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Ten o'clock at night is when Internet cafes do the best business. You Mingxu's instructions were confusing, so Xu Mengshan also kept a low profile. When no one was around, he walked to the bar and asked the waiter to call the boss.
The boss was still the same middle-aged man in his forties from last time. His surname was Xiang and he looked steady and honest. Xu Mengshan showed him his police ID and said, "I want all the surveillance footage of the entire Internet cafe a few nights before Xie Huifang's murder."
Xie Huifang's case had caused a lot of controversy, and the boss had cooperated with the investigation, so he naturally knew about it.
The boss immediately agreed and called the waiter to check the surveillance video.
Xu Mengshan leaned against the bar and waited. Boss Xu poured him a glass of water. He thanked him and drank it slowly while looking around the situation in the Internet cafe.
I asked my boss a few questions about the progress of the case investigation, but Xu Mengshan just dismissed me with a few brief words.
Soon the waiter copied the surveillance footage into a USB drive, handed it to Xu Mengshan through the boss, and asked, "Is there any change in the investigation of the case? So you came to check the surveillance footage again?"
Xu Mengshan didn't answer, but said, "Thank you."
I told my boss, "Someone just came and asked for surveillance, but I didn't give it to him."
Xu Mengshan raised his eyelids: "Who is it?"
I answered the boss, "He's also a kid. I think his last name is Liu or Chen. He always comes to surf the Internet with Li Biran. He just left. Oh, he said Li Biran wanted to see the surveillance footage and asked him to get it. He said he wanted to recall the case and help catch the murderer as soon as possible. But isn't this nonsense? How can I give it to them? I'm not a policeman."
Xu Mengshan was stunned and walked out of the Internet cafe with the surveillance camera. I saw neon lights and busy traffic outside, but I didn't see any suspicious figures.
Although You Mingxu had not explained the reason to him, he always felt that something was wrong, so he took out his cell phone and called You Mingxu.
At the quiet and deserted side door of the school, You Mingxu was sending Li Biran into a police car. After listening to Xu Mengshan's explanation of the situation on the phone, she frowned: "Oh no! This kid is too smart, he wants to run away!"
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Several police cars drove towards the factory at lightning speed.
In the increasingly quiet night, many clues and evidences emerged one after another with the breakthrough of Li Biran.
The police found the pair of shoes that matched the one used at the scene of Xu Jiayuan's death in Li Biran's home, and indeed, they found some unwashed bloodstains on the soles of the shoes. When Li Biran's parents saw this scene, they were confused and stunned. They even couldn't understand what this meant.
Following the route map from Li Biran's home to Xu Jiayuan's crime scene, the police finally saw from the surveillance camera at an intersection that Li Biran appeared about 10 minutes after the crime and threw a blood-stained backpack into the river. The backpack is currently being salvaged.
Liu Ruoyu was not at work on the day Xie Huifang died, so he had no alibi. The surveillance cameras in the community captured Liu Ruoyu entering and leaving the community just before and after the incident. Just like the criminal portrait drawn by Yin Feng, he was carrying a bag and had changed his clothes.
At present, the police have begun searching for hidden murder weapons, blood-stained clothes and other items in Liu Ruoyu's range of activities.
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But when You Mingxu and Yin Feng arrived at Liu Ruoyu's residence, they found nothing. The sixteen-year-old boy disappeared.
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It was already midnight, and the lights were on inside and outside the factory. A light mist permeates the Yuelu Mountains, like a silent giant beast standing there. Faint light is distributed at the foot of the mountain. The police have begun to find out the direction of Liu Ruoyu's escape and started searching in the mountains.
The Yuelu Mountains are not high and their area is not too large. This is not a great hiding place.
You Mingxu and Yin Feng were also among them. You Mingxu's face was as calm as water, and he walked quickly, cutting through the thorns and bushes with ease. Although Yin Feng was tall and strong, he could hardly keep up, so he quickly said, "Ah Xu, slow down."
You Mingxu refused and said, "Stay here and wait for me."
Yin Feng naturally refused to do it. Firstly, he was worried about her being alone, and secondly, how could he admit that he would be a hindrance? He gritted his teeth and stepped on the thorns of the bramble, enduring the clear and slight pain. After taking a slight breath, he finally caught up with his hero.
You Mingxu noticed that he was forcing himself to do it, so he followed him panting and felt like laughing. I thought that he was indeed a pampered writer, with a model-like figure that he had carefully trained and patiently maintained. Now it's going to get rough with her.
But, isn't it better for men to be a little rough?
But in front of me, in the vast night, there is no trace of him.
"Where do you think he will hide? Where will he escape to?" You Mingxu asked.
Yin Feng gets angry when he mentions that boy. If it weren't for him, I would have gone home hand in hand with You Mingxu. So he answered angrily: "No matter how smart he is, no matter how many detective novels and TV dramas he has read, his knowledge is limited after all, and he is just a child. Now that the matter has been exposed, he rushed up the mountain in a hurry. How could he have time to plan and strategize? Everything follows the human instinct to escape, and he desperately runs as far as possible, to a dark place. That's the only way to feel safe. You can just look around."
You Mingxu patted his head and said, "Nonsense, how can you find it so easily?" But his words boosted her confidence. They were the first group of police officers to arrive at the scene. You Mingxu was agile and had strong tracking skills, and Yin Feng barely held them back. After climbing over another mountain, the two of them had unknowingly reached the front line.
Thick vegetation covers the foothills. It was a quiet night, without any lights. It was quiet all around and there was no road on the ground. Looking up, all the trees, rocks, and slopes were reduced to black outlines, as if they were just black shapes and lines reflected in the dark night background. The wind was rustling, and people walking here felt like they were trapped in a place surrounded by evil spirits.
You Mingxu took Yin Feng and continued to climb up the hillside. The thought suddenly occurred to her: that child, that murderer, was now walking alone in the same environment. Does he feel very scared in his heart?
Yin Feng, who was beside him, suddenly gasped. You Mingxu immediately stopped and asked, "What's wrong?"
It was very dark around. A tall man, more than 1.8 meters tall, held his legs with both hands, and his voice was almost buried in the mud: "I just stepped on a very sharp stone, and my foot hurts..."
You Mingxu: "It's okay, just move a few times."
He kicked his legs a few times obediently.
"Are you feeling better?"
He nodded.
"Keep going." You Mingxu moved quickly again. Yin Feng's feet were still numb, with the lingering sharp pain from just now. He felt a little aggrieved, and also a sense of dependence. He had no other choice but to try his best to follow her. In his hurried sight, he looked at her cold profile and said softly, "Then go home and rub the soles of my feet to prevent me from getting hurt."
You Mingxu was speechless and angrily said, "Have you ever seen anyone get hurt by a rock? Just walk properly."
Yin Feng had no choice but to walk faster and said softly, "Just rub it for a while, I'll go back and wash my feet."
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