The issue of seating order, for Chen Xiao, was rely a curiosity at this mont.
The reason is that from childhood to adulthood, he has seen quite a few families very particular about dining etiquette.
Generally speaking, they are seated according to seniority.
Of course, more families don't have strict rules or customs.
The murderer might have randomly placed their bodies this way.
But while the seating order might not matter, the direction in which they hold their hearts certainly does.
Simply put, Jiao Guoxuan offered his heart to his wife and daughter.
Jiao Yan, on the other hand, held her heart out for her father to see.
Both of these seem quite normal, except that this stepmother, Wei Rong, directed her heart towards her stepdaughter.
As if to say, "I can give you my heart!"
Chen Xiao was not encountering for the first ti a case involving stepmothers and stepchildren.
The very first case he officially investigated had this kind of relationship!
In any family with such relationships, there's undoubtedly a much higher probability of issues than in normal families!
Thinking it over, Chen Xiao stopped looking at those photos and went to the detective team's lounge.
If he rembered correctly, Jiao Guoxuan's youngest daughter, born to Wei Rong, was in the lounge being looked after by a policewoman.
Chen Xiao opened the door to the lounge, where the policewoman was showing a cartoon to a five-year-old girl on a computer.
Seeing Chen Xiao enter, the policewoman seed puzzled until Chen Xiao identified himself, prompting her to greet him quickly.
"Oh, it's Advisor Chen!"
"Her na is Jiao Yue, and she's Jiao Guoxuan's youngest daughter."
The policewoman introduced, as Chen Xiao smilingly squatted in front of Jiao Yue.
"Little girl, is it stuffy in here?"
Even though Chen Xiao asked this.
But when he had entered, he noticed that the girl's gaze wasn't focused on the computer screen.
In her eyes, there was still a deep fear.
However, when Chen Xiao asked her, Jiao Yue still nodded.
Chen Xiao looked at this girl, so similar to Zhao Xiaoyu, and gently asked again:
"Would you like to go out for a walk with uncle? Is there sowhere you'd like to go?"
Jiao Yue nodded and then shook her head.
Chen Xiao understood what she ant: "You want to go out, but you don't know where to go, right?"
Jiao Yue nodded again.
Chen Xiao took her hand: "Then how about you follow uncle for a stroll? Do you want to walk or take a ride?"
"I don't want to take a ride, I get dizzy," Jiao Yue replied softly.
Chen Xiao nodded, gave the policewoman a reassuring look, and then took Jiao Yue outside the detective team.
But once outside, Chen Xiao was also a bit at a loss.
Facing such a young girl who had just experienced major changes, he didn't really know how to start a conversation.
Especially since he wanted to ask quite a few questions.
Finally, as Chen Xiao saw a billboard, a flash of inspiration struck him.
The billboard featured two female stars.
They looked sowhat similar but were definitely not twins.
So, Chen Xiao asked:
"Yuanyuan, do you see those two ladies up there? Are they the sa person?"
Jiao Yue nodded almost without hesitation.
Chen Xiao observed this and imdiately had a realization in his heart: "Indeed, there can be two people in this world who look alike yet have no blood relation! Perhaps, the murderer just resembled the arrested suspect, leading to the mistake!"
Thinking this, Chen Xiao ca up with a continuous differentiation thod.
He took Jiao Yue to a shop that sold many celebrity posters.
In the shop, he first asked Jiao Yue if she wanted any gifts.
But Jiao Yue wasn't very interested, often falling into deep thought.
When lost in thought, her eyes were filled with fear.
Chen Xiao knew her heart had been deeply affected, but there was no choice since she was the sole survivor and witness of the case; her help was needed for the investigation.
Despite being just a five-year-old child.
Chen Xiao quickly selected so celebrity posters.
So were front views, others side views.
He first showed Jiao Yue the front views of two completely different stars.
Jiao Yue glanced and directly shook her head.
This indicated that Jiao Yue didn't have the face blindness he worried about.
Then, Chen Xiao pulled out posters of two sowhat similar stars.
One was a front view, the other a side view.
At a glance, Jiao Yue was noticeably hesitant.
So people look alike from the front, but when comparing a side view to a front view, they're not that similar.
Chen Xiao did this to confirm from what angle Jiao Yue had seen the suspect that night.
Although Jiao Yue hesitated, she quickly nodded, confirming, "The sa."
This answer ant that Jiao Yue had relatively clear recognition abilities.
Next, Chen Xiao placed two entirely different celebrity posters together.
Yet their side views looked very similar!
When these two posters were put together, Jiao Yue once again nodded without hesitation.
Seeing her response, a grave look crossed Chen Xiao's face.
He felt compelled to ask: "Yuanyuan, on the night of the incident, did you also only see this half of his face?"
Asking this, Chen Xiao realized that Han Zai and the others might have completely overlooked the angle issue when Jiao Yue had confidently identified the suspect.
He even imagined that if an eyewitness saw a particular person as the suspect, they wouldn't care about the angle from which they were observed!
Sure enough, Jiao Yue's answer made his heart sink to the bottom.
"Yes."
Just two simple words, and they rendered Jiao Yue, the most crucial figure in the case, seemingly useless.
If she had only seen a profile, it ant she wasn't sure of the suspect's actual appearance.
However, Chen Xiao didn't impose any psychological pressure on Jiao Yue.
After leaving the store with her, he bought the posters as well.
Continuing to wander around for a while, Jiao Yue suddenly tugged at his sleeve and said, "Uncle, I'm tired."
Seeing the adult-like weariness on her little face, Chen Xiao couldn't help but pick her up:
"Then shall uncle take you back to sleep?"
"Okay, but I'm scared, I don't want to go ho... sob sob."
As she spoke, Jiao Yue started to cry.
Her crying didn't leave Chen Xiao at a loss; instead, he was quite relieved.
When a child is hurt or goes through sothing, never fear their tears, never fear their tantrums.
If they remain unresponsive, constantly dazed when sothing happens, that's what's truly dangerous!
So when Jiao Yue cried, Chen Xiao was relieved.
But Jiao Yue wasn't used to being carried by others and said, "Uncle, can you crouch down?"
Chen Xiao nodded, understanding what Jiao Yue wanted.
So he squatted down with his back to her, and the little girl climbed onto his back, sobbing.
Chen Xiao supported her gently, whispering, "If you're sleepy, just sleep on uncle's back, don't be afraid..."
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