Chapter 172
“Are you unhappy with my decision?” The police officer stopped in his tracks right away after listening
to herment, looking stern.
Undaunted, Su Ziyue snapped, “Sir, it’s my obligation as a citizen to cooperate with your investigation
while your obligation as a police is to enforce thew in a fair way.”
Embarrassment shed across the police officer’s face when he heard her. Currently, they had no
direct or circumstantial evidence to prove Su Yiyue was the murderer. ording to the rule ofw that
everyone was innocent until proven guilty, they had no right to detain her. Yet, they still had no clues so
far after interrogating several suspects. Therefore, they thought of detaining Su Ziyue at the police
station for 48 hours to see whether they could get any breakthrough during that period of time.
“Sir, you may contact me again if you have any more questions for me. Now, may I go?” Judging from
the expression of the police officer, Si Ziyue knew they indeed did not have the absolute right to detain
her.
After listening to what she said, the police officer walked out of the room. His silence represented his
admission to what she had alleged earlier. Just as Su Ziyue was ready to leave, the police officer
suddenly called her name to stop her from going, albeit in a milder tone. “Miss Su.”
“Anything else?” Su Ziyue turned around to face him.
“Please don’t share the details of this case to anyone else for the time being because the investigation
is currently done confidentially.” The police officer sounded more sincere than before.
After giving it a thought, enlightenment flickered in her eyes. “I got it.”
…
By the time Su Ziyue went back to her room, everyone was there. As soon as she stepped into the
room, she found Qin Muchen sitting on the sofa and taking a puff. Although he was expressionless, Si
Ziyue could still detect the anxiety in him.
The sound of the door being opened startled everyone inside; Beef was the first one to make a dash for
her. Once the puppy reached the door, it immediately tried its best tond its front paws on her. Su
Ziyue bent down and stroked its head before walking into the room.
As soon as Qin Muchen saw her, he immediately stubbed out the cigarette in his hand. He then
snatched the one in Bai Jingshu’s hands away before stubbing it out too the moment he found him still
holding it. Bai Jingshu eyed him puzzledly so Qin Muchen exined himself with a slight frown on his
forehead. “It smells.”
His answer caused Bai Jingshu to tilt his head behind and roll his eyes, thinking Qin Muchen shouldn’t
have smoked just now too if he thought the cigarette smell was too strong.
An Xia walked over to Su Ziyue as soon as she saw hering in. “Ziyue, how was the interrogation?”
“It went fine. They only asked me some regr questions.” Su Ziyue shook her head and decided not
to reveal that she had nearly been detained by the police. Property ? N?velDrama.Org.
Seeing that Su Ziyue had returned unscathed, the rest of them then went back to their respective
rooms to pack up before they returned to the city.
Everyone at the hot spring resort had been forbidden to leave the ce since early morning. The
management was afraid that the guests would panic if the restriction was in ce for too long, so the
ban was lifted as soon as Su Ziyue was released by the police.
Su Ziyue and Qin Muchen did not have anything else left to do because they had already packed up
their belongings. Hence, she walked over and took a seat beside him before edging closer to him to
take a sniff. “I saw very clearly that you were smoking just now but why can''t I smell anything now?”
“Do you feel like smelling it?” Qin Muchen moved his hands to pull her closer toward him.
Su Ziyue blinked and said, “I seem to be able to smell it now… Wait, no, stop that…” The remaining
part of her sentence was muffled the moment her lips came into contact with his.
It was only after some time did Qin Muchen move slightly away from her. “Can you smell it now?” he
asked as he rested his forehead on hers.
Embarrassed, Su Ziyue pushed him away and snapped, “You’re so childish.”
…
After they finished packing things up, all of them headed downstairs together. Many were leaving the
resort because it was already Sunday afternoon. With one hand pulling the suitcase, Qin Muchen
wrapped his other hand around Su Ziyue to keep her protected from the crowd who came and went in
a haste with his tall and muscr body. When they reached the main entrance, they happened to bump
into the people from Su Group again.
“Ziyue.” This time, Zhou Lingyu took the initiative to greet her. If something umon happened, there
must be something fishy.
Su Ziyue shed her a smile with her lips pursed. “Mrs. Su.”
Zhou Lingyu, who just cottoned up to Su Ziyue, looked somewhat embarrassed because of the formal
way she had addressed her. “I was very worried about you getting involved in criminal cases when I
saw you being taken away by the police just now. Now, I can finally rx as you’ve turned out to be
fine.”
Zhou Lingyu’s words were full of concern but anyone who took a closer look at her eyes which lingered
on Su Ziyue’s face would realize that she was in fact sizing her up.
“Mrs. Su, what do you mean by that? I’ve only lost something which was not very valuable and the
police needed me to provide them some details. So, there isn’t any case to begin with.” Su Ziyue
purposely raised her voice while saying thest sentence when she caught sight of the police officer
who had interrogated her before.
Obviously, the police officer caught what she said as he quickly turned to look in her direction. As Zhou
Lingyu’s back was facing the police, she did not notice them.
“I was just making sure that you were fine. Remember toe back and visit us whenever you’re free.
We’ll only feel at ease if you’re well,” Zhou Lingyu said.
As soon as she finished speaking, a stern voice came from behind. “Ahem, Mrs. Su? Pleasee with
us.” The police officer showed his badge before he said, “I hope you can cooperate with our
investigation.”
Having no idea at all when the police had arrived, Zhou Lingyu’s face turned grim in an instant. Yet, she
could not refuse to cooperate with the police because it would be inappropriate to do so in front of so
many people but if she did not reject it, some ugly rumors might start spreading soon. She had no
choice but to turn around and look at Su Yuanming, who frowned first before getting ready to approach
her.
Of course, Su Ziyue would not give him the chance toe to his wife’s rescue. Hence, she turned
around and told the police officer with a smile, “My aunt is a very kind-hearted person and I’m sure
she’ll be willing to cooperate with your investigation.”
The police officer nodded as soon as she finished talking. “Thanks for your cooperation.”
“You’re wee…” Zhou Lingyu, who had been holding her breath before this, suddenly let it all out at
once.
Su Ziyue, who was in a buoyant mood, hummed along her way back to their car. While Qin Muchen
tousled her hair, he asked, “How did you know she was guilty?”
“Who is guilty?” Su Ziyue failed to understand his question.
Slightly stunned by her reaction, Qin Muchen then slowly added, “That woman whom you just
addressed as your aunt.”
“Huh?” Su Ziyue widened her eyes with puzzlement. Just now, it had merely been an impromptu
decision of hers to cause trouble for Zhou Lingyu and she had no idea she was guilty at all. One nce
at her facial expression was enough to make Qin Muchen realize what was in her mind. To his surprise,
she did not suspect Zhou Lingyu at all. Yet, the way she widened her eyes in bewilderment was…
rather adorable.
Qin Muchen stuck out a finger and flicked it lightly on her forehead. “Just wait and see and you’ll know
the oue within the following week.” He let out a mysterious chuckle after that.
“Do you mean… Zhou Lingyu is rted to Xu Youran’s death?” This time, Su Ziyue did not widen her
eyes but instead, she frowned. “But what was her motive?”
Qin Muchen refused to reveal it to her no matter how hard she tried to figure it out. Su Ziyue was still
thinking about the matter even until they returned to Cloud Bay where Qin Muchen went straight to his
office hurriedly after taking a call.