Chapter 17 Chapter 17 The Eighth Drawing
Li Muxu was watching Pei Qing eating fried glutinous rice balls, which Pei Qing ate one by one.
But anyone who is stared at like this while eating will have a reduced appetite.
After eating a few, Pei Qing stopped and looked up at Li Muxu.
"Why are you looking at me?"
Li Muxu got straight to the point: "When do you plan to go home and live?"
Pei Qing took a tissue, hummed a few times, and said, "I have paid the rent."
Li Muxu: "I'll transfer it to you."
Pei Qing: "This is not about money."
She tried to reason with Li Muxu: "Aunt Xu took me home and raised me for many years. I am already very satisfied. Besides,"
Pei Qing didn't beat around the bush with Li Muxu. She said to Li Muxu seriously, "I don't want you to give money to He Rui."
Pei Qing knew that He Rui would never ask for money just once. She was not the biological child of the Li family. At most, she was adopted. Why would He Rui ask the Li family for money when she had no money to spend?
There is no such thing in the world.
Pei Qing clearly remembered that when she was a child, her father died and the police found He Rui and asked her to take her home.
What did He Rui say at that time.
He Rui: "Hey, police officer, stop joking. I don't have a child. I'm not even married. You can't just give me a child. I have a boyfriend. What if my boyfriend misunderstands? Go away!"
I didn't want to support her then, but now she's asking for money, she has no shame at all!
Pei Qing will never give He Rui a dime!
Li Muxu glanced at her and nodded, "If I don't give her money in the future, when will she go home?"
Pei Qing didn't want to reply: "It's good for me to live alone. I have freedom."
Li Muxu: "Do you have the freedom to sleep in the early morning and wake up in the afternoon?"
Pei Qing inserted a chopstick into the glutinous rice dumpling, and the filling flowed out.
Pei Qing raised his head: "Yes. I want this kind of freedom."
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The two failed to reach an agreement.
Pei Qing got out of Li Muxu's car holding her bag and ran back to her rental house.
What's wrong with sleeping in the early morning and waking up in the afternoon?
Why do I reverse my day and night?
For justice!
Pei Qing ran back angrily, going over these immature remarks in his mind.
"bite."
Her cell phone rang. It was a message from Xu An, asking her to go to the police station to make a statement the next day.
Pei Qing replied "OK".
Xu An must be busy again. Pei Qing threw his phone on the bed and continued to look at the drawings on the tablet.
She turned on Panda TV and looked at the backstage, and saw many red dots.
Why so many messages?
Pei Qing clicked on a few at random.
【What about live streaming? 】
[Postponed again? ]
[Master, did you know? Our dog platform has a leave application form! ]
[Hey, hey, hey, I heard that the police really dug up a body. Did the anchor go to see it? ]
[Host, I am going to take the teacher qualification exam soon. Can you help me calculate whether I can pass it? ]
【On air! 】
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The audience was really enthusiastic.
Pei Qing thought about it and didn’t know how Zhu Wang was doing after identifying the body. He would do a live broadcast tonight and his cousin would definitely be online.
That family portrait hasn't been drawn yet, and Pei Qing still misses it a lot.
Thinking of this, Pei Qing immediately set some of the pictures on the tablet to be hidden, and then at eight o'clock, he opened a new canvas and prepared to start the live broadcast.
As soon as the live broadcast started, a group of people rushed in.
[It’s worth it that I refresh every five seconds. 】
[Host, how about we make a deal? Can we set a fixed time for the live broadcast? ]
【Here it comes! 】
[xxx was halfway through posting last night when I found out that my post had been bombed, saying that I was promoting feudal superstition. Ugh! ]
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Clusters of dragon-shaped fireworks exploded on the public screen.
Lin Cheng was urged by Qian Ya to finish giving out the gifts.
【It's you again. 】
[How rich! I remember that fireworks are not counted by the number of pieces, but by the second. One thousand pieces per second. I guess they just scattered 10,000 pieces.]
【Sister Sponsor, look at me. 】
Lin Cheng ignored the person on the public screen. She came again to ask for a family photo.
