Chapter 121 Suspected Murderer

you, but when I ask you for something trivial, you refuse me. How can I believe that you'll keep your word" Cold Ice let out a cold snort.When Lei Jun, who hadn't committed suicide yet, heard this, h...Chapter 123: Unexpected Escape Xia Tian naturally shook his head: "No, it's with another wife!"

"Xia Tian, be honest!" Mao Biao couldn't bear to watch anymore. "How could you possibly have so many wives"

"Hey, it's none of your business if I have a lot of wives!" Xia Tian looked at Mao Biao. "If you're jealous, just say it!"

"Jealous I... " Mao Biao wanted to flare up.

"Mao Biao!" Ge Lei gave a low shout.

Mao Biao immediately quieted down but his gaze at Xia Tian was somewhat unfriendly.

"Xia Tian, you said that last night you were with a woman. We need her contact information to verify it." Ge Lei could still maintain his calmness; he truly lived up to being an old detective.

"Alright, but please don't call her right now because she's still sleeping." Xia Tian first gave them instructions before saying out Liu Yunman's phone number.

Unfortunately, the detectives did not actually listen to Xia Tian. No sooner had they gotten the phone number than someone dialed Liu Yunman.

Ouyunman, who was on her way to work, learned that Xia Tian had been arrested and rushed to the police station. On the way, she called Qiao Xiaoqiao, who then contacted Qiao Donghai. Qiao Donghai subsequently made a call to Huang Haitao, after which he realized that this situation was quite problematic.

Jin Gang indeed died; before his death, Xia Tian had smashed him with beer bottles in front of hundreds of witnesses, and Xia Tian himself admitted it. Although Xia Tian believed that two beer bottles wouldn't kill Jin Gang, the other small thugs who were beaten by Xia Tian remained fine. The issue was that no one saw anyone else attacking Jin Gang after Xia Tian's assault, and even the forensic pathologist confirmed that Jin Gang died from blunt force trauma to his head.

This means that the police have already determined that Jin Gang died at Xia Tian’s hands; the only question is whether it was murder or excessive self-defense. Clearly, the police don't want to consider this as legitimate self-defense.

According to the police's logic, Jin Gang merely threatened to beat Xia Tian to a pulp, but before anyone could act on that threat, Xia Tian attacked him; how can that be considered legitimate self-defense This infuriated Qiao Donghai. If they argued like this, wouldn't Xia Tian have to endure being beaten first for it to count as self-defense

In reality, Qiao Donghai was well aware that the issue wasn't here; someone deliberately wanted to frame Xia Tian, and that person was none other than Lin Zihao, who had just been robbed of his fiancée by Xia Tian.

As a former Jianghai's first young master, Lin Zihao wielded considerable influence. In fact, his father was the current Secretary of the Provincial Committee of Pinghai Province, Lin He. Although the Lin family was newcomers to Jianghai City and had no established roots there, given that Lin He was the highest official in Pinghai Province, how many people would dare defy him

Even more surprisingly, Deputy Governor Ji Nan also bizarrely intervened in this case, demanding that the police handle it impartially and not release suspects easily under pressure. In essence, Ji Nan's words clearly told Huang Haitao that he shouldn't let Xia Tian go even if pressured by the Qiao family. Consequently, Huang Haitao naturally dared not act rashly.

In fact, even Qiaode’s second uncle, Deputy Governor Qiao, had already instructed him to stay out of this matter. As a result, Xia Tian's situation became even more precarious.

However, although the Qiao family remained neutral in this affair, Qiao Donghai did not. He personally went to the police station to meet with Xia Tian.

"Summer, this time someone wants to frame you. Uncle Er said that the Qiao family won't help you, but I will help you privately." Qiao Donghai spoke up, "I've already asked the people at the police station; they told me that you didn't admit to killing Jingang, right"

"It wasn't me who killed him in the first place," Summer replied irritably. "What's with these cops If it weren’t for Officer Lotus sending me here, I wouldn't even care about them. They actually kept me locked up and interrogating me endlessly. When will they let me go"

Qiao Donghai gave a bitter smile: "Summer, you need to be prepared mentally; you may have to stay at the police station for a while."

"This place is no fun at all, and I don't want to stay here long," Summer pouted. "I still wanted to eat lunch with Officer Lotus."

“Summer, I'll try my best, but you probably won’t be able to leave today for lunch,” Qiao Donghai had to tell her the truth.

However, Summer didn't seem to care: “If they don’t let me go, I’ll just leave on my own.”

This shocked Qiao Donghai. "Summer, you absolutely can't run away; that would make things even more complicated!"

