Chapter 293: Talking to smart people saves trouble

The arrest operation had a few minor hiccups, but in the end it was a close call without any danger.

Li Yuanliang clearly overestimated himself and underestimated the hardness of domestic glass.

Domestic glass isn't something that can be shattered by a casual strike!

After capturing Li Yuanliang, the officers immediately regrouped and drove straight to the Police Station.

Meanwhile.

Police Station.

Xu Mo had already secured the evidence and returned to the Police Station one step ahead of Han Fei.

He also handed the cake found in the villa and the roses placed in the vase to the forensic doctor, asking them to test whether they contained the Castor toxin that killed Guan Yiliu.

Half an hour later, the forensic doctor's test results came back.

"Here's the inspection report, take a look. Both the cake you brought back and the rose stems contain Castor toxin, and the concentration is very high…," the forensic doctor said, approaching Xu Mo with the report and informing him of the test results for the cake and roses.

He paused briefly, then continued.

"Additionally, I just examined Guan Yiliu's corpse carefully and found a barely noticeable puncture on the palm of her right hand, likely caused by a sharp rose thorn; I suspect this is the cause of her death."

Xu Mo was not surprised by the forensic doctor's findings; having reviewed the monitoring footage, he already knew Li Yuanliang's method of poisoning.

Having the forensic doctor test was merely a matter of thoroughness; they needed a professional report to conveniently convict Li Yuanliang.

Relying only on a mouthful of words and two untested items would certainly not suffice.

While Xu Mo was reviewing the report, the group of officers led by Han Fei arrived at the Police Station, escorting Li Yuanliang, whose hands were bound behind his back.

"Han Team, you're back just in time," Xu Mo said, turning to Han Fei and waving the report: "The evidence against Li Yuanliang has been fully gathered, just waiting for you to bring him in."

Hearing that, Han Fei immediately hurried to Xu Mo's side.

He took the forensic report from Xu Mo's hand and flipped it open for a glance.

While Han Fei was looking at the report, fearing he might not understand the technical details, the forensic doctor beside them began to explain.

"Han Team, look here. This is the test result: the cake and rose stems Xu Mo brought from the scene both contain a very high concentration of Castor toxin."

Saying that, the forensic doctor deliberately gave Li Yuanliang a meaning‑laden glance.

Bound by the officers, Li Yuanliang's face instantly showed panic when he heard the words 'cake' and 'rose' and saw the forensic doctor's gaze.

He knew those two items all too well… they were the poison he had used to try to kill!

The Police found the cake and roses laced with Castor toxin and even arrested me… They already have proof of my poisoning? How did they suspect me? Li Yuanliang couldn't figure it out.

He clearly deleted the monitoring footage!

The Police weren't misled by him and didn't deem Guan Yiliu's death as natural; that part didn't surprise him.

After all, Castor toxin is hard for medical methods to detect, but not impossible.

A careful forensic doctor can fully detect Castor toxin.

As for the Police finding those two toxin‑laden items at the scene, he also didn't find that strange.

What truly puzzled him was why the Police suspected him.

He had already deleted the community's monitoring footage, and no one knew he had done so; he erased it secretly when no one was watching.

Moreover, he quit his security job before the Police discovered Guan Yiliu's body.

He did this because he felt his mental fortitude was insufficient; after killing someone, he couldn't bear to stay in the community as a guard and potentially run into the Police.

He feared a particularly perceptive officer would notice his unnatural behavior and then suspect him.

But what Li Yuanliang didn't expect was.

Having deleted the footage, quit his job, and avoided any police encounter, how did they still come after him?

Moreover, from the officers' tone, Li Yuanliang sensed that their attitude toward him was more than mere suspicion.

It seemed they had already concluded he was the murderer!

In fact, Li Yuanliang's guess was correct.

The Police had indeed determined he was the killer.

After reviewing the test report, Han Fei said to the officers behind him, "Take him to the Interrogation Room; Xu Mo and I will talk for a moment, then we'll go."

"Alright," Li Chen nodded, then escorted Li Yuanliang to the Interrogation Room.

The other officers who had joined Han Fei in the operation returned to their respective stations.

Han Fei's next step was to interrogate Li Yuanliang, but first he needed to confer with Xu Mo.

After all, regarding this case, what he knew was not as comprehensive as what Xu Mo knew.

How can you interrogate without first sorting out all the clues?

Before Han Fei could speak, Xu Mo already understood his meaning.

"I've saved the deleted footage onto a USB drive; shall we watch it before interrogating Li Yuanliang?"

"Sure!" Han Fei smiled.

Talking to smart people saves trouble!

Before he even said anything, Xu Mo had already guessed his intention.

No need for him to speak at all!

Immediately, Xu Mo plugged the USB drive on his keychain into the computer and played the surveillance footage he had copied from the security room today, which he had restored using technical means.

While playing the video for Han Fei, Xu Mo also recounted everything he knew.

"This is the footage from last night. Li Yuanliang deceived the on‑duty guard, claiming he had lost something in the community and needed to go in to look. Once inside, he headed straight to Guan Yiliu's villa and placed the Castor‑toxin‑laced cake and roses at her doorstep… This video was deleted this morning when Li Yuanliang went to the community's monitoring room; he had slipped a laxative into his colleague's breakfast and, while the colleague was in the restroom, swapped the footage."

Five minutes later.

Han Fei nodded; from Xu Mo's description he roughly understood Li Yuanliang's entire crime process.

"Let's go interrogate Li Yuanliang; you come with me."

Although the evidence was already ample and Han Fei knew Li Yuanliang's full criminal process.

Logically, interrogating Li Yuanliang should be very simple.

You wouldn't even need much chatter; just place the evidence before him, and that's enough. It's estimated that Li Yuanliang, upon seeing the evidence, would voluntarily confess.

But Han Fei still called Xu Mo along.

The main reason is… all the crucial clues of this case were discovered by Xu Mo.

One could say that without Xu Mo, Han Fei might still have to go around in circles to uncover the truth.

Therefore, Han Fei had Xu Mo go with him to interrogate Li Yuanliang, mainly because he didn't want people to think he was stealing Xu Mo's credit.

Xu Mo, of course, didn't refuse Han Fei; he rose immediately and walked together with Han Fei toward the Interrogation Room, preparing to interrogate Li Yuanliang.