Chapter 29

Facing Tao Ruoxiang's sincere gaze, Qin Lang really wished he could tell her everything about himself to clear up her misunderstanding, but he knew he couldn't, because the old poison expert would certainly kill her!

Seeing that Qin Lang was still hesitating, Tao Ruoxiang continued to persuade him: "By my intuition, I believe you really didn't do anything bad to Zhou Lingling. But if you want the teacher to completely trust you and get help from me, you must reveal all your secrets to the teacher. Only then can I help clear your name... Even if you don't think about yourself, you should think about your parents."

Qin Lang was still hesitating, struggling intensely in his heart. Tao Ruoxiang's words were indeed somewhat convincing, and Qin Lang also knew that if she revealed the information she had to the police, it would undoubtedly deepen the police's "misunderstanding" of Qin Lang. At that point, Qin Lang might very well become an unfortunate scapegoat.

In this regard, the police in China were always very proficient. Once they identified a suspect, they would cling to them until the suspect became a criminal.

From the information Tao Ruoxiang had revealed so far, Qin Lang's situation was not looking good!

Time passed.

Tao Ruoxiang was still waiting for Qin Lang's response.

Suddenly, the phone rang!

Tao Ruoxiang had no choice but to take out her phone, looked at the number, and pressed the answer button. After a moment, the smile on her face began to freeze. When she put down the phone, her face was already covered with a layer of frost: "You are truly a despicable beast! If I weren't your teacher, I would have slapped you hard! It seems you don't have any mental illness, just a psychological perversion!"

Qin Lang was stunned. A moment ago, he was still a trustworthy student in Tao Ruoxiang's eyes, but how did he suddenly become a beast?

"Teacher Tao, what did I do to deserve the title of a beast from you?" Qin Lang said dejectedly.

Tao Ruoxiang angrily packed her things and coldly said: "I have no mood to joke with you! The hospital's preliminary analysis of Zhou Lingling's saliva sample has come out. The pill you gave her contains several toxic components! Whether this was your idea or you were coerced, it is absolutely unforgivable! How ironic, I thought you were a good student, but I never expected—well, perhaps prison and hell are the best places for you!"

The last sentence clearly showed Tao Ruoxiang's anger at Qin Lang.

But Qin Lang was not giving up, and he defended himself: "Impossible! The pill I gave her was definitely not poison. When Zhou Lingling wakes up, you can ask her—"

"Zhou Lingling is already dead!" Tao Ruoxiang said angrily, her voice even drawing the attention of the police outside. "Qin Lang, you are truly a beast! I will hand over all the information I know to the police. Just wait for the law to judge you!"

After saying that, Tao Ruoxiang slammed the door and left. It seemed she was a woman who hated evil, but—

Qin Lang was not a bad person at all!

"Dead? Zhou Lingling is actually dead? How is that possible?"

At this moment, Qin Lang's mind was full of questions. The pill he gave Zhou Lingling was absolutely the Great Restorative Pill, a true life-saving medicine! Moreover, although the old poison expert was an expert in poisons, Qin Lang was sure that the medical skills of most doctors in China were far inferior to the old poison expert. Therefore, the old poison expert's life-saving pill could not possibly kill someone!

However, the most critical issue now was that Zhou Lingling was already dead, and the hospital's analysis of her saliva sample proved that Qin Lang's pill was highly toxic, which was extremely unfavorable for Qin Lang's situation!

Even, it could be said that the evidence was ironclad!

Human testimony, the students and teachers of No. 7 High School were witnesses; physical evidence, the saliva sample analysis was the evidence.

No wonder Tao Ruoxiang called Qin Lang a "beast." Faced with ironclad evidence, she could no longer trust her intuition.

Qin Lang's heart was now exceptionally heavy. He was not sad because he suddenly became a murder suspect, but because he suddenly became the "beast" in Tao Ruoxiang's mouth.

Indeed, the deeper the love, the deeper the hurt; the one you love the most hurts you the most.

At this moment, Qin Lang vaguely heard the middle-aged police officer arguing with someone: "What! Send him to the detention center? Chief, this kid is still a minor and a student. Sending him to the detention center is not appropriate. Moreover, the situation is unclear, and sending him there does not conform to principles."

The middle-aged police officer was actually speaking up for Qin Lang?

If he hadn't heard it with his own ears, Qin Lang would have thought he had heard wrong.

Indeed, human hearts are hard to fathom.

On the surface, this middle-aged police officer seemed like a bad person, but it turned out he was just scaring Qin Lang and was actually a principled person.

"Captain Liu, this is the higher-ups' decision!"

"But—"

"No buts! Old Liu, you are an experienced police officer, you should know the gravity of the situation... Forget it, I don't want to argue with you. Xiao Zhao, you handle it, send that kid to Xiaozhangou Detention Center!"

"Yes!..."

***

At 6 PM, this was usually Qin Lang's dinner time. In the past, Qin Lang would always race with a group of boys to the school cafeteria, where the rush for food seemed to be a kind of fun. But today, he could only go hungry.

Ten minutes ago, Qin Lang arrived at the Xiaozhangou Detention Center in the suburbs of Xiayang City.

No one cared whether he had eaten dinner. The police at the detention center directly put him into an eight-person cell.

It looked similar to a school dormitory, but Qin Lang knew that the difference between here and a school dormitory was like heaven and hell.

Fortunately, the other "roommates" might have gone to have dinner and had not returned to the cell, so the atmosphere was not too oppressive.

Clang!

The iron door of the cell was heavily closed.

But then, the iron door opened again, and the guard, somewhat impatiently, said: "Follow me to the visiting room, someone wants to visit you!"

"Who?" Qin Lang asked in confusion.

"Your classmate!"

"I don't want to go." In this situation, Qin Lang really did not want to talk to any classmate. The events of today were too chaotic, and he needed to clear his thoughts and think of a way to clear his name.

"You don't have a choice!" The guard grabbed Qin Lang and pushed him, forcing him to meet this person.

A moment later, Qin Lang met the "classmate" the guard mentioned.

To be honest, Qin Lang did not have a classmate of this age. This guy was about thirty years old, tall and muscular, and was a Uighur. His hooked nose gave him a sinister look, and it was clear that he was not a good person and was extremely devious.

"Qin Lang, do you know why you are here? Because I had someone send you here!" This man's first words revealed a sense of arrogance and hatred towards Qin Lang. "I am Sang Kun!"

"So it's you, you bastard." Qin Lang snorted. Sang Kun was a notorious figure in Xiayang City, but in Qin Lang's eyes, he was just a Uighur gang leader.

"Kid, I heard you are quite good at fighting. But you should also know that most of the people in Xiaozhangou Detention Center are violent criminals!" Sang Kun's tone was clearly threatening.