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Chapter 161 The Courage of a Coward
"I...I'm sorry, I know it's very wrong to expect the police, but the reason I did that is to protect my friends." Zhao Xin seemed a bit submissive, when he said this, His voice was a little erratic, as if even he himself felt that he lacked confidence.

Tian Yang has always shown a great degree of distrust towards the doubts shown by Zhao Xin, and it is precisely because of this that he strongly requested to participate in this appointment with Zhao Xin. At this moment, he heard that Zhao Xin defined the reason for his lying in this way , the disdain for him in his heart deepened a bit, although he didn't express it directly, there was a trace of disdain unconsciously in his eyes.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Xin was a careful person, Tian Yang's emotions were not revealed, he still felt the disdain for him in the young police officer's eyes.He grinned, and smiled flatteringly at Tian Yang, but Tian Yang didn't buy it, ignored him, and remained silent with a sullen face.

Zhao Xin was helpless, and his expression looked more reserved: "Although I lied last time, what I'm telling is the truth now, you have to believe me!"

"So, who is that friend you want to protect?" Cheng Feng was not in a hurry. Since Zhao Xin said so, he didn't mind listening to him. Let's see if he was really telling the truth, or in a After the lie was exposed, another lie was tried to be created.

Zhao Xin showed embarrassment, hesitated for a while, and then whispered: "It's Zheng Yu."

Cheng Feng and the three of them were not very surprised by this answer. Among the seven people, Zhao Xin has a relationship with Zheng Yu and Peng Lei, and met the others by chance. If he said that the purpose of having fun is to protect Zheng Yu, no matter whether this statement is true or not, it makes more sense.

But what does he mean by wanting to protect Zheng Yu?

Cheng Feng didn't open his mouth, and waited quietly for Zhao Xin to open his mouth to explain the answer to this question to them.

Zhao Xin said Zheng Yu's name, paused, and saw that the policemen were waiting for him to speak, and quickly continued: "I and Zheng Yu... We used to have a good friendship. We used to be classmates and lived in the same dormitory. Then something happened to me, he was very righteous to me, that happened like this..."

"If that matter is that your chance to stay in school was snatched by Peng Lei, you don't need to talk about it. We already know it, so let's talk about the main point." Tian Yang interrupted Zhao Xin's long story, Get him straight to the point.

"Have you already found out?" Zhao Xin was stunned for a moment, thinking that his own affairs had been thoroughly investigated by others, he seemed a little uncomfortable, twisted his body on the chair, and continued with an unnatural expression: "Then since In this way, I don’t have to repeat the process in the middle. When I encountered such a big blow, Zheng Yu was definitely nice to me. He was a very righteous person. I was treated unfairly at that time, and he jumped out to fight for me. , I never thought he would treat me like this, originally we were just roommates in the same dormitory... Alas, sorry, I am pulling away again. There will be friends who will speak up for me and protect my interests, so after graduation, I have always been very grateful to Zheng Yu. I was actually at the game field that day, but I didn’t see where Zheng Yu was. When the bureau was waiting to make the transcript, I hesitated for a long time, whether to tell the truth or lie, and finally I decided to lie, after all, sooner or later you will find out the contradiction between Zheng Yu and Peng Lei, if no one can prove him His whereabouts, it is very likely that he will be suspected as a suspect, so I added Zheng Yu to the people I saw."

"Because you think Zheng Yu is suspected of killing Peng Lei, so you cover for him?" Tian Yang asked.

Zhao Xin quickly waved his hand: "That's not true, I never thought that Zheng Yu would kill Peng Lei!"

"Didn't they have conflicts when they were in college, and they had a lot of trouble?"

"No matter how powerful it is, it's because of me!" Zhao Xin pointed to his nose, "If it wasn't for me, Zheng Yu and Peng Lei wouldn't have anything worth conflicting with at all."

"Are you sure?" Cheng Feng asked suddenly.

Zhao Xin was stunned for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Actually, I know that both of them are the kind of strong people who like to be outstanding and surrounded by people. When they lived in the same dormitory, they were a little different from each other. The sign means that they are not convinced by each other's popularity and influence, but because nothing has become the fuse, the two of them are quite peaceful until Peng Lei replaces me and obtains the qualification to stay in school. That person Zheng Yu, in fact It's not bad, it's just that he likes to show off a little bit, if he killed a living person like Peng Lei because of that incident, it's absolutely impossible."

"Why do you think Zheng Yu argued with Peng Lei because of your matter? Under what circumstances did the two clash?"

