I'm just a trainee police officer. I don't really want to solve the case.

Chapter 439: Being clever but being misled by cleverness

Office of the Chief of Criminal Investigation Team.

Su Xiaoxiao and Xiao Yu sat on the chairs with their heads down, listening to Qi Lei's lecture.

"You are too disorganized and undisciplined. You should have a basis for suspecting others. Now you have made up something out of nothing and caused such a big incident. Why don't you apologize quickly?"

As he spoke, Qi Lei winked at Su Xiaoxiao and the others.

Xiaomei was sitting on the sofa wiping her tears.

Just as Su Xiaoxiao thought, the dark spot in the box was not blood residue, but just ordinary oil stain.

The injection they found was not an anesthetic, but just an ordinary anti-inflammatory drug.

Su Xiaoxiao did not stop Xiaoyu from bringing Xiaomei back. She thought that since it was already like this, she might as well investigate it more thoroughly.

Sure enough, they searched Xiaomei's house thoroughly but found nothing useful.

Now not only do we have to release the person, we also have to apologize to him.

The two of them apologized to He Meiqing without any hesitation. Their attitudes were so sincere that they even bowed to her. Xiaomei wanted to lose her temper but couldn't. She could only wipe away her tears in grievance.

"Comrade Xiaomei, do you think we can just let this matter go? They are eager to solve the case. After all, this concerns the safety of ordinary people's lives. Please be magnanimous and forgive them this time." Qi Lei looked at Xiaomei with a smile. He felt that he had smiled too many times today and his muscles were stiff.

"Forget it then. It's not easy for you policemen." Xiaomei sighed and didn't insist. She looked well-behaved.

Qi Lei was extremely grateful that she was willing to let it go, and he personally saw her off.

When they reached the door, Su Xiaoxiao suddenly called out from behind: "Li Nianchu."

But Xiaomei seemed not to hear it. She didn't even stop and just walked straight forward.

Qi Lei walked everyone out the door before turning back, entering the captain's office and closing the door.

"Thank you for your hard work, Captain!" Su Xiao poured Qi Lei a cup of tea like a puppy.

Qi Lei pointed at the two of them with his finger, but didn't say anything. He was very tired after the day and just smiled at them.

"Xiao Xiao, I don't think you're a reckless person. What's going on? How did you suspect this girl?"

"I didn't suspect her at first, but the homeless man mentioned that the person who lost the shoe was a thin man, so I thought that the thin man could be a woman, and the short hair could be a wig.

So, I thought of Xiaomei who appeared at the scene that day. In fact, she not only appeared at the scene, but we discovered that she had also appeared in the noodle shop that night when we investigated there. Moreover, the time of her appearance was very close to the time when Liu Yan disappeared nearby.

I have seen the surveillance video. The place where she was sitting at that time happened to block the door, so the surveillance video inside the noodle shop could not capture the outside for a period of time. If Liu Yan passed by the outside of the noodle shop at that time, she would not be seen in the surveillance video.

So, I think she is suspicious.

Liu Yan was a cautious person and was prepared to escape. If he wanted to find a place to hide, he would naturally look for someone he knew.

Xiaomo from the Blue Rain Bar said that she had seen Liu Yan with a girl, but Liu Yan denied it. I asked Xiaomo and she said that it was a very young girl with long hair and big eyes. Her description was very similar to Xiaomei.

I just wanted to go to her house to see her. She should have been at work at this time, and I didn't know why she came back.

I was reckless and caused trouble for Xiao Yu and the captain."

Su Xiaoxiao admitted her mistake with a good attitude, which made Qi Lei laugh. "Okay, stop pretending in front of me. Now that we haven't found anything, how do you feel?"

"I feel pretty good. Although I was tricked, it's not like I didn't gain anything. My suspicions have been confirmed. Xiaomei must be related to the case. In fact, the captain thinks so too, right?"

"That's right. He Meiqing's original intention might have been to get rid of suspicion, but she backfired. Most people wouldn't know that Liu Yan was dragged to the scene in a box, nor would they know that anesthetics were left in his body.

However, suspicious boxes and injections happened to appear in He Meiqing's home, as if they were waiting for someone to check. Of course, it could also be a coincidence that she just happened to have these two things at home. It is reasonable for injections to appear in her home since she is a nurse.

But it was too coincidental to be a coincidence. It seemed more like she did it deliberately. Maybe she knew that we were suspicious of her, or maybe she thought that the police would become suspicious of her sooner or later, so she made arrangements in advance to get rid of suspicion.

It can be said that being too clever may lead to mistakes. "

"Yeah, I thought so too. I wasn't sure if she had anything to do with Liu Yan's death, but now I'm sure she has. There must be a connection."

"You suddenly called out Li Nianchu's name behind her just now. Do you suspect that she is Li Nianchu?" Qi Lei asked.

"Yes, now that it is confirmed that she is related to Liu Yan's death, and the way Liu Yan died is the same as Zhuang Hua's, and He Meiqing is about the same age as Li Nianchu, so, I will give her a try."

"But she didn't react at all just now. Does that mean she is not Li Nianchu?" Xiao Yu pondered.

"No, quite the opposite." Su Xiaoxiao and Qi Lei said in unison. They looked at each other and laughed. Qi Lei motioned for Su Xiaoxiao to continue.

“A normal person would subconsciously stop or look back when hearing someone calling their name, even if it wasn’t their own name, instead of pretending they didn’t hear it and not reacting at all. This actually shows that it’s very likely that she is Li Nianchu.

And if she is Li Nianchu, then Liu Yan's death can be explained."

"Senior Sister, when you called her name just now, did that alert the enemy?"

"I just wanted to alert the snake. She thought she had cleared the suspicion and might not take any action for the time being. But I called Li Nianchu's name, and she should have realized that she was wrong. Not only did she not clear the suspicion, but her original identity was exposed.

So, next, she will probably take some actions, such as asking for help. "

"You mean, she has an accomplice?"

“Very likely.

The person who killed Liu Yan was not the one who instigated Liu Yan to instigate Yang Ye. Liu Yan was also afraid that others would destroy his bridge after crossing the river, so he chose to run away by himself and made a backup plan in advance. He did not expect to die in a place he thought was safe.

It is very likely that He Meiqing's sudden decision to kill Liu Yan was because she knew that Liu Yan had so much cash in his hands and wanted to swallow the money.

However, after killing Liu Yan, she definitely wouldn't dare to deposit the money in a bank, let alone hide it at home. She had to find a place to put it, or put it with someone she absolutely trusted. "

"Someone she trusts absolutely." Xiao Yu thought, "Is it her mother, Li Bitao? The mother and daughter disappeared together at the time. Are they both in Jingzhong now?"

"That's right, her mother is not only in Jingzhong, but you have already met her." Su Xiaoxiao looked at Xiaoyu.

"I have seen her?" Xiao Yu recalled the photo of Li Bitao he had seen. He had no impression of seeing that skinny and frail woman. "Did she have plastic surgery?"

"She didn't have any plastic surgery. You didn't recognize her because she looked very different from the photos we had seen. She was like two completely different people."

Who could have thought that the skinny Li Bitao would become plump and stay by Mo Wen's side.