Ken likes working as a detective. He told Pansy about a recent case that he dealt with.
Mr Li is a very rich man who lives alone and enjoys collecting things. He purchased a vase for two million yuan. He showed it to only two people—his friends Jill and Jenny. Then he locked it in a safe. That night, someone stole it. Li reported the theft, and Detective Ken went to his house to look for clues.
He found a black pearl earring near the open safe and outside the open window of the room, he saw a lot of mud on the wet ground. Inside the room, the carpet was spotless clean.
So he interviewed Jill and Jenny. They both denied stealing the vase. But he noticed that Jill was wearing a black pearl necklace—but no earrings.
Ken didn’t know whether Jill was the thief. He needed proof. A good detective never jumps to conclusions. He showed Jill the earring, and she admitted it was hers. She said someone had stolen it from her house a month before. He checked her story. It was true. So Jill was no longer a suspect.
But the mud outside and the spotless carpet inside told Ken that probably no thief broke into Li’s house.
So Detective Ken questioned Li and, in the end, he admitted stealing his own vase. He had bought insurance for it. The insurance company would pay him two million yuan if the vase was stolen. And Li stole Jill’s earring as well. He tried to make sure that Jill would go to jail instead of him.
Now Li is behind bars, and Jill is free. A detective’s job is to protect the innocent as well as find the guilty.
Mr Li is a very rich man who lives alone and enjoys collecting things. He purchased a vase for two million yuan. He showed it to only two people—his friends Jill and Jenny. Then he locked it in a safe. That night, someone stole it. Li reported the theft, and Detective Ken went to his house to look for clues.
He found a black pearl earring near the open safe and outside the open window of the room, he saw a lot of mud on the wet ground. Inside the room, the carpet was spotless clean.
So he interviewed Jill and Jenny. They both denied stealing the vase. But he noticed that Jill was wearing a black pearl necklace—but no earrings.
Ken didn’t know whether Jill was the thief. He needed proof. A good detective never jumps to conclusions. He showed Jill the earring, and she admitted it was hers. She said someone had stolen it from her house a month before. He checked her story. It was true. So Jill was no longer a suspect.
But the mud outside and the spotless carpet inside told Ken that probably no thief broke into Li’s house.
So Detective Ken questioned Li and, in the end, he admitted stealing his own vase. He had bought insurance for it. The insurance company would pay him two million yuan if the vase was stolen. And Li stole Jill’s earring as well. He tried to make sure that Jill would go to jail instead of him.
Now Li is behind bars, and Jill is free. A detective’s job is to protect the innocent as well as find the guilty.