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

Chapter 455 They hate them, could it be them?

It got completely dark.

After the meeting, everyone was given a meal.

The canteen was closed during the Chinese New Year holiday.

Qin Chengyuan's contact person delivered the food.

After everyone had dinner together, some of the test results came back.

Su Miaoyi found cigarette butts on a money tree near the stairwell of the KTV, and drugs were found inside them.

The drug components found in Kaneda's body were the same as those found in his body, and Kaneda's DNA was also found on the cigarette butt.

It can be confirmed that it was Kaneda who smoked the cigarette.

Qin Chengyuan looked at the test results.

Su Miaoyi looked at the photos of the evidence. The photos from the branch office were also there. She took out a photo and said, "This is a pack of cigarettes found in Jintian's pocket."

Chu Xingrou found the pack of cigarettes among the evidence.

She put on gloves and took it out to show them.

"There are only five cigarettes left in this pack," Zhuang Yanzheng said.

Su Miaoyi held up the cigarette butts she had found and compared them: "Are they from the same pack?"

"Yes," Zhuang Yanzheng said.

Chu Xingrou said, "Because a lot of cigarette butts and ash were found in the private room where they were playing cards, I asked the people playing cards what kind of cigarettes they smoked. Only Jin Tian smoked this one, and the others didn't. It can be confirmed that it was Jin Tian's cigarettes."

“But all the cigarettes found on Jin Tian have been tested, and there are no drugs in them,” Su Miaoyi said. “Only the one Jin Tian smoked had them.”

“Let’s assume that only one cigarette in this pack is poisonous,” Zhuang Yanzheng said. “Jin Tian has already smoked several, so he’s bound to smoke the poisonous one eventually.”

"And it must have been someone who put the poison in after the cigarette was opened, otherwise the poison would be very obvious after the cigarette was opened," Chu Xingrou said.

Su Miaoyi nodded.

Qi Feng asked, "Then how did you come into contact with the poison in this pack of cigarettes after it was opened?"

Zhuang Yanzheng glanced at the cigarette butts collected as evidence at the branch office.

The fruit, alcohol, and cigarette butts taken back by the branch office for testing showed no drug residues; everything was normal.

Zhuang Yanzheng counted: "The cigarette butts the branch found in the trash can and ashtray in the private room, plus the ones you found on the money tree, plus the remaining five, make up a whole pack of cigarettes. At the very least, this pack of cigarettes was opened inside the KTV."

“If it was opened in a KTV, and the cigarette is not on your person, it’s very likely that you took it out and put it on the table or next to you while playing cards,” Zheng Qi said. “The people who were playing cards with Jin Tian are even more suspicious.”

“But they really do seem to know nothing,” Chu Xingrou said.

“Could it be that Jin Tian opened the cigarette pack somewhere else?” Qi Feng said. “For example, he met someone, chatted for a bit, offered them a cigarette. He gave it to the other person, who didn’t smoke it and gave it back to him. He tampered with it but didn’t notice, so he put it back in the cigarette pack.”

"That's really unhygienic." Chu Xingrou frowned. "It's been touched by someone else and then put back, so its mouth is full of bacteria from other people's hands. And would anyone refuse a cigarette by holding it in their hand before refusing it?"

“Not everyone will think it’s unhygienic,” Qi Feng said. “I don’t think it’s a problem.”

Chu Xingrou asked disdainfully, "Does Jin Tian know him? If not, under what circumstances did he offer you the cigarette?"

Qi Feng remained silent.

Zhuang Yanzheng said, "What you described doesn't quite hold true. You opened a cigarette, offered it to someone, they didn't want it, and you put it back. That cigarette was one of the first few. In the situation you described, Jin Tian would have already shown symptoms of poisoning after smoking the first few cigarettes, which is when he was in the private room."

Qi Feng nodded: "That's true."

“I have a bold theory, would you like to hear it?” Su Miaoyi said. “Go ahead,” Zhuang Yanzheng said.

Qin Chengyuan looked at her.

Su Miaoyi said, "Around 3 a.m., Jintian went to the bathroom for the last time. Forty-one seconds before Jintian went to the bathroom, the surveillance footage showed a woman who looked like Qianying looking at the bathroom door."

“She glanced around and went back to the bathroom. It’s very likely that she heard footsteps and went back to the bathroom. She could have easily gone into any of the stalls to hide, or even climbed out the window. She had plenty of time.”

“No matter where she was, after Jintian entered the restroom, he didn’t go to the urinals, but went to the last stall. So he did more than just urinate.” Su Miaoyi paused for a moment, “Do you think it’s possible that Jintian put the cigarette on the windowsill and then went into the stall? While he was in the stall, someone who seemed to be Qianying tampered with the cigarette.”

“Then Jintian came out of the cubicle and smoked that poisonous cigarette,” Su Miaoyi said. “If it really was an experiment, anyone could have been used. Jintian just happened to be chosen.”

“Very likely,” Zhuang Yanzheng said.

Qin Chengyuan nodded as well.

Jintian is dead, the murderer hasn't been caught, and the crucial surveillance footage is missing.

They didn't know exactly what had happened.

We can only make a rough guess.

Chu Xingrou suddenly raised her hand.

Su Miaoyi looked at her.

Chu Xingrou said, "I have a question, about whether it's Qianying or not."

Zhuang Yanzheng said, "Speak."

"Back in Jiangcheng, we learned that Xie Zhiyan killed Chang Kong, and that he also wanted to kill Han Shangcong. We also speculated that Xie Zhiyan might also want to kill Lian Yi and Han Zhanpeng," Chu Xingrou said. "Sister Miaomiao said that because of some of Xie Zhiyan's experiences, he hates this kind of human experimentation. That's why he killed Chang Kong. But... if that shadowy figure really is Qian Ying, aren't they also conducting experiments? What's the difference?"

Chu Xingrou asked, "They hate this kind of behavior, yet they do it themselves? So, could it really be Qianying?"

Zhuang Yanzheng said, "Many years ago, Le Yan blew up their drug manufacturing plant and cleaned it up once. Now they have a new one, and I need to find it, clean it up again, and clean it up completely."

When the name "Le Yan" was mentioned, Qin Chengyuan's eyes twitched slightly.

Zhuang Yanzheng continued, "They manufacture drugs, traffic drugs, and in the end, these drugs are used on people. They profit from this. Watching those people become dazed, gradually emaciated, lose their human form, and finally die, they are essentially no different from Chang Kong and his group."

Chu Xingrou nodded.

“Xie Zhiyan has been doing this for many years,” Zhuang Yanzheng said. “Evil people cannot see their own evil.”

Chu Xingrou nodded again: "I understand."

“We can’t be 100% sure it’s Qianying,” Su Miaoyi said. “We need to investigate from multiple angles.”

Several people nodded.

After a moment of silence, Zhuang Yanzheng said, "We've looked into both the Chengnan and Hexi branches. In the car accident case, because the accident investigation process isn't complete and the body is still at the funeral home, an autopsy is needed. In the homeless man's case, because we're still looking for his relatives and family, and the body is also at the funeral home, an autopsy is also needed to determine the specific circumstances."

“I can go take a look first,” Su Miaoyi said, “to see if I can see anything.”

"I'll take you there," Qin Chengyuan said.

Zhuang Yanzheng opened his mouth as if to say something.

Qin Chengyuan raised his hand to stop them: "You guys do your thing, Lele and I will go."

Zhuang Yanzheng shut his mouth.

(End of this chapter)