Pure Darkness

Chapter 46

When they returned to the interrogation room, the one sitting before them was not Ke Ai, but Ke Qian.

She had washed the makeup off her face, and continued on with her male clothes. It was just that his hair was still long, tied in a small ponytail. However, anyone who saw his thin figure, and his more angled face than Ke Ai's, would not doubt that he must be a man.

“What's with that hair?” Fang Qing looked at him and asked.

He replied very calmly, “I grow it.”

Therefore, every time you kill someone, you have to wear a hat to cover it.

Both were silent for a long time. Fang Qing sighed and said, “Ke Qian, how did you become like this?” His words were filled with hidden meaning, but Ke Qian was unaffected. His eyes dimmed for a moment, and even An Yan could see flashes of hatred within.

However, the answer was spoken in a light and windy manner. “My sister . . . . she disappeared. I want to replace him and live his life. I know this is not true, but this. . . my wish. Probably, it belongs to him too.”

Fang Qing glared at him. “You refuse to confess to killing Lu Ji, Rong Xiaofeng, and Jiang Xueran, as well as trying to kill Xu Sheng unsuccessfully? There are witnesses to these three cases! Are you still babbling? ”

Ke Qian's face flushed slightly, but she replied, “I have no quibbles. This action. . . not done by me.” He stopped, then said slowly, “Maybe, Ke Ai did it. He did it for me.”

Fang Qing sneered, “But, this afternoon, Xu Sheng saw you clearly – a man! He even touched your body. Don't you remember?”

Ke Qian moved her lips, and suddenly smiled again. He said, “He remembered wrongly. No way, I was in the lab doing experiments all afternoon; my classmates could testify about that. Police officers, is the evidence that I was not on the scene more reliable, or perhaps the wrong testimony of a confused woman? I didn't commit any crime, I didn't kill anyone. From then on, until now. . . I didn't make any mistakes. ”

Fang Qing and An Yan were both dumbfounded.

——

Zhu Momo was very nervous to be at the police station for the first time in her life. He handed his teacup from his left hand to his right, swallowed his saliva, and looked at the handsome police officer who had just entered.

“Uncle Officer,” he asked timidly, “why did you bring me and Ke Ai here?”

Fang Qing laughed and sat down. “Am I that old? I'm only 30 this year. Please don't be nervous, we need your help in giving some pointers to a very important case.”

Zhu Momo nodded solemnly.

Fang Qing said, This “Sore, Ke Ai is conducting an experiment together with you?”

“Ya.”

“Are you guys together all the time?”

“Ya.”

Fang Qing frowned slightly, and he made a point in his book with a pencil in his hand. Zhu Momo observed him, and spoke again. “But . .”

“What is it?”

“I'm outside, and she's in the room inside.” Zhu Momo added.

Fang Qing's eyes were bright. He wasn't sure how the people watching Ke Ai made sure that he was in the room the entire time. He quickly asked, “Really? Is there a door he can use to leave the inner room? But you didn't realize it?”

“There is a door in the inner room, but . .” Zhu Momo shook her head. “He's not out. I see it in the room all the time.”

Fang Qing was stunned for a moment. “Do you see it clearly?”

“Yup,” replied Zhu Momo, “dia standing there all the time, doing experiment.”

Fang Qing refused to give up, and pressed him down once again. “From 2pm to 16:30am, he didn't come out at all? Could it be that you are busy doing experiments and not realizing it?”

As a result, Zhu Momo said with more certainty, “No. In doing experiments, there are several times we have to record the time and record the data. This happened at 14:40, 3 pm, and 16:20. I saw him in the inner room. Even though we didn't speak, he was very tall, how could I be wrong? ”

——

It was late at night, and Ke Qian was still being held at the police station. However, without any evidence, they could only hold it for 24 hours. Fang Qing grabbed An Yan and went to the legendary laboratory.

The forensic team combing the place is still working hard, and a police line has been installed. The two of them entered the laboratory and walked slowly. It was indeed just as Zhu Momo had said. There is a connecting door between the outer space and the inner space. There was also a side door in the inner room, which led straight down.

Fang Qing reevaluated the inner space that Ke Qian was in during the experiment.

The room was about 30 square meters in size, which was quite spacious. On the right was a large laboratory table, on the left was a row of cabinets and shelves. The shelves were full of bottles and jars. Fang Qing noticed that the arrangement of the bottles and jars was a bit messy, and felt that something was amiss, but could not tell exactly what. Some places were left empty, while in others, some bottles were stacked. However, he could not find the reason.

In addition to the bottles, the shelves also hold several books and an hourglass-sized hourglass of water. Fang Qing took the hourglass to take a closer look, then returned it to its original position.

“What did you find?” Fang Qing asked the forensic investigator.

The forensic investigator replied, “We found some sticky residue on the shelf, and we suspected it was glue. We have to run some tests before we can identify certain components.”

