When Ding Qiunan got home, she couldn't wait to tell her sister about Li Chu's guess when she went next door to get the minced meat.
Upon hearing this, Li Qin was alarmed and rushed over.
"Sister, I just said it casually because Yueyue's pregnancy this time looks a lot like Jiayuan's back then. We don't even know if it's true or not yet," Li Chu said while kneading dough in a basin.
Based on your experience, don't you think so?
"My experience? What experience do I have? In all my years of medical practice, I've only seen a few cases of multiple pregnancies, and I always found out by taking their pulses. But don't worry, you'll be able to tell by taking their pulses in a week or two at most."
"Oh God, please bless Yueyue so she can have twins, preferably two boys, so that our Li family may have many children and much happiness." Li Qin stood at the kitchen door and clasped her hands together, bowing to the sky.
The sister's devout appearance left Li Chu both amused and exasperated.
People with old-fashioned ideas like Li Qin tend to have some degree of preference for sons over daughters, and Ding Qiunan is no exception.
Especially now that Li Chu has amassed such a large fortune.
Ding Qiunan didn't say it aloud, but she still had her own thoughts about letting someone from another family inherit the business.
"Sister, Qiu Nan, it's fine for the three of us to talk about it here, but you can't mention it to the child when Yueyue comes back."
"Oh, do you even need to tell me that?" Li Qin glared at her younger brother with some dissatisfaction.
"I wouldn't even mention it in front of Yueyue, do you think your sister is stupid! But, Qiunan, Yueyue will give birth in winter, so we need to start making little cotton-padded jackets now."
You can also bring over the ones that Qiaoyun's children changed out of.
"Sister, that's what I was thinking too. We gave some of the cotton that Choubao used to Qiaoyun's children, and we kept some for ourselves. I plan to buy some new cotton tomorrow and make a few more small quilts, cotton-padded jackets and trousers."
Ding Qiunan got excited when this was mentioned, and pulled Li Qin into the house to look at the remaining children's items.
Li Chu shook his head as he watched the backs of his two sisters-in-law and sister-in-law. She was only two months pregnant; was it really necessary?
He poured the kneaded dough from the bowl onto the cutting board and began to knead it vigorously.
"uncle"
"Hmm? Jia Dong is in the kitchen."
"You haven't eaten yet?"
"Your aunt and I haven't had dinner yet, and we'd like some wontons now. What's wrong?"
"I'd like to ask you something."
"Speak."
"Here's the thing, we've come across a murder case these past few days. There are already two victims, and the second victim is the suspect we were investigating when we found out about the first victim..."
"Wait a minute, wait a minute." Li Chumeng was a little confused and quickly interrupted Wang Jiadong.
"You mean, there was a victim before, and through your investigation, you identified the suspect?"
"right"
Why was this person designated as a suspect?
"Well, the victim wasn't a good person. We had dealt with him before. They were all gamblers. The reason we identified him as a suspect was because he was dragged into gambling by the victim. After he was arrested, he repeatedly threatened to punish the victim when he got out of the labor camp."
"Oh, when was he released?"
"Last March."
"Okay, go on."
"After the suspect was brought to the station, he said that he did have the idea of taking revenge on the victim, but he has not been able to find the person since he was released. Moreover, there are witnesses who can testify that he did not have time to commit the crime on the day of the incident."
"So you released him again?"
“Yes, on the third day after they were released, Chongwen reported a murder case in their jurisdiction. When we went there, we found that the victim was the suspect.”
"Weren't there any traces at the scenes of either murder?"
"A footprint was left at the scene of the first case, but the trace evidence expert said it wasn't very useful for identification because the suspect was wearing a new pair of size 41 yellow rubber shoes, which are very common, found everywhere, but..."
"What?"
"The victim in the first case died a rather gruesome death. He was tied up and forced to swallow a lot of dirt. He was tortured for a long time before being stabbed three times."
"How did the second one die?"
"The second one was stabbed to death directly. The forensic examination showed that his body contained a large amount of alcohol, so he was probably drunk before being stabbed to death. The stab wounds of the two victims were the same, and they were from a homemade knife."
Oh, Uncle, there's something I forgot to mention. At the first crime scene, we found a few drops of blood that didn't match the victim's blood type.
"That's normal. When a suspect forces a victim to swallow dirt, it's very likely that he cuts his own hand on the victim's teeth and causes it to bleed during the process."
Li Chu paused here, then turned to look at his nephew standing at the kitchen door.
"You don't mean you want our lab to do that DNA test, do you? We need comparison materials first. Have you found another suspect?"
"We don't have that right now."
"That settles it then. But this case shouldn't be too difficult to investigate, right? Investigate the two victims, see who they both know, and then check if anyone has recently been injured on their hands or fingers. Find the suspect and do a DNA test. If they match, it can't be used as direct evidence, but at least it can scare him a bit, and that should be enough to get rid of him."
"Jiadong, this case is so simple, why are you asking me for help? What do you want me to do for you?"
“Uncle…” Wang Jiadong seemed hesitant, unsure how to begin.
At this moment, Li Qin and Ding Qiunan, who had just entered the house, also came out again.
"Jiadong, what are you asking your uncle?"
"Oh, Mom, Aunt, I'm asking my uncle some things about our case."
"Don't interrupt me, Jiadong. Continue what you were saying. What exactly do you want to ask me?"
The dough on the board is almost kneaded; all that's left is to roll it out thinly and then slice it.
Wang Jiadong glanced back at his mother and aunt, gritted his teeth, and said, "Uncle, the second deceased was the one who helped Guo Xiangyang pass on the fact that you had a lot of treasures."
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Li Chu, who had just picked up the rolling pin, suddenly turned around and looked at Wang Jiadong.
Li Qin and Ding Qiunan, who were standing outside, looked at each other in bewilderment, completely unaware of what was going on.
"Jiadong, so you came here to ask me to see my reaction, to know if I hired someone to kill this person, or whether I know who killed him?"
The two women outside changed their expressions drastically upon hearing this. How did this get involved in murder?
"Xiao Chu, Jia Dong, which of you can explain this to me clearly?"
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