Criminal Investigation Notes

sentenced? How long?”

Su Hui pursed his lips, finally took a breath and said, “Death penalty.”

The aunt cried out, covered her mouth with melon seeds and didn’t dare to ask more, just looking at him with sympathy, a bit scared, and somewhat…curious.

This bus led to Baihu Mountain Prison in Huadu.
In addition to mountain people, there were also several of them coming to visit the prisoners.

The prison only received visitors on the fifth and tenth day of each month, and if you missed it, you wouldn’t be able to visit.

After a thirty minutes journey, the bus finally stopped in front of several gray buildings.
At last, he had arrived at Baihu Mountain Prison.

The air conditioner in the bus was a bit low, hence as soon as the door opened, a wave of heat drifted in from the outside.

The people on the bus got off one after another.
Su Hui got out of the bus, carrying his backpack, and stood still with his scepter for a while before the dizziness dissipated.

He gazed at the gray buildings in front of him from a distance, followed behind other people into the gate of the prison.

After passing through a small yard, he entered the office building of the prison.
The prison guard was in charge of registering names one by one.
When it was Su Lian’s turn, he asked, “Have you registered in advance?”

Su Huai paused for a second, he had already regained his usual indifference.
He stretched out his hand, handed over the ID card that he had prepared ahead of time, police authorization, various procedures and an explanation letter that was sealed by the academy.

The other party took a look at it, and quickly bent at the waist.
“Oh! Teacher Su, Supervisor He said repeatedly that you will come.
Please follow me.”

The little prison guard took a few steps and turned back.
“In fact, you can call us when you arrive at the foot of the mountain, we can pick you up.”

Su Hui had recovered from motion sickness.
He waved his hand and smiled mildly.
“Don’t bother, you guys are very busy with work.
It’s convenient to go up the mountain by bus.”

The prison guard had obviously experienced the roller coaster on the way as well.
After chatting with Su Hui for some time, he explained to him about the situation here and led him to the administrative area.

During the afternoon, it should be time for free activities in prison.
There was some noise outside.
Su Hui couldn’t hear it well, he could only hear some chaotic and sharp whistle sounds.

The prisoner guard took Su Hui to a road where only the interior guard was permitted.
There were fewer people here, the building was spacious and empty.
Su Hui’s scepter touched the ground, producing a faint echo sound.

Su Hui was quickly ushered into a one-way mirror interrogation room.
The guard poured him a glass of water and said, “We’ll bring the person here right away.”

Su Hui nodded, placing his scepter aside, then remembered something.
“Has anyone come to see him?”

The little prison guard shook his head.
“Such a notorious and cruel murderer, all relatives probably want to avoid, so no one comes to visit him.”

Su Hui asked again, “His parents never come?”

The prison guard nodded.
“He had no father since he was a child.
His mother seemed to be ill and couldn’t take care of him.”

Su Hui nodded when he heard this.
He touched his pocket and realized that he had forgotten something.
He lifted his head and asked, “Can I buy something from you?”

The prison guard asked, “What does Teacher Su want to buy?”

Su Hui: “Cigarettes and lighters.”

Hearing this, the little prison guard took out a pack of cigarettes and a lighter from his pocket, and handed it over.
“Teacher Su, you don’t have to be polite.
Supervisor He said to take good care of you.
If this isn’t enough, I’ll find another pack for you.”

Su Hui replied, “Thank you so much.
This is enough, I came here in a hurry, so I forgot to buy it.”

The prison guard went to take the person, Su Hui put the cigarette and lighter into the backpack, then he took out a thick stack of information from the backpack. 

Among the information were newspapers as well as the stamped file, photos, and also the photocopy information from the police.

Su Hui lowered his head, struggling to recognize.
He arranged the information and placed them on the table in different positions.
The recorded file name was: Song Rongjiang.

That was the reason he came to Baihu Mountain Prison today.

A little while later, the prison guards brought a man in his thirties in.
The man’s hands and feet were shackled.
He was obviously a criminal.

He was a little thin, with sunken eyes sockets, and short hair.
However, he didn’t look weak, the muscle lines could be seen on his arms, like a swift and powerful leopard.
There were still some bruises on his elbows as well as scratches on the side of his neck, which should be the result of a recent fight.

The prison guard pressed the man on the seat opposite Su Hui.
For a short while, the interrogation room was filled with a bloodthirsty aura.

It’s the kind of aura that a serial killer who killed many people had.

Su Hui looked up and said, “Remove the shackle.”

The prison guard was flabbergasted.
He hesitated for a moment.
“But…”

Su Hui coughed twice.
“It’s okay, you guys are watching from the outside.
Besides, his ankles are still shackled, I just hope he relaxes a bit while we talk.”

This was the core of the entire prison.
There were several prison guards with guns guarding on the outside of the one-way mirror.
The prisoners couldn’t escape.
Su Hui hoped that when he was in this room, he could have a calm conversation with the other party.

Only then did the prison guard remove the shackle on the man’s hands.
As if facing the enemy, he didn’t forget to warn him, “Behave yourself later!”

Song Rongjiang leaned sideways on the chair, shaking his wrists, raising his head, looking curiously at the handsome man in front of him…

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Note: “Had I not seen the Sun, I could have borne the shade, But Light a newer Wilderness, My Wilderness has made.”

—Dickinson “Had I not seen the Sun.”