Flower Museum Headless Dismemberment Case (13)

At the gate of the community, all police officers got out of their cars and stood by. Cai Shuangxi specifically explained the situation to the security guards and the community property management. The community staff was very cooperative and immediately provided the user information.

Due to the special nature of the case, not everyone was at home at that time, but they had obtained a search warrant, and if the community property management company did not have the key, they would break into the house and search the room.

This residential complex is a five-story structure with many residents, a total of twelve buildings. Teams 1 and 2 have more than ten police officers, so the search should be completed in half a day.

In addition to the four police cars of the police station, patrol officers from nearby areas also participated in the operation and have carried out comprehensive control of the Jiangnan Home Community.

The local police officers mainly cooperate with the municipal police to inspect and monitor the exits of the community to prevent the suspects from moving around during the search.

Meng Siqi followed the main force and went door to door, mainly checking each building. The target was mainly refrigerators, but not limited to refrigerators, so during the search, they also checked some hidden corners. After all, they were worried that the suspect would temporarily hide the head somewhere else.

Some families were present and cooperative, so the search went smoothly. However, there were also families who refused to cooperate, so we had to reason with them and use the power of the police.

There were also residents who locked their doors, and the property staff were very cooperative. They followed them, holding a notebook and introducing the user information inside. There was no key to unlock the door, so they could only force the door to be unlocked temporarily, record it, and wait for compensation.

Every time she opened the refrigerator door, Meng Siqi felt nervous, as if she had opened Pandora's box. She was not sure how she would feel when she saw the human head for the first time. Perhaps facing a severed head, staring straight at you in the cold and narrow refrigerator, would instantly give rise to a fear that would pierce your heart.

However, this fear has always been lingering in my heart and has never really happened.

Everyone searched from the north gate to the west gate, and unknowingly they had searched the last building, Building No. 3. This building became an isolated island. If nothing unexpected happened, the clue was in this building.

Everyone checked from the ground floor upwards one by one, and soon they reached the top floor of the fifth floor. There were five households on each floor. When the criminal police team arrived at each floor, they quickly divided into two teams to search each household.

Meng Siqi followed a few people into a house. The door was locked by force, as the owner might have gone out and had not returned home.

After entering the room, Luo Xiaoguo was the first to rush to the kitchen refrigerator and shouted, "It's not in the refrigerator, everyone look for it separately."

It has been several days since the incident, which does not mean that the head has been kept in the refrigerator all the time, so Lu He asked everyone to check the house as much as possible.

During the previous search, she had heard Luo Xiaoguo talk about a criminal case in which the murderer dismembered the body, cooked the head, and hid it under his bed. If he had not been more careful at the time, the murderer might have escaped.

Meng Siqi saw everyone going into the kitchen, bathroom, utility room, etc. in batches to search, and she walked into the master bedroom unknowingly. The bedroom was very dark due to insufficient sunlight. The bed, closet, table, etc. were all painted in cold colors, and there were a lot of messy things piled up. At first glance, this room made people feel gloomy.

Meng Siqi checked the closet and the large drawer but found nothing. She squatted down to check under the bed, but her legs were a little weak after running all morning, so she couldn't squat down at all. She squatted halfway, lowered her head, and shone the flashlight under the bed. Because of the case that Luo Xiaoguo talked about, she was a little traumatized, as if the suspect would cook a human head and hide it under the bed.

"How did you find the head this way?" Luo Xiaoguo's voice came from the door. "You didn't find it this way before, did you?"

The bed was a little low, and Meng Siqi leaned down again, only to find that she could not see inside. As a last resort, she lay down and shone the flashlight inside.

Luo Xiaoguo rummaged through the cabinets in the bedroom and warned her: "Be careful, Xiao Meng. If I hadn't been more careful than others in the case of the human head being cooked, the murderer..."

