Am I destined to be cannon fodder? Unlock the system and lead the motherland

Chapter 33: Unexpected Disaster, Happy Silver Bracelet
As soon as Yun Ling left, the gentleness on Shu Manli's face disappeared instantly.

Yun Ximo was like an elegant cat, leaning on the stairs and nodding her head perfunctorily. Her almond-shaped eyes blinked, revealing a cunning look in them.

An uninhibited smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. She turned around and walked up the stairs with her long legs. She walked so gracefully that she ignored Shu Manli's words.

——next day

Yun Ximo was definitely an "untypical" customer at the milk tea shop that day. She had just wanted to have a cup of milk tea, but here's what happened:

The waiting time after scanning the QR code and placing an order can be used to check your Moments.

However, reality gave her a big "surprise" - a sentence that was more "refreshing" than milk tea suddenly exploded in her ears: "Don't move! Police." As soon as these words came out, Yun Ximo's heart immediately entered "marathon mode" and kept running wildly in her chest.

"No way! Did I walk into the wrong set? This plot is moving too fast!" He tried to maintain a calm demeanor, saying, "I'm completely clueless." Turning around, he saw the plainclothes officer, looking as handsome as the lead actor from a crime drama, clutching a pair of gleaming handcuffs, as if to say, "Look, this is a close-up shot tailor-made for you!"

Yun Ximo's expression shifted from confusion to shock, then from shock to a series of philosophical questions: "Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?" The police officer, with a serious expression, flashed his credentials and introduced himself briefly but forcefully: "Criminal Investigation Brigade, Officer xx." At that moment, Yun Ximo felt her worldview completely shifted: "Officer, are you sure this isn't a sequel to 'Police Story'?"

Then, the police solemnly handed over an arrest warrant with Yun Ximo's name written on it. Heaven was telling her, "That's right." Yun Ximo looked at the "new accessory" on her wrist and felt wronged. "I'm just an innocent passerby. How can I be arrested for drinking milk tea?"

The next words were even simpler and more blunt: "That's right, please come with us." Yun Ximo tried to make a final struggle: "Are you sure..." "Stop talking nonsense! Let's go!" The police buddy's words were like ice cubes in a milk tea shop, instantly freezing all of Yun Ximo's doubts and resistance.

Just like that, Yun Ximo was pushed into the police car in full view of everyone (actually everyone was busy drinking milk tea and no one paid attention to her) in a "low-key and efficient" manner.

The entire process was faster than ordering and picking up the food. Yun Ximo didn't even have time to think: "Did I go out without checking the almanac? Did I get arrested by the police?"

In his single apartment in the heart of the city, Bian Chi was staring at his computer screen. He raised his wrist and glanced at the time. A moment later, a new file was added to his mailbox.

He quickly opened the document, glanced at it for a moment, and then sorted it out and sent it off.

About twenty minutes later, a beep sounded in his ears. Bian Chi turned his head and found that his computer screen had suddenly gone black. He couldn't help but raise an eyebrow and tapped a few times on the keyboard.

"What's the matter?" he asked.

"What kind of life will that girl lead in the Yun family?"

The other party raised several questions in succession...

"Aunt is hypocritical and pretentious."

"The housekeeper is from Shu Manli's side again."

"Even the servants dare to tell her what to do."

"Why did she return to the Yun family?"

Bian Chi's lips curled up into a smile, and then he typed a reply on the keyboard: "She went home to kill monsters and level up."

“…” The other party seemed amused by this answer.

At the Criminal Investigation Brigade of the Dongcheng Chengzhong District Public Security Bureau.

——Yun Ximo was walking towards the interrogation room, being sandwiched between two sharp-eyed, uniformed policemen with serious expressions.

At that moment, Yun Ximo's mind was buzzing again. Luo Luo, the "most unreliable yet clever" system, suddenly came online, somersaulting and yelling, "Sister Mo, while I wasn't around to supervise you, did you secretly go save the world again and accidentally get caught in the evidence at the crime scene?"

Luo Luo's furry little head shook like a rattle, with an expression that said, "I knew you weren't that honest."

