Chapter 45 Oh my god, she looks exactly like the school beauty!
At night, Charlie Feng and the police officers returned from the visit and obtained a lot of information.
It is true that Li Meimei dropped out of school on her own initiative, but it is not known whether the reason behind it was because of the other three people in the small group.
This could be a cover-up by the real murderer.
And she is now in a tight financial situation and is in debt, there are traces of that.
If no other clues can be found, then we can only go back and convict him of suicide based on the contents of the letter.
Lin Meiqi participated in the discussion and told Feng Charlie the psychologist's conclusion.
"In other words, Li Meimei is very likely the perpetrator?"
Lin Meiqi nodded, and she produced a piece of evidence in her favor.
"The fibers on the victim Li Meimei's body have been tested and found to be a nylon hemp rope. We did not find this type of rope in the room, which means someone brought it and took it away."
"This tells us that there is a possibility that someone else entered the room, and it is very likely not suicide. The fibers are located near the legs. During the autopsy, her body also showed some signs of pressure. There was no drug in her mouth or nose. In order not to be detected by the police, the murderer tied up the victim with nylon hemp rope and fixed her to a stool."
Charlie Feng remembered: "It's the high-backed chair in the living room."
Lin Meiqi nodded: "That should be it."
"How exactly did you tie it?"
"Her arms were tied behind her back and her feet were fixed to the chair legs. So after her death, when we used some special techniques to test her, we could still see the deep marks from the strangulation on her skin. In other words, the fifth person in the photo was real."
Charlie Feng was thoughtful.
"Then the handwriting belongs to the same person. Perhaps it was written when the victim was unable to move and was threatened with a knife."
"It's possible." Lin Meiqi said.
"But this person was very careful and didn't leave any traces!"
Ho Wan-yi said, "Even if we knew this, there is no way to catch the murderer. The murderer did not leave any fingerprints, footprints, or even any clues. As for the school, it is very likely that they will not be able to investigate because it has been so long."
Everyone was confused again.
Lin Meiqi stirred the coffee in the cup with a spoon, feeling a little distressed.
This case is relatively close to a perfect crime. If no evidence can be found, it will be impossible to conclude the case and it will become an unsolved case.
Lin Meiqi was inspired and looked up, thinking about something.
After a while, when everyone was feeling depressed, Lin Meiqi suddenly had an idea.
"Is it possible that the murderer himself also believes that there is no flaw in these four murders. Then, what should he do next to achieve the perfect crime?"
While speaking, Lin Meiqi was also reminding herself to think from a different perspective.
If you keep immersing yourself in the events that happened at Hong Kong and Kowloon Middle School many years ago, it will always be difficult to unravel your thoughts.
Charlie Feng crossed his fingers and placed them on the table. He said, "To commit a perfect crime, a necessary condition is absolute escape."
"Yes!" Lin Meiqi said, "Not finding evidence is only one aspect. Since the murderer has already committed all the crimes, if the small group in the photo really only has those four people, then the murderer's goal has been achieved. Moreover, after this series of traps are completed, there is nothing for that person to linger on, so he should just get out and leave."
He Wanyi supported her chin with her hand and ate an apple. As she ate, she understood.
"Yes, actually, if he stays here, it will be risky. Even if it becomes an unsolved case or a cold case, there is a possibility that it will be solved. What if some clues are found..."
Another police officer spoke up, "Yes, the murderer could still reveal clues, such as that tiny fiber that could not be any thinner, and find out that the victim was tied up. It is difficult to avoid such a thing. So the best way is to make the police unable to find any clues pointing to him in a short period of time and escape quickly."
Feng Charlie pondered for a moment and gave the order.
"Set up checkpoints at all airports, trains, and highways that leave Hong Kong. The targets of the interception are the classmates of Hong Kong and Kowloon Middle School from more than ten years ago. If they show up, they will be detained and contacted by our people."
The police officers on duty received the order and quickly carried out the task.
