550: Serial murders

Cui Jia smiled and patted what he thought was Su Yue's shoulder, "Good acting. Confess where you hid Gao Xiang as soon as possible. Illegal detention is also against the law. Now that you've been caught, what's the point of being stubborn?"

Gao Xiang gritted his teeth, looked into Cui Jia's eyes, hardened his heart, and stopped looking at him, continuing to walk outside.

As he passed by the other members of the Special Task Force, he didn't stop, nor did he even look at them, only leaving behind a sentence: "If you were the ones suspected at that time, I would definitely have spoken up for you. Even just one sentence."

Gao Xiang's words caused Yan Qing's pupils to suddenly contract, and her breathing clearly quickened.

Not only Yan Qing, but Zhu Xiao and Yang Hua also had very unpleasant expressions.

Only Xiao Ting didn't fully understand Gao Xiang's meaning. He loudly retorted, "Stop trying to sow discord here! Su Yue, do you think you can still run?!"

Gao Xiang let out a "Tch" sound, then left under A Qi's escort.

Xiao Ting also snorted coldly, thinking to himself, "What's he being so arrogant about? He's already been caught and he's still pretending."

However, he didn't notice the expressions of the other colleagues in the Special Task Force.

Gao Xiang's words had truly struck their hearts.

Originally, their relationship was very close, but after something happened, their first choice was not to trust, but to suspect...

Zhu Xiao's face was extremely solemn. He thought to himself, "Perhaps this is the kind of impact Su Yue can have. However... overall, it's a good thing he was caught."

Although his face was unpleasant, he still watched the back of "Gao Xiang" being escorted by A Qi, afraid that something might happen suddenly, causing the Su Yue they had finally caught to disappear into thin air.

Not just him... everyone's eyes were watching the "Su Yue" in their eyes leave, even Li Ou.

Therefore, none of them noticed the almost imperceptible smile that flickered across Zhong Qi's lips at this moment.

This time, his plan proceeded on multiple fronts and was entirely successful.

A Qi even spoke up for him until the very end, and Li Ou, who stood beside him, didn't have the slightest intention of doubting him again.

The entire Special Task Force could continue to suspect Cui Jia, but they would never suspect him, because the suspicious points about him were eliminated by themselves, little by little.

For these clever people, showing them the result directly would instead arouse suspicion, but if they were given clues and allowed to figure it out themselves, then the result they obtained would be what they were willing to believe.

This was true for both A Qi and Li Ou.

So Su Yue deliberately exposed many small details, loopholes, and problems in front of them, allowing them to eliminate the suspicion on himself little by little.

Su Yue was already proficient in this method of using psychology.

A Qi's psychological defense line was gradually broken, starting with the questions he asked showing initial cracks, leading to a complete collapse when the fingerprints passed.

By the end, he had completely changed his perception of him, and even spoke up to help him when Li Ou suspected him.

As for how the fingerprints passed...

The day after Li Ou arrived in Guangzhou, Su Yue broke into the Municipal Bureau at night and changed all five fingerprints on his right hand to Gao Xiang's fingerprints.

During that period, every time Gao Xiang went back, he would hand him a bottle of mineral water... the fingerprints could be obtained easily.

Although the operation was temporarily stopped due to Xiao Xiao's sudden illness, it was precisely because of his miraculous performance in the hospital that Cui Jia had to keep him, which gave Su Yue the opportunity to spend the whole day looking at autopsy reports in the archives department.

However, looking at autopsy reports was fake; the real purpose was to take the opportunity to change his fingerprints.

After about a week of finding opportunities, he replaced the remaining five fingerprints while Liu Ming was outside and surveillance cameras were inside.

In other words, now Gao Xiang's fingerprints are Su Yue's, and Su Yue's fingerprints have disappeared from the questioning data information database.

From now on... no one will ever be able to collect Su Yue's fingerprints again.

Just as A Qi's last defense line was broken by the fingerprints, Li Ou's last shred of belief was shattered when he watched Su Yue wash his face.

As for this face washing... Su Yue had, of course, prepared for it.

He applied a layer of wax to prevent the makeup from being washed off and used the ability of [Dexterous Fingers] to complete a smooth performance.

Rubbing his face hard?

He was just rubbing the area near his temples where there was no makeup...

It seemed like his facial skin was moving, but in reality, the water just flowed over the wax layer and slid off.

