Chapter 91 Pen Pals
Cui Lebang's reaction confirmed the previous speculation of the Serious Crime Unit 7.
The reason why he cares so much about the female physiological structure, why he understands the female psychology so well, why he is psychologically twisted and full of hatred for women, and why he washes the bodies clean after killing people to cover up the fact that there is no semen residue, is simply because he is not a man in the full sense, but a hermaphrodite with bisexual characteristics.
Gu Shaoqi stopped explaining and looked at Cui Lebang quietly.
There was no discrimination in his eyes, only the understanding and calmness of a doctor.
In the interrogation room, everyone stopped what they were doing and waited quietly.
In the huge room, the only sounds could be heard: Cui Lebang's heavy breathing and nervous muttering.
After a long time, Gu Shaoqi turned around, put away the medical human body diagram, and prepared to leave the interrogation room.
When the door creaked open, Cui Lebang suddenly woke up, raised his head, and looked at Gu Shaoqi for help: "Doctor, doctor, don't go."
Gu Shaoqi stopped and looked at Cui Lebang seriously with his dark eyes.
Over the years, Cui Lebang had no one to confide his inner distress to.
He didn't dare go to the hospital, for fear of being looked at strangely, or of being stripped naked and lying on a hospital bed like a guinea pig for examination.
He had too many suppressed negative emotions in his heart, but he couldn't find a way to vent them.
But today, this doctor with a cool temperament answered his questions and resolved his doubts in easy-to-understand language, and told him professionally and confidently that he was just sick and that the disease was actually curable.
In Cui Lebang's heart, a feeling of dependence and trust that a patient has in a doctor arose.
He didn't want Gu Shaoqi to leave.
It seemed that as long as this doctor in a white coat was in the interrogation room, he had confidence and support.
As for what Xia Mufan had just said about forensic medicine or not, Cui Lebang didn't care at all. Forensic doctor also has the word "doctor" in it, right?
Gu Shaoqi turned his inquiring eyes to Xia Muchan.
Xia Mufan met his eyes that were as bright as stars, and felt deeply Gu Shaoqi's professionalism and erudition. For some reason, he felt warm and itchy in his heart.
Xia Mufan nodded, pulled away a chair beside him, and motioned for him to stay.
Gu Shaoqi walked over to Xia Mufan and sat down as he was told.
Xia Mushige turned his attention to the suspect: "Cui Lebang, what do you want to say?"
Cui Lebang was silent for a while, and finally asked the question that had been in his mind for a long time with difficulty: "Doctor, hermaphrodites also have menstruation, right?"
Gu Shaoqi looked at him seriously: "In theory, although hermaphrodites have uteruses and ovaries, they cannot conceive due to chromosomal abnormalities. In adulthood, they may have regular bleeding under the influence of hormones, but the amount will be very small."
Cui Lebang: "I have a friend who was very normal when he was young. Everyone around him knew he was a boy, and he always thought he was a boy. But later, he found that he was different from others."
Out of shame, Cui Lebang used "a friend" to refer to this hermaphrodite, avoiding the fact that this friend was himself.
Gu Shaoqi responded in a gentle voice: "The uterus is inside the abdominal cavity and is not easy to be found, but he should have known it a long time ago. He has one more... uh, channel than others?"
Cui Lebang nodded repeatedly: "Yes, it was hidden between that and that, usually blocked, very small, he didn't pay attention to it. But after the age of sixteen, it would bleed occasionally, and he was afraid."
Xia Mufan and Feng Xiaoyu exchanged glances quietly.
This conversation really opened their eyes.
There was no unnecessary expression on Gu Shaoqi's face, and his voice was still as calm as usual. When he spoke to Cui Lebang, it was like a conversation between a doctor and a patient in the clinic, professional and calm.
"In this case, it can be basically determined that your friend is a hermaphrodite. If he thinks he is a man, then he can go to the hospital for surgery to remove his uterus and take male hormone therapy. Although he cannot make a woman pregnant, he can still have a normal married life."
Gu Shaoqi paused for a moment, observing Cui Lebang's reaction, and added: "Of course, if your friend cannot have sex as a man, then it may be more suitable for a female identity. As long as the penis is removed and supplemented with estrogen treatment, he can still live a normal life."
