"This was found at your residence. We have done technical verification and it is indeed Chu Ruoying's mobile phone." Hu Pingtao asked seriously: "How do you explain this?"

Sun Mingxin was speechless.

Denial is definitely necessary. But the problem is that sometimes when the evidence is in front of you, you just can’t open your eyes and tell lies.

But he reacted quickly: "I don't know where this phone came from. Anyway, I didn't see it when I was at home. Maybe... maybe Chu Ruoying left it when she left, and I didn't notice where she stuffed it. I'm still surprised,

How did you find it?"

Hu Pingtao never dreamed that Sun Mingxin would respond like this. He was stunned, and then the suppressed anger in his heart rose again.

"I think you won't shed tears until you see the coffin." He opened his phone, found the WeChat conversation record with Zhou Zhixin, and asked: "Look at the time on it. Let me ask you, did you reply to this message?

?”

"I don't know." Sun Mingxin turned his head and didn't look at his phone. Anyway, the matter was at this point, and in his opinion, it was useless to say anything, so he just held on to the end.

"Okay!" Hu Pingtao slammed the table hard: "Okay! Okay! Okay! I haven't seen a tough guy with such backbone like you for a long time. Since the evidence is in front of you and you still want to cheat, I will help you."

After saying that, he turned to Xing Le: "As agreed before, you rest first and I will be on duty for the first shift."

Xing Le nodded knowingly, packed up his things and went out.

Only Hu Pingtao and Sun Mingxin were left in the room.

Hu Pingtao stood up from his chair, walked to the side of the door wall, and pressed the switch.

Suddenly, the lights in the entire interrogation room were bright.

There were three high-power spotlights in a row directly above, shining directly on Sun Mingxin.

Above his head, there is a high-power cylindrical spotlight. The intensity of this light can be adjusted. Now it is adjusted to the maximum by Hu Pingtao. Sun Mingxin feels like he is taking a bath in the bathroom with the bathroom heater turned on above his head.

, hot and bright.

With him as the core, all the lights in the room were concentrated in this direction. It was as if he was a light body full of infinite attraction, illuminated all over.

The light was so strong that Sun Mingxin felt extremely uncomfortable. He closed his eyes and still felt that the dazzling light could not be avoided, even if he turned sideways.

"What are you doing? Turn off the light, turn it off!" he screamed.

Hu Pingtao sat on a chair, which was in the shade of the light. He stared at Sun Mingxin who was concentrated in the light, and said coldly: "Do you think this is your own home, and you can do whatever you want?"

"I advise you to tell the truth honestly to avoid suffering."

When Sun Mingxin heard this, he shut his mouth and said nothing.

His idea is simple - as long as he doesn't speak, the police can't do anything to him.

This strange idea comes from a "big brother" that Sun Mingxin knew in his early years. It is said that this guy has been in prison and is very familiar with the police's handling methods. According to him, "confession will be punished, and resistance will be punished strictly."

It can't happen. If you listen to the police, then go in directly. On the contrary, if you are stubborn and refuse to explain, then even if you kill someone, the police will not be able to do anything to you.

Sun Mingxin had a kind of obsessive admiration for that elder brother. In addition, he had also watched some police and gangster movies, and he subconsciously felt that this was the most correct way to protect himself.

Hu Pingtao can generally guess what Sun Mingxin is thinking. He has encountered similar criminal suspects before. To put it bluntly, they have a hard mouth, a hard heart, and an even harder body and bones. In fact, this kind of people are very stupid. They think they are very smart.

But for those who were born in the Year of the Rat, as soon as the initial period of recalcitrance has passed and the little sustenance in their hearts has been completely wiped out, they will lose their last support. They will pour beans out of a bamboo tube and explain everything that should be said and what should not be said.

This is a process that compares perseverance, patience, and who can persist to the end.

…

There is no wall clock in the interrogation room.

Sun Mingxin wants to know what time it is now?

night?

Or is it already dawn?

He had been feeling uneasy, and the scenes that had become imprinted on his memory kept replaying in his mind.

It was uncomfortable to sit in a fixed position for a long time. The same goes for his hands and feet. The stainless steel handcuffs and shackles reminded him of his identity all the time. Prisoner, criminal, murderer... In short, these words seemed to be similar to Sun Mingxin, and he never thought about it.

Trick your way out of this horrible place.

Hu Pingtao was sitting on a chair, smoking cigarettes one after another and scrolling through his mobile phone. The light in that place was dim, his entire face was wrapped in the swirling smoke, and Sun Mingxin could only see part of it... The clearest thing among them was

A cigarette butt that flickers in and out of light.

"What time is it now?" he couldn't help but ask.

Hu Pingtao ignored him.

