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

Chapter 244 A Shadow on the Tiles

The group split up and went to several different places, but they didn't get any useful information.

In every place they went, people recognized Xing Chang and Chang Yong.

They either ate there, sang there, or played games there.

Moreover, these are places they frequent, going there every few days with a few friends.

They found out about the friends they had arranged to meet in each place.

Some people know the two people quite well, while others know very little about them.

I don't know these few people. It's just that Xing Chang and his friend always treat me to meals or outings, so I like hanging out with them. But I don't know what they do for a living.

Those who know them well say the two are a good match.

Neither of them said anything strange to them.

They gradually returned to the Municipal Bureau and held another meeting to discuss the matter.

The meeting ended without yielding any useful information.

It was quite late when the meeting ended.

Several people sat together and ate instant noodles.

"When we asked Xing Chang and Chang Yong's friends, they praised them so much that they could practically be awarded a 'Good Person Award'," Chu Xingrou said. "For a moment, I even doubted that our investigation was going in the wrong direction."

“I think our investigation direction is correct,” Qi Feng said. “At least these two people aren’t as good as those friends say.”

“And the incident happened last night,” Su Miaoyi said. “They probably received the news and have already left. These are places with a lot of people coming and going, so the owner probably doesn’t remember the others except for some familiar regulars.”

Chu Xingrou nodded, gave her half of the sausage in her hand, and then leaned close to her and whispered, "Sister Miaomiao, did you see anything?"

Su Miaoyi shook her head.

After learning the answer, Chu Xingrou returned to her seat.

"Actually, I don't understand why they didn't report it to the police after being scammed?" Lu Zhishen asked.

“Ji Jiabao didn’t dare tell his family,” Zhuang Yanzheng said. “Huang Chen’s first reaction after finding out he had been scammed was to find them and make them return the money. He wanted to get the money back himself so his dad would stop calling him a fool. As for why Huang Qiang’an didn’t report it to the police, we don’t know.”

"Was this Xing Chang and Chang Yong's first time committing fraud?" Lu Zhishen asked again. "If it wasn't their first time, why didn't anyone else report it to the police?"

“Either it’s their first time, or they’ve used other methods before,” Su Miaoyi said. “Even if we report it to the police, we won’t be able to find them.”

Lu Zhishen nodded.

After the meal, everyone went about their own business.

An'an was picked up by Shen Yanzhou in the afternoon.

Su Miaoyi went to the autopsy room. Yan Cheng was still busy, and another corpse had been dissected.

She tried to see if she could see anything, but still couldn't.

So she went to check the surveillance footage again.

The surveillance footage from 2:00 to 3:00 AM, which is just over an hour, has been reviewed in great detail many times.

However, the case seems to have stalled for now, and Su Miaoyi feels that all she can do now is look at the surveillance footage.

She switched between the footage captured by the various cameras, watching it back and forth, over and over again.

There are blind spots in the monitoring of fire exits.

The nurses, dressed in their uniforms, waited in the fire escape, sometimes standing against the wall, sometimes squatting on the steps, and sometimes walking back and forth.

When she stood against the wall, she was under the surveillance camera, which could only capture her shoes and ankles; the rest of her body was not visible.

Su Miaoyi first watched the video at double speed.

She then watched the video at normal speed.

She leaned back in her chair, her eyes fixed on the computer screen.

The video in the fire escape is the longest, lasting nearly an hour.

She stared at it like that, and after two-thirds of the video had passed, Su Miaoyi suddenly sat up straight.

She immediately rewound the video and watched it more carefully. The surveillance footage captured a tiny, almost invisible plume of smoke.

Su Miaoyi immediately pressed the pause button.

Was this person smoking in the fire escape?
But the day has passed, and the hospital's garbage is cleaned up and dumped every morning and noon.

And since this person is so cautious, it's very likely they just took the cigarette butt with them.

However, she definitely took off her mask when she smoked.

He took off his mask in a blind spot of the surveillance camera.

Su Miaoyi checked the corridor for any surveillance cameras pointing towards the fire escape.

There is surveillance footage that can capture the door to the fire escape, but once the door is closed, the inside of the fire escape can no longer be captured.

Su Miaoyi leaned closer to the computer. The door had glass, and she wanted to see if she could capture anything through the glass.

Unable to capture it.

She then looked back at the surveillance footage of the fire escape.

She kept watching the surveillance camera, and as she watched, she suddenly noticed that the tiles on the wall could reflect a person's image.

Su Miaoyi quickly zoomed in on the surveillance footage and carefully examined the white tiles on the wall.

You can see the silhouette of a person, but you can't see their facial features.

However, when a person wearing a nurse's uniform is viewed from the side, the outline of their face can be seen.

You can see this person looking left and right from the tiles.

It is certain that she had taken off her mask to smoke and was cautiously observing her surroundings.

Su Miaoyi immediately called Lu Zhishen and summoned him over.

"What discovery?" Lu Zhishen looked directly at the computer.

Su Miaoyi showed him: "There are shadows on the tiles, you can see them, right?"

Lu Zhishen first looked at the tiles and then at Su Miaoyi.

They were able to find that.

What he saw was an enlarged version; after shrinking the video, it was difficult to spot the figure on the tile.

"I can only see the outline, not the facial features," Su Miaoyi said, looking at him.

Lu Zhishen slowly played the video and watched it carefully.

The video of him leaning against the wall smoking wasn't long, and after it finished playing, Lu Zhishen watched it again.

Can you draw it?

“We can give it a try.” Lu Zhishen played the video again. “Look here, when she’s in profile, you can see her nose, mouth, and forehead.”

Su Miaoyi nodded.

“Look closely here, when you see the profile, you can see a little bit of the shape of the eyes,” Lu Zhishen said.

Su Miaoyi stared at the computer, her neck craning longer and longer, almost as if she wanted to crawl inside the computer: "No, no, I don't think so."

"Can't you see?" Lu Zhishen looked at her.

Su Miaoyi shook her head: "Are you sure it's not an image in your mind?"

Lu Zhishen looked at the computer again: "I can see a little bit. I have to say, the tiles in this hospital are quite reflective."

“The lighting wasn’t very bright, and the person was leaning against the opposite wall. Although the space was small and the two walls were very close together, the tiles were still able to reflect the person’s outline. These tiles are quite something,” Lu Zhishen said. “You’re amazing! How did you figure that out?”

“She was smoking, and I noticed it when I was staring at her,” Su Miaoyi said.

"Impressive." Lu Zhishen said to the policeman next to him, "Could you please help me extract this video?"

The video was quickly captured, and Lu Zhishen immediately returned to his studio.

Su Miaoyi continued watching the surveillance footage for a while longer.
Goodnight everybody