Chapter 2: Storm is Coming (Part 2)
There were obvious signs of a fight in the living room. Gao Bochuan led them to conduct a preliminary survey, but they did not find any fingerprints or obvious footprints in the room. There were only scattered fruit plates and overturned stools on the floor. It was obvious that someone had cleaned up the scene.
There were no fingerprints or footprints. Lin Qi checked the surveillance footage but didn't find anyone suspicious. In a short period of time, the murderer killed someone and disappeared without a trace. It was obvious that the murderer was very calm and intelligent, and it must have been a premeditated murder.
However, since the person had already been killed with a knife, why bother throwing the body outside? Was it intentional to let people find it?
After searching all the rooms in the house, apart from the mess in the living room, there was nothing suspicious in the other rooms, and no valuable evidence was found.
Yang Lin said that the murderer was very smart, had very sharp anti-reconnaissance skills, was brutal, and had a twisted personality. He threw the person away after killing him. If it was not an accident, he was deliberately provoking the police.
Gao Bochuan was silent for a long time. Then he turned to look at Xia Beibei. Seeing that she was in a daze, he reached out and poked her head.
"Tell me what you think?"
Xia Beibei was staring at a certain direction intently, and was suddenly poked in the head. She glared at him unhappily, but when she saw it was Gao Bochuan, her expression immediately changed from gloomy to bright, and she tried to please him cheerfully. When she saw that he had a cold face, she put on a serious look and said,
"It's obvious that the victim and the murderer knew each other well. It was either a murder of passion or the original wife was killing the mistress. My suggestion is to start investigating the people around her."
After Xia Beibei finished speaking, everyone in the room was stunned. They looked at each other, obviously skeptical of her words. After all, nothing was left at the scene.
Among all the people, only Gao Bochuan had a faint smile and recognition in his eyes. He nodded, glanced in the direction of the master bedroom without haste, and then motioned Xia Beibei to continue.
Xia Beibei took out her phone and handed it to Lin Qi, who was standing beside her. In the phone were some photos she had just taken in the master bedroom. Lin Qi took the phone suspiciously, and then...
"Oh my god! La Mer serum and cream, Dior lipsticks in all shades, oh my god! A whole set of Cartier jewelry"
Seeing the photos of expensive jewelry and cosmetics, Lin Qi's eyes lit up. When Xia Beibei pointed to the master bedroom, she ran over immediately.
Although some male colleagues didn't quite understand what Lin Qi was talking about, but looking at her expression, they all knew that she must have seen the glittering golden banknotes.
Everyone in the entire criminal police brigade knows that Lin Qi is a money-grubber. She is vain, loves to dress up, loves to chase trends, and dreams of marrying a tall, rich and handsome man.
Her business ability is average, but she has a nose for valuables. When she was so happy, she must have seen something particularly valuable.
Sure enough, not long after Lin Qi went in, she came out holding a box of jewelry, with a big smile on her face, and it was obvious that she couldn't let go of the thing in her arms.
Xia Beibei raised her eyebrows and teased her cheerfully: "Even if it gets warm, it's not yours."
Lin Qi gave her a sad look, then handed the jewelry box to Gao Bochuan. Xia Beibei pointed at the jewelry box and said:
"The deceased, Li Xiaochun, was 25 years old and unmarried. Judging from the decoration and furnishings in her home, she could not afford this set of jewelry. Although there were no men's clothes in her closet, there were eight empty hangers and five hangers specifically for stacking pants. Li Xiaochun's clothes, except for the black work clothes, were only skirts, no pants, and the hangers were not arranged properly."
"Secondly, there were two razor blades and a bottle of men's perfume in her bedside table. Although there is no direct evidence that a man had lived there, Li Xiaochun must have been the lover of a married man."
Lin Qi asked her: "How do you know it's a lover? What if this man is her boyfriend?"
Xia Beibei nodded: "It's possible, but the deceased's face was cut with a knife. If it was a man, he wouldn't have done that. Disfigurement is more like a woman's jealousy. Moreover, all the expensive jewelry is there, but there are not many cosmetics, only face cream, essence and lipstick. Did you see other cosmetics?"
Lin Qi thought about it, then shook her head. She really didn't see it. She had looked for it specially when she went in just now. She wanted to see how many valuable things Li Xiaochun had, so as to satisfy her curiosity.
It turned out that apart from the complete set of jewelry, there were only La Mer facial cream and essence, and a set of lipsticks. The deceased was clearly wearing makeup on her face, so it was impossible for her not to have a complete set of cosmetics.
Xia Beibei asked Lin Qi to pick out two most expensive sets of clothes from the deceased Li Xiaochun's closet. Lin Qi was the only one who could identify money with such a keen eye. As a result, she went there happily and came out with a gloomy face.
