The suspicion against Chen Xiaomi was suddenly exposed, and the police no longer had to conduct secret surveillance.
Jiayi immediately left the police force, and after meeting with Fang Zhenyue, she took Liang Shule to see Chen Xiaomi to give a statement.
The three of them caught up with lawyer Chen Xiaomi, and Liang Shule ran over first, calling out to the other party to explain his purpose.
Chen Xiaomi, who was wearing a light gray suit, turned his head and glanced at the three policemen behind him, and said unhappily: "Sir, my time is very precious. 1,200 Hong Kong dollars an hour, can you afford it?"
"Lawyer Chen, we are performing official duties, please cooperate." Liang Shule frowned and said.
"Do you have any evidence?" Chen Xiaomi shook the top sheet of the paper in the stack in her hand in front of him. It was a copy of today's Orange Daily. She glared at Liang Shule and said angrily:
"With this time, the police might as well do something meaningful, such as investigating and catching the murderer.
"Can you stop making things difficult for innocent people and wasting precious time and energy, so that the real murderer has time to continue murdering citizens and hiding his whereabouts?" "
In the end, the murderer cannot be caught, and you still want to blame us lawyers for our poor work, huh?
" "Evidence! Sir, the police need evidence to investigate cases and the judges need evidence to sentence people! "
After saying that, she threw the newspaper in her hand fiercely at Liang Shule with a stern face.
Looking past the young policeman in front of her, Chen Xiaomi saw the other two police officers slowly approaching, and her eyes met with the female police officer. She recognized that it was the female detective who was often reported in newspapers in the past year. Chen Xiaomi knew all about her deeds. Many times, she even envied and admired Yi Jiayi -
as young women working hard in Hong Kong in the 1990s, they had all been insulted and looked down upon, but now they have also stubbornly drilled out of the soil, taken root, sprouted, and stretched out branches and leaves. It's just
that Yi Jiayi is more mature than her . Go further, climb higher, Chen Xiaomi often reads newspapers, imagining that one day she will appear on the headlines like Yi Jiayi. It should be a photo of herself wearing a suit, standing in the court and pointing out the country.
She also imagines that if she had not experienced the darkest moment of last year, had not been framed and attacked, had not struggled in the abyss of emotions...
Now that the dark wave has come again, even though she is stronger than last year, she still feels trembling with fear.
She forced her eyes away from Yi Jiayi's face and glared at Liang Shule fiercely, trying to replace fear with anger.
"I can sue you for assaulting a police officer, Lawyer Chen! "Liang Shule picked up the newspaper, gently covered his face, and glared back at Chen Xiaomi, pretending to be hurt by the newspaper and wanted to seek justice for himself.
At this time, Yi Jiayi and Fang Zhenyue had already walked up, and Jiayi spoke first:
"Lawyer Chen, you understand the law. You should know that obstructing judicial justice is illegal. Citizens have an obligation to cooperate with police officers within a reasonable range."
"..." Chen Xiaomi and Yi Jiayi looked at each other for a few seconds, then turned to look at Fang Zhenyue. Feeling the other party's unquestionable attitude, he pursed his lips and finally said:
"Please come to my office to talk."
After that, he walked towards the law firm without looking back.
...
"I don't know Yao Qingtian. I don't know when he moved to our community or when he went to the court to watch the trial. I was very busy with my work, so it was normal that I didn't pay attention to these people and things that had nothing to do with me."
Chen Xiaomi answered the police's questions one by one, and his emotions gradually calmed down.
"Why did you ask someone to follow Miao Liqun?" Liang Shule asked.
"I have been a legal assistant for many years, and finally I had the opportunity to be an independent lawyer. At that time, there were many voices of opposition around me. Many people in the law firm thought that I was not capable of it and that it was a mistake for the boss to give me this opportunity.
"I wanted to prove myself, but I failed. Not only that, the murder of Mrs. Miao became a major case that attracted public attention at the time. Newspapers of all sizes reported on it for about a month, and I, a failed lawyer, became the target of public criticism... Whether in unfamiliar communities or in the law firm, I was criticized... After that, I had to recuperate for half a year.
"Then my boss still believed in me and was willing to give me a second chance. I seized the opportunity and gradually became more successful.
"But you can imagine, that was a setback that almost broke me.
"I was unwilling to give up. I wanted to find evidence and the body parts of Mrs. Miao that had not been found yet. I wanted to sue Miao Liqun again for being the mastermind behind the murder and to avenge my past. "
After Liang Shule finished recording, he looked up at Chen Xiaomi, then looked at the transcript in his hand, and then continued to ask:
"Because you couldn't find any evidence, you chose to just kill him? In this way, you wiped out your own shame?
"Is Yao Qingtian the executioner you chose? You met him by some coincidence, and found that he was a chess piece suitable to be used, and made an agreement with him that after killing Miao Liqun, you would never contact him again?"
