Chapter 75: So Horrible

"Poisoning?! How is that possible?"

"Who is so cruel..."

Old Mrs. Bai's expression suddenly changed, Tang Mingqian frowned, but Pei Qinyue, who had been tense, breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Li Qihan with complicated eyes.

Tang Mingqian stepped forward quickly, his tone urgent: "Officer Li, can you tell us the details? Who is the target? Is the evidence conclusive?"

Lai Qihan simply responded: "The details of the case cannot be disclosed. The police will ensure everyone's safety."

His gaze swept across the room, pausing for a barely perceptible moment on Xia Lili before he gave a cold order: "Everyone, please cooperate in collecting evidence."

Li Qihan said to Xia Lili in a businesslike tone, "Miss Xia, please come here."

All the waiters in the Dragon Palace Hall were called together.

"Which waiter was holding the tray when you broke the wine glass just now?"

Xia Lili's eyes, with their excellent eyesight, swept over the waiters, then circled around to look at the back of their necks.

The waiter who changed the cutlery was not here.

The waiter with the tray was there. She pointed at the waiter with the tray and said, "It's him."

The waiter who pointed the finger immediately panicked: "Officer, I couldn't have poisoned you. Please check the surveillance."

"Don't be nervous. We are not looking for the murderer now. We are just investigating the situation."

Li Qihan patted his shoulder. "Are all the waiters in the Dragon Palace Hall here?"

The foreman said, "Yes, officer."

To be honest, there are 52 waiters in a banquet hall as big as the Dragon Palace Hall, 32 of them are boys and 30 are girls. They all wear masks and uniforms, and their height and hairstyle are similar.

It was surprising enough that Miss Xia could recognize the waiter who served drinks among the thirty-two male waiters.

Leng Xiaohe pretended to be conducting an investigation and handed a pencil and drawing board to Xia Lili: "Ms. Xia, please fill out this information."

"Oh, okay."

Xia Lili picked up a pencil and a drawing board, and sketched the eyebrows and eyes of the waiter who was changing the cutlery, as well as a diagram of the location of the small mole on the back of his neck.

The atmosphere in the Dragon Palace Hall was extremely solemn. Apart from the police's questioning and footsteps, there was no other sound.

"Are all the waiters really here?"

Xia Lili touched her chin. In such a large banquet hall, it was inevitable that there would be negligence, allowing the murderer to take advantage of the loophole.

just in case……

Xia Lili glanced across the banquet room and suddenly whispered to Leng Xiaohe, "Sister Xiaohe, could you please have all the male and female guests over 1.75 meters tall gather together and have them wear white masks?"

Although the man looked about the same height as the club's required waiter, who was over 1.8 meters tall, it was possible that he was wearing insoles.

The shoes issued by the hotel have a shallow opening and a maximum padding of five centimeters.

Leng Xiaohe nodded quickly after being reminded by Xia Lili: "Okay."

It took a lot of time to organize and arrange the guests. In the end, there were about 60 guests who met the requirements. After eliminating the guests based on the specific location of the small mole on the back of the neck, the number suddenly dropped to 5.

Xia Lili and other police officers searched one by one according to the sketches.

Xia Lili has a good memory and good eyesight, and can scan very quickly at a glance.

“There’s still nothing in here.”

Xia Lili shook her head at Li Qihan.

"Could it be that the murderer is not in the Dragon Palace Hall?"

Her heart skipped a beat: "Could he have escaped?"

"When you sent me the message, I immediately notified the police in the area to block the road, allowing only entry and no exit."

Li Qihan shook his head: "We were almost an hour and a half ahead of schedule to deploy and prepare, which shouldn't be the case."

He spoke into the intercom, "Expand the scope to include all members of the club."

The investigation work was carried out in full swing. With the detailed clues provided by Xia Lili, the investigation work was carried out with extremely high efficiency.

Half an hour later, Li Qihan's intercom rang: "Captain Li, we found a guest in the Coral Hall who matches the clue perfectly!"

He said into the intercom: "Bring the people here."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone looked towards the entrance of the Dragon Palace Hall.

Soon, two police officers came in with a man in a suit and tie. The man looked to be around 28 or 29 years old and over 1.8 meters tall.

Almost the moment her eyes met the man's, Xia Lili recognized his features.

The man was in a state of panic and bewilderment. "Comrade police, what happened? I was enjoying my meal, why did you bring me to another banquet hall?"

"I don't know anyone here."

Lin Jiaojiao's father and grandfather were still staying in the Dragon Palace Hall and were very surprised to see the visitor.

Xia Lili nodded towards Li Qihan.

Li Qihan's voice was full of oppression: "Sir, please explain why you, as a guest, are dressing up as a waiter and specifically serving Mr. Pei Qinyue and changing his knife and fork?"

"And the tines of the fork are coated with highly toxic cyanide?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone was shocked. The person who was poisoned was actually Sheng Tang's partner, the future heir of the Pei Group, and the only child of the Pei family, Pei Qinyue!

Pei Qinyue's father, Pei Yong, was struck by lightning. He excitedly grabbed his son's arm and said, "Someone wants to poison our Qinyue?!"

Mrs. Pei almost fainted after hearing this.

The man being pinned down shook his head, his face full of innocence. "What are you talking about, police officer? I'm not a cosplayer. What's wrong with me changing into a waiter's uniform and running out here to serve tea and water?"

Li Qihan pulled up the video Xia Lili had sent him on his phone. "Then can you explain why you and this waiter not only have the same facial features, but also the exact same mole placement? Even the background is so similar."

Xia Lili's cell phone was issued by the bureau. The camera lens can magnify thirty times and can see clearly, and everything is captured clearly.

The man was stunned for a moment when he saw the video.

The video camera had been following him the entire time, and it was obvious that it had noticed him very early on; he was not in the camera by accident.

Someone actually took a photo of him in advance?

How is this possible? Does the person filming this video have some kind of supernatural power to predict the future?

The man was frightened for a moment.

Lin Jiaojiao's father, Lin Zhi, said in a trembling voice, "No, police officer, you must be mistaken!"

"This is Mr. Zou, our VIP customer of Lin's Fabrics. He recently placed a large order!"

Li Qihan immediately asked, "VIP customers? When did they become customers? How many years have they been developing?"

"Just, a month ago."

Lin Zhi's voice was filled with panic. Could it be that Mr. Zou had poisoned the Pei family's only son? The guests they had invited to the birthday party had poisoned Old Lady Bai's only son. This was pushing the Lin family to the brink of collapse!

Li Qi asked coldly, "When did you decide on the venue for your father's birthday banquet?"

Lin Zhi's heart skipped a beat, and he replied in a panic, "A month and a half ago..."