Chapter 85 Looking for Someone
It was already 10:30 in the morning when I came out of the hospital.
The sun's rays are strong and feel hot on my body.
Feng Xiaoyu started the car and sighed deeply: "This Cui Lebang is a psychopath. Fortunately, Lu Pingping is smart and can stabilize his emotions, otherwise he would suffer a lot."
Under such circumstances, it was a miracle that he was able to keep his innocence and suffer less torture.
As the hospital got farther and farther away, Xia Mufan, who was sitting in the co-pilot seat, said, "Yes, she did the right thing by not angering Cui Lebang. Otherwise, she might end up like the girl in the flowered shirt. I was really afraid that when I got there, I would see a dead body."
Feng Xiaoyu drove and talked: "Xia Xia, luckily you got there in time. Didn't Yan Jing say that Cui Lebang went to the city to buy things. The bag he carried contained chicken legs, potato chips, biscuits, tomatoes, eggs and noodles."
Xia Mufan narrowed his eyes: "Cui Lebang's patience is limited. No matter how well-behaved Lu Pingping is, he will not let her go. After those snacks are finished and Lu Pingping's period is over, I'm afraid he will make tomato and egg noodles for her and send her off."
Thinking of this, Xia Mufan couldn't help but feel fortunate.
Fortunately, the little bird provided information, otherwise I really don’t know when I would find it.
Cui Lebang has no criminal record and only returned to Dahualing Forest Farm two years ago. The police officers at the police station are not familiar with him and cannot recognize him even when they see his photo. If we follow the traditional investigation method, we will visit thirteen police stations in the north of the city in two days and still find no strong clues.
The menstrual period usually lasts four or five days. By the time Lu Pingping's body is clean, it is probably the time for her to be violated.
Feng Xiaoyu asked curiously, "Xia Xia, why didn't you go to the police station with us this time? Instead, you went to the forest farm with Captain Yue and Forensic Doctor Gu? Did you receive any information?"
Xia Mufan continued her words, "Yes, Captain Yue received a tip-off that a suspicious white pickup truck was found near the Dahualing Forest Farm."
Feng Xiaoyu: "Fortunately, fortunately, Team Yue has a wide network of contacts and informants everywhere."
Xia Mufan said nothing.
Currently, only Yue Yuan and Gu Shaoqi know about her special abilities. Gu Shaoqi has gone to the provincial department to report individually. After a few days, after the provincial department's investigation team comes down to confirm, she will be included in the list of experts and participate in the investigation of more and larger cases.
But right now, nothing can be said.
Feng Xiaoyu is most concerned about Lu Pingping now: "Xia Xia, do you think this little girl Lu Pingping can get better?"
Xia Mushige answered affirmatively: "Of course you can."
Feng Xiaoyu shook her head, eyes full of pity: "She is only sixteen years old, but she has to endure such hardships. Just thinking about her being soaked and disheveled, and still giving that beast a lecture on physiology and hygiene, I feel so upset. Cui Lebang is an adult man. There are pornographic books in the storage room, and he must have watched a lot of pornographic videos. Is it true that he doesn't understand the structure of a woman's body at all? I think he is a pervert!"
Xia Mushige nodded: "He must be a psychopath. But why is he a psychopath? When did he become a psychopath? How can we make him admit that he is a psychopath? We need to think about all these carefully."
To be honest, at first Xia Mufan thought it was a relatively simple case. Catching Cui Lebang, even if he was the real murderer, would bring justice to Wei Qiaozhen and the girl in the flowered shirt. But now it seems that things are far from that simple.
There was another person behind Cui Lebang’s death of Wei Qiaozhen.
A friend.
Xia Mufan suddenly remembered something and turned his head to look at Feng Xiaoyu who was driving seriously: "Xiaoyu, do you remember where Cui Lebang went when his uncle was sick and hospitalized?"
Feng Xiaoyu's eyes lit up: "Yes, the community police said Cui Lebang was not at home those days. He went to the city to visit friends."
Friends again.
Xia Mufan's eyebrows gradually frowned, and he looked at the changing scenery outside the window and fell into deep thought.
Cui Shenglian knew nothing about Cui Lebang's friends.
Old neighbors also told the police that Cui Lebang lived in the dormitory building of the forest farm and made a little money by delivering mountain products to restaurants. He usually stayed at home and had no friends.
It is impossible for such a dark-hearted person to open up to others.
But he happened to have a friend that no one knew about, and he was even willing to kill for him.
Are you willing to risk your life for your friend, or are you being coerced into doing nothing?
Cui Lebang must speak up on these issues.
Where is the breakthrough point?
Cui Lebang has strong anti-detection capabilities.
My father died of a stroke caused by rage.
My uncle died of cerebral hemorrhage.
Wei Qiaozhen, the girl in the flowered shirt, and Lu Pingping had no connection with him at all. Even if their bodies were found, from the perspective of social relations, they could not be traced back to him.
His pickup truck had clearly transported the bodies, but there was not a trace of blood on the truck because he had washed the bodies thoroughly. There was no blood on the pickup truck, only traces of the woven bag being dragged and large golden moss leaves remaining.
The old forest farm house where he committed the crime had been abandoned for many years and was located in an extremely remote area. There was not a single farmhouse or person within a one-kilometer radius. If the birds hadn't seen and heard him, who would have known where he was hiding?
What kind of friend would such a deep-minded person have?
