Chapter 62 Red Spider Lily 01
Donglan City, East District.
Time flies, and the city has entered the end of summer. It is an ordinary summer morning. The sky begins to brighten before six o'clock, and then the sun rises, and the weather is sunny.
It had rained heavily last evening, leaving some water stagnant along the roadside. Cicadas chirped in the grass. Then, human voices began to appear: footsteps, voices, and the thud of cars rolling over a puddle.
The first people to get up in this city are probably the workers, sanitation workers, newspaper delivery workers, and milkmen.
Song Qiqiao is a milkman in her forties. Her work is a hard-earned job. Every morning at 5:30, she picks up milk from the dairy on her bicycle and begins delivering it door to door. This usually takes several hours, until around 8:00.
This morning, she set out early. Not long after, the sun rose and the temperature rose, and a thin layer of sweat appeared on her head.
Song Qiqiao is in charge of a large area in the east of the city, which is full of villas. The houses are far apart and the customers are picky.
Even in the scorching heat, she never took a break, delivering milk door to door. It was physically demanding work that required patience and meticulousness, as each household's milk order often differed, and she couldn't make the wrong delivery.
At seven o'clock in the morning, Song Qiqiao rushed to a luxurious single-family villa, opened the milk box, and prepared to put the milk in, but then her hand stopped.
Song Qiqiao looked carefully and found that the two bottles of milk from yesterday were still in the same state as she had placed them.
If I don't collect the milk for a day in such hot weather, I'm afraid the milk would have gone bad long ago.
Song Qiqiao frowned.
She still remembered that the hostess who ordered milk was an old customer of their family. She had been delivering milk here for three years and this situation had never happened before.
Song Qiqiao searched the milk box from top to bottom, but there was no note or message. No one on WeChat told her that they were going on a business trip or had any special circumstances.
She hesitated for a moment and decided that she should not get involved. Firstly, she didn't have much time left, and secondly, the hostess of the house was extremely picky and not easy to get along with.
Once on the road, Song Qiqiao's car broke down and she arrived ten minutes late. The hostess came out and started scolding her.
She seemed to have a lot of anger that she wanted to vent towards her.
The hostess was very pretty and wore designer clothes, but no matter how beautiful her face and figure were, she looked disgusting when she said those words.
Thinking of this, Song Qiqiao took out yesterday's stale milk, put in new milk, locked the milk box, turned around and got in the car to leave.
For some unknown reason, she turned around and looked at the villa, and suddenly remembered some urban legends about this place.
Song Qiqiao felt a cold wind blowing, and the sky seemed to darken.
Then she noticed that there was a large floor-to-ceiling window on the outside of the villa. The curtains would usually be opened in the morning, but now the curtains were not opened. Instead, a little orange light came through from inside.
It was night and the lights were still on.
The scene before him was obviously abnormal.
Song Qiqiao's heart was pounding. Two voices appeared in her mind. One voice told her not to meddle in other people's business and leave as soon as possible. The other voice said that if something happened to this family...
In the end, she still couldn't get over the hurdle of her conscience.
Song Qiqiao decided to go and see for herself what was going on in this house.
She didn't call anyone or notify the community security, but walked around the villa by herself.
There was a bathroom at the back of the villa. The blinds were not pulled down all the way, leaving a small gap. The light was on inside, emitting a pale white light.
Song Qiqiao stepped on a stone and climbed up, then leaned over the wall and took a look inside.
With the help of the light, she saw that it was an ordinary restroom inside, and the bathroom was outside. There seemed to be something moving in the bathtub...
What kind of living thing was that? A large black mass landed on the objects in the large bathtub in the bathroom and kept moving.
Song Qiqiao frowned, and when she saw clearly what was in the bathtub, her eyes widened in surprise for a moment.
It was a monster, covered in black flying insects. Its body was covered in white, it had no clothes, and it had countless heads. Its hair was a tangled mess like tangled seaweed, and its arms and legs were tangled together like tree roots...
Beneath its body, there were many bright red bloodstains. It could even be said that the monster was completely immersed in blood...
She looked at the scene in disbelief, cold sweat instantly broke out on her back and her whole body was shaking.
Song Qiqiao took two steps back and slumped down against a nearby plant. It took her several seconds to process what she had just seen. She let out a scream and stumbled out of the backyard flowers...
Donglan Municipal Bureau in the early morning.
Luo Siwei arrived at around six o'clock today. She first went to the training ground behind the Municipal Bureau.
Director Chen hopes that the police officers will strengthen their physical training, so he opened an open-air venue behind the Municipal Bureau, which has a basketball court, volleyball courts and some basic fitness facilities.
