Wei Muran ignored her and turned to Yang Shaoqun and the others. "Thank you for taking care of me these past few days and allowing me to participate in this case."
"No, no. You guys helped us a lot too." Yang Shaoqun waved his hand. It was just something that was convenient for everyone. There was no need for him to make things difficult for them.
That was why Yang Shaoqun didn't understand the xenophobic behavior of some police teams.
"If you have any problems with this case, you can contact Muran. We'll pay attention to it in B City and help if we can," Qi Youxuan said.
Hearing Qi Youxuan's words, Yang Shaoqun was overjoyed and felt at ease.
They sent them through the security check before leaving.
…
Qi Youxuan sent Wei Muran home. However, the car had just stopped and he hadn't even kissed her when Wei Ziqi ran out and knocked on his car window.
Qi Youxuan got out of the car regretfully and was glared at by Wei Ziqi. Wei Ziqi said with a fierce face, "You've got guts to kidnap my daughter for so many days!"
"Dad!" Wei Muran pulled Wei Ziqi and said coquettishly, "We went to T City but only stayed for one night. We didn't even have time to soak in the hot spring before we encountered a murder. I've been following the case with T City's criminal investigation team and haven't had a good vacation."
"Murder? You're involved? " Wei Ziqi's attention was diverted. His daughter was his first priority. "What happened? Were you bullied? "
"No, we just found the body and helped the police with the investigation as a witness." Wei Muran said, "It was me. I couldn't get away from the case and followed T City to understand the case."
"You two … cough!" Wei Ziqi realized that they were still outside. Although there was no one around, it wasn't appropriate, so he said, "Let's talk at home."
"Oh." Wei Muran was worried that Wei Ziqi wouldn't let Qi Youxuan go. Hearing Wei Ziqi's words, she was happy to cooperate.
Qi Youxuan planned to take advantage of the situation and follow them into the Wei family.
Unfortunately, Wei Ziqi wasn't that easy to fool. He glared at him. "Who said you could go in!"
Wei Muran didn't dare to speak up for Qi Youxuan. Wei Ziqi was angry. The more she spoke up for Qi Youxuan, the more Wei Ziqi would target Qi Youxuan.
With a father with such an awkward personality, Wei Muran felt tired occasionally.
Wei Muran secretly winked at Qi Youxuan, telling him to go back first.
Qi Youxuan didn't insist. He just smiled and said, "Then I'll leave first. Bye, Dad. Mumu, have a good rest. I'll call you tonight! "
Wei Ziqi really wanted to yell, "Who's your father? Why are you calling me? "
He lifted his leg and kicked Qi Youxuan's butt. In order to help his father-in-law vent his anger, Qi Youxuan purposely bumped into Wei Ziqi's leg. He obediently allowed Wei Ziqi to kick him. Then, he patted his pants, got into the car, and drove away.
Wei Ziqi was still in a bad mood. He snorted and took Wei Muran home.
"When you went out with that kid, did he … did he take advantage of you?" Wei Ziqi asked awkwardly after returning home.
Wei Muran was stunned for a while. He was still wondering if being kissed and hugged by him counted as being taken advantage of by him.
Wei Muran suddenly understood when he saw Wei Ziqi's expression.
She blushed and said, "Dad, what are you thinking? We … we live in a villa in the resort. Each of us has a room. I live alone, so I didn't do anything to him. "
Wei Muran's voice became softer and softer. She was especially embarrassed and lowered her head. "Plus, he has always respected me. He has never taken the initiative to … do anything to me."
Wei Ziqi's expression finally became a little better. He felt that Qi Youxuan still had some redeeming qualities. But only a little.
In his opinion, all men who had ideas about his daughter were bad people!
…
They were both future son-in-laws, but Wei Muche's treatment was much better. This was because Wei Muche had listened to Cheng Xicheng since he was young. From Cheng Dongge's point of view, Wei Ziqi's son was raised for him.
Cheng Xicheng pointed east, while Wei Muche didn't point west. Cheng Dongge really wasn't worried that his daughter would be bullied.
So after Wei Muche sent Cheng Xicheng back, Cheng Dongge generously invited Wei Muche into the house and talked about his experience of doting on his wife, firmly brainwashing Wei Muche.
He felt that Wei Ziqi was stupid. His daughter was going to get married sooner or later. Was there any use guarding against Qi Youxuan like guarding against a thief?
