Entertaining Children

"Ms. Queen, are all the materials of this case here?" Xiao Yao asked Veronica Queen. Eight? One Chinese? Text W≤W≥W≥. ≈8≈1≤Z=W≈. ≈C≥OM

Xiao Yao read things very quickly, and it didn't take long for him to read all the dossiers and materials that Veronica brought back. From the evidence shown and the testimony of witnesses, Xiao Yao did not find any breakthrough.

"That's all the information in the police file," Veronica said, "But on the way back just now, I have already notified my assistant to collect the information of all relevant personnel. If you need anything else, I will send someone to find it."

"I need the information of all the violin majors at the Chambers Conservatory of Music. Most importantly, I want to watch their violin playing videos. Is there any?" Xiao Yao pondered.

"Why do you want this?" Tim Haggis asked curiously.

"One of my girlfriend's motivations is the opportunity for the violin recital next month. Now that Laura is dead and my girlfriend is a suspect, she can't be a candidate for the recital, so the original third choice will have a chance Now, we are now looking for other suspects, so the original third choice who benefited from this matter is suspected." Xiao Yao said.

Whoever can benefit from this incident is suspected. This is also a very normal way of thinking, but Veronica shook her head and brought out a statement: "The police statement shows that they have asked Chambers is in charge of the recital, Professor Hill, Professor Hill said that the candidates are only considered between Laura and Ms. Sun, and there is no third choice."

"I know, I have read this statement." Xiao Yao nodded, "But Professor Hill also said that after this incident, the concert will not be cancelled, and he will re-examine it among the remaining people. , but there is no other candidate for the time being. I want to judge for myself who is most likely to come off the bench."

"You? Can you represent Professor Hill's thoughts?" Veronica asked in surprise.

"I'm also a professional in music. Although I'm not good at playing the violin, I can appreciate the level of the violin. You can tell who plays the violin well. I can't guarantee that I have the same idea as Professor Hill, but it's at least a direction."

"Okay, I'm going to make a call now." Veronica stood up, went to the desk, picked up the landline and started calling her assistant, and told her to contact Chambers Conservatory of Music to ask for more material.

"Can you give me a laptop, I think I can find some video materials online." Xiao Yao said to Veronica again. In this Internet age, many music college students will record some of their proud performances as videos and post them on their social accounts.

"No problem." Veronica took out her spare work computer from a cabinet under the desk and gave it to Xiao Yao.

After getting the computer, he first entered the website of the Chambers Conservatory of Music and searched for the list of students majoring in violin. Because the Chambers Conservatory of Music is world-renowned, and there are only about 200 students, it is already a great honor to be admitted here, so the school also lists all the students of all majors on the website.

Just when Xiao Yao searched for their performance videos on the Internet against the list he found, the phone rang in the office.

"No way, the efficiency is so high?" Xiao Yao raised his head in surprise, and looked at Veronica. Xiao Yao and Tim Haggis have been together for a long time, seeing him answer the phone, he also knows the ringtone of his cell phone. So when the ringtone rang, he knew it was Veronica's cell phone, and Xiao Yao guessed that it was her assistant calling.

Veronica took out her mobile phone and glanced at it, walked to a corner of the office and answered the phone: "Honey, mom has to work overtime today, and you will have dinner with your sister and dad tonight, so you don't have to wait for mom... Well, love You, goodbye."

"Sorry," Xiao Yao said to Veronica who came back with a little apology, "It affected your dinner with your family."

"It's okay," Veronica waved her hand, "That's my job, and my family understands."

"By the way, when it comes to dinner, we seem to have to settle it in the office. I'll ask someone to order what you want to eat." Veronica continued, "Mr. Xiao, do you want Chinese food? I know a family Restaurant food is good.”

"You decide, I can eat anything, as long as it fills my stomach." Xiao Yao also waved his hand. How could he think about what to eat now?

"Do you have headphones?" Xiao Yao asked again, "I found some videos, and I don't want the sound to affect your thinking."

"Of course." Veronica brought another pair of headphones to Xiao Yao.

After about half an hour, Veronica received another call. Then she asked for the computer from Xiao Yao, opened the mailbox and received an email before returning it to him. It turned out that her assistant had asked for the performance video materials of the violin major students from the Chambers Conservatory of Music and sent them to her by email.

In this way, Xiao Yao can watch more video files. However, from these videos, Xiao Yao really couldn't judge which of the remaining students had the best chance to become the replacement of Laura and Sun Tingting to perform at the violin recital. As Professor Hill said, only Laura and Sun Tingting are a little stronger, and the others seem to be at the same level. Xiao Yao's frown is also getting deeper and deeper.

Night fell unconsciously.

There was a knock on the office door, and after Veronica called to come in, a young man in a suit walked in with several large paper bags. It turned out that dinner had been delivered.

"Let's eat first." After the young man went out, Veronica greeted Xiao Yao and Tim Haggis.

Veronica didn't open the paper bag to get food, but went to the desk to pick up a medicine bottle, poured out a medicine from it and pinched it in her hand, then walked back to the sofa and picked up her own cup from the coffee table. First put the pill in his hand into his mouth, then drank the water in the glass and swallowed it.

"Stomach medicine, occupational disease!" Seeing Tim Haggis looking at her, Veronica smiled and said, "Almost all lawyers have stomach problems."

