October 30, 3020. A case analysis meeting was being held in the criminal investigation team’s conference room.
Jiang Chengyan scanned the crowd. “Anybody else has anything to add?”
When everyone shook their heads, Jiang Chengyan continued. “Now that you’ve finished, I’ll report about mine. Yesterday, Su Ke and I went to Bolang bar and met Kong Fang, the owner of the bar. Unexpectedly, we learned that Kong Fang was Jiang Changping’s same-sex lover.”
There was an uproar. They didn’t expect that the person they were searching for was so easily found by Jiang Chengyan. Yao Min said with a smile. “The Captain deserves to be the captain. He easily found the mysterious third party. How about this Kong Fang? Is he handsome?”
Jiang Chengyan deadpanned. “Dead girl, aren’t you focusing on the wrong thing?”
“I’m just curious. Most bar owners are handsome, and Jiang Changping was a good-looking man before he died. The lover he was looking for shouldn’t be any worse.”
“It’s none of your business if he’s handsome or not.” Jiang Chengyan gave Yao Min a funny look, pondering for a while. “Jiang Changping’s so-called business trip was to be with Kong Fang. The reason why he bought necessities near Guangmei district was because Kong Fang’s family has a house in Guangmei district, where they often date. On the 20th, after Jiang Chengyan left home, he drove to Guangmei district. They left together at 8 pm on the 22nd. Kong Fang went back to Hemei district, and Jiang Changping disappeared. ”
“They separated at 8 pm on the 22nd. Jiang Changping was murdered from 10 to 11 pm. If Kong Fang’s statement was true, then the murderer couldn’t be Kong Fang.”
Jiang Chengyan nodded and said, “I’ve separately obtained the surveillance videos of the two districts. I can confirm that Kong Fang left Guangmei district at 8 pm and returned to Hemei district at about 9 pm. He left Hemei district at 8:20 and drove to Ancheng alone.”
“Ancheng?”
“Yes, it’s Ancheng. He stayed in Xingdu hotel that day and went to dinner with his friends at 6 pm, returned to the hotel at about 8 pm and never went out until noon on the 24th, where he was found to have a high fever and was sent to the hospital. When I contacted him, he was still in hospital with pneumonia caused by high fever and pneumothorax. I have asked my colleagues in Ancheng to help me verify this case, so the suspicion of Kong Fang is basically cleared.”
Yao Min frowned and said, “That is to say, regardless if it’s for money or for love, Li Qiuran’s still the biggest suspect.”
Liu Ran then said, “But she also has an alibi. Don’t forget that she hasn’t left the house since 6 pm on the 22nd.”
All the people fell silent. The three primary suspects were Li Qiuran, Kong Fang and Jiang Cheng. Out of the three, only Jiang Cheng brought witnesses. Although Li Qiuran and Kong Fang had no witness, the surveillance showed that neither of them went out at the time of the crime….
Liu ran then said, “There might be another person who threw the corpse, so that he can completely get rid of the suspicion.”
Jiang Chengyan: “I watched the surveillance video of Hemei district. I’m sure Jiang Changping hasn’t appeared in the Hemei district, at least in our existing intel.”
Yao Min was puzzled. “Captain, what do you mean?”
“I just mentioned one possibility, but there is another possibility.”
Yao Min groaned. “Aiya, Captain! Quit playing games and just say it! If there’s any possibility, tell us quickly!”
“Whether it’s Hemei or Heping district, their monitoring facilities have a lot of loopholes. As long as the murderer could grasp this loophole, he can completely avoid our sight.”
“Loopholes?” Everyone looked at each other, their eyebrows furrowed as they pondered.
“The loophole is in the basement. There was no surveillance outside the elevator of the basement. “As long as you go down the stairs to the lower floor, and then go out from any unit building, you can perfectly avoid the surveillance camera of Building 5, and also escape from our sight.”
Yao Min’s eyes lit up in excitement. “So as long as we look up the surveillance videos of other units, whoever we find is the murderer.”
“Don’t be happy too soon. It’s just my guess, after all, we haven’t found the first crime scene and the murder weapon.”
Zhang Liang pitched in. “Captain, there’s something that has been bothering me. Why did the killer drive the car back to Guangmei district after throwing the body?”
Li Tong replied, “Of course, they want to hide the car so that we can’t find it ah. Why else?”
Zhang Liang frowned slightly and said, “But we didn’t waste much time finding that car. If I were the murderer, I wouldn’t use Jiang Changping’s car since it would be too conspicuous. I always feel that the murderer’s intention isn’t that simple. ”
Jiang Chengyan was speechless and nodded thoughtfully. “That is indeed suspicious.”