He might as well be like him, who brainwashed Wei Muche since he was young. He brainwashed him as soon as he met him. He was practically a child husband prepared for his daughter. He wasn't even afraid that he would have a change of heart.
In terms of relationships, he had already trained Wei Muche into an honest person.
Poor Wei Ziqi, who was still focused on protecting his daughter, didn't even know that his son had been stolen by Cheng Dongge.
Cheng Xicheng went back to her room to change into her home clothes and came out comfortably. When she sat beside Wei Muche, he hurriedly got up and said, "Cheng Cheng, I'll go squeeze some juice for you!"
This was because Er Cheng didn't like tea, nor did she like tasteless water. As for the juice outside, Wei Muche felt that there were too many additives. It wasn't good to drink too much, so as long as he was around, he would squeeze fresh juice for Cheng Xicheng.
Obviously, under Cheng Dongge's education, Wei Muche couldn't be more familiar with the Cheng family's kitchen. He quickly went into the kitchen, took out the juice maker from the cupboard, took out all kinds of fruits, and squeezed some mixed vegetable juice for Cheng Xicheng.
…
On the other side, Wen Xu had also sent Qi Youning to Mingyuan. Since knowing that they were coming back today, Qi Chenglin had been sitting in the living room, calmly swiping his iPad around. However, Ruan Danchen, who was sitting next to him drinking tea, could clearly see that he was just swiping on the main interface. Occasionally, he would accidentally click into the browser, close it, and then continue swiping.
Ruan Danchen silently watched him swiping for two hours.
As he swiped, he would look at the time on the iPad from time to time, frowning and saying, "Why isn't Youning back yet?"
"…" Ruan Danchen reached out and rubbed between his eyebrows, silently reminding him not to frown all the time.
Being rubbed by her soft fingers, his heart calmed down a lot. His eyebrows relaxed, and the expression on his face softened. He raised his hand, grabbed Ruan Danchen's hand, and kissed it a few times.
They had been married for decades, but in Qi Chenglin's eyes, except for a few more wrinkles on his face, there wasn't any other change. He was still as good-looking as before.
Ruan Danchen was a little embarrassed by his kisses. She rested her forehead on his shoulder and gently poked his shoulder with her other hand. She didn't raise her head, but she heard Qi Chenglin's low and pleasant laughter above her head.
"Youxuan is with us. Don't worry. He won't watch his sister suffer. Besides, it's Wen Xu, so I'm not worried. "Ruan Danchen smiled.
Although Qi Chenglin regarded Wen Xu as an enemy who wanted to steal his daughter, Ruan Danchen still regarded Wen Xu as her future son-in-law.
She had watched Wen Xu stay by Qi Youning's side all the way and take care of her growing up. Ruan Danchen was really satisfied that he could persist for so many years. They could rest assured that their daughter had such a protector in the future.
What if Wen Xu changed his mind in the future? If a man who could protect Qi Youning for more than ten years would change his mind, then other men wouldn't believe it either.
Besides, she believed in Wen Xu, and —
Ruan Danchen smiled and held Qi Chenglin's arm. "Although she's my daughter, I have to admit that she was really fat when she was a child. Even so, Wen Xu liked her as if she was a treasure. At that time, I thought that if Youning couldn't lose weight and really kept getting fat, she would be really lucky to have Wen Xu. Think about it, Youning was just a little fat boy, but Wen Xu liked her. How rare it is to have such a son-in-law! "
Qi Chenglin: "…"
Although he didn't want to admit it, he felt that what his wife said was very reasonable.
So when Wen Xu sent Qi Youning back, the doorbell rang. Qi Chenglin dropped the iPad, rushed over, opened the door, and dragged Qi Youning in.
Wen Xu looked at Qi Chenglin, who was also expressionless, and said seriously, "Father-in-law, I brought Youning back safe and sound."
Qi Chenglin: "…"
Haha, could he ask this guy to get lost?
Qi Youning hugged Qi Chenglin cleverly. "Dad, I miss you so much!"
Qi Chenglin's cold expression immediately softened. He said to Qi Youning with a smile, "Are you hungry? Your mom is going to cook for you this afternoon. She's going to cook for you. "
"I'm hungry! The plane food is not delicious, so I didn't eat it. "Qi Youning couldn't think of anything else when she heard that there was food.
