Chapter 12
"Who do you think is the suspect now?" Wu Tong sat down and asked Xiao Yuncheng about the details of the case.
"Qin Xuanyu, Du Wenzhou's internet celebrity, but we currently suspect she might be...a mistress."
"No doubt, she is it." Wu Tong said with certainty. He pointed to the blank column for Du Wenzhou's interpersonal relationships and said, "Still, as I said, you need to check his interpersonal relationships and where he lives. This may be a case of murder by passion."
Xiao Yuncheng was stunned for a moment and asked him, "How do you know it was a murder of passion?"
Wu Tong paused before slowly uttering two words: "Intuition."
Xiao Yuncheng: “…”
Seeing that he was still full of confusion, Wu Tong couldn't help but sigh. She flipped through the files and found the photo of the rose flower bouquet they had taken at that time. Pointing at it, she said, "'Pure white petals are stained with scarlet blood, and the originally flawless love is no longer pure.' Do you understand what I mean?"
Xiao Yuncheng suddenly realized what was going on. He picked up his phone and called, "Hello, Shi Qian?"
"What are you doing, brother? Tan Xuanyu will be here soon."
"Go check Du Wenzhou's address and what his wife does. Give me the information if you find it."
Shi Qian immediately went about his work, Xiao Yuncheng pondered the photo, and Wu Tong continued to scroll through his phone. Ten minutes later, Xiao Yuncheng received a message saying that Qin Xuanyu had arrived. He nudged Wu Tong, who was standing beside him, and they left the office together.
"Where were you on the night of the crime? What were you doing? What evidence do you have?"
Qin Xuanyu was recording a video at the company when a group of police officers suddenly burst in and tried to take her away. She sat awkwardly on a stool in the interrogation room, her hands folded on her knees, tightly clutching the fabric of her skirt, and replied softly, "...I was working overtime at the company that night and didn't leave until 9 p.m. Sister Xiaoyu can testify to this, and the company also has surveillance cameras. I went straight home afterward."
When Xiao Yuncheng pushed open the door and walked in, Qin Xuanyu was just saying "Sister Xiaoyu". He frowned as he listened to the rest of the conversation and said to Mai, "Ask her if she knows Du Wenzhou's wife."
"Do you know Du Wenzhou's wife?"
"I know him, but not very well..." Qin Xuanyu's voice began to become unstable.
"Then how do you explain this?" The policeman took out a printed photo from his briefcase and slapped it on the table. It was the chat record between Qin Xuanyu and Du Wenzhou!
"At 12:00 AM on the day of the incident, you exchanged multiple messages and even had a 13-minute phone call. Why would Du Wenzhou communicate with you so frequently when he already has a wife?" The officer narrowed his eyes, staring intently at Qin Xuanyu. "Are you in a relationship with him?"
Although it was a question, it sounded like an affirmation when spoken by the police. Qin Xuanyu shuddered violently. She shook her head and almost burst into tears: "Police, this really has nothing to do with me... I, I didn't know where he was or what he was going to do..."
The policeman stood up, looked down at her and said, "Of course you don't know."
"Because he's dead."
Xiao Yuncheng put down the headset, looked at Wu Tong who was also listening carefully beside him and asked, "Who do you think it is?"
Upon hearing this, Wu Tong glanced at him sideways and shook his head. If this was really a murder of love, then Qin Xuanyu was definitely the beginning of everything. Xiao Yuncheng sighed silently and asked the police officer who was taking notes when he found out Du Wenzhou's address and wife's information.
Suddenly, the door slammed open and Lin Chen strode in. He smiled at Wu Tong first, then handed the information in his hand to Xiao Yuncheng and said, "Gu Yuan, Du Wenzhou's wife, has no work record in the past three months. We have already sent people to implement surveillance."
After Lin Chen finished speaking, he raised his chin towards the door and said, "The trace inspection department gave us two footprint models. Do you want to go and take a look?"
"Let's go." Xiao Yuncheng closed the file, pulled Wu Tong and followed Lin Chen out. Lin Chen kept joking about why Wu Tong followed them. Xiao Yuncheng said speechlessly: "That idiot Shi Qian exposed him, but it's a good opportunity to bring him out to help."
Wu Tong nodded expressionlessly: "Yeah, as long as you are happy."
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Lin Chen laughed at Xiao Yuncheng wantonly, and the three of them came to the trace inspection office in such a noisy manner.
"Captain Xiao, this is the model, he is..." The person reporting pointed at Wu Tong behind Xiao Yuncheng and asked in confusion.
Xiao Yuncheng put his arm around Wu Tong's shoulders and said with a smile, "Oh, this is my consultant, who I asked to help solve the case."
Upon hearing this, the reporter smiled and shook hands with Wu Tong, then led them to the modeling area. He pointed to a slightly larger model and said, "This model shows that the footprint is that of an adult male, so it can be basically confirmed to be Du Wenzhou's. Our preliminary investigation shows that the other footprint is that of a woman about 1.65 meters tall."
He pointed at the model and roughly gestured. Xiao Yuncheng nodded in agreement and continued, "We previously interrogated Qin Xuanyu, who was related to Du Wenzhou, but we haven't found any direct connection to the case. As for Du Wenzhou's wife..."
"Why do you think there's something wrong with your wife?" he asked.
Xiao Yuncheng leaned over to Wu Tong, placed his hand under Wu Tong's chin as if supporting it, and said, "Is your consultant Wu's guess impressive?"
Then Consultant Wu mercilessly slapped his hand away, walked forward, pointed at the larger footprint model, and asked, "How long is this model?"
"Uh... 27 to 28 centimeters. What's wrong, Counselor Wu?"
