Then let them offer their loyalty!

He had multiple interrogation drugs remaining in his body, a fractured little finger on his right hand, and several external injuries and bruises on his body. However, none of them were life-threatening.

Next came the surveillance video brought back by the Information Monitoring Division.

The surveillance footage shows that after the interrogation and physical examination, Yin Caimei was sent back to the detention cell. Afterwards, she behaved perfectly normally in the cell, and no other personnel approached her.

Until 6 p.m. yesterday, Yin Caimei finished her dinner and sat on the bed to rest, even picking up a book to read.

As a result, when she was reading until 9 p.m., Yin Caimei suddenly fell off the bed and onto the floor.

The guards patrolling outside noticed something was wrong and quickly opened the guardhouse to check. They found that she was already dead.

And that's because Qiu Tu took over the case.

Therefore, all the evidence, such as the book Yin Caimei was reading and the leftover food from that night, has now been handed over to the investigation team.

Qiu Tu didn't pay attention to anything else. Instead, he put on his gloves and picked up the book that Yin Caimei had been reading before she died.

It was a book with a black cover, which looked somewhat oppressive and eerie.

The title on the cover is: Brave New World.

Qiu Tu opened the book, and on the title page was a line of elegant handwriting:

Death is merely the disappearance of the physical body; the spirit remains connected to the world. Only a world where the spirit endures is the last hope for our people, who have suffered so much.

After reading the contents of the title page, Qiu Tu frowned, then opened the book and flipped through a few pages.

The book contains mostly metaphysical theories or descriptions of the "eternal spiritual world," and nothing else.

But... for some reason, Qiu Tu felt a vague unease while reading this book.

An average person might not think much of this book and just see it as an ordinary book. But Qiu Tu is a cataclysmic being.

He truly knew that above the physical world existed a spiritual world called the "Boundless Sea of ​​the Heart".

That is the source of the world's catastrophe, and also the source of all extraordinary beings' use of extraordinary power.

This book also depicts a spiritual world, and even encourages people to approach that world through death.

Was this a coincidence? Or was it intentional?

Furthermore... who gave this book to Yin Caimei? What was their purpose?

With this in mind, Qiu Tu immediately arranged for Liu Fuping and Song Qing to investigate the source of the book.

Perhaps because it wasn't a secret, the answer came quickly: Yin Caimei brought the book in herself.

Because of her special status, after her arrest, the department granted her special permission to bring a small amount of clothing and personal belongings. This book was among them.

As for the person who gave the special approval slip, it was... Jia Shu.

Qiu Tu looked at the black book in his hand, took a deep breath, and his gaze became somewhat profound.

Before he could even catch his breath, the last team of agents, Chen Feng and Zhu Huoyan, returned.

But they brought Qiu Tu news that he had never expected:

Yin Caimei's body was not autopsied, so there is no autopsy report.

Meanwhile, the morgue can arrange an autopsy room for Qiu Tu and others, where Qiu Tu can arrange a suitable forensic doctor to conduct the initial autopsy.

"No autopsy was performed?" Upon hearing this news, the person most surprised was not Qiu Tu, but Liu Fuping.

Her expression changed drastically, as if she had realized something, and she froze on the spot, her face constantly shifting.

A moment later, she suddenly looked at Qiu Tu, her face filled with shock and disbelief.

Qiu Tu hadn't expected this outcome.

His brows were so furrowed they almost formed the character "川" (river).

The fact that no autopsy was performed reveals a very unusual information.

This shows that after Yin Caimei died, Jia Shu did not care about Yin Caimei's body or investigate the cause of her death.

Following this line of reasoning, there are only two possibilities for why Jia Shu did this.

First, Jia Shu didn't care about Yin Caimei's life or death at all, nor did he care about the impact of her death.

Second, he knew that Yin Caimei would die. He might even have known the cause of death.

Thinking about this, Qiu Tudun felt that the whole thing was developing in the worst possible direction.

He thought quietly for a moment, then looked at Chen Feng, Zhu Huoyan, and Wang Xi. He then instructed, "Chen Feng, take Zhu Huoyan and Wang Xi to apply for a forensic doctor to conduct an autopsy."

Chen Feng accepted the order and was about to leave with his men.

Qiu Tu stopped him again, "Wait a minute. Leave the communicator behind."

Chen Feng didn't understand why Qiu Tu would make this decision, but given his loyalty of over 60%, he still obediently left the communicator behind.

After he left, Qiu Tu picked up his communicator and fiddled with it for a bit. Then he got up, told his team members to continue analyzing the case, and prepared to go out to make a phone call.

As soon as he stepped out of the conference room, he heard footsteps behind him.

Qiu Tu glanced back and saw Liu Fuping following him out with an icy expression.

Qiu Tu glanced at her, said nothing, and walked straight to another empty conference room across the street.

Liu Fuping didn't stop either, and followed him to the empty conference room.

After glancing around the empty conference room and confirming that no one else was there, Liu Fuping closed the door and finally stopped pretending.

This beautiful young woman revealed her unique side to Qiu Tu for the first time.

She pointed at Qiu Tu and said coldly, "Qiu Tu! You knew! You knew all along! This was a trap!"

Upon hearing this, Qiu Tu's gaze became somewhat complicated. He lowered his head and took out a cigarette from his pocket, just about to light one, when Liu Fuping snatched it away, threw it on the ground, and then continued to stare at him intently.

Seeing this, Qiu Tu sighed deeply. Then he reached out and gently embraced the beautiful young woman in front of him.

Liu Fuping was stunned for a moment, her body stiffening.