"Fuck, what a waste, one set of Chanel and one set of Givenchy, both new models, but they were both damaged. It's such a waste. Who is so wicked?"
Lin Qi handed the clothes to Xia Beibei with a look of regret on her face. Xia Beibei turned over the two dresses in her hands.
At this moment, everyone noticed that there were several obvious scissor cuts on the back of the skirt. If you didn't look carefully, you would think it was the design of the clothes itself.
Gao Bochuan took the clothes and looked at them, with a thoughtful look on his face. He looked at Xia Beibei and said in a deep voice:
"So, what you mean is that the deceased Li Xiaochun had a lover, and the biggest suspect is that man's original wife?"
Xia Beibei shrugged: "At least so far, this possibility is very high. If the murderer is a man, it is impossible for him to take away some of the cosmetics, and it is even more impossible for him to deliberately cut the clothes. If it is a woman, it must be jealousy. The most likely possibility is that the deceased stole someone else's husband."
Lin Qi pointed at the box of jewelry with shining eyes and couldn't help but complain.
"Is that person sick? Why did he take the cosmetics but not the jewelry? Any piece of jewelry here is worth the price of that set of cosmetics. If it were me, I would definitely take the jewelry. Isn't it stupid not to take something so expensive?"
Gao Bochuan handed the jewelry box to Yang Lin beside him and said:
"It is possible that the man's family makes jewelry, so his wife is not interested in these jewelry. On the contrary, the man may have never bought cosmetics and clothes for his wife, so she hates those things."
After saying that, he patted Yang Lin on the shoulder and said, "Let someone check where this box of jewelry came from, and that bottle of men's perfume, find out where they came from, and see if there are any men who meet the characteristics."
When leaving, Xia Beibei kept frowning. Gao Bochuan saw it and asked her what was wrong. Xia Beibei looked up and patted her thigh with an annoyed look on her face.
“It’s over.”
Upon hearing this, everyone looked at her, thinking that something big had happened, but Xia Beibei lamented with a look of despair on her face.
"I just moved here today and someone died in the neighborhood. The housing prices are bound to fall. Why am I so unlucky? The housing prices fell just after I moved here. I'm losing a lot of money."
Everyone was speechless, thinking that what she said was inappropriate, but at the same time, they felt that it made sense and could not be refuted. When the elevator reached the first floor and everyone else walked out, Gao Bochuan grabbed Xia Beibei.
"to be honest"
Xia Beibei was stunned, knowing that she couldn't hide it from him, she thought for a while before saying:
“I always feel like something is weird”
Gao Bochuan reached out to wipe the sweat off her forehead. Xia Beibei froze, and before she could say anything, he had already taken his hand back and spoke in a clear voice.
"The murderer obviously planned the murder. He pushed the person down from the building just to alert the police. He was able to clean up the traces in such a short time, evade surveillance and escape without a trace. Such a smart person would not have left behind that box of jewelry and the bottle of men's perfume on the bedside table."
Xia Beibei nodded in agreement: "Yes, so I feel weird, I don't know if it's an illusion, I feel like the murderer deliberately let us find it"
"Also, there were cigarette burns on the victim's arms, and there was no ashes in the house. If it was a woman, she must have been very strong to drag the victim out. But the neighbors didn't hear anything. How did she manage to kill someone quietly and leave quietly?"
It was hard to tell what was strange, but Xia Beibei just felt it was strange. These strange doubts made her feel that this case was more like the work of a professional killer.
Gao Bochuan glanced at her and said with a half-smile: "You know it's strange but you still draw conclusions. You are the bravest in the whole police station."
Xia Beibei thought he was blaming her, so she quickly raised her hands to show her innocence.
"Boss, I am innocent. You asked me to tell you. My boss asked me to tell you, so I have to answer. Besides, you don't have any other clues. Even if I am just guessing, even if I am wrong, it is still a direction for the investigation, right?"
Moreover, this man obviously thought so too, he just asked her to say it out loud.
Gao Bochuan looked at her, ruffled her hair with a smile, and then strode away. Xia Beibei stood there very depressed.
It was strange, she could see through everyone's mind except Gao Bochuan, whose mind was as vast as the sea, and she couldn't read his mind.
That's not right. When she first arrived at the police station, she could still see through his thoughts. But after she triumphantly exposed his thoughts several times, she could no longer hear what he was thinking.
Her mind-reading ability was still there. The only possibility was that Gao Bochuan hid his thoughts deeply. When he looked into her eyes, he never thought about anything in his mind.
All in all, this man is horrible.
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