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Chapter 96 Almost Deceived? A Secret? Already Dead?

"Officer Nan?"

Upon seeing Nan Punian, Song Xiong frowned, raised his hand forward, and asked with a puzzled look, "What do you mean by this?"

Nan Punian remained silent and threw a stack of photos in front of him.

When Song Xiong saw the photo, his expression changed slightly, but he quickly recovered. "Isn't this the house I rented before? Officer Nan, it's normal for us country folk to rent a place to live when we don't own a house in Hangzhou.

"Indeed, there's no problem. However, Shen Yao was with you for the first six months after she disappeared. How do you explain that?"

Nan Punian narrowed his dark eyes, his gaze fixed on Song Xiong's face, not missing a single change in his expression.

Song Xiong fell silent.

After a long while, he slowly spoke: "Officer Nan, I admit that I lied to you before."

Nan Punian tapped his knee with his fingertip.

"So, you admitted it?"

"Yes! But I'm scared, Officer Nan. As you can see, I just got engaged, and we're getting married in three days. My wife loves me very much, and I love her very much too."

Song Xiong swayed, the handcuffs clanging against the table with a crisp sound. He looked at Nan Punian with a sincere expression, his face filled with anxiety and regret.

"That's why I'm scared. I'm afraid that if something really happens to Shen Yao, you'll suspect me, and then there will be endless interrogations and all sorts of trouble..."

Song Xiong muttered to himself, "That's so unlucky."

No profit?
Nan Punian felt like laughing for no reason.

It turns out that people really do want to laugh when they're speechless.

His eyes turned cold as he stared at Song Xiong.

"Do you know that Shen Yao is dead?"

"What?! Yao Yao, she?"

Song Xiong looked shocked, then shook his head frantically, "No, impossible! How could Yao Yao... This is absolutely impossible!"

"Her body was dismembered and thrown into the Yunqian River a year and a half ago."

Seeing Song Xiong's shocked and pained expression, as if he wanted to cry but couldn't, Nan Punian felt no emotion whatsoever.

"So fake."

"Just a window away," Li Feng said, pursing his lips.

"It's pretty good, much better than some of the professional actors these days." Nan Shu held the freshly brewed tea in both hands, looking just like a retired cadre preparing to retire.

"That's true... I can't even watch TV dramas anymore. No, I haven't had time to watch TV lately. I don't think I was this busy at this time last year!"

Li Feng scratched his head; his brain was completely blank. He had too many tasks to handle, and his body couldn't keep up.

Upon hearing this, a hint of guilt flashed across Nan Shuxing's eyes as she blew on the tea leaves floating on the water.

"Xiao Nan, you're drinking tea so late, are you not planning to go to sleep again? You're a girl, you should get more rest."

Li Feng advised, acting like an old woman, a trait he had inherited from Nan Punian.

Nan Shu gave a perfunctory "uh-huh" and kept her eyes fixed on Song Xiong across from her.

The interrogation is ongoing.

Song Xiong seemed to finally realize what was happening, and looked at Nan Punian in disbelief, "Captain Nan, you...you don't suspect that I killed Yao Yao, do you?"

Nan Punian didn't speak, but his expression answered him, "Otherwise, would I really invite you to the police station for tea?"

Song Xiong: ...

“I didn’t kill Yao Yao, how could I possibly kill her, I…” Song Xiong paused, as if the words he was about to say were difficult for him to say. He took a deep breath and prepared himself mentally for a long time before slowly saying, “Yao Yao was already pregnant with my child at the time, how could I possibly kill her?” Nan Punian immediately frowned.

“What…?”

Li Feng almost spat out his water, turning to look at Nan Shu, "Nan, what did he say? Did I hear that right?"

"Brother Li, your hearing is fine."

Nan Shu didn't look at him, her gaze fell on Song Xiong, and her eyes darkened. She thought of Yang Ruolan's evasive and ambiguous words, and what Song Xiong said was very likely true.

Back then, Shen Yao's running away from home was not simply due to a big argument with her father.

"Officer Nan, back then Uncle Shen didn't approve of us being together and even wanted Yao Yao to abort the child. That's why Yao Yao had a big fight with him and came to me. The village isn't that big, and there are too many people around who like to gossip. I was afraid Yao Yao couldn't handle it, so I made up an excuse about going to the city to work and brought her with me to the city..."

Song Xiong grabbed his hair, looking pained and regretful. "But I didn't expect that Yao Yao's temper would change after she got pregnant... Plus, she was unemployed and suspicious every day. Once, we had a fierce argument, and Yao Yao stormed out in anger."

"I was furious at the time, but I regretted it later. When I chased after her, Yao Yao was already gone. It wasn't until six months later that I received a call from her. She said she had already aborted the child and wanted to break up with me. Could it be that she had already...?"

Song Xiong realized what was happening, tears welling up in his eyes. He clenched his fist and slammed it against the table. "I didn't know! I really didn't know! If I had known that Yao Yao was actually calling for help, I definitely wouldn't..."

He couldn't say the rest because he was too sad. The sound of Song Xiong's sorrowful sobs echoed in the interrogation room.

"Could it be that we've really arrested the wrong person?"

Upon seeing this, Li Feng's expression became complicated.

If, as Song Xiong claims, Shen Yao did live with him for a period of time, could the bloodstains found in the bathroom have been from a minor cut or a minor injury? Or could it have been menstrual blood?

"Brother Li, have you read the report?"

Nan Shu didn't answer that question, but asked it instead.

"I saw it...how..."

Li Feng was startled and turned to look at Song Xiong. "Holy crap, I almost got fooled by this bastard!"

The report showed that the locations where Shen Yao's bloodstains were extracted were all very hidden, in corners and crevices that would be easily overlooked during cleaning.

Besides…

If Shen Yao is pregnant, where the hell is the menstrual blood coming from?!
Grass!
'Thump—thump—'

Seeing that Song Xiong was about to faint from crying, Nan Punian tapped the table with his fingertips and said slowly, "When did I say that Shen Yao died a year ago?"

Song Xiong's crying stopped abruptly.

The sound got stuck in my throat, neither coming up nor going down.

He lay face down on the table, his bangs obscuring his face, making it impossible to see his features. The interrogation room fell into a deathly silence.

Song Xiong seemed surprised that his lie was exposed so quickly. He lost his earlier excitement and became unusually silent.

Upon seeing this, Nan Punian knew that he was not going to tell the truth.

Currently.

The only concrete evidence is that Shen Yao once lived with Song Xiong, and he can also argue that the bloodstains were caused by Shen Yao's injuries.

More compelling evidence is needed to fully substantiate Song Xiong's guilt.

Song Xiong remained silent until the next morning.

Nan Shu woke up in her dormitory, quickly washed up, and then took her breakfast to the forensic room.

Xu Yunli and Brother Wang are making preparations.

(End of this chapter)