Chapter 12 Heavy Rain Is this rain like the night she died?
Yue Lingchuan and Xu Yanting looked over, and Zhou Qiming and the other man not far away also ran over in surprise.
Shen Qingye used both hands to feel its outline and cleared away the pale yellow soil around it. He was surprised to find that the bone seemed to be quite long.
When she carefully cleared the dirt and left it intact in the pit, everyone held their breath.
Zhou Qiming murmured, "It's estimated to be more than 20 centimeters."
Xu Yanting had already taken a tape measure, unrolled it and measured, and said, "22.5 centimeters, that's the ulna."
Shen Qingye looked at the bone and frowned, "Why are there some brown spots on the bone?"
"Normal." Yue Lingchuan said, "After being buried in the soil for so long, the influence of various microorganisms, plus the effect of bone mineralization, it is normal to present such a state."
Shen Qingye nodded. So that's it.
Because they were unsure of the weathering condition of the bones, they did not dare to move them for fear of damaging the site. Yue Lingchuan stood up, patted the dirt off his hands, and exhaled: "Okay, let's notify Team Qin."
After Qin Yilang received the news, he rushed over with the forensic doctor in more than half an hour. After arriving at the scene, he did not say much and immediately launched an investigation.
Wei Zhengyi also came over and couldn't help but be amazed when he saw this: "They found the body so soon?"
Yue Lingchuan glanced at Shen Qingye: "Thanks to Xiao Shen."
Shen Qingye did not take the credit for this, but looked up at him and said, "Captain Yue has discovered it a long time ago, right?"
Yue Lingchuan paused, and before he could say anything, Wei Zhengyi smiled foolishly: "That's right, our boss is very powerful, no criminal can escape his eyes!"
Yue Lingchuan's forehead twitched, and he raised his hand and slapped him on the back of the head: "Shut up."
He met the girl's smiling eyes, put his hands in his pockets and watched Qin Yilang busying around, feeling a little embarrassed for a rare time.
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More than an hour later, several forensic doctors picked out all the bones, big and small, and put them together.
Qin Yilang carefully examined the skull, pelvis and other bones, stood up after a moment and said: "The deceased is a female. According to the analysis of the mandibular angle and the healing of the palate suture, she was about 25 to 30 years old before her death.
"Looking at her pubic bone, she has a history of childbirth.
"Based on the color and changes in the bones, the body was buried here for about 15 to 18 years."
"In addition, we also found some undegraded clothing fragments in the soil. We will take them back for further testing to see if we can extract the murderer's DNA residue."
He looked up at everyone and said, "Preliminary judgment shows that the basic conditions of the deceased are basically consistent with those of Lv Xiuqin. It is very likely that she is the one."
He said to Yue Lingchuan: "Captain Yue, we can open the case now."
The body was found without much trouble, and everyone should be happy, but there was no relief on their faces.
Xu Yanting rubbed his forehead and said, "Really... Cai Chengyong's case hasn't been concluded yet, and another case has come up."
Jiang Cheng's brows were calm: "It's a good thing."
Xu Yanting looked at him: "Huh? Can it be a good thing if someone dies?"
Jiang Cheng said: "According to what Cai Limin said, Lu Xiuqin ran away in 1987, so it is very likely that she was killed in that year."
"This year is 2003. If we don't find the body this year, even if we find it in a few years, it may be meaningless."
When everyone heard this, they suddenly understood.
Shen Qingye also thought of this concept.
The criminal law stipulates that the statute of limitations is 20 years.
For someone like Lu Xiuqin, who no one knew was dead, no one reported it to the police, and died here quietly, once the 20-year statute of limitations is over, even if the body is found again, Cai Liming cannot be convicted and punished.
This year is already the 16th year.
So many years have passed. If it weren’t for Cai Chengyong’s case, would anyone really still remember Lu Xiuqin? Does anyone still care whether she really ran away?
If you think about it this way, how can it not be a good thing?
"Okay, cheer up." Yue Lingchuan looked around and said, "The case has been solved and we have some clues. Why are you sitting here with such a sad face instead of working on solving it?"