"Our police are the same. Fortunately, I haven't reached the point where I need to take medicine." Tim Haggis also smiled, then turned his head to greet Xiao Yao who was still holding the computer and said, "Yan, eat Already!"

The frowning Xiao Yao also saw Veronica taking the medicine, and then he looked at the computer screen in front of him, and suddenly pulled off the earphones, threw the computer aside, and started talking on the coffee table. Rummaging through piles of paper materials.

"What are you looking for?" Veronica looked at Xiao Yao's movements and asked strangely.

"The victim's autopsy report," Xiao Yao replied, "is there any toxicology test report in it?"

"No." Tim Haggis shook his head and said, "I've read the autopsy report for a long time. The three sharp puncture wounds on the victim's chest were very obvious. The cause of death was internal organ injury and excessive blood loss. Toxicology testing."

"Can we ask the forensic doctor to conduct a toxicology test on the victim?" Xiao Yao looked at Veronica and asked.

"Why? Do you have doubts about the cause of her death? Do you think she was poisoned to death?" Veronica looked at Xiao Yao in confusion and said, "Aren't you watching the video? How did you get involved in the cause of death?" up?"

"No, I have no doubts about the cause of death," Xiao Yao shook his head, "but I suspect that the victim Laura may have been taking drugs or taking some banned drugs."

Xiao Yao had been feeling a little strange about the appearance and state of Laura's performance in the video just now, but he couldn't think of the reason for a moment. It wasn't until he saw Veronica taking stomach medicine that he had a flash of inspiration and guessed that Laura might be taking drugs. The pressure of studying in Chambers is also very high. In order to perform well, it is not impossible for students to do this kind of thing.

Xiao Yao picked up the computer next to him, turned the screen to the two and said, "This is a video she took on the Internet during her practice the day before yesterday. This is the video of her entrance interview in March. I found that her performance is very different. .”

"I've been studying in Chambers for almost half a year, isn't it normal that there is a difference? Otherwise, what kind of students does Chambers teach?" Tim Haggis said.

"No, it's not just the difference in playing skills." Xiao Yao said, "Some habitual movements of people are hard to change, unless you are in an abnormal state. There are also her eyes and expressions when she plays. There is a very big difference in the emotions expressed, and my girlfriend has also stayed in Chambers for more than five months, and her difference is not so obvious."

"Well, I believe what you, a music professional, said. I can call the district attorney in charge of this case and the police detectives of NYPD and ask them to conduct a toxicology test on the victim." Veronica nodded. , "But even if we prove that the victim was taking drugs or taking prohibited drugs, it will not have much effect on Ms. Sun's defense. It can't be said that Laura's death was done by drug dealers, right? Those drug dealers on the street, even Chambers can't get through the door."

"Maybe it's not the street drug dealers, but the teachers or students in their schools who are selling drugs or prohibited drugs." Xiao Yao said, "Although it's not news that some artists take drugs, but in places like schools, whether it is Whether you are taking drugs or selling drugs, once you are discovered by the school, you will at least be expelled, right?"

"You mean..." Tim Haggis, "There were drug dealers among the students or teachers, and they killed Laura in order to keep it secret."

"It's not impossible." Xiao Yao nodded.

"It's not impossible." Veronica said, "But even if the victim Laura is found to have taken drugs or prohibited drugs, this alone will not allow the prosecutor to withdraw the prosecution against Ms. Sun, unless the police There are already specific suspects, and substantial evidence has been seized. Ordinary drug dealers on the streets are hard to catch, let alone this kind of smart guy hiding in the school? I suspect that until Ms. Sun goes to court, the police may not No suspects have been found yet."

"I have a suspect." Xiao Yao said.

"You mean Wyatt?" Tim Haggis said. "He is the victim's ex-boyfriend, who is relatively close. The victim may have gotten the drugs from him."

"It's useless." Veronica shook her head and said, "There are so many students in the school, the victim can contact too many people, definitely not just the ex-boyfriend. And Wyatt has an alibi, even if the police suspect him, but Without evidence, the police can’t even get a search warrant.”

"Alibi?" Xiao Yao pondered for a moment, then suddenly asked, "Is it really impossible to return to Chambers from Linton's restaurant in Rosselde within an hour?"

"Tim, do you know which streets were blocked last night and when?" Xiao Yao looked at Tim and said.

"I don't know, but I can find out through my colleagues in the bureau." Tim Haggis said, "Our FBI was responsible for the case last night. It is not difficult to find out the specific circumstances of these road closures."

"Tim, please check with your colleagues, and we will go to the field test in a while. Ms. Quinn, please contact the prosecutor and nypd to conduct a toxicology test on the victim's body." Before he knew it, Xiao Yao had become The leader among the three began to assign tasks. The two of them had no objection to this, and they both took out their phones and started making calls.

The communication between the two quickly yielded results. Tim Haggis told Xiao Yao that the road closure would come in half an hour, and Veronica told Xiao Yao that the District Attorney and the New York Police Department agreed to conduct a toxicology test on the victim's body, but the test report would not come until It won't come out until tomorrow.

After dinner, Tim Haggis received a report of road closures from his colleagues. Xiao Yao took a paper map of New York City from Veronica's office, marked it clearly one by one with a pen, and pulled Tim Haggis to bid farewell to Veronica and headed to Roseld's Linton restaurant went.