A note was left at the scene, made of the same material as the many calligraphy practice books found in the study.
Peng Zhengguo glanced at it and said, "Whale fall, it's Qiqi's notebook!"
Li Nan was somewhat surprised. Was this man heartless? He was so nonchalant about the words in what appeared to be a suicide note from his mistress. If it weren't now that it was basically certain that Peng Zhengguo was not involved in Zhang Qiqi's death, Li Nan would have loved to jump up and slap him twice.
The book contained the victim's suicide note. Even now, Li Nan and others still can't believe that such a gruesome death could be suicide.
And the man in front of me was so calm?
Li Nan couldn't help but feel angry. "Are you sure? Don't look at it again!"
Peng Zhengguo lifted his right foot, intending to cross his legs, but then remembered he was still in the interrogation room. So he said, "That's a must. This Qiqi isn't very educated. She used to write in terrible handwriting. Once, I casually mentioned that if she improved her handwriting, I would reward her with a toy car. I was just saying it casually, but I didn't expect her to take it seriously. The next day, she bought a set of calligraphy practice books and practiced whenever she had time. She even insisted that I practice with her. After a while, of course I know what kind of handwriting she wrote. There's probably no one else in the world who can write the 'Slender Gold' style like a whale fall!"
"I see!" Li Nan thought to herself, then asked, "So you weren't surprised at all when you saw her suicide note?"
"What, a suicide note?" Fatty Peng was startled again, this time much more so than before.
"Officer, I've seen Qiqi's handwriting many times. It was just a reflex; I only glanced at it and didn't know it was a suicide note. Can I take another look?"
Li Nan felt much better and handed the tablet over again.
suicide note
I am Zhang Qiqi, and I am a mistress that everyone hates!
I am utterly depraved and deserve to die a horrible death!
I've made up my mind. I'm going to end my sinful life!
I want to cleanse myself and purify my soul!
I will make those who look down on me suffer eternal guilt!
Zhang Qiqi, March 7, 4224
"Impossible, impossible, Qiqi wouldn't commit suicide!" Peng Zhengguo read the short suicide note of just over a hundred words over and over again.
"Officer, Kiki couldn't have committed suicide! The handwriting does look like hers, but someone like her wouldn't commit suicide!"
Would someone who willingly becomes a mistress voluntarily ascend to heaven? Don't be ridiculous!
Although the on-site investigation did not find the presence of a third person besides the deceased and Peng Zhengguo, everything at the scene pointed to Zhang Qiqi's suicide.
The half fingerprint on the medicine bottle has not yet been matched and cannot be considered valid at this time.
But in such a horrific situation, what normal person would think of ending their life in this way?
Zhang Qiqi could absolutely not have committed suicide!
After finishing his interrogation of Peng Zhengguo, Ma Jie, with his titanium alloy dog-eyes, also finished checking the community's surveillance footage and came to report to Li Nan.
Seeing Ma Jie's eyes red and swollen again, Li Nan felt a little sorry for him. But there was nothing she could do; everyone has their own expertise, and Ma Jie was just so good at reading ten lines at a glance.
"Ma Jie, you finished reading so quickly? Are there any omissions?"
Ma Jie rubbed his eyes and said confidently, "Don't worry, Captain Li, it's a piece of cake. This kind of community may be large, but only a few people come and go every day, so it's easy to check."
"Oh, judging from your smile, you must have discovered something, right?"
As they talked, they arrived at the conference room.
"That's a must. Guess what I found?"
Li Nan immediately launched into a witty retort, "Hurry up and tell me, where did you learn this bad habit?"
Ma Jie mentally comforted Xiao Wang from the technical department and connected his laptop to the projector in the conference room.
“The autopsy is not yet complete, so we cannot determine Zhang Qiqi’s exact time of death. Therefore, based on Zhang Qiqi’s suicide note, I tentatively set March 7th as the time of the incident. Upon further investigation, we found something amiss.”
As Ma Jie spoke, his hands didn't stop; he had already connected the projector and projected the surveillance footage onto the screen.
"At 2:28 PM on the 7th, the community's surveillance cameras captured a woman passing by Building 38 and getting into an argument with the deceased on the second floor!"
Ma Jie played a video; the surveillance camera was positioned at an angle that captured the side of Building 38 closest to the center of the lake. Although the video was from a distance and not very clear, the view was still quite sharp.
The image freezes and zooms in, showing a woman sticking her head out of a second-floor window—the deceased, Zhang Qiqi.
And diagonally below her, a familiar woman appeared.
"Sister Peng!"
It was Peng Yuanyuan who was in a hurry to go to Octopus Media to discuss the contract!
During the previous Lovers' Restaurant bombing, Ma Jie naturally learned about Peng Yuanyuan and knew that she was Qing Yu, the author of the comic "My Secret".
However, Peng Yuanyuan's presence here doesn't prove anything.
Knowing Li Nan's confusion, Ma Jie explained, "Captain Li, the footage at that moment wasn't paused by me; it was from the community's surveillance cameras, which just happened to stop working at that exact moment!"
"Is the community's security camera broken?"
"It's not broken, it's just temporarily out of service!" Ma Jie then played the following video, at 3:11 PM, at the main entrance of the residential area.
Dressed similarly, a woman in a pale yellow coat was hurrying towards the gate.
Li Nan recognized Peng Yuanyuan at a glance.
"Captain Li, did you figure it out?"
“I am familiar with the Lakeside Moonlight residential area. It takes at most five or six minutes to walk from Building 38 to the main gate. Even if Peng Yuanyuan walks slowly, she should have arrived in ten minutes. Why did she take so long to get to the main gate?”
Li Nan had a vague idea in her mind: "The timing doesn't match up. Peng Yuanyuan must have done something else. Half an hour is enough time to do a lot of things!"
...
Li Nan found Peng Zhengguo, who was about to leave, at the entrance of Andingsi.
"I forgot to ask you earlier, does Zhang Qiqi have any enemies in the neighborhood?"
During today's inquiry, Li Nan went a bit off-topic and even forgot to ask this crucial question.
Peng Zhengguo thought for a while before saying, "Although we rarely talk about similar things, I remember that Qiqi said more than once that there was a woman in the neighborhood who was an artist, and she seemed to be a turtle, ptooey ptooey, a sea turtle, and she often argued with her."
It's confirmed; Li Nan already has the answer in his heart.
"Officer, could this person be the murderer?"
"The case is under investigation. I'll let you know as soon as there are any results!" Li Nan waved goodbye to Peng Zhengguo, adding, "Take care!"
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