Chapter 165 Ge Xin

That's right, looking at the entire case, Chen Mo felt like it was a premeditated frame-up.

There was suspicion, and there was evidence.

But the person involved acted as if they knew nothing at all.

A face full of confusion.

The person involved in that university dormitory case...

In terms of the situation, she was actually quite similar to Zhou Ming.

Both acted as if they were more wronged than Dou E herself.

“Framed!?”

“Are you saying the person involved in this case was wrongly accused?”

Long Hao also began to carefully examine the case of the fall from the dormitory building that happened while Xiao Nuannuan was in school.

With this case as a backdrop, logically speaking, he wouldn't be surprised.

But the point of his surprise was...

If it really was as Chen Mo suspected,

This would undoubtedly be another case of a wrongful conviction!

Allowing an innocent person to suffer in prison for many years under a false accusation.

A similar situation had happened last time to a boy named Wang Chongyang.

Even now, he clearly remembered the hatred in the other party's eyes at that time.

Therefore, he also took wrongful convictions very seriously.

At the same time, he felt an incomparable gravity.

Most of it was a sense of sorrow for those who had been wrongly accused.

“The situations are too similar.”

Chen Mo gently tapped his index finger on his thigh.

If viewed in isolation, these two cases could not be linked.

But in both cases, Xiao Nuannuan's figure appeared.

Then they could be linked together.

“Let's go see this student.”

Chen Mo pointed his index finger at a name on the file.

It was none other than the student who was in the same dormitory as Xiao Nuannuan and was considered the murderer by the police.

Given so many points of doubt,

He couldn't directly call this student held in prison a murderer.

Calling her a student was very appropriate.

“Yeah, I was thinking the same thing.”

“All our current thoughts are just guesses.”

“If we ask Xiao Nuannuan directly, she definitely won't admit to anything.”

Long Hao agreed and then proposed an idea of his own.

Upon hearing it, Chen Mo immediately gave an affirmative reply.

“Mm, your idea is good.”

Actually, the idea was very simple.

That was, if it were determined beforehand that the murderer was Xiao Nuannuan,

She would obviously need a window of time to commit the crime.

This window would be the period from yesterday afternoon to yesterday evening.

The afternoon was when the murderer lured Wen Guodong out.

And the evening was when the person was forced down from the seventh floor.

Regarding the fact that there was another person in the room, it had actually been confirmed many times.

If it could be determined that during yesterday's crime window,

Xiao Nuannuan's movements were suspicious,

Then the likelihood of her being the murderer would basically increase significantly.

“Alright, then let's split up. You go see that student, and I'll investigate her movements yesterday.”

As Long Hao spoke, he took Wu Tian and Sun Yi away with him.

Meanwhile, Liu Fengxia went with Chen Mo to Xining Second Prison.

“Let's go.”

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Xining Second Prison.

A designated van stopped at the entrance.

Before coming, they had already notified the management here.

Therefore, from getting out of the car to entering, the journey was smooth and unobstructed.

After a simple registration, they entered directly.

A similar experience had actually happened once before.

Chen Mo casually glanced around the interior of the prison.

This time, he didn't have the same sense of novelty about going to prison as before.

To ordinary people, a prison is a somewhat mysterious place.

Although often seen online, few people know what the situation inside is really like.

The most common channel for understanding it is through TV dramas, movies, and the like.

“Officer Chen, Officer Liu, hello.”

A prison guard hurried out from an office building.

Looking at him, he must have just received notice from the gatekeeper.

“You arrived quite suddenly; I just hung up the phone with the leadership.”

He explained why he hadn't personally greeted them at the entrance.

“It's fine, let's not talk about that for now.”

Chen Mo waved his hand; he hadn't come here to put on official airs.

Therefore, he didn't care about whether he was greeted or not.

Perhaps it was because the call had come from the office of the Deputy Director of the Xining Municipal Bureau,

That made him take it so seriously.

“Is the person arranged?”

“When can we meet?”

When the police want to see a prisoner, it's not like they can see them the moment they arrive.

Procedures have to be followed.

Various paperwork and such; in short, it usually takes time.

“The paperwork and such can be completed later.”

“You can see her now; she's already been taken to the interrogation room.”

The prison guard, named Lin Dong, spoke as he walked ahead to lead the way for Chen Mo and Liu Fengxia.

After several twists and turns, they entered a room.

The person they were looking for this time was currently sitting in the interrogation chair inside.

Chen Mo had seen the layout of such rooms while browsing videos.

The middle was separated by iron bars, with a small door on the left for the prisoner to pass through.

On one hand, it ensured the safety of the interrogator; on the other hand, this atmosphere could constantly emphasize that the person being questioned should remain calm.

“This is all the information on Ge Xin, including personal details, the entire process of the crime committed, and the judgment document.”

Lin Dong placed the file on the table and then stood to the side.

During the questioning, he had to be present to listen.

To be even stricter, the content of the questioning also had to be recorded.

