Tiger Police

Chapter 316 Yao Xinqiu

Hu Pingtao nodded, and pointed to the sugar cube box on the table: "This is another direction of investigation. I have no problem with Xu Yongde. Let's discuss the matter. Don't you think this car accident is very strange? "

Lu Xiaoxu touched his chin and thought for a long time, then raised his head and stared at Hu Pingtao: "What are you referring to?"

Hu Pingtao smiled slightly: "Let's not consider Zhang Yacui for the time being, but let's talk about the car accident itself. Your Gangcheng police have investigated the scene of the car accident before, and concluded that the mechanical system of the school bus is operating normally. And that day, Brother Zhang and I When I met you at the scene of the car accident, you said: Xu Yongde himself admitted that on the day of the accident, on the downhill section, the brakes failed, causing the vehicle to lose control and fall down the ravine."

Lu Xiaoxu took a deep breath and said seriously: "I know Uncle Xu, he won't lie."

"I only believe in evidence." Hu Pingtao's attitude was equally serious: "There are tens of thousands of policemen in Hong Kong City, and among them are excellent technical personnel. There shouldn’t be too many omissions.”

"I know you have special feelings for Xu Yongde, but if this case is prosecuted and goes to court, who do you think the judge will believe in terms of the investigation evidence provided by the police and Xu Yongde's personal statement?"

The corners of Lu Xiaoxu's eyes kept twitching.He stared at the sugar cube box, clenched his hands into fists, and punched it hard on the table, supporting his body that seemed to be about to collapse at any time.

After a long time, he let out an unwilling, extremely weak gasp from the deepest part of his throat: "... Uncle Xu...impossible. At that time, there were children on the school bus, so it was impossible for him... never to do that kind of utterly devoid of conscience. thing."

Hu Pingtao went around the table, lightly patted Lu Xiaoxu on the shoulder, and comforted him: "Which is right and wrong still needs to be investigated."

Lu Xiaoxu raised his head and stared at him with red eyes: "Didn't you say that Zhang Yacui is suspicious?"

Hu Pingtao still insisted on his previous point of view: "She needs money, and the amount is quite large. We should follow this clue to investigate, maybe we can find out the relationship between Zhang Yacui and the car accident."

Lu Xiaoxu tried his best to calm himself down: "Zhang Yacui died, she was in the car at that time."

Hu Pingtao nodded: "I'm also confused about this. According to what Li Bowen said, Zhang Yacui was behind everything, especially Xiaofengshan was chosen as the school's outing attraction, but why did she choose Xiaofengshan as the school's outing attraction? superior?"

"Li Bowen realized that this outing might be dangerous, so he pretended to have a cold and fever, obtained a certificate from the doctor, and asked for leave from the school...Even he knew to do this, why did Zhang Yacui, the mastermind, put himself at risk?"

Lu Xiaoxu's voice trembled a little: "...is this the reason to doubt Uncle Xu?"

Hu Pingtao stared at him and asked, "Isn't that reason enough?"

Lu Xiaoxu made a hoarse voice from deep in his throat: "Next... what are you going to do?"

Hu Pingtao's tone was steady: "Let's split up!"

Lu Xiaoxu raised his head and stared at him: "You want me to investigate Uncle Xu?"

Hu Pingtao said seriously: "No one is more suitable than you. I believe that you are a good policeman."

Lu Xiaoxu's eyes trembled slightly, and after a long time, he let out a long sigh.

"how about you?"

"I'm in charge of Yao Xinqiu's side."

Hu Pingtao explained: "Some questions can only be answered from her."

……

When Yao Xinqiu walked into the appointment cafe, he saw Hu Pingtao sitting inside the booth from a distance.

He was wearing a red, black and light-colored plaid shirt, a long one with a soft texture.Trousers are a very common gray loose fit.He ordered a cup of coffee and was stirring it gently with a small spoon, his expression and movements were very leisurely.

Seeing Yao Xinqiu approaching, Hu Pingtao stood up from the sofa, greeted her with a smile, then called the waiter and ordered a drink for her.

"What's the matter with asking me out?" She smiled lightly, but her eyes felt a little cold.

Hu Pingtao felt very surprised, the pre-thought-out opening remarks were obviously no longer applicable.He thought for a moment, then asked with a smile: "You look unhappy, what's the matter?"

