Chapter 5 The suspect is...
The lights nearby were not on, and in the darkness, Lin Meiqi recognized that it was the neighbor's child, "I'm not your mother~" and held the baby while waiting for her mother to come back.
Half an hour later, the little girl threw her arms around her neighbor's neck.
"Go home now, quickly say thank you to Sister Xiaolin!"
"Sister Xiaolin, byebye~"
Lin Meiqi went upstairs to her room, turned on the light, and the warm yellow light enveloped her.
After washing up, Lin Meiqi lay down in bed.
When she woke up the next morning, the little girl was carrying a schoolbag with a cartoon pattern on it. There was a big frog with bulging eyes on the bag.
She was waiting for her mother to come out, but when she saw Lin Meiqi, she couldn't help but rub against her feet and reached out to hug her legs.
The girl's mother came out and couldn't help but say, "It seems like the baby likes you very much!"
"They all say Sister Xiaolin is fierce, but she is not like that at all. She is like a big doll. I like such big dolls!"
The girl reached out for a hug, but Lin Meiqi lifted her up and let her kiss her on the cheek.
"Okay, let's go to school."
"Goodbye Sister Xiaolin!"
It’s great that children are innocent.
Lin Meiqi raised the corners of her lips and waved to her. She also had to go out to work, so she would just ride the bike as exercise.
She did not forget Liang Yifeng's words. On the way, she found a tea restaurant and ate a bowl of hot satay noodles before rushing to the serious crime team.
The lecture that Feng Charlie mentioned yesterday fell on the desk.
"Here are the application materials you need to prepare. You also need a lesson plan. The Police Academy is waiting for it. Write it for me in the next two days. You can go to class after it is approved."
Lin Meiqi held her cheek and said, "Isn't there going to be too many classes? And how do we calculate the tuition?"
"Don't worry, I've asked for you. The tuition fee is not low. Based on your energy and time, you can only make money and not lose money."
Although Lin Meiqi complained verbally, she was actually very willing to continue.
No one can resist money.
She locked herself in the forensic room, biting the tip of her pen as she thought about how to write the lesson plan.
Two days have passed and there has been no further progress in the studio murder case. The fingerprints found at the scene all belonged to people who should be in the studio, and no fingerprints were found on the two drinks except for the victim and the person who helped buy the milk tea. The clues of the case were interrupted.
But the work must go on.
The serious crime team received a task and was assigned to cooperate in other areas. Because many people had left, the serious crime team had even fewer people for a while.
Only the boyfriend of the first victim, Liang Mianqi, Hong Zeyu, is still under 24-hour surveillance, but the results of the surveillance showed nothing unusual, so it seems that the boyfriend is not a suspect for the time being.
That day, He Wanyi came to Lin Meiqi and said, "Forensic Doctor Lin, how are your course preparations going? I heard that you are going to class tonight."
"Yeah, it's a bit scary. I used to deal with corpses, but now there are so many people listening to my lectures. I'm not used to it."
"Well, I'm not alive!"
"Just kidding."
He Wanyi suddenly stopped and stared at Lin Meiqi for a long time. "To be honest, you are really different from the rumors outside. You are not the real 'Yan Yidao' who was replaced, right? But it doesn't seem like it. Your professional ability is indeed very strong, and the results of the data report are faster than the previous one. It's just that it's hard to associate your appearance with the same person."
Lin Meiqi smiled at her.
He Wanyi said, pretending to be intoxicated in the class: "I wish I could listen to your class. In fact, being a forensic doctor has been my dream since I was a child. But when I took the forensic class, I saw various organs soaked in formalin. I couldn't help vomiting, so I dropped out of the class. I heard that many people were scrambling to sign up for this class at that time. I finally got the spot and gave it up. Now I really regret it. How about this, I can't attend the class, but I can drive you to the police academy, how about it?"
Lin Meiqi nodded: "Okay!"
After a busy day, my eyes are a little sore, especially from staring at the instruments, my vision is not very clear.
To be a forensic pathologist, one needs sharp eyesight. The original owner had very good eyesight, but he must not become nearsighted.
Lin Meiqi rubbed her eyes hard and did a few simple eye exercises. She saw He Wanyi come in again and put on her clothes.
"When the time comes, I'll take you there."
He Wanyi drove Lin Meiqi to the Police Academy. When they arrived at the classroom, they saw that it was a large terraced classroom. It seemed that there were so many students who signed up that she was assigned to this classroom.
"When we were young, we were all curious. We all liked forensic medicine classes. In the future, you will have many students all over the world. You will definitely be able to train many excellent forensic doctors and police officers!"
Lin Meiqi looked at the podium, feeling a little nervous. She took a deep breath, but she didn't dare show her uneasiness. After all, the original owner should have been quite calm in such an occasion.
