"He Shouye, who hated children, became the orphanage's director. He used his own money to take in abandoned babies and orphans. That in itself was a very strange and scary thing. We were curious why He Shouye would make such a decision. To get to the bottom of this, we conducted a personality simulation experiment. "Li Xue mentioned a term that Han Fei had never heard before — personality simulation experiment.
"We tried several hundred models and the conclusion we came up with was that He Shouye would choose to become the orphanage's director despite his extreme dislike for children. This abnormal behavior was triggered by some external factor.
"With the advice of several criminal psychologists, we went through all the notes and belongings left behind by He Shouye and we discovered some problems.
"After He Shouye's child passed away, it was like he had changed into a different person. His tone of voice, his hobbies, his personality, they all changed.
He started to read a large amount of books about the spiritual world and philosophy. He often locked himself in his room and would occasionally venture out at night. It felt like he was searching for something.
"We visited many children who grew up at the orphanage. Most of them had a good impression of the director. They were grateful for the director's care but there were a few who thought the director was very strange. He would often ask them questions that they could not understand.
"For example, did they dream of a person standing next to their bed at night? Did they see a black box in their dream? Did they dream of a butterfly that landed on a person's head?
"He Shouye appears to be looking for a special child. He has been searching for a long time but he has not found one. Therefore, he wants to create a child that fits his requirements. This child should be the 8th victim from the human jigsaw case."
"No one knew what his criteria were. No one knew why a murdered child would fit his criteria.
"He appeared to be performing some kind of ritual or he was being guided by something.
"During the process of his personality transformation, there was a term that appeared more and more frequently in his notes and that was the butterfly.
"In the second half of his life, the butterfly not only represented a living creature but also a symbol.
"This happened to Meng Changxi as well. We searched through Meng Changxi's belongings and some hidden information. Before Meng Changxi disappeared, he was just like He Shouye, reading a lot of books about the human brain. He was also obsessed with butterflies and had been searching for them. "
"In other words, there is a similarity between Meng Changxi and He Shouye and the butterfly is the bridge that connects them."
At this point, Han Fei could not help but interrupt Li Xue, "Meng Changxi has been missing for so long, could his belongings and information be fake? Or someone else purposely framed him? "
Han Fei had met Meng Si before, he knew the real person who was obsessed with the butterfly was not Meng Changxi but Meng Changan.
"To forge his belongings is very difficult. He has to imitate Meng Changxi's handwriting and he has to know all of Meng Changxi's social account passwords. Most importantly, who would spend so many years to do all these?"
"If I'm the culprit, I will do these things. If I'm the killer, I'm, I, will, will." Han Fei did not want to beat around the bush. He lowered his voice and said, "Compared to Meng Changxi, you really should pay more attention to Meng Changan. That seemingly harmless man might even have the guts to murder his own mother."
Just as Han Fei said that, he heard a sound behind him.
He reacted quickly but even so, when he turned around, all he saw was a bottle rolling at the corner of the old street.
"Someone's there?" Han Fei did not spend the past few days reading books for nothing. His expression did not change but he said into the phone, "Li Xue, someone seems to be following me. He probably heard what I said."
"Where are you now?"
"I'm at the entrance to the set for Flower of Sin. The family members of the human jigsaw case victims are also there."
"Don't go home yet, come straight to Xin Tiandi Shopping Mall. It's crowded there, I'll be there in a minute."
"Okay."
Han Fei hung up the phone like nothing had happened. He did not take any public transport. Instead, he walked slowly to the mall.
The feeling of being followed did not appear. Han Fei wandered around the mall for a long time but he could not find Li Xue. It was not until the sky darkened that he received another call from Li Xue.
The few police officers kept an eye on Han Fei through the surveillance cameras. Everything was normal.
Han Fei did not run into the police. The police did not misunderstand Han Fei because of this incident. If anything, they decided to increase the security around Han Fei.
As a relatively unknown comedian, Han Fei had never been stalked before. This time, he had a taste of what it felt like to be stalked and photographed by a famous celebrity. The difference was that the people following them were paparazzi but the people following him were probably wanted criminals.
After buying a week's worth of food and a few locks, Han Fei returned to his rented room.
After closing the door, Han Fei had a simple meal. Then he added new locks to the door and windows.
'Now I should be safe.'
He placed the various self-defense items that he had ordered online next to him. After practicing the fighting moves that Li Xue taught him, he started to flip through the books that he had bought online. These were the books that Meng Changan had read when he was young.
When it was almost midnight, Han Fei rubbed his eyes and put down the book.
'Among the questions that He Shouye asked the child, there are two that I need to pay attention to. One is whether he has dreamed about the black box and the other is whether he has dreamed about the butterfly that landed on a person's head.'
Li Xue did not play games so she did not know about the Easter egg of the black box in Perfect Life. However, Han Fei was different.
'Could it be that the butterfly is also looking for the black box in my head? But 10 years ago, Perfect Life did not even exist yet. Could it be that the black box came before Perfect Life? '
'He Shouye's group targeted orphans and abandoned babies, could it be that they are looking for someone who can carry the black box?'
Han Fei looked at the gaming helmet on the table. There was a piece of information that he did not tell Li Xue, he was also an orphan.
However, he did not grow up at Xin Lu's Northern Street Children's Home but at a place called Happiness Children's Home.
The orphanage that he was in once gave him the feeling of home. Every year, it would be very lively, and the people around him would be happy. Everyone was like a family, but from a certain point in time, everything changed.
'I haven't even made you laugh and I've already lost my smile. Life sure is full of surprises and obstacles.'
After connecting all the wires, Han Fei chased away the distracting thoughts in his mind. When midnight arrived, he put on the gaming helmet.
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