Can We Say No to Divorce?-Chapter 809 - 560: Side Story—Unraveling the Threads (1)

Chapter 809: Chapter 560: Side Story—Unraveling the Threads (1)

Qiao Xiaoyan could naturally sense Zhu Ying’s hostility toward her.

Bai Ye, however, was completely protective of Qiao Xiaoyan. He furrowed his thick brows and harshly said to Zhu Ying, "Watch your mouth!"

Zhu Ying arrogantly replied, "It’s not like our city doesn’t have any forensic doctors. Why should we get a forensic doctor from City A?"

Bai Ye’s face darkened, "This is none of your business. You can go back to City A!"

"I’m not going back!" Zhu Ying remained extremely arrogant and willful.

Qiao Xiaoyan, however, didn’t say anything. If she could have been as persistent and audacious as Zhu Ying in her youth, would she have stayed by Song Xuyao’s side?

Or perhaps missing out on Song Xuyao was what led her to meet Bai Ye.

"Xiaoyan, you haven’t finished speaking!" Bai Ye looked at her.

Qiao Xiaoyan nodded, "If Fenghua No. 1 is overdosed, it doesn’t cause immediate death, so Shen Feng still cannot be ruled out as a suspect."

"So you’re saying the crime could still have occurred between 6 and 8 o’clock." Bai Ye understood, "But Shen Feng hasn’t said what he was doing. Have you discovered anything on your side?"

Qiao Xiaoyan analyzed, "If it really was Shen Feng, he would wear protection. There’s no sign of a struggle at the scene, and the Maca Flower also didn’t have any DNA or other traces left on it. Plus, Shen Feng is skilled in counter-investigation; he would certainly anticipate these things. Let’s see if the Forensic Department has any further news."

As Qiao Xiaoyan was saying this, Bai Ye received a message from the Forensic Department: "On Xu Ruowei’s clothes, there are traces of a special plant, the same one used to produce Fenghua No. 1..."

Bai Ye checked the surveillance recordings, "Xu Ruowei arrived at the hotel around 5 PM and left around 6 PM after changing clothes, which means she went to the botanical garden afterwards..."

Bai Ye immediately notified Xiao Ma to go check the botanical garden for any useful information.

Qiao Xiaoyan suddenly remembered, "Da Bai..."

Bai Ye, understanding her thoughts, replied, "Right..."

The two exchanged smiles and prepared to head out together.

Zhu Ying, observing them from the side, immediately exclaimed, "I’m coming too!"

Moreover, seeing their harmony and hearing Qiao Xiaoyan call Bai Ye "Da Bai," she wasn’t happy at all.

Bai Ye and Qiao Xiaoyan’s thoughts aligned; Shen Feng and Xu Ruowei’s absence from the dining table seemed suspicious.

Additionally, Xu Ruowei had been in a consistently excited state, and investigating whether she had any relations with this young project manager was still pending!

Furthermore, on their previous route to the botanical garden, there was a place Xu Ruowei had always liked, which she had even recommended to Bai Ye and Qiao Xiaoyan.

However, Zhu Ying was insistent on following them.

Bai Ye naturally didn’t want her to come along, but Qiao Xiaoyan didn’t mind.

So, the three of them went back to that part of the Primordial Forest.

The mutual understanding between Bai Ye and Qiao Xiaoyan was something Zhu Ying couldn’t interrupt.

With a single glance or movement, the two knew each other’s intentions.

Zhu Ying didn’t know what they were looking for here. She watched them, but they said nothing.

Qiao Xiaoyan, holding a tool in her hand, searched the ground inch by inch, looking for any new findings.

"Found it..." Qiao Xiaoyan exclaimed, spotting a used condom in a crack in the rocks. She quickly picked it up with tweezers and placed it in an evidence bag.

Bai Ye was also pleased. The two continued to search and found used tissues discarded not far away, which Qiao Xiaoyan picked up and placed into the evidence bag.

After searching further, finding nothing more, Bai Ye hurriedly sent someone to deliver the evidence to forensics for testing.

