Misfortunes never come singly, but today they strike, and blessings never come in pairs until this morning they've arrived!
The originally baffling case, when investigated along the lines of Suming's thinking—that is, starting with the angle of "animals breaking out on their own"—immediately revealed several important clues.
Beyond finding that hole filled with animal feces, which was nearly producing methane, Suming had almost reconstructed the 'crime scene' because he understood the habits of those animals so well, especially the two pandas.
Nangong Hua immediately arranged for staff to re-question the ground crew involved that day and inspect the damaged cages.
Panda bite marks were found at the break in the cage, and the ground crew candidly admitted that, indeed, they had not immediately closed the door after loading the animal cages. The interior of the transport hold was out of their sight for a good fifteen minutes.
