When Gao Ru Xue wanted to take the elevator, she ran into the man in the raincoat. That was probably just a coincidence.
The police's search put a lot of pressure on the man in the raincoat. Chen Ge thought about it from another perspective, and he believed that the killer was planning to leave Xi Xia Hu and escape this place.
"Temporarily, we can't be sure, but we can't rule out the possibility of being tailed." Lee Zheng looked at the surveillance camera inside the elevator. "We also suspected that the killer was staying at Xi Xia Hu because some of the surveillance cameras were destroyed three days ago, and that was also the time when the first case of eye gouging happened."
After saying that, Lee Zheng looked at Chen Ge with suspicion. The police had gathered a lot of clues before they came to the conclusion that the killer lived in Xi Xia Hu. Chen Ge was alone, and without the help of a team, not only did he confirm that the killer lived in Xi Xia Hu, he even gave them the floor where the killer lived.
Honestly, if not for the fact that Lee Zheng was very familiar with Chen Ge, he would have suspected that Chen Ge was related to this case as well.
Entering the elevator, the property manager provided Chen Ge and Lee Zheng with the basic information of all the tenants on the 23rd floor.
The tenant's name was not Han Bao 'er, and based on the manager's memory, there was no particularly beautiful woman on the 23rd floor of the third building.
"Chen Ge, are you sure you're not mistaken?"
The first thing the police did when they arrived at Xi Xia Hu was to lock down the third building. They had already checked most of the tenants.
Chen Ge was not that confident in the Pen Spirit's prediction ability; he was only fifty percent sure.
After giving it some thought, Chen Ge turned to call the manager over. "Are there any surveillance cameras on the 23rd floor?"
"The cameras on the fifteenth floor and above have been broken for a long time, and we haven't had the time to fix them. The main reason is that we hired someone to fix them, but they broke again for some reason. After this happened several times, we stopped caring about them." The manager spoke carefully. After all, this was their fault. "We have three shifts of security, and nothing has happened before …"
"Just because nothing happened before doesn't mean it won't happen in the future." Chen Ge did not argue with the manager. "Are you familiar with the tenants on the 23rd floor of the third building? Is there anyone on this floor who is behaving abnormally? "
"Abnormal people?" The staff shook his head.
"Have you received any complaints from the residents? For example, a strange sound came from a room in the middle of the night, or a pungent smell? "Chen Ge asked, and Lee Zheng couldn't interrupt.
The worker thought about it for a while and looked at one of the doors at the end of the corridor. "We received a call from the tenants, but it was not a complaint. It was a request for help."
"Help?" Chen Ge and Lee Zheng both stopped in their tracks.
"There's a household on the 23rd floor where domestic violence often happens. It's very noisy, but we've never received any calls for help from the victims. It's all the neighbors who can't take it anymore." The worker led Chen Ge and Lee Zheng to the door at the end of the corridor. "This is it."
According to the information provided by the property management, the person who lived here was called Qiu Meng. He was a famous fitness trainer in a high-end club.
"The person you're looking for shouldn't be him. Qiu Meng is almost 1.9 meters tall, and I've seen the surveillance video of the culprit in the raincoat. He's at most 1.7 meters, so they can't be the same person."
"Open the door. Let's go in and take a look." At a time like this, Chen Ge would not let go of anything suspicious.
The worker seemed to be afraid of Qiu Meng. He knocked on the door unwillingly. "Is anyone there? We're from the property management. "
The room was very quiet, and no one answered.
Chen Ge touched Lee Zheng's shoulder. "There might be something wrong with this house. Call your people over. If that doesn't work, open the door with force."
"You make it sound so simple. Without any evidence, we have no right to break in." Lee Zheng thought about it and added, "At least we need Captain Yan's permission."
When the two conversed, footsteps came from inside the room. Moments later, the door was opened, and a tall, handsome, and muscular man stood at the door.
His eyes were puffy, and he yawned. His eyes were red like he had not had a good rest for several days.
"How can I help you?"
The worker forced a smile and said with some embarrassment, "A murderer appears to be hiding in our residential area. The police want to ask you some questions."
"Ask me?" The man was confused. He slowly woke up, and when he saw the police uniform that Lee Zheng was wearing, his expression changed slightly. "I've been sleeping at home. I don't know anything."
