Chapter 48 A woman with a red rose in her mouth.
On Sunday, Lin Meiqi slept at home all day and hardly went out.
When I went downstairs to throw away the garbage, I saw that my neighbor Sister Fa had moved away, and I couldn't help feeling empty inside.
But someone should move in soon, right?
As she was thinking, she entered the house and saw a documentary on TV.
Lin Meiqi felt a little bored, so she changed the channel and tuned into a melodramatic love drama. It was a relief that there was no case and she didn't want to make it too serious, so she happily grabbed the popcorn in her hand and started watching while eating.
After watching the drama for the whole afternoon, my eyes are a little sore.
Lin Meiqi pinched the area around her eyes, relaxed herself, and closed the bag of leftover popcorn to prevent it from getting damp.
I simply boiled some vegetables, added two noodles, ate the watery soup, and then went to bed.
On Monday morning, everyone arrived at the Serious Crime Unit early.
Regarding the blood ring case, it is difficult to re-open the original data. After all, it has been a long time, and we can only search for some information for reference.
What's more, we have only found a bloody ring, and it is not confirmed whether there is a victim. We need to send police to search for other clues in the vicinity.
Charlie Feng did not let Lin Meiqi get involved.
At this moment, she is making her own lesson preparation slides. As I was doing it, I suddenly felt a little sleepy.
Lin Meiqi had a bottle of lychee-flavored drink next to her, which she bought from the convenience store downstairs.
I originally wanted to try a different flavor, but later I realized that it was written on the bottle that this drink contained alcohol.
No wonder, after drinking half a bottle, she felt a little drunk and dizzy, so she fell asleep halfway through finishing the courseware.
When He Wanyi went to find her, she was startled when she pushed the door open.
Lin Meiqi's slides were being projected, and what was projected onto the screen was a picture of a cadaver's liver. It was so big that it hit her in the face and scared her.
When I looked down, I saw that Lin Meiqi had fallen asleep on the table.
He Wanyi thought about it, turned around and prepared to leave.
Lin Meiqi opened her eyes when she heard the voice, raised her head and called her: "Awan, do you have something to talk to me about?"
"It's nothing, actually. Can you go buy me some flowers?"
"Buy flowers?" Lin Meiqi rubbed her eyes, still a little confused.
"Oh, this is a way to reward myself. I just want to decorate my house. It always feels bare and boring. Last time I went to Kowloon Walled City, I saw the flower shop at the edge of your alley. I didn't buy anything because I thought it was not worth buying. I regretted it all weekend after I got home."
"What flowers would you like to buy?"
"The last time I saw them were lily of the valley, horse hoof and sheep's colored flower. I want to buy a few of them and put them at home. Paired with two yellow osmanthus flowers, it should be very beautiful! By the way, I also heard recently that there is a very rare flower that was rarely seen in Hong Kong before, but now it is also available. It is called swan grass."
Lin Meiqi had never heard of a flower called swan grass, and immediately became interested: "Where can I buy it?"
"The flower market in the south. I was thinking that if you have nothing to do, you could go with me and I'll decorate my house. Don't get me wrong, I'm not sending gifts to anyone on Valentine's Day, I'm only sending gifts to myself. But there are more flowers on this day, and there are also events going on!"
"sure."
Lin Meiqi stood up and took off her white coat, then put away the slides. "Let's go. How do we get there?"
"I'll drive."
"Wow, you have a car?"
"I just bought it. Actually I don't want to buy a car. I think riding a bicycle is good for exercising. But my mother said that driving is convenient. If she wants to live in my house, she can't carry much on a bicycle when she goes out to buy groceries. So I just bought one with her financial support. It's a Toyota Crown, which is the same model as the taxis in Hong Kong. My mother said it looks good and generous."
"It's good to have a car to drive, unlike me who doesn't even have a driver's license."
Lin Meiqi said this and went out.
"That's great. I don't have to keep hitting Sergeant's car anymore!"
The two drove to the flower market, which was not very close and was located in the suburbs.
After arriving, I found that the area is not small. Walking in from the parking lot, the view is suddenly clear. Each shop is open-air with a shed on top, and there are all kinds of flowers inside the shop. It smells so good just by smelling it.
He Wanyi loved this kind of occasion filled with bouquets of flowers.
He pulled Lin Meiqi to look at things, wanting to buy this and that, and finally bought a lot.
In addition to the things I mentioned, I also bought a lot of Crinum juncea, ivy, pink roses, and even two money trees.
Later, she couldn't hold it anymore, so she asked Lin Meiqi to hold two trees in her left and right arms.
"You bought so much, are you going to turn your house into a garden?"
"Why not? Last time I saw my friend in Yunnan, there were so many beautiful flowers there. She has a small country yard there, planted a lot of flowers, and showed me the photos she took. I was so envious! But I don't have a small yard here, so I can only put it at home to relieve my loneliness and pretend that I live in a garden!"
