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Chinese online short story 罪恶有痕 Traces of Sin (Intermediate to Advanced)
罪恶有痕 36  
老曾隔着玻璃见到庄立群的时候，
竟然摇了摇头。
站在一旁的刘明天不解地问，
“怎么？我们抓错人了？
画像可是你画的啊！”		 Looking at Zhuang Liqun through the window glass,
Mr. Zeng shook his head.
Liu Mingtian, who was standing beside Mr. Zeng and feeling a bit puzzled, asked him,
“Why? You think we got the wrong guy?
It was you who drew the portrait!”
lăo céng gé zhe bōli jiàndào zhuāng lì qún de shíhou，
jìngrán yáo le yáotóu。
zhàn zài yīpáng de Liú míngtiān bùjiě de wèn，
“ zěnme？ wŏmen zhuā cuò rén le？
huàxiàng kěshì nĭ huà de ā！”		  
“人没抓错，
不过他并不像主谋。
你看他那副魂不守舍的样子，
充其量就是个帮凶。		 “Yes, he’s the right guy.
However, he doesn’t look like the mastermind behind the crime.
Look at him. He’s scared and lost his focus.
The best he could have been was just an accomplice.
“ rén méi zhuā cuò，
bùguò tā bìngbù xiàng zhŭmóu。
nĭ kàn tā nà fù húnbùshŏushè de yàngzi，
chōngqíliàng jiùshì gèbāngxiōng。 		 
虽然证人的印象是,
一号指挥二号.
但当时的情况是,
一号在她的视野里停留得比较长,		 Although the witness got the impression
that suspect one was the one in charge, not suspect two,
it is possible that her judgment was skewed by spotting suspect one much longer that suspect two.
suīrán zhèngrén de yìnxiàng shì,
yīhào zhĭhuī èrhào。
dàn dāngshí de qíngkuàng shì,
yīhào zài tā de shìyě lĭ tíngliú dé bĭjiào cháng, 		 
所以她可能会主观认为一号是主导。
二号在整个行动中很会隐蔽自己,
反倒可能是真正的主谋。”		 Suspect two, on the other hand,
was very agile in protecting himself all through the crime.
He was more likely to be the principle criminal.
suŏyĭ tā kěnéng huì zhŭguān rènwéi yīhào shì zhŭdăo.
èrhào zài zhěnggè xíngdòng zhōng hěn huì yĭnbì zìjĭ,
făndào kěnéng shì zhēnzhèng de zhŭmóu.”		  
老曾话音刚落,
刘明天就举起手里的二号画像,
仔细地端详起来。		 Liu Mingtian raised the portrait of suspect two
and looked at it carefully upon Mr’s Zeng’s comment.
lăo céng huàyīn gāng luò,
Liú míngtiān jiù jŭqĭ shŏulĭ de èrhào huàxiàng,
zĭxì de duānxiáng qilai。		  
”我也有同感,
这个庄立群不是主谋。
如果他能把二号供出来，
就应该能破案了。”		 “I do feel the same way.
Zhuang Liqun is not the brain.
If he can make a confession about suspect two,
then we should be able to crack the case.”
” wŏ yě yŏu tónggăn,
zhège zhuāng lì qún bùshì zhŭmóu。
rúguŏ tā néng bă èrhào gōng chūlái，
jiù yīnggāi néng pò’àn le。”