Before I sat down, I heard the middle-aged man named Bai Qi introduce himself. I was instantly confused. I turned to look at Bai Longfei who was smirking, and then looked at Officer Yang who nodded to me. I didn't know what to do for a moment.
A long time ago, I felt that Bai Longfei had an extraordinary background, but who knew that I would meet Bai Longfei's father, Bai Qi, the head of the National Special Case Team. What does this special case team mean? How come I have never heard of it
Seeing me standing there at a loss, Bai Qi smiled and said, "Okay, come and sit down. We are not strangers. Xiaolin, how is the matter going? Do you still have doubts about Ji Wen?"
Lin Yingxue then put down her saluting hand, seemed a little unwilling, and nodded helplessly.
While the two were talking, Bai Longfei pulled me to the sofa in the middle and sat next to Bai Qi. Bai Longfei smiled and said, "This is my father. We have such a good relationship. Don't be restrained. He won't dare to say anything to you when I'm here."
Officer Yang at the side sighed and said, "I never thought that your son would live in our small city of Zhongwei. Your style of doing things is really hard to guess, Chief Bai."
Bai Qi smiled and said, "Do you think I am willing? My son never listens to me. I originally planned to let him be a policeman and see if he can replace me in the future. But this kid has no ambition and hangs around all day. I have no choice but to let him live here alone."
Bai Longfei seemed to be a little embarrassed by what Bai Qi said, and even showed a hint of shyness. I swear that in all the time I have known Bai Longfei, I have never seen him show such an expression.
I took a close look at Bai Longfei's father in front of me. Upon closer inspection, I found that the two men do look a little similar, but the name Bai Qi always makes me distracted. It reminds me of the killer Bai Qi who killed 400,000 Zhao surrendered soldiers in the Qin Dynasty that I saw in a TV series before.
Bai Longfei said to me at this time: "Remember what I said yesterday, I asked my father to help you investigate this case and send someone to protect you? How are you two getting along?"
It turns out that Lin Yingxue is the person who will protect me as Bai Longfei mentioned. It was not until this moment that I understood everything. The department that Officer Yang mentioned taking over the case is probably the so-called special case team in front of us. The second task that Lin Yingxue did not mention is probably to protect me secretly.
Bai Qi's eyes seemed to be able to see through people's hearts. They were very bright and lively, just like a newborn baby. When he saw my expression, he said, "It seems that you have guessed something. The purpose of our doing this is to protect your safety. I hope you can understand."
In my heart, I really want to say, if you really want to protect me, you might as well just arrest me and lock me up instead of making it so scary. I still can't forget the scary words Lin Yingxue said when I first met her, "Help me find out who killed me."
Although I thought so in my heart, I still said, "Well, I can understand. I wonder what Uncle Bai wants me to do today? Do you want to ask for clues about this empty package case?"
"That's the reason, of course. But before that, I'd like to ask you, what do you think of this empty package case?"
I don't know why Bai Qi asked me this. Officer Yang beside me kept smiling at me, as if to encourage me to continue. I shook my head helplessly and said, "Sorry, I don't have any opinion."
"Why do you say that?"
"It's very simple. Up to now, I don't even know what happened to the bodies of the victims in the three murders, and I don't know the identities and backgrounds of these people. How can I express my opinion? It's like you asked me to deliver a package, but you didn't give me the address and phone number of the recipient. How can I deliver it? The only thing I know now is that these three murders were committed by the same person. Although I haven't seen the bodies, I estimate that the way these victims died should be the same and very special. Otherwise, Officer Yang would not have been so secretive from me."
I said this to Bai Qi, but actually I was also saying it to Officer Yang, to complain about my dissatisfaction. After all, I have been involved in this for such a long time, but until now I don't have any clues at all.
Bai Qi nodded slightly, turned to Officer Yang and said, "Old Yang, let's talk about today's case. I told you before to find a suitable time to talk, and now is the right time."
Officer Yang frowned and said, "Commander Bai, I'm afraid it's inappropriate to discuss such confidential matters here."
"There's nothing wrong. It's very safe here now, don't worry. Besides, we are all family members here. We called Ji Wen here just to let him help us analyze it. There's no problem."