The two bought flowers and returned to the car and placed all of them in the trunk.
Lin Meiqi sat in the passenger seat.
"Wow, not bad, I gained a lot today."
He Wanyi clapped her hands, her hands were stained with some pollen that had accidentally dropped.
The two returned to the task force and they moved the bouquet to the office first because they were afraid that the flowers would wilt if they were kept too cozy in the trunk of the car.
Lin Meiqi went upstairs with flowers in her arms, causing everyone in the office to exclaim: "Wow, who is going to give this to a boyfriend or girlfriend? So many flowers!"
He Wanyi went upstairs holding the flowers and said disdainfully: "Who said that buying flowers is for blind dates? Don't be so narrow-minded, okay?"
Lin Meiqi glanced at the time. There were only two hours left before the end of get off work. She could just hold on for a while and it would be over.
She has classes in the evening, so the courseware needs to be prepared first.
Back at the forensic room, Lin Meiqi got busy and worked until the end of the day, just in time.
She turned off her computer, carried her small bag, and was about to help He Wanyi move the flowers downstairs when she discovered that someone in the office was already trying to please her. It was Ah Hao.
Watching Ah Hao running around, Lin Meiqi figured something out. If she thought about it carefully, he seemed to always care about He Wanyi. Did he have some feelings for He Wanyi?
I remember that once when we were on a mission, He Wanyi rushed forward and was almost scratched on the arm. Ah Hao's nervousness didn't seem like he was pretending at all.
Lin Meiqi thought to herself that she seemed to have discovered something extraordinary. Was it possible that He Wanyi didn't know about it?
Lin Meiqi went downstairs. She was short of time as she had to rush to the Police Academy to give lectures. Time was always tight.
When I got to the corridor, I saw Ah Hao carrying the money tree and running very fast. He Wanyi stopped him and said, "Hey! Be careful. If you bump into something or fall down, I won't be able to make money. Do you understand?"
"Okay, I understand."
Lin Meiqi said goodbye to them silently, reached the door, rode her bicycle and left.
These two people seem like a pair of bickering lovers. No matter what He Wanyi says, Ah Hao takes it to heart. Speaking of the serious crime squad, there is no one who is not handsome. Ah Hao is a pretty good guy and he is a good match for He Wanyi.
As Lin Meiqi thought this, she rode her bicycle away.
When they entered the classroom of the Police Academy, Lin Meiqi took a quick look and found that more and more students were coming.
After asking, I found out that a new batch of elective courses had been opened, and there were more courses to choose from.
Some people who were not selected will also come here to listen to the lectures if there is no conflict in their schedules.
Anyway, it's a police academy, so it wouldn't be a bad idea to learn an extra subject, forensics.
Lin Meiqi subconsciously glanced at the students sitting below and soon discovered Ran Tian. Wasn’t she sick before? I didn't come to class several times.
Now that it was finally here, she felt relieved for some reason.
This child is very obsessed with forensic medicine. If it is delayed because of the illness, she will probably feel guilty about it, right?
After Lin Meiqi turned on the slide projector, she pointed to a photo of the liver on the courseware and said, "Today I will teach you about the anatomy of the liver. Here are some diagrams for you to familiarize yourself with. The next picture is about the structure of the liver..."
Lin Meiqi was speaking when suddenly a student fell heavily on the table with a thud. When the people around him tried to push him, they found that he was motionless.
"Oh, teacher, someone fainted!"
Lin Meiqi was stunned and immediately stopped teaching. She walked forward and touched the student's breath with her fingers. After a moment, she breathed a sigh of relief: "It should be hypoglycemia. Who of you has candy? Give him one?"
Someone next to him took out a piece of candy from his pocket and said, "I have some here."
Lin Meiqi took the candy, unwrapped it, and stuffed the candy into the student's mouth.
After observing for a while, I found that after the candy melted in the mouth through saliva, the person slowly woke up.
The student scratched his head and asked, "What's wrong with me?"
Lin Meiqi looked at him: "Did you not eat dinner?"
The student scratched his head and said, "I...I have run out of money this month."
Lin Meiqi thought for a moment, then walked back to the podium and took out two loaves of bread from her bag. They were meant to be eaten tonight, and she placed them in front of the students: "You must eat well every day. Not eating well will affect your studies. Also, if you are short of money, I will ask if there is a shortage of interns forensic pathologists. You can go there for internship and get some money."
Lin Meiqi whispered to him, but Ran Tian still heard it.
A barely perceptible hint of jealousy flashed across Ran Tian's eyes, but it quickly disappeared.
After finishing the forensic class, I got home at 11 o'clock in the evening.
Lin Meiqi simply tidied herself up and went to bed.
The next week passed by quite long. There were no cases and I just kept dealing with past cases.