"Ah!" Meng Siqi suddenly discovered something and was so scared that he almost dropped the flashlight. The yellow light of the flashlight passed over a spherical object, which was something wrapped in a black plastic bag.

Even though I had made a lot of mental preparations, the moment I suddenly discovered the human head, I felt a panic-stricken shock, as if the peaceful world was suddenly broken by death, and the outer shell of my soul was violently hit by the murderer's cruelty.

"Have you found Xiao Meng?" Luo Xiaoguo asked anxiously.

"Deputy Luo, I seem to have found something." Meng Siqi calmed himself down and tried desperately to prevent his flashlight from shining on the black plastic bag.

"What's wrong?" Suddenly, a calm, powerful, low and hoarse voice came from above his head. It was Lu He's voice. In an instant, Meng Siqi's panicked nerves calmed down.

In a blink of an eye, Lu He lay down on her right side. She could feel the warm air immediately joining her side, and the unique woody smell on his body also made her feel more peaceful.

"Road team, I don't know if it's a head."

Lu He's slender and stylish hand directly grasped the back of her hand holding the flashlight and shone it inside.

"Lao Luo, find a clothesline!" Lu He gave the order.

"Okay." Luo Xiaoguo responded immediately.

After a while, Yan Chun's voice came from the house: "Team Lu, clothesline. I heard you found the head?"

Lu He released the back of her hand and said, "Don't wave the flashlight."

In the slightly swaying light of the flashlight, Lu He held up the clothesline and poked the spherical black plastic bag, and the plastic bag rolled out entangled with the spider web.

At the other end of the bed, Luo Xiaoguo and Yan Chun had already stepped forward to unpack the bags.

Lu He quickly got up, and Meng Siqi also wanted to get up, but she found that her body was not obedient. Her thighs were numb and she couldn't get up at all. Perhaps it was because she ran up too many stairs today and her physical strength had reached its limit.

When she bent over, her two weak arms were suddenly grasped by Lu He's strong hands. He lifted her up lightly, "Are you okay?"

"My legs are a little numb."

"Sit on the bed and rest for a while."

Bed? Meng Siqi couldn't sit there. But she was relieved, at least she found the head.

"Vegetable terrace?" Yan Chun squatted on the other side of the bed and screamed angrily.

Luo Xiaoguo was furious: "Who is this bastard who hid the vegetable garden under the bed and even wrapped it in a plastic bag?"

Meng Siqi's heart felt like it was scratched by something. No matter whether he was relieved or scared before, it all turned into regret at this moment.

She saw Lu He frowning and a hint of worry in his eyes, and she couldn't help feeling melancholy in her heart.

When he walked out of this room, Feng Shaomin just walked out of another room. Luo Xiaoguo asked, "Mr. Feng, how are you doing over there?"

"Nothing found." Feng Shaomin shook his head.

Lu He looked at the sky above the city in the distance, which was filled with dark clouds. "Let's call it a day."

The group looked a little depressed. As they walked down the stairs, Meng Siqi could sense that everyone was holding their breath, their eyes filled with reluctance and regret.

"Xiao Meng, don't be so suspicious in the future. You mistake a vegetable patch for a human head. It's normal for an old man to hide the vegetable patch under the bed." Luo Xiaoguo didn't know whether he said it unintentionally or because he had no place to vent his resentment.

The originally depressing atmosphere was ignited at once, and Zhao Leiting asked back: "What do you mean by suspicious? Don't you understand the spirit of suspicion?"

"Suspicion? Look how scared she is. Do you think it's her first day as a detective?"

"Can I get a third-class merit on my first day as a criminal police officer?"

Zhao Lei Ting seemed to have hit Luo Xiaoguo's soft spot. Luo Xiaoguo said angrily: "Third class merit? How many third class merits have our team won? You are so lucky and you still talk about it every day. If you have the ability, you can get one this year..."

"If you win, you win. I dare say that the third-class merit this year will go to Meng Siqi!"

