Eyes that are the same as those of evil

Chapter 129 The Suitcase Corpse Disposal Case 10
After the story was told and the crying subsided, Zheng Yan took over the conversation again.

“We checked the chat history on the deceased’s phone, and it does match what you said. We also checked the clothes you were wearing on the night of the incident, and there was no blood of the deceased on them.”

"Regarding your alibi for the time of the incident, we also asked Qin Jianan's team this morning. He testified that you were with him from 10:30 pm to 12:30 am. But you separated after that. You said you were wandering around outside alone. We need you to provide the specific location for this, and we will check the surveillance footage to confirm."

Qi Ziqin nodded, suppressing a sob, and described the route she had taken while strolling.

Then, wiping away her tears with the back of her hand, she asked, "Shouldn't my suspicion be cleared? Can I go back to the set to continue filming today?"

"We haven't verified what you just said."

“But I left Zhengyang Street after 12:30 a.m. If I were the murderer, I would have had to be back in the hotel room at least after 12:30 a.m. to commit the murder, right? The hotel surveillance footage doesn’t show me leaving the hotel before the incident, so doesn’t that prove I’m not the murderer?”

Zheng Yan looked at her, but showed no sign of softening after hearing her touching story; he remained serious and cold.

"You are not a strong suspect, but the evidence we have found so far does not prove that you were unaware of the murderer hiding in your room."

Qi Ziqin was stunned. She hurriedly sat up, wanting to explain further, but she opened her mouth without knowing what evidence to use to prove her innocence.

Seeing her pale face, and not wanting to cause her emotional distress and health problems during her pregnancy, Zheng Yan continued, "And there are still many questions I need to answer. For example, why is there a real knife among the props in your room?"

Qi Ziqin replied, "Those props were bought by me to practice in private in order to get into character. At first, I bought fake knives, but when I practiced, the props would deform if I used a little force, and the bloodstains on them looked fake. Then I told the prop master of the crew about this, and he gave me a knife that the crew had rejected, saying that he bought it from a custom murder weapon shop in a horror script murder mystery game."

After pausing for a few seconds, he added, "Several people in the crew knew about this. After filming those scenes that required using a knife, I put the knife among the other props, intending to take it back as a souvenir."

Zheng Yan: "But this is too much of a coincidence, isn't it?"

If it weren't for the fact that there were those fake knives in the room, and that only one of them happened to be real, the deceased wouldn't have died so easily.

And that illegitimate child had been following her for so long, did she really not notice at all?
Qi Ziqin moved her lips, wanting to explain, but found that no matter how she explained, she really couldn't clear her name. These coincidences were like crime clues tailor-made for her, and she couldn't find any stronger evidence to refute them.

In the end, all I could say was, "We'll know once we find the killer. I'm telling the truth."

Zheng Yan nodded: "We are investigating the whereabouts and identity of the murderer, and we should have the results soon."

The information currently available is that the murderer is Qi Ziqin's illegitimate child, who is very similar to Qi Ziqin in build and height. On the night of the incident, he was wearing black acetate fabric clothing with bloodstains on it, a black hat, a black mask, and a car.

They are currently reviewing all surveillance videos near the hotel, focusing their investigation on when the murderer chased Qi Ziqin to the Yunchuan Hotel, where she stayed during that time, what kind of car she used to dump the body, what its license plate number was, and where she went after dumping the body.

Once one of these aspects is investigated, we'll be very close to identifying the murderer.

The interrogation of Qi Ziqin was temporarily concluded. Zheng Yan arranged for someone to keep an eye on the ward and prepared to rush back to the police station.

As they were leaving, they saw Tan Jia still staring into the ward and called out to her, "What are you still looking at? Follow me."

Having been outside for so long, he was worried that Lin Zhiyue at the police station might become mentally unstable and have a breakdown on the spot. She, the person involved, hadn't even thought about it yet. Tan Jia, unaware of his inner thoughts, followed slowly behind, saying, "This case is quite interesting. The murderer's method wasn't unusual, and there was plenty of evidence left, so convicting them wouldn't be difficult. But if Qi Ziqin really let things slide, convicting her would be very difficult."

He added, "I suspect that even if the murderer is found, they won't give any testimony that would be detrimental to Qi Ziqin. Firstly, because she's Qi Ziqin's illegitimate child, and to put it another way, a die-hard fan. Secondly, if I were Qi Ziqin, even if I noticed the murderer's existence, as long as we shared the same goal, I would deliberately pretend not to know, so that I would have absolutely no connection to the crime. Wouldn't you say that's a perfect crime?"

“But why would Qi Ziqin have the same goal as the murderer? If we can know that both sides want Tang Tianyu dead without prior communication or discussion, then there must be something we don’t know. As long as we investigate those things and find more clues, we can convict her,” Zheng Yan said.

She thought for a moment and said, "That makes sense. Now we just need to find the killer and ask about her motive. I'm really looking forward to her answer."

"I'm really looking forward to it too."

Zheng Yan did not interfere with Tan Jia's various questions and reasoning, and was even happy to see it happen. After answering, he looked at Miao Zi with unusual satisfaction. When getting into the car, he even pulled Xiao Chen down and let her sit in the passenger seat.

Xiao Chen: "..."

Really speechless.

As soon as the group returned to the police station, the technical team brought good news.

The tire tracks extracted from the body dumping site before the forensic examination were separated into many pieces. Now, the technical team is using them to compare with the surveillance footage of the road from near the hotel to near the body dumping site at the time of the crime, and has found a suspicious vehicle.

"A white Volvo left the street opposite the Yunchuan Hotel around midnight on the night of the incident. Although the surveillance cameras did not cover the entire route of the body disposal, and the body disposal site was under the support of an overpass and there were no cameras directly facing it, only this white Volvo happened to appear on a main road near the body disposal site around 2 a.m., and the tire tracks extracted by the forensic examination matched. If there is no doubt, this white Volvo is the murderer's car."

Zheng Yan and the others gathered around to look at the footage of the car. In the first few enlarged images, the license plate and even the driver in the driver's seat were not clearly visible because the headlights were on.

However, the perpetrator was clearly unfamiliar with the city's traffic situation. Even though he was wearing a mask and trying to avoid areas with heavy traffic, he was still captured in a clear photo by the electronic surveillance camera on the turning road.

“These eyes also look very similar to those of Qi Ziqin,” Wu Yang said.

Xiao Chen shuddered as he recalled what Tan Jia had said yesterday: "Could they really be twin sisters?"

“As long as it’s not a genetic clone, it’s acceptable,” Tan Jia said without looking up, his eyes still fixed on the car on the screen. “We have the license plate number. Even if the car doesn’t belong to the murderer, we can at least find a connection.”

Upon investigation, the technical team discovered the owner's photo displayed under the license plate number.

"The good news is that it's the killer's car. Her name is Qi Yao."

Considering this is a case involving the entertainment industry, they also searched online for the social media accounts associated with this name, and then discovered—

"This Qi Yao isn't Qi Ziqin's illegitimate child, but rather a fan of Qin Jianan?"

(End of this chapter)