I Became the Alchemy Master by Picking Up Trash-Chapter 275 - 273: Arrested

Right after Li Xing was arrested, even before the official announcement, a post appeared online detailing the murder case in the business district of Ring Reef Island. The post bluntly stated that Li Xing was the murderer.

Murder cases are considered serious incidents, and the suspect and victim were both hot contenders in the military academy competition and promising reserve students, so the matter escalated extremely quickly.

Moreover, the murder scene was located in the commercial district of a tourist city, with many witnesses. Numerous photos and witness statements from bystanders made the post go viral, topping the Star Network trending list within ten minutes.

At this moment, netizens across the Qianyuan Continent were gathered under this post, commenting in droves with tens of thousands of messages in a second.

Ye Qingting and the other two had no idea such a major event had happened after Li Xing left. When they got back ashore after having enough fun, they were surprised to find all the tourists on the shore checking their photobrains, occasionally having debates with acquaintances.

Many tourists even pointed at the three of them, only to quickly avert their eyes when looked back. This bizarre phenomenon left the three puzzled.

After returning the diving equipment and getting back to the hotel room, Ye Qingting frowned, hanging up Li Xing’s call on the photobrain once again.

Cui Tianxiao: "Did you get through?"

Ye Qingting shook his head: "No, maybe it’s on silent mode."

Qi Ming rushed in frantically, whispering, "Brother Ye, Brother Xiao, something’s happened to Sister Xing—!"

Cui Tianxiao gave Qi Ming a flick to the head: "Don’t jinx it, what could possibly happen to Xing!"

"I-I don’t buy it either, but there are photos online showing Sister Xing being escorted away by the Guard Team!"

Qi Ming didn’t bother to cry out in pain and opened the photobrain display screen for Ye Qingting and Cui Tianxiao to see. Both of them turned pale after viewing it.

Cui Tianxiao threw a tantrum: "Star killed Lin Yin? Our smart and brilliant Star killed Lin Yin? You’re joking with your grandpa!"

All the talk about "Li Xing confessing her love to Lin Yin and being rejected, turning love into hate," or "Li Xing being jealous of Lin Yin’s talent," these murder motives are utter nonsense.

Lin Yin might be good-looking, but compared to the Chu God, he’s far off. Li Xing wouldn’t even care for the Chu God, let alone confess to Lin Yin? Then Lin Yin knows alchemy and talisman crafting, is that worthy of Xing’s jealousy?

Also, they found Xue Han’s corpse at the scene, so some netizens analyzed that Li Xing and Lin Yin fought fiercely over Xue Han’s bounty.

This theory sounds a bit plausible, but Li Xing wouldn’t kill; she’s not incapable of fighting!

Even if we step far back and say Li Xing held some ill thoughts, with her intellect and means, she would have a hundred ways to kill unnoticed, why would she act in front of the Guard Team, is she mad!

Qi Ming was almost in tears: "Brother Ye, what do we do now?"

Ye Qingting also thought there were too many doubts but knew the urgent task was to meet Li Xing and understand the situation before deciding how to help her.

"Ah Xiao, contact your uncle, have him accompany us to the Guard Team of Ring Reef Island!"

"I’m going now!"

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The situation had gotten so big that the Guard Team of Ring Reef Island banned all outsiders from entering. Fortunately, Chen Hourong had a good personal relationship with the Guard Team chief, so he sneaked in through the side door.

Outside the Guard Team, there were numerous reporters and media personnel gathering first-hand information. The various live broadcasts and flashing cameras with the Guard Team as the background only made the already distressed Ye Qingting and his group more anxious.

Cui Tianxiao glared hatefully at a small website blogger animatedly buzzing with slander: "Damn it, all these people are here to ride the wave, hoping for more chaos, none is concerned whether Xing is wrongly accused. Xiao Ming, note which TV stations and websites they belong to; later, I’ll pay Xiao Wu to hack them one by one!"

Qi Ming: "Don’t worry Brother Xiao, I’ve got it all recorded, none will get away."

Ye Qingting’s gaze was icy cold: "Just hacking their website is too lenient, spreading rumors must be met with consequences. The Ye Family’s legal team happens to be free lately, I’ll have them immediately send legal notices, sue them to bankruptcy."

Cui Tianxiao snickered: "Right! Until the truth is revealed, nobody should think of tarnishing Xing’s name."

The side door opened again, and the slightly plump Chen Hourong, under the escort of a guard team member, left the Guard Team, and the three rushed to meet him.

Cui Tianxiao: "Uncle, how was it, did you see Xing?"

"No, the situation is too serious for the Guard Team on the island to handle. Li Xing has been transferred to the Inspection Bureau in Tianyi City."

Chen Hourong glanced at the crowd of reporters, relieved no one was paying attention to the side door, and continued:

"The chief said sixteen guard team members witnessed Li Xing twisting Lin Yin’s neck, and unless there’s more favorable evidence, it will definitely be ruled as first-degree murder."

First-degree murder carries the death penalty. With such solid witness testimony, the chances of overturning it are scant. At this thought, both Cui Tianxiao and Qi Ming felt their legs weaken.

Only Ye Qingting retained his composure and asked Chen Hourong: "Uncle, were there any signs of a struggle at the scene?"

"Are you suspecting Li Xing of manslaughter?"

Ye Qingting nodded.

Chen Hourong sent a segment of law enforcement footage to Ye Qingting’s photobrain and continued: "This is the law enforcement video I managed to coax from Director Liu; you can view it yourself."

Ye Qingting eagerly opened the video and, together with Cui Tianxiao and Qi Ming, watched this one-minute and six-second video clip.

After watching, the three felt a chill throughout their bodies.

"No, I don’t believe it! Someone must have altered the video to frame Xing!"

Chen Hourong patted his nephew’s shoulder and sighed: "It was copied directly from the law enforcement recorder; it couldn’t have been tampered with. Ah Xiao, I also don’t believe Master Li could do such a thing, but with the current evidence, it’s very unfavorable for her."

"You three must get to the Inspection Bureau quickly, use any connections to see if you can meet Master Li. If there’s any hidden truth, have her reveal it right away. I still hold some sway on Ring Reef Island, I’ll do my utmost."

Ye Qingting nodded: "Thank you, Uncle, we’ll head there now!"

When the three appeared in the Inspection Bureau hall, they were immediately surrounded by familiar faces, also there because of Li Xing, bombarding them with questions about the situation.

Wen Dao was sweating profusely: "What’s going on, did Li Xing really kill someone? What’s the truth, did you see anything?"

Ye Qingting stammered: "No, we weren’t present."

Ye Chun was infuriated upon hearing this: "What were you three doing?"

"The four of us went diving for a while, Ah Xing said it was boring and wanted to stroll in the commercial street, so I—"

Ye Chun: "You let her go alone, then she met Xue Han and Lin Yin, right?"

The three hung their heads in unison, their guilt hitting the apex. Yes, if they hadn’t been so playful and accompanied Li Xing to the commercial street, perhaps she wouldn’t have faced this situation.

Seeing their demeanor, Ye Chun knew he was right, raising his hand angrily to strike Ye Qingting, but fortunately, Luo Jun and Ning Zhun were quick to intervene, preventing the old man from acting.

Yang Zhou attempted to mediate: "Ye Family Head, don’t be rash. The safety on Ring Reef Island has always been good; who would have thought something like this would happen? You can’t blame Qingting and the others."