Forty-eight feathers
The texture of this white clothes looks so familiar... I feel like I've seen it somewhere.
Ye Linghan closed his eyes and carefully pieced together the fragmented information in his mind.
Although the surveillance footage is blurry and flashes by, it is not completely without reference value if you slow down the speed and watch it.
"Based on the height and range of the raised hem of the garment, it can be seen that the person is wearing a long white garment."
Although Ye Linghan was whispering, people around him could hear it.
"What's the point of guessing the length of the clothes?" Su Mo looked at the short video that was being played frame by frame on the computer screen, and then looked at Ye Linghan.
"I guess it's to determine the identity based on the characteristics of the clothes." Yao Qingluan continued.
"Confirm the identity? There are so many types and styles of clothes, how can we tell?" Su Mo looked confused.
Ye Linghan curled his lips and looked at Yao Qingluan, "Sister Luan, when you go out, do you always choose white? And it's that long white trench coat that's so hard to match?"
He thought he had known Yao Qingluan for some time, and even when he didn't have to go out on field work, he would never wear a white coat.
"Of course not." Yao Qingluan rejected it directly and decisively. Then she seemed to have guessed something and looked at Su Mo beside her.
"So, since most people wouldn't make this choice normally, what if it's not a private server?" Ye Linghan said softly.
He first thought that the man might be a doctor, but his next thought quickly rejected it.
"I remember when you were interrogating Jiang Wanru, I asked Xiao Liao about her travels and social activities. He said that Jiang Wanru usually stayed in the lab and rarely socialized. So, could this person be from the Research Department?"
Although the idea is unrealistic and has no theoretical basis, since it has emerged, it means that there is such a possibility.
A chill came from the soles of Ye Linghan's feet.
"So, it's an insider?" Yao Qingluan said in a low voice.
Ye Linghan said nothing, took out his cell phone and made a video call to Zhao Tang. The call was connected after a few seconds, and Zhao Tang, wearing a white coat, appeared in the camera.
As expected, Zhao Tang definitely didn't rest at this time.
"Hello, what's the matter?" When the call was connected, Zhao Tang didn't look at the camera. The phone was placed aside, just illuminating his upper body. Zhao Tang was holding a test tube in his hand, concentrating on debugging something.
"It's okay, I just missed you." Ye Linghan's voice was lazy.
As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly felt a tightening around his waist. Yin Chen's palm had grabbed his lower back without him noticing, and he applied slight force, as if declaring his sovereignty.
Ye Linghan felt a little guilty and glanced at Yin Chen. It was rare to see a dignified look on his face, and there was a hint of warning in his eyes.
It's over, he's jealous...
Think about how to coax her when you go back.
Zhao Tang was confused at first and didn't notice the person behind Ye Linghan. He just found a moment to jokingly say, "Oh, I don't deserve it. If your husband hears it, he'll probably be jealous."
Ye Linghan snorted inwardly, then slowly said, "I'm already jealous."
"What?" Zhao Tang suddenly looked up at the camera. The moment he saw Yin Chen, he felt sick all over. "Uh, that..."
He wanted to explain, but his body was stiff and he stared blankly at the phone screen, the words he wanted to say stuck in his throat.
"Stop!" Ye Linghan stopped him in time. He knew that the more he explained, the worse it would be. Besides, Yin Chen couldn't do anything to him in front of so many people. He just needed to coax him after returning home. Besides, there was nothing wrong between them to begin with, and it would seem like there was something wrong after explaining.
"Oh..." Zhao Tang turned off the microphone in time.
Ye Linghan picked up his phone and leaned halfway into Yin Chen's arms. "Is this white coat required for you to wear in the lab?"
Zhao Tang's eyes were vague and he forgot how to speak for a moment.
"Just speak normally." Ye Linghan said.
After getting permission, although Zhao Tang was still somewhat apprehensive, he was not as reserved as he was at the beginning.
"Yeah, we wear it every day, what's wrong?"
Zhao Tang was terrified and confused at the same time. He looked down at himself. Ye Linghan had clearly seen him wearing the same outfit many times, so why did he suddenly ask such irrelevant questions? He was a little puzzled.
"Nothing." Ye Linghan didn't explain. "Oh, by the way, I attended Senior Sister Jiang's class last time and benefited a lot from it."
He changed the subject.
"Why did you suddenly remember to go back to school?" Zhao Tang sensed something strange in his heart. He always felt that Ye Linghan was weird today, but he didn't care.
At this moment, Ye Linghan's eyes were sharp, and he stared intently at Zhao Tang in the video, observing his every move. No matter how good their relationship was, when faced with a major event, he had to make sure that the person in front of him had nothing to do with the case before he would completely let go of his suspicions.
"Nothing, it's just that Xiao Liao mentioned last time that Senior Sister Jiang is his mother. I happened to miss school for a long time, so I went to see her."
His answer was just like a casual conversation about family matters, and there was not a single flaw to be found.
"Ah~" The video continued to contain the sound of bottles and jars knocking against each other slightly. Zhao Tang was doing an experiment and obtained the usable parameters by repeated recording.
Hearing Ye Linghan mention Jiang Wanru, he paused for a moment, then raised his head to look at the camera. "But I haven't seen her in a long time. I don't know what she's been up to."
