Chapter 38 Reversal of the Verdict: Getting there first

Fang Rui planned to go to Lu Tian's house with Xiao Zhang to see if he could find any clues. But as soon as he left the office, he saw Mu Mian blocking his way.

"Fang Rui, can I go with you to investigate the case?"

"Why?" Fang Rui was a little surprised. In his impression, Mu Mian was not very interested in investigating cases, she was only interested in corpses.

Mu Mian looked back at Chen Xue, then at Fang Rui: "For justice!"

"..."

It happened that Xiao Zhang was out on a field trip, so Fang Rui took Mu Mian to Lu Tian's house first.

Lu Tian lives in Wenyuan Community in Dongcheng District. The security of the community is not bad. Lu Tian lives in Room 603, Building 6.

It was Nie Yan who opened the door. Lu Tian has been in a bad mood recently, so she follows Lu Tian almost 24 hours a day, fearing that she might be upset.

Nie Yan was surprised to see that it was Fang Rui who came, and said, "Officer Fang? We haven't seen each other for a long time. Are you investigating this case?" "

Yes. Nie Yan, are you in charge of Lu Tian's case?" "Yes.

Are you looking for Lu Tian? She just took medicine and is now asleep. It will take some time for her to wake up."

Nie Yan used to specialize in handling criminal cases and was an excellent prosecutor, so she often had work handovers with Fang Rui and others, and the two got to know each other.

Later, Nie Yan was marginalized in the procuratorate. She was basically responsible for some small cases, and she had fewer interactions with Fang Rui.

"Fang Rui, seeing that it's you who's investigating this case, I suddenly feel confident. We will definitely find evidence to prove Lin Qianjie's guilt." Nie Yan said happily.

Fang Rui and Nie Yan were chatting together. They blocked Mu Mian's way, which made Mu Mian a little irritated. So she also echoed: "And me!"

Nie Yan then realized that there was a girl following Fang Rui, who looked young.

"She is Prosecutor Nie Yan," Fang Rui turned his head and smiled at Mu Mian, then introduced to Nie Yan: "Nie Yan, this is our city bureau's new forensic doctor, Mu Mian."

"Hello, Forensic Doctor Mu!" Nie Yan stretched out her hand to Mu Mian.

"Hello."

Mu Mian looked at Nie Yan's white hands, which were filled with who knows how many bacteria. She was very conflicted. She didn't want to shake hands with this Prosecutor Nie. So she looked at the ceiling.

"Sorry, I don't like shaking hands."

Nie Yan withdrew her hand. She felt that forensic doctor Mu didn't seem to like her very much.

The rape took place in Lu Tian's room. Her room faces south, and the bedroom window is very large. When the curtains are not drawn, the light is very good.

After the rape, Lu Tian has not entered this room and has protected the crime scene.

The whole room was in a mess, with pillows falling to the ground, broken vases on the ground, and the quilt was also in a mess. It can be seen that Lu Tian had resisted fiercely at the time.

Mu Mian looked from that window and could see the balcony of the building opposite. The distance between the two buildings is not very far. If you have good eyesight, you can see the TV screen in the living room opposite from here.

The family on the eighth floor facing them was watching SpongeBob.

Mu Mian wanted to see more clearly, so she leaned out of the window. She really wanted to see the flowers on the balcony on the ninth floor opposite, so she leaned forward again.

The feeling of suspension suddenly reminded her that she seemed to be afraid of heights!

Fang Rui was originally discussing the case with Nie Yan. He caught a glimpse of Mu Mian's dangerous action from the corner of his eye, and immediately ran over to pull Mu Mian back.

"Mu Mian, do you know that what you did is very dangerous! Aren't you afraid of heights? Why did you get out of the window? It's the sixth floor here, if you fall down, you will die!" Fang Rui was simply mad at Mu Mian.

Mu Mian was shocked. She couldn't help but remind him, "You can't fall down. I only stuck out one tenth of my body. According to the principle of leverage, I can't fall down..."

Mu Mian looked at Fang Rui's increasingly dark face and quickly changed her words, "Fang Rui, thank you for saving me!"

"If you do this again, I won't bring you out to investigate the case next time."

Mu Mian felt a little aggrieved. It was obviously Fang Rui who made a fuss. She didn't do anything dangerous at all.

She still cherished her life. She had to live for a very long time so that she could wait for Fang Rui to die and dissect his body.

"What do you want to see?"

"The balcony over there."

Fang Rui followed Mu Mian's gaze and looked over to the living room on the eighth floor opposite. From this angle, he could see that the TV in the living room was playing an animation, which could be roughly guessed to be SpongeBob.

Fang Rui almost laughed out of anger: "Mu Mian, you did such a dangerous action just to see SpongeBob? Can't you see it on your phone?"

Mu Mian wanted to refute, but seeing Nie Yan still standing next to her, she could only acquiesce.

Nie Yan felt that Fang Rui was very different now. She had dealt with Fang Rui before. Although Fang Rui was very knowledgeable about the ways of the world, he was very good at controlling his emotions and often gave people a sense of alienation.

But he was very different to Mu Mian.