In the morning, some young police officers were exercising and some were playing ball on the court.
After doing some basic stretching, Luo Siwei started running around the small playground two hundred meters behind.
She was running in circles when she saw a few people approaching the square. Luo Siwei recognized Huo Cunsheng, with his beer belly, standing with his hands on his hips, as if he were a leader on an inspection tour. Then, Guo Zhengyao also walked over.
Ever since Luo Siwei came to the Municipal Bureau, he has been going out early and coming back late every day, full of energy.
Whether it is physical training or solving cases, he is always on the front line.
The captain worked so hard that the team members felt embarrassed to just sit back and do nothing. Even the veteran Huo Cunsheng couldn't help but feel that if he didn't work harder, he would be dragging down the entire criminal investigation team.
Guo Zhengyao had also gotten up early today, wearing a simple sports T-shirt. When he came over, he saw Huo Cunsheng already standing next to the track. He walked over and asked, "Old Huo, how's Captain Luo's speed?"
Huo Cunsheng had been standing here for a while, even checking his watch. He glanced down at the time when he heard the question and commented, "Your physical strength and endurance are both pretty good. You can run a thousand meters in under four minutes."
Guo Zhengyao nodded and whispered, "Not bad." This result is not bad among boys.
Just as the two of them were talking about this, they saw Luo Siwei running towards them. She greeted them calmly, "Good morning, are you all here to exercise?"
"Uh..." Huo Cunsheng was speechless, then laughed, "The air is nice this morning."
Guo Zhengyao responded quickly and patted Huo Cunsheng on the shoulder: "Isn't the mid-year assessment coming up soon? I made an appointment with Old Huo to come over for exercise and run 2,000 meters." After saying that, he rushed out, as if he wanted to compete with Luo Siwei.
Luo Siwei is a person who becomes stronger when facing a stronger opponent. Seeing that he was running fast, he also started to speed up.
"Wait...I..." Huo Cunsheng stretched out his hand, looked at the two leaders running out, hesitated for a moment before following them out and joining the morning jogging.
After running, Luo Siwei took a quick shower and went to the locker room to change clothes.
She came out drying her hair and saw Guo Zhengyao coming out of the men's locker room. Guo Zhengyao had changed his shirt, his hair was still wet, and he had just finished running, his chest muscles were eye-catching.
Luo Siwei asked him, "Where's Lao Huo?"
Guo Zhengyao pointed to the playground: "Maybe we haven't finished the 800-meter run yet..."
Luo Siwei: "..." She instructed Guo Zhengyao, "You should encourage him to do more physical exercises in the future."
The two people arrived at the office. There were still ten minutes before work time, but most people in the office had already arrived.
Luo Siwei picked up the report summary, walked to Chi Li's office door and knocked. Chi Li called out to come in, so she walked in and put the summary on Chi Li's desk.
Chi Li pointed to the steamed buns beside him and said, "I brought you breakfast."
Luo Siwei said without hesitation: "Thank you, Captain Chi. How did you know I like to eat the buns from this restaurant?"
Chi Li looked up and explained seriously, "The last time I took you to investigate a case, we passed by this bun shop on the way, and your eyes shifted, accompanied by a reflex swallowing movement."
Luo Siwei: “…” Regretted asking this question.
Seeing her frozen, Chi Li smiled faintly and said to her, "It's okay, it's quite cute."
Luo Siwei blushed slightly and said hurriedly: "Then I'll go back first."
She went to the lounge to eat the buns, and when she returned to the office and just turned on the computer to start work, the phone on Ni Xiang's desk rang.
Everyone's eyes were focused on the phone. The phone ringing at this time was most likely a call to the police.
Sure enough, Ni Xiang picked up the phone and listened for two minutes before putting it down with a serious expression: "Captain Luo, the police have been called. I'll have them send the exact location."
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone's cell phones rang with a notification that the crime scene was Liyuwan Community in Donglan East City.
Shen Qing said: "That's Donglan's famous wealthy area."
Guo Zhengyao did not dare to delay and hurriedly called on the team to prepare to go out on duty.
The others quickly gathered, and as a group was going downstairs, they saw Huo Cunsheng gasping for breath, coughing and wheezing as he entered the office.
Guo Zhengyao said: "Let's go, send the police!"
Huo Cunsheng wiped the sweat from his head. The few strands of hair on his head were wet and tangled into clumps. “I haven’t showered yet.”
Guo Zhengyao pulled him back: "It's too late, just make do with it."
"Wait, let me get a cell phone..." Huo Cunsheng struggled to free his hand and picked up an old police bag on the table.
Guo Zhengyao glanced back at his sweat-soaked back and remembered Luo Siwei's advice: "Old Huo, you need to work on your physical fitness."
After going downstairs, Luo Siwei and Ni Xiang had already gotten into a seven-seater police car. Shen Qing was driving and Tang Xi was sitting in the passenger seat. Seeing that there were still a few seats in the car, Huo Cunsheng wanted to climb up.
Guo Zhengyao grabbed him and reminded him, "Go get in the police car at the back."
Huo Cunsheng frowned, his face full of grievance: "Captain Guo, do you dislike me?" He lowered his voice, "This smell of sweat on me is a work injury!"
"Your kindness is misunderstood." Guo Zhengyao looked back at him. "That car has plenty of air conditioning. How about we trade it?"
Huo Cunsheng then smiled and ran happily to another police car: "No need, no need. Captain Guo is still the most thoughtful one."
Several people got into the car, Shen Qing started it quickly, stepped on the accelerator and drove towards the east of the city.
As the team secretary, Ni Xiang opened the tablet computer and reported the relevant information of the alarm to several people.
"The case occurred in the Liyuwan Villa area in the east of the city. The call was received this morning. The initial caller was a nearby milkman who noticed his milk hadn't been collected and felt something was amiss. Community security and detectives from the precinct arrived and discovered two bodies in the bathroom. The responding officer said the bodies were stacked on top of each other, swollen and decomposed. The precinct's medical examiner didn't dare to move, waiting for us to arrive."
Guo Zhengyao spoke faster than he could think. After hearing this, he raised his eyebrows and said, "Those from the branch are..."
He was about to say that it was useless, but when he looked up and saw Luo Siwei's eyes looking at him, and then he remembered that there were several police officers transferred from the precinct sitting in the car, he changed his mind and changed his evaluation to "Cautious."
Luo Siwei continued to ask Ni Xiang: "Has the identity of the deceased been confirmed?"
Ni Xiang looked at the information again. "One of the deceased that we can confirm so far is the female owner of this villa, named Zhou Zitu, and the male owner is named Zheng Wanshan. Zhou Zitu used to be Zheng Wanshan's assistant in her early years. After marrying Zheng Wanshan, she stopped working outside. She gave birth to a daughter for Zheng Wanshan and lived with her daughter in this villa."
Luo Siwei asked, "Is my husband a suspect?"
Ni Xiang said, "Zheng Wanshan said he's been on a business trip these past few days and is still out of town. The branch office and the community have already notified him."
At this point, Ni Xiang remembered something and raised her head. "The police officer who answered the phone said that the milkman who first called the police mentioned a word..."
She was really impressed by the word.
Luo Siwei asked: "What did the person who called the police say?"
Usually, the person who calls the police is the first to experience the scene, and her intuitive feelings may contain important information.
“Monster…” Ni Xiang repeated herself, fearing they might not understand. “She said, ‘There’s a monster in the bathroom.’”
Several police officers were materialists and didn't quite understand what this meant, so they frowned.
The crime scene was not far from the municipal police station, and the police car was parked in the yard of the villa area.
The first to arrive were the detectives from the Fifth Precinct, followed by security and property management. A cordon was set up at the entrance, and the scene was secured.
Luo Siwei asked Guo Zhengyao to take people to take over. She put on disposable gloves and shoe covers, lifted the yellow cordon and walked in. As soon as she entered the villa, she smelled a strong smell of blood mixed with the stench of corpses.
The decoration of this villa is very luxurious. The hall has a five-meter high ceiling and a whole marble background wall with decorative paintings bought at an auction.
The two walked to the door of the bathroom, being careful not to disturb the traces on the ground.
Shen Qing was one step ahead of them. He looked inside the bathroom, turned around, covered his mouth, and rushed out.
Luo Siwei took a few steps forward and looked down at the body in the bathtub. Even though she had been through many battles and had seen many terrible scenes, Luo Siwei still felt a little uncomfortable.
Ni Xiang also exclaimed when she saw the scene in front of her.
They finally understood why the person who called the police said there was a monster in the bathroom.
Soaking in the blood in the bathtub were two bodies that had been simply dismembered. The one on top was the hostess, and the one stacked underneath was the child's. The deceased's limbs had been cut off with a bone saw and thrown in the bathtub at random. The twisted limbs were coiled together, like a Barbie doll with its limbs twisted off.
Because the body had been dead for some time, it was swollen due to water bubbles, and there were flies flying around, blocking the view.
At first glance, it looked like there was a monster with two heads, multiple legs and arms lying in the bathtub.
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