Free Web NovelChapter 530: Chapter 500 Petal Birthmark_1
Mr. Zhao leaned over, glanced at the photo on Liu Yufei’s phone, flashed a toothy grin, and waved his hand at everyone.
"Prepare everything you need for the scene investigation, and then take some time to rest. I’ll go with Zhou Xiaozhou and the leaders to have a look, as fingerprint comparison and blood sampling are necessary."
Zhu Xingxing rolled her eyes dismissively, but considering Xu Dayuan and the others were present, she didn’t expose Zhao Xinli’s intentions and turned to leave. Xu Dayuan gave Mr. Zhao a glance, noticed no reaction from him, and, after giving him a nudge with his foot, left as well.
Zhou Ning patted Peng Shinian, who stood up, took the laptop from Mr. Qu, and gestured for Peng Shinian to sit down.
"You and Mr. Qu take a rest here. Mr. Qu, inform the poet about our schedule. The poet can come to the scene later if he wishes."
Hearing this, Peng Shinian was delighted and quickly sat down beside Mr. Qu.
Zhou Ning hurried downstairs, catching up with the pace of Xu Dayuan and the others. The four arrived at the front building and after a short wait, a message from Fang Mu came through WeChat, and Liu Yufei promptly stood up.
"Director Xu and the others have arrived. Will I talk to them in the neighboring interview room, or will you?"
Xu Dayuan waved his hand.
"You have the talk with Fang Mu. I’ll be in the next room watching. Zhou Xiaozhou’s laptop is with them, the video is on it, right?"
Zhou Ning nodded, handed the laptop to Liu Yufei, who without wasting words, took it and entered the next room’s interview room. The main difference here from an interrogation room was the lack of that metal chair welded to the floor, but the oppressive atmosphere was still very strong.
Moments later, a woman in her thirties was brought in, wearing meticulous makeup and a Sichuan Airlines uniform that fit perfectly. She glanced at Liu Yufei and the others and promptly sat down at the indication of Fang Mu.
She did not scream arrogantly nor ask any excessive questions; her cooperative attitude was very apparent.
Fang Mu quickly began to speak:
"I didn’t explain well on the way here, but we have already notified the relevant departments of Sichuan Airlines about a criminal case. We need to verify some information with you, and I hope you will not withhold anything you know and will clarify as much as possible."
The woman nodded.
"Okay."
"Could you tell us your personal information?"
"Zhang Fan, female, 29 years old, chief attendant of Sichuan Airlines flight 3U8935, have been flying on the Sichuan-Qin route for 28 months, from Yuzhong City, Chuanyu Province, married. My husband is a pilot. My ID number is on the documents I just gave you. My son just started kindergarten this year. Is there anything else I need to introduce?" freeweɓnovel.cѳm
Her introduction was straightforward, and Liu Yufei was very pleased, nodding her head and immediately standing up.
Glancing at Zhang Fan’s ID card, although her appearance was not stunning, she looked very comfortable and competent. Not to mention, being able to stay so calm in a police station was truly not easy.
"We have found a deceased person, and through facial recognition, we have four suspects. I hope you can help us identify if the person is someone you know."
Liu Yufei pressed the remote, and the large screen in the interview room began to play the video. Of course, the sound was muted. When the camera panned to the female victim’s face, Liu Yufei swiftly hit the pause button.
Then, turning to Zhang Fan, she indicated that she could stand up and take a closer look if necessary.
Zhang Fan did not hesitate, quickly standing up and walking over to the screen. She scrutinized it for a moment, her eyes growing increasingly surprised until she covered her mouth in shock.
"Do you recognize who it is?"
Zhang Fan frowned slightly but nodded.
"At first glance, it looked like Shen Shuyi, but you said the person is deceased, and today Shen Shuyi was on my flight. So, this person must be Shen Caijun. However..."
"Don’t worry, just speak your mind. This isn’t taking a statement, nor are we asking you to testify. We just want to investigate a bit."
Chewing on her lip, Zhang Fan hesitated before speaking:
"Let’s put it this way, I can’t usually tell Shen Caijun and Shen Shuyi apart. From their hairstyles and actions, to their accents and mannerisms, they’re too similar. I’ve heard others say they went abroad for plastic surgery and came back looking like twins. However, Shen Shuyi has a birthmark on her wrist that looks like a flower petal."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Ning immediately stood up.
"Mr. Zhao, send the screenshot to Mrs. Fei."
Mr. Zhao quickly found the snapshot of the deceased woman’s wrist and sent it to Liu Yufei. At the same time, in the next room, Liu Yufei glanced at her phone and handed it to Zhang Fan.
"Take a look at this. Is this the birthmark you mentioned?"
Zhang Fan took the phone, examined it carefully, and astonishment spread across her face. After a while, she looked up at Liu Yufei and nodded.
"This birthmark is indeed Shen Shuyi’s, but...but..."
Liu Yufei patted Zhang Fan’s arm, signaling her not to get too excited.
"As long as we can be sure of that, I have another question for you. Are Shen Shuyi’s and Shen Caijun’s social relationships complex, especially in the Qindao area? Do they have friends, or people they often keep in touch with? You... know what I mean, right?"
Zhang Fan nodded, trying to calm herself down.
"I understand. In our line of work, many girls spend a lot of effort and money on their appearance. There’s only one reason: they hope to find a rich man to marry, and that’s understandable.
