When the two arrived at the Municipal Bureau, the criminal investigation team had gone out on a mission. Lin Jiaqiao felt sorry for her father and kept grumbling all the way, scolding the kidnapper so much that he didn't even recognize his mother.
It was not convenient to place takeout in the office, so the two of them had to carry the takeout to the small meeting room.
The criminal investigation team left in a hurry and didn't have time to put away the whiteboard. When the two came in, the first thing they saw was Ying Zhiwan's photo.
Lin Jiaqiao touched his chin and said, "Let's not talk about his character, this guy is pretty good looking."
Qin Guan was stacking lunch boxes. He was unhappy when he heard this and put on a sarcastic face. Lin Jiaqiao had already measured the distance between his thumb and index finger, "As expected, he is a man who is only slightly worse than you."
Qin Guan felt that it was unnecessary, but he couldn't help curling up his lips. He wanted her to continue praising him, so he pretended to say, "Not bad, Ying Zhiwan is not bad looking either."
Lin Jiaqiao was not unaware of his thoughts, and said tactfully, "He's not bad when he looks at him on his own, but compared to you, he still lacks some temperament."
Qin Guan reminded: "Is it just temperament? What about facial features?"
Lin Jiaqiao was tired. "That's enough—ah, yes, I remembered something. Speaking of which, Xiao Xiangzi seemed to like Ying Zhiwan's style."
"Didn't you two compete for the school hunk? She even said Ying Zhiwan was prettier than you."
Qin Guan didn't care about Xiang Xiaoyuan, he asked Lin Jiaqiao: "Did you speak for me?"
Lin Jiaqiao glared at him: "Is this the time to dwell on this issue?"
She frowned, "Do you think Ying Zhiwan would rely on his good looks to seduce Xiao Xiangzi and cheat her of her money and sex?"
Qin Guan: "… Let me first state that I do not discriminate against women. I like girls the most. Don't you think so? You got it wrong."
"I remember that Xiang Xiaoyuan had very good grades and received scholarships every semester. I'm not just looking at grades, but look at Ying Zhiwan's attitude. If their relationship was reversed, wouldn't it be more convincing?"
Lin Jiaqiao never makes sense when he is defending someone: "Anyway, Xiao Xiangzi must have been deceived by that bastard Ying Zhiwan!"
After that, she took out her cell phone. Qin Guan asked, "Did you call Xiang Xiaoyuan again?"
"Provide clues to Lao Lin." Lin Jiaqiao said, "What if Lao Lin doesn't know about Ying Zhiwan's wonderful past?"
Qin Guan reminded, "These are just rumors."
Lin Jiaqiao said seriously: "If this rumor is one percent true, it might be a clue. If it is all false, the person who leaked the news must have his own purpose."
"Old Lin once said that handling a case is like looking for a needle in a haystack. No one can tell which clue will be useful."
Qin Guan has always been encouraging towards Lin Jiaqiao. He praised: "As expected of Editor-in-Chief Lin, you are so impressive."
Lin Dapeng was probably at work, so the call was unreachable. Lin Jiaqiao sighed, hating her own brain for not being able to help her father catch the murderer.
Just as she was about to leave, a vague image suddenly appeared in her mind. She said, "It should be when I was a sophomore or junior, Xiao Xiangzi seemed to have a boyfriend."
Qin Guan was surprised, "She actually has a boyfriend."
"I told you, I know a lot of people who want to pursue her. But she always says that she has a boyfriend who she loved for many years and he has passed away, and she is not in the mood for love."
"I thought it was just an excuse she made up."
"Have you been in love for many years?" Lin Jiaqiao frowned. "I just saw her kissing a man. But later I asked her and she said I was wrong and that person was not her."
She was a little angry, "What's going on? Did she lie to me?"
Qin Guan smoothed her brows: "Don't think too much, Lao Lin will find out. We should trust Lao Lin, right?"
Lin Jiaqiao was about to say something when his cell phone rang.
It was Hua Zong who called and asked her to watch "Wei Guan News". He Youwei was making trouble again.
In tonight's "Wei Guan News", He Youwei appeared in person and not only refuted the rumors about herself, but also hinted that the police have already identified the suspect, who is Xiang Xiaoyuan.
The show hasn't even finished airing yet, but all the comments criticizing her have been transferred to Xiang Xiaoyuan's account. Xiang Xiaoyuan's comment section has become so dirty that it's unbearable to look at.
