T/N: Was sidetracked by something else IRL last week. Will be playing catch up to make up the missed updates. Thank you for your patience.
Chapter 43 – Kneel Down (16.1)
Fortunately, after they arrived at the conference room, An Ji stopped teasing Li Rong and began to analyze the case seriously.
This case was actually not difficult. It was even a little too simple. When the time and place were fixed, one only needed to use surveillance to find the alpha and beta who were in the garden at the time of the crime, and then use the elimination method to determine the culprit.
At present, the police were also using this investigation method to finally identify An Can as the suspect through time, witness, and physical evidence.
But because it was too simple, no one even suspected that their judgment was wrong. The police department was in a hurry to deliver results to the superiors to demonstrate the spirit of the empire’s rule of law in front of the Republic.
However, An Ji was convinced that An Can was wrongly accused. He could not use the police department’s way of thinking to deduce the criminal, so he had to reorganize the clues with Li Rong.
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Monitoring showed that An Ning rushed into the garden from the banquet hall after 8:30 pm. About thirty seconds later, Xu Jing An chased after him, but she came out after two minutes because she did not see An Ning.
The garden was so huge that they got lost in the maze of rose gardens and plants.
The next time that An Ning appeared on surveillance again, it was already fifty minutes later at 9:10 pm. The first one to discover him was the head of the Education and Science Department Lang Lunli. He said he was having a smoke in the garden when he saw the unconscious An Ning. Then he immediately called the police and had An Ning sent to the hospital.
In the video, Lang Lunli looked to be in his early fifties. His smiling eyes make him look quite easy-going, with the reliability and kindness unique to his father’s generation.
An Ji asked, “When did he go to the garden?”
Li Rong answered, “8:50.”
An Ji frowned. “Does it take so long to smoke?”
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“Does it take so long to smoke?” Two hours ago, Yu Zhengruan had asked Lan Lunli the same question.
“It wasn’t just smoking.” Lan Lunli shook his head. “School is about to start soon. A lot of people came up to me to propose a toast. I drank a little too much, so after smoking, I took a walk for a while to get some air.”
“Then you saw the victim?”
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“No, I took a call from my wife and chatted for a few minutes. After I ended the call and continued walking forward, I saw the victim.”
“The other person was already in estrus?”
“Yes.”
“You didn’t have any thoughts?”
“What kind of thoughts can I have?” Lang Lunli laughed. “I won’t like anyone except for my wife, not to mention that the child is younger than my son. Even if I’m deranged, I wouldn’t touch him, let alone in a place like this.”
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Lang Lunli has a good reputation in the public mind. He respected omegas and was very approachable to betas. In particular, he spearheaded the Omega Protection Foundation and has helped many omegas in poor areas.
For the moment, he didn’t see any suspicious points, so An Ji swiped away the video and moved on to the next one.
“Do you think An Ning is dressed a little strangely?” Li Rong suddenly asked.
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“What’s strange?” Before An Ji could answer, the little police officer on the side spoke.
Li Rong answered, “He is wearing a white suit, but his hat and cloak are orange. The color and style design do not match. As a noble omega, he should not make such an obvious mistake.”
An Ji suddenly realized: “He didn’t wear a cloak when he came. These things belong to someone else!”
The young police officer stood up immediately: “I’ll go check it out right now!”
