Chapter 251: Chapter 251

Tang Yanqing laughed at first glance and whistled. He walked over and patted Miyada’s rear, finding the old scar from a previous collision.

If he wanted to hit the car, he’d have to do it well, leaving a "permanent damage," so he aimed at the most protruding part of Miyada’s smooth arc of the rear—this part’s impact, it’s difficult to restore the original arc with tools. If perfection is needed, one would need to find a highly skilled technician to manually hammer out the sheet metal.

Such skilled craftsmen are available from Rolls Royce manufacturers; however, to find such a craftsman to manually hammer out the sheet metal to perfection would require a labor fee that exceeds the value of the car itself.

Since he had this malicious intent, he carefully aimed and found the dent that couldn’t be perfectly restored.

Apparently, Rosa had the car repaired and repainted, changing it to the same sapphire blue color as Xiang Yuan and Shi Nian’s cars.

He touched the dent with his hand, said nothing, and just tilted his head to look at Shi Nian.

Understanding this, Shi Nian couldn’t help but sigh slightly.

Fortunately, with last night’s signing of the agreement, all of that was over. If Rosa hadn’t had a car accident this morning, today would have been the beautiful beginning of their new life.

Tang Yanqing didn’t say anything but instead turned to find a colleague from the forensics department to ask about the car’s condition.

The forensic colleague said, "We will check the scene together with colleagues from the traffic bureau, as well as the mechanical condition of the car itself. We’ve basically ruled out the possibility of mechanical failure, meaning we’ve ruled out the suspicion of tampering; the traffic bureau colleagues also concluded that the tire marks, oil stains on the road, etc., also indicate that the car itself didn’t show signs of mechanical failure."

Tang Yanqing narrowed his eyes slightly: "So the reason for the accident is more likely due to the driver’s personal control errors, or mental lapse?"

The forensic colleague confirmed, "At least from the current trace evidence, it seems that way."

"That also rules out A Yuan’s suspicion." Shi Nian felt a bit relieved.

Tang Yanqing tilted his head to look over: "From your tone, did you really think Xiang Yuan was suspicious before?"

Shi Nian was taken aback by the question, instinctively wanting to deny it, but under his piercing gaze, she lowered her head: "Yes, subconsciously, I did have a bit of suspicion. Because I understand the importance of Huatai Hall to A Yuan, I was also worried that Rosa was deliberately using this to pressure A Yuan, and A Yuan might lose his mind and do something irrational."

"Moreover, he came to me to sign the divorce papers quite late last night. Perhaps he had other thoughts before that..."

Shi Nian bowed her head deeply: "I was wrong, I’m sorry."

The shadow of four years of marriage won’t be forgotten overnight, so she still had a bit of preconceived prejudice against Xiang Yuan.

"It wouldn’t be Xiang Yuan." Tang Yanqing raised his head, squinting at the vast blue sky: "Because Rosa wouldn’t genuinely want to harm him. Since Rosa wouldn’t go to the extreme, and Xiang Yuan always cherishes his reputation, why would he rashly commit a murder?" For original chapters go to n͟o͟v͟e͟l͟f͟i͟r͟e͟.net

"Right!" Shi Nian was surprised, looking back at Rosa’s car: "Rosa repainted her cars to the same sapphire blue as A Yuan’s BMW and my MINI, showing her persistence with A Yuan; even the skirt she’s wearing now is sapphire blue. If she really wanted to control the partner meeting to kick out A Yuan, why would she dress ?"

Shi Nian lightly closed her eyes: "Moreover, I personally called her last night, so her wearing this outfit today only means she intends to correct her original thoughts, and she wouldn’t target A Yuan anymore. Instead, she might actually help A Yuan get through the tough time at the partner meeting."

"Exactly." Tang Yanqing’s eyes were fixed on her: "The choice of color can reveal subtle psychology of a person. This may not be typical criminal evidence, but it might be closer to reality, because all real secrets are hidden in people’s hearts."

"Are you two done yet?"

Old Qiao stood in front of them with a dissatisfied look, hands on hips: "This is our team’s case, and we will investigate it our way. We don’t need you two outsiders commenting here."

Old Qiao’s gaze deliberately passed over Shi Nian’s face: "Especially, a non-professional as well."

Shi Nian wasn’t angry, she stuck her tongue out.

Old Qiao, still not satisfied, stared at Tang Yanqing: "Especially don’t use your crime behavior analysis, criminal psychology nonsense to analyze the case to me. In my eyes, you’re like bluffing fortune-tellers, with no concrete evidence."

Tang Yanqing made a funny face at Shi Nian, implying: See, he always talks to me .

Shi Nian smiled, lightly shook her head at him, indicating for him not to provoke people anymore.

There are always different paths in criminal investigation. Some like traditional methods, some value evidence identification, while others approach it from the perspective of criminal psychology. In fact, no matter which approach, they are all aimed toward the crime’s truth, all leading to the same goal ultimately.

Moreover, any single criminal investigation method itself is not complete and has its flaws. For example, Tang Yanqing’s expertise in behavior analysis, micro-expression analysis, and other newly developed methods, being new attempts, have not gained widespread recognition in the criminal investigation field, and are restricted by their short development period. Even for experts, the accuracy is only about 70%; let alone those with little talent and theoretical support masquerading under the banner of criminal psychology, they might easily tarnish this investigation method.

Similar situations had occurred with Dad before. At that time, a provincial department was handling a serial murder case that lasted half a month without finding any valuable clues, only half a footprint stuck in the mud.

When everyone was at a loss, Dad speculated on the perpetrator’s body characteristics from that half footprint, detailing specifics like the perpetrator having six toes on one foot, and flat feet.

At that time, the old leaders in the bureau claimed Dad was doing "revolution by patting his head," saying you can’t just imagine things like that. Dad got reprimanded for it. A year later, the case was solved, and the perpetrator’s physical characteristics were exactly as Dad described...

But even so, the officers who came from traditional criminal investigation still wouldn’t believe Dad, thinking he just got lucky.

The sense of solitude, Dad had experienced it before, Tang Yanqing is experiencing it now, and she herself just faced it head-on.

She quietly extended her hand, pinching Tang Yanqing’s fingers: "No matter who doesn’t believe in you, I do."

His face lit up with sunshine, and the indifference he armed himself with unraveled one by one, changing into peace and serenity.

He then flipped his wrist to hold hers instead: "That’s enough."

As for other people, and the world beyond her, what does it matter to him?

Because he has walked this path step by step: becoming a police officer, experiencing life and death for four years, training his intuition and insight almost torturously while others were relaxing... all for her.

Once in the darkness, he quietly asked in her palm: "What kind of boyfriend do you like?"

She smiled gently and answered without hesitating: "A policeman."

Shi Nian turned back and smiled at him.

In that instant of turning back, as the light flickered, she suddenly squinted and stared at Rosa’s car.

Seeing her face slightly change, Tang Yanqing quickly asked: "What’s wrong?"

Shi Nian took a deep breath: "I think I found the reason for Rosa’s accident."

[Third update of ten thousand words completed, see you tomorrow.]

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