The test results came in; the DNA on the condom was indeed Xu Ruowei’s bodily fluids, while the semen belonged to Shen Feng, which presented irrefutable evidence that Shen Feng could no longer deny.

When Bai Ye interrogated Shen Feng again, he could only say, "Indeed, Xu always and I had outdoor fun, but I didn’t kill her!"

"Why did you hide this relationship?" Bai Ye stared at him.

Shen Feng replied with a self-deprecating laugh, "She said she liked me, which made everyone think I was a kept man, that I got the project manager position through her connections. How could I live with that? With her, apart from a superior-subordinate relationship, we were just friends with benefits. We only did stuff, never talked about anything else. I wouldn’t kill her!"

"You would!" Bai Ye said sternly, "Because of her, you could never lift your head high, so you killed her to free yourself!"

"That’s just your speculation!" Shen Feng stubbornly refused to admit to murder.

At this time, Bai Ye received a message from Xiao Ma: "Brother Bai, the three Fenghua No. 1s in the safe are missing!"

"Alright, I got it!" Bai Ye hung up the phone, "Shen Feng, you stole the three Fenghua No. 1s from Xu Ruowei’s safe, didn’t you?"

"No!" Shen Feng shook his head, "I don’t know the password; these items are company secrets. There’s no way I could have accessed them!"

"They’re missing now!" Bai Ye’s eyes were incredibly sharp.

No matter how Bai Ye asked, Shen Feng continued to claim ignorance!

...

Su Tianqing went to meet Chen Lin, who seemed to have anticipated Su Tianqing’s visit, but he didn’t see another figure, Gan Zi.

"If I say I’m innocent, would you believe me?" Chen Lin looked at him.

Su Tianqing gazed at him, "The two cases aren’t intended to be combined for investigation. Why talk about innocence or not?"

Chen Lin, however, said, "What if I say the killer in both cases is the same person?"

"Evidence?" Su Tianqing’s tone was consistently a bit haughty.

Chen Lin looked at Su Tianqing, wanting to take a gamble, so he said, "I want to live!"

Su Tianqing frowned, understanding deeply the feeling of death, and perhaps his words struck a chord, "I’ll do my best to help you! But I need to hear the truth."

Chen Lin immediately said, "What I want is a document, a document guaranteeing my life!"

"Do you think I run the prosecutor’s office or the courts?" Su Tianqing said crossly, "Anyone who’s made a mistake has to face punishment, as you know with my former father-in-law! He’s no different!"

"I’ve heard!" Chen Lin nodded, "That’s why Song Ziyu won’t agree to be with you! Why don’t you grant someone a break?"

"Who granted my deceased girlfriend a break?" Su Tianqing said earnestly.

Chen Lin laughed, "So, Song Ziyu will never be with you..."

Su Tianqing remained silent.

After a while, he said, "Even if you don’t tell me, I’ll find out! Of course, I hope you live, at least long enough to see me with Ziyu! I don’t care who the murderer is, but you killed your sister and Chen Hui, and your crimes won’t be light! There’s a mastermind behind this, and I’ll uncover them. I won’t let anyone else get hurt."

Some feelings are already entangled enough to deeply trap someone, so Su Tianqing didn’t think too much about it.

Since he’d come to the town, he wouldn’t allow anyone to wreak havoc here anymore.

When Su Tianqing left, he called Gu Qingchen: "Doctor Gu, it’s me... Su Tianqing..."

"What’s up?" Gu Qingchen was playing with a child.

Su Tianqing spoke earnestly, "Chen Lin is a doctor. He killed someone, mimicking Jack the Ripper’s case, but there’s a point of doubt, he hasn’t been involved in serial killings. I want your help with something!"

"Speak!" Gu Qingchen listened, seemingly worried that such bloody talk might affect the little princess, so he moved aside.

Su Tianqing said, "I suspect Chen Lin might have had some abnormal behavior in his youth. For example, his affection wasn’t for other girls, but for his own sister. Since he studied medicine, could you help investigate if he had any incidents in this area?"