Chapter 215 Police Officer's Suspect
Qiu Huo's movements were decisive and his stance was also decisive.
His soft palms were unexpectedly burned, but Qiu turned on the faucet again and washed the vegetables with a calm and composed manner.
If Lin Zhi was a little thin-skinned, he wouldn't be able to stand still.
However, Lin Zhi has never been a person who would back down. In fact, he doesn't feel embarrassed and he is always calm about such things.
The young man's slender fingers stroked, and under the light it looked like a pleasing work of art, making the object in his hand look even uglier and more hideous.
The sharp contrast almost reaches its extreme, giving people an absolute impact on the senses.
Qiu Huo was almost doing three things at once, mechanically cleaning the fruits and vegetables with his hands while thinking about the case in his mind.
Because of Lin Zhi's information, he also told Lin Zhi about the strangeness on Ma Xide's body and the scales of sea fish found in the seams of Ma Xide's clothes.
There are not many of that kind of sea fish sold locally. They are usually canned and sold. The fish processing factory where the neighbor, Xu Gaolan, works, produces this kind of canned food.
"We assume that Xu Gaolan is the murderer. From the current situation, Ma Xide came to her house for some reason on the night of the 20th, and they had an argument and were killed by her. Then Zhang Liansheng went home from the party. They had a bad relationship and had no children. After the eldest sister abandoned the body, the rope that tied the body to the stone was untied by Zhang Liansheng, and all of this was seen by the serial killer."
Qiu Huo's voice was not coherent and he would occasionally pause before continuing.
His eyebrows were slightly lowered, revealing some hidden impatience.
He continued to analyze that Xu Gaolan suddenly bought gold earrings and gold bracelets, which seemed like she had gained a fortune, perhaps recovering a debt from Ma Xide.
It sounds like it's fine, but Qiu knows it's not true.
If Ma Xide came to repay the money, how could the two of them have an argument, even to the point where it was irreparable.
Furthermore, they had already checked Ma Xide's property status. All of Ma Xide's money was used to pay medical bills, leaving only some basic money for food and clothing. He had no money at all for Xu Gaolan to buy gold.
"I also agree with you about the gold. Based on my observation and family background, even if the eldest sister wanted to collect the debt, how could she be willing to spend so much money? She is the kind of person who would not even throw away her torn shoes for repair. I tend to think that she was stimulated by some kind of revenge spending, and the money was related to her husband Zhang Liansheng."
Lin Zhi's thumb deliberately rubbed hard, feeling Qiu Huo's tenseness, with a smile in his voice.
"Although these are just fantasies, if we can find evidence that the deceased is connected to the couple next door, perhaps many things can be answered."
Lin Zhi opened his hands in the sunlight, and his fingers were smeared with the flowing mucus, making them shiny, as if covered with a layer of transparent film.
"My hands hurt. If this continues, the tenosynovitis will relapse."
Lin Zhi rubbed his wrists, not minding the dirt on his hands at all.
His right wrist was rubbed red, and the small black mole in the middle was also smeared.
"Officer, please move aside. I need to wash my hands. They smell like you."
Lin Zhi lowered his head and sniffed, but there was actually no smell, because he had stopped before the end.
Lin Zhi only cared about his own fun. He would do anything he found interesting and had no intention of putting in any effort.
What's more, he was just teasing Qiu Huo according to the situation. With Qiu Huo's patience, his tendonitis attack would become a reality.
Qiu Huo didn't move aside, so Lin Zhi turned around and went to the bathroom.
Qiu Huo didn't pull him, and calmly mixed the meat slices in the bowl and let them marinate, then carefully cleaned his hands with detergent.
Lin Zhi was washing the foam off her hands when she was pressed onto the sink.
Qiu Huo held his hands and helped him wash the hand sanitizer off their hands.
Qiu Huo's hands were not soft, but rather rough. There were thick gun calluses on his knuckles and some small scars on his hands. His palms were large enough to hold Lin Zhi's hands.
