Yu Guang

Chapter 12 A Piece of Cake

"Name?"

"Lin Xiaoxia."

"What is the relationship with the deceased?"

"We are husband and wife and have been married for almost 20 years."

"Where were you when the incident happened?"

"I'm beside him, I mean, I'm sitting opposite him in the coffee shop on Liming Street."

In the video, an obese middle-aged woman speaks in a low voice.

She was pale and haggard, wearing pajamas, a police uniform jacket, and house slippers on her feet.

When Wen Quan was shot dead in Liming Street, Lin Xiaoxia broke down emotionally, covered her eyes with her hands and began to cry.

The video continued to play, and Lin Xiaoxia intermittently answered related questions until the female police officer asked:

"Do you have a harmonious relationship with the deceased?"

"We...we hardly have any intersection," Lin Xiaoxia wiped away her tears, and said in a low voice, "The two of us rarely meet offline, either he is in the game, or I am in the game, and almost only see each other every week Once, he was the one who helped me change the nutrient solution in the nutrition chamber."

"Our investigation found that you are actually in a state of zero income."

"I have a savings of my own," Lin Xiaoxia explained, "I don't completely rely on his support."

"Then what do you think, the dead man's attitude towards you?"

"I... I don't know."

Lin Xiaoxia's expression was a bit bitter:

"We were in love, but we were fed up with each other a long time ago.

"He likes adventure and upgrade games, and I like some dress-up music games. The two of us have no common topics, and we are friends who know each other the most.

"That's why we chose to divorce and let each other leave."

The video has a pause symbol that has been circulated since ancient times.

...

"Everyone, please remember Lin Xiaoxia's answers."

Wang Ze swiped his right hand, and a three-dimensional image of the deceased's home appeared in the center of the projection screen, with the perspective pointing at the refrigerator.

"Pay attention to the piece of cake in the corner that has passed its expiration date. It has been half eaten."

"Yes," asked an old police officer, "is there anything found on it?"

Wang Ze did not speak, and separated the cake from the picture, modeled it independently, and adjusted the angle.

Qi Ming's eyes lit up, and he immediately said: "There are two traces, and the trace maker on the left prefers the cream layer on top!"

Wang Ze said seriously: "But none of us can be sure whether the person who eats the cake will adjust the angle by himself."

"So, we collected cake samples at the scene overnight for testing," He Qiu said immediately, "the biological information of the deceased and Lin Xiaoxia was found on the cake.

"In addition, the label under the cake has a production date, and it was purchased seven days ago, that is, two days before the incident.

"This is the surveillance video of the deceased when he was picking up the food, as well as the purchase records, and the photos taken by the automatic food delivery machine when the food was handed over."

On the other side of the projection screen, there is a lot of information.

Wang Ze continued:
"Then Lao He and I followed this clue to investigate and found that the deceased often bought the same type of cake, and the frequency was once every four to five days.

"Two years ago, the deceased went out for two months, and their family would still buy this kind of sweets, and the photos of the buyers are all here. We have obtained accurate information from the food delivery company.

"It is certain that this is Lin Xiaoxia's favorite taste."

The conference room was silent.

Soon, Deputy Director Gong said in a deep voice: "This is not substantive evidence."

The two old police officers also spoke separately:

"Just having a piece of cake that two people ate together doesn't prove anything, and it doesn't prove that they ate it together."

"Moreover, the information we have now includes the terminal online time period of the deceased and Lin Xiaoxia. This information is beneficial to Lin Xiaoxia."

"What I mean is," Wang Ze's smile was still very confident: "Is the relationship between the deceased and Lin Xiaoxia really as strangers as Lin Xiaoxia said?"

The meeting room was quiet again, only the rustling sound of the pen tip scratching the paper.

- Electronic devices are not allowed to take notes during the meeting.

Wang Ze paused for more than ten seconds, and continued: "The new clue that Lao He and I have discovered does not point to their husband-wife relationship. Although Lao He and I investigated this cake at the beginning, that was the purpose."

He changed his voice:
"Everyone, please take a look. This is the monitoring screen of Wen Quan's living room. This angle is just enough to completely cover the refrigerator."

A video appeared on the projection screen, played at a rate of several hundred times, and the time number in the upper left corner jumped rapidly.

The video automatically paused, triggering the automatic portrait capture function.

At this time, the date shown on the screen was exactly two days before the incident. The deceased Wen Quan picked up the takeaway in his pajamas, put a whole cake back in the refrigerator, went to the toilet, and walked back to his bedroom.

