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

Chapter 320 Let him go.

"Tian Ming's autopsy report is out," Duan Wenrui said. "No poison was found in his body. He died from excessive blood loss and a ruptured liver. All the wounds on his body were from before he died."

"Where's the phone? Has the data been recovered?" Lu Zhishen asked.

Tian Ming's phone was found on the roadside; the screen was badly cracked, so he took it to be repaired.

"It's back online. The contacts are all card-playing friends and creditors," Duan Wenrui said. "We've met some of those creditors. We don't have any information about the others."

"What about Zhao Yongliang's family?" Zhuang Yanzheng asked.

“We checked Zhao Yongliang’s residence here, but we didn’t find anything,” Duan Wenrui said. “His parents live in Changshi. I sent someone to ask them, but the old couple doesn’t know anything.”

"Where are my wife and children?" Chu Xingrou asked.

“He is divorced, and his child lives with his ex-wife abroad.” Duan Wenrui took out his phone to show them the chat history. “This is part of the chat history between him, his child, and his ex-wife. They are all daily greetings.”

“This doesn’t look like a problem with their relationship,” Su Miaoyi said.

“It’s been over ten years since the divorce, before Zhao Yongliang came to town.” Duan Wenrui handed them the documents, “All of Zhao Yongliang’s information.”

The group of them took a look.

“You were doing quite well in Changshi, so why did you come back?” Lu Zhishen said.

“I’m getting old, I miss my hometown,” Duan Wenrui sighed. “I also want to go back to my hometown, but my wife won’t let me. My child needs to go to school, and the educational resources in our hometown are not good enough. If I go back, we will have to separate, and I can’t bear to leave my child, so I can only think about my hometown.”

"I chose to miss my hometown over my children," Lu Zhishen said.

"Yes."

"Don't you miss your wife?" Zhuang Yanzheng asked.

"I'd like to too," Duan Wenrui smiled.

Su Miaoyi looked at him: "Captain Duan, are you homesick?"

"I've been out for several days now," Duan Wenrui said, touching his hair.

"Let's solve the case quickly and go home as soon as possible. I miss home too," Su Miaoyi said.

"What should we do about Tian Min?" Lu Zhishen asked.

Suddenly, everyone fell silent.

“I’m worried she’ll go out and kill someone,” Zhuang Yanzheng said.

"After reviewing Zhao Yongliang's information, I felt that she must be very skilled to have been able to get back from him," Su Miaoyi said. "There are so many things about Tian Min in Changshi that we don't know."

"We can't detain people for too long if we can't find evidence. We've already detained them for 24 hours yesterday," Duan Wenrui said.

“She was taken away by Zhao Yongliang, and now she’s even more suspicious,” Zhuang Yanzheng said. “Keep her locked up for now, and we’ll talk about tomorrow’s matters.”

"Row."

The rain is getting heavier.

Not only did Tian Min not leave, but the manager of the Ram's Horn Temple also stayed.

When Duan Wenrui went to check, the manager was already asleep in his chair.

Patrols in Yanjing Village continue.

Duan Wenrui watched as the rain outside intensified, and after a while, he put on his raincoat.

"Where is Captain Duan going?" Zhuang Yanzheng asked.

“I’m going to Yanjing Village to take a look,” Duan Wenrui said. “My brothers are getting soaked in the rain, and I feel uneasy staying here.”

“I’ll go with you,” Zhuang Yanzheng said.

"No need, no need, I can manage on my own," Duan Wenrui said.

"Let's go." Zhuang Yanzheng grabbed a raincoat and put it on. "Together."

Lu Zhishen also got up.

Zhuang Yanzheng said, "You guys continue discussing the case, I'll go."

Lu Zhishen sat down again.

It rained heavily all night.

The rain stopped when it was light.

Su Miaoyi had the restaurant prepare ginger soup and send it over. She told all the people on patrol that night to drink it, and after dinner, they went to rest.

“I just checked the weather forecast, and it’s going to rain for the next two weeks.” Zhuang Yanzheng looked at the people who had been soaked all night. “If this keeps up, we won’t be able to hold on. Team Leader Duan said that we need too many people, but the number of people we can bring in is really limited.”

Su Miaoyi looked at him.

"Why are you looking at me?" Zhuang Yanzheng said.

“Your voice is hoarse.” Su Miaoyi looked at him.

Zhuang Yanzheng cleared his throat: "It's nothing."

"Go and rest for a while," Lu Zhishen said.

"Okay." Zhuang Yanzheng walked to the next room. "I'll sleep in your bed."

Lu Zhishen opened his mouth but didn't say anything. They hadn't even found him a place to stay since he arrived.

After watching him leave, Su Miaoyi checked the weather forecast for the next two weeks.

It was all heavy rain.

"Is this weather forecast accurate?" Su Miaoyi asked.

“Uh,” Lu Zhishen said, “You said there wouldn’t be any rain yesterday, but it rained yesterday.”

Su Miaoyi nodded: "No."

The day passed quickly.

Zhao Yongliang was not found. He asked Tian Min eight hundred times but couldn't get anything out of her. He also couldn't find any evidence that she committed the crime. The weather forecast predicted a cloudy day, but it wasn't cloudy at all.

We extracted some sweat from the mask we found yesterday, and even after obtaining DNA, it didn't match any DNA samples in the database.

Su Miaoyi stood in the courtyard of the police station, watching the setting sun and the orange-red hue on the horizon gradually disappear.

Duan Wenrui walked to her side: "Tian Min, the 24 hours are almost up, we have to release her."

"Let them go," Su Miaoyi said, "but keep them under close surveillance."

"Okay." Duan Wenrui left.

Su Miaoyi continued to stare at the horizon, her face completely numb.

After about ten minutes, she said, "The scenery here is really beautiful."

"I thought you were going to write a poem after reading this for so long," the voice in my head said.

"Thump thump thump, thump thump thump, punishment is coming down." Su Miaoyi's face was still numb as she imitated the voice from the speaker.

"If you have nothing to say, you can shut up and not say anything," the voice in your head reminded you.

Su Miaoyi sighed softly, paused, and said, "Last night I remembered something from the past."

"whats the matter?"

“It was a case my dad handled when I was little,” Su Miaoyi said. “I vaguely remember it involved two people who had a long-standing feud, and one of them plotted to kill the other.”

"and then?"

“Everyone knew who the murderer was, but because there was no evidence to prove it, he couldn’t be convicted, so they had to let him go in the end,” Su Miaoyi said. “According to the principle of presumption of innocence, he was released. Later, the victim’s family sued him, and when it came to the trial stage, he was also acquitted because there was no evidence to prove it.”

"Tian Min's situation might be even worse," the voice in my head said. "During the interrogation, she didn't give a single clue. She's weak, docile, and easily frightened, which subconsciously puts her in a vulnerable position, making it easy to believe what she says. Most importantly, she has no flaws. It's uncertain whether she's the murderer. More so than your father."

"Whose father?" Su Miaoyi asked.

The voice in my head paused for a few seconds, then skipped over it: "It's even worse than the case you described. I can't be 100% sure she's the murderer."

"So even if I see the crime scene, I still need evidence in many cases, otherwise I can't arrest the person."

"really."

"What if I could see the evidence directly?" Su Miaoyi stroked her chin.

"In this situation, you can only see that they've erased the evidence. What? Are you trying to extract the evidence from the footage you saw before it was erased?" the voice in your head asked in a friendly tone.

"Tsk." Su Miaoyi sighed. "Can't I even think about it?"

"He's dreaming of something wonderful."

Su Miaoyi smiled and said, "I hope things will go smoothly by tomorrow."

(End of this chapter)