Attention Sir, I Have Your Heart Handcuffed!-Chapter 434 - 311. As long as a crime is committed, it will definitely leave traces (2 updates 2).
Shi Nian’s heart began to pound violently; Rosa’s contradictory emotions toward the clown finally had an explanation!
—Originally, both Mrs. Luo and the hospital discovered Rosa was afraid of clowns, but when talking to her, she denied it, insisting instead on saying how she liked clowns, how good they were to her, how they never harmed her.
So that’s how it was.
It could even be concluded that it wasn’t a coincidence Rosa got tangled up in this series of cases, nor that she appeared in Xiang Yuan’s life, right? Perhaps Rosa herself doesn’t even know but has unknowingly become an indispensable chess piece in the game.
Without Rosa, how could she become disillusioned with Xiang Yuan step by step, and eventually end up divorcing?
Xiang Yuan finally picked up the phone, apologizing repeatedly: "Sorry, I was just in the restroom and didn’t have my phone."
Shi Nian brushed aside these details, hastily saying, "A Yuan, you’re at Huatai Hall, isn’t Rosa there too? Quickly check her office, see what’s happened to her?"
Xiang Yuan was startled: "What’s wrong with her?"
Shi Nian tried to calm himself down: "I called her mobile, it connected, but no one answered."
"Alright, I’ll go check." Xiang Yuan temporarily hung up, leaving Shi Nian waiting in the empty darkness, silently praying: "Please, let everything be okay, I beg..."
About 5 minutes later, Xiang Yuan called back, saying Rosa was fine.
Shi Nian felt something was off: "Then let me speak to her."
Xiang Yuan hesitated for a moment, then the phone finally transmitted Rosa’s voice, but very rudely: "Shi Nian, what else is there to say between us?"
Why did the tone suddenly change?
Shi Nian took a deep breath and asked, "Are you alright?"
Rosa retorted unkindly: "How boring, I don’t have time to talk to you. I’m going into a meeting, bye!"
The phone was immediately hung up, leaving only a void in the receiver.
Shi Nian frowned, hurriedly called Jia Tianzi, asking him to keep an eye on Rosa, and also check on Lu Zhao.
Jia Tianzi replied with an unrelated sentence: "Go to Yanqing’s room."
Shi Nian thought: What? It’s the middle of the night, what is she doing going into his room?
This Jia Tianzi, even though he’s Tang Yanqing’s ally, can’t be this blatant, right?
. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎
Shi Nian couldn’t see, standing in Rosa’s office were three people: naturally Xiang Yuan, Rosa, and Lu Zhao.
Rosa hung up the phone on her own, with Xiang Yuan and Lu Zhao both staring at her.
Rosa turned her body back to the desk: "What are you looking at? Didn’t you just decide to take on Little Wallace’s case? Don’t you need time to prepare? Why are you here in my office staring at me?"
Just as she was halfway through her conversation with Shi Nian, Lu Zhao had burst in. She had no choice but to directly hang up the phone.
No need to ask how Lu Zhao had a key to her office, Lu Zhao is also a partner at the law firm, security naturally has keys to every office, he merely needed another copy.
Lu Zhao glared at her, asking gloomily: "Who were you just calling? Why did you hang up when I came in, something you don’t want me to know?"
Rosa suppressed her unease, stubbornly defending herself: "Of course it’s a private matter, women’s affairs needn’t be known by men like you."
The two were arguing, when the door was knocked again, this time it was Xiang Yuan.
Now at this moment, three people gathered unexpectedly, a bit perplexed, each with subtle expressions on their faces.
Xiang Yuan said bluntly: "Are you arguing?"
Lu Zhao chuckled: "I just wanted to see the law firm’s financial report, happened to overhear her calling Shi Nian. Back then, she bullied Shi Nian not a few times, I felt bad about it, so I warned her not to bother Shi Nian again... and it escalated."
He’s still saying this! Clearly, he’s trying to completely ruin her image in Xiang Yuan’s mind! Rosa looked at Lu Zhao in despair, shook her head and couldn’t help but sneer: "Lu Zhao, you’ve always protected Shi Nian, do you truly see Shi Nian as your sister-in-law?"
Xiang Yuan gave Rosa a cold look: "Don’t be so ridiculous in the future! The one neglecting you now is me, if you have complaints direct them at me, don’t bother Shi Nian!"
Then he grabbed Lu Zhao by the shoulder and said: "Brother, let’s go, when she goes crazy, she’s like this, let’s keep out of it!"
The two men shoulder to shoulder left together, the door closing behind them. Rosa stared at that doorway, in despair, just kept on laughing, kept on laughing.
Bastard, all men in this world are bastards!
