The next morning, Zhao Yu came to Hongqi Town, which was opposite the Third Oil Production Plant.
"The tricycle has been sent to the police station for inspection," Wu Xiumin said to Zhao Yu when they arrived at the boiler room in Hongqi Town. "The boiler master should be here! His surname is Liu … "
Zhao Yu carefully observed the terrain and found that although the boiler room had a wall, the wall was full of holes and there were air leaks everywhere.
"What a sin, what a sin!" At the door of the boiler room, an old man with a hunched back was expressing his feelings to the police. "Who is so wicked to use my tricycle to kill people? He really dared to ride such a small, broken tricycle … "
Zhao Yu observed the old man's condition. Indeed, as described in the information, he was hunched, short, and had difficulty moving, so he couldn't be the murderer.
Also, after the crime, the police had thoroughly searched the boiler room and found something suspicious.
"Such a big factory, does it still need a boiler to heat it?" Zhao Yu asked Wu Xiumin.
"No," Wu Xiumin said. "The factory heats itself. Only Hongqi Town needs a boiler to heat it."
"Their factory director said that Hongqi Town was built by the earliest oil workers. Later, the factory built a dormitory and the workers moved into the new building, so Hongqi Town was abandoned!"
Wu Xiumin continued, "Now, because of the serious decrease in the number of workers in the factory, they recruited a lot of oil workers from other places. Because these workers couldn't be accommodated, they renovated Hongqi Town and temporarily let them live there."
She continued, "The new staff dormitory is under construction and will be completed this summer. So, the factory doesn't need to invest in Hongqi Town anymore. That's why there are no guards, no walls, and no surveillance cameras …"
She continued, "They even have to walk a long distance, so the workers have to cross the lake to save time."
Wu Xiumin continued, "As for this boiler room, it's just an old boiler. It can barely keep the workers warm …"
"He's so old, and he's been sick before." Zhao Yu looked at Master Liu and asked Wu Xiumin softly, "Can he handle it alone?"
"There's a boiler worker who helps," Wu Xiumin said. "He's a young man from a nearby village. He comes to help Master Liu with some heavy labor, and he's also in charge of transporting coal. But, this person rarely stays overnight in the boiler room …"
"Oh?" Zhao Yu's eyes lit up, but immediately dimmed.
He knew that Wu Xiumin wasn't that stupid. There was no way she wouldn't think that there was something fishy about this young man.
Sure enough, Wu Xiumin shook her head and said, "During the time of the crime, this young man's wife was giving birth. There are dozens of witnesses …"
"D * mn, is this a coincidence?" Zhao Yu frowned and thought it was a bit of a coincidence.
"I've already checked," Wu Xiumin said. "This young man has nothing to do with Chi Meixin. His call records and WeChat are very simple …"
"Alright!" Zhao Yu nodded and strode into the boiler room to check out the situation in the boiler room.
Then, they walked along the side of the boiler room towards Chi Meixin's dormitory.
"Police Officer Zhao," Captain Chou said to Zhao Yu. "These past few days, we have investigated carefully. We still feel that the reason why Chi Meixin left the dormitory that day was to take a shower in the bathhouse!
"Look …" He went to a bungalow not far from the boiler room. "That's the bathhouse. You can go in and have a look … Mm …"
After saying this, Captain Chou realized that his words were inappropriate, so he quickly added, "It doesn't matter. At this time, the bathhouse is not open! It is only open at night … "
"Oh!" Zhao Yu said seriously. "Then come back at night to have a look!"
"…" Captain Chou was speechless.
"Hehehe …" Zhao Yu patted Captain Chou's shoulder. "Just kidding, just kidding!"
"Oh …" Captain Chou wiped his sweat and continued to explain, "First, Chi Meixin loves cleanliness. She works on the front line, so it's inevitable that there's a smell of oil on her body. So, she usually bathes very frequently.
Second, we looked through Chi Meixin's personal belongings. Everything else was there, except for her toiletries and a set of clean clothes … "
"Oh …" Zhao Yu pondered and said, "In other words, the murderer knew her habits, so he prepared in advance!"
"We asked the female workers who were taking a bath that night. No one had seen Chi Meixin, so …" Captain Chou said. "Chi Meixin must have been attacked as soon as she came out!"
"If she didn't go to take a bath that day …" Zhao Yu said. "Then … The murderer wouldn't have done it? Would he have waited another day? Until Chi Meixin appeared? "
"In that case …" Wu Xiumin shrugged. "At least it explains why Chi Meixin left the dormitory building."
"That's the dormitory building." Captain Chou pointed to the two-story building in the distance, then turned around and pointed to the other side. "From the dormitory building to the bathhouse, it's less than 100 meters.
"So …" Captain Chou pointed to the opposite side of the boiler room and said, "If I were the murderer, I would choose to do it from there!"
Zhao Yu looked in the direction that Captain Chou was pointing and saw that opposite the boiler room was an abandoned bungalow area. Some of the houses had already collapsed …
"There was no one there …" Captain Chou continued. "The murderer could have dragged Chi Meixin directly into the dark, then dragged her to an abandoned bungalow. As long as Chi Meixin couldn't scream, he could have easily killed her …"
"The autopsy report said …" Zhao Yu recalled. "The forensic doctor didn't find any traces of anesthesia on Chi Meixin's body … So … Could the murderer …"
"Yes, that's what we thought too!" Captain Chou strode to the opposite side of the boiler room, then pointed to a few alleys there and said, "The first crime scene should be in one of the alleys. We have already sent technicians to search it!
It's a pity that because of the ice, there were no footprints on the ground, nor were there any particularly obvious signs of struggle … "
Tsk tsk …
Zhao Yu looked at the alleys. Although it was daytime, the alleys looked a little gloomy, because in each alley, there were broken walls and a dilapidated scene!
So fierce?
Zhao Yu calculated in his heart. If this was really the first crime scene, and the deceased was not unconscious, could it be …
The murderer had just caught Chi Meixin and brutally killed her?
Chi Meixin had been strangled to death, just like the other female corpses under the bridge. The only difference was that the position and strength of the strangulation marks were slightly different.
Although the murderer's height was similar to Han Sai's, his palms were much smaller than Han Sai's, and his fingers were shorter …
The point was …
Did he really strangle her to death the moment he appeared?
What kind of hatred did he have?
Or …
Wu Xiumin had guessed correctly. Did the murderer kill the wrong person?
Chi Meixin was just a poor scapegoat?
Then …
Who did the murderer really want to kill?
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