Stepdaughter of a wealthy family? The little darling of a Beijing tycoon

Previously, the police only opened a missing person case and conducted a cursory inspection of the house during their first visit. Finding nothing unusual, they left without conducting an in-depth investigation.

But this time it's completely different.

After receiving a tip from a concerned citizen about a major homicide case, the police department attached great importance to the case and directly assigned the Major Crimes Unit to take over.

Led by Captain Chen Wei, and accompanied by key team members He Ming and Fang Hai, even the forensic doctor rushed to the scene. Everyone knew that this was no longer a simple missing persons investigation, but a comprehensive re-examination of the scene as if it were a premeditated murder case.

Police cars were parked downstairs, and a group of police officers and forensic doctors were all in place, forming a solemn and imposing formation.

The corridor was quickly cordoned off, and all entrances and exits on the floor were sealed off.

Hearing the noise, neighbors gathered around and peered out, discussing the incident.

"Haven't we already checked several times already?"

"Xiaomei has been missing for almost a week, and the police have been searching everywhere without any leads. Could there really be something going on?"

"Something's not right here, even the forensic doctor is here..."

Inside the room, Zhang Tong looked at the group of fully armed and serious-looking investigators, and a sense of panic began to creep into his heart.

Over the course of twenty days, he repeatedly cleaned and processed the area, convinced that he had erased all traces and that there was no way he could have left any flaws.

Even though he was filled with anxiety, he maintained a calm and composed demeanor, even showing a hint of helplessness and acceptance at being wronged, quietly cooperating with the investigation and pretending to be innocent.

After entering the room, the police officers immediately divided up their tasks and took action.

He Ming and Fang Hai immediately stepped forward and separated Zhang Tong and the two elderly people for questioning to avoid collusion and interference, and recorded the details of their statements in an orderly manner.

On the other side, the forensic doctor put on gloves, opened the professional forensic toolbox, took out the bloodstain reaction reagent, and began to spray and test the bloodstains layer by layer, room by room, and surface by surface in detail.

Living room, bedroom, kitchen, bathroom, wall corners, floor seams, furniture edges...

Every corner of the house was thoroughly inspected and checked.

Neighbors watching from outside the house and hundreds of thousands of viewers in the live mobile broadcast room all held their breath and stared intently at the live footage.

Everyone is waiting for an outcome.

But after a complete inspection, an unexpected scene unfolded—

After the reagent was sprayed, the whole house was clean and there was no bloodstain reaction anywhere.

The entire room was completely free of bloodstains and any other abnormalities.

The neighbors watching relaxed, and the live stream instantly sparked a huge discussion.

【Really, not a single trace?!】

Could the streamer have really made a mistake?

[A thorough cleanup took twenty days, and as expected, nothing was found!]

[Oh no, the streamer really has to apologize in public now!]

[This guy is so calm, he didn't even flinch the whole time, he really looks like he's been wronged!]

Zhang Tong, who was inside the room, breathed a huge sigh of relief, as if a huge weight had been lifted from his heart.

A fleeting, almost imperceptible smugness flashed across his eyes, but his face immediately contorted into a mixture of grievance and anger. He turned to the camera, his tone mocking and intimidating:

"Captain Chen, as you can see, the whole house is spotless, without the slightest abnormality."

He looked directly at the phone camera, his words dripping with menace:

"Anchor Shen, the evidence is now irrefutable—you've wronged me. Hundreds of thousands of viewers across the internet are watching; you should keep your promise and apologize to me publicly!"

The entire house was searched without any results, and there was no bloodstains. The weight that had been hanging over the hearts of the two elderly people was finally lifted.

The old lady gently patted her chest and sighed repeatedly. Looking at Zhang Tong beside her, her eyes were full of guilt: "I always said that Xiao Tong is kind and honest. He and Xiao Mei have been together for twenty years. How could he do something so heinous?"

In the hearts of the elderly couple, their son-in-law, who had been busy taking care of them day and night, had absolutely no connection with the brutal murderer.

Chen Wei's gaze fell on the phone in the old man's hand, which was still broadcasting live, and he slowly approached. The old man explained hesitantly, "Captain Chen, this is a fortune teller we connect with online. She said before that my daughter had already been murdered, and the murderer was Xiaotong... We don't believe that at all."

Chen Wei's gaze, passing through the screen, fell on Shen Jingshu's eyes, which were visible through her mask, and his brows furrowed slightly involuntarily.

Those clear, calm eyes looked strangely familiar, as if I had seen them before when I was assisting with a special investigation, but I couldn't quite place where I had seen them.

His keen intuition, honed over years of police service, was subtly at work. Even though the on-site investigation yielded nothing, he still did not fully accept Zhang Tong's claim of innocence.

The forensic doctor, who had just completed the entire house inspection, put away his testing tools and stepped forward to report to Chen Wei: "Captain Chen, all the walls, floors, kitchen and bathroom furniture in the house have been screened with luminol reagent. There was no blood fluorescence reaction, and no traces of the crime were found."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Tong straightened his back, a mocking expression on his face, and raised his voice towards the camera: "Answerer, the police's professional investigation has now confirmed my innocence. The bet was made, so you should keep your promise and apologize to me in front of all the fans online."

The screen was filled with comments again, with most viewers feeling that Shen Jingshu had misjudged the situation this time.

[It's over, the investigation yielded no clues, the streamer is going to lose.]

Could it be that we've simply made unfounded assumptions and wrongly accused an innocent person?

Just as everyone was waiting for Shen Jingshu to apologize, the girl on the screen spoke calmly and calmly: "Captain Chen, did you really thoroughly search every single spot in the entire house?"

The forensic doctor frowned upon hearing this: "We have inspected every room in the entire residence one by one, and there is nothing we have missed."

Shen Jingshu raised her eyes, her gaze piercing through the screen, precisely locking onto the balcony storage room floor visible in the corner of the camera: "You really cleaned up the marks on the floor and walls inside the house perfectly."

Shen Jingshu's cold voice slowly came through the phone receiver, each word piercing the heart and penetrating the silence of the room.

"But do you think that will completely erase all the evidence of your murder of Xiaomei?"

Her gaze was unwavering as she looked directly at Zhang Tong, whose expression had subtly changed on the screen, and clearly reminded the officers present: "Captain Chen, the absence of traces on the ground does not mean there is no evidence. You can examine the drainpipes in his kitchen and bathroom; there, you'll find all the truth you seek."