My Lovely Wife is a Forensic Doctor - Chapter 191
Chapter 191 Concerned About Rong Jian
Liu Xiaofan turned around and took a look at Rong Jian before answering, “That’s provided by Miao Baogui, his housemate. Is there anything wrong?”
“No. I’m just asking.” Rong Jian continued to pore over the file.
Mu Yu sensed that something was wrong through his expression and immediately glanced at him. It happened that he was flipping the page over and she saw the words ‘sexual harassment’.
“How about the information behind these phone numbers?” When Gu Jihui suggested looking into the numbers, Mu Yu noticed that Rong Jian’s hand trembled a little, causing her to look at him quizzically.
“Yes, yes, it’s in my email. I forgot to print it out.” Fan Lifeng quickly walked near Mu Yu. “Doctor Mu, may I borrow your laptop?”
“Sure thing.” Mu Yu retracted her glance and swiftly moved aside to make space. She quickly walked over to Rong Jian and whispered, “Chief Rong, did you have any new discoveries?”
Rong Jian who was focused on reading the file shook his head gently without looking up at her.
“I guess that Li Jianyun’s death must have been linked to his sexual harassment! His phone has stored lots of disgusting porn.” Liu Xiaofan lifted the evidence bag in his hand that contained an old smartphone while giving his own opinion.
“I think so too!” Wu Xing agreed with him. “That pair of hands must have harmed a lot of women. That’s why his palms were chopped up.”
Gu Jihui then shot a glance at them and asked, “What do you think about this unfinished character written in blood?”
“Well, let’s google the Chinese characters with the two strokes at the side,” Liu Xiaofan suggested and took out his phone.
“Characters with two dotted strokes on the left and starting with a horizontal stroke on the right… These are the possibilities,” When Mu Yu spoke, she showed everyone a piece of paper, on which twelve possible Chinese characters containing the same strokes were listed out.
“Wow! Doctor Mu, you’re a genius!” Liu Xiaofan gave her a thumbs-up in awe. “You managed to find that long list of words that matched the strokes! I don’t even recognize most of them.”
Mu Yu grinned sheepishly. “I don’t recognize most of them either. I just googled.”
Rong Jian stared blankly at the list of words as Gu Jihui stood up and took the piece of paper for a better look. Moving closer to him with interest, Wu Xing asked, “Among these characters, which one do you think was written by the victim?”
“Li Jianyun must have wanted to write the first name or the surname of the murderer. He’s not highly educated, so I doubt that he would write a character that I don’t even recognize,” Liu Xiaofan deduced while smiling.
“That’s not totally impossible.” Yan Zihao took a piece of paper and wrote the character ‘Yi’, which he flashed before Liu Xiaofan. “Do you know how to pronounce this?”
“Of course. It’s ‘Yi’,” Liu Xiaofan boasted. “It’s the character in the name of my goddess, the actress Ju Jingyi.”
“Did you know this character before coming across Ju Jingyi?”
“No. I thought that character was pronounced as ‘Wei’ at the beginning,” Liu Xiaofan instantly understood the meaning behind the exercise, but he shot a nonchalant look at Gu Jihui’s paper. “The characters we listed are all very complicated. Except for ‘Feng’ and ‘Ling’, the other characters usually would not be used in names.”
“Feng?” Fan Lifeng’s abrupt scream attracted everyone’s attention. When he noticed that everyone was staring at him, he hesitated before taking a piece of paper from the printer and showed the email on it to everyone. “Last night around nine twenty seven, Li Jianyun and Doctor Feng had a forty-seven second call.”
“Could he be writing the character ‘Feng’?” Liu Xiaofan’s exclamation and his surreal claim stunned everyone on the spot. When they recovered, they all cast their glances at Rong Jian.
Rong Jian looked ghastly. He clutched the file in his hand tightly and glared at Liu Xiaofan. “What’s that nonsense! Rubing can’t possibly be the murderer!”
