deep white secret

Chapter 5 You Are 2 Minutes Late
Xu Jie's face was faint and cold:

"We checked the surveillance and found no one holding an umbrella. Starting at 06:30 that night, it turned into a heavy rainstorm, and very few pedestrians were photographed."

Ningxia was stunned.

"Raincoat, the murderer was wearing a raincoat! After committing the crime, he left here under Xu Ling's umbrella."

After Xu Jie finished speaking, he walked to the other side of the passage.

Walking out of the passage, the sun suddenly shone warmly on the body. This was a pedestrian road in the community. In addition to the green belts on both sides, Ningxia saw video surveillance 100 meters away.

"Captain Xu? Is this the latest monitoring?"

"Do you still remember the time when Xu Ling was killed?"

"Around seven o'clock."

"Go back and check out everyone who passed by this surveillance since [-]:[-]."

Xu Jie looked at his watch:

"Report to me in an hour and a half."

Ningxia is 1.6 meters tall. Standing next to Xu Jie, she still looks petite and slender. At this moment, Ningxia has her little face raised.

Xu Jie saw doubts on Ning Xia's face.

"something wrong?"

"How does Team Xu determine that it will start at six-twenty?"

"Xu Ling usually commutes by subway. I checked Xu Ling's subway card entry and exit records yesterday. She entered the subway at 25:10 and walked out of the subway at [-]:[-]. It took almost [-] minutes to walk here at normal speed."

Returning to the police station, Ning Xia immersed herself in work, admiring Xu Jie in her heart. She was always a little short of Xu Jie's conclusion.

Look at the time, there should be an hour left.

Xu Jie was right. When he reported his thoughts in the morning, he did keep a secret. Neither the case records nor the scene photos mentioned umbrellas.

At that time, Ningxia really wanted to catch Xu Jie off guard after the argument. She wanted Xu Jie to know that she had the ability to stay in the criminal investigation team.

It's just the result... Ningxia patted her face.

So after checking the monitoring records this time, Ningxia calmed down.

If Xu Ling was killed around seven o'clock, then it would not have been more than 15 minutes since the murderer committed the crime and left.

So Ningxia summarized all the people who passed by in one hour from 47:[-] to [-]:[-], and quickly came to the conclusion that there were [-] people.

36 people gathered before 11 o'clock, and only [-] people after [-] o'clock.

The heavy rain made the image very blurry. Seeing time passing by, Ningxia closed her eyes and imagined herself as the murderer.

To hold a sharp knife with a blade of more than ten centimeters, you must at least have a bag or backpack. What bag is light enough to go unnoticed?
Plastic bag?Handbag?
Where's the backpack?
A backpack that is worn cross-body in front of you is most convenient.

The murderer held a knife in his right hand and stabbed the sharp knife into Xu Ling's body from behind. It didn't matter if he held a bag or a crossbody bag in his left hand. After the murder, the murderer took the knife away from the scene.

Xu Jie was right, the murderer should have worn a raincoat, so that the backpack would be inconvenient, and the bag in his hand would not be discovered.

Ningxia opened her eyes and opened the file report on Xu Ling's case. The forensic doctor concluded that the murderer was between 1.7 meters 1.7 and [-] meters [-] tall.

Ningxia screened the eleven people who passed after seven o'clock one by one.

Those who wore high heels were excluded, and those with children were excluded. At 19:03, an umbrella was pressed down extremely low, and a figure with a plastic bag in his hand appeared on the surveillance.

Ningxia's heart skipped a beat.

As the image was enlarged, the figures became increasingly blurry, and only the toes of a pair of dark sneakers could be clearly seen.

Ningxia wanted to identify the contents of the plastic bag, which was bulging, not like a knife.

Ningxia felt that it didn't make sense, and there were 10 minutes left. In order to confirm that it was this person, Ningxia readjusted the three people in raincoats who had passed by before seven o'clock.

Shoes, shoes are the last straw in Ningxia.

The first person's leather shoes and a corner of his trousers, the second person's white sneakers, can be seen clearly under the refraction of the light.

The third person wore vague dark sneakers, a dark raincoat, and a hat with a very low brim.

Ningxia looked at the monitoring time of 18:49.

After Ningxia hit the Enter key, the email was successfully sent at 11:25.

