Liu Yuqian said casually, "What's so strange about that? Most likely, it was a wild dog or something, darting into the bushes!"
At this moment, Liu Kai Xuan discovered a thin fiber of torn cloth on a forked branch.
"What's wrong, boss? Did you find something?"
Liu Yuqian asked curiously, "This piece of fabric fiber was clearly ripped from a piece of clothing!"
As she spoke, Liu Yuqian reached out to take the fabric fiber from the branch.
At this moment, Liu Kai Xuan acted decisively and grabbed Liu Yuqian's arm.
"Qianqian, don't be so hasty!"
"This little thing could be an important clue to solving the case!"
"Go and inform the police comrades to come and investigate!"
"Okay, I'll go right now!"
After Liu Yuqian explained the situation, the police officer in charge of the investigation immediately came to the scene to collect evidence.
After searching the area, the police managed to imprint several marks on the soft soil below the bushes!
One of the marks was an indentation left by a cardboard box falling.
Upon comparison, it was found to be the same model as the boxes used for the stolen supplies.
The other marks were all human footprints.
It had rained just two days prior, and the soil in the green belt was not yet dry. Adult footprints left on it were very clear.
You could even see the tread pattern on the soles of the shoes from the footprints.
From the shoe print patterns, not much could be discerned.
At most, it could be seen that it was an adult male's footprint.
However, the piece of torn cloth on the branch made Liu Kai Xuan's eyes light up; the fabric looked very familiar.
That's right, the color of this torn cloth was very similar to the material of Bang Geng's clothes.
Could it be that the "Thief Saint" was behind this again?
A few days ago, Liu Kai Xuan had returned to the Siheyuan once, and had seen Bang Geng then.
It was from that brief encounter that Liu Kai Xuan had a slight impression of this torn cloth.
But clearly, a single tattered piece of cloth was far from enough to convict Bang Geng.
Given Bang Geng's glib tongue, unless you caught him red-handed,
even if you saw him stealing with your own eyes, he would dare to deny it.
Next, Liu Kai Xuan provided the investigating police officer with several leads based on this torn cloth.
Following the clues provided by Liu Kai Xuan, the investigating police officer immediately went to find Bang Geng to understand the situation.
It goes without saying that Bang Geng would never admit to such a thing.
"Police comrades, I'm innocent! Liu Kai Xuan's things were stolen, and it has nothing to do with me!"
While vehemently denying it, Bang Geng also accused Liu Kai Xuan.
"I think this must be Liu Kai Xuan trying to trap me when he's cornered, deliberately slandering and framing me!"
The officer who came to investigate was a formidable middle-aged man named Zhang Da Lin.
Zhang Da Lin comforted Bang Geng, "Comrade Jia Geng, there's no need for you to be so nervous right now!"
"There's no evidence yet to prove that you stole the items from the warehouse!"
"I just want to understand your relationship with Liu Kai Xuan!"
"Comrade Liu Kai Xuan told me that your two families have deep grudges!"
"And you yourself have repeatedly declared in public that you intend to retaliate against Comrade Liu Kai Xuan!"
"I wonder if this is true?"
"I..."
Bang Geng flatly shook his head and refused, "All of this is Liu Kai Xuan's baseless slander against a good person!"
"Police comrades, please don't be fooled by Liu Kai Xuan. He's always disliked me and wants to get rid of me!"
"Liu Kai Xuan is openly slandering me now, this is truly malicious intent!"
Zhang Da Lin nodded and replied, "Alright, Comrade Jia Geng, we have understood what you said!"
"Since you and Liu Kai Xuan have no grudges, then there's nothing for you here. I won't disturb you further!"
"Wait!"
As Zhang Da Lin got up to leave, he was called back by Qin Huai Ru.
"Police comrades, I have something to say to you!"
"Go ahead!"
Zhang Da Lin nodded, indicating for Qin Huai Ru to continue.
Qin Huai Ru continued, "I want to say that our Jia family and Liu Kai Xuan's family actually have deep grudges!"
"My son just now..."
"Hmm?" Zhang Da Lin's expression suddenly changed, "Bang Geng just denied it!"
Qin Huai Ru immediately explained, "My son is young and inexperienced. He was just too nervous!"
"Police comrades, although our Jia family and Liu family have deep grudges, that was many years ago!"
"Liu Kai Xuan dredging up these old grievances now is clearly ill-intentioned!"
"That's right!"
Bang Geng also quickly stepped forward to explain, "The grudges between me and Liu Kai Xuan are from many years ago!"
"And after I committed offenses back then, I already received legal sanctions!"
"Liu Kai Xuan's accusation against me now is purely false accusation!"
"Police comrades, you must uphold justice for me!"
Zhang Da Lin said sternly, "Our judicial organs will never wrong a good person, nor will we let any bad person escape!"
"Comrade Liu Kai Xuan provided us with some evidence, and based on that evidence, you are suspected of major involvement!"
"But you don't need to be overly nervous right now. If it wasn't you who did it, as long as you can explain it clearly to us, that's fine!"
"But I need to emphasize one point here: I hope you will take our inquiry seriously!"
"If I find out that you have deliberately deceived the judicial organs again, the consequences will be very severe!"
Bang Geng repeatedly nodded and replied, "Police comrades, you can rest assured. I will tell the truth!"
"At the same time, I implore you to clear my name!"
At this moment, Zhang Da Lin took out a piece of cloth the size of his palm from his pocket and handed it to Bang Geng!
Then he continued, "Comrade Jia Geng, do you have a piece of clothing made of this type of fabric?"
"I..." Bang Geng became nervous again at this moment.
He instinctively wanted to deny this situation, thinking he was clever.
But Qin Huai Ru preempted him, "That's right, our Bang Geng does have a piece of clothing made of this fabric!"
"Hmm!" Zhang Da Lin nodded and continued, "Then, could you please take out that piece of clothing and let me see it?"
In handling this matter, Qin Huai Ru's approach was clearly wiser than Bang Geng's.