Soul Patch

Chapter 211 Top Suspect

The North District Police Station in M ​​City is conducting a tense investigation into the murder of Li Shiman.

Aside from Wenjie appearing to be doing nothing, the police officers seemed to be on fast-forward, retrieving data, writing statements, collecting evidence and conducting tests, comparing samples, reviewing surveillance footage... each task was progressing rapidly and systematically.

Old Li from the technical department, along with two other police officers and Xiao Liu, the network administrator from Huahai Group, sat in front of the computer, watching the surveillance footage from the 16th floor.

They sped up the video to four times the normal speed and identified the people who entered Li Shiman's office throughout the day, focusing on the period between 2:00 PM and 4:30 PM.

The forensic doctor's preliminary assessment was that Li Shiman's cause of death was a sharp weapon causing an injury to her chest, leading to excessive blood loss.

Judging from the injuries sustained by the deceased, Li Shiman, it's likely that she survived for no more than two hours from the time she was injured until she bled to death.

Of course, this is based on the premise that the testimony provided by the first eyewitness, Wen Jie, is accurate.

If the deceased, Li Shiman, already showed no vital signs when Wenjie arrived at the crime scene, then the time of her murder would likely have to be pushed back further.

"We need to pay close attention to anyone who enters Li Shiman's office after 1 p.m.!" Old Li thought for a moment and said thoughtfully.

Several people stared intently at the rapidly playing video. The network administrator, Xiao Liu, soon couldn't take it anymore. His eyes ached, and his head felt like it was about to explode from receiving so much visual information.

He closed his eyes, rubbed them, and slowly said, "I can't take it anymore, I'm going blind!"

The three police officers beside him were all focused on the surveillance footage and ignored him.

After stopping and starting two or three times, Xiao Liu watched the footage of the police finally arriving at the crime scene and let out a long sigh: "Finally done! Ugh! This is no human job!"

He immediately felt the cold, menacing gazes all around him, and quickly changed his words, saying, "Officer, don't... don't mind me, I meant you've all worked so hard! Really, so hard, from the bottom of my heart."

At this crucial time in solving the case, who had time to waste talking to him? Old Li patted the network administrator on the shoulder and said, "Go help over there. They're checking everyone who's entering and leaving the building. You're an employee of Huahai, so you're familiar with the people. Circle any suspicious people you see immediately."

After patting Xiao Liu on the shoulder, Lao Li saw that Xiao Liu was so frightened that his face was paralyzed, suppressed a laugh, got up and left the office.

Screening of people entering and leaving the building?

Are you kidding me? There are thousands of people working in Huahai Building alone. Add to that the property management staff, cleaners, security guards, material handlers, maintenance workers, customers, and business associates, and the number is just too many...

How do we investigate this?
Xiao Liu slumped in his chair, staring blankly at the police officers sitting in front of the computer. Their eyes were constantly scanning the screen, and they seemed to be in a trance, sometimes not even bothering to wipe the sweat from their foreheads.

When Lao Li arrived at the administrative team, Xiao Zhang was organizing the transcripts he had just taken.

“Xiao Zhang, Wenjie is not allowed to be released on bail,” Old Li said firmly.

"He's just a suspect now? He was just yelling about wanting to see a lawyer. If he really goes through the bail process, there's nothing we can do to stop him," Xiao Zhang said helplessly to Lao Li, saving the document he was typing.

Old Li picked up the clues he had just compiled from reviewing the surveillance footage and said seriously:

“We reviewed the surveillance footage from 1 p.m. when we arrived at the crime scene. Four people entered that office that afternoon: Wenjie twice, Wang Hui once, a female employee once, and a cleaning lady once.”

Li Shiman has never gone out either.

文杰1:30进入到死者李诗曼办公室，13:58离开。13:39王辉推门而入，在门口停留了十几二十秒就关门离开了。

After Wang Hui left, he said something to his colleagues in the office area with a smile. Everyone ran to the door of the deceased Li Shiman's office to watch. The crowd lasted for more than ten minutes, during which no one pushed the door open and entered.

At 13:53, a female employee knocked on the door and entered, then quickly left, which should have taken about thirty seconds.

The cleaning staff entered the room at 15:20 PM and left at 15:30 PM.

之后就是16:21文杰再次进入办公室，16:30我们接到报警电话，我们赶到现场的时候差不多16:50。“

"Huh? The cleaning staff stayed for 10 minutes?" Xiao Zhang looked at Lao Li with a puzzled expression.

"So, Wenjie and that cleaning lady are the most suspicious," Old Li nodded and said.

Xiao Zhang frowned, hesitated, and shook his head. He was more suspicious of the cleaning staff. However, this was just a guess. Solving cases required evidence, so he changed the subject and asked, "What did the forensic doctor say about the time of the victim's death?"

"They haven't said anything yet!" Old Li was also very anxious about this. If the exact time of the murder were revealed, the scope of their screening and surveillance would be greatly reduced.

"Brother Li, send the surveillance screenshots of the cleaning lady and that female employee to Captain Wu. I'll call Captain Wu right now. It seems we'll have to ask them to come to the police station."

"it is good."

Team Leader Wu received a call from Xiao Zhang and quickly located Wang Yawen from the administration department who had entered Li Shiman's office that afternoon. After inquiring about the situation, he felt that she was basically ruled out as a suspect and asked her to write down the details and time and sign it to finish the job.

However, we couldn't find the cleaning staff anywhere in the Huahai Building.

这个时候，法医给出了李诗曼的死亡时间：16:00-16:30，以此推测她遇害时间应该在13:30-15:30。

According to Wang Yawen's statement from the administration department, Li Shiman was having a normal conversation with Director Wen in the office at 13:53, when she entered the office to hand in her employee ID.

Therefore, the time of the murder could be shifted from 13:30 to 13:53.
This did not rule out Wenjie's suspicion, but considering that Wenjie discovered Li Shiman's murder and took the initiative to call the police.

The eight cleaning staff members under the administration department have been checked, and none of them are the cleaning staff they are looking for. This means that someone impersonated a cleaning staff member to infiltrate the Huahai Building and entered the crime scene during the time Li Shiman was murdered. This person is very likely the murderer who killed Li Shiman.

Captain Wu called Xiao Zhang and listed the woman posing as a cleaner as the prime suspect in the case, launching a city-wide search.

"Captain Wu, Wenjie's lawyer has arrived and wants to bail him out. What do you think..." Xiao Zhang asked in a low voice.

After pondering for a while, Captain Wu exhaled a breath of stale air and said, "Permission granted."

Although it was known that Wenjie's suspicion had not been ruled out, all the evidence pointed to this person who was impersonating a cleaner.

This young master of the Wen family has a special identity. It is said that on his very first day of officially joining Huahai International, he got involved in this matter. Considering the impact on the outside world, Huahai will do everything possible to get him out of this mess.

If Wenjie is detained at this point, Huahai International will definitely have to keep negotiating with the police station. They won't even have time to solve the case, let alone negotiate with their lawyers.

Moreover, according to his analysis, Wenjie's release on bail might actually have an unexpected effect on solving the case in order to clear his name.

Sending out a helpful ally is better than keeping him in the police station and making enemies in Huahai!
(End of this chapter)