Yun Ximo closed her eyes, feeling helpless. She really wanted to say, "Please, I was framed this time, okay? Let's deal with the coffee issue separately!" But when she thought that the police around her might just think of her as a delusional patient who had watched too much "Zootopia", she had to swallow her words back and gave Luo Luo a "you know me" look.

Silly Lolo obviously hadn't reacted yet and continued his "soul-searching" questioning: "Honestly, this plot is way too exciting. You jumped right into the VIP package at the police station. I've never seen that before! And, a murder case? Are you sure you're not filming a live version of Detective Conan?"

After saying that, Lolo pretended to wipe away non-existent tears, looking like "Why is my child so unlucky?"

Yun Ximo could only smile bitterly in her heart, "Lolo, you, a guy with a brain bigger than a black hole, still don't forget to make things difficult for me at this time. If I could answer you, I would have spoken up long ago."

At that moment, the police officer's shout, "Hurry up! Don't dawdle!" blasted through Yun Ximo's ears like a timpani. She had no choice but to gather her thoughts and quicken her pace. Luo Luo, seemingly sensing the tense atmosphere, lowered her voice, but continued to mutter, "What should we do now? Sister Mo, you've got to hold on."

The heavy door of the interrogation room slowly moved to both sides, and a solemn atmosphere that could freeze the air instantly wrapped Yun Ximo tightly, making her frown involuntarily.

The lights inside were dim enough to reveal the interrogation table and several iron chairs, which exuded a chill even more biting than a winter refrigerator. The air seemed to still linger with the panic and anxiety left behind by past interrogators.

Facing two policemen with eyes so sharp that they seemed to be able to see through murder, Yun Ximo remained very calm. After all, she knew everything in her mind and knew that she had nothing to do with the murder.

"Name?" The police officer's voice in the interrogation room was cold enough to freeze.

"Yun Ximo, Yun is the cloud, and Ximo is the jasmine that blooms in the west." She answered with the elegance of a scholar. "Gender?" the officer on the left continued to ask, his tone hinting at a subtle "You're not an alien, are you?"

"Female, female, female human." Yun Ximo answered concisely and roughly.

"Do you know why we arrested you?" The policeman on the right looked so sharp that he seemed to see through her soul.

Yun Ximo's OS: Luoluo told her before, of course she knew. But her face remained calm: "I don't know, I'm a law-abiding citizen, I haven't even run a red light..."

Suddenly, the policeman on the left slammed the table. The sound was so loud that Yun Ximo almost thought she had won some rare antique at an auction.

"Tell the truth!" The voice of the policeman opposite was filled with unquestionable majesty.

Yun Ximo rolled her eyes silently, but remained calm on the surface. She knew that some police officers liked to use such high-pressure tactics to test the psychological defenses of suspects. She replied calmly, "I really don't know. I haven't broken the law."

Seeing this, another policeman slammed the table again, and the sound of "dong dong" echoed in the interrogation room.

"You didn't break the law? Then why did we arrest you?" The policeman's tone was intimidating.

Yun Ximo: “???” The train of thought of you police officers is really hard to understand.”

Since she'd already been found guilty, why bother questioning her with such fuss? She frowned slightly, but didn't show it. She simply said, "If you have evidence, just show it to me. There's no need to scare me like this. Don't just talk big without delivering on your promise."

The police officer flipped through the folders in his hands while scrutinizing Yun Ximo with a piercing gaze, as if trying to see through her heart. He calmly and forcefully asked, "Yun Ximo, regarding the murder that occurred last night on Liudong Road in Dongcheng District, please explain your whereabouts and what you know in detail."

Yun Ximo gently frowned her willow-like eyebrows and had a deep conversation with the memories of last night, trying to fish out every lost star from the chaotic night.

At this moment, Luo Luo's slightly mischievous voice, like a rolled-up candy wrapper, whizzed into her mind: "Momo, you were sealed in your bed last night, weren't you? I looked at the moon outside, so bright I could roast a rabbit, but you were at home acting out the sequel to 'Sleeping Beauty'. When I called you, you were sleeping so soundly, like 'unmoved by thunder, unawakened by the wind, sleeping worse than that lazy pet pig kept by the Space-Time Administration'!"

