Binhu was located on the outskirts of Binhai City. After the rain, the rainbow formed a bridge on the surface of the lake. The clear surface of the lake shone with the golden sunlight. With the layers of ripples splashed by the waves, it shook the golden flowing light.
A speeding army green Jeep stopped by the lakeside. Then, Chen Mo walked out of the Jeep and quickly walked toward the police line.
"Chen Dui."
Bai Yang called out. Chen Mo nodded and walked straight to the crime scene.
Water and sand were the natural enemies of criminal investigation. It seemed that the murderer understood this very well. When the police found the victim's body, it had already been washed by the lake water countless times. In the victim's fingernails, they could only find the sand and mud on the lakeside. There were no clues at all.
Chen Mo asked Bai Yang, "Did you find anything?"
Bai Yang shook his head. "Chen Dui, I'm afraid we're going to reach the end of the line. There are no clues at all."
Chen Mo furrowed his brows. There wasn't a single footprint on the lakeside. If the police hadn't drawn the deceased's figure on the lakeside, perhaps no one would have known that a murder had taken place here.
Chen Mo searched for a while, but still had no clues. Be it the murderer or the victim, there was not even a footprint left. Chen Mo walked out of the police line and took out a cigarette from his pocket. He lit one and took a deep puff. Immediately, he exhaled a thick ring of smoke.
The smoke wriggled in the air. Chen Mo waved his hand and dispersed the smoke in front of him.
Just as he turned around, his expression suddenly changed. Although he was at the edge of the lakeside, when he turned around, he clearly saw a line of footprints behind him.
It had rained last night, but it was only a two-hour thunderstorm. Logically, whether it was the victim or the suspect, there should have been footprints here.
But why …
"Bai Yang!"
Chen Mo shouted. Bai Yang immediately ran towards Chen Mo. "Chen Dui, did you find anything?"
"Get me some water." Chen Mo squatted on the ground and stared at his own footprints.
The medical examiner's report showed that the temperature of the deceased's liver was 342 degrees Celsius, and the estimated time of death was two to four hours. At that time, when he arrived at the scene, he had found the reporter's footprints. In other words, the footprints of the deceased would not have been covered within a short period of two to four hours.
"Chen Dui, the water is here." Bai Yang came to Chen Mo's side with a few bottles of mineral water.
Chen Mo said, "Fall to the ground."
Bai Yang did as he was told. Then, Chen Yu said, "Step on it."
The body of the deceased was about the same size as Bai Yang. He was 176 centimeters tall and weighed about 70 kilograms. Bai Yang's footprints were not the shallow kind. Chen Mo picked up a bottle of water and poured it on Bai Yang's footprints. One bottle, two bottles, three bottles.
Chen Mo poured three bottles of mineral water, but Bai Yang's footprints were still clearly visible.
Although the deceased had died by the lakeside, whether it was the victim or the suspect, they would have left footprints here. However, there was not a single footprint at the crime scene. This …
This time, Chen Mo really fell into silence. He squatted on the ground with a cigarette dangling from his mouth. He narrowed his eyes and fell into deep thought. Bai Yang stood beside him, not daring to speak for fear of disturbing Chen Mo.
After a while, Chen Mo looked up and threw the cigarette butt out of the police line. "Bai Yang, give me the photos of the crime scene when the deceased was found."
"Okay."
Chen Mo took the tablet from Bai Yang's hands. His long fingers quickly swiped across the screen. Sure enough, there was not a single footprint from the lakeside to the body of the deceased.
This was too unusual.
How did the deceased reach the lakeside?
…
Ye Zi stood in the distance. She did not get out of the car. Instead, she looked at Chen Mo without blinking. He squatted on the ground and kept experimenting.
Qin Chen was puzzled. He moved closer to Ye Zi's ear and asked, "What is he doing?"
Ye Zi said, "Brother Chen Mo seems to have found something."
Qin Chen asked, "Do you want to go and take a look?"
"Not for now." Ye Zi did not dare to blink. She stared at him intently. After a while, she saw that Chen Mo seemed to be smiling. Then, he said something to Bai Yang. He quickly got into his Jeep and sped away.
Ye Zi's lips curved into a faint smile. She waved at Qin Chen and said, "We can go now."
Qin Chen parked the car outside the police line. Then, he and Ye Zi got out of the car.
Bai Yang saw Ye Zi and nodded with a smile. He waved at her. "Little girl, why are you here?"
"Brother Baiyang, how's the investigation going?" Ye Zi looked at Bai Yang with a smile. She had a harmless look on her face, like a little girl who was ignorant of the ways of the world.
Bai Yang shook his head helplessly. "There are very few clues. But Chen Dui seems to have found something. He has rushed back to the police station."
Ye Zi blinked her clear eyes and asked Bai Yang. "What did Brother Chen Mo find?"
