"Who did he say?"
Chen Xiao felt like he had misheard and asked again.
Qin Fei said seriously, "Chen Yan, your surna, and then the 'Yan' from 'actor'."
Chen Xiao's eyes finally widened.
But he didn't understand, how did Li Jindao know Chen Yan?
How old is Chen Yan now?
In his thirties!
And how old is Li Jindao?
Fifty!
Moreover, geographically, it would be very difficult for them to have any interaction.
Seeing his reaction, Qin Fei couldn't help but ask,
"Who is this Chen Yan that Li Jindao ntioned? A family mber?"
Chen Xiao shook his head, "No, the Chen Yan he's talking about is a possible demon!"
As he spoke, Lin Xi also looked serious, "Chen Xiao, I think you should go talk to him again."
"But Chen Yan is detained in Dongzhou, and the only contact Li Jindao had was in the past. How else could he have any channels of contact? Moreover, why would he wait until now to say this?"
Chen Xiao didn't understand.
This turn of events was too unexpected for him.
But Lin Xi was right.
Instead of sitting here and overthinking, it was better to talk again!
Chen Xiao imdiately bid farewell to Xie Wensheng and Ye Suzhi, taking Lin Xi back to the detective team.
Upon re-entering the interrogation room, Li Jindao smiled at Chen Xiao:
"Advisor Chen, we et again."
It was the sa opening line as not long ago.
Chen Xiao asked expressionlessly, "How do you know Chen Yan?"
"That question, for you, isn't really very high-level."
Chen Xiao couldn't figure out what ga Li Jindao was playing.
What he asked was a question he had to ask.
But Li Jindao turned it around to say his question lacked sophistication.
This made Chen Xiao start to think.
The implication of lacking sophistication was saying that Chen Xiao, when facing Chen Yan, was no longer as sharp and decisive as he was before.
With that being the case, Li Jindao wanted Chen Xiao to guess how he and Chen Yan knew each other.
Seeing Li Jindao's calm deanor, Chen Xiao couldn't help but want to laugh:
"It seems you and that Chen Yan have quite a connection."
"Indeed, but where our connection began, that's for you to guess. Of course, you can refuse, then I'll assu you're not interested in him."
Chen Xiao didn't reply but instead took out his phone to call Qin Fei:
"Captain Qin, I forgot to lock my car. Can you go lock it for ?"
"What do you an? Lock the car door?"
"Just lock it anyway."
"Got it, um... give
a mont." Qin Fei said, and soon replied, "It's locked for you."
Chen Xiao smiled and thanked him, then approached Li Jindao, placing his hand on his shoulder.
Li Jindao frowned, "What are you doing?"
"In your perception, is my temper very good?"
"Advisor Chen is quite high in quality."
"Then you really can't judge people accurately. Do you know I used to be a street thug? Just ssing around all day long."
"I have so understanding, especially since Xie Wensheng stirred up a fuss. I definitely had to know in advance about you."
"Given that, do you still think my temper is good?"
Li Jindao's expression changed, and his eyes instinctively looked toward his shoulder.
"What exactly do you want to do?"
"Force a confession, what else?"
Chen Xiao said, applying a bit more pressure with his hand.
"Ah!"
Li Jindao imdiately scread in pain.
"Li Jindao, I'm not a police officer. I can feel you being very arrogant now, so I decided to toss this ID aside."
Saying that, Chen Xiao tossed his advisor ID directly onto the table.
Sweat broke out on Li Jindao's face as he incredulously glared at Chen Xiao.
But the more he glared, the more Chen Xiao tightened his grip.
"Spill it yourself, or your shoulder blade is going to break."
Li Jindao sneered, "Hah, you think I'm afraid? You've guessed every move of mine, which frustrates , Advisor Chen, so I need to find sothing to gain the upper hand, right?"
"So, this is the mindset you're holding!"
"So, Advisor Chen, you wouldn't deny
this last chance, would you?"
Chen Xiao smiled, "I can give it to you, but we need to make a bet."
"Alright, how do we bet? And what's at stake?"
"I'll guess how you and Chen Yan t. If I guess right, you knock out three of your own teeth yourself. How about it?"
Li Jindao gritted his teeth, "What if you guess wrong?"
"I'll reward you by personally knocking out three of your teeth."
Li Jindao was furious, "Chen Xiao, you have status. How can you make such a rogue bet with ?"
"I've never minded being called a rogue by others." Chen Xiao said, settling back into his chair.
Lin Xi pretended to be oblivious, focusing intensely on nothing in particular.
Li Jindao exhaled deeply, "Alright then, let's bet. It's just three teeth. I can afford the gamble."
Chen Xiao remained silent, contemplating.
Li Jindao didn't learn about Chen Yan while investigating him.
Because the na Chen Yan was only known to Chen Xiao, Lin Xi, Zhang Xian, and Liang Yan.
So there was no way for Li Jindao to find out.
And now, with his full confidence, it ant that the way Li Jindao and Chen Yan knew each other was sothing Chen Xiao would find hard to guess.
What kind of event would be the hardest to predict?
Chen Yan is just over thirty now, so a decade ago, he was in his early twenties.
It's impossible that a young Chen Yan had t Li Jindao back then, right?
Wait... Sothing so impossible might an it's possible?
But what scenario could this unlikely possibility extend to?
In Li Jindao's offenses, Chen Xiao felt he had asked everything thoroughly.
Except for one thing: Li Jindao's knowledge of Lian Da and the others staging the Luming Ridge Reservoir case!
"Could it be...?"
Chen Xiao speculated and then said to Li Jindao, "You and Chen Yan wouldn't have been outside watching when Li Qian and his wife were violently killed by Lian Da and his crew, right? And you both even witnessed Cao Chan being thrown into the cattle pen by her father?"
When Chen Xiao uttered these words, Li Jindao was in disbelief.
"How could... That's impossible, how could you guess such a thing!"
Chen Xiao's eyes widened.
Actually, this was a conjecture ant to eliminate his thoughts about Chen Yan.
Because the Luming Ridge case happened in the '90s when Chen Yan wasn't even twenty.
How could a teenage boy have such demonic intentions?
But now, Li Jindao's reaction confird to him that not only was Chen Yan a demon back then, but the execution of the cri was likely facilitated by Chen Yan's planning!
Looking at Li Jindao's reaction, Chen Xiao seriously said:
"I finally understand why you asked if your ticulous murder plan was beautiful!"
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