If there are fans who speak up for her and ask people to wait for the police to announce the news before cursing, they will be labeled as "brainless fans" and "bitch" and subjected to online violence.
Lin Jiaqiao was so angry that he almost died.
She remembered that they looked at Xiaoyuan like this when they were in college.
Now that I think about it, it was all her fault that the two of them became distant.
She was scared.
Being scolded for one day is nothing, but being scolded by a hundred or ten thousand people for a year, Lin Jiaqiao is really scared.
She got scared.
Using the excuse of being busy with work, Lin Jiaqiao felt at ease giving up on his friend.
Fortunately, Lin Jiaqiao has grown up.
The twenty-year-old Lin Jiaqiao felt that what people said was scary, but the thirty-year-old Lin Jiaqiao knew that those idiots could not affect her at all.
Without even waiting to go home, she typed a press release on her mobile phone on the spot, mentioning He Youwei's name, and questioned what qualifications she had to fabricate facts, what qualifications she had to forge police evidence, and what qualifications she had to expose others online.
She pointed out the lies in He Youwei's news one by one, calling on everyone to respect the facts and wait for the police to announce the results of the investigation.
The effect was also very obvious. Less than five minutes after the press release was sent out, half of the people who had scolded Xiang Xiaoyuan came over to scold her and Youxiandubao.
When Lin Dapeng received a call from his colleagues and learned that Lin Jiaqiao had helped them dispel rumors, he laughed and scolded: "You are quite proactive."
Officer Lu listened to the whole thing and praised: "Our Bird Sister is very conscious. When this case is over, I will ask our old man to give her a banner."
"You followed her in making trouble." Although Lin Dapeng sounded disdainful, his face was full of pride.
He asked, "What are you looking for here? What did you find?"
Officer Lu pointed to a small box under the coffee table and said, "Why bother looking for it? I saw it as soon as I came in."
The box is full of miscellaneous small things, and they look quite old from the looks of their colors.
Lin Dapeng took out a photo, which was a photo of Ying Zhiwan and Liu Yang.
In the photo, the two men were still young, about sixteen or seventeen years old, standing in front of a sports car with their arms around each other, smiling happily.
There are a few more photos below, which are group photos. In the photos, the heads of other people have been torn off or painted with black pen, leaving only Ying Zhiwan and Liu Yang, looking at the camera happily.
Officer Lu pointed to a certificate and said, "Liu Yang's family also has one."
This is a certificate for second prize in a basketball game. It has been carefully preserved by the owner and looks like new.
Officer Lu scratched his head. "Of course, we can't rule out the possibility that this is the only award he has ever received in his life, and he kept it as a souvenir. But Master, this is solid evidence, he must like Liu Yang at least."
"Tell me, does Liu Yang know about Ying Zhiwan's feelings? Does Xu Yalan know about Ying Zhiwan's feelings?"
Lin Dapeng didn't say anything, just looked at the photo carefully and touched it.
Officer Lu asked, "Master, is there any problem?"
Lin Dapeng turned the photo around and looked at the back of the paper. "I can't explain it, but it feels wrong."
He called over his colleagues from the physical evidence department and asked, "Check it out."
A colleague from the physical evidence department asked, "What are you checking?"
Lin Dapeng thought for a moment and said, "It's hard to explain. Let's check everything we can."
The coffee table was the same as when they came last time, with CET-4 test papers and a few untied lunch boxes.
Only the small iron box on top was missing.
Lin Dapeng asked: "Who among you found a small round iron box?"
Before anyone could say anything, a middle-aged man walked in.
He was about fifty years old, wearing a three-piece suit, with an elegant temperament and an aura of authority without anger. Ying Zhiwan was 60% like him, and he was Ying Zhiwan's father.
There is no one in Haicheng who doesn't recognize this face.
Seeing the mess in the house, his face was full of anger: "Stop, what are you doing!"
Lin Dapeng had a scruffy beard and the cuffs of his jacket had been worn for a long time, but even so, he was not inferior to Ying Zhiwan's father.
He showed him the search warrant and said, "An enthusiastic citizen reported that there was a suspected drug possession at night."
Father Ying's expression changed, his face full of sorrow:
"It shouldn't be drugs."
"It's drugs at night."