I find him to be over the moon again recently, and then a bit confused. This illness recurs, and I don't know when he will truly mature. I truly worry for Xie Chuchu.
I have no time to pay him any mind. Lately, I've noticed he and Xie Chuchu are getting closer and closer. I suspect we'll be attending their wedding banquet soon. Though Xie Chuchu shows no outward reaction, I know she must be thrilled inside. She's just very reserved.
The popping sound on the screen was captured by He Xin during post-production. She replayed the footage for us, and only then did we see the earlier content.
The burly man and Chi Tianyun thrashed about in the swimming pool for a very, very long time, entwined, in various positions, splashing water everywhere. I initially thought that was the end of it, but He Xin only watched the video from the week before the incident and discovered that Chi Tianyun did such things almost every day, even forcing her husband to kneel and hide…
I can't imagine how Lu Yangjia faced his wife at the time. Normal people certainly couldn't endure such humiliation.
"Even if she didn't want to lose such wealth and status, as a man, he couldn't possibly ignore such things, right?"
As Xiahou spoke, Gao Mingqiang picked up the thread, "Exactly. Once or twice is one thing, but repeating it every single day? Lu Yangjia was actually very submissive. Logically, he should have been the one with the murderous intent, so why is it Lu Yangjia who is dead now?"
"Could it be that they had an argument, and Chi Tianyun accidentally killed him? Then, not wanting the police to suspect her, she pretended nothing had happened and went to those college students to stage a scene for her. I suspect the other two were unaware, but Xiao Li was different." He Xin speculated.
I said, "Yes, that possibility exists. As long as they never show up again, we'll assume they're missing. After all, they have two male college students as witnesses. This has some connection to the montage technique. However, those two students have no idea they were also deceived; they simply became part of the actors in this montage."
"Based on the current analysis, combined with the autopsy report, it doesn't seem to connect, does it?"
"Lu Yangjia's condition was very poor, and there was suspicion of long-term poisoning. His body wasn't self-inflicted; someone harmed him." I recalled the conclusion of the autopsy when I was with Xie Chuchu earlier.
"I've seen her report, but the final confirmation was that he died from strangulation. All other actions were the killer desecrating the body," Liu Yu Ning replied.
We sat together, facing the countless screens plastered on the wall, with complex images repeatedly playing. Although we had watched it many times, as forensic investigators, this was a necessary part of the process.
However, He Xin was very interested in these. She opened the triangulation software and remote tracking software, using drones to simulate the most likely escape route for the killer. She then combined it with the traces at the scene to simulate the killer's entry route into the villa and the process. This was a latest crime scene reconstruction technology. With it, we could see simulated criminal processes appearing on screen, akin to ordinary action films. Watching the video analysis, He Xin said, "Everyone, take a close look. The killer scraped his left wrist while climbing the wall!"
"Yes, such an injury wouldn't heal quickly. It seems we have another piece of evidence to identify the suspect," Yuan Hezhi said.
"But this is not enough. How do we find this killer in the vast Guangming City?" Dao Zhi Yong asked.
"Monkey, think carefully…"
"Master, I actually think Chi Tianyun must have had many lovers. If she had a motive to kill, excluding financial gain, excluding disliking her husband, these aren't reasons for her to kill. It should be the opposite; Lu Yangjia should have had the motive. This is why we are so confused. Furthermore, Lu Yangjia used to be a playboy. When Chi Tianyun found out, she even went after Lu Yangjia's lovers. After Lu Yangjia 'turned over a new leaf,' Chi Tianyun actually believed it and stopped suspecting him. Then Lu Yangjia intentionally used the excuse of a business trip to find other women. Think about it, what kind of person is Chi Tianyun? Would she believe it so easily? And one last thing, look at these videos; doesn't that woman seem to deliberately project an air of dominance in front of Lu Yangjia?"
"So, Monkey, what exactly are you trying to say?" He Xin asked him impatiently.
Dao Zhi Yong grinned and crunched a piece of chocolate, "Don't you know? Actually, Chi Tianyun must have liked Lu Yangjia, which is why she made him realize she was always superior and told him not to leave her. This Lu Yangjia probably has a bit of Stockholm Syndrome. No matter how Chi Tianyun humiliated him, he endured it for the sake of his life. So, I don't think Chi Tianyun would kill him!"
"Uh, that's a bit far-fetched. I don't think that man has Stockholm Syndrome!"
"Then what is it?" Dao Zhi Yong looked at He Xin, puzzled.
"It's 'Lazy Poverty Syndrome'!" He Xin stated decisively, a look of disdain appearing on her face, not directed at Dao Zhi Yong, but at the shrunken man on the screen.
Surveillance footage showed him returning to his room and locking himself inside. His wife spent the entire night with another man by the swimming pool outside!
This was the conclusion we reached after comparing the surveillance footage from the entire villa. The timing was correct, and their actions were confirmed.
However, we still had no definitive conclusion. At this point, Xie Chuchu and Ling Xiaotao arrived, seemingly with new findings.
Ling Xiaotao held a report and said, "We were wrong. I apologize, everyone. After re-examining it several times, we discovered something was wrong with the ligature marks on the deceased's neck."
"What is it, Xiaotao?" I asked.
"The deceased was not strangled. The killer used a muscle relaxant called aminocycloheptene, which caused us to misinterpret the muscle contraction marks. After re-examination and verification, it is now confirmed that Lu Yangjia's actual cause of death was a gunshot wound!"
"I understand. I had some doubts before, but were there any other findings regarding the poison?"
"No. The intake of androgenic steroids was very low; it wouldn't be fatal for Lu Yangjia, but it would cause his sexual function to decline day by day," Xie Chuchu said.
Sexual function declining day by day?
A spark suddenly lit up in my mind. "Perhaps the problem lies with Chi Tianyun's lovers."