Chapter 26: Disguised old injuries?
"Outsiders only say it's a personality issue, but the details are still unclear."
"Personality problem? Does the victim have any unbearable bad habits?"
"Not really. Kang Yunxun is just like his job, he is rather dull and doesn't really understand taste and taste. He only buys things when his girlfriend asks him to, and it's hard to guess what he's thinking. Every day he just works hard on his artworks, saying that his brother needs money to study abroad, so he works extra hard. But which girl can stand him? Sometimes he only sleeps three or four hours a week, eats only a piece of bread, and then continues to work. His mind is full of his dullness, not himself and his girlfriend. Can you stand it?"
Xie Zhiruo shook her head and said thoughtfully, "Then everyone around us has no motive?"
Da Huang nodded: "Kang Yunxun is a very dull person, not good at socializing. The only people he interacts with are clients. He doesn't interact with his peers and is content to do his own thing. He doesn't look like he has any grudges with anyone."
"That's really strange. Who would release a poisonous snake to bite him if there was no motive? When he told his relatives and friends that he was going to be in danger, didn't he give any clues?"
Feng Charlie pulled out a stool and sat down: "Actually, this doesn't make sense. Why would he rather tell others about the risk than avoid it and move away from this place? Could it be that he doesn't know who is behind this and can't tell, or has he been threatened by something and can't tell?"
Everyone was confused.
Lin Meiqi quietly closed the door of the forensic room from the inside.
It seems that the visiting personnel did not obtain any more information.
As for fingerprints, since a lot of samples have been extracted and are still being tested, the results will not be available today and we can only wait.
So she stayed in the forensic room for the rest of the time until it was time to get off work.
Lin Meiqi was riding her bicycle home. Not far from the front of the building, she saw an old lady carrying a lot of vegetables in her hands.
Lin Meiqi came forward and said, "Grandma, did you go to the market to buy vegetables? Wow, you bought so much. Are there going to be guests at home?"
This old lady and Lin Meiqi were not on the same floor, but they lived in the same building. Lin Meiqi had seen her on her way to and from get off work.
He was about sixty or seventy years old, with deep wrinkles around his eyes and completely gray hair.
The old lady nodded and said, "Indeed, guests are coming. My daughter is coming back to see me. She has been abroad for many years and finally came back. I want to buy her a lot of delicious food."
"Okay, grandma. But Kowloon Walled City is a rather chaotic place after all. Now that my daughter is back, let her take you to a safer place."
The old lady shook her head, "No. My daughter said before that she wanted to take me abroad, but I don't want to. I have lived here all my life. I have experienced the more chaotic times in Kowloon Walled City, and I am used to it. This place has the taste of home. I know clearly which boss has changed in the nearby vegetable market, and I also know that their vegetables are not as fresh as the day before. So I can't leave here. As long as my children are willing to come back to see me, I will be satisfied. I don't ask for much!"
Lin Meiqi understood and nodded: "I'll help you put the dishes back."
The old lady lived on the second floor. Lin Meiqi followed her into the house, carrying a bag full of vegetables and meat.
Sure enough, I saw a beautifully dressed woman busying around. When she saw Lin Meiqi coming, she asked, "Mommy, who is this? Is she a neighbor?"
"It's the forensic doctor, Lin. He's even been in the newspaper. He's very good."
Lin Meiqi smiled and said, "Yes, we live upstairs and downstairs, so we can be considered neighbors."
She asked the other person in a casual way, "How many days will you be leaving this time when you return to China?"
The young woman nodded, then reached out and pulled Lin Meiqi aside. Her tall and strong foreign husband was also helping with cooking.
Entering the bedroom, the young woman closed the door.
"Actually, this time I came here, I wanted to take my mom away, but she just didn't agree. We tried to persuade her many times, saying that it's okay if she doesn't want to go with us, but she really can't live in Kowloon Walled City! I've heard a lot of news recently, there's a fight every three days and a big fight every five days in Kowloon Walled City, how can we bear it? But we, as her children, can't persuade her. Every time we persuade her, she says she wants to stay here. How many years has it been? But before, Kowloon Walled City said it would be demolished, and we were waiting for that day, but now there is no sign of demolition. There is no other way, and we decided to take her away. Decades of good luck don't mean good luck will come again today."
