"Why? When did the police provoke you?" I didn't understand what Zhang Qishan said and asked hurriedly.
Zhang Qishan suddenly sneered and said, "Haha, they didn't provoke me, but provoked our whole family! If they were really useful, my sister wouldn't have died this time."
Next, Zhang Qishan told me her story. This story gave me great inspiration and made me understand what kind of connection existed between the victims who were brutally killed by the murderer in the past few days.
Zhang Qishan and Zhang Qiling were both born as their mother's first pregnancy. Zhang Qiling was born first, so Zhang Qiling became the older sister, and Zhang Qishan was the younger sister.
The two sisters have been very close since they were young, and they look exactly the same. Basically, except for their parents, no one can tell which one is which. The family is very harmonious, and overall, they live a very happy life.
But one day ten years ago, a piece of bad news completely shattered Zhang Qishan's happy life.
On that day ten years ago, sisters Zhang Qishan and Zhang Qiling had just finished school and returned home together. But when they arrived at the gate of the community, they saw several police cars parked downstairs. Then when they walked to the door of their house, they could hear their mother wailing through the gate.
The two hurried into the house and found that the house was full of police officers. The mother fell to the ground and cried, and the police around her were comforting her. Although Zhang Qishan and Zhang Qiling didn't know what was going on, they saw their mother crying so sadly, so they started crying too. It was not until later that they learned that their father's body had been discovered by the police not long ago.
At that time, the young Zhang Qishan did not know that a horrific serial heart-stealing case had occurred in Zhongwei, a newly established city, and her father unfortunately became the third victim of the serial heart-stealing case.
She was ignorant and only knew that her father was dead. She was very sad and did not continue to care about the case. Later, she learned from her mother that the murderer in this case had been caught and her father’s death had been avenged.
But although the murderer was caught, his father never came back. The originally harmonious family immediately faced a considerable burden. He and his sister had to go to school, and the family's financial resources depended entirely on his mother. Later, when Zhang Qiling was nineteen years old, his mother finally died due to a hidden illness caused by years of overwork.
When his mother passed away, Zhang Qishan had grown up. He felt extremely sad and blamed himself. Whenever he thought about how his mother, who had worked so hard to raise him, passed away without ever enjoying a single day of happiness with him, Zhang Qishan would secretly cry.
In this way, the Zhang Qishan and her sister, who lost their source of income, had to stop their studies and started to enter society. Two years later, this year, the 21-year-old Zhang Qiling found his other half and settled down in this city, and Zhang Qishan also went to a bigger city to find her own happiness with her sister's blessing.
But not long after Zhang Qishan left, one day she suddenly received a phone call that made her devastate. It was that her sister and brother-in-law had been murdered!
Upon hearing the news, Zhang Qishan rushed back to Zhongwei City overnight. After seeing the cold bodies of her sister and brother-in-law, the smart girl understood that the heart-eating demon who killed her father had not been arrested by the police and was still at large, so her sister Zhang Qiling had encountered such a tragedy again!
After figuring out the matter, Zhang Qishan was extremely angry and disgusted with the police who were busy investigating. She quarreled with the police on the spot and ended up leaving unhappily. After thinking it over again and again, she decided to investigate the case herself and give justice to her sister and father!
At this point, Zhang Qishan's eyes were already red, but she was trying hard to hold back her tears. She took a deep breath and said, "My sister gave me a key to her house before she died. After I left the police station, I quietly returned to my sister's house, tore off the seal on the door, and then moved in. My sister and I look exactly the same. I think if the murderer finds out that my sister is not dead one day, he will definitely take the opportunity to strike again, and at that time, I will definitely be able to catch him! You know everything that happened later, so I don't need to continue."
I didn't expect that Zhang Qishan had such a past. Seeing her pretending to be strong, I felt that she was really pitiful. I took out a tissue from the drawer and handed it to her. I didn't say anything, but waited quietly for her to calm down a little.
After a long while, Zhang Qishan stopped sobbing, wiped the tears from her face, looked up at me and said, "Do you understand what I mean?"
She has explained it so clearly. Only a fool would not understand her intention. I nodded and said, "I understand. Your experience just proves that this case is not indiscriminate killing, but deliberate killing."
Zhang Qishan's father died ten years ago, and her sister died now. From this point of view, the murderer's motive for killing now should be the descendants or relatives of the seven people who died ten years ago. Perhaps that was why Yang Xiaoxia, the fat woman, and the other victim were killed.