An old traffic accident case, the cause of death has always been in doubt.
Lin Meiqi took this opportunity to apply for a re-examination of the case. Before the body could be cremated, she redid the autopsy, submitted the report, and waited for the final results.
That day, Lin Meiqi came out of the forensic room and saw Ah Hao giving a bracelet to He Wanyi, saying that it was made by his sister.
However, Lin Meiqi could tell at a glance that the handicraft was woven by a careless man. It was so rough, it must be the work of Ah Hao himself, right?
He Wanyi was unaware of this, so she took the bracelet and put it on her arm, saying, "Thank your sister for me!"
He made it up himself but didn't say it directly. Why would a grown man be shy about it?
Lin Meiqi thought so and walked to the water dispenser to get some water. Suddenly, the phone rang and Charlie Feng strode forward to answer the phone.
Lin Meiqi had a bad feeling.
Normally, the police station would make quite a few calls to the Serious Crime Unit. For example, last week there were many things asking the Serious Crime Unit for help. However, this call gave her a vague intuition.
As expected, after hanging up the phone, Feng Charlie ordered everyone: "Let's go, there is a case on Tangliwai Street. The case is a bit strange, let's talk about it when we get to the scene."
Lin Meiqi quickly put on her white coat, picked up the autopsy box, and followed Feng Charlie and the others.
She got into He Wanyi's car and quickly arrived at the scene.
The crime scene was in the corridor outside the victim's home. A young girl was lying flat on the ground with her throat cut by a knife. Red blood was flowing under her body.
At first glance, it should be a fatal injury.
But the strangest thing at the scene was the posture of the deceased. Her lips were half open, with a rose placed inside. The bright red rose was full of vitality, like a fresh flower that had just been picked, but now it was placed in the mouth of a withered girl.
One can't help but wonder if this is a kind of bad taste of the murderer?
Lin Meiqi frowned, squatted down and examined the scene.
There were no other fresh wounds on the woman's body, only two old wounds, such as the one she had accidentally fallen on her knees a long time ago, and the wounds had traces of stitches.
Lin Meiqi confirmed it and said to Feng Charlie, "It was a slit throat, but the way he died was too strange. The bouquet of flowers in his mouth seemed to indicate that the murderer had ulterior motives."
Another police officer wondered: "The red roses, could it be related to the murder of passion?"
An old lady from the neighborhood stuck her head out and it was she who called the police.
When she went out to buy groceries in the morning, she found the woman lying in the corridor. She was scared to death and almost had a heart attack.
He went home and took some medicine sublingually, and after he felt better, he was led out by his granddaughter.
The old woman stepped forward tremblingly and said, "Recently, someone has been sending flowers to this woman! They are red roses. I saw roses in different packages were always placed at her door, and I wondered if someone was pursuing her. The boy who sent the flowers never showed up, but he was very attentive and persistent. At that time, I told my family that if I had the chance to see him, I would help him talk to him, and maybe it would promote a marriage! But I didn't expect this to happen."
Her granddaughter was supporting her, also with a serious face: "Sir, Madam, please find the murderer as soon as possible. Otherwise, this murder happened in the corridor, it's too terrible! All of us who work and go to school will be affected. By the way, you have to check first to see if it was done by someone in this building?"
There is always a bouquet of red roses at the door...
Lin Meiqi's heart skipped a beat.
At the same time, Charlie Feng also looked at her. He knew that someone had sent flowers to Lin Meiqi.
Lin Meiqi thought, the white lily, without a name, had been sent many times, how come it was so similar to this case?
Although the types of bouquets sent were different, it cannot be ruled out that the murderer sent ordinary bouquets to different types of women.
Charlie Feng said seriously, "Don't live in Kowloon Walled City anymore. It's too dangerous."
Lin Meiqi shook her head: "If necessary, I will leave. However, if there is no clue, I live there, which can be a way to lure him out. Besides, it is not certain whether these two things are related."
Lin Meiqi thought to herself, even if both incidents were committed by the same person, then he should show up, right?
I waited for that man in black for so long, but he disappeared without a trace recently.
She was so curious and had wanted to catch that man for a long time, so she would never let go of this opportunity.
Charlie Feng and other police officers found a razor blade nearby. It was thrown under a dusty carpet at the end of the corridor.
There were some bloodstains on the head of the blade, so I put it in an evidence bag and took it back for testing.
If it matches the victim's blood, then it is the murder weapon.
However, no fingerprints were found at first glance, so the murderer must have been wearing gloves.
"It seems that the murderer may not be a murder of passion," said Lin Meiqi.
"You mean the murderer was well prepared and wore gloves, and it wasn't a crime of passion?" asked Charlie Feng.
