Chapter 88: Case of the Headless Female Corpse This person...seems familiar...
Shen Qingye was surprised for a moment and looked back at him: "Why do you think so?"
Yue Lingchuan paused, then said naturally: "I haven't heard you talk about your partner before. Zhengyi and the others have always been curious, but they just didn't have the courage to ask."
He blushed and pulled Wei Zhengyi out without a second thought. Shen Qingye couldn't help but laugh when he heard this: "You're so busy with work, where do you find the time to date?"
She paused, then added: "Besides, I have no plans to fall in love in the near future."
Upon hearing this, Yue Lingchuan didn't know whether to be relieved or disappointed, so he asked, "You don't have any plans, or you haven't met the right person yet?"
Shen Qingye thought for a moment and said, "I think both."
There are neither ideas nor suitable people.
Yue Lingchuan was really curious now. He tilted his head to look at her: "What type of boys do you like? What are your requirements for your future boyfriend?"
Shen Qingye said, "I haven't thought about it."
She took a bite of the dessert and spoke slowly: "It's not really a request, just go with the flow."
Perhaps because he had something on his mind, Shen Qingye took this matter lightly. When she was in college, her roommates all talked about their fantasies about Li's other half, but Shen Qingye never had that mood. Whenever she was asked, she would just say "let it be".
Yue Lingchuan paused and said, "Very good."
He said, "You are still young, so you should focus on your career. Build your career first, and it won't be too late to consider this kind of thing later."
Shen Qingye looked at him in surprise, and after a moment, she seemed to understand what he meant, and said with a smile: "Captain Yue, don't worry, I won't let my love affair affect my work."
Yue Lingchuan was speechless for a moment, not understanding why she would think this way, and said helplessly: "That's not what I meant..."
"I understand." Shen Qingye blinked at him, with a rather cunning look on his face: "I'm not in a hurry, really. Captain Yue, you're still single, and there are Brother Qiming, Brother Zhengyi, Brother Kaiyang and the others. You guys are holding up there, what should I be afraid of?"
Yue Lingchuan opened his mouth, not knowing whether to laugh or feel helpless.
Shen Qingye looked at the center of the hall. The lights were bright and the men and women were well-dressed and elegant. As the glasses clinked and the guests smiled warmly, Shen Qingye looked at them for a long time, and his expression suddenly became a little subtle.
Yue Lingchuan noticed her strangeness: "What's wrong?"
Shen Qingye pursed her lips and turned back to ask: "Captain Yue, do you feel that this occasion... is somewhat familiar?"
Yue Lingchuan raised his eyebrows and looked at the crowd of people gathered in twos and threes not far away. His heart suddenly jumped: "You mean--"
This scene looks so familiar. It seemed to be like this at the last wedding of the Xue and Yuan families. The spacious banquet venue, the similar group of guests, even those who were taking a break in the corner looked unusually familiar.
"Don't do that." Yue Lingchuan rubbed his forehead and said, "It's a rare day off, don't make any more trouble."
What's more, the occasion this time is quite different from the last wedding, and it's the old man's 80th birthday. If things really get chaotic, who knows what will happen.
Shen Qingye smiled a little embarrassedly: "I just said it casually."
Yue Lingchuan's expression did not seem to relax.
He thought of what Qin Yilang and the others had said. Although he didn't want to admit it, it seemed that, indeed, the probability of him encountering a murder case... was relatively high?
Seeing his tense attitude, Shen Qingye couldn't help but regret what she had said. Now she was a little nervous.
She coughed lightly, thought for a moment, and changed the subject, saying, "By the way, do you have any clues about Captain Yang's case now?"
"Huh?" Yue Lingchuan realized it belatedly and shook his head, saying, "I went back yesterday to take a look, and it's still stuck there. I checked the social circle around the deceased, as well as the neighbors around the community, but still didn't find anything unusual."
Shen Qingye frowned: "That's troublesome..."
Yue Lingchuan tilted his head to look at her: "Want to go and take a look?"
Shen Qingye raised his eyes: "Captain Yue, don't you want to?"
The two looked at each other, clinked their glasses together, and smiled in tacit understanding.
On the other side of the hall.
As early as when Lu Shangying discovered that there was a girl next to his son, he looked over there from time to time.
She knew her son very well, so she could naturally see the changes in his posture and whether the smile on his face was sincere or not.
His eyes slowly narrowed, and Lu Shangying thought of the girl he saw in the mall that morning. , and then looked at his son's worthless smile and let out a soft sigh.
This is... an ordinary colleague?
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Shen Qingye and Yue Lingchuan waited anxiously for the banquet to finally end. Fortunately, everything went smoothly and no unexpected incidents occurred.
Before leaving, the two looked at each other from a distance, and saw the relief in each other's eyes, and couldn't help laughing for a moment.
Yue Lingchuan waited until Shen Qingye and her daughter's car left first, then he withdrew his gaze. He turned his head and saw Ms. Lu Shangying staring at him with a smile.
