Chapter 70: The Case of the Missing Sister (15) Ruoruo, you must be happy...
Thinking of this, Sang Luo walked up the stairs and opened the door of Ruan Yu's house. A big man was packing things in the house. Sang Luo took a few glances and felt that the other person did not look like a thief. Just when Sang Luo was puzzled, the man turned around. Sang Luo recognized him. He was the man who persuaded Ruan Yu to return to Beijing in the hospital ward.
"Are you Ruan Yu's secretary?" Sang Luo took the initiative to greet him.
The man nodded and gave a friendly smile: "Yes, Miss Sang, my master asked me to come here to help him pack his things, he wants to move out."
Sang Luo's heart skipped a beat, but he quickly reacted. It was normal for Ruan Yu to move out. He came here with a purpose. Since Sang Luo did not agree to his pursuit, it would be boring for him to stay here. He might as well move out as soon as possible and return to the capital to be his master.
Sang Luo nodded and said nothing more, but she felt a little lost inside.
She turned around and went back to her home, covered herself with the quilt and fell asleep. At night she had a dream. She dreamed that she was standing under the big willow tree of her childhood, and a small figure was running towards her in the distance.
"Sister! Sister!" the figure kept calling out. Sang Luo quickly recognized her as her younger sister Sang Ruo. She also waved to her sister and called out loudly.
She found that her hands had become smaller. She looked down at her feet and they had also become smaller. Her whole body had become smaller and she was back to the age of seven.
Sang Ruo ran to Sang Luo and threw herself into her arms: "Sister, I miss you so much!"
Sang Luo hugged his sister tightly: "I miss you too, I've been looking for you!"
Although Sang Luo is not the original owner, after such a long period of pursuit, Sang Luo has developed feelings for this girl.
Sang Ruo gave a smug smile: "I know, I have been watching the whole time! In fact, I have never left. That year, I was deceived and taken to a faraway village. He made me lie in a coffin, and soon I felt very painful. I couldn't see anything in front of my eyes, only darkness. This lasted for a very long time."
"I thought I would stay there forever, but suddenly one day I found that I could move freely. I flew high into the sky like a balloon, but my body was transparent and no one could see me. It was such a fun feeling!"
"After I learned how to fly, the first thing I did was to fly back home. I saw that you were having a bad time because of me. Mom and Dad were arguing all the time. I was very anxious and wanted to talk to you, but you couldn't hear me. Then I saw the dictionary on the table, so I hid in it. I wanted to use the dictionary to remind you that I was here."
"After I hid in there, my mother started cleaning. She collected all my things and put them in a big cardboard box. I was pressed underneath it and couldn't move. I couldn't talk to you."
"I wanted to fly out of the dictionary, but I couldn't move. Later I realized that I had become a spirit. Spirits only have one chance to possess an object. Once an object is selected, there is no regret."
"I kept waiting like this until you took me out of the box some time ago and put me on the desk. I finally had the chance to talk to you. I really want to tell you what happened during this period. I missed you so much."
"But my ability is limited. I can only display one word every night. I can only turn over the dictionary at midnight. I wanted to talk to you, but another spirit approached me. He begged me to help him pass on the message. He said that he was killed and hoped that you could help him solve the case."
"After listening to you, I felt that you were amazing! Sister, after so many years, you actually became a criminal police officer! Sister, I admire you so much!"
"In order to help that spirit, I gave him the opportunity to pass on information to you until you solved the case. Later, spirits came to me one after another, and my dictionary became a medium for communication. I was only busy helping them to redress their grievances, and I never had the chance to talk to you until recently!"
Sang Luo touched his sister's hair and said distressedly: "You have suffered so much over the years, why didn't you come to me in my dreams earlier?"
Sang Ruo shook her head. "The opportunity to send messages in dreams is very precious. Not every spirit has it. I have always wanted to enter your dreams, but I couldn't. Just now, two little men, one black and one white, found me. They said that I had too much resentment in the past, and I have been wandering in the human world and unable to reincarnate. Now that my case is about to be solved, it is time for me to reincarnate. I begged them to let me see you one last time, and they gave me a chance to enter your dreams."
Sang Luo's heart tightened: "Are you going to reincarnate?"
Sang Ruo nodded: "They promised to let me see Zhou Kailong being shot with my own eyes. After the execution, they will take me to reincarnate, and they also said that they want me to be born into a good family!"
