How I Tamed My Wolfish Husband Back in 80s-Chapter 415 - 417: Insights_1

The next day, after Li Qiao finished her morning classes, she was preparing to go home to visit her child.

Mao Yawen found her through a teacher, "Li Qiao."

"Yawen, how come you have time to drop by?" Li Qiao was surprised, they weren’t very close, could she have come to visit her?

Mao Yawen explained the reason.

The situation was this, residents living near where the body was found had collectively written a letter to the authorities, requesting that the case be solved quickly to restore a safe living environment. The sub-bureau, which had limited conditions for solving cases, had thus transferred the case to the higher-level detective squad where Mao Yawen worked.

But it was the third day now, and the relatives of the deceased had still not been found.

That morning, the team had convened a meeting to discuss the case.

Because she had been involved in solving a major case last year, Mao Yawen mentioned her name during the meeting.

The team leader decided to have her follow up on the case as well.

Li Qiao naturally was willing to help, asked Professor Dai for some time off, and accompanied Mao Yawen to the squad.

After exchanging greetings with everyone,

Mao Yawen said, "You’ve been a forensic assistant before, let me take you to the autopsy room to see the body."

Li Qiao quickly waved her hand, "I don’t understand autopsies, I wouldn’t be able to find any issues, just give me the detailed report."

Mao Yawen handed the report to her.

Li Qiao carefully read it over.

The victim was female, 160 cm tall, and weighed about 45 kilograms.

Her age was between 19 and 25.

The time of death was over a week ago.

Her clothes were disheveled, personal garments were missing, and there were defects in her eyes and mouth.

There were no signs of violation on the lower half of her body, and she was still a virgin.

"We all suspect it was done by a pervert who specializes in stealing women’s intimate apparel," said Mao Yawen.

Li Qiao, "Even so, there’s no need to kill, right?"

"What do you think?"

Li Qiao analyzed, "Girls of this age group, if they are not yet married, are likely to be university students. Since no missing persons reports have been filed locally, we can almost rule out the local residents. And if a migrant worker from another place were missing for so many days, their factory would likely have reported it to the police.

So, she must be someone who has just arrived in Beijing, but looking at the photos you all took, her clothes seem like the kind that have just become popular in Beijing.

Thus, the probability is high that she was a university student.

Like me, I only need to inform my professor if I want to take leave, and if I don’t return to school for seven or eight days, no one will seek me out."

"How can you be sure that the clothing is a style that has just become popular in Beijing?" a colleague nearby questioned.

Li Qiao, "My family is in the clothing business, and this style was first distributed from our shop."

"But all the clothes look similar, right?"

Li Qiao emphasized, "Not the same. This coat was a design that my grandma spent nearly a month on, making adjustments and refinements intermittently. It was a best-seller as soon as it was released." Qin Jin tasted the sweetness of creativity.

He was about to establish a studio and was recruiting designers to work on designs.

"Couldn’t she be a student from your university?"

Li Qiao, "Hard to say."

Mao Yawen recorded the relevant information and planned to post notices at the entrances of several universities.

One day later.

At Normal University in the western suburbs, two female students came to report a case. They said their roommate, Yan Lingzhi, matched the description on the notice very well. She had taken leave to go home to take care of her sick father, and hadn’t returned for nearly a month.

The university had tried to contact her multiple times.

But the telegrams they sent received no response.

Mao Yawen guessed it was her, but further confirmation was still needed.

She asked if the two students could help identify the deceased.

After wrestling with their thoughts, the two students agreed.

When the shroud was lifted, the two huddled together,

"It’s her, even though her face is ruined, we can still make out who it is."

"Lingzhi died too tragically."

Mao Yawen: "Did she have any grudges with anyone normally?"

"She shouldn’t have."

"No."

"Think carefully," Mao Yawen said.

The two fell silent for a while, then shook their heads: "Really not."

Li Qiao interjected, "Perhaps the murderer acted on impulse. Let’s go back to where the body was buried to see if we can find any clues."

Mao Yawen: "We’ve searched the area for miles, and since that wasn’t the primary crime scene, it’s tough to find clues. This is troubling." After getting Yan Lingzhi’s home address, she sent the two students away and contacted the local police to ask them to inform Yan Lingzhi’s family to come to Beijing to claim the body.

Li Qiao applied to return to the place where the body was buried.

Mao Yawen and another male colleague followed.

Upon arrival, the three of them surveyed the surrounding environment.

Although it was a secluded location in the park, it would be easy to get exposed if a murder took place there.

Li Qiao walked along the path the murderer might have used to transport the body and realized that if a local resident were the perpetrator, it would have been easy to succeed.

Li Qiao then shared his thoughts with Mao Yawen.

Mao Yawen: "Impossible, we have visited everyone in this area. If someone were suspicious, we would have discovered it."

Li Qiao: "In the earlier shooting case, the murderer faced the guards at the sentry post with a composure colder than even mine. Anyway, I suggest you investigate the ages of the young adults in the vicinity and look into their employment histories for the past few years. Whether or not to act on it is up to you, but I’ll be returning to school next Monday."

After considering, Mao Yawen said, "I’ll arrange it after I get back."

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Two days later, the detective team indeed came across a very useful clue.

A young man living alone near the park, named Jiang Zhonghan, was under heavy suspicion.

Two years ago, he worked at the security team of Normal University. He was fired for stealing female students’ undergarments, and the person who accused him was the victim, Yan Lingzhi.

When the detectives went to arrest and interrogate Jiang Zhonghan, he had already disappeared.

Searching his room, they discovered suspicious bloodstains.

Next was the citywide manhunt for Jiang Zhonghan, who was finally caught near the boundary between Beijing and the neighboring province.

According to his confession.

At the beginning of last year, he bought undergarments as a gift for his love interest but was accused by the deceased of stealing hers.

After that, he was fired because of this, and his love interest didn’t believe him and left him.

Two months later, the deceased approached him to apologize, admitting she found her undergarments tucked in her clothes and had mistakenly accused him after not finding them initially.

He asked her to explain the situation to the school.

She didn’t.

And they never saw each other again.

Not long ago, he encountered Yan Lingzhi on the streets, in the prime of her youth and full of zest. In contrast, he had become unemployed at home due to the theft accusation, facing pointing fingers every time he stepped outside. The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, and lured her out to murder her.

"Why did you destroy her eyes and mouth?"

"Who’s to blame for her being short-sighted, and who’s to blame for her wagging tongue? If it weren’t for her, I wouldn’t have ended up in such a state," Jiang Zhonghan said, clutching his head in pain.

"......"

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When Li Qiao learned of the outcome of the case, she was researching in the university library.

Her heart was filled with complex emotions.

Yan Lingzhi wronged someone without clarifying the facts and, upon discovering the truth, didn’t help to clear it up, allowing an honest young man to bear gossip and slander; that was indeed wrong.

Jiang Zhonghan too, he could have sought justice through legitimate means.

Though it might take longer, it would surely be better than taking a life and paying with his own, right?

Thinking this, she said, "Yawen, how will Jiang Zhonghan be sentenced?"

"I can’t say for certain; the law is heartless."

Li Qiao: "Next time you have a case, don’t look for me."

Mao Yawen: "....You’re not sympathizing with the murderer, are you?"

"Not really, it’s just that, well, I don’t know how to express it. According to my beliefs, Yan Lingzhi got what she deserved to some extent," Li Qiao said, quite conflicted.