Chapter 349 Do you hate him?
Holland turned around and looked at the man in surprise. When he saw that his men were intact, surprise flashed across his face for a moment.
He turned his gaze to Su Ming again, with a hint of complexity in his eyes.
"It will probably take about half a month to get there." Holander replied to Su Ming.
Su Ming nodded, thinking that this speed was much slower than that of an ordinary airplane. In his previous life, based on the flight speed of an ordinary airplane of 800km/h, it only took about fifty hours to go around the earth along the equator. But now, it takes half a month to go to a place by airship.
It takes so much time, it seems that the route this time is not peaceful, Su Ming thought secretly in his heart.
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Two days later, at the Investigation Bureau 7 of Dongyang Island, Flora's crime was confirmed: she assisted the A-level criminal Su Ming in escaping.
In the dazzling confinement room, Flora's body was fastened to a cold iron chair with belts. She was injected with a debilitating drug, and now she had completely lost her special powers. She was just a weak woman who looked powerless.
Of course, it was just an appearance . As the surviving twin, Flora not only completely inherited Milo's superpowers and abnormalities, but also Milo's physical strength. Now, with the belt binding her, if she wanted to break free, she just had to exert force... but she didn't need to do that.
“Hey——”
With the harsh sound of metal friction, the iron door was opened. Lu Tiejun walked into the confinement room, looked at the iron door unhappily, and complained: "Why can't this door be repaired?"
"It was deliberately not repaired in order to create tension for the person being interrogated. The minister even wanted to make the sound even more unpleasant." Flora explained.
Lu Tiejun glanced at Flora and put down the plate in his hand with two cups of coffee on it.
Then he walked around to Flora and untied the belts on her hands.
"Let's drink and have a good chat." said Lu Tiejun.
"Is this okay?" Flora was stunned.
"It doesn't matter. Every police officer has his own way of interrogating suspects. This is how I treat people like you." Lu Tiejun put the coffee in front of Flora. "Do you know why you were arrested?"
"I don't know." Flora replied cautiously. She knew that from now on, it would be a tough battle on the psychological level.
In fact, Flora had no chance to defend herself at all, because the other party only needed to use the honest recorder to test and know that she helped Su Ming.
But for some reason, I couldn’t find the Honest Recorder yesterday, no matter where I looked.
Flora felt that perhaps this was God helping her. From now on, she had to control her expression and tone, and try to show the attitude that a wronged person should have, so as to increase the other party's trust in her during this question-and-answer session.
Although she didn't think her suspicion would be completely cleared, there might be a new turn of events if she tried harder, just like the workers at the Lingyan Mine who gave false testimony on her behalf.
In fact, Flora had already guessed why she was arrested.
"You were arrested because someone betrayed you for fifty thousand dollars."
Lu Tiejun observed Flora's expression. The other party's expression was indifferent, without a trace of ripples, and even a little doubt. According to his experience in solving cases, this doubt was deliberately pretended by Flora for him. Unfortunately, it was useless because the evidence was conclusive.
Lu Tiejun continued, "Before the Investigation Bureau took over the Lingyan Mine, it was owned by the old noble Ye family. The average wage of the workers there was 1,800, which was the minimum standard set by the alliance. After the Ye family disappeared, the mine was accepted by the Investigation Bureau. Not long after, you became an industry authorization consultant. You authorized the mine to a young entrepreneur and raised the wages of the workers in the mine to 2,500."
"That was his decision."
"Don't lie, I don't want to use an honest recorder." Lu Tiejun smiled, "I just came back from him. He was a street kid in the downtown area ten years ago. He became a rich man from scratch thanks to the reforms of the alliance, so he has a special compassion for the poor, but do you know what he said about you?
He said you are a saint and he has never seen anyone like you. There are many people like him who, after becoming rich, consciously distinguish themselves from the poor people they once were. But there are also some people who always keep their original intentions and try hard to make other poor people live a good life. The man you chose is one of them.
He admires you very much. He said that you are the only one in his first half of life who was born into a noble family but cares about the lives of the lower classes.
Raising the wages of those workers was your initiative, and the other party has already acknowledged this, so you don’t need to quibble.”
Flora remained silent, and Lu Tiejun didn't expect her to say anything, so he continued talking:
“On the day Su Ming escaped from Dongyang Island, we gathered all the miners present and questioned them individually. We originally thought that the collective fainting was just some kind of ability of Su Ming, so we did not ask them with the mentality of interrogation at first, but just casually asked them what they saw that day.
