Chapter 250 - 250 249 Went in Again

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250: Chapter 249: Went in Again 250: Chapter 249: Went in Again “Don’t be afraid,” these words were originally meant to be said by Liu Hun to Xiao Yanzhu, but to his surprise, they were tenderly spoken to him by her first, which softened his heart in an instant. A woman as gentle as jade and tender as water makes it difficult not to be moved. “I understand!” Liu Hun nodded to Xiao Yanzhu, having no intention of confronting the national machinery in his heart. The two were taken to the Yuhua City Police Department’s Special Processing Division and isolated. As Xiao Yanzhu had said, the first step was to test whether they carried the Hamela virus. After many procedures, the two were finally completely released from isolation. However, the situation was not as simple as Xiao Yanzhu had imagined. As soon as the two were confirmed to be uninfected, they were immediately transferred to the Yuhua City Police Department—for review! This was the first time Liu Hun confronted such a setup. Several police officers stood around him, and the one leading was seated right across from him—not the chief of the Yuhua City Police, though the one offering him a cigarette was the chief. “Hu!” The middle-aged man with a small mustache exhaled a ring of smoke contentedly, then turned to the person who had lit his cigarette and said, “Chief Cao, you may leave now. I will personally conduct this interrogation.” “Yes, yes, yes! Thank you for your hard work, Captain You!” Chief Cao nodded incessantly and then left the interrogation room. Seeing this posture, Liu Hun knew that this little mustached man was no small fry, and recalling what Lv Zhengsong had mentioned about the safety captain, he felt even more uneasy. “Kid! Now that you’re in my hands, you’d better speak honestly about what you should speak about.” Captain You slammed the table and stared at Liu Hun. “Speak! How exactly did you enter the Biological Institute on the day the virus leaked?!” “I... I never left; I was tired from experimenting, so I stayed in the lab,” Liu Hun replied, picking a lie as if he were picking up coal. “Stayed in the lab? You’re joking with me?! Get serious! This is a matter of life and death, not a game!” Captain You slammed the table and spoke, furious because his cousin Lv Zhengsong had contracted the virus and now looked inhuman; he wouldn’t feel satisfied until he had stripped a layer off Liu Hun’s skin. “Didn’t you carefully check every lab when you quarantined the Biological Institute?” Liu Hun countered Captain You immediately. Captain You’s voice stalled, evidently caught off-guard. He was supposed to be interrogating Liu Hun but instead was challenged, and his face turned dark as he pointed at Liu Hun and threatened, “I’m telling you, Liu! If you don’t speak honestly, don’t even think about walking out of this door easily! Speak!” Liu Hun flashed a slight smile, considering Captain You’s threat a mere fart that briefly spoiled his mood, and replied, “Captain You, I’ve already told you. I fell asleep in the lab, and when I woke up the next day, I heard some noises, so I went to see what was happening. I found Professor Xiao heading out of the lab, and I followed her.” “Bullshit!” Captain You slammed a folder and pointed at Liu Hun, “Xiao Yanzhu has been infected with the virus, so why is she fine now? My cousin... Lv Zhengsong was fine before, so why is he in this condition now?” Speaking, Captain You slowly moved closer to Liu Hun, pointing at him, “You! It’s all because of you! Everything changed after you appeared out of nowhere!” Liu Hun grinned and said, “It seems Captain You already knows everything from your cousin Lv Zhengsong. So why are you still asking me?” Captain You pressed his lips together, nodded slightly while pointing at Liu Hun, and said, “I see, you’re a stone in the dung pit—stinking and hard! Not satisfied with the proper approach? Let’s try something different!” Saying this, Captain You gestured to a police officer nearby. As the surrounding officers began to close in on Liu Hun, the heavy door of the interrogation room suddenly burst open with a loud clang. “Chief Cao! I am in the middle of handling official business, why did you come in without notice! Get out!” Captain You turned away from Chief Cao, unfazed by the presence of a chief in his eyes. “Captain You, Secretary Cai is here! He wants to personally inquire about this matter!” Chief Cao spoke with a grave and fearful expression. “Which Secretary Cai?” Captain You, accustomed to throwing his weight around, couldn’t immediately recall which Secretary Cai was in question; it was like someone accustomed to bland food suddenly getting a taste of something rich and was utterly confused. “Which Secretary Cai! It’s me, this Secretary Cai!” This booming voice, filled with righteousness, belonged to the Provincial Party Secretary Cai Yilan! Captain You forced a sheepish smile on his face and felt a “thud” in his heart; he knew it was all over. Liu Hun and Xiao Yanzhu had finally met again. Although it was difficult to speak, Xiao Yanzhu still managed to give Liu Hun a tender, water-like gaze. This time, Liu Hun understood completely, truly understood. He returned a smile to Xiao Yanzhu and said in front of everyone, “Yanzhu, don’t worry, I’m fine.” Xiao Yanzhu instinctively nodded, then suddenly realized that Liu Hun had changed the way he addressed her. She looked up sharply, met his smile, and felt a lump form in her throat, nearly bursting into tears. Cai Yilan, although he held