"Long time no see?" Ye Linghan's tone was full of doubt.
Could it be that Zhao Tang was unaware of what happened to Jiang Wanru? In this case, although it cannot be ruled out that the person in the surveillance video is not from the Research Department, there is at least a probability that he is not on the same level as him.
Ye Linghan has a high degree of trust in Zhao Tang.
Zhao Tang had just graduated and basically had no contact with the senior people in the department. The only person she had contact with was Jiang Wanru. When she got into trouble, no one around her noticed. It was obvious that she was well protected.
"Yes." Zhao Tang felt that Ye Linghan was more and more strange today. He always asked some seemingly normal but strange questions.
"Do you usually contact Senior Sister Jiang a lot? Who does she usually interact with?" Ye Linghan asked again.
In addition to Yin Chen, the other two people sitting next to Ye Linghan were also listening carefully, ready to add to their comments at any time. Yao Qingluan was even quickly writing down their conversation with a pen while recording it on the recorder.
Zhao Tang thought about it seriously. Trusting Ye Linghan, he chose to be frank. "I don't contact my senior sister that often. We can just talk. She'll guide me on some projects, but who does she interact with..." Zhao Tang paused. "Not many people, I think. I think she interacts more with the professor. After all, she's our senior sister, a veteran figure."
Professor...could it be him?
Ye Linghan tilted his head slightly and signaled Su Mo with his eyes. The other party received his signal and nodded slightly.
He thought that if it was a professor, it was not impossible, and the probability seemed extremely high at the moment. If we just looked at it based on the preliminary speculation standards, it seemed that every one of them was correct.
If it is true as Liao Xihe and Zhao Tang said that Jiang Wanru's social circle is very small, then the only person with whom she has frequent contact, can be contacted at any time and has an unusual status is the professor.
As the professor is in charge of the research and investigation department, he is naturally very familiar with experiments, which means that he must often spend time in the laboratory. Therefore, it is not surprising to see him wearing a white coat, and it is more reliable than the idea that the suspect is a doctor.
"Oh right." Zhao Tang said with a hint of excitement, as if remembering something. "The last time I was secretly doing a test for you, the professor caught me in the lab. He saw the test results and said he would have my senior sister contact me."
"Then what?" Ye Linghan asked.
Su Mo and Yao Qingluan also sat up straight, sensing that there seemed to be some important information. Yao Qingluan even put down the pen in her hand, intending to leave it entirely to the recording. Both of them concentrated their attention and listened carefully.
"And then nothing happened. There's been no news until now. And as I just said, I haven't seen Senior Sister for many days."
After Zhao Tang finished speaking, he seemed to be lost in thought, then spoke again, "Oh, by the way, the last time the professor looked at my test report, he seemed to have said something—"What's coming will eventually come," or something like that. He spoke softly, so I couldn't quite hear it, so I can't quite remember it."
Zhao Tang frowned, as if trying hard to recall.
Zhao Tang is a very honest kid. He speaks his mind. Ye Linghan couldn't help but complain in his heart.
Unexpectedly, after a whole day of trying to get any important information from Jiang Wanru, they only had a few words with Zhao Tang, and clues appeared in front of everyone one by one as if they couldn't wait to come out.
But this is also thanks to Yin Chen. If he hadn't noticed the abnormality in the surveillance video, they might not have thought of this.
I didn’t expect that this foreign aid was so powerful, and he was from my own family. When Ye Linghan thought of this, he couldn’t help but feel secretly happy.
It seems that it is necessary to meet the equally mysterious Professor of Research and Investigation, who is rumored to be on par with Yin Chen.
"Tangtang, how can we meet your professor?"
"Meet our professor?" Zhao Tang's first reaction was questioning, because even he himself had very few chances of meeting the professor.
"I'm afraid it's a bit difficult." He shook his head, but then changed the subject, "But I heard that you and the police have merged the investigation. Can't you just go directly to the director?"
Ye Linghan secretly held his forehead when he heard this.
It seems that Zhao Tang really knows nothing about Jiang Wanru's affairs.
If he knew that he had arrested the director's wife and interrogated her for most of the day, he probably wouldn't have come up with such an idea.
Seeing Ye Linghan hesitate, Zhao Tang was puzzled and asked doubtfully, "What's wrong? I think I'm remembering correctly. It's just a matter of a few words. Isn't it enough to just report it?"
Although it is difficult to meet him in person, it is very easy to meet him through the police chief.
"Nothing." Ye Linghan smiled bitterly.
Suddenly, Su Mo patted his shoulder. Ye Linghan turned his head and saw a rare look of hesitation on Su Mo's face, as if he was unsure whether to say it at this moment. "That... leave it to me. I can contact him."
"How did you contact him?" Ye Linghan wondered.
Su Mo smiled awkwardly, "I was given this privilege during a meeting with the police a while ago."
Upon hearing this, Ye Linghan raised his eyebrows in disbelief and a hint of anger, "Why didn't you say so earlier?"
If he had told him earlier, he wouldn't have had to ask Zhao Tang in such a roundabout way.
Su Mo rarely tried to quibble again. He said in a low voice, "You didn't ask me."
Ye Linghan: “…”
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