The class was about to start, but He Wanyi had something to do, so she went back first.
Lin Meiqi stood on the podium and put the prepared lesson plan aside. She waited and waited. When the bell rang, she was shocked to find that the entire classroom was empty and there were only a few people there.
I put down the stone in my heart, worried about facing hundreds of people.
But at the same time, I was secretly wondering, with less than ten students here, why were I assigned such a large classroom?
The school doesn't think it's ugly, but I feel embarrassed.
Never mind, since I'm here, I might as well make the best of it. Lin Meiqi started her course with these six or seven students. This course she currently teaches is an elective course for non-forensic medicine majors. She starts with the theoretical basis of forensic medicine, and if there is an opportunity in the future, she will slowly transition to pathology, anthropology, forensic evidence, etc.
Although there were few people, the students listened very carefully and took notes.
Among them, several pretty girls caught Lin Meiqi's attention. It seems that this is really a fascinating subject. Even though the forensic profession sometimes involves dealing with corpses, those who truly love it will not be afraid.
The class was over and Lin Meiqi packed up to leave.
Suddenly, a girl with a ponytail stood up from the audience, walked quickly to her, and handed her a notebook: "Teacher Lin, can you please sign an autograph for me? I have admired you for a long time. They all say that you are a very rare female forensic doctor, but I think this is just the beginning. There will be more and more women who can do the work they love. I am also determined to become a forensic doctor as capable as you!"
Lin Meiqi was very pleased and took out a pen to sign her notebook. But just after she signed two words, she suddenly saw a photo fall out of the notebook.
"Oh, sorry, this is a photo I took with my besties. I forgot to put it away."
The girl quickly put away the photo, but Lin Meiqi said with emotion: "Wow, that's great, there are five good girlfriends in total."
"Six."
The girl pointed to a corner of the photo. It was a shadow on the wall. The light was very dim, and there was actually a girl standing in the shadow. The girl had dark skin and looked like an African.
If the female student hadn’t pointed it out, Lin Meiqi really wouldn’t have noticed it.
"Teacher, this is not your fault. When seeing this photo, everyone will subconsciously think that there are six people including me. Everyone will subconsciously ignore the black friend because her skin color blends in so well."
Lin Meiqi was quite surprised, but a photo of the studio flashed through her mind.
She had seen in the evidence that the first victim had photos of the studio's previous graduation in her bag, but this was Liang Mianqi's second time attending the studio's course, so the photos had been kept in her bag.
Could there be someone in that photo whom she had overlooked?
Lin Meiqi thought so and looked at the female student gratefully: "Thank you for giving me inspiration."
She handed the signed notebook back, hailed a taxi, and returned to the serious crime squad.
From the outside, the building was almost dark, but after entering, I found that only a small light was still on, which meant that Sheriff Feng Charlie had not left.
He felt footsteps behind him and turned around to see that it was Lin Meiqi: "Why are you here? Didn't you go home after class?"
"I thought of something and wanted to verify it, otherwise I couldn't sleep. Sergeant, why don't you reply?"
"Of course my home is close. I'd still like to think about the case if I go home, so it's better to stay here."
"Very close?"
"It's a five-minute walk from my home. When I have nothing to do, I will immerse myself in the office."
"Have you eaten?" Lin Meiqi asked.
"have eaten."
Lin Meiqi breathed a sigh of relief. This was good. She hadn't eaten yet because she had to add something to the lesson plan at the last minute and had no time to eat. She just taught for an hour and felt thirsty, so she went to the dessert shop next door and bought a cup of milk tea and a portion of curry fish balls.
If Feng Charlie eats it, the portion won't be enough and he won't be full.
Maybe it’s because she has been busy with work recently, Lin Meiqi has a big appetite and can’t help herself when she smells the delicious food.
Lin Meiqi opened the package and took a bite of the curry fish ball. The fresh fragrance of the fish meat and the taste of curry entered her mouth, which was simply intoxicating. She ate one fish ball after another, and by the way, she found the photo and observed the photo for a long time.
The two victims were also in last year’s group photo. It seems that this studio must be a good place to teach. After graduation, they are willing to continue studying here and sign up for the second year’s course.
The one in the shadows?
She remembered that she had looked at the people in the photos carefully, as if there was always something she had overlooked.
Finally, a person in the photo caught her attention. She pushed the photo in front of Charlie Feng and pointed at one of the faces: "Sergeant, do you have any impression of this man?"
When Feng Charlie recalled the two scenes of the victims, the first things he noticed were the frightened and nervous students and the beautiful and elegant female boss, so he focused his investigation on them.
In this picture, a man with an ordinary face is standing in a position that is extremely easy to be overlooked. The key point is that his identity is very special yet ordinary.
In this studio, it was as if the black man had melted into the shadowy walls.
"It turned out to be him..."
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