“Oh?” Fang Qing felt his heart beating fast. “Where did you find it?”

“Quite multiple locations, total 31. However, the number was very small, and there were signs someone had swept around. If it wasn't for us, no one would have found it. ”

“Mark location.”

The forensic investigators busied themselves around the shelves while Fang Qing watched them from the side. An Yan walked over and asked, “What is all this for?”

With a serious expression on his face, Fang Qing said, “Sherlock Holmes once said, when you have put aside all impossibilities, what remains, however impossible, must be the truth. That night, Ke Ai must have died at Ke Qian's place, and the only one left was Ke Qian. This afternoon, there was no way he would be in two places at the same time. He must have used some sort of diversionary tactic to deceive Zhu Momo. Right now, we have to find the trick he used.”

An Yan asked, “What certificate?”

Fang Qing replied, “I don't know. However, I believe that Ke Qian is a very intelligent person. She was able to take her elder sister's place at Qingdu University, and was not even found. If it was me, all the chemical experiments, equations, and so on would have made my head hurt. So, it would not be easy to know what way he used. However, when a person commits a crime, it is most likely that he always uses methods that he is familiar with. For example, he used his elder sister's laboratory connections to obtain poison. She has been involved in cosplay for years, so the diversion tactics she uses may be related to what they use for the show.”

*T/N (lu chu ma jiao) – literally, showing horse hooves (split).

After Fang Qing finished speaking, he continued to stare at the shelf, hoping to find more clues. An Yan stood quietly beside her for a while before saying, “Investigation on the spot is not my forte. Why don't I look for cosplay experts we can ask?”

Fang Qing also did not worry too much, and simply nodded, saying, “Oke.”

After a while, he turned around to find that An Yan, that little bastard, had already escaped.

Very quickly, forensic investigators flagged the location of the adhesive residue. Right, it was possible that the residue was left behind by the previous students as they conducted the experiment. At this moment, Fang Qing looked at the entire shelf and gently exclaimed to himself.

Ke Qian, this joker, what game are you playing?

——

Who else could be the best expert?

The year that Ke Qian was runner-up in the grand cosplay competition, she was the champion.

An Yan went to the student dormitory of Min Sheng University.

He pulled out his phone and called Gu Fangfang, but his phone died. He looked at his watch and found that it was 3am.

Initially, he would ask for his help, but disturbing the dormitory and his dorm mates in the middle of the night was inappropriate. After all, the investigation continued on Fang Qing's side. An Yan pondered for a while, then decided to wait until dawn.

Maybe I also fell asleep in the car.

***

After an unspecified time.

The car window was not completely closed and the cool morning air blew, sweeping An Yan's face with an amused sensation.

He faintly sensed that someone was tapping lightly on the car window. Tok, tok tok .

An Yan opened his eyes to look at Gu Fangfang's beautiful sculpted natural face. He leaned over the car window with a towel over his shoulder, wearing shorts, a short T-shirt and running shoes. Obviously, he's out for a morning run.

An Yan immediately sat down and opened the car door to exit. Gu Fangfang slightly blushed, and he looked down at his feet as he asked, ” Officer Gege , are you looking for me?”

An Yan can't understand it – he has given him his business card, why does he still call him ‘ Officer Gege ‘? But that sounds pretty good. He made a sound of approval, put his hand over the car door, and looked at her as he asked, “I want to ask you, what kind of diversion mechanism and tactics does cosplay use?”

Gu Fangfang stared blankly at him.

As An Yan looked at her, he suddenly felt a desire to laugh. Then, he did.

Gu Fangfang said, “Hey, what are you laughing at?”

An Yan pursed his lips. “Ehem. . . I'm not laughing anymore.”

There was no way he could describe what he was looking for. Actually, he also did not know exactly what he was looking for. However, he was not a scientific genius and an innate master of logic for nothing. He thought for a moment, then changed tactics to ask him, “Are you the best and most formidable cosplayer in the country?”

Gu Fangfang looked at him and replied simply, “Ya.”

An Yan found himself liking her more.

He then asked, “The equipment, devices, materials, and so on that you use, do you have more than Ke Qian's group? What do they have, you will also have it?”

“I think so.”

“Can you take me for a look?”

“Now?”

“Ya, the time is very tight.” replied An Yan.

Without a doubt, Gu Fangfang said, “OK. Waita minute. I would go upstairs and change clothes, and ask my classmates to help me take time off from class today. Give me 5 minutes.”

An Yan said, “Thank you very much. .” He turned around and ran off into the distance.

The sun peeked out from behind the clouds, and its golden radiance shone on An Yan's body. He looked at the woman from afar; her figure was extremely beautiful and her skin was as white as snow. Let alone his long legs. . ah, youth is indeed unmatched.

An Yan stuffed both of his hands into his pants pocket and watched him for a while. Then, he looked up and sighed.

What kind of psychological condition is this?

Surprisingly, I really wanted to be overpowered by him.