After leaving the scene, I sent a message to He Xin, asking her to continue searching for Gongsun Jiayi's whereabouts. I then took all the surveillance footage I could find from the villa back with me. Of course, this was Gongsun Jiayi's territory, so he would be familiar with the environment and it would be easy for him to avoid surveillance. Nevertheless, I still wanted to check.
Upon returning to the provincial department, numerous technical police officers cooperated with He Xin to get busy. I found Xie Chuchu and planned to perform the autopsy together. While examining the victim's face, I noticed noticeable wrinkles, indicating he had undergone plastic surgery.
However, following the structure of the skull, I slowly felt my way around, restoring his original facial features, which I sketched onto a piece of white paper and sent to He Xin.
Using facial recognition technology, He Xin quickly helped me confirm the victim's original identity. At this point, it was a hundred percent certain that Gongsun Jiayi intended to find someone to die in his place.
Based on the victim's time of death, Gongsun Jiayi likely fled by the time he discovered us in the laboratory. Therefore, the person walking with Yin Chushuang was not him at all.
If it weren't for the discrepancy in the time of death, I might not have seen through Gongsun Jiayi's scheme.
This person was originally named Bu Junmin. According to the records, he was a plastic surgeon. For some unknown reason, he colluded with Gongsun Jiayi. I sent Gao Mingqiang to investigate the plastic surgery clinic where Bu Junmin used to work. I then dissected Bu Junmin's body myself and discovered that most of the alveoli in his lungs had been destroyed, proving he was a heavy smoker and his lungs showed signs of cancerous changes. Even if this incident hadn't occurred, he probably wouldn't have lived much longer.
I wondered if this was why Bu Junmin agreed to Gongsun Jiayi's request to help him escape like a phoenix from the ashes. What was their connection?
I asked He Xin to investigate thoroughly. After sending the message, my attention shifted back to the victim's stomach. In his gastric fluid, I found a considerable amount of violet flower extract. The person had not eaten before death but had consumed a large amount of violet flower wine. Previously, several girls who drank this wine had convulsed and died. Given the current quantity, Bu Junmin would have died even without the whipping. What puzzled me was, if it was suicide, why the whipping and strangulation with chains? It all seemed redundant.
Xie Chuchu seemed to be thinking along the same lines. She wrote down her findings in a report, and we finally determined the accurate time of death to be 28 hours prior, with a margin of error of less than 20 minutes. The cause of death was poisoning, specifically from the violet flower wine. After analysis, we found that the wine contained residues of ether and potassium cyanide.
When mixed together, these two substances produce an anesthetic and lethal effect. The toxic mist that had previously confused us was also analyzed and found to be LSD mixed with a small amount of stimulant.
Gongsun Jiayi was definitely a researcher; his chemical knowledge was excellent.
Leaving the forensic department, I went directly to the interrogation room. I knocked on the door of Yin Chushuang's interrogation room before entering.
Yin Chushuang was still crying then, saying her husband had died just like that. I took out a new photograph of Bu Junmin and tentatively asked, "Do you know him?"
Yin Chushuang trembled as she raised her head, her eyes filled with tears. After a brief look, a strange expression flashed in her eyes but quickly disappeared. She feigned confusion and asked, "Who is this?"
"Stop pretending! Yin Chushuang, do you think we don't know? You colluded with Bu Junmin to help Gongsun Jiayi escape, didn't you? But you were quite clever. We want to know when you realized something was wrong?"
Liu Yuning, sitting beside me, became enraged and slammed his hand on the table.
"I don't know what you're talking about, Officer Liu. I really didn't do it. You're overthinking it. How could I possibly devise such a complex plan?"
"Haha, don't you think that's a foolish thing to say?" Liu Yuning looked at the woman with disdain.
"I..."
"Confess. Given your circumstances, it's not too serious. You might get a few years at most. But if you add obstruction of justice, it could be over 10 years."
Upon hearing this, Yin Chushuang panicked immediately. She shivered with fear, her expression contorted with distress, her brows furrowed as if bound by an unbreakable chain. However, she still refused to crack.
Suddenly, I stood up and moved closer to her. "Since you won't speak, I'll speak for you. The truth is, there was a couple who dedicated most of their lives to researching violet flower wine. Later, they discovered that this wine had a mesmerizing effect. So, they modified the wine into a smoke and used it in the subway. They made a lot of money and hired many bodyguards. With the help of these bodyguards, these girls were taken to a strange villa. To produce this violet flower wine, they needed the bodies of the girls for experiments. Thus, they set up a separate room, dismembered them, and mixed their remains with the wine for comparison experiments. This couple was less than human, savage beasts—even worse than animals. Then, they sold these successful experimental products for exorbitant profits. Their villa was likely acquired this way..."
With every word I spoke, I met Yin Chushuang's gaze sternly. With each sentence, her complexion grew more pallid. Before I even finished the last sentence, she cried out in fear, "Enough! We didn't do any of that. I don't know what you're talking about. Do you think we'll be forced to confess by saying this? Why should we admit to something we didn't do?"
"Really not? Then how do you explain the fingerprints and DNA of several researchers found in the laboratory? If we question them, they'll expose you, believe it or not?" I cursed.
"They won't... We didn't do anything, and neither did they!"
"Then how do you explain the bodies of so many girls found in your villa? Are you still going to say it was all a coincidence? Furthermore, we saw you several times taking girls away through Tianyan. Even kidnapping and illegal detention would be enough to land you in trouble."
As soon as Liu Yuning finished speaking, Yin Chushuang fell silent. She probably intended to remain silent indefinitely, refusing to cooperate with us. No matter how much we questioned her, she offered no reply, closing her eyes as if waiting for time to pass.