Chapter 16
"Come on, let's get down to business. What's the clue?"
Shi Qian was finally brought back to the original topic. He seemed to be searching for something and said, "You asked us to find the whereabouts of the second accomplice. We discovered that on the 29th of last month, a suspect appeared in the range of the cameras in the Yunyue Industrial Zone."
"How did you determine that he was the suspect?"
Shi Qian paused before saying, "Does it count if he waved at the camera while holding a bunch of hibiscus flowers?"
Xiao Yuncheng: “…”
Xiao Yuncheng hung up the phone and coaxed Wu Tong out of bed. While tidying up, he said to Wu Tong, "They've found Xu Ze's whereabouts."
Wu Tong poked his head out of the bathroom, holding a toothbrush in his mouth and asked vaguely, "How did you find out?"
"Camera, he waved at the camera with the Tu Mi flower. Why is this guy so arrogant... I say, little painter, hurry up, we still have to go buy breakfast." Xiao Yuncheng urged again. Wu Tong was originally in a bad mood when he woke up, and he was annoyed by his urging. What greeted him was that Wu Tong didn't pay much attention to him all morning.
"Brother Xiao, why are you so absent-minded?" Shi Qian placed his hand in front of the stunned Xiao Yuncheng and waved it. Xiao Yuncheng finally came back to his senses: "Ah? What's wrong..."
"I said! This suspect left Yunyue Industrial Zone a day ago!!!" Shi Qian almost pulled his ears and yelled.
"Oh... Keep looking. Find out his whereabouts and routes. He can't possibly escape all surveillance. I'll go find him. You're busy!"
Seeing Xiao Yuncheng slip away again while talking, Shi Qian was left alone there, roaring helplessly.
Xiao Yuncheng rushed into the office and saw Wu Tong lying on the sofa taking a nap. Xiao Yuncheng hurried over and asked, "Are you asleep?"
"Get lost." Wu Tong didn't even want to open his eyes, lest he see his anger rising again.
Xiao Yuncheng knew he was in the wrong and begged for mercy: "I was wrong, Tongtong, I really didn't mean it. I will never bother you next time, okay? Just pay attention to me..."
Wu Tong hadn't slept well to begin with, and Xiao Yuncheng's noises had even ruined his sleep. He moved his arm slightly away from his eyes, revealing one eye as he looked at Xiao Yuncheng and asked, "How's the investigation going?"
This means everything is fine. Xiao Yuncheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He played with Wu Tong's hair and said, "At present, we only know that he left the Yunyue Industrial Zone a day ago. We are still looking for him, but we won't be able to find him for a while."
"So you abandoned your brothers and came back to bother me?" Wu Tong chuckled.
Xiao Yuncheng had an expression that said, "I don't have it, so don't talk nonsense." "How could I be that kind of person..."
At this moment, his brother Lin Chen burst in and made eye contact with the two people piled on the sofa. He was in a dilemma whether to come in or not: "Wow, what have you been doing..."
Xiao Yuncheng immediately stood up and sat upright next to Wu Tong. He looked at Lin Chen and said angrily, "Why didn't you knock? How rude!!"
Lin Chen's eyes widened as if he had heard something bizarre, and he looked at Xiao Yuncheng in disbelief and said, "I never knocked on the door when I came here before..."
"Are you guilty of something?"
Xiao Yuncheng: “…”
You really hit the nail on the head, haha...
"What's the matter? Tell me." Xiao Yuncheng was too lazy to make trouble and asked Lin Chen directly.
Lin Chen found an empty seat and sat down. He looked at Xiao Yuncheng seriously and said, "At the moment, none of the cases we have on hand have been solved: Chen Hao has not made any progress yet; the Du Wenzhou case has not made any progress. We don't have that much time to waste. Our superiors told us to hurry up."
Xiao Yuncheng lowered his eyes and listened to him finish. Suddenly, Wu Tong interrupted and said, "I think you should solve the Du Wenzhou case first."
Lin Chen couldn't help but wonder: "Why?"
Wu Tong explained, "Your case is already entangled with many things, so Chen Hao will naturally be 'uprooted'. But if you slow down and forcefully investigate Chen Hao's whereabouts, you will be pinned down here until nothing can be uncovered."
Lin Chen obviously didn't understand Wu Tong's meaning and continued to look at him with a frown. Xiao Yuncheng said at this time: "Continue to investigate Du Wenzhou's case and find the second murderer. This person is extremely important!"
"Okay, then let's do as you say. Anyway, you, Captain Xiao, will be the one to be scolded first in the end." Lin Chen shrugged, chatted for a few more words and then left.
Xiao Yuncheng looked at Wu Tong beside him and asked, "Why do you think we should investigate Du Wenzhou's case first?"
It was the same question as before, but this time Wu Tong explained in more detail: "If you can't find Xu Ze now, he'll take advantage of you and kill you. During this time, he'll definitely be able to escape and disappear. By then, not only will you not be able to find Chen Hao, but you won't be able to investigate all of Du Wenzhou's cases either."
"Why do you support us in catching him?" Xiao Yuncheng suddenly asked.
Wu Tong lowered his head when he heard this, a trace of uneasiness flashing in his eyes. He said, "I think something is wrong with him."