“There’s also the site where we found the corpse. Xinmin and Guangmei district, one in the West and the other in the East. Even if the murderer wants to find a hiding location, he doesn’t have to travel through half of the city.”
Jiang Chengyan’s eyes brightened. “Yes, Zhang Liang’s question is on point. Guangmei district is the place where Kong Fang and Jiang Changping meet, while Xinmin and Hemei district are only two blocks apart. So the murderer’s intention must be… ”
“The murderer’s intention is to direct our attention to Kong Fang.” It dawned on Wang Bin.
“Kill Jiang Changping then blame Kong Fang. That’s killing two birds with one stone, and getting rid of them all at once. The suspect is almost ready to come out. I can’t think of another person except Li Qiuran.” Li Tong couldn’t help sighing. “If what we’re suspecting is indeed the case, then Li Qiuran is too cruel.”
Liu Ran also sighed. “As the saying goes, ‘The deeper the love, the deeper the hate.’ If Li Qiuran knew that her husband had never loved her from the start ’till the end, and had a love affair with a man for three years, it wouldn’t be impossible for her to do extreme things. Not to mention that she grew up in such a family environment, which will have some influence on her personality.”
“It is merely just our speculation. As for whether or not it’s true depends on our investigation.”
Jiang Chengyan settled down and said, “Now I’ll be assigning new tasks to Liu Ran and Wang Bin. Go verify Jiang Cheng’s alibi and make sure there are no loopholes. Li Tong and Zhang Liang, you will check the surveillance of Heping district. As long as it’s two hours before and after the crime, don’t let go of all the surveillance videos of the unit building.
Guo Hai and Chen Miao, you go to check the surveillance video of Hemei district. Although Kong Fang isn’t likely to commit a crime, we shouldn’t base it on our judgement as it is also necessary to completely rule out his suspicion. As for Yao Min, go check how many psychological clinics there are in Huacheng to see if Li Qiuran has any mental illness. That’s the task. Are we clear?”
Jiang Chengyan nodded when he saw that everyone responded respectively. “The task this time is a bit heavy. If we persevere, I always feel that we aren’t far away from closing the case.”
“Yes, captain.”
“Let’s disperse and man our tasks.”
People scattered one after another. Jiang Chengyan cleaned up and walked towards the Trace Inspection Department.
“Qin Ke, what’s up? Did you discover anything in that car?”
“I found a lot.” Qin An turned to face Jiang Chengyan.
Jiang Chengyan’s voice was full of vigor. “A lot? That’s a good thing ah. What did you find?”
Qin An handed Jiang Chengyan a dozen materials and said, “Take a look for it yourself.”
“So much?” Jiang Chengyan was a little astonished as he took over the information, and glanced at it. “Qin Ke, you better summarize it for me bah. Let me have a list.”
“A large number of fingerprints were found in the car, with a total of 10 people. There’s Jiang Changping, Li Qiuran, Jiang Xiaohan, Jiang Cheng, Kong Fang, Li Li and Gao Ping. The remaining three fingerprints weren’t matched in the database.”
“That’s quite a lot?” Jiang Chengyan frowned.
“Not only that, there was also hair and fallen dandruff in the car, which belong to these people. There’s no trace of this car being cleaned, which is totally different from our previous cases.”
“What else?”
“Jiang Changping’s blood was also found in the trunk of the car. It’s the same as before. It hasn’t been cleaned up at all. You can see the stain at a glance when you open the trunk.”
Jiang Chengyan’s brow twisted deeper when he heard that. “The murderer does go against common sense.”
“I’ve done trace inspection for so many years. This kind of situation isn’t unheard of, but it’s because most of them don’t have time to clean up. Yet the murderer has enough time, but has no intention of cleaning up, which is very puzzling.”
“What about the weapon? Did you find a murder weapon in the car, or perhaps a sharp weapon for dismembering the corpse?”
“The neck was destroyed, we’re uncertain what weapon was used. How can we find it? But an axe was found in the trunk of the car. It was stained with blood. It should be used by the murderer to separate the corpse.”
“The axe used for dismembering the corpse was hidden in the trunk. But the murder weapon is missing, which shows that the murder weapon was very symbolic, so the murderer hid it.”
“If so, there is a nine out of ten possibility that the weapon has been destroyed.”
Jiang Chengyan nodded thoughtfully and said, “I have a general idea why the murderer did this.”
Qin An was stunned and indulged with interest. “Oh? tell me.”
“In the previous case analysis, we speculated that the reason why the murderer drove to Xinmin district was to throw away the corpse and then drove back to Guangmei district to direct our attention to Kong Fang. This was the exact circumstance with this car, which precisely proves that theory.”
“Frame up? It seems that the murderer really hates Jiang Changping and Kong Fang to the core ah.”