They, the prison guards, also needed a backup copy.

Because those who meet prisoners here are not just police, but also lawyers and even people from the court.

Keeping a backup makes it easier to investigate step by step if a problem arises.

“Ge Xin.”

Chen Mo sat down, looked at Ge Xin, who was restrained by handcuffs, and called out her name.

But she just kept her head down, showing no intention of looking at Chen Mo.

—Bang!

Lin Dong picked up a baton placed nearby and struck the iron bars once.

“Ge Xin, I hope you pay attention to your attitude.”

“All your current non-cooperation will be recorded in your daily logs.”

“This will affect many issues, such as your sentence reduction.”

Sentence reduction isn't just for prisoners who have performed great deeds.

Good behavior within the prison, such as cooperating with all prison work—in short, performing well—can lead to a sentence reduction to a certain extent.

This also facilitates the management of the prison.

It's a mutually beneficial thing for both prison guards and prisoners.

Lin Dong's words would mean nothing to someone not in prison.

But for someone inside a prison, these words were undoubtedly very important.

No one doesn't want to gain freedom.

And even fewer want to stay in prison for a lifetime.

Being able to get out even one day earlier is good.

But at this moment, Ge Xin's reaction was very strange.

Or rather, abnormal.

She had no reaction to Lin Dong's words.

It seemed she had no expectations regarding sentence reduction at all.

In a way, this was also understandable.

If Ge Xin really was framed and set up by someone,

Then to her, her life was completely over.

Sentence reduction?

To go out and find a new job while carrying the stigma of being a murderer?

This was an unacceptable thing for any law-abiding citizen.

Since that was the case, it was better to just stay here.

She almost preferred not to have her sentence reduced.

“Can you open her handcuffs?”

Chen Mo turned his head to look at Lin Dong.

At this time, he needed Ge Xin's cooperation.

So he had to make her cooperate with him.

To tell him everything she knew.

Only then would it be beneficial for them.

“This...”

Lin Dong hesitated a bit at this request.

Under normal circumstances, inmates must wear handcuffs in this room.

This also provides a safety guarantee for the person coming to question them.

But a request like Officer Chen's was something he was hearing for the first time.

“It's possible, but safety issues cannot be ignored.”

Lin Dong said as he walked to the door.

“As you can see, she's just a girl, and with you here, there won't be any problems.”

After Chen Mo said this,

Lin Dong stopped dawdling.

It wasn't that big of a deal.

Criminals don't wear handcuffs every single moment during their sentence.

As a prison guard, he didn't think anything major could go wrong.

After calling the guard outside to come in, he ordered him to open the handcuffs on Ge Xin's wrists.

A rustling sound rang out.

“Ge Xin.”

Chen Mo spoke the other party's name again.

From Ge Xin's perspective, she wasn't a criminal.

So Chen Mo's small gesture was actually placing himself in the same camp as her.

Or rather, if he said right now that he believed Ge Xin was wrongly accused,

Then he would be like a savior in her heart.

Sure enough, once the prison guard opened the handcuffs on her wrists,

Ge Xin no longer kept her head down; hearing Chen Mo's voice, she looked up.

Their eyes met.

Chen Mo could clearly see the dimness in her eyes.

There was none of the vitality a university student should have.

It was all the despair of feeling helpless about her current situation!

“I don't know you.”

Seeing Chen Mo and the other, Ge Xin answered in a low voice.

Since she entered prison, the only people she had met, besides those from the court, were her family's lawyers.

And she hadn't seen the two people before her.

“Let me introduce ourselves; we are police officers.”

“We've come to see you this time to ask about the specific details regarding the incident where your roommate fell from the building during your university years.”

Hearing Chen Mo's words, Ge Xin's brow furrowed.

She had heard this sentence no less than a hundred times.

“What specific details? Aren't the specific details all written in the file on the table?”

“I'm the murderer!”

A look of impatience instantly appeared on her face.

Every time she was interrogated, it was this question.

Every time they told her they would investigate clearly, but in the end, didn't they still lock her up here?

Every time she chose to believe, but the result was always disappointment.

“Do you know who framed you?”

Chen Mo didn't care about her emotional changes.

It was normal to have some resentment.

It would be abnormal if she didn't have any at all.

Being falsely accused of stealing a single yuan is an extremely embarrassing thing.

Let alone decades of imprisonment.

“Framed?”

Ge Xin murmured these two words to herself.

From the very beginning of the case, she had always said she was framed.

That she was set up.

The murderer was not her at all.

But!

Not a single person believed her.

At first, her family still believed her.

But when the police produced the evidence, even her parents stopped believing her.

They thought she really was a murderer.

So, hearing these two words again after many years, she felt a bit dazed for a moment.

She didn't immediately understand the subtext of Chen Mo's words.

“I'll repeat my question one more time.”

“Do you know who framed you?”

Chen Mo's calm voice passed through the iron bars and into Ge Xin's ears.