The Case of Love

Chapter 39 Seeing Through
"I'm not sleepy, Captain Zhou, you go to sleep!" Su Xiaohan said humbly.

"Go ahead. I'm used to staying up late. Besides, as a grown man, there's nothing I should be afraid of. It's not good for you girls to stay up late too much." Zhou Yifeng's voice was very gentle.

Su Xiaohan didn't refuse anymore and got up to go to the lounge. When she reached the door of the lounge, she looked back and saw Zhou Yifeng leaning back in the chair with his eyes closed.

Instantly, she felt a mixture of warmth and bitterness in her heart. He was very tired after not sleeping for a day and a night, but he pretended not to be tired, just so that she could rest in peace.

Lying on the simple bed in the lounge, Su Xiaohan was too sleepy to open her eyes, but her heart was restless. Seeing him like that, she was moved, but more distressed.

That's right, she felt sorry for him, very sorry.

After an unknown amount of time, the sound of several people talking came from outside the door. Su Xiaohan opened her eyes reflexively, stood up from the bed and walked out.

Li Zhisong and Ma Nan came back from outside, and then the trace investigators entered the room.

As soon as he saw Su Xiaohan, Li Zhisong pointed at her face and laughed, "Xiaohan, other people's tattoos are all on their bodies, why do you have a tattoo on your face?"

Su Xiaohan was confused by what he said. She looked in the mirror and realized that she had pressed wrinkles on her face when she was sleeping. Fortunately, Li Zhisong's voice was not loud and no one else noticed, otherwise she would be embarrassed.

She rubbed her face as she listened to them, trying to make the annoying indentation disappear as quickly as possible.

"Captain Zhou, the palm prints and fingerprints on the wall belong to Wang Xiaowu." The trace examination officer said to Zhou Yifeng.

"So, after Wang Xiaowu left Feng Xiaoxue's house, he climbed over the wall and returned. But he didn't say a word about climbing over the wall last night. He's lying." Zhou Yifeng frowned in vain, and his face turned cold. "Ma Nan, take Wang Xiaowu to the interrogation room!"

After saying that, Zhou Yifeng walked out. Su Xiaohan didn't care about the marks on her face and hurriedly followed him.

When Wang Xiaowu entered the interrogation room again, he was no longer as tough as before. Faced with the evidence, he had to admit that he had jumped over the wall to go back. However, he explained that when he walked out of the community, he found that his key was missing, and he thought it was troublesome to go through the main gate, so he jumped over the wall to go back to look for it.

After hearing his answer, Zhou Yifeng asked with a smile: "You mean you jumped over the wall to get in and jumped over the wall to get out, right?"

Wang Xiaowu seemed to think about it, nodded and said, "Yes, it's easier to jump over the wall! You don't have to go around to the door."

Su Xiaohan was watching him from the side and could clearly feel that he was deliberately avoiding Zhou Yifeng's gaze. He didn't dare to look him directly in the eye.

She guessed that he probably didn't expect the police to find traces of him jumping over the wall, so he didn't prepare in advance and found an excuse on the spot. His explanation was too far-fetched. Most people would not jump over the wall to save 200 meters.

Zhou Yifeng neither questioned nor refuted his words. He was waiting for a result. Sun Yidan said she could tell him this morning.

However, the result he waited for was different from what he expected. The DNA of the tiny human tissue on the kitchen knife was different from that of Wang Xiaowu or Feng Xiaoxue.

The existing evidence only proves that Wang Xiaowu returned to Feng Xiaoxue's neighborhood, but cannot prove what he did to Feng Xiaoxue. Next, we can only wait for Liu Jiakai to arrive in Beijing to see if there are any new discoveries.

At noon, Zhu Xiaofeng and Xu Jungang brought Liu Jiakai back from the train station. In the interrogation room, Liu Jiakai told Zhou Yifeng and Su Xiaohan what happened that day. Liu Jiakai works in real estate sales and met Feng Xiaoxue online. At first, they were just netizens. After Liu Jiakai came to Beijing and met Feng Xiaoxue, they developed into a romantic relationship. Although they didn't meet often, they often chatted on WeChat.

The day before yesterday, he took half a day off from work and came to Beijing to see Feng Xiaoxue. He even cooked dinner together at Feng Xiaoxue's house. However, when they were in love, the client who had previously viewed the house called and said that it was settled and wanted to meet with the owner to sign the contract. Liu Jiakai was afraid of unexpected events, so after apologizing to Feng Xiaoxue, he bought the nearest train ticket back to W City. The time he said he left the community matched the time on the surveillance video, and he also showed Zhou Yifeng his ticket purchase record that day, saying that both the buyer and the seller could prove that he returned to W City soon.

As he was speaking, Zhou Yifeng saw the Band-Aid on his hand.

"What's wrong with your hand?" Zhou Yifeng asked.

"I was cooking with Xiao Xue and accidentally broke a bone while chopping it." Liu Jiakai's expression was very natural.

Zhou Yifeng thought that if the human tissue on the kitchen knife was not Wang Xiaowu's, it must be Liu Jiakai's. And the cut on the kitchen knife should have been caused when they were chopping bones. He immediately found Sun Yidan and asked her to do a DNA comparison.

In order to prove that what he said was true and clear himself of suspicion, Liu Jiakai took out his mobile phone and showed Zhou Yifeng and Su Xiaohan the circle of friends he posted that day.

At 28: pm, he uploaded a group of photos and added a text: "Although I accidentally hurt my hand and it hurts a little, the meal we cooked together tastes like happiness!"

Su Xiaohan smiled secretly, this Liu Jiakai is quite romantic. The middle picture in the nine-square grid is a selfie of him and Feng Xiaoxue.

"I didn't realize you're so romantic and you take great photos!" Su Xiaohan said with a smile.

Liu Jiakai scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "These photos were taken by Xiao Xue. She likes taking photos and editing them on the computer."

"Use a computer to edit photos? Feng Xiaoxue knows how to use PS?" Su Xiaohan asked curiously.

Liu Jiakai affirmed: "Xiao Xue is very smart. Not only can she edit photos, she can also edit short videos. She has more than 30,000 fans on Douyin! She doesn't have a high level of education, but she is quite good at this."

"You said she used a computer to edit photos, but we didn't find a computer in her bedroom. Was it a desktop or a laptop?" Zhou Yifeng grasped the key point.

"It's a notebook. I've seen it before. It should be on the desk in her bedroom." Liu Jiakai recalled.

Zhou Yifeng looked at Su Xiaohan, who understood and said softly, "Captain Zhou, I remember there is nothing on the desk."

Zhou Yifeng nodded slightly. Su Xiaohan's words confirmed his impression. He was sure that there was nothing on the table. Liu Jiakai said there was a computer on the table, so the computer must have been taken away.

Zhou Yifeng sent a message to Zhu Xiaofeng, asking him to call Xia Chunhong to confirm whether Feng Xiaoxue had a laptop.

Zhu Xiaofeng replied "Yes," and a few minutes later sent a message: "Boss, Xia Chunhong said that Feng Xiaoxue had a computer. She only remembered it when we asked her."

Zhou Yifeng thought to himself that Feng Xiaoxue's computer was probably taken away by the murderer. Either he thought the computer was valuable and wanted to make money from it, or there was something in the computer that could easily reveal his identity, so he had to take the computer away and destroy the things inside.

Judging from the current situation, Liu Jiakai did not seem to be lying. However, they need to verify it.