Chapter 024

After recording the descriptions of the witnesses, Zhou Wutong followed the sheriff and Lu Xingzhou upstairs. They had asked the residents of the building, but they all said they didn't know much about Lian Chengyi's situation. After all, things were different now, and even those living next door didn't say hello.

He also explained the problem to Lu Xingzhou, who nodded and said, "I know, just follow me."

After saying that, he walked all the way up to Lian Chengyi's house. He knocked on the door of Lian Chengyi's neighbor's house, and a female voice inside asked loudly, "Who is it?"

Lu Xingzhou and the sheriff stared at Zhou Wutong. Zhou Wutong stepped forward and said, "Police."

The woman looked outside through the peephole and after confirming that it was Zhou Wutong, she opened the door with a two-year-old child in her arms.

The child looked at the people outside with curiosity, and his big watery eyes were particularly cute.

The woman looked at Zhou Wutong cautiously and asked, "Uncle Police, is there any result on the matter over there?"

Zhou Wutong looked helpless. Lu Xingzhou couldn't help laughing where he couldn't see. Zhou Wutong nodded to the woman and said, "Now we just need the key evidence. I came here..."

He glanced at Lu Xingzhou, who stepped forward and said, "Um...is it convenient for me to go to your balcony?"

The woman was stunned for a moment and then nodded. Lu Xingzhou put the sheriff down, and the sheriff ran towards the balcony. Zhou Wutong followed him over. The sheriff moved the flowerpot in the woman's house, and as his claws gradually accelerated, a silver object appeared.

Zhou Wutong's face turned serious. He looked at Lu Xingzhou with questioning eyes, and Lu Xingzhou nodded at him.

He strode forward, put on gloves, and pulled out the object. It was a silver chopstick. Zhou Wutong quickly glanced at the family's kitchen. The tableware used by this family was the same as the chopstick. Lu Xingzhou raised his chin at him and said, "Try to pull it out."

Zhou Wutong nodded and pulled hard, but the chopsticks didn't move at all. As he increased his strength, a gap appeared around the chopsticks. When he exerted more force, something that looked like a hairpin and a knife appeared inside.

The women were terrified. How could this thing be in their flowerpot?

She quickly explained, "Uncle police, we don't know anything, and we don't know when he put the things here."

Zhou Wutong glanced at the woman and said, "Don't worry, we need to send it for testing to confirm it. You may also want to tell us what happened during this period and whether there is anything unusual at home."

The family has only moved here for two or three months. The husband is a civil servant and goes to get off work normally. The wife is a full-time housewife. Their parents are in other cities. The mother and son followed after the husband was transferred here.

The woman's child was just two years old, and they really didn't know Lian Chengyi across from them. There was no overlap in their social circles or actions.

Moreover, he now had a lot of questions to ask Lu Xingzhou, but because there were people present, he didn't ask for the time being.

The woman's eyes were a little red. She felt a little aggrieved and even wanted to curse. What's wrong with that idiot opposite? How could he put things into her flowerpot like that? Her family didn't know him at all.

After getting the item, he looked at the woman in front of him and said, "Don't go out for the time being. I'll take it for testing. When the results come out, I may need you to come to the police station for cooperation."

The woman nodded repeatedly, and seeing Zhou Wutong's expression she felt a little relieved.

Zhou Wutong took the things and went out, and the woman quickly called her husband.

After going downstairs, Zhou Wutong had a lot of questions to ask Lu Lu Xingzhou. They first went back to the police station, handed the things over for testing, and then found Lu Xingzhou sitting downstairs playing with a cat.

Lu Xing knew Zhou Yi had something to ask him the moment he saw him. He rolled his eyes and said, "Could you practice your expression of wanting to say something but not being able to? It's too fake."

Zhou Wutong rubbed his face in surprise and said, "Is it fake?"

Lu Xingzhou nodded vigorously and said, "Okay, let me tell you everything."

In fact, Lian Chengyi is a person with antisocial personality, but he pretends to be good at it. Lu Xingzhou doesn't know why he killed people.

But he knew clearly why the murder weapon was in the flowerpot of his new neighbor's house.

First of all, the layout of the community where they live is that the balconies are not far from each other, and there is a board extending outwards at the balcony window of the woman's house, which is used to dry quilts and clothes.

Especially now that it is summer, there is a lot of sunshine. As for whether it will be hot, of course not. There is also an insulated glass floor-to-ceiling window between the balcony and the house.

