Seeing the crime scene flashbacks made me the darling of the police station.

Chapter 48 Falling from a Building After Death
After seeing the scene, we left Club No. 7.

Zhuang Yanzheng had someone take Su Miaoyi to the autopsy center at the funeral home.

Zhuang Yanzheng led his men to ask those who had participated in the gathering.

The online buzz has been steadily rising, and the pressure from public opinion is immense. The bureau chief has only given them forty-eight hours to solve the case.

Time was ticking away, and everything was extremely urgent.

When they arrived at the autopsy center, Yan Cheng had already been there for a while. After communicating with the deceased's family, he performed an autopsy on the body.

When Su Miaoyi entered, Yan Cheng had just opened the victim's stomach wall.

She smelled alcohol.

The deceased had been drinking alcohol before his death.

A small amount of food residue in the stomach still needs to be tested.

Yan Cheng and the forensic doctor from the branch office performed the autopsy together.

Su Miaoyi stood to the side watching, mentally processing the autopsy results of the corpse.

Then her gaze lingered on the deceased's wounds.

With Yan Cheng's permission, she touched the wound with her fingers, but saw nothing.

There wasn't even a fleeting glimpse of the scene.

Su Miaoyi didn't see anything until they finished dissecting the body.

She couldn't help but feel a little anxious.

But I can't see anything.

Why can't I see it?

What exactly is the mechanism that allows us to see the image?

After finishing their work here, Yan Cheng and Su Miaoyi returned to the Municipal Bureau first.

When I arrived at the Municipal Bureau, it was already past 5 p.m.

The two went straight into the conference room for a meeting.

Su Miaoyi entered the conference room for the first time to participate in the case discussion.

Although she hasn't signed the contract yet, Zhuang Yanzheng has already treated her as a consultant.

After sitting down, Qi Feng first introduced the case and the deceased, and then continued, "The owner of Club No. 7 is Jiang Lingjie, male, 33 years old, and he and the deceased Xia Yan were lovers. According to the people at the gathering last night, they had been together for more than three years. We have also confirmed this with Xia Yan's agent and assistant."

The screen in front showed the layout of the fifth floor of the private club.

Qi Feng stood in front of the screen and pointed at it, saying, "After midnight last night, their gathering was all on the top floor, which is the fifth floor. The entire fifth floor area is very large."

He showed the entire fifth floor.

There is also a swimming pool on the fifth-floor balcony.

“According to those who attended yesterday’s gathering, everyone except the deceased Xia Yan and Jiang Lingjie was by the pool in the early hours of the morning, and they can all testify to each other. Based on the details that everyone recalled about each other, it can also be proven that everyone who participated in the gathering was by the pool,” Qi Feng said. “At that time, they were preparing to play a game and were discussing the rules.”

"Around 1 a.m., the boss, Jiang Lingjie, said he had something to do and told them to play first, then he left," Qi Feng said. "Then around 2 a.m., the people who were playing the game suddenly heard the security guards downstairs shouting that someone had jumped off the building."

"Because the swimming pool was located on the fifth-floor balcony, which was open-air, everyone heard it. Everyone first looked down from the pool balcony but didn't see anything, so they went into the fifth floor together and finally found the spot where the deceased jumped."

"Almost everyone acted together; there was no time for individual crimes."

"The people at the gathering also said that Jiang Lingjie and Xia Yan weren't with them from the beginning. After all, they're a couple, and it's normal for them to want to be alone together," Qi Feng said. "Later, when Jiang Lingjie left, they assumed Xia Yan had left with him." "Did Jiang Lingjie really leave?" Su Miaoyi asked.

Qi Feng said, "The security cameras inside the club were all turned off after midnight, but the cameras on the street outside the club captured Jiang Lingjie driving away from the club at 1:12 a.m. It has been confirmed that the person captured on the camera is Jiang Lingjie himself."

Qi Feng displayed the screenshots from the surveillance footage on the screen and placed Jiang Lingjie's photo next to it for comparison.

Zhuang Yanzheng said, "We met Jiang Lingjie at the hospital."

Su Miaoyi tilted her head in confusion.

Zhuang Yanzheng continued, "He said he left the party last night because he felt unwell in his heart. He went to a nearby hospital for a checkup, but they couldn't find anything wrong. The hospital suggested he go to a larger hospital for further examination and observation. So he's hospitalized today."

"I went to the hospital to ask. Jiang Lingjie did go there in the early morning. There is a medical record with his real name. The doctor said his heart rate was very fast, but the blood test did not show any problems, so he was advised to go to a large hospital for a check-up."

I also took photos of the hospital's examination reports.

The time for the inspection and the time for the results are listed above.

Because I went to the emergency room and there weren't many people there at night, the results came out quickly.

"Where is the person who broke the news on live stream? Why did they start live streaming so early in the morning?" Su Miaoyi asked.

“He was also a member of the gathering,” Zhuang Yanzheng said. “He said he was supposed to do a live stream last night, but he forgot. He went live early this morning to apologize to his fans, and he let it slip during the chat. I checked his fan group, and he was indeed supposed to do a live stream last night.”

However, it's hard to say whether it was a genuine accidental slip or intentional.

Su Miaoyi did not speak.

Zhuang Yanzheng began to recount his findings at the scene.

"The fingerprints, footprints, and hair samples collected at the scene were all matched with those of the people who gathered last night."

"At the scene, in a private room on the fifth floor, occult blood was found using a occult blood blue light test. It was mainly on the floor next to the sofa."

Zhuang Yanzheng showed everyone the photos.

It was a pool of occult blood, with obvious signs of wiping around it.

After wiping, it was not visible to the naked eye, but after being sprayed with the occult blood blue light reagent, it became visible.

"A drop of blood was extracted from the bottom edge of the sofa, and after comparison, it was found to be the blood of the deceased Xia Yan," Zhuang Yanzheng said.

It was the drop of blood that Chu Xingrou discovered, which had almost blended into the dark sofa.

"Footprints and fingerprints were found at the window from which the deceased fell."

“I’ve tried it. Without a stool or other support, I can’t stand on the window. Also, the positions of the footprints and fingerprints don’t seem to fit the position where a person could use them for leverage and to stabilize their body,” Su Miaoyi naturally picked up where Zhuang Yanzheng left off.

This very familiar teamwork caused him to be stunned for two seconds.

Yan Cheng and the other police officers couldn't help but glance at Su Miaoyi and Zhuang Yanzheng.

Zhuang Yanzheng quickly regained his senses and looked at the information in his hand: "The location where the body fell is also problematic."

He paused deliberately after he finished speaking, and Su Miaoyi subconsciously continued, "Our measurements and calculations show that the location of the deceased's fall does not match that of a suicide fall; it is much closer to the wall than a suicide fall."

“We can see that from the photos we took.” Su Miaoyi looked at the screen.

Zhuang Yanzheng changed the screen to a photo of the exterior of the clubhouse.

Su Miaoyi continued, "The building is straight up and down, with nothing obstructing the view. Therefore, based on the existing evidence, it is more likely that the person fell after death or fell accidentally."

(End of this chapter)