Chapter 63: The Corpse Dismemberment Case (VIII) The Red Suitcase
Fang Sheng seemed a little unhappy when he heard Han Jianye asking about Li Meixiang. He answered impatiently: "We broke up a long time ago. Who can stand her personality?"
Han Jianye kept asking, "When did you break up?"
Fang Sheng replied: "We broke up after July and we haven't been in touch since then."
Han Jianye continued to inquire: "So where did you live after you moved out of Nanwu Community?"
Fang Sheng seemed a little angry: "We broke up because of housing issues. We lived well in Nanwu Community, why did we move? Moving to a crowded and dark place like the village in the city, I was tired of going to work every day, and I felt even more depressed when I saw the damp house when I got home. Her way of taking advantage of others was outrageous, and she didn't consider other people's feelings at all. After we broke up, I moved to the company dormitory."
Han Jianye asked: "Then do you know where she lives now?"
Fang Sheng sneered, "Where else can we go? I guess we'll still live in that shabby village in the city."
He then gave Han Jianye the address of Chengcun Village and asked them to go there to find someone themselves.
Han Jianye's expression became more solemn. He looked up at the sky and noticed that it was getting late and there was only an hour left before dark.
He said decisively: "Let's go to the village in the city."
Ye Bai followed closely behind, and both of them moved with firm and quick steps.
"It's really one wave after another."
Han Jianye responded to Ye Bai and said with a smile: "Everyone says that the murderer has strong anti-detection capabilities, so we must speed up the pace of solving the case. Maybe the murderer is hiding in a corner now, waiting to see us make a fool of ourselves."
Ye Bai nodded in agreement. They had been working tirelessly in recent days just to uncover the truth as soon as possible. How could they let the murderer go unpunished?
Han Jianye was driving when he suddenly asked, "What a pity you didn't eat the tomato and egg noodles last night."
Ye Bai saw it in the morning, and he responded softly: "I didn't know you were cooking noodles."
"If you knew, you would come out to eat, right?"
Ye Bai wondered, is this important?
But I still catered to his inquiry, "I will come out to eat."
Han Jianye snorted coldly, "You have a conscience, otherwise my bowl of noodles would have been wasted."
Ye Bai comforted him, "How about I cook for you next time."
Han Jianye was very surprised after hearing this, "You cooked it for me? Did I hear it right?"
He can't even wash the dishes. ( ￣ )
Ye Bai touched his nose embarrassedly, "I...I can learn."
Han Jianye thought Ye Bai's expression was very interesting, so he teased him on purpose: "Then, give me noodles in a bowl that has not been rinsed clean, so that I can test the poison and be your first test subject." After saying that, he glanced at Ye Bai and said, "I didn't realize you are quite vicious."
( _ )! ?
Ye Bai felt that he had gone too far off topic, and besides, it looked like cooking noodles wasn't that difficult. He had just said that he would cook for him next time, but how did it turn into something like asking him to taste poison?
"Please don't misinterpret what I mean, okay?" Ye Bai said helplessly.
"I'm just afraid of being poisoned."
"...No...ε-(д)"
Ye Bai regretted it now. He shouldn't have said that he would cook noodles for him.
"Then don't cook it."
"No." Han Jianye said with a smile, "It's rare that you have this intention. I can watch from the side and provide ready-made guidance. Isn't it better than you learning on your phone?"
Ye Bai let out an "ah" and lowered his eyes slightly. He felt even more regretful now and thought: With him in the kitchen, things will be even more chaotic.
"Do you regret it?"
Han Jianye suddenly threw out this sentence, which scared Ye Bai!
"No...no, I'm just wondering what kind of noodles to cook?"
Shit, he could definitely read minds.
admire! ! !
Han Jianye raised his lips, "You can also pick noodles to cook, it's really rare."
Ye Bai glanced at him and thought to himself: What's the use of being handsome? He can drive people away with just his mouth.
According to the address provided by Fang Sheng, the two came to the village in the city and found the small house rented by Li Meixiang.
Han Jianye knocked on the door for a long time, but no one answered. He turned to Ye Bai and asked in confusion, "Has she not come back from get off work yet?"
At this moment, the neighbor next door opened the door to take out the trash. He looked at Han Jianye and Ye Bai curiously. Although he was a little puzzled, he kindly reminded them: "You don't have to knock anymore. The owner hasn't been back to live here for a while."
Ye Bai asked: "Do you know exactly when she stopped coming back?"
The neighbor shook his head and said he didn't have much impression of her, but just remembered that he hadn't seen her for some time.
He described Li Meixiang as a woman who wore glasses, had long hair, and had a bad temper, and who rarely communicated with others.
Han Jianye immediately decided to call the landlord to open the door.
When the landlord's son showed up, he was surprised to see two policemen standing at the door, but he still cooperated and opened the door.
As soon as the door opened, a damp and musty smell hit me in the face, and the room was filled with dust.
Han Jianye asked the landlord's son to stay outside the door. He and Ye Bai both put on foot masks and checked every corner of the room with sharp eyes.
The room is not big, just one bedroom and one living room.
Ye Bai gently stroked the tabletop with his fingers, which was covered with thick dust.
The bananas on the table had turned moldy and black, emitting a foul odor.
Han Jianye opened the closet and found that Li Meixiang's clothes were all there, but after a careful check, he could not find the brown coat.
Ye Bai walked to the bathroom and found that it was very clean. Towels and toothbrushes were there, but there was no sign of Li Meixiang.
Han Jianye noticed a detail: "There are no suitcases here."
He was not sure whether Li Meixiang used a suitcase, but he called Fang Sheng anyway and learned that she did have a big red suitcase.
Fang Sheng said that Li Meixiang has no stable job, her hometown is not here, and she has few friends, so he doesn't know where she will go.
Han Jianye searched the room but couldn't find the big red suitcase, so he went back and asked the landlord's son: "When was the last time Li Meixiang contacted you?"
The landlord's son replied: "At the end of July. The rent is 800 yuan at the end of every month, and this month is not even at the end yet."
Han Jianye looked up at the surveillance camera in the corridor and asked, "How long can the surveillance camera here be preserved?"
The landlord's son replied: "The memory is not big, it can only be kept for a week."
"One week." Han Jianye murmured softly, realizing that the body parts were found on August 20, the victim was killed on the 15th or 16th, and today is August 24th. The surveillance video of the rental building had long been overwritten.
Ye Bai made a guess: "If the deceased is Li Meixiang, then this is likely the first crime scene. The murderer may have put the deceased in a suitcase, transported it to another place to dismember the body, and then dumped it in the river."
Han Jianye nodded seriously, agreeing: "We need to find Li Meixiang's family and conduct a DNA test with the deceased to confirm whether it is Li Meixiang."
So, who is the murderer?