Chapter 1547 — The Appraisal Results
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"Shielding him? Why would I shield him? I am only doing things by the book. By your way of doing things, one glance at a man makes him a suspect. If you happened to hold a grudge against someone, would the whole thing not descend into chaos?" Song Lingshan said with a frown.
"I, Wang Hekan, am an elite of the detective world. Even foreign police have sought me out to crack their cases. Is my caliber something you get to question?" Wang Hekan laughed coldly. "I say there is more than likely something going on between you and that Wei Zhao. But let me give you a warning: do not play favorites. Otherwise, though I am not one of your police, I do carry some weight, and I will ask your bureau's Chief Chen to have you recuse yourself from this case!"
Song Lingshan was instantly choked with fury. What was the matter with this Wang Hekan? She had merely spoken a few words in Wei Zhao's defense, and this was how he reacted? Did he truly believe, so firmly, that Wei Zhao was the suspect?
"Every conclusion must wait until the technical department's appraisal report comes out!" Song Lingshan said. "If Wei Zhao really did it, then of course I will not shield him. But if it was not Wei Zhao, then I ask Detective Wang not to jump to conclusions in the future!"
"Hmph! Then let us wait and see!" With that, Wang Hekan stormed out of the meeting room, saying as he went, "You people ask me to solve the case, I offer my opinion, and you still will not listen. It is enough to make a man die of rage!"
"Captain Song... this..." Liu Wangli was in a difficult position as well.
"Take it to the technical department for appraisal. If it really was Wei Zhao, then I will have no choice but to make the arrest myself," Song Lingshan said with a sigh.
"All right... Captain Song, then I will be on my way..." Liu Wangli nodded, and carried the copy of the materials off to the technical department.
Song Lingshan felt rather helpless. How could the evidence point to Wei Zhao? Had Wei Zhao truly done this, or was someone framing him?
After hesitating for a moment, Song Lingshan decided to call Wei Zhao and sound him out. If he really had done these things, then unless his mental fortitude was extraordinary, he would surely give himself away. But if it truly was not Wei Zhao, then she would ask him to help crack the case!
For only by catching the true culprit could Wei Zhao be cleared of the crime!
Yet when Song Lingshan dialed Wei Zhao's mobile number, she was somewhat disappointed, for from the other end came the sound of the phone being switched off. It seemed Wei Zhao had not turned it on, or perhaps when he left the house he had simply not brought his phone at all!
And so Song Lingshan was left with no other option but to wait for the technical department's appraisal report.
But while she waited for the appraisal report, another major case broke out!
The same suspect again: at the seaside of Songshan City, after robbing a group of young men and women who were picnicking by the shore, he lifted them up one by one and hurled them into the ocean! Because one young man's head struck a reef in the water, he was gravely injured and died in the hospital despite all treatment, while the others suffered minor injuries of varying degrees.
The one who reported the crime was a photographer, a freelancer who made his living submitting work to newspapers and magazines! He had witnessed the entire crime and had filmed the whole process, yet he had not gone to the rescue in time, causing the man with the head wound to miss the optimal window for emergency treatment!
Photographers of this sort, who care more about getting a good shot than about calling the police and saving lives at the first moment, may well be condemned, but there was nothing Song Lingshan could do about it.