He had prepared for this day for a long time; this layer of wax had actually been applied for over a week.

These people had long been accustomed to his slightly yellowish complexion, so naturally, no one noticed this point.

Su Yue's trip perfectly achieved all his goals: fingerprint erasure, the Special Task Force nearing disintegration due to disunity, and Gao Xiang's imprisonment.

Song Team watched A Qi escort Su Yue into the car and said, "Alright, everyone can disperse. Thank you for your hard work today, but after all, we did arrest Su Yue." He turned to Li Ou and asked, "Professor Li, do you have anything you'd like to say?"

Li Ou was stunned. At this moment, he no longer had that air of being in control of the situation. His face was pale, and he seemed somewhat dazed.

He was stunned for a moment, opened his mouth, but no sound came out. After a pause, he finally said, "Nothing more, thank you for your hard work." With that, the Officers from the Municipal Bureau left in twos and threes.

In the end, only a few people from the Special Task Force, Zhong Qi, and Li Ou remained in the lobby.

"Well, that's good, Su Yue has been caught."

Cui Jia said with a forced smile, "Then there's nothing more for us to say. I'll head back first." This was a farewell; at this point, Cui Jia was determined to leave the Special Task Force. He finished speaking and glanced at Zhong Qi. Seeing that Zhong Qi looked a bit dejected, he knew that his idea of recruiting this promising talent was ultimately going to fall through. But he didn't give up and still asked, "How about it, Zhong Qi, are you ready to go back to Jinling with me? You don't have to wait this time."

When Zhong Qi heard this, he looked up at Cui Jia, paused for a moment, and then shook his head.

Cui Jia knew this would be the result, nodded, said no more, and turned to leave.

But just as he turned to go, he heard Li Ou's voice, which made him stop.

"Do you think that one is really Su Yue?" Li Ou asked.

Cui Jia turned to look at Li Ou and narrowed his eyes. Silence fell between the two of them. After a long while, Cui Jia suddenly spoke, "I don't know what you mean by that. What, even the fingerprints have been confirmed, and you still can't confirm it's Su Yue?"

Li Ou didn't speak again this time; his face was also full of confusion. Cui Jia said no more and left directly. Zhong Qi also said no more, nodded to the few people from the Special Task Force, and also planned to leave.

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At this moment, Yan Qing spoke, "Cui Jia thinks highly of you, Zhong Qi. Going to Jinling is also a good thing. Regardless, it will be beneficial for your future development."

Zhong Qi smiled but didn't answer, leaving directly.

"Sigh." Yan Qing sighed, then looked at Zhu Xiao and said, "Brother Zheng, will you try to persuade him tonight? It's not that Kang Team's actions are completely unreasonable, right? After all, we all came from Jinling together, there's no need to go back like this..."

Zhu Xiao shook his head and said, "There's no way to persuade in this kind of matter. Unless Kang Team says it himself. Think about it, if the same situation happened to you... being doubted like this by people you usually trust, a thousand explanations won't gain trust. The fact that Cui Jia could still say those things to us just now shows he has a very good mindset."

Xiao Ting and Yang Hua remained silent and didn't say anything more.

The few people walked out of the Municipal Bureau building one after another.

As the lights in the first-floor lobby were extinguished, the originally brightly lit lobby fell into darkness.

In the darkness, only Li Ou was left by himself.

He watched everyone leave, sat tiredly on the stairs, and pondered everything that had happened.

According to the current situation, Su Yue joined the Special Task Force under the identity of Gao Xiang. So what was his purpose?

To test their plan?

The call was made to Yuexiu District. Besides him and A Qi knowing that the purpose of the call was not just to determine the area, others didn't know.

If it was to lure the tiger away from the mountain, why didn't Su Yue, disguised as Gao Xiang, stay at the Municipal Bureau?

Instead, he sent a text message to Cui Jia telling him to stay at the Municipal Bureau?

Thinking carefully, all of this was a bit strange.

However, from the outcome, Li Ou had to admit that Su Yue seemed to have achieved his goal.

The Special Task Force was falling apart; the atmosphere of mutual trust and reliance that they once had was gone.

"Then does that mean Su Yue's purpose was simply to divide the Special Task Force?"

