Chapter 1 Zhao Ranran's Confession (3.12)
"Hello, I think the one who can hear this voice must be the police officers from the Ansei Division!"
"In this world, you are probably the only ones who still care about me!"
"By the time you hear this voice, I should have been dead for a very, very long time, right? Well, if I weren't dead, how could you have gotten this memory card?"
"Alright, I don't have much time left, so I'll get to the important points!"
"Officer, I confess. My name is Zhao Ranran. Between April and June of 4224, I killed 17 prostitutes."
"The reason for killing them is simple: Maria didn't like them!"
"You should have already investigated my crime thoroughly, so I won't go into details."
"I believe you have all found the place where these women were murdered—it's that factory!"
"The murder weapon and evidence are inside. You should be able to see them once you find the factory!"
"Sigh, I only realized now that Maria tricked me. Now that she's locked me up here, she's probably going to do something to me, right?"
"To my shame, I'm about to die and I still don't know who Maria is. I only know that she's a woman, that she's been abroad, and that she wants to avenge her family!"
"Officer, that's enough for now. Maria should be back soon!"
"Even though I know I'm going to die, I don't hate her at all, really!"
"Actually, I don't want you to catch her either!"
"I just hope that at this time of year, she can come and visit my grave!"
The recovered memory card contained only this brief one-and-a-half-minute confession.
Li Nan and the others listened to it more than ten times before finally giving up in desperation.
It was another confession that seemed to say everything, but in reality, said nothing at all.
In her over four hundred-word voice message, Zhao Ranran only explained that she was the murderer in the 0609 case and that she was killed by this woman whose true face she had never seen.
And she was also deeply in love with this female student studying abroad named Maria?
Is this so melodramatic?
"Is Zhao Ranran crazy? Since she can record and speak, why doesn't she run away or call for help?"
After listening to the recording, Yang Bairong couldn't understand the thoughts of this 27-year-old.
"Judging from the autopsy results, Zhao Ranran did not suffer any serious injuries before his death. He could definitely run, right?"
As a forensic doctor, Qin Wen also couldn't understand it. If obvious restraint injuries or limb damage were found on the body, she could accept the conclusion that Zhao Ranran couldn't have escaped. However, according to the autopsy results, Zhao Ranran should have been in good health before her death.
Moreover, judging from the contents of her stomach, Zhao Ranran's last meal was quite substantial, containing fish, meat, and some seafood.
From all perspectives, Zhao Ranran can at most be considered to be under house arrest.
Moreover, the place of house arrest is in 45 villas!
Although the villa area doesn't have a large flow of people, it has no shortage of dedicated security guards like Xiao Cheng. If he wants to ask for help, he will definitely have a chance.
Li Nan had a lot of contact with Vice President Yang and knew that Woman A might possess extraordinary abilities, such as top-tier hypnosis.
"Could it be that Zhao Ranran was influenced by this woman A's hypnosis, causing Zhao Ranran's incomprehensible behavior?"
Is hypnosis really that powerful?
Although Zhao Ranran's tone in her confession was somewhat low, it was still clear that her mind was relatively clear when she recorded the recording.
But since his mind was clear, it meant he wasn't being hypnotized or controlled, so why didn't he run away?
This seems to be a contradictory deadlock!
Recently, Li Na, who has fallen in love, offered a somewhat outlandish and dramatic explanation: "Could it be because of love?"
Everyone rolled their eyes at her.
In the recording, Zhao Ranran mentioned Maria more than once. Maria was the woman he deeply loved. She went abroad to study and avenge her family.
Aside from not directly revealing her ID card, who else could Peng Yuanyuan be?
But does Peng Yuanyuan also possess hypnosis skills?
Li Nan began to have doubts.
Zhao Ranran's death confession and Zhang Qiqi's suicide note have too many similarities!
Although far-fetched, hypnosis is currently the most plausible explanation.
Li Nan continued the recording, "Let's not discuss Zhao Ranran's decision not to run away; let's think about the other parts of the recording first!"
"It seems like nothing's useful anymore, right?" Ma Jie replied naively.
Yang Bairong tapped his head, "Pay attention in class, were you spacing out just now?"
Li Nan played the recording again, and slowly said in sync with the rhythm of the recording, "The factory! Where is the factory? Why is Zhao Ranran so sure we know where the factory is?"
Ma Jie couldn't resist showing off his utterly useless intelligence, aside from his titanium alloy dog eyes, "Yeah, what factory does Zhao Ranran have?"
Qin Wen had a sudden inspiration and remembered the asset records she had seen in Li Nan's office.
"It's that tea processing plant he originally bought!"
Li Nan gave Qin Wen a big thumbs up. The only factory that Zhao Ranran was connected with was the processing plant that she bought from Gao Siming for 4.1 million yuan!
Li Nan immediately instructed Ma Jie to go to the technical department and have Xiao Wang find information about the owner of the tea factory.
Another crucial issue is that this memory card only contains recordings, and the sound needs to be verified.
In modern society, finding Zhao Ranran's voice record using internet technology is only a matter of time for Xiao Wang.
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