Can We Say No to Divorce?
Chapter 250 - 161: Secrets, Rising to the Surface

Chapter 250: Chapter 161: Secrets, Rising to the Surface

Director Jiang Huixiong hurried over: "Sir Song, this is just a misunderstanding, I can guarantee with my life, Qingchen has absolutely nothing to do with the murder case."

"Director Jiang, we are also just following the rules!" Song Xuyao’s face still bore a forbidding expression, even under the setting sun he was as cold as a viper, "Taking Gu Qingchen back now is merely for assisting with the investigation. There’s no need for panic, citizens have an obligation to assist the police with their investigations! If it’s unrelated to him, he can leave immediately."

Jiang Huixiong nodded, having no choice but to let Gu Qingchen go with Song Xuyao.

Police station.

When Gu Qingchen arrived, he saw that Duan Feixun was also there.

Duan Feixun, being a lawyer himself, said to the police officer interrogating him: "I’m not obligated to solve the case for you, I’m just inclined to assist your investigation, and today I’m not in the mood, so I do not wish to answer questions."

"What were you doing from 11 p.m. on September 18th to 3 a.m. on the 19th?" the young officer asked irritably.

The young officer, facing a lawyer who had been toughened up by years in society, was clearly at a disadvantage against Duan Feixun.

Duan Feixun raised his eyebrows: "No matter how many times you ask, my answer will be the same, Qingchen and I were drinking on the bridge! He can vouch for me, and I can vouch for him! It’s that simple!"

"You both are suspects, you can’t testify for each other!" the young officer said, "Who else can prove that you were drinking on the bridge and didn’t go anywhere else?"

Duan Feixun suddenly smiled: "Let me tell you with professional legal standards, it’s the police’s job to search for evidence, not mine to provide it to you! Now it’s your job to prove I’m guilty, or prove I’m innocent, it’s your job to find evidence that Qingchen and I were drinking on the bridge, not the other way around asking me for evidence!"

"So you’re refusing to cooperate?" The young officer angrily slammed his hand on the table.

"I am very cooperative!" Duan Feixun said slowly, "Otherwise, why would I be sitting here in a police interrogation room?"

The young officer said: "But you haven’t provided evidence that you and Gu Qingchen were drinking on the bridge! We have reason to suspect that you two used chloroform to knock out these four men from Jiaoyang Club, and then used a psychiatric patient and the surgeon Chen Bing to kill these four men!"

"That’s just suspicion! Officer, suspicion cannot lead to conviction, even in court before a judge, you still need evidence to prove Qingchen and I are guilty, otherwise, I can accuse you of abuse of power and wrongful arrest!" Duan Feixun threatened.

Song Xuyao stood at the door, "No need to ask anymore, lock them up for 48 hours, no bail."

Duan Feixun slammed his hand on the table, annoyed: "Song Xuyao, you are allowing your personal grievances to affect official actions, bringing us into the police station without pursuing the real murderer, but wanting to lock us up for 48 hours, are you out of your mind?"

Song Xuyao was not angry, instead, he sneered: "Lawyer Duan, tell me, am I breaching any legal guidelines by detaining you for 48 hours? If not, then just comply! If I can’t find evidence within 48 hours, naturally, you will be released."

Song Xuyao knew well, Duan Feixun and Gu Qingchen definitely would not cooperate with them, but he still had the right to detain them for 48 hours.

Duan Feixun went all out: "Alright! Go ahead and find evidence of our crime! Qingchen and I will wait here!"

Song Xuyao ignored them and then called together his subordinates for a meeting.

Dental clinic.

Zheng Tong was about to leave when she saw Bei Ran come to find her.

"Ranran, something big has happened..." Zheng Tong hurriedly called her into her office, "Duan Feixun and Qingchen have both been taken into the police station, and Song Xuyao uttered that they will be detained for 48 hours, without bail."

Bei Ran’s spirited eyes tightened, "Just because they were near the crime scene from 11 pm on September 18 to 3 am on the 19th? Song Xuyao is clearly acting out of personal vendetta; he has no substantial evidence, he can only wear them down like this. After detaining them for 48 hours, he will definitely release them!"

Although Zheng Tong is married to a lawyer, she really knows nothing about this, "I hate getting involved in lawsuits the most! It’s a waste of time and it’s nerve-wracking!"

"Don’t worry!" Bei Ran comforted her, "Lawyer Duan is a lawyer himself, Song Xuyao doesn’t have substantial evidence, they can’t do anything about them."

"But, why were they wandering around in the middle of the night?" Zheng Tong said angrily, "I think Duan Feixun has a motive to commit a crime!"