Lin Meiqi understood very well: "Actually, that's what I meant. Do you want me to help you talk about it?"
"Yes. A distant relative is not as good as a close neighbor, and it seems that she admires you very much, so your words should have some weight."
Lin Meiqi said: "I also tried to persuade her just now, but the old lady has her own standards in her heart, and it seems that it is really difficult to change her insistence."
"I wanted to take her to live a happy life, but after living a lifetime, she sent us away and left Kowloon Walled City, but she herself... Sometimes I really don't know what she was thinking."
The young woman raised her hand to wipe away her tears.
Lin Meiqi couldn't bear it: "I will help you persuade her again, as long as there is a chance."
The young woman nodded. "You are a forensic doctor, and you should also be from the police station. You must help take care of this place and ensure its safety. As long as the people from Kowloon Walled City don't come to harm others, I can relax a little while I am overseas."
Lin Meiqi said: "I will try my best."
The old woman creaked the door open from the outside and said, "What are you guys whispering about? You just met and you have so much to talk about."
The young woman quickly blinked her eyes, holding back her tears, and quickly wiped away her tears with her back to the old woman: "It's okay, I just think that Forensic Doctor Lin is very kind. Let's go, we can't let her be busy alone, I will help with the cooking."
After saying that, he turned around and called Lin Meiqi, "Forensic Doctor Lin, please stay for dinner too."
"No, you guys just have a good family reunion. I bought dinner."
Lin Meiqi raised her hand, holding a box containing the dinner she bought for herself.
"Well, in that case, we won't stay. You must come when you are free another day!"
The old lady grabbed He Wanyi's hand and said to her that Lin Meiqi was very kind: "Just now, she saw me on the road and was worried that I was tired of carrying things, so she helped me pick up the vegetables. With her in the building, you don't have to worry, just relax."
Lin Meiqi waved goodbye to them and felt very upset after leaving.
Kowloon Walled City has historically been a lawless area. As a result, it has been difficult for the serious crime squads in various regions to get involved, resulting in the intricate forces that have accumulated in this place for a long time being unable to be eradicated.
But this is not a solution. In fact, people living near Kowloon Walled City are aware of the situation and live in fear every day, either they themselves are worried or their families are worried.
All in all, I still hope that the higher authorities can transfer the jurisdiction of this place to the West Kowloon District.
She believed that if everyone worked together, even if there were many powerful forces here, as long as they started to take action, there would always be a day when the darkness would be cut off.
But now Lin Meiqi is also under a lot of pressure.
Ever since the neighbors in the building knew that she was from the West Kowloon District Serious Crime Unit, they felt that as a forensic doctor, she could single-handedly fight against the forces in the Kowloon Walled City.
Lin Meiqi let out a deep breath, actually that was not the case.
Outside the serious crime squad, she is just an ordinary person without any professional identity, and the forces in Kowloon Walled City are not afraid of her.
Lin Meiqi went back upstairs and opened the door. Ever since she knew about the existence of the black shadow, Lin Meiqi would sprinkle some tiny grains of rice at the door of her house and lay a carpet underneath so that the color of the rice grains would not be very prominent and would not be easily discovered.
But once someone enters, the original shape of the rice grains will change.
Lin Meiqi could see that this was a trick she learned from a spy drama, and it was now useful.
Fortunately, no one entered her room today.
Lin Meiqi locked the door, entered and opened the lunch box. Today she specially went to the nearest typhoon shelter to buy a portion of fried crabs because she had eaten the fried crabs made by Feng Charlie at Mingyi's house last time. They were so delicious that they aroused her appetite. She would miss them if she didn't eat them for a few days.
You can't ask Feng Charlie to come home specially to cook for her, right? I can only buy it in Typhoon Shelter.
The next morning, Lin Meiqi got up and went out, and happened to meet the young woman from the old lady's house downstairs. The young woman greeted her and Lin Meiqi nodded slightly in response.
"Forensic Doctor Lin, go to work."
“Yeah!”
The young woman saw Lin Meiqi unlocking her bicycle and asked curiously, "This place is quite far from the Serious Crime Unit. Didn't Forensic Doctor Lin buy a bicycle?"
Lin Meiqi shook her head: "I haven't got the driving license yet."
The young woman said, "Oh!" "Hurry up and get to work, Forensic Doctor Lin!"
Lin Meiqi waved goodbye to her.