"Actually, I'm not stupid, it's just that sometimes I'm too lazy to think or talk." Zhao Xin shook his head helplessly: "Actually, I always knew that the reason why Zheng Yu had a big fight with Peng Lei because of me was that he almost got into a fight." , It’s all for the purpose of making Peng Lei snatch my spot. First, let everyone know what kind of nature Peng Lei is who is very popular in the school. It seems very loyal and has a sense of justice. The reason why I say this is because Zheng Yu yelled about this matter very loudly that day, dragging Peng Lei and me to quarrel in the corridor of the dormitory building, which provoked a lot of people Onlookers, after that incident, Peng Lei really kept a low profile for a long time, and was often pointed at by others. Even so, I am actually very grateful to Zheng Yu, no matter whether he played his own tricks or not, for me At the beginning, I am still very moved.”

"After you were robbed of the chance to stay in school by Peng Lei, did you go to the school to make trouble?" Tian Yang asked Zhao Xin. Obviously, he still didn't trust him.

"Yes, I admit it," Zhao Xin said with a blushing face, "Actually, I didn't want to make trouble. I was in a bad mood that day. I went out to drink with Zheng Yu. I drank a little too much. I was very excited. He said that in this year, Everyone is a persimmon to be picked and pinched. People are good at being bullied, and Ma Shan is being ridiculed. Anyway, I began to feel that I was too useless and cowardly. I felt that if I didn’t fight for my own interests, I really couldn’t justify it. In a fit of anger, before I finished eating, I ran to the administrative building of L University to make a noise. In the end, I was thrown out by the security guards, who almost called the police and arrested me. Maybe the school also felt that I was barely a victim after all, so they didn't call the police."

"You were so annoyed at the time, why did you resume contact with Peng Lei later?" Jia Yi suddenly interrupted and asked.

Zhao Xin blushed: "Anyway, the deal is done, no matter how much I hold on, I can't change the situation, right? Peng Lei has a lot of contacts after working in L University. I haven't been able to find a very ideal job, so I want to... ...Trust him to think of a way..."

"Zhao Xin," Cheng Feng looked at him with a little thought: "Haven't you ever worried, because you and Peng Lei are a pair of contradictions in the true sense, and there was indeed a conflict of interest between you. When you gave false testimony for Zheng Yu, are you not afraid that the suspicion will fall on you instead? Or, in order to protect your friend from suspicion, you would rather let yourself be the focus of the police's attention?"

"It's not that I haven't thought about this question." Regarding Cheng Feng's question, Zhao Xin seemed very calm, as if he had expected the police to ask him this question, and had already had an answer: "But I don't worry about it." , I didn't kill anyone, the clearer is cleared, the man named Zhang Kunlun in my group can prove my whereabouts, even if you suspect me, I believe you will eventually find that I am not the real murderer you are looking for. I admit that I am quite Cowardly, but at the beginning Zheng Yu quarreled with Peng Lei more or less because of me, and it wasn't very pleasant, so if this time makes him arouse suspicion because of this incident, then I really feel sorry."

"One more question, did you really see Qi Ge at that time?"

Zhao Xin shook his head: "No."

"Then why did you include Qi Ge?"

"Because..." Zhao Xin reached out and wiped the sweat from his forehead: "I chatted with him a few words while I was waiting for the transcript to be taken. He and Zheng Yu are colleagues in the same company, and he doesn't want to look at Zheng Yucheng The suspect, so I asked him if he could prove Zheng Yu's whereabouts together, and he agreed."

It turned out that there was such a small episode behind the incident, Cheng Feng frowned, and glanced at Jiayi beside him.Jiayi also had the same question. Since Qi Ge agreed to Zhao Xin and became an extra in Zhao Xin's testimony, why didn't he mention Zheng Yu's trace in his own transcript?
"I have another question." Tian Yang said seriously, looking at Cheng Feng, asking for his approval.

Cheng Feng nodded to him, motioning him to ask further.

"Since you said that everything you did before was to protect Zheng Yu and prevent him from becoming a suspect, so now that you have said so many things, don't you worry about him being suspected anymore?" Tian Yang said coldly He looked at Zhao Xin coldly and said his question.

Zhao Xin's face suddenly became very embarrassing, and the forehead that had just wiped off the sweat was wet and shiny with greasy sweat.

"I..." His lips squirmed for a long time before he said, "I think, if he is really innocent, even if I don't cover it up for him, you will definitely not wrong him. But if I don't To be honest, then my suspicion can’t be explained clearly!”

After Zhao Xin answered a few more questions, Cheng Feng called Ma Chunlei to escort him away from the police station.

(End of this chapter)