087. Could He Really Be Innocent?

night.

After a satisfying meal, Lu Ban and Qin Tiantian walked out of the barbecue restaurant.

Some college students who didn't plan to go back to their dorms at night, instead focusing on playing games and battling it out on the server, would buy some late-night snacks from the small shops in the backstreets that were gradually closing up shop.

Next to the Northeast-style barbecue restaurant is an internet cafe, and the entrance is a slightly dark alley.

Lu Ban walked to the side and slightly behind Qin Tiantian. In his words, this angle allowed him to observe everything around him, and if anything strange suddenly appeared, he would be prepared.

As the two walked out of the store, the trash can diagonally opposite suddenly made a loud bang, startling Qin Tiantian, who quickly stepped back and hid behind Lu Ban.

It's a cat.

Lu Ban glanced over and saw that the scruffy cat that had been rummaging through the trash can had been startled by them and had quickly darted into the back alley.

"That scared me to death."

Qin Tiantian muttered something.

"During the day, you see a cat and can't walk, so you call it 'cutie,' but at night you'll scare it to death. The difference in treatment is huge."

Lu Ban made a joke.

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Qin Tiantian rolled her eyes at Lu Ban.

She looked at the trash can again.

It was almost all kitchen waste, along with cigarette boxes, lunch boxes, and beverage bottles. There was a wet waste bin and a dry waste bin, and the bin was full of garbage every day.

Qin Tiantian had only glanced at it casually, but she felt like she had seen something strange.

Is that a hand?

In that filthy trash can, filled with fruit peels, scraps of meat, and chicken bones, there was a hand buried inside.

The skin on the palm was damaged, and it wasn't a scratch; it looked like it had cracked due to the high temperature. Nevertheless, the shape of the five fingers was still visible. It was definitely not a prop, but a real human hand!

"Ah!"

Qin Tiantian cried out in surprise and stumbled into Lu Ban's arms.

"Please take care of her."

Lu Ban said something to the Air Friend next to him, and then told Qin Tiantian to stand at the back.

"Tell the boss to call the police."

He gave a command and moved closer to the trash can.

Lu Ban did not rashly reach out to disturb the scene, but simply took a quick look around.

The hand was probably cut open at the wrist, and there are obvious signs of charring on the surface, which are not normal burn marks.

"Hot oil. Deep-frying?"

Lu Ban arrived at this conclusion based on his limited culinary knowledge.

"Wait, the body is here! Could it be that the meat we just ate was vomited up?!"

Qin Tiantian leaned against the wall and immediately vomited up everything she had eaten that night.

The sound of sirens rang out in the distance, and the dim light from the streetlights in the alley cast deep shadows on Lu Ban's face.

"Name."

"Haven't we seen each other many times already, officer?"

"Follow the procedure, name."

"Lu Ban".

"Age."

"22 years old."

Lu Ban was being questioned at the police station. Sitting opposite him were Chen Danshen and He Youwu, whom he had met before.

"Officer, I'd like to ask, am I speaking to you as a witness?"

"Of course."

"Then why are there handcuffs on your table?"

Lu Ban glanced at the two police officers who were even more nervous than he was, and at the handcuffs placed on the table.

"We are professional police officers, and these are all routine procedures."

He Youwu sat up straight and said something.

"Tell me about your itinerary for today, and how you discovered the body?"

Chen Danshen took out her pen and began collecting evidence.

"Well, after I got up this morning, I had breakfast and then learned how to use some common movie transition techniques. After that, I had lunch, watched some videos, went to the balcony to photosynthesize, and chatted with my Air Friend for a while. Qin Tiantian asked me to have dinner, so I got ready and went out to eat. The two of us ate until just now. When we went out, there were stray cats in the trash can by the door, and we saw that hand in the trash can."

Lu Ban briefly outlined his itinerary.

"Photosynthesis... is it sunbathing?"

He Youwu muttered something, then noticed another word in Lu Ban's words.

"Air Friend, what's that?"

"It's an unseen friend; he's standing right there."

Upon hearing Lu Ban's words, He Youwu was startled. He felt the temperature in the room suddenly drop, as if someone was breathing on him from behind.

Chen Danshen, who was standing to the side, also looked rather unwell. He felt a stiffness in his neck, so he slowly turned his head and glanced behind him.

The walls were empty; there was nothing there.

"Don't talk nonsense."

I just finished looking at He Youwu behind me and broke out in a cold sweat. I have to give him a heads-up.

The two asked a few more questions before letting Lu Ban leave.

After they left, the two police officers remained silent for a while. He Youwu stood up, Door Opening to check outside, and then sat back down to look at the transcript.

"In recent murder cases, the killers have all dismembered the victims' bodies, and this should be one of them."

"He acted a bit deliberately, especially with his talk of 'Air Friend,' which is an exaggeration even for a mentally ill person."

"But if he really is the culprit, where did he get the time to commit the crime? Why would he take the initiative to call the police and become the first to discover it?"

"According to criminal psychology, some Pleasure Killer will return to their crime scene and leave in front of the police, perhaps for this reason."

"Is there a possibility of copycat crimes? If this case is classified as a serial murder case, as long as one suspect is cleared, it means that he will be cleared in all the cases. If it is a copycat crime, he can obtain an alibi from other cases."

"But we keep the details of this case confidential from the public; only insiders know about it. How did he find out the details?"

He Youwu and Chen Danshen took turns analyzing the possibility that Lu Ban was the culprit.

It wasn't until a knock came at the door that the two of them came to their senses.

He Youwu Door Opening and was surprised to see Lu Ban standing there.

"Is there... is there something you need?"

He felt a little uneasy. This was a police station; Lu Ban shouldn't do anything dangerous, right?

"I was in such a hurry that I realized my friend seems to be locked in his office, so I came to pick him up."

Lu Ban maintained a gentle smile.

"???"

The two policemen looked at each other and then at the empty room.

"Then we're leaving."

Lu Ban waved and disappeared around the corner of the corridor.

"Is he serious?"

He Youwu felt a little weak and didn't know how to describe his feelings.

"He probably just came back to check on things."

Chen Danshen's phone rang. He answered it and listened for a while.

"The other girl's statement has also been completed, and it is basically consistent with Lu Ban's. If they did not coordinate their statements in advance, then the two of them should not be considered major suspects."

He shared the news from his colleague.

"No way!"

He Youwu felt that it was a waste of Lu Ban's good looks if he didn't become a serial killer in a movie.

"Could it be... that he is truly innocent?"

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