After a long time, there was a knock on the door outside.

Hu Pingtao stood up, walked over and opened the door. Ding Jian was holding a large bowl, which was filled with a bowl of freshly cooked rice noodles. He was carrying a plastic bag in his right hand, which contained tachyons and two fried dough sticks.

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Handing the thing in his hand to Hu Pingtao, Ding Jian glanced into the room, lowered his voice and asked: "Did that kid do anything?"

Hu Pingtao took the bowl of kuih and fried dough sticks and replied smoothly: "It's still early! It's like boiling an eagle, take your time."

Ding Jian was convinced: "Okay! You keep an eye on him first, and Xiao Gu will replace you at noon. Then you have a good sleep. We take turns, I don't believe we can't pry his mouth open."

Sun Mingxin got one thing right - the police cannot beat people.

But there are always more methods than difficulties.

Hu Pingtao closed the door, sat on a chair, took out the kuaizi, and ate rice noodles with a slurp. Soon after eating half a bowl, he took out the fried dough sticks, tore them into small pieces, soaked them in the soup, and ate them very smoothly.

Seeing him feasting there, Sun Mingxin kept swallowing his saliva.

Finally, he couldn't bear it anymore and protested: "Are you going to starve me to death?"

Hu Pingtao raised his head, glanced at him, and answered the question: "Have you figured it out? Are you willing to explain?"

Sun Mingxin's face was full of anger: "You have to feed me!"

Hu Pingtao replied coldly: "It's really strange. You still feel hungry?"

Sun Mingxin said angrily: "I want to eat."

Hu Pingtao gave him a sarcastic look, said nothing, and continued eating his breakfast.

After eating, I lit a cigarette as usual and smoked slowly.

At noon, Gu Dewei came to take over.

The feeling of being exposed to strong light for a long time was terrible. Sun Mingxin felt that his mind was muddled and there was an unspeakable nausea, but he couldn't vomit it out. He wanted to sleep, but even closing his eyes was useless under the stimulation of strong light.

What's worse is that as soon as he tilts his head or closes his eyes, Gu Dewei immediately takes out an empty enamel jar from under the table, holds a spoon in his hand, and bangs it hard.

Just like those who used to collect rags in the streets, holding a broken washbasin strung with wires in their hands, making a harsh metal impact.

It is impossible to sleep or fall asleep in such an environment.

Sun Mingxin felt really uncomfortable, as if the sun was swaying in front of his eyes. If he continued like this, even if he managed to stay healthy, he would eventually become blind sooner or later.

"Please...turn off the lights!" He lowered his posture and begged Gu Dewei.

The latter was not so easy to deal with, not to mention that Sun Mingxin was a repeat offender and the kind of person who stubbornly refused to explain. Gu Dewei smiled softly and asked: "It's okay to turn off the lights, but you have to explain clearly how you passed the eucalyptus first."

"Did you kill Chu Ruoying?"

This question was like a stimulant that made Sun Mingxin wake up instantly.

He suddenly understood: These damn police officers had no good intentions. They had been plotting against me from the beginning. They turned on the lights and deliberately refused to eat, all in order to torture themselves mentally.

The most damaging trick was to knock on the broken washbasin to prevent myself from sleeping.

After thinking about this clearly, Sun Mingxin was filled with anger. He struggled and screamed: "I just won't tell you. Let me see what you can do to me?"

Gu Dewei smiled nonchalantly: "If you don't want to say it, don't say it! It's up to you. I found that you are a person born in the Year of the Ox, you are a troublemaker, and you are very stubborn. I don't understand, you have come to a place like this.

, and the evidence we have is conclusive, what is the benefit of being stubborn? Do you think there is nothing we can do against you? In fact, in this situation, we can just send you to the detention center regardless, even if there is no subtlety in the court.

We can also sentence you to jail based on the evidence we provide."

"Do you understand that you are asking for trouble?"

"By the way, we have already notified your family. Let them come over and pay the fee first. After all, if you stay here with us, even if you sit on this chair, you still have to pay."

"Also, after the court decides, they will collect your body."

Sun Mingxin suddenly became nervous again: "You...you want to kill me?"

Seeing his panicked look, Gu Dewei smiled contemptuously and asked: "What else? Murder to pay for life, debt to pay for money. This has been the case since ancient times. Do you think it will be different here? Boy, do you think you are the same?"

who is it?"

"I……"

Sun Mingxin couldn't say a word of what happened next.

He fell silent again.

…

Six pm.

Hu Pingtao brought dinner to Gu Dewei, walked into the interrogation room with a dinner plate, looked at Sun Mingxin who was sitting on the chair with his head lowered, and asked Gu Dewei: "How is it? Is this kid willing to speak?"
To be continued...