"Can we go in to talk?" Chen Ge's five senses were very sensitive. When he opened the door, he could smell a light scent of blood in the air.
Qiu Meng glanced at Chen Ge. He did not want outsiders to enter his home.
"This is my identification. I hope you can cooperate with us." After Lee Zheng showed the identification, he took out the walkie-talkie before Qiu Meng and told the other members of Team 1 to gather on the 23rd floor of the third building.
Knowing that he could not escape, Qiu Meng opened the door. "Come in, the house is quite messy."
The table in the living room was flipped over, and various things were scattered on the ground. The vase was shattered, and a few fresh flowers that had obviously been bought fell to the ground. They appeared to have been stepped on, and the petals were crushed.
"Domestic violence?" Chen Ge was the first to enter the living room. When he saw the scene inside the room, that was the first term that appeared in his mind.
"If you have any questions, just ask them now." Qiu Meng's face was dark. He hated outsiders coming into his home, and this made him feel like his secret had been exposed.
"Between 8 pm and 12 pm, where were you?"
"I was at home, playing on the computer."
"Who can prove that?"
"What do you need to prove? I'm not the killer. You've got the wrong person! "Qiu Meng screamed. He had a bad temper, and even before the police, he could not suppress his anger.
"I repeat, who can prove that?" Lee Zheng seemed to have changed into a different person. He did not have any advantage when compared to Qiu Meng, but he gave off the feeling that if they were to fight, he could subdue Qiu Meng in just a few moves.
"I reached home at 7: 30 pm, had dinner, and then started to play the game." Qiu Meng finally gave in. He turned on the computer. "When I have nothing to do, I like to livestream to teach people how to train their muscles. Tonight, I was too annoyed to talk to anyone, so I went to livestream to play the game."
After checking the video, Qiu Meng was telling the truth. He had been playing the game between 8 pm and 12 pm.
"Why did you feel annoyed tonight?" Lee Zheng did not let go of any suspicious point in Qiu Meng's story.
"I had an argument with my girlfriend."
"You hit her?" Lee Zheng looked at the messy living room.
"Yes."
"Why did you hit her? At what time did you hit her? "
"Do I have to tell you that?" Qiu Meng's temper was bad, and he seemed to be on the verge of exploding. "Around 10 pm to 10: 30 pm, I was livestreaming, and the camera was off. If you don't believe me, you can go take a look at the video yourself."
The time that Qiu Meng mentioned was the time when the man in the raincoat was squatting outside Ru Xue's room, preparing to ambush her.
If what Qiu Meng said was true, then the suspicion on him and his girlfriend had been eliminated.
Lee Zheng used Qiu Meng's computer to find the video.
Qiu Meng was playing the game until around 10 pm when his girlfriend's voice appeared on the screen. The two of them had gotten into an argument over something small. Then Qiu Meng walked away from the camera. The vase in the room was shattered, and the table was flipped over. Then came the sound of cursing and crying.
"I know what I did was wrong, but sometimes, I can't control myself." Qiu Meng's nonchalant attitude angered the people there.
"At any time, using violence on the innocent is a violation of human rights. You have to understand that domestic violence that causes injury to another person can also be sentenced. " Lee Zheng stood up and waved at the manager next to him. "If something like this happens again in the future, you have to pay attention to it. Indulging him will only encourage him to make bigger mistakes."
"Understood."
Lee Zheng stood up, and he seemed to be worried. "Where is your girlfriend now? I need to take a look at her injuries. "
"She's in the bedroom. She locked the door from the inside, so I can't get in." Qiu Meng was leaning against the sofa, and he showed no intention of getting up.
"You should have a spare key to the bedroom at home, right? Open the door. "
"Are you police officers so free? Aren't there still murderers out there who haven't been caught? I'll deal with my own problems. "Qiu Meng's brows were locked together, and veins popped up on his arms.
"Because I'm a police officer, I can't ignore this." Lee Zheng stared at Qiu Meng and pointed at the bedroom. "Open the door."
His attitude was firm, and Qiu Meng knew that he would not be able to fool him. He stood up to find the key from the closet and opened the bedroom door.
Different from the messy living room, everything in the bedroom was arranged neatly. It was unclear whether it had been cleaned or it was not messed up in the first place.
A woman's sobbing could be heard from inside the room. It was very soft, like she had been wronged, but she did not dare cry too loudly.
"Domestic violence cannot be tolerated. If you need help, you can go to the local women's federation or call the police directly." Lee Zheng looked at the woman who was lying on the bed with her back toward him. From her back, he could not see anything wrong.
However, his years of experience as a police officer told him that something was off. He walked to the other side of the bed and looked at the woman's face.
The criminal profiler at the station had drawn up the murderer's appearance. The murderer of the eye-gouging case had several characteristics. She held a special murder weapon, did not have much strength, had a beautiful appearance, and was friendly. It was easy for people to lower their guard.
Lee Zheng had memorized all of this, but just as he was about to get a good look at the woman's lowered face, his phone suddenly rang.
He took out his phone and answered the call. Lee Zheng realized that it was from Captain Yan. Captain Yan told him that the eye-gouging case's murderer had been found and told him to go over immediately.
After receiving the order, Lee Zheng glanced at the woman on the bed. The woman's hair covered half of her face, and he could not tell what she looked like.
Due to his absolute trust in Captain Yan, he gave the woman a few simple instructions and walked out of the bedroom.
"The murderer has been caught. Chen Ge, we'll go over now!" Lee Zheng took out his phone and walked out, but he was stopped by Chen Ge.
"Don't rush to leave. This person appears to be lying."
Just as Lee Zheng was about to get a good look at the woman's face, he received the call from Captain Yan. This did not look normal to Chen Ge.
The thing that confused him the most was, normally, the police used walkie-talkies to communicate at crime scenes, so why did Captain Yan use his phone to call Lee Zheng this time?
"Come and take a look at this broken vase." Chen Ge pointed at the broken pieces on the ground. "If it was accidentally knocked into the cupboard, and the vase rolled off the edge of the cupboard, it should have broken somewhere near the cupboard. But look at the center of the broken pieces. This point is at least one meter away from the cupboard. In other words, the vase did not fall on its own but was purposely picked up and smashed. "
Lee Zheng took a look and realized that was indeed the case.
"When you entered the bedroom earlier, I took a look inside. The bedroom was clean, and there was not a single water stain on the floor. This is completely different from the living room. I'm curious why a man who has lost his mind would only go crazy in a certain part of the living room. "
Chen Ge looked around. "The kitchen and bathroom are very clean. Only the living room is messed up, and the mess is very restrained, so this is probably purposely arranged."
He pulled Lee Zheng back and took a step back. "Why would an innocent couple create the illusion of domestic violence on such a sensitive night? Are they trying to hide something? Also, the alibi that the man provided earlier. In the whole livestream, only his shadow can be seen. His girlfriend did not show up, so I suspect there's something wrong with the video. "
Hearing what Chen Ge said, Lee Zheng also felt that something was off. He had the workers leave the room to inform the people behind him, and then he and Chen Ge surrounded Qiu Meng.
When Chen Ge said those words, Qiu Meng initially acted like he was wronged, but in the end, he turned silent.
"Stop resisting unnecessarily. Stand up!"
Facing both Lee Zheng and Chen Ge, Qiu Meng lowered his head. After a long time, he seemed to come to a decision. "The five cases of eye-gouging were all my doing. I'll leave with you."
"You're the killer?" Lee Zheng and Chen Ge shared a look, and they understood what the man was thinking. He wanted to take the blame for his girlfriend.
"Stand up! Don't move! " Lee Zheng took out the walkie-talkie. He was about to report to Captain Yan when his phone suddenly rang again. He opened it and saw that it was another call from Captain Yan.
"Hello? Captain Yan! I've found a suspect! Requesting backup! "After Lee Zheng said that, Captain Yan only said three words on the phone.
"Look behind you."
Lee Zheng instinctively turned his head to look. The woman in the bedroom had somehow appeared behind him. One after another, skinny children climbed onto Lee Zheng's body.
The weirdest thing was, Lee Zheng did not seem to notice any of this. His eyes stared at the woman's dark eye sockets like he was hypnotized.
"I didn't want to kill you, but you asked for it."
The woman's voice sounded hoarse. She was not young anymore, but if anyone saw her face, they would be shocked.
It was hard to describe that kind of beauty. It was a mixture of madness and sickness, like a rose that bloomed on a grave.
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