"If she wants to win the third-class merit, I will eat the vegetable pot!"

"That's enough!" Lu He, who was walking in front, suddenly shouted.

It was finally quiet now. Luo Xiaoguo and Zhao Leiting gave each other a cold look and said nothing more.

The one who felt the most uncomfortable was Meng Siqi. She was already regretful because she couldn't find any evidence, but now Team 1 and Team 2 were arguing over her little matter. Did she not want to find the suspect? Was she just being suspicious?

She was too persistent! The desire in her heart had never been as strong as it was today! She felt deeply unwilling for Lu He!

All twelve buildings were searched, and Lu He's inference was wrong.

The police were dispatched in the morning, and the whole operation had lasted more than three hours. It was already past noon, but the sun was still very bright. Lu He and all the police officers stood in the courtyard of the community. In front of him were neatly arranged, identical residential buildings. Every window was almost the same, but there might be different joys and sorrows inside the windows.

The information of the murderer and the deceased does not seem to be among these tragedies and joys.

Meng Siqi was standing among them. Her clothes were already soaked because she ran up and down each flight of stairs in one breath. She had never run so fast for a goal before.

She wanted to find the head so badly that during the search, she ran along with their pace, not leaving out any resident or corner. Deep in her heart, she had an obsession, she was eager for Lu He's speculation to become a reality.

She could see the subtle sadness in Lu He's eyes. This sadness implied his loneliness, so it was revealed unnaturally. He must have been constantly reconsidering his own assumptions, but maybe he was really wrong.

No one dares to say that the desired facts can be proved by inference alone.

The community staff followed him all the way and said to Lu He, sweating profusely, "Captain, are you still looking for it?"

“Let’s not look for it for now.” Lu He replied slowly.

Today's search was not limited to the refrigerator, but many corners of the house were also searched, which means that searching again might not yield anything.

"Liang Yunfeng, how many residential communities are there within this two kilometers?" Lu He asked.

"Four buildings." Liang Yunfeng took out the map.

"Okay." Lu He ordered, "Check these four residential areas again."

Everyone received the order, but the action was slower than before. Everyone had a dry mouth and felt tired all over.

Luo Xiaoguo glanced at everyone, caught up with Lu He and said, "Captain Lu, Yan Chun and I will buy some water and bread for everyone. It's past dinner time, and we can't go without food or water."

"Okay." Lu He agreed with just one word.

This was the first time that Meng Siqi felt that Luo Xiao was not bad. She had been almost exhausted for a long time. The feeling of sweat, dry and wet, wet and dry, and an empty stomach was too uncomfortable.

Before the next mission, Luo Xiaoguo brought Yan Chun and Cai Shuangxi back with a lot of food. When giving Meng Siqi some bread, he smiled and said, "You girls are weak, why don't you go back and rest."

After hearing this, Lu He turned around and glanced at Meng Siqi, whose wet hair rested on his forehead. He pursed his thin lips as if he wanted to say something but stopped.

Meng Siqi was afraid that Lu He would ask her to go back, so she immediately calmed down and said, "Who said that? I still have a lot of energy left in me."

Luo Xiaoguo said with a smile: "Don't show off. If anything goes wrong, it will hold us back."

As Zhao Leiting peeled off the bread bag, he retorted, "Which eye of yours thinks Meng Siqi is showing off."

Yan Chun chewed on a piece of bread and said, "Xiao Meng fell down just when he was going up the stairs. Is his knee okay? I agree with Deputy Luo. There are still four residential blocks to go. If he runs down here, his leg will definitely be broken."

Meng Siqi felt a little aggrieved for a moment. She had indeed fallen once and her knees were in so much pain that they almost broke. She was afraid of being seen, so she immediately got up and ran up as if nothing had happened.

Her knees still hurt a little, and she thought her patience would be encouraged by everyone. However, she would never give up because of this. Even if she climbed all the stairs today, lost all her skin and broke all her bones, she would not give up.

Feng Shaomin was drinking from a bottle of mineral water when he stepped forward and said in a cold voice, "Lao Luo, Yan Chun, listen to Xiao Meng's own opinion. If she insists, there's no problem in moving together."

"I say, Old Feng," Luo Xiaoguo said with a smile, "or else the master should be good to his apprentice. As long as the apprentice is not dead, he will use him to death."

"Luo Xiaoguo, what do you mean!" Feng Shaomin's eyes suddenly widened, which immediately scared the police officers who were on the scene and had been preparing for a fight.

Everyone looked at Feng Shaomin with bread and water, seemingly not understanding his behavior. It was obvious that Luo Xiaoguo was just joking and there was no hidden meaning in his words.

Luo Xiaoguo was also shocked. His Adam's apple rolled rapidly. He licked his dry lips and took a step back.

On the side of the road, police cars were flashing red and blue lights. The road was busy with traffic, but this place was eerily quiet.

Lu He came over, and he seemed to see something, and said, "Listen carefully, Meng Siqi follows me, and as long as she doesn't fall behind, no one is allowed to mention leaving the team."

Lu He did see a lot. He saw Feng Shaomin’s thoughts. Perhaps he was the only one who understood Feng Shaomin’s anger.

He also saw the stubbornness and determination in Meng Siqi's eyes.

This girl was the one he admired the most and the one he couldn't figure out the most since he met her. She had a special temperament that attracted people. Lu He couldn't explain it, but every time he saw her, he felt that Meng Siqi was very special.

He remembered that several times when he looked at her back, he had a very strange feeling, as if someone had turned the ancient well in his heart, and turned a long-dilapidated pendulum, which started to move again, swinging back and forth in his heart and causing emotional fluctuations.

He didn't like emotions, and the word "emotion" was sealed forever when he was very young. He didn't believe that this was an emotional trigger, but what could it be? It was as if this ordinary yet special girl came to him from the distant world.

Because of Lu He's words, no one mentioned Meng Siqi's matter anymore.

Meng Siqi stood aside and ate bread quietly. However, she was not that hungry. She tore off half of the bread and handed it to Zhao Leiting, "I can't finish it."

Zhao Lei Ting had already wolfed down a piece of bread. He was really hungry, but he didn't take it right away. He said, "We have to run soon. You eat it."

"I can't eat."

Zhao Lei Ting took it reluctantly and said with a smile, "Then I'll eat it."

Meng Siqi also smiled: "You are still being polite to me."

"Let's go!" Following Lu He's command, everyone got ready to get in the car.

"Meng Siqi!" Lu He called her, "Follow my car."

"Oh." Meng Siqi agreed, waved to Zhao Leiting, turned and got into Lu He's car.

Liang Yunfeng was driving Lu He's car, Lu He was sitting in the passenger seat, there was a policeman sitting in the back seat, and Meng Siqi also sat in the back seat.

Soon, the car arrived at a nearby residential area. In order to speed up the process, Lu He requested that the search be divided into three groups. Everyone followed the process again. The structure of this residential area was similar to that of Jiangnan Hometown, and it also had five floors.

As she climbed the stairs, her legs and feet were visibly weak. It seemed as if she had climbed many Mount Everests today, but the summit seemed so far away. It was a feeling of despair without a goal.

Lu He waited for him on purpose, and then she trotted up two steps. Lu He said, "Don't run, take your time."

He always told her not to run and to take it slow, and these words were like a brand in her heart.

Finally, she finished searching this block, but still found nothing. There were three more blocks to go. When she searched the last block, she was halfway up the stairs of a certain building when she lay down. She felt that she was always holding them back. The despair grew to an extreme point in her heart and finally broke through.

She lay on the stairs, gasping for breath, as if she could never get up again.

A strong hand grasped her arm. He squatted beside her and tried to lift her up. His tone was a little worried: "What's wrong?"