But they obviously didn’t string together their statements, and their descriptions of the collective fainting were all kinds of strange. Some said that you wanted to chase Su Ming, but everyone fainted at once, and some said that Su Ming attacked you and knocked you all unconscious at once…”
"To be honest, I admire those miners. They are uneducated and don't even know how to lie. Most of them simply think that the more they say and describe in detail, the more trust they can gain. They don't know that it is precisely these fabricated confessions that expose the truth of their lies.
Then... you know, we just tempted them a little bit. The alliance planned to issue a wanted . Anyone who provided clues would receive a reward of 100,000 yuan. Before issuing the wanted order, I took the initiative to take out 50,000 yuan as a reward for the person who provided clues. This was almost two years' salary for them.
Then someone told the truth. He said that when everyone fainted, you were the only one standing. He also said that you did not help Su Ming, but Su Ming ran away by himself. You just did not faint like the others, so you were afraid of being wronged, so you had to lie on the ground pretending to faint.
It sounds logical, but do you think our police officers would believe it?"
Flora: "What if he's lying? He's the only one who's accused me of this, isn't he?"
" Yes, but we also asked other people about you, and those men said you were a very nice person. They said you gave them a raise, and that you, as a noble, came to the slums to play with their children and brought them delicious food. They described you as a goddess, and it sounded a bit like you to me.
Although the evidence is still insufficient, it is not me who makes the judgment, but the Ministry of Public Security of the Alliance. A group of people who have benefited from you said some words that would protect you, which is completely unreliable. The person who betrayed you is more worthy of trust. The higher-ups think that you helped Su Ming escape. "
Lu Tiejun suddenly stopped talking. He lowered his head and was silent for a while, as if thinking about something, and then raised his head again.
"Flora, why are you helping him?"
"Because he is a good man." Flora said. She did not make any excuses and directly admitted that she helped Su Ming escape.
Because Flora knew very well that even if there was no evidence, as long as the people from the Ministry of Public Security determined that she was the one who helped Su Ming escape from Dongyang Island, then she would be the one who helped Su Ming escape.
When Flora was a child, she read some interesting content in a book. One of the books said that before the Great Collapse, the law was not like it is now. If the government wanted to convict a person, it had to provide 100% evidence.
But in this day and age, when it comes to conviction, evidence is no longer the main factor, but people's perception is more important .
"I know he seems like a good guy, but why won't he cooperate?"
"I have no idea."
"Why do you trust him so much?"
Flora smiled and shook her head, as if she found the question extremely speechless.
"Do you need a reason to believe in someone? Let me tell you a story. There was once a man who believed a liar who deceived him."
"...Well, then what?"
Flora stared at the other person and shook her head: "No, there is nothing else."
Lu Tiejun nodded as if he understood something. He took a deep breath, then stood up and said, "Let me help you tie the belt back on." He felt that there was nothing more to ask. There was no doubt that Flora helped Su Ming escape.
"Thank you for your help."
"Can I ask one last question?"
"Please go ahead."
"Do you hate the man who betrayed you?"
"No, he's not a bad person, he just doesn't want to continue suffering." Flora said in a light tone, with no expression on her face.
Lu Tiejun sighed, turned around and walked out of the confinement room. Having worked as a policeman for so many years, he had encountered many supernatural crimes and strange motives for murder, but this simple interrogation made him feel deeply moved.
After working as a police officer for a long time, you will feel that humans are animals that cannot escape the profit-seeking instinct. This idea can be verified in various cases, but often after a long time, a special example will pop up, telling you that humans are not animals that follow the selfish instinct.
What Lu Tiejun just told Flora was only part of the story. He still had the second half of the story to tell about the betrayer.
The miner who betrayed her took the 50,000 yuan from them and returned it to them three hours later.
Until now, Lu Tiejun still didn't understand the man's motive for doing so, but he wanted to believe that the other party gave up the huge bounty that was worth two years of his life out of inner repentance.
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Flora sat alone in the confinement room, waiting for someone to take her away. She guessed that she would soon be "interrogated" by some psychics with special powers.
They had wanted to bring Su Ming back for a detailed investigation, and the two policemen seemed to have mentioned a memory investigation, so... she would most likely accept such an investigation.
