Chapter 297: He Didn’t Murder Anyone
He Linwen gritted his back molars and slowly stood up.
Chen Ziqi pulled his hand and directly put handcuffs on him.
“Linwen…” Minmin looked at him uneasily, “You didn’t do it, did you?”
“Of course not.” He Linwen’s back was straight, and his tone was firm, “I would never do such a thing.”
“Okay.” Minmin nodded, “I believe you.”
He Linwen forced a strained smile, “Minmin, thank you for your trust.”
Chen Ziqi took He Linwen away.
People in the surrounding tents who heard their conversation just now looked at each other in dismay, with deep shock in their eyes.
“Oh my god, he even murdered someone?”
“He’s not just a scumbag, he’s a murderer!”
“How terrifying!”
“…”
Minmin heard the discussions of others and frowned, saying dissatisfiedly, “You don’t know anything, why do you call him a murderer? He didn’t kill anyone!”
“Beauty, what’s your relationship with that man?” someone asked curiously.
Minmin hesitated for a few seconds and replied, “We are friends.”
He Linwen was a guy she met while traveling. They added each other on WeChat and chatted for a while. She discovered they both worked in Yun Jing, and then they started contacting each other more frequently, even going out for meals occasionally.
She could feel that He Linwen wanted to pursue her, but he hadn’t made it clear yet.
“Then do you know who was sitting in your spot before you arrived?” someone else asked.
Minmin naturally didn’t know, so a kind person answered, “It was his girlfriend, but she was scared away by a snake, and then you came.”
“What are you talking about?” Minmin didn’t believe it at all and rolled her eyes, saying, “Don’t talk nonsense, that girl clearly mistook someone. My friend already told me.”
Seeing that she didn’t believe them, Xin Chuning pursed her lips, “Forget it, everyone, let’s stop talking. Let’s respect other people’s fate.”
Minmin was speechless. As she picked up her bag to leave, she saw a group of staff members in uniform orderly entering the barbecue camp.
“Why are there so many police officers?” a guest exclaimed.
“What’s going on? I just saw someone being taken away!”
“I heard that person dumped the body in the lake…”
The person in charge of the barbecue camp hurried over, clasping his hands together to apologize to the gathered guests, “I’m very sorry, but the police are investigating, and we must cooperate fully. We apologize for disrupting everyone’s meal. We’ll offer a 20% discount on the bill later.”
Everyone also expressed understanding, as this was an unexpected disaster for the merchant.
The guests hurried to barbecue their meat, trying to finish before the police retrieved the body, as they might lose their appetite later…
“Jiang Yuan, can the black-striped rat snake help?” Si Heng asked softly.
Before Jiang Yuan could speak, the black-striped rat snake answered again, “Yes! Of course! The snake knows where that big box is. The snake will take you to find it!”
“How are you so excellent?” Jiang Yuan let out a light laugh and nodded to Si Heng, “It’s willing to help and said it will take us to find the big box.”
The black-striped rat snake was very happy to be praised, “Do you think the snake is excellent?”
Jiang Yuan: “Yes.”
The black-striped rat snake was not humble at all, flicking its tongue, it said, “Then you really have good taste.”
Jiang Yuan smiled helplessly.
The criminal investigation team, along with staff from the local police station, set up a cordon, and strong lights illuminated the dark and deep lake surface.
Jiang Yuan and the others paid the bill and walked towards the lakeside.
Xin Chuning saw this from afar, her eyes full of admiration.
Her older brother and sister-in-law, hearing that the police were about to start retrieving the body, urged her to leave.
Xin Chuning shook her head, “Brother, sister-in-law, you go ahead. I want to stay and watch.”
“What’s so good about looking at a corpse?” Her older brother and sister-in-law were very helpless.
Xin Chuning curved the corner of her lips and gazed in Jiang Yuan’s direction, “The corpse isn’t good to look at, but my idol is!”
“Who is your idol?” Xin’s older brother asked.
Xin’s sister-in-law: “The internet celebrity Jiang Yuan you were just calling out?”
“Yes.” Xin Chuning nodded, “She’s amazing!”
Xin’s older brother sighed, “What’s so great about an internet celebrity?”
Xin Chuning retorted indignantly, “Yuan Yuan is different from other internet celebrities!”
“Alright, alright, don’t say any more,” Xin’s sister-in-law glared at her husband, “We’ll just stay with Ningning and wait.”
“Dumping a body, aren’t you scared?” Xin’s older brother frowned.
Xin’s sister-in-law: “If you get scared later, just hug me and Ningning tightly.”
“Yes!” Xin Chuning nodded, “My sister-in-law and I will protect you!”
Xin’s older brother: “…”
His solitary protest was in vain, so he could only accompany his wife and sister to the lakeside.
Xin Chuning stood outside the cordon and saw Jiang Yuan with the black-striped rat snake wrapped around her arm, talking to several staff members in diving suits.
Xin’s older brother also saw it and asked doubtfully, “Is this internet celebrity that capable? It feels like those police officers are all listening to her?”
“She’s very capable,” Xin Chuning said proudly, recounting incidents that happened in Jiang Yuan’s live stream room.
The surrounding people listened intently, and many asked for Jiang Yuan’s account, wanting to follow her.
Jiang Yuan was unaware that Xin Chuning had gained many fans for her. She walked to the lakeside, slowly squatted down, and the black-striped rat snake, coiled around her arm, immediately slipped into the water.
The black-striped rat snake went into the water first to confirm the location of the suitcase.
After a while, ripples spread across the lake surface not far away. The black-striped rat snake poked its head out and said to Jiang Yuan, flicking its tongue, “Yuan Yuan, the two-legged beasts can go in now. The snake has found the box.”
“Okay,” Jiang Yuan responded loudly and turned her head to look at Meng Xiaokai and the others, “The black-striped rat snake has confirmed the location of the suitcase. Follow it.”
“Received!” Meng Xiaokai and the others responded in unison, bent their knees, and leaped into the lake, splashing water.
The night was deep, and time passed bit by bit.
Ten minutes later, the lake surface was disturbed by ripples again, and several heads emerged from the water.
“They’re back!” Xiao Xu exclaimed excitedly.
This corpse retrieval could set a new record!
Meng Xiaokai and several colleagues dragged the heavy suitcase and returned to the shore, their bodies exuding damp air.
The black suitcase was placed on the grassland, and staff immediately began taking photos to record the scene.
Si Heng put on a mask and gloves and squatted in front of the suitcase.
Seeing this, Jiang Yuan thought of something and immediately turned to cover Fu Xiaoxiao’s eyes, “Don’t look, you’ll have nightmares tonight.”
“I won’t look!” Fu Xiaoxiao nodded quickly.
Honestly, Jiang Yuan was also a little scared. She had never seen a corpse that had been submerged in water.
Xiao Xu seemed to realize this too and kindly walked up to her, saying softly, “It’s okay, Jiang Yuan, don’t force yourself. Take your time.”
“Okay, I understand.” Jiang Yuan looked into Xiao Xu’s eyes and nodded slowly.
Si Heng pulled open the double zipper of the suitcase, his thin lips tightly pressed together, and a solemn expression on his deep brows.
He slowly opened the suitcase.
The moment the box opened, Jiang Yuan still couldn’t overcome her inner fear and instinctively closed her eyes.
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