Breaking Through The Clouds - [Author: Huai Shang (淮上)]

Volume 1: Chapter 31

Volume 1: Case 502 - The Intoxicated Frozen Corpse

Chapter 31

Vice Captain Yan couldn't feel cared for at all, Vice Captain Yan was going to kick up a fuss!

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Translated by Melts/@meltsmelts
Edited by AlexPT

The next morning.

The first ray of sunlight shone through the grey residential building, landing on the bumpy flagstone path. The layer of water left by the heavy rain yesterday night reflected that light like the face of a mirror.

"Liu Wanqiu denied ever buying a red Toyota Camry with the license plate A9U766, and at the same time, she has an alibi for two a.m to four a.m yesterday." Qin Chuan's tired voice came from the other end of the phone. Due to the consecutive night shifts, his voice was very hoarse. "I'll bring some people and investigate her alibi in person to see if I can find any flaws."

Holding onto his phone, Yan Xie walked out of the narrow passageway with his head lowered.

A crowd had gathered outside of the police cordon. All of the aunties and uncles came to attend the show; munching on their buns, beancurd or fried dough sticks, looking on from the side. Vivid descriptions and gasps travelled out from time to time.

"Someone apparently died in there! There's already a smell! A few bags of corpses were dragged out yesterday night!"

"The wife caught her husband cheating red handedly! She took a knife and stabbed her husband, her mother-in-law, and the mistress to death!"

"Wow, so ruthless!..."

Five minutes ago, the story was still 'a bandit broke in, killing a family of five'. In just a toilet break's worth of time, the imagination of the crowd had already advanced to the story of love and revenge between a city girl, a rural boy and a shameless mistress. It went to show just what these aged uncles and aunties loved to see and hear.

Yan Xie walked out of the gate and headed towards the police car. Right as he appeared, a new wave of hot discussion was sparked once again.

"Look, a cop, a cop!"

"Why isn't he wearing a uniform, where's his gun?"

"Ohh, what a handsome young lad! I wonder if he's married?..."

After mentally saying 'all of you really are a group of aunties who insist on picking the worst topic to say', Yan Xie stopped giving them his attention. He kept his head down as he entered the car under the crowd's attention, then towards his phone, he asked, "Who has an alibi from two a.m to four a.m? Let me tell you, her husband's account doesn't count, alright?"

"Liu Wanqiu doesn't have a husband, but she has a boyfriend. To celebrate her birthday last night, she called up a bunch of people for an all-night KTV session. Everyone there can testify that she had only left after four a.m. I have already checked the KTV surveillance records. Unless we made a wrong deduction on the time of the case, Liu Wanqiu couldn't have had enough time to slip away from the gathering and reach the crime scene over ten kilometres away."

Yan Xie's expression turned dark. "Then what's with the car?"

"Liu Wanqiu insists that she has never bought a car before, and I have already contacted the Traffic Management Bureau to carry out an investigation."