After a while, Wang Shen stopped what he was doing. He stood up from the ground, holding a picture frame in each hand. However, his gaze remained fixed on the two picture frames. He took two steps toward the living room without saying a word.
Liang Zichen looked at Wang Shen's retreating figure with a puzzled expression, then glanced at the photo frame left on the ground. He bent down and picked it up, examining it for a long time. Unfortunately, all Liang Zichen could see was that the man and woman in the photo were indeed a handsome couple; he could see nothing else.
Liang Zichen also stood up from the ground, picked up the photo frames, walked over to Wang Shen's side, and asked, "Captain Wang, is there a problem with these photo frames?"
Wang Shen heard Liang Zichen's words but didn't reply, remaining lost in his own world. After a while, Wang Shen snapped out of his reverie, glanced at Liang Zichen, and said, "Zichen, you may have discovered a crucial clue."
Upon hearing Wang Shen's words, Liang Zichen's eyes widened, and his expression became somewhat excited. He hurriedly asked, "What important clue?"
Wang Shen looked at the photo frame in his hand, then at the photo frame in Liang Zichen's hand, and asked, "Look at these photo frames, don't you notice anything different?"
Hearing Wang Shen's words, Liang Zichen examined the photo frame in his hand again with curiosity. But the result was the same; Liang Zichen couldn't find anything different. Liang Zichen looked up, glanced helplessly at Wang Shen, and then shook his head.
"Look at how many people are in the photo," Wang Shen reminded Liang Zichen again, noticing his expression.
"Huh?" Liang Zichen exclaimed in surprise, then looked at the photo in his hand, and then looked up at Wang Shen. A very puzzled expression appeared on Liang Zichen's face as he said, "Isn't there a man and a woman in the photo, Han Mo and Lin Su?"
After hearing Liang Zichen's answer, Wang Shen smiled and then shook his head. "No, it's three people."
"Huh? Three people?" Liang Zichen couldn't believe his ears after hearing Wang Shen's answer, and examined the photo for the third time. Three people? Three people? The question kept repeating in Liang Zichen's mind.
Why did Wang Shen think there were three people in the photos? Liang Zichen thought for a while, then suddenly looked up at Wang Shen and said, "Captain Wang, I understand. You said there are three people in these photos because you guessed that Han Mo might be Xu Xiaolin." After saying that, perhaps Liang Zichen also realized that what he said was somewhat incoherent.
Liang Zichen shook his head and then answered again, "What I mean is, you guessed that the people standing next to Lin Su in these group photos include both Han Mo and Xu Xiaolin. Because they look almost identical."
After listening to Liang Zichen's words, Wang Shen smiled, but still shook his head and said, "Zichen, you're only half right."
"Huh?..." This time, Liang Zichen really couldn't figure out what Wang Shen meant. Liang Zichen said with a hint of pleading, "Captain Wang, please stop trying to trap me. Just tell me the answer directly. I really can't solve this problem."
Hearing Liang Zichen's words, Wang Shen shook his head and looked at the photo frame in Liang Zichen's hand. "Look at Han Mo's right earlobe in the photo on your left, and then observe Han Mo's right earlobe in the photo on your right." Wang Shen did not directly tell Liang Zichen his judgment, but guided Liang Zichen to find the answer himself.
After listening to Wang Shen's words, Liang Zichen held both photo frames up to his face and examined them closely. He looked at them for a while, then suddenly removed the frames, glanced at Wang Shen, and then brought them close to his eyes again for a thorough look.
“Han Mo in this photo has pierced ears, while Han Mo in this photo doesn’t,” Liang Zichen said, shaking the photo frame in his left hand and then the photo frame in his right hand.
Wang Shen looked at Liang Zichen and nodded, "You've finally noticed this problem."
"But what does this mean?" Suddenly, Liang Zichen frowned and looked at Wang Shen. After a while, before Wang Shen could answer, Liang Zichen explained, "If Han Mo didn't have her ears pierced initially, but later did, then some photos would show her without pierced ears, while others would show her with pierced ears. Thinking about it that way, it's not strange at all."
After listening to Liang Zichen's words, Wang Shen shook his head again and said, "Unfortunately, the possibility you guessed does not exist."
"Why?" Upon hearing Wang Shen's assessment, Liang Zichen immediately asked.
"Take a good look at the bottom right corner of the photo again."
After Wang Shen finished speaking, Liang Zichen turned his gaze to the lower right corner of the photo frame. "These photos all have the shooting dates printed on them?" Liang Zichen asked, looking up at Wang Shen.
Wang Shen nodded.
"As expected, the situation I described is impossible," Liang Zichen replied after examining several photos.
The dates on the photos indicate the order in which they were taken, but the dates don't match the photos with and without ears. For example, the photos from May show no ear piercings, while the photos from June show them. This isn't unusual, but in the July photos, the ear piercings are gone again.
"Captain Wang, is it possible that Han Mo got her ears pierced and then had them fixed?" Liang Zichen asked Wang Shen tentatively, looking at the photo frame.
Hearing Liang Zichen's question, Wang Shen gave a wry smile and replied, "I don't know if ear piercings can be repaired. But even if they can be repaired, it will take a lot of work, right? And look at these photos, if Han Mo wanted to get her ears pierced, she would have to get them pierced and repaired at least three or four times. I don't think Han Mo would do something so foolish if she wasn't mentally unstable."
After listening to Wang Shen's words, Liang Zichen nodded in agreement. "Based on the current deductions, there's only one possibility left. The women in the photo are Han Mo and Xu Xiaolin." After saying that, Liang Zichen frowned slightly and glanced at Wang Shen.
Wang Shen frowned as well, and nodded slightly. "If that's the case, then the problem is huge." Wang Shen clenched his right fist and repeatedly tapped his chin.
Liang Zichen didn't ask any questions, his gaze remaining fixed on Wang Shen's face. After a while, Wang Shen spoke, "Back then, when I asked Lin Su and Xu Xiaolin to investigate Han Mo's case with me, I hoped to get their help with reasoning. I remember clearly that Lin Su and Xu Xiaolin didn't know each other at the time. But judging from the current photos, they should have known each other from the beginning. Where exactly did things go wrong?" As he finished speaking, Wang Shen's tightly furrowed brows showed no sign of easing. He pressed his temples hard with his hand.
"Is it possible that Lin Su and Xu Xiaolin knew each other from the beginning, and were just pretending not to know each other in front of you?" Liang Zichen asked Wang Shen.
Wang Shen shook his head and said, "It's unlikely."
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