Arriving at the serious crime unit, Lin Meiqi went into the forensic room to check the information from yesterday's fingerprint matching.
The first set of information is out.
She sat in front of the instrument, operating it non-stop and typing out reports.
After a while, Feng Charlie and the others arrived.
Lin Meiqi sorted out the results, handed them to Feng Charlie, and told him the latest conclusion.
"I found a fresh fingerprint from two days ago, on a craft that the victim had just made a few days before his death. You see, the bottom of this woodworking car is marked with a date, so the fingerprint was left there later, and it does not belong to the victim."
Feng Charlie was stunned: "Are you saying there might be a second person at the scene?"
"We cannot determine whether the fingerprints were produced on the day of the snake bite, but we can only say that this person was in the victim's home recently."
"No matter what, we still have to find him. Maybe he is someone who knows the inside story."
"I'm matching it in the existing DNA database and will observe the results later. However, if this person is really his friend and has no criminal record, he should not be in the existing DNA database I have."
Just as he finished speaking, a subtle "ding" sound came from the forensic room.
Lin Meiqi was stunned and said softly, "The results seem to be out."
She turned back to the forensic room, took a look at the results, and her pupils shocked.
Feng Charlie followed him in and saw that the computer connected to the instrument was full of data, and below the data a new DNA marker was matched, indicating that a match was found in the database.
Lin Meiqi printed out the report, and the first name was the name of Feng Charlie and his identity ID shown in the database.
Feng Charlie felt familiar at first sight.
This person had his DNA data entered because he was a habitual thief.
Lin Meiqi was puzzled: "Is it related to the murder case? Besides theft, has he committed any other crimes?"
Feng Charlie shook his head. "As far as I know, there shouldn't be any. I was the one who arrested him in one of the cases, so I have some knowledge of his criminal record. But I can't rule out the idea that he committed the crime because he was seen during the theft. Whether he tamed the snake and brought it with him requires further investigation."
Charlie Feng looked at Lin Meiqi and patted her on the shoulder. "Thank you, Forensic Doctor Lin. At least we have one more clue now."
Lin Meiqi smiled and said, "It should be."
Feng Charlie left the forensic room and went to the office to find technical investigators and asked them to check the current address of this name. The technician quickly gave the result: "He lives in Building 17, Rongyi Street."
Feng Charlie pondered for a moment and said, "This place is not far from the victim's home. Let's go and meet him for a while."
Feng Charlie waved, and Liang Yifeng and Da Huang ran forward.
"What's wrong, Shazhan?"
"We found a suspect and his fresh fingerprints were found in the room. We suspect that this person might have been at the scene on the day of the incident."
"Wow, what a great discovery!" said Liang Yifeng.
"Let's go and arrest him. This guy must be itching to get his hands on something after not seeing him for a while. Maybe he has other cases on hand. Otherwise, how could he rent a house in this place? I heard the rent is quite expensive. It's probably not something a penniless person like him can afford after being released from prison."
Several people set out together.
He Wanyi held her cheek and watched the police officers leave.
"No way, do thieves have such sophisticated means nowadays? If someone catches you, they just destroy the body to silence the witnesses, and even use poisonous snakes?"
After a while, the police officers in the office started discussing this topic.
"I heard that forensic doctor Lin encountered a snake during the last mountain hike. I didn't go that time. But I was also scared half to death by a snake once."
"Tell me about it!"
"I went fishing with my friend. Halfway through fishing, I realized something was wrong. The fish was particularly heavy, and I thought I had caught a big one. But when I pulled it up, I realized it was a big snake, its body curling up in the air. The pattern on it made me dizzy. I was so scared that I threw the fishing rod away. My friend picked it up, but she was also scared to death. If the fishing rod wasn't expensive, I really couldn't bear to spend the money and would have thrown it away long ago."
"And then what?"
"I haven't fished since then. I've had a traumatic experience with fishing. Now this case is related to snakes. To be honest, the snake brought into our serious crime team is still lying in the autopsy room. I don't even dare to go in to take a look. Whenever the sergeant asked me to hand over something to forensic doctor Lin, I asked Liang Yifeng to do it."
As they were talking, Lin Meiqi came out of the forensic room.
"You're welcome to come find me in the forensic office. I've put the snake's body in a body bag, so don't worry, you won't see it."