However, society doesn’t think highly of us, also because some aren’t aiming for marriage. Mistresses and ’other women’ are all too common; I suppose you’ve heard similar stories.
As for Shen Shuyi, I have a good impression of her. Although she doesn’t have much of an age advantage, her character is quite decent. She’s a typical Chuanyu girl, very straightforward and open-hearted, and tolerates others well. She has a high school classmate who has settled in Qindao, and they have a good relationship. It’s only because of the man’s parents’ objections that they didn’t end up together.
As for boyfriends, I don’t know if she has one, but with her personality, she would tell us outright and even share with us. She’s the kind who speaks her mind openly and doesn’t hide anything. Everyone in our group likes her a lot.
Shen Caijun, however, is different. How should I put it? This girl is delicate and always knows how to act cute and coquettish. She’s been with our group for seven or eight months and has grown very close to Shen Shuyi since they look so alike. They even jokingly imitate each other sometimes.
We don’t know much about her, only that she has lots of admirers. When we rest in Qindao, she disappears, only to show up just in time for boarding the next morning. But as for personal matters, we can’t interfere, as long as it doesn’t affect work."
Liu Yufei understood. Zhang Fan had some opinions about this Shen Caijun; as a woman, what she hated the most were those who pretended to be innocent and virtuous. It seemed that Shen Caijun had both traits, always clinging to Shen Shuyi.
"I understand. According to your records, Shen Shuyi was the one on duty today in the cabin crew, right? Shen Caijun took a leave of absence?"
Zhang Fan nodded.
"Yes, Shen Caijun sent me a WeChat message on April 27th in the afternoon. She had wanted to take her annual leave when she first joined our group at the end of last year. I wasn’t happy about it and didn’t approve; she was very angry. This time, she said she would stay in Qindao for a few days to attend someone’s wedding, and then spend a few days at the Ludong Peninsula, planning to fly as normal on May 3rd."
Without wasting words, Liu Yufei had Fang Mu escort the person out, then called for ’Shen Shuyi,’ who had accompanied this flight. Mr. Zhao was already waiting next door, carrying a suitcase without needing to be told.
’Shen Shuyi’ was brought into the room, her eyes constantly scanning the interrogation room, clearly nervous.
Liu Yufei tilted her chin upward and raised an eyebrow at her,
"Shen Shuyi, is it? Take a seat. We need to collect blood and fingerprints from every member of the cabin crew for comparison."
’Shen Shuyi’ quickly sat down, asking with a puzzled face,
"May I ask, what exactly has happened?"
Liu Yufei pulled up a chair and sat down across from ’Shen Shuyi,’ crossed her legs casually, and stared intently into ’Shen Shuyi’s’ eyes.
"I’m only asking once, who are you?"
The person opposite, although somewhat panicked, blurted out in response,
"What’s there to ask? My name is Shen Shuyi, 26 years old, from Wubei District, Jin City, Chuanyu Province. My ID number is 510113198703041421. Do you need to know about my family? Both my parents are retired teachers, formerly of Jin City No. 3 Middle School. I’m an only child with no siblings and unmarried!"
’Shen Shuyi’ kept raising her voice as she spoke, and even appeared slightly aggrieved. Liu Yufei watched and laughed, gesturing to Mr. Zhao to come forward.
"Come here, let’s take your fingerprints. I also need to draw your blood. Which arm will you choose?"
She was startled, crossed her arms, and stood up abruptly.
"Really, this is sick. If I haven’t stolen or robbed, you, as police officers, can’t treat me like this. At the very least, I have the right to know what’s going on. What’s with drawing blood and taking fingerprints without saying anything? What exactly is this for?"
Liu Yufei slammed her hand onto the table with such a loud noise that the irate ’Shen Shuyi’ immediately quieted down, and Liu Yufei glared at her angrily.
"Stop whining at me. This is Qindao City Criminal Police Brigade. Cases that don’t involve fatalities don’t come here. You are a citizen of Hua Country, and cooperating with police investigations is your duty. If you think our work infringes on your privacy, or you have complaints about our attitude, you can file a complaint or sue me.
However, you should do what we tell you to and cut the whining. I’m not going to explain the case to you. To put it nicely, you are under investigation; to put it bluntly, we can consider you a suspect since you are currently suspicious. Are you Miss Shen Caijun?"
The woman was taken aback, wanting to say something but bit her lip, holding back.
Mr. Zhao stepped forward, rolled up Shen Caijun’s sleeve, and glanced at her right wrist. Sure enough, there was a brown petal-shaped birthmark similar to the victim’s. As if he didn’t mean to, Mr. Zhao grabbed her wrist and rolled her sleeve up further, smudging the ’birthmark’ as his fingers brushed over it.
Mr. Zhao chuckled, starting to draw blood while commenting,
"Your makeup skills aren’t bad, miss. No need to draw that birthmark; next time, use waterproof makeup so it doesn’t wipe off so easily, tsk!"
While talking, he had finished drawing blood. He had her press on the puncture site and began collecting fingerprints. Mr. Zhao worked quickly, and after he was done, he immediately searched for the information on the police terminal. Once found, he handed the police terminal to Liu Yufei. Seeing the information, Liu Yufei gestured for Mr. Zhao to leave.
As the door closed, Liu Yufei tossed her pen onto the desk, stood up, and slowly walked in front of the woman.
"Talk, Shen Caijun. Why are you impersonating Shen Shuyi?"
