After her questioning, Linlin was summoned. Liwu was not allowed to speak to her team members, not before they could be questioned too. She remained in the break room, a lukewarm cup of tea in her hands that vaguely tasted of betrayal.
Her team trickled in, one by one, each looking like they had been chewed and spit out by a bureaucratic dragon.
"Let me guess," said Detective Xuanji, flopping into a chair. "They asked all of you about the suicides and said one of us made some kind of complaint but won't say who."
"Same here," muttered Linlin, rubbing her temples. "They kept asking me if there is something I thought we could have done to stop the suicides. I kept saying no and they kept repeating the question as if I would somehow change my mind."
He Xiao Yi raised an eyebrow. "Did they do the dramatic pause before asking if you 'felt responsible?"
Everyone groaned.
"Yes!"
"It's like they are looking for someone to blame."
"They did it twice, in my case."