"Father-in-law, I didn't eat either," Wen Xu said calmly.
"If that's the case, let's go home and eat!" Qi Chenglin said and closed the door.
Wen Xu: "…"
Ruan Danchen: "…"
Qi Chenglin had already gone in with Qi Youning. Ruan Danchen opened the door again silently. "Xu, come in and eat with us."
The corners of Wen Xu's mouth seemed to curl up. Although his expression didn't change much, his eyes were like those of a loyal puppy looking at you. It made Ruan Danchen want to pat his head and say, "Sit down, be good, and shake hands."
Fortunately, Ruan Danchen restrained this impulse and only asked Wen Xu to come in for lunch.
…
After returning to B City, Wei Muran also contacted Yang Shaoqun, but there seemed to be no progress in the case.
On October 8th, the day when the holiday was over, Wei Muran officially went back to work.
In the morning, Wei Muran received another call from Yang Shaoqun.
"Muran, this morning, we received a report that another female corpse appeared. She also died of suffocation. She was found dead in the bathtub at home. The bathtub was full of water. What was different this time was that there were many needle holes on the body. According to the forensic examination, the needles were not thin and were as thick as the iron skewers used in barbecue stalls. Can you talk to Mr. Qi and ask him to come to T City? It's not a simple matter this time. "
Something flashed through Wei Muran's mind. It was related to this case, but he couldn't grasp it. Yang Shaoqun kept asking her for help on the phone, so Wei Muran couldn't think properly.
"I'll talk to him," Wei Muran could only say.
Yang Shaoqun thanked Wei Muran happily. After Wei Muran hung up the phone, he called Qi Youxuan.
Because there were no cases recently, Qi Youxuan didn't come over.
Wei Muran didn't ask him to go. He just left it to him to decide. She also knew that Qi Youxuan had his own work to do. It was already his limit to go to the police station for her. After all, this was not his job.
Qi Youxuan said that he would finish his work as soon as possible. If there were still problems on the other side, he would go over.
After hanging up the phone, Wei Muran frowned and thought about how he couldn't catch Yang Shaoqun on the phone just now.
"Muran, what are you thinking about here? Why are you so engrossed?" Yang Shaozhan, the technical geek, finally moved his eyes away from the computer screen for a while. As a result, when he turned around, he saw Wei Muran deep in thought. Yang Shaozhan didn't know what he was thinking about. After thinking for a long time, Wei Muran's frown became tighter and tighter. He didn't change his posture from beginning to end.
Thus, Yang Shaozhan finally couldn't help but leave his seat. He walked to Wei Muran and asked.
Xing Jiadong didn't see Wei Muran's face. He only heard Yang Shaozhan's question and said loudly, "What else can he be thinking about? He must be thinking about his boyfriend!"
After working with Qi Youxuan to solve two cases, Xing Jiadong didn't reject Qi Youxuan as much as before. He even admired him faintly.
However, Wei Muran suddenly stood up, scaring Yang Shaozhan.
Wei Muran apologized and quickly went to Jiang Yuecheng's office.
"Aiya, could it be that he's thinking too much and decided to meet him?" Xing Jiadong asked dully.
Yang Shaozhan couldn't be bothered with this idiot. He waved his hand and went back to study his computer.
"Captain Jiang, I have to go out for a while. I'll be back soon," Wei Muran said.
Jiang Yuecheng was stunned. "What's so urgent?"
He didn't have much to do recently, so he didn't stop Wei Muran from going out if he had something to do. He just asked subconsciously when he saw Wei Muran's expression.
"It's hard to say now. I'll tell you when I'm sure. It's just a guess now." Wei Muran frowned and looked solemn.
Jiang Yuecheng thought it was related to work. Wei Muran didn't go out to deal with private matters, so he nodded and said, "Okay, go then."
Wei Muran didn't go home. His home was too far away. When she came back, they would get off work.
There was a bookstore near the police station. It was only a quarter of an hour's walk. Wei Muran was fast and arrived in less than ten minutes.
She went straight to the best-selling literature section and browsed quickly. Soon, she found the book she was looking for. It was called "Murder Heart". It was the book she used to read every night before going to bed.
