Volume 8 Chapter 57 (1/2)
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TL: Zhao
Editing: Krisaia
After an entire day of rest, Li Yiming finally came back down to the first floor.
”You're here?” Li Yiming saw Xiao Feng lying down on the sofa.
”Ah! Captain?” Xiao Feng jumped up, rearranging his messy hair.
”He never left,” Chen Jiaw.a.n.g said.
”You've been working the entire night?”
”I've just finished my investigation. The rock was lost on the night of the eleventh of September. There were quite a lot of strange points to the case, as nothing was caught by the surveillance cameras in the neighborhood. The only clue we have is a video from two weeks before, when the rock was first delivered to the place,” Xiao Feng explained.
”Nice work,” Li Yiming complimented. As he scrutinized the picture of the rock, he recalled seeing it in the Merry Couple's jade store.
”Do you have any information on the people who reported this case to the police?” Li Yiming remembered the date to be when Aunt Wu visited him, meaning that the seal had vanished during that same day.
”Yes, these are from the police station.” Xiao Feng grew excited upon noticing Li Yiming's satisfied look.
”Sai Gao?” Li Yiming's countenance s.h.i.+fted when he saw the tall man wearing pyjamas on the picture, who seemed to be talking to a police officer.
”According to the files found in the local real estate bureau, the owner of the house is someone called Shao Xian. She was a famous online streamer and even became a singer, but she retired from public view after a music festival a year ago. Her relations.h.i.+p to the man in the picture is unclear,” Xiao Feng said as he handed over a sheet of paper containing Shao Xian's background information.
'So they're together? How did they get their hands on that rock? Or even remove the seal?' Li Yiming frowned as he considered the implications of the findings.
”That's all. I couldn't find anything on the whereabouts of the rock. The police officer in question had been bribed to investigate the case, but the whole affair was busted and he underwent disciplinary actions.” Despite Li Yiming saying that the police officer was not of utmost importance, Xiao Feng still nonetheless made the extra effort to obtain information about the latter, since it could have led to a breakthrough in his investigation.
”Thank you for your work. I appreciate it. You should take some rest now.”
”I'm only doing my duty. Please, if you have anything else you'd like to ask of me…” Xiao Feng said with a reverent expression as he stood up.
”I'm fine for now.” Li Yiming stared at Xiao Feng's back as the latter left, thinking that Fang Shui'er had done a great job of discovering such talent.
”Bai Ze, come have a look at this!” Li Yiming called out as soon as Xiao Feng left.
”Sai Gao? Then this rock really is that one?” Bai Ze could not believe that Li Yiming had produced some results.
”Not only that, look at this…” Li Yiming put down the photos on the table.
”What about this one?”
”Look at how the officers are standing in these pictures,” Li Yiming said as he pointed.
”There's something strange… I'm not sure what this is…” Bai Ze frowned. She could tell that something was off, but did not know what it was exactly.
”There should have been another person in this photo…”
”What?”
”Look at this picture. Sai Gao is standing unusually far away from the police officer. The only explanation is that there's someone else standing here. Also, look at this one, and this one…”
Bai Ze's countenance grew severe as she listened to Li Yiming's hypothesis.
”You're saying that there's someone here who can't be seen by the camera?”