Chapter 67
The evening breeze blew gently through the window. The voices of the criminal investigators buzzed in her ear. Jian Yao looked at Bo Jinyan across the round table. The criminal investigators had finished their discussion, and no one was looking at him. An Yan was looking down with a red face, while Fang Qing, with one glance, had seen through everyone’s feigned indifference.
Bo Jinyan’s face flushed gradually.
He raised his head and looked in Jian Yao and Fang Qing’s direction. His hand, on the table, slowly clenched. Then he reached up to adjust his sunglasses briefly.
He did not utter a word.
She did not speak either, and simply sat there in silence.
Not so long ago, didn’t she and Bo Jinyan also experience such wordless moments between them?
“. . . Why don’t we ask Jian Yao and Fang Qing to give us their opinions first.” Shao Yong’s voice interrupted her thoughts.
Jian Yao said, “Ok.” She looked at her notebook, but her heart still felt as if it were lying on an icy wasteland.
“We have the following preliminary conclusions. First, it was a premeditated murder. Not many people knew about Nie Shijun’s habit of running at night. The killer followed and observed her, and chose a very suitable time for the murder, as well as the most suitable place, in accordance with her running route. He was able to carry out his planned murder without any witnesses. Moreover, he even prepared the ropes, paints, gloves and other necessary items beforehand. Therefore, he is not a killer who acts on momentary impulses, and neither did he coincidentally meet a night runner and decide to kill her. Nie Shijun was his specifically chosen target . . .”