Names from more than a decade ago need to be entered into the interception system. Although there are a lot of names, not every one of them will leave Hong Kong. This is a good screening method.
We can only pray that the murderer is still in Hong Kong.
But logically speaking, the murderer would not be so quick. He killed someone last night and it is possible that he has not left yet today.
"Okay, it's getting late, you guys should go back quickly!"
Feng Charlie stood up from his seat and said, "I have to watch them hand out all the lists. You don't have to stay here. You can't help much if you stay here."
He Wanyi curled her lips: "Every time, the sergeant would chase us away, but he would stay up all night. Have you ever seen a leader like this?"
Lin Meiqi shrugged: "Never seen it."
"Yeah, they also said something like you can't help, that's all, that's all, and told us to go back. Forget it, since the Sergeant asked us to go, we should just go back and wait for news."
Lin Meiqi nodded.
The next day was the weekend, so I could sleep in.
Lin Meiqi is feeling a little sleepy now. Being in meetings all the time is very exhausting.
She stretched and went downstairs to buy some fried rice to take back home.
Looking at the dark sky outside, the man selling teppanyaki has appeared on the side of the road in the distance.
Lin Meiqi was quite emotional.
The stall owner really refused to change his ways. He was arrested several times and banned from setting up a stall in this place, but he still set up his stall every day right in front of the task force. It seems that he is determined to make things difficult for the police!
However, when Lin Meiqi passed by and smelled it, she found the taste was excellent. The tofu, green pepper, and flour sauce in the teppanyaki were mixed together, which was simply a collision of deliciousness.
There were also grilled squid and grilled seafood, which made her drool and awakened her taste buds.
After enduring it for a long time, he finally stopped and said, "Boss, give me a big squid and tofu teppanyaki!"
"All right, officer."
It seems that the other party already knows me.
The boss spread the sauce, sprinkled with chopped green onions and coriander, and put it in a paper box.
Lin Meiqi felt the chopsticks were still hot to the touch, and a pair of wooden chopsticks were handed to her.
"Eat slowly, officer. The tofu is hot."
Lin Meiqi smiled and looked at the sauce and juice inside the tofu. It looked very rich and should burst with one bite.
She planned to eat at a nearby place and then ride her bike back home, as the food would be cold and not tasty if she got home.
She was standing on the side of the road eating when she felt someone tap her shoulder from behind: "Forensic Doctor Lin, did you buy this too?"
Lin Meiqi looked back and saw Xie Zhiruo was also holding a few bags, which she also bought at the same stall.
"The owner is very stubborn. This is the third time I've seen him this week. But then again, I also bought from him three times, hehehe."
Xie Zhiruo said, recommending, "It tastes very good."
Lin Meiqi took a bite, and sure enough, she dreamed of the Li Ji Teppanyaki restaurant outside the university gate where she had eaten before she traveled through time. It was such a wonderful memory.
"Then Forensic Doctor Lin, take your time to eat. I'm leaving first. We have guests at home. Oh, that's not the case. My sister came and said she would cook for me. I couldn't help but buy some. I don't know if I can eat her meal later."
Lin Meiqi said quickly: "Okay, go back quickly."
Xie Zhiruo quickly finished the teppanyaki in the box, threw it into the trash can, and rode away on her bicycle.
After finishing her meal, Lin Meiqi rushed to No. 1 Ningyuan, Kowloon Walled City.
When I got to the corridor, I suddenly heard my neighbor Sister Fa’s voice, as if they were arguing.
Lin Meiqi hesitated for a moment, but still rushed over and knocked on the door.
Sister Fa opened the door and was startled when she saw Lin Meiqi: "Hey, Forensic Doctor Lin, come in quickly!"
Lin Meiqi saw a tall man standing in the door.
"Oh, let me introduce you, this is my husband."
"Hello." The man waved his hand to show his politeness.
"Were you guys arguing just now? Sorry, I didn't mean to disturb you. I was just afraid that the noise might cause trouble."