Fang Rui suddenly realized that the distance between the buildings in this community was a bit close, and the privacy was not very strong. The residents of the building opposite might also be able to see what was happening on Lu Tian's side.

"At the time of the incident, this curtain was not drawn?" Fang Rui turned his head and asked Lu Tian.

Lu Tian said, "I'm not sure. He suddenly pulled me into the room that day. I don't remember it clearly. But I didn't move the curtains afterwards, so they should not be closed."

Nie Yan instantly understood what Fang Rui meant. The residents of the building opposite might have seen what happened here. Nie Yan immediately ran out to investigate.

Mu Mian looked at Nie Yan's back as she left hastily, and sighed, "Fang Rui, don't tell the clues next time. Look, she got there first."

"She is Lu Tian's prosecutor, she is one of us."

"Shouldn't we be neutral?"

Fang Rui was stunned. Maybe it was because Lin Qianjie had too many dark histories that he subconsciously sided with Lu Tian. But Lu Tian might also be the one who lied.

"It's okay. Those residents haven't gotten off work yet, so it would be a waste of time for her to go there." Fang Rui said, "Let's wait until dark to visit those residents."

Fang Rui asked the security guard downstairs again.

The security guard was a tall man from the northwest. He spoke with an accent: "Ms. Lu and Mr. Lin must be a couple. We often see them in and out of this community together."

"You mean, Lin Qianjie also lives in this neighborhood?"

"Yes, Mr. Lin lives on the eighth floor. But Sister Wang said that when she got up early to clean the house, she saw Mr. Lin coming out of her house several times. They should be living together."

Fang Rui found the cleaning lady Sister Wang again. She was in her fifties and looked very kind.

"Mr. Lin moved in last month. I had a deep impression of him because he gave me a big red envelope of several hundred yuan right after he moved in. He was very generous. He has a very good relationship with Miss Lu. One time when I was sweeping the corridor, I saw him coming out of Miss Lu's house. It was 6:30 in the morning. They couldn't be talking about work.

Oh, Miss Lu is so mean. She was obviously having a love affair with Mr. Lin, but she insisted on accusing him of rape. I guess she didn't get the money, so she turned around and bit back. Girls nowadays are very mean."

"Did you see them come out of the house together?"

"No!"

"Thank you for your cooperation."

Fang Rui felt that the cleaner should not have lied, but why did Lin Qianjie come out of Lu Tian's house?

Is Lu Tian lying?

As night fell, the lights in the community began to light up.

"Based on the distance between the two buildings and the height of Lu Tian's window, the residents from the west to the twelfth floor can see Lu Tian's room."

Mu Mian drew a proportional diagram of the two buildings on paper. "The residents on the left can't see Lu Tian's room because of their vision. So we only need to ask sixteen households."

"Yes."

Most of the residents were very cooperative. After learning about Fang Rui's purpose, they all said that they didn't see anything.

"Why are you here again? Didn't you ask us last night?" A resident complained.

"Someone came to question you last night?"

"Yes, he said he was the prosecutor in charge of Miss Lu's case."

Fang Rui frowned. Nie Yan had just gone to question these residents this afternoon. Why did she come last night?

"It was a man in a suit and glasses."

It was Lawyer Wang! Fang Rui knew that someone had gotten there first again. Even if there were witnesses, they might have been bribed by Lawyer Wang.

Sure enough, Fang Rui asked every household, and most of them cooperated and said they didn't see anything.

After all the residents were checked, it was already ten o'clock in the evening.

Mu Mian felt her legs were cramping after walking too much that day. She was very tired and wanted to go to bed.

Fang Rui said, "Let's go back!"

When they walked downstairs, Mu Mian suddenly said, "Fang Rui, I didn't go to see SpongeBob this afternoon."

"Yeah, I know."

"No, you don't know. I went to see the balcony on the ninth floor. I saw a red dot of a camera on that balcony. There is a high probability that a camera is installed there."

Fang Rui looked up at the balcony on the ninth floor. The owner of that house didn't seem to be at home, and the whole house was dark. The balcony was full of various plants, some with beautiful flowers and some vines.

In the middle of the green plants, there was a faint red dot, but it was impossible to tell what it was.

Fang Rui found the community security guard again. The security guard knew the resident because the resident gave the security guard several pots of orchids and would greet the security guard when he went out or came home.

"Uncle, my girlfriend wants to buy orchids from the resident on the ninth floor of that building. Do you have his contact information?" Fang Rui was afraid that the security guard was also bribed by Lawyer Wang, so he made an excuse.

"The flowers in his house are very beautiful, but he may not sell them. His mobile number... Oh, I can't just give you the resident's contact information, you should find him yourself."

"Then do you know when he will be back?"

"He was on a business trip a few days ago and should be back tomorrow. How about this, you give me your mobile number, and when he comes back, I'll let him contact you. But I don't know whether he is willing to sell flowers."

After Fang Rui learned the situation from the security guard, he returned to the car and found that Mu Mian had fallen asleep.

Looking at the dark circles under Mu Mian's eyes, Fang Rui smiled helplessly. He didn't know why Mu Mian suddenly took this case seriously, but he was sure that Mu Mian had been a little abnormal in the past few days.

Mu Mian was not the kind of person who was keen on upholding justice.