CHAPTER 39: CHAPTER 39: DON’T YOU HAVE ANY CLUE?

Noticing the grave expressions on the faces of those attending, especially Li Jian’s deeply furrowed brow.

Jiang An guessed it might be due to his late arrival.

He kept his feet together, heels touching simultaneously, raised his right hand, and performed a standard salute.

"Report to Mr. Li, it won’t happen again, I will arrive 10 minutes early next time."

Li Jian was somewhat surprised by this.

He waved his hand and said, "It’s alright, I just noticed you weren’t here, so I asked."

"Quickly find a seat."

Just then, Jiang An saw Zhang Yean waving at him, signaling him to sit beside her.

Once Jiang An was seated, Li Jian began asking, "While you were not here, the three teams found no important clues."

"Did you find anything at the forensic autopsy center?"

"Report to Mr. Li, it is now confirmed that the deceased, Li Yan, was 37 days pregnant, with villous structures formed by the fertilized egg attached to the uterine wall."

Hearing this conclusion, Li Jian was a bit shocked.

After a moment of regret, he turned to glance at Chen He, his face darkened slightly, showing some displeasure.

"Did she really not have a boyfriend?"

"Where did the child in her belly come from?"

Chen He stared wide-eyed at Jiang An.

"There’s really a fetus in her belly?"

Jiang An nodded, "It just hasn’t developed into the shape of a fetus yet."

Instantly, Chen He’s face became flushed with heat.

He said, "When we questioned Li Yan’s two roommates, those two girls didn’t seem to be lying."

After a brief thought, Li Jian said in a deep voice, "If the inquiry subjects were not lying, then there can only be one possibility; they were not aware."

Chen He said, "Not only did we interview Li Yan’s roommates, but also gathered insights from faculty advisors and classmates, it was indeed confirmed that there was no boyfriend around Li Yan."

Li Jian said, "Not seeing a boyfriend is different from not having a boyfriend."

At this point, Jiang An asked, "Mr. Chen, was Li Yan a bit insecure at school?"

Chen He nodded, saying, "Exactly! She suffered from epilepsy and was very self-conscious."

"Her roommates said that’s precisely why she never had the courage to date a boyfriend."

Jiang An said, "Mr. Li, Mr. Chen, I think that explains it."

"Li Yan was exactly self-conscious due to epilepsy, so she did not openly disclose her boyfriend."

"Or perhaps, she did not want to embarrass her boyfriend."

Listening to Jiang An’s analysis, many people nodded in agreement.

Then, Jiang An continued asking, "Did Li Yan mention who she would be with the day she set out camping?"

Chen He said, "According to her roommates, Li Yan deliberately put on makeup that day, saying she was camping with her high school female classmates."

Jiang An said, "She is clearly lying!"

"This also indicates that her good friends were unaware of her having a boyfriend."

Li Jian said, "Li Yan must have had a secret boyfriend."

Jiang An said, "Not only did she have a secret boyfriend, but she was also pregnant."

Then, Jiang An said, "Mr. Li, we found an unopened box of contraceptive pills in the hidden pocket of Li Yan’s single shoulder bag."

"A woman carrying contraceptive pills still gets pregnant; I suspect she deliberately did not take the pills."

Hearing this speculation, everyone was taken aback.

At first, it sounded a bit inconceivable.

But after calming down and thinking it through, it indeed made sense.

"I would even boldly assume that Li Yan might have been murdered due to her pregnancy."

"Of course, her secret boyfriend might be someone with a family."

"If a woman plans to be pregnant, she’ll surely consider the ability to support the child."

"Thus, I think we cannot rule out the possibility of having an extramarital child."

After a while, Li Jian, Chen He, and other members of the criminal investigation team all nodded in agreement.

Then, Li Jian asked, "Since there’s a fetus, we can indeed find that man through genetic inheritance patterns."

Just as he finished, Zhang Yean replied, "Captain, we have already extracted biological samples from the glove found at the cliff bottom, but the database returned no matches."

"Thus, even if fetal tissue was extracted for genetic analysis, it would be of limited use."

"After all, matching the perpetrator in the database relies on having the perpetrator’s sample in the database."

Li Jian was somewhat disappointed.

"Such favorable matching conditions, yet no trace of him in the database."

Chen He said, "Mr. Li, it seems the perpetrator’s background is very clean."

At this moment, Jiang An suddenly asked, "When Li Yan suffered an attack, was there a doctor involved in the treatment?"

Chen He said, "She had several episodes during college, only once did it require her being sent to the school hospital."

Upon hearing this, Jiang An pursued, "Was the doctor at the school hospital male?"

Chen He answered, "I’m not sure about that; didn’t inquire in detail."

"By the way, why suddenly ask this?"

Jiang An replied slowly and carefully, "If the school doctor is a man, I suspect he’s the perpetrator!"

Instantly, the conference room fell silent.

The conversation had taken quite an unexpected turn.

Zhang Yean glanced at Jiang An and said, "Junior, your speculation has quite the imagination."

Jiang An said, "The gloves used by the perpetrator, commonly used with Lebon surgical gloves by doctors, are not something ordinary people can easily obtain. I suspect the perpetrator is a doctor."

After a while, Chen He took out his phone and dialed the educational office Mr. Wang’s number.

He turned on speakerphone and asked, "Mr. Wang, I apologize for disturbing you late at night, but could you tell me how many doctors there are at the school hospital?"

"Only one male doctor and one female doctor."

"Is the male doctor married?"

"He got married last year; I even attended their wedding. His wife is now over four months pregnant."

Afterward, she abruptly asked, "Mr. Chen, why so suddenly at this hour?"

Mr. Chen said, "Nothing much, just looking into work matters."

Li Jian made a gesture, indicating him to ask a critical question.

"Is there anyone on duty at your school hospital?"

"Yes! The two of them take turns."

"After finishing work and passing by the school hospital today, it seems the male doctor is on duty tonight."

"Alright! Thank you!"

After hanging up the phone, Chen He said, "If this male doctor is her secret boyfriend, that would make sense."

"After all, during a wife’s pregnancy, the probability of a man’s extramarital affair is highest."

Li Jian said in a deep voice, "This male doctor at the school hospital is very suspicious; we will immediately proceed with the arrest."

Forty minutes later, Li Jian, Chen He, Jiang An, and four other officers arrived at the entrance of the school hospital.

Jiang An, having just graduated, most closely resembled a student.

Mr. Li arranged for him to knock on the door while everyone else spread out to the sides.

"Knock knock knock"

Soon after, a coarse male voice came from inside, "Who’s there?"

"I’m a freshman, my lower right abdomen hurts."

"Wait a bit!"

Two minutes later, a man in slippers arrived behind the iron door of the school hospital.

"If it’s appendicitis, you need to go to a big hospital."

As soon as he opened the door, Li Jian and Chen He dashed inside from either side.

With a thud, the male doctor was knocked to the ground.

He shouted, "What are you doing? Is this a robbery? I’m calling the police..."

Jiang An walked into the room and saw a box of "Lebon" gloves on the lab table in the operating area, along with a 3ml small syringe.

He noticed the layout of medicines, equipment, and books in the room was very tidy.

He nodded towards Li Jian.

Then Li Jian squatted down, pulled out his police badge, and showed it to him.

"Late at night, the police come to your door."

"Don’t you have any idea why?"