The person Chi Xiaomin seemed to have evaporated in vain, and disappeared too strangely.
Before the incident, many girls living in East 9th Building saw her leave with Li Hongmei, but after that, Li Hongmei was the only one who appeared on the public camera.
The 509 dormitory is undoubtedly the first scene. All traces left at this scene prove that the murderer is Li Hongmei and Chi Xiaomin has never returned.
How could a big living person disappear for no reason
Since Chi Xiaomin disappeared, it must have something to do with Li Hongmei and Dongye Foreign Languages Institute.
Unsolved doubts, Ming Shu took Fang Yuanhang back to Dongye Foreign Languages Institute.
The East Jiu Building, which was full of life not long ago, has lost its popularity. Although the security belt has been removed and only 509 is blocked, the East Jiu Building is a girls' dormitory after all. When this happened, the girls who lived on the 5th floor moved out urgently at noon that day. Some rented a house outside the school, and some went home directly. Several of the 510 students received psychological counseling in the school hospital.
As soon as the 5th floor was vacated, the girls on the upper and lower floors followed one after another. There are fewer and fewer people in the dormitory, and even if some girls are brave enough, they can't live there anymore.
The technical investigation team continued to investigate the surveillance in and around the campus. Fang Yuanhang asked, "Master, we are looking for Chi Xiaomin, so there is no need to come to East Ninth Building."
"It's necessary." Mingshu didn't tell Fang Yuanhang that the main purpose of his visit was actually the bloody words on the 509 wall.
They all be damned.
This is Li Hongmei's motive for murder.
From Li Hongmei's point of view, she was bullied for three years, suffered psychological and physical injuries and insults, and finally broke out and killed three people led by Wen Jingjing.
But why didn't it break out early and didn't break out late, but it happened at this time
From a rational point of view, Li Hongmei's oppression this time is not heavier than in the past, so Chi Xiaomin who was involved in this incident has become a key figure.
However, in many cases, human behavior cannot be completely analyzed rationally, and some seemingly subtle elements can inexplicably overwhelm a person who can endure for many years.
It was already dark, and even though the corridors and the interior were lit, and the three victims had been moved, 509 still looked bloody and terrifying.
Mingshu stood in the center of the room, staring at the writing on the wall.
they all be damned;
Some people deserve to die.
The word "Damn" connects Lu Kun and Li Hongmei together.
Mingshu's eyes became colder, and his eyebrows wrinkled even tighter.
Did Li Hongmei, like Lu Kun, read the novel of the heart of the tomb
For a moment, he lowered his head and pressed his fingers against his eye sockets, two contradictory thoughts biting repeatedly in his mind.
—Perhaps Li Hongmei was also influenced by the heart of the tomb.
—You think too much, Li Hongmei has nothing to do with Lu Kun at all.
"Master?" Fang Yuanhang called out several times. Seeing that Mingshu didn't respond, he raised his hand and pushed it, "Master, what are you thinking?"
Ming Shu took a long breath, "Come on, check Li Hongmei's personal belongings."
Fang Yuanhang reacted now, "Do you suspect that Li Hongmei has also read the novel in the heart of the tomb?"
"It's possible." Ming Shu walked to Li Hongmei's bed, "Maybe there are clues related to Chi Xiaomin in her personal belongings."
Although Dongye University of Foreign Languages has been established for more than 60 years, the East Jiu Building was built only a few years ago, and the environment is not bad. It is a common bed and table configuration.
Li Hongmei's bed was clean and tidy. The mosquito net on the bed was open, and the quilt was folded and placed at the head of the bed. In addition to the necessities of life, the desk area under the bed had no extra items, not even a mirror.
And the closet was four-fifths empty, so to speak.
Ming Shu took down the dozen or so books on the shelf, all of them professional textbooks without exception.
Fang Yuanhang said: "Master, there are no books in the heart of the tomb on the bookshelves of the other three."
Mingshu nodded and flipped through the "Level 2 Translation Question Bank" in his hand. Notes are written in different colored pens in the book, and it seems that Li Hongmei plans to take the translation exam this year.
A man with a plan for the future tore up his own future with his own hands.
Suddenly, a note floated out of the book. Mingshu picked it up, and after reading it, doubts appeared in his eyes.
The note says-
My life will be ruined if I let you go to hell.
If I go after my life, they'll be free.
What should I do
Do you want me to look forward and live my life well, or do you want me to do everything for you
"What does this mean?" Fang Yuanhang took the note and said in surprise, "Who are 'they' and 'you'? What is 'injustice'? Was this written by Li Hongmei? What did she want to express?"
"She wrote it." Mingshu said, "The handwriting is exactly the same as the notes in the book."
Fang Yuanhang: "Fuck, I'm a little confused now."
"Li Hongmei is an orphan, her parents are dead, and she has no relatives." Mingshu closed the "Second-level Translation Question Bank", "'You' may refer to her deceased relatives. It seems that Li Hongmei is burdened by more than us. This is what I know. Go check her background and find out what happened to Xiaben Village."
Criminal Investigation Bureau, Li Hongmei is still being interrogated.
She admitted the crime, but refused to tell the situation of Chi Xiaomin, which makes it difficult to figure out the reason.
