Xiaomei's mother was very emotional, but Officer Yang's performance at this time made me admire him very much. He did not use extreme words to stimulate Xiaomei's mother, but kept calming Xiaomei's mother's emotions. At this time, I have to say that Officer Yang is really great and is someone who can truly serve the people.
After half an hour, perhaps Xiaomei's mother was tired, so she was helped by Xiaomei's father and Officer Yang to rest on the sofa in the hall. Officer Yang had a serious face from beginning to end, and said to Xiaomei's parents: "Please rest assured, our police will catch the murderer in the shortest possible time and bring justice to the deceased and the society!"
Although Xiaomei's mother was very emotional, her father seemed much calmer. Although he did not react excessively, one could still see the sadness that was hard to conceal on his face.
I quietly came to Xiaomei's father and whispered, "Uncle, please accept my condolences. I have a few questions to ask you. I wonder if you can answer them?"
Xiaomei's father saw Officer Yang and I come in together, so he naturally thought I was a policeman. He sighed and said, "Ask whatever you want. As long as we can catch the murderer, I'll tell you whatever you ask."
"Then let me ask, Auntie just said that Xiaomei had a boyfriend for three years before, and they had a good relationship, right?"
Xiaomei's father nodded and said, "Yes, Xiaomei started working to earn money after graduating from high school. She met her boyfriend a year after graduation, and they have been dating for the past three years. As for other details, I am not very clear."
Hearing this, I was a little confused and asked, "Could it be that you haven't met Xiaomei's boyfriend either?"
"No, we don't even have a photo. When Xiaomei told us that she had a boyfriend, he was still in his last year of college and then started working. Although we really wanted to meet this future son-in-law, Xiaomei always said that her boyfriend was too busy with work and had no time, so we haven't met him until now."
This is really strange. He has been dating a girl for three years and they are already discussing marriage, but he has never even met her parents once. I really don't understand what Xiaomei's boyfriend is thinking.
"Then do you know what Xiaomei's boyfriend does?" I was still a little unwilling. My intuition told me that Xiaomei's mysterious boyfriend was definitely a major suspect in the crime!
Xiaomei's father sighed and said, "I'm not sure about this. Xiaomei has always kept this boyfriend a secret, and she doesn't come back for long each time, so we didn't ask in detail. But I seem to have heard Xiaomei say once that her boyfriend graduated from a medical university. As for what kind of job he did after graduation, I don't know."
Medical University! If Xiaomei’s boyfriend really graduated from a medical university, then his skilled dissection techniques would help him find the source!
Faced with Xiaomei's father's ignorance of the answers to any questions, I felt very disappointed. I originally thought that I had found a breakthrough in this case, but who knew that there would be such a result.
"Uncle, do you know why Xiaomei came to Zhongwei City from Changsha to work? Shouldn't the treatment in Changsha be better?"
When this question was raised, Xiaomei's father frowned again and said, "It's all because of her boyfriend. She told us at the time that her boyfriend was going to work in Zhongwei City, so she followed him here. From two years ago until now, if I had known this would happen, I would never have let her come here. Xiaomei had such a big problem, and her boyfriend never asked to come and see her. Xiaomei was really blind to follow such a heartless beast!"
As Xiaomei's father was talking, he became more and more agitated, but I didn't ask any more questions. After Xiaomei's father calmed down a little, I walked out of the police station and smoked a cigarette outside the door to get some fresh air.
Although I did not get the answer I wanted from Xiaomei's father, I keenly captured some information. Although this information was not so eye-catching, it made me feel like I had suddenly realized something. Even the things that I had always felt uncomfortable in my heart were completely remembered by me.
I smoked three cigarettes in a row outside the door, and was always hesitant about whether to investigate as I thought in my heart. Finally, I made up my mind, picked up the phone, and dialed the number that Bai Qi left for me before he left.
In my heart, I was actually very reluctant to seek help from Bai Qi again. After all, according to my previous plan, I would not contact Bai Qi at least in the future. However, this case was very special, and I was afraid that Bai Qi was the only one who could help me.
"Ji Wen, why did you think of calling me? How is the case going over there?"
Listening to Bai Qi's familiar voice on the other end of the phone, I seemed to feel that my mood had calmed down a lot. However, from his words, I could understand that Officer Yang must have told Bai Qi about the case a long time ago, and Bai Qi was also well aware of my movements.
"Uncle Bai, this case has reached a bottleneck now. I really have no other options, so I need your help."
After finishing the call with Bai Qi, Officer Yang also came out, lit a cigarette and said, "Finally you came out. I was almost annoyed to death just now. You run really fast."
"I see that you seem to like persuading others, so I didn't bother you. Have you settled them?" I said with a smile.
"Don't worry. Although their actions are a bit extreme, if you put yourself in their shoes, there is nothing wrong with them. Besides, they understand our work. No matter what, the murderer must be caught as soon as possible. By the way, Ji Wen, did you find out what you asked just now?"
When Officer Yang asked me this, I didn't know how to answer. I finally shook my head and said, "No, they didn't know anything. They didn't get anything out of me."
Officer Yang sighed with a hint of disappointment and said, "Hurry up, after we finish this cigarette, let's go to the archives room. Don't you still want to look at the surveillance distribution map of XX community?"
I shook my head and said, "No need. In fact, I don't understand it even if I look at it. I just want to find out whether the murderer has seen this drawing. I already have a vague answer in my mind. Everything will be clear when Liu Gang, the owner of the Red Star Hotel, comes back tomorrow. I will ask a few more questions and everything will be clear."
Officer Yang asked, "Do you think that Liu Gang is the real murderer?"
"No, I said from the beginning that the murderer is most likely Xiaomei's boyfriend. It is very likely a murder of passion. This was also confirmed in the conversation with Xiaomei's father just now. Xiaomei's mysterious boyfriend has not shown up so far. Don't you think it's strange? As for my finding Liu Gang, I just wanted to ask Xiaomei's boyfriend if he had seen him. However, Liu Gang's suspicion cannot be ruled out. I can only say that his suspicion is relatively small at the moment."
Officer Yang was a little unconvinced at this time. He looked at me mysteriously and smiled, "Ji Wen, I'm afraid you made a wrong judgment this time."
When I heard this, I was stunned and asked, "Why do you say that?"
"Xiao Zhang called just now and said that the cause of death of butcher Wang Dong has been determined. He was killed by someone slashing his throat with a sharp weapon. The knife was very professional, directly severing Wang Dong's trachea and aorta. According to Xiao Zhang, the murderer is either a professional killer or a surgeon. The murderer's methods in two consecutive cases are so professional, can't we reveal the murderer's identity?"
I saw that this was not what Officer Yang really wanted to say to me, so I let him continue.
"However, we have actually fallen into a misunderstanding, that is, we must think that the murderer must be a surgeon, but we can actually change our way of thinking and think about it. Could the murderer be just a student who graduated from a medical university?"
In fact, when Xiaomei's father said that Xiaomei's boyfriend was a graduate of a medical university, I completely locked the suspicion on Xiaomei's boyfriend. Judging from the method of murder, it was very consistent with the identity of Xiaomei's boyfriend. Now I heard that Officer Yang also admitted this, but said that I made a wrong judgment, which suddenly made me a little confused.
"Officer Yang, what exactly do you want to say? I don't quite understand."
Officer Yang smiled and said, "I know you suspect Xiaomei's boyfriend because he graduated from a medical university, but what you didn't expect is that I just got a piece of information about another person who also graduated from a medical university!"
"There's another person? Who is it?"
"The owner of the Red Star Hotel, Liu Gang!"