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Outside the vegetable shop!

As soon as Shen Ting got off the car, he heard the result he least wanted.

He frowned slightly, but his expression quickly returned to calm.

Shen Ting is not a rookie who has just entered the industry and investigated one or two cases.

After investigating so many cases so far, he has become more or less at peace with unexpected findings.

After all, that's what criminal investigations are like.

The criminals they seek, especially serial killers, possess the most cunning and complex side of humanity.

These criminals will not be like the big trees on the roadside, standing still and waiting for the police to find them.

Many times!

There are no problems with some pre-determined investigative ideas, logic, direction, etc.

The investigation process may also go very smoothly.

Even the results of the investigation were ideal.

This is already a very idealized investigation process.

But even with such idealism, there may still be some distance between us and finally catching the criminal.

Just like this time.

Shen Ting calmed down and looked at Song Huaimin and asked:

"Did you find anything in the vegetable store?"

“I discovered quite a few!”

Song Huaimin said, "Team Leader Shen, let's go in and take a look!"

Shen Ting nodded and followed Song Huaimin into the vegetable store.

It can be seen that the police officers have already started busying themselves, searching for physical evidence in various places in the vegetable store.

The interior layout of this vegetable store is no different from that of an ordinary vegetable store.

The sloped rack for displaying vegetables is placed against the wall.

In the middle of the shelves is a narrow aisle.

There are also shelves for snacks, condiments, etc.

but!

These areas are now empty.

This is of course normal!

When Shen Ting watched the surveillance video found by Kiko before, he found that this vegetable store should not sell food to the outside world.

Song Huaimin said:

“Team Leader Shen, you should have noticed that this vegetable store is not open to the public.

I asked the community security guard, and he said that the vegetable store closed about half a year ago because the owner returned to his hometown.

About four months ago, it seemed like someone took over.

People in the community initially hoped that the vegetable store could open and resume business as soon as possible so that it would be more convenient for residents to buy vegetables.

There are also people in charge of decoration who want to contact the boss to ask if there are any plans for redecoration.

But I couldn't contact the boss at all.

After a while, residents also discovered that the vegetable store did not seem to be reopening and was basically closed thereafter.

Only the cloaked man comes here very occasionally."

Song Huaimin paused and continued:

“Team Leader Shen, after our preliminary inspection, we did not find any beds, bedding, or other supplies in this vegetable store.

The murderer would not have had enough time to move all these things in such a short time.

The security guard has no records of this either.

Therefore, the suspect should not live here normally."

"Uh, that's weird!"

Xiong Beibei, who was standing next to him, asked in confusion:

“I don’t live here, and I don’t open the shop to sell vegetables.

Moreover, it is not the suspect’s own shop, but a specially rented one.

So what did he rent this place for?

It seems that there is no point!"

"Use the cold storage here?"

"Does this vegetable store have a cold storage?"

Shen Ting and Xu Xinyi spoke at the same time, expressing similar ideas.

The two looked at each other tacitly and smiled.

Xiong Beibei still looked puzzled:

“This vegetable store also has a cold storage?

So advanced?"

Song Huaimin smiled and nodded:

“There is indeed a cold storage, and it’s quite large.

It is basically used to keep vegetables fresh at low temperatures in summer.

The lowest temperature can reach minus four or five degrees Celsius.

There is also a smaller area that can be frozen to around -18 degrees Celsius.

It is used to freeze chicken, pork, fish, shrimp, etc.

These things can be much cheaper if you buy them in bulk.

Usually they are first stored in the freezer, and only a small portion is put in the refrigerator outside for sale.”

Xiong Beibei nodded, and suddenly realized:

"I understand. The murderer chose to rent this vegetable store in order to use the cold storage to freeze the dismembered bodies of the thirteen victims?"

Song Huaimin nodded: "That should be the case.

The ice storage is small in size but has a low temperature, making it suitable for preserving corpses for a long time.

The cold storage is slightly hotter, but it's larger. I suspect the cloaked figure is in there, splicing and stitching the bodies together."

Song Huaimin brought the three of them to the cold storage. As soon as they opened the door, cold air immediately hit them in the face.

There was also a distinct fishy smell.

Maybe the suspect really left it here to piece together the bodies.

It could also be the residual smell from previous storage of meat.

Jiang Daoqing, who was leading the team to conduct on-site investigation, saw several people coming in and immediately waved to them:

“We found a lot of things here.”

Shen Ting and his companions hurried forward.

There is a relatively large stainless steel table here.

Jiang Daoqing arranged for someone to turn off the lights. After it became dark in the cold storage, he personally took a spray bottle and sprayed the surface of the table.

Either light blue or dark blue fluorescent light soon lit up on the desktop.

The fluorescent light covered the entire table, and you could vaguely see white cold air floating on the table.

Obviously, what Teacher Jiang sprayed was luminol reagent.

There are a lot of bloodstains on this stainless steel table.

"Are you sure it's human?"

Shen Ting asked.

After all, this table might have been used by the previous owner to chop chickens, ducks, and ribs.

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