"Where is Chi Xiaomin?" Although Li Hongmei repeatedly expressed that she didn't want to face the beautiful policewoman, the rules were the rules. Cheng Qianxue, a policewoman from the first criminal investigation team, sat opposite her and looked at her face, gradually becoming impatient. "You took her out of East Ninth Building, and where did you go after that?"
Li Hongmei hardly responded, "I don't know."
Cheng Qianxue: "You keep saying that she is your friend. You both came out of the dormitory together. How can you not know her whereabouts?"
Li Hongmei sneered, "Aren't you looking for the murderer who killed Wen Jingjing and the three of them? I killed them, I pleaded guilty, and the evidence is in your hands. All this has nothing to do with Xiaomin, what are you looking for her for?"
Cheng Qianxue patted the edge of the table, "You killed three people less than four hours after you separated from Chi Xiaomin. Chi Xiaomin is also a key figure in the murder!"
Li Hongmei rolled her eyes strangely, "Then you can go check it out."
The interrogation found nothing. Cheng Qianxue shook her head one after another when she came out of the interrogation room, "To be honest, if I were classmates with Li Hongmei, I would hate her too. Her face made me feel uncomfortable."
Yi Fei comforted: "Go and rest first, and leave the rest to us. Just tell me this kind of thing. You are wearing a police uniform, so you can't complain casually."
Li Hongmei was reluctant to say more, but fortunately, the campus survey arranged by Mingshu got clues.
Chi Xiaomin came to East Jiu Building more than once, and left a deep impression on people. Several girls said that Chi Xiaomin met Li Hongmei when she was working part-time.
Li Hongmei worked three jobs in total. One was working as a proofreader in the night shift at the newspaper office, one was teaching English to junior high school students in an after-school tutoring institution, and the other was cashiering in a milk tea shop.
After investigation, it was confirmed that Chi Xiaomin was the clerk of the fresh fruit shop next to the milk tea shop.
"What happened to this girl?" The owner of the fresh fruit store was worried. "Yesterday, she was supposed to go to the morning shift, but she didn't come. It's been two days, and no one answered her phone. She worked here for half a year. I've been honest, it's never been like this."
"Where does she live, do you know?" Ming Shu gradually had a bad premonition.
The boss nodded, tore off a corner of the calendar, wrote the address, and asked, "Isn't something wrong with Xiaomin?"
Mingshu looked at the address, and it was nearby. It was a tube building that was about to become a dangerous building.
Fang Yuanhang rushed over immediately, and Mingshu then asked about Chi Xiaomin's situation.
The boss doesn't know Chi Xiaomin well, he only knows that this child is from the countryside. He is about 20 years old and has long since stopped studying. He has come to the city from his hometown. way out.
"She seems to want to save money to study. She is very close to a college student. She hasn't seen that college student in the past few days. She is quite an ugly girl. By the way, this is a copy of the ID card that Chi Xiaomin left me back then." The boss took out a piece of paper that had been folded twice from the drawer and explained, "I met a wage earner before, and he stole more than 1,000 yuan and ran away in just a few days. Now I hire people, and let them all Show your ID card and keep a copy with me."
"It should be like this." Ming Shu took the copy and saw that Chi Xiaomin was from Kongliu Town, Lanxiang City, which was thousands of kilometers away from Dongye City.
Soon, there was news from Fang Yuanhang that Chi Xiaomin was not in the rental room, and nothing else was found for the time being.
Another more surprising piece of news came at the same time - Chi Xiaomin's identity information was forged, and there was no such person in the household registration network.
"Fuck!" Fang Yuanhang shouted, "Isn't this Chi Xiaomin a 'little devil'?"
In criminal police's internal statement, "little ghosts" refer to orphans who have no identity or household registration at birth, and are raised by some "big bosses". These people do not need to study when they are young, nor do they need to work when they grow up. They specialize in taking the blame for their masters, or doing illegal things. Once the "little ghost" is exposed, or it may cause trouble to the owner, he will be "handled".
Most of the "little ghosts" have tragic endings. They have no human dignity when they are alive, and they rarely have a resting place when they die. The police just want to investigate, but in many cases they leave it alone because they don't have enough information.
Ordinary people generally do not have access to "little ghosts", and have never even heard of the term "little ghosts". However, when Fang Yuanhang was in the police academy, he participated in a large-scale joint military-police hunt for culprits, and the "little ghosts" raised by the criminal leaders who were captured were not dead, but more than 300 people.
Chi Xiaomin's situation is a bit like "little devil".
If she is really a "little ghost", what is the reason for her approaching Li Hongmei? She has disappeared now, is she being dealt with by the master
Ming Shu stood at the door of Chi Xiaomin's rental house and looked at the room, which was less than ten square meters.
The room was poorly lit, had an unpleasant musty smell in the air, and against the wall was a single bed, piled with clothes and a thin quilt—unfolded. There is a folding table in the center of the house, with rice cooker, tableware, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar on it. It can be seen that Chi Xiaomin cooks and eats on this table.
Like most cheap rental houses, there are no wooden wardrobes, only a simple wardrobe assembled with steel bars and cloth. There is a "table" made of four chairs next to the wardrobe, and books are piled up and down on it.
Mingshu walked over and picked up the top one. It was a love novel with a young man and a woman on the cover, and the title was hypocritical and tongue-in-cheek. Most of the novels left there are similar novels, but the one at the bottom has a completely different cover style from the others.
Mingshu pