Chapter 319: Chapter 319: I Want Him Dead, and It Must Be Suicide Out of Guilt!

Chen Xiao temporarily requisitioned that couple’s house.

Although he had said that they should live their own lives, the two of them just sat there blankly for the entire afternoon.

This didn’t feel right, nor did that.

Chen Xiao sat behind the curtain, smiling as he started up a conversation:

"How long have the two of you known each other?"

"Ah... 186 days, um... 17 hours!"

The boy answered Chen Xiao, while the girl paused, seemingly trying to correct him, but then suddenly blushed and lowered her head.

Seeing this, Chen Xiao asked, "Wow... even the hours are precise? Why not be precise down to the minutes or seconds?"

"You don’t understand, it was at zero hours, zero minutes, zero seconds... mmm mmm mmm."

As the boy was about to speak, the girl quickly covered his mouth.

The boy, realizing something from her flushed face and sharp eyes, quickly withdrew his head.

Yet when he looked at Chen Xiao, a trace of pride could be seen in his eyes.

Chen Xiao secretly gave him a thumbs-up: "It seems your relationship is quite good."

"He treats me very well. When my mother was sick, it was him who paid for everything. From that moment on, I swore in my heart that I would marry no one but him."

Chen Xiao nodded: "So it seems a happy occasion is near for you two?"

"Yes, we’ve decided to hold our wedding in the countryside at the end of this year. Also, my wife is already carrying a baby!"

Chen Xiao immediately said: "That’s really double happiness, congratulations!"

"Hehe, Officer, are you married? You seem to be about the same age as us."

"I am married, and I love my wife very much."

"Does she love you?" the boy asked instinctively, and the girl immediately glared at him and whispered, "Don’t ask such useless questions."

The boy was about to explain when Chen Xiao chuckled: "Her feelings for me go beyond what just ’love’ can describe."

"Then she must be very beautiful, right?"

"Of course, and in your husband’s eyes, you are the most beautiful too."

The girl was filled with sweet happiness by Chen Xiao’s words, and the boy nodded earnestly, but suddenly came out with:

"Officer, you’re obviously about our age, but why do you give off a feeling of having experienced so much?"

Chen Xiao paused: "Really?"

"Yes, especially when you talk about your wife, I could see all the love in your eyes for her, but for some reason, your gaze also makes it seem like there’s a lot of stories."

The girl added, and Chen Xiao smiled:

"What stories could I have, it’s just that I have a bit more... "

As Chen Xiao was speaking, his eyes suddenly narrowed.

After requisitioning this house, Chen Xiao had made several phone calls.

The first call he made was to Qiao Zhong.

On the phone, he chatted with Qiao Zhong for a while and then led Qiao Zhong’s thinking on a certain track.

Now, indeed, Qiao Zhong had arrived.

He saw that the room across, which had turned dark with the night, suddenly lit up.

Qiao Zhong was standing in the living room, rummaging around.

The two buildings were very close, and Chen Xiao directly utilized the Power of Capture.

The couple saw Chen Xiao suddenly stop talking; they originally wanted to keep the conversation going but were stopped by Chen Xiao’s gesture.

Chen Xiao observed Qiao Zhiyuan in the house and then asked:

"Did the lights in the room across turn on from yesterday to today?"

The girl looked at the boy, who shook his head: "No!"

"Can you be sure?"

"I can’t be sure all the time. But last night, my friends came over, so we drank until 2 AM. During that time, the lights over there never turned on."

Chen Xiao nodded without making a sound, and the boy asked: "Officer, there isn’t some heinous criminal living across the way, is there?"

"The presence of police doesn’t necessarily mean a criminal is present. Sometimes, the police also have to make choices. Most of the time, they’ll choose the correct answer, but sometimes they might get it wrong."

"So if you see someone being handcuffed out of a house, that person is only a suspect. Whether they are the criminal or not, the police can’t decide; it needs a court’s verdict."

Chen Xiao said.

The lights in the other house suddenly dimmed.

Chen Xiao’s gaze narrowed again, and an inner voice shouted:

"No way? Could it really be just like I guessed!"

"Did I really hit the mark?"

His eyes never left Qiao Zhiyuan’s house.

He could see clearly that Qiao Zhong was standing in the living room and hadn’t gone to turn off the lights.

If Qiao Zhong didn’t do it, then who turned off the lights in the house?

Chen Xiao took a deep breath and asked: "Do you have a flashlight at home?"

"Yes, Officer!"

"Good, loan it to me, and remember not to turn on the lights when you bring it."

Utilizing the Power of Capture, Chen Xiao could see a shadow moving in the darkness of the house across.

That shadow wasn’t in a hurry!

He even walked to the window and slowly closed the curtains.

Chen Xiao picked up his phone and dialed Lin Xi’s number again:

"Should... "

Just as Chen Xiao was about to speak, he stopped.

This made Lin Xi anxious: "What’s up Chen Xiao, should we act or not?"

"I’m thinking, when you break in later, what will he do? Will he really make a move on Qiao Zhong?"

"Didn’t we just discuss this? He might act to silence, or he might just let Qiao Zhong not see him because of Qiao Zhiyuan. Besides these two possibilities, what other possibilities are there?"

Lin Xi answered, and Chen Xiao looked at the gradually closing curtains, saying:

"The more critical it is, the calmer and more composed we must be. Think, think carefully, is there another possibility?"

"Another possibility?"

Lin Xi was very anxious inside.

But Chen Xiao’s advice gradually calmed her down.

"If everything is happening on the basis of your speculation, then the three of them are just playing with the police. But in this situation, what more can they do?"

"Whether they can do anything depends on whether Madman Zhang is acting rationally or irrationally. If he’s irrational, it all falls apart, but his actions now seem rational to me," Chen Xiao said.

Lin Xi listened, analyzing incessantly:

"If they’re toying with the police, then the more mistakes the police make, the more accomplished they feel. If they entirely succeed in being wrong, then their masterpiece ’Heart-Picking Case’ is deemed complete! And we’re currently capturing Madman Zhang as if he were a sitting duck. If we catch him, we’ll think we’re absolutely right because, in our minds, Madman Zhang is the knife!"

Chen Xiao felt his understanding was closing in on the truth. After hesitating for a moment, he said:

"What if that knife isn’t Madman Zhang?"

"What do you mean?"

"I mean Madman Zhang is intentionally shown to Jiao Yue! His role in the whole case, from start to finish, is just a smokescreen! The planner, executor, and smokescreen each have their roles! In the end, the smokescreen becomes the murderer we capture, and finally, this smokescreen is identified as a mental patient!"

"The great crime is reduced, and everyone becomes a laughingstock!"

At this point, Chen Xiao’s eyes had a trace of fierceness: "If I were the planner, if as a planner I’m ruthless enough, then when the smokescreen is trapped, I’d use him one last time!"

"I’d want him dead, to commit suicide from fear of the crime!"

After Chen Xiao finished, Lin Xi was stunned.

But Chen Xiao had already reminded her: "Spread this idea within the task force. Although Teacher Han said life is paramount, why not use it when it’s advantageous to us? Spread it out, let everyone know that you, Lin Xi, have already outpaced the criminal by many steps and uncovered all his plans!"

Having said that, Chen Xiao directly hung up the phone.

He didn’t want to give Lin Xi more time to think.

Because he knew his woman best, and if Lin Xi thought too much, she’d credit all the achievements to him.

Soon, Chen Xiao saw the lights in the house across turn on again!