The video played quickly again, only the changing numbers in the upper left corner reminded that this was not a still picture.

The video automatically paused several times.

The deceased, Wen Quan, would appear in the living room every few hours to eat and go to the toilet, which was similar to that of normal people.

Lin Xiaoxia left the bedroom, went to the bathroom to deal with personal affairs, did skin care for half an hour, opened the refrigerator, ate a few bites of cake, and returned to her room.

The video pauses for the penultimate time, and gunshots are heard from the bedroom.

After more than ten minutes, Lin Xiaoxia rushed out of her bedroom, pushed open the door of Wen Quan's bedroom, and then slumped on the ground.

incident.

Deputy Director Gong Tianzheng suddenly asked: "Is there no video record of the deceased eating this cake?"

"Yes, this is the clue that Lao He and I stumbled across last night. We were lucky."

Pushing Wang Ze's hand, the original video was divided into 36 parts, which were simultaneously played slowly on the large projection screen, showing the detailed trajectory of the deceased.

He Qiu couldn't help rubbing the tip of his nose.

In fact, Wang Ze was doing the comparison of all the details, and he was only responsible for running errands and follow-up confirmation.

Wang Ze concluded:
"In the surveillance video of the living room, there is no picture of Wen Quan touching the cake.

"But on the traces of eating the cake, we did detect warm and complete biological information.

"And after we repeatedly compared the details, there are obvious differences in the food traces of the cakes. What does this mean?"

With a bang, an old police officer slapped the table agitatedly.

"The surveillance video may have been tampered with! It really is tricky!"

"Finally found a breakthrough."

The low air pressure in the conference room dissipated instantly.

Wang Ze made a gesture, and the surrounding immediately became quiet.

He glanced at the video call screen.

On the conference table sitting at the other end of the communication, the gray-haired old man also smiled a little.

This is the president of Weixing Group, and he can be regarded as a technological celebrity on the home planet.

Wang Ze said briskly:

"This clue still cannot be used as direct evidence, but it also points out a way for our next work.

"Lin Xiaoxia's alibi consisted of two parts: 'server online information' and 'indoor monitoring screen', and it has now been confirmed that the indoor monitoring was forged.

"Then we turned our attention to the public cameras near the deceased's home.

"By comparing the changes in the environment around Wen's family, the cross-coverage footage of several cameras, and conducting detailed inquiries of relevant personnel who appeared during the same time period.

"The last thing that can be confirmed is that the external monitoring has not been tampered with.

"Six hours before the incident, no one had entered or left the apartment of the deceased and Lin Xiaoxia."

Deputy Director Gong Tianzheng said in a deep voice, "The deceased's wife, Lin Xiaoxia, is suspected of committing a serious crime."

The sonorous and powerful voice of the old man came out in the video call: "Our Weixing Group will fully provide technical support."

Wang Ze ignored him and continued:

"Not only is the indoor monitoring unreliable, but all kinds of information we believed in before have to be re-examined, including the server information provided by Weixing Group.

"I suggest that the police conduct a surprise interrogation of Lin Xiaoxia and find a breakthrough in her.

"In addition, in terms of technology, we can't rely solely on Weixing Group. If necessary, please introduce a third-party organization to conduct a comprehensive identification of the deceased's spinal port equipment, Lin Xiaoxia's nutrition warehouse, and Weixing Group's server data."

Everyone nodded.

Wang Ze couldn't help yawning: "That's all for the time being, if you find something, you can wake me up at any time, and I'll go to sleep for a few hours."

Deputy Director Gong Tianzheng immediately said: "Xiao Wang, rest well and take care of yourself!"

"Thank you, Director Gong."

Wang Ze responded with a smile, turned around and wanted to leave, but when he reached the door, he remembered something, turned around and came back to add two sentences:
"I don't believe in ghosts or perfect crimes.

"Find more experienced technicians, they should come in handy later.

"I just feel that the truth of this matter may be even more unbelievable than the ghosts we see now."

……

After Wang Ze left, the old police officers left in the conference room quickly made a series of deployments.

When the police were almost done, the president of Weixing Group on the other end of the video call also expressed his apology to the police.

"I apologize to the force for Els' previous arrogance and assure him that he will not appear in front of you.

"The police need any information from Weixing Group, and we will fully cooperate.

"Next, I will send my most capable subordinates and mobilize the most elite technicians to the police station to assist you in investigating this case.

"The stability of the mother star's virtual industry is related to countless jobs, and a slight fluctuation will cause serious social problems.

"Just... please everyone."

(End of this chapter)