"Sir!" Chen Xiaomi frowned. As a lawyer, controlling emotions is also a subject, and she has mastered it very well. Although her fear suddenly erupted and she was temporarily out of control when she saw herself in the newspaper again, she has now regained control of herself:
"I have just made it very clear that I want to avenge my past shame.
" "If Miao Liqun is killed, then the previous case will be concluded. I will never find the missing body parts of Mrs. Miao, and I will not have the opportunity to sue Miao Liqun in court again."
"This is contrary to my interests.
" "In fact, I am the one who does not want Miao Liqun to die the most."
"Lawyer Chen, although you have a good eloquence, you do not have to use it on the police.
"You said you don't want Miao Liqun to die, which does not match the police's speculation about you.
"In this world, Mrs. Miao's family and you should be the ones who hate Miao Liqun the most.
"Lawyer Chen, even if you don't confess, Yao Qingtian will. We won't just come to see you. You are a person who understands the law and knows how to make good use of the law to deal with the police, but Yao Qingtian doesn't understand.
"You protect him, do you think he will protect you too?
"When he put all the blame on you, you were moved when you refused to report it."
Liang Shule pursed his lips and continued to test Chen Xiaomi.
Chen Xiaomi sneered, seeming to disagree with Liang Shule's words:
"You said I hate him, but that's not true. I don't hate him, but the police who couldn't find evidence, and myself who couldn't find a point to make."
Yi Jiayi sat on the left side of Liang Shule with her arms folded, and finally spoke at this time:
"Did you find anything suspicious while hiring a detective to follow Miao Liqun?"
"..." Chen Xiaomi tilted his head and thought for a while, then said hesitantly: "It may be my illusion. Maybe it's because I hired someone to follow Miao Liqun that I became suspicious...
"I often feel like there is an eye staring at me. "
…
After communicating with Chen Xiaomi, the three policemen stood up and said goodbye.
The moment they walked out of the office, Yi Jiayi lowered her eyes and thought for a while, then turned around, holding the door frame with one hand and pushing the door with the other, and said to Chen Xiaomi who had not seen her out:
"Sandy, as the gap between the rich and the poor becomes wider and wider, and class stratification becomes more and more serious, a large proportion of people who have not shared the wealth will become more and more angry. The government uses Mark Six lottery, horse racing and other means to give these people some hope of "getting rich overnight" so that everyone will not be completely despair, or even explode in anger, affecting social stability.
"But you should know that 'getting rich overnight' doesn't exist. 'Wealth and honor must be sought in danger' is the real society.
"Danger' and wealth are born together. You may not necessarily be rich after 'danger', but if you want to climb up, you can't avoid it in the end."
Jiayi pointed to the newspaper that Chen Xiaomi had casually thrown on the sofa. When she met Chen Xiaomi's expression, she knew that the other party had understood her implicit comfort and encouragement.
When Chen Xiaomi's eyes moved from the newspaper to herself, Jiayi nodded and closed the door.
...
"Do you think Chen Xiaomi is not a suspect?" Fang Zhenyue asked when he got in the car.
Liang Shule also looked over curiously. He was also curious.
"It is difficult to determine whether she is really innocent until the case is revealed. But..." Jiayi rubbed her forehead and smiled:
"What if she is innocent?"
...
Then there were still people taking turns to monitor Chen Xiaomi, but the number of people was changed from 2 to 1, and the PTU was in charge.
Yao Qingtian's monitoring was strengthened, and Jiayi and other B team agents joined the ranks of taking turns to monitor.
The day after Joe's rumor report caused a sensation, Yao Qingtian went to his mother's shop in the morning to help.
Yao Qingtian's mother was a very strong worker. Yao Qingtian was a woman who was not well educated and did not know how to get along with children. She lost her husband at an early age and raised her children alone.
A woman who maintained a large salt and pickle shop in the market and dealt with all kinds of people had developed a strong body and a stubborn, strong and weird temper.
While Yao Qingtian worked hard to help his mother, his mother did not give him any help. Good face.
The image of a loving mother has degenerated in her, and only the role of a 'strict father' remains.
And Yao Qingtian seemed to be accustomed to his mother's temper. He just buried his head in work and did not show any displeasure of being scolded, ordered around, or despised, even though he was already a man in his forties and was no longer a child who could allow his parents to beat and scold him without any ability to fight back.
After having lunch with his mother in silence, he left his mother's shop and went back home. He
stayed in the room afterwards, seemingly reading until the afternoon.
Schools in Hong Kong finish very early, and many schools have already finished classes at two or three in the afternoon.
But most students have not finished their studies for the day. They will take extra classes near the school or in some specific cram schools. Some even have to go to cram schools after dinner.
Yao Qingtian survived very well under this rule . He is a good member of the group. Although he lost his job as a school teacher, he turned a disaster into a blessing. In the process of being a tutor for two students, he gained more salary and freedom.
Although he was fired for punishing students too harshly, some parents still think he is a good teacher - his teaching quality and strictness are worthy of praise for parents who hold the concept of "a filial son is born under the stick".
At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, Yao Qingtian was waiting at the home of his student Li Baoyun. Her math foundation was very poor, so he made a very heavy but absolutely effective study plan for her.
