The Evil White Nightmare (8)

After a while, Zhao Leiting brought a large box back to the office. Inside were four large plastic bags. It seemed that the remains of the deceased in the four files were all in them.

Han Changlin ordered: "Everyone, check the remains of the first victim first to verify Xiao Meng's idea."

Zhao Lei Ting took out one of the large evidence bags, which contained a schoolbag and a plastic watch.

In fact, Meng Siqi couldn't bear to see these. These relics seemed to still retain the child's temperature and beating pulse.

Everyone put on gloves, and Zhao Leiting distributed textbooks, exercise books, pencil cases, and a small bag for coins in the school bags.

Everyone checked one by one. Meng Siqi opened a Chinese textbook. It was an educational textbook from the early 1990s. Most of the illustrations were black and white. There were also small pencil drawings by children in the textbook. She could see that the little girl was a little naughty. Some of the pencil drawings should be portraits of their mothers. She deliberately drew a beard on the portraits.

Meng Siqi found nothing after flipping through the book from front to back. Feng Shaomin opened the pencil case and reminded him, "There are crayons and correction fluid in the pencil case, which means the murderer may have used crayons and correction fluid. Everyone, look for any traces of crayons and correction fluid."

"There are so many crayons here..." Zhao Leiting said as he flipped through a notebook.

Everyone's heart suddenly hung in the air, and they all gathered together to take a look. Meng Siqi glared at him: "Zhao Leiting, this is a sketchbook, can you be more serious?" It was not surprising that the sketchbook was full of crayon drawings.

"Well, I was just excited at the moment."

"Found it!" Han Changlin, holding a test paper in both hands, suddenly spoke. His tone was very serious and it didn't seem fake.

He placed the test paper flat on the table, and everyone looked at it eagerly.

It was a math test paper with a score of 98. There were square folds on the paper, which showed that the little girl cherished it very much. There was a long mark made of white correction fluid on the top of the paper, as if someone had deliberately smeared it. At first glance, it was a child's "masterpiece", like a caterpillar.

But underneath it may be a string of numbers, a home number.

"Is there any way to wipe off the correction fluid?" asked Han Changlin.

Meng Siqi was very nervous, but they were also serious and tense.

"I'll find a knife later." Zhao Leiting turned and ran to his desk to find an artist's knife. He lay on the table and carefully scraped off the correction fluid with the tip of the knife.

Soon some words appeared. Meng Siqi looked closely and saw the number "3". She felt more and more that this was the family number.

As the numbers were revealed, everyone was stunned. It was indeed a family number.

Zhao Lei Ting couldn't contain his excitement and said, "Siqi, you really guessed it right!"

"Quick, check the phone number, is it the victim's family?" Han Changlin ordered.

Zhao Lei Ting said, "I'll come, I'll call the telephone office."

Zhao Leiting was efficient and remembered the number at a glance. He immediately picked up the office landline and dialed.

The call was connected, Zhao Leiting explained the reason and gave the home number.

Meng Siqi stared at him intently, holding his breath. After a while, Zhao Leiting put down the phone, his eyes full of excitement, "Yes, it's the victim's home phone number."

"Damn it!" Han Changlin waved his fist, "The murderer turned out to be a family member who contacted in this way!"

Feng Shaomin sighed. Meng Siqi could feel his master's mood, because the direction of the investigation had deviated. Now five years have passed. Even if the murderer's method of committing the crime was known, the best time limit has passed.

Han Changlin said: "Mr. Feng, according to Xiao Meng's inference, the other three victims should have left numbers in their belongings. The four victims were from different elementary schools, and the murderer committed the crime randomly and had no connection with the victims' families, so the direction of our investigation five years ago was wrong."

When he said the last sentence, Han Changlin sighed a little.

Feng Shaomin said: "Let's search for the remaining relics."

Everyone nodded.

More than half an hour later, the home numbers of the other three victims were found to have been wiped out with alteration fluid in their belongings. The home numbers appeared in textbooks, notebooks and pencil cases.

