Lu Xuan glanced at Kang Zhi. “No wonder you are still a rookie officer. You should pay attention to the various things at the crime scene. Anything could be used to commit a crime. Anything could be a murder weapon. The shape and size of these wounds match the grooves of sliding panels.”
Kang Zhi thought about it and gasped. “You’re right, I’ve seen similar panels in the boss’ office!”
“Kid, even when your boss was your age, he would have noticed this before I did.” Lu Xuan and Kang Zhi went back and forth. Xiao Rui looked at Mo Li. “Other than that, is there anything you can tell from the victim’s head wound?”
Mo Li shook her head. The head injury was simple so there was not much they could tell. They checked the victim’s neck and hands. Finally, they found something in the victim’s mouth. There was a tongue stud. Mo Li carefully removed the stud and examined it. Kang Zhi was quite excited, “My God, this looks expensive! Is that real diamond?!”
Lu Xuan shook his head. “You’re really still a kid. That is fake and it is not worth that much. But it might be worth a lot to us.”
“What do you mean?” Kang Zhi was confused. The two sentences were contradictory.”
“We should be able to find more clues about the victim or her killer from the tongue stud.” Lu Xuan said confidently. In the past years, they had managed to find many clues from jewelry left on the female bodies. Pieces of jewelry were mostly engraved to make them personalized for the recipient. It was the same for this tongue stud. Two clear letters could be seen.
MD
“Monday?” Kang Zhi suggested.
“You definitely haven’t been in a relationship. This is clearly a person’s name.” Lu Xuan chided. Mo Li narrowed her eyes and tried to read the grooves. “Meng… Di…? Meng Di!” This tongue stud was a gift from Meng Di!
“Mo Li, you have such sharp eyes. I wouldn’t be able to see those smaller letters. However, since this was a robbery, it probably wasn’t done by the victim’s boyfriend.” Kang Zhi said with a frown. The lead appeared to be a dead end.
“How can a police officer be so narrow-minded?” Lu Xuan gave Kang Zhi a hard smack on the back of his head. Kang Zhi scratched his head. He only offered some suggestions, he didn’t expect to be attacked. But when he thought about it, he did come in with a preconceived notion.
Lu Xuan lectured him. “Hopefully, you’ll learn your lesson this time.”
…
The autopsy ended. Mo Li and Lu Xuan stitched up the body carefully. Then they cleaned the bloodstains on the body and put the girl back into her clothes. For one final gesture of respect, Mo Li closed Yang Yue’s eyes for her.
Kang Zhi sighed when he saw this. “The girl must have loved to dress up when she was alive. We’ll do our best to send her off as pretty as possible. Don’t worry, we’ll find your killer!”
When Mo Li walked out, only Xiao Rui remained. “Mahogany stake, mahogany knife, mahogany talisman and now mahogany wooden carving, Flower Appraisal sure is insistent.”
Mo Li didn’t know what to say. They had managed to capture all the killers but they couldn’t find any connection to the Flower Appraisal. Plus whether one person was behind this or more was a question worth pondering too.
“The victim is born in the year of the Wood?” As Xiao Rui nodded, Mo Li rubbed her brows and sighed. She waved at him and then walked towards the door. Then her phone rang. It was Ah Ao. Mo Li paused to answer the phone. “There’s news from the hospital?”
Ah Ao took a deep breath before he said, “Yes, Madam Boss! Our people have gotten the news. Luo Cong and Lu Ke are still alive but…”
Hearing that pause, Mo Li narrowed her eyes. “But what?”