Chapter 31 Is the Person Already Dead?

I was suddenly stunned when I clearly saw this face.

It was Xu Qiang's face.

I looked at Xu Qiang's face on the phone in disbelief, my whole body trembling. Xie Yan said that someone would deal with Xu Qiang. Could it be that it wasn't the police who came to deal with him?

If Xu Qiang was in prison, then who was the man in the video?

All these doubts made me restless. After thinking it over, I still decided to explore the truth myself.

Enduring the pain in my hands and feet, I changed my clothes and went out. My destination was the suburb where I had met Xu Qiang. Xu Qiang was arrested in his rental house, and the local police station should have records.

Half an hour later, the taxi arrived at the police station. The receptionist looked me up and down and then said to me, "If you want to report a case, fill in the information first. Do you have your ID card with you?"

"I'm not here to report a case." I shook my head. "I came to ask why Xu Qiang was released. He's a murderer!"

The receptionist was taken aback by my words and then looked at me with a sneer. "Who told you that Xu Qiang is a murderer?"

"I saw it with my own eyes. He stripped a woman naked, tied her to a tree, and tortured her. He even tried to kill her right in front of me. Look at my hand." I stretched out my hand wrapped in gauze for the receptionist to see. "I got this cut on my hand while trying to save myself. Moreover, I know that Xu Qiang lost even his mobile phone to someone when he was playing cards the night before."

"What nonsense." The receptionist waved his hand impatiently. "Go away. You're completely crazy."

"I'm telling the truth." I stepped forward anxiously and grabbed the receptionist. "I met Xu Qiang because I sprained my ankle. When I was staying at his place, I found out that he was a murderer. I have someone who can prove it. Really."

Xie Yan also knows about it. He can testify for me.

In order to prove that I wasn't lying, I reached into my pocket and then remembered that I didn't have my phone with me. I said to the receptionist, "Lend me your phone. I'll call my family, and then you'll know that I'm not lying."

"Get out of here. I have a lot of work to do! I don't have time to talk nonsense with you." The receptionist pushed me away impatiently.

I lost my balance and almost fell. A passing policeman caught me. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine." I shook my head. Seeing the man in the police uniform, I said eagerly, "I'm here to report a case. I was at the scene of Xu Qiang's murder case. I was really at the scene."

Upon hearing this, the policeman was stunned and looked at the receptionist at the door. The receptionist made a gesture of turning his finger around the side of his head towards the policeman. I understood what this gesture meant.

Was I crazy?

I shook my head in disbelief. In a panic, I grabbed the policeman's uniform. "I'm not crazy. Everything I said is true. Please believe me, okay?"

The policeman nodded slowly and gently helped me to a chair. After I sat down, he said, "My name is Song Xiaodong, and I'm in charge of the public security in this area. You can tell me what you want to say."

Finally, someone normal.

After calming down my emotions, I told Song Xiaodong about Xu Qiang's matter, and then said urgently, "I was at the scene. But today, I saw someone on the forum saying that they saw the victim from yesterday talking to a man. When I clicked on the video, I found that the man was Xu Qiang."

"We also reported on Xu Qiang's case." Song Xiaodong said in a flat tone.

I was stunned when I heard this.

What did that mean?

Did he think I was just bored after reading the report and came here to say that I was also at the scene?

While I was in a daze, Song Xiaodong coughed. After I regained my senses, he said perfunctorily, "If you don't have anything else, I have some cases to deal with, so I won't chat with you for now. You're still injured, so it's better to go home and rest earlier."

"Chatting?" I raised my voice and felt it was ridiculous. "Do you think I'm just chatting?"

Song Xiaodong was taken aback and immediately waved his hand to explain, "That's not what I meant. You see, now that Xu Qiang and the victim are both dead, and you suddenly come forward and say that you were at the crime scene and got your hand cut while trying to save yourself. Without sufficient evidence, it's hard for me to believe your story."

Dead?

I thought I had misheard. Xu Qiang was still committing a murder yesterday. How could he be dead already?

I quickly got home after getting off the taxi. Xie Yan had already come back and was talking to Jiang Huai about something. The atmosphere between them was very heavy. When he heard the sound of me opening the door, Xie Yan turned around and looked at me.

Xie Yan's brows were slightly furrowed. When his gaze fell on me, the corners of his thin lips curved into a faint smile. "You're back?"

I lowered my head to change my shoes and let out a muffled "mm". It was inconvenient for me to change my shoes with my injured hand, so I could only rub the back of my foot with my wrist to take them off slowly. From a distance, I heard Xie Yan say to Jiang Huai, "You can go back first. I'll deal with these things myself."

Deal with it personally?

My wrist paused. I was curious about what it was that required Xie Yan to deal with it personally.

Was it the decoration of the tattoo shop?

I vaguely remembered that the decoration plan for Xie Yan's shop had already been finalized. So recently, he should be busy with the decoration. I was only injured in my hands and feet, not completely incapacitated. I didn't think that Xie Yan had to stay at home with me.

I finally managed to change my shoes with great difficulty. As soon as I looked up, I saw Xie Yan walking towards me.

"Why did you do it yourself?" Xie Yan helped me put the shoes on the floor away and reached out to carry me to the bedroom. I shook my head and refused. "I can walk slowly. It's okay."

Xie Yan didn't insist. He walked beside me slowly towards the living room. At this time, Jiang Huai walked out from the living room. He nodded to me and greeted, "Miss Gu."

I nodded at Jiang Huai, and then I saw him walk out.

The moment the door closed, I suddenly stopped and asked Xie Yan, "Do you remember the day before yesterday?"

"The day before yesterday?"

Xie Yan paused in his steps. After thinking for a moment, he looked at me with a hint of doubt in his eyes. "You mean the day when Xu Qiang hurt you?"

So it wasn't a dream.

Xie Yan also knew about this, so it must be true.

"Yes." I nodded and continued, "I saw on the forum that Xu Qiang was committing another murder yesterday. I don't understand why Xu Qiang, who had already been arrested, could still come out and kill someone. So I went to ask the police today, but the police told me that Xu Qiang was already dead."

I didn't know if Xie Yan could understand how I felt.

A person was clearly in the video, but the police said that he was dead. How could that be possible?

A dead person could never come back to life.

I looked at Xie Yan with a look of confusion in my eyes. "Xie Yan, I'm not dreaming, am I?"

There was a hint of sadness in Xie Yan's eyes. He lowered his eyes and didn't answer my question directly. Xie Yan walked up to me, and I saw the darkness hidden in his eyes.

But in an instant, that darkness disappeared completely and turned into tenderness.

"Mianmian, can you leave this kind of thing to Jiang Huai in the future? I don't want what happened the day before yesterday to happen again. When I saw the knife tip falling towards you the day before yesterday, I felt as if I was going to lose you."

After saying this, Xie Yan held me tightly in his arms and refused to let go. I knew that Xie Yan was also frightened.