the dark circles under his eyes were as if he had been awake for days, and coupled with the bloodshot in the man's eyes... When he raised his eyes, Officer Liu actually felt a little crazy.
This is...what happened?
Officer Liu calmly raised his guard and watched him arrive at Su Xingyuan's room. He then turned around and quickly returned to the monitoring room and turned on the radio.
"...Mr. Su Xingyuan. Long time no see."
The first voice that was heard was Yu Fu's slightly restrained voice.
"It seems like we haven't seen each other for two days?"
And this brisk young voice obviously belongs to Su Xingyuan.
"What do you want to talk to me about? I thought you had put what happened that day behind you." In the surveillance video, the black-haired boy who was locked up here for another two days still had a smiling face, and he looked no different from many days ago. "Also, you didn't seem to sleep well?"
“…”
Yu Fu was silent for a moment.
Then, he finally asked the question hidden in his heart with some hesitation:
"Do you think that there are demons and monsters in this world?"
Hearing this, the black-haired boy finally slightly restrained the monotonous and somewhat perfunctory expression on his face. The arc of his eyes also faded, and his gaze fell calmly on the man who looked very tired.
"Since you are so shaken, why don't you try to take the initiative and find out the truth? Isn't that how they act in shows like 'Approaching Science'?" The black-haired boy sat back on the sofa, his tone becoming cheerful again: "However, science suggests that it is best to see a psychiatrist."
Officer Liu who was observing from the side: "..." How did this guy know that he wanted to recommend Yu Fu to see a psychiatrist? After all, he felt that Yu Fu seemed to have a tendency to post-traumatic stress disorder.
And...what has Yu Fu been thinking about these two days since he returned home? Why is it bringing up the devil?
Has some secret group finally contacted him?
Su Xingyuan seemed to have lost interest in talking, so even though the visiting hours had not yet ended, Yu Fu had already left the detention center. Officer Liu first submitted the audio file to his superior, and then contacted his colleagues who were following up on the incident and asked them if they had been following up on Yu Fu's situation in the past few days.
"...We can imagine what you said." The colleague on the other end of the phone sighed, "Our plainclothes officers have been waiting near his residence for many days, working in shifts 24 hours a day, but we haven't seen any suspicious people approach his house. Moreover, Yu has become a little reluctant to go out since he was discharged from the hospital. Occasionally, he can be seen on the balcony, sitting on a recliner, looking dazed."
"We arranged for someone to disguise himself as a maintenance worker to check the circuit and walked around his home, but did not find anything suspicious."
"...So, the idea that 'demons exist in the world' comes to him just because he hasn't let it go?" Officer Liu found it hard to understand. After all, looking at Yu Fu's state, it was obvious that he was not just believing it, he was serious.
Only those who do not take mysteries to heart and treat them as a joke will talk about mysteries unscrupulously. The fact that Yu Fuhui hesitated to the point of losing his appetite and even came to ask Su Xingyuan specifically only proved that, in his subconscious, he was inclined to "believe" it.
A colleague said, "We thought so too. But looking at Su Xingyuan's response today... I feel like something is a little off."
They did get the video of the meeting. When Yu Fu said the word "devil", the expression of the black-haired boy obviously changed slightly. His green eyes rarely showed a kind of coldness that was inconsistent with his appearance, as if... at that moment, he really opened his eyes and cast a nonchalant and scrutinizing glance at the man.
This could never be the look of an ordinary student.
This scene also seems to prove that Su Xingyuan does have some subtle connection with these things.
"Where's Ruan Tiexin?" Officer Liu asked again.
The colleague was a little hesitant. This information shouldn't be told to Old Liu, but he knew Officer Liu's position. In addition, the other party was originally a member of the action team, so he still revealed some information: "Ruan Tiexin's actions are much more efficient than Yu Fu's, and also... much more weird."
Officer Liu's eyebrows jumped, realizing that the important place was finally coming.
"After Ruan Tiexin returned home, she did not resign or change her pace of life, as if everything was normal. But after careful investigation, we found that... she seemed to deliberately say things that her colleagues could not understand when chatting alone, and do things that people felt were a bit strange. Her social activity has obviously increased."
Officer Liu: “…like?”
A colleague said: "It's like, close range, casting a wide net, selecting the most suitable chess pieces, and developing a special...network of relationships step by step."
To put it bluntly... the admission process of some pyramid schemes and secret societies is also the same.
"Then, she began to have secret conversations with certain people. We knew who she might be alone with, but the strange thing was that every time she wanted to do something, someone inexplicably came to stop all our informants, including the plainclothes officers we had arranged, even if we increased the frequency of changing plainclothes officers."
"And after investigation, it seems that those people did it unintentionally. Their resumes are very clean and they have nothing to do with these things."
My colleague's voice lowered and gradually became heavier.
"I think... this matter may be more troublesome than we imagined."
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