Chapter 307 Eyewitness Fish
Ji Xuehui pulled out the deceased's file and showed it to Xu Ying: "The deceased was 28 years old, named Lin Qing. She was a researcher at Xishan Pharmaceutical Research Company. The project she was in charge of was the research on the medicinal uses of Xishan Snow Lotus."
When Xu Ying heard about the research on snow lotus, he couldn't help but think of Professor Ye who was studying how snow lotus could inhibit the metastasis of tumor cells.
The last time she came to Xishan, Xu Ying helped Professor Ye catch a thief who stole the snow lotus from Xishan. Professor Ye's laboratory gave her a reward of 150,000 yuan.
Xu Ying couldn't help but ask, "What's the relationship between this pharmaceutical research company and Professor Ye's medical laboratory?"
"It's a cooperative relationship, as the Xishan Snow Lotus is a medicinal plant unique to Longguo. The research conducted by both parties is confidential."
Ji Xuehui explained.
"According to the company, Lin Qing hasn't come to work for twenty days. She sent a resignation email to the company's HR department twenty-one days ago and hasn't been heard from since."
Xu Ying frowned. "This is too sudden. Could her resignation email have been sent by someone else?"
"We checked the email's sending address and found that Lin Qing sent it using the notebook she usually uses."
Ji Xuehui shrugged. "Because the project they were working on was a commercial secret, the company suspected that Lin Qing had stolen the secrets and then absconded. They were even planning to call the police and sue Lin Qing for being a commercial spy, but they didn't expect that Lin Qing was already dead."
Xu Ying seemed lost in thought. "Will the key and pendant found by the otter and taimen be of any help to your police in solving the case?"
"We still have no clues about the key that Otter picked up. We extracted two different fingerprints from it. One belongs to Lin Qing, and the other one has not yet been matched to a person in the database."
Ji Xuehui rubbed her brows. "We've compared it with Lin Qing's colleagues and friends, and none of them match. And the shape of the key is a small key that matches common labs, warehouses, and locked cabinets. Many people have it."
"We can't even rule out the possibility that it was lost by a visitor to the company or a delivery employee. Finding who lost the key and what it was used for is like looking for a needle in a haystack."
Xu Ying felt that this case was becoming increasingly confusing. "What about the pendant? Does it hold any clues?"
"We showed the pendant that the Taimen fish brought up to us to Lin Qing's colleagues, and some of them said it was a gift from Lin Qing's boyfriend."
According to official reports from Longguo, 50% to 60% of homicides were committed by acquaintances.
Xu Ying frowned: "What about Lin Qing's boyfriend?"
"That's the problem." Ji Xuehui looked worried.
"No one knows who Lin Qing's boyfriend is because she has a cold personality and is a research enthusiast who buries himself in experiments. She always keeps to herself in the lab and is a bit of a loner."
Ji Xuehui said helplessly, "We've checked the style of the pendant and it's a new model from the Long Dafu brand. However, the pendant Lin Qing is wearing is a fake."
"It's difficult to find out where the counterfeit goods were purchased. You can buy from any individual merchant by just adding them on WeChat."
Ji Xuehui glanced at the vast icy lake and said, "We police believe the key lies in who Lin Qing's boyfriend is."
Xu Ying followed her gaze and looked towards the lake. "When I left the ice lake last time, I asked the animals to ask each other if any of them had witnessed the crime scene."
"Now I'll call them out to see if any animals have found any new clues."
As Xu Ying spoke, he threw a handful of fish food that he had fed the Taimen last time into the lake.
Before, whenever she scattered fish food, fish would come up to grab it after a while, because food was particularly scarce in winter.
But now almost ten minutes have passed and there is still no movement.
"Hey, how come?"
Xu Ying changed his position again and threw a handful of fish food into the lake.
No response.
Until she scattered all the fish food she brought into the lake.
Still no movement.
Xu Ying scratched his head in confusion. "Where did the Taimen go? Didn't they emerge quickly before?"
"Or are they sleeping now?"
Xu Ying was about to turn and leave when he said, "Forget it, I'll go ask the otter."
Ji Xuehui glanced at the lake and quickly grabbed Xu Ying: "Hey, bubbles are coming! They've appeared!"
When Xu Ying turned around, he saw the scene of "fish heads crowding around".
Xu Ying squatted down by the lake, puzzled. "What were you doing just now? Were you having a party?"
A small Taimen said, "No, the fish food that Station Master Xu made is delicious. We've been squatting in the lake, waiting for the food to soak in the water and sink."
[Grandma said we have to trick all the fish food out of Station Master Xu before we show up again.]
“Crash—”
As soon as the little Taimen fish finished saying this, it was whipped to the side by the tail of an oversized Taimen fish.
The one who came was the ancestor of the Taimen tribe, Taimen Grandma.
[Stationmaster Xu, don't listen to that grandson's nonsense just now. Children speak without restraint.]
"Okay, don't explain, I understand." Xu Ying patted the fish food crumbs on his hands. Grandma Taimen was really cunning.
"Since I've given you all the fish food, you should also tell me if you've found any clues~"
[Yes, yes.] Grandma Taimen blew bubbles: [Quick, bring me the witness fish!]
Soon, several oversized Taimen came over, driving a group of small fish.
This posture is like chasing away criminals.
The small fish that were driven over were a group of naked heavylipped fish, which the locals also called mountain whitefish or stone flower fish. The meat was very delicious and rich in fat... The more Xu Ying thought about it, the more deviant it became, and he quickly stopped his thoughts. After all, these small fish that were driven over looked pitiful enough.
[Webmaster, this is it.]
A mountain whitebait trembled in fear surrounded by taimen: [A long time ago, when the lake was frozen solid with only a few holes in the ice, my family was diving in the lake when we suddenly heard a thud. A long, heavy object fell through the hole in the ice into the lake.]
[It turned out to be the corpse of a two-legged beast!]
[We immediately scattered in fear, and I swam to the edge of the ice hole in a panic.]
[A man wearing glasses is seen squatting next to an ice hole, gasping for breath.]
Xu Ying's tone was surprised: "So it was a man wearing glasses who threw the body into the icy lake?"
[It must be him!]
The mountain whitefish swung its tail: "Aren't fish usually afraid of people? But this biped saw me suddenly jump out of the water, so frightened that it fell backwards to the ground."
"Is he afraid of you? He must have done something wrong to be so frightened by a fish."
Xu Ying had a vague feeling that they had a good chance of finding the murderer. "Xiaoyu, Xiaoyu, can you describe him in detail, including what color clothes he was wearing?"
(End of this chapter)
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