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Jiang Chengyan put the two beds together, carefully leaned into Ling Hua’an’s arms, adjusted a comfortable posture, and hugged him tightly.

Ling Hua’an rubbed Jiang Chengyan’s ears with his fingers for a while, and asked, “Captain Jiang, has Wang Ran’s body been found?”

“Yes, it’s in the greenhouse in the backyard of Liang Yijun’s villa.” Jiang Chengyan rubbed on Ling Hua’an unconsciously, then said, “there are surveillance cameras in the greenhouse, which Liang Zhaolan secretly installed to monitor the housekeeper. Ironically, it was recorded, the process of her son burying a body.”

“This is karma.” Ling Hua settled down and said, “what about Gao Mingqiang? Have you got the result of his death?”

“Su Ke did a detailed autopsy on him, including toxic drug testing, and found no traces of homicide. In his rental house, there are only his own fingerprints and no traces of being cleaned, so we can assume that he died by suicide.”

Ling Hua’an nodded and said, “It seems my guess is correct. Gao Mingqiang is obviously taking the blame for others. Have you investigated his background? Does anyone close to him deserve to make him do this?”

“For anyone close to him, it’s probably his adopted daughter. But we can’t find any clues about her for the time being. We only know her name is Gao Ying, and she is 26 years old this year.”

Ling Hua’an frowned slightly, “can’t find her? Since it’s an adoption, the civil affairs department should have an adoption record. How can you not find her?”

“There is indeed an adoption record. It’s just that Gao Ying was only five years old when she was adopted. Also, no visual information can be found in Gao Mingqiang’s home in Bincheng. So we don’t know what Gao Ying looks like now.”

“Which orphanage did Gao Ying live in before she was adopted? If I remember correctly, Wang Ran also seems to be adopted. Will there be any relationship between the two?”

“The two were adopted in the same orphanage, but it’s already been too long. The orphanage burned down a lot of documents because of a fire a few years ago. All we can find is the adoption records.”

“What about Sun Ting? Have you checked her information?”

“En, I checked. Sun Ting was also adopted and lived in the same orphanage with Gao Ying and Wang Ran.”

“Those three must have known each other and kept in touch. If it was Gao Ying who killed Liang Yijun, she avenged Wang Ran’s death. While Wang Ran’s ghost has been following Sun Ting around, Sun Ting must have known about it or been involved in the incident.”

“I thought the same thing, except we had no evidence. Especially after it was confirmed that Gao Mingqiang did commit suicide, and he also admitted that he killed Liang Yijun in his suicide note. The handwriting on the suicide note has also been identified and confirmed to be written by him.”

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“That day, I saw the ghost of Wang Ran appear outside the courtyard where Gao Mingqiang lived. When I called Sun Ting, I heard the sound of walking in high heels in the same direction as Wang Ran’s ghost. I guessed it was Sun Ting, and I noticed something was wrong. Since the woman who hurt me wasn’t Sun Ting, it must be Gao Ying.”

Jiang Chengyan looked up at Ling Hua’an and said, “You mean it was Gao Ying who hurt you?”

“If Gao Mingqiang is willing to take the blame for her murder, then it can prove that the two have a good relationship. Gao Ying should want to go to the scene to confirm when something happened to Gao Mingqiang.”

Jiang Chengyan replied, “but this is all your guess. We still have no evidence.”

“It’s not like there’s no evidence.” Ling Hua’an smiled and said, “When she seriously injured me, I scratched her wrist with my nails and I smeared the blood on my sleeve. Her DNA should be found on my clothes.”

Jiang Chengyan was stunned, then said in surprise, “Hua’an, you serious?”

“I am. You can let the trace inspection section take the clothes and examine it. It’s on the left sleeve.”

“Okay, I’ll call Mr. Qin right now.” Jiang Chengyan sat up excitedly.

Ling Hua’an laughed, “Captain Jiang, are you sure they are still there at this time?”

Jiang Chengyan subconsciously looked at the time and found it was already early in the morning, so he lay back, embarrassed, and said, “Then I’ll call him again tomorrow morning.”

Ling Hua’an patted his back and said somewhat soundly tired, “Go to sleep, it’s been a tiring day.”

Jiang Chengyan raised his head and kissed Ling Hua’an’s lips and said, “Okay, Good night.”

The two fell asleep hugging each other, and after a while, they fell into a deep sleep.

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On February 23, 3021, in the Trace Inspection Department of the Criminal Investigation Team, Jiang Chengyan frowned when he looked at the test report and asked, “Mr. Qin, you are not mistaken, right?”

Qin An answered, “I’m sure there’s no mistake.”

“How is it possible that it matches Sun Ting’s DNA?”  Jiang Chengyan completely believed in Ling Hua’an’s speculation, but the information in his hands contradicted Ling Hua’an’s speculation, which made it a little difficult for him to accept.

“More than that, I have an unexpected discovery.” Qin An handed the information in his hand to Jiang Chengyan.

Jiang Chengyan took the information and looked at it, then looked at Qin An in shock, “Sun Ting and Wang Ran are actually sisters?”

“Yes, DNA can’t deceive people. They are indeed sisters.”

Jiang Chengyan was silent for a while before digesting the information and said, “Mr. Qin, thank you for your hard work.”

Jiang Chengyan went out with the documents, came to the criminal investigation team’s office, and said, “Guo Hai, Chen Miao, follow me to arrest someone.”

“Arrest? Who?” Yao Min asked curiously.

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“Sun Ting.” Jiang Chengyan turned around and walked out of the office, with no intention of explaining further.

