Genius Detective - Chapter 336

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In the next two days, Chen Shi and Lin Dongxue visited the parties to the sexual assault cases . They were children when they were assaulted by Zheng Guohao . Now, they had just entered society and the things from the past lingered around like everlasting shadows . It was cruel to re-open their scars and wonder if they were suspects of the murders .

Even though Lin Dongxue was as gentle and sympathetic as possible, the interview process was still very sad and painful .

However, after verifying the testimony of these girls one by one, Chen Shi found that they were unlikely to be suspects . Of course, it was not ruled out that some of them may have forged their alibis, but when Chen Shi faced them, his intuition told him that he didn’t need to suspect them .

The murderer showed not only enthusiasm for revenge, but also a meticulous technique and no traces of a consciousness . Chen Shi felt that the murderer was not an ordinary person . He even had the idea that the murderer might not be a victim but was playing the role of a punisher . The executioner of scum .

On the morning of May 24th, Chen Shi went to the bureau . Lin Dongxue saw his face and asked, “Did you not sleep well?”

“Last night, I just rolled around back and forth . This is the most uncomfortable part of the process . ”

“Is it so difficult to quit smoking?”

“I’m talking about the case . It’s in a frozen state with no leads . ”

“Let's go . It's time for the meeting . ”

At the case discussion meeting, everyone summarized the clues on hand . Peng Sijue’s autopsy report confirmed that the weapon used was one and the same . Attorney Bai died at 11:00PM on May 20th, just three hours after he spoke with the police .



The cup found in Attorney Bai's house was tested, only to contain soda . Both cups had the same findings . The killer wiped their fingerprints and lip prints while cleaning .

The footprints in Attorney Bai's house were still very vague, similar to the second set of footprints in Zheng Guohao's house .

In the surveillance video materials, nobody was found entering or leaving Zheng Guohao’s community in a group of two . Attorney Bai's community didn’t have surveillance footage at all . At about 10:45PM, something suddenly flew towards the camera and everything had been blank since .

The technicians repeatedly watched the videos and confirmed that it was done by a slingshot . The murderer broke the camera with a slingshot before entering the attorney’s area .

However, there was also good news . The object that broke the camera was still embedded in the camera . Although there were no fingerprints on it, there was some plant fragrance remaining . There are hundreds of perfumes that match this, but it was certain that it’s a violet’s fragrance .

Lin Qiupu printed out the photos of the people who were even slightly suspicious in the footage found in Zheng Guohao’s community and handed them around . The killer didn’t have superpowers and the security at the community was tight, so the killer should be among these people .


These photos were very blurry and they couldn’t see the face clearly even after technical processing . They could only roughly identify the physical features .

Chen Shi shook his head and said, “This is basically a boat quest for swords . ”

“When you express your opinions, just express it . Don't express it using your subjective opinions . ” Lin Qiupu reminded him .



“Is it not okay to use an idiom?” Chen Shi smiled . “The murderer is a very smart person . If I were the murderer, I would definitely change my clothes after leaving the crime scene . There is one thing you didn't notice . . . ”

“Tell us!”

“Zheng Guohao took murderer A home . Where did they meet? In the community? It should really be outside . The murderer A came in Zheng Guohao's car . ”

“Zheng Guohao's car did indeed come in at 12:00, but the windows were tinted, so we couldn't see the inside . . . Murderer B must have walked in later . ”

Chen Shi threw the photos one by one on the table as if he was playing with a deck of cards . “These physical appearances and heights don’t look like the people we’re looking for . They’re not the killers . The investigation scope needs to be larger . . . I don't think murderer B came in later . They probably arrived first and hid in the community!”

“Then, when do you think they left?”

“Somewhere between when you asked for the surveillance video and Attorney Bai getting killed . ”

“Does this count as detective reasoning?”

“No, it’s just thinking using a different angle . ”

Lin Qiupu laughed . “Why do you think the killer is as smart as you? The premise of our investigation is that the killer is an ordinary person . ”



“The killer is not an ordinary person . They are meticulous and fully prepared . They knew to use the slingshot to destroy the monitor . This shows that they have taken into account the problem of surveillance . Therefore, they must have ways to avoid the surveillance . This is not a revenge murder from a woman who has lost her rationale . It was a well-planned murder!”

“I understand, but why do you always say ‘if I were the murderer’ . ”

“This is my thinking habit . In most cases, I think from the murderer's point of view, not from the police's point of view . This is why I’m better than you . ” Chen Shi looked around at everyone, wondering if his words would make him sound arrogant .

“I hope you’re right! Xiaodong, go to Zheng Guohao’s neighborhood again and get all the surveillance videos from that day . ”

Chen Shi participated in watching the footage this time . A group of people stared at the video the whole day and finally locked onto a suspicious person . The person was dressed as a delivery person, wearing a hat . They were slender and walked like a woman .

After contacting the company to which the uniform belonged to, it was confirmed that during that day, no delivery person had been sent to this community .

The time that the person appeared was the same as what Chen Shi said . It was before murderer A was taken into the community in Zheng Guohao's car .

The delivery person seemed to have evaporated into thin air . There was only video of them entering, but not leaving . The police continued checking the footage after the crime and found that a suspicious vehicle left the neighborhood around 6:00PM .

The reason why it was suspicious was because every car entering and leaving the community had their plate number checked . The owner of this car claimed that his car was stolen the day before .

Murderers A and B were most likely sitting in that car . That is to say, after they committed the crime at 1:00PM, they didn’t leave in a hurry, but kept sitting in the car and waited until 6:00PM to drive away .

The police never expected that the killer would stay at the scene for so long before leaving .

Although Chen Shi was right, he wasn't happy about it . This method of avoiding monitoring gave him an inexplicable sense of familiarity . He suspected that the killer had previous experience or did some simulation exercises!

It was already evening, so Lin Qiupu bought dinner for everyone . He stuffed a box of chicken curry rice into Chen Shi's hands and said, “You were right about the time when the murderer entered and left . I can’t say I don’t have respect . ”

Chen Shi smiled and opened the takeaway box . “I like black pepper beef on rice . ”

“Don't take a foot when I give you an inch . . . Do you have any other opinions?”

“I think the murderer killed Attorney Bai completely to mislead the investigation . The only person they wanted to kill was Zheng Guohao . ”

“Why would it not be the other way around? Maybe killing Attorney Bai is the real purpose . Zheng Guohao may have just been collateral damage . Doesn’t this fit your cunning and clever image of the killer more?”

Chen Shi shook his head . “Would a woman who has been sexually assaulted hate the perpetrator or the lawyer?”

“Of course, it’s-” Lin Qiupu understood, took the rice away from Chen Shi's hand, and replaced it with black pepper beef on rice . “Starting tomorrow, we’ll expand the scope of the investigation and check the injustices made by Zheng Guohao . ”

Chen Shi nodded with gratitude, as if he saw a student of his was enlightened . “Maybe the case had never been tried in court . We should investigate the people around him again . ”

1 . While on a boat journey, they dropped a sword . He made a mark on the boat thinking that he will use that mark to find the sword again afterwards, but the boat moves while the sword stays in the same place . This is an idiom used to describe stubborn acts .

2 . ”When you give an inch, they’ll take a foot” is used to express when people aren’t satisfied with small gains and are greedy for more .