The Disowned Young Lady Married a Homicide Detective - Chapter 16

Until three years ago, when his mother passed away from cancer, Shi Li only inherited a small portion of her property.

He was then kicked out by his mother’s family and, having nowhere else to go, sold one of his illustrations and moved into Ping An Apartment.

Occupation: Commercial illustrator, later switched to drawing comics.

The currently serialized and wildly popular comic is “The Daily Life of the School Beauty,” which is widely acclaimed within the community and is free to read without any profit.

According to what I found online about Shi Li, he is a proud and aloof person who believes that good works should not be commercialized and dislikes commercial collaborations.

He sold his artwork out of necessity in his early years, and ever since then, he has felt his life has been tarnished. He frequently emphasizes online that he will not authorize any businesses to sell his paintings.

As Shen Chen finished speaking, he picked up the remote control and switched the images on the projection screen.

This is Shi Li’s Weibo account.

The cartoon above was clearly the same poster that Sang Ning and Gu Yezhou had seen last night.

It’s an illustration for the launch of Lin’s Group’s new product. The female protagonist is a two-dimensional character. Initially, Gu Yezhou even said that the female protagonist looked like her.

Shen Chen held up a red ultraviolet light to the protagonist in the comic and said, “According to my extensive investigation, the female protagonist in Shi Li’s comic has a real-life counterpart. This counterpart is both far away and right before our eyes.”

He looked at Sang Ning with a smile.

In an instant, Sang Ning became the focus of the entire office once again.

Sang Ning truly regretted it; she shouldn’t have joined the criminal investigation team!

“In the comic book world, Forensic Doctor Sang is the most popular goddess on campus. Of course, our Forensic Doctor Sang is indeed even more beautiful than in the comic book.” Shen Chen winked at her mischievously.

Gu Yezhou tapped the table. “Get to the point.”

Shen Chen clenched his fist and coughed lightly. “I have checked Shi Li’s hard drive, computer, and other backups. A large part of them are photos taken by forensic doctor Sang without his knowledge. Based on the information I have so far, Shi Li rarely goes out.”

These secretly taken photos were taken by another person, namely Li Xiaoqiang, who is currently being held in the interrogation room.

On the day the forensic doctor in Sang moved, Li Xiaoqiang followed him several times.

In addition, I contacted the landlord of Ping An Apartment this morning before coming to the police station.

According to the landlord, the entire third floor has been rented out, and the tenant is Li Xiaoqiang.

Xiao Zhang, who had been interrogating the child all night, immediately jumped up and said angrily, “Good heavens, this little brat! I’ve been asking him for so long, and there’s this one thing he hasn’t told me yet. He hasn’t confessed everything honestly. I’m going right now!”

Gu Yezhou stopped Xiao Zhang and told him to listen to the whole case before he went.

“Besides the photos of our forensic doctor Sang that were taken without her consent, there are also clothes hanging on the balcony on the hard drive.” Shen Chen glanced awkwardly at Sang Ning, seeking her permission: “Um, can I release the photos of those clothes?”

Sang Ning was completely dumbfounded. She covered her face and casually waved her hand, “Let it go, I’m fine.”

She was too ashamed to face anyone because of those photos and the underwear she usually wore.

Fortunately, the photos only show everyday outfits such as coats and sweaters.

“Ahem, well, Shi Li has already collected the forensic doctor Sang’s personal clothing. In the past, Shi Li would often secretly hide his mother’s clothes, but he probably changed his target after meeting the forensic doctor Sang.”

Shen Chen spoke rapidly, and the image on the projection screen switched to the chat interface.

“This person is currently the closest to Shi Li. Their chat content is mostly related to comics. They are friends added from Weibo. It seems like this person is deliberately seeking his help.”

Shen Chen moved the mouse over the voice bar, and his sweet voice immediately entered the ears of the three people.

“Goddess: My head has been hurting so much lately, I can’t draw what I want, what should I do, brother~ can you help me?”

[Shi Li: Okay, goddess, tell me your thoughts, and I’ll help you come up with some ideas.]

“Goddess: I’ll send you a reference image. Actually, it’s quite similar to your style, brother. Only you can help me, sob sob.”

[Shi Li: Understood, I’ll send you the draft to take a look in a bit]

“Goddess: You’re the best, brother! Love you, muah! I’ll dress you in your favorite pajamas tomorrow for you to see.”

[Shi Li: Lewd.jpg]

The next image in the chat log is a sketch of a comic.

The moment the sketch was enlarged, Sang Ning understood everything; the poster she had seen last night was designed by Shi Li.

“I have a question. Since Shi Li posted the finished product on Weibo and repeatedly stated that he would not grant commercial authorization, does that also mean that the Lin Group did not authorize him to use this comic and directly stole it?” Xiao Zhang asked.

Sang Ning denied it, saying, “The Lin Group is such a large company, it wouldn’t ruin its image for the sake of an illustration on a poster.”

“Yes, yes, Forensic Doctor Sang is right.” Shen Chen clapped his hands repeatedly. “Isn’t this how we gave this painting to this goddess?”

Another complete work appeared on the screen, along with the name of the author, but it seemed to be a screen name.

“Sen Sen?” Sang Ning frowned. “Who is Sen Sen?”

Shen Chen smiled mysteriously, “An intern from the planning department of the Lin Group. When I looked him up last night, I found out he had changed careers and was now working as a live streamer.”

Sang Ning nodded, indicating her understanding.

Female live streamers do earn quite a bit of money.

“And did you know? This Sen Sen is a man. On the day he resigned, he received 500,000 yuan. What does that mean?” Shen Chen retrieved Sen Sen’s bank statements.

When Gu Yezhou saw this, he angrily shouted, “Shen Chen!”

“Boss, don’t be angry. Sen Sen is a suspect too.” Shen Chen blinked his eyes, looking aggrieved.

It’s obvious at a glance that Shen Chen has violated the rules by stealing other people’s privacy.

Sang Ning sighed. Geniuses always have some peculiar little quirks. For example, some people are arrogant, while others, like Shen Chen, specialize in digging into other people’s privacy and gossiping about them.

He was arrested because he exposed the mistresses that those big bosses were secretly keeping.

Later, he even posted the faces of his mistresses online, which aroused public outrage.

In Shen Chen’s words: “You dare to be a mistress but don’t dare to parade through the streets? If you don’t parade through the streets, who can you seduce with that face of yours? You’ve already become a mistress, can’t you use your brain and find a few more bosses?”

As it turns out, there really are cases like this: someone dated several bosses’ women in a row, only to have the relationship fall apart in the end.

Sang Ning never expected that Shen Chen, who was only 19 years old at the time, would have such courage.

“Aside from the 500,000 yuan that came in, Lin’s Group could easily have said that it was compensation for the employees. And his chat history with Shi Li doesn’t prove anything. Shen Chen, isn’t your guess too far-fetched?” Gu Yezhou said in a deep voice.

Shen Chen quickly reassured him, “Don’t rush, boss, I haven’t finished speaking yet.”