Six in the evening.
In the bedroom, Qin He sat in front of the computer, chatting with Qian Zi Mo in the elder group of Qing Yan Fu.
Her fingers quickly tapped on the keyboard, and soon she had connected all the surveillance cameras around the Qin family and the research institute to her computer.
She then wrote a small piece of code that could automatically identify strangers and acquaintances. Qin He copied the facial data of Di Shi Shi and others into it.
From now on, the cameras could intelligently identify people, so no matter who with ill intentions sneaked into the Qin family, an alarm would sound immediately.
In the group, Jue Qing Liu Mang sent in several task screenshots.
Jue Qing Liu Mang: [Mo, why do I feel like the task prices have dropped recently?]
Mo: [It's almost the New Year, and more members are taking on jobs.]
Jue Qing Liu Mang: [Does our line of work have peak and off-peak seasons?]
Qin He watched them chat, resting her chin on her hand, carefully analyzing the purpose of the other party's pursuit of Wan Fang Lun.
She had read the copied content of Wan Fang Lun so thoroughly over this long period.
Yet, she hadn't found any clues.
Could the other party's goal not be the content of the book, but the book itself?
Qin He stood up and walked to the window, drawing the curtains. She reached for the treasure chest on the bedside table and slowly felt around the bottom of the box. Finally, she managed to pry out a small, slightly raised hard spot, and the bottom of the box opened up.
Qin He took out the book and slowly opened the hidden compartment.
Half an hour later, Qin He held the book Wan Fang Lun in her hands.
Since the content was not the issue, it had to be the book.
She squeezed the paper; it was very thin, and there couldn't be a hidden compartment inside.
Qin He frowned. There were no patterns on the paper either. Why did these people want this book? What were they looking for?
As Qin He was flipping through Wan Fang Lun, there was a rapid knocking sound from outside the door.
"Who is it?"
Ming Yu Zhu's voice came from outside, her tone urgent and flustered as she knocked.
"He'er, hurry and open the door. Xue'er is in trouble."
Qin He quickly shoved Wan Fang Lun under the quilt and walked quickly to open the door.
"Mom, calm down, tell me slowly!" Qin He said.
Ming Yu Zhu looked terrified.
"The police station just called me and said your sister and Gu Ran Ran from the Gu family have been arrested. They are suspected of—"
"Suspected of what, hurry and tell me!" Qin He urged.
Ming Yu Zhu gritted her teeth: "They are suspected of intentional homicide!"
Qin He's mind went blank.
"Impossible!"
Although Ming Xue was carefree, she was honest and kind. She would usually get revenge immediately if she had a grievance, at most it would be a fight.
"But He'er, you also know that they wouldn't usually detain someone as a suspect unless they were more than ninety percent certain!"
Ming Yu Zhu clenched her hands: "This is very troublesome. Let's go to the police station immediately and bail Xue'er out!"
Qin He nodded: "Okay! We'll see Xue'er first!"
She turned back, changed her jacket, and directly stuffed the book Wan Fang Lun into the inner pocket of her jacket.
Without any precautions, she didn't want to leave Wan Fang Lun at home.
Ming Yu Zhu and Qin He rushed out of the Qin family and headed to the police station where Ming Xue and Gu Ran Ran were being held.
After entering, the police first called Qin He in for questioning, mostly about Ming Xue's childhood experiences and psychological state.
Qin He was a little anxious: "Officer, my sister has been timid since she was little. She's even afraid to kill a cockroach, how could she kill someone?"
"That's not necessarily true. We've encountered many cases before where people claimed they couldn't even kill a chicken, but in the end, they had the courage to dismember a body."
After speaking, the police looked at Qin He's pale face.
"However, please rest assured, if your sister is not related to this case, we will definitely clear her name and release her unconditionally."
After a series of investigations, Qin He and Ming Yu Zhu finally met Ming Xue.
"Xue'er, what exactly happened?"
Qin He asked Ming Xue through the bars. She had to know what had happened for Ming Xue to be accused of murder.
Ming Xue sobbed and ran to the railing, wanting to hug Qin He but being separated by the bars.
"Sister, Ming Jun was murdered!"
Xiang Ming Jun?
Qin He's eyes widened. Wasn't that Ming Xue's boyfriend? But if Xiang Ming Jun was dead, why would the police suspect Ming Xue?
"Xiang Ming Jun drowned in the swan lake in the south campus of our school," Ming Xue said, wiping her tears.
"The police checked the surveillance footage from those days and said there were no signs of anyone passing by on the roads, only I went there."
"This is not evidence, only suspicion," Qin He said coldly.
Ming Xue seemed to still be in shock from her grief.
"Sister, how could I kill Ming Jun? I loved him so much! Yes, we quarreled the night before, but he asked me to go to the swan lake the next day." Ming Xue said anxiously.
"We always argued like this before. If he wanted to apologize, he would wait for me at the swan lake. If I accepted his apology, I would go to the swan lake to see him."
"That night, Ming Jun called me and said he was at the school's swan lake and asked me to come over to talk."
"I thought he must be going to apologize for the argument the day before, so I went. But when I got there, I couldn't find him after searching for a long time. I thought he was playing a trick on me, but he wouldn't answer my calls or reply to my messages, so I just went back."
Qin He frowned as she listened: "Is that all?"
If that was really all, why would the police detain Ming Xue?
Usually, for such matters, suspects would only be detained after solid evidence was found, because once detained, there was usually no room for error.
"Yes, that's really all. Sister, even you don't believe me?"
Ming Xue looked at Qin He with a wronged expression, tears streaming down her face.
"Sister, my relationship with Ming Jun has always been very good. Although we often bickered, we had already planned to get married and have several children after marriage—"
Ming Xue's face was pale, and tears welled up in her eyes as she thought of Xiang Ming Jun.
Qin He thought for a moment: "Then why did Gu Ran Ran become an accessory?"
"What, Ran Ran became an accessory?!"
Ming Xue's face froze.
"When I came in that day, they asked me if I had any accomplices. I said I didn't kill anyone, and I wasn't even the principal offender, so how could there be an accomplice!"
Qin He nodded. Ming Yu Zhu looked at Ming Xue, her heart aching terribly.
Qin He instructed: "Mom, you stay here and keep Ming Xue company for a while, I'll go ask the police about the situation!"
Saying that, she walked out the door.
Clearly, someone was framing Ming Xue! She had to find out who it was as soon as possible.
The person behind this must have great power. If they delayed any longer and the case was irrevocably sealed, she would have no chance to save Ming Xue!
After leaving Ming Xue, Qin He directly sought out the investigating police officer.
She relayed Ming Xue's words to the police. The officer she spoke to was the man in charge of Ming Xue's case. He looked to be in his thirties and listened to Qin He's words with a stern expression.
"Miss, please don't get agitated, but your sister hasn't told you the whole story."