Bei Ran looked at her: "Are you speaking out of anger?"

Zheng Tong nodded: "Of course, it’s out of anger, he’s a lawyer, he wouldn’t make such a low-level mistake, but I don’t understand why they would go to the bridge to drink in the middle of the night? Ranran, do you know?"

"I don’t know why, but I believe that Qingchen, being a doctor, would absolutely not commit such an atrocious act!" Bei Ran sighed.

"What can we do now?" Zheng Tong also sighed, not expecting that the moment she received the news of Duan Feixun’s mishap, she would be anxious to rescue him!

Bei Ran looked serious, "Qingchen forbade me to have any contact with Song Xuyao, I don’t know what misunderstanding they have, but, I will never allow Song Xuyao to hurt him like this again!"

"Although Duan Feixun is officially my husband, we have developed a real relationship!" Zheng Tong continued, "Both emotionally and logically, I can’t just sit by idly! But I have no experience in this kind of thing!"

Bei Ran took out her phone, "I’ll call Zhuo Yufeng first!"

"Who is he?" asked Zheng Tong.

"He is the leader of the Major Crimes Unit B!" Bei Ran said, "He is also my childhood sweetheart who grew up with me. After graduating high school, he went to the police academy and we never met again! Remember the last time we were brought back to the Jiaoyang Club by Song Xuyao? That’s when we got back in touch."

"Really just childhood sweethearts?" Zheng Tong chuckled.

Bei Ran recalled the scenes from their childhood, "During childhood games, I was his bride!"

Zheng Tong nodded, "Hurry up and call him, ask about the situation!"

"It seems that Lawyer Duan is quite charming!" Bei Ran said while dialing, "See? He has already captured our Dr. Zheng..."

"Stop teasing me!" Zheng Tong looked at her, "I don’t know why, but it’s beyond my expectations!"

By now, Bei Ran had already gotten through to Zhuo Yufeng, who asked her, "Where are you?"

"I’m at Sister Tong’s dental clinic," said Bei Ran.

Zhuo Yufeng closed his car door with one hand, "I’m nearby, I’ll come to pick you up!"

Bei Ran hung up the phone and told Zheng Tong, "He’s on his way!"

Zheng Tong and Bei Ran walked out of the clinic and waited by the roadside for Zhuo Yufeng to arrive.

Soon, Zhuo Yufeng’s car arrived!

He first gave Bei Ran a big hug, "A woman changes at eighteen, you’ve become even more beautiful! This is our first formal meeting since we graduated from high school!"

"Yes! Sir Zhuo..." Bei Ran looked at his rugged features, his face brimming with a sunny smile.

A man like Zhuo Yufeng was naturally suited to be a police officer, with his prominent features, and the years of experience in the police force had made him a formidable figure that criminals feared!

"Yufeng, this is my close friend Zheng Tong!" Bei Ran introduced, "The Lawyer Duan who was taken by Song Xuyao is her husband, and he also took Qingchen away..."

Zhuo Yufeng nodded, speaking righteously, "I’ve just received the news too, don’t worry, your problems are my problems! But, do you know if the two of them were really just drinking on the bridge? If there’s evidence proving they didn’t leave the bridge, Song Xuyao can’t do anything to them!"

Bei Ran said, "What’s weird is, Song Xuyao only has pictures of their car on the bridge, but there’s no footage of them drinking on the bridge at any angle, it’s clearly a cover-up!"

"Of course, it’s not ruled out that Song Xuyao is deliberately targeting Gu Qingchen, using this as a pretext to detain them for 48 hours," Zhuo Yufeng agreed with Bei Ran’s statement, "But it’s also possible that the two of them were really not on the bridge, and could have gone somewhere else! I heard that Duan Feixun refuses to talk! He’s very familiar with the police interrogation procedures, after 48 hours without evidence, they have to release them!"

"Yufeng, are you saying, Qingchen and Lawyer Duan might have a secret, that they did more than just drink on the bridge that night, there’s something else!" Bei Ran thought for a while and then asked Zheng Tong, "Sister Tong, does Lawyer Duan have any secrets?"

Zheng Tong shook her head, "I truly don’t know him well! What about Qingchen? Do you think he could have secrets?"

Bei Ran pondered, "I’ve been married to him for four years, he’s a man who doesn’t mess around! He wouldn’t even have a scandalous girlfriend, he definitely wouldn’t meet another woman behind my back!"

Bei Ran thought for a while and opened the map on her phone, looking at places near the bridge that Gu Qingchen might go to.

"Did you find something?" Zhuo Yufeng asked her.