Chapter 140 – Material Evidence and a Silver Tongue

“Class leader, calm down.” I persuaded in a gentle tone. “Didn’t you say that you wanted to be a criminal police officer in the future? Don’t you need evidence in order to arrest bad guys?”

“Evidence? Why do I need evidence when I have seen it with my own eyes!”

“You can’t say that,” I mocked, “Look, at most, Shu Zhe’s words counts as a witness testimony. In terms of evidence, material evidence always trumps witness testimony.”

When I went to my grandparent’s house as a child and watched a lawyer drama on TV, it wasn’t all for naught.

I said as I reached for the camera on the shelf.

“Do you recognize this?”

Shu Zhe used a silver camera to take selfies. The word ‘SONY’ was clearly printed on the panel below the lens.

“Isn’t it just a digital camera?” The class leader still kept her vigilance against me, not allowing me to get close.

“This is a gift that my parents gave my brother for the May First Holiday. It’s much lighter than the original camera we had at home —— Are you saying it’s material evidence?”

I fumbled around on the camera’s control panel for a while and quickly figured out the operation method. I was able to display the photos from storage on the small LCD screen.

I really couldn’t bear to look. There were around 17 or 18 photos taken today. They were all photos of Shu Zhe dressed in leather skirts and stockings while stroking his hair coquettishly, in order to meet Li ErLeng’s requirements of “revealing skin”. Some photos even showed him deliberately unbuttoning the bottom buttons of his shirt to reveal his white waist.

As I flipped back, there were photos from yesterday, the day before yesterday, and the furthest went back to May 3rd.

You started taking pictures right when your parents went back to Shanghai, it seems like you were itching to get started! You’re really diligent, you even had new works every day! Shu Zhe, are you not comfortable without being a trap for even one day!

I beckoned to the class leader: “Come over here and see what’s on the camera.”

The class leader refused to come over. They way she looked at me was as if I would take the opportunity to grab her hands and fling her on the bed.

I couldn’t do anything else but place the camera on the floor between us and then take three steps back to show that I had no evil intentions.

The class leader bent down cautiously and picked up the camera.

After she saw the first photo, her cheek became the color of Chinese peony.

“You… actually took photos for memories after doing these acts? You damn Edison Chen!”

Hey hey hey, that analogy isn’t appropriate, your brother is not Cecilia Cheung! Moreover, although Master Chen was fearless, he did not put his hands on shotas! (TN: Linked the scandal if anyone was interested lol)

“Don’t only look at the content, class leader, take a look at the date.” I reminded, “There was someone who forced Shu Zhe to take these photos, but it wasn’t me, and it didn’t start today… calm down first, then I’ll answer your questions.”

There’s no way someone as clever as the class leader can’t find points of doubt. First of all, Shu Zhe’s women’s attire included a wig which couldn’t have been brought in my bag. If I have been coercing Shu Zhe for a long time to take these photos, it doesn’t make sense for me to be in a hurry and get caught by the class leader today.

After looking at the photos while sweating from her forehead, the class leader put the camera down, closed her eyes, and took a deep breath.

When her eyes opened again, some reason was restored in her obsidian pupils.

“You said that someone forced Xiao Zhe to take these pictures, who is it?”

So I clearly expressed Li ErLeng’s story to the class leader.

However, I did not mention the nude photos that Eunuch Cao had sold. I only said that Li ErLeng worshipped the class leader and wanted collect some private photos of her life. Shu Zhe wanted to earn some pocket money and he walked down the wrong path.

“Li ErLeng? Are you talking about Li CunZhuang of class 2?” The class leader’s complexion didn’t look very good. “I’ve never spoken to him before, why does he want my photos?”

Class leader, you’re still too naive. Otaku have never spoken to Sasha Grey, but they can still appreciate her AVs!

“Don’t tell me… it’s used for…” The class leader covered her mouth and made an action of disgust.

At the same time, she stared at me with stern eyes. Since I sent Xiao Qin to obtain photos of the class leader, does she also suspect that I had those vile goals?

Forget it, you have a reason to despise me. Last time, if I got my hands on the photo, I might have given it to Eunuch Cao and it would have become the base of his new PS nude photos. I should have dealt with the nude photo situation much sooner.

The class leader was still skeptical about me.

“If that was the case, you could have just stopped my brother, why did you hit him?”

I shook my head and said what I had already prepared:

“Class leader, when I came to your house today, I didn’t know that Shu Zhe would be taking selfies in the house. I was wholeheartedly prepared to help Shu Zhe improve his physical fitness and become a man, then I find him doing this… how can I not be angry?”

The class leader hung down her eyes and frowned. It seemed that my words touched her. Her brother’s nature was weak and his constitution was terrible, he was always her worry.

I followed up with another attack:

“As for why I spanked him… um, I was afraid that I wouldn’t have been able to control my strength, I was afraid I might have broke him. You should know that I’ve been involved in the underground and I always make fatal strikes. If I accidentally killed Shu Zhe, would you spare me?”