Perhaps realizing she had gone a bit too far, she sighed softly, her body just beginning to soften so she could have a proper talk with Qiu Tu.

Just then, she suddenly felt Qiu Tu's embrace tighten!

The feeling was like two stone walls suddenly closing in, about to crush her!

As if she had just realized something, she suddenly struggled!

However, her power seemed utterly insignificant in front of Qiu Tu! All her strength couldn't even stop Qiu Tu in the slightest!

"Crack...crack..." Liu Fuping could even hear the sound of her bones being squeezed.

She struggled desperately, then looked up at Qiu Tu.

But all she could see were a pair of eyes so dark they seemed to be from an abyss.

At that moment, she truly felt the fear of death...

"Please, please, please!"

Struggling to utter these words, Liu Fuping's eyes reddened as she looked at Qiu Tu with a pleading expression.

Qiu Tu stared at her intently, just staring.

One second, two seconds... Just when Liu Fuping was filled with despair, Qiu Tu suddenly let go of her hand.

Liu Fuping fell to the ground with a thud, stumbling as she went.

But she was completely unaware of it, panting heavily, her eyes wide open, filled with the relief of surviving a near-death experience.

Qiu Tu stepped over her without any emotion, walked to the window, and coldly said with his back to her, "There won't be a next time."

“You’re a spy. I won’t be punished for killing you.”

Liu Fuping swallowed hard, looking at Qiu Tu with a fearful expression.

She had always thought that since she and Qiu Tu had shared a secret and had been intimate with each other a lot these past two days, even if Qiu Tu wasn't attracted to her, he should at least show her some tenderness.

But it didn't.

Just now, she really smelled the scent of death.

"Snapped."

Hearing the crisp sound, Liu Fuping looked in the direction of the sound. The next second, she quickly touched her waist and then belatedly realized that Qiu Tu had taken her sidearm again.

How little self-confidence does this man have...?

For some reason, Liu Fuping felt a sense of frustration.

At this moment, Qiu Tu also spoke.

He looked out the window and then explained casually, "I only figured it all out this morning."

"It was all a trap."

“Your upline sent you a message last night, and the moment you started investigating, you and he had already fallen into the trap.”

"So even if I guessed the truth, telling you wouldn't help. You've probably already been under surveillance; you can't escape at all."

Upon hearing Qiu Tu's words, Liu Fuping's expression kept changing.

At this moment, Qiu Tu couldn't help but sigh, "Unfortunately, I feel like I might have been trapped today too."

After saying that, as if he had just remembered something, he suddenly turned around and asked, "By the way, who was you online with?"

Liu Fuping: ?

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Chapter 77 He's a Master at Manipulating People's Hearts (7k views, please read on!)

For a moment, Liu Fuping thought she was hallucinating.

Who is this kind-hearted person who was just about to kill me, and then immediately acts like nothing happened and asks about my superior?

But seeing Qiu Tu's serious expression and inquisitive gaze, Liu Fuping knew that the man in front of her was not joking.

'What an idiot!'

She cursed inwardly, but the lingering fear of almost losing her life prevented Liu Fuping from directly refusing Qiu Tu. She asked evasively, "Why are you asking me what I'm doing online?"

Qiu Tu leaned against the windowsill, looking at her with a half-smile, and said, "You and your superior have been exposed, and Jia Shu will not let you go. So it's no use for you to hide your identity anymore."

"You might as well talk to me. We're in this together now. Who knows what I might come up with to turn things around?"

Upon hearing Qiu Tu's words, Liu Fuping did not respond immediately.

She first straightened her disheveled clothes, even pulling up the loose collar of her shirt—given Qiu Tu's attitude towards her just now, he wasn't even worthy of taking advantage of her!

Then she used the ground for support and stood up.

While doing these actions, she kept thinking about Qiu Tu's words.

So when she stood up, she naturally asked, "You keep saying you've also fallen into a trap, that we're in the same boat, what do you mean by that?"

Qiu Tu fiddled with Chen Feng's communicator in his hand, his gaze somewhat deep. "The reason I took on this case is because of Jia Shu's arrangement."

"He didn't ask me to solve the case, but rather to do some random investigation, fabricate some evidence, implicate a suspect, and then close the case directly."

"I didn't understand it at first, but the more I thought about it afterwards, the more something seemed off."

"This case has garnered so much attention; the New Territories Chamber of Commerce, the City Hall, and the military are all involved. If we just randomly put forward a criminal, can we really cover it up?"

"And if we can't hide it from them, will Jia Shu and Yan Chen choose to protect me, or sacrifice me?"

"So, after thinking it over, I decided to investigate this case thoroughly first, find the real culprit, and then make a decision slowly."

At this point, Qiu Tu paused, then picked up the cigarette from the ground and put it back in his pocket. "But who knew that as soon as I got involved in this case today, I found that things seemed even more wrong."

"How could the ministry allow Yin Caimei, such an important suspect, to bring her personal belongings?"

"And among these personal belongings, there was even a highly seductive book that appeared to be contraband?"

"What's even more disturbing is that, for 24 hours after the death of such an important suspect, the department did nothing: no investigation was conducted, no suspect was detained, and not even an autopsy was performed."

"This is completely inconsistent with her status as a key suspect, and also inconsistent with the level of importance the department attaches to this case."

At this point, Qiu Tu glanced at Liu Fuping and said, "You probably realized you'd fallen into a trap because of this, right?"

Liu Fuping nodded slightly.

Qiu Tu continued, "Following these suspicious points, I worked backward and found that the higher-ups' attitude towards this case seemed to be problematic."