Chapter 845: Chapter 835: Maybe It Was Deliberate

"Master, A-Qing is here!"

Du Qiang pushed open the door to the conference room and spoke. Su Qing glanced inside and noticed, goodness, there were quite a few people, including Old Zhao, Old Lin, Li Zijun, Yan Lie, and other familiar faces, as well as many others, totaling a dozen or so.

Moreover, Su Qing knew that these weren’t all the personnel from the Jiang City headquarters’ Criminal Investigation Division.

Today’s attendees were just a portion of the core members, as the rest had their own responsibilities. A large police bureau couldn’t mobilize its entire force for a single case unless it was a special type of case.

"Little Su is here, have a seat!" Zhao Minghui was seated at the head position, organizing this meeting as he was the senior.

Upon hearing this, Su Qing and Du Qiang went straight to sit next to Li Zijun, their designated seats.

"Ahem, Little Su, the reason we called you today is that there’s a case that seems to involve you," Zhao Minghui said.

Upon hearing this, Su Qing noticed the dozen or so people present looking at him, feeling a bit pressured. Although he knew the case had nothing to do with him, being stared at by so many police officers was a bit daunting.

Taking a deep breath, Su Qing slowly spoke, "Yeah, at the door, I heard Qiangzi telling me that they’ve found a corpse with my name on it?"

Lin Chengcai beside him nodded and quickly explained, "That’s right, but don’t worry, Little Su. We believe this case has nothing to do with you. From our analysis, it seems the perpetrator did this deliberately to target you!"

Upon hearing this, Old Zhao, seated at the head position, nodded to a young female detective sitting to his right, who was from the Criminal Investigation division.

She then opened her laptop, and the next second, a photo of the corpse appeared on the conference room’s big screen.

The corpse’s death was extremely brutal, with multiple stab wounds all over, deep enough to see bone. The head was smashed with a blunt object, and from the waist down, it was crushed and hung limply, connected by flesh.

In an instant, Su Qing felt his stomach churn; it was visually overwhelming, much more so than when his dad once went fishing and reeled in a corpse.

The corpse back then was highly decomposed, barely identifiable as human, just repulsive. The one in the photo still had blood and intestines, and after watching for a while, Su Qing closed his eyes.

Seeing this, Lin Chengcai gestured for the female detective to switch to another photo and said, "Xiao Zhou, explain the basic situation."

"Okay, Lin," replied Zhou Ning, standing up with the report in hand. "The deceased is a male, 33 years old, named Zhao Dongyang, from Yushu Village, Nankou County, currently doing aquatics business in Jiangcheng City. Cause of death was carotid artery rupture resulting in blood loss. It’s noted that the injuries on the man, apart from the head, were inflicted beforehand, meaning the other wounds were the result of the perpetrator’s actions while the deceased was alive or conscious. Simply put, the deceased suffered inhumane torture before death. Here’s a piece of paper taken from the dead man’s abdomen, wrapped in a plastic bag."

Upon hearing this, Su Qing looked up at the screen, which displayed half an A4 paper with his name, Su Qing, written boldly.

After Zhou Ning finished speaking and sat down, everyone’s gaze fell on him.

"Little Su, what do you think?" Lin Chengcai asked, staring at the table.

"Revenge, highly targeted retaliation. If it were accidental or impulsive killing, it wouldn’t be done this way. The lower body of the deceased was severely damaged, seemingly intentional, or rather, the perpetrator’s hatred towards the deceased stemmed from emotional entanglement."

Su Qing sorted through the hints in his mind and reorganized his thoughts to speak.

This time the hints weren’t much, just indicating the tragedy was due to emotional entanglement, which was peculiar.

Not that the cause of the case was peculiar, but rather why there were so few hints this time.

Hearing his words, Lin Chengcai and Zhao Minghui exchanged glances and then nodded.

"That’s right, our guess is also revenge, and we’ve already sent people to investigate the deceased’s social circle. Now let’s discuss the issue of this paper," Zhao Minghui said, finally getting to the point.

Upon hearing this, Du Qiang couldn’t help but speak, "Master, is there a possibility of a namesake? We can’t just conclude it’s related to A-Qing because of a name, right?"

To this, Li Zijun sitting by him had a serious look in her eyes, "It’s possible, but not likely."

"Why?" Du Qiang asked.

Upon hearing this, Su Qing laughed, "Because the surname Su isn’t as common as Zhao, Qian, Sun, Li, Zhou, Wu, Zheng, Wang. Also, the place where the body was found is near my hometown, although not in my village, it’s not far. There aren’t many people with the surname Su there, so the chance of a namesake isn’t high.

While we can’t exclude the possibility of a namesake, if there’s any possibility, we should first treat it as related!"

Upon hearing this, both Zhao Minghui and Lin Chengcai looked at him with a highly appreciative gaze, especially Old Zhao, who looked at his dumb apprentice in a manner that made one want to hit him.

"That’s right, I’ve already had people investigate. Nationally, there are 1,742 people named Su Qing, with 87 in Jiangcheng. After excluding those with mismatched ages, 39 remain, and of those, 15 are working or studying elsewhere. As for those near Nankou County, only..."

Old Zhao spoke while looking at Su Qing, the implication clear; seeing the oppressive atmosphere in the room, he continued, "But this is just one direction, and it can’t confirm whether it’s related to Little Su. But since we encountered it, we might as well take a look; after all, he’s our criminal investigation consultant."

To this, Su Qing’s lips subtly curved upwards as he turned to Li Zijun beside him, smiling, "Sister Jun, what do you think about this?"

Li Zijun shook her head, "Hard to say. If it isn’t related, we just expend some manpower. After all, as Master and Zhao mentioned, maybe the perpetrator intentionally left it to attract our attention. But if it truly is related to you...then it’s bad. You’ve been in the limelight lately, could you have offended someone?"

Upon hearing this, Su Qing waved his hand and laughed, "Don’t be, sister you’re flattering me. What limelight do I have, plus there are many others more in the spotlight than me, never seen anyone encounter something like this.

As for offending people, that’s not even worth mentioning. Your little brother is known for being amiable, and truly offended people wouldn’t escalate to a murder case, and if it really were directed at me, there’s no need to use such a method."

"Then what do you think?" Lin Chengcai quickly asked, having a mysterious confidence in Su Qing.

Upon hearing this, Su Qing stroked his chin, stayed silent for a while before speaking, "Maybe he just wants me involved?"

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