Chapter 170 A family of three found
Recalling what Li Qiuhan had said on the phone just now, "Remember to eat breakfast," Xia Lili was surprised to realize that this was the breakfast Captain Li ordered for her.
Xia Lili was surprised and went to Jinyan Laundry with breakfast. Captain Li was so thoughtful.
Maybe it's because it's not easy for her to go out and handle cases alone, so they want to take better care of her.
Xia Lili was walking in the alley when a man of medium height with an ordinary face came towards her.
The man passed him by.
Xia Lili touched her pocket.
There is an extra key in my pocket.
She walked forward calmly, feeling surprised. It turned out there really was such a subtle way to place things without anyone noticing.
The man who just passed by Xia Lili was the plainclothes officer arranged by the police.
He and three other police officers took turns keeping watch near the Jinyan Laundry.
Last night, Xia Lili gave the key to the laundry shop to Li Qihan, who handed it to a plainclothes comrade.
The plainclothes police officer must have used a key to enter the laundry after Feng Jinyan left Jinyan Laundry last night to check the condition of the carpet and the situation inside the store. He probably also had a copy of the key.
Xia Lili had breakfast in the store and installed hidden surveillance cameras and eavesdropping devices in the store.
She had been in the store for less than two hours when Feng Jinyan suddenly called.
Feng Jinyan hurriedly explained on the phone: "Xiao Xia, you don't have to come to work these few days. I'll call you and then you can come to work."
Xia Lili was confused. Could it be that Feng Jinyan discovered something wrong with the carpet when she was cleaning it last night? When she was waiting for the customer to pick up the carpet, she extorted a hush money from the customer?
Fearing that she would do something bad, Feng Jinyan sent her away
"By the way, please give the spare key of the store I gave you yesterday to the hotel owner. Don't come to the store these days." Feng Jinyan was very cautious.
Xia Lili said in surprise: "Ah, Sister Feng, are you going out for something suddenly?"
"Yes." The other party hung up the phone in a hurry.
Xia Lili's eyes darkened.
In her hallucination, the woman came to Feng Jinyan to get the carpet, and she came at night.
It is autumn now, and it usually gets dark in Haicheng after five o'clock. The woman will not come over now.
Moreover, there were always plainclothes police officers watching near the laundry shop, and he also installed hidden cameras in the store so that he would not miss any useful information.
Xia Lili locked the door of the laundry and gave the key to the hotel owner.
She glanced at the time and called Li Qihan: "Captain Li, have you visited Fengyuan Community for an investigation?"
Li Qihan replied: "I'm on my way, why do you want to go too?"
Xia Lili responded: "Can I go?"
"I want to go over there and see if I can try my luck and see something."
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Thirty-six minutes later.
Fengyuan Community, Unit 3, Room 704.
Xia Lili, Li Qihan and two police officers from the Haicheng General Administration have arrived at the scene.
The police knocked on the door for a long time, but no one opened it.
The police officer from Haicheng General Administration was puzzled: "Today is Saturday, why did the family of three go out so early?"
Xia Lili glanced at the house number 703 across the street and said: "Why don't we ask their neighbors?"
The police knocked on the door of Room 703, and a kind-looking aunt opened the door.
The aunt was very surprised to learn the purpose of the police's visit. She recalled and told the police with a worried look: "I haven't seen their family members in the past three days."
"Every afternoon, the couple would push their child's walker and take a walk downstairs."
Li Qihan asked: "Has anyone visited their home recently?"
"I don't know about that," the neighbor aunt hissed. "But four days ago, they were probably making dumplings. They were chopping meat quite a lot. I wonder if they were having a banquet."
The expressions of the police officers present changed.
Another police officer stepped forward to report: "Professor Li, we have contacted Cui Fuyi's workplace, and the company said he hasn't been to work for three days and can't be reached."
Xia Lili's heart sank immediately when she heard this. This situation was most likely to be disastrous.
Li Qihan frowned and looked at the door of Room 704: "Extract the biometric information on the door lock, and then force it open."
The locksmith arrived at the scene quickly and the door of Room 704 was forced open half an hour later.
Xia Lili covered her nose and subconsciously took a few steps back, thinking that she might see a bloody scene.
But I didn't expect it.
The interior of Apartment 704 is clean and tidy, with European-style decoration. Sunlight shines on the leather furniture. The windows are open, and the golden gauze curtains flutter in the wind.
Li Qihan frowned: "This decoration style is very similar to the pattern of that carpet."
Xia Lili put on gloves, hair covers and shoe covers and followed Li Qihan into Room 704.
She looked around the living room and saw that the area in front of the sofa was somewhat empty.
According to the normal decoration style, a European solid wood coffee table is usually placed here.
She pointed to the empty space in front of the sofa and asked, "Could it be that the carpet that was sent to the laundry was originally placed here?"
Li Qihan pondered for a moment, then turned to ask the police officer behind him: "How old is Cui Fuyi's son?"
The police officer nearby took a look at the information and said, "One year and two months old."
Li Qihan confirmed Xia Lili's answer. "Children around one year old crawl the most, and solid wood furniture can easily cause them to bump their heads. So they simply forgo the coffee table and opted for a rug in the middle of the sofa for the child to crawl and play on."
After inspecting the house, the police found nothing unusual.
After carefully inspecting the scene, the inspector concluded: "The scene must have been cleaned by someone, and the technique was professional, leaving no traces."
Li Qihan immediately thought of the Demon Butcher: "Just like the first scene of the Demon Butcher, very clean."
The two Haicheng police officers' expressions grew serious. "The last case committed by the Demon Butcher in Haicheng remains unsolved. Could a new case pop up today?"
Xia Lili stood in the clean and tidy room, feeling uneasy at this moment.
Yesterday, she also learned from Li Qihan about a new case committed by the Demon Butcher in Haicheng. Half a month ago, a young man disappeared, and three days later, his body was found in a flower bed near his home.
The victim was lying in a pit in the middle of the flower bed, his body cut open by someone, and the pansies in the green belt were inserted into the gaps between his flesh and blood. The scene looked like these green plants were "planted" on his body.
The man's home was also very clean, but the police inferred that the man was most likely killed at home because he was still wearing home pajamas and slippers.
At this moment, the urgent ringing of the phone broke the quiet and dullness of Room 704.
The police officer from the Haicheng General Administration answered the phone. After listening to what the person on the other end said, he looked at Li Qihan with a stiff expression: "Professor Li, the bodies of Cui Fuyi and his family of three have been found..."
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