"What could be so complicated If I hadn’t come here by myself, no one would have been able to catch me," Summer said nonchalantly.

Qiao Donghai felt a headache coming on. How was he going to convince Summer not to run away

Muttering to himself, Qiao Donghai spoke up and said, "Summer, actually this matter isn’t that troublesome. Fang Kun’s death was witnessed by Liu Yunman, who cleared you of suspicion. As for your relationship with Isabella, Liu Yunman also made it clear that you only met her last night. Therefore, the current trouble you’re in is merely excessive self-defense resulting in Jin Gang's death."

"Jin Gang wasn’t killed by me," Summer couldn't help but interject.

Qiao Donghai shook his head and said, "Summer, until we find evidence that someone else harmed Jin Gang, this matter will have to be pinned on you. However, this isn’t a serious issue. Let me quickly arrange for a lawyer to handle your bail. Just wait patiently; perhaps by noon today, you’ll be out."

Though he said this, Qiao Donghai felt uncertain inside because now Lin Zihao was targeting Summer. If it weren't for Lin Zihao's interference, the case could have been ruled as self-defense. Jin Gang wasn’t exactly a good person to begin with, and no one would sympathize with his death. But after Lin Zihao got involved, things changed drastically. And on the side of the police station, they probably wouldn't release Summer on bail either; how could Lin Zihao be willing to let Summer go so easily

"Alright then, if they don’t let me out by noon, I’ll just leave myself," Summer casually remarked.

Qiao Donghai was about to say something when the interrogation room door swung open and Ge Lei walked in.

"Summer, you can go now," Ge Lei’s expression was strange.

"What" Qiao Donghai thought he misunderstood what he heard.

"Someone turned themselves in and confessed to secretly harming Jin Gang after he was taken to the hospital, as well as killing Fang Kun afterward. Since the real culprit has been apprehended, Summer can naturally go now," Ge Lei explained briefly; he knew Qiao Donghai’s background.

Qiao Dong was momentarily speechless. Did that mean all his efforts were in vain If someone turned themselves in, he wouldn't need to do anything, and Xia Tian would be fine!

A thought flashed through Xia Tian's mind, and then he asked, "Is the person turning themselves in Isabella"

Ge Lei looked at Xia Tian in surprise: "How did you know"

"That woman, Isabella, actually turned herself in" Qiao Dong was also quite surprised.

After a brief pause, Qiao Dong hurriedly said, "Forget it. Never mind all that, Xia Tian, let's go!"

Xia Tian, however, looked at Ge Lei and asked, "Where is Isabella I want to see her."

"Just so happens, Isabella requested to see you," Ge Lei looked at Xia Tian with a rather strange expression. "This is also the only condition she has for giving a full confession."

Hearing this, Qiao Dong was taken aback again. Wasn't it said that Isabella and Xia Tian had just met last night Why did he feel like there was something unusual about their relationship

A few minutes later, Xia Tian moved from one interrogation room to another; of course, by then, he wasn't considered a suspect anymore, so the handcuffs had been removed. In this new interrogation room, he saw Isabella, who was as seductive and alluring as ever.

Isabella was still dressed as she had been last night, but now there were handcuffs on her hands. Upon seeing Xia Tian enter, she gave him a flirtatious smile and called out sweetly: "Husband!"

Gao Lei, who came in with her, looked somewhat strange. Could this woman really be Xia Tian's wife

"Officer, could you guys step outside for a moment I have something to whisper to my husband," Isabella said with a giggle at Gao Lei. This made him feel uncomfortable. The woman who had killed two people was acting as if nothing had happened at all; she didn't look like someone who had been arrested but rather like a tourist.

"I'll give you one minute." Gao Lei signaled to the other policeman in the interrogation room and then left with him.

Xia Tian looked at Isabella somewhat dissatisfiedly. "Sis Isabella, aren't you useless You don't need to kill someone so obviously that they get caught!"

Isabella gave Xia Tian a flirtatious glare: "You didn't even kill anyone and got arrested; that makes me more capable than you!"

As she spoke, Isabella stood up and walked toward Xia Tian. Soon enough, she was beside him, whispering into his ear with a soft voice: "At nine o'clock tonight, wait for me in room 1401 at Yihai Hotel. I've already booked the room under your name. Remember, go alone."

Just as Xia Tian was stunned by her words, he felt a warm and soft mouth press against his face—it was Isabella's kiss. Then she giggled and went back to sit on the chair.

Gao Lei pushed open the door just in time: "Time's up." his head and sighed: "Lin Zihao was more cautious than we thought. Although Yin Shijiu got a beating from us, it still made Lin Zihao suspicious of him. Actually, after we captured Yin Shijiu that ni...