Just as she said: [Madam, I saw the police a few days ago, but they didn’t say anything and asked us to wait for news. My cousin went home in a daze and couldn’t get any information. Oh my God, this should have nothing to do with our family. We are just ordinary citizens, and my cousin doesn’t look like someone who would commit crimes! To be honest, I think he is a fool. How could he be involved in a murder case? The police didn’t explain clearly, so he should die with a clear mind...]
As soon as she sent it out, clusters of dragon-shaped fireworks flashed on the public screen, covering up what she had posted.
Lin Cheng wanted to curse, but the content he just typed was blocked by fireworks.
Who wants to take my throne? I am the No.1 in the live broadcast room rankings, okay?
Who is this?
Do you understand first come first served?
Lin Cheng was furious.
But there is a problem with the gift settings on this shitty platform, and you can’t see the public screen content when the fireworks explode.
Lin Cheng waited for the fireworks to finish exploding, then threw down another firework in a fit of rage.
The public screen flashed brightly.
【Rich people.】
【It’s great to have money. 】
[I was trying to figure out if I could pass the exam. With the way they're playing, when will it be my turn?]
【Provoked, leaving tears of jealousy. 】
[Don't smash it, can't we just follow the first-come, first-served order? ]
Pei Qing opened the backend account, counted the money, and smiled.
A lot of money.
I can earn back the rent money immediately.
When the fireworks on the public screen had dispersed, Pei Qing pressed the button on the public screen: [One by one, in order.]
[Isn't it based on the value of the gift? ]
Pei Qing typed: [Those with money support the show with money, those without money support the show with their presence. ]
【The host is very courageous. 】
[A master is a master. He really regards money as dirt. 】
[This anchor is surprisingly not snobbish. ]
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Well, Pei Qing thought, I don’t regard money as dirt.
But not everyone in this world is rich, and the police don’t distinguish between the rich and the poor when investigating a case, so I can’t do the same.
If you meet someone who asks for help, help them if you can.
Pei Qing temporarily closed the gift channel.
She said on the public screen: [This "Orange Biting Its Tail" is first, and the "Noah's Ark" behind is second. ]
Jian Feizhou frowned as he held his phone. He was in the toilet, wearing headphones and watching a live broadcast.
Someone outside the toilet urged.
"Xiao Jian, hurry up, the supervisor is urging us!"
Jian Feizhou shouted outside: "I have diarrhea today, you go first."
The man said a few more words, urging Jian Feizhou to hurry up.
Jian Feizhou fooled the person with a few words and continued watching the live broadcast.
Lin Cheng typed out what she had just said, but Pei Qing felt that Zhu Wang should be fine.
He just arrived in City A this year. How could he have the time to know where the underground casino was and drive the car out of the casino to transport the corpse?
Zhu Wang may not even have a driver's license.
She knew Lin Cheng's request and no longer needed to look at the photos of Zhu Wang's family. She picked up a pen and started drawing.
She was very familiar with the looks of this family and had seen their photos many times.
It only took Pei Qing half an hour to complete the line drawing and color it, and a brand new family portrait appeared on the public screen.
Lin Cheng was so happy that she cried.
[Is this all right? Right, ma’am, this is really not easy for me! ]
The public screen said:
【Congratulations, the family is reunited. 】
[By the way, do you know whose body was dug out from the Hongmen woods? ]
[Rich lady, see you next time. ]
[I wonder if the one in front can speak? I will ask the host to tell my fortune next time. Maybe something happened to their family again. What kind of family with so many disasters is looking for fortune tellers everywhere? ]
…
Lin Cheng typed a few words of thanks on the public screen and immediately went offline to find Qian Ya.
She and Qian Ya have developed a revolutionary friendship these days, and she can help Qian Ya walk the dog every day to earn some extra money.
It’s great that Qian Ya’s family is fine. She can continue to walk the dog every day.
After seeing Lin Cheng off, Pei Qing finally waited for the second "Noah's Ark".
He seemed to have been preparing for a long time, and soon a long paragraph appeared on the public screen.
【I came to look for my sister. She came to City A three years ago and found a job as a hostess. Since October 12, 2012, my family has not been able to contact her. We contacted the police and the hotel where my sister worked at the time. The hotel said that my sister had chosen to take a day off after working the National Day holiday, so my sister did not go to work after the 8th, and the hotel did not know where she was.
