The Headless and Dismembered Corpse Case (IV)
Gu Fang didn't believe that a person could disappear out of thin air. Even Monkey King would leave traces.
The hotel's surveillance footage was watched frame by frame, and Xueying was discovered in disguise. Xueying left the hotel at 5:05 pm on the 19th and took a taxi.
The police found the taxi driver by following the license plate number. The driver was impressed by Xueying's generosity and said that Xueying got off the taxi at the Xingfu Welfare Home.
Gu Fang immediately rushed to the welfare home. The director of the welfare home looked at Xueying's photo and said, "She grew up in our welfare home. She has been supporting the welfare home over the past few years. Whenever she has time, she will come back to visit."
Gu Fang didn't expect Xueying to be from Nanfu. "Isn't she adopted?"
The director shook his head, "She was abandoned by her mother at the door of the orphanage when she was 3 years old. She always believed that her mother would come back to find her. Every time someone came to adopt her, she would hide away. Even when she grew up, her mother still didn't come.
The institution has a rule that children over the age of 18 must leave the orphanage. Yingying left a letter and passed away when she was 18 years old. The next time I heard about her was on TV. She became Xueying, and then I received donations from her. ”
"On the 19th, what time did Xueying leave?"
"She came very late that day, almost six o'clock. She helped in the kitchen to cook dinner and feed the children. After that, she chatted with me for a while. It was nine o'clock when she left."
"How did she leave?"
"Take a taxi. I watched her leave."
"Do you remember the license plate number?"
The dean shook his head. “I didn’t pay attention. I just remember it was a yellow taxi and the driver was wearing a hat.”
Taxis throughout the city are all yellow, they are too large, and have no license plates, so they are difficult to find.
Gu Fang then asked, "Does Xueying have any friends in the welfare home?"
"There was a boy who had a very good relationship with her. The boy was two years younger than her. The year Yingying went to the orphanage, Xiaonian was sent to the orphanage by his father. Xiaonian couldn't speak, but he liked Yingying very much, and Yingying also took good care of him."
"Where's Xiaonian?"
"He also left when he was 18. He didn't say where he was going. I guess he went to find Yingying."
"Has Xiaonian ever been to the welfare home since then?"
"No, I haven't heard from him."
“Are there any pictures of him?”
The dean took out Xiaonian's photo. The boy in the photo was looking at the camera silently. His eyes were clearly black and white, his hair covered his forehead, and he was wearing a sky blue shirt. He was a very clean boy.
Gu Fang showed the photo to Su Mingya, "Have you seen him?"
Su Mingya's eyes flickered and she was hesitant.
Gu Fang said: "Su Mingya, what are you still worried about at this time! Xueying is already dead, the murderer's methods are cruel, if you continue to conceal it, you are an accomplice! Xueying and her fans will not forgive you!"
"I've seen him. Xueying said he was her brother, but they don't look alike at all. I knew she was lying. In order to avoid trouble, the company had to make his identity public, so that even if the fans knew about it, it wouldn't be a big deal."
"Where are the others?"
"I don't know. The company doesn't want Xueying to contact him."
Gu Fang stared at her, trying to tell from her expression whether she was telling the truth. In just a few days, Su Mingya's energy was drained. The company arranged a concert tour for Xueying, but Xueying got into trouble and the concert was cancelled. The company suffered heavy losses.
Su Mingya didn't dare to tell the company the news, but the truth would come out sooner or later. The concert was getting closer and closer, and if she kept it secret any longer, she might not be able to stay in the company.
Su Mingya let out a long sigh, "This boy always appears next to Xueying, sometimes pretending to be a staff member, sometimes pretending to be a fan. I think he should have come to Nanfu as well. But I don't know if he knows about such a big thing that happened to Xueying."
Gu Fang was investigating Xueying's social relationships while investigating Xiaonian's whereabouts.
Shen Xingyan was not idle either. She examined the body again and found a powder on the skin of the body. After testing, it was found to be an ingredient of some cosmetics. Shen Xingyan ran to Shen Lan's company and extracted the ingredients of the cosmetics one by one. After comparison, she found that it was a certain Kou's latest makeup.
This discovery made Shen Xingyan very excited, and she asked Shen Lan who she sold this cosmetics to.
Shen Lan waved her hand and asked the sales department to give all the customer lists to Shen Xingyan. Shen Xingyan took the thick stack of lists and threw them directly to Gu Fang.
Gu Fang looked through the list and said, "It seems that Auntie's business is doing well."
"It's OK. This makeup product has just been released. Not many people are buying it. But there will be more people buying it after a while."
"Do you have any ideas?"
"This person likes makeup and knows a lot about it. In addition to people who do what my mom does, there are makeup artists, but some people know as much about makeup as the people I mentioned."
“It’s like not saying anything.”
Shen Xingyan smiled awkwardly, "Xueying is a singer, she should have her own makeup team. When she goes to the TV station to make announcements, the TV station also has people who are responsible for makeup."
Gu Fang rolled his eyes at her and said, "You're panting heavily when you talk."
"I'm not sure."
"Investigating a case requires broad thinking. Jiabao, come with me to the TV station."
Nanfu City TV Station is located in the city center and has a total of eight floors. On the 19th, Xueying recorded a program where you can speak and I can listen. The director of the show was a woman, about 30 years old. She was surprised to hear that the police were looking for her.
