Street Hustler and His Policewoman Wife

As soon as the case is touched upon.

Chen Xiao believes that any detective with some skill could actually detect the problem.

The mode of transportation chosen by the deceased, Professor Yuan Keyu, was problematic!

This is the first issue.

The second: Professor Yuan Keyu was neither born nor did he work in Zhushan City or Xiaozhuang South Town, why did he come here?

The third: Yuan Keyu’s family background has always been relatively affluent, which is why he has always been able to receive top-notch education. Therefore, the place where Professor Yuan Keyu used to live was never as rundown as this.

People’s living habits are quite peculiar things.

They can make a person unconsciously want to copy and paste when they go anywhere.

Chen Xiao feels that there are indeed too many questionable points about Professor Yuan Keyu coming to Xiaozhuang South Town.

In fact, one could say that a place like Xiaozhuang South Town is definitely not somewhere Professor Yuan Keyu would go.

When something unusual happens, there must be a reason.

Chen Xiao sits on a chair, his mind seemingly planting a large tree.

The roots of the tree are Professor Yuan Keyu.

The trunk is Xiaozhuang South Town.

And the branches are the infinite possibilities of Professor Yuan Keyu coming to Xiaozhuang South Town.

Regarding possible speculations, Chen Xiao believes there must be a very special person in Xiaozhuang South Town.

If there is no person, then it’s an event.

But the probability of an event seems low to Chen Xiao.

Because Yuan Keyu has been studying and working abroad for years, it was only recently that he was invited by his homeland and decided to return to serve his country.

For someone who has been abroad for many years, there shouldn’t be any event that intersects with him in places in the country, especially in places he has never been to.

Only a person triggering events seems more logical.

Chen Xiao wonders if Yuan Keyu met someone abroad.

And that person happened to be from Zhushan City and Xiaozhuang South Town.

After all, one characteristic of Zhushan City is that decades ago, many people went abroad, either to work, or they lived abroad for a long time.

If Yuan Keyu had interactions abroad with someone from Zhushan City, it would greatly increase the possibility of him coming to Xiaozhuang South Town.

Unfortunately, both Yuan Keyu’s wife and children are very sure that Yuan Keyu’s friends do not include anyone from Zhushan City.

Thinking of this, Chen Xiao can’t help but feel a bit helpless.

The breakthrough in the case is sealed too thoroughly, so much so that it seems like there are not just mud walls blocking the way, but walls of iron and steel.

Chen Xiao sat on the chair for a while, then opened his eyes.

Instead of thinking about why Yuan Keyu came to Xiaozhuang South Town, he decided to attempt solving the closed room mystery.

Chen Xiao got up and locked the door behind him.

Even the window, in his mind, was in a completely sealed state.

But in such a state, how could Professor Yuan Keyu be murdered and even skinned?

After thinking long and hard, Chen Xiao concluded there was only one possibility.

That the murderer had never left this room from start to finish.

But if he stayed here the whole time, how did he leave?

There is surveillance in the hallway.

The only escape route, the window, is sealed.

And it’s sealed directly with glue over the entire window!

Even if the window was opened and then resealed with glue, the police could easily identify it from the marks.

However, neither the photos taken onsite nor Cao Xiuyuan’s site inspection records showed any signs of the window being touched for at least several years!

No one touched the window.

The surveillance didn’t capture anyone entering or leaving.

Could it be a ghost that entered the room, murdered and skinned the person?

Chen Xiao thinks the murderer executed this part flawlessly.

Flawless to the point where even three police archives couldn’t solve his closed room mystery.

Chen Xiao wonders if there is something amiss with the surveillance.

Unfortunately, all he has seen are paper documents and photo materials, he has yet to access video materials.

But then he remembered, Cao Xiuyuan is one of the top detectives in the province.

And as Qin Fei informed Chen Xiao, Cao Xiuyuan specializes in trace evidence examination, extremely sensitive to details and traces.

Therefore, the inspection of the surveillance and the crime scene should theoretically be beyond question.

Unless, there is a place perfect enough to deceive even Cao Xiuyuan’s eyes!

Chen Xiao feels helpless.

But not discouraged.

He is only making some preparations in advance so that he can swiftly delve into solving the case upon arriving in Zhushan City.

However, soon, his heart was moved again.

He realizes he is thinking about the problem from a detective’s perspective.

If he changes his perspective, or another person thinks about the problem, might they have new insights?

With this thought, Chen Xiao decided to leave.

So he got up, opened the locked door, left, and locked the door again.

As he was about to leave, Chen Xiao instinctively looked up at the surveillance camera.

Chen Xiao told Mother Qin before that the house he was looking for should have surveillance in the hallway.

And Auntie Cai’s building has surveillance installed!

But looking at the surveillance, Chen Xiao’s thoughts stirred again.

"That’s odd, surveillance is not widespread in this era. Not to mention cheap rental houses, which landlord would be so nice, with such strong security consciousness, to install surveillance in their little cheap rental place?"

Thinking of this, Chen Xiao immediately called Auntie Cai.

The latter answered, her tone as consistent as before:

"Hello, Mr. Xiaochen, do you have any other questions?"

"It’s like this, Auntie Cai, I just wanted to ask if your house has surveillance on every floor?"

"Yes, it does."

"Why did you install surveillance? The rent for this house isn’t high, and installing surveillance is certainly not cheap."

Chen Xiao laughs and asks, while Auntie Cai seems to hesitate.

"Ah... this, that... it’s also to consider the personal and property safety of the tenants!"

"I see!"

Chen Xiao did not ask further.

Because he knows Auntie Cai is lying.

He acknowledges that some landlords do care about the safety of their tenants.

But, he does not think a landlord would care enough to install surveillance in their worthless rental property in this era.

Thinking of this, Chen Xiao casually said a few words and hung up, then called Mother Qin.

"Auntie Qin, I’ve just seen Auntie Cai’s house, it’s very nice. But I’m puzzled, does your family’s rental house have surveillance installed?"

Mother Qin: "Why install that thing, it’s super expensive, and if you want to install it, you have to report to the police, it’s very annoying!"

See... even Mother Qin, who has connections in the police force, finds installing surveillance both expensive and troublesome, was Auntie Cai really that generous?

Chen Xiao continued with probing questions: "Why would Auntie Cai’s house have surveillance installed?"

Mother Qin: "Not sure, seems it started happening suddenly a couple of years ago. You might want to ask Xiao Fei, he might know!"