My parents found the police, but in the end there was no news. She had just arrived in City A and didn't have many friends. The police kept asking us to wait, but in the end they found nothing.
I can give you my sister's photo and birth date. I want to know where she is. 】
The public screen began to say:
[How is your family? You don't want to contact them, do you?]
[It’s been three years. Either they left the country or they died.]
[When etiquette should be very beautiful, does she have a boyfriend? Could it be her boyfriend who did it? 】
Jian Feizhou typed: [My sister is single and can’t go abroad because she doesn’t have a passport.]
Pei Qing opened a new canvas and took a look at the photos sent to him.
The woman in the photo is a typical beauty, with big eyes, a pointed chin, and a high nose bridge. When she looks at the camera, the corners of her eyes are raised, and she looks cheerful and beautiful. She looks like a bright and beautiful woman.
Beautiful indeed.
Pei Qing read it several times, picked up a pen and started painting.
A few comments flashed across the public screen.
Jian Feizhou sat on the toilet in the bathroom cubicle, watching Pei Qing drawing motionlessly.
Pei Qing first painted the background.
It was a small room with several slogans posted on the walls.
The 20-20-20 Rule
"After using your eyes at close range for 20 minutes, you need to take a break. Blink for 20 seconds and then look into the distance 20 feet away..."
“Dry eye patients…”
In addition to the slogans on the wall, there is a table in the front center of the room with a machine on it.
Behind the machine, sat a young man wearing a white coat and a mask. He was leaning sideways, facing the computer, with the mouse in his right hand.
[I see. This is a hospital.]
【Ophthalmology, it’s ophthalmology at first glance. 】
[I just don’t know which hospital it is.]
…
Pei Qing continued to add details. She enlarged the doctor's upper body and added a work ID card on the doctor's shirt pocket.
Before Pei Qing finished adding the information on his work permit, his phone beeped again.
Pei Qing was stunned and forgot to mute his phone.
She avoided the camera and looked at her cell phone. It was a message from Li Muxu.
【Send the drawing to him privately.】
Pei Qing: [Ah? Oh.]
Yes, if she draws it and encounters a few curious people who go to the doctor, what will she do?
Pei Qing opened the public screen, sent a message to Jian Feizhou, and went offline.
The audience on the public screen looked at the black screen in the live broadcast room in confusion and immediately became fed up.
【Show me what's wrong! 】
【Is there anything that fans can’t watch? 】
[Do you have to be so straightforward? 】
【I saw someone's message. 】
【show me! 】
[I found that this anchor always draws something else first every time he draws. ]
【So who is this man? 】
[Wait for me to look through the photos of ophthalmologists in City A. ]
[Wake up, do you know how many ophthalmologists there are in City A? ]
[So why can't you show me! See what's going on! ]
…
Pei Qing ignored the protests from the audience in the live broadcast room. With only a little bit of the drawing left, she continued to complete the work permit hanging in the doctor's pocket according to her previous impression.
"Yao Tan, attending physician, Dongjiang International Hospital."
Pei Qing took a look at the drawing, took a screenshot and sent it privately to Jian Feizhou.
Jian Feizhou received the drawing.
He looked at the man in the drawing and asked Pei Qing: [Are you related to him?]
Pei Qing: [I am only responsible for painting.]
Pei Qing would not say anything more.
Jian Feizhou saved the drawing and someone was calling him outside the toilet.
If you don't get out now, the supervisor will come and block the door.
He put away his phone and walked out of the bathroom.
As soon as I went out, I saw the supervisor coming towards me aggressively.
"You fell into the toilet! Jian Feizhou, don't you want to do this anymore?"
Jian Feizhou looked at the angry supervisor, then at the several male technicians who were waiting to watch the show. He was holding a mobile phone with drawings in his hand, and said to the supervisor in a decisive tone: "I quit!"
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After Pei Qing sent the draft to Jian Feizhou, he stared at it again.
ophthalmology?
What a coincidence?
Could it be related to Sun Xiuxiu’s case?
Why were Sun Xiuxiu’s eyes dug out?
