At noon, all teammates were present at Yue Xingwen’s room in the Xinghai Apartment.
His single apartment was quite spacious, and with 12 people sitting and standing, it was not too crowded.
Xu Yisheng shrugged helplessly and said, “The current evidence is very unfavorable to Zhu Xiaoting.”
Yue Xingwen said, “Indeed, all the fingers point to her. If I’m a police officer, I would also feel that she is the most suspicious.”
Jiang Pingce frowned and said in a low voice, “If the murderer deliberately framed her, it would be too late. Because Zhu Xiaoting lived in a tent with Liu Jiajia, and she was still alive when Zhu Xiaoting left the beach. The murderer must have moved hand on Liu Jiajia after she left. But when Zhu Xiaoting came to school, her roommate Xie Xiangqin had already been stabbed.”
Yue Xingwen agreed and replied, “That’s right. At that time, it was 4:30 am in the morning, and there would be no traffic jams along the road. It took 40 minutes to take a taxi from the beach to Beishan University. Zhu Xiaoting got in the car at 4:30 am, arrived at the school entrance at 5:10 am, and she arrived at the dormitory at 5:20 am. If the murderer killed Liu Jiajia and then took a taxi back to the school, it would be impossible to kill Xie Xiangqin before Zhu Xiaoting.”
Qin Lu nodded and said, “Unless the murderer has special abilities and directly teleports back to the school in order to catch up with Zhu Xiaoting. But we are in a normal world, except for us examinees, there can’t be a setting where the murderer can have special abilities.”
The same murderer killed two people in a row and framed Zhu Xiaoting? That was impossible.
After the murderer waited for Zhu Xiaoting to leave, he first poisoned Liu Jiajia and dragged her to the sea, which took at least 10 minutes, and then took a taxi back to the school. By the time the murderer arrived at school, it would definitely exceed 5:30 am, and it was too late to kill Xie Xiangqing.
Lan Yarong touched her chin thoughtfully and said, “So, the two cases, it is likely to be two murderers?”
Yue Xingwen said, “I really tend to be two cases, the one who killed Liu Jiajia here on the beach side and the one who killed Xie Xiangqin over there in the dormitory are not the same person. Framing Zhu Xiaoting, there may be coincidence.”
Jiang Pingce analyzed and said, “There is a big gap in the methods of the murderer, one uses poison and the other uses a knife. Judging from Zhu Xiaoting’s confession, she didn’t know who would harm her, indicating that she didn’t offend too many people in general. On the beach side, it may be a coincidence as Xingwen said, the murderer happened to poison the bottle of water that Zhu Xiaoting gave Liu Jiajia, and the dormitory side seemed to be deliberately framing.”
Everyone carefully pondered Jiang Pingce’s reasoning, and they all felt that there was some truth to it.
Two murderers committed the murder at the same time, and also coincidentally framed Zhu Xiaoting. How much hatred was that for Zhu Xiaoting? However, Zhu Xiaoting thought she had no such enemies, she seemed to be more introverted, and she should not deliberately offend anyone.
From the perspective of the murderer’s modus operandi, the difference between the two cases was relatively obvious, and the possibility of the two murderers was greater.
Liu Zhaoqing said, “Xie Xiangqin case, the deceased was killed by a knife. First, Zhu Xiaoting, this thin girl, it looked difficult for her to stab the other person’s chest directly with a fruit knife, and it was almost impossible to accurately pierce the heart artery. Assuming two girls have a physical conflict due to an argument, then she should have stabbed the other party several times before hitting the key point. But the forensic doctor found only one fatal injury, and the murderer was apparently a professional who knew more about the structure of the human body.”
Senior brother Liu’s words made everyone’s eyes light up.
Normal people did not understand the structure of the human body, and the probability of a knife stabbing into the human heart was very low, not to mention that two girls had a verbal argument. When girls fought, didn’t they usually tear each other’s hair and slap each other first? If they really used the knife, they would definitely stab several times in a row in excitement before a person might stab the other party’s heart.
One stab to death, it was too ruthless, more like a professional’s crime.
Xin Yan reminded them, “In 703 girls’ dormitory, there is a girl from the Biological Science Department, named Li Huijuan, could it be her?”
Xu Yishen said, “Our department doesn’t study human anatomy. We only dissect frogs and rabbits when we do experiments. Girls in the Biological Science Department don’t necessarily understand the structure of the human body.”
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Liu Zhaoqing nodded and said, “It’s more likely to be the hand of Medical students. We have to expand the investigation area to see if there are any Medicine Department’s girls in the dormitory building 6, or whether there are any of Xie Xiangqin’s friends and enemies who study medicine.”
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Lan Yarong said, “Zhu Xiaoting’s emotional fluctuations are too great, we have to stabilize her first. In addition, I have to ask for more valuable information from her, and I feel that her explanation to the police is not comprehensive enough.”
