Chapter 2402: Chapter 2403: At Wit’s End Chapter 2402: Chapter 2403: At Wit’s End “This…”
Gu Yiran fell into a pensive gaze.
“Feels quite strong, but also feels about right,” Gu Yiran said:
“It was a bit dark at the ti, and the situation was dangerous, I didn’t get a clear look.”
“Can’t recall anything?”
“Really can’t rember clearly.” Gu Yiran turned around, curiously looking at Lin Yi, “Did you discover sothing?”
“Can’t say I discovered anything, just want to understand more about the murderer.”
Gu Yiran held his temple and rubbed it hard, “I really can’t rember clearly, seeing Fang Daye’s face almost scared to death.”
“It’s okay if you can’t rember, we’ll just investigate slowly.”
Leisurely, Lin Yi pushed Gu Yiran out of the hospital, took a turn outside, and then left to return to the sub-bureau.
“Brother Hui, how’s the car investigation going?” Lin Yi asked impatiently.
“The evidence collection has only been completed by a third, but there’s nothing found,” said Zhang Hui with a headache:
“However, the warrant has been issued. Let’s see if it’ll have any effect?”
Lin Yi wasn’t too interested in the warrant, but that car might be the source of all clues.
“Not even a fingerprint left behind?”
Zhang Hui shook his head, “The killer is even more cautious than us, only so soil was found on the car, which is being analyzed and investigated.”
“You suspect it was left by the killer?”
“Not necessarily, it could also be left by Fang Daye before his death, after all, it was his car.” Zhang Hui said:
“With nothing left that provides a clear direction, it’s hard to determine who left it – it’s giving a headache.”
“I’ll go to the forensics departnt and take a look.”
Lin Yi turned and went out, heading to the forensics departnt.
People in the departnt were busy as could be, rushing around as if their feet were greased.
“Oh, Lin Yi is here.”
The speaker was a middle-aged woman nad Zhang Min, the director of the forensics departnt.
“Sister Zhang, I heard from Brother Hui that so soil was found in the car, have the results co out yet? I’d like to take a look.”
“It’s just ordinary soil, nothing of referential value.”
The forensics and criminal investigation departnts are the two divisions in closest contact.
Zhang Min was also aware of the work Lin Yi and his colleagues were doing and naturally gave such a response.
Lin Yi smacked his lips; even the car had been found, but if no trace or clue was found, it would be a trendous blow to solving the case.
“However, we found sothing else, co take a look.”
Zhang Min led Lin Yi to an experint table, picked up a transparent small bag with an object the size of a soybean inside, dark red in color.
“What is this? It can’t be a small clump of soil, right?”
“This was just separated from the soil; we haven’t had ti to analyze it yet,” Zhang Min said:
“But one colleague in the departnt, whose family is from the Northeast, said it looks a lot like a cabbage seed, but we need to analyze it to be sure.”
“So it’s a seed.” Lin Yi nodded, knowing Xiangyang Village indeed survives on farming; finding seeds isn’t too odd.
After discussing matters of evidence collection for a while longer, Lin Yi returned to his departnt but didn’t stay long and drove to Chaoyang Group.
“You’re back so soon.”
Seeing Lin Yi, Ji Qingyan ca to greet him.
“Just ca to get so fresh air, switch up the thinking.”
“What’s wrong? Troubled by the case?”
“The killer is very professional, hasn’t left a single clue, I’ve never encountered such a situation before, could say it’s watertight.”
“Even you say it’s tough, the difficulty must be no small matter,” Ji Qingyan consoled:
“If it really becos overwhelming, take a break for a few days, otherwise, it’s easy to get tunnel vision.”
“I can’t do that, the investigation must go on. This case is so intriguing, it’s not sothing one stumbles upon often, I have to play this ga with the murderer.”
“I knew you’d say that, I love your indomitable spirit.”
Ji Qingyan’s petite nose twitched, showing a proud expression, then she touched her belly and said:
“Baby, give your dad a little more energy.”
A tender smile like that of a loving elderly father appeared on Lin Yi’s face. He reached out to touch Ji Qingyan’s stomach, feeling an indescribable warmth flowing through his heart.
“Let’s go, let’s go ho.”
“Don’t you still have work to deal with?”
“Anyti is fine, there’s no rush.”
“Let’s go.”
Ji Qingyan packed up briefly, and the couple went ho together.
In the following days, Lin Yi’s mind was fully occupied with the case, but unfortunately, there was no progress.
No clues were left in Fang Daye’s car, and Fang Zhiping and Sun Xue, for lack of sufficient evidence, could only be released without conditions.
The case had hit a dead end, and even if he wanted to investigate, there was no direction to follow.
What was the most unbearable was that the murderer had used a provocative thod to kill, as if God was watching the ignorant ants.
This made Lin Yi realize that the hidden murderer was even more challenging than he had imagined.
Both in ability and intellect, the person was top-notch.
In addition, Lin Yi also took ti to make a trip to Yanjing, going there and back in a single day.
It wasn’t for anything important, just to simply check on the training status of Team One.
Under the tornt of the Yanlong Team, everyone was complaining, even the broad-shouldered and sturdy Sui Qiang was crying out in pain.
But this was exactly what Lin Yi wanted.
He had a great longing for Tilia Island in his heart, yet he also held a deep reverence and even resistance towards it.
He was confident that barring any monuntal accidents, no one could keep him stranded on the island, but Team One wasn’t ready, their level wasn’t high enough.
So he eagerly hoped to improve the level of Team One.
If he hadn’t seen them exhausted to the point of death, he might even have considered asking the Yanlong Team to intensify their training.
However, nearly a week had passed, and the case in Xiangyang Village remained unresolved, with no idea how to proceed.
“You ca back so early today, I guess there’s still no new progress on the case?”
In the office, Ji Qingyan smiled as she saw Lin Yi walk in.
“Smart.”
“Take your ti, I’ve seen many cases that took years to solve.”
“If it really takes that long, it would be too much of a blow to my face.”
Lin Yi is a competitive person, and his sleepless nights devoted to the case is partly due to his sense of duty.
He has a hunch that the Xiangyang Village case might be the ultimate task of this phase.
But more than that, the ga of wits with the unknown murderer brings him imnse pleasure.
The more this is the case, the more he feels it’s challenging.
“Still, one must take it slow, haste makes waste.”
“I know the principle.” Lin Yi nodded, “You have a check-up tomorrow, right?”
“I’ve postponed it to the day after,” Ji Qingyan tidied her hair, “Tao Yuan has a funeral to attend tomorrow, I’m not sure when she’ll be back, so I rescheduled it to the day after.”
“Funeral? Did sothing happen to her family? Why haven’t I heard Gao ntion it.”
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