By the way, Xu An said that the MLM leader contacted his wife and asked him whether he had caught the MLM leader.
Pei Qing called Xu An.
The phone rang several times before Xu An answered it.
His voice was a little hoarse, so he cleared his throat first.
"Hello."
Pei Qingxian said, "I just drew another draft and sent it to you. This woman's brother said that his sister is missing."
Xu An had just lit a cigarette and was sitting at the stairs watching the smoke float up.
"Missing?"
Xu An opened the window in the stairwell to let in some air, and then said, "There are eight million floating population in City A. Over the years, the number of missing persons files is higher than yours."
Pei Qing: "Don't imply that I'm short."
Xu An smiled: "I didn't mean anything to you."
Pei Qing: "I'm not short, I'm 1.72 meters tall!"
Xu An: "Yes, yes, you are not short, I am too tall."
Pei Qing: "You are so boring."
Xu An made a few jokes and then got back to the main topic.
"Really? There are too many missing persons. I can help you check the files. It's not easy to find them."
Pei Qing searched for Dongjiang International Hospital and found that this hospital had a good reputation.
Pei Qing: "But the person I drew is an ophthalmologist. Didn't Sun Xiuxiu's eyes get dug out? Is it possible that it wasn't revenge, but the murderer had to dig out her eyes to cover up some facts?"
She continued to talk about her speculation, her voice was calm, but the meaning of her words was chilling.
"For example, the murderer removed Sun Xiuxiu's cornea. In order to avoid being discovered, he had no choice but to dig out her eyes. In this way, if the body was accidentally discovered, you would only look for her in the direction of revenge."
Xu An opened his cell phone and looked at the drawing sent by Pei Qing.
ophthalmologist?
Xu An: "Are these drawings you drew related?"
Pei Qing: "I drew from Zhu Wang to Sun Xiuxiu, and then from Sun Xiuxiu to Jian Mei. It just so happens that the eye is an organ, so I think it can be checked."
Xu An walked out of the corridor and saw the smoke-filled office, and suddenly didn't want to go in.
"I've been checking on Ma Youlin recently. When I visited him before, his neighbor said he had been home and was waiting for him recently. You can only check it yourself."
Pei Qing: "Sure, isn't it just going to the hospital?"
She inquired again: "Have you investigated the situation in that factory?"
Xu An: "The factory has been abandoned for five years. The bloody handprint you saw matched Sun Xiuxiu's DNA. She was indeed imprisoned in this place before her death. The other four rooms are arranged in the same way as Sun Xiuxiu's room, so there must be more than one victim. The trace inspection personnel collected some samples in another room and are taking them back for analysis. The results are not out yet!"
He went back to the corridor and took a puff of cigarette, then said, "And the one who stole your battery, his name is Zhao Shuan, he said he came to watch and play a few rounds, this guy is talking nonsense, those gamblers said that Zhao Shuan is very poor, he came here a few times before, but stopped coming after being ridiculed, who knows why he came again, we have to continue the interrogation, even if this guy has been to the palace several times, we have to scare him a few more times. What a pity,"
Xu An went on to say, "The car in Anfeng was too clean. The murderer was very careful when disposing of the body."
Thinking of the dim rooms in the basement, Xu An said, "I don't know how many times this has happened."
Pei Qing: "Ah - really creepy. No matter what, the person who dumped the body must have appeared in the casino, otherwise how could he drive away."
Xu An: "Yeah. It's really annoying to interrogate a bunch of gamblers. They don't tell the truth."
He grabbed a handful of hair again and said, "We don't have enough people. We have to search the woods again. If we find a few more bodies, it will become a big case."
Pei Qing asked: "Do you want me to give you some midnight snack?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Xu An's cell phone lit up. He looked at it and cursed.
"There's nothing to eat. The people waiting said that Ma Youlin's wife went out. I'll go check it out. It would be great if I could catch this grandson tonight."
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Ma Youlin took the bag handed to him by his wife and was kicked several times by his wife.
He was in a heavy mood, cursing and dodging: "Why are you kicking me? Didn't I make money for you to spend? If it weren't for me making money, you would only be able to eat coarse food in your hometown now. I am doing you justice by bringing you out..."
