Chapter 188 Proving Innocence
Qi Chenyan cupped her face in his hands.
Yu Li blinked in confusion.
The next second, Qi Chenyan touched her cheek; it was a little cold.
The interrogation room was dark, and Yu Li was only wearing a knitted sweater. She must have been cold after being there for a while, which explained her cold and expressionless face.
Qi Chenyan first took off his suit jacket and draped it over his wife.
The man's coat was still too big for Yu Li, making her look petite. She even winked at him, giving her a rather adorable and innocent look.
"I'm not cold."
Qi Chenyan forced a smile, but his wife was still at the police station, so he couldn't bring himself to laugh.
“I’m worried you’ll be cold, so wear this first. If you catch a cold, you can’t take too much cold medicine right now, or you’ll suffer.”
During pregnancy, no medication should be taken to avoid any impact on the fetus.
Yu Li stopped trying to be strong, grabbed the hem of her clothes, and pulled them inwards a little more.
The interrogation room was dark and quite chilly after a while.
"Lili, you just said you wanted to provide new clues?"
When the topic turned to business, Yu Li nodded and said, "That's right. At the time, I thought I was the only adult in the classroom because I was focused on teaching the children to draw."
"But just now, I suddenly remembered that Ren Qingxue also insisted on coming to the orphanage with me. I thought she was getting in the way, so I told her to go out and not get in the way."
"At the time, a child asked me a question, and my attention was focused on the child. I didn't notice whether Ren Qingxue had left the classroom."
Yu Li's incisive analysis: "But that chocolate wasn't mine, and the only possible one was given to it by Ren Qingxue, who may not have even left the classroom at the time."
On his way here, Qi Chenyan had already learned the whole story.
Because of his diplomatic work, Qi Chenyan never gets annoyed by the barrage of questions and deliberate slander from foreign media; instead, he handles them with ease and perfection.
But today, after learning the whole story about Yu Li, Qi Chenyan's anger was completely uncontrollable.
The wife was just volunteering at the orphanage out of kindness, and accidents are hard to avoid, especially since she had repeatedly stated that the chocolate was not given to her.
However, the orphanage, without conducting any investigation, insisted that the half-chocolate in the classroom belonged to Yu Li.
This made Qi Chenyan suspect that the orphanage might be keeping the child away because of heart disease. The medical expenses for treating heart disease are extremely high, and ordinary families simply cannot afford them, let alone an orphanage run by a charity.
Even if they wanted to get treatment for their child and deliberately framed Yu Li, even if their intentions were good, their act of throwing mud at Yu Li was still extremely malicious.
If that's the case, Qi Chenyan will definitely sue the orphanage after investigating the matter.
"I understand. Don't worry, leave this to me. I'll have my lawyer bail you out first. Go home and wait for my news. This matter will be easy to investigate, so don't worry."
Although the police station only conducted a brief questioning of Yu Li, Qi Chenyan still did not want his wife to stay at the police station any longer.
But Yu Li shook her head and said, "No need for that. I believe you. As long as the matter is investigated and my innocence is proven, we can go home together, right?"
"But it's too cold and damp here..."
Yu Li patted the back of his hand, "I'm not cold, I still have your coat, I'm very warm wrapped up in it."
My wife is just that kind of person who doesn't like to trouble others.
This is also due to her family environment from childhood. She didn't want her grandmother to worry, so she would never bother others with anything she could do herself.
Qi Chenyan felt even more heartbroken at this.
At that moment, the police arrived, along with the police chief.
"Director Qi, I'm so sorry I didn't greet you properly!"
When the bureau chief arrived, he had already learned about Yu Li's entire case.
“I am already aware of your wife’s case. Your wife was doing volunteer work for the orphanage out of good intentions.”
"We just didn't expect such an accident. The key to solving the case is figuring out where this chocolate came from. Our police have already retrieved and reviewed the surveillance footage, and we will find out soon and clear Mrs. Qi's name."
The orphanage was in a remote area, and it took some time to go back and forth to retrieve the surveillance footage.
The police station has been dealing with a lot of cases lately, and since this is a small case, they haven't had enough manpower, which is why it's taken so long.
Although Qi Chenyan did not intend to use his status to make connections, his very existence carried significant weight.
“Although my wife is absolutely innocent, we should just follow the police department’s procedures. Also, my wife remembered something: there should have been another person in the classroom besides her.”
"I wonder if it's convenient for me to also view the surveillance footage?"
Qi Chenyan is Yu Li's husband. As a family member of the person involved, it is in accordance with the rules for him to review the surveillance footage together in order to prove his innocence and provide new clues.
"Wait for me a moment, we'll be home soon."
Yu Li nodded.
Although Yu Li had never done anything wrong before, she was naturally not afraid and believed that the police would soon clear her name.
But now that Qi Chenyan has arrived, that sense of peace has been put to rest.
The police poured her a glass of warm water, which Yu Li held in her hands, sipping it slowly while gazing in the direction Qi Chenyan had just left.
Although Qi Chenyan went to collect evidence, the coat he had draped over her still retained his faint, pleasant fragrance, which brought her immense peace of mind.
The surveillance footage had already been retrieved and reviewed by the police, so when Qi Chenyan arrived, the officer reviewing the footage immediately reported the situation to the chief.
"The surveillance cameras in the orphanage classrooms are not comprehensive and have many blind spots. However, the surveillance footage shows that at 10:00, there was another woman besides Yu Li present."
Five minutes later, the woman headed toward the back door, but the back door was a blind spot, so it was impossible to determine whether she had left directly through the back door.
The facilities in the orphanage are limited, and most of the resources are used for the children. The surveillance is only at the entrance, so the scope of coverage is not wide.
"However, the person's face wasn't fully captured in the video. We are currently using this video to determine who this person is..."
Before the police could finish speaking, Qi Chenyan said, "Ren Qingxue is my wife's half-sister."
“It turns out that Director Qi knows her, which makes things much easier. According to the surveillance footage at the orphanage gate, Ren Qingxue left the orphanage shortly before and after the child was sent to the hospital. She got into a taxi and headed in this direction.”
"We have located the taxi and are currently in contact with it to determine her last destination."
Actually, the police investigation was quite fast, considering that finding a person in a vast crowd is indeed very difficult.
Qi Chenyan's icy gaze was fixed on the video, and he guessed the address based on the direction the taxi was traveling.
"I might know where Ren Qingxue is."
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