Genius Club-Chapter 254 - 71 Your Invitation_2

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Both of them sat on the iron chairs.

Their hands and feet were shackled to the edges of the chairs to prevent any extreme behavior.

"Are they still not saying anything?"

Lin Xian asked.

Chu Shanhe shook his head:

"Not only are they not talking, they are also very arrogant."

He pointed to the surveillance video of Ji Xinshui on the monitor:

"This old man is not at all worried about his current situation. He even said with a smile that he’d be out soon, very confident."

"What about Ji Lin?"

"The same." Chu Shanhe said:

"Ji Lin, on the other hand, can communicate a bit, but he denies all of the criminal facts we’ve presented. He’s so intelligent that he naturally knew from the start that we could only detain them for up to 24 hours,

"So... if we can’t find any evidence linking them to the murder case, or figure out a way to make them admit to their crimes... I’m afraid they’ll really get their wish, walking out of here with their heads held high."

"That won’t happen, I have a plan."

Lin Xian shook his head, looking at Chu Shanhe and Officer Liu in the surveillance room:

"It’s just... I need everyone to cooperate with me."

"No problem."

Officer Liu was the first to answer:

"Lin Xian, after the past few incidents, everyone in the police station fully trusts you. As long as it’s nothing against principles and regulations, we’ll do as you say. And within my authority... even if it’s a slight breach of the rules, it’s negotiable."

"I’ve also discussed with Shanhe earlier, if they are the ones who killed Xu Yun and Tang Xin... then no matter the cost, we must arrest and bring them to justice, to face the punishment they deserve!"

"The law’s net is vast and meshed, I don’t care how the people of Donghai City will view our police force’s inconsistent behavior, what we must do, and must do, is to catch the real murderer! Lin Xian, whatever your ideas are, just say them. All responsibility... I’ll bear it!"

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Lin Xian nodded and gave instructions to everyone.

He did not tell them about the Genius Club, nor did he share any details of his plan, only telling them:

"When I go in to talk to them in a little bit, please turn off all the recording, taping, and surveillance devices."

"Plain interrogation is no longer yielding any clues now, I must find a way to gain their trust. Both are intelligent people, we shouldn’t play tricks, we must shut down all the surveillance devices."

"The rest... just trust me, I won’t let you down."

After instructing everyone.

Lin Xian looked at the surveillance videos of Ji Lin and Ji Xinshui...

Which of these two, should he choose?

After much thought.

Lin Xian decided to set his sights on the old man he was not familiar with—

Ji Xinshui.

Lin Xian thought that since he did not know Ji Xinshui, and Ji Xinshui did not know him well either, this sense of unfamiliarity would actually make it easier to deceive the other party.

By contrast.

He and Ji Lin had spent so much time together that they were both too familiar with each other.

This familiarity was not just about knowing each other well, it was also about understanding each other’s way of thinking, habits of speech, and style of behavior.

It was like friends who find it hard to lie to each other... Gao Yang would just start, and Lin Xian would already know what he was up to; even a glance between them could convey 10KB of information. With this level of mutual understanding, it was indeed very difficult to deceive one another.

At least...

Lin Xian did not have the confidence to deceive Ji Lin.

Though he did not like to admit it, the other’s intelligence was indeed very high.

Also, choosing Ji Xinshui had another reason.

As the saying goes.

Catch the king before catching his followers.

Ji Xinshui was most likely the BOSS or a key figure in their group, and he would definitely know the most information and intelligence.

As long as he could hook Ji Xinshui...

That would be tantamount to directly destroying their entire operation from the roots, truly catching them all in one fell swoop!

"I’ll go see Ji Xinshui first, when you see my signal, turn off all surveillance."

After explaining to Officer Liu and the staff, Lin Xian, holding a file bag, made his way to the interrogation room where Ji Xinshui was held.

Ever since being arrested last night, Ji Xinshui had been waiting here.

This might...

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This was his only chance.

Squeak.

Lin Xian pushed open the heavy door of the interrogation room, walked in, and stared directly at the old man sitting on the iron chair across the table.

This was... the first time he had seen Ji Xinshui in reality.

The encounter with fate, unexpectedly, took place in such a setting.

The Ji Xinshui before him looked even older than Lin Xian had imagined...

From this, it seemed that the photos in the news might not have been taken two years ago, but rather, even earlier.

The old man’s sparse white hair was almost gone, leaving behind a scalp with no sheen, resembling a wrinkled mop.

He was truly too old.

By age, he had to be at least in his eighties, but judging by his physique and the condition of his skin, he seemed even older than his actual age.

Yet, his aura was remarkably strong.

Even though he was handcuffed to the chair, his expression remained confident,

disdainful,

relaxed,

and... arrogant.

It was as though it wasn’t him who was shackled, but Lin Xian.

"...what a rare visitor,"

Seeing that the person entering the interrogation room was Lin Xian, Ji Xinshui squeezed his wrinkled face into a sneer and said coldly:

"What a lucky boy to have survived."

Bang.

Lin Xian didn’t speak, his expression unchanged, as he gently closed the door of the interrogation room and silently took a seat opposite Ji Xinshui.

Ji Xinshui straightened up, leaned back, and looked down at Lin Xian with a contemptuous gaze:

"Give up, I won’t say anything, it’s useless no matter who comes."

Snap.

Lin Xian snapped his fingers out of thin air.

Thud, a muffled sound.

The one-way glass of the interrogation room darkened, turning into a black screen; the power indicator lights of the surveillance cameras in the corners went off, and they retracted; simultaneously, the lighting on the recording systems on the table and wall also went off, signifying the end of monitoring and recording.

Ji Xinshui looked around, furrowing his brows in surprise.

He didn’t understand what was going on.

The Lin Xian before him was just an ordinary office worker, and he couldn’t possibly have the authority to shut down all these surveillance devices at the police station.

Besides, he wasn’t a police officer, so he had no right to interrogate.

"What exactly are you trying to do?"

Ji Xinshui looked at Lin Xian warily.

Surely the Donghai City police wouldn’t be bold enough to try something forceful in this room with everything shut down, to use violence on him?

"You don’t need to be nervous,"

Finally, Lin Xian spoke.

As he unwound the seal thread on the document bag, he said:

"All surveillance equipment has been shut down, and now the conversation here is known only between the two of us."

"So what?" Ji Xinshui snorted coldly:

"What are you trying to do?"

"I’m here to give you something,"

Lin Xian fully unwound the seal thread.

Then...

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In front of Ji Xinshui’s astonished gaze, he pulled that dark red invitation out of the document bag!

The side with the wax seal faced up, and the English words "Genius Club" reflected an eerie and arrogant light under the incandescent lamp!

Lin Xian pressed the invitation with two fingers of his right hand, slowly pushing it towards Ji Xinshui:

"Congratulations, Ji Xinshui,"

Lin Xian raised his head and smiled, looking into the other’s greatly shaken pupils:

"This is your...invitation!"