After wrapping up the case, Li Wei dashed off to lunch.
There was no charge of obstructing an investigation in this era. In modern times, what the butler had done would have earned him at least ten to fifteen days in detention, but here, it was something they would have to handle internally.
Since it was suicide, everything else was a family matter. Even an honest judge struggled to settle family disputes, and Li Wei was a detective, not an honest judge. Naturally, he made himself scarce.
"I never imagined solving a case could be so easy."
Old Mr. Howard, Miss Annie, and Mrs. Molly were still seated at the dining table. Li Wei had solved the case in a single morning, even making it back in time for lunch. It had truly opened their eyes.
"As technology develops, solving cases will only get easier."
Li Wei took a bite of steak and spoke.
"Fingerprints and footprints will become standard tools for solving cases. Techniques like gunshot residue testing are developing too. Someday, we might be able to tell whether someone is male or female, old or young, just from a single hair dropped on the floor. We might even be able to compare samples and identify exactly who it belongs to..."
"Remarkable."
Old Mr. Howard listened with deep admiration.
"If that really happens, solving cases will become much easier."
"You could identify someone from a single hair? Is that kind of technology really possible?"
Mrs. Molly, however, found it hard to imagine and asked out of curiosity.
It was not Li Wei who answered her question, but Annie.
"I heard from students in the biology department that the main focus of biological research these days is studying the shape and structure of cells under a microscope to understand their