Seeing the crime scene flashbacks made me the darling of the police station.

Chapter 312 Something is wrong
Su Miaoyi and the others looked at Tian Min.

I felt that Tian Min really believed in the Goat Horn God; her eyes lit up when she talked about him.

Some. The light of clear worship.

Tian Min gestured with her hands.

The translator said, "It's true. It's the Goat Horn God protecting me, protecting Yanjing Village, and punishing the wicked."

"You mean, you told the Goat Horned God about their crimes, and the Goat Horned God killed them?" Duan Wenrui asked.

Tian Min nodded.

"You want to kill them?" Duan Wenrui looked at her.

Tian Min was stunned for a moment, then quickly waved her hands and shook her head, forgetting sign language for a moment. After a few seconds, she finally made the gesture.

“She said, ‘I didn’t, I didn’t, I didn’t want to kill them. I just hated them, so I went to tell the Goat Horn God these things. I just didn’t want to hear them say such nasty things anymore, I didn’t want to see them anymore, I didn’t want to kill them, I never thought of it. Their deaths were punishment from the Goat Horn God.’”

Tian Min gestured anxiously.

"I didn't, I didn't."

Su Miaoyi asked, "Do you have any friends in Changshi?"

Tian Min's anxious expression hadn't faded yet. She thought about her question for a moment, then shook her head.

"Besides helping your aunt and brother sell things in Changshi, what else do you do in your spare time?" Su Miaoyi asked.

The translator looked at Tian Min and said, "I don't usually like to go out. When I have nothing to do, I just do handicrafts in my rented room. I don't like going out or making friends."

"You'll help out at your brother's butcher shop."

Tian Min nodded.

"Do you debone it?"

Tian Min nodded.

The translator said, "I can't speak, and when they're busy, I can only help with things like deboning and cutting meat; there's not much else I can do to help."

Su Miaoyi nodded, indicating that she understood.

"Do you suspect that I killed them?" the translator asked.

"Yes," Su Miaoyi answered directly.

Tian Min's eyes widened, and she frantically shook her head and waved her hands.

“It wasn’t me, it wasn’t me. I disliked them, but I never wanted them to die. They died as punishment from the ram-horned god, I didn’t kill them, it wasn’t me.”

“We will find out the truth,” Duan Wenrui said.

Su Miaoyi and the others came out of the interrogation room, and Lu Zhishen also returned from Tian Min's house.

“We did find some of her handicrafts at her home.” Lu Zhishen showed them the photos he had taken. “Not many, they were all hidden in the closet in Tian Min’s own room. After opening the closet, there was another closet door inside, which was locked.”

Su Miaoyi and the others flipped through the photos on their phones; there weren't many handmade items.

Besides her handicrafts, there are also tools, glue, paint, and the like.

“Tian Shi said that most of them are in rented rooms in Changshi, and there are not many left at home now,” Lu Zhishen said. “Tian Shi said that when Tian Min has nothing to do, she likes to do these things to pass the time, but Yue Hong doesn’t like her doing these things. If she sees what she makes, she will smash or burn it. So when Tian Min does these things at home, she does them secretly in her room. After she finishes them, she hides them so that Yue Hong can’t see them.”

“Tian Min said the same thing,” Su Miaoyi said.

"It should be true," Duan Wenrui said.

They all nodded.

“The most secluded place in her house is the cabinet where she keeps her handicrafts. Tian Shi showed us the rest of the house, but we didn’t find any masks, black robes, knives, or medicine,” Lu Zhishen said. “We also didn’t find any secret rooms or cellars.”

“It’s very likely that the murderer is another person,” Su Miaoyi said. “Yes. I also asked Tian Shi and Tian Xuan about Tian Min’s friends in Changshi,” Lu Zhishen said. “They both said that Tian Min doesn’t go out much except to help sell goods. The three of them eat and live together, and Tian Min doesn’t have many friends outside. She’s mostly in contact with the two of them.”

“We checked Tian Min’s phone, and her contacts are indeed very simple. Apart from some online buyers, there are only her parents, her younger brother, and her aunt’s family. There are no other people,” Duan Wenrui said. “We also checked her call records, and there were no signs of deletion. Her contacts are also very simple. Apart from her aunt, there are only delivery and takeout contacts. Perhaps because she cannot speak, she mostly communicates through WeChat and text messages. She rarely makes phone calls, and the calls are very short.”

Su Miaoyi looked at Lu Zhishen: "When you were at her house, how were Tian Shi and Tian Xuan?"

“Because Tian Min was at the police station, both of them seemed very anxious and were somewhat distracted when they spoke,” Lu Zhishen said. “Tian Xuan kept fidgeting with his fingers, and Tian Shi answered most of the questions. Tian Shi was also very anxious and couldn’t concentrate on listening to my questions.”

"Where is Yue Hong?" Chu Xingrou asked.

"She didn't react much. When I came out after asking her, she was asleep." Lu Zhishen leaned against the table, twirling the pen in his hand.

Chu Xingrou: "."

Su Miaoyi looked at Lu Zhishen again: "What are you thinking about?"

Lu Zhishen looked down at her: "I'm wondering if what they said is true or false. They were both too anxious, and their answers were distracted. I'm not sure if they were lying, and I'm not sure if their anxiety and worry were mixed with a bit of guilt."

"I'll ask again tomorrow," Su Miaoyi said.

Lu Zhishen nodded.

The sun is setting, and it's getting dark again.

There's no news yet regarding profile matching.

Duan Wenrui and Zhao Yongliang resumed their patrols.

Su Miaoyi and the others watched the video recording of Tian Min's interrogation.

“I can’t see any flaws,” Chu Xingrou said. “If everything she’s doing right now is a disguise, then that’s incredibly impressive.”

Su Miaoyi dragged the progress bar.

Chu Xingrou and Lu Zhishen watched together.

When Tian Min heard the sound of the song being repaired, she was startled.

"What's wrong?" Chu Xingrou asked.

"Don't you think she was a little scared when she shrugged?" Su Miaoyi went back and played it again. She felt something was off, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it.

So she looked at Chu Xingrou and Lu Zhishen.

They were both looking at her.

"What is it?" Lu Zhishen asked.

"It's a bit strange," Su Miaoyi said. "Don't you guys think so?"

The two of them read it carefully several more times.

"You seem genuinely scared; you were really startled." Chu Xingrou looked at Tian Min's expression and realized she was truly frightened, not faking it.

Lu Zhishen watched for a while, then dragged the progress bar to the beginning, showing Tian Min's expression when she saw the mask.

Tian Min was also startled when she saw the mask.

The three of them watched the video repeatedly.

Chu Xingrou suddenly stood up and said, "I remember now. When we played a song on the stereo at her house, she was also startled. Although her expression and reaction to being startled were very real, and she looked genuinely frightened, not faking it, her expression and reaction to being startled were too similar on these three occasions."

Su Miaoyi looked at Chu Xingrou and nodded.

“Not bad,” Lu Zhishen said. “It’s realistic, but it’s too formulaic.”

“Yes. It’s like being programmed,” Su Miaoyi said. “This ‘program’ is the reaction after being frightened, and it’s very realistic. But this reaction occurs whenever I’m frightened. Because I’m not really scared, I just execute this ‘program’ every time.”

(End of this chapter)