Chapter 22 Chapter Four

At nine o'clock in the morning, Nie Ming, who was still dreaming sweetly, was awakened by a deep male voice. He opened his eyes and saw his father with a serious face. "Dad, what's the matter?" Nie Ming felt a little strange. His father had never woken him up before. "Get up, someone is looking for you." Father said calmly. "Who?" Nie Ming's father sat down by the bed with a puzzled face and asked, "What have you been doing these past few days?" Nie Ming frowned: "What do you mean?" His father looked at Nie Ming and said, "Do you know why people from the Serious Crime Squad of the Public Security Bureau came to you?"

"What? Serious Crime Squad!" Nie Ming rolled over from the bed: "What are they looking for me for?" "You really don't know why?" Nie Ming shook his head in confusion: "I can't think of anything that I would have anything to do with the serious crimes team." Father continued to stare at Nie Ming for a while, and then sighed: "They are sitting in the living room waiting for you. You should get dressed quickly and go talk to them." After speaking, he left Nie Ming's room . Nie Ming quickly got dressed as quickly as possible, and after washing, he came to the living room.

Sitting on the sofa were a burly middle-aged male police officer in his forties and a young policewoman who looked less than 30 years old. When they saw Nie Ming, they stood up together. The male police officer walked up to Nie Ming and showed his ID: "I am Liang Ye from the Serious Case Team of the Public Security Bureau, and she is my assistant Ji Lin. You——is Nie Ming?" Nie Ming nodded: "Officer Liang, what do you want from me?" Liang Ye looked at Nie Ming's parents who were standing beside him looking nervous, and said to them, "I'm sorry, we want to talk to your son alone."

"Let's talk in my room." Nie Ming said. He invited the two police officers from the serious crime team to his room and closed the door. After the two police officers sat down, Nie Ming made them two cups of tea, and then sat on the opposite chair.Ji Lin took out a notebook and a pen, ready to record. Liang Ye turned the teacup with both hands, suddenly raised his head and asked, "Do you know what happened last night?" Nie Ming was startled: "I don't know, I went to bed very early last night. Why, what happened?" Liang Ye and his assistant looked at each other, and then said slowly and clearly: "Lawyer Song Tairan, who was with you yesterday afternoon, fell from the balcony of his house to his death at 8:30 last night."

"What!" Nie Ming yelled, jumping up from his chair, "Lawyer Song...is dead?" Liang Ye nodded slightly and said, "You really don't know?" "How would I know! After I separated from Lawyer Song yesterday afternoon, I never saw him again." "You said you stayed at home last night and didn't go anywhere?" "yes." "Who else can prove it besides your parents?" "Wait," Nie Ming frowned suddenly, "What do you mean by asking that? What do you think Lawyer Song's death has to do with me?" "Mr. Nie, you have to understand that what we are doing now is a routine, please support and cooperate." Liang Ye said.

"Well," Nie Ming sighed helplessly, "I don't think anyone can prove it except my parents. However, I want to know that Lawyer Song and I only met yesterday afternoon—why? You will investigate me after his death?" Liang Ye and his assistant looked at each other: "We learned from the investigation that Lawyer Song went to Yu's Manor yesterday afternoon - at that time, you were there too. And we arrived this morning - that is, just now Yu's family went to have a conversation with Mrs. Sima, where we learned something like this—" He took a sip of tea, and then said: "Mrs. Sima told me roughly what you guys did yesterday afternoon. Among them, two things caught my attention: first, that little book—of course, you know what I said Which book is it? According to Mrs. Sima, you made an appointment at the time that Lawyer Song would read it first, and then you would read it. However, after Lawyer Song finished reading this book, he suddenly changed his mind and did not intend to hand it over to you. and insisted on taking that notebook home.”

"Then, maybe we can understand it this way—in this book, there are some things that you can't know—this is why Attorney Song decided not to hand it over to you after reading the book. Right?" Nie Ming frowned and didn't comment. Liang Ye continued: "Second point, the maid of Yu's family told me that Lawyer Song ran out in a panic after reading the book in the study for about half an hour, and called you outside to talk—then, Your conversation must be related to the content in the small notebook, and it is very crucial. Afterwards, Lawyer Song left the Yujia manor and returned home. Two hours later, he fell to his death. That is to say—you, It was the last person he had contact with before he died. Mr. Nie, now you know why we came to you, right?"

Nie Ming glanced at Liang Ye, who was staring at him with scrutiny. "You mean, I'm a suspect in the police, right?" "I can only tell you frankly that the situation is indeed against you." "Very well, then, Mr. Inspector. Regarding the two questions you just mentioned--first, you said that there were things in that book that I could not know--this is impossible. Because the owner of this book Before he died, Cheng personally asked me to find this book and follow it after reading it. If I can’t let me know what is written in this book, how could he say such things to me?”

After listening to Nie Ming's words, Liang Ye blinked: "Mr. Nie, haven't you noticed the problem here?" "what?" "Yu Cheng is dead, what he said to you before he died, in fact, only you know, don't you?" "Could it be...you suspect that I tampered with Yu Cheng's last words?" Nie Ming stood up from his chair. "We are the police, and we can only agree with the facts—the fact now is that you really can't prove that Yu Cheng's last words are what you said. So, please sit down and talk about what I just said My second question—what did the old lawyer say to you that afternoon?"

Nie Ming stood for a few seconds, then sat down on the chair slowly, thought for a while, and said, "Yes, the old lawyer called me to the yard after reading the notebook, but he didn't tell me at all that there was something written in the notebook. What is it. He just seemed very flustered, and he told me that what was recorded in this book was not ordinary financial issues, but some hidden facts... and he also said that he was going to verify these things. As far as I know Yes, that's all." "Mr. Nie, don't you think..." "I think, I think! You will think that the conversation between Lawyer Song and me is only known to the two of us. Now that he is dead, you can't tell whether I'm telling the truth, right?"

"Please understand that we do need evidence." "I don't have any evidence. How would I know? Anyway, everyone who came into contact with me is dead..." At this point, Nie Ming suddenly felt a little creepy, and he stopped. Liang Ye stared at Nie Ming for a while, and said, "The last question, did you go straight home after you came out of Yu's Manor? Do you remember when you came home?" "Yes, I went home directly. Let me think about it. It was... six thirty, I can remember." "Okay." Officer Liang said, and he looked at Ji Lin who had been recording beside him. "So, Officer Liang." Nie Ming said, "May I ask you a few questions?"