Unexpectedly, what the police officers said was heard by Forensic Doctor Lin.
"Wow, thank you very much, Forensic Doctor Lin."
Everyone also talked about a new store that opened nearby and its barbecued pork rice was amazing.
"The store manager used to work on Tangchong Street, but he moved here because that place was going to be demolished. Our building has a lot of people, so we have a lot of business patrons. The street where the previous store owner worked had a lot of people eating for free and dine-in. The owner ran out to catch them, but was beaten up. We moved here because we think it's closer to us and the security is better!"
"This shop owner is smart."
"That's not business, how can you be without some brains? Go try his barbecued pork rice at noon."
"Okay, after we finish eating, Charlie Feng and his men will probably be back with their men. Well, then we can hear what happened to the thief."
Everyone waited until noon and then headed towards the store together.
As soon as I entered the store, the boss smiled and said, "Oh, it's the police officer. Please take a seat. I've reserved a quiet place for you."
After the police sat down, they asked the boss: "What is the specialty of your place?"
"It's barbecued pork, all kinds of barbecued pork, and roast goose rice. These are the most popular orders. Don't worry, my shop has been around for decades. If it weren't for the demolition and relocation, the residents nearby would come here every day to eat. The taste is absolutely authentic."
"Wow, really? Boss, I want to try it. If it's really delicious, we'll come here every day. You have to give us a discount then."
"That's natural."
Lin Meiqi ordered a roast goose rice for herself and looked into the store. She saw a beautiful young lady wearing an apron and had a very slim figure. She was stunned by the sight of her.
"Is that your wife? She's so beautiful!"
"Yes, my wife."
"How did you catch up with this pretty girl?"
"To be honest, I put a lot of effort into pursuing her. It took at least three years, three whole years, rain or shine. I went to her house in the morning to cook for her, and helped her with housework at night. I took her to the movies, concerts, or dance dramas every week. My wallet was empty and my energy was exhausted~"
"And then what?"
"And she stayed with you?"
"No..."
At this time, the beautiful girl came over and gently elbowed her husband next to her: "What are you talking about? I'm not that unreasonable."
"Of course, my wife is the best in the world!"
The man puffed out his chest.
"In short, when I was at my worst, most desolate, most sad, and about to give up, she finally took the initiative to ask me out, and then we have been sweet ever since. Now we have finally gotten married, I am so happy!"
When a beautiful woman smiles, her face is as beautiful as a flower.
"Don't say such disgusting things. It makes the police officer sound so shameless."
"That's what the police officers want to know. They're curious about how I was able to marry such a beautiful wife."
Everyone felt happy to see that the young couple had such a good relationship.
Plus the barbecued pork rice here was really delicious, so everyone was in a good mood.
After a while, a police officer couldn't help but ask: "You are only in your twenties, but you have more than ten years of business experience?"
"Yes, this is a family business. Don't be fooled by the small size of the store, but our barbecued pork rice is a tradition passed down from our ancestors. I didn't finish school because I wasn't really good at studying, so I opened a store. If it weren't for my good cooking skills and my wife's love for my cooking, she wouldn't have liked me. Now the business is booming, and there are more regular customers. Some even come back from their old places to eat the barbecued pork rice I cook. Life is getting better day by day, and I'm so happy!"
Lin Meiqi looked at the young couple dividing the work and working together, but she couldn't help but feel envious as they seemed to be enjoying it.
She was thinking that sometimes it’s nice to find a handsome guy to date.
My life is so lonely and boring. Every time I go home, I am alone. My neighbors are all family, and it looks lively.
One police officer noticed the envy in his teammates' eyes and said, "Are you envious? If so, I have some options. How about I find some high-quality candidates for you to match with?"
"How many singles are there in our group?"
"Lin, the forensic doctor, too. I know a president of a chamber of commerce. He's handsome, has a good temperament, and is rich. The only thing is that he's a little older, but he's very caring. Would you like to consider meeting him?"
Lin Meiqi waved her hands: "Don't bother, besides, I still like young people."
“There aren’t many young people who are rich, unless they are second-generation rich.”
The police officer thought about it and said, "Either we can just use it internally. Actually, Feng Shazhan and Liang Yifeng are both good people. They have a house and a car, they are handsome, they are nice people, and they are police officers. They can help beat the bad guys. They are suitable in any way!"