Sang Luo gently put his hand on Sang Ruo's face: "Ruoruo, you must be happy."
"You too, sister!" Sang Ruo showed a bright smile, "I didn't go to my parents in my dreams, I know they don't care about me anymore. You are the person I miss most in this world. I can't be with you in the future, you must be happy and continue your ideals, sister, you will always be my idol!"
The sky in the dream was getting brighter and brighter. Sang Luo felt uneasy. She didn't have time to feel sad, so she asked a question she had been thinking about for many years:
"Ruoruo, how were you deceived in the first place?"
Sang Ruo: "Well... we were taking a nap at that time, do you remember? You and mom were both asleep, and I couldn't fall asleep in bed, so I ran out to play by myself. The door was not locked, and I was wandering around the village. Suddenly, I met that man. He was pushing a cart selling candy figures and looked at me with a smile."
"He looked very happy, as if he had been waiting here for a long time. I stared at his candy man and drooled. He then asked me if I wanted to eat a candy man and he could give me one for free."
"I nodded, but then I thought of you, so I asked him if he could give me two for free because I have a sister at home. I thought he would scold me, but he agreed without a second thought. He said he didn't have that much material and could only make one sugar figure, so he asked me to go home with him to get the sugar. With the sugar, we could make more sugar figures."
"I know my parents always taught me not to go with strangers, but I really wanted to eat candy. Sister, I have never eaten a candy in my life! So I agreed to him immediately, but before leaving, I sneaked back home and wrote a note. The man didn't stop me, but waited for me at the door with a smile on his face."
"After writing the note, I happily followed him out of the village. I even helped him push the cart! But after we passed a hill, we still hadn't reached his house yet. I asked him when he would arrive, and he suddenly changed his face, tied my hands and feet, stuffed a cloth in my mouth, picked me up and stuffed me into his cart."
"I cried for a long time, but no one came to rescue me. The mountain road was bumpy and my butt was sore. It was almost dark when the man pulled me out. He took the cloth out of my mouth and before I could say a word, he pushed me into the coffin. Then, I died..."
"I...I never got to eat a candy man until I died..."
Sang Luo endured the pain and asked for details: "How did you die? Did you die from lack of oxygen in the coffin?"
A flash of panic flashed across Sang Ruo's face. She was silent for a few seconds, looked up at the sky, and spoke faster to Sang Luo:
"Sister, there is no time left. There is one last thing you need to remember—"
"I specifically asked those two villains to keep the dictionary alive after I leave. The spirits of other victims can still pass on information to you through the dictionary to help you solve the case. Sister, you have to keep working hard—"
As soon as she finished speaking, Sang Luo suddenly woke up from her dream and found that it was already bright outside the window. She touched her face and found that it was covered with tear marks.
The small dictionary was still on the desk. As the sunlight shone through it, the cover of the dictionary emitted a faint glow.
Sang Luo wiped the tears from her face, washed up briefly, and cooked herself a bowl of ordinary egg noodles. After eating, she went out for a run. She wanted to use this holiday to exercise well and maintain excellent physical fitness so that she could continue to shine in her job and live up to her sister's advice.
Seven days passed like this uneventfully. During this time, Sang Luo went back to the police station once more. This time she went back to cooperate with the investigation. Facing her colleagues in Team 1, Sang Luo told them her entire investigation process.
At the beginning, she visited several villages and learned that Zhou Kailong was particularly superstitious, so she took advantage of this and set up a trap. She paid Huo Laosan and He Xiangu from Daliushu Village to perform and make Zhou Kailong think that his daughter's grave had been dug up by a dog. In this way, she found the location of the grave and then discovered the bodies of those girls.
After the holiday, Sang Luo returned to the bureau and Ma Shi Tu told her that the investigation had been completed and Zhou Kailong confessed to all the crimes.
There were some twists and turns in the process. The forensic doctor first sorted out all the bones in the coffin, and found a total of seven skeletons, including one headless and dismembered body and six complete skeletons of children.
After DNA identification, the police confirmed that the headless and dismembered body was Zhou Kailong's daughter Zhou Yueyue. The reason why the body was in such a state was probably due to the accident that year.
