Women’s clothing boss Ji Xiaohui and her boyfriend Zou Yijia, both of them were suspected of killing Xie Xiangqin.
On the day of the crime, the four of them in dormitory 105 played games in the dark, playing until 4 am and did not fall asleep. Because of staying up late, everyone said ‘I slept deeply, slept until 11 am.’, which meant that between 4am and 11 am, they were sleeping, and there was no way to prove whether other roommates went out, and such an ‘alibi’ was not convincing.
From Li Huijuan’s testimony, it could be known that the anime figures on Xie Xiangqin’s table were not sent by Zou Yijia, because Xie Xiangqin and Ji Xiaohui were both anime lovers, perhaps, those things were given to her by Ji Xiaohui?
What made Yue Xingwen happy was that after making a half-hour phone call, under his persuasion, Li Huijuan seemed to have found some doubts and agreed to come to the court to testify, she said, “I have a general relationship with Xiaoting, but I think she is a very diligent and hard-working girl. I also hope that she is not a murderer. If you can help defend her and prove her innocence, I’m willing to testify in court.”
Li Huijuan’s willingness to appear in court was great news for Zhu Xiaoting.
There was only one day left until the trial.
In the morning, Lan Yarong suddenly received a notice from the police that Zhu Xiaoting had asked to see the lawyer.
When the two hurried to the police station, there was a rare joy on Zhu Xiaoting’s face, she said excitedly, “The police told me that the murderer of Liu Jiajia’s case has been caught, I’m innocent! But I’m going to court to testify.”
Lan Yarong was surprised by the efficiency of the police. “Did they tell you who the murderer was?”
Zhu Xiaoting’s expression darkened, and she whispered, “It was the girl who took photos of us on the beach that day. When she passed by our barbecue stall, she put laxatives in my dipping sauce, causing me to have diarrhea all night. After I left, she went to the tent to poison Liu Jiajia, after that, she dragged Jiajia into the sea to forge the illusion of drowning. The police found the source of the poison, and on the day of the crime, a passerby wanted to get up early to watch the sunrise and happened to see her entering the tent.”
Witnesses, evidence, the source of poison, motives for killing…
This chain of logic was more convincing than the fingerprints that Zhu Xiaoting simply left on the bottle.
It seemed that the police had locked the murderer in the beach case. The girl in the Chemistry Department was jealous of her boyfriend’s White Moonlight, and killed this White Moonlight to vent her anger. This radical approach had also led to a tragedy.
Zhu Xiaoting’s eyes were a little red. “Jiajia is really unlucky, she doesn’t know Chen Kaiming in the Science class at all, just because she is beautiful and Chen Kaiming has a crush on her. She was killed by Chen Kaiming’s girlfriend…” She choked up as she spoke, “It’s my fault too, I shouldn’t have gone back to school alone. If I don’t leave her, nothing will happen to her, and I won’t be framed.”
Lan Yarong sighed lightly, “Things have already happened, and regret is useless. The fault of this matter is that Chen Kaiming’s couple did not deal with their emotional problems and implicated others, so don’t blame yourself too much.”
Zhu Xiaoting took a deep breath to hold back her tears and looked at the two people. “The trial will start tomorrow, Liu Jiajia’s case in the morning, and Xie Xiangqin’s case in the afternoon. In the morning, I had to be a witness to explain the specific circumstances of my departure from Liu Jiajia that day; In the afternoon case, I’m the defendant…”
Lan Yarong took out a copy of senior sister Lan’s final revised speech and handed it to her, “Xie Xiangqin’s case, you as the defendant, have a chance to make a statement for yourself. Lawyer Yue Xingwen has already helped you write the speech. You can try to memorize it today. The contents in the manuscript are told to us by yourself, and when the time comes, in court, you have to restore the details of the day of the crime.”
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Yue Xingwen advised her, “Pay attention, don’t make mistakes every time, be organized, control your emotions, don’t be nervous when you speak, let everyone believe that what you state is the truth, understand?”
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Zhu Xiaoting said nervously, “Okay, when I encounter a question that I can’t answer, I will say I don’t know.”
Lan Yarong gently patted the back of her hand and said softly, “We have found clues that are beneficial to you, and we have invited many witnesses, you must have confidence in us and in yourself. Okay?”
