Chapter 29 - Bloody Maple Leaf: Suspect’s Testimony (1/2)
Chapter 29 – b.l.o.o.d.y Maple Leaf: Suspect’s Testimony
Xie Xinghe was soon taken into the interrogation room.
The police asked directly, “Last Wednesday afternoon, your cla.s.s was in Laboratory 3. Is that correct?”
“Yes.”
“Was the cla.s.s talking about organic phosphate? The chemistry teacher pulled out a bottle to demonstrate?”
Xie Xinghe looked calm. “Yes.”
“Finally, you checked it and put it back in the cupboard?”
Xie Xinghe was silent for a moment. “I am the cla.s.s monitor and it is my duty to inspect the laboratory instruments and materials.”
“Half a bottle of organic phosphate is missing Did you take it?”
Xie Xinghe frowned. “No, the bottle was full when I checked.”
The police looked at each other and found that Xie Xinghe was calm and didn’t seem like he was lying. His testimony also didn’t have any loopholes. They had to let him go back first and call in the chemistry teacher.
Qin Weiwei, who was the most suspicious at present, walked into the interrogation room with a slightly dazed expression.
She sat down and wondered, “Police officers, what do you want to know?”
“Didn’t you ask for leave yesterday? However, we went back and checked the monitoring for the entire day. The surveillance video at the school gate shows that you came back to school at 11:20 and left at 11:40.”
Xiao Lou heard this and immediately raised his spirit.
Qin Weiwei explained, “I took my father to the hospital and found that his medical insurance card was forgotten at the school. I took a taxi back to get it.”
“In other words, you were actually at school during the time when Ying Xiaoya jumped from the building to commit suicide.”
Qin Weiwei’s expression changed. “Surely you aren’t doubting me?”
The policeman looked serious. “Please answer the questions and cooperate with the investigation.”
Qin Weiwei took a deep breath. “I really was at school at that time and I also called the PE teacher to ask about the situation of the students. He said that he was organizing students to play basketball. I didn’t know that Ying Xiaoya had jumped off the building. I just took the medical insurance card and left.”
“Last month, the security guard lost his keys. Did you pick them up and return them to him?”
Qin Weiwei nodded. “Yes.”
“Then you could have a key to the roof?”
Qin Weiwei’s expression was unsightly. “What do you mean by this? What would I do with a key to the roof? After I picked up the keys, I was in a rush because I had to go to cla.s.s. I left them in my office and then gave them back to the security guard after finis.h.i.+ng cla.s.s. Maybe someone took the keys during this time!”
“Did you buy this bottle of organic phosphate?”
“Yes, I was telling the students about organic phosphate and inorganic phosphate. I bought a bottle to let them recognize this poison, so that they don’t accidentally come into contact with it. I also told them some first aid knowledge regarding organic phosphate poisoning. Why are you suddenly asking about this?”
The policeman replied, “Organic phosphate was found in the blood of the deceased. She was poisoned before she fell from the building. The bottle in the chemistry laboratory is missing half and Xie Xinghe said that it was full when he checked it. You are the only one who can go into the laboratory to take it away.”
Qin Weiwei’s face was white. “I didn’t take it!”
The policeman declared, “Ms Qin Weiwei, you are suspected of killing Ying Xiaoya. This is an arrest warrant.”
Qin Weiwei made a disbelieving expression. “Police officer, you got it really! I really didn’t take the poison or keep a copy of the keys! I went back to school to grab my father’s health insurance card. My father can testify…”
“Please come back to the police station for further investigation.”
Before she could finish, cold handcuffs were placed around her wrists.
The police had the arrest warrant and took Qin Weiwei as a suspect.
Xiao Lou rushed out behind the police officers.
Yu Hanjiang pretended to pa.s.s by and entered the bathroom. Xiao Lou also wore the invisibility cloak and entered the bathroom.
Xiao Lou whispered in Yu Hanjiang’s ears, “Qin Weiwei is too suspicious. She picked up the security guard’s keys and happened to be at school when the incident happened, calling the PE teacher. She also bought the organic phosphate poison.”
The effect of Xiao Lou’s invisibility cloak wasn’t over yet so Yu Hanjiang could only hear him talking but couldn’t see his location.
Even so, Yu Hanjiang was calm as he talked to the air. “Then the police officers brought her back to investigate?”
Just then, Xiao Lou’s cloak lost its effect and he appeared by Yu Hanjiang’s side.
Yu Hanjiang looked at him. “What does Professor Xiao think?”
Xiao Lou frowned. “I don’t think it’s right.”
Just then, a prompt appeared at the same time on their floating boxes.
[3 of Hearts secret room’s reasoning result: Is the murderer the chemistry teacher Qin Weiwei? Yes/No]
[Note: If the reasoning is wrong then it is a failure and you will be sent to the Nightmare Room to accept punishment.]
The two people glanced at each other and pressed ‘No’ in unison.
They declared simultaneously, “Qin Weiwei isn’t the murderer.”
Yu Hanjiang gazed at Xiao Lou appreciatively. “How did you a.n.a.lyze it?”
Xiao Lou sorted out his thoughts. “First, Teacher Qin has the key to the chemistry laboratory. If she wanted to take away the poison then she didn’t need to pry open the lock. However, when we checked the lab last night, the lock showed signs of being pried open. Second, she is the chemistry teacher. If she really wanted to poison Ying Xiaoya then she has many means. There is no need to take poison from the chemistry laboratory and leave such large clues behind.”
He paused before continuing, “According to the results of the forensic test, Ying Xiaoya was poisoned and the source of the poison is Yu Hui’s chocolates. However, the chocolates can’t contain a lot of poison and this dose of organic phosphate isn’t fatal, unless Ying Xiaoya was hungry and ate the entire box of chocolates. This can’t be the case because Yu Hui still had a lot of chocolates left in his bag, indicating that Ying Xiaoya only ate one or two pieces.”
By carefully reviewing Yi Ru’s confession yesterday, the boys were playing basketball in PE cla.s.s while the two people returned to the teaching building. Ying Xiaoya said she was very hungry and let Yi Ru go to buy potato chips from the snack counter. Perhaps Ying Xiaoya couldn’t stand the hunger and ate a piece of chocolate.
During the time when they were running in language cla.s.s, Yu Hui had given a chocolate to Ying Xiaoya and she had probably placed it in her pocket.
Xiao Lou had noticed this scene. Yu Hui gave her a spherical chocolate that had a diameter of around 3cm and golden paper on the outside. This should be the one eaten by Ying Xiaoya.
The poison content in one piece of chocolate was very low and wouldn’t cause direct death. It was just that acute organic phosphate poisoning would still show symptoms such as contraction and muscle tremors. As long as she was rescued in time, she would be fine.
After eating the chocolate, she went to the rooftop and fell to her death.
Xiao Lou finally concluded, “Her real cause of death is still the skull fracture and cerebral hemorrhage caused by falling from the building. The dose of chocolate poisoning wasn’t fatal.”
After Xiao Lou’s professional a.n.a.lysis of the poison dosage, Yu Hanjiang was more convinced of his inference.