Why it never ends

Chapter 138 Doubt
"Yes." Su Lei nodded, "I told him to pay attention, if there are any new discoveries in the future, he will contact us at any time."

Pauler rubbed his sweaty hands and looked at Si Lei seriously, "...have you found any other clues?"

"Hmm..." Si Lei tilted his head, "Nothing else for the time being, but this incident is quite strange."

"what?"

"It's not summer now, Inspector Paula." Su Lei looked at the person in front of him, "It's already so cold that the fireplace is likely to be lit for use. In theory, whenever a servant lights the fireplace, he will find that there are many Letters that come out—but what if they don't find it?"

Su Lei pointed to the second burnt photo, "For example, this one, isn't it burnt?"

Pauler didn't understand Slade's point, "You mean the murderer didn't expect the photo to be destroyed...?"

"I mean, why did the murderer send photos to the victim?" Su Lei said to himself, "During the past few days, Viscount Lixi only lit the fireplace once, and even put one of them The photographs have been burned. If I hadn't been to Viscount Rich's house this afternoon, when would these photographs have been discovered?"

Poule frowned and thought for a while, "...Maybe this is just a ritual, which has a unique meaning to the murderer himself, but it doesn't matter whether the victim sees it or not."

Su Lei didn't deny it, she looked at Paule, "If that's the case, then why didn't the murderer casually throw the second photo sent to Viscount Rich into the chimney, but instead put it in the tavern where the Viscount often goes , so that the tavern owner can hand it over—”

"Stop playing charades here," Pauler stood up impatiently, "Officer Su Lei, what do you think? Just say it!"

Pauler's collision directly made Su Lei take a step back.

She stretched out her index finger and shook it, "Inspector, pay attention to your attitude, I have been frightened by your repeated attacks several times today."

Pauler's cheeks stiffened, he muttered "I'm sorry," and sat down again.

Su Lei put the two photos back into his folder, "Why didn't I just say it? Because I want to discuss it with you. My guess may not be right, after all, you just said in the morning that you have already investigated For all the people involved in the Hoffman case, if you have any new clues, you can grasp... In this way, we can exchange ideas with each other, can't we inspire each other?"

"Well, yes, you're right..." Pauler suppressed his irritation, "So what's your conclusion?"

Su Lei was not moved at all, but just stared at Pauler with a half-smile. From the impatient and irritable eyes of the other party, Su Lei got some answers.

"...With all due respect, Inspector, your current state may not be suitable for discussing the case."

Paule's eyes widened in disbelief—he couldn't figure out why Su Lei stepped into his office today.

"Let the sheriff and police officers who have participated in this case go to the meeting room in 10 minutes, just the meeting room in the morning." Su Lei waved to Paule lightly, "We have to have a meeting."

……

The clock hanging on the wall has already arrived at 10:[-] pm, and it will be off work time in [-] minutes, but at this time, Paul Hulo summoned all the members of the police station who participated in the investigation of the Hoffman case. rare.

When people stepped into the conference room, they were even more surprised when they found that the person sitting in the main seat had changed from Paul to Si Lei.

After everyone arrived, Si Lei stood up and closed the door behind him.

"I came in a bit of a hurry this morning, so I didn't introduce myself properly to you all." Su Lei walked to the projection screen at the front of the conference room, with the fingertips of her left hand lightly touching the table, and her right hand resting on her hips. "My name is Si Lei." Ray, is the special investigative officer for the Hoffman case, and this appointment comes from both the Third District Core City Police Headquarters and AHgAs Office No. 004."

Although Su Lei's expression was very friendly at the moment, and his tone was not aggressive at all, the expressions of the people present were still serious.

They weighed the weight of the appointment secretly, and watched Paule's reaction from the corner of their eyes.

Su Lei continued: "Eight days have passed since Hoffman's death, and you have not set up a 'special investigation team' for this case until now. Instead, you have launched a case investigation with a loose internal and external cooperation. Who can cooperate with me? Tell me why?"

The scene was silent.

"My negligence." Paule said nonchalantly, "Because Hoffman's interpersonal relationship is too complicated, we have invested all available police force from the beginning, and the procuratorate has also given full cooperation, so although there is no In the name of "Special Investigation Team", there is the reality of "Special Investigation Team"... Officer Su Lei doesn't need to pursue this point."

Su Lei heaved a sigh of relief, "That's good. Since there are no irresistible factors, the special investigation team for the 'homicide photography' case will be formally established from now on. I have preliminarily screened a team based on the current investigation The list of members of the investigation team is placed on the front page of the folder in front of your desk. If you have better suggestions, please write me an email, or make an appointment with me for an interview."

Only then did everyone start looking through the folders in front of their desks.

Su Lei looked down at the documents, "The police officers on the list stay, and the rest can leave first."

Paule's face was a bit ugly. Although his original plan was to completely leave the case to the person sent from above, but what this little woman is doing now is to set him on fire——her Isn't this action a blatant accusation of incompetence?

Suddenly, Su Lei stopped turning the page, and raised his head in the direction of Paul.

About half of the participants were getting up and walking out. Pauler was very uncomfortable being stared at by Su Lei's eyes. Paule Hulo's name was also not on the list.

Seeing that the members of the non-special dispatch team were about to leave one after another, Si Lei still looked at him.

Pauler raised his butt in a pinch--it's still a matter of self-consciousness to go now, if he is called out by Su Lei later, he really won't leave, and he won't stay.

However, just after Paul got up and took two steps towards the gate, Su Lei's voice sounded behind him, "Where is Inspector going?"

Paula stopped, and turned around in surprise, "...Isn't I not on your special call list?"

Si Lei was startled, and then laughed out loud. In front of everyone, she walked up to Paule, took his arm and pushed him back to the seat.

"You are the inspector here, why should I bypass you?"

(End of this chapter)