Brother Liu said Meng Yifan would be detained for 48 hours.
The situation looked very bad for him.
The police would not casually detain someone for that long unless they were a major suspect.
Of course, before he was convicted, no one could say that Meng Yifan had killed anyone.
But now, even Song Xiaotian and I were no longer sure whether Meng Yifan was innocent.
After hearing what Brother Liu said, I was already panicking.
"Brother Liu, sorry for the trouble, but please help us go see Meng Yifan."
We could not see him right now, nor could we ask him the truth.
"Sure." Brother Liu did not refuse. "What do you want me to see him for?"
I said, "Ask him whether he really killed them, and tell him to answer honestly, down to the last detail. If he really did kill someone, tell him to admit it to the police so we can get him a lawyer."
Brother Liu nodded. "No problem. It's not much of a breach of the rules. Wait for my call tomorrow."
After dinner, Song Xiaotian and I returned to Meng Yifan's home.
Meng Yifan had bought this place the year before last. Now that Tao Xiaoyu was gone, he lived there alone.
Just yesterday, he had been saying that once the lease on my place expired, I should not renew it. He wanted Song Xiaotian and me to move straight in with him.
Yet today, the police had taken him away.
I was terrified that he really had killed someone. If so, he might never have the chance to live in this house again.
That evening, Song Xiaotian and I stayed in the living room discussing what to do. If Meng Yifan really had killed someone, we had to get him the