Last night, the police had come to discuss the latest developments in the case with him.
First, their examination of the body had confirmed that the dead man was not Li Hanwen, but the man the neighbors called Huzi.
He and Huzi had never known each other, so there was no clear motive for the crime. According to the landlord's statement, Huzi had been an idler who scraped by doing odd jobs every day.
One night, he had dragged a blind-drunk man home. A neighbor had seen him, and he had told the neighbor to mind their own business.
The man's clothes had been expensive. Perhaps that had sparked Huzi's greed and prompted him to rob the man.
That man had most likely been Li Hanwen.
But no one knew what the two had discussed. Li Hanwen had stayed at his place for several days, and Huzi had received a substantial sum of money, spending those days partying nonstop.
Then Huzi had never appeared again, and the other man had vanished too.
Only one neighbor had seen him, and he had never gone out during the day or made any noise. No one else had even noticed that another person was staying at Huzi's place.
Later, the police had asked that neighbor to identify him, but the neighbor said it had been too late at night to get a clear look.
However, according to the information William's friend had gathered around the area, his last appearance had been at a nearby tavern, where he had gotten blind drunk and almost trashed the place.
That was why the owner remembered him so clearly.
But Li Hanwen had no reason to kill anyone. He could not even have known that Lin Xingye would come looking for him.
So.
*Qin Ke must have