Song Ning said, "Look closely. Does he... look a little like the killer?"
Chen Xiaoyu studied the photographs over and over before saying, "He looks very similar in profile, but not really from the front! I remember what the killer looked like. It wasn't this man!"
Although she had more or less expected that answer, Song Ning was still a little disappointed.
It seemed her eyes had played tricks on her that day.
She stood up, ready to put away the photographs and leave.
But Chen Xiaoyu was still staring at Lu Changqing's face, racking her brains.
Suddenly, she slapped her thigh. "I remember now! I knew he looked familiar! I've seen this man at the factory!"
Song Ning jolted.
"At the factory? When? When did you see him?"
Chen Xiaoyu said, "I only remember that he was talking to Zhou Xiaotang! She was the reason I noticed him! As for when... let me think carefully."
Song Ning's heart pounded, but she stayed silent. She didn't want to interrupt Chen Xiaoyu's train of thought.
Soon, Chen Xiaoyu raised her head and said with certainty:
"It was the day something happened to Chief Engineer Zhou! Liang Lichuan brought you to the factory gates to see me around noon that day! Public Security hadn't arrived yet, and none of us knew anything had happened to Chief Engineer Zhou! After you left, I went back to the office. Everyone was upset about having to work overtime, and they were getting pretty heated! I didn't want to get involved, so I took my teacup out to the stairwell for some air. Our office was on the second floor, and I happened to see a man holding Zhou Xiaotang back and talking to her in the passage beside the workshop below!
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