Chapter 42 A pure white letter.
The next morning, Lin Meiqi went to the serious crime squad early because she had to intercept the victim's best friend Zhang Muli at the stationery store before going to work.
Lin Meiqi didn't even have time to eat, she just bought a hamburger.
As soon as he arrived at the office and took a few bites, Charlie Feng said, "Let's go."
Lin Meiqi had no choice but to grab the hamburger and hurried into the car.
In the car, Charlie Feng asked Lin Meiqi: "Do you buy food outside every morning? This is not a good idea. It's not good for your health."
"But..." Lin Meiqi replied, "I'm a terrible cook."
Feng Charlie said, "If you want to move here when the lease of Ningyuan No. 1 expires, I suggest you move near my house. I will make a hearty breakfast every morning, and you can come and eat it."
"Really?"
Lin Meiqi's eyes sparkled, and what Feng Charlie said made her waver.
“It’s best to have a hot meal!”
Sometimes she bought it outside, and by the time she took it to the serious crime squad, it was almost cold.
No matter how delicious the food is, it may be hard to swallow.
If you miss a meal due to a meeting, submitting a report, etc., and it's been left for an hour, you'll have even less appetite when you pick it up.
The best way is to wake up in the morning and drink a bowl of hot soup and eat freshly made snacks.
Soon, the vehicle arrived at a stationery store. Nearby shops have already opened one after another, so it seems they have to hurry.
Feng Charlie got out of the car and walked to the stationery store.
The store was not open yet. After waiting for a while, a woman in yellow clothes and long hair finally came over, picked up the key and was about to open the glass door.
Charlie Feng stepped forward quickly: "Ma'am, please don't open the door yet. I have something to ask you. I am a policeman."
Zhang Muli was shocked for a moment and stood still: "What's the matter? Sir, tell me."
He looked calm, as if he knew why the police were here.
"Did you know what happened to Liu Yuyu yesterday?"
When talking about this, Zhang Muli's eyes turned red, but she held back her tears: "I know."
Feng Charlie asked: "How do you know?"
Zhang Muli replied: "To be honest, I went to look for Liu Yuyu after get off work last night, but when I got to her door, I found it was blocked. There was a barrier at the scene and I couldn't get close. I was wondering what was going on, and when I asked, I found out that she had an accident."
She wiped her face with her hands and raised her head stubbornly, "I'm fine. I already digested this result last night. You are here to ask if there are any suspicious people around her, right?"
"Yes." said Charlie Feng.
"Actually, Sir, you can see that I am also very busy at work. Basically, I have to stay at this stationery store from morning to night, so I don't have much contact with her. She only comes to see me occasionally after get off work. And in a job like mine, there are no weekends off. Liu Yuyu will stay in the stationery store for a while on weekends. But she won't bring other people here, so I don't know exactly who she has been in contact with recently. But what I can be sure of is that she doesn't have a boyfriend, because she never hides such things from me."
Feng Charlie continued to ask: "Besides her boyfriend? If it's an ambiguous object, I mean it's easy for her to follow her into the house, what else is possible?"
Zhang Muli replied: "Ambiguous partner? Sorry, she won't bring anyone home before she is sure of the relationship. She doesn't do such things. When it comes to relationships, I think Yuyu still has basic ethics, unlike her boyfriend. I have reminded her many times that her boyfriend is greedy and doesn't treat her sincerely at all! If he had a rich woman, he would definitely run away. But she doesn't believe it! Yuyu is still a girl who yearns for love and is relatively innocent."
Lin Meiqi added, "You and she both went to school at Hong Kong Kowloon Middle School, right? Did Liu Yuyu offend anyone during high school?"
Speaking of this, her best friend Zhang Muli was suddenly stunned, sighed and said: "Do you suspect that this is related to what happened ten years ago?"
"yes."
"In fact, I became Liu Yuyu's best friend because we had some contact at work, so we gradually became close. During school, although she and I were in the same class, our relationship was average. But later, I mentioned that I wanted to go back to middle school to take a look, and Yuyu refused, saying that she didn't want to go back. I asked her about it, and she said that she had done something wrong in middle school and she regretted it very much. She didn't want to be sad because of the past, so she didn't want to go back."
Lin Meiqi asked: "What exactly happened?"
Zhang Muli said: "It seems to be her secret, she won't tell it. But I think it's not just that she did something wrong. There is fear in Yuyu's eyes, and she doesn't want to go back. She doesn't even want to get close to the nearby roads. I'm afraid she has been left with a deep trauma."
Feng Charlie glanced at Lin Meiqi and it seemed that it really had something to do with middle school.
"Are you still in touch with any of your former high school classmates?"
