Chapter 312: Strange Visitors at the Rescue Station
Ji Xuehui said arrogantly, "Why are you eating self-heating hot pot? Tomorrow I'll treat you to sour soup beef hot pot!"
Ji Xuehui and her colleagues excitedly took photos of the crime tools and tightened the evidence bags.
Xu Ying was no longer needed here. She picked up the snow ferret and said, "Snow White, let's go back to our wooden house."
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The next morning, Xu Ying followed the police to Xishan Pharmaceutical Research Company carrying a refrigerated water tank.
When Zhao Yicheng was called to the supervisor's office, he saw the police in the office and looked surprised: "Comrade police, what are you doing?"
Zhao Yichen is very tall, estimated to be about 1.83 meters tall, with regular facial features, which fits the image of a handsome senior in girls' minds.
Ji Xuehui took out the fingerprint extraction tool and said, "Please cooperate with us to extract the fingerprint."
"Are you accusing me of murder? Are you mistaken?"
Zhao Yicheng smiled bitterly, feeling offended by being suspected of being the murderer. "I've been on a business trip lately."
Ji Xuehui looked at him sternly: "Stop talking nonsense and put your hands up."
Zhao Yichen reached out and placed his fingerprint on the fingerprint extraction machine.
Xu Ying walked up to Zhao Yichen with the refrigerated water tank in his hand.
"Who are you? Why are you carrying this bucket of fish?" Zhao Yichen felt confused and subconsciously wanted to avoid it.
Immediately, a police officer grabbed him from behind.
Xu Ying smiled faintly at him: "This is a psychological test that can determine whether a person is the murderer related to the case."
"There's actually this kind of psychological test. Are you sure you're not lying to me?"
Zhao Yicheng shrugged: "If it really works, then we don't need detectives to solve cases."
Xu Ying looked at his calm appearance, and then looked through the transparent glass at the witness fish in the refrigerated water tank that was excitedly blowing bubbles and wagging its tail.
The alpine whitebait in the water tank was already frantically reminding Xu Ying: [Stationmaster Xu, this is the man who threw the body out of the ice hole that day!]
Xu Ying's lips curled up into a smile. "The psychological test results are in."
"What's the result?" Zhao Yicheng said in a calm tone, "This fish tells you that I'm a murderer. Are you police going to arrest me right now based on the results of this psychological test?"
"This is against the rules, haven't I offended anyone?"
Seeing the murderer still looking innocent and fearless, Xu Ying stiffened his fists and said, "You know whether you have done anything wrong or not."
Ji Xuehui handed the collected fingerprint samples to the technicians of the identification department.
Then he turned to look at Zhao Yicheng and said, "The fingerprint comparison results will be out in about an hour. Mr. Zhao, please stay in the company for this hour and do not leave your post without permission."
Zhao Yicheng straightened his white coat and said, "The project is rushing to progress, so of course I won't leave."
After saying that, he walked out of the office.
An hour later, the fingerprint comparison results came out.
Ji Xuehui suppressed her excitement and brought two police officers to Zhao Yichen's laboratory. Without saying a word, she handcuffed Zhao Yichen and carried him out of the laboratory.
This scene attracted many people in the company to watch, after all, Zhao Yichen was the talk of their company.
"Oh my god, is the murderer Brother Zhao?"
"Isn't Senior Brother Zhao on a business trip? How could he kill Lin Qing at that time?"
"Brother Zhao and Lin Qing have no grudges against each other and are not even familiar with each other. Why would he kill Lin Qing?"
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When Zhao Yichen was taken away from the laboratory by the police, there was still an expression of disbelief and anger on his face.
His voice trembled slightly with anger. "Are you police officers so careless in handling cases? You arrest people without solid evidence?"
Ji Xuehui's expression was stern as she took out a silver key from the evidence bag. "This is the laboratory key we found next to the body of the deceased Lin Qing. Both your fingerprints and the deceased's fingerprints were detected on it."
"That's impossible." Zhao Yicheng's pupils suddenly contracted, and then he forced himself to remain calm and said, "I did lose a key, and it might have been found by Lin Qing from the same company. Does that prove I committed murder?"
Xu Ying slowly stepped forward, tapping the test report on the tablet with her fingertips. "Officer Ji hasn't finished speaking yet. Your fingerprints not only appear on the key, but also completely match the murder weapon we found at the bottom of the snow cliff."
"Ridiculous!" Zhao Yicheng heard the words "crime tools" and cold sweat broke out on his forehead. "I was on a business trip on the day of the incident and was not in this city at all!"
Ji Xuehui sneered: "According to the airline's records, you did purchase a ticket, but you didn't even board the plane. Instead, you changed to another flight early the next morning."
"That's because... I was delayed due to an emergency!" Zhao Yicheng's voice began to waver. "The airport staff can prove that I stayed in the terminal all night!"
"Witnesses can be bribed," Ji Xuehui pressed. "But only your fingerprints were detected on the hemp rope used to strangle Lin Qing and the nylon bag used to transport the body. How do you explain this?"
Zhao Yicheng opened his mouth, but no sound came out. The gazes of his colleagues were like thorns in his back, and whispers pierced his ears like venomous snakes:
"I didn't expect that the usually gentle and polite Senior Zhao would..."
"Lin Qing was really strangled to death by Senior Zhao. How cruel! Why did he do that?"
“You can only know a person’s face but not his heart.”
Amidst the horrified gazes of the crowd, Zhao Yicheng's legs buckled, and as the police carried him out, his trouser legs still trembled. He glanced back at the laboratory one last time, his eyes unfocused.
Xu Ying poked the transparent glass of the frozen water tank: "Thank you, Xiaoyu~"
Xu Ying sprinkled a handful of fish food into the transparent water tank. The mountain whitefish in the tank swam happily and swallowed one fish at a time.
[You're welcome, Xiao Xu, I've been eating well these past few days~]
[The fish food you made is so delicious!]
A mountain whitebait swims on its back in the tank, looking quite content. [Stationmaster Xu, when will we return to the icy lake?]
Xu Ying returned to the police car carrying the refrigerated water tank. She smiled and asked, "Are you homesick so soon? Are you uncomfortable with the environment here?"
The alpine whitefish replied seriously: "Although I'm happy lying in this little villa, eating and drinking, I'm already missing my fellow fish on the icy lake."
"Okay, I'll take you home today." Xu Ying looked at the scenery that was getting farther and farther away in the rearview mirror. It was time for her to go back.
At noon, Ji Xuehui treated Xu Ying to a sour soup beef hotpot. In the afternoon, the police officers from Xishan Police Station drove Xu Ying to the foot of Xishan Mountain. Xu Ying's snowmobile was parked in the parking lot at the foot of the mountain.
Xu Ying sped all the way, and an hour later, the snowmobile approached the rescue station.
From afar, she saw two girls with childish faces sitting on the steps in front of the shelter.
(End of this chapter)
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