Yue Lingchuan's heart skipped a beat and he hesitated, "Mom...?"
Lu Shangying smiled and said, "Was that your colleague just now?"
Yue Lingchuan paused and nodded cautiously: "...Yes."
"Oh..." Lu Shangying stretched out his voice and said meaningfully: "Are they really just colleagues?"
Yue Lingchuan paused, but this time he couldn't say something like "they are just colleagues."
Although he had never been in a relationship, he was vaguely aware that... there was something wrong with his situation.
Lu Shangying stared at him for a long while, then nodded in understanding: "I understand."
Yue Lingchuan laughed: "What do you know?"
He himself hasn't figured it out yet.
Lu Shangying rolled his eyes at him: "You know the girl doesn't like you."
Yue Lingchuan choked.
Lu Shangying said to himself, "But it's true. A daughter is sought after by hundreds of families. I just saw how many people are asking about her. Those guys, tsk tsk, are good-looking, tall, and have good family backgrounds and abilities."
She glanced at him with disdain: "What else do you have besides a face?"
"Oh, and he's five years older than me."
Yue Lingchuan closed his eyes: "Mom——"
He sighed: "I am not that bad as your son, am I?"
Lu Shangying snorted, "You're almost 30, and I don't think you've even held a girl's hand. And yet, you're still hesitating. Don't you know how to hold on tight?"
She clicked her tongue twice, ignored him, and got into the car.
Yue Lingchuan rubbed his head, feeling both angry and amused, but he had to admit that after hearing what his mother said, he did feel a sense of... crisis.
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The next morning, Yue Lingchuan ate a few mouthfuls of food and walked out. Ms. Lu, who was sitting on the sofa, glanced at him and said sarcastically, "Why, I've only been here for two days, and you're tired of me and don't even want to look at me?"
Yue Lingchuan paused and called out to his mother helplessly, "What are you talking about?"
He explained: "The master has taken on a case recently, which is a bit tricky. I happened to be free, so I went over to help him."
Ms. Lu's eyes turned: "Your master?"
She suddenly asked, "Are you going alone?"
Yue Lingchuan was silent for a moment.
Seeing this, Ms. Lu understood everything and immediately smiled happily: "Go ahead, go ahead. You don't have to come back for lunch. Stay outside for a while longer!"
Yue Lingchuan didn't know what to say for a moment, and finally just said in a muffled voice: "I know."
Ms. Lu watched her son disappear out of the yard with a beaming look on her face.
I had originally planned to take advantage of yesterday to get to know a few more local ladies and rich girls, but now it seems that I have saved myself a lot of trouble.
After all these years, this is the first time I've seen this guy care so much about a girl.
You little bastard, you have to make your mother proud.
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At around eight o'clock, Shen Qingye and Yue Lingchuan arrived at the crime scene in Huangning District almost one after the other.
Two cars stopped downstairs in the old community. The two looked at each other, said nothing, and went straight to the third floor.
Room 303 on the third floor is a three-bedroom, one-living room apartment. Because it was built relatively early, the house is also quite large.
When they arrived, a cordon had been set up outside the door.
The policeman guarding outside was obviously surprised to see the newcomers. He called out Captain Yue, lifted the cordon, and let them in.
Shen Qingye looked up and saw that the spacious living room was not very tidy, with clothes and daily necessities thrown in a pile. But other than that, there were no other traces.
There are three bedrooms on both sides. One of the bedrooms on the south side is busy with people coming and going. The two walked forward and saw that on the floor of the bedroom, white scene trace fixing lines marked the location of the body. Trace examiners in white coats were busy in every corner.
Captain Yang, who was lying under the bed, heard the noise and looked back. He was not surprised to see someone coming: "Xiao Yue is here."
When he saw the person behind Yue Lingchuan, he was a little surprised: "Oh, Xiao Shen is here too."
Shen Qingye said: "I don't have anything to do right now, so I came to see if there is anything I can help with."
Yue Lingchuan also asked: "Have you detected any clues so far?"
Captain Yang sighed, climbed up from the ground, and said tiredly, "No."
"The deceased had a special occupation. We extracted a lot of male hair and residual semen stains in this room, but the investigation found that they either had not contacted the deceased for a long time or had an alibi on the night of the crime."
"The murder weapon also had traces of being wiped, so we couldn't extract any clues."
Yue Lingchuan frowned and asked, "Didn't any of the neighbors notice anything on the night of the incident?"
Team Leader Yang was getting more and more helpless: "Yes, some people said that at about nine o'clock that night, they heard a noise outside the deceased's door. It sounded like a man knocking on the door and wanted to come in. But because the deceased had a special job, this kind of thing happened every now and then, and everyone was used to it. That night, no one came out to see. Plus, it was almost nine o'clock at that time, and most people were resting, so no one really saw what the murderer looked like."
Upon hearing this, Shen Qingye and Yue Lingchuan looked at each other with complicated expressions.
this……
"If there is any clue, it's probably just that they said the man's voice was unfamiliar and younger."
Relatively unfamiliar...