Zhang Muli said: "I can contact at least half of the students in my class. The others didn't even leave their phone numbers after graduation. I don't know what they are doing now."
Feng Charlie asked: "Can you help ask if anyone in your class or nearby classes has been bullied, especially those who have been involved in or directly harmed by Liu Yuyu."
Zhang Muli asked: "Hurt? Do you mean emotional hurt or school violence?"
"It's possible both," said Charlie Feng.
"I understand." Zhang Muli said, "But after all, so much time has passed, more than ten years, and everyone may not remember it so clearly. I can only ask for you."
Feng Charlie nodded: "Thank you, please let us know as soon as you have any clues."
A few elementary school students walked to the stationery store with their schoolbags on their backs. They looked at the locked door and raised their heads to look at Zhang Muli: "Sister, why don't you open the door today? We want to go in and buy notebooks. To be honest, if we don't bring notebooks today, we will be punished to copy books!"
Zhang Muli turned to look at Feng Charlie and said embarrassedly: "I'm going to open the business."
Feng Charlie handed him his business card and said, "Call this number if you have any news."
Zhang Muli nodded, took out the key, opened the door and walked in. The elementary school students followed her in and excitedly picked out notebooks with beautiful patterns in the stationery store.
After the questioning, Charlie Feng took Lin Meiqi and other police officers back to the serious crime squad.
In addition to Zhang Muli, other police officers are also investigating, but now two classes are involved.
Feng Charlie didn't know whether the person that Liu Yuyu had allegedly done wrong to was in these two classes. If not, then what he was doing now was in vain.
The problem with this case is time. As time has passed, many students’ memories of the past have become a little fuzzy.
The case has not yet been pieced together, and the murderer's specific motive for murder is unknown.
Two hours later, a police officer who was on an outside visit came back and gave Charlie Feng the latest investigation information.
"Shar, you asked me to investigate the students who transferred out of these two classes. I found them. Six students transferred out that year. The reasons for the transfer were all written as reasonable, but it is possible that some of them could not stay because they were bullied."
Feng Charlie nodded: "Okay, what about the list of people who have been punished by the school that I asked you to check? Are Liu Yuyu and Hu Panshan among them?"
"Hu Panshan didn't have one, but Liu Yuyu did. She was caught smoking at school and was punished. The others were just given warnings, verbal education, etc., but there's no record of anyone harming others and causing serious consequences."
Lin Meiqi stepped forward and thought of something.
"There are two situations where there is no record. Either the injury did not happen in the school, so the school did not know about it; or someone in the group that hurt the person was very powerful, so the school did not make any records after the injury in order to suppress the incident. If the incident happened secretly, then no one knew about it except the eyewitnesses, that is, the people who were killed and the bullied person who later committed the murder."
Da Huang nodded: "That makes sense! However, the murderer's name may be among these transfer students. We just need to check the reasons why they transferred out one by one."
Feng Charlie suddenly asked: "Besides this grade, is there a list of students from other grades who have transferred out?"
The police officer said: "If we add other grades, the number will be too large. We can't check hundreds of people!"
"Why are there so many transfers?"
"Yes, because this school is a key school and has a large population, so it's normal to calculate the ratio. Besides, all six grades are in this school."
"In short, we have to investigate even if there are hundreds of people. I suspect that it may not be limited to classes. If the two victims are not in the same class, then a small group across classes and grades can be formed."
"Okay, then I'll go back to school and get more complete information."
The police officer turned and went downstairs.
After a day of investigation, we finally found out that one of the students who transferred away admitted that he transferred because of school bullying.
The boy was thin and even more than ten years later, he was still no taller than 1.7 meters and wore a pair of glasses.
The police asked him if he knew Liu Yuyu and Hu Panshan. He said he did, but as for the bullying, he said it was not them.
However, when the police asked this question, the thin man became attached. He followed the police wherever they went, and when the police needed a car, he opened the door and got in.
The police officer was fed up with it and finally took him back to the serious crime squad.
As soon as he entered the room, he complained: "Sergeant, this person insisted on following us in the investigation to find the person who bullied him back then, and he also said that he would teach him a lesson when he found him! But how can we encourage this kind of atmosphere?"
The police officer said this, quite helplessly.
The thin man was already standing in the middle of the serious crime squad office, and he became excited when he saw the police.
He took a quick look and realized that the person in charge might be Charlie Feng. He then walked up to him and said, "Officer, no, you are the sheriff, right? I have been holding this grudge for many years. I heard that you are looking for the instigator of school bullying. That's great. I remember that person's name. His name is Tao Daye."
The thin man rolled up his sleeves and the scar on his arm was quite obvious.
"Look, this is what happened when Tao Daye poked my arm with a ballpoint pen. I've been looking for him. I want him to pay for everything he did!"
