Tina Shen furrowed her brows, still unsure about what seemed suspicious about Tom He.
Could it be that she was overthinking?
Shaking off the distractions in her mind, she decided to continue with the interrogation.
"This case involves three victims. The male victim was your close friend, the female victim was your ex-girlfriend, and the child…"
Tina Shen fixed her gaze on Tom He. "Before you went to the victims' home, you received a text message from your ex-girlfriend. The message read… 'Tom He, don't you want to know why I ended up with Dajun? Come over and I'll tell you…' Am I correct?"
"Yeah, that's right."
Tom He nodded eagerly, clearly relieved to see some hope.
No one could truly understand the panic inside him.
Any fool could see that if he were confirmed as the killer, his fate would be sealed...
"Then you left your home and went to the victim's house."
Tina Shen continued, "When you entered the victim's home, you immediately lost your memory. When you woke up, the police were already on the scene?"
"Yes, that's right." Tom He nodded again.
Could a normal person be unconscious for 33 hours?
Tina Shen narrowed her eyes.
Was it a sleeping drug? Or some other substance?
But there was no sign of an attack.
When the police arrested the suspect, no traces of an assault were found on him.
The strangest part was that blood tests didn't show any signs of drug use.
If someone had drugged the suspect, how did the perpetrator do it?
Or was it possible that the suspect had a hidden issue?
No, there was nothing wrong with him!
After checking his body and reviewing his medical history, the suspect was in perfect health.
He had had a brief mental health issue during childhood, but it had been resolved quickly.
It could be concluded that he couldn't have fainted on his own, meaning it was highly likely that an "external force" had caused his 33-hour unconscious state.
After a detailed round of questioning, Tom He's confession matched the one he had previously given to the police.
Was Tina Shen disappointed?
Yes, a little.
Because no new clues had been found on the suspect...
She comforted Tom He, telling him that the real killer was probably someone else.
For now, he was still a suspect and would have to stay in the detention center for a while, but he would surely be released soon.
Tom He, deeply grateful, kept thanking her and followed the guard out.
Watching Tom He's retreating figure, Tina Shen narrowed her eyes.
"Did you find anything?"
Eric Niu, who hadn't interfered with the interrogation, asked.
"Maybe I overthought it," Tina Shen snapped back to the present. "There's something on the suspect that we haven't discovered yet, but I'm not sure if it's directly related to the case."
"Why do you think that?" Eric Niu frowned, confused.
"Instinct."
Tina Shen shook her head, a glint of light flashing in her eyes. "Captain Niu, let's go. We need to find the murder weapon. I suspect the killer didn't take it from the scene."
To grind human bones into powder, ordinary tools wouldn't do.
There were no tools left behind at the scene, so where did they go?
When they returned to the task force at 7 PM, Tina Shen pulled up the surveillance footage of the victim's neighborhood.
If the murder weapon was large, it would be hard to hide.
Using surveillance to find clues was a common technique in criminal investigations.
The task force had already thoroughly analyzed these surveillance tapes and found nothing suspicious.
But Tina Shen didn't agree with this conclusion.
The weapon didn't necessarily need to be carried in whole; it could have been disassembled and carried in multiple trips.
She began focusing on people who had entered and exited the neighborhood multiple times within certain time frames.
She narrowed it down to three suspects.
A young woman, a middle-aged man, and a community gardener.
The gardener, in particular, seemed most likely to have brought some tools into the community.
But any investigation into this would have to wait until morning.
Tina Shen glanced at her phone—it was already 9 PM.
She thought about Ethan Jiang.
She had promised her brother to go home...
After dropping off her car at the Criminal Investigation Detachment and switching to a sports car, Tina Shen returned to the villa.
She needed to return the car to Ethan Jiang since they weren't actually a married couple.
When she entered the villa, Ethan Jiang was still awake, sitting in the living room, staring at a tablet.
Upon seeing Tina Shen enter, Ethan Jiang's expression was calm.
"Did Auntie and my mom leave?"
Sitting down on the couch, Tina Shen noticed a bottle of drink on the coffee table. She was thirsty and grabbed it without thinking.
Ethan Jiang stared at Tina Shen, slightly stunned.
Normally, he would be angry.
It wasn't because he was petty—it was because the drink had been his...
"This is really sweet," Tina Shen said after taking a few sips, looking at the drink in her hand.
Ethan Jiang's handsome face immediately flushed.
Sweet? Was it the drink that was sweet? Or was it the lip balm sweet?
What are you trying to say?!
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