CHAPTER 176: 97. WOMEN’S MOST HATED MEN’S UNSPEAKABLE SECRET_2

Jia Tianzi’s eyes flashed: "That’s right, it might have been ’collected like stamps’ by the killer."

Guan Liang opened his mouth wide: "The killer has a fetish for collecting police badges. Does this mean he also has a habit of killing police? Could it be that we’ve run into a serial killer who specializes in killing police officers?"

Tang Yanqing and Jia Tianzi exchanged a glance and raised their eyebrows.

Tang Yanqing then lowered his gaze to look at the knife wound on Sean’s chest. The cuts weren’t arranged haphazardly but showed a regular spacing. This further confirmed the killer’s highly orderly personality and fully validated his cold-blooded nature.

Even stabbing someone in the chest could be done with such calmness and methodical order... It shows his contempt for Sean and even for life itself.

Tang Yanqing narrowed his eyes.

From the arrangement of the wounds, he could imagine that moment when Sean’s mouth was tightly covered, while the killer slowly raised his chin in the darkness.

Arrogant, as if he was a god who could control life and death, granting or taking it away at will.

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Before dawn, Shi Nian and Spicy Girl’s room door was knocked on.

Spicy Girl had been crying all night and had just barely fallen asleep. Shi Nian quickly got up to answer the door, only to see it was Guan Liang.

Shi Nian asked in a low voice: "Sir, is there something?"

Guan Liang’s gaze moved past Shi Nian to fall on Spicy Girl, who was curled up exhausted under the blanket. He sighed sympathetically: "Sorry, but we need to take Zhou Ping back for a statement. Someone saw Zhou Ping enter the campus police office yesterday evening and seemed to have had a dispute with Sean."

Although Guan Liang wasn’t speaking loudly, Spicy Girl woke up, jumped up, and looked absolutely desperate: "Sir, you think I killed him? Why am I so lucky? After S died, I was made the prime suspect. Now that Sean is dead, I’m the prime suspect again! Sir, isn’t this just bullying?! Just because I’m not a citizen of this country, you’ve never thought to respect my basic rights, haven’t you?!"

Guan Liang tried to speak soothingly: "There’s no implication in what I’m saying right now. I’m just asking you to come and assist the police investigation. Please come with me."

Shi Nian quickly put on an outer garment and reached out to support Spicy Girl: "Don’t be afraid. I’ll go with you."

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Spicy Girl entered the interrogation room, standing nervously behind the one-way mirror gazing at herself.

Unexpectedly, when the door opened, in walked a policewoman.

To her surprise, it was Tang Yan Yi!

Shi Nian turned to Tang Yanqing, looking at him in shock.

Tang Yanqing frowned slightly: "It’s not my arrangement. It’s the bureau’s protocol. Since Zhou Ping is a woman, the bureau generally believes using a female officer for the first interview is more appropriate. Currently, there aren’t many female officers at the bureau capable of working on major cases—only her."

Shi Nian refocused her gaze.

Well, she wanted to see Tang Yan Yi in action.

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Tang Yan Yi, in her police uniform, had her long, straight black hair neatly tied back into a bun, making her look even more valiant and spirited.

She sat down opposite Spicy Girl, not in a hurry to ask questions, but silently observed Spicy Girl for a few minutes.

Spicy Girl indeed started to feel flustered.

Only then did Tang Yan Yi show a slight smile and got up to walk to the door: "You’re thirsty. I’ll get you something to drink. Water, tea, or coffee?"

Shi Nian drew in a breath and turned to look at Tang Yanqing: "She’s testing Spicy Girl’s micro-expression baseline."

In taking statements, more trials of wit and courage are found in analyzing micro-expressions, and the premise for the effective analysis of micro-expressions lies in determining the subject’s micro-reaction baseline.

Simply put, the micro-reactions shown when a person tells the truth can serve as a basic reference. Once the baseline is established, the micro-expressions of a lie can be compared against it.

Tang Yanqing shrugged slightly: "Don’t underestimate her. She’s the daughter of my second uncle, a top student in the police academy, and has attended the FBI recruitment training and received special training from the FBI’s behavior analysis unit experts."

"Oh," Shi Nian couldn’t help feeling a bit humbled and lowered her head: "She’s way more advanced than someone like me who came up the hard way."

Tang Yanqing crossed his arms and sneered: "Are you trying to say that my student is necessarily worse than her?"

"Oh?"

His words came suddenly, and Shi Nian had to straighten out her logic before she smiled in understanding: "Hmm, you mean the Tang Family also has internal competitions?"

Her tense heart finally relaxed.

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Spicy Girl’s initial account was clearly reserved. From the pauses in her speech and her deliberate choice of words, it was evident. It’s understandable; this involves private matters, and girls, especially Chinese girls, can’t easily talk about such things.