Ma Youlin’s wife scolded, “You are such a shameless and heartless person! You are so useless, and you still want to find a woman. Bah! If it weren’t for your money, you can see that they all ran away faster than anyone else! Give me your money, your money belongs to our Xiaoxiao! I will beat you to death!”
The two men wrestled with each other.
Xu An didn't wait any longer, but rushed forward with Fang Jie and pressed the two men to the ground.
Ma Youlin and his wife were still swearing at each other until the two were brought back to the police station.
Xu An held a cigarette in his mouth and thought: Damn, this is so annoying.
He kicked Ma Youlin hard on the chair where he was sitting, and Ma Youlin's flesh shook, which was really disgusting to look at.
Ma Youlin became obedient.
"Hey, officer, let's talk nicely. What did I do wrong?"
Xu An: "Don't you know what you have done wrong?"
Ma Youlin shook his head: "I am a law-abiding citizen——"
Before he could finish his words, another strange policeman walked in with a teapot in his hand and slammed it heavily on the table.
Ma Youlin was frightened again.
Ji Wu: "What did you say? Say it again?"
Ma Youlin laughed dryly: "Ah. It's not easy to do business these days..."
Xu An: "Oh, so pyramid selling is easy?"
Ma Youlin: "We have products! We are not cheating people!"
Ji Wu didn't waste time talking to him. He took out a photo of Sun Xiuxiu and asked, "Do you know her?"
Ma Youlin took a look and nodded.
Ji Wu: "Do you know where she is?"
Ma Youlin: "How would I know that?"
Xu An: "You don't know?"
Ma Youlin: "How should I know? Hey, I know what you are talking about. It's just a gold bracelet. I stole it, so I won't kill anyone for it..."
"Murder?" Xu An was surprised. "When did I say she was dead?"
Ma Youlin's expression changed for a moment, and then he said firmly: "That's what I said."
Xu An: "Oh, then tell me in more detail, how did you come up with this idea?"
Ma Youlin closed his mouth and refused to speak.
There was silence in the interrogation room.
Ji Wu sat opposite Ma Youlin and poured him a glass of water.
The water is scalding hot.
Ji Wu pushed the disposable plastic water cup in front of Ma Youlin and said, "Let's change the subject. Where is your lover? Didn't he run away with you? Where did he go?"
Ma Youlin laughed out loud: "Isn't there an old saying? Husband and wife are birds of a feather. When disaster strikes, they fly away separately. As soon as I got into trouble, she ran away. Fuck her!"
He suddenly looked fierce: "They all come here for my money, none of them are good!"
Xu An immediately became curious. After interrogating prisoners for a long time, he wanted to watch the fun when he saw something interesting.
He waved at Ma Youlin and asked, "Your wife just said you are useless. Are you really useless?"
Ji Wu closed his eyes and didn't want to pay attention to his colleague's bad taste.
Ma Youlin's face flushed red, and he yelled, "I'm fine! I'm sick of that yellow-faced woman, but I don't want to touch her. I like young and beautiful girls!"
Ji Wu: "Be honest, who are you, old man!"
Ma Youlin sat on the chair with a frustrated look on his face, his mouth moving, but in the end he said nothing.
Xu An continued the interrogation: "Where have you been hiding these days? Confess and you will be treated leniently, resist and you will be treated severely. Tell us everything you have done. Once we have investigated everything, there will be no room for you to be given a reduced sentence."
Ma Youlin remained silent and said nothing.
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Xu An followed Ji Wu out of the interrogation room and cursed Ma Youlin a few words.
"He has a body full of fat, and his mouth is closed like a river clam..."
Ji Wu: "Alright, alright, let's lock him up for a while and interrogate him again at midnight. Go back and get some sleep first. When you wake up, continue checking the surveillance."
Xu An: “Got it.”
It was said that they were sleeping, but unfortunately the sleep was not even enough for the two of them to take a nap, and they were woken up.
Someone reported that a female corpse was found in the ditch under Hongqiao.
The female corpse was highly decomposed, but the gold bracelet on her left wrist was particularly eye-catching and was almost broken off by a homeless man under the Hong Bridge.
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