Red Makeup Serial Murder Case (14)

Although it didn't rain in the past two days, it was still gloomy. In fact, the weather in Jinyang City is like this every summer. Sometimes it rains for a whole month. During that time, people's hearts will become damp and moldy, and they will feel particularly sleepy.

Meng Siqi feels that the Hongzhuang serial murder case, like Alzheimer's disease, gives people a feeling of "despair".

She could imagine the pressure that Lu He had been going through in the past year. He was a person who was very strict with himself. If there was a case that kept bothering him and happened on a rainy night that made him mentally and physically ill, the pressure he was under might be something that others could not understand.

Meng Siqi has been thinking about the files these two days, thinking about the connection between the three cases. By chance, she found something particularly strange, that is, the three cases seemed perfect, as if they were carefully planned and prepared by the murderer. In the first case, the murderer sneaked into the victim's home when the girl was alone at home. In the second case, the murderer sneaked into the piano room when the girl was alone. In the third case, the murderer ambushed the victim when there was no one on the rainy road.

His method of committing the crime was very calm and perfect, and the crime scene was also handled perfectly and meticulously. This is what Meng Siqi felt strange about.

After Meng Siqi entered the criminal investigation field, she read a lot of books in order to become better. In books on crime analysis, she came up with a common theory that for serial cases, the murderer's first crime is usually not perfect. After committing the crime, the murderer will continue to recall the details of the first crime, thereby checking for omissions and filling in the gaps. The second case will fill in the details missed in the first case and tend to be perfect.

Moreover, the first crime may imply the real motive of the murderer. In some serial murder cases, the murderer may kill for passion for some reason, and then he may be afraid, panic or even regretful. But when he finds that the police have not investigated him, he suddenly begins to miss the process of the first crime, and even miss the feeling of killing, so he starts to commit serial crimes.

Many serial killers have such psychological changes, and there must be a process from immaturity to awakening to maturity.

Therefore, the three cases of the Hongzhuang serial murders made Meng Siqi realize that the murderer might have a previous criminal record or he was familiar with this modus operandi.

This reminded her of the Red Paint Serial Murder Case 24 years ago. The difference between that case and the Red Makeup Case was that the paint applied to the women was red paint. Perhaps 24 years ago, women's cosmetics were relatively rare, so the murderer used paint instead.

Thirty years later in the original world, some experts speculated that the Red Makeup Case might be an imitation of the Red Lacquer Case, or it might be the same murderer but with upgraded methods.

Meng Siqi stood up suddenly. She remembered that Lu He had shown her the case files of the Red Lacquer Serial Murder Case last time. She still remembered the information of the three victims. One of them was a woman, Xie Wenjuan, the wife of Xu Wangtu, the murderer of the child molestation and murder case five years ago, and also an elementary school Chinese teacher.

The other two women were Xin Yameng, a 19-year-old paint factory worker, and Bao Xue, a young female doctor at a health hospital.

Was the scene of the death of these three women rearranged? Was it as meticulously and horribly tidy as the one in The Red Makeup Case?

She had to ask Lu He and read the file again. She walked quickly to a team of offices.

In the team's office, she found only Cai Shuangxi and Lin Tao there. Cai Shuangxi said that someone had taken Lu He to the reception room, and as for the file, it should be in the drawer of his desk.

Meng Siqi walked forward and opened Lu He's drawer. The files of the Red Lacquer Serial Murder Case were neatly arranged inside. She picked it up, planning to look at it here and discuss it with Lu He when he came back from the meeting room.

*

Lu He received a call in the afternoon, saying that Ms. Liang Ran came to the police station and wanted to see him.

Liang Ran is an important person to Lu He. She is one year older than Lu He. In name, she is his sister, but in reality, they are more like friends. Lu He lived in Professor Liang Chenghao's house for many years, and Liang Ran took good care of him. In Lu He's life, Liang Ran is his relative.

Liang Ran agreed to Shen Xiangming's confession when she was studying at the China University of Political Science and Law. After graduation, she did not work in a law-related career, but went to work in a magazine. Of course, she has written many documentary articles. In Lu He's eyes, Liang Ran has a natural sense of justice, which may also be related to the education of his father Liang Chenghao.

Liang Chenghao once brought the orphan Lu He to the Liang family and raised him. If it weren't for Liang Chenghao, Lu He would never have become a policeman.

Liang Chenghao is a professor of criminal psychology at the China University of Political Science and Law. He has an extremely noble and just worldview, which has a great influence on him. In fact, all the criminal psychology knowledge that Lu He has mastered is due to Liang Chenghao's teaching.

Liang Chenghao and Liang Ran are both Lu He's benefactors, and he is very grateful to them. Therefore, after Liang Chenghao passed away the year before last, Lu He felt that his ideals were also impacted; and this year when he heard that Shen Xiangming and Liang Ran were divorced, he was even more indignant. To him, Shen Xiangming betrayed Liang Ran and also betrayed him, so he punched him hard that day.

In fact, Liang Ran comes to see him every year. Today, when Liang Ran came, he actually wanted to comfort her. Perhaps, she did not need his comfort, because in his eyes, Liang Ran was a strong person.

After pushing away the people in the reception room, the expression on Lu He's face immediately relaxed a lot, because in the reception room, besides Liang Ran, there was also her five-year-old daughter Shen Lele.

Shen Lele was sitting in a chair, lying on the table playing with a stuffed toy.

"Le Le." Lu He showed an indescribable joy. He liked Le Le very much and reached out to hug her.

"Uncle He." Shen Lele raised her head from the toy, smiling, quickly jumped off the chair, and ran into Lu He's arms.

"Slow down." Liang Ran, who was standing next to Shen Lele, reminded with a smile.

Lu He held Lele in his arms and said with a smile, "Lele, when did you come here with your mother?"

"I arrived yesterday," Liang Ran said, "and stayed at the hotel last night. I was worried that it was too late and I didn't disturb you."

Lu He coaxed Lele: "Lele is so good, is it time for you to go to the senior class?"

"I will be in the first grade in the second half of the year." Liang Ran replied.

"Can you adapt? You're already in the first grade at such a young age." Lu He praised Shen Lele again, "Lele is really smart."

Liang Ran said: "I am six years old now, I am not young anymore, I need to learn to change."

Yes, six years old, so fast, he turned to Liang Ran again, "Liang Ran, you have to say hello when you came over yesterday, to welcome you."

"You are so busy, and we are not strangers."

Yes, their relationship is as close as that of a close relative, and indeed there is no need for many red tape. Shen Lele had pink flower decorations on her ponytails and was wearing a pink dress today. Her big eyes were full of crystal clear light. Lu He asked, "Did your mother tie your hair today?"

"It was my mother who tied it."

"LeLe, come down." Liang Ran said with a smile, "Don't bother Uncle He anymore."

"No problem. I like it." Lu He looked at Liang Ran and remembered something. "By the way, please sit down."

Liang Ran was dressed very intellectually today, with long hair draped over her shoulders and a very good temperament. She was wearing an exquisite and elegant light brown short-sleeved shirt and a long skirt, giving people an elegant and gentle feeling.

Lu He knew Liang Ran very well. When they were in high school together, she was pursued by many male students. She was the campus belle both in high school and college. Moreover, she could play famous guzheng pieces, so she always wore a simple white long gauze dress for every performance, making her look like a fairy from an ancient painting, which attracted many boys. Therefore, when they were in college, Shen Xiangming was one of her crazy pursuers.

"I'll treat you to dinner tonight, at the same place as before. The environment there is very nice." Lu He said.

"I'll leave in the afternoon." Liang Ran said lightly.

"Why are you in such a hurry? Isn't this a business trip for the magazine?"

"Actually this time," Liang Ran said, "I came here just to find you."

Lu He noticed that Liang Ran's tone was very flat, and there was a hint of melancholy between his brows. He thought that Liang Ran might have something to tell him, perhaps it was related to Shen Xiangming's divorce.

At the beginning of this year, the news of their divorce inadvertently reached his ears. Lu He was very angry and immediately called Shen Xiangming. As a result, Shen Xiangming admitted that Shen Lele was given to his mother and he would find a chance to apologize to him.