"The meal will be ready in twenty minutes, but it doesn't matter if you delay a bit. Cooking is quick after all."
Qiu was explaining the current situation in a tone as if he was reading the rules outside an interrogation room.
"Hold on."
Qiu Huo pressed Lin Zhi's hand on the square washbasin, and his eyes met with the young man in the mirror.
It is summer now, and the mirror surface will not fog up due to the water temperature, and the cuddling figures will be clearly reflected.
And in a place that is closer than the chest and back and cannot be reflected by the mirror, Qiu Huo put one hand around Lin Zhi's waist and touched his lips with the other hand to admire them.
The tall man was like a beast in the jungle, full of danger.
Lin Zhi looked in the mirror, her body unsteady because of Qiu.
Qiu Huo was like he was counting on a stopwatch. When the rice was cooked, he casually wiped it with Lin Zhi's shirt and stood up straight.
Lin Zhi turned on the faucet and soaked his hands in the cool water to dispel some of the summer heat.
"Dinner will be served soon."
Qiu Huo bent down and kissed the back of Lin Zhi's neck. He narrowed his eyes and kissed her again, leaving a shallow tooth mark on it before leaving.
Lin Zhi moved his stiff legs and turned on the water in the shower.
The thick, soaked cloth quickly became damp and cold as it flowed down, so Lin Zhi deliberately lowered the water temperature and took a shower.
I should go to the drugstore and buy some ointment. I feel like my skin is rubbed off.
After Lin Zhi returned to the bedroom in her bathrobe and changed into clean clothes, Qiu Huo just brought the dishes to the table.
The meat was marinated for twenty minutes until it was well-seasoned. After Lin Zhi had eaten her fill, she lazily leaned back on the sofa while Qiu Huo cleared the dishes and went to wash them.
Because Qiu would come over at noon, Lin Zhi reduced the frequency of taking medicine and only took it before going to bed.
After taking the medicine, his emotions will be suppressed and he will feel sleepy involuntarily. If he didn't have to stabilize his emotions, Lin Zhi would not take the medicine at night. He doesn't like to be unconscious. Even if 01 will remind him, the feeling is different after all.
Lin Zhi leaned on the sofa and looked at Qiu Huo. This was the healthiest and most normal-looking fragment he had ever met. Was it because of his profession?
However, Lin Zhi soon discovered that it was not that healthy and normal.
Qiu Huo had sleep disorders, which Lin Zhi had always known. However, because Qiu Huo did not stay for long at night, and only for a short period of time in the afternoon, Lin Zhi was not very clear about how his illness occurred. Now he can see it more clearly.
Qiu Huo leaned on the sofa, and Lin Zhi could feel the tiredness coming from him.
His eyes were a little bloodshot, and he was trying to fall asleep as he rubbed his brows and pretended to sleep, but after more than ten minutes, his brows were still furrowed and he was rubbing his solar plexus.
"Would you like to take a break?"
Lin Zhi looked at Qiu Huo and patted his thigh in signal.
The young man shrouded in the afternoon sun is like a tranquil lake that can embrace all incomplete souls and become their home.
Hatred or looking, some can't take their eyes off.
This feeling was different from an invitation to kiss. It was plain and cozy, even warm, and reminded him of the memories of home that he had long cherished.
Qiu Huo thought for too long, so long that when Lin Zhi thought he was going to refuse, he sat over.
They had clearly done more intimate things before, but his movements seemed a little stiff.
Sometimes a certain opposite law is particularly accurate. Innocent people will feel ashamed when facing desires, while people who are open to desires will be at a loss when facing innocence.
When lying down, he may have subconsciously covered his eyes with the back of his hand, perhaps to block the glaring sunlight, or to avoid being seen by others.
The soft knee pillow and the sweet fragrance of the young man's body gently wrapped around people like the fragrance of flowers, mixed with the warm smell of the sun, making the hatred and fatigue overflow.
