"It's not necessarily so," Su Yao shook her head. "Maybe it could be the other way around. If Wu Shanshan was really taking drugs, then everything could be explained. But cases of overdose are quite rare, unless the addiction is extremely severe. However, there's no sign of that on Wu Shanshan. So, it's very likely that it was sudden, and the drugs turned into poison."
The next day, Su Yao was released due to insufficient evidence. But at the same time, I was told not to go anywhere and to wait for summons at any time.
This incident had caused quite a stir in society. The filming of *Long Maple at Nightfall* had to be suspended. Suddenly, Su Yao's Weibo, as well as her phone, were all flooded. There were friends from the industry, reporters who wanted to interview her, and also Pei Yan.
Su Yao selectively read some messages and suddenly realized that only a few people really cared about her.
What puzzled Su Yao even more was that although the news had spread, there wasn't much reporting about it, and the frequency of reporters' calls dropped sharply.
Su Yao was originally going downstairs to take out the trash. Unexpectedly, as soon as she opened the door, Pei Yan was standing outside, his gaze fixed on her, looking very worried.
"Have..."
Before she could finish her sentence, Pei Yan hugged her tightly and then quickly let go. Su Yao didn't even see any other expression on his face.
"I'm glad you're okay."
"I'm fine. Come in and sit down?"
Pei Yan didn't hesitate. He just stepped past Su Yao and walked in. He took off his shoes and stepped into Su Yao's slippers without feeling anything wrong, then walked straight in.
"Wait!" Su Yao quickly called out to Pei Yan. She bent down and took out the pair of shoes that Pei Yan often wore from the shoe cabinet. "You can get them by yourself later. Hurry up and change back."
This sounded a bit strange. It was only later that Su Yao realized it. No matter how she heard it, it seemed like she was inviting Pei Yan to come often. But Pei Yan's expression seemed to indicate that he didn't quite understand.
Just as they sat down and before either of them could say a word, Su Yao received a call from Tang Yao, asking her to go to the police station immediately.
After Su Yao hung up the phone, Pei Yan's phone rang too, with the same reason.
Tang Yao was already sitting in the office. "You two came together? Perfect. Su Yao, the forensic doctor extracted drug residues from Wu Shanshan's stomach, which is consistent with the inspection report you had that day and the same as in that car accident. But Wu Shanshan herself had never been in contact with drugs before. Don't worry. Not many people know about this."
"So, what do you need, Officer Tang?"
"Come with me to the scene." Tang Yao had already stood up.
"..." Su Yao looked at Pei Yan beside her. "He doesn't need to go, does he?"
"Up to you. It's okay for him to go. He can learn about it and help defend you."
"Huh?"
"Su Yao, Wu Shanshan's relatives and the company plan to sue you."
Was it related to her? Clearly, it wasn't. What were they suing for?
The dressing room hadn't changed much from that day. Since Tang Yao had brought an unrelated person in without permission, they finally decided that Pei Yan would guard the door to prevent them from being discovered.
The two walked in along the blind spot of the camera. What could be collected as evidence had already been stored in the police station. Now they were just here to see if there was anything else.
"Officer Tang, look here!"
Su Yao called Tang Yao over. There was a mark on the snow - white wall where it had been shoveled, and it was very new.
"What's this?"
"This place has been shoveled, and it was just done recently."
Seeing that Tang Yao was a bit confused, Su Yao continued to explain, "This is a warehouse. Even if something hits the wall, it should be the corner of a cargo box hitting it, which should leave a dent, not being shoveled flat like this. As for why it was shoveled recently, think about it. The wall around here has turned yellow, but this place is a bit white."
Tang Yao understood. "I knew it. I know my own limitations. All I'm good at is psychological profiling, but now there's not enough information. What do you think was shoveled off?"
"..." Su Yao thought the officer should know. After all, most people had seen or done things like shoveling small advertisements or chewing gum. "Chewing gum. Now we just need to see if we can find that thing."
With Su Yao's hint, Tang Yao went to borrow a drug - sniffing dog from the anti - drug team the next day. She found a sample and brought it here to look for the chewing gum.
Sure enough, they found the chewing gum in the corner of the trash can. It had dried into a lump, but the good thing was that there were fingerprints on it, very clear fingerprints.
After Su Yao got back, she spent two days watching all the videos that Chu Dianlan had "stolen", including those she hadn't watched before. When she was watching the last few, she found a familiar face, Wu Shanshan's assistant!
It was the one who had come in from the outside that day.
Dazhong had lain here before and finally died. Wu Shanshan's assistant had lain here too, and Wu Shanshan had died. Now Su Yao was becoming more and more certain that this action was a signal for a deal. She just hadn't been able to fully believe it at first.
So Su Yao's initial speculation was right. It might have been aimed at her, using Wu Shanshan's death to frame her. At the same time, it might also have been aimed at Wu Shanshan, using her as a cover. It must be one of the two.
Su Yao slapped her head and said to herself, "Right! How could I be so stupid!"
She should have known earlier that whether it was the first or the second situation, it must have been done by someone around Wu Shanshan, at least someone who knew about the conflict between her and Wu Shanshan.
At the same time, Tang Yao called and came up with the same answer as Su Yao, Wu Shanshan's assistant.
But at the same time, there was a big problem in front of Su Yao. This assistant was already dead, also in a murder case, and they didn't know who did it. There were no clues at all.
"Sister Tang Yao, can you give me some information about the assistant?"
"Yo, now you're calling me sister?" Tang Yao's mocking voice came from the phone. "I can't give you such documents, but you can come and have a look. Come before I get off work. I've also done a profiling by the way."
Su Yao dressed up in disguise and went straight to the police station. But she didn't notice a person in the corner, looking at her with a bit of perverted obsession.
At the moment when the elevator door closed, Su Yao seemed to see a familiar figure, Chu Chao?
Su Yao shook her head. No, it couldn't be Chu Chao. How could he be here?
At the police station, Pei Yan was sitting at the desk. "Sister Tang, the case of Wu Shanshan is clear. Why haven't the family members withdrawn the lawsuit?"
"Why, don't you want to help Su Yao? I think you seem eager to show off your skills."
Pei Yan wanted to refute, but Tang Yao pressed his shoulder. "Don't say a word. As soon as you speak, you'll expose yourself. You can't fool me. The on - looker sees most clearly."
"..." Pei Yan closed his mouth.
"I don't know what's going on either, but there must be someone behind this. Alright, I'm off work. You wait here for Su Yao. The documents are on my desk. You can look but can't take them away. I'll give you trouble if a single page is missing. And you can't take photos. Otherwise, you know the consequences."