The Evil White Nightmare (20)

After the third case of the Red Paint Serial Murders occurred, Xu Wangtu came to the police station for questioning and said that he found his wife lying on the ground after returning home at dusk and then called the police.

Meng Siqi's brain was working at high speed. At this time, she finally had some ideas. She also knew why Lu He asked her to look at this file.

This is not only because the murderer of the child kidnapping case, Xu Wangtu, is related to the incident 24 years ago.

Another reason. Lu He said that the White-Faced Man had painted Ruan Mengying's body with cosmetics, which made him suspect that the White-Faced Man was the murderer of the Red Lacquer Case. Because the Red Lacquer Case and the Red Lacquer Case were similar, the White-Faced Man might also be related to the Red Lacquer Case. In Xu Yizhou's kidnapping case, Xu Wangtu disguised himself as the White-Faced Man.

That is to say, twenty-four years ago, the White-Faced Man and Xu Wangtu might have had some intersection.

She looked up and asked, "Captain Lu, do you think the White-Faced Man is related to the Red Lacquer Case 24 years ago? Is it possible that he and Xu Wangtu knew each other?"

Lu He nodded slightly. "It's possible. Either the White-Faced Man is only related to the kidnapping case five years ago, or the White-Faced Man and Xu Wangtu had some kind of connection twenty-four years ago."

Although the relationship here is complicated and difficult to unravel for the time being, bold speculation is undoubtedly an important idea for criminal investigation. Meng Siqi asked: "Should we bring Xu Wangtu back for trial?"

"Xu Wangtu already gave his testimony 24 years ago, so we probably can't get any more answers from him."

Meng Siqi nodded.

Lu He continued, "Siqi, Xu Wangtu has been brought to justice. You have done a great job. You can tell the Korean team about the kidnapping of Xu Zhouyi. You should continue to monitor the situation at Xu Zhouyi's home. As for whether the white-faced man is related to the kidnapping, you just need to wait for the news. I will check it out."

At this moment, Meng Siqi finally knew Lu He's true thoughts. Because Xu Wangtu's information appeared in the Red Lacquer Case, the breakthrough to solving Xu Zhouyi's kidnapping case might be the White-Faced Man. Team Two is now investigating the Xu Zhouyi kidnapping case, so they cannot bypass the White-Faced Man.

The White-Faced Man is a very dangerous person. He has guns, an organization, and is the culprit in the Xiang Jie case. He doesn't want her and Team Two to take risks.

If it weren't for what happened last night, she might not have seen through his hidden message, but at this moment, Lu He must be worried about her safety.

But in reality, if the White-Faced Man is also related to the Red Makeup Case, then Lu He may be in great danger.

Lu He looked at her, his eyes as cold as water and very firm, and his tone seemed to give her a reassurance: "You have to believe me, this matter will definitely not take half a year."

I don't know why, but Meng Siqi's face felt a little hot. Lu He said last night that she would wait for him for half a year, and when he solved the Hongzhuang case, she would formally pursue her. And what if he solved the case ahead of time? Wouldn't that be pursuing her in advance?

She looked away from his gaze and said slowly, "Captain Lu, I hope you remember what I said."

Lu He was silent for a moment and nodded.

"What are you talking about?" Zhao Lei Ting suddenly came over and asked curiously.

"Nothing." At that moment, Meng Siqi's ears felt a little hot.

Zhao Lei Ting chuckled and said, "I thought there was something private to say."

"What are you thinking about?" Meng Siqi pretended to be angry. "Last time I told Captain Lu that he had to treat me to a meal if he solved the case."

"Oh. It's not a big deal." Zhao Leiting said to Lu He with a smile, "Why do you have to wait until the case is solved for Captain Lu to invite you to dinner? We can do it today."

Meng Siqi pretended to glare at him, "Zhao Leiting, we are talking about work now. Why is it that even if Team Lu invites you to dinner, it has nothing to do with you?"

"Hey, you guys keep talking, and I'll keep listening. Captain Lu, I also understood a little bit about the matter about the white-faced man. I'll go back and tell Captain Han about my thoughts."

"Okay." Lu He put away the file, stood up and said, "Siqi, there's nothing else to do, you guys go ahead."

He looked at her again for a while, and after Meng Siqi pursed her lips and gave her a faint smile, he turned and left.

As soon as Lu He left, Zhao Leiting sat on his chair and asked seriously: "Siqi, I still don't understand a few things just now. Can you tell me about that white-faced man, Xu Wangtu, and twenty-four years ago?"

"You just said you were reporting to the Korean team."

"Then I can't say I didn't understand in front of the team. It would be so embarrassing if it got out."

Meng Siqi rolled his eyes at him, picked up a pen and began to explain to him on paper. In short, the White-Faced Man painted red makeup on Ruan Mengying, so he might be the murderer in the Red Makeup Case, and the Red Makeup Case seemed to imitate the Red Lacquer Case, so it was concluded that the White-Faced Man and the Red Lacquer Case were related, and Xu Wangtu's wife Xie Wenjuan was the third victim in the Red Lacquer Case, and Xu Wangtu disguised himself as the White-Helmets, that is, the White-Faced Man. All of this was like a circle, proving that the White-Faced Man and Xu Wangtu might have had some intersection twenty-four years ago.

After Zhao Leiting nodded and said he almost understood, she said, "Actually, these relationships are quite complicated, and I may not understand them correctly. Maybe Lu He understands them more thoroughly."

Zhao Leiting said: "Anyway, Xu Yizhou's kidnapping case, Lu He is investigating the white-faced man, we just guard Xu Yizhou's house, there must be a way to get through, right?"

"Yes, for now, that's the case."

In the following period of time, Han Changlin made such arrangements decisively. Because the white-faced man was always followed by Lu He and his team, he also spent more time at Xu Zhou's house.

Especially after Xu Jianfei's failed attempt to deliver the ransom last time, will the kidnappers make another move? If so, then we must seize this opportunity.

In fact, Meng Siqi is now very worried that something has happened to Xu Yizhou. She has recorded every day's work since the case was filed in her notebook. As of this morning, Xu Yizhou has been kidnapped for a week. For a six-year-old girl, being away from home for a week would cause great discomfort, let alone being kidnapped for a week.

She couldn't believe how Xu Yizhou had survived the past week. Perhaps he had been murdered, just like when Xu Wangtu committed the crime. He disappeared completely after making the first call demanding a ransom. This also left the parents of the four children in the fantasy that their children were still alive.

That kind of unknown pain was like putting a person on fire, especially when the news of the child's death suddenly came after a long wait, it was like having her heart and lungs cut out. Meng Siqi couldn't imagine what state Xu Yizhou's mother Zhou Yingjun was in at this moment. She remembered that Zhou Yingjun fainted the next day. Now that she knew the evil deeds of the child's grandfather, would she be even more heartbroken?

A week has passed, and it is still unknown whether Zhou Yingjun can still hold on. Meng Siqi feels that the information that the child is still alive may be her only motivation to hold on.

Near noon, Meng Siqi planned to take half an hour to go to the nearby post office to send some money to her adoptive parents. Although her adoptive parents had refused last time, she still insisted on sending it by mail, but the amount would be half of what it was before, which they should be able to accept. She would then find time to buy them some gifts and send them over. This would be better than just sending money.

She rode to the post office, put the money in an envelope and mailed it. Feng Shaomin was going to take them to investigate in the afternoon, so she was going to return to the police station to have lunch.

After walking out of the post office, she stretched out her fair wrist to block the sunlight. At this time, a little boy of about six or seven years old ran over and said, "Sister, someone gave you a letter."

"For me?" Meng Siqi took it and asked alertly, "Little boy, who is it?"

"I don't know. An uncle told me to just give the letter to you. He gave me candy money."

The little boy answered and waved his hand to go across the street.

Meng Siqi touched the envelope. It was thin and there seemed to be nothing inside. Probably just a piece of letter paper, or perhaps a report letter. However, few people would hand letters to the police privately because the police station has a public mailbox.

As she was thinking, she opened the envelope, and sure enough there was a piece of letter and a photo inside. She pulled them out, and the first thing that caught her eye was the photo.

This is a photo of a little girl of about six or seven years old. She was crying and shedding tears in front of the camera. She looked so pitiful that it made people feel distressed, but Meng Siqi recognized her at a glance. This was Xu Yizhou.

She nervously opened the letter. There was only one sentence on it, but this sentence made her freeze in the place she was.

"Officer Meng, there is a taxi with double flashes on the side of the road. Get in directly. Once you get in, don't ask why. The driver will take you to where you should go. I'm waiting for you. Remember, you are alone. If you play any tricks, you will see Xu Yizhou's body at three o'clock this afternoon! Just do as I say, and you and Xu Yizhou will be safe."

In an instant, Meng Siqi's heart almost stopped beating, and his skin seemed to be tense.

She put the letter down and looked around quickly. She knew that someone must be staring at her nearby, but she found nothing. No matter whether they were pedestrians or passers-by, their expressions were very natural and no one paid special attention to her.

Sure enough, there was a taxi parked on the side of the road with its hazard lights on. Someone had just gone to ask for a ride, but the taxi left quickly, indicating that the person the driver wanted to take was her.

Meng Siqi was just visiting the post office, so she didn't have a walkie-talkie or a pistol with her. She only had a pair of handcuffs that she usually kept in her pocket during work. She couldn't contact the post office through the walkie-talkie, let alone return to the post office and call back, because that would be considered a "trick" by the other party. But since the other party had shown up on his own initiative, it meant that Xu Yizhou was still alive, which might be the most favorable news right now.

To save Xu Yizhou, perhaps she had to go there in person. Of course, she also had other options, such as contacting the police immediately and arresting the taxi driver, but this was too risky. What if she angered the kidnappers and Xu Yizhou died?

Xu Yizhou has been missing for a week. This is the first time that Meng Siqi knows that she is alive and where she is, which is extremely precious to her.

Meng Siqi found herself in a trap, the same threat that Xu Wangtu had encountered before, except that Xu Wangtu disguised himself as the White Helmet to take the ransom money, and she didn't know what kind of threat she would face.

Meng Siqi walked towards the taxi. If she were an ordinary person, she could make other choices, but she was a people's policeman and she had to make a decision, even if the decision was very scary.

Her steps were firm and she was not as nervous as before. In addition to the responsibility brought by the police badge, there was another important thing, because the kidnapper was most likely a white-faced man.

Lu He said that the white-faced man might be related to the Hongzhuang serial murder case. If it is true, then the murderer who turned Lu He into a skeleton will definitely appear in thirty years. Who is he? She really wants to know, and she must know.

Thirty years is a long time. How many people want to know the truth behind this, and how many people want to seek justice for Lu He.

Since she came to the time thirty years ago, this was God's special arrangement to let her get close to the murderer and discover the truth.

She became more determined, opened the back door, and got in without saying a word.

The driver glanced at her through the rearview mirror, seemed to confirm the information, activated the handbrake, and sped away.

The weather in Jinyang City is still very warm. Meng Siqi faces the breeze from the window and looks out at the city. The streets are crowded and receding, pedestrians are walking farther and farther on the road, the laughter is fading away, and new sounds are coming towards her. There is actually not much difference between here and thirty years later, except that the houses are much shorter and older. Just like old photos, they will surely turn yellow and moldy in thirty years.

Meng Siqi thought that she might have had a long dream, a dream about being a police officer. Because of her reluctance to leave her father and the shock of Lu He's news, she became a police officer. Otherwise, she could not explain why she came here.

If it weren't for Lu He's news about the past thirty years, she would definitely not have had this dream.

The worst plan, the dream was shattered, and she returned to reality!

The car sped along and turned several corners, seemingly heading north. She threw the envelope out of the window at an important intersection. She believed that if the Korean troops discovered that she was missing, they would definitely try to find her, and this letter would be the clue.

The car continued to move forward, seemingly heading towards the airport. Meng Siqi had been familiarizing herself with the map of Jinyang City, and she had memorized the route in her mind. Why was it heading towards the airport? Did the white-faced man want to board a plane and escape after seeing her?

At an important intersection, Meng Siqi threw Xu Yizhou's photo out of the window. She was very cautious and made sure that the driver did not notice. She did not choose to throw the letter at the door of the post office because she was worried that the other party might have spies at the door of the post office.

The two clues dropped off the car also indicated the approximate route of the car. No matter what, the police would find the direction she was going, which was the airport, unless these two clues were deliberately destroyed.

Soon the car arrived in front of a large repair shop. Next to it was an underground garage entrance with a blue "P" sign. The car slowly slid in.

There is a cement floor inside and the space is very large, about the size of several basketball courts. There are fluorescent lights on the roof of the garage. Although the garage is not as bright as the outside, it is also very bright. However, there are very few cars inside, only a few luxury cars.

There are pillar structures at intervals between the garages, which divide the parking spaces into three areas. Cars are parked within one of the parking lot lines.

"Get out of the car." the driver ordered.

Meng Siqi looked at him in the rearview mirror again, and saw only a pair of deep-set eyes. She pushed the door open and got out of the car, which drove away immediately. Then she heard the sound of the garage door being pulled down.

Meng Siqi's heart tightened. She took a few steps towards the garage door and stopped. She didn't know if her decision was right. She tried hard to control her rapid breathing and calm herself down.

The garage is now completely closed, and everything that will happen in the future is unknown, which is more terrifying than fear.

Now that she was here, she must not show any timidity. She turned around slowly and prepared to check the situation in the underground garage. If she guessed correctly, he should be in one of the cars.

She looked at the four or five cars parked in different directions in the garage.

Suddenly, a figure appeared in her sight. The person walked out from behind a pillar, and the two were only five meters apart.

He should be a man, a young man, about 1.8 meters tall, wearing a very high-end black suit, very thin, standing straight, but with a white mask on his face. This was the first time she saw such a white mask face to face and close up. She remembered the last time was in the picture of Yao Renjun. It was a picture at night and the white mask was very blurry.

The white mask in front of her almost covered her entire face, revealing a pair of eyes, two nostrils, and a crescent-shaped mouth. He seemed to be smiling.

"Who are you?" she asked sternly.

The white-faced man put his right hand in his pocket and slowly raised his left hand. At this time, Meng Siqi realized that he was holding a shiny dagger in his hand. The knife seemed to be his toy. He turned his fingers twice, slowly moved towards his ear, and pried open the mask with the tip of the knife.

The white mask slowly fell off, revealing his true face.

"Hello, Officer Meng!"