But the time came to 4:12, and he still hadn't waited for his student to come home.
The Filipino maid had already seen that he looked unhappy, and from time to time she ran to the door to look in, muttering that maybe It was something like 'Why haven't you come back yet?'. It
was not until 4:28 that Li Baoyun turned around the alley, holding a windmill and a cotton candy in her hands, and came back slowly with a child's innocent smile.
The maid was already impatient, and when she saw her, she waved and shouted at her to hurry up.
Li Baoyun just smiled embarrassedly, handed the windmill to the maid properly, and asked her to keep it away and not let the tutor see it. Finally, she handed over the cotton candy reluctantly, and asked the maid to promise not to eat it secretly, and then ran into the house and ran back to her room.
Yao Qingtian had been waiting in her room for more than half an hour.
When Li Baoyun stepped into the room, he recorded the time, accurate to the second, to make it clear how serious her mistake was...
………… On the fourth day of the police tracking Chen Xiaomi and Yao Qingtian, they still had no evidence of their connection.
“ Is it possible that Chen Xiaomi and Yao Qingtian are not instigators and executors?” Jiayi stood in front of the whiteboard in the B team office for more than ten seconds, then began to pace back and forth. “Did our previous guess go wrong?” Fang Zhenyue sat on the table at the door, looking at the words on the whiteboard. "The reason why we suspected Yao Qingtian and Chen Xiaomi were related before was all due to these reasons—" Jiayi pointed to the whiteboard and continued: "First, the murderer had no connection with Miao Liqun and had no criminal motive, but he went to great lengths to kill Miao Liqun. Compared with Yao Qingtian, Chen Xiaomi's motive was clearer, and she understood the law and how to conduct counter-detection; "Second, the murderer killed cats, dogs and people with 'stains'. Yao Qingtian was a math teacher, and Chen Xiaomi was a lawyer. Obviously, Chen Xiaomi had more motives to commit the crime..." Of course, it also includes the fact that Yao Qingtian was obviously a very strong man, but he wore a Zhongshan suit and used the wrong idioms, as if he had learned something from someone but didn't use it well. These contradictions are also very suspicious. "If you think about it again..." Fang Zhenyue frowned. Now that a lot of information has been completed, those doubts have become less suspicious. "First of all, Yao Qingtian is a person who often goes to the court to watch the trial process. He has the time and interest to understand the law and some case situations in order to gain anti-detection capabilities."
"Yes, and secondly, his mother made brine and pickles, and he helped her carry brine jars, pickle jars and other heavy objects since he was a child, which lasted for decades, so it was reasonable for him to have stronger upper limbs." Jiayi continued in tacit understanding. "
When he watched the trial, every time the judge sentenced the defendant, Yao Qingtian would show an excited and happy expression--" Fang Zhenyue added.
"He may have an unusual obsession with being punished for making mistakes for some reason. Therefore, he punishes his students obsessively, perhaps not because he cannot bear to see his students go astray, but because he gets pleasure from the process of punishment." Jiayi clapped her fists immediately. As they chatted, she felt that they were very close to the truth. Moreover
, the murderer's logic was very strong, which did not conflict with the rational thinking mode of mathematics teachers.
"Then Chen Xiaomi may be a deception that we created for ourselves after we walked into the misunderstanding. Yao Qingtian was just a person from the beginning to the end. And Chen Xiaomi may just be a lawyer that he happened to pay attention to when he liked to watch the trial. The reason why he chose Miao Liqun as the victim may indeed be because of Chen Xiaomi, but this may not be Chen Xiaomi's instruction. Chen Xiaomi may not know anything." Fang Zhenyue gave a conclusion.
"Yes." Jiayi nodded vigorously.
The two people's speed of discussion became faster and faster, and their voices became louder and louder. Until they were about to poke a certain layer of veil on the case, the phone in the B team office and the phone in Fang Zhenyue's independent office suddenly rang at the same time.
The two people's discussion came to an abrupt end, and they both suddenly had a bad premonition.
Fang Zhenyue jumped off the table and quickly ran back to his office to answer the phone.
Jiayi walked straight to the desk and picked up the phone.
"Hello?"
"Hello? How are you?"
The voices of answering the phone almost overlapped in the two open office doors.
The next moment, the two people's faces became gloomy at the same time.
Someone found a body in the Fo Guang Street Playground. The head and limbs were missing, and there was only a body with the belly cut open.
Because the method of cutting open the belly of the body was consistent with the previous cases, and the missing head of the body was placed on a grass, it was very likely that the missing sexual organ of the body in the Miao Liqun case, so the initial judgment was that it might be consistent with the case investigated by Team B.
Jiayi said that the detectives from Team B would arrive immediately and hung up the phone in a hurry.
When she turned around, she saw Fang Zhenyue rushing out of his office like the wind. The two looked at each other and understood each other's doubts just by looking at their eyes:
Yao Qingtian was monitored day and night, and had never been seen leaving his home before, so why was there a new case?