Chapter 63. A Brilliant Idea

Returning defeated once again, Lin Dongxue was extremely frustrated. When she came back and asked her colleague where Lin Qiupu was, the other person replied that he was still talking to the lawyer.

Lin Dongxue paced around in the foyer. Xu Xiaodong said, “Stop pacing. My eyes are getting dizzy.”

“How could it be Li?” Lin Dongxue stopped and said.

“Damn, your expression now is a bit like Conan’s.”

“Love potion. Why was there a love potion in the victim’s stomach? Was it stuffed in during the dismemberment?”

“Impossible. I’ve read the autopsy report. The victim’s stomach was intact.”

Lin Dongxue didn’t listen to a word Xu Xiaodong was saying as she kept murmuring.

“Where’s the mistake! Where’s the mistake!” Lin Dongxue started to pull her hair.

“Don’t pull your hair. Be careful of going bald.”

At this moment, there was a loud crash from the office, and Lin Qiupu’s roar came from inside: “Stop talking nonsense here. Don’t play the game of sacrificing the pawn to save the rook with me!”

Another voice said, “Team Lin, calm down. My client really said so.”

Lin Qiupu kicked the door open and came out, calling a police officer, “Go to the school and find a girl named Ma Li. Bring her here.”

Lin Dongxue went up and asked, “Brother, what happened?”

“He said…” Lin Qiupu glanced into the office where a man in a suit was calmly drinking tea through the half-opened door, “His lawyer said that at the time of the crime, he was giving extra tutoring to another female student!”

“What does ‘giving extra tutoring’ mean?”

“Indecent assault!”

“So, he refuses to say what he was doing at the time of the crime?”

“No, it’s not right. There must be a mistake somewhere! This must be his trick. Just call the girl over to verify and the truth will come out.”

The entire task force was waiting anxiously without even having lunch. Around two o’clock in the afternoon, a girl was brought in. She timidly looked at the room full of adults. Only Lin Dongxue was a woman present, so she took the initiative and asked, “Little sister, don’t be afraid. We are here to help you… Can you tell sister where you were on the afternoon of October 28th, that is, after school on Wednesday?”

The little girl trembled and said, “I… I went home.”

“Really?”

The little girl’s eyes filled with tears and she nodded again.

No matter how they asked, the little girl kept saying the same thing, but her expression suggested that she wasn’t telling the truth. Everyone was at a loss. Lin Dongxue said, “Then I’ll take you back.”

She led the little girl away. When they reached the door, the little girl suddenly cried and said, “Police auntie, can you not tell my mom.”

Lin Dongxue squatted down to wipe her tears and said, “OK, I promise not to.”

“Teacher Li… He… He called me into the room… Then…”

After listening to the little girl’s account, Lin Dongxue was so angry that she wanted to go in and slap Li twice right now. She suppressed her anger and said, “Let the forensic doctor auntie examine your body, okay? Don’t worry, we will definitely keep this confidential.”

The little girl nodded.

A female forensic doctor examined the little girl. Everyone waited outside. After the examination, the female forensic doctor said, “She does show signs of recent sexual assault.”

“Asshole!” Lin Qiupu kicked over the trash can in the corridor.

This bombshell instantly cleared Li of the murder charge, but he still had to stay in the detention room, waiting for the trial of another charge.

Lin Qiupu sat dejectedly in the office. Lin Dongxue walked in and said, “Brother, don’t be discouraged. The case isn’t over yet!”

Seeing that Lin Qiupu remained silent, Lin Dongxue said again, “This wasn’t your fault. Someone framed him.”

“You think so?”

“Chen Shi told me earlier that this case has the suspicion of being framed. Look, everything fits too neatly…”

“Then wasn’t I a stupid fool who took the bait voluntarily!” Lin Qiupu forced a bitter smile.

“I have something to ask you. Was the love potion found in Li’s home the same as the one in the victim’s stomach?”

“It’s the same. Not only the same, but Lao Peng made the identification. It’s from the same box!”

“Where did you find it?”

“Trash bag.”

“Trash bag!? You mean it was found in his home?”

“It was in the trash bag he placed at the door and hadn’t had time to throw away yet…” Lin Qiupu’s eyes suddenly widened. “Do you mean this is also part of the framing.”

“Yes. The murderer knew that Li had a bad reputation, so they threw the dirty water on him.”

“Then how did this love potion end up in the victim’s stomach? The victim was a twelve-year-old child! It’s impossible for him to take this stuff for no reason, right?”

This was the biggest doubt in the current case. Lin Dongxue couldn’t answer either. Biting her finger, she said, “But the murderer knew he took it, so they placed the same box of medicine in the trash bag in front of Li’s door. Were there any fingerprints on it?”

“Right, fingerprints!”

Lin Qiupu almost rushed out and ran to the technical team. He was so excited that he couldn’t even speak properly. “Lao Peng… Medicine box… Fingerprints… Hurry!”

Peng Sijue used an ultraviolet lamp to shine on the inside and outside of the medicine box, but found no fingerprints. To be precise, they had been carefully wiped clean. He shook his head, and the spirit that Lin Qiupu had just perked up once again deflated.

“If this medicine really belonged to Li, it’s impossible that not even his own fingerprints were on it.” Lin Dongxue said, “Captain Peng, who would buy this kind of medicine?”

“Husbands and wives, or lovers.” Peng Sijue said.

“Then if you take it, what effect would it have? For example, would the body heat up or something…” Lin Dongxue blushed.

“No. I analyzed the ingredients. This kind of medicine is basically useless. It’s purely a placebo effect… The so-called overseas purchasing is also fake. It’s produced in small domestic workshops.”

Lin Qiupu asked Lin Dongxue, “Have you found any clues?”

“Can’t really say it’s a clue. There’s just one person who is rather suspicious.”

“Tell me about it.”

After Lin Dongxue finished speaking, Lin Qiupu said, “Do you mean that the child killed someone for a game console and then the parents helped dismember the body?”

Several police officers present laughed. Lin Dongxue was a bit unconvinced and was about to speak when Lin Qiupu said again, “Investigating cases isn’t done by just talking. We need evidence. We must have evidence! Without evidence, everything is in vain.”

“Then I’ll find it for you.”

Lin Dongxue turned and left. She received a text message from Lin Qiupu which said, “Sister, if you need help, just ask. I support you.”

She was both angry and amused. Her thoughts returned to the case. How to find the evidence? Could she sneak into Wang Jinsong’s home secretly?

No. As a police officer, she couldn’t do such an illegal thing no matter what.

Just when she was at a loss, Xu Xiaodong popped up out of nowhere and said, “Why is your thinking so rigid! If there was dismemberment, there must be blood flowing into the sewer.”

“Saying that is the same as not saying. They wouldn’t even let us see the bathtub. Do you think they’ll let you see the sewer.”

“You don’t necessarily have to go into the house to see the sewer. For example… Downstairs!”

Lin Dongxue’s eyes suddenly widened. If she didn’t dislike Xu Xiaodong, she really wanted to give him a kiss. This idea was amazing! It was truly a brilliant idea.