"Yes, I don't know the situation of the other victims, but the clues on my side are very obvious. This is also the result I have speculated in the past few days. However, I don't want to tell the police, because even if I tell them, they can't do anything."
I can understand why Zhang Qishan is so resentful towards the police. After all, as a family member of a victim ten years ago, no one would be happy to know that the murderer has not been brought to justice.
I comforted Zhang Qishan and said, "Don't think like that. In fact, you don't know that the police have been trying their best to investigate the case ten years ago, but the murderer was too cunning and they could never force him to show up."
Zhang Qishan didn't seem to want to discuss this with me. He turned around and asked, "Now tell me, is this clue of mine worth sharing the 10,000 yuan reward with me?"
I knew Zhang Qishan wanted to change the subject, and I didn't want to make her too sad, so I smiled and said, "It's barely worth it. Tomorrow morning I will tell Uncle Bai about this discovery and ask him to investigate the identities and backgrounds of the victims in these three cases to see if they are related to the murder case ten years ago. If so, as long as this news doesn't leak out, the police only need to ambush the homes of several other relatives of the deceased ten years ago, and they will soon be able to catch the real culprit."
After hearing what I said, Zhang Qishan smiled again and said, "That's more like it. You have a conscience. But I actually have another clue, which I found by accident yesterday."
I didn't expect this girl to have a clue. I immediately asked what it was, but Zhang Qishan stood up, gently twisted her waist a few times, and then said, "This clue is hard to explain. I'll take you to see it directly."
"Now? What time is it? How about we go tomorrow?"
Zhang Qishan smiled strangely and asked, "Why, are you scared?"
"Afraid? Why should I be afraid? Just go, who's afraid of who?" I was confused by what Zhang Qishan said. I immediately stood up and prepared to go with her to check the so-called clue.
After we left the house, I closed the door and was about to go downstairs when Zhang Qishan suddenly turned around and said, "You ate too much just now. Eating too much at night can easily make you fat. How about this, we do some exercise while we're at it. I'll run in front and you'll chase me from behind. If you catch up with me, I'll..."
"You just want to hey with me?"
'Snapped!'
I don't know why I said such a mean thing. Anyway, as soon as I finished speaking, Zhang Qishan gave me a loud slap in the face. Then Zhang Qishan ran downstairs, and I hurriedly chased after her. How embarrassed would I be if I lost a girl while chasing her
But the reality was not as simple as I imagined. When I rushed downstairs, Zhang Qishan had left me far behind. I did not give in and immediately chased after Zhang Qishan at full speed. Fortunately, our community is too old and there are no street lights around, and there were few pedestrians at night. Otherwise, if they saw me chasing a girl so desperately, who knows if I would be caught and beaten to death as a hooligan.
Who would have thought that this little girl Zhang Qishan, who looked like a goddess-level soft girl, could run faster than a dog. I tried desperately to catch up with her, but the distance between us became larger and larger. Finally, when I ran to the gate of the community, I could no longer see her.
After running so intensely all of a sudden, I almost died on the spot even though I don’t usually exercise. I bent over, grabbed my thighs with both hands, and gasped for breath. Sweat was pouring down my forehead.
After a few minutes, a taxi suddenly passed me. Zhang Qishan stuck his head out from the back seat and looked at me with disdain. He said, "How can you be so weak at such a young age? Hurry up and get in the car. You are still staying at home playing games every day. Why don't you go out for a run at night when you have nothing to do?"
I was too tired to speak and too lazy to argue. After getting in the car, the driver drove us both west.
The urban area of Zhongwei City is actually not very big. After leaving the urban area, there are endless fields and scattered villages. After we left the urban area, we drove west along the fields. The more we walked, the more desolate it became, and I had a bad feeling in my heart.
After driving about ten kilometers, the driver turned into a small village. I could vaguely see the words "Jiadao Village" on the shop signs that were still lit around.
I turned to look at Zhang Qishan and found that she was calm, so I asked, "Why did you bring me to this damn place in the middle of the night?"
Zhang Qishan smiled mysteriously at me without saying anything, but that smile made me feel creepy. Then, when the car drove to the tunnel crossing the railway ahead, Zhang Qishan said, "Okay, driver, let's stop here."