"Yes." Zhou Qiming stretched his arms and said with a smile: "There is still a tough battle to fight after we go back."
He rubbed his stomach: "Come to think of it, I'm hungry. What time is it now?"
Shen Qingye glanced at the time: "It's almost two o'clock."
Zhou Qiming sighed: "It's so late, no wonder."
He looked at Yue Lingchuan and said, "Boss, let's find a place to eat on the way back. I haven't had a proper meal since last night. I can't stand it any longer."
Yue Lingchuan replied lazily: "Okay, I'll take you guys out for a good meal."
Zhou Qiming and Wei Zhengyi immediately started to make a fuss about ordering food. Xu Yanting on the side said unhappily, "Alright, alright, get out of here and stop making people hate you."
Who hasn’t been hungry all morning? They can leave, but the work at the trace inspection department has not been completed yet, so they can't leave. They should be thankful that they can have dinner on time in the evening.
Yue Lingchuan waved his hand and said, "I'll ask Zhengyi to bring some to you later."
Xu Yanting smiled instantly: "Thank you, Captain Yue!"
Zhou Qiming sneered and said a few more sarcastic words to him. Xu Yanting was in a good mood and rarely refrained from arguing with him.
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After driving back to the city, they first found a restaurant to eat something before returning to the team.
Yue Lingchuan and his team went to the Forensic Department to get the test report and planned to interrogate Cai Liming. Shen Qingye felt it was inappropriate to follow him any further, so he offered to go back and deal with his work.
In the office, Fang Yun saw her and was visibly stunned: "I didn't see you this morning, and I said you were taking a day off today?"
"No," Shen Qingye explained, "I came early today and went on a field trip with Captain Yue and the others."
"Are you out on a field trip again?" Fang Yun raised her eyebrows, somewhat disapprovingly: "Captain Yue, why are you like this? You have your own work, why do you need me to call you all the time?"
Shen Qingye laughed: "Sister Yun, you misunderstood, I went there on my own."
"You went there by yourself?" Fang Yun blinked, finding it hard to believe.
Shen Qingye said: "Yes, I am quite interested and want to go and take a look."
Fang Yun asked, "Is it still the serial murder case?"
Shen Qingye nodded: "Yes."
Fang Yun frowned and shook her head, "Are you really not afraid..."
When the case first came out, she was so scared that she didn't dare go to and from get off work alone.
Shen Qingye said: "The suspect has been caught, there will be no danger."
As she spoke, she sorted out the documents that needed to be processed on her desk. Fang Yun glanced at her and said jokingly, "It's okay to go out occasionally, but you still have to do your work well."
Shen Qingye smiled and said, "Don't worry, Sister Yun, I will definitely complete my work seriously."
Fang Yun also smiled: "You are always efficient, I know."
Shen Qingye chatted with her for a few more words before he settled down to deal with his work.
Meanwhile, in the interrogation room.
The interrogation room, which had not seen light for a long time, suddenly opened a crack. Cai Liming, who was half asleep and half awake, moved his eyelids. He looked over and felt that the light outside was a little dazzling.
Yue Lingchuan, Zhou Qiming, and Jiang Cheng walked in. Cai Limin saw them and slowly sat up. He twitched the corners of his dry lips and smiled honestly, "Comrade police officer."
Zhou Qiming smiled and said, "I'm quite busy today, so I didn't have time to take care of you for a while. Do you mind?"
"No, no." Cai Limin hurriedly shook his head, rubbed his hands, and tentatively asked: "Police comrade, I just want to ask, when can we leave?"
Yue Lingchuan said: "We are still investigating the matter. Once the investigation is clear, if you are really innocent, we will definitely let you go free."
Cai Limin said: "Well, how long will you take to investigate? I still have work to do in my factory..."
"Don't worry." Zhou Qiming spread out the documents in front of him and said, "Even if we don't talk about this case, it's a fact that you stole the factory's motor vehicles, right? This behavior is illegal, how can we let you leave so quickly?"
He glanced at him and said, "Don't worry about the factory for now. Just stay here for a few days."
