Chapter 51 Conjecture
Xia Mufan's gaze was too intense, and Gu Shaoqi lowered his eyes to look at the ground uncomfortably.
Gong Weiguo didn't believe that the turtle could speak at all, and urged Xia Mufan: "Team Leader Xia, does the turtle agree with you?"
Xia Mufan glanced at him and continued to talk to the tortoise Xiao Mo: "If you think what I said is right, then stop and put your head back into your shell."
As soon as these words came out, everyone stared at Cao Gui.
Gu Shaoqi even held his breath, afraid of missing any change in Xiao Mo.
Xiao Mo, the grass turtle, understood what Xia Mufan meant. It obediently stopped paddling, retracted its head into its shell, and lay motionless, half immersed in the water.
After Xiao Mo retracted into his shell, the water surface that just covered the grass turtle's feet was no longer noisy, but it was still rippling slightly.
Sun Xianbing stood up suddenly, holding a fountain pen in his right hand, pointing at the tortoise, and stammering, "It, it really isn't moving!"
Gong Weiguo looked at all this in disbelief, feeling that his brain was not enough. He is a staunch materialist. How is it possible that a turtle can understand human language? This is unscientific!
The two "corpses" lying on the ground also pretended to be dead and looked up at the grass turtle curled up in the aquarium.
Yu Jing exclaimed, "It really isn't moving."
Feng Xiaoyu rubbed his eyes, and when he was sure that the water surface had gradually calmed down, he said half-doubtfully, "Did it really understand?"
Gong Weiguo thought for a moment and said, "Maybe it was just a coincidence! Turtles usually retreat into their shells when they encounter danger."
Yue Yuan interrupted Gong Weiguo: "Whether the turtle can understand Xia Mufan's words or not, her guess is entirely possible."
The serious crime squad had not thought in this direction before, but after listening to Xia Mufan's step-by-step deduction today, Yue Yuan felt that her ideas might not be meticulous, but they were definitely novel.
Why did the murderer wear a mask?
If we exclude factors such as the murderer being an acquaintance and the murderer's habits, the murderer looks like Gu Shaoqi and is subconsciously unwilling to face Gu Mingkang and Xie Lijiao. This typical avoidance consciousness is completely reasonable.
Yue Yuan defined the situation in one sentence and attributed all the mysterious things to science.
Sun Xianbing calmed himself down, sat back in his chair and continued taking notes.
Gong Weiguo turned his head and looked at Gu Shaoqi: "The murderer and forensic doctor Gu look alike, are they twin brothers?"
As soon as these words were spoken, Gu Shaoqi's life experience immediately became the focus of everyone's attention.
Sun Xianbing asked cautiously, "Forensic Doctor Gu, is it true that your mother only gave birth to you?"
Could it be that Xie Lijiao gave birth to two children, but the doctor stole one of them? Aren’t there scenes like this on TV? The midwife colluded with the nurse to take away one of the woman's twin babies. Many years later, the twins recognized each other and the truth of the incident was revealed.
Gu Shaoqi shook his head: "The factory hospital is very responsible. I heard my mother say that when she was pregnant with me, she hoped to have twins, which would be more efficient. Unfortunately, during the prenatal checkup, the doctor told her that there was only one fetal heartbeat."
Yu Jing then asked, "Forensic Doctor Gu, are you your parents' biological child?"
Isn’t it said that Gu Mingkang is not in good health? Yu Jing wondered if gastrointestinal problems would affect his reproductive function. The couple had been unable to have children, so they had to find a way to adopt one. However, they didn't expect that the child they adopted was one of the twins?
Yue Yuan shook his head: "In 1992, when the old case was reopened, we went to the Provincial Criminal Investigation Technology Center to do a DNA test, and it turned out that forensic doctor Gu was indeed the biological son of Gu Mingkang and Xie Lijiao."
Feng Xiaoyu's imagination was sparked: "Could it be that when your mother gave birth to you, she accidentally took the wrong baby?"
At that time, the hospital was not well managed and babies were cared for in a centralized manner. Perhaps the nurse accidentally took the wrong baby, and the child of Gu Mingkang and Xie Lijiao swapped identities with Gu Shaoqi. Gu Shaoqi's biological parents later gave birth to another son, which is why he looks very similar to Gu Shaoqi.
Gu Shaoqi shook his head. "I was born in the factory hospital in December 1968. Three babies were delivered that day, and I was the only boy. I am my parents' biological child. I don't have a twin brother, and I wasn't taken away by mistake."
That's strange.
They are obviously his parents’ biological son, so why doesn’t Gu Shaoqi look like his parents?
Where did he inherit that exotic charm from?
Gu Shaoqi said: "When I was a child, I also asked my parents why I didn't look like them. My mother smiled like a flower at the time. She said that she didn't look like anyone in the family, which was not surprising. She also said that my ears were like two big ingots like hers, and she also said that my mouth was like my father's. My father said that his ancestors had foreign blood, and I looked a bit like the great grandmother I had never met."
Recalling the past, there was a glimmer of tenderness in Gu Shaoqi's eyes.
My youth was so happy that I thought it was normal at the time, but now I feel sad when I think back on it.
Yue Yuan said: "So, don't worry about your past. The world is so big that nothing is impossible. There are blood relatives who are different from each other, and there are strangers who are exactly the same."
Xia Mufan looked at Yue Yuan and said, "Captain Yue, do you know why I didn't invite you to come over for the discussion?"
Yue Yuan raised an eyebrow: "Why?"
Xia Mufan said bluntly: "You have participated in too many cases of reopening, and your thinking has become rigid. You are also the leader, and the moment you open your mouth, it is equivalent to determining the nature of the case, which affects our freedom to play."
