Soul Patch

Chapter 210 Framed
In the blink of an eye, the police officers split into two groups, and Wenjie was taken back to the police station by Officer Zhang.

Xue Xiaowan and Cheng Xiaohui were also in the car with him.

Another veteran police officer, whose surname should be Li, Wenjie vaguely remembered that when he went to the North District Police Station that time, his colleagues there called him Old Li. This Old Li officer brought Wang Hui and Xiao Liu, the network administrator from the administration department, back to the police station.

Asking him to return is understandable. To be fair, he is the prime suspect in the murder, and I believe that's what the police and his colleagues think.

Please ask the network administrator to go back; it should be about accessing the building's surveillance footage.

The reason Xue Xiaowan was invited is probably related to her position, since she is Li Shiman's assistant and has more contact with Li Shiman.

What I find most incomprehensible is that when I asked Cheng Xiaohui to go back, how did she bring up the matter of murdering Li Shiman?
Of course, Wang Hui is even more heartbreaking than Cheng Xiaohui.

Wenjie seemed to have guessed what Wang Hui would say at the police station.

Although they lived in the same dormitory for four years, who cares about that when it comes to the business world?

My brother who slept in the top bunk, all those feelings died on graduation day.

The Wen and Wang families are the largest shareholders of Huahai. His father defied public opinion and placed him in a senior management position in the company. As a result, the Wen family gained a confidant, which was the last thing Wang Hui wanted to see.

As long as Wang Hui doesn't distort the facts or smear Wenjie at the police station, that's a blessing in disguise.

Soon, Wenjie found out why Cheng Xiaohui had been asked to give a statement.

Everyone left after giving their statements, except for Wenjie, who was detained.

"I...can't leave?"

"No."

After Officer Zhang gave a clear answer, he slowly said, "Tell me more about your relationship with the deceased, Li Shiman."

Colleagues in the office said that they saw you two pulling and tugging at each other in the deceased's office today, behaving intimately, and at one point, you even made the deceased emotionally agitated and crying because of a disagreement.

You also inquired about the deceased's interpersonal relationships at the company.

"Inquire about interpersonal relationships?" Wenjie repeated.

He seemed to know what Cheng Xiaohui had said, and a nameless anger surged within him. He said with a hint of irritation, "I want to see my lawyer. Call my father and have him notify the legal counsel... Zhang Meng, come over here."

When the topic of legal counsel came up, Wenjie paused for a moment. Recalling the scene of Zhang Meng and Li Shiman going in and out together during the system mission, he realized that Zhang Meng was Huahai's legal counsel.

After that, Wenjie ignored whatever Officer Zhang asked him.

He realized it was a trap. Each seemingly small incident appeared independent and unrelated, but when strung together, they pointed the finger at him.

Is someone deliberately framing him?

It is now certain that the system task was completed accurately and without error. Therefore, what happened today was a case of someone who knew about the system task carrying out a mock murder in accordance with the system task, deliberately trying to confuse the public.

Who would do that?

Wenjie took two deep breaths, lay back on the chair, and closed his eyes.

Since he couldn't get anything out of him, Officer Zhang simply left the interrogation room. He saw that Wenjie had his eyes closed and assumed that Wenjie was resting.

At this moment, Wenjie's brain was in a highly active state. He first circled all the people who knew about 16:23:

Liu Qingqing, Zhang Zhipeng, Li Shiman's parents, Zhao Jingshu.

Of course, there is myself.

Eliminate it yourself first.

Li Shiman's parents can also be ruled out; they wouldn't kill their own daughter.

As we've already reasoned, Zhang Zhipeng and Li Shiman have no connection now, so it's unlikely that he would commit murder and frame Li Shiman.

At this moment, Wenjie suddenly froze.

Could I be mistaken? Is it possible that the other party killed Li Shiman to frame him?

The other party had no grudge against Li Shiman; she was merely a pawn sacrificed by the murderer to frame him.
Uh... that person is terrifying.

The next question, which Wenjie has never been able to figure out, is: In what time period was Li Shiman murdered?
How did the murderer manage to time things so perfectly? Wenjie was reviewing the documents when it was almost time for the meeting. He went downstairs to Li Shiman's office, pushed open the door, and turned around Li Shiman's chair. Li Shiman threw herself into his arms. He checked her scent and thought of calling the police... He glanced at the time: 16:23.
What if Wenjie ran downstairs after seeing the quill pen and the distress message signed Li Shiman?
What will we see next?
Was Charmaine Lee murdered at that time?

One question after another kept surfacing in Wenjie's mind.

He felt a headache coming on, opened his eyes, looked at the disposable paper cup in front of him, picked it up, and gulped it down.

After placing the disposable paper cup on the table, he stared at the table in the interrogation room for a moment, and then suddenly remembered a detail.

He didn't run down immediately because he saw the trash can in the corridor. After returning to the office, the piece of paper with the distress message disappeared.

So he thought it was just a prank.

However, he wasn't sure about his guess, so just to be on the safe side, he made a phone call to Li Shiman's office.

The phone rang for a long time before Xue Xiaowan answered it.

She...she said that General Manager Li wasn't here...

wrong!

Wenjie suddenly realized that there was something wrong with Xue Xiaowan.

When he answered the phone, something seemed off, but now, thinking about it carefully, it dawned on him: Xue Xiaowan's words flowed too smoothly. Specifically, it was about why she had answered the phone.

When answering the phone normally, the conversation should be based on interaction with the other party.

Wenjie didn't ask her anything like, "Why did you answer the phone?" or "What are you doing in the office?"

She went on and on about why she had answered the phone.

What does this mean?
This shows that she had thought about the answer to the question before answering it.

Suddenly, another image appeared in Wenjie's mind.

It's also about Xue Xiaowan.

She stood in the general manager's office and started tattling, saying things like Wenjie and Li Shiman were doing this and that in the office...

Wenjie was furious and mocked her for going upstairs so quickly.

She also hurriedly left the office in a panic.

Because the two people had different focuses, their conversation was not on the same wavelength.

What if, in reality, it wasn't Xue Xiaowan who went upstairs quickly, but rather a woman in Li Shiman's office on the 16th floor who answered the phone, instead of Xue Xiaowan, was someone whose voice sounded very similar to Xue Xiaowan's or who was imitating her?

That means that Li Shiman may have already been murdered at that time.

Wenjie seemed to see the murderer smash half of the vase, revealing sharp shards of glass, and then plunge it into Li Shiman's heart...

Wait, didn't Charmaine Li ask for help?

Why didn't any of my colleagues outside hear anything unusual coming from inside the office?
Wenjie recalled the scene of him turning the chair and seeing Li Shiman with her mouth wide open, but unable to make a sound... It was too cruel!
The murderer's methods were incredibly cruel!
"Procrastination Turns into Poetry"

I arrayed my troops in the east, and slew thousands of soldiers and horses.

I arrayed my troops in the west, ready to slay formidable enemies from all sides.
I arrayed my troops in the south, vowing to prolong the night.
I arrayed my troops in the north, breaking through layer upon layer of formations.

With unwavering courage, I will uphold my burning passion forever.
With unwavering focus, protect the untamed soul.

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Dear readers, I'll try my best not to delay updates anymore!
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