It was just that a while ago, because she was busy with cases, she often worked overtime and stayed up late. She fell asleep as soon as she hit the bed and didn't have much energy. Later, she was busy dating Qi Youxuan.
Qi Youxuan was even busier. Other than dating her, he was busy with his work, and he had to battle wits with Wei Ziqi. He avoided Wei Ziqi's eyes and ears and climbed into her bedroom.
No matter how she said he couldn't do it next time, he didn't listen.
He didn't go overboard in coming to her room, but hugging and kissing her like that made her blush and her heart beat erratically.
Every time she waited for him to leave, she couldn't calm down and couldn't focus on reading.
So, she only read half of the third case in the book and didn't continue reading. She still didn't know the ending.
Wei Muran quickly flipped to the last case. After reading the ending, he had a general understanding of it. He took the book to pay the bill and rushed back to the police station.
"Captain Jiang, I have a guess. It might sound unbelievable, but I really think it's too much of a coincidence. It's too similar." Wei Muran returned to the office with the book "Murder Heart" and went straight to Jiang Yuecheng.
Jiang Yuecheng was typing a report. When he heard Wei Muran, he saved the document and put down the work at hand. He let Wei Muran sit down first. "What's the matter? Take your time."
"I just went to the bookstore and bought a new book. I bought one myself and am reading it at home," Wei Muran said and handed the book to Jiang Yuecheng.
The plastic cover of the new book had not been opened yet. Jiang Yuecheng only looked at her in confusion. Wei Muran said, "Open this book. This book is a mystery. One case after another strung together the whole story. Almost every case is a serial murder case. Captain Jiang, can you finish reading the first three cases as soon as possible? I think I might not be able to explain it clearly. It's better for you to read it yourself. "
"It's related to our case?" Jiang Yuecheng asked keenly.
Wei Muran nodded. "I didn't have such an obvious feeling for the previous two cases. But after the case in T City, I immediately thought of this book. I feel that the two cases that our team solved recently, plus the case that's still being solved in T City, are too similar to the cases in this book. I can't say they are exactly the same, but the way the victims died is exactly the same. "
"Also, in the first case, the murderer, Dong Zhengfeng, kidnapped three victims and made them like a food chain. One killed the other and then was killed by someone else. And I remember that in Dong Zhengfeng's confession, he mentioned that he saw a psychiatrist and then committed suicide in a mental hospital. This is the same as the first case in the book. The way the case was handled and the murderer's fate. The murderer also saw a psychiatrist, but he was not cured. "
"In the second case, Li Niancheng killed two people in a row to avenge his daughter, who was forcibly carried away. He tried to kill the third person but failed. The first victim was strangled to death, then hung at the dormitory door and was discovered by a student. The second victim was injured in the abdomen, but he wasn't dead yet. He was hung in the living room and died from suffocation and excessive blood loss. He was discovered because the murderer turned on the faucet of the bathtub in the bathroom. The water overflowed from the bathtub and seeped downstairs. The way the two victims died was exactly the same as in the book. And according to Li Niancheng's confession after he was arrested, he also saw a psychiatrist. "
"The third case is still being solved in T City. During the National Day, I was on vacation with my friends in T City. I happened to be one of the people who discovered the first victim. The first victim died from suffocation and was sunk to the bottom of the hot spring pool in the resort. The second victim was discovered this morning. He died in the same way in his bathtub that was filled with water. But compared to the first victim, there were many more needle holes on the body. According to the captain of T City's Criminal Investigation Team, Yang Shaoqun, the size of the needle holes were about as thick as the iron skewers used for barbecue outside. At the moment, it's still impossible to determine whether the victim was stabbed by needles after death or tortured and stabbed with needles before death. But if it's really the same as described in the book — "
Wei Muran said with some difficulty, "Then it was before death."
"I took a quick look at the ending when I was in the bookstore. After all, reality can't go exactly according to the book, so the motive of the first two cases was different from the book. It's just that the method of killing was the same, and they all saw a psychiatrist. So for the third case, we can't completely rely on the plot in the book to find the murderer." Wei Muran frowned slightly.
"But in the ending of the third case, the murderer in the book also mentioned that he also saw a psychiatrist," Wei Muran said. Wei Muran said, "Then I hurriedly read the ending. The series of cases in the ending were all led by a psychiatrist. He took advantage of his position to lure patients through psychological suggestions and urged them to commit murders one after another. "
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