“Comrade Lin Yunchu, please tell us what happened in Crystal Alley last night. Describe the physical characteristics, appearance, and all details of the man you had relations with.”
Chief officer Chen Qi sat directly across from Lin Yunchu and tossed the record book in front of her, his expression cold.
Lin Yunchu raised her eyes and quietly looked at the man before her. He was wearing a police uniform. His face, which should have carried a sense of righteousness, was instead filled with contempt and disdain.
He looked down on her.
His attitude toward her was extremely unfriendly.
There was no fairness or impartiality that an investigator should have.
“Comrade, hello. First of all, I need to clarify that I did not have any relations with any man…” Following a simple belief in harmony between the people and the army, Lin Yunchu responded cooperatively and politely.
“Heh…” Before she could finish, a long contemptuous laugh interrupted her.
“…”
Lin Yunchu did not get angry. She simply looked at him calmly.
After a few seconds, Chen Qi’s lips curled slightly in mockery. “Comrade Lin Yunchu, I know you don’t want to lose certain things and are trying your best to preserve your innocence, but once something is lost, it’s lost. Covering your ears and stealing the bell is useless.”
“…”
Lin Yunchu looked at him coldly. “I thought the police handled cases based on evidence. I didn’t expect to meet someone who works purely on imagination. Which eye of yours saw me having relations with a man?”
“Having injuries on my body means I had relations with a man? So now the special police handle cases based on guesses? No wonder you search the entire city and still can’t catch a murderer.”
Lin Yunchu let out a mocking laugh.
“…You really are good at making things up,” Chen Qi said angrily.
“Whether I’m making things up or not, you know better than I do. If this is your investigative attitude, then I have nothing further to say. Until my lawyer arrives, I will not say another word.”
Lin Yunchu raised her eyes, her beautiful gaze filled with coldness.
“Lawyer… you still want a lawyer!”
Chen Qi was furious, nearly fuming as he watched her sit upright with a calm expression.
Lin Yunchu ignored him.
She had nothing more to say to someone who was biased against her from the start.
She had done nothing wrong last night, and anything related to that incident, she could refuse to answer.
At the police station, they could only detain her for twenty-four hours at most.
She could simply sit through it.
There was nothing to be afraid of.
“Chen Qi, get out here!”
At the door of the interrogation room, another man entered, dragged Chen Qi out, and scolded him harshly. “You’ve handled so many cases—do you interrogate people with personal emotions like this?”
“I don’t care who you’re standing up for, put your personal feelings aside now. You go out. I’ll handle this.”
“Special Assistant Li… the old chief’s family is already at a disadvantage. This woman’s innocence is ruined, and she still wants to enter the old chief’s household…”
“This is not your concern. Continue assisting the citywide search. This is the old chief’s order.”
“Understood!”
Chen Qi left unwillingly.
Special Assistant Li entered the interrogation room and placed several photos in front of Lin Yunchu. His tone was much gentler.
“Comrade Lin Yunchu, please don’t be nervous. We asked you here just to ask whether you saw any of these people last night.”
His attitude was much better than the previous officer, so Lin Yunchu looked at the photos.
The man in the top photo was short and fat, with only a tuft of hair on his head.
Wasn’t this the obscene-looking man who kept staring at her last night, the one called “Black Ghost”?
Although it was very dark last night, his features were too distinctive. She only glanced at him once and remembered him.
Among the photos, she also saw the sharp-eyed, cold-faced man who had pounced on her and bitten her finger.
She did not know who Black Ghost was, but she was certain he was not a good person.
What about this man?
Why was his photo mixed in with theirs? Was he also one of them?
“This one, I’ve seen him once. He ran past me.”
Lin Yunchu pointed at the “Black Ghost” photo and cooperatively replied.
“And the others?”
Lin Yunchu shook her head. “I was a bit disoriented at the time. I only clearly saw this one. Someone called him Black Ghost. I don’t remember the rest.”
“Can you describe what happened when you saw him last night?”
Lin Yunchu recounted what she remembered.
“Someone pounced on me, I resisted and bit him, then I felt pain in my hand. After that, I saw the man called Black Ghost pass by and I immediately became clearer. The attacker seemed to sense people were coming and ran away. After that, I don’t remember much. Many things are blurry.”
Had it not been for the earlier interrogation, she would have spoken everything truthfully without reservation.
But after that unfriendly treatment, she became alert.
She could not be sure of their attitude or true purpose. While describing what happened, she concealed the part about being pinned down.
And she had not had relations with any man—describing it as struggling and biting was completely reasonable.
“Thank you for your cooperation. That’s all for now. If you remember anything else, contact us immediately.”
“Alright. I’ll be in Yue City this week. If you need anything else, you can find me.”
After Lin Yunchu left, a colleague beside Special Assistant Li said, “Chief, I feel that girl isn’t telling the truth.”
Special Assistant Li nodded. “She indeed isn’t telling the truth.”
“What should we do?”
“Report it to the old chief first.”
After leaving the police station, Lin Yunchu steadied herself.
No matter what happened last night in Crystal Alley, it had little to do with her.
Her plan would not change.
She turned at the street and headed straight to the West Suburban People’s Hospital in Yue City.
As soon as she entered, doctors who recognized her greeted her with sympathetic looks.
Seeing their expressions, it was clear that Wang Xiujun had already spread everything from last night throughout the hospital before her shift ended.
“Mm. I know. I’m looking for Dr. Qin.”
Since Wang Xiujun was not there, she had come.
If Wang Xiujun knew she had not actually been violated, she would only see her as a threat to Lin Keke replacing her. And if she knew her innocence remained intact, she would not clear her name but instead smear her further.
“You’re looking for me?” Dr. Qin Hui, just finished with a patient, asked coldly.
“Yes.”
Lin Yunchu nodded.
Qin Hui found it somewhat amusing. “Come in then.”
Lin Yunchu followed her into the office. “Aunt Qin, can we close the door?”
“Yes.”
Qin Hui sat down, looking at her with detached calm and mild curiosity.
She did not like Wang Xiujun’s daughter.
Naturally, Lin Yunchu knew Qin Hui did not like her.
Because she and Wang Xiujun were mortal enemies.
Years ago, when they were both competing for the position of chief physician, Wang Xiujun used some tricks and pushed her out.
Qin Hui was sent to a rural hospital and stayed there for fifteen years.
She hated Wang Xiujun deeply.
The enemy of an enemy is a friend.
After sitting down, Lin Yunchu said nothing unnecessary and took a small medicine bottle from her bag, placing it on the desk.
Qin Hui’s pupils suddenly contracted.
Her heart tightened.
She looked up in shock.
“Where did you get this?”