In addition, it was discovered that four of the corpses were the four missing girls that Sang Luo had focused on investigating: Chen Xiujuan, Sang Ruo, Wang Huahua, and Li Mei.
There are also two skeletons of girls. The police have not found possible subjects among the missing persons. The families of these two missing persons probably did not report the case to the police at that time. The police are currently collecting information from the public.
At the beginning, Zhou Kailong did not cooperate with the investigation because the police only dug up the bones on the mountain and there was no evidence to prove that these bones were buried by Zhou Kailong, so Zhou Kailong was very confident.
Later, after careful examination by forensic doctor Bai Bingxin, half a nail was found between Chen Xiujuan's teeth. After DNA testing, it was confirmed that this half nail belonged to Zhou Kailong.
Faced with overwhelming evidence, Zhou Kailong had no way to deny it and finally told the truth.
Sang Luo looked at the confession record in her hand. Although she had not seen Zhou Kailong himself, she seemed to see the expression on Zhou Kailong's face when he was recording his confession.
He confessed the entire crime in detail. In his confession, he said:
"Yueyue died, and then my wife died too. I don't understand. I have been an honest person all my life, doing everything in a proper manner. When I have free time, I would feed sparrows with leftovers. I have never hurt anyone, and I have never done anything bad. Why did this happen to me?"
"I can't accept it. I think God is unfair. There are people in our village who are cunning and treacherous, and there are people who are tyrannical. God didn't take them away, but took away my wife and children. Why? On what basis? God is unfair!"
"I ran to school the moment I got the news. They told me Yueyue was under the dirt. I dug until my fingernails peeled off. Finally, I found Yueyue's clothes. That child had a hard life. Her clothes were made from her mother's old clothes."
"I rushed over and pulled the dress out, but the dress came out but she didn't. She was already broken into pieces inside, and her head was flattened. She was only seven years old! Why did she have to suffer such a thing?!"
"That day I carried Yueyue home, and the villagers came up to comfort me. They gathered in a circle, with different expressions on their faces and their own thoughts. I knew they were not comforting me, they were laughing at me! My child died, but their child was fine, and they were gloating!"
"If God is unfair, then I will make this matter fair myself. My child died, and their child should die too!"
"I thought about it for a long time in the room and came up with the idea of making sugar figures. I found Zhao Aiguo in the village and asked him to be my apprentice. At the same time, I was also keeping an eye on Zhao Dazhu. He skipped classes every day, but he managed to escape. I started with him first. A bastard like him who skips classes every day should be punished. Why is he living a better life than my daughter?"
"Later, I tested his strength and found that this bastard was quite strong. This was my first time committing a crime and I had no experience. I couldn't target a half-grown boy like this."
"Then I set my sights on Chen Xiujuan next door. Xiujuan is actually a very well-behaved girl and she has never offended me. But I had to take action against her. Who made her deserve to die?"
"I first built a good relationship with Chen Xiujuan. At that time, children were short of snacks. I happened to be learning how to make sugar figurines and made a lot of failed ones. I gave all those failed sugar figurines to Xiujuan to eat. After a while, Xiujuan and I became closer."
"I thought the time was right, so I found a secluded place and moved my daughter's remains away. After I caught Chen Xiujuan, I asked her to go down and accompany my daughter."
"Then I found an excuse to have a quarrel with Zhao Aiguo and ruin my reputation in the village. This way I could take advantage of the situation and move out openly to a village near my daughter."
"After moving away, I found a day to go back to Tianye Village, still pushing my small cart. It was morning that day, and the village was very quiet. Everyone was out. I knew the villagers' daily routines very well. They usually went out early in the morning and came back at noon, so they were not at home all morning."
"But that day was Saturday, and there was no school. Chen Xiujuan was at home. Normally, she would study at home, and her parents would lock the door. But this was not a problem. I had already inquired about it. Chen Xiujuan is a very healthy child, and she can climb over the wall."
"I arrived outside her house and started shouting for help. Sure enough, Chen Xiujuan spoke to me through the door. She asked me what happened. I said I was bitten by a snake and needed to call the village doctor. But I was too weak to walk, so I asked her to call the doctor for me."
"We were already very close, so she didn't suspect anything and climbed over the wall directly. When she saw that I was fine, she felt very strange. Before she could react, I blocked her mouth, tied her hands and feet, and stuffed her into my stroller."
