"Brother Gao, what exactly is going on? How is this related to Peng Yuanyuan?"
A few days ago, Qin Wen had unilaterally eased tensions with Peng Yuanyuan, but now that she heard that Peng Yuanyuan had actually poisoned Gao Siming, the huge disappointment she felt made her very upset.
"Li Nan, do you remember that car I asked you to help find a while ago?"
"Ah, I see!"
Li Nan suddenly realized, "So that's why Gao Siming asked me to find out the ownership of a license plate a few days ago."
When they found out the car owner belonged to Jiri Aquatic Products Company, Gao Siming joked that he was planning to find a young lady who drove the car. Little did he know that the car owner was related to the poisoning incident.
Qin Wen was unaware of this matter. Li Nan explained it to her in a low voice, but Qin Wen still didn't quite understand what the relationship was between Ji Ri Aquatic Products Company, which Li Nan had found out, and Peng Yuanyuan.
“Peng Yuanyuan’s father was the chairman of Tanhua Seafood Supermarket and the president of the Deep-Sea Fishing Association before his death. Jiri Aquatic Products Company was one of the companies under Peng Yuanyuan’s father’s name. After her father’s death, the legal representative of the company was directly transferred to Peng Yuanyuan’s name.”
As Gao Siming explained, Li Nan secretly cursed herself for being so stupid. She had only focused on checking the license plate and the owner, and had forgotten to check the company affiliation. Otherwise, she could have guessed that Gao Siming would not have suddenly asked about the license plate.
"But, Brother Gao, why would Sister Peng poison you?" Qin Wen still couldn't understand. The two used to be lovers. Even though Peng Yuanyuan later abandoned Gao Siming to study abroad, it didn't mean she would kill Gao Siming.
Gao Siming said with a wry smile, "Li Nan, you should have seen the surveillance footage from the Lovers' Restaurant, right? You should have seen me arguing with Peng Yuanyuan in the moments before the explosion."
Li Nan did watch the surveillance footage, but he didn't know why the two of them deliberately concealed this detail.
"Brother Gao, why were you arguing back then?"
"Because Peng Yuanyuan has always believed that I killed her parents!"
When Li Nan read Peng Yuanyuan's comics before, he guessed that Peng Yuanyuan named the protagonist Ming Shigao and that he would kill his parents on the cross-sea bridge.
This is probably a veiled reference to Gao Siming, but he still can't understand why Peng Yuanyuan would think that way.
Back then, I had just joined the Anding Division and hadn't handled this case, but my mentor, Xiong Yingjun, was one of the people in charge at the time.
At the time, neither the master nor the An Ding Division could find direct evidence of homicide. Why was Peng Yuanyuan so insistent that Gao Siming was the culprit?
"This is incomprehensible! How could Peng Yuanyuan think like that?" Qin Wen felt indignant on Gao Siming's behalf, and her slightly softened feelings towards Peng Yuanyuan instantly turned to ice.
"I don't know either. I guess she thinks that her parents have always disapproved of our relationship, so I'm taking revenge on them!"
"This is utterly unreasonable!"
"But how could Brother Gao possibly do that? Unless Brother Gao also has superpowers like Ming Shi Gao!"
"Haha, Peng Yuanyuan probably thinks I have this ability. Look, doesn't the comic say that Ming Shigao killed Coach Wang? Isn't that obviously saying that I killed Prince He?"
When the topic of the Lovers' Restaurant came up today, Qin Wen couldn't help but think of that little box. But what did that box have to do with Gao Ge's argument?
Could something that needs to be kept in a temperature-controlled chamber be evidence in the cross-sea bridge case?
Qin Wen had also watched the video from that day and could tell that Gao Siming had taken out the box. What exactly was inside?
Li Nan is here today, so this is clearly not a good time to ask questions. Qin Wen had no choice but to change the subject.
"Brother Gao, tell me about Xiaohua's symptoms at the time, and I'll see if I can roughly estimate what kind of poison it was!"
Gao Siming said, "I filled the kettle with water to make coffee. After turning it on, I noticed that Xiaohua's water basin was empty, so I filled it with some water for her too. Xiaohua was probably thirsty and drank a few sips. While she was drinking, she suddenly collapsed. First, she foamed at the mouth, and then blood started flowing from her eyes, mouth, and nostrils. In just two or three minutes, Xiaohua was gone."
Gao Siming spoke with a choked voice, and Qin Wen and Li Nan felt very bad listening to him.
It wasn't just because Xiaohua left; if Gao Siming hadn't given Xiaohua water, if Xiaohua hadn't been so thirsty that she immediately came to drink, then what would have happened next was Gao Siming making coffee...
The consequences are unimaginable!
Fortunately, there are no "what ifs" in life, and Xiaohua saved Gao Siming from disaster!
After analyzing Gao Siming's statement, Qin Wen pondered for a moment and said in a deep voice, "Based on the size of the pinhole, the amount of poison that entered the water bucket should be very small. However, for such a minute amount of toxin to dissolve so quickly in an 18.9-liter bucket, mix with the mineral water, and cause the death of an adult kitten in such a short time, the toxin must be extremely toxic. Even cyanide and ricin, which we often hear about, cannot meet these conditions..."
Qin Wen's mind raced, hoping to deduce the possible toxin from the limited clues available.
When Gao Siming heard the word ricin, his eyes twitched slightly. He thought to himself, "I didn't expect even Mosquito knew about ricin. She must have heard of the even more potent ricin acacia. Could she have even noticed the poisoning incident last year?"
Qin Wen pondered for a moment, then slowly said, "Based on my understanding, there are only two toxins that can meet these requirements: ricin and tetrodotoxin!"
Li Nan exclaimed, "Castor bean, isn't that the poison from last year's milk tea poisoning case?"
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