Gu Fang asked about Xueying's recording of the program that day. The female director said that everything was normal and nothing special happened. Gu Fang watched the recorded video of that day and asked to meet the person who did Xueying's makeup at that time. The female director took him and Qi Jiabao to the dressing room.
There are three makeup artists, two girls and one boy. The one who did Xueying's makeup was one of the girls. She looked about the same age as Xueying, with her hair tied up randomly at the back of her head and her head always hung down.
Gu Fang asked: "Were you the one who did Xueying's makeup on the 19th?"
The girl nodded.
"Did anything special happen that day?"
The girl shook her head, but heard another girl next to her sneer.
Gu Fang looked over and the girl quickly restrained her expression. Gu Fang winked at Qi Jiabao, who walked towards the girl and asked, "What's your name?"
"My name is Xiaojia."
"You were there on the 19th?"
Xiaojia nodded.
"What happened then?"
Xiaojia looked towards Gu Fang. Qi Jiabao moved to block her gaze. "Please answer my question!"
"I was putting makeup on someone else at the time. First I heard the sound of something falling. Then Xueying said, 'Do you know how to put makeup on? Look at the makeup you put on on my face. It makes me look like a fairy.'"
"Then what?"
"Then Xiuxiu kept saying sorry, and Xueying refused to let her put on makeup, so Awen did Xueying's makeup."
Qi Jiabao asked Awen again. Awen was another male makeup artist, and what he said was basically the same as what Xiaojia said.
Gu Fang asked Xiuxiu again, and Xiuxiu lowered her head and admitted it.
Gu Fang asked casually, "Did you buy the makeup you use yourself or was it provided by the TV station?"
"I bought it myself, and the TV station reimbursed me."
"What brand do you use? My girlfriend also likes to wear makeup, and she always says that cosmetics are not easy to use."
"A certain Kou has released a new model, the makeup is very good, but the price is a bit expensive."
Gu Fang nodded, "Thank you."
After leaving the TV station, Qi Jiabao said, "I think there's something wrong with that girl named Xiuxiu. She had an argument with Xueying but she didn't admit it."
"You and Dawei should check Xiuxiu's social relationships."
Xiuxiu's surname is Wei. She graduated from a technical secondary school and was assigned to a TV station as a makeup artist after graduation. No matter which artist it is, Wei Xiuxiu will put on the same makeup. The result can be imagined. If the artist is suitable, she will be praised for her good makeup, and if the artist is not suitable, she will be asked to re-do it. It's okay if you meet someone who is easy to talk to, but if you meet someone who is difficult to deal with, you will inevitably get scolded.
Wei Xiuxiu's parents are ordinary workers. They confirmed that Wei Xiuxiu worked overtime until after eight o'clock on the 19th and stayed at home since then, so she had no time to commit the crime.
Another two weeks passed in a flash, and there was no major progress in the dismemberment case.
As the news of Xueying's murder spread, major media outlets rushed to report it, and the city police station's entrance was always surrounded by fans, who held banners, shouted slogans, and demanded that the police find the murderer.
Zhang Changming held an emergency meeting. "Now all sectors of society are watching us. Television and newspapers have not reported anything other than the dismemberment case. Some people even wrote to the provincial department, saying that our criminal police team was not doing anything and allowed the murderer to go unpunished."
Gu Fang pointed at his dark circles and said, "Director Zhang, we have been investigating day and night. The murderer is very cunning and did not leave us any clues. We are helpless and we also want to catch the murderer as soon as possible. You have also been a criminal police officer and you know the difficulty of the case. Some dismemberment cases cannot be solved for more than ten years."
"I know all the difficulties you mentioned, but we are the people's police and we have to go despite the difficulties."
"Which case have we not handled? Director Zhang, you have to trust us and not put pressure on us for every case."
"I believe you, but what about the people outside? I have to explain to them. Look at these people, they stay in front of the city police station all day, as if we are the ones who killed people."
"I think these people are just idle. They make such a big fuss just because a singer dies!" Deputy Director Zhou Chengzhou said angrily.
"Okay, Lao Zhou, since you took over the team, you have put away all the old cases. Are you not going to investigate anymore?"
"I don't want any more injuries to our team members. We are investigating a human trafficking case recently and the team members are under a lot of pressure."
"When will this society be stable?" Zhang Changming sighed and urged Gu Fang again, "Little Gu, hold on tight. I don't want this to get to the provincial department."
"I see."
Gu Fang left the meeting room with his hands in his pockets and went to the forensic room.
Shen Xingyan was eating instant noodles with a complete set of cosmetics in front of her. The makeup box was open, revealing colorful things.
Gu Fang picked it up casually and said, "Why do you think the murderer would hide the head? Tong Yanyan's head should have rotted. Wouldn't it stink if it was left in the room?"
"You can bury it."
"It would be nice if we could find the head."
Shen Xingyan took a sip of soup and said, "Captain Gu, even Jiabao knows what you said."
"Do you have any good ideas?"
"The body parts were all found in septic tanks. It would take a lot of tools to carry such a large bag."
"I have also considered that the public toilet is in a remote location and cannot be reached by buses. Besides, taking the bus makes it more conspicuous, so the murderer would not choose it."
Shen Xingyan took over the conversation and said, "The public toilet is located on the outskirts of the city. If you use a car, it will be too conspicuous and easy to be discovered."
"The safest is a tricycle."
"A bicycle will also work. It's dark and windy at night, which is best."
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