Lin Meiqi nodded: "It is unlikely that he would suddenly attack and kill someone because of emotional injury. It should be premeditated. And there is another possibility that the act of placing flowers is to lead us to the idea of emotional murder. Continuously sending flowers to the victim is also to make the neighbors misjudge his motives."
The police officer next to him nodded: "That makes sense."
Feng Charlie asked the old woman, "Grandma, what is the victim's job? Do you have much contact with her? Does she have anyone close to her?"
The granddaughter next to the old lady answered quickly, "I know everything! The victim's name is Pang Amei, and she's a bus driver. The reason I know her name is because her bus route happens to pass by here, and I sometimes take her bus. The driver's name is marked on the front of the bus, so I know it. But I call her Sister Amei. We usually meet on the bus. When I see her, I say hello, but that's it. We don't interact much. She lives and works here alone, and she doesn't have many friends. But two months ago, she had a boyfriend, and they were talking about getting married, but I don't know why they broke up in the end. I heard her and her boyfriend quarreling in the room often, and the noise was too loud."
The old lady nodded and said, "They were still making noise when I was asleep late at night. My granddaughter even knocked on their door and asked them to keep their voices down."
"Where are the victim's parents?"
"Her parents work in other places and don't seem to care much about their daughter. One time, Sister Mei was on the phone in the corridor and I heard her talking. It seemed like she wanted her to get married quickly so that she could get a dowry to support her parents. It seems that her family is not doing well."
With a creak, another door opened.
Another neighbor came over, covered one eye with his fingers, and dared not look at the body, but also reported the situation to the police.
"That woman had an argument with the owner of a small stall selling sweet soup downstairs a few days ago. It was such a fierce argument! She said she wanted to disrupt the business of the stall owner and make him unable to sell a bowl of sweet soup. Whenever a customer came, she would say that the sweet soup would cause diarrhea and that there were dirty additives in it. The owner had no business for a few days because of her interference, and he pushed his cart elsewhere. But before he left, I heard him say that he would never let Pang Amei go and would teach her a lesson."
"What you said doesn't seem to have anything to do with her putting flowers in her mouth." A police officer was confused.
The middle-aged woman explained, "The murderer may not necessarily be the former suitor! Since the stall owner saw someone giving flowers to Pang Amei, is it possible that he wanted to teach her a lesson, and after accidentally killing her, he wanted to put the blame on someone else, so he put a rose in her mouth? From this perspective, it is also possible."
"Thank you for the clues you provided." Lin Meiqi said.
The crowd asked some neighbors upstairs and downstairs who had met the victim, and asked some owners of shops that Pang Amei often visited, and learned some information about the relationships around the victim.
The victim has a violent personality, but he hates evil and has to argue it out when he encounters injustice.
This may be related to the family oppression she suffered in her childhood, so she is resentful of many injustices and is more willing to stand up.
Although Pang Amei has not had contact with many people on this list, there are many with whom she has conflicts.
Sometimes she doesn't just protect her own interests, she will also intervene when her neighbors are cheated or their children are beaten.
From this perspective, everyone on the list has a motive and needs to be investigated one by one.
Of course, the first person to suspect is Pang Amei’s ex-boyfriend.
Why did they suddenly cancel the wedding when the engagement ceremony had already been completed? It seems a bit unreasonable. Something must have happened.
Feng Charlie dispatched police officers to quickly find the address of the victim Pang Amei's ex-boyfriend. The man's name was Tong Tong, and he lived not far away, just two streets away.
This situation is a bit special. Generally, if there is a big conflict between the exes, they will definitely stop contacting each other for fear of running into each other if they live close to each other.
That's great, is there any other reason?
"Since we're close, let's go together!"
Charlie Feng decided to walk to Pang Amei's ex-boyfriend's house with Lin Meiqi.
Tong Tong's job is very special. He sells insurance, so he doesn't need to work in the office and spends a lot of time outside.
If you can’t make an order, just stay at home.
Because they didn't know whether the victim's ex-boyfriend Tong Tong had gone out, the police had to guard his door.
I knocked on the door for a long time but no one opened it, so I thought the person had gone out to collect orders. Who knew that it would take 20 minutes before someone opened the door, looking sleepy.
It turned out that he didn't hear the police knocking on the door at all. They knocked so loudly and he was sleeping so soundly.
Seeing the police coming, Tong Tong was puzzled: "I didn't commit insurance fraud, and I didn't trick others into buying insurance. Who is complaining about this?"
"It's not because of the insurance you sell. Besides, as long as you sell legitimate products, we can't do anything about it."
The man opened the door and invited the police in.
He sat down on the sofa and asked, "Sir, why are you here?"
Feng Charlie told Tong Tong that Pang Amei was murdered by slitting her throat.
Tong Tong's pupils widened: "How could it be? She was fine two days ago!"
"Didn't you break up?" Lin Meiqi questioned him, "Why did you meet two days ago?"
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