Chapter 394 An Honest Explanation

• However, the newly-appointed Captain Chen wasn’t so easily convinced. Shooting a glance at Lin Xinyan, who looked as though she just had her wits frightened out of her, he barked with laugher and said, “Captain Shen, do you take me for a fool? If you shot him to death, how did the gun turn up in her hands?”
• “She picked it up.” Shen Peichuan argued, trying to deflect the blame away from Lin Xinyan.
• “She picked it up? Even better! The law will prove her innocence.” Here, he paused for effect before continuing, “Hopefully, your fingerprints will show up on the gun, so you’ll be implicated instead of her.”