Yue Yuan was stunned for a moment, then suddenly laughed: "Okay, okay, I understand. So, if you don't ask me, I promise not to speak, okay?"
Xia Mufan nodded and looked around the room: "Everyone, don't worry about Captain Yue, just say whatever you want to say."
Xia Mushige's bold success encouraged all team members. My goodness, she even dares to challenge Captain Yue, so what are we afraid of!
Gong Weiguo was the first to jump out: "The murderer knew Gu Mingkang and Xie Lijiao, was very familiar with the Gu family, and had the key, but he was not an acquaintance of the Gu family. He looked so much like Gu Shaoqi that even his mother mistook him for him at first glance, so I still tend to think that the murderer and Gu Shaoqi have some special relationship."
Sun Xianbing also agreed: "Yes! If there is no special relationship, how could someone come to kill someone for no reason?"
The terrazzo floor was too cold and too hard. Feng Xiaoyu couldn't stand lying face down, so she got up and sat aside and stopped pretending to be a corpse. She looked at Gu Shaoqi's face and said, "I'm wondering, is there a possibility that the murderer and Forensic Doctor Gu are relatives? Some kind of relationship that they don't even know about."
Yu Jing lay on the ground, still keeping his right hand stretched forward. He looked up and tried to put himself into Gu Mingkang's role: "Before he died, Gu Mingkang found that the murderer's eyebrows and eyes looked very much like his son, so he tried hard to pull down the mask. He might be thinking, is this man my son? Could he be my son?"
Xia Mufan looked at the grass turtle Xiao Mo, whose head was retracted into its shell and who was lying motionless.
Although Xiao Mo hid himself, he still remained talkative.
[He is not as good-looking as Xiao Gu.] 】
[There is a triangular scar on the right side of his forehead. 】
[His ears are not as big as Xiao Gu's.] 】
[His mouth is very thick and ugly!] 】
Xiao Mo's words once again confirmed the similarity between the murderer and Gu Shaoqi's facial features.
Because Xie Lijiao said that Gu Shaoqi's ears were like hers, shaped like ingots; Gu Shaoqi's lips were like Gu Mingkang, thin and with a graceful curve.
Xia Mufan fell into deep thought.
So far, some new clues have been obtained in the case.
All these clues point to Gu Shaoqi's life experience.
If Gu Shaoqi is his parents' biological son, then is there a possibility? His parents are not his biological parents, so some social relationships are ignored?
Xia Mufan asked: "Forensic Doctor Gu, are both your parents your biological children?"
Gu Shaoqi was stunned for a moment and did not answer immediately.
Xia Mufan suddenly thought of what he had just said: "You just said that your mother doesn't look like her family. Could it be that your mother is not your biological mother, but was picked up or adopted by your grandparents?"
Gu Shaoqi frowned: "I haven't tested the DNA match between my mother and my grandmother. But my mother never said that she is not her biological daughter."
Xie Lijiao does not have a good relationship with her mother's family. Since she was a child, she has been the one who does the most work and receives the least care. She finally finished junior high school with her own intelligence and diligence, but her parents firmly disagreed with her continuing junior high school and forced her to go home to do farm work. They also arranged a marriage for her early and actually promised her to a fool for a hundred yuan betrothal gift.
However, Xie Lijiao never doubted that she was not her biological daughter.
Firstly, rural areas value boys over girls, and she was the middle-aged one in the family, so it was normal that she was not favored; secondly, it was not easy for her poor parents to raise six children, and she was very grateful that she was raised without any missing limbs and finished junior high school; thirdly, there were many people in the village and gossip always spread the fastest. If Xie Lijiao was picked up or adopted, it would be impossible that no rumors had ever spread.
So, although Xie Lijiao hated her parents for treating her as a cash cow, she would still go back to the village to visit her parents during the holidays.
Xia Mushige asked: "In which year was your mother born?"
Gu Shaoqi: "July 1946."
Xia Mushige: "The Anti-Japanese War ended and the Civil War began?"
Gu Shaoqi: “Yes.”
At the end of June 1946, the GMD Army attacked the Central Plains Liberated Area and the civil war began.
Xia Mufan asked: "Did your mother tell you about the time when she was born?"
Gu Shaoqi thought for a moment and said, "The town was in chaos at that time, with people being arrested everywhere. My grandmother had a difficult labor when she gave birth to my mother. She struggled for a whole day and night but still couldn't give birth. My grandfather dragged a cart to take my grandmother to the town hospital, where she gave birth to my mother."
Xia Mushige: "Is it possible that your mother was taken away by mistake at that time?"
When Xia Mufan thought of this possibility, he suddenly felt his eyes open. Yes, it was a time of great chaos and war, and Xie Lijiao was born in the town hospital, so there was a high possibility that she was taken away by the wrong mother.
Because the baby was taken away by mistake in a panic, neither Xie Lijiao's biological parents nor her adoptive parents knew about it, which explains why there was no rumor in the village.
However, blood is thicker than water. Seeing Xie Lijiao, who looks nothing like their own family, Xie Lijiao's parents can't love her from the bottom of their hearts, so they treat her badly.
Hearing Xia Mufan's guess, Sun Xianbing immediately nodded in agreement: "Yes, yes, it's possible. Our Hui City is a red zone, and there are many people who are engaged in revolution, so it was particularly chaotic at that time. Maybe Forensic Doctor Gu's biological parents happened to have children and accidentally switched the children."
The story begins to unfold.
Sun Xiaoyu said: "Later, when they had become successful and famous, they found out that the child was not their own, so they started looking for the whereabouts of their biological child. After searching for a long time, they found Xie Lijiao. Then the child didn't want anyone to share the family property, so he wanted to kill her."
Yu Jing said: "Yes, because they are related by blood, the killer and forensic doctor Gu look alike."
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