Li Ou thought, "But then he didn't need to disguise himself as Gao Xiang, did he? In the end, wasn't he also caught? And he didn't know the real purpose of the phone number, so was Cui Jia an accomplice? After all, it was Cui Jia who stayed at the Municipal Bureau. What was the meaning of that text message? Cui Jia once said that Gao Xiang had sent him a text message... In other words, Su Yue's purpose was to test the Special Task Force's real plan, and then completely split the Special Task Force... In fact, luring the tiger away from the mountain was just a facade; his real purpose was still to lure the snake out of its hole. Was that text message telling Cui Jia to stay at the Municipal Bureau just a safety measure?"

Li Ou thought he had figured out Su Yue's purpose, but in reality, he had no idea what Su Yue's true purpose hidden beneath all of this was.

The text message was, of course, sent by Zhong Qi.

When he went to the school to get clothes before, he also picked up the custom-made phone.

The number in this custom-made phone was Gao Xiang's number.

Since the target was finally determined to be Gao Xiang, this phone number was naturally decided.

Su Yue's purpose from beginning to end was to go abroad. After dealing with the fingerprints, it would take time for the visa and passport to be processed.

In order to keep Zhong Qi's identity from being exposed for the time being, he launched the final step of this plan, disrupting the situation of the Special Task Force. Now everyone, including Li Ou, believes that Gao Xiang is Su Yue.

It would be extremely difficult for Gao Xiang to prove that he is not Su Yue in the detention center; no one would believe him.

After all, faces can change, but fingerprints cannot.

Even if it comes down to DNA testing, it would take at least seven days to get the results.

And by then, the passport and visa would already be ready, and whether the fingerprint issue was exposed would not be so important anymore.

...

In the detention center, Gao Xiang's hands were cuffed to the special iron table in the interrogation room.

A Qi looked at him sharply: "Still not admitting it?" By now, it was already eleven o'clock, but "Su Yue" showed no signs of confessing.

Gao Xiang said, "I said I'm not Su Yue. No matter how much you ask, I can't be Su Yue. Admit what? Torture a confession?"

A Qi didn't expect Su Yue to admit it so easily. He stood up and instructed his colleague next to him, "Only let him sleep three hours a day. Don't give him time to think. Ask him detailed questions, his parents' birthdays, phone numbers, home addresses, the relationship between his best friends. Even if he is Su Yue, he can't last too long."

Gao Xiang could naturally hear A Qi's conversation with the other Officers, but there was no expression on his face, and his heart was calm.

He was just thinking about how to deal with the current situation.

"Now, no one will believe what I say," he thought. "That is to say, no matter how I explain, I won't be able to gain trust. Then I'll just answer what they ask."

"As for who Su Yue disguised himself as..." Gao Xiang frowned at this thought. "It should be Cui Jia, there's no mistake. That text message was simply nonsense, this was his first step in framing me."

"But what is his purpose? Su Yue couldn't have known that the call would directly locate the caller's position. That is to say, he must have a purpose for disguising himself as Cui Jia and staying at the Municipal Bureau."

"Has he finished?" Gao Xiang was still thinking.

Just then, a new Officer walked into the interrogation room, looked at Gao Xiang, and asked, "Name?"

"Gao Xiang," Gao Xiang raised his head and replied.

"Home address?"

"Unit 2, Building 3, Chenglong Garden, Xuefu Road, Zhonghai City, 1202."

"Graduated from which school?"

Gao Xiang knew their purpose was to use this method to keep his mind tense and inadvertently reveal the correct information.

But he was Gao Xiang; everything he said was true. The answer they wanted, he could never say in his life.

Gao Xiang also knew that if Su Yue had disguised himself as Cui Jia, he would leave sooner or later.

"Li Ou will definitely be secretly watching everyone. As long as someone tries to leave, they will eventually reveal their true colors. Then I will definitely be released. So there's nothing to be nervous about. Although I'm in the detention center, Su Yue is also trapped in the Municipal Bureau. I must figure out as quickly as possible what method he used."

He was thinking this when he heard the Officer cough heavily, then ask again, "Graduated from which school!"

"Didn't graduate from Yan Jing University of Political Science and Law. My high school was Zhonghai No.1 High School."

"Parents' names!"

Gao Xiang felt a bit bored. The most crucial thing was that when being asked these questions, he would subconsciously still think, and his original train of thought would be interrupted, making his mind increasingly chaotic.

This was like doing a math problem. If you can't concentrate on solving the problem according to one line of thinking, and you are often interrupted, your brain will become increasingly confused.

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