Bai Ye also held his own view: "Chen Hui was disemboweled, while Xu Ruowei died with a smile. This is a huge contrast, one is extrely terrifying, and the other seems like a superb artwork."
"Right, the thods of killing are different!" Qiao Xiaoyan agreed with his point.
Ti passed by little by little.
The forensic team completed the scene investigation, docunting every corner of the scene, the corpse, and the environnt. They photographed and collected evidence, including the deceased and the items at the scene.
"Initially, I conclude this is a homicide case, and the perpetrator’s thod is very clever. Once we’re back, please swiftly produce a detailed scene investigation report, an autopsy report, and relevant laboratory reports on the items," Bai Ye instructed the forensic team.
He then turned to Qiao Xiaoyan and whispered: "Xiaoyan, when you get back, also check what species that little purple flower is."
"Alright, everyone get to work as soon as we return!" Bai Ye finally instructed everyone.
After Qiao Xiaoyan ca out with her toolbox, she ran into Song Ziyu. She nodded to Song Ziyu and said seriously, "There are many similarities, but I have to wait for the autopsy to be completed."
Although Song Ziyu had anticipated this situation, hearing Qiao Xiaoyan say it clearly made her feel like turbulent waves were surging in her heart, waves upon waves threatening to completely engulf her.
However, she still nodded calmly.
She was the Mayor and must not lose her composure at this mont.
Su Tianqing was about to drive away but was stopped by Bai Ye: "Wait a mont..."
"What for?" Su Tianqing was annoyed.
Bai Ye asked, "Where were you and what were you doing between eight and ten last night?"
Su Tianqing was angry: "What do you an? Are you suspecting ?"
Song Ziyu was also taken aback and looked at Bai Ye.
Bai Ye spread his hands: "Brother, now that Xu Ruowei died, everyone who had contact with her before she died needs to be scrutinized. This is not about suspicion; it’s a procedural matter."
Su Tianqing said: "I went to the city and drank at a bar, then ca back this morning!"
"Can anyone verify that?" Bai Ye looked at him.
"The bar was full of people!" Su Tianqing said irritably, "Don’t worry! Murder is illegal; I need to be really bored to go kill Xu Ruowei. That whore ca onto , and I didn’t even want to spare her a glance!"
Bai Ye patted his shoulder: "We’re just doing our duty, don’t get so angry! Save that fire for us to solve the case together!"
Su Tianqing snorted: "Whoever dares to kill so openly really has so skills, but whoever they are, I will make sure they are exposed."
"What about you, Mayor Song?" Bai Ye asked, since outside of work, they were good friends, so Bai Ye personally asked.
Song Ziyu said: "I was working in my office the entire ti, and security can prove I was there."
"Oh, right..." Su Tianqing quickly said: "I know soone who is suspicious, it’s Gan Zi..."
Song Ziyu gave him a sideways glance, "Why would Teacher Gan kill her? The key is there’s no motive!"
Bai Ye nodded, "A waiter ntioned they talked for a long ti at the entrance last night..."
"Anyway, I believe Teacher Gan is innocent!" Song Ziyu said.
Su Tianqing snorted coldly: "Song Ziyu, just wait!"
After saying that, he was about to drive off.
Bai Ye hurriedly asked him: "Where are you going?"
"To find Chen Lin!" Su Tianqing said, "Chen Lin must know sothing. If he doesn’t talk, I’ll beat it out of him!"
"Don’t be impulsive!" Song Ziyu was startled; he didn’t look like he was joking.
Su Tianqing stared at her: "What? Are you worried about ?"
Song Ziyu glared at him and stopped speaking, turning her gaze elsewhere.
But before getting in the car, Su Tianqing walked over to her, lifted her chin with his thumb and forefinger, and sneered, "Song Ziyu, I just like you like this, obviously worried but pretending to be nonchalant!"
"You are so full of yourself!" Song Ziyu slapped his big hand away. He turned around to leave, heading first back to the town hall building to wait for Qiao Xiaoyan’s detailed autopsy information.
After Su Tianqing drove away, Song Ziyu also returned to the office building.
"Xiao Ma, where is the informant?" Bai Ye asked the officer beside him: "I want to have a chat with her."
"The informant is in the hotel security room, scared out of her wits." Officer Xiao Ma continued, "The informant is called Mo Feng, the victim’s assistant."
Coming to the hotel security room, Bai Ye quickly evaluated this assistant. She wore a standard office outfit, was short with a round face wearing high-prescription glasses, her complexion a bit pale, clearly just frightened.
Bai Ye approached the assistant: "Miss Mo, correct? Hello! My na is Bai Ye; I’m the officer in charge of this case. Can you tell what you saw at the ti?"
"Officer Bai, hello." Mo Feng answered with a sowhat tremulous voice.
Bai Ye glanced at her: "Miss Mo, how did President Xu usually treat you?"
Mo Feng looked at him with terror: "I wouldn’t do such a thing. President Xu was very generous... often giving clothes, shoes, and makeup, I would never have murderous thoughts towards her. Officer Bai, believe , I really wouldn’t do that. I even faint at the sight of a chicken being killed, let alone murder..."
"Miss Mo, don’t be afraid! Slowly think back and tell in detail how you discovered the deceased," Bai Ye said patiently and calmly to Mo Feng.
Mo Feng took a deep breath and slowly said, "It happened because I had work to do, so I got up early in the morning. I quickly tidied up and went to a breakfast shop outside the hotel to buy two portions of soy milk and fried dough sticks."
"Two portions?" Bai Ye asked, puzzled, "Did you buy one for soone else too?"
"Yes." Mo Feng adjusted her glasses slightly: "The other portion was for President Xu because at the company, I usually buy breakfast on the way to work. President Xu particularly liked soy milk and fried dough sticks."
"So one portion was for myself, and the other was prepared for President Xu." Mo Feng choked up a bit, continued saying, "As long as there’s work, President Xu was punctual, arriving at the company by 8:30. Even when on business trips, she’d still get up exactly at 8:30 in the morning."
"This morning, I left at 8:00, and didn’t buy breakfast until 8:25, rushing back to the room because in another five minutes, President Xu would be up," Mo Feng said, adjusting her glasses.
"You went downstairs and to the hotel entrance at 8:00, up until you got back with the breakfast at about 25 minutes? Was it a long distance? How did it take you so long?" Bai Ye interrupted to ask: "Did you go anywhere else in between?"
"Oh, I didn’t go anywhere else, went directly to the breakfast stall after going downstairs. It’s not far, just next to the hotel entrance. It should be less than a hundred ters." Mo Feng recalled the scene, said: "Because there were so many people buying breakfast in the morning, by the ti I queued up and it was my turn, more than ten minutes had passed."
"Hmm, I see!" Bai Ye nodded, taking notes: "Please continue."
"After going upstairs, I returned to my room and put down my breakfast, then went to knock on President Xu’s door." Mo Feng adjusted her glasses again, said, "At that ti, I knocked twice and softly called for President Xu, but there was no answer, so I waited at the door for a mont. When there was still no response, I knocked three more tis, a bit harder this ti, and called out louder for President Xu, yet still no answer."
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