Since he had anticipated everything, why was he so obsessed with tomato and egg noodles? It was just an ordinary bowl of home-cooked noodles.
Why is he so eager for knowledge about women's physiology? A question that can be answered in a book: Why kidnap the girl?
There are too many questions waiting for the Serious Crime Unit 7 to discover and explore.
Xia Mufan and Feng Xiaoyu returned to the Criminal Investigation Brigade and the Serious Crime Unit 7 office.
After briefly discussing the information provided by Lu Pingping, Xia Muxi wrote the word "friend" on the whiteboard and circled the two words: "How do I find him?"
Gong Weiguo was the first to raise his hand, looking quite excited: "Since we are friends, we must have communicated with each other regularly. Does he have a pager? If he does, I can check his communication records at the paging station and find this person."
What a pity! Feng Xiaoyu shook her head and said, "What a pity! He doesn't have a pager."
Gong Weiguo slammed the table in anger: "How come he is so poor that he doesn't even have a pager? How does he keep in touch with others?"
Feng Xiaoyu glanced at him and said, "Did you use your brain when you were investigating? I asked Cui Shenglian about this question. She said that Cui Lebang was driving a small truck left by Shi Hu. His daily life was very simple. He went from his aunt's house to the mountain product seller and the restaurant that bought the mountain products. He didn't need a phone or a pager at all."
After a pause, Feng Xiaoyu continued, "The initial installation fee for a telephone is more than 4,000 yuan, and a Chinese pager costs 1,000 yuan. The forest farm is not profitable, and Cui Shenglian has been laid off for a long time. In the past, she relied on Shi Hu to run a small business to make money to support her family. After Shi Hu died, she relied on Cui Lebang to make money. Maybe she didn't make much, so she didn't have extra money to install a telephone or a pager."
Indeed, judging from the degree of damage to the pickup truck and the furnishings in Choi Seung-ryeon's home, their lives were just a stable and secure one.
The first suggestion failed. Gong Weiguo muttered a little depressedly: "Without a phone and pager, the way to check phone records and paging records is blocked."
Sun Xianbing seemed to have thought of something. He took out his notebook, flipped to a page, pointed to the record and said, "Look at this. There is a small shop on the first floor of Building 2 in the north area of the forestry dormitory. There is a public telephone there. Maybe Cui Lebang made a call there?"
Gong Weiguo was overjoyed and stretched out his arms to hold Sun Xianbing's neck: "Xiao Sun, you are so attentive! You still remember everything the neighbors said. I admire you so much."
Sun Xianbing's neck was suddenly clamped, and the heat hit him, his forehead was covered with sweat. He struggled to push Gong Weiguo away, and cursed with a flushed face: "What's wrong with you! You're trying to kill me by getting so close to me in such a hot day."
Gong Weiguo chuckled and said, "Team Leader Xia, let's form a team with Sun Xianbing. Let's go to the canteen to check the phone records."
Xia Mushige nodded: "Okay."
It's rare that Gong Weiguo takes the initiative to team up with Sun Xianbing. They are a good gossipy duo.
Feng Xiaoyu took the initiative to step forward and said, "Then Yu Jing and I will work together to ask which restaurants Cui Lebang often buys mountain products from, and see if we can find his sales channels. After we know which restaurants he sells mountain products to, we can continue to track him down. Maybe his friends are there."
Xia Mufan looked at Feng Xiaoyu and Yu Jing.
Feng Xiaoyu is gentle and considerate, and Yu Jing is calm and reliable. If they team up to conduct home visits, they will definitely find it easy to gain each other's trust.
Xia Mufan said: "Okay."
He turned around and drew three rays from the word "friend" on the whiteboard. At the end of one ray, he wrote the word "convenience store"; one ray pointed to the restaurant, and the third ray pointed to Wei Qiaozhen.
Xia Mufan said, "Captain Yue and I will go check on Wei Qiaozhen. Based on her social connections, we will see if we can find out who she has a grudge against and who wants to kill her."
After arranging everything, the Serious Crime Unit 7 entered a busy investigation period.
DNA testing takes time, and during this waiting period, the Serious Crime Unit 7 was never idle.
Since Gu Shaoqi was not at home, Yue Yuan accepted his fate and became Xia Mufan's driver. He went with her to Wei Qiaozhen's hometown and school to investigate the situation.
Wei Qiaozhen was only sixteen years old when she died. She had just been admitted to a technical secondary school and entered Huishi Finance and Economics School.
Her family, classmates and teachers all say that she is a kind and honest child.
She is an only child, very beautiful, good at singing and dancing. Her parents are doctors at Hui City First Hospital and they love her very much. Her junior high school grades were not very good, so she did not dare to apply for a high school in the city and directly applied for a technical secondary school. After being admitted to the School of Finance and Economics, she cherished it very much and aspired to become an accountant after graduation.
Although she comes from a wealthy family and has outstanding looks, Wei Qiaozhen has not been spoiled by her favor. She is confident, cheerful, well-educated, considerate, united with her classmates, and helpful. She is simply a perfect girl.
However, such an outstanding girl turned into a corpse on November 7, 1994.
The body was washed clean and placed in a red and black woven bag. It was assaulted, covered with wounds, and died of suffocation.
Yue Yuan was all too familiar with this case.
This unsolved case will always be a pain in his heart.
"Why didn't I think of hiring someone to kill someone?"
"Wei Qiaozhen went out alone on the day of the incident and then disappeared. I judged it to be a murder in passion."
"It turned out that I was wrong!"
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