Chapter 302: Suicide note, deleted?
Gong Lao sank deeply into the soft sofa. He did not take off his shoes, and his dirty soles casually stepped on the carpet.
If it were in the past, Gong Lao would never dare to be so presumptuous, as the 150-pound woman at home would break his legs, but it doesn't matter now.
His wife was not at home these days. He sent her out of District 9 to a place where no one could find her.
There were cigarette butts everywhere next to the shoes. Some of these butts had been extinguished, while others were still emitting a faint smoke. The air was filled with the unique smell of tobacco.
Gong Lao's fingers tapped lightly on the armrest of the sofa. As the sparks from the cigarette butt flickered, charred holes were burned on the carpet.
I don’t know how long it took, but when Gong Lao could no longer take out cigarettes from the cigarette box, he seemed to be completely enveloped in smoke, and his face was blurred.
Buzz buzz buzz——
The sound of a call being connected could be heard faintly in the smoke. The voice on the other end could not be heard, but only Gong Lao's hoarse voice responded: "I have paid off my debt to you. Ha - it's time to go. I see they are waving at me."
The splashed cigarette butt fell on the carpet, and this time it did not burn a hole, but instead started a dangerous flame, which quickly spread to the trouser legs and the sofa along with the cigarette butt on the ground.
Gong Lao didn't seem to notice. He mechanically deleted the contacts on his phone and threw it on the coffee table. Then he opened the old wallet and his eyes fell on a yellowed photo in the interlayer.
The young man in the photo is smiling foolishly, while the woman next to him is slim and beautiful.
A suppressed scream emanated from Gong Lao's throat, and the photo in his hand turned into black ash in the flames. His clothes were also immediately devoured by the flames.
Gong Lao's whole body was on fire. He screamed and ran around in the house, finally breaking the window and falling headfirst from the seventh floor with a thud.
When Feng Mu and the others arrived, what they saw was a pool of charred corpses on the ground.
A crowd of onlookers gathered downstairs. They were pointing and talking about the broken windows upstairs. Someone nearby called the police station, but the line was always busy and no one answered.
Feng Mu and his group hurried upstairs, only to see the door of a room open and a burly figure busy inside.
He waved the wet quilt with great force and each wave was accompanied by a heavy sound. In a few moments, he had put out the fire in the living room one by one.
In this era of flourishing martial arts, the threat of fire has been greatly reduced, as many people have the ability to act as "human fire extinguishers."
Feng Mu frowned slightly and his gaze lingered on the man for a moment.
Liu Yi and others surrounded them quickly with serious expressions.
After some inquiries, they learned that the strong man who put out the fire was named Zhao Yongwei, 33 years old, and was the neighbor next door. After hearing the broken window and the fire alarm, he immediately broke into the house and enthusiastically put out the fire.
"Fuck, there are so many ways to commit suicide, but you chose arson. You really deserve to die. The walls in the corridor are all blackened..."
The strong man who put out the fire wiped the sweat from his head and cursed.
Feng Mu's pupils shrank slightly, and he asked, "How do you know he committed suicide?"
"Didn't he commit suicide?" The strong man noticed the unfriendly looks from everyone and his face turned pale. He nervously explained, "Look, didn't he leave a suicide note on his computer?"
On the dining table next to the living room, a laptop computer was lying there quietly, the screen was blackened by smoke. Liu Yi quickly walked forward and carefully wiped the screen clean with a tissue.
The screen lit up, showing a document interface with black text on white paper.
Liu Yi glanced at the contents of the document and suddenly felt a darkness in front of his eyes. He picked up the computer and walked quickly to Feng Mu.
Feng Mu glanced at the contents of the suicide note without changing his expression. Although the words in the suicide note were a bit confusing, the main ideas could be summarized into two points.
First, Gong Lao wanted to die because he couldn't live any longer. Second, Gong Lao fiercely criticized the dark reality of the Second Prison, especially the "last-in-first-out system" implemented by the warden Qian Huan. He believed that this system forced prison guards to treat prisoners as livestock to be slaughtered.
Gong Lao felt that the Second Prison had become a slaughterhouse and the prison guards had become ruthless executioners.
Tormented by his conscience, he decided to help the prisoners escape from prison, but unexpectedly, the prisoners caused a riot and took the prison guards hostage.
What shocked him even more was that the prison warden Qian Huan ruthlessly ordered the killing of all the prisoners and guards.
Gong Lao realized that he had made an irreparable mistake and could only choose to commit suicide in fear and regret.
Feng Mu read it carefully and said with a half-smile, "Oh, it's written very realistically."
Liu Yi didn't know whether Feng Mu was speaking in a sarcastic way, so he didn't dare to respond. Feng Mu glanced at the enthusiastic neighbor, and soon someone escorted the neighbor out of the scene.
After the neighbor left, Gong Qi said sinisterly, "Junior brother, there is something wrong with that person."
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Feng Mu hummed: "I know."
Seeing that Feng Mu knew, Gong Qi still said nothing more. He glanced at the computer and asked, "This man has taken all the responsibility on himself. If he dies again, Junior Brother, won't you have to solve this case?"
Feng Mu did not answer Gong Qi, but asked: "Has the suicide note been sent?"
Liu Yi operated the computer for a few times and replied: "It was sent via email. It should have been sent before death. The email address sent is, this email address is a little familiar."
He said "Huh" in slight surprise, and continued, "It seems to have been sent to a high-ranking official in the prison system, but I don't know who it was specifically."
Seeing Feng Mu's inquiring gaze, Liu Yi sorted out his words and explained:
"The mailbox suffixes in our prison system are all unified, and the numbers before the mailboxes also follow a specific pattern. Generally speaking, the smaller the number, the higher the position in the prison system. The number assigned by our warden is jqjy17, and the number of this mailbox is jqjy03, so..."
Feng Mu thought for two seconds and felt that the case was becoming complicated and that more and more important people were involved.
Fortunately, he did not use conventional detective methods, but the detective's wisdom template. He only needed to make up an intriguing story, and for this he could delete or add some changes to the facts that had already happened.
Feng Mu said calmly: "Delete the email."
Liu Yi was stunned for a moment, then explained anxiously: "The email has been sent, and it can't be covered up even if it is deleted now."
Feng Mu smiled slightly, with a deep light flashing in his eyes: "Of course I know, but you delete it now."
Liu Yi hesitated for a moment. He faced Feng Mu's firm and gentle smile, took a deep breath, and finally made up his mind. He clicked the operation button and completely deleted the email from his computer.
…….(End of this chapter)
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