"Captain Lu, I really may not be able to crawl anymore." She used a lot of strength to say this.

"It's okay, I'll take you back to the car."

Meng Siqi nodded in disappointment. In fact, she wanted to walk through the entire community with him and see the evidence surface with her own eyes. She also wanted to witness his speculation.

She knew that she had been holding back and delaying Lu He's mission. If she had known earlier, she should have listened to Luo Xiaoguo and gone back to rest and wait for news.

She overestimated herself and took herself too seriously. She thought she could solve the case just by her passion, but in fact, solving a case is without any emotion.

Meng Siqi struggled to get up and forced a relaxed smile, "Captain Lu, don't worry about me, go do your work, I'll go down by myself."

"Siqi, you did a great job. You get full marks in my eyes." Lu He's mellow tone seemed to comfort her.

He gently helped her up. Meng Siqi held onto the stair railing exhausted, but her heart was warm. She felt that Lu He should not be lonely. He was such a warm person, how could he have a lonely and desperate heart?

As Meng Siqi walked slowly downstairs toward the car, she was lost in thought as she stared at the clouds in the distance. Suddenly, she had an illusion. She heard a voice shouting at her from afar, "Meng Siqi! Meng Siqi!"

That was Lu He's voice. Meng Siqi turned his head and looked towards the building where Lu He was, but the voice did not come from that building, but from the distant horizon.

It seems to come from another world, so far away that the heartache catches people off guard.

Meng Siqi sat in the car quietly for a long time. She remembered that she had heard this scream in her dreams several times before, as if someone wanted to wake her up from her dreams, but she didn't remember who the voice came from or where it came from.

The coincidence just now made her realize that the voice that had appeared in her dream was Lu He's cry.

She didn't know why she could hear that scream while she was awake, the broken and distant scream. Maybe it was just her hallucination. She was too tired, so tired that her hearing also caused hallucinations. It must be that.

Half an hour later, Lu He and the police officers walked out of the community gate. Judging from the expressions on their faces, this trip was undoubtedly fruitless.

Liang Yunfeng was the first to open the door and glanced at her. He was sweating profusely and said nothing. His lips were slightly curved as if he was greeting her reluctantly. Meng Siqi also gave her a very faint comforting smile in return.

Lu He got into the car afterwards. When he got in, he also glanced at her, but his eyes were very indifferent, so indifferent that there was not a trace of tears.

At this moment, Meng Siqi felt deeply unwilling. Not only was he unwilling to accept Lu He's wrong judgment today, but he was also unwilling to accept the stagnation of the case.

After another policeman got on the car, it started and prepared to return. Meng Si looked out the window and saw the blood-red sunset dyeing the sky above the city. Clouds were circling around the golden edge. Soon this world would turn into night. At twelve o'clock tonight, Lu He's promise would be invalid.

"Stop!" Lu He suddenly shouted.

The car slowly pulled over to the side of the road, Meng Siqi's gaze slowly moved downwards towards the setting sun, and the car stopped again at the gate of Jiangnan Garden Community. Lu He's expression was solemn. He pushed open the car door, walked down, and stood at the gate of the community, standing in the red and blue intertwined light, the last faint golden light of Xueyang was imprinted around him.

Liang Yunfeng turned around and looked at Meng Siqi with a puzzled look. He opened the door and got out of the car without saying anything.

Lu He must be very unwilling, and he must be thinking about whether his inference today was right or wrong.

Meng Siqi also pushed the door and got out of the car. At this time, many people were returning home from outside, back to the ordinary community called Jiangnan Home. They looked at the police car with awe and admiration in their eyes. But Meng Siqi felt that they should be more disappointed, disappointed with the people's police.

She noticed that the back of Lu He's olive green police uniform shirt was already wet with sweat. He had been wearing a leather jacket in the morning, but had changed into a thin shirt after a day of running.