When I said the last sentence, the class leader looked up a little and seemed to be very surprised by my words.

“I won’t spare you? What can I do to a brother in the criminal underground?”

I just randomly said that I was involved with the underground and you actually believed it! Being an elder brother at only 14 years old, aren’t you underestimating the triads? Even if I dropped out of school immediately to join the criminal underworld, I would at most be a lackey. I would only do various chores like running errands, being the lookout, or making deliveries. Maybe one day, I would be betrayed by the boss, and sent to rot in prison as a scapegoat!

“You can’t do anything to me,” I said, “but we have the code of brotherhood in the underground. You have helped me a lot in these past few days. Didn’t you help me take care of Xiao Qin? I also ate your cooking at Xiao Qin’s home… What’s that saying, right, a favor of a meal should be returned with a gushing spring…”

The class leader corrected me: “It’s a grace of a drip of water is returned with a gushing spring.” (TN: Basically a small favor should be returned with something bigger)

“It’s the same meaning, you give me a bowl of rice, I’ll return a bucket, understand?”

“Who wants your bucket!” The class leader mood was lifted by that. The oppressive atmosphere was suddenly swept away.

The smile on the class leader’s face left as quick as it came, she blinked a couple of time. “I still can’t completely believe you. I’ll call Xiao Zhe over for a cross examination.”

I made a “as you please” gesture, indicating that I was not afraid.

Sure enough, Shu Zhe did not dare to be rash in front of me. Most of what he said was true. Under my suggestion, he also hid the situation about the PS naked photos. It’s easier to be forgiven by his sister if he only took some photos.

Shu Zhe, who had taken off his costume and switched to men’s clothing, had to talk to us while lying crooked on his bed, but it was better than being dressed as a trap.

If he didn’t have a bitter face right now, he would look pretty cheerful and handsome, no wonder so many girls like him. It looks like he does not feel hurt at all when he changes girlfriends.

When I thought about this, I felt that I was right for hitting him, let’s say that I was his retribution.

After listening to Shu Zhe’s confession, the class leader was silent for a little while.

When she spoke again, there was a bit of exhaustion in her voice.

“Xiao Zhe, do you think I give you too less allowance?”

“Of course, it’s too less! There are many classmates that get more than me!” Shu Zhe shouted with grievances, but when he saw me staring at him from the side, he didn’t utter another word.

The class leader sighed, somehow, her expression made me feel a little sad.

“So you went to sell your sister’s photos because you didn’t get enough allowance?”

Shu Zhe looked at her sister’s heartbroken expression and was momentarily speechless.

“Since you’re young, you might not know what those people do with the photos they buy, but they will not do things that make your sister happy…”

No, the class leader is underestimating Shu Zhe, your brother has already changed girlfriends multiple times, he should already know. In fact, I’m afraid that he’s much more experienced and knowledgeable in that area than you!

“You sold some to Ye Lin too, right?”

“Eh?”

Shu Zhe and made a confused sound at the same time.

A second later, I realized that the class leader was referring to a while back, when I got the picture from Eunuch Cao and it was later confiscated by the class leader.

Shu Zhe doesn’t know about this. This photo is related to the PS naked photos. I can’t let Shu Zhe divulge any information.

So I spoke before Shu Zhe and said:

“Yes, I bought that photo from Shu Zhe.”

At the same time, I quickly sent glances to Shu Zhe, letting him understand my intentions.

“Didn’t you say last time that you picked it up from the ground?” the class leader pointed out.

“Tsk, how can I have such good luck, do you think no one would pick up a picture of a beautiful girl if it was one the ground?”

The class leader turned red. This is for the best, so she won’t detect any gaps in my words. Also, the fact that I bought her PS nude photos from the neighboring class can be buried away in the trash forever.

But I don’t want to let the class leader think that she was too special in my eyes. I don’t want the class leader to think that I am interested in her. If Xiao Qin was not there, there’s no point carrying out my ‘womanizer plan’.

“Well, class leader, you must know, I’m extremely lecherous! I have photo collections of all the beautiful girls in our school. Even the third grade school flower is no exception —— your photo is just one of the collection.”

Shu Zhe widened his eyes and looked at me as if I was a monster with seven legs and eight eyes. He couldn’t understand why I had to say that.

“You destroyed a great atmosphere!” I guess he would have criticized me like that if he could have? A pick-up master would certainly not understand my Spartan way of thought, and I won’t condescend myself to let him understand.

But even though I defamed myself, the class leader still had a red face and didn’t speak for a long time. In order to appear not embarrassed, she held her chin to make it seems like she was in deep thought.

Hey, you don’t have to be that happy because someone praised your beauty! You’re forgetting the matter at hand! We’re currently in the middle of Shu Zhe’s trial!