Chapter 89 Portrait, doesn’t it look like?
The portrait depicts a middle-aged man wearing a navy blue work uniform.
The hairstyle was the most common youth hairstyle of that era, with wispy bangs in front and a square face.
Because the suspect's left hand was covering his face, the eyewitness could only see a rough outline of his facial features through the gaps between his fingers.
The most striking features were the suspect's bulbous nose and thick lips.
Aside from highlighting these two prominent features, Jiang Si glossed over the rest.
Seeing that the eyewitness stared at the portrait for a long time without saying a word, Jiang Si did not urge him, but gave him enough time to think.
A moment later, the eyewitness spoke with a hint of doubt in his voice.
"I remember his nose wasn't that big, and his lips weren't that thick either."
"But it's strange, it looks quite similar from this angle, but it feels like there's something slightly off."
"You remember that right, I did some special work on the nose and lips, deliberately enlarging them a bit."
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Upon hearing this answer, the eyewitness was immediately taken aback.
"But if we do that, won't the portrait and the real person look different? Will we be able to catch the suspect then?"
The same question arose with Uncle Huo. When he saw the first version of the portrait that Jiang Si handed over, he was also a little confused.
After all, with the excellent portrait of Master Yan preceding it, this one in my hand feels like it's missing something.
However, time was of the essence, and Jiang Si didn't have time to explain.
She asked Uncle Huo to wait a moment, and then went to the second room, saying that everything would be discussed after the second portrait was produced.
The second witness was an elderly man surnamed Ge.
On the day of the incident, he went to a nearby food station at around 5 a.m. to queue up to buy meat.
On my way back, I ran right into the suspect.
"He was in a panic and knocked the meat out of my hand."
"I was so angry that I yelled at him, and that bastard just ran away."
"I chased him for two blocks, but I couldn't run anymore, so I let him get away."
Speaking of this, besides feeling regretful, Uncle Ge also felt quite uneasy.
His eldest grandson also attends that school. He heard that the little girl died a terrible death; not only was her face smashed, but that beast also stripped her naked.
It's already tough for girls; it's not easy for them to go to school.
Because of this incident, many families in their residential compound have decided not to let their daughters go to school.
"Oh, this is simply a disaster!"
Grandpa Ge sighed: "Young comrade, just ask whatever you want. But there's one thing: you must catch this beast as soon as possible, otherwise who knows how many girls will suffer in the future."
Jiang Si felt a little heavy-hearted after hearing this: "Don't worry, sir, we will."
After Grandpa Ge calmed down, she began a new round of questioning.
Besides the previously confirmed single eyelids, bulbous nose, and thick lips.
When mentioning the criminal suspect, the phrase that Ge You used most often was "this person has a bitter look on his face".
The way he looked at people also carried an indescribable gloom.
Jiang Si, who had originally planned to draw a frontal portrait this time, immediately changed her mind after hearing this.
Expressing gloom is not difficult; simply deepen the eye sockets or lengthen the philtrum.
only……
She was about the same height as Uncle Ge, while the suspect was about a head taller than Uncle Ge, so his height was approximately 185 centimeters.
In this day and age, there aren't many gay men who can reach this height.
There might not be one out of ten people.
Upon seeing this, Jiang Si immediately asked the police officers to find her a small stool of similar height and a full-length mirror.
"Sir, please stand on it first, and be careful."
"It's alright, it's alright."
After Grandpa Ge stood still, Jiang Si said, "Grandpa, there's a mirror behind me. In a moment, you'll look at me with the same eyes and expressions the suspect had when he looked at you."
"If you feel something is wrong, you can adjust it in front of a mirror."
Grandpa Ge nodded immediately after hearing this.
If you ask him what shape his eyes are, or how high or wide his nose is, he can't tell you.
But if you're talking about mimicking the glaring expression someone makes, Uncle Ge says it's not a big problem.
In less than five minutes, Grandpa Ge adjusted his facial expression and then looked over with a gloomy expression.
"That's about right, but his eyes are probably even fiercer than mine."
Jiang Si understood and quickly began sketching on the paper with her paintbrush.
The second portrait was also completed in about an hour.
If the first portrait still showed a rough outline of a suspect, Uncle Huo simply couldn't understand the second one.
Because the entire portrait is a close-up.
Because the person in the portrait is squinting, it's impossible to tell whether their eyes are big or small.
At first glance, all you could see were the suspect's two large nostrils.
In addition, the suspect had a very obvious frown line between his eyebrows.
Thinking this, Uncle Huo took out the first portrait that Jiang Si had just drawn.
Seeing that Uncle Huo was looking at her with a blank expression, Jiang Si gave a simple explanation.
The reason why the portrait of Master Yan is so accurate is because...
Besides Huo Tingzhou being able to clearly and intuitively describe all the details of this person's facial features.
Most importantly, his memory was completely accurate.
That's why she painstakingly picked at the fine lines on the other person's face.
But these two eyewitnesses are different.
"When I first arrived at the police station this morning, I looked at the first four versions of the portrait."
"I found that apart from the two portraits in the first version, which have some commonalities, the later versions have become increasingly different from the first version."
"In other words, the eyewitness may not even remember what the person's facial features looked like."
Uncle Huo did not deny Jiang Si's conjecture; in fact, this was what he was most worried about right now.
But now, apart from these two eyewitnesses, they have no other clues.
Just as he was worrying, Jiang Si said again, "But it's not a big problem."
"Not a big problem?"
"right!"
Jiang Si said, "Since we can't confirm the details of the facial features, we can't scrutinize them any further. At this point, we can only emphasize the facial features of the suspect, especially some of his common habits."
"For example, the suspect likes to squint and frown when looking at people."
Uncle Huo understood the reasoning, but he found it very difficult to convince himself.
He unfolded the first twenty portraits one by one.
What we can see so far is that the suspect's nose does indeed have a bit of flesh.
But her nose bridge is still quite high.
He doesn't look like the man in Jiang Si's painting at all, with his flat nose and bulbous nose.
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