Chapter 187
After hanging up the phone, Officer Liu released his support, leaned back, sat back in his chair, covered his eyes with his right hand, and sighed tiredly.
Things are going to become more and more troublesome... Yeah, how can they not be troublesome.
He is the person closest to Su Xingyuan. It is no exaggeration to say that the more he gets along with Su Xingyuan, the more he feels that their understanding of the black-haired boy is too shallow.
That vague feeling of being bottomless can only be felt from some extremely subtle details with the intuition of a detective with many years of experience. And such hidden secrets captured by instinct will make people feel more tense and dangerous.
Even slowly...
"Are you looking at me?"
Suddenly, the black-haired boy on the screen raised his head. His eyes fell accurately on the camera, as if he knew who was standing behind the lens. He tilted his head slightly, narrowed his eyes, and asked in a light tone.
Officer Liu was stunned for a moment and almost replied "no" directly. Then he remembered that Su Xingyuan could not see him or hear his voice, but the other party's gaze just now seemed to be able to penetrate the screen and reach other places.
He left the monitoring room, came to Su Xingyuan's door, and looked inside through the isolation fence.
"Your conversation with Yu Fu was a bit strange." Knowing that beating around the bush with Su Xingyuan would only get him sidetracked, or wear out the other party's patience and gain nothing in the end, Officer Liu came up and asked his questions directly.
The black-haired boy propped his chin on his hand, looking thoughtful.
"You mean those words about demons?" After thinking for a moment, he smiled and said, "Isn't it normal to believe that demons exist? Maybe there are gods in this world."
Officer Liu said: "This is completely nonsense. If there really is a God..."
Then how come his daughter was killed and the real murderer is still at large?
"Officer Liu should have a child."
Before he could come to his senses, he suddenly heard the black-haired boy speak calmly: "After all, sometimes you look at me with a special look."
He had discovered before that Officer Liu actually cared more about his case than others. After a few days in the detention center, the occasional look in his eyes became more complicated and his emotions became stronger. When Officer Liu was profiling Su Xingyuan, he was also inevitably being interpreted.
Judging from Officer Liu’s age, if he really has children, they should be about the same age as me.
The man's expression began to stiffen, and he subconsciously looked away: "...This is my privacy, there is no need for me to tell you. Also, you are seeing it wrong."
Did I really see it wrong?
Before the incident of Su Xing Yuan Dian came out, Officer Liu never thought that he would develop empathy for him, but now thinking back carefully and analyzing himself, he feels more and more that this is indeed possible.
But this is unethical and unprofessional.
...Is this the reason why the group is on guard against him? Was she afraid that he would see her daughter through the other party, so she let Su Xingyuan off the hook and quietly erased the evidence that was unfavorable to Su Xingyuan?
"ha."
In the quiet space, the first thing that was heard was a short chuckle from the black-haired boy.
Then——
"Liu Yuan."
His name came out of the black-haired boy's mouth lightly.
He saw the other person's eyes bent towards him, and the two dark moles under his eyes were more clearly visible under the cold white light; for a moment, he almost thought that the black-haired boy with these eyes was the "devil" they were talking about.
"Don't you want revenge?"
——suddenly exploded in my mind.
The older police officer seemed to realize something suddenly. He suddenly broke free from the eyes that were filled with a mixture of smile and teasing, with all kinds of meanings entangled and it was unclear what the emotion was. He took a step back in panic, subconsciously raised his hand, and held the railing in front of him that separated the two people.
At that moment, he really felt as if there were a pair of hands pulling him forward and telling him: Take revenge.
——I can give you revenge.
When he came to his senses, he found that his back was soaked with cold sweat. Fear and anger came over him at the same time. He suppressed his anger and said, "You are just a prisoner, don't bother with my business. And...you are suspected of inducing crime by saying these words."
After he said this, he realized something else - he didn't know when, the black-haired boy had come in front of him, separated from him by only a cell door, as if the rhythm of the entire conversation from the beginning to now was controlled by him alone. He approached step by step, and when people reacted, the sharp tip of the knife was already pointing to their throats.
However, after he forced himself to respond, the increasingly tense atmosphere suddenly dissipated. The black-haired boy seemed to be in control of the entire conversation unconsciously. Once he relaxed, it seemed as if the whole space suddenly became bright and the dirty and dull air became fresh again. As if what he just said was just a joke, he instantly returned to his usual self and said lightly:
"Is that so? I'm so sorry, I don't really understand these things, after all, I haven't been to school - I just simply think that if you are treated as a substitute for another person, you will feel a little dissatisfied, right?"
