Animal Detective

The deleted video in Chapter 132

Outside the morgue.

Chen Chao listened silently to Shen Xin's report.

"Let's wait until Lao Du finishes his inspection before we talk about it," Chen Chao said, not in a hurry to express his opinion.

He brought a forensic doctor with him.

After Ding Yuwei returned from receiving the rabies vaccine, Du Xinkai, the chief forensic pathologist of the branch office, finally came out.

He was wearing a protective suit when he went in, so he was sweating profusely.

“There are no unusual wounds.” Du Xinkai shook his head.

He showed the autopsy photos to the group and concluded, "My guess is that he died of rabies. There are medical records to prove this, so there shouldn't be any major problems."

Then he added, "Old Chen, aren't you guys overthinking this? I think he's just unlucky."

There were no other fatal external injuries, and the possibility of using the rabies virus to infect a person was almost zero.

In Du Xinkai's view, Wang Lei was just unlucky and was infected by accident.

"Old Du, thank you for your trouble." Chen Chao neither confirmed nor denied it, but smiled and thanked him, telling Du Xinkai to go back first.

After Lao Du left, Chen Chao asked Ding Yuwei to go to the hospital and discuss with them about preserving the body.

In any case, once the time since death has passed, the virus will be inactivated and will no longer be infectious.

"Captain Chen, do you still think there's a problem?" Shen Xin asked.

If Chen Chao hadn't suspected something was wrong with Wang Lei's death, he wouldn't have allowed the body to be preserved.

Chen Chao nodded and led Shen Xin to the garden outside.

He was a heavy smoker, so he lit one and said, "Let's analyze it like this: I'll analyze the points that are questionable, and you can refute me."

Shen Xin nodded; this was a common method for discussing case details.

Chen Chao thought for a moment and said, "Let's talk about Wang Lei, the cat, first."

"Look at his short video account, right? He was still updating videos of this cat on the 18th. Of course, the video footage might have been filmed in advance, but if it was filmed on the 18th, that means the cat was fine on the 18th."

“Even if it is in the incubation period, it is not infectious at all, but at this time, Wang Lei has already developed symptoms. Therefore, there can only be a third source of infection.”

"But cats almost never go outside, so how did they get infected? Isn't that illogical?"

Shen Xin pondered for a moment and said, "When I was looking through his video footage, I noticed that he filmed videos of himself confronting and interacting with stray cats and dogs outdoors."

Clearly, Wang Lei referenced the viral video he posted, created a calico dog that looked extremely similar to Da Mei, and then deliberately filmed videos of himself interacting with stray cats and dogs to gain attention.

"So it's possible that he encountered a sick dog while filming outside, and then both he and the cat were bitten and infected."

Chen Chao immediately said, "But the disease control department has investigated the surrounding area and found no sick dogs."

Dogs infected with rabies are highly aggressive, afraid of water and noise, and are agitated and restless. Their characteristics are very obvious, making them easy to identify when they appear in cities.

If a resident discovers this, they will definitely call the police.

Moreover, even if it is not discovered, the sick dog will die soon, and there will definitely be a carcass after it dies.

"At the same time, any normal person with basic common sense would be sufficiently vigilant about stray cats and dogs, and would immediately go to the hospital for vaccination if scratched or bitten, but Wang Lei did not."

Shen Xin had nothing to say.

What Zhao Tianxing said is indeed the biggest question.

Wang Lei graduated from a junior college, which isn't a high level of education, but he's quite quick-witted.

His constant experimentation with multiple areas in the livestreaming business is enough to show that he is not a rigid person.

Seeing that Shen Xin had no way to refute, Chen Chao stood up and said, "Investigate, investigate everything you can, his job, his social relationships, his cat, his dog, and Zhang Qingpeng, investigate everything you can."

"It's better to be safe than sorry; after all, it's a human life at stake."

Shen Xin nodded.

That's right, human life is at stake. Even if it seems that Wang Lei's death was not a problem, since there are doubts, we must find out the truth.

Putting aside other issues, if a city has a rabies death case, the source must be investigated.

Zhao Tianxing didn't return until almost the end of the workday.

He discovered that Wang Lei and Zhang Qingpeng had known each other for quite some time.

In 15, the two worked at a company called Guangyu Media in Matsuura City.

Both were streamers for the company, working on the largest online live streaming platform. "Back then, Zhang Qingpeng was one of the company's pillars, a master of FPS games, and quite popular. Wang Lei, on the other hand, never really became famous."

"Then his company said that Zhang Qingpeng might have been staying up too late, and for some reason developed a hand tremor problem. His gaming performance declined sharply, his popularity dropped quickly, and he gradually couldn't keep up."

"The two of them left Guangyu Media one after the other and came to Nanjiang."

"According to their colleagues, it was Wang Lei who suggested that there was an opportunity in Nanjiang to meet the owner of a media company, but they didn't know what would happen after they arrived in Nanjiang."

"As for what happened after he came to Nanjiang, all we found was that Zhang Qingpeng joined a local media company at the end of last year to do content planning. His income was average, with a monthly salary of just over five thousand."

"As for what Wang Lei does, we can't find out. He probably created his own short video account."

Zhao Tianxing explained what he had found out during his investigation.

Shen Xin noted it down.

The situation on Wang Lei's side matches the video footage that Shen Xin saw on his computer.

I remembered my computer.

After getting off work, Shen Xin went to the technical department.

Shen Xin brought back Wang Lei's computer host and handed it over to the technical department.

When I arrived at the technical department, the men there were gathered together, watching a video with great interest.

Shen Xin leaned closer to take a look.

Okay, I'm studying now.

Upon seeing Shen Xin, Cai Zhe and the others were startled.

"Just watching for fun." Cai Zhe was extremely embarrassed.

"Understood, understood."

Shen Xin smiled, not caring at all, and even glanced at it a few times himself.

Indeed, those that can be collected are all masterpieces.

"Have you found anything?" Shen Xin pulled up a chair and sat down to ask.

Cai Zhe nodded and said, "I didn't find anything wrong, except that around 4 pm on the 22nd, the computer's owner deleted a batch of videos. I recovered them all. Do you want to take a look?"

It was a little after 4 p.m. on the 22nd, the day before Zhang Qingpeng called 120.

Wang Lei fell ill that day, had a fever, and was not in a good mental state.

At this point, how could he possibly have the energy to delete a batch of videos?

Do you want to leave behind a clean reputation in the world?

Not so.

"What kind of videos are they?" Shen Xin asked.

Deleting files on your computer and emptying the recycle bin doesn't actually delete them; you have to copy and overwrite things several times to completely delete them.

Cai Zhe exited the study materials and opened the restored file.

Shen Xin was surprised to discover that these were also some short video materials.

The focus is still on cat and dog interactions, but Wang Lei's husky made an appearance.

Moreover, it's not just raw footage, but also clearly edited finished videos that follow the Tom and Jerry, cat vs. dog battle formula.

It features some exaggerated special effects and sound effects, and it's not long, only a minute or two long, so it should be a video that can be published directly.

Shen Xin also noticed the file name.

For example, the most recent one is from October 16th.

Shen Xin's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly took out his phone and searched for Wang Paofu's account.

The last video is from the 18th, and the previous video was from the 14th.

No video was released on the 16th.

Or was it supposed to be released, but it wasn't?

And they even deleted it themselves.

why?
Shen Xin stared into thought as he watched the video of the husky chasing after the calico dog, leaping and bounding around.

(End of this chapter)