Lin Meiqi quickly changed the subject: "Wow, the ice cream here is really delicious. Have you tried it? It's this mango-flavored milkshake."
After finishing the meal, Lin Meiqi returned to the serious crime team office and entered the forensic room.
After lying down and resting for a while, I heard some noise outside.
Feng Charlie brought his men back.
Feng Charlie came in, exhausted, and brought the suspect into the interrogation room with him, influenced by the outside atmosphere.
Lin Meiqi walked out of the forensic room and sat in front of the surveillance screen outside the interrogation room.
Several police officers also gathered around, wanting to hear why this guy's fingerprints were left in someone else's house.
Feng Charlie and Da Huang sat at the table opposite the suspect Mo Xiuqi and asked, "Do you have anything to explain? When the victim was alive, only your fingerprints were left in his home."
Feng Charlie picked up an evidence bag containing the woodworking craft. "The fingerprints were extracted from this. When you broke into the victim's house, did you encounter something like this? Your fingerprints are clearly left on it."
"Tell me, what were you doing in the victim's home? Did you kill the victim?"
The suspect is a small, thin man who looks like a mouse, with shifty eyebrows and eyes that roll around. He looks very smart, but he doesn't use his smartness in the right way. There's an evil aura about him that's hard to conceal.
"Officer, I am being wronged! I did visit his home, and my fingerprints were left there. But I really didn't kill anyone!"
"Guest? Who would believe that? You are a habitual thief, and you went to visit? Don't you know that the victim has almost no social connections? Even his friends who he has known for many years have never been to his home, let alone a stranger who doesn't know him at all? If you deny it, then this murder case is related to you. Think carefully."
Feng Charlie had actually guessed what he was going to do when he entered the victim's home. This is the only way to blow him out now.
"Murder? I really didn't know anything about this! It turns out that the man was already dead. To be honest, I went to his house before he got into trouble..."
"What are you going there for?"
"I, I wanted to steal some things to sell. I live not far from there now. One time when I passed by there, I saw the owner of the house pulling some artworks onto a truck. It seemed that some client had bought them. They were worth quite a bit. I heard the price, so I thought of going in and stealing some. It was just to ease my financial constraints recently. I will pay him back when I make some money."
Feng Charlie frowned, "You want to make money and pay it back? No one will believe that! You don't have to pretend in front of me. Don't I know what you did before? You've been in jail several times? And you still don't repent!"
"But I'm not like that guy. He has skills, but I don't know anything!"
"If you don't know how to do it, then go and learn! You are still young, don't you have any hands and feet? If you don't know anything, who can you rely on?"
Mo Xiuqi was speechless: "I learned it, but stealing is stealing, and I didn't kill anyone."
"Okay, I didn't say it was you. Tell me, what did you steal?"
"I just stole two small items. It's easier to climb over the wall, so I didn't dare touch the big ones. I knew the victim was at home every day and hardly went out, so I was afraid of running into him."
"Fortunately, he went out to buy groceries that day, so I was able to sneak in for a short while. I came out very quickly. I wanted to take the flying car craft you mentioned, but it was too difficult to climb over the wall. I was startled when I heard the owner of the house come back and open the door. I didn't hold it firmly, so the thing fell from the wall. I didn't have time to go back to pick it up, so my fingerprints were left on it. You see, that man is really something. He stays at home every day. Even if he goes out to buy groceries, he comes back so quickly. He doesn't give people time to steal at all!"
Feng Charlie slammed the table and said, "You stole something, which is a crime, understand? And you blame the person you stole from for coming back early and not rushing to give you the things? What do you think?"
Mo Xiuqi scratched his head while wearing handcuffs. "In fact, I was wearing gloves, so there would be no evidence left. But his wood carvings were too slippery, and my gloves were too slippery to hold them. In the end, I had to take them off and carry them with me. If one of them fell off, my fingerprint would be left on it. It was my bad luck."
"Okay, you've committed theft, and the case will be handed over to other police departments. But I want to ask you, did you find anything unusual in the victim's home? Did anyone come into contact with the victim that day?"
Mo Xiuqi shook his head: "No, their home is very quiet, there is no one, not even a pet. They just have those pieces of wood, facing them every day, I don't know what's the point. But..."
"But what?"
