"Half of Xia Chujian's face was badly swollen. I suggested she get treatment first, but she was worried that after the injury healed, she wouldn't have evidence to complain to the school about Wang Yixiao."
"I said I could check the surveillance."
"But Xia Chujian said that Wang Yixiao had turned off the surveillance camera in that office before hitting her. So I told her that the Special Security Bureau has the final control over the surveillance cameras at Beichen Imperial School."
When Huo Yushen heard this, his voice became even colder: "Zong Ruoan, you have violated the rules."
"Yes, Inspector Huo, I will write a self-criticism and give it to you."
"This won't happen again."
"Thank you, Inspector Huo." Zong Ruoan saluted and continued, "So I asked the staff in the Information Department at headquarters to retrieve the surveillance footage from Wang Yixiao's office at Mulan City No. 1 High School based on the time Xia Chujian mentioned. As per convention, in addition to that time point, the ten minutes before and after will also be retrieved."
“As a result, we found some content…”
In the following three-dimensional holographic projection, Huo Yushen saw Wang Yixiao taking medicine with her fingernails and feeding it to the goldfish, and also saw Wang Yixiao taking the medicine herself.
Then, he saw Xia Chujian walk into Wang Yixiao's office, saw Wang Yixiao slap Xia Chujian, and saw Xia Chujian's face swell up rapidly.
I also saw Wang Yi smiling, and suddenly some photos came up.
Those photos were projected on the virtual display screen in the surveillance video, and now they are captured from the surveillance video for the second time, so the resolution is not very high.
Huo Yushen casually pointed at the photos and asked, "...Have these pictures been restored using machine intelligence?"
You can tell at a glance that these pictures have been modified.
Zong Ruoan nodded quickly: "...It has been restored. The original picture was not Xia Chujian's profile picture, but another girl. That girl was the one who died in the private club arson case."
As he spoke, he called up the photos he had restored using mechanical intelligence and placed them side by side with the modified photos of Wang Yixiao.
Looking at it this way, the difference is obvious.
Although the girls' bodies look the same in all the photos, the head images are completely different.
In the pictures of Xia Chujian, her expression is cold and empty, as if she is not interested in anything you say. It seems out of place with the scenes in the photos.
The pictures of Zhu Yingying, showing her shame and timidity, anger and panic, are very consistent with the scene at that time.
Huo Yushen's face remained expressionless, his brows slightly furrowed, a hint of impatience showing. "Why did Wang Yixiao change Zhu Yingying's image to Xia Chujian?"
Zong Ruoan was slightly stunned: "...Inspector Huo also knows that the girl's name is Zhu Yingying?"
Huo Yushen's expression grew increasingly grim. "Isn't it the 'Yu' case? It's said seven people died. Those idiots at the Mulan City Correctional Department couldn't even figure out how the fire started."
Zong Ruoan wasn't in charge of that case, so he didn't know much and didn't ask much. He just said, "This Zhu Yingying is Xia Chujian's classmate and also a neighbor in the same building."
After thinking about it, he finally told her about his visit to Xia Chujian that day: "I went to Xia Chujian's home because of a case at the Mulan City Checkpoint Correctional Department. That day happened to be the day after the arson at the private club. Zhu Yingying's parents were looking for her because she didn't come home all night."
Huo Yushen finally looked at Zong Ruoan's face, which was more handsome than a woman's, with a slightly cold look in his eyes: "Why did you go to Xia Chujian's house?"
"…because there's a document for her to sign."
"Xia Chujian is a minor. She cannot sign any legally binding documents." Huo Yushen's voice was as cold and indifferent as usual, without any emotion.
Zong Ruoan raised his eyebrows in surprise: "Inspector Huo, are you familiar with Xia Chujian?"
How do you know she is still a minor?
You should know that most of the high school students in Beichen Empire are already eighteen years old and adults.
Huo Yushen said calmly: "I'm not familiar with her, but she is an important witness in a case."
"Have you seen her?"
Huo Yushen didn't answer directly, but just looked at Zong Ruoan.
His eyes were extremely calm, but the attitude that kept people at a distance was too obvious.
Zong Ruoan wanted to ask what the case was, but seeing Huo Yushen's unkind attitude, he swallowed his words back.
Huo Yushen is the highest-ranking Inspector of the Special Security Bureau and is only responsible to the Beichen Emperor Tan Tai Hongyuan.
Huo Yushen can inquire about all matters of the Special Security Bureau, but Zong Ruoan cannot.
Zong Ruoan can only inquire about people or things within his jurisdiction.
Zong Ruoan had no choice but to say, "I was negligent. Fortunately, Xia Chujian's aunt was present at the time. She is Xia Chujian's only guardian, so she can sign the document on Xia Chujian's behalf."
"What documents?"
"...At the checkpoints between Mulan City and the Exotic Beast Forest, a conflict arose between their Night Hunter team and Fan Chengcai, the Deputy Director of the Dafu County Punishment Department."
"What's the conflict? Is this the reason you're hounding the Guiyuanxing Punishment Department?"
Huo Yushen's questions were more and more direct to the point, and Zong Ruoan broke out in a cold sweat.
He couldn't deny that he did have some selfish motives.
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