He didn't know whether to call Liang Ran at that time, he knew she must be very sad, but it was Liang Ran who called him that time, she told him that she would come to see him when she had time this year, Lu He understood that she wanted to talk to him after her mood stabilized. Lu He said he wanted to go to the province to see her, but Liang Ran refused.

Liang Ran undoubtedly came here today to discuss his divorce with Shen Xiangming.

"Le Le, can you go to the door and buy two ice creams for Mom and Uncle He?" Liang Ran said.

"good."

Lu He slowly put Shen Lele on the chair and handed the toy to her, "Lele, be good."

"I'll ask my colleagues to play with Lele for a while." Lu He picked up the phone on the table. Regarding the divorce, he knew that Liang Ran wanted the child to avoid it.

"That's fine."

The first person Lu He thought of was Meng Siqi. He called the offices of Team 2 and Team 1. Meng Siqi agreed to come over right away. A few minutes later, Meng Siqi opened the door and said, "Captain Lu."

Lu He stood up and introduced the two people one after another, saying: "Let me introduce you two, this is my sister Liang Ran, and this is my colleague Meng Siqi."

"Hello, Sister Liang Ran." Meng Siqi greeted her with a smile.

Liang Ran smiled, walked up to her and looked at her. Meng Siqi also looked at her. She found that Liang Ran was really beautiful, tall and slender, with a beauty that could be remembered at first sight, not a gorgeous beauty, but an elegant beauty. She also had a beautiful teardrop mole under her right eye, which added to her charm, as if she was a classical beauty in a painting. No wonder Shen Xiangming fell in love with her at first sight.

Liang Ran smiled and said, "Lu He, your colleague is so beautiful, does she have a boyfriend?"

Meng Siqi: "..." Her smile slowly froze. She didn't expect to be asked such a sensitive question just after meeting him.

"No, Sister Liang Ran." Meng Siqi answered with a smile.

"Oh, Lu He, you must hold on tight." Liang Ran's red lips were neither deep nor light, but they looked very charming.

Meng Siqi became more and more embarrassed, because Liang Ran's words implied that he hoped Lu He would pursue her. But she was a decent person at heart, and she still kept smiling.

However, Lu He looked at her with a slight smile on his face, as if it had nothing to do with him.

"Captain Lu, do you want me to take care of this child?" In order to ease the embarrassment, Meng Siqi set his sights on the pretty little girl.

Shen Lele also looked at her, smiling, and seemed to like her very much.

"Yes, please Siqi, play with Lele for a while. My sister and I have something to talk about. It won't take long." Lu He said.

"Okay, no problem." Meng Siqi stepped forward and squatted in front of Shen Lele, "You are Lele, right? Do you like playing with your aunt?"

"like."

"Okay, Auntie will take you to buy something delicious, okay?"

"Okay." Shen Lele happily stretched out her little hand and held Meng Siqi's hand.

"Thank you for thinking about her. Don't spend money on her. I brought a lot of snacks." Liang Ran thanked her.

"Sister Liang Ran, I like Lele so much. You two can chat first."

Meng Siqi took Shen Lele out. After the door was closed, Lu He's breath gradually became heavier. They both sat down, and he stood up again, "I'll go get you some hot water."

"Lu He, that's okay." Liang Ran's calm expression slowly darkened. "I came here this time to say sorry to you."

"Huh?" Lu He was puzzled. Between him and Liang Ran, there had never been such a thing as sorry.

"Actually, Xiang Ming and I are... having a fake divorce."

“…”

Lu He didn't react at first.

"To put it simply, they got a divorce certificate, but the relationship between the couple is still there." Liang Ran sighed slightly, "Do you still remember the Feng Lihua case?"

Feng Lihua, he remembered, was the contact person in the human specimen case between Song Xinran and Jin Yaming, a case involving a large human organ trading gang.

"I remember." Lu He nodded.

"At that time, the case was handed over to the provincial department by your municipal bureau, and Xiang Ming took over the case. In March of this year, Xiang Ming found the key evidence, but on that day, someone slipped a letter into Lele's schoolbag."

Liang Ran's eyes gradually turned red. "Inside the letter was a photo of a human specimen of a child. On the back of the photo was written: If you continue to investigate, this is where Lele ended up."