"I feel like the owner of the house has been particularly anxious these past two days."
"What's the hurry?"
"The reason why I calculated the time he would buy groceries that day was because he usually takes a certain amount of time to buy groceries, but that day he did it exceptionally fast, and it felt like he had cut the time in half. And he was in a hurry when he came back. After entering the room, I leaned over the wall and looked inside. He took only two bites of his meal and then started tinkering with his wood. He didn't care that the wood chips had all gone into his meal. What was he in such a hurry about? It felt like he was rushing to finish a job, as if he had something to hand in. But I checked in recently and didn't find any new clients for him. I don't know why he was in such a hurry to do all that woodwork."
Feng Charlie pondered, this is really a strange thing.
"What else? Did you find anything unusual?"
"No, after I climbed out of the wall that day, I waited outside for a long time, hoping that he would go out again. Even if it was just a little while, I could pick up the handicraft that fell in the yard. But I waited and waited, and no one went in, and the owner of the house didn't come out either. How could I dare to climb in? If I was caught on the spot, wouldn't it be terrible? So until the early morning, I saw that there was really no chance, so I went home."
Feng Charlie realized that some of the information here didn't seem to match, and he thought about it for a moment.
"The artifact you mentioned fell on the grass in the yard, but when our officers found it, it was placed neatly on the table used by the victim for woodworking, together with other artifacts. How do you explain this?"
"What? The man was put back again?"
Mo Xiuqi also scratched his head, expressing his incomprehension. "This situation must have been stolen. Didn't he notice? The remaining two artifacts also disappeared, and this thing fell on the wall, how obvious, it can't be thrown by the owner of the house. In fact, I was prepared to be arrested by the police, but I didn't expect that I would be arrested by the serious crime team, and they also said that he was killed. It's really too strange."
Under what circumstances would a person, knowing that his belongings had been stolen, not call the police at all, but instead bring the stolen items from the yard back to the room and leave them there intact?
Is the victim nervous, or is he simply not concerned about the matter, and even thinks the theft is a trivial matter that does not need to be taken seriously?
At this moment, outside the interrogation room, the police officers watched the interrogation scene through the monitor and couldn't help but feel confused: "If it wasn't Mo Xiuqi, then no one else had entered the room. Could it be that it was really remote control, a venomous snake biting someone? Is this possible?"
Lin Meiqi said: "It seems to be very difficult. According to the professional books I have checked so far, there are also restrictions on controlling snakes."
Everyone fell into deep thought.
However, what the suspect said may not be completely true. If he concealed the murder, it would greatly reduce his guilt.
Lin Meiqi said: "But I did find traces of gloves in the artifact. There was a fiber stuck to the corner of the artifact, which was brought down and landed on the grass. When I checked the lawn that day, I did see a hole in the depression, which matched his movements completely."
"Yes, Mo Xiuqi is a habitual offender. Even if he is discovered, he can just run away. Why would he commit such a serious crime? If he wants to kill someone, his current actions seem to be in vain."
"He had clearly already fled, and the thing in his hand fell down. He could have easily climbed over the wall and left. Why did he come back? Wouldn't the police come faster after he killed someone? And how did he bring the snake in?"
"Or maybe the snake was just an accidental product, someone's pet, and it just ran over and happened to be encountered by the thief and the victim."
"No, no, it's too confusing. It's just a mess. There's no single direction. I think we need to re-investigate the scene."
"Yes, because of the second person, we must check whether the actions he said were real."
As several people were discussing, the door of the interrogation room opened with a creak.
Feng Charlie walked out, pulled out a stool and sat down, with a cup of coffee brewed at hand. He took two sips and said, "We'll have to send someone back to the scene this afternoon."
Sure enough, it was just as everyone expected.
At this moment, the phone suddenly rang, and Feng Charlie got up and walked to the phone to answer it. Lin Meiqi had a bad feeling in her heart.
Charlie Feng frowned more and more, and after hanging up the phone, he said to everyone, "It wasn't this thief who did it. Another victim was bitten to death by a venomous snake. This time it was a woman, in an alley outside her home. The alley was rarely visited, and she was not discovered until today. Perhaps the victim was there yesterday. In the dead of night, if someone is controlling her, it is easy to identify the target."
Everyone was shocked: "How could a second snake bite happen? This really puts everyone in danger."
