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

Chapter 394 Looking for evidence

A night passed, and no evidence was found.

Duan Zhixi spent the entire night in the interrogation room talking. She said that once she got out, she would definitely file a complaint against them and get them laid off.

Su Miaoyi leaned back in her chair and fell asleep just before dawn.

Chu Xingrou and Qi Feng arrived at work early, both bringing their own breakfast.

Su Miaoyi heard a noise and opened her eyes to look.

"Sister Miaomiao, would you like something to eat?" Chu Xingrou asked softly.

Su Miaoyi sat up, her little tuft of hair on her head drooping with exhaustion: "What is this? It smells so good."

“My mom made pan-fried buns this morning,” Chu Xingrou said. “Try them, and there’s also freshly ground soy milk.”

"it is good."

"Consultant Su," Qi Feng said as he approached, "would you like to try the sandwich my girlfriend made?"

"Yes," Su Miaoyi said.

Qi Feng smiled and put one down for her.

"Did you get up so early to make this?" Su Miaoyi asked.

"Yes." Qi Feng's face was full of happiness. "She knew that I must have a case to work overtime, so she specially made a lot of breakfast this morning. When I came to the Municipal Bureau, I passed by her residence and brought it over."

“She loves you very much,” Su Miaoyi said.

Qi Feng's eyes nearly disappeared with laughter: "I'll go and deliver some to Painter Lu."

Su Miaoyi and Chu Xingrou watched his retreating figure, then exchanged a glance.

"Being in love is good for you," Su Miaoyi said. "Qi Feng looks more energetic now."

Chu Xingrou smiled.

Su Miaoyi said, "Come with me to Duan Zhixi's neighborhood in a little while."

“Okay,” Chu Xingrou said. “Sister Miaomiao, you need to untie your hair.”

Su Miaoyi reached out and untied the hair tie from Xiaozhui's hair.

Then all the bangs are styled upwards, giving it a vibrant look.

Chu Xingrou glanced at it, then pursed her lips, suppressing a laugh.

"Don't laugh," Su Miaoyi said. "If you dare laugh, I'll tickle you."

Chu Xingrou pursed her lips and shook her head.

Su Miaoyi rummaged through a paper bag under her workstation and pulled out a baseball cap, then put it on.

After dinner, the two drove to Duan Zhixi's residential area.

Su Miaoyi told her everything that had happened yesterday.

"Back in Yanjing Village, Tian Min was exposed after hearing your detailed account of the crime, but Duan Zhixi didn't react at all?" Chu Xingrou asked in surprise.

Su Miaoyi said, "So she really does seem to be unaware."

Chu Xingrou remained silent.

Upon arriving at the residential complex, the two went directly to Duan Zhixi's window.

"This floor isn't very high, you should be fine even if you jump," Chu Xingrou said.

“I think she used a rope to pull herself down,” Su Miaoyi said, “although there were no obvious signs of rope or anything like that on the window.”

Chu Xingrou said, "You can bring down a rope from upstairs. It's easy to get up there too. Just grab the rope, and there are plenty of places to step on. You don't need much strength to get up."

"Yes."

The two continued walking westward, looking around to see if any traces had been left.

This place is a lawn.

It's getting cold, and the grass has turned yellow. But there's still a thick layer of it.

Zhuang Yanzheng and his colleague checked yesterday but didn't find any footprints.

Today, Su Miaoyi and Chu Xingrou searched again, but found nothing.

After reaching the western fence of the residential area, the two went back the way they came and looked again, but still found nothing. Then they squatted down under the window and looked at the building across the street.

I came over last night to ask the people in the building across the street, but they didn't find anything new.

The two squatted under the window for a while. Chu Xingrou said, "Sister Miaomiao, what if we can't find any evidence at all? Do we really have to release Duan Zhixi?"

Su Miaoyi nodded. "But if we let her go, we can't monitor her forever, and without evidence of her crime, just suspicion, we can't monitor her anymore after a while," Chu Xingrou said. "What if she kills someone else?"

“Because we haven’t found any evidence, and then a murder occurred, just thinking about it is terrifying,” Su Miaoyi said. “It’s like a nightmare I’ve been planning for decades.”

Chu Xingrou looked worried.

After a while, Su Miaoyi carefully looked over all the residents of the building across the street: "Let's go, let's go check He Bin's villa again. We still haven't found the bottle of medicine that He Bin and the others took."

"it is good."

The two got up, and then neither of them moved.

My legs are numb.

Just as the two were recovering from the numbness, someone in the building across the street opened the curtains.

Suddenly there was a noise, and Su Miaoyi and Chu Xingrou subconsciously looked up.

A woman on the fifteenth floor drew the curtains to both sides and then opened the window.

"Surveillance footage," Su Miaoyi said, pointing to the balcony on the fifteenth floor. "Is it surveillance footage?"

The fifteenth floor has an enclosed balcony. As soon as the curtains were drawn back, the security camera in the corner of the balcony was clearly visible.

"It seems so," Chu Xingrou said.

"Let's go. Let's take a look."

Their legs were still numb, and they were anxious. Their legs wouldn't obey them, so after a few steps, they helped each other into the building.

The elevator reached the fifteenth floor, and the two went to knock on the door.

The woman opened the door: "Who are you?"

"Police." Su Miaoyi showed her her police ID.

The woman was startled: "I... I didn't do anything, did I? I just found an uncut novel to read."

Seeing her reaction, Su Miaoyi asked, "Didn't the police come last night?"

The woman seemed a little nervous: "I wasn't home last night, I just got back a little while ago, and I haven't even opened my suitcase yet."

She pointed to the suitcase in the entryway.

Su Miaoyi and Chu Xingrou took a look.

“Don’t be nervous, we just want to ask some questions. Many people in this building asked us the same thing yesterday,” Su Miaoyi said.

The woman looked at the two of them: "Could I see your police IDs again?"

"Here you go." Su Miaoyi showed it to her.

The woman looked at it, then opened her phone.

After a while, Su Miaoyi heard a voice on the phone explaining how to distinguish between real and fake police IDs.

Su Miaoyi and Chu Xingrou were both a little anxious, wondering if the surveillance camera could capture anything, but they could only wait.

The woman glanced at her police badge again: "That's fine. What do you want to ask? Please come in."

Su Miaoyi and Chu Xingrou entered and closed the door behind them; neither of them went inside.

“If you’re scared, you can install a video doorbell in your room,” Su Miaoyi said. “Next time you open the door, make sure you look carefully before you do. If we were really bad guys, we could have done it already.”

"I still need to spend money," the woman said. "I just lost my job, so I'll focus on saving money."

Chu Xingrou sensed that the woman wasn't in a good mood: "You just got back, where did you go?"

"I went back to my hometown; something happened at home."

"When did you leave?"

The woman said, "Sunday morning."

"Are the curtains on the balcony always drawn?" Su Miaoyi asked. "I saw you open the curtains downstairs."

"No, that curtain is always open. I washed it on Saturday and then hung it up to air dry."

"Is the surveillance system working properly?" Su Miaoyi asked.

"Yes," the woman said. "My cat is often on the balcony, so I installed one. Is that against regulations? I saw that the building across the street had one, so I installed one too. At most, it will only capture images outside, not inside the building across the street."

"Can we film outside?" Chu Xingrou asked.

"It usually rotates 360 degrees. But most of the time it will be patting the balcony."

“We’d like to see the surveillance footage from last Friday night,” Su Miaoyi said.

"Okay." The woman took out her phone and turned on the surveillance camera.
(End of this chapter)