Chapter 18 unlocks new skills!

At the Municipal Bureau.

Truck driver Li Dong and fruit shop owner Wang Shuangxiong were both taken to the interrogation rooms separately.

Li Dong had been temporarily detained by the Tiexi Branch for allegedly driving a truck and hitting the deceased, Xu Qiang, to death, and he had just been transferred over.

As for Wang Shuangxiong, he was also brought over due to the charge of suspected desecration of a corpse.

"This Li Dong has been interrogated many times before, but he has kept his mouth shut tight and refuses to say where he was on the day of the crime."

"However, with so much corroborating evidence, his guilt is basically confirmed."

Xiao Zhang said this while looking at Li Dong, who was sitting in the interrogation chair looking honest and a bit simple-minded.

Sure enough, you can't judge a book by its cover.

Even at this point, he's still refusing to budge.

"Then let's start with Wang Shuangxiong."

Chen Mo signaled to skip Li Dong, knowing that it's better to put off a tough nut to crack.

"Alright."

After saying this, Xiao Zhang turned and walked inside.

Meanwhile, Chen Mo and Long Hao stood outside the interrogation room corridor, watching.

"I feel like Wang Shuangxiong's state is a bit strange."

This was the strange feeling of suddenly seeing someone slightly different after encountering so many suspects.

It's hard to put into words, but I can just feel that something is off.

He looked at Chen Mo at the same time, seeking validation.

If he could feel it, Chen Mo should be able to as well.

"You're trying to say that his reaction is off, right?"

"Even though so much corroborating evidence points to him as the murderer, he still acts confused and innocent, which is very discordant—especially since this innocence doesn't seem like an act."

Chen Mo's words hit the nail on the head, striking straight into Long Hao's heart.

From the moment Wang Shuangxiong was brought in, he had this feeling in his heart.

It even made him wonder, could they have really found the wrong person?

But thinking about how the other party's daughter was driven to death by Xu Qiang, he, as a father, undoubtedly had a strong motive for the crime.

Not to mention the wounds on the deceased's body, which were all caused by a fruit knife.

That strange feeling then faded a little.

"Do you have this feeling too?"

"No, I'm not good at Micro-expressions, but I can guess your general thoughts."

It's true he understands Criminal Psychology, but that stuff cannot be equated with Micro-expressions.

One analyzes psychological activities during a crime, while the other analyzes facial expressions.

They are completely different things.

If there were extra skill points, it would be worth investing in.

Suddenly, he seemed to think of something.

The 1000 melon points he got from gossiping about the 'lecherous demon' hadn't been used yet.

He opened the shop and clicked directly on 'Micro-expressions'.

[Ding! You have consumed 1000 melon points to upgrade Micro-expressions, current level: LV3!!!]

In an instant, memories of three years of studying Micro-expressions flooded his mind.

Within a few breaths, he had digested it all.

Two words: refreshing.

"You can guess what I'm thinking?"

Long Hao raised an eyebrow, very skeptical in his heart.

He tended to think that Chen Mo had the same thoughts as him.

That's why he understood the strange feeling in his heart.

"Don't believe it?"

Chen Mo turned his head and asked with a smile.

He also wanted to test his foundation from three years of studying Micro-expressions.

"What do you think?"

"How about we play a game? If I win, you treat me to breakfast for a month."

Chen Mo looked at Wang Shuangxiong in the interrogation room.

"After Xiao Zhang asks a question, I will say what Wang Shuangxiong is about to answer one step ahead. Of course, only limited to the same meaning."

For example, denial, explanation, acknowledgement, thinking, and so on.

He understands Micro-expressions, but not mind reading; after all, everyone has different speaking habits.

"Alright, I'd like to see how you guess it."

It's just a month of breakfast, not much money. He'd bet!

The two of them focused their attention on the interrogation room.

"So, you don't have any thoughts of avenging your daughter!?"

"Do you think I believe that?"

Wang Shuangxiong on the interrogation chair showed pain and a sense of powerlessness on his face.

It was pain from Xiao Zhang bringing up his daughter's death again, and even more, helplessness towards Xu Qiang, who had driven his daughter to death.

He was just an ordinary person with elderly parents and young children at home; how could he dare to seek revenge?

Outside the corridor, Long Hao looked at Chen Mo immediately, waiting for him to answer one step ahead.

"I have no choice!"

"What can I do? I'm just an ordinary person, what can I do!"

Chen Mo's voice, full of helplessness, came out of his mouth.

This made Long Hao pause, almost thinking it was Wang Shuangxiong who had spoken, but then he realized the voice was different.

Immediately afterwards, he looked at the interrogation room.

"I... Xiaojiao still has a younger brother, I don't dare to avenge her!"

"I don't dare!"

The powerlessness of a middle-aged man facing a local rascal radiated from Wang Shuangxiong.

"If I wasn't married and had nothing to lose, I would have killed that bastard!"

The voice in the interrogation room grew quieter.

"You win."

Long Hao rubbed his face with both hands.

The words were different, but the meaning was 100% the same.

So Chen Mo really does have the ability to guess thoughts?

"Don't think of me as too godlike; expressions can talk."

This is the power of Micro-expressions—analyzing psychological activities through facial expressions.

It can also, to a large extent, identify lies from suspects.

"Then do you think Wang Shuangxiong and that Li Dong are the murderers?"

If it were before, Chen Mo could only say that something was wrong from the perspective of Reasoning and Criminal Psychology.

But now he could add Micro-expressions.

He shook his head: "They don't seem like the murderers."

"I always feel that this case is too smooth, so smooth that it feels a bit deliberate."

He had this feeling before, but he didn't say it out loud.

He just wanted to know the attitudes of the two suspects.

And now, it is clear that both of them do not admit to being the murderer, yet there is a lot of corroborating evidence confirming that they are the most suspicious.

Is it a coincidence?

Or is it man-made manipulation?

The probability of coincidence is too small. One truck is a coincidence, being caught on camera by the bank just right could also be a coincidence, but even their jobs are the same.

With so many coincidences linked together, it's no longer a coincidence.

If it is man-made manipulation, this game is being played on too large a scale.

From the moment the murderer set their sights on the head of the deceased, Xu Qiang, they started preparing to drive the two female college students to death, and at the same time, in order to clear their own suspicion after committing the crime, they designed a scheme to frame the families of these two deceased victims...

The murderer's IQ is too high.

But... compared to him, it's a bit lacking.

"So what do you mean?"

Long Hao also vaguely understood what he meant, and his expression was very unpleasant at this moment.

According to Chen Mo's line of thought, if the two were framed by the murderer...

Then this murderer is too sinister.

Or rather, far-sighted.

Every step was considered, just so that after committing the crime, Li Dong and Wang Shuangxiong would take the blame, thereby letting the police close the case and stop the investigation.

It makes one's blood run cold!

This was Long Hao's most intuitive feeling.

"Isn't the murderer trying to use the corroborating evidence to make us confirm their suspicion, so they can stay out of it?"

"Then we will do the exact opposite and look for evidence that they are not the murderers."

"Then we catch him and give him a surprise!"

A look of excitement appeared on Chen Mo's face as he looked at Long Hao.

His appearance made Long Hao feel uncomfortable all over.

What's wrong with this kid?

When others encounter troublesome cases, they all have various headaches.

Why are you getting excited?

Do you look down on the other party that much?

But!

Chen Mo's appearance really gives people a lot of confidence.

"Do it!"

He clenched his fist and waved it.

Finding evidence of a crime is troublesome, but ruling out criminal suspicion is much simpler.

The murderer couldn't have considered every aspect.

This is their chance!