Shi Yihang knew that Ning Xia had been checking the surveillance after she came back, so he didn't dare to disturb her. Seeing her finally let out a sigh of relief, Shi Yihang's chair instantly drifted and came to Ning Xia's side:

"How's it going? Did you find anything?"

Ningxia stretched her head and looked into Xu Jie's office. After returning from the scene, Xu Jie had been in his office with the door closed.

Ningxia didn't say anything without Xu Jie's confirmation.

"Let's go and eat. Today's lunch is braised pork ribs in the cafeteria. Ningxia, what do you like to eat?"

"Captain Xu, don't you want to eat?"

Ning Xia stared at Xu Jie's window. He should have seen the email, why didn't he respond?

"You go first."

Ningxia wanted to wait for Xu Jie to give her the answer.

"It's okay. It's your first day in the team. I'll accompany you there. By the way, I'll introduce you to colleagues from other departments of our bureau."

Ningxia's cell phone beeped, and it was Xu Jie's message.

"Come in!"

Only two words.

Ningxia stood up:
"Captain Xu called me."

Walking into Xu Jie's room, there was a faint smell of tobacco. Ningxia remembered that Xu Jie said that he was quitting smoking, which seemed untrue.

Xu Jie was reading emails, and Ningxia looked at Xu Jie's room.

Clean and tidy, just like the person he is.

There was almost nothing in the room that could reveal Xu Jie's character. The sofa was empty and there was only a computer, paper and pen on the desk.

There was a police uniform covering the clothes on the hanger.

There is also a white shirt that is washed very clean. Looking at the white shirt on Xu Jie, he is just the opposite of himself. Xu Jie likes white.

"How long will I give you?"

Xu Jie closed the computer and raised his eyes to ask Ning Xia. There was a smile on his face, but Ning Xia saw criticism in his eyes.

"One hour."

"You're 2 minute late."

"I'll send the email at 11:25."

"Yes, the time I asked you to sort out the clues was 9:53. You didn't look at your watch at that time."

Ningxia's heart sank.

"Do you know what time stands for if you're on a mission?"

Ningxia lowered her head.

"After lunch, coordinate with the communication command center to send out the images. All video surveillance along Shanping Street will be checked one by one, focusing on the subway entrance."

Ningxia was not disappointed when she did not get the recognition she expected. Instead, she felt that she had not done well at all.

"Let's go eat."

Ningxia saluted and went out, but Shi Yihang was still waiting for her.

"Why doesn't Captain Xu come?"

"You have to wait a while, Officer Shi. Go to the cafeteria later and introduce me to your colleagues from the communication command center? The suspect's image has been locked!"

"That's great! Did you find out? You really didn't get to be number one in the province for nothing."

Ningxia was not happy at all.

"You know what? If you don't join the police force, this job will be mine!"

Shi Yihang happily put down the headset around his neck.

"Officer Shi."

"Don't call me police officer. You're so unfamiliar. I'm your senior brother. Can you handle it?"

Ningxia likes Shi Yihang's personality, he is cheerful and talkative, but he is too tall and always arches his shoulders.

"Master."

Ningxia was serious, her voice was low and soft, Shi Yihang smiled.

"go!"

Before Zhang Lei returned from investigating and collecting evidence, Ning Xia walked into the cafeteria and saw Li Xinyao sitting next to Ma Mingjie, waving to her from a distance.

For lunch in Ningxia, I chose boiled kale, a spoonful of assorted corn kernels, two pieces of pork ribs, tomato and egg soup, and white rice.

As soon as she sat down with her dinner plate, Ningxia saw Xu Jie walking into the cafeteria.

"How is it? Ningxia? How about the criminal investigation team? I heard that you are with Team Xu?"

Li Xinyao and Ningxia were classmates and had a good relationship in college. It was just that Li Xinyao was busy falling in love, while Ningxia was focused on studying and wanted to join the criminal investigation team.

Li Xinyao joined the police station directly after graduation and is now in the back office department.

Ningxia went to the provincial training camp. In the past two years, the two of them have been in frequent phone calls and have only met in person a few times. Now they are particularly cordial.

"Ningxia, you've lost weight again, how do you maintain such a good figure?"

Before Ningxia could answer, Xu Jie sat opposite her with a dinner plate.

(End of this chapter)