Guo Hai and Chen Miao looked at each other and hurriedly followed him.

The three arrived at Sun Ting’s house. Guo Hai went up and knocked on the door, followed by the sound of someone answering the door, “Who is it?”

Guo Hai replied, “We are the police, please open the door.”

The door lock clicked open and Sun Ting appeared in front of the three. She looked at Jiang Chengyan, smiled, and said, “Captain Jiang, it’s you.”

“Miss Sun, this is an investigation order, please come with us.”

Sun Ting was stunned for a moment, looking at the investigation order letter in Jiang Chengyan’s hand. Her eyes flashed, and she said, “Okay, can I put on my coat first?”

Jiang Chengyan nodded, pushed the door open further, and stepped in with one foot.

Sun Ting picked up the coat on the hanger and put it on, glanced in the direction of the bedroom unconsciously, and said, “Captain Jiang, let’s go.”

Jiang Chengyan also looked in the direction of the bedroom and asked, “Is there anyone else here?”

Sun Ting’s pupils shrank, and she hurriedly shook her head and said, “Captain Jiang, I live alone. There is no one else in the house except me.”

Sun Ting’s abnormality alerted Jiang Chengyan, and he stepped toward the bedroom. Seeing this, Sun Ting wanted to stop him, but she was stopped by Guo Hai, “Miss Sun, please cooperate with the investigation.”

Jiang Chengyan came to the bedroom door, took out the pistol pinned to his waist, slowly opened the door, slowly pushed the door open, and cautiously walked in. No one was in the room, and the quilt was spread out on the bed in a mess. Obviously, someone had just been sleeping, but Sun Ting was neatly dressed and didn’t look like she was resting in bed. Jiang Chengyan frowned when a cold wind blew. He suddenly looked out the window and walked in a hurry. He saw a man in black sportswear jumping onto the ground from the air conditioner unit on the first floor and running toward the community gate.

Jiang Chengyan put away his pistol, climbed out of the window, and jumped down layer by layer on the air conditioner unit outside the building. Looking at the running figure in front of him, Jiang Chengyan quickly chased him. Unfortunately, as soon as he reached the gate, he disappeared.

Jiang Chengyan looked back at the surveillance camera at the community gate and went to the security guard’s cabin. He took out his ID and said, “I’m a policeman. Did you see a man in black running out just now?”

The security guard looked at Jiang Chengyan’s ID and said, “Comrade police, yes, yes, there is. Just now, a man dressed in black ran out of the door in a hurry. It happened that a taxi stopped at the gate, and then he got into the car. Comrade Police, is he a thief?”

“Did you see what he looked like?”

“No, he was wearing a hat and mask, covered tightly.  I could not see his appearance.” the security guard paused and said, “but I saw the Taxi’s license plate number where he got in. It was Hua AJU213.”

“Okay, thank you.” Jiang Chengyan took out his mobile phone, called Li Tong, and said, “Li Tong, contact the taxi company, find the driving route with the license plate number Hua AJU213 now.”

“Yes, Captain.”

Jiang Chenggang hung up the phone, turned to the monitoring room of the community, and retrieved the surveillance video of Sun Ting’s unit building on New Year’s Eve and the day of Ling Hua’an’s accident.

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Jiang Chengyan glanced at the mobile phone screen and directly connected the phone, saying, “wait for me at the gate of the community in five minutes.”

After retrieving the video, Jiang Chengyan left the monitoring room and got into the car in front of the gate. The car started and drove straight to the police station.

In the car, Jiang Chengyan received a call from Li Tong, saying, “Captain, the last place that taxi stopped was at Huacheng Bus Station.”

Jiang Chengyan pondered for a while and said, “Contact the taxi driver and ask him to come to the team.”

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“Yes, Captain.”

Jiang Chengyan looked at Sun Ting and asked directly, “Sun Ting, who is that person in your bedroom?”

Sun Ting’s eyes flashed, and she said, “What person? I don’t know. I live alone. I’m the only one in the house.”

“I saw him escape from the window with my own eyes, and you say there was no one in the room?”

“Really? It must be a thief, and I don’t know if anything is missing, Captain Jiang, it’s fortunate that you are here. Otherwise, it would be very dangerous for me.” Sun Ting pretended to be shocked.

Jiang Chengyan looked at Sun ting in silence for a moment and didn’t intend to talk. Ten minutes later the car arrived at the police station, and Sun Ting was taken to the interrogation room.

Seeing the three returning, Yao Min walked up to Jiang Chengyan curiously and asked, “Captain, what happened to Sun Ting? How did you get her here?”

“There was Hua’an’s blood on her clothes.” Jiang Chengyan answered.

“What?” Yao Min was stunned, and said, “Does the captain mean that Sun Ting was the one who injured Ling Dage?”

Jiang Chengyan nodded and returned to his office, carefully checking the surveillance video he had retrieved. An hour later, he walked out of the office and said, “Yao Min, get ready and follow me to the interrogation room.”

Yao Min hesitates to ask, “Captain, it’s okay for you to be involved in Ling Dage’s case? If your relationship is known to others, it will be easy for people to gossip.”

“I am working on the case of Liang Yijun’s murder. If you are afraid of people gossiping, I will replace you with someone else.”

“No, captain, I don’t like it when you say that. How come I’m afraid of gossip?” Yao Min looked at Jiang Chengyan and felt upset for a while, then said, “forget it. For the sake of Ling Dage, I won’t bother with you. It will be just a few words. It’s not going to kill anyone. Let’s go.”

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