Another veteran detective, Chen Mingliang, said: "We have not been able to get any clues from the deceased's acquaintances, and multiple pieces of evidence all point to a stranger as the perpetrator."
Crimes committed by strangers are the most troublesome.
Captain Yang sighed, "If we can find the head of the deceased, maybe we can get some clues."
But the problem now is that we can’t find the murderer, and we don’t know where he would throw the head.
Yue Lingchuan asked, "The head smells quite bloody. Have you used a police dog to search for it?"
Chen Mingliang said: "We have looked for it. We have searched the area for several miles nearby, but we still haven't found anything."
Everyone present looked a little tense.
Shen Qingye looked around, thinking about another question in his mind -
From the time she entered the door until now, she hadn't heard any strange sounds.
She also had a feeling that there might not be the talking thing she wanted here.
She asked, "Are you sure this is the first crime scene?"
Captain Yang glanced at her and nodded: "OK."
"From the night of the crime to the evening of the third day after the crime when the deceased's boss came to visit, no one should have come in during this period. When the local police arrived, the body was already here."
"We have also searched some other rooms, but there are no traces in the living room. Of the remaining two bedrooms, one is empty and filled with miscellaneous items; the other should be the room where the deceased usually rests, and there are more personal items for women. As for this place... it should be the room she used to receive guests."
Shen Qingye frowned. That was strange.
If this is a crime scene, how come there is no talking thing?
Suddenly, her heart moved, and she suddenly remembered the previous case of Cai Chengyong - in the previous case, in the kitchen where Cai Chengyong killed and dismembered people, she did not find anything that could talk at first.
But that doesn't mean there isn't one.
In the end, didn’t the chopping board that was hidden and kept making noises help him find the murder weapon and became the key to solving the case?
So if the physical evidence she wants isn't here... could it have been taken away or hidden by the murderer?
Just in case, Shen Qingye walked around several rooms. After making sure that no sound was heard, he pursed his lips and looked serious.
She leaned against the balcony window, watching the trace inspectors coming and going, and for a moment she felt a little at a loss as to where to start.
Yue Lingchuan walked up to her and said, "I have asked all the residents around here, and no one noticed any suspicious people that night."
He sighed: "If it is really a stranger who is handling the case, then this case will be very difficult."
They currently have only a few clues about the murderer: a man, a young man.
Not to mention Pingjiang City, the permanent population of Huangning District alone is over 800,000. With such a small clue, how long will it take to find out?
Shen Qingye couldn't help but ask: "What if we can't find any clues?"
Yue Lingchuan said: "Then we can only continue to start with people the deceased knew. On the other hand, we may let the police dogs expand the search area."
Although I don't want to admit it, it is possible that this case will eventually become an unsolved case.
Shen Qingye leaned on the windowsill, looking at the people rushing to work and school below, feeling a little annoyed for a moment.
By ten o'clock in the morning, the criminal police and trace examiner still had not found any useful clues, so they had to go back.
When we walked downstairs, everyone looked unhappy.
Captain Yang ordered his men to visit the nearby households again, paying special attention to those who worked overtime at night. They also asked someone to borrow two police dogs to expand the area and conduct another thorough search in the vicinity.
Shen Qingye listened to the old detective's orderly arrangements, and his impatience eased a little. He glanced around and was thinking about what to do when his gaze suddenly paused.
It's already late May and the weather has gotten hot, but at this time of year there aren't many people walking outside. Shen Qingye's eyes fell on a man not far away, and his brows furrowed slightly.
I saw that the other person had dyed blond hair, earrings, a cigarette in his mouth, his hands in his pockets, and he walked unsteadily. He looked sloppy and unusually nondescript.
This person...seems familiar.
Before she could remember where she had seen this man, a young, proud voice suddenly came to her ears:
"I was saying how powerful the criminal police in Pingjiang were, but now it seems like they are just so-so. A bunch of useless trash."
"You still want to find that bitch's head? The owner threw it into the sewer. If you can find it like this, you're awesome."
Shen Qingye's eyes suddenly focused, he looked back abruptly and shouted sternly: "Stop!" Before he finished speaking, he rushed in that direction!
The man paused when he heard that, but did not look back. Instead, he quickened his pace and ran away!
At the same time, Yue Lingchuan also noticed something. His eyes became fierce. He kicked his feet, flew out, and pounced forward in two steps. But in a flash, the yellow-haired man let out a shrill scream and was pressed to the concrete floor by the two men, face facing the ground, unable to struggle!
Captain Yang and others hadn't yet reacted to what was happening, but their qualities as criminal police enabled them to rush forward, take out handcuffs, and subdue the suspect!
"Why are you running!" Captain Yang's face darkened and he shouted sternly.
The yellow-haired man’s forehead was covered in sweat, and his eyes were panicked: “I, I, I, I…”
Shen Qingye's eyes were sharp, and she finally remembered why she felt this person looked familiar.
An hour ago, when she was at the upstairs window, there was such a person among the crowd she saw!
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