Zhu Xiaoting nodded vigorously. “En!”
After coming out of the police station, Yue Xingwen said with a smile, “Senior sister Lan is still quite a lawyer.”
Lan Yarong was helpless. “I’m also like driving a duck onto the perch, my total number of court appearances in graduate school is numbered. Ai, tomorrow we will see what happens.”
Yue Xingwen said, “There should be new progress on Ke Shaobin’s side. Tomorrow, we have to clear all the boys in dormitory 105 to the court as witnesses?”
Lan Yarong shook her head and said, “It’s too late, the result tomorrow is that the judge recognized the new clues we found, that there is a new murderer in the case, agreed to adjourn the trial, and called back for the prosecutor’s office to reiterate.”
Yue Xignwen opened the WeChat group and asked: “Time is very urgent, is the witness side done? @ZhuoFeng.”
Zhuo Feng said: “Done, the uncle who makes keys is willing to testify in court.”
Yue Xingwen said: “Great! Li Huijuan, as well as Qi Xinyu from the anime club, are willing to appear in court.”
Liu Zhaoqing quickly reported the results of the investigation in the group: “I checked in the hospital, Xu Youyou and Wang Xiaolu, two girls from the Medical Department, the former has a boyfriend, has seen her parents, to the point of talking about marriage. There is no motive to kill Xie Xiangqin; The latter has a cold personality, has already obtained a place in the school to research. Most of the time every day are devoted to scientific research and papers, and there is no contradiction with Xie Xiangqin and Zhu Xiaoting.”
This line of the Medical Department was interrupted. Although the two girls were in the dormitory at the time of the crime, and they both knew Xie Xiangqin and Zhu Xiaoting, they had no motive for the crime. Xu Youyou gossiped everywhere and did not look like a murderer. Wang Xiaolu ignored people and did not evaluate this matter, and looked like she did not care about herself, because she usually had this kind of personality.
Jiang Pingce said, “It seems that the focus is still on the boys in dormitory 105.”
The dead in the girls’ dormitory, framing the other, and the possible murderer was unexpectedly a boy!
Yue Xingwen said, “Leave it to young Ke, Pingce and Xin Yan. Before tomorrow’s trial, try to find out more clues related to Xie Xiangqin and Zhu Xiaoting in the boys’ dormitory 105, the more clues, the more beneficial it will be for us!”
Ke Shaobin and Jiang Pingce searched on the Internet together, and finally their effort paid off—— In the afternoon, they found photos from a comic exhibition held in Beishan City on July 1st this year.
Some passers-by took some photos and posted them on Weibo, one of the photos of the women’s clothing boss was Ji Xiaohui, and the girl who took a photo with him was actually Xie Xiangqin, who ran to participate in the comic exhibition!
Passers-by took this photo and commented that ‘both ladies are so beautiful’, apparently passers-by did not see Ji Xiaohui was dressed as a woman. The intimate photo of the two ‘girls’ leaning together was enough to prove that their private relationship was not simple, and Xie Xiangqin went to the comic exhibition could not be a coincidence.
Jiang Pingce also found Zhong Jian’s Moments in July, and found that there were screenshots of Zou Yijia, Zhong Jian, Zhang Bin, three roommates on July 1st, playing ranking together. The three of them played games all day, and at the same time, roommate Ji Xiaohui and girlfriend Xie Xiangqin met at the comic exhibition?
Did Zou Yijia know that his girlfriend met his roommate behind his back?
Ke Shaobin continued to search for photos on the day of the comic exhibition, and from the massive flooded news, he found all the photos taken by passers-by on Weibo on July 1st, and screened out 10 traces related to Ji Xiaohui and Xie Xiangqin.
Ji Xiaohui was wearing a pink dress for an anime girl and a blonde wig; Xie Xiangqin wore a daily dress, wearing a simple white dress with red high heels and a ponytail, pure and beautiful.
The two took a group photo in front of the comic exhibition sign, and also had lunch together, visited the comic exhibition, bought peripherals, and laughed happily looking from the perspective of passers-by’s photos. More importantly, in one of the photos, Xie Xiangqin was holding a figure doll dressed exactly like Ji Xiaohui in her arms.
