Hearing his words, Shayla remained calm. She leafed through a book with her head hanging and said, "I don't have the ability to foretell. Sir, you fail to solve the case as soon as possible and come to me several times, which shows your low efficiency in handling the case!"
Being ridiculed by a little student, Marcel didn't feel embarrassed. He nodded and said, “You're right. We should improve the efficiency of handling cases!"
"What's next?" Shayla asked again, "I’m not sure if it’s a slogan or you guys will really try hard to work it out. To tell you the truth, you give me the feeling that you take the state's salary and cannot handle the case well. It’s been a few days and you haven't solved the case yet!"
What Shayla said surprised Rae. How could she change herself overnight? She seemed to be open-minded, not afraid of anything, regardless of anything! What happened these two days?
Rae was a little surprised. Almost everyone surprised her. How come everyone's attitude was different? All of them acted so arrogant!
The way Shayla was today was something Rae never thought of. Last time, she was so submissive. She and Alondra changed so much.
Shayla was scolding them for being useless, while Rae frowned slightly.
Marcel said with a smile, “Our salary is not enough for living. Don't enter our system after graduation, otherwise you will be a good-for-nothing!"
Looking at the way Marcel talked to Shayla, Rae had to admit that she was unable to see through Marcel's way of thinking. Maybe the way he was thinking was different from us!
"No one forced you to do it!" Shayla retorted.
"It's just a hobby! Aren’t classmate you also very fond of solving cases? I'd like to thank you for your guidance. You have a mind of your own!" Marcel said with a cunning smile.
Shayla was slightly touched. She didn’t raise her eyes, but her trembling eyelashes revealed her panic. She played dumb and said, “I don't know why Mr. officer said that.”
"That CD!" Marcel said, a confident smile forming on the corner of his lips. He said with confidence, “You took so much effort to put it in Melody's bed. You’ve been waiting for opportunities, right?”
This time, Shayla paused for a while. When Rae thought she would react, she didn't lift her eyes. Her long eyelashes covered her eyelids. She trembled slightly and continued the movement in her hand.
"I don't understand. I've never seen a CD!"
Marcel and Rae exchanged a look, knowing that Shayla was lying, but why would she lie?
Instead of saying something in a hurry, Marcel seemed to have realized something and said to Rae, "Rae, take her away from here!"
Shayla raised her head. She said, shaking her head, "If you have something to say, say it here!"
"Shayla, I'm sorry. I'm on duty!" Rae took Shayla away without saying a word, followed by Easton.
Marcel looked around their dormitory and looked at the book Shayla had just read. He found a copy of the register in the middle of Shayla's book. Marcel was a little stunned. He picked it up and looked through it, only to find that this register was also marked and underlined under a classmate's name.
What did that mean?
Rae took Shayla to the office of the criminal police force instead of the interrogation room.
Shayla didn't struggle. She looked very calm and didn't make any noise. She just waited quietly.
In the whole process of questioning, only Marcel Rae was there, and Easton was directed elsewhere by Marcel.
"Shayla, if you have any concerns, you can tell us. If you are threatened, I can send someone to protect you!" Marcel made a promise at the beginning of the question.
"I don't want to be fussy!" Shayla spoke directly.
"I know that ninety nine percent of people, like you think, think the same!" Marcel expressed his understanding.
"But you still found me. I said I want to save trouble. You police should look for material evidence. Sometimes the witness is not trustworthy. Besides, I really don't know much about it!" Although Shayla was laughing when she said this, she seemed to get a lot on her mind. She didn't look like a carefree student at all. Her eyes looked pessimistic. Marcel and Rae were aware of this emotion.
Understandably, after all, her classmate and roommate had an accident, but now Shayla was different from Shayla that day. She seemed to have no fear, and she had no hope in her eyes.
Rae poured a glass of water and put it in front of her. “Shayla, have some water.”
"Thank you," she said.
"You're welcome!" Rae looked back at Marcel.
Marcel frowned slightly and then said with a faint smile, "Witness and material evidence are equally important! Shayla, you must know a lot. You put the CD on Melody's bed. You are very smart and know that we will come back again. Our people must be very careful when packing Melody's relics. You put the CD there waiting for us to go again. If we go, this case should be solved. If not, it's Melody's life! Right?"
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the writing is quite childish, but maybe it's just the translations...