Liu Hun in high regard, as a Governor and a paternal figure in the station, he consistently upheld principles of fairness and justice in many matters, especially in major issues that could cause great harm to the public welfare. “Secretary Cai, why are you here? This little issue could have been handled by us. You can rest assured that we’ll take care of it!” Captain You cheerfully said to Cai Yilan, people who didn’t know better might actually think Captain You was universally beloved and brightened every room he entered. “I came to see my daughter. By the way, she brought this up, so I thought I’d come and take a look. You ask your questions; I’ll just observe,” Cai Yilan said and then sat down in his chair like a Mount Tai, although it was on the side. His presence and authority completely dominated the scene, and no one dared to ignore him. As it happened, Cai Yan’s Yanluan Biological Laboratory was invited to inspect the viruses on Liu Hun and Xiao Yanzhu. After some inquiries, Cai Yan understood roughly what was going on, so she indirectly persuaded her father to come. However, this was not a situation suitable for her appearance. In the face of Cai Yilan’s imposing aura, Liu Hun felt it deeply. It was an aura that did not rely on superpowers but emanated from experience and was accumulated little by little; on this point, he needed to learn earnestly from Cai Yilan. Since Cai Yilan was already there, Captain You no longer had any ways to target Liu Hun, but he did not intend to let Liu Hun off easily. Interrogation and questioning were like catching frogs in a rice field; he had a thousand ways to go about it. Captain You took his seat again in front of Liu Hun. His attitude had moderated considerably with the presence of the Provincial Party Secretary, and he asked Liu Hun questions with a façade of impartiality. After questioning back and forth, Liu Hun was as slippery as an eel; not to mention pinning down any critical information; even catching a small handle on him was problematic. After a long time of questioning, Liu Hun seemed to be as irrelevant to the scene as someone who just happened to pass by. Eventually, the people around began to feel that Captain You was trying to take credit for arresting an innocent—an entirely wrongful accusation. You’re as impervious as fried pebbles. Well played, Liu Hun! If I can’t deal with the hard approach, can’t I handle the soft one? Captain You thought to himself, then shifted his target towards Xiao Yanzhu. The problem lay in the fact that initially, the two were interrogated separately, and Liu Hun’s lies clearly didn’t match with Xiao Yanzhu’s story. But Cai Yilan joined midway, and now the two faced questions together. Liu Hun’s litany of lies was something Xiao Yanzhu almost wanted to jot down word for word; how could she not understand Liu Hun’s intent? When Captain You asked Xiao Yanzhu, he realized he had botched up; he’d made the cardinal mistake of interrogation! The parts about Liu Hun that came out of Xiao Yanzhu’s mouth were exactly the same as what Liu Hun had just said, down to the point where she would even describe the bench in the lab where Liu Hun slept at night. “Alright! Professor Xiao, since there are no issues with Liu Hun. Let’s talk about you,” Captain You changed the subject and aimed at Xiao Yanzhu, and continued to ask, “When did you go to the laboratory? Why was Professor Huang Shun there too? Why did he become infected with the Hamela virus, while you remained unscathed? After Professor Lv Zhengsong made a clarifying statement at the entrance of the Biological Institute, why did he return to the laboratory and stay with Huang Shun? And how did he get infected with the Hamela virus?” Xiao Yanzhu’s part had nothing to do with Liu Hun and he hadn’t given her any hints, so she didn’t plan to lie and decided to tell the truth, “I was called by Huang Shun at six in the morning on the twelfth, telling me that there was a problem with the laboratory’s cooling system. It might cause some of the stored viruses to leak, so I rushed to the laboratory immediately. Then... I saw the laboratory in chaos, with Huang Shun fighting with Lv Zhengsong.” “Why was Lv Zhengsong there? And why was he fighting with Huang Shun?” Captain You pressed Xiao Yanzhu for answers, he might be unscrupulous, but he did have skills in interrogation. After pondering for a moment, Xiao Yanzhu replied, “I’m not sure why Lv Zhengsong appeared in the laboratory. But when I arrived, Huang Shun had already been infected with the Hamela virus and was on the verge of losing his mind.” “How did you know Huang Shun was infected with the Hamela virus and that his rationality was on the brink of collapse?” Captain You asked aggressively, not intending to give Xiao Yanzhu any time to fabricate lies. Xiao Yanzhu didn’t need to make up anything; she replied directly to Captain You, “I’m a Professor of Biology and the head of a hospital. I’ve been studying viruses since my undergraduate days, with Hamela being one of the main ones. I can make judgments based on an infected person’s breathing, movements, facial features, and other characteristics.” Liu Hun looked at Xiao Yanzhu from the side. When she talked about her own field of expertise, she truly had an unquestionable authority just like her sister, Xiao Yanzi. Captain You nodded. The previous questions were as simple as smacking cucumbers at a table, an easy task. The main course was yet to come, and he immediately asked, “Then what happened?”

Chapter 250 - 250 249 Went in Again

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