Yao Xinqiu's gaze was still cold, and there was a strong release of anger in it, and even his voice became hoarse: "...Someone peeked at my diary."

Hu Pingtao was stunned for a moment, and quickly adjusted his thoughts and facial expressions. He said "Oh" first, and then asked in a tentative tone: "Did you record a certain secret in the diary?"

Yao Xinqiu sat quietly, his eyes fixed on Hu Pingtao's face, and he spoke in a sad tone: "Mom moved my diary..."

"How do you know she has moved?" Hu Pingtao asked suspiciously, his voice was a little unnatural, but he was subtly restrained and changed in time, so that Yao Xinqiu did not discover the flaws in it.

"I kept the number of pages in the diary. I clipped a few strands of hair in the middle." Yao Xinqiu's voice was still hoarse, and she tried to clear her throat: "I coiled up my hair and carefully wound it into a circle. It will disperse when opened. That way, I can know if someone is peeking at my diary."

Hu Pingtao suddenly felt that things became very difficult.He picked up the cup and took a sip of the strong coffee, feeling the bitter taste in his mouth, his brain was running rapidly, trying to choose the most suitable one from countless chaotic thoughts.

After a long time, he put down his glass and said earnestly, "I asked you out today because I have something to tell you."

"What's the matter?" Yao Xinqiu asked in a much better tone than before.This shows that "Guo Pingtao" still has a high status in her mind.

"I'm leaving." This was Hu Pingtao's thought and thought, and he felt that it was the safest and least harmful way to deal with it.

"Where are you going?" Yao Xinqiu asked with wide eyes.

Hu Pingtao was silent for half a minute.

He slowly opened his lips and made a characteristic, magnetic voice full of masculine charm: "I must apologize to you. There are some things... I kept it from you. But I must clarify that I didn't do it on purpose."

Yao Xinqiu had a suspicious look on his face, and his eyes became defensive: "What are you referring to?"

"Let's talk about the relationship between me and Guo Lingyu first!" Hu Pingtao said frankly: "I have known her before, and I call her Sister Guo because our family has business dealings with the Guo Group. This time it is actually Guo Sister invited me to Hong Kong City, but not for the purpose of being a guest, nor for tourism."

Yao Xinqiu is a smart girl.She leaned back a little, and used this subconscious movement to distance herself from the opposite person: "That is to say, isn't your name Guo Pingtao?"

"My surname is Hu, the tiger of a tiger." Hu Pingtao explained with a smile: "It's a rare new one."

Yao Xinqiu clutched the dress tightly with both hands under the table, the suffocating discomfort in his heart disappeared, replaced by a sense of sadness and faint anger: "Why did you tell me this?"

"Because I don't want to lie to you, and I don't want to hurt you because of this matter." Hu Pingtao explained with a light smile.

He has been observing the changes in Yao Xinqiu's expression, capturing every available opportunity to speak.

Yao Xinqiu was a little disappointed, but she had an excellent psychological quality, and her reaction and resilience were stronger than Hu Pingtao expected.She raised her hand to smooth her hair, and forced a smile: "Actually...you think too much. We just met not long ago, and we are just ordinary friends."

As she spoke, she picked up the cup and took a sip of coffee, using such movements to conceal her uneasiness and frustration.

Hu Pingtao carefully watched the little girl sitting opposite, and said seriously: "My profession is a policeman."

Yao Xinqiu was stunned, holding a coffee cup like this, and asked in shock, "What did you say?"

She thought she had heard it wrong.

Hu Pingtao sighed helplessly in his heart.If possible, he really doesn't want to reveal his identity to Yao Xinqiu in person, but the problem before him is so realistic—he doesn't want to hurt this girl, and he can't violate his professional ethics...he can only choose between the two. Time to find that extremely stomach-washing, perhaps nonexistent line of balance.

After contemplating for a moment, Hu Pingtao decided to put everything aside and talk: "Zhang Yacui is dead."

Yao Xinqiu didn't understand what he wanted to say at all, and nodded his head in a daze, his mind was completely muddled.

"Based on the evidence currently available, this is not an ordinary car accident, but a premeditated murder."

"Li Bowen is highly suspected, and he is currently under the control of the police."

"Five people died in the car accident. They all went to the same school as you and were your classmates. And..."