October 30, 3020. A case analysis meeting was being held in the criminal investigation team’s conference room.
Jiang Chengyan scanned the crowd. “Anybody else has anything to add?”
When everyone shook their heads, Jiang Chengyan continued. “Now that you’ve finished, I’ll report about mine. Yesterday, Su Ke and I went to Bolang bar and met Kong Fang, the owner of the bar. Unexpectedly, we learned that Kong Fang was Jiang Changping’s same-sex lover.”
There was an uproar. They didn’t expect that the person they were searching for was so easily found by Jiang Chengyan. Yao Min said with a smile. “The Captain deserves to be the captain. He easily found the mysterious third party. How about this Kong Fang? Is he handsome?”
Jiang Chengyan deadpanned. “Dead girl, aren’t you focusing on the wrong thing?”
“I’m just curious. Most bar owners are handsome, and Jiang Changping was a good-looking man before he died. The lover he was looking for shouldn’t be any worse.”
“It’s none of your business if he’s handsome or not.” Jiang Chengyan gave Yao Min a funny look, pondering for a while. “Jiang Changping’s so-called business trip was to be with Kong Fang. The reason why he bought necessities near Guangmei district was because Kong Fang’s family has a house in Guangmei district, where they often date. On the 20th, after Jiang Chengyan left home, he drove to Guangmei district. They left together at 8 pm on the 22nd. Kong Fang went back to Hemei district, and Jiang Changping disappeared. ”
“They separated at 8 pm on the 22nd. Jiang Changping was murdered from 10 to 11 pm. If Kong Fang’s statement was true, then the murderer couldn’t be Kong Fang.”
Jiang Chengyan nodded and said, “I’ve separately obtained the surveillance videos of the two districts. I can confirm that Kong Fang left Guangmei district at 8 pm and returned to Hemei district at about 9 pm. He left Hemei district at 8:20 and drove to Ancheng alone.”
“Ancheng?”
“Yes, it’s Ancheng. He stayed in Xingdu hotel that day and went to dinner with his friends at 6 pm, returned to the hotel at about 8 pm and never went out until noon on the 24th, where he was found to have a high fever and was sent to the hospital. When I contacted him, he was still in hospital with pneumonia caused by high fever and pneumothorax. I have asked my colleagues in Ancheng to help me verify this case, so the suspicion of Kong Fang is basically cleared.”
Yao Min frowned and said, “That is to say, regardless if it’s for money or for love, Li Qiuran’s still the biggest suspect.”
Liu Ran then said, “But she also has an alibi. Don’t forget that she hasn’t left the house since 6 pm on the 22nd.”
All the people fell silent. The three primary suspects were Li Qiuran, Kong Fang and Jiang Cheng. Out of the three, only Jiang Cheng brought witnesses. Although Li Qiuran and Kong Fang had no witness, the surveillance showed that neither of them went out at the time of the crime….
Liu ran then said, “There might be another person who threw the corpse, so that he can completely get rid of the suspicion.”
Jiang Chengyan: “I watched the surveillance video of Hemei district. I’m sure Jiang Changping hasn’t appeared in the Hemei district, at least in our existing intel.”
Yao Min was puzzled. “Captain, what do you mean?”
“I just mentioned one possibility, but there is another possibility.”
Yao Min groaned. “Aiya, Captain! Quit playing games and just say it! If there’s any possibility, tell us quickly!”
“Whether it’s Hemei or Heping district, their monitoring facilities have a lot of loopholes. As long as the murderer could grasp this loophole, he can completely avoid our sight.”
“Loopholes?” Everyone looked at each other, their eyebrows furrowed as they pondered.
“The loophole is in the basement. There was no surveillance outside the elevator of the basement. “As long as you go down the stairs to the lower floor, and then go out from any unit building, you can perfectly avoid the surveillance camera of Building 5, and also escape from our sight.”
Yao Min’s eyes lit up in excitement. “So as long as we look up the surveillance videos of other units, whoever we find is the murderer.”
“Don’t be happy too soon. It’s just my guess, after all, we haven’t found the first crime scene and the murder weapon.”
Zhang Liang pitched in. “Captain, there’s something that has been bothering me. Why did the killer drive the car back to Guangmei district after throwing the body?”
Li Tong replied, “Of course, they want to hide the car so that we can’t find it ah. Why else?”
Zhang Liang frowned slightly and said, “But we didn’t waste much time finding that car. If I were the murderer, I wouldn’t use Jiang Changping’s car since it would be too conspicuous. I always feel that the murderer’s intention isn’t that simple. ”
Jiang Chengyan was speechless and nodded thoughtfully. “That is indeed suspicious.”