I don't understand what Bai Qi said. You asked me, a courier, to come here to analyze the case for you. Are you sure you are not kidding me
Officer Yang wanted to say something, but seeing Bai Qi staring at him, he could only say helplessly, "Today's deceased were residents of Dongyuan Community, not very far from here. The deceased were a man and a woman. The man was 25 years old and unemployed, and the woman was 23 years old and also unemployed. They were not married and lived together. They had no income and lived on asking their parents for money. Their deep social background is still under investigation, and it is estimated that there will be results tomorrow morning. The time of death was between 2 and 3 pm yesterday, and the cause of death was... their hearts were dug out with a sharp weapon."
At this point, Officer Yang paused for a moment, glanced at me, and continued when he saw that I had no reaction: "The cause of death is exactly the same as the previous two murders, and the murderer's modus operandi is also very different. He used an empty courier package to allow the police to identify the victim, but he took action before we could. According to the surveillance video of that day, the identities of all the people who entered the deceased's apartment building during that period have been verified, and they are currently being interrogated. It is estimated that there will be a result before noon tomorrow."
I listened carefully to what Officer Yang said, and a question in my mind was finally answered. I said, why is Officer Yang unwilling to tell me the cause of death of the deceased? It seems that someone has taken out his heart. This horrible way of death is really not suitable to be made public.
While I was thinking about it, Officer Yang said, "Also, regarding the theft of the empty bag as evidence today, it was determined that the fan blades in my car did contain ether. We also checked the nearby surveillance video and found that no one opened the car door while we were unconscious."
"No one opened the car door? Could it be that the thing was stolen by a ghost?" I was stunned when I heard the news. I remembered very clearly that the empty bag was placed next to me before I passed out. How could it disappear by itself
"That's true. Our people are analyzing the surveillance video. I think someone must have tampered with it."
I don't think what Officer Yang said is very credible. After all, if I wanted to steal the empty bag, I wouldn't have gone to great lengths to tamper with the surveillance video. Wouldn't it be easier to just block the surrounding probes? It's just really strange. No one opened the car door. How did the empty bag disappear? Either it was stolen by a ghost, or someone in the car was not unconscious at the time and quietly hid the empty bag while we were all unconscious.
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but turn my gaze to Lin Yingxue. She was the last one to wake up. I suspected that she might have quietly taken the empty bag, but what was her intention in doing so
Bai Qi lit a cigarette, took a deep breath, then turned to look at me and said, "Ji Wen, what do you think about this case now?"
Although I still don't understand why Bai Qi insisted on letting me express my opinion, I still said truthfully: "I think there are several difficulties in this case. First, how did the murderer mysteriously disappear after committing the crime? Why was he able to escape the surveillance of the community? Second, after killing the victims, why did the murderer use the empty bag as a clue to lead the police? If it were me, I would hope that the police would know about it later. It feels like the murderer is showing off. Third, why did the murderer do such a cruel thing? He had to dig out the victim's heart? Do these victims have any connection with the murderer?"
I don’t know if what I said is right or not. Anyway, these are the only three points that I don’t understand now. As for the empty package, when it appears again, I will just open it on the spot and I will know what is inside.
After listening to my analysis, Lin Yingxue said disdainfully: "Do you really need to explain these things?"
Bai Qi stretched out his hand to stop Lin Yingxue from talking, and smiled, "Yes, your analysis is correct. These are indeed some suspicious points in this case. Do you have any other questions?"
I looked up at Bai Qi, met his eyes and said, "Also, I want to know what kind of organization the Special Case Team is?"
Bai Qi put out the cigarette in his hand and said seriously, "Let alone you, most people don't know that our special case team is a special department that the country has focused on training. We have gathered elite talents from all walks of life and are responsible for some major and strange cases. In layman's terms, it is a department that is responsible for dealing with some high-IQ criminals. Of course, the country generally does not expose our special case team, so we can also be regarded as a hero behind the scenes, do you understand?"
I nodded and said, "I see. Now that this matter has been clarified, the fourth doubt about this case has emerged. Since you are such an important department, and you came to Zhongwei City to investigate in such a short time, according to my guess, there can only be one explanation, that is, this case is not as simple as it seems on the surface. Is there something involved? And you didn't tell me about this, right?"
As soon as I finished speaking, I saw that Lin Yingxue, who had been somewhat disdainful just now, suddenly became surprised, and Bai Qi also smiled approvingly, turned his head and nodded to Bai Longfei, saying: "I completely believe you this time, you finally didn't make a mistake about me."