Feng Charlie said, "Let's go to the scene and take a look."
Lin Meiqi followed.
Vehicles stopped around the alley.
Lin Meiqi followed Feng Charlie forward and saw the woman lying on the ground in the alley.
The police officer who came to hand over the case explained the situation to Charlie Feng: "At first we thought it was a robbery because this alley is very dark at night and there are no surveillance cameras in this area. There have been robberies near this street before. However, we did not find that she had any property missing. Instead, we found this tooth mark on her leg, so we handed it over to your task force."
Feng Charlie nodded: "Okay, thank you."
The others left, leaving behind members of Feng Charlie's serious crime squad to search for relevant evidence at the scene.
Some police officers walked along the alley to search for traces left behind, while Lin Meiqi squatted down to check the wounds on the victim's body.
However, after an examination, her brows gradually frowned.
Feng Charlie groped his way along the alley. Outside the alley were some dilapidated buildings with few people living there because the place would soon be demolished and new high-rise buildings would be built.
There are no houses nearby, so the victim must have gone home through this alley. However, his home is still some distance away, but it would be closer if he went through here.
There was no loss of property and no signs of clothes being messed up.
There was a trash can nearby, and the police officers were emptying the trash can and searching for useful evidence among the debris.
There was a section of dirt in the alley with traces of high heels, which looked like they belonged to the victim, but other than the high heels being very old, there were no other footprints.
However, some suspicious crawling traces were found on the ground.
Feng Charlie called the police officers over to extract the soil from this place.
Feng Charlie took a general look at the scene and left the rest of the details to the police officers. He looked back at the victim's vicinity and saw bystander Lin Meiqi doing the test seriously.
"Help me turn her over."
Lin Meiqi said, and Feng Charlie quickly took action and turned the victim over to face up.
Feng Charlie clearly saw two teeth marks on the outside of her calf that were deep enough to reveal the bone. They were somewhat similar to those of the previous victim, but did not look exactly the same.
Aren't they the same species of snake?
After examining the victim's entire body, Lin Meiqi said, "The preliminary diagnosis is that he died of poisoning, snake venom. The type of snake is different from the previous victim, it may be a coral snake, but it also has deadly venom."
“However, the victim had old injuries on his body.”
Lin Meiqi rolled up her sleeves to let Feng Charlie see the scars on her arms, which were blue and purple, as if she had been beaten with something like iron teeth.
"These are a little newer. Look at her calves."
Lin Meiqi rolled up her trouser leg and saw that this old wound was who knows how many years old. The mark was much lighter, but it was still obvious that it must have bled in the past.
"So cruel! It seems that this person obviously has a grudge against someone."
"yes."
After the preliminary experiment, the police officers placed the body into a body bag and transported it back to the Serious Crime Unit's forensic laboratory for further examination.
However, the victim's home happened to be nearby, so Charlie Feng decided to visit him.
He took several police officers and Lin Meiqi to ask nearby neighbors.
The news of the woman's death had spread among the neighbors this morning.
They directed the police to her home quickly.
After turning around in the block, I finally saw a five-story building that looked quite old.
"Zhao Chutong, she lives on the third floor." said a fat aunt.
No wonder, because they lived upstairs and it was inconvenient to attack, so they had to do it in the alley. Is someone behind this too?
The police officers were all confused.
Before going upstairs, Charlie Feng asked the neighbors who had gathered around him, "What kind of person is the victim?"
"This person is a loner, with his eyes higher than the sky. He looks up when he walks, and he doesn't take people like us seriously."
"She probably doesn't like living in this neighborhood. She always feels like she doesn't belong here. I've seen her holding a bag before. I haven't seen the brand of the bag, but my daughter said it was a luxury item, very expensive, and it cost tens of thousands of Hong Kong dollars!"
"Wow, it's so expensive. Grandma, do you know what she does for a living? Can she afford such an expensive bag?" asked Lin Meiqi.
"Well, it's possible, because her husband treats her very well and spends all his savings on her. Last time when they went upstairs arm in arm, I heard her begging her husband to buy her some jewelry, and her husband agreed immediately. But he said he would have to save up some money before buying it for her."
"That is to say, the two of them have a very good relationship and there are no conflicts?"
"No, how could there be a conflict? Although we are not so used to this woman's behavior, it is enough that her husband loves her."