Liu Yuan clenched his fists, took a deep breath, and suppressed his emotions: "I don't care what your purpose is, don't make fun of my family. ... It was indeed my fault to see my child's shadow through you. I apologize to you, and I will appear in front of you less often from now on."
After saying this, he hurriedly turned around and went back to the monitoring room. His usually steady steps became disordered this time. Liu Yuan sat in his chair, clasped his hands together and took a deep breath for a moment, but he still couldn't free himself from the feeling of palpitations and fear. Although he thought he should be calm, his heart was still beating so fast that he felt disturbed.
Oh, and video and audio...
Liu Yuan remembered this, tuned to that part, hesitated for a moment, and clicked the replay button.
...Should this record be reported as an abnormal incident?
Let’s watch it first… Watching it from an outsider’s perspective may give you a different experience, or you may be able to draw a conclusion. In short, even just desensitization training is effective.
After calming himself down, he began to listen to the moment when Su Xingyuan chuckled, without realizing that he had actually been shaken.
[Liu Yuan. 】
In the surveillance video, the black-haired boy read out his name, but it didn't sound like he was calling him, but more like he was reading out a short spell.
The sound entered his ears along with the earphones. Perhaps because of the screen, Liu Yuan's heart calmed down a lot and he was able to calm down and review the situation. After "Liu Yuan" is over, it's time for the word "revenge" that seems like a blow to the head.
He followed the progress silently, matching the still clear thought in his mind, "You don't want to"...
"……Um?"
Liu Yuan sat up straight at once.
Where is Su Xingyuan’s voice? What about his words "Don't you want revenge?" Why wasn’t it included?
Inexplicably, cold sweat began to seep out of his forehead. He didn't know whether it was due to nervousness or vague fear, but his entire brain started to heat up. An indescribable horrific intuition controlled all his thinking abilities. He began to listen to this passage repeatedly and compare it frantically.
There was his heavy breathing, yes, and slight noises, too. This is not a problem of malfunction or muting, but the fact that all audios are normal, except for the most crucial sentence from Su Xingyuan.
Liu Yuan stood there in a daze for a moment, then hurriedly clicked Continue to play the next segment. Was that statement just his fantasy? In fact, he longed for revenge day and night... Not the revenge of bringing the criminal to justice, but the kind of clear revenge of an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, as he felt when the black-haired boy said it with implicit malice.
【is that so? I’m so sorry…】
The audio continues.
It was not an illusion, and he was not dreaming.
The picture and the sound overlapped, and in those two seconds, the black-haired boy did speak, but his voice was not captured by the recording equipment.
This is unlikely to be a bug, and it is unlikely that someone could do such a meaningless thing in such a short time.
"Maybe Su Xingyuan also knew that the sentence was inappropriate, so he just lip-synced it. I added this sentence in my subconscious..."
wrong.
Liu Yuan's thoughts, which were trying to convince himself, suddenly stopped. It couldn't have been subconscious, he remembered it clearly. He had indeed heard these words, and it was these words that had startled him out of his distracted state. The shock and explosion that struck his heart and soul directly seemed to ring directly in his brain, causing cold sweat to run down his back in an instant.
Liu Yuan lowered his head and saw that his hands were shaking slightly.
Maybe, just maybe—
Did that voice really ring directly in his brain?
*
the next day.
The black-haired boy opened his eyes, turned his head and saw Officer Liu standing outside the door.
"Good morning." He greeted calmly, and was very happy to find someone staring at him when he woke up. "I thought Officer Liu would never come again."
"I'll bring you breakfast." Officer Liu said with huge dark circles under his eyes.
Su Xingyuan nodded: "Then you came quite early this time."
After taking the breakfast tray, the black-haired boy turned around, looked at the guard who still didn't move, and asked with a smile: "Anything else?"
"……No."
The man was silent for a moment, then shook his head in a hoarse voice.
He turned and left.
The same thing happened with lunch and dinner. Officer Liu's condition was completely different from before. But the black-haired boy just turned a blind eye, as if he knew nothing, and continued his peaceful and stable daily life in the detention center.
There was still plenty of time and since there were no monsters to fight, he had the chance to adjust the [Attribute Enhancement] buff. After trying it, he found that the skill [Attribute Enhancement] that directly affects the panel attributes can still find a bug and bypass the panel blockade to add attributes, just like his equipment.
Although [Attribute Enhancement] is mainly used in the novice period and the attributes added are small, it is better than nothing. Moreover, as long as you are willing to spend time on it, the result will not be too bad.
After completing another set of backflips, Su Xingyuan keenly noticed a gaze coming towards him. He raised his eyes slightly, looked at the flashing camera, smiled, and was very clear about who was watching him on the other side of the monitor.
Anyway, he won't be the first one to lose his temper.
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