I Asked You To Simulate A Crime, And You Pulled Off The Perfect Crime? - Chapter 86

“It’s coming out, it’s coming out soon.”

“Hurry up!”

“I paid for a premium 4K HD live stream, and you’re so slow. Do you want me to ask for a refund?”

Everyone in the live stream held their breath as they watched Chen Shu move. All attention was fixed on the screen. 

Bit by bit… Wang Zheng reached for the handcuffs at his waist, ready to make an arrest at any moment. Su Haoran frowned in concentration. Qin Min slightly turned his head away, unable to watch. Su Xiaoxiao tensed up, tears welling in her eyes.

Every moment unfolded according to Chen Shu’s movements.

Swish. Suddenly, Chen Shu sped up. He lifted his shirt over his head and took it off. His upper body was completely exposed!

Clatter. Zhang Sheng’s chair slid, and he fell to the floor, completely shocked!

Crash. The wine glass in Liang Wei’s hand shattered on the ground. Wine and glass shards spilled across the hotel floor!

Everyone saw it! Wrapped around Chen Shu’s abdomen, bandages. Just layers and layers of white bandages. No body parts, his arms were bare! No body parts!

“How can this be? Where’s the body?”

“Where’s the body we were promised?”

“Liu Liang is gone!”

“Why? He left the police station and didn’t go anywhere else. My wife and I took turns monitoring his personal live stream day and night. I swear!”

“Yeah, and we searched his house, flipped through his yard, he never left his home or garden. Where could he have gone?”

“Did he eat it? AHHHH!”

“This is insane! I can’t accept this! Where’s the ‘Corpse Wrapped in Flesh’ scenario? You scammers! Not a single professional among you!”

“No, no, I know you’re all panicking, I am too, but I swear I was watching him the whole time. From the moment he went to clear Su Xiaoxiao’s name to the moment he came home, unless he ate it, there’s no other explanation!”

The entire internet erupted, hearts that had been on edge now pounded even harder. Then, they watched as Chen Shu slowly unwrapped the bandages from his stomach, layer by layer.

He held the bandages in his hands, looked into Wang Zheng’s bloodshot eyes, and said, “Officer Wang, have you forgotten? A few days ago, you came to my house and asked if I was hurt after my race with Liang Wei. I told you, it was just a minor waist injury.”

“Ha~” Chen Shu laughed, a completely unrestrained laugh!

The sunlight shone down, striking his face in a way that seemed almost intentional. At this moment, he stood completely bathed in light. “What’s wrong?”

“You’re the captain of the Criminal Investigation Unit, yet you see some bandages around my waist and immediately assume I’m hiding something sinister?”

“Captain Wang!”

“Your imagination is truly impressive!” Chen Shu scoffed but didn’t stop. Suddenly, he gritted his teeth and shouted, “I told you I’m innocent! I’ve done nothing!”
“You! All of you! Over and over, you come to my house to cause trouble! What do you want? Do you want to frame me beyond redemption?”

“Yeah, fine! I, Chen Shu, am guilty beyond words!”

His words rang out, shaking the room. Su Xiaoxiao, who had tears still clinging to her eyelashes, stood there in shock, mouth slightly open.

Is this even possible? Where’s the body? A few days ago, during my interrogation, didn’t my brother take the body out of the police station’s bathroom? Su Xiaoxiao asked herself.

She had been living with her brother in their apartment these past days. She never saw him leave the house.

“Captain Wang, let me repeat myself. On April 29th, I went to the police station only to clear my sister’s name. You slandering me is one thing!”

“But trying to drive a wedge between me and my sister?” Chen Shu took a deep breath, then threw the bandages straight at Wang Zheng’s face. “You’re truly despicable!”

“I’m completely lost. He really didn’t go anywhere these past two days!”

“Wait, wait! Maybe we got misled somewhere. What if the body was never in the police station? Maybe he lied to Su Xiaoxiao!”

“No way. Chen Shu said he’s never lied to her. I choose to believe him.”

“Then tell me, where’s the body?!”

“AAAAAH! I can’t tell anymore! I just can’t!”

The bandages hit Wang Zheng’s face. They didn’t hurt, the material was soft, but his face burned with shame. He couldn’t understand! He started replaying everything in his mind.

The flush tank in the police station restroom, someone tampered with it, and the foul stench of decay was there. Plus, no one else had entered the station these past days except Chen Shu’s family. So who else could have done it?

Zeng Zhiwei? No, he was locked in the interrogation room and later in a cell. He had no chance.

Su Xiaoxiao? She was just a naïve girl, what did she know?

It had to be Chen Shu! That meant, without a doubt, Chen Shu had the body with him when he left the station that day. But why couldn’t they find it in his house, or his yard, or even on him? Where did it go?

Wang Zheng’s face flushed red with frustration. He stared at Chen Shu, rage filled him. He knew this man was the killer. So why couldn’t he bring him down?!

Suddenly, Wang Zheng lunged forward, grabbing Chen Shu’s arm like an iron clamp. He roared, “Chen Shu, we know everything you did!”

“Liu Liang was murdered by your sister! You’re the one who covered up all the evidence! You went to the police station just to take the body! Now tell me!”

“Where’s the body?! Where is it?!”

Wang Zheng had lost it. He knew Chen Shu was covering for Su Xiaoxiao. Yet after all this time, they were back at square one. He was desperate for answers. The unanswered questions suffocated him.

Where did it all go wrong? He couldn’t figure it out. For the first time, he truly had no clue. That overwhelming sense of helplessness gnawed at him. He shook Chen Shu’s arm, screaming over and over, “Tell me! Where’s the body?! Where is it?!”

Chen Shu’s expression darkened. “Alright,” he said. “I’ll tell you.” At that moment, Wang Zheng froze.

Not because Chen Shu was about to reveal the body’s location, but because Chen Shu had just admitted it. Right in front of Wang Zheng, he admitted it.

But even so, without evidence, he could still deny it. A crushing sense of powerlessness filled Wang Zheng. Then, he heard Chen Shu’s voice in his ear, “Captain Wang!”

“The body… is right behind you.”