Chapter 455 He Backed Down

Chapter 455 He Backed Down

Qi Tongwei and Zhang Long were trapped in a small detention room, and the air seemed to freeze. Zhang Long stood up with anger on his face, pointed at Qi Tongwei, and shouted: "It's all your fault, Qi Tongwei! If you hadn't insisted on looking for Cuicui, would we have ended up like this? Now the National Security Bureau has treated us as spies, what about my family? They are all implicated because of you!"

Qi Tongwei also stood up and retorted: "Zhang Long, stop spitting blood! It was you who insisted on coming here in the first place, I didn't force you. Now that something's wrong, you're blaming me?"

The two men glared at each other, their chests rising and falling violently. Zhang Long was so angry that he was shaking all over: "I followed you here to help you, but look at you now, we are locked up in this dark place and are being slandered. My reputation is ruined, how can I live as a human being when I get out?"

Qi Tongwei snorted coldly: "My reputation is not ruined? My family is also being pointed at by people outside, so I feel good about it? What's the point of you blaming me here now?"

Zhang Long's eyes were bloodshot, and he gritted his teeth and said, "If I had known it would be like this, I shouldn't have cared about your business. What Cuicui, maybe she is not worth it at all."

Qi Tongwei's eyes widened, and he rushed over to grab Zhang Long's collar: "Say it again! Cuicui is my hope, how can you say that to her?"

Zhang Long struggled to break free and pushed Qi Tongwei: "Your hope? Your hope has ruined us all! We are being interrogated like criminals here, and people outside think we are traitors."

The two people's quarrel echoed in the detention room, and their emotions became more and more excited. Qi Tongwei punched the wall, and the skin on his hand was scratched, but he was unaware: "I didn't want to be like this. How could I know that I would find those things and be misunderstood as a spy."

Zhang Long slumped on the ground, holding his head in his hands. "What should we do now? How can we get out? I don't want to stay here forever."

Qi Tongwei paced back and forth in the small space, feeling upset. After a while, he stopped, looked at Zhang Long and said, "We can't just give up. We must find a way to prove our innocence."

Zhang Long raised his head, his eyes full of doubt: "Proof? How to prove it? Now everyone thinks we are bad guys."

Qi Tongwei sat down and tried to calm himself down: "Let's go through the whole thing again and see if there are any missing details or evidence that can prove that we discovered those biological weapons by accident."

Zhang Long snorted coldly: "What's the point of sorting it out? We have said it so many times, but they don't listen at all."

Qi Tongwei said: "Whether they listen or not, we have to be clear ourselves. From the moment we entered the abandoned factory, every link and every person we met could become the key to proving our innocence."

Zhang Long was silent for a while and began to recall: "We first walked into the factory because we heard the girl's singing, and then we found those strange boxes. Before that, we had been looking for Cuicui in the market, small restaurants, and at the end of the street..."

Qi Tongwei continued, "Yes, and there are also those who provide us with clues. Maybe they can testify for us. We have to find a way to contact them."

Zhang Long smiled bitterly and said, "We are locked up here now, how can we contact them? And even if we can contact them, we don't know if they are willing to help."

Qi Tongwei frowned and thought: "There will always be a way. Let's write down all the clues we can think of and hand them over to the investigators when we have the chance."

As he spoke, Qi Tongwei found a small stone on the ground and began to record all the clues they could think of on the wall. Zhang Long watched from the side, and although he was still a little reluctant, he slowly began to help recall.

A few days later, the investigators came to interrogate them again. Qi Tongwei handed the clues they had compiled to the investigators and said, "These are all the things we can think of to prove our innocence. Please check them carefully."

The investigator looked at the records on the wall, then looked at them, and left without saying anything. Zhang Long looked at the investigator's back and said disappointedly: "See, they don't believe us at all."

Qi Tongwei said firmly: "As long as we don't give up, the truth will come out one day."

The days in the detention room became increasingly difficult, and Zhang Long's mood became increasingly depressed. Qi Tongwei constantly encouraged him and told him about his previous experiences in solving cases, trying to cheer him up.

One day, they heard a commotion outside. It turned out that Qi Tongwei's wife and Zhang Long's parents were outside asking to see them and explained their personalities to the relevant personnel, insisting that they could not be spies.

Hearing the voices of their families, Qi Tongwei and Zhang Long felt a warm current in their hearts. Zhang Long's eyes moistened: "I didn't expect that our family still believed in us so much."

Qi Tongwei said: "We can't let them down. We must find a way out."

As the investigation deepened, some new evidence gradually surfaced. It turned out that there was a surveillance camera near the abandoned factory, which captured the scene when they entered the factory. From the picture, it can be seen that they were indeed looking for someone, and they showed surprise and vigilance about those biological and chemical weapons.

When the investigators questioned them again, their attitude changed significantly. They said, "After further investigation, we found that you may have been misunderstood. But there are still some details that need to be verified."

Qi Tongwei and Zhang Long saw hope. They actively cooperated with the investigators' inquiries and described every detail in detail.

Finally, after a long wait and investigation, they were proven innocent and released from detention. The moment they walked out of the detention room, the sunlight was so bright that they could hardly open their eyes.

Zhang Long took a deep breath and said, "I'm finally out. It feels like a lifetime has passed."

Qi Tongwei patted his shoulder and said, "It's all over. Now we have to continue looking for Cuicui."

Zhang Long frowned, his eyes full of fatigue and confusion. He looked at Qi Tongwei and said in a low but firm voice: "I don't want to look for her anymore. I want to go back home. I've had enough of all this. I really can't stand the torture along the way."

Qi Tongwei's eyes widened, looking at him in disbelief, "Don't you like Cuicui? Why are you giving up now? Aren't you going to be loyal to love? How can you do this?"

Zhang Long's face flushed red, and he yelled angrily, "Love your mother! What have we been through along the way? We were treated as spies, locked up, tortured, and misunderstood by everyone. I don't have the strength anymore, I just want to go home and live a peaceful life."