chapter 16
And the “Chen Shu” of the future seemed determined to kill each of them all over again.
So Chen Shu believed that his future self must have known they had no memory of the past three years, and deliberately set up a game.
First, while I hadn’t yet discovered this secret, he made me mistakenly think he was going to kill Zhang Li, but in fact, he killed Zhang Lili.
When I finally discovered this secret-
The future “Chen Shu” played along, making me believe he really intended to kill someone named Zhang Lili.
Because they were twin sisters.
He wanted to use Zhang Li to replace Zhang Lili!
He made us mistakenly believe he hadn’t killed the wrong person, that he had truly killed Zhang Lili.
But in reality, he hadn’t killed Zhang Lili, but Zhang Li!
This was also one of the reasons why the future “Chen Shu” had previously sent a fake “Chen Shu” to the Public Security Bureau to identify me.
Hearing Chen Shu’s words, Lu Fan fell into deep thought.
Xiao Gao suddenly raised his head, his eyes filled with doubt.
“What does this have to do with the last time someone impersonated you as ‘Chen Shu’?”
Xiao Gao’s voice carried a tone of confusion.
Upon hearing this, Chen Shu looked at Xiao Gao.
In those deep, ink-black eyes, a strange glimmer seemed to flash.
“Because, what did we do last time when we caught Li Wei to verify his identity?”
Chen Shu glanced calmly at Lu Fan.
His gaze lingered on Lu Fan’s face before finally settling on Xiao Gao.
Lu Fan nodded.
“You mean Zhang Lili and Zhang Li’s DNA is basically identical?”
“As long as she doesn’t admit she’s Zhang Lili, we have no evidence that she’s actually Zhang Li!”
Lu Fan asked.
“Exactly!”
After a moment of silence, Lu Fan nodded.
“But fortunately, Zhang Lili’s psychological endurance was weak, and she was quickly found out to be Zhang Li. Otherwise, we might have had to spend much more effort!”
Chen Shu narrowed his eyes slightly at Lu Fan, a chill flickering in those deep pupils.
Lu Fan broke out in a cold sweat under his gaze.
Lu Fan swallowed hard, recalling Han Xue’s words.
“What if the ‘Chen Shu’ of this timeline has already been killed?”
Lu Fan didn’t dare to think further.
A murderer standing before him, discussing the case together?
At this moment, Han Xue’s voice rang out: “I’ve found it. Forensic expert Lin Fayi compared the DNA, and the father of the child in Zhang Li’s womb is someone named Liu Hai.”
“Liu Hai? Liu Hai… Liu Hai…”
Chen Shu lowered his head, muttering the name to himself.
“What’s wrong, Chen Shu?”
“I remember now. When I went to the School earlier to look for Zhang Lili, he kicked a football at my head.”
So it was that bastard!
Lu Fan cursed inwardly.
But why, when he went to the School and learned from Zhang Lili that she and Zhang Li were in a relationship, and now Zhang Lili had successfully become Zhang Li, did none of the surrounding classmates make a fuss?
No, perhaps even the classmates at School didn’t know about his relationship with Zhang Li?
The more Lu Fan thought about it, the more confused he became.
He frowned and looked at Han Xue.
“Any other information?”
“Yes.”
Han Xue nodded.
She opened her phone, pulled up a file, and handed it to Lu Fan.
“This is all the information on Liu Hai.”
Lu Fan took the phone and glanced at the file. Sure enough, this guy had a background.
Because Liu Hai’s father was the principal of the School.
Could it be that Liu Hai was dating both of them at the same time, but hadn’t made it public?
Was it because of his father?
Meeting at the Back Mountain?
Could it be…
Lu Fan looked at Chen Shu, who was deep in thought. He cleared his throat and turned to Xiao Gao.
“Xiao Gao, notify the other team members to bring this Liu Hai to the Police Station. I have some questions for him.”
Xiao Gao immediately snapped back to attention and agreed.
“I’ll go right away.”
Lu Fan nodded.
…
Within half an hour.
Liu Hai was brought into the Interrogation Room.
A man appeared at the Police Station: 1.84 meters tall, with a strong build, dark skin, rugged features, and a prominent nose.
Liu Hai wore a light gray shirt and a pair of jeans, with sneakers on his feet. He looked clean, neat, and energetic.
The moment Liu Hai entered the Police Interrogation Room, he immediately noticed Chen Shu standing to the side.
When Chen Shu looked at him, Liu Hai smiled at Chen Shu.
Chen Shu returned a faint smile, then withdrew his gaze.
Seeing Liu Hai, Lu Fan couldn’t help but furrow his brows.
Lu Fan got straight to the point: “Where did you go last night?”
Liu Hai raised his eyebrows: “Last night? What about last night?”
Lu Fan glanced at Chen Shu, who was staring at Liu Hai in a daze.
“I’m asking you, where did you go last night?”
Lu Fan emphasized again.
“Oh, I went to a bar.”
Liu Hai replied.
“Drinking?”
“Yeah, I had a great time with a few friends last night, drank too much, then went back to School.”
“Who did you message?”
Lu Fan pressed further.
“I… I… sent a message to Zhang Li.”
Liu Hai stammered.
“A message? What did you send?”
Lu Fan continued to press Liu Hai.
“I… I… just said I missed her and wanted to meet.”
“And then?”
“I was planning to meet her at the Back Mountain, but after waiting a long time, I saw a security guard patrolling. I was afraid of getting caught, so I slipped away.”
After speaking, Liu Hai looked at Lu Fan with an expression of honesty.
From Chen Shu’s observation of his reaction, it seemed Liu Hai really didn’t know what happened last night.
“Security guard? Wearing a hat?”
Chen Shu suddenly thought of something.
Just now, Zhang Lili had mentioned: all in black, wearing a hat.
“Yeah! Security guards can move freely at night, not everyone is afraid to see them.”
Chen Shu suddenly thought of the security guard at the booth at the School gate!
Could it be him!
There’s something wrong with the security guard!
At this thought, Chen Shu immediately felt the situation was serious.
If “Chen Shu”‘s face was swapped with the security guard’s?
Chen Shu immediately stood up and hurriedly left the Interrogation Room.
As he walked out, he spoke to Han Xue.
“Hey, Sister Han, help me check someone. I suspect there’s something wrong with the security guard at the School gate. Help me look into his identity.”
Chen Shu hung up the phone, left the Public Security Bureau, and hailed a car, speeding toward Tianyang Normal University.
On the way, Lu Fan called Chen Shu.
“Hello, Chen Shu.”
Lu Fan told Chen Shu everything about Liu Hai’s activities last night, not missing a single detail.
Lu Fan told Chen Shu that, in order to keep his father from knowing every time he went out to play, Liu Hai would go late at night to his father’s office-the Principal’s Office at School-to delete the surveillance footage of the Back Mountain and the School gate.
After hearing Lu Fan’s explanation, Chen Shu immediately understood what Lu Fan meant.
In other words, Liu Hai’s relationship with Zhang Li and Zhang Lili had not been made public to anyone, and the usual place where he met Zhang Li at School was the Back Mountain.
“By the way, are there still police investigating at School now?”
Chen Shu suddenly asked.
“Yes, they’re still checking, but so far there are no clues.”
“It’s all this kid’s fault. I kept wondering why our people couldn’t find any useful clues from the School’s surveillance-turns out he deleted some of the footage himself!”
Lu Fan couldn’t help but complain.