Because of this floor-to-ceiling window, the woman’s balcony is not equipped with anti-theft windows, because the floor-to-ceiling glass between the balcony and the house can be locked and no one can get in.

This also led to the fact that the balcony windows in their house were often not closed. It might also be that the woman didn't pay attention to this at all. After all, there was a baby at home who needed to be taken care of at all times.

So this gave Lian Chengyi an opportunity. He could hide things here, especially things that looked like chopsticks. Even if it was discovered, because there were children in his family, people might think that the children had thrown it there mischievously, or that the children had stuck their hands in there out of carelessness.

And according to Lian Chengyi's observation, this family is a little bit of a germaphobe and is not short of money, so they chose to use this kind of chopsticks.

If it is found outside at that time, the biggest fate of this chopstick will probably be the trash can. Once it is in the trash can, even if the scavengers and vagrants are short of money, they will not pick up a chopstick. Even if they pick it up, it will be covered with a layer of preservation.

So, he was not afraid at all. He thought the police would not be able to find the key clues or the murder weapon.

After hearing this, Zhou Wutong felt numb all over. He slowly exhaled, looked at Lu Xingzhou and said, "Thank you, thank you for your trouble."

Lu Xingzhou curled his lips and rubbed the sheriff, saying, "It's okay. The sheriff has paid you, and this was commissioned by the sheriff. You should thank the sheriff."

Zhou Wutong smiled. He rubbed the head of the sheriff, who was stuck in Lu Xingzhou's arms and couldn't escape. Under the sheriff's angry eyes, he said, "I'll take care of the sheriff's snacks for the next few days!"

As for the others, he picked up his phone and said, "Add me as a friend so we can keep in touch later."

Lu Xingzhou nodded. Well, Zhou Wutong was a nice guy. He was willing to follow him for the case. The most important thing was that no matter how outrageous the case was, he never raised any questions.

Maybe I'll need his help in the future.

After adding friends, Lu Xingzhou looked at the time. He had to go home because the cats and crows he sent out should be back.

After saying hello, Lu Xingzhou went home. As for bonuses and other things, Zhou Wutong would apply for them after the case was over, and he would get what he deserved.

After getting in the car, Lu Xingzhou looked at his phone and watched some videos. When he opened it, a hot search appeared: Zhi Miao plagiarized.

Lu Xingzhou's heart skipped a beat. No way, he really hadn't had the chance to tell Aunt Qin, but the matter was exposed so quickly?

This shouldn’t be the case, he just got Zhimiao’s card and hasn’t bought any clothes yet!!!

He clicked on it, and the content was completely different from the hot search. It was the life released in July, and the statement released by Zhimiao’s official account.

Yan Yilan was fired and was jointly sued by Zhimiao and Qiyue. By the way, Qiyue also joined Zhimiao and successfully became a designer.

Qin Yanzhi found July on the day she returned. She sent all of Yan Yilan's design drawings to July and chatted with her by the way.

July was shocked when she saw it. Although these design drawings had been modified, she could still tell at a glance that they were the result of her hard work during this period. She had not sent out these drawings because she planned to apply for a job at Zhimiao and was going to use these drawings.

So after she finished the design, she put it in her drawer. She had a habit of practicing on paper before drawing on the computer.

She had just finished drawing that day when her aunt came over with her cousin. Because her mother called her, she put the drawing in the drawer and left. She was still talking to Yan Yilan about her design concept at the time, and wanted her cousin to help her see if it was consistent with Zhi Miao's concept.

Now that I think about it, her cousin's expression was not right...

Her mother is most proud of her cousin, who joined Zhimiao right after graduation. Zhimiao is the favorite place for people who study design because there are no restrictions there. You can design whatever you want, and as long as you pass, your name will appear in the introduction of the clothing series.

Moreover, they pay generously, there is no overtime, no drinking culture, and there are places to exercise and rest when you are tired. It is simply heaven.

Later, she went to buy something, and her cousin left, saying that she had something to do and had to go home first. She didn't care at the time. She had a meal with her aunt and mother and went back to her room to work on the computer.

But, she couldn't find her artwork, and since this happens so often, the artwork would appear on its own after a few days, so she just went about editing the video.

Later, the drawings came back as expected, and she began to design and archive them on the computer.

Before receiving the private message, she was really looking forward to the start of Zhimiao's job fair. Who knew... her cousin actually took her artwork, modified it, and submitted it...

When she thought about the proof on her computer that was later than her cousin's, and the artwork still couldn't be proven, she felt a chill in her heart as she thought about what would happen when Zhimiao released the new product and saw it herself...