I am the Clone of a Death Row Inmate

Chapter 105: Chapter 105: An Old Acquaintance from 12 Years Ago

Soon, the files for the five missing children were handed to Liou Wenxin.

Liou Wenxin finished reading them and passed them to Su Ze.

Su Ze looked through them one by one.

Chang Meng, 5 years old, has albinism...

Wang Donghao, 7 years old, has acromegaly...

Hu Yu, 3 years old, has progeria...

Cheng Feng, 8 years old, has Marfan syndrome...

Chen Si Hui, 6 years old, is healthy...

Seeing that Su Ze had finished with the files, Liou Wenxin spoke. ”They can’t find a motive because they’re looking at the wrong key points. A crime that is clearly premeditated and involves an evolutionary can’t possibly be motiveless.

”Did you notice anything suspicious in these files?”

Su Ze thought for a moment before answering, ”Four of the five children have rare diseases. Could it be that the criminals were targeting these sick children? And the healthy one... perhaps she was just in the wrong place at the wrong time and got taken along?”

Liou Wenxin said, ”I also believe the criminals’ targets were the four sick children. However, the only healthy child, Chen Si Hui, probably wasn’t just in the wrong place at the wrong time. It’s not that simple.”

Hearing this, Su Ze took a closer look at Chen Si Hui’s file.

At first glance, there was nothing unusual. But with four out of the five missing children suffering from rare diseases, the single healthy one stood out.

Su Ze also noticed a detail and asked, ”This Chen Si Hui was just sent to the welfare institute before the new year?”

The file showed that Chen Si Hui was admitted on December 28, 1000.

Wu Qin quickly replied, ”Yes, Si Hui was at a private orphanage before. It closed down, so she was sent to us. She may be young, but she’s very mature and well-behaved. She... there couldn’t be anything wrong with her, could there be?”

Han Xiaoke, who was nearby, leaned in and stared at the file in Su Ze’s hand for a moment. She had been busy with a part-time job recently, so she hadn’t had much contact with the new girl and didn’t know her well.

As Han Xiaoke looked at Chen Si Hui’s photo, her brows furrowed tighter and tighter. She opened her mouth as if to say something, but then hesitated.

”What is it?” Su Ze asked, noticing that something seemed off about Han Xiaoke.

”I think...” Han Xiaoke seemed hesitant, as if she wasn’t sure. ”I think I’ve seen her before.”

”You’ve seen her? Where? When?” an officer at the side asked.

”Twelve years ago, at the Chaoyang Orphanage in Haitang District.”

”Twelve years ago? She wasn’t even born then!” The officer shook his head.

Wu Qin shot her a glare. ”What nonsense are you talking about, child.”

But Su Ze and Liou Wenxin exchanged a glance and pressed, ”Are you sure?”

Han Xiaoke was flustered, but feeling the encouraging gaze of her idol, Liou Wenxin, she mustered her courage and said, ”Mrs. Qin, do you remember that I was sent here twelve years ago?”

Wu Qin nodded. ”I remember you were at a private orphanage before. Something happened there, I think it was...”

At this, Wu Qin suddenly froze, her eyes widening as if she had just remembered something.

”That’s right. I was at the Chaoyang Orphanage in Haitang District, and a few children went missing there, too.” Han Xiaoke sighed. ”I was very young then, just a few years old. I remember the director there was very kind to me. After the incident, the orphanage was shut down. Many children were left homeless, and I was sent to the Sunshine Children’s Welfare Institute.”

”Among the children who went missing that time, I remember one who was about my age. We used to play together, so she left an impression on me. When I saw Chen Si Hui’s photo just now, I immediately thought of her. The resemblance is just too strong. And she’s also missing... I couldn’t help but make the connection.”

Liou Wenxin immediately said to the officer, ”Can you pull the case file for that child disappearance from twelve years ago?”

The officer was stunned for a moment, then nodded and ran out.

Liou Wenxin said with a grave expression, ”This case might be far more complex than we imagined.”

From the look on her face, it seemed she already knew something.

...

”Professor Liou, here are the files you requested.”

When the officer brought the files, a look of unconcealed shock was still on his face. He had clearly already looked through them himself and made an astonishing discovery.

The child disappearance case from twelve years ago was also a cold case, still unsolved.

The files were spread out on the table. When their eyes fell on the photos of the children who had disappeared twelve years ago, they almost instantly locked onto one girl in particular.

Though her hairstyle was different, it was clear that her facial features and face shape were identical to the recently missing Chen Si Hui!

The only difference was that twelve years ago, her name wasn’t Chen Si Hui. It was Ding Lan.

A child who disappeared twelve years ago had reappeared, looking exactly the same as she did back then, only to disappear again...

Anyone could see that there was something seriously wrong with this situation.

Even if Chen Si Hui and Ding Lan weren’t the same person, they were definitely connected in some extremely close way.

The room fell into a collective silence.

Su Ze was the first to break the silence. ”Let’s assume Chen Si Hui is the criminal, and she’s an evolutionary. If she’s the one who abducted the other four children, then everything makes sense.

”She wouldn’t even need an Escape Technique. With her small size, she could easily carry the other children out through the small window.”

The officer said, ”If that’s the case, where did she take the children? And why didn’t any of the surrounding surveillance cameras capture a trace of them?”

Liou Wenxin said, ”Ding Lan and Chen Si Hui are likely the same person. I suggest you start by investigating her.

”As for how she avoided the cameras, it’s actually quite simple. As long as she has a skill like the Earth Escape Technique, she could transport the children one at a time, making four separate trips.

”Escape Techniques consume a lot of energy when used frequently in a short period. If she used the Earth Escape Technique, she couldn’t have taken the children very far. There should be an accomplice waiting nearby. You can screen the vehicles that passed through the area around the time of the incident.”

The officer noted down everything Liou Wenxin said. This would be the new direction for their investigation.

”Thank you both so much. Your arrival has been a huge help. Without you, we at the precinct wouldn’t have known which direction to investigate next,” the officer said gratefully, escorting Su Ze and Liou Wenxin to the welfare institute’s entrance.

Su Ze smiled. ”It’s also thanks to Han Xiaoke’s key information. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have found a breakthrough so quickly.”

The precinct offered to drive Liou Wenxin and Su Ze back to Dongli University, but Liou Wenxin politely declined.

As the two of them walked back, Su Ze asked, ”Sis, is there something you already know?”

Liou Wenxin replied, ”Remember what I told you? That any life form, whether it’s a Spiritual Plant, a xeno-beast, or a human, can potentially mutate?”

Su Ze nodded.

”And among humans, those with illnesses have a higher chance of mutating!”