Chapter 210 - A Wrap?
Chapter 210: A Wrap?
Headmaster Shen frowned deeper and deeper.
“Headmaster Shen must have used Shen Tong to spread the legend of henna. You probably told her about your relationship with Lin Jing then. This also means that Shen Tong’s asthmatic attack wasn’t random, it was premeditated murder.”
Headmaster Shen challenged, “Captain Xiao, I think your imagination has been led astray by this little girl.” Then she turned to Mo Li, “Miss Mo Li, you need to have evidence before you accuse someone of murder, right?”
Xiao Rui scoffed. “I have to admit you have done your research beforehand, Headmaster Shen… Shen Tong has asthma, and asthma can be triggered by many things, including perfume. The killer only need to approach Shen Tong while wearing heavy perfume and Shen Tong would need the inhaler to tide over the asthmatic attack. The moment she used the inhaler, Shen Tong would have killed herself. After that, you could even say that it was the pressure from the police who caused Shen Tong to have an asthmatic episode and died. Earlier, when I walked into the meeting room, I did smell perfume in the air. Mo Li doesn’t use perfume because of the nature of her work and Si Lin never uses these things. So the perfume could only have come from Headmaster Shen.”
“That’s your evidence? I did put on perfume today because I knew important guests are coming, that’s not against the law is it? Plus I didn’t even know Shen Tong has asthma.”
“Really?” Xiao Rui lifted his phone and tapped on it. “Then why does this report on the inhaler state that your fingerprint is found on it?”
“Fingerprint?” Headmaster Shen’s eyes flashed with panic. “It must have been left there when I tried to save her. Everyone saw it, right?”
“No, that did not happen. It was a student who brought the inhaler and it has not passed through anyone’s hand other than Doctor Lu. So Headmaster Shen, how do you plan to explain yourself?”
Headmaster Shen panicked being questioned by Xiao Rui. “No, wait! I remembered wrongly! I went to the classroom to find Jing Jing this morning and I saw this inhaler on the ground. I helped to pick it up.” Headmaster Shen stood up to walk towards Lin Jing. She shook her shoulders. “Jing Jing, saw something! Say you saw me do that!”
Lin Jing was unresponsive like she was in a catatonic state. In her desperation, Headmaster Shen shook her wildly, “What are you doing? Say something!”
“Why… Why? I thought you couldn’t accept that I’ve become an invalid so I played along and drank the milk teas mixed with the medicine powder. But I have no idea those are my own ashes. And so many people have died because of me. I…”
A resounding slap echoed in the room. Jia Han immediately jumped to shield Lin Jing after Headmaster Shen slapped her own daughter.
“Xiao Kang, go and pull the madwoman off!”
“Have you no idea for whom I’ve done all these things? It’s all for you! Your whole life is over! Do you not understand that?” Mo Li looked at Headmaster Shen and she frowned. She pulled on Xiao Rui’s shirt. “Something’s not right. This woman claims her motive is to heal her daughter so why kill the other students? How did the ashes get into Qiao Qing’s milk tea if Jia Han only placed them into the milk teas meant for Lin Jing? And what are the purpose of the paper notes with the voodoo numerals?”
After Si Lin and Kang Zhi detained Headmaster Shen and Jia Han pulled Lin Jing away, Xiao Rui glanced at Mo Li and said, “It doesn’t matter, we already have our killer.”
“Wait a minute!” Mo Li was not going to let this go so easily. She took out her phone to show Xiao Rui, “What is the meaning of this?”
It was the report Xiao Rui read from earlier. It stated clearly that the lab found no conclusive fingerprint on Shen Tong’s inhaler.
“You’re just a coroner, mind your own business.”
“Her fingerprint wasn’t even on the inhaler, there was no conclusive evidence. You were leading the suspect, it is against the law!”
“What do you know about the law? I operated on reasonable deduction. If we need to wait for concrete evidence, most of the cases in this world wouldn’t be solved. Every officer has their own ways of handling cases. As I’ve mentioned earlier, this is my case and you are just a consultant. You have no right to question me.”
“But…” Mo Li frowned, there were still so many questions in this case. Why was Wei Lan killed when she wasn’t even from 22 High School? How did Qiao Qing get to know the legend of henna?
The matter wasn’t really resolved but Xiao Rui was determined to close the case.
“The case wraps up for now. We’ll make further plan after Qiao Qing wakes up. We already got the killer. Your services are no longer needed.” Xiao Rui’s tone was no longer hostile but he still maintained a professional distance from Mo Li. He then rushed back to the station to interrogate Headmaster Shen.