"Little girl, you're here again, aren't you? You should know that this is the rule. You can't … "
Ye Zi pursed her lips and waved her hand in the air. "Brother Baiyang, you're so boring."
"This is the rule." Bai Yang stopped smiling and looked at Ye Zi seriously. He pondered for a while and asked, "Why are you here?"
Ye Zi said, "Recently, I received a case to look for a girl who ran away from home. I heard that there was a murder case here, so I wanted to come and take a look."
She lied to Bai Yang to deceive the criminal police! Ye Zi felt a chill down her spine.
Bai Yang did not suspect anything. "The victim is a man. You should go back quickly."
"Oh." Ye Zi nodded and stared at the place where Chen Mo had been looking.
There was a shallow footprint on the wet sandy ground. Chen Mo had been squatting there just now. What was he looking at? Was it this footprint?
The police had outlined the location of the victim's death on the lakeside. There were no footprints leading to the location of the victim's body.
Then … How did the victim get here?!
There was no way to get any information out of Bai Yang's mouth. Ye Zi decisively chose to give up. She turned to look at Qin Chen and said in a low voice, "Let's go."
"Go?!"
Qin Chen frowned. They had come all the way here and did nothing. Were they going to go back just like that?
Ye Zi nodded. "Lin Yan was not the last person to see the victim. Before the victim died, Lin Yan had called Shen Wanjun. I suspect … "
"Ha!" Qin Chen sneered and couldn't help but narrow his eyes. "I don't think Shen Wanjun did this."
Ye Zi stopped and looked at Qin Chen. "Why do you say that?"
"It's very simple." Qin Chen said with certainty, "It wasn't easy for Shen Wanjun to get on the right path. He would never kill someone because of a thief's mistake. I now suspect that the murderer should be someone else."
Ye Zi nodded. She felt the same way too. Shen Wanjun was originally trying to profit from unorthodox sources. It wasn't easy for him to get his business back on the right track. If he were to commit murder now, then perhaps … …
Ye Zi had seen Shen Wanjun before. Although he had been taken advantage of once, Ye Zi knew that Shen Wanjun was not stupid. Otherwise, he would not have taken away the property and company from Jian Xia's hands.
If she wanted to prove that this matter had nothing to do with Lin Yan, Ye Zi still needed to find evidence that the deceased was not killed by Lin Yan. However, all the evidence now was against Lin Yan.
Neither the police nor Ye Zi could find who the deceased had seen before he died. Naturally, Lin Yan was the last person the deceased saw. And Lin Yan had physical contact with the deceased. From the Third Eye, it could be clearly seen that every time Lin Yan attacked, it fell on the position of the deceased's ribs. And the deceased died so coincidentally because the ribs inserted into the pulmonary artery.
Ye Zi sat in Qin Chen's car and patted her face hard.
Now, it really wasn't an easy task to help Lin Yan clear his name.
However, Chen Mo must have found something just now, so he left in a hurry.
What did Chen Mo find?!
The lakeside, the deceased, mud, footprints …
Footprints!!
It was footprints!!
Ye Zi suddenly widened her eyes. According to her understanding of Chen Mo, he would not leave footprints on the ground for no reason.
Moreover, from the lakeside to the position of the deceased's body, Ye Zi just saw no footprints.
There was only one answer, and Chen Mo had just discovered this.
Ye Zi turned to look at Qin Chen and said hurriedly, "Send me to the Municipal Crime Squad."
Although Qin Chen did not know what happened, he still drove to the Municipal Crime Squad according to Ye Zi's order.
Ye Zi unfastened the seat belt, quickly got out of the car, and ran straight to Chen Mo's office.
Knock, knock, knock …
Ye Zi knocked hard on the door of Chen Mo's office, but no one answered for a long time.
"Little girl, why are you here?!"
Suddenly, Chen Mo's low and magnetic voice came from behind Ye Zi. Ye Zi turned her head and looked at Chen Mo, "Brother Chen Mo, I want to see Lin Yan."
"That's impossible. According to the procedure, the police have the right to detain Lin Yan for 48 hours, unless …"
Ye Zi seemed to know what Chen Mo wanted to say, so she quickly said, "I have a lawyer."
Chen Mo frowned, and after a long silence, he nodded to Ye Zi, "Okay, I will arrange it. Wait for me in my office."
"Okay."
Ye Zi did not come to see Lin Yan this time. Her purpose was to go to Chen Mo's office.
Chen Mo opened the office door, and Ye Zi walked in. She turned to Chen Mo and said, "Brother Chen Mo, help me with the procedures. Hurry up, okay?"
Chen Mo nodded and turned to leave.
Ye Zi watched Chen Mo's back gradually disappear into the distance. Her lips curled up, and she turned to close the door of Chen Mo's office. She quickly walked to his computer.
But the next second, Ye Zi froze. Chen Mo's computer had a password. Wonderful! (
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