Chapter 65 The Secret in the Wooden Box
Wu Qingluan smiled, with a hint of coldness in her tone: "That's right, but they didn't realize it at first. It wasn't until they said these words that they realized something was wrong, and then they started to explain to me and Shang Lu. So I inferred from this that Xie Lingling had indeed been sexually assaulted. As for whether she was subjected to domestic violence, her mother should be able to tell."
"You mean, Xie Lingling's mother also suffered domestic violence from this family?" Cao Cang couldn't stand it anymore. He felt very angry about the Xie family's behavior.
"Even if there was no domestic violence, the woman was completely controlled by the Xie family. Although Xie Dehai could disguise it very well, Xie Lingling's mother could not. They could attribute Xie Lingling's mother's behavior to her sadness over losing her daughter, but I am not a fool. I can still see that she was indeed sad about her daughter's death. However, Xie Dehai and his people's behavior showed that Xie Lingling and her mother must have been treated inhumanely."
"It seems that we have to go to their hometown to investigate this matter." Gu Nankai pondered for a long time, and then he said this while looking at Wu Qingluan and the others.
"I think it's feasible, but we have to do this before the Xie family goes back. Otherwise, we won't be able to find out anything when they go back. Also, I don't think the police station over there can provide us with any help. This matter has to be done quietly."
Gu Nankai's face changed slightly. He seemed to have noticed something about Wu Qingluan's words. In fact, everyone heard the meaning of this sentence. Everyone's face changed slightly and looked at each other. Wu Qingluan didn't say much, but asked back: "Don't you think so?"
"This is too..." Shang Lu stopped talking halfway and looked at Wu Qingluan with an unsightly expression, then at Gu Nankai. He found that the expressions of the two people were not much better. Finally, he clicked his tongue and sighed.
"Let Shang Lu and Li Meng take care of this matter. You must remember to hide your identities and don't let the people over there notice anything. Go and come back quickly." Gu Nankai solemnly assigned this task to Shang Lu and Li Meng. He spoke in a calm voice, and seemed to have some suppressed anger.
Shang Lu and Li Meng quickly accepted the task. Gu Nankai added, "After the case analysis is completed, you will set off immediately. Try to buy as much time as possible."
Shang Lu and Li Meng nodded, and then Gu Nankai said, "Cao Cang, continue to tell us about the situation over there."
Cao Cang nodded quickly and said, "Zhao Qing said that Xie Lingling seems to be planning to quit their circle recently. It seems that she has developed feelings for a sponsor, but Zhao Qing doesn't know about the sponsor's situation."
Seeing Gu Nankai nodded slowly, Cao Cang continued: "Another point is that Li Meng found out about Zhao Qing's pregnancy in the trash can in Zhao Qing's bathroom. There was a skirt in Zhao Qing's closet that was the same as Xie Lingling's."
He paused for a moment and said, "It was the skirt where we found the pollen. There was also a locked box in Zhao Qing's bedroom. We were a little suspicious whether the contents were related to Xie Lingling."
"A locked box? Xie Lingling's name?" Gu Nankai asked immediately, and quickly turned his gaze to Li Meng: "Li Meng, can you tell me what the box looks like?"
Li Meng gestured and said from memory: "It's just a wooden box the size of a notebook, brown in color, with Xie Lingling's name in a subtle place on the bottom. I shook it and it should be a book or a card or something like that. But Zhao Qing placed it on the bedside table and looked very concerned about it, so I couldn't take it out."
Gu Nankai nodded, his eyes full of thought, and said slowly: "According to the information Gao Yuan gave me, he also found such a box at Wu Na's home, and Xie Lingling's name was also on the bottom of the box."
"Does this mean that the things in the box are indeed related to Xie Lingling?" Wu Qingluan asked quickly and then said, "Both boxes are locked, and Zhao Qing and Wu Na care about them very much. The things in the boxes are very important to Xie Lingling, Wu Na, and Zhao Qing."
Gu Nankai did not deny her statement. He connected all the clues together and digested them in his mind before saying, "Next, let me tell you about the situation on our side."
Everyone's eyes were on Gu Nankai. He first explained the general situation of Wu Na's home, and then expressed his own guess: "Now we can be sure that Wu Na, Zhao Qing and Xie Lingling must have a special relationship. According to Teacher Wu, the Xie family attaches great importance to the inheritance left by Xie Lingling, but we did not find her bank card or anything like that in Xie Lingling's residence. So the question is, who has Xie Lingling's inheritance?"
"Secondly, Wu Na and Zhao Qing should have both accepted Xie Lingling's help. Wu Na often received help from Xie Lingling because of her child, and Li Meng also found out that Zhao Qing was pregnant. This means that she, like Wu Na, would hardly be able to afford to earn money. So, to a certain extent, the two of them concealed something from us about Xie Lingling's situation."
Gu Nankai continued without pausing, "Now, Zhao Zinan, Xie Lingling's boss, is the one who can give us more clues. Xie Lingling has several financial backers. Xie Lingling's death may be related to her family, but it cannot be the direct cause of Xie Lingling's death. Her death must be related to those financial backers behind her."
Wu Qingluan nodded solemnly: "I agree. According to your investigations, Xie Lingling committed the murder to a large extent because she had a crush on someone. The murderer behind this must be related to her sponsors, but I am still worried about something."
Wu Qingluan's tone was a little worried: "I'm worried that the person Xie Lingling likes, excluding these sponsors, may even have nothing to do with her job."
This statement is not impossible, but very likely, Gu Nankai thought to himself. Suddenly, a colleague called Shang Lu's name outside. Shang Lu ran out immediately. Soon, she ran in and said excitedly: "The results of the pollen extraction from Xie Lingling's clothes are out."
"What flower is it?" Gu Nankai asked impatiently.
"Blackheart chrysanthemum." Shang Lu quickly glanced at the appraisal letter and slid it across the table into Gu Nankai's hand. Gu Nankai raised his eyebrows and quickly picked up the appraisal letter to read it. Then a light flashed in his eyes and he passed the appraisal letter to Wu Qingluan beside him so that they could circulate it to each other.
After everyone had finished reading the identification report, Gu Nankai raised his voice and said, "The allergen on the plateau is rudbeckia odorifera!"
No one reacted to this at first, but after careful consideration, Cao Cang soon found something wrong. He was also excited and stood up from his seat and said, "Xie Lingling's phone!"
Gu Nankai looked at her with great appreciation. Seeing that Wu Qingluan and the others didn't understand, he looked at Cao Cang and asked him to explain to everyone: "Explain why Black Heart Chrysanthemum is related to the plateau."
Cao Cang immediately explained to everyone: "There are no black chrysanthemums planted around us. Gao Yuan has been in the serious crime team for the past two days. He was not present when we observed the pollen on Xie Lingling's clothes. However, he is allergic to pollen, which means he must have been exposed to pollen. If that's the case, Gao Yuan only came into contact with Xie Lingling's phone, and Xie Lingling's phone had residual black chrysanthemum pollen!"