Liang Yunfeng was the same, sweating profusely, his clothes sticking to his back.

The cars behind us stopped one after another, and three cars lined up in a row. Luo Xiaoguo, sitting in the passenger seat, asked, "What is the road team doing?"

Yan Chun held onto the steering wheel and answered, "It's probably because he's unwilling to give up. Isn't he like this every time?"

"Our team leader is strong, but sometimes he is also very stubborn and wants to be strong." Luo Xiaoguo sighed, "Yi Tian is really too impatient. Team leader Lu is not a god, he is also a human being. And Meng Siqi is dragging him down."

Yan Chun nodded, "I heard that Meng Siqi was so tired that he finally lay down and went back to the car to rest."

"It's better not to come." Luo Xiaoguo said, "Forget it, get off the car and accompany the team."

The two got off the car. At this time, people from other cars also got off. Everyone stood beside Lu He. Behind him, Luo Xiaoguo comforted him, "Captain Lu, I'll go talk to Director Liu about today's matter. You go back and have a good sleep."

Lu He did not reply. He continued to look at the community, as if he was thinking about something.

Zhao Lei Ting walked to Meng Siqi and smiled at her. There was regret and comfort in that smile.

She also smiled faintly, as if to resolve her reluctance.

When she looked up, looked at Lu He's back, and looked at the sunset in the distance, at that moment, the long-lost feeling of dizziness came over her.

The bricks and tiles of the entire community suddenly turned into sand and flew into the sky. A new picture appeared before her eyes as expected...

Just where the sand disappeared, one of the buildings in the neighborhood, a house, enlarged before her eyes.

She saw with her own eyes a young man standing in front of an open refrigerator in that house. He took out a head with both hands and gently kissed the head on the forehead.

When the man turned around, he held up the long-haired head in his palm. His face was pale and his eyes were dark. That look made her gasp.

The man carefully hid his head inside a rag doll.

The room was dimly lit, but she could see his face clearly.

This was the first time she saw the suspect's face clearly in this scene.

The picture was fleeting, and at that moment, she tried hard to grasp something.

"Meng Siqi..." Zhao Leiting called her.

After a moment of dizziness, Meng Siqi finally stood up and found that Lu He was holding one of her arms.

"Siqi, what's wrong with you?" Lu He asked her.

"I'm fine, Captain Lu." Meng Siqi shook his head, "Maybe I'm too tired."

"Okay, let's go back and rest." Lu He drooped his eyelids slightly, intending to end this trip.

Lu He slowly let go of her arm, and just as she turned around, she couldn't wait to shout out, "Captain Lu!"

"Hmm?" Lu He stopped and looked at him again.

"Can I say a few words?" Meng Siqi didn't know how to explain what she had just seen. She was very tired and a little nervous because of the stimulation just now.

"You say." Lu He said.

At this time, Luo Xiaoguo was a little unhappy and stepped forward to remind: "Team Lu, you should go back and rest early. Meng Siqi, if you have anything to say, please get in the car and talk. You can't keep doing this, right?"

Always like this? He is a hindrance at work and a hindrance again at work. No one wants to have such a special person in the bureau.

Meng Siqi ignored him and said forcefully, "Captain Lu, Building 12, Room 502, the first compartment of the refrigerator is relatively high, just enough to fit a human head. I found that the compartment on that level is cleaner than the one below, so the suspect must have wiped it after taking out the human head. We searched the room but didn't find it. However, on the armrest of the sofa, in the most conspicuous position, a position we all overlooked, there is a dolphin doll, which is just enough to fit a human head. There is a fragrance in the room, and the suspect is deliberately covering up the smell. The suspect opened the refrigerator door, and there are his fingerprints. I suspect this person is Li Muxiao!"

Everyone present was shocked. Not only Luo Xiaoguo and Yan Chun were dumbfounded, but even Lu He was slightly surprised.