Realizing that he had been too rash with his remarks, Liu Xiaofan hurriedly flashed an embarrassed smile while explaining, “Chief Rong, you’ve misunderstood. I didn’t mean it like that. I…”
“Have you forwarded the call history to Rong Jian?” Gu Jihui suddenly interrogated Fan Lifeng with a grim look. With a pale face, Fan Lifeng stole a glance at Rong Jian, hesitating to answer the question. Rong Jian then closed his eyes and answered with a forced calmness, “Yes, I have seen this email early on.”
Upon hearing that, Gu Jihui slapped the table and roared, “Why did you allow her to participate in this case when you knew that she was a suspect? Do you still care about law and order?”
Rong Jian instantly lost control of his emotions as he flung the file onto the floor, talking back to the director in anger, “Rubing is not the suspect! That’s impossible!”
“Rong Jian! You’re a senior officer with years of experience in handling cases! Do you understand the bottom line? Do you still need me to teach you again?” Gu Jihui’s temper flared in response.
“I don’t care about the bottom line or law and order! The only thing I know is that she’s not a suspect! She’s not the murderer!”
“What’s with that attitude? Do you still want to keep a senior officer position? You…”
“Director Gu, don’t be angry! Don’t be mad!” Liu Xiaofan hurriedly pulled the furious Gu Jihui to the side in order to calm him down. “Chief Rong didn’t mean to go against your orders. He probably could not accept the fact that Doctor Mu is involved in the murder case. You know his feelings toward her, so please empathize with him.”
“If I empathize with him, who is going to empathize with me?” Gu Jihui declared and looked around at everyone with a strict expression. “Do you know how much pressure I am shouldering when I’m sitting here with you?”
“We know and we understand. Everyone here would love to solve the case as soon as possible. But furatrion will get us nowhere. It won’t help the case. Let’s all calm down and go over the case details thoroughly. Why don’t you have a cup of tea to calm down?”
Gu Jihui stole a glance at Rong Jian, who had curled his fists tightly but looked upset. He paused and did not comment further. After accepting the cup of hot water with teabag, he blew on it and started taking small sips.
On the other side, Fan Lifeng, Yan Zihao and Wu Xing surrounded Rong Jian to comfort him.
As for Mu Yu, she was stuck in the middle and could only look from the left to the right. Letting out a silent sigh, she bent down to pick up the paper from the file that had been scattered all over the floor. It was at that moment that she finally understood the reason behind Rong Jian’s troubled expression when he first arrived.
“Where’s Feng Rubing now?” After a long pause, Gu Jihui suddenly dropped a question that shook everyone. They looked at him in fear.
Liu Xiaofan widened his eyes and yelped, “Director Gu, that’s not how things work! We have to solve a case with solid evidence. Our current evidence is insufficient for us to arrest Doctor Feng!”
“Who says I am going to arrest her? I just want to know where she is and have her explain her movements last night to see if there’s a solid alibi.”
“Oh.” Liu Xiaofan let out a long sigh in relief and beamed at him. “Director Gu, you’re the best!”
“Rong Jian, in consideration of your unusual relationship with Doctor Mu, you have to stay out of this case. Don’t…”
“I have to participate! I don’t have any unusual relationship with her!” By now, Rong Jian had calmed down and he cut off Gu Jihui with a serious tone, “I was in charge of the two murder cases before. I need to be on this case as well.”
“But you…”
“She is simply a colleague to me. If you think I need to stay out of this case, everyone in this bureau should stay out of it as well.”
“No one would be working on the case then!” Liu Xiaofan followed his logic and exclaimed.
Gu Jihui continued staring at Rong Jian with a frown. Liu Xiaofan understood his concern and immediately assured him, “Director Gu, don’t worry. Chief Rong will definitely act appropriately without letting feelings cloud his judgement!”
Wu Xing nodded and chimed in, “Chief Rong was responsible for the previous two cases. No one is a better candidate than he is in terms of his understanding of the details. He is the best when it comes to understanding the psychology of the murderer. Whoever replaces him could never do so. Don’t you want to close the case as soon as possible?”
“Well…” Gu Jihui gave it some thought and did not object further. Next, he warned them sternly, “You’re all working in an organization. Please keep our rules in mind.”
“Roger that.” Liu Xiaofan bowed at him and looked happily at Rong Jian.