Ke Shaobin was excited to send these photos into the group: “Ji Xiaohui and Xie Xiangqing have a very close relationship in private, judging from the timeline of photos taken by passers-by, Xie Xiangqin did not take this doll at noon, but took it in the afternoon. This doll must have been bought by Ji Xiaohui to give her!”
Qin Miao said: “I remember that there was also this anime girl in the poster on the wall of Xie Xiangqin’s dormitory, and there was the same figure doll on the table. It seems, this is an anime character that Xie Xiangqin likes very much, and it’s certainly no coincidence that Ji Xiaohui came out with her to COS her favorite character.”
Qin Lu couldn’t help but say: “There are so many anime female characters who he can COS, he specifically picks the character that Xie Xiangqin likes, which shows that Ji Xiaohui is very attentive! Compared with calling and scolding from his straight boyfriend because of poor gameplay, is it easier for such an intimate Ji Xiaohui to capture Xie Xiangqin’s heart?”
Lin Manluo said in agreement: “Girls pay more attention to the details in life. Although Ji Xiaohui is introverted and not as sunny and cheerful as Zou Yijia, he plays the anime characters that girls like, and also sends anime figures to the other party, which is very easy to make girls feel good.”
Ji Xiaohui looked very cultured, and he was indeed not as handsome as Zou Yijia.
However, Zou Yijia didn’t seem to understand his girlfriend’s heart very well, and the gifts he gave to his girlfriend were more popular things such as lipstick and snacks, which were not as surprising as the limited edition figure sent by Ji Xiaohui.
If Ji Xiaohui and Xie Xiangqin were ordinary friends, how could he send the figure?
Normal boys, would they give a separate figure to the ‘roommate’s girlfriend’? A friend’s wife couldn’t be coveted, this was simply a taboo.
Yue Xingwen immediately said: “The relationship between Ji Xiaohui and Xie Xiangqin is not simple, try to find more evidence to prove that Ji Xiaohui and Xie Xiangqin have maintained private contacts for a long time.”
After more than an hour, Ke Shaobin bubbled up in the group again, sending a string of new clues: “I touched Ji Xiaohui’s personal space, checked his online shopping ID, and found that he bought a lot of anime character costumes, props and wigs for cosplay in the past six months, but in addition to COS clothing, he also bought to sets of daily women’s clothing and a black long wig”
Anime style was generally more flamboyant, and it could be seen that it was an anime character at a glance. In reality, there were many boys who had COS of female characters, which was a personal hobby, there was nothing to question.
But the ‘daily clothes’ purchased by Ji Xiaohui was a big problem. A blue dress, white high heels, black wig were completely the image of a ‘female college student’ when worn on the body.
This was not a simple anime COS, this was a direct male disguised as a female, right?
Yue Xingwen thought of a way: “Put the face of this dress model into Ji Xiaohui, and ask the dormitory aunt if she has any impressions, maybe he has worn this dress many times to mix into the girls’ dormitory.”
Ke Shaobin immediately acted and sent the photo to Qin Miao.
Qin Miao took the photo to ask the dormitory aunt, and it was quickly confirmed: “The dormitory aunt said that she had seen this girl, she is a student living in Building 6, often comes back late on weekends to work outside.”
Everyone looked at each other.
On weekends, she often entered and exit girls’ dormitory.
This was too scary!
Lan Yarong hurriedly said: “Before tonight, we must submit the list of witnesses and persuade the dormitory aunt to testify in court as soon as possible! In addition, our edited photo can’t be used as evidence, but it can be used as doubt. Young Ke, will you make an animated short video?”
Ke Shaobin said: “It’s simple and can be done, what content does senior sister want to do?”
Lan Yarong asked him to make a simple animation of the murder scene: “Simply do a restoration of the crime scene so that the judge will believe Zhu Xiaoting’s statement more. We are running out of time, tomorrow is a tough battle, we must keep Zhu Xiaoting in court and get the judge to agree to call this case back for a retrial.”
The court date was imminent.
Lan Yarong, Yue Xingwen and Lin Manluo stayed up until 4 am to sort out all the questions and defense scripts.
Tomorrow, if the defense failed and the judge declared Zhu Xiaoting guilty of murder on the spot, they would be finished.
So they must rack their brains to convince the judge and jurors of another possibility——
That was the possibility that Zhu Xiaoting was framed, and the boy sneaked into the girls’ dormitory to murder!
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