Cui Lebang was stunned for a long time, and suddenly burst into tears: "Why? Why didn't anyone tell me? Why did she say I was a freak? Why did she call me a liar? Why--"
By the end of his crying, he was hoarse and almost roaring.
At this point, the "friend" Cui Lebang mentioned turned into himself.
Seeing that he was very emotional, Xia Mufan took the opportunity to ask, "Who called you a freak?"
Cui Lebang did not answer her question, but slowly raised his head, staring straight at Xia Mufan: "You know what? I actually envy girls. They can wear beautiful flowery dresses, can hold hands with boys and fall in love, can act like a spoiled child and order boys to do this and that, buy this and that. When they have their period, they can rest legitimately, hold their stomachs and say they are not feeling well, and ask for leave to not attend physical education classes or participate in labor."
Xia Mufan didn't know how to refute for a moment.
Who told you that girls can have such privileges?
Many women, even if they suffer from excruciating pain from menstrual cramps, still go to class and work, right?
This society requires women to earn money to support the family independently, but also requires women to be gentle and considerate in doing housework and raising children. When have they ever been given the privilege to act coquettishly?
Cui Lebang’s envy now is nothing more than a desire for something he cannot possess, and thus a fantasy world.
Gu Shaoqi shook his head: "Why envy others? Men and women are equal, each has its own advantages and division of labor. You don't understand the pain of girls, and we don't understand your pain either."
Cui Lebang was now willing to listen to Gu Shaoqi, and said tearfully: "Doctor, if I had known this earlier, if you had told me this earlier, I wouldn't have to be jealous of those girls and wouldn't have to torment them."
Xia Mufan clenched his fists.
hateful! Torture and killing because of jealousy?
Cui Lebang continued to ask Gu Shaoqi: "Doctor, tell me, am I a man or a woman? My ID card says I'm a man, so will I be bullied by other prisoners in prison?"
Xia Mufan winked at Gu Shaoqi.
Gu Shaoqi understood her hint and sighed, "It's hard to say. Men and women are separated in prison. Although the prison has strict rules and regulations, sometimes..."
Because the topic was sensitive, Gu Shaoqi spoke vaguely, but Cui Lebang trembled all over as he listened.
He is a hermaphrodite. If he goes to a male prison, will he be bullied by those vicious criminals?
Thinking of this possibility, he felt a chill down his spine and nearly collapsed mentally: "What should I do? What should I do?"
Thinking of Wei Qiaozhen and the girl in the flowered shirt who were tortured to death by Cui Lebang, Gu Shaoqi said coldly: "Leniency for those who confess, severity for those who resist. Tell the truth about what you have done."
Cui Lebang's whole body froze. After a second, he looked up and looked at Gu Shaoqi steadily: "If I tell everything, I will be sentenced to death, right? If I die, I won't be bullied anymore, right?"
Gu Shaoqi did not answer this question. He felt a little breathless and stood up: "You can take care of yourself."
After saying that, Gu Shaoqi left the interrogation room.
Cui Lebang was in a strange mood, and looked at Xia Mufan anxiously: "I'll tell you everything, I just ask you police to protect me and don't let other men bully me!"
Next, Xia Mufan heard an extremely bloody story.
Cui Lebang lost his mother when he was born and was raised by his father. His father, Cui Shengguo, was a forest ranger. He patrolled the mountains and kept watch at night in the forest farm all year round, and left the young boy at home for more than half a month.
Although my aunt would take care of him, because my uncle had a bad temper, she could only secretly send him some food and make some clothes for him.
Cui Lebang learned to go to the cafeteria to get his meals, take a bath and do his laundry by himself at a very young age, and he has strong self-care abilities.
Cui Lebang, who grew up in such an environment, is introverted, well-behaved and sensible. He studies very hard and everyone in the forest farm praises him as a good boy.
After entering junior high school, Cui Lebang was very popular among girls because of his handsome appearance and good grades.
Maybe it's due to his genes, he is born to get along well with girls.
But he soon discovered the difference between himself and other boys. Not only did he have an extra passage, but his little brother couldn't even stand up.
He didn't dare tell anyone, this secret was suffocating him.
During the summer vacation after the high school entrance examination, he followed his father to the forest area and lived in the forest ranger's dormitory. Facing the endless forest, looking at the lush trees and listening to the melodious birdsong, he gradually relaxed.
