246: 242 River and Sea Bandit (Vote for monthly ticket!) 246: 242 River and Sea Bandit (Vote for monthly ticket!) The red and blue lights of the police cars blinked on the riverbank.
The police had already arrived at the scene.
The households on both sides of the river, upon hearing the commotion, curiously opened their windows and looked out.
Indeed.
The object floating in the river was indeed a person.
To be more precise.
It was a corpse!
After the body was pulled ashore, the forensic doctor imdiately conducted an identification and confird the deceased was a male between the ages of thirty-eight and forty, and he had died around five o’clock that afternoon.
Without any valid identification on him, his identity could not yet be confird.
“Is there anything that can’t be asked here?
We are just here on vacation.”
As witnesses, Jiang Chen, the three of them, and the boatman were asked to return to the police station for a statent.
Luo Li’er understood and didn’t mind cooperating with the police, but her cousin had a special status.
If exposed, especially since it involved a death, it would inevitably cause unnecessary trouble.
Even though it was completely unrelated to them, unscrupulous dia that would do anything for traffic wouldn’t care about the facts.
Who knew what kind of news they would write then.
“Officer, how about this, the three of us are together, what they have seen, I have also seen.
I’ll go back with you to give a statent.”
Jiang Chen stepped forward.
Luo Li’er looked at him gratefully.
“Sorry, this is a procedural requirent.
A life has been lost, and witnesses must co back with us to cooperate with the inquiry,” the police officer said with integrity, “Please understand.”
“No problem, let’s go.”
Without waiting for Jiang Chen and Luo Li’er to speak again, Pei Yunxi, who was still wearing a mask, took the lead and walked towards the police car.
“Please.”
The thirty-sothing male police officer looked at Jiang Chen and Luo Li’er.
“Sis, wait for .”
Luo Li’er hurried after her.
Jiang Chen could only follow.
The city’s north division.
Along with the boatman, the four were arranged in a bright conference room, not in separate interrogation rooms, as they were the ones who reported the incident, not suspects.
Even.
The police even poured each of them a cup of coffee, quite politely.
“Ma’am, could you please take off your mask?”
One of the police officers in charge of the inquiry watched Pei Yunxi closely.
He always felt that she looked sowhat familiar.
Luo Li’er looked anxious, yet she was powerless.
“Ma’am?”
Faced with the gazes of two police officers, Pei Yunxi could only slowly raise her hand and take off her mask.
In that instant.
Ti in the conference room seed to freeze.
The two police officers had expressions as if they had seen a ghost.
The boatman was also stunned.
“Pei, Miss Pei?”
The leading questioning officer swallowed, his expression could hardly conceal his shock.
“We were just boating when we happened to see the body.
As for anything else, we know nothing,” the unmasked Pei Yunxi spoke calmly.
Staring at that face, as if from a heavenly beauty, the boatman was beside himself, still not quite back to reality, his mind buzzing, even forgetting about the body for the mont.
He had actually transported a big star tonight?!
Exchanging a glance, the two officers steadied their nerves.
After all, as criminal investigation detectives, their ntal fortitude was naturally a notch above that of the average person.
They forcefully suppressed the turmoil within.
“Miss Pei, we are truly sorry, we had no idea it was you…”
They squeezed out a smile, their deanor becoming even more polite.
Although Pei Yunxi held no official position, she was a public figure, and moreover, a hot celebrity, with strong dia influence and social appeal.
She was not soone their ordinary officers could afford to offend.
If she were to say sothing in the dia, it would cause considerable negative impact on Gangcheng police and even to Gangcheng itself, so they had no choice but to treat her with caution.
“Ask whatever you need to,” Pei Yunxi said calmly, showing neither joy nor anger.
The two police officers looked at each other, neither daring to ask anything more.
After all, she was a big star; it was obviously impossible for her to be involved in a homicide case.
It must’ve been a coincidence.
Instead, they were worried that this incident might leave a bad impression on the celebrity.
Tourism is the backbone of Shaocity’s economy.
“It’s fine now, Miss Pei, we’re really sorry for the inconvenience, you and your friend can go,” one officer said.
Procedures may be inflexible.
But people have to be adaptable.
Had they known, how could they have insisted on bringing the person to the police station?
“Officer, does that an I can leave too?”
The boatman quickly asked.
“You’ll need to stay, we have so questions for you,” the officer replied.
Pei Yunxi put her mask back on.
“Miss Pei, we’re really sorry…”
Leaving the boatman with his colleague, the leading interrogating officer personally saw her out, apologizing repeatedly.
Following behind Pei Yunxi, Jiang Chen finally witnessed what special privileges looked like.
Then he thought about Miss Shi brazenly cursing Pei Yunxi as a ‘seductress.’
Now he understood why that lady acted so recklessly.
Pei Yunxi left without saying a word.
“Brother Qiu, we’ve identified the deceased.
He was involved in artifact smuggling, a notorious thief who was already on the wanted list, classified as an A-level fugitive,” reported a young female officer, hurrying over.
“A notorious thief?”
This ‘Brother Qiu’ was the sa officer who had been questioning Jiang Chen and the others.
“That’s right.
The guy was quite cunning and had stolen many precious cultural relics and artworks.
The recent art theft at the Zhongda Research Institute Museum in Gangcheng was rumored to be his doing.
He’s been on the wanted list for so long, and yet he died here in Shaocity…” the young officer explained.
“Alright, let’s talk when I get back,” Brother Qiu interjected.
Only then did the young officer notice that he was escorting soone out and recognized them as the individuals who had reported the incident.
“Brother Qiu, you finished the statent so quickly?”
“Hmm,” replied Officer Qiu nonchalantly, nodding, before he continued speaking to Pei Yunxi, “Miss Pei, after you.”
Without even finishing his cup of coffee and riding on the coattails of Pei Yunxi, Jiang Chen quickly left the police station.
Officer Qiu even zealously offered to drive them back, but Pei Yunxi declined.
Shaocity wasn’t as big as East Sea, and the hotel they were staying at wasn’t far from there.
“Sis, this won’t cause you any trouble, will it?” asked Luo Li’er with concern as they walked away from the police station.
“No, they shouldn’t leak this information out,” Pei Yunxi assured.
Relieved by her words, Luo Li’er sighed, “What a stroke of bad luck, running into sothing like this.”
She could never have imagined that dragging her cousin out for a trip would result in encountering a dead body.
“That female officer just now said the victim was a notorious thief?” inquired Jiang Chen, holding his phone with the screen lit up.
“Yeah, that’s what she said.
Why?” Luo Li’er replied, puzzled.
“I’ve just checked—the art theft at Gangcheng’s Zhongda Research Institute Museum, one of the stolen artifacts was the ‘Seventeen Posts’ by Wang Xizhi.”
Wang Xizhi?
Luo Li’er was startled and her brows knitted together, “How coincidental is that?”
Indeed.
It was quite a coincidence.
And to think.
They had just visited the Orchid Pavilion scenic area that very day.
Jiang Chen looked towards Pei Yunxi.
She was walking on without stopping.
“Investigating the case is the police’s job; it’s unrelated to us, don’t think about it anymore,” she said.
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