Xiaotao read the case file from beginning to end. When she was done, she shook her head. 

“I really can’t find anything suspicious here, Song Yang.”

“Look here,” I pointed at a paragraph. “The car left the parking lot at 10.03 pm, and the brake failure occurred at 10.05 pm. That means the crash happened only two minutes after the car left the place.”

“And then?”

“What were they doing before?”

“Well, according to the file… The couple was in their car from 9.48 pm to 10.00 pm… Having sex. The security camera in the parking lot captured it.”

“You mean it captured the car rocking!”

Xiaotao hit me with the file.

“You’re so bold now, aren’t you?”

I smiled wryly. “I’m serious! We’re discussing a possible murder case here!”

I would’ve indeed gone red to the roots of my hair if this had been a normal conversation, but since it concerned a case, all my inhibitions were gone.

“They only got married six months before that,” I continued. “They were basically still in their honeymoon phase. And then the security camera...