“Director Gu, the process of solving this case might involve some private details of Doctor Mu. Since I’m a female who works in the same office with her, I’m definitely more acquainted with her. Please send me to get the details from her,” Mu Yu volunteered herself because she had a hunch that the relationship between Feng Rubing and Li Jianyun had to do with the victim’s abhorrent eccentricity of sexual harassment.
“You’re not feeling well. Just go home and rest.” Gu Jihui was reminded of Qin Jinhuan’s words and gently turned down her proposal. “I’ll look for another suitable candidate to check in with Doctor Feng.”
Mu Yu was afraid that the bureau would pull her from the case once she went home. Therefore, she insisted that she should stay on, “There’s nothing wrong with me! I’m feeling fine! Director Gu, I’m the best candidate for meeting up with Doctor Feng! For real!”
“But Young Master Qin…”
“I will talk to him. Don’t sweat about it and don’t worry.”
“How could I not worry? You’re almost like a national treasure now. You’d better…”
When she saw Rong Jian staring at her in astonishment, she feared that he would ban her from the case after the news of her pregnancy got out. Therefore, she frantically cut off Gu Jihui’s speech, “Director Gu, I’ll have Huan call you later. Is that alright?”
“Okay, okay.” Gu Jihui finally felt relieved and walked over to Rong Jian, giving him a gentle pat on the shoulder and commented with concern, “Rong Jian, you’ve always been the subordinate whom I respect and trust the most. You have to understand that my anger just now was nothing personal. It was out of my care and concern for you. I’m also under a lot of pressure for this case.”
“I know,” Rong Jian cleared things up with a somber expression. “Director Gu, please do not worry. I will act appropriately and solve this case as soon as possible.”
“Okay. You all do not need to work on other stuff in the bureau for the time being. Just focus on closing this case! If you need anything, just come to me. I will try my best to cooperate with you.”
“Thank you, Director Gu.”
“Alright, please continue the good work. I have to meet the city leadership to hear out their criticisms.” After that, he patted Rong Jian on the shoulder once more before turning to look at Liu Xiaofan and the other subordinates. “I’m relying on you all.”
Then, he let out a heavy sigh and left the office.
When Gu Jihui left, Liu Xiaofan and the others surrounded Rong Jian, looking at him with pity in their eyes. He ignored their pity and gravely ordered, “No matter what character Li Jianyun wanted to write before his death, it must be related to the murderer. Zihao, bring a few men with you and carefully go through the victim’s personal relations. Do not overlook any suspicious details. Xiaofan, you should go with Lifeng to the area near the crime scene and ask around. Ask if the people had seen anyone appearing at the crime scene between nine o’clock last night to twelve at midnight today. Ask if they had noticed any odd details as well.”
“Sure.” Liu Xiaofan and his colleagues started to pack up their belongings.
“Contact me if there’s any update.”
“Okay,” They answered and left together.
“Wu Xing, you follow me.”
“Hey, Chief Rong, how about me?” Mu Yu chased after them and yelled. Rong Jian stopped in his tracks and turned around. “There’s a lot of work to be done at the forensic doctor’s office. Since Rubing is temporarily unavailable, I could only shift the burden onto you.”
“But how about Madam Feng…”
“I will talk to her about it. If you find any new clues, please contact me immediately.”
“Oh, okay.” Mu Yu looked on until they left. After spacing out for a while, she returned to the lab and buried herself in work.
She got caught in work until seven at night. During that time, Qin Jinhuan called her more than ten times, each time asking her if she was feeling alright and what time she would come home. At first, she patiently replied that she was fine and would be back once she was done with work. Later, she started to be drowned in work and thought that he was interrupting her too much. Therefore, she resorted to hanging up on him.
Realizing that it was late, she let out a long sigh as there was a lot of unfinished work. She could finally understand why Feng Rubing always had to burn the midnight oil.
Feeling hungry, she peeled off her gloves and stretched her body, ready to return to her office for some hot tea and cookies. She had just taken a seat in the office when a lanky man with a face mask rushed in unexpectedly, causing her to knock over her mug in shock.
