Chapter 29

Chen Pu’s words triggered everyone’s deep thought.

Li Qingyao looked down at her notebook. She had written down the key points of every meeting and every investigation. Now she had a rough idea in her mind when she flipped through the pages. I have to say, this notebook is really useful. Electronic technology is so advanced now, and the trend of returning to the rough writing led by Chen Pu actually makes people feel good.

Chen Pu said: "Li Qingyao, you were the first to propose that the deceased wrote the suicide note willingly, which means that he felt extremely guilty towards the person who forced him to commit suicide, and was even willing to pay the price with his life - this is the breakthrough for us to find new suspects and motives for the murder.

Fang Kai, there are fingerprints of more than a dozen acquaintances in Liu Huaixin's home. You mentioned two possibilities: either the murderer is among these acquaintances, or the murderer has a strong anti-detection awareness and did not leave any fingerprints. Now it seems that the latter is very likely.

Zhou Yangxin, you raised two questions: First, you think the other 16 households did not seem to have a motive for murder, but you do not rule out the possibility of a deeper motive; second, if the murderer came from outside and escaped by jumping out of the window on a lower floor, he would be able to escape the surveillance at the exit. "

Everyone's spirits were lifted, as their previous investigation was not in vain, and another possibility had been right under their noses.

Chen Pu picked up a whiteboard marker and tapped on Liu Huaixin's name. "He has something going on. A young, handsome male teacher with a respectable job, who doesn't date, enjoy himself, or socialize. In this era, he lives an ascetic life, has an obsessive love for work, and is almost self-abuse. Looking back now, such a person is actually not normal."

Li Qingyao thought, so you also know that this is not normal!

Chen Pu reallocated the tasks:
Gao Jichang's clue could not be let go, Li Qingyao and Zhou Yangxin contacted those girls, and at the same time looked for new victims and dug up evidence that could be used to convict him;
Fang Kai was responsible for conducting an in-depth investigation of Liu Huaixin, especially his experience before he came to No. 29 Middle School to take up his post more than two years ago;
Chen Pu led the team back to the building where the murder occurred, changed the angle, and re-investigated.

Ding Guoqiang was very pleased to see that the people of the second team were working hard again. He thought to himself, it’s up to me. After scolding my apprentice, he became ashamed and courageous and so motivated.

After Chen Pu arrived at the family building, he searched all the residents upstairs and downstairs, but found no new suspects.

But when he checked the second floor, he found a house on the corner that was always locked and no one was inside. When he asked, he found out that the owner had been abroad for two years and had not returned. Therefore, this family was previously counted as one of the "absent" neighbors.

Chen Pu touched the door lock, looked at his clean fingers, and asked someone to find a way to contact the overseas owner. After obtaining consent, he opened the door lock.

As the door opened, Chen Pu stared at the wooden floor.

The wooden floor was very clean, with almost no dust and of course no footprints.

Team leader Chen led the team and entered each room carefully. Soon, they found that a small window in the kitchen was open.

Normally, when the owner is not at home all year round, all windows will be locked to prevent wind and rain from damaging the interior.

Chen Pu called someone to investigate carefully.

Soon, the evidence officers extracted a piece of black cloth from the gap in the window frame. It looked like it was accidentally hung there, and they carefully collected the cloth.

Soon, the test results came out: it was a very common synthetic fabric, usually used to make pants. However, they did not find any DNA or blood on it.

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When Chen Pu returned to the office, he saw that only Li Qingyao was buried in front of the computer. The others had gone out to investigate and had not returned yet.

Chen Pu took off his police hat and threw it on the table, then asked, "Where's Zhou Yangxin?" Li Qingyao was concentrating on his work, and answered without even looking up, "We just met a girl, and he sent her out."

Chen Pu walked to her desk, bent down and saw that she was looking through the emails in Gao Jichang's account one by one, but most of them were advertisements.

He now knew that she worked meticulously and hard, and he glanced down at the full cup of tea beside him. He hadn't drunk a sip, and it looked like it had lost its heat.

Chen Pu was silent for a while, then asked, "Do you want to know what I found out from my investigation?"

Li Qingyao then put down what he was doing, stretched out his arms, clasped his fingers together, stretched himself, leaned back in his chair, and said, "Go ahead."

Chen Pu raised his lips slightly, and told the process of today's investigation. Finally, he expressed his thoughts: "The murderer came from outside."

Li Qingyao thought about it and said, "If that's the case, it will be very difficult to find."

Chen Pu leaned against her desk, sighed and said, "Yes, we need to find out the story behind Liu Huaixin."

The two of them, one standing and one sitting, looked at each other, one tall and one short. It was quiet for a few seconds, until both of them looked away uncomfortably.

Li Qingyao thought, I'm not used to the time when he and I could talk in such a calm manner.

Chen Pu thought, damn, what am I doing and why did I come to talk to her.

They were both feeling bored when a man walked in from outside. It was Fang Kai.

Chen Pu left Li Qingyao's table and asked, "How is it?"

Fang Kai took off his hat, sweating profusely, picked up the cup and drank half of it, then said: "I found a suspicious point. Liu Huaixin is from Mawei Village, Xingsha County. We visited his family, his neighbors, and everyone from elementary school to high school and then to college. These are all normal. He has no enemies and has never done anything out of the ordinary. Except from 2016 to 2017, which was about seven years ago.

At that time, Liu Huaixin had just graduated from university. He wrote on his resume that he was preparing for the postgraduate entrance examination that year. However, after investigation, I found that during that period, he had lost contact with all his family and friends. No one knew where he went or what he was doing. It was not until the summer of 2017 that he suddenly returned home from outside. He did not tell his family about what happened that year. His temperament changed drastically. His originally cheerful personality became silent and irritable. And as soon as he came back, he immersed himself in preparing for the postgraduate entrance examination, and he worked very hard.

However, I did not find out nothing about that year of disappearance. I have found out one thing, which is his address at that time. Actually, he did not write it in his resume. I found it in a corner of the Internet, in a job application form he filled out.

Chen Pu took Fang Kai's investigation record from today and asked as he flipped through it, "Where did he live seven years ago?"

Fang Kai took another big gulp of water, sat down and said, "It's very close to our bureau, Chaoyang Garden Building 17, Room 101."

Chen Pu stopped flipping through the transcript, and Li Qingyao's pen also stopped writing on the paper. They both looked up at Fang Kai at the same time.

<End of Volume 1>
I have finished writing the first volume, but I haven’t decided on a title yet, sigh.

From this Saturday to next Monday, I will take three full days of offline Chinese medicine classes. I will have to take three days every month in the future. Starting next year, I will also go to the clinic with my master every week. So I can update two chapters tomorrow, and I can only update one chapter in the remaining days of this week. There is no other way. I am doing this for the sake of learning. Please understand.