Lin Chen's voice was low, but everyone present turned their eyes to Bao Qingshan and his wife upon hearing him.
Bao Qingshan's eyelids twitched, and he said, "That… that might be a problem with the supermarket's cash register time setting. I remember buying those things in the morning."
"That excuse is even easier to debunk," Lin Chen said, looking at Zhang Tian'ai. "Send someone immediately to the supermarket on this receipt and check if their cash register time is set correctly."
"Understood." Zhang Tian'ai nodded and promptly gave orders.
Just as the male officer was about to leave, Bao Qingshan raised his head and said, "Don't go. I… I admit we lied about that…"
Bao Qingshan and his wife slowly lowered their heads. Seeing this, Lin Chen said, "Good that you admit it."
"I admit to lying, but I didn't kill anyone," Bao Qingshan said seriously, looking at Lin Chen. "On the day of the incident, my wife took our daughter to the supermarket to buy those things in the evening. I was alone at home, didn't go anywhere. After Wang Xuefeng died, I was afraid the police would suspect me, and no one could vouch for me, so I told my wife to say that…"
"Also, I blame the shabby place I live in — no surveillance cameras. Otherwise, if there was footage proving I didn't leave, my wife wouldn't have had to lie."
"Yes, officer…" Bao Qingshan's wife looked at Lin Chen sincerely and said, "My husband wouldn't kill anyone. Because he feared having no alibi and being unfairly treated by the police, we agreed to say that."
"Because… sometimes… sometimes the police, in order to solve cases, resort to extreme measures and accuse innocent people…"
After hearing Bao Qingshan and his wife's explanation, everyone's gaze fell on Lin Chen, waiting to see how he would respond.
"Hm, I don't deny what you said in the last sentence," Lin Chen nodded lightly.
His words immediately changed the expressions of Miao Yunfei, Zhang Tian'ai, and the other officers. If it weren't for Lin Chen's ongoing deduction, Miao Yunfei would have interrupted him.
"But…" Lin Chen's eyes suddenly became razor sharp as he stared at Bao Qingshan. "Are you sure that when your wife took your daughter to buy those things, you stayed in the room and didn't go out?"
"No, I really didn't go out," Bao Qingshan said, looking desperate as if unsure how to respond to Lin Chen's suspicion.
"Think carefully before you answer me," Lin Chen said. "Because I have evidence proving you're still lying—you left your home during the time your wife went out."
Bao Qingshan was stunned, then quickly said, "Officer, I only lied once to you. I really haven't lied again."
Among the crowd, Mayor Miao Zhengxiong turned his head and asked his secretary, "Xiao Zhu, can you tell from that suspect's expression if he is lying?"
The mayor's secretary Xiao Zhu shook his head and said, "From his facial expression and the look in his eyes, he seems serious—not like someone lying. But that Lin Chen… he looks confident, and watching him gives me the feeling this case will definitely be solved."
Miao Zhengxiong smiled faintly but said nothing.
"Give me your phone," Lin Chen said, holding out his hand to Miao Yunfei.
Miao Yunfei hurriedly handed over her phone. Lin Chen flipped through the album and stopped at a photo of a shoe cabinet.
He showed the phone screen to Bao Qingshan and his wife. "Do you recognize this shoe cabinet?"
"Of course," Bao Qingshan said. "This is my shoe cabinet. Officer, when did you take this photo? Why did you take pictures of our shoe cabinet?"
Zhang Tian'ai and the others remembered seeing Lin Chen take pictures of the shoe cabinet when they visited Bao Qingshan's home. Lin Chen had muttered to himself afterward that his guess was correct.
Lin Chen swiped the screen to the next photo — his hand held a pair of leather shoes from the shoe cabinet.
"Those are your leather shoes, right?" Lin Chen asked.
Bao Qingshan's pupils shrank slightly. "Yes."
Lin Chen continued swiping. The next photo showed the sole of the shoes facing the camera.
The shoe soles were dirty with some mud, and the anti-slip grooves contained dirt and sand particles.
"Is there something wrong with these shoes?" Miao Yunfei asked.
Lin Chen didn't answer her but turned to Bao Qingshan. "Tell me, what's on the soles of your shoes?"
Bao Qingshan looked puzzled. "Officer, didn't you see it yourself? These shoes haven't been cleaned for a long time and are a bit dirty. So what if my shoes are dirty? Does that make me suspicious?"
"Yes, Bao Qingshan, your shoe soles have betrayed you," Lin Chen said.
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