At this time, a sixteen-year-old girl named Fan Rongcui broke into his life.
Fan Rongcui is a farm girl who went to work in the city at the age of 14 without graduating from junior high school. She is simple, enthusiastic and full of wildness. She lived in Dahualing and accidentally met Cui Lebang who was walking in the woods while wandering. She was immediately attracted by his melancholy and gentle temperament, and took the initiative to talk to him and make friends with him.
Fan Rongcui was sensible and soon became familiar with Cui Lebang, and the two gradually fell in love.
Once the boy and girl fell in love, and were in a remote forest area, they could not control themselves and had close physical contact, so accidental contact was inevitable.
Once he took off his clothes, Cui Lebang's peculiarity could no longer be concealed.
Fan Rongcui was shocked and blurted out: "Are you a man?"
Cui Lebang tried his best to explain, but facing the little brother who couldn't even stand up, any words seemed pale and powerless.
Although Fan Rongcui was a virgin, she had been brave since she was young and had several older brothers, so she naturally knew the difference between men and women. Seeing Cui Lebang's appearance, she felt a little disgusted. She cursed while putting on her clothes: "You liar! You are not a man at all. Why do you want to be with me?"
Cui Lebang's inner panic reached its peak.
He held Fan Rongcui and begged, "Please don't tell anyone, please."
Fan Rongcui shook off his hand and left resolutely.
However, just as she walked under the eaves of the old house in the forest farm, Cui Shengguo came back.
Seeing Fan Rongcui's disheveled clothes and Cui Lebang who was holding her clothes and wanted to kneel down, Cui Shengguo became angry.
As the father who raised Choi Le-bang, Choi Seung-guk certainly knew about his son's abnormality.
However, he had little education, and he wanted a son so much, someone to carry on the family line, that he chose to turn a blind eye.
When Cui Lebang got her period, she asked him in fear, but he could only say rudely: That's just dirty stuff flowing out, it's normal, just pad it with toilet paper.
Cui Shengguo had originally turned a blind eye to his son's relationship with the girl, but he had not expected this situation at all. He reached out to stop Fan Rongcui who was anxious to leave and shouted, "What are you doing?"
Fan Rongcui got angry and said casually, "Your son is not a man, don't you know that? You let him out to harm others, you are really crazy!"
This sentence completely ignited Cui Shengguo's long-suppressed anger. He stepped forward, grabbed Fan Rongcui's neck, and cursed with gritted teeth: "Who said my son is not a man? Who said that?! I told you to spread rumors, go to hell..."
In a rage, Fan Rongcui died at the hands of Cui Shengguo.
Cui Lebang was so scared when he saw his father killing someone that he almost peed his pants.
Cui Shengguo patrols the forest area all year round. He is used to being alone and has a heart as hard as iron. Seeing that Fan Rongcui was dead, he found a place with soft soil, dug a big hole, and buried the body.
He glanced at his pale, shivering son and said coldly, "This girl always comes to see you secretly. I guess your family doesn't know about it. If you dare to tell anyone, I will bury you with her."
Cui Lebang burst into tears: "I, I am a monster, right?"
Cui Shengguo stepped forward and slapped him twice: "Useless thing! You are a man, do you hear me? No matter who says it, you are a man!"
After Cui Lebang returned home, he fell seriously ill. When he closed his eyes, he seemed to see a pale corpse lying in the mud with a stiff body.
Although the police did not come to his house and although Fan Rongcui died quietly, Cui Lebang was afraid.
From then on, he became worried and dared not go to school or see other sixteen-year-old girls like Fan Rongcui.
He hated his father very much, but was powerless to resist.
Until one day, he met someone.
He found a bottle drifting by the stream, and there was a letter in the bottle.
Xin Shangren said that he is in junior high school this year. His mother abandoned him and his father beats him whenever he drinks. He feels that his life is very bleak and wants to make a pen pal.
This letter deeply moved Cui Lebang.
They both have no mother, have a cruel father, and feel that life is bleak.
After giving up the idea of love between men and women, Cui Lebang longed for friendship, so he tentatively sent a letter to the address in the letter, and unexpectedly he actually received a reply. After a while, the two became friends who could talk about anything.
His pen pal encouraged him to break free from his father's control, saying that the world out there is big and he can support himself by working part-time.