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Jia Tianzi had also been busy these days, non-stop. The Singapore police, based on Qin Jiajun’s confession, sent people to M Country to investigate those people on social media, as well as Qin Jiajun’s dozen ex-girlfriends. Jia Tianzi personally accompanied them, assisting the investigation.
Gao Cheng had already returned from Hong Kong, bringing back the investigation results from the Lan Gui Fang bar.
So, after hesitating for fifteen minutes, in the middle of the night, Shi Nian finally dressed neatly and entered Tang Yanqing’s room, seeing Jia Tianzi alongside other team members online on the computer screen, realizing what Jia Tianzi meant earlier.
Shi Nian’s face turned red, thinking what was he embarrassed about just now?
Online, Jia Tianzi, Guan Liang, Tang Yan Yi, Gao Cheng, and George nodded at Shi Nian. Shi Nian glanced around and saw Fang Xingzhou from the Singapore police and greeted him. Fang Xingzhou seemed a bit surprised: "Mr. Shi is also here to attend our meeting?"
Tang Yanqing placed a hand on the backrest of Shi Nian’s chair, lazily nodded: "What’s wrong with reporters? I still have to introduce a suspect to this meeting."
Fang Xingzhou raised an eyebrow in shock: "A suspect is attending our meeting too?"
A box on the screen lit up, revealing Qi Xiuqi’s face.
Qi Xiuqi obviously heard Fang Xingzhou’s question and snorted: "I’m just a suspect in M Country, but a policeman in China."
Tang Yanqing didn’t give them a chance to spar verbally, lightly coughed: "With Guan Liang providing technical support, everyone needn’t worry about network insecurity. Everyone has worked hard these days. Bringing everyone together today, it’s time to provide a profile of the real perpetrator behind Judy’s case."
Everyone solemnly composed themselves.
Gao Cheng first presented the investigation results from Hong Kong: "...A series of antique copper wind chimes indeed appeared at the entrance of the shop, and the morning after Mr. Tang found Meng Chuyan, those wind chimes vanished."
"There were no major issues with the identities of the bar owner or staff; nothing in their behavior suggested any connection to Meng Chuyan’s death."
Fang Xingzhou laughed: "So, apart from finding a series of wind chimes, Mr. Gao discovered no valuable clues. I don’t even understand why everyone is so obsessed with those wind chimes. Are we making a fantasy film here, even though wind chimes can’t transform into humans to kill?"
Gao Cheng glanced at Fang Xingzhou. Actually, he had similar doubts initially. As a frontline uniformed police officer, when he first heard Tang Yanqing’s theories on criminal psychology and behavioral analysis, he was also full of skepticism.
Wind chimes appeared at the crime scene, but they aren’t direct evidence connected to the case. Spending energy on indirect evidence, using seemingly unrelated indirect physical evidence to deduce the perpetrator’s criminal psychology... At first, it all seemed like absurdity to him.
He nodded at Fang Xingzhou: "Thanks, Mr. Fang, for the reminder, kindly listen to what I have further: Although the background of the bar owner and staff is clean, when put in parallel comparison with the music bar from the Singapore crime scene, a problem emerges."
Cross-referencing is Guan Liang’s specialty, so he forwarded two sets of charts to the screen for everyone to see.
The left and right tables listed the operating characteristics, owner information, and staff profiles of the two bars.
Gao Cheng said: "Please observe, there’s a high degree of similarity between the two bars; the owners aren’t full-timers, each has their own profession, so they weren’t in the bars that night; the bar staff aren’t full-timers either, they’re hourly-paid student workers, all successful students from various schools."
Singapore’s owner is a musician, while Hong Kong’s owner is a doctor.
Gao Cheng explained: "Perhaps everyone thinks the similarity between bars is typical, given similar business scopes and operational models. But when the identities of the owners and staff are equally similar, then it’s no mere coincidence. Therefore, I believe there is an inevitable connection between the bars in Hong Kong and Singapore. They might be established by the same people or created according to someone’s aesthetic vision."
Tang Yanqing’s team deeply understood his behavioral analysis theories and nodded approvingly to Gao Cheng. Fang Xingzhou, however, still favored traditional crime investigation methods, felt intrigued yet somewhat in a fog.
"Although the owners are part-timers, their jobs differ. Not to mention, half of the bars worldwide aren’t managed personally by their owners, right? So, what’s peculiar about that?"
Gao Cheng remained calm: "In criminal profiling, the occupation analysis isn’t surface-level. Whether a doctor or musician isn’t important, what’s crucial is the essence revealed by the profession—both musicians and doctors are highly specialized careers, not everyone can do them. People in these fields have significant professional backgrounds, representing their intelligence and operational abilities."