Lin Meiqi may have seen too many cases and is always worried that small frictions will evolve into big conflicts. It's just something that happens easily, so I'll help if I can.
Sister Fa smiled and said with emotion: "Forensic Doctor Lin, you misunderstood. We were not quarreling, we were arguing."
Lin Meiqi's eyes widened: "Is there any difference between these two?"
"That's it..."
Sister Fa pointed to the side and said, "Look at those."
Lin Meiqi looked in the direction Fa Jie's finger pointed and saw two large suitcases.
"Are you going on a long journey?"
"My husband found a stable job in Mexico and wants to take me there. He said we can do something technical-related there. He will be responsible for driving the truck and I can be the cook. Chinese food is very popular there."
I remember the hot and sour pork elbow that Sister Fa made last time. It tasted really good.
Lin Meiqi couldn't help but sigh: "Sister Bufa's cooking skills are indeed good enough to open a restaurant."
"No, no, it's just to find another way to survive. He will go out and try his luck, and when he's done, he'll take me away from Kowloon Walled City. It's a pity that I'm not young anymore. If I were ten or twenty years younger, it would be much better, and I would be able to see the way forward. Now, I just want to have a skill to support myself."
The tall man nodded but said nothing, looking taciturn.
He just had a cigarette in his hand, which he had been holding between his fingers. He was probably afraid that smoking would stink Forensic Doctor Lin, so he didn't smoke for the time being.
From this perspective, it doesn't seem like he would be the type of person who would be really cruel to his wife.
Sister Fa explained: "It's because we are leaving, so there are disputes about what to take and what not to take."
She picked up a giraffe piggy bank next to her: "I said I wanted to take this thing with me, but he said it was heavy and took up space, so he wouldn't let me take it, and we started arguing."
Lin Meiqi looked at the giraffe piggy bank, which looked very old. It must be something meaningful to Fa Jie!
Sister Fa looked at it and said, "This is what my grandma left me. She has passed away. This is the only thing she left. I think I have to take it."
The tall man finally spoke: "But look at that piggy bank. Who made it into the shape of a giraffe? The neck is so long, it's hard to hold, and it can't hold much."
From a practical point of view, piggy banks are really useless.
However, since it has commemorative significance, it is of extraordinary value.
"Sister Fa, if you want to take it, just take it with you. Leaving something you miss in a foreign country is also a kind of comfort."
"Yeah? That's what I said."
"So you're leaving by plane tomorrow?"
"Yeah, pack your things today for tomorrow morning's flight."
"Then I'll take you there!"
"How can that be possible?"
"Anyway, I have a day off tomorrow, so I really have nothing to do. We are neighbors, and you are leaving now... Last time I ate a big hot and sour pork elbow of yours, and you haven't expressed your gratitude until now. I would feel bad if I don't see you off."
Sister Fa smiled and said, "My only regret is that I didn't make pork elbows more often for you. Besides, I still have a lot of skills that I haven't shown you yet. I'll make them for you someday when you go to Mexico."
Lin Meiqi was curious: "So you really aren't coming back?"
"Our relatives are here and will come back occasionally, but it is not easy to settle there. Maybe we have to finish the work at hand first before we have the chance to come back."
"Okay, then you can always come find me when you come back. If I don't live here, you can come find me at the West Kowloon Serious Crime Unit."
"Oh, I've made some progress too."
Sister Fa smiled happily, "My friends are all working as forensic doctors in the serious crime team, that's incredible. Being your neighbor, my network of contacts has grown by leaps and bounds!"
Sister Fa smiled and stuffed two candies from a box into Lin Meiqi's hand.
"We won't take this candy with us. Let's share it among ourselves!"
Lin Meiqi had no choice but to accept it.
The other party agreed to set off at nine o'clock the next morning.
Lin Meiqi returned to her room and set the alarm to go off every five minutes.
