Card Room Book 2

CR: Chapter 276

In this case, they had locked onto the most suspicious suspect. She had a deep hatred for Lin Yiyan and Xu Kai and there were a lot of doubts in her testimony. Qiao Xuening was the only possible person left.

The key lay in her modus operandi. How did she escape the surveillance of the community?

None of the surveillance cameras in the community captured Qiao Xuening's figure. It was a secret room with a modern urban background. The murderer couldn't fly away. The only way she could be missed by surveillance was if she changed her face.

Xiao Lou heard Yu Hanjiang's speculation and seriously analyzed it. "If she changed her face completely then she wouldn't need to find a stand-in who is exactly the same as herself for an alibi. Besides, she would have to give up the career she struggled so hard for in the entertainment industry. She wouldn't be able to film as Qiao Xuening or even use her bank card."

Withdrawing a large amount of cash from a bank required an ID card and going to the bank counter to have their identity checked before the money could be withdrawn. Last month, Qiao Xuening had gone to the bank to withdraw a large amount of cash. This record could be found in her account.

If she took out the money herself then it meant she didn't have plastic surgery at the time. Otherwise, the bank teller wouldn't be able to withdraw huge sums for her.

It shouldn't be the stand-in withdrawing money because Qiao Xuening shouldn't have handed over all her bank accounts to the stand-in to manage. If this was the case, the stand-in could truly replace her at any time.

Xiao Lou added, "I think the person who went to the bank to withdraw money last month should be Qiao Xuening herself. She arranged for her stand-in to get plastic surgery... is it necessary to change her appearance and give up on the entertainment industry just to kill Xu Kai?"

Yu Hanjiang thought carefully. "Your words make sense. There is another way to get the best of both worlds. She doesn't need to do surgery to completely change her face. She can temporarily change her face and pretend to be someone else."

"You mean, disguise herself like Jin Xiaoyue?"

Yu Hanjiang nodded. "A clever makeup technique can make the face seen on surveillance look completely different. In winter, many people wear down jackets so it will be hard to distinguish her true figure. We will have to look at the surveillance carefully one more time, investigating every person one by one. Group Leader Li, can you please call the security guards in the community over to recognize people?"

Li Xinyang was confused by the words but he was very cooperative in seeking the help of the community's security guards. There was no surveillance camera at the entrance to Xu Kai's villa but there was surveillance at the intersection leading to the villa.

The murderer must've hid in the villa after Xu Kai went out and left the villa after killing him. Not a single second of the surveillance could be spared from the night Xu Kai went out drinking to when he was killed at 4:30 yesterday and the police arrived at 10:30.

Xu Kai's villa faced the south and there were two roads passing the entrance of the villa area. One was to the west and led to the west gate of the community. The other was the main road, the widest one in the community.

Yu Hanjiang put the monitoring of these two intersections on different computers and observed them.

The security guard of the community stood behind him and checked every pedestrian passing by. From time to time, his voice was heard. "This lady with a child is a resident of Area C 101. I know this old man. Aunt Zhang... the person carrying the briefcase seems to be Mr Li..."