Upon hearing this, Yun Ximo's mouth twitched, and she felt a mixture of emotions. "Ah, the life of a time traveler is like an unfinished Journey to the West—not only do you have to adapt to all sorts of strange new environments, but you also have to be ready to recite the tight-fitting curse at any time to deal with these sudden 'surprises' and 'shocks'."

She knew full well that she hadn't left the house last night; she hadn't even touched the doorknob, let alone taken a single step out of the door. She forced herself to ignore Luo Luo's interruption and replied, "I didn't go out last night. I didn't expect to be inexplicably involved in this matter." Her tone was calm, her eyes clear.

The two policemen in the interrogation room looked at each other, then glanced at Captain Xie Jing behind the mirror.

Xie Jing instructed solemnly, "Ask her if there was a conflict between you and your shopping guide, Lu Fei, at a luxury store in the Diwang high-end mall on October 2024, 10?"

The policeman turned his gaze to Yun Ximo again, waiting for her answer: "Tell me quickly." She thought about it, wasn't this exactly what happened on the second day after she traveled to Earth - that day, she went to the mall to buy clothes, but encountered a shopping guide's contempt and harsh ridicule. She still remembers that scene vividly.

Yun Ximo raised her eyebrows slightly and responded, "Yes, I remember it very clearly. In the end, it wasn't that salesperson who served me, but another salesperson named Xiao Zi who received me."

The police officer's expression darkened instantly, and he pressed, "Why are these details so striking to you?" Yun Ximo looked at the obvious suspicion on his face and felt helpless. "Isn't it obvious? When I entered the store, the salesperson named Lu Fei not only ignored me, but also mocked me for not being able to afford it. I didn't even bother to argue with her."

Outside the interrogation room, Captain Xie Jing closely watched every subtle movement of Yun Ximo, and slowly formed a clear judgment in his mind.

His expression gradually grew solemn, and he said firmly, "She's not the murderer." At this moment, another police officer, his face filled with anger, objected, "How is that possible? Yun Ximo was directly provided by the informant, and you saw it with your own eyes, Captain. Her motives are completely consistent, otherwise how could we have arrested her? Young people nowadays are too impatient and can't tolerate the slightest injustice. Yun Ximo must have been resentful of Lu Fei's insults, which is why she acted so ruthlessly."

Facing the police's accusations, Yun Ximo helplessly raised her hands and said bewilderedly, "I just went to the store to buy clothes that day, but a salesperson looked down on me. Is it because of such a small thing that I have to kill people? How many people do I have to kill to feel relieved?"

She then sarcastically added, "No wonder there are so many wrongful convictions in society. You police officers always unilaterally convict people in order to close cases quickly. Perhaps you're even receiving some illicit benefits behind the scenes."

The policeman in the interrogation room was about to refute but was interrupted by Xie Jing who pushed the door open.

When the policeman walked into the interrogation room with steady steps, Yun Ximo noticed that he was completely different from the other two people in the interrogation room.

Compared with the other two "unreasonable" policemen, this one is simply a clear stream in the world of rationality!

She decided to get straight to the point, "I've been arrested all of a sudden. Can you tell me why? I'm feeling a bit nervous, like there's a rabbit in my stomach."

Officer Xie Jing was also straightforward, having the clue that led to Yun Ximo. "Last night, Lu Fei was murdered in the Garden Expo Park on Liudong Road," he said. "According to our investigation, we discovered that you and she had a conflict before her death, and someone reported you at the crime scene."

When Yun Ximo heard that Lu Fei was dead, her expression did not change much.

She spread her hands helplessly. "Police, according to your other investigations, you know that I'm not the only one who has had conflicts with Lu Fei. Why did you target me?"

After saying that, he didn't forget to throw a questioning look: "So, you are directly awarding me the 'Best Suspect' trophy?" But you can't blame me!

Just as the atmosphere was becoming slightly awkward, another police officer appeared with a folder. "Captain, these are the latest results of the investigation!" Xie Jing took the folder and flipped through it carefully, his brows raised. "So you're the eldest daughter of the Yun family who was 'picked back halfway' and whose notoriety is so high that even the underworld has heard of her?"

Yun Ximo's expression turned slightly cold, and her tone was tentative: "So, are you connected to those who are targeting me? For example, relatives, or followers of Yun Yimeng?"

(End of this chapter)