Chapter 11: The Ninth Cycle of Time (V)
Officer Du did not see too much of a flaw in Li Shiqing and Xiao Heyun's performance and feedback to the questions, as their emotions were too real.
The mutual shifting of blame and escape of responsibility is also in keeping with the proper attitude of two young men who did not know each other before when confronted with questioning by police officers.
But his intuition and experience from years of working on cases still made him feel that something was wrong.
In fact, during the time they were summoned, all the information on their schooling and work history from childhood to adulthood, including the composition of their family members, had already been placed on the desk.
All information has been vetted and there is nothing wrong with it. The two young people are neither cynical nor unhappy with their families, their paths to school and work have been smooth, and they have never had direct or indirect contact with each other before.
But it was these two "clean" people who, by coincidence, got off the bus early, having just found the "explosives".
"Did you know at the time that it was the bus you were on that had the accident?"
Officer Du and Officer Jiang enquired separately.
"First I didn't know, then I found out."