"My mother would never kill anyone!" Meng Changshou said confidently. "The coroner also came to the conclusion that my mother couldn't be the killer. On the same day, my mother and my son, Meng Chen, disappeared together."
Leaning against the sofa, Meng Changshou seemed to have lost all the energy in his body as he reminisced. He said with difficulty, "A few days later, the police found my mother and Chen Chen inside a cold food container in the old city. From the way they died, my mother had been protecting Chen Chen. In other words, there was a third person at the scene and that person was the real killer. "
"The old lady is not the killer but she knew there were dead bodies inside her freezer but purposely hid it. This proves that she knew the killer and was very familiar with the killer." Li Xue soon grasped the key point. "From what you've said, I can feel that in your heart, the old lady is a very kind person. To be able to make someone like her go against her principles, the killer should be someone close to the old lady. Narrowing the scope, the killer might be among the three of you. "
"If the old lady only wanted to hide the truth, she wouldn't have been murdered." Han Fei signaled for Li Xue not to jump to conclusions so early. "I feel like the old lady was giving the killer a chance to turn over a new leaf. She gave the killer a week's time but she completely underestimated the evil in the killer's heart."
"The police have thought about this before but they couldn't find any evidence. However, not long after my mother's death, my second brother, Meng Changxi, disappeared. No one knew where he went. His body was nowhere to be found. The neighbors all speculated that he was the killer. " The middle-aged man shook his head in pain. "Even though my second brother is introverted, I know he would never do something like this. In fact, none of the three of us would do something like this! We were the ones who lost our loved ones but in the end, we were the ones who were under suspicion! "
The middle-aged man's emotions turned agitated. Then he started to cough violently. He reached under the coffee table to pull out a large bag of medicine.
"Meng Changxi disappeared just like that. If we can find his body, then we'll be able to narrow down the list of suspects. If we can't find his body, then he'll continue to bear the crime of being a murderer." Seeing that the middle-aged man was about to take his medicine, Li Xue poured him a glass of water. "Personally, I don't think Meng Changxi is the killer, what do you think?"
"I don't know." Han Fei did not say anything else. He planned to ask the old man himself that night.
Looking at the old man's black and white photo, Han Fei's mind was occupied by that game.
He could not simply judge Meng Si as a good person or a bad person. At this moment, he deeply felt the complexity of human nature.
Meng Changshou's health was not too good so Han Fei and Li Xue did not disturb him further.
The cold case from ten years ago had been dug up. It had been a sensational serious case at that time. Now, apart from the families of the deceased and the police handling the case, not many people remembered it.
With that in mind, Han Fei took a few steps forward and realized Li Xue had been standing on the steps. She did not follow him.
"Is there anything else?"
"When I was sifting through the data for you today, I noticed something very coincidental. The deceased, Meng Si, lived in the same building as the other victim. Coincidentally, both murders happened 10 years ago." Li Xue said as she headed upstairs.
Meng Si stayed on the 3rd floor. Li Xue led Han Fei to the 4th floor. "Have you heard of the human jigsaw case from 10 years ago?"
"It can't be that coincidental, right?" Director Jiang's words were suddenly reminded of Director Jiang's words. Initially, the crew wanted to film at the crime scene but they were rejected by the landlord. Therefore, they moved to Northern Street Courtyard 15.
"The killer of the human jigsaw case is still missing. The first two victims were found on the 4th floor of Courtyard 15. The victims were a loving couple." Li Xue stopped before one of the doors. "10 years ago, the police also suspected that the killer of the human jigsaw case and the frozen body case were the same person. However, the modus operandi of the two cases was completely different. If the frozen body case's killer was a twisted psychopath, then the human jigsaw case's killer was a demon through and through."
She knocked on the door. After about 10 seconds, the door opened a sliver.
A thin old man appeared behind the door. He frowned as he looked at Li Xue and Han Fei. "Who are you looking for?"
"I'm a police officer." Li Xue took out her temporary District Police ID. To be honest, the ID did not have the power to enter a house to search but the old man did not seem to understand that. He unwillingly opened the door.
Inside the 70 plus square metre room, everything was arranged neatly. The old man appeared to have cleaned it every day.
Entering the room, the living room was decorated with many pictures. The old man in the pictures had a healthy body and a bright smile on his face. It was hard to believe he was the same person as the old man before them.
Other than the old man, most of the pictures were of a young couple. The man was honest and kind while the woman was kind and gentle. They were a loving couple and every picture was filled with happiness.
Next to the wall of pictures was a cabinet. Inside the glass window were many Legos.
"I visit the police station every year. I've been there so many times in the past 10 years. Have you caught the killer yet?" There was a trace of despair in the old man's voice. He touched the picture frame on the table as if he still could not accept the cruel truth.
"Actually, I have a few questions to ask you." Li Xue took out her phone and opened several police apps.
Her movements were practiced. As she guided the old man's memory, she did not inflict too much pain on the old man. Her interrogation technique was much better than Zhang Xiaotian and Zhao Ming's.
While Li Xue was interrogating the old man, Han Fei stood quietly to the side as he studied the pictures on the wall.
The man in the picture was Wei Youfu, the man he was going to impersonate.
In Perfect Life, the old lady lived on the 3rd floor while Han Fei lived on the 4th floor.
In real life, the old lady also lived on the 3rd floor while the house where Wei Youfu and his wife were murdered was on the 4th floor.
Even though the layout was different, this coincidence made Han Fei pay more attention to it. He now suspected that the ghost he encountered in the game last night was Wei Youfu's wife, the woman who was murdered in the bathroom.
The seemingly unrelated clues converged at that moment and the point where they converged was Han Fei himself.
Through Li Xue's questioning, Han Fei gained a better understanding of Wei Youfu and his family. They were good people.
If there were no accidents, they should be able to live happily ever after.
'They weren't evil people when they were alive.' A very bold idea slowly surfaced in Han Fei's mind. 'If I want to survive in this hellish game filled with ghosts and monsters, I need a safe home first. If I can gain Wei Youfu and his wife's approval, then I can live with them inside this haunted house! In that case, I will have a way out of this situation where I would have died! "
Dead people had reappeared in the game. Whether they were human or ghost, Han Fei decided to join them.
Han Fei's eyes lit up. He sat down next to the old man.
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