A young man came up to me and said, "Young people nowadays may also be pretending to be close."
"Why do you say that?" asked Charlie Feng.
"Because I have seen the victim's wounds. One summer when she was wearing short-sleeved shirts, I noticed a wound on her arm. So she only wore short-sleeved shirts for a few days. Later, when she noticed people were staring at her, she changed into thin long-sleeved shirts, trying to cover her arms as much as possible and not show them in front of others. I think she is a person who cares about her reputation. After all, she likes expensive bags."
"But we can afford this kind of bag, but we don't want to spend the money on something that has no practical use. We prefer to cook a few tables of big meals with our family, or go out for fun. Last month, I took my whole family to Macau..."
"Okay, people buy bags for their own pleasure, why do you care about these things?"
A woman with wavy hair and a red dress came forward while eating sunflower seeds. "Officer, it's useless for you to investigate this. She was bitten by a snake. This is clearly an accidental injury. I suggest you send out more police forces to clean up the surrounding environment. The alley is dark and gloomy. It is easy for water to accumulate when it rains. Mixed with mud and soup, it is damp and easily attracts snakes there. If people walk there and accidentally step on a snake with their high heels, they are likely to be bitten, right?"
"Yes, yes. If you don't get rid of these poisonous snakes that came from nowhere, everyone will be in a panic. This time it bit her, what if it bites us next time? We have to go to work, and sometimes we can't get back early. In order to go home earlier, we have to take a shortcut through that alley. I don't even dare to go that road now. It's really too scary."
Lin Meiqi couldn't give them any conclusion for the time being. She could only tell them to try not to travel alone, and if they had to come back alone, to avoid taking small roads.
Then she went upstairs with Charlie Feng, and knocked on the door on the third floor.
A thin-looking man opened the door, looking quite haggard.
He had already learned the news of his wife's death from the police officer who had called the police earlier. She looked like she had been crying, with redness around her eyes.
The man was somewhat uninterested in the new police officer, so he walked back to the sofa and sat down.
Feng Charlie sat down and asked, "Did your wife Zhao Chutong behave abnormally before the accident?"
After hearing this, the man looked up at Charlie Feng in confusion: "Abnormal? No, wasn't she bitten to death by a snake? I just didn't expect such a rare accident to happen to my wife."
He covered his face with his hands, showing complete pain.
As he spoke, his throat choked up. "When the police officer first told me the news, I couldn't believe it. I had just gotten up. She didn't come home last night. I called her workplace, but no one answered. I thought she went back to her parents' home, as she often did before."
"So she often goes back to her parents' home. How is the relationship between you two?" Lin Meiqi asked.
"We are very good friends. Her going back doesn't mean anything. I just thought she would come back this morning and go to work as usual. I didn't expect to hear a knock on the door just after I got up, and then heard this thunderous news. I really can't believe it. I still feel like I'm dreaming."
Feng Charlie went straight to the point: "We found some old injuries on the victim's body. Have you ever had a conflict? Have you ever beaten your wife?"
The man was stunned for a moment and quickly shook his head.
Lin Meiqi looked at his somewhat restrained posture. He was not tall enough and did not look manly sitting on the sofa. Instead, he looked timid.
In fact, I was a little puzzled as to why he was so resistant to the arrival of the police?
Although he subconsciously concealed his expressions and movements, some details revealed the man's true thoughts. For example, when Feng Charlie and others entered the room just now, they clearly saw the victim's husband's mouth twitched slightly twice.
Moreover, when he mentioned the victim, he seemed to be crying, but Lin Meiqi could see a hint of relief in his expression.
Is this man a domestic abuser?
The victim's husband defended himself: "She is the only one who hits me between the two of us. I have never hit her and I dare not hit her. You can see that I have a body shape like this. In fact, I don't have an absolute advantage."
The man lifted his clothes to show the officer his chest and arms.
"This is all evidence of her beating me. She is the one who has the final say at home. We have an iron chain removed from a bicycle. It was originally a piece of junk. I told her to throw it away, but she refused and beat me with it. So you can see the marks on the chain, deep and shallow bloodstains from beatings. Whenever she is unhappy, she will take it out on me..."
As the man spoke, he even took off all his clothes and turned around to let the officers see the deep and shallow marks on his back.
There are actually many old injuries on his body, which cannot be disguised recently.
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