In a daze, he felt the young man's gaze on him, and his thoughts seemed to be caught in a cotton-like spider web, falling peacefully.
Qiu Huo slept very deeply. He hadn't had such a good sleep for a long time. It seemed that all his energy was replenished. Therefore, when he saw that it was already five o'clock in the afternoon, he was not too annoyed.
There was no call on my cell phone, and there is no new information from the bureau yet.
The nature of Ma Xide's work and his debt situation determine that his social relationships are complicated after all, and screening out possible candidates among them is a huge task.
Qiu Huo simply gave Lin Zhi a bowl of noodles. Although he knew that Lin Zhi didn't eat much dinner, he still frowned when he saw that he only ate half a bowl of noodles.
Qiu Huo did not waste any food. He took Lin Zhi's bowl and finished the remaining food in no time. After washing the bowl, he told Lin Zhi not to run around.
Lin Zhi looked at him with a smile but did not answer.
Qiu Huo started checking the surveillance footage after returning to the police station. The technology was not that advanced at that time. Although there was Skynet, many premeditated murderers were very cunning and most of the time they could only use stupid methods.
Originally, we only needed to check the surveillance in the apartment lobby to know whether Ma Xide came in on the night of the 20th, but the surveillance in the apartment building broke down on the 19th.
Moreover, Xiao Zheng had no impression of Ma Xide that day. He only paid attention to the person suspected to be the murderer. Ma Xide had nothing to do with the profile of a serial killer.
In order to investigate the case on the night of the 14th, they also specially adjusted the surveillance, and the surveillance was still normal at that time.
The more cases you handle, the less you believe in coincidences. Qiu or others may draw a few lines and ask the team members to check the surveillance.
"Boss, this seems to be Ma Xide, but it's so strange, he disappeared in the next section when we took the photo at this section, and then he appeared in the next section."
Zhu Changdong zoomed in on the surveillance footage and pointed at the person on the screen.
They were originally checking other sections of the road because the population near the river was densely populated, but the boss called and asked them to check an area first, so they naturally did so. Unexpectedly, they actually found Ma Xide's trace.
Judging from his clothes, it was indeed Ma Xide.
In the surveillance video, Ma Xide was wearing a hat, but it was not found at the scene where the body was abandoned. It may have sunk to the bottom of the river or fell at the crime scene.
Wei Yunjun said confidently: "He saw the surveillance and he is hiding from it."
The scene in which Ma Xide looked up at the surveillance camera, then pressed his hat and left in a hurry was very familiar to the police officers on duty.
This usually happens to suspects of crimes who do not want to be captured by surveillance.
"What do you mean? Did he want to do something bad? Did he want to steal or rob? And he was accidentally killed by someone?"
Zhou Erhe made an assumption that Ma Xide was short of money and was likely to take risks for the child's surgery fees.
Qiu Huo thought about the broken surveillance camera in the building and became thoughtful.
If it was for money, why did they choose the home of a junior high school teacher and a factory worker? If it was really robbery or theft, why didn't Xu Gaolan say anything?
Ma Xide showed up on the street near Lin Zhi's apartment at 9:52. Lin Zhi heard the unusual movement at 10:20, and the movement had already occurred for a while.
Qiu Huo opened the map and drew several streets with red lines. This was the main road from Lin Zhi's apartment to the place where corpses were dumped.
"Pay attention to the surveillance cameras on these roads, start watching from 10:30, and call a few more people to join us."
Qiu may be inclined to believe that the murderer dumped the body after one o'clock. According to the situation in the vicinity, there would be few people on the street after one o'clock, but to be on the safe side, they started after half past ten.
Qiu Huo didn't continue watching, he went to the hospital where Ma Xide's son was.
Ma Xide’s parents did not come as they were too old. It was Ma Xide’s brother who came.
The nurse said somewhat unhappily that they asked the hospital if there was euthanasia, and that they could choose not to treat the patient if they couldn't afford it, but how could they ask that?