When the people in the serious crime squad heard this, they were all stunned and stopped what they were doing.
The thin man's plight did make them sympathetic. More than ten years have passed, and the scar is still so obvious. I can still imagine how he got through all these years.
However, they came to solve the case, not to seek revenge on their former bullies, which would be putting the cart before the horse.
Feng Charlie found a policeman and persuaded him to go home first and talk later if he really found Tao Daye.
The police officer took the thin man into the room and patiently persuaded him.
In the office, several police officers whispered, "Seeing how persistent he is in finding Tao Daye and vowing to make him pay, could it be that... he wants to use our power to kill someone?"
"It doesn't look like it. Maybe he just wants an apology."
Another police officer spoke up: "He is furious now. If the police take him to find Tao Daye or tell him the address, who knows what he will do? The key is that this man seems to have nothing to do with the case we are investigating now."
"It's okay, but he's pretty pitiful. I think he's become obsessed because he was bullied."
"That can't be helped. We don't have enough energy right now to distract ourselves and take care of him. I have several visits to make today. If I hadn't eaten here, I wouldn't have been able to talk to you guys!"
"What we are saying is that we can't take care of him, so we should let him go back quickly. Only by solving this case quickly can we avoid more victims."
After a while, the police officer in charge of persuasion brought the thin man out of the room and said, "Sergeant, he is calmer now. I will take him home."
Feng Charlie nodded: "Be careful on the road."
On the way the police officer was sending the thin man home, he learned that his name was A Luo.
Ah Luo said, "Sir, I'm not bothering you, but my ability is limited and I really can't find him. Besides, if you want to stop me from doing this, you can't prevent it, because once I find him, I will never let him go. I will always remember the pain I've suffered for so many years."
The police officer was surprised and asked, "If it was so painful, didn't you tell your parents and report it to the school?"
"Sir, you don't know, I was a coward at that time! Besides, Tao Daye's family background was strong, and he had connections with the principal. How could I possibly touch him? He would definitely protect his own children, so if anything happened, it was actually my fault, and I had no place to complain. But after so many years, my life is not satisfactory, and there is no point in living. It was all his fault! He caused me to not study well in middle school and fail to get into a good university. Now I am not afraid of those who wear shoes, so I will give it a try! After leaving school, I don't believe his connections will be any stronger."
As A Luo spoke, a fierce gleam in his eyes.
The police officer tried to comfort him: "What I just said to you, did you ignore it? You still have a long life to live, you are still young, don't ruin yourself on impulse."
"Don't worry, officer. I know what's going on."
After saying this, A Luo fell into silence.
The police officer sent Luo back home, and as Feng Charlie said, he watched him for 12 hours and saw that he really did not go out. Perhaps he had calmed down and no longer had the urge to look for Tao Daye.
Because of monitoring him today, some of his external visits have been delayed, and he still has to wait to report to his superiors. The police drove away.
Two days later, the police checked the address of Tao Daye's home on the list and found him.
When Feng Charlie heard Tao Daye's name, he went there in person.
Lin Meiqi and Da Huang arrived at the door together and knocked, but no one answered.
The neighbor next door poked his head out and said, "He should be home. How come no one opened the door? I saw him when I walked into the house with him last night!"
After a pause, the neighbor slapped his forehead and said, "I forgot. He bought so much wine and was carrying it in his hands. He must have been drunk last night. Maybe he didn't hear any noise."
"Okay, thank you, grandma."
Feng Charlie asked, "What kind of person is Tao Daye across from me?"
The old woman thought for a moment and said, "This guy is a bit arrogant. You said I'm old and the things I carry are heavy. Some young people are kind and would help me carry them, but he never does. If we walk in the elevator together, he will deliberately squeeze me. He is fat and takes up a lot of space. He has to stand in the middle and squeeze me into the corner. I told this young man not to be too arrogant, as it is easy to offend people. But I can only say it privately. He has a bad temper. He complained that the kid downstairs was noisy, so he rushed downstairs and beat the kid up and broke his bones. No one dared to mess with him. In fact, we all hope that he will move out of here as soon as possible. Oh, let's not talk about it. It makes people angry when I mention it."
After saying this, the old lady closed the door.
Da Huang couldn't help but sigh: "As expected, if he bullied his classmates when he was young, he would not be a good person when he grew up. People like this should be taught a lesson."
If the other person knocks on the door while drunk, there is nothing we can do. Several people will stand at the door, waiting for him to wake up.
Lin Meiqi was a little worried, after all, A Luo said last time that he wanted to look for Tao Daye.
So she lay on the ground and looked through the crack in the door. It didn't matter what she saw, but she saw a pool of blood on the ground. Her pupils were shocked and she quickly got up: "Sergeant! Maybe we have to pry the door open. Tao Daye must have been killed!"