“There’s also the site where we found the corpse. Xinmin and Guangmei district, one in the West and the other in the East. Even if the murderer wants to find a hiding location, he doesn’t have to travel through half of the city.”
Jiang Chengyan’s eyes brightened. “Yes, Zhang Liang’s question is on point. Guangmei district is the place where Kong Fang and Jiang Changping meet, while Xinmin and Hemei district are only two blocks apart. So the murderer’s intention must be… ”
“The murderer’s intention is to direct our attention to Kong Fang.” It dawned on Wang Bin.
“Kill Jiang Changping then blame Kong Fang. That’s killing two birds with one stone, and getting rid of them all at once. The suspect is almost ready to come out. I can’t think of another person except Li Qiuran.” Li Tong couldn’t help sighing. “If what we’re suspecting is indeed the case, then Li Qiuran is too cruel.”
Liu Ran also sighed. “As the saying goes, ‘The deeper the love, the deeper the hate.’ If Li Qiuran knew that her husband had never loved her from the start ’till the end, and had a love affair with a man for three years, it wouldn’t be impossible for her to do extreme things. Not to mention that she grew up in such a family environment, which will have some influence on her personality.”
“It is merely just our speculation. As for whether or not it’s true depends on our investigation.”
Jiang Chengyan settled down and said, “Now I’ll be assigning new tasks to Liu Ran and Wang Bin. Go verify Jiang Cheng’s alibi and make sure there are no loopholes. Li Tong and Zhang Liang, you will check the surveillance of Heping district. As long as it’s two hours before and after the crime, don’t let go of all the surveillance videos of the unit building.
Guo Hai and Chen Miao, you go to check the surveillance video of Hemei district. Although Kong Fang isn’t likely to commit a crime, we shouldn’t base it on our judgement as it is also necessary to completely rule out his suspicion. As for Yao Min, go check how many psychological clinics there are in Huacheng to see if Li Qiuran has any mental illness. That’s the task. Are we clear?”
Jiang Chengyan nodded when he saw that everyone responded respectively. “The task this time is a bit heavy. If we persevere, I always feel that we aren’t far away from closing the case.”
“Yes, captain.”
“Let’s disperse and man our tasks.”
People scattered one after another. Jiang Chengyan cleaned up and walked towards the Trace Inspection Department.
“Qin Ke, what’s up? Did you discover anything in that car?”
“I found a lot.” Qin An turned to face Jiang Chengyan.
Jiang Chengyan’s voice was full of vigor. “A lot? That’s a good thing ah. What did you find?”
Qin An handed Jiang Chengyan a dozen materials and said, “Take a look for it yourself.”
“So much?” Jiang Chengyan was a little astonished as he took over the information, and glanced at it. “Qin Ke, you better summarize it for me bah. Let me have a list.”
“A large number of fingerprints were found in the car, with a total of 10 people. There’s Jiang Changping, Li Qiuran, Jiang Xiaohan, Jiang Cheng, Kong Fang, Li Li and Gao Ping. The remaining three fingerprints weren’t matched in the database.”
“That’s quite a lot?” Jiang Chengyan frowned.
“Not only that, there was also hair and fallen dandruff in the car, which belong to these people. There’s no trace of this car being cleaned, which is totally different from our previous cases.”
“What else?”
“Jiang Changping’s blood was also found in the trunk of the car. It’s the same as before. It hasn’t been cleaned up at all. You can see the stain at a glance when you open the trunk.”
Jiang Chengyan’s brow twisted deeper when he heard that. “The murderer does go against common sense.”
“I’ve done trace inspection for so many years. This kind of situation isn’t unheard of, but it’s because most of them don’t have time to clean up. Yet the murderer has enough time, but has no intention of cleaning up, which is very puzzling.”
“What about the weapon? Did you find a murder weapon in the car, or perhaps a sharp weapon for dismembering the corpse?”
“The neck was destroyed, we’re uncertain what weapon was used. How can we find it? But an axe was found in the trunk of the car. It was stained with blood. It should be used by the murderer to separate the corpse.”
“The axe used for dismembering the corpse was hidden in the trunk. But the murder weapon is missing, which shows that the murder weapon was very symbolic, so the murderer hid it.”
“If so, there is a nine out of ten possibility that the weapon has been destroyed.”
Jiang Chengyan nodded thoughtfully and said, “I have a general idea why the murderer did this.”
Qin An was stunned and indulged with interest. “Oh? tell me.”
“In the previous case analysis, we speculated that the reason why the murderer drove to Xinmin district was to throw away the corpse and then drove back to Guangmei district to direct our attention to Kong Fang. This was the exact circumstance with this car, which precisely proves that theory.”
“Frame up? It seems that the murderer really hates Jiang Changping and Kong Fang to the core ah.”