She was used to this, constantly waking herself up, for fear that she would accidentally oversleep on the weekend.
The next morning, before the alarm rang, Lin Meiqi opened her eyes. Perhaps because she was worried about something, she woke up earlier than usual.
After waking up, my mind was clear and I wasn't sleepy at all.
She put the plum candy that Sister Fa gave her yesterday in her mouth, feeling a sour taste, and she frowned.
Lin Meiqi walked out of the room and saw that Sister Fa had already tidied everything.
"Shall we go?" she asked.
"Okay, okay, let me take one last look at this house. I've lived here for more than ten years."
As Sister Fa spoke, her eyes reddened. She raised her sleeves and wiped them away, holding back her tears. "Actually, there's nothing worth being nostalgic about in this shabby place. Who am I showing my sadness to? Tell me."
The tall man was standing outside the door waiting for her, still smoking without saying a word, his eyes deliberately avoiding Lin Meiqi.
Sister Fa finally pulled the suitcase and walked out of the room. With a "click", she locked the door and put the key in the trampled carpet under the door.
"I've already told the landlord that she'll collect it directly."
Sister Fa’s suitcase was filled to the brim with stuff, it was so bulging that it looked like the zipper was about to burst.
Lin Meiqi stepped forward to help her get it.
"This thing is very heavy, at least thirty or forty kilograms. It takes too much effort to carry it here. Let me do it!"
Lin Meiqi smiled and shook her head, carrying a box in one hand, and went down the stairs, leaving Sister Fa stunned.
"Wow, what's going on? Forensic Doctor Lin is so strong."
The tall man was also shocked. He held the cigarette between his lips and did not move for a long time. After a long while, he said, "He is a policeman. He has also practiced."
Sister Fa secretly exclaimed: "The police are really amazing. Even the forensic pathologists are so strong."
When she went downstairs, Lin Meiqi was already standing on the roadside, waving for a taxi.
A blue and white taxi was caught, drove slowly along the path, and stopped in front of Lin Meiqi.
"Let's get in the car. If we arrive early, we'll have plenty of time later."
Sister Fa and the tall man put their luggage in the trunk of the taxi and got in.
Lin Meiqi said to the driver: "Go to the airport."
Arriving at the airport, Lin Meiqi sent Sister Fa to the terminal where she was waiting. After putting her things there, Sister Fa sighed, "It's like a dream. I've never been on a plane in my life, and here we are at the airport."
"Things will definitely get better in the future." Lin Meiqi comforted her.
Lin Meiqi put her suitcase next to Sister Fa and asked her to look after it, while her eyes wandered among the crowd in the airport waiting hall.
She actually had a hunch.
When she entered the airport, she had a premonition that the murderer would leave the airport today.
Fleeing abroad is the most convenient way to escape capture, and he has not carried out his plan for more than ten years. It is very likely that he is planning and waiting for the right opportunity, and will leave immediately after executing the plan. Then this case will be the real end for the murderer, and he will escape legal sanctions forever.
If I leave today, the time would be right. I took my time packing up yesterday, thinking that the police would not be able to find any evidence, so today would be the perfect time to leave.
As Lin Meiqi was thinking, Sister Fa took out an apple from the bag.
"Do you want to eat some? The apples I bought are very juicy and sweet."
Lin Meiqi took it and took two bites, her eyes still wandering over the crowd coming and going in the terminal hall.
She didn't know what that person looked like, and didn't know who to target, so how could she find that person? More importantly, she didn't have the lists that Feng Charlie had.
She took two bites of the apple quite slowly, and it was obvious that she was worried about something.
Sister Fa asked, "Are you looking at someone?"
Lin Meiqi nodded.
"You don't have a case to handle? Are you looking for a suspect?"
Lin Meiqi didn't want to put such a heavy psychological burden on Sister Fa before leaving, so she shook her head and said, "No."
Sister Fa smiled and followed her gaze to look at the crowd.
