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CHAPTER 12
PART 3
Arriving at the second-floor rental apartment, Li Bin noticed Tan Yong deep in thought, furrowing his brows. He said, "Lao Tan, do you truly believe the murderer used this method to trick Xia Qi into opening the door? Don't let Su Xiaotong mislead you!"
"How can I be so easily misled? Don't you think the possibility she mentioned actually exists? It would explain why Xia Qi opened the door—maybe she thought I came to inquire about the situation after seeing the messages in the group chat, so she opened it," Tan Yong replied.
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"It's just a possibility. The actual execution might not be that simple. Can a voice changer software really mimic your voice completely? I have some doubts."
"If it's someone unfamiliar, it might be difficult. But between us, they are very familiar... my tone, inflection, they know them all too well."
"Alright, Lao Tan, let's not dwell on this for now. After talking to them for so long, do you have any specific suspects?"
"I don't have any particularly clear suspects. If I have to say, Su Xiaotong seems a bit suspicious."
"I agree, she seems to deliberately mislead you. Additionally, there's Li Xueli and Ma Qiang."
"Why?"
"Li Xueli was the last person Xia Qi called, that's a suspicious point. Also, Ma Qiang staying at Li Xueli's place these days is a bit suspicious."
"Do you think they might have collaborated?"
"Yes, and covering up for each other."
"What about the content of those four phone calls? What's your take?"
"I think those four women might not have told the truth."
"But what they said was consistent."
"Who knows? Maybe someone just followed what others said, it's possible. Anyway, Xia Qi is dead, there's no way to verify."
After pondering for a while, Tan Yong said, "Currently, Xia Qi calling these four women is the biggest clue. Including the crucial information she posted in the group after the call, it proves she was probing who the murderer is. And these probes evidently wouldn't have been meaningless; otherwise, the killer could have ignored them without needing to eliminate Xia Qi."
Li Bin crossed his arms, contemplated for a few minutes, and said, "Lao Tan, do you think the last two messages Xia Qi sent were really from her?"
"Are you suggesting they might be from the killer?"
"Yeah, the killer entered Xia Qi's place, killed her, and then used her phone to send messages. Isn't that possible?"
"It's possible, but what would be the reason for doing that? Xia Qi was already dead, why would the killer use her phone to send messages, creating an impression that Xia Qi was still alive? Unless the killer deliberately created an alibi for themselves. But as you heard earlier, none of them have a solid alibi. Isn't that redundant? And the risk is very high. Because between these two messages, there's an 8-minute gap. If the messages were sent by the killer, at that time, they would have definitely been in Xia Qi's house. Aren't they afraid that after the first message is sent, we or someone else would come to Xia Qi's place? That would just trap them inside, wouldn't it?"
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"That makes sense... So, these two messages were indeed sent by Xia Qi herself."
"It should be like that."
"And the killer killed Xia Qi because they realized she might have gleaned some crucial information through their conversation."
"Yes, so they needed to act immediately to silence Xia Qi."
"From this analysis, Xia Qi's four phone calls must hold some special significance."
"Exactly, if we can figure out how Xia Qi probed them and got some useful information, perhaps we might, like Xia Qi, know the identity of the killer."
"Can we request Jiang or Chief Chen to file for permission and retrieve the call details from the telecom company regarding these four phone calls?" Tan Yong shook his head, saying, "Even if we obtain permission, we can only access call records or proceed with ongoing monitoring of the phone. We can't retrieve the contents of past calls."
"In that case, there's no way."
"Just now, the conversations Xia Qi had with those four individuals, the things they said—did you note them down? Even if one among these four is the culprit and isn't telling the truth, at least what the other three said is genuine. Let's thoroughly research and analyze why Xia Qi talked to them about these matters. Moreover, why did she believe that discussing these things would reveal the identity of the murderer?"
"Okay," Li Bin opened his notebook.
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