As soon as he said this, Yao Xinqiu suddenly interrupted Hu Pingtao's words.She stared at the handsome face opposite, and asked coldly, "Have you read my diary too?"

A wise man can always guess the truth based on the slightest clue.

Hu Pingtao felt very embarrassed.He raised his head, closed his eyes, opened them slowly after a few seconds, and looked at Yao Xinqiu from a normal angle.

"Yes, I've seen it." His tone of voice and expression were very serious.

"...Why?" Yao Xinqiu made a hoarse voice, and there was a terrible omen of an approaching storm.

"Because they are dead, is there anything more important than this?" Hu Pingtao suddenly increased his volume, overwhelming Yao Xinqiu who felt that his privacy had been violated and was about to get angry.

"Xiao Shurong, Fang Jun, Li Hanwei, He Hua... and Zhang Yacui. They are all dead."

Hu Pingtao deliberately put "Zhang Yacui" at the end.He stared at Yao Xinqiu with sharp eyes, there was no pity in his eyes, only undisguised persecution: "Li Hanwei died the worst, her eyes were pierced, her brain was pierced by foreign objects, and she died on the spot."

Girls at this age are very proud, especially Yao Xinqiu, who comes from a wealthy family and thinks highly of himself.

Only through the back and forth changes in speaking tone and emotion can the rhythm and atmosphere of the conversation be controlled.Blindly giving in will only be counterproductive. We must seize the opportunity to explode suddenly and insert "car accident" and "death" just right, so that it is possible to achieve the result Hu Pingtao wants.

Sure enough, Yao Xinqiu was frightened.There is no anger in her mind after being peeked at the diary, only overwhelming fear, and an extremely strong sense of guilt that she wants to get rid of: "That... this matter has nothing to do with me, I... I have nothing Know."

Hu Pingtao maintained a strong attitude, but his tone of voice was much more relaxed than before: "If it weren't for this, I wouldn't be here to talk to you today. By the way: Li Bowen has already been arrested, and his problems are very serious. "

Yao Xinqiu was so frightened that he trembled: "...Did he really tamper with the school bus?"

Hu Pingtao's heart moved, but the expression on his face remained unchanged: "Tell me everything you know!"

Yao Xinqiu had never encountered such a thing. She huddled up on the sofa, her facial nerves were controlled by fear, and even her muscles became stiff: "I... I... What do you want me to say?"

Seeing this, Hu Pingtao said with relief: "I know you haven't been sleeping well recently, and you always have nightmares at night. The school bus incident has nothing to do with you, but...Xinqiu, I'm not talking about you. You are 15 years old this year. When I grow up, I can't think of things too simply like when I was a child. If it's just an ordinary car accident, it's fine. The problem is that so many people died. Each of them has parents, and they really don't want to die!"

"So... try to help them and make the truth come out."

"The parents of those classmates who died will thank you. This is a kindness and a merit."

"From now on, you won't have nightmares anymore, and you can sleep peacefully every night."

These words were full of emotion, even though Yao Xinqiu was frightened, his heart was indeed moved.Tears filled her eyes, trembling and hesitant, she asked with a complicated expression: "...Really?"

Hu Pingtao nodded slowly and seriously: "Really."

"I don't know much." Yao Xinqiu no longer had the previous resistance and disgust in her heart. She wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes with her fingers, racking her brains to think about all kinds of trivial things: "For a while, Cui Cui fell out with me. Yes. She played with Li Bowen and said some ugly things to me..."

Hu Pingtao had already seen these things in his diary.He did not interrupt Yao Xinqiu's narration, but sat on the sofa as a very patient listener.

At this time, we must accurately grasp the psychological changes of the other party and proceed step by step.

Yao Xinqiu rambled on for over an hour, and finally came to the most crucial part.

"Actually, I know very well that the reason why Cui Cui did this was to ask for money. She wanted to get more money from Li Bowen, because she knew that Li Bowen's family was very good. But Cui Cui made a wrong calculation from the beginning. For I know Li Bowen better than her. Li Bowen’s family is indeed rich, but it doesn’t mean he is rich. So... just like the sentence in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Cui Cui really lost his wife and lost Soldiers."

Hu Pingtao asked: "What does Zhang Yacui need so much money for?"

This is one of the most critical questions.

"I'm not very clear either." Yao Xinqiu calmed down a bit: "However, it seems to be related to her mother."

(End of this chapter)