"Hey, look at the people on the plane, they are all rich, wearing designer clothes and having curly hair. Look at that person's bag, I recognize the brand, what kind of brand is it? She is so rich! But her bag is not as pretty as mine, it is expensive, what's wrong? Look, there are cartoon patterns on my suitcase."
Lin Meiqi heard that Sister Fa was joking and smiled.
Suddenly, I heard Sister Fa say, "Forensic Doctor Lin, look, that girl has really beautiful eyes and delicate makeup. She must be the daughter of a wealthy family. She is really different! Wow, look at those black leather shoes. They are definitely deerskin. I can recognize the texture of deerskin. They are very thin and light, and don't look like glue. I have always wanted to buy a pair of deerskin shoes!"
Lin Meiqi looked over when Sister Fa mentioned that person, and the next moment, her heart skipped a beat.
She was very familiar with that pair of eyes. Very few people have eyes that are so big and beautiful. The eyelashes are long and the curve of the double eyelids is quite beautiful. She is simply the template of beauty.
This instantly reminded her of someone - Qin Roumei, the school belle of Hong Kong Kowloon Middle School.
How did she get here?
Isn't there no time to commit the crime?
Logically speaking, the person who appeared today would be the murderer. She is related to the case and appears here again at this moment, which makes people suspicious.
What is even more suspicious is that she was wearing a hat and a mask on her head.
There is no flu recently, and there is hardly anyone wearing a mask in the entire airport. Qin Roumei is not a star, so there is no need for her to cover herself like this.
If it weren't for her beautiful and typical eyes, she would be hard to recognize if she covered her eyes like this.
"Thank you, Sister Fa!"
Sister Fa was confused by this sudden thank you, but she saw Lin Meiqi stand up and walk straight towards the woman.
Lin Meiqi pretended to be unintentional, as if she was looking for someone anxiously, and bumped into "Qin Roumei".
Qin Roumei said "Ouch!" and turned around, her expression showing a bit of impatience: "Watch the road!"
Lin Meiqi's entire face was exposed in front of "Qin Roumei" and she stared at "Qin Roumei" intently.
"What are you looking at? You bumped into me, okay?"
But after she said these two sentences, she suddenly fell silent, as if she didn't want to dwell on these trivial matters.
When the woman turned around, Lin Meiqi felt something strange, something indescribable.
Qin Roumei knew me, so why did she look so calm when looking at me? Didn’t she remember me?
She and Feng Charlie had interrogated Qin Roumei about this case together, and it had only been a few days. Moreover, she was a police officer, so it was impossible for her to have no impression of it.
The radar in Lin Meiqi's mind sounded, and her intuition told her that she was definitely the murderer.
Although she couldn't understand why, during the investigation it was clear that Qin Roumei did not have twins, and there was no one with a similar face around her. These were all solid evidence.
But what's wrong with the woman in front of me?
Lin Meiqi turned around quickly, ran to Qin Roumei, and pulled off her mask when she was not paying attention.
The moment she saw the face of the woman in front of her, Lin Meiqi was horrified.
really! Looks exactly like Qin Roumei?
The woman in front of him also realized that something was wrong. She subconsciously turned around and wanted to run, but she took two steps back and thought that this was the last checkpoint. If she ran away, she would not be able to leave Hong Kong smoothly.
I also don’t know the background of this high school girl in front of me. Maybe she just ran into someone who was looking for trouble.
He doesn't look like a policeman at all.
"Why did I hit you? Do you need compensation?"
The woman took out two large bills from a pink furry wallet and handed them to Lin Meiqi, "Take the money and stop getting in my way."
"Who are you?" Lin Meiqi asked.
"Wow, you are such a busybody! I'm in a hurry to catch a plane!"
The woman wanted to avoid Lin Meiqi and leave.
Lin Meiqi was not relenting, and her voice came over again: "No, you are not Qin Roumei. Qin Roumei knows me. I am the police officer who interrogated her, but you still have no impression of me. So, who are you?"
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