"I pushed the cart to the back hill of Huaishu Village, came to my daughter's grave, dug out the coffin with a shovel, and then I opened the coffin and prepared to throw Chen Xiujuan in. At this time, she struggled desperately and spit out the cloth in her mouth. But I was not afraid. After all, it was a deserted mountain road and no one passed by. It was useless for her to call for help."
"But she didn't call for help. Instead, she opened her mouth and bit my finger. She refused to let go and bit off the tip of my index finger. I was so angry that I strangled her neck until she stopped breathing. She didn't close her eyes until she died, and she kept looking at me with resentment."
"After confirming that she was dead, I untied the rope and placed her body together with my daughter's body. They were the same age, so they could be company in the underground, and my daughter wouldn't be alone."
"Finally, I used some roadside soil and grass leaves to bandage the wound to stop the bleeding, and then I endured the pain and buried the coffin. My first case was successfully completed."
"After Chen Xiujuan disappeared, her family made a big fuss about it and the police also came to investigate. Fortunately, I had moved away long ago, so no one suspected me."
"But then I couldn't target the children in Amano Village anymore, because I would definitely be discovered. So I changed my mind and started targeting children from other villages."
"I know that the children from other villages have no grudges against me, but I can't accept it. Whenever I see other families of three having fun at the market, I feel hatred in my heart. I hate why they can be so happy, and I hate why my Yueyue was taken away from me."
"I always dream about Yueyue. She said it was so cold and dark underground and she was so lonely. She wanted someone to accompany her. So I promised Yueyue that I would find her a few more playmates who were about her age."
"It is said that a grand memorial service will be held three years after a person's death. I gave Chen Xiujuan to Yueyue three years after her death, and I swore in my heart that every three years, I would give Yueyue a seven-year-old girl."
"As for the second girl, I don't know her name, I only remember that she was abducted from Houtu Village."
When she reached this point, Sang Luo paused. She knew that Zhou Kailong was talking about Sang Ruo.
After pausing for a few seconds, she continued to flip through the pages.
"Another three years had passed, and it was time for me to choose a playmate for Yueyue. During that time, I had been looking for targets at the market, and that's when I saw the family of three, a mother with a pair of twin daughters. One of the two girls was very greedy, and she couldn't even walk when she saw my sugar figures. I liked them very much, because greedy children like these are easy to be fooled."
"I overheard their conversation and learned that their family lived in Houtu Village, so I decided to try my luck."
"In fact, I didn't have much hope at first, because I didn't even know the girl's name. I just wanted to ask around, but I actually ran into her. It was really a blind cat meeting a dead mouse. I was so lucky. Maybe Yueyue's spirit in heaven was blessing me."
"I was observing the environment in the village, and I actually saw the girl running out on her own initiative. She was alone, and there was no parent with her. That's when I knew that my chance to take action had come."
"I used a sugar man to trick her into following me, and she really fell for it. What happened next was the same. I tied her up and took her to the back hill of Huaishu Village in a cart."
"But there is one difference. This time I plan to let her die in a different way. Chen Xiujuan died too easily before. At least she had an intact body. But my Yueyue died without an intact body. This is unfair! Not only do I want them to die, but I also want them to die in extreme pain!"
"So I came up with an idea. After transporting the girl to the mountain, I went down the mountain and brought up the ingredients for making syrup. Next to Yueyue's grave, I lit the firewood pile, put the pot on it, and started making syrup right there."
"After the syrup was ready, I opened the lid of the coffin, took the cloth out of the girl's mouth, and threw her into the coffin. Then I poured the whole pot of boiling syrup on her. Do you know her expression at that time? Hahahaha, I really want to show you!"
"It's what she deserves. She's greedy! Doesn't she love eating candy figures? Then I'll turn her into a candy figure!"
Seeing this, Sang Luo began to feel short of breath. She grabbed her collar and fell to the ground. No wonder Sang Ruo refused to tell the cause of her death. It turned out that her mouth and nose were covered with hot syrup and she suffocated to death!
Suffocation was the final result, but during these few minutes, Sang Ruo's nose and mouth were all burned by the syrup. Sang Luo didn't dare to imagine the pain. She had only one thought in her mind at this moment -
Zhou Kailong must be sentenced to death.
He must die to pay for his sister's life!
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