roccoschili Chapter 107 Holmeslin Returns
Chapter 107 Holmeslin Returns
Lin Guiying was very happy, laughed heartily, and slapped her thigh, "That's great! When are you coming?"
"I'll send them over once this case is solved."
"Okay, it's settled then. I won't let them suffer any losses. Their wages will depend on their work performance, and we'll decide on that later."
Lin Guiying had resolved a major issue on her mind, and she found Yan Feng and the other man much more agreeable.
The next morning, former principal Su Yushan received a phone call. A hearty laugh came from the other end, "Hahaha, Old Su, long time no see!"
A dignified, square-faced man appeared in Su Yushan's mind. "Hahaha, Lao Niu, what made you think of calling me?"
This man was none other than Police Chief Niu Lanshan. "Here's the thing, I need to borrow someone from you..."
"Anyway, I'll be troubling Xiaoxi a lot in the future, so I'm just letting you know in advance."
Su Yushan lifted his surprised jaw. "Okay, okay, no problem, but you have to make sure she's safe. She's my only precious daughter..."
After hanging up the phone, Su Yushan sighed repeatedly, "Is this what genius is? He can do any job, and he'll excel at anything..."
Tsk, how did you end up reciting a tongue twister?
Yan Feng picked up Lin Xi and put her in the car, then began to explain the case.
This man was a well-known company CEO who died of poisoning in a bar on Qingming Festival. It was the receptionist who called the police.
I thought it was a clear-cut poisoning case.
Strangely, the poison wasn't administered through the alcohol, but rather through the buttocks.
The autopsy revealed that the man only had needle marks on his buttocks. The poison did not have an active process; once injected into the body, it would cause instant death.
Therefore, the murderer must have been in the bar that day.
However, the surveillance footage revealed that the man only drank one drink before falling asleep on the bar counter, and did not have any contact with anyone except the waiter who poured him the drink.
The waiter was separated from him by a bar counter and was constantly busy, so there was no suspicion that he had committed a crime.
The nearest customers passing by were at least two meters away from him, making it even less likely.
The police focused their attention on the stool, perhaps because it contained needles that had been placed there beforehand.
However, the forensic team almost disassembled the stool but found nothing unusual. They conducted countless on-site inspections and reviewed the surveillance footage countless times, but found no residual needles and no evidence that the stool had been switched.
Moreover, the stool was spotless before the man sat down.
So, how exactly was this poison administered?
While questioning the customers from that day, the police also investigated the man's background.
The man's name is Zhao Liyi, he is in his early forties, divorced three years ago, and is currently single.
He doesn't have a lover, but occasionally visits prostitutes. He's said to be quite generous, always paying double the price, and never staying overnight.
He is doing fairly well in business, is shrewd, good at flattery, and has no enemies.
The company's employees say that the boss is very kind and always pays overtime.
He has many friends, but none of them are close to him; they can only be considered business partners.
My ex-wife and son have been living in another city for a long time and we've lost contact with them.
To date, the police have not found any suspects, and there has been no progress in the case.
The only point of entry is to figure out how the murderer managed to inject Zhao Liyi in the buttocks without ever touching him.
After hearing this, Lin Xi's mind was in a mess. How could she possibly help?
She tentatively asked Yan Feng, "So... what do you need me for?"
Yan Feng pondered for a while, then smiled wryly and said, "To be honest, we don't know either."
He then looked at her meaningfully and said, "The main problem is that we don't know what you're good at."
Lin Xi: ...
I don't even know what I'm good at...
"Let's go check out the stools first."
I have good eyesight, so maybe I can spot something different.
Deng Dawei, from the trace evidence department, saw the little girl in front of him and touched his bald patch.
"Fengzi, you said she's...an advisor?"
Yan Feng nodded. "It was personally appointed by the bureau chief."
David Deng shrugged. "Okay."
He then opened the door, pointed to the stool in the middle, and said, "This is it."
Lin Xi examined the stool carefully several times, turning it over and over.
There was nothing unusual about it; it was just an ordinary stool.
That's true. The trace evidence department isn't just sitting around doing nothing; if there were any problems, they would have discovered them long ago.
"Brother Yan Feng, let's go check the surveillance footage again."
Deng Dawei shook his head helplessly when he saw the little girl leave after watching for a while. "That's it? Yan Feng has gone mad, and the bureau chief has gone mad too. What can a little girl do?"
The store has comprehensive surveillance cameras; there are clear videos from the moment Zhao Liyi enters until he sits down.
There weren't many customers that day. He walked into the store alone, without looking around, and went straight to the front desk.
Zhao Yang added that he frequents this bar and always sits at the front desk, but his location is not fixed.
A couple walked past him midway, holding hands and flirting, but there was no physical contact, so he was ruled out.
A handsome male waiter had just finished serving a glass of wine when he turned around, saw Zhao Liyi, greeted him with a smile, and then carried the tray back with him.
The two walked one after the other, the male waiter in front and Zhao Liyi behind.
As he approached the bar, a waiter pulled out a chair for him and gestured for him to sit down. Zhao Liyi took off his coat, sat down, and acted as if nothing was amiss, even smiling and talking to the waiter.
The waiter came over to the bar, poured him a drink, and then went to the other side to serve another customer.
After finishing his drink, Zhao Liyi rubbed his forehead and then slumped onto the bar, remaining motionless.
After all the customers left, the waiter came to call him, but couldn't wake him up no matter what he did. Later, they found that the man wasn't breathing, and in a panic, they called the police.
Throughout the entire process, no customers sat next to Zhao Liyi, and the customers coming and going were far apart, and no one even paid attention to Zhao Liyi.
It's normal, everything is perfectly normal!
But how can you poison someone without physical contact? How do you insert a needle into the most hidden part of the buttocks?
It must be related to the stool; the only person who had contact with the stool was the waiter.
Lin Xi watched it again, this time focusing entirely on the waiter.
As the man was pulling out the chair, he was taking off his coat, which blocked the waiter's hand movements.
Lin Xi zoomed in on the image; the waiter's palm remained open, with nothing on the exposed half of his hand.
She repeatedly paused, played, paused, and played this segment...
Yan Feng and Zhao Yang had also carefully read this section, perhaps more than a hundred times, but they couldn't find anything unusual.
After the nth time, Lin Xi paused and zoomed in on the screen, made a gesture of invitation, and then carefully looked at her palm, placing it under the computer screen for comparison.
She seemed to have discovered something.
"Brother Zhao Yang, pretend you're a waiter and make a gesture of invitation."
Zhao Yang mimicked the male waiter's gesture, extending his palm sideways, "Okay, don't move."