"Captain Xiao, we just checked the surveillance in the north, but still don't have any clues. If we continue like this, we'll run out of clues." The technical investigation personnel and Xiao Yuncheng walked at big strides. They rushed straight to the forensic department and scared Xuan Li when they pushed the door open.
Xuan Li looked at them in a hurry and asked in confusion, "What are you doing?"
Xiao Yuncheng took out a notebook. Xuan Li took it and took a look. It was written to her by Wu Tong. Xuan Li, I thought of a possibility: Gu Yuan said before that she had bipolar disorder and it became more and more serious later. I don’t think it was caused by Du Wenzhou. Maybe there was something wrong with the medicine the doctor gave her. If possible, it would be best to have Gu Yuan tested.
——Wu Tong.
The last signature was neatly signed, and one could even see Wu Tong frowning as he wrote through the words. Xuan Li raised the corner of his mouth and said to Xiao Yuncheng, "Wu Tong is quite clever."
"Of course not." Xiao Yuncheng lowered his head to edit the message and was able to reply to Xuan Li. Xuan Li immediately asked someone to bring him in for examination, and then approached Xiao Yuncheng suspiciously: "What are you doing?"
Xiao Yuncheng was startled by her and quickly exited the program with his fingers: "Nothing...Have you finished reading it? What did you find?"
Faced with Xiao Yuncheng's obvious attempt to change the subject, Xuan Li didn't intend to pursue the matter further and directly told Xiao Yuncheng what she was going to do next.
"So there's something wrong with Gu Yuan's medicine... I'll go interrogate Gu Yuan again later."
Xuan Li put down the notebook in her hand and looked up at a row of test tube racks placed on the side of the equipment cabinet. Suddenly, an idea flashed through her mind. She looked at Xiao Yuncheng and said uncertainly: "Could Gu Yuan be taking drugs?..."
"Let Gu Yuan do a blood test right now and give me the results as soon as they come out!" Xiao Yuncheng quickly ran to the anti-drug team and found Lin Chen. Lin Chen already knew their arrangements, so he grabbed the tools and rushed out with Xiao Yuncheng without saying a word.
No one in the entire police station was wandering around leisurely. Everyone was running around as if they were on Hot Wheels.
In the conference room, Xiao Yuncheng slammed the report on the table and said sternly, "We conducted a rigorous examination on Gu Yuan and ultimately discovered through hair analysis that she had been injecting fluamine. This behavior has lasted for nearly three months. Now, several people, come with me to review Gu Yuan!"
In the interrogation room, Gu Yuan sat there uneasily, startled even by the police pushing the door open. The police came over and pulled out a chair, mocking her, "Are you scared again now?"
"When did you start taking drugs? Who provided you with them?"
Gu Yuan's hands were shaking violently as he stammered, "...two, two months ago...Doctor Xu gave me the medicine."
Xiao Yuncheng stared inside with a serious expression. The voices of interrogation echoed clearly and unimpeded throughout the interrogation room. Wu Tong, who was sitting next to him, yawned. Xiao Yuncheng noticed the movement of the person next to him and lowered his head. He said softly, "Are you tired? Why don't you go back and rest?"
Wu Tong rubbed his eyes and shook his head, indicating that he could still hold on. Xiao Yuncheng said nothing more, just patted his head. However, Lin Chen and Shi Qian looked at them as if they had seen a ghost.
Shi Qian: "Brother Xiao...when did you become so gentle?"
Lin Chen: "What do you know? This is called a straight man meeting true love, you know?"
Then the two of them shuddered at the same time: "Huh..."
"He said this medicine can calm me down, and even make me see Wenzhou become gentle. It has to be me..." Gu Yuan said on the other end. Xiao Yuncheng's expression became more serious. Wu Tong pulled his hand and mouthed the question silently, "Is it a hallucination?"
Xiao Yuncheng nodded and continued listening.
"······After each injection, I would see Wenzhou smiling and feeding me cake, just like my first love."
"Of the 13 knife wounds on Du Wenzhou's body, each one avoided his ribs. He was holding your hand when he stabbed you, right?"
Gu Yuan nodded slightly, and then she heard the police ask her why. Gu Yuan raised her head, a hollow smile in her eyes: "The anniversary of Wenzhou and I's first love is February 13th..."
Until Gu Yuan stabbed Du Wenzhou's body again and again, blood gushed out and splashed all over Gu Yuan's face. Xu Ze whispered to her behind her: "This is not a drug, it's a marriage repair agent - look, the blooming tea flowers look like a wedding bouquet."
In Gu Yuan's eyes, scarlet flowers were blooming on Du Wenzhou's body. She widened her eyes and laughed crazily: "...It's true, it's really blooming! Hahaha..."
"You were hallucinating because of drugs. What did he tell you at the time?"
Gu Yuan clutched the fabric of her clothes tightly and murmured, "He said this is called... 'Bi'an Tu Mi'. It has Tu Mi flower extract in it, and it can make me see beautiful scenes, so it's called this."
Wu Tong's hand holding Xiao Yuncheng froze, and a trace of surprise flashed across his face. He looked up at Gu Yuan outside the glass window and frowned.
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