Yue Xingwen nodded in agreement. “En, everyone get ready to go.”
Everyone had no opinion on task allocation and began to investigate in groups.
Lan Yarong and Yue Xingwen came to the police force together. Lan Yarong was dressed in a professional navy blue suit skirt, with black high heels. Her hair was pulled up, and she looked smart and capable. Yue Xingwen wore trousers and white shirts, leather shoes on his feet, and a briefcase in his hand. He also looked like a young and handsome professional lawyer.
Lan Yarong shook hands with Captain Chen and said politely, “Hello Captain Chen, I’m Zhu Xiaoting’s lawyer, Lan Yarong. I have something I want to ask my client, and I also ask Captain Chen to make it convenient for us.” She took out her lawyer’s qualification certificate and showed it to Captain Chen.
Captain Chen said in surprise, “Lawyer? Did Zhu Xiaoting hire a lawyer?”
Lan Yarong nodded and said, “She asked a friend to hire me as her defense lawyer.” By the way, she introduced Yue Xingwen, “This is my assistant, lawyer Yue Xingwen.”
Yue Xingwen took the initiative to reach out and shake hands with the other party. “Hello Captain Chen.”
Captain Chen whispered a few words to the police officer beside him, and the other party turned to ask Zhu Xiaoting. He came back a moment later and nodded towards Captain Cheng. Captain Chen said, “Okay, take two lawyers over and I’ll give you 30 minutes.”
Both of them followed the young officer to the interrogation room.
After a moment, Zhu Xiaoting was also brought in.
She was handcuffed and looked downcast, with undried tears on her face. She glanced at Lan Yarong and Yue Xingwen, and then obediently sat across the table. After the police left, she asked, “Are you free lawyers?”
Lan Yarong nodded and said, “Yes, we are here to help you and provide you with free legal aid. We are on the same side as you, you can talk to me about any grievances you have.”
Zhu Xiaoting’s eyes instantly turned red, and she choked up, “I didn’t kill anyone.”
Yue Xingwen said with a gentle tone, “Of course we believe you. However, the evidence is very unfavorable to you now, and if you want to clear your name, it’s better not to hide anything from us. When the time comes to defend you in court, if you hide from us and are asked by the prosecution’s lawyer in the logical loopholes, we will be in a very unfavorable situation.”
Lan Yarong gave Xingwen an appreciative look and nodded, “Yes, you must be honest with us—— Do you and Xie Xiangqin have any other grudges besides liking the same boy? The more detailed, the better.”
Zhu Xiaoting was silent for a moment and said, “I hate Xie Xiangqin, she has money in her family, and the clothes she wears are very expensive. She often shows off in front of us, and often says that my dress is very earthy, can’t put on makeup, and is country bumpkin. Last week, I accidentally broke her cup while cooking noodles in the dormitory. She said that it was a limited model, it would cost thousands, and she scolded me. I promised to pay her the money, but I don’t have so much pocket money in my hand, I will try to make money to compensate her…”
The girl cried as she spoke.
These were all small disputes in the girls’ dormitory. The rich girl and the poor girl were roommates, it was really easy to have contradictions. After a long period of accumulation, her dislike of Xie Xiangqin gradually fermented, and she had a motive to kill Xie Xiangqin to vent her anger.
Yue Xingwen grasped the key and asked, “Xie Xiangqin’s attitude towards three of her roommates is like this?”
Zhu Xiaoting nodded and replied, “Yes.”
Yue Xingwen said, “So, your other two roommates, Mao Yue and Li Huijuan, actually hate her too, right?”
Zhu Xiaoting froze for a moment and suddenly raised her head, “Yes! They may also kill. Mao Yue also quarreled with Xie Xiangqin last week, and Li Huijuan and Xie Xiangqin have not spoken for half a month. They know that I have a fruit knife and where the knife was placed. If they wore a pair of plastic gloves and stabbed Xie Xiangqin to death with my fruit knife, would they be able to frame me?”
Lan Yarong and Yue Xingwen looked at each other. This girl finally regained her senses.
Yue Xingwen looked at her encouragingly and said, “Yes. So, think about it carefully, who is the person who knows you and hates Xie Xiangqin?”
Zhu Xiaoting thought for a while and said, “In addition to my two roommates, there is also Zhao Jianan, she is from the Medical Department, she knows me, and her boyfriend was robbed by Xie Xiangqin last year!”
Yue Xingwen immediately sent this information to Liu Zhaoqing and his group who visited the Medical Department.
Lan Yarong continued to ask, “Does Zhao Jianan know that you have a fruit knife?”
Zhu Xiaoting nodded vigorously and said, “She knows, we both went to buy it together at that time. We are high school classmates.”