"What?"
Feng Charlie looked at the keyhole and it would be too slow to find someone to open the lock.
He and Da Huang stood on either side of the door and banged on it. With two "bangs", they kicked it hard and opened it directly.
Lin Meiqi couldn't help but exclaim, what a powerful force! He is worthy of being the strongest man in the entire serious crime team.
The door was pushed open, and sure enough, a dead body was lying on the ground, with blood staining the ground red.
Lin Meiqi turned around and said, "I'll go get the autopsy box from the car."
Charlie Feng threw the keys to her.
Lin Meiqi came back with the autopsy box and looked at the body in front of her. The way of death was the same as the previous two victims, with a knife stabbed directly into the heart.
However, this man had deep and heavy cuts on his body, and his face was also scratched, with his skin and flesh torn. His desire to vent his anger was particularly obvious.
It seems that this person played a leading bullying role in the original small group, which is why the murderer particularly hates him.
"How is it?" asked Charlie Feng.
Lin Meiqi squatted down and said, "The result this time was unexpected. In addition to the known injuries, we also found traces of being beaten with an iron rod on his shoulders and back, and even on his head, there was an obvious swelling and congestion."
Lin Meiqi realized that the problem was serious and the injury was most likely caused by two people.
"One person continued with the previous method, which seemed to be his obsession and his sense of ritual; the other person had been hit on the head with an iron rod. So the cause of death is not clear and further autopsy is needed."
Feng Charlie said: "That is to say, the congested part of his head caused cerebral hemorrhage. If that happened first, then the stick attack caused death. The knife stabbed into the heart area of the chest later was to ensure that the ritual sense was completely consistent with the first two scenes."
"That's right, so the cause of death cannot be fully determined yet. But I guess..."
"Are you talking about the marks of beating with sticks?" asked Charlie Feng.
"Yes." Lin Meiqi nodded. She and Feng Charlie had the same tacit understanding. "I think the beating with sticks may have been caused by the skinny man A Luo. If the fatal injury is found to be from the back of the head, then he is the murderer this time."
Da Huang, who was following him, couldn't help but sigh: "Alas, I even found someone to persuade him that day and monitored him for a while. I almost stopped him!"
After a preliminary inspection, Lin Meiqi asked the police to put the body into a body bag and take it back to the autopsy room.
Feng Charlie sent someone to bring A Luo back for interrogation.
In the room, Lin Meiqi followed Feng Charlie to search the scene for the third victim's daily habits. They found that he was addicted to smoking, drinking and gambling. There were all kinds of pictures of women in his bedroom, and he was wearing a very cool bikini.
Charlie Feng was thoughtful: "If, as A Luo said, he has some kind of family relationship with the principal, then the things that were suppressed during his student days need to be dug deeper. On the surface, it has been smoothed over, but I don't believe that there is no one in this school who still remembers the things that were suppressed."
While Lin Meiqi was searching, an envelope fell out of her hand. It was a pure white envelope.
She suddenly remembered that the previous victim had mentioned that he felt depressed after receiving the envelope. Could it be that Tao Daye also received the letter?
Lin Meiqi opened the envelope wearing gloves and said in shock: "The victim really received a threatening letter! It was not destroyed this time!"
Feng Charlie hurried forward and saw Lin Meiqi unfold a piece of paper in the envelope. On it were stickers cut from newspapers, pieced together to form a vertical text: "It's me, the person you killed, I'm back!"
"This person is quite meticulous. The words cut from the newspaper are unrecognizable. But..."
Lin Meiqi looked out the window towards the sunlight and found half a fingerprint on the back of the envelope.
Da Huang leaned forward and said, "This should be the fingerprint of the victim when he took the letter, right?"
Lin Meiqi checked it carefully and found some messy wrinkles on the envelope, as well as stains from a cup of water. It must have been caused by a shake of her hand, and it fell to the ground, stained by the water stains on the ground.
Lin Meiqi put the fingerprint into the fingerprint bag: "Since there are fingerprints, we still need to confirm them. But fortunately, after getting this letter, we know that these victims probably received the same letter before they died, so they were all so nervous."
Feng Charlie wondered, "Since they knew someone was watching them, why didn't they take any precautions when the murderer entered their home?"
Feng Charlie pointed at the doors and windows of the third victim, Tao Daye. The doors and windows were still intact, with no signs of being pried open, which meant that the murderer came in with the victim, exactly the same as in the previous two cases.
Lin Meiqi thought it was strange: "If they were people that Tao Daye bullied in middle school, he would know them. Thinking of the possible crisis, he would definitely not let them in. This one doesn't seem to make sense!"
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