novelraw Chapter 718 - 728: Inference (2)
Chapter 718 - 728: Inference (2)
The entire tape is very long, playing for about an hour or so. Fu Nancheng simultaneously handed over some photos and documents from that day to the two of them.When the video was almost finished playing, he said in a deep voice, "The tape and photos can be confirmed to be genuine now, there are no issues, and the perpetrator in the video from years ago, from the image, appears to be Xiao Mo indeed."
Yan Jiu furrowed his brow: "Isn’t that Qiao Yun also looking very similar to her? Could it not be Qiao Yun?"
"Impossible. After Qiao Mo’s accident, she fell into the river under the bridge along with the car. After being salvaged from the river, she was sent to the hospital. Because it was a major accident involving fatalities and injuries, the entire process had police escort and supervision, until she later woke up and Qiao Dehou arrived; the whole process was overseen by the police. So the person must be Xiao Mo indeed." Fu Nancheng gestured for Yan Jiu to look through the files in his hand.
"Besides this, Zhaoran recently evaluated Qiao Yun’s injuries and can confirm that the burns on her body are indeed from eight years ago. Although it cannot be pinpointed to the exact month, if Qiao Yun hadn’t been severely injured back then, she wouldn’t have disappeared from everyone’s view. After all, Qiao Dehou was quite wealthy at that time, and she had no reason not to stay by his side."
Qin Zhaoran spoke again to explain: "Aside from these two points, I recently participated in a surgery for Qiao Yun and can confirm that her face has gone through quite a number of so-called ’repair’ surgeries."
"Cosmetic surgery?" Yan Yiheng raised an eyebrow and asked.
"If I’m estimating correctly, the fire back then caused some burns to her face, so she initially underwent facial reconstructive surgery, which inevitably included a series of cosmetic surgeries during the reconstruction. However, whether the resemblance to Qiao Mo was intentional or accidental is unknown."
"But judging by the extent of burns on her body, the scars lightened by the neck, it can be basically concluded that the facial injury was lighter; otherwise, it would be impossible for severe burns to recover to such a glamorous appearance." Qin Zhaoran explained again.
Saying so, Fu Nancheng took out two sheets of drawing paper from the file and placed them in front of Yan Yiheng and Qin Zhaoran: "Zhaoran is right. Earlier, I had people fetch Qiao Yin, Song Yuqin, and Old Mrs. Qiao, and after they viewed the video, their first reaction was to definitively tell me that the person in the video is Qiao Mo. However, based on Qiao Yin’s description, I had someone draw a picture of Qiao Yun from back then."
The drawing paper depicts a hand-drawn portrait, roughly a sixteen to seventeen-year-old girl.
Long hair, a small face the size of a palm, she’s quite a beauty.
Unfortunately, the person in the portrait only bears a three-to-four-point similarity to Qiao Mo, with distinct features.
"Is this... Qiao Yun?" Yan Yiheng squinted his eyes and spoke.
"Yes, according to Qiao Yin. Qiao Yun from eight years ago should look like the portrait." Fu Nancheng replied calmly.
Now, eight years have passed, yet Qiao Yun and Qiao Mo look increasingly alike, the resemblance between the two is almost seventy to eighty percent.
Yan Jiu furrowed his brow and asked, "From the looks of it, it’s impossible for the person from back then to be Qiao Yun."
"So the important thing now is to find evidence that can exonerate Xiao Mo." Fu Nancheng’s gaze deepened.
Every night, just the thought of these tapes and documents possibly being exposed makes him feel like there’s a knife hanging over his head, rendering him unable to sleep.