Cai Limin scratched the table with his fingers and hurriedly said "OK" twice, but couldn't help asking, "Comrade police officer, what's going on now?"
Yue Lingchuan glanced at his fingers, and after a moment he smiled slowly and said, "Don't be nervous, I just want to chat with you."
"Oh, let's chat. You talk, you talk." Cai Liming smiled.
"How old are you this year, uncle?" Yue Lingchuan asked casually, as if he was just chatting about family matters.
Cai Limin was stunned for a moment, then said, "I am 53 this year."
"53? You're going to retire in a few years, and this happened to you. Hey." Yue Lingchuan changed his posture and asked him gently, "What do you think?"
Cai Limin paused for a moment before saying, "I don't want to either...it's just that he's been naughty since his mom passed away. I want to take care of him, but firstly, I get up early and go to bed late every day, so I don't have the time; secondly, I can't bear it. After all, he has lost his mom, so it's inevitable that I, as a father, spoil him a little."
He sighed: "It's all my fault. If I had disciplined him well since he was young, maybe he wouldn't be like this now..."
After hearing his answer, Yue Lingchuan smiled meaningfully.
Zhou Qiming asked: "You said his mother ran away, so why did she run away?"
Cai Limin looked depressed and shook his head: "In the final analysis, it's still my inability."
Yue Lingchuan leaned back in his chair and looked at him leisurely.
"When I joined the factory, it looked glamorous to outsiders, but in reality, the salary of a security guard was just a small amount. After she married me, she didn't have a job, and I was the only one supporting the family. Life was not much better, if not tight."
"As time went on, she started to complain and find fault, saying that if she had known that life would be like this, she would never have married me. I had no choice, the marriage was already over, so I had to move on, right?"
"After two years, she had a child and her personality improved a lot. I thought she wanted to live with me peacefully for the sake of the child, but who knew..." He sighed, "One night when I got home from get off work, I saw the house was in a mess and she was rummaging around. When she saw me, she turned around and left without saying a word. At that time, Cheng Yong was locked in the bedroom and kept crying for his mother. I didn't care about anything else and quickly opened the door to accompany him. When I came out, there was no one in the room."
"I asked Cheng Yong what was going on, and he said his mother locked him in the room, and he wouldn't respond no matter how much he called..."
"I ran out and saw that there was no one outside. It was raining heavily and there were children at home. I was really worried and had to go back."
"When I went to look for it the next day, I couldn't find it anywhere."
Zhou Qiming said: "Just like that, you concluded that she ran away?"
Cai Limin said: "When I went back, all the valuables in the house were taken away. Even the place where we kept our money was turned upside down. I saw the people leave with my own eyes, so how could it be false?"
Zhou Qiming nodded and said with sudden enlightenment: "So that's it."
He then asked, "So you've been raising the child all these years by yourself? Getting up early and going to bed late every day, isn't that hard?"
Cai Limin smiled awkwardly, "That can't be helped... It's hard. I was not used to it at first, but I got used to it later. I usually just sit in the guard room, nothing to do."
He paused, looked at them again, and said with some humble flattery: "If you want to talk about hard work, it's the police comrades who have the hard work. They handle cases diligently every day and protect the safety of us ordinary people... and their personal safety."
"It's quite hard." Yue Lingchuan did not deny it, but said casually: "It's raining heavily outside today. It's very troublesome to go back and forth."
Cai Limin's eyes moved: "Is it raining outside?"
Zhou Qiming also understood what Yue Lingchuan meant and said, "It's big."
He complained half-jokingly, "Yesterday the weather forecast said it would be sunny today, but it rained so heavily."
Cai Limin smiled: "Really? I didn't hear anything."
Yue Lingchuan said: "This room is well soundproofed, it's normal that you can't hear anything."
He winked at Jiang Cheng, and Jiang Cheng stood up and opened the door of the interrogation room a crack.
Yue Lingchuan smiled gently and said in a gentle way: "Uncle, please listen to me again."
He said: "Isn't this rain very similar to the rain on the night Lu Xiuqin died?"
Cai Limin nodded: "Like..."
He suddenly realized something, and the smile on his face suddenly froze.
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