deep white secret

Chapter 74
Feeling Ning Xia's gaze, Xu Jie gently hugged her:
“The scenery here is great.”

The two of them enjoyed a moment of peace, looking into the distance together. The lights in the amusement park lit up the night.

There are cicadas singing in the bushes, looking up, the bright moonlight is shining on the viewing platform where the shadows of the trees are dancing.

It's almost one o'clock in the morning.

"Captain Xu, shall we go back?"

"Otherwise?"

Xu Jie said with a smile in his voice:

"I heard there are couple suites here..."

Ning Xia hurriedly interrupted Xu Jie:

"Let's go, let's go."

After saying that, Ningxia pushed Xu Jie away and walked down the observation deck. Xu Jie's laughter came from behind.

Two days later, Sun Yaqi's autopsy report was placed on Xu Jie's desk, and Ning Xia rushed over immediately.

"Captain Xu, what's the result?"

Xu Jie handed the autopsy report to Ningxia:

"It is confirmed that there is no mechanical trauma, which is consistent with death from falling from a height."

"We ruled out the accident the night before, so Sun Yaqi really committed suicide? What about the suicide note?"

"The suicide note has been authenticated and it only contains Sun Yaqi's fingerprints. After comparing the traces, it is also Sun Yaqi's handwriting."

"Why is it so messy?"

"There is no consensus within the trace department on this point, but it is confirmed that it is Sun Yaqi's handwriting. Considering that she has an anxiety disorder, maybe she wrote those words when she was extremely sad."

This result is both expected and unexpected.

Xu Jie, like Ningxia, felt indescribably awkward about this result.

The two people looked at each other and understood what the other was thinking.

"Ningxia, there is another biggest doubt in this case."

After Xu Jie finished speaking, he pointed to the time of death in the autopsy report:
"The autopsy results show that Sun Yaqi's death time was between 07:30 and eight o'clock."

Ningxia stood blankly on the spot:
"But……"

"Yeah, do you remember the time of video surveillance?"

"At [-]:[-], Sun Yaqi and Liu Zhen returned to the hotel after playing for the day."

Xu Jie nodded:
"Tell me, what went wrong?"

Ningxia felt a chill running down her spine:
"But there's nothing wrong with the surveillance video, and it's impossible for the hotel to have tampered with it. That's the time of death that the Korean forensic doctors found..."

Ningxia didn't dare to say, could it be Han Fayi and the others made a mistake?
"This is very contradictory, so we first investigated and collected evidence, and then verified with the Korean forensic doctor. Now the problem still lies with Sun Yaqi and Liu Zhen. It seems that Sun Yaqi's parents are not wrong. There is indeed a mystery in this case."

Ningxia had no clue for a while.

"What are the results of your investigation on Sun Yaqi in the past two days?"

"Sun Yaqi works as an office clerk in a certain city bureau. Because of her poor health, she often arrives late and leaves early, and her relationship with colleagues is average."

After Ningxia finished speaking, she thought for a moment:
"Team Xu, I asked five people in the same office. Everyone had a different evaluation of her, but when it came to her suicide, three people thought it was impossible."

"What about her condition?"

"This is also very strange. Everyone knows that she was anxious after giving birth, but after taking maternity leave and going to work, four people thought that she was fine and had recovered."

"What about the other one?"

"The evaluation of Sun Yaqi is very bad. She is said to be inconsistent and vain. In short, she gave Sun Yaqi all the negative comments I can hear."

Xu Jie habitually walked to the window and took out a cigarette from his pocket. Ning Xia saw this and covered it with her hands.

Xu Jie slightly raised his eyebrows:
"I'm used to it. You know I'm just showing it off in front of you."

Ningxia snatched it away and stuffed the cigarette case into his pocket:

"Let's talk about the case, Captain Xu, what should we do now?"

Xu Jie shook his head helplessly:

"Let's meet Sun Yaqi's parents first. They firmly believe that there is a problem with the case. There is indeed a problem."

Ningxia nodded:
"This is the first case of death caused by falling from a height that I have come across. I will take a closer look at the autopsy report."

In the afternoon, Xu Jie contacted Sun Yaqi's parents, and the two parties agreed to meet at Sun Yaqi's home.

Xu Jie drove and arrived at Sun's house half an hour later.

After Xu Jie stated the investigation results, Sun's mother burst into tears.

"How could this be? Liu Zhen is fine? Impossible, the police officer is Liu Zhen, Qiqi must not have committed suicide, Liu Zhen is the murderer."

"Can you explain in detail? Why do you firmly believe that there is something wrong with Liu Zhen?"

Sun's father suppressed his pain and shook his head at Xu Jie:
"Liu Zhen is really okay?"

"Yes, as I said just now, Ledao Hotel has surveillance video, and Liu Zhen has an alibi. If Liu Zhen killed Sun Yaqi, what do you think the motive is?"

Sun Yaqi's parents looked at each other and couldn't tell.

"There are several doubts about the case now, and the police investigation needs to have a direction. Why does Liu Zhen make you distrust him?"

Grandmother said slowly:

"How should I put it? Qiqi has been working in the city bureau after graduation. She has good conditions in all aspects. As you can see in our family, she is just such a daughter."

Father Sun also nodded:

"Liu Zhen has no education and doesn't earn much. I don't know why Qiqi likes him and insists on marrying him."

"Do they know each other?"

"No, I was introduced by someone else. Not long after we met, Qiqi was going to get married. We didn't agree, so Qiqi started making trouble with us. We couldn't help it if we didn't agree."

"Besides these, is there anything about Liu Zhen that you don't like?"

"How can you support your family if you make so little money? If we hadn't given Qiqi pocket money every month, how would he have raised his children? Everything he needs to eat and drink is nothing but money."

Sun's mother kept talking, and Ningxia understood. Liu Zhen had no principled issues in daily interactions. Sun Yaqi's parents didn't like him. In the final analysis, it was all about money.

"Where is the child now?"

"The nanny took him downstairs to play. Liu Zhen said that he would take Qiqi to relax on the weekend, and the child was given to us."

After listening to what Sun Yaqi's parents said, Xu Jie had no choice but to reiterate again:

"Again, Liu Zhen has no evidence of killing Sun Yaqi. If you insist that Sun Yaqi was murdered by Liu Zhen, what do you think the motive is?"

"If it's not Liu Zhen, then it's someone else. Maybe someone else was dissatisfied with Qiqi and harmed her!"

At this point in the questioning, Xu Jie realized that the clue about Sun Yaqi's parents was of little significance.

"Since this is the case, we will investigate in detail. Sun Yaqi's autopsy report found some anti-anxiety drug ingredients. Is she seriously ill?"

Speaking of this, Sun Mu lowered her head:

"Well, it was quite heavy four years ago, but it's all better now."

Sun's mother repeated what she had just said, still in the same rhetoric, so Xu Jie stood up:
"Let's stop here today. We will not shelve the case. Don't worry, we will definitely give you an answer."

Xu Jie and Ning Xia walked out of Sun Yaqi's house, and Ning Xia couldn't help but ask:

"Team Xu, there aren't many people involved in this case, so why do you feel so clueless?"

Xu Jie is calmer than Ningxia:
"Let's talk to Liu Zhen again and determine the specific time that night. If there is no problem with Liu Zhen, then there is a problem with the Korean forensic doctor."

This made Xu Jie very confused:

"Korean forensic doctors have been engaged in forensic work for almost 20 years. There is no way they can make mistakes."

"That's really strange. Normally, the time of death in an autopsy should not exceed an hour at most. How could it be so outrageous this time..."

(End of this chapter)