When Wu Tong heard the data, he was stunned for a moment. After a while, he shook his head and said it was okay, and continued to listen to Xiao Yuncheng and others analyze the case.
"We're inclined to wait for Du Wenzhou's wife to come and compare the footprints. We'll then bring someone to measure Qin Xuanyu's foot length, Lin Chen!"
Lin Chen ran over with a "Hey hey" in response. Xiao Yuncheng whispered something to him, and he nodded and ran out. Wu Tong felt a little strange, but didn't care too much.
When Gu Yuan arrived, Xiao Yuncheng was sitting in the interrogation room waiting. Beside him, Wu Tong stood there without any hesitation. When the police took Gu Yuan to open the door, they both looked towards the door at the same time, their eyes and temperament were full of majesty. They didn't seem to be here to interrogate, but to take his life.
"Please sit down, Ms. Gu." Xiao Yuncheng raised a polite smile and extended his hand to her gentlemanly.
Gu Yuan was calmer than they'd imagined, at least not as panicked as Qin Xuanyu. Xiao Yuncheng opened the transcript and placed it in front of Wu Tong, his eyes fixed on Gu Yuan. "Where were you on the 29th?" he asked.
"At home." Gu Yuan answered without any emotion.
"What are you doing?"
"Cook and wait for my husband to come back."
"What time was it?"
"6 o'clock in the afternoon... Officer, what exactly do you want to ask? What happened to Du Wenzhou?" Gu Yuan looked at the policeman in front of him suspiciously.
Xiao Yuncheng leaned back casually, even putting some of his weight on Wu Tong's left shoulder, and said with a smile: "Why are you so sensitive, Ms. Gu? We are just following the procedures, right?"
Wu Tong dared not speak out, but silently wrote down a few words in the transcript. Gu Yuan smiled and said, "Yes, but I just wonder why you police officers need two people for an interrogation?" As she spoke, she glanced at Wu Tong, who was sitting next to Xiao Yuncheng.
Wu Tong raised his hand and pushed Xiao Yuncheng away. He leaned forward slightly and looked at Gu Yuan: "Excuse me, I'm a consultant and have a reason to be here."
Then Wu Tong asked her, "Do you know that your husband has a mistress?"
Gu Yuan was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "...I don't know."
Wu Tong chuckled and said, "Very good, now you know." Then he handed a photo to Gu Yuan and asked, "Have you seen this person?"
Gu Yuan glanced at the person in the photo. It was Qin Xuanyu. After a moment, she almost mechanically shook her head and said, "I haven't seen her."
"You're lying. You've seen her. Not only have you seen her, you've also talked to her, right?"
Wu Tong said as he placed another photo on the table. Gu Yuan seemed to be under a spell, her breathing almost inaudible. She stared at the photo with wide eyes, and after a long pause, she said in a hoarse voice, "So she's the mistress, right?"
Wu Tong couldn't deny it. Gu Yuan broke down in tears almost instantly, and the interrogation room was filled with the woman's shrill cries, almost exploding. Wu Tong and Xiao Yuncheng withdrew, leaving Gu Yuan and several other police officers to calm her down. Xiao Yuncheng tilted his head to look at the notes in his hand: "What did you write down at that time?"
Wu Tong was fiddling with the loose buttons on his sleeves and slapped the transcript directly into his arms.
"Emotional sensitivity and manic-depressive tendencies...how did you know?"
Xiao Yuncheng looked up at Wu Tong after he finished speaking, only to see that he was struggling with the button. He had even stopped moving and was constantly trying to button it in. Xiao Yuncheng burst out laughing when he saw this. He walked over, pinched the button in his hand, and whispered, "Let me do it."
Wu Tong simply became a hands-off boss and let Xiao Yuncheng do it, while he himself sulked on the spot - angry that he couldn't button the button no matter what he did.
However, the button that "I can't button even if I die" fell to Xiao Yuncheng's knees in less than half a minute. Xiao Yuncheng smoothed out the messed up wrinkles on his sleeves and laughed at him: "You said you'll die if you ask me to do that, or what..."
"Shut up." Wu Tong interrupted him coldly and walked forward without looking back.
Wu Tong didn't really want to leave him there, so his pace gradually slowed down. Xiao Yuncheng jogged over and kept pestering him, "Why are you so awkward? When have I not helped you when you asked? Why do you have to argue with yourself?"
Wu Tong's anger, which had been about to subside, suddenly surged up again. He stopped and glared at Xiao Yuncheng angrily: "I remember I gave you face, didn't I?"
If anger could spit fire, Wu Tong's entire body would be on fire right now.
The office door was suddenly pushed open. When Lin Chen turned around, he saw Xiao Yuncheng sticking to Wu Tong and chattering non-stop, but Wu Tong didn't even look at him and just walked forward on his own.
"What's going on?" Lin Chen asked.
"Our consultant is in a bad mood, I'm trying to comfort him." Xiao Yuncheng waved his hand at him.
"Consultant Wu? Wu Tong? Tongtong? Little painter? Please explain to me, I really know I was wrong! Hey, look at me..."
Xiao Yuncheng was still pulling at Wu Tong, and Lin Chen covered his eyes not far away: "Fuck... Did I come to work just to watch them flirt?"
Wu Tong wasn't actually the type to get angry. He just wanted to tease Xiao Yuncheng when he saw him like this, and finally couldn't help but laugh: "Alright! I forgive you, get out of here!"
Xiao Yuncheng put his arms around Wu Tong's shoulders and shook them, then said with a smile, "Good on you, you're still trying to lie to me."
"Who told you to be scolded?" Wu Tong slapped him hard on the head: "Get out!"
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