Chapter 54 Everyone works overtime to find clues
Although the main battle areas tonight were on the plateau and Shanglu, Gu Nankai, Wu Qingluan and others were not idle.
It took a whole day from the time everyone received the case and went out to analyze the case, but the clues obtained in this day were just the tip of the iceberg. Gu Nankai and others integrated all the physical evidence and investigation materials together. Cao Cang and Li Meng were in one group, and Gu Nankai and Wu Qingluan were in another group. They divided the existing materials and collected physical evidence into two groups for analysis and comparison.
For a while, the serious crime team was silent, except for the sound of Gao Yuan typing on the keyboard and the occasional voices of Gu Nankai and others discussing in low voices. In front of Cao Cang was a pile of things he had taken back from Xie Lingling's closet, trying to find some evidence from them. He seemed extremely serious, with a frown on his face from beginning to end.
Suddenly, his expression changed slightly, and he picked up a magnifying glass and shone it on a piece of clothing. As the material under the magnifying glass gradually magnified, he suddenly became excited and immediately called out to Gu Nankai: "Captain Gu, come and take a look!"
Seeing that he had made a discovery, Gu Nankai, Wu Qingluan and Li Meng, who had made no progress, came over immediately. They also looked at Cao Cang with excitement, wanting to hear what he had discovered.
Seeing them coming over, Cao Cang took out the clothes that he had just discovered, still holding the magnifying glass in his hand: he shone it on top, and then said: "Look at this piece of clothing, if you magnify it, can you see anything?"
Gu Nankai leaned forward, put his eyes on the magnifying glass and closed one eye to observe the situation below. Soon he was delighted: "Is this... pollen?"
Gu Nankai stood up, and Wu Qingluan and Li Meng came over one after another and followed his example to observe the substance . After everyone saw it, Cao Cang nodded and said, "Yes, it should be a substance similar to pollen. It is difficult to detect with the naked eye because the color is similar to the clothes."
Cao Cang explained to them. Seeing that Gu Nankai was still looking at him as if waiting for the next words, he explained again: "Xie Lingling's skin tissue can be extracted from this dress, so I infer that this dress should have been worn by Xie Lingling shortly before her death. If the pollen on this dress is confirmed, we will have a new route to find out where Xie Lingling has been through the clues of the pollen."
Gu Nankai nodded slowly while listening to his words. He looked at the dress and fell into deep thought. Then he looked at Wu Qingluan: "Teacher Wu, you are a girl. What kind of occasions do girls usually wear this dress?"
He paused again, feeling that what he said was not accurate, and changed the question: "Or would she wear this when she goes to meet someone?"
Hearing Gu Nankai's question, Wu Qingluan picked up the dress and examined it, but finally frowned and shook her head and said, "I can't tell, because most of Xie Lingling's clothes are of this type of dress, which can be worn either daily or as a formal dress. I really can't tell that she would deliberately wear it to meet someone.
Gu Nankai's face was expressionless. He stared at the pair of clothes and suddenly seemed to think of something and asked, "When you checked Xie Lingling's closet, did you notice the order in which her clothes were placed?"
Cao Cang and Wu Qingluan both had the right to speak. They quickly went over the scene in their minds, then looked at each other and nodded at the same time. Wu Qingluan said, "There is indeed an order. His clothes are arranged by color, but many people have their own order. Some people arrange them by color, some by type, and some people are very random, so this should not mean anything."
Gu Nankai knew that her explanation made sense, but based on his current analysis of Xie Lingling, he always felt that something was wrong. As for why he had asked such a question just now, Gu Nankai really couldn't give a reason at this moment, but this idea suddenly popped up in his head at that moment, so he asked it naturally.
"Give this tissue to our colleagues in the identification department tomorrow and ask them to test it and give us an identification result as soon as possible." Gu Nankai did not mention the order again, but gave instructions to Cao Cang.
"But if this pollen is found everywhere, it seems that this clue will be broken again." After Gu Nankai finished speaking, he looked at the clothes with a slightly fixed gaze.
"To be honest, I always feel that Xie Lingling is weird." Li Meng suddenly said something, sounding a little distressed. Gu Nankai and others quickly turned their eyes to look at him. Li Meng said helplessly: "The scene at Xie Lingling's house was too clean. Moreover, look at the physical evidence we brought back, such as her bags and clothes. Basically, we can't find any reliable clues."
He had just been checking Xie Lingling's bag. At this moment, he pointed at the pile of things in front of him and said, "Normally, you can always find something in a girl's bag, but look at Xie Lingling's bag. Oh, it's so clean. There's a wallet, a tube of lipstick, a tube of lip balm, a pack of tissues, and finally this thing, this is that..." He picked up something he didn't recognize at the moment and took a look at it before saying, "There's also this hand cream. There's nothing else."
As a woman, Wu Qingluan knew the virtues of girls very well. Although a girl's bag usually only contained these things, Xie Lingling's bag gave everyone a clean feeling. This cleanliness was not because of the number of things in her bag, but because the things in her bag seemed to have a hint of "artwork".
Except for a wallet that looked like it had been used frequently, the rest of the items all looked like they had only been used once or twice. If some were new and some were old, it would be understandable, but if all of them were like this, it would arouse suspicion. Wu Qingluan noticed this and quickly expressed her thoughts.
"You really gave us a surprise." After Wu Qingluan finished speaking, she looked at Li Meng with surprise, her eyes full of admiration. Although he was not that professional, he seemed to have an innate keen sense for clues. His intuition would always allow him to say or find clues that would give unexpected inspiration to other people in trouble.
Li Meng was very proud of being praised like this, but the young man still shyly scratched his head as usual to express his emotions. Gu Nankai also looked at him with an appreciative smile and said, "Not bad, very good."
Li Meng became even happier.
The night passed quickly, and the colleagues in the serious crime team fell asleep at some point. The next day, Gu Nankai was the first to wake up with pain in his shoulders and back. His arms and neck were numb and painful because he had been leaning over the table all night. He finally regained some consciousness and looked around the office, and found that Cao Cang was not in his seat.
While he was still observing, Cao Cang came back from outside, holding the breakfast he had just bought, which exuded an enticing aroma. When he came in, he saw that Gu Nankai had woken up, and explained in a low voice: "I woke up early, thinking that everyone had been busy all night, so I went out to buy some food so that everyone would have something to eat when they woke up."