Cui Lebang was moved and proposed to drop out of school and go out to work, but he was suppressed by his father, who took away his ID card and locked him in the house.
Then, his pen pal gave him a tip.
His pen pal told him that alcohol combined with metronidazole would produce a disulfiram-like reaction, which could cause dizziness, headache, nausea, vomiting, low blood pressure, and even shock, and was very dangerous.
Cui Shengguo has no hobbies in his life, except that he likes to have a few drinks at night and is quite addicted to alcohol. Cui Lebang struggled for a long time, gritted his teeth and pretended to have a toothache, got a prescription for metronidazole from the clinic, and quietly put it in his father's wine glass.
Cui Lebang's heart beat fast as he watched his father drink glass after glass of spiked wine.
That night, Choi Seung-guk was no different from any other night.
But when he got up the next day, his face was red, his breathing was rapid, and he sat at the head of the bed with his mouth open, unable to speak. Cui Lebang sent him to the clinic at the forest farm. After a simple examination, the doctor said that he had a stroke after drinking and told Cui Shengguo to go to the city hospital for treatment.
Cui Shengguo was reluctant to spend the money, so he prescribed some medicine and went home cursing.
After the "stroke", Cui Shengguo's temper became much calmer, which made Cui Lebang gradually bolder.
A few months later, he drugged Cui Shengguo again, and Cui Shengguo passed away that night. Because of the diagnosis of stroke, no one doubted the cause of Choi Seung-guk's death.
As soon as Cui Shengguo died, Cui Lebang felt that the shackles on his body were loosened, and he was like a bird out of a cage, and a beautiful world was beckoning to him.
Just like that, under the sympathetic gaze of the forestry workers, Cui Lebang dropped out of school and went out to work.
Unfortunately, ideals are beautiful, but reality is cruel.
Perhaps because he is a hermaphrodite, Cui Lebang is short, not very strong, and has a delicate appearance. When he works outside, he is often ridiculed for looking like a girl. He was unable to do physical labor and could only go to the restaurant kitchen to wash dishes and cut vegetables. The work was hard and dirty, and his wages were often deducted.
In addition, the staff dormitories all had large bunk beds, and Cui Lebang had to live among a group of men, and he had to be very cautious, for fear of being discovered.
Late at night, Cui Lebang was lying on his bed, with the scene of his father killing people constantly flashing through his mind.
He used to be very scared.
But after he became an adult, he suddenly began to desire it.
It's as if the extreme emptiness in one's heart needs violence and pain to be filled.
He couldn't tell anybody about all this, not even to his close pen pals with whom he had kept in touch for seven or eight years.
Yes, this pen pal is Cui Lebang’s only friend.
Even though they kept changing cities and addresses, the two kept in touch using pseudonyms and agreed never to meet each other.
In 1994, because his aunt was ill, Cui Lebang returned to the forest farm.
When Cui Lebang, who had lived in a dark and damp storage room for half a year, saw his ferocious uncle, he suddenly felt murderous. Having had experience in patricide, Cui Lebang easily killed Shi Hu and created a perfect alibi.
Anyway, everyone knew that Shi Hu was an alcoholic. It is normal for Cui Shenglian to take some medicine for toothache.
Add some metronidazole to the wine, and no one will notice. Even if the patient is sent to the hospital, the doctor will only judge based on the symptoms that it is cerebral hemorrhage caused by high blood pressure, and will not delve into the underlying reasons.
What is the purpose of a man who, when he's drunk, only knows how to beat his wife, living in this world? Cui Lebang felt no guilt at all.
Cui Lebang took over Shi Hu's pickup truck, moved into his aunt's house, and started a mountain products business.
Now he feels very happy because he has the love of his aunt, a safe environment, and a way to make money that saves time and effort.
However, happy times are always short.
A letter from his pen pal brought him back to his true colors.
In the letter, the pen pal calmly stated his name, his aunt's name, home address, and the fact that he had killed his father and uncle. He also said lightly that he hoped he would do him a favor and kill Wei Qiaozhen from Hui City Accounting School.
Cui Lebang panicked. He didn't expect that he was transparent in front of his pen pals. Once the fact that he killed his father and uncle was exposed, his current happy time would definitely end.
Hearing this, Xia Mufan asked coldly: "Who is your pen pal?"
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