These clues were not found five years ago, making the case an unsolved case. It was precisely because Meng Siqi had the habit of recording family numbers in textbooks that she guessed the murderer's thinking.

This is a coincidence, but it is also her attempt to explore details in her criminal career.

Feng Shaomin said: "Xiao Meng, if you have solved the mystery and this case is solved, the Korean team must apply for the first credit for my apprentice."

Meng Siqi was very moved. This was the first time that her master had taken the initiative to ask the Han team to give her credit. As she pursed her lips silently, Han Changlin said, "Don't worry, Lao Feng. Xiao Meng's discovery is invaluable and may be the breakthrough. It seems that this unsolved case has a chance to be solved."

Feng Shaomin said expectantly, "Xiao Meng, do you have any other ideas? Do you have a picture of the murderer in your mind?"

Criminal profiling of a murderer is a field of criminal psychology, and usually a portrait of the murderer can be drawn. The portrait covers the murderer's gender, age, occupation, living environment, growth background, etc., as well as the murderer's habits, which can often lock down the scope of the murderer.

From the first case Meng Siqi took over, she tried to profile the murderer. She remembered the first case, Zhao Guanghui killed his wife Zhou Jieli, and Zhao Guanghui did not reveal the real reason for killing his wife. At that time, she had just learned criminal psychology and criminal investigation knowledge, and did not really explore his criminal psychology, but if it were her today, she believed that she would be able to successfully profile.

In the second case, Teng Fei killed his girlfriend Liu Yuwei. After closing the case, she profiled Teng Fei's criminal psychology based on his growth experience and the process of committing the crime. Although it was profiled after the fact, she still felt that it was beneficial to her growth.

She remembered that the first time she really succeeded in profiling was the case of the juvenile murders of Song Xinran and Jin Yaming. She profiled almost perfectly that time, and that was her first step towards criminal psychological profiling. Although she had failed and encountered setbacks along the way, she became more and more confident in her criminal psychological profiling ability through her continuous summarization and research.

As for this kidnapping case, Meng Siqi has been trying to make a profile since she got the file. At this moment, she has actually formed some mental pictures, but because the time is too short, she is not sure if it is accurate. She still intends to share it and discuss it with everyone, "Master, I have some ideas, but I don't know if they are right. What does the murderer want from the children and why does he want to hurt them? I can't accurately speculate for the time being, but I feel that he should like children."

"Like children?" Zhao Leiting looked puzzled, and so were Han Changlin and Feng Shaomin.

"What I mean by liking is that the murderer reads children's books carefully. He may be obsessed with these details. I don't think many people will have much interest in children's books."

Feng Shaomin nodded slightly: "Xiao Meng, I agree with what you said. Are there any other portraits?"

"Well... I don't think he is a hot-blooded person."

"What do you mean?" Han Changlin asked.

"That is, he likes to be with children, he should move slowly, he likes to be with slow-paced children."

"Old man?" Zhao Leiting asked in surprise.

"No, no." Meng Siqi thought it might not be an old man. She couldn't think of what kind of person he was, but she thought he was someone who liked to be quiet. She thought for a moment and said, "He should be someone who likes children to stay quietly by his side."

Han Changlin said: "This is quite interesting."

Feng Shaomin suddenly asked, "Captain Han, do you remember the case of a business owner molesting a girl in another province a few years ago?"

"I remember." Han Changlin said, "In fact, in our case, Shen Xiangming and I both guessed that it was child molestation, but we didn't find fingerprints or signs of abuse from the victim's body or belongings, so we didn't make such a conclusion. In addition, the design of gold, wood, water, fire and earth confused us even more."

Meng Siqi had not thought of child molestation at first, but after they reminded her of this, she felt that it was entirely possible. If they were interested in children and not after money, then the possibility of molestation was indeed very high. She suddenly had a new idea and said, "Captain Han, Master, if it was molestation, I have a new idea."

"Hurry up and tell me." said Han Changlin.

"I found something unexpected when I was flipping through the books just now. I found some sand on the books. It seems that there are some residues on the books of the four victims. At first we might think that it was left by the children when they were playing. What if it is not? Is it left by the murderer?"

Han Changlin and the other two were looking at Meng Siqi closely. She seemed to be getting infinitely close to the truth and would find the answer soon.

Meng Siqi said: "The murderer likes quiet children. He likes to be with children..." She paused because the word "molestation" was too heavy. She changed the word, "He likes to be with children and flip through their textbooks. He should enjoy that process."

Zhao Leiting's eyes widened, his Adam's apple moving rapidly, "The murderer is a huge pervert?"

Feng Shaomin took over Meng Siqi's words and said, "He couldn't control the strange child. He liked quiet children, so he must have given the child a drug that made him sleep, such as sleeping pills or sedatives."

"But we did not detect similar ingredients in the corpse," said Han Changlin.

"It could be a small amount of sedatives, which had already disappeared from the body by the time we found them..." Feng Shaomin speculated, "The murderer may have used drugs to slightly daze the children when he took them away, and then committed the crime while the sedatives were still taking effect. The murderer must have enjoyed the process of the children making sounds."

"These children are very well behaved," Han Changlin nodded. "They are relatively timid, which means the killer is selecting his prey. Coupled with the effect of the mild drug, the children are easily controlled."

"Yes." Meng Siqi speculated, "The first child was most likely awake when the murderer committed the crime. The child was screaming at the time. The murderer may not have thought of killing the child at first, but found that he could not control it at the time, so he accidentally suffocated the child. But when committing the subsequent crimes, he should have controlled the drugs well. As for the last one, he should have imitated the first crime and chose to suffocate the child directly."

Even though Meng Siqi described the whole process as if it were a calm text, she could not imagine the situation at that time and how the murderer could do such cruel things to the weak victims four times.

The murderer is like a white poisonous spider. It looks extremely white, so it does not look like a poisonous spider in the sun and is very harmless. However, it has sharp, cold-blooded teeth and hairy legs with claws. It crawls slowly and wantonly on the child, devouring the child bit by bit, and finally chooses to end the child's life.

This is the process of a spider swallowing its prey. It is not in a hurry and is rather "elegant". It enjoys the tender and natural taste of its prey and sucks in its brain bit by bit.

Meng Siqi took a breath of cool air. A new noun was substituted into her profile, but it looked too much like a white spider.

The air was silent for a while, and Feng Shaomin asked: "Xiao Meng, can you make a new portrait?"

"Master, let me try." Meng Siqi thought for a moment and tried to say, "He is a man with a decent job. I guess he is a male, between 30 and 45 years old. He has relatively free time, or he can freely dispose of it for a period of time. He has a means of transportation, which should be his own." He is like a poisonous spider crawling freely on a spider web, always waiting for its prey. He doesn't seem to be in a hurry, but once he takes action, he will never return empty-handed.

"He is relatively familiar with this type of sedative. He may not be a doctor, but he should have easy access to this type of sedative. Or he may have a mental illness, but it should not be serious, so he can go to the hospital to buy similar drugs."

Han Changlin said: "This scope is still too large."

Feng Shaomin said: "Xiao Meng, do you think there are any obvious features? Narrow down the scope."

Meng Siqi fell into deep thought, and the air became quiet. Everyone was thinking and waiting for Meng Siqi's new ideas.

Meng Siqi has been troubled by a mystery. She asked: "Master, I just have a question that I don't understand. Why is the murderer so keen on textbooks?"

She knew that some suspects had fetishes and would use certain objects when committing crimes. This was especially true among some rapists, who would use certain objects to heighten their desires when committing rape, such as using women's stockings to strangle the victim's neck. She had seen this in previous cases.

But why did the murderer in this case like to look through textbooks while committing indecent acts?

Zhao Leiting was eager to try and said: "It is obvious that he is a teacher. Only teachers can have access to textbooks all day long. Otherwise, he must be a bookstore or printing shop employee, who can also have access to textbooks. Moreover, the store is next to the elementary school. He can see children every day. It is easy for him to commit the crime."

Zhao Leiting finished his speech with great interest, and his eyes shifted from Meng Siqi's face to Feng Shaomin's face, and then to Han Changlin's face. He was seeking approval.

"No," Meng Siqi said, "I suspect the murderer has a special fetish."

"Fetish?" Zhao Lei Ting looked at her in astonishment. "I've heard of people fetishizing underwear and shoes, but I've never heard of people fetishizing textbooks."

"Yes," Meng Siqi said, "It should be an extension of the school and classroom fetish. In other words, he is simulating the classroom environment."

Feng Shaomin's eyes suddenly gleamed, "I agree with Xiao Meng's inference about the simulated classroom environment. If the murderer takes the children to the wild, the textbooks are the link to the school environment. The murderer can only seek the greatest stimulation when flipping through the textbooks. Although there may not be the concept of extended fetish in psychology, it is indeed a kind of fetish. There was a case in the past. A serial rapist had an obsession with nurses, so when committing crimes, he liked to design the scene as a hospital scene, such as placing syringes and stethoscopes, and even wrapping an IV around the victim's neck. According to the murderer, when he saw these, he would imagine himself in the hospital to increase the pleasure of rape. So it is not surprising that textbooks have become a medium for fetishes. Xiao Meng, please continue."

Feng Shaomin seemed to be filled with infinite expectations, and his bright eyes returned to her face again. Not only him, but Han Changlin's eyes were also filled with infinite expectations. Not to mention Zhao Leiting, from beginning to end, his eyes never left Meng Siqi's face.

Meng Siqi actually didn't think it was that in-depth, but Feng Shaomin's explanation basically explained her inference.

After thanking the master, she continued, "If textbooks are a fetish, then school uniforms are also a fetish. Among these four victims, they all have one common feature, they all wore school uniforms. I think the murderer's main target is children wearing neat school uniforms. These children are often well-behaved and have good grades. We used to think that the murderer picked students who are good at studying and have good personalities, but the murderer cannot make accurate selections based on these characteristics, so it is easy for us to set the murderer as someone who knows the children's families. If his target is children with neat school uniforms and good looks, then everything makes sense."

"Through textbooks and school uniforms, he can have the most direct fantasy. He imagines himself in a classroom environment. He likes children of a certain age group, five to seven years old. Maybe he thinks that children of this age group are the most well-behaved, so he uses textbooks and school uniforms to simulate the scene of punishing students in the classroom."

"He has a certain relationship with the school and pays special attention to the routes around the school. He may not be a teacher. He is obsessed with the 'classroom' environment, he has a means of transportation, he has the right to freely dispose of his time, and he should not be short of money. He is most likely a... teacher in a training institution. He may have been a people's teacher, but for some reason, he was forced to resign by the school. He has outstanding abilities, but cannot return to the place where he once taught. He likes children, but he has to accept the unfairness of fate in reality, and he must vent this injustice..."

At this point, Meng Siqi seemed to feel that she had entered the murderer's psychological world. She was even a little scared. When she said the last sentence, her tone was extremely fast, and it even seemed to carry the murderer's murderous mood.

Feng Shaomin seemed to sense her uneasiness. There was a trace of worry in his eyes, but facing her profile, he showed excitement, and raised the corners of his eyes, "Xiao Meng, I think your speculation may be very close to the portrait of the murderer. Captain Han, we can investigate in this direction..."

Han Changlin's face was also full of excitement. After all, this was the closest he had been to the murderer in five years. He clenched his fists, as if he was about to burst out with power.

"Xu Yizhou's father Xu Jianfei?" Zhao Leiting's pupils suddenly widened and he said in disbelief.

Everyone present was stunned by Zhao Leiting's words.