Lan Yarong asked, “What about Liu Jiajia? Has she provoked any enemies?”
Zhu Xiaoting replied, “I don’t know. I only know that she looks pretty, like wearing a beautiful dress, and there are many people chasing her in the Law Department but she is still single, or perhaps it is because of jealousy?”
Yue Xingwen quickly recorded in the notebook, while continuing to ask, “When you walked into the dormitory at that time, Xie Xiangqin was still breathing, and she called you for help, right?”
Zhu Xiaoting nodded and said, “Yes, I thought she was just injured by accident. I wanted to help her hold the knife and call an ambulance, but I didn’t expect that… she would die…”
Yue Xingwen said, “Your dormitory is on the 7th floor. Did you take the elevator up, or climb the stairs?”
Zhu Xiaoting did not hesitate and replied, “Elevator.”
“What floor did the elevator stop on at that time?”
“It was on the 1st floor, I pressed the button and the elevator opened. Then I went to the 7th floor, 703 dormitory.”
“When you stepped out of the elevator, did you hear footsteps in the hallway and stairwell?”
Zhu Xiaoting carefully recalled for a moment, and suddenly her eyes lit up, “Yes! I heard very light footsteps in the stairwell on the side, it must be someone… going upstairs?”
Yue Xingwen said, “Are you sure that person is going upstairs?”
Zhu Xiaoting nodded vigorously and said, “I’m sure, the sound is going up!”
The girls’ dormitory has a total of 10 floors. The murderer was easily suspected of staying in the corridor after killing someone, and she should quickly flee back to her dormitory. Yue Xingwen sent a message to Qin Miao and said, “Narrow the scope of investigation, 8~10th floor, investigate who went out at 5:30 am this morning, pay attention to footsteps.”
Lan Yarong said, “Remember again, Xie Xiangqin called you around 5:20 am in the morning, what did she say?”
Zhu Xiaoting said, “After she called me, I answered the phone, but there was no sound over there. I called several times but she didn’t speak. I thought it was a problem with the mobile phone’s signal. Sometimes, the signal in our dormitory is not very good.”
Lan Yarong said, “Then, she sent you WeChat?”
Zhu Xiaoting nodded. “Yes, it’s that Come back and talk, there should be an end between us’.”
Yue Xingwen frowned and asked in a low voice, “Were you downstairs in the dormitory at that time?”
Zhu Xiaoting was stunned and asked, “How do you know?”
Yue Xingwen said, “The murderer saw you from the window, and then used Xie Xiangqin’s mobile phone to call you and send you WeChat. The murderer does not necessarily have a feud with you, but when you come back, that person thinks of this good way to frame you.”
Thinking that the murderer was watching her upstairs at that time, Zhu Xiaoting’s face was full of horror, and her back was soaked with cold sweat.
Yue Xingwen said, “Do many people know about this matter of your return?”
Zhu Xiaoting shook her head and said, “Only Liu Jiajia knows, I was uncomfortable after I ate, so I want to go back early. Jiajia worries that I’m not safe to leave early in the morning, so I said I directly booked Didi and sent her the license plate number, so it should be fine.”
At 4:00 am, it was already dawn.
Yue Xingwen said, “Therefore, your return to the dormitory is not planned. Except for Liu Jiajia, who is already dead, and the murderer who killed Liu Jiajia, the others don’t know about it. The murderer on the school side can’t predict your actions in advance. That person saw you upstairs at that time, so that person deliberately framed you, don’t you think?”
Zhu Xiaoting was completely convinced by Yue Xingwen’s logic and said, “That’s right! Xie Xiangqin didn’t know about my return to school ah! Why did she call me at 5:20 am? It was the murderer who saw me from the window and called me with her mobile phone!”
Yue Xingwen said warmly, “So, don’t be afraid. Although the evidence is unfavorable to you, there are still many details that can’t make sense. We will find the real murderer to give you justice.”
Lan Yarong said, “Now you carefully recall all the girls above the 7th floor who know you and Xie Xiangqin at the same time, and give us a list.”
Zhu Xiaoting said, “The girls’ dormitory of our Translation Department is on the 8th floor, and they all know me. There are also many people from Medical Department who know me, because I have been working at school from my freshman to senior year. I have also worked as an assistant in the Academic Affairs Office, and there are really many people who know me…”
Yue Xingwen said, “We will investigate all the people in the Translation Department, focusing on the Medical Department.”
Zhu Xiaoting sorted out her thoughts and said a few names. Yue Xingwen quickly wrote them down and sent them to his teammates who visited the school.
It was impossible for the murderer to perfectly frame the other, and the details leave many loopholes.
This unlucky girl would definitely wash the grievances with their help!
Good, good. It’s going to be intense
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