Qiu Huo stood outside the ward, looking at the child with his eyes closed, and sighed softly.
The doctor urged Ma Xide to undergo surgery as soon as possible so that his son would have a higher chance of survival. Ma Xide left the hospital on the night the accident happened.
As he stands here and looks at the child, does he know that he will never come back?
If the resident of Room 603 is really the murderer, then how do they know each other?
Although there are clues provided by Lin Zhi, there is still a lack of clear evidence pointing to 603, so even if Qiu Huo has suspicions, he cannot investigate directly and still has to start from Ma Xide.
Looking at the whole thing, Qiu felt that Zhang Liansheng was more suspicious than Xu Gaolan, who was the most likely murderer.
Qiu Huo has been handling cases for several years and knows a lot about things in the area. The time for evening self-study in the nearby junior high school is 9 o'clock, and the school gate will close at 9:30 at the latest.
He had noticed when watching surveillance and following them that the couple's life trajectory was very regular.
Zhang Liansheng would walk into the apartment building at around 9:50 every day, and it took about fifteen minutes to walk from school.
But on the 20th, he unusually attended an activity that he never usually attended, and even went to sing karaoke after the dinner.
It was time for him to enter the house, but Ma Xide appeared nearby.
Ma Xide obviously went prepared. He was not at work that night, and he precisely chose a time when the male owner was not at home. Even if it was a theft or robbery, it would not have been such a coincidence.
Qiu may remember that 603 moved into the apartment last year. Where did they live before? Could there be a connection between them?
However, things have returned to the starting point. He cannot investigate for the time being, but it should be no problem for him to ask his neighbors as an ordinary citizen.
Qiu Huo drove back to Lin Zhi's apartment from the hospital and switched shifts with Xiao Zheng.
Xiao Zheng was a little surprised, but of course he was happy to be able to leave work early, so he left happily.
Qiu looked at his watch and saw that the time was nine-fifty.
Zhang Liansheng had already appeared at the door of the apartment. Qiu Huo got out of the car and walked in.
The elevator is on the 13th floor and it will take some time to come down.
Qiu or greets someone: "What a coincidence, we meet again."
Zhang Liansheng was somewhat surprised that this young man, who seemed difficult to mess with, took the initiative to greet him again and nodded in acknowledgement.
He stared at the elevator numbers and didn't seem to want to talk more.
"You're off work so early today?"
Revenge or greeting, in response to the encounter this morning.
Zhang Liansheng nodded again, as if he wanted to remain silent to the end.
The elevator door opened and Qiu Huo followed Zhang Liansheng in.
A confined space forces one to pay attention to the people around them, and the living space seems to be squeezed, making Zhang Liansheng feel a little breathless.
"Brother, be careful when you go out recently, especially people like you who get off work late. You know the floating corpse in the river a few days ago? I heard that the murderer is in our area."
The tall young man reminded in a low voice. Zhang Liansheng clenched his hands around the bag, and a shadow behind him seemed to be rising and covering him.
Zhang Liansheng nodded slightly stiffly, the elevator door opened, and he walked out at a slightly quick pace.
The cell phone rang suddenly, and the key in Zhang Liansheng's hand shook.
Qiu Huo picked up the phone, heard the excited words on the other end, and responded with a smile.
“Send me the picture.”
They saw a fleeting shadow in the existing surveillance. Wei Yunjun went to that section of the road and specifically asked for clearer camera surveillance footage. Someone passed by on an electric scooter at around 2 o'clock. The person on the back seat of the scooter was wearing exactly the same clothes as Ma Xide.
In other words, that was Ma Xide's body.
The picture was quickly sent to Qiu Huo's mobile phone, and Qiu Huo clicked on it to enlarge it.
The man carrying the body was a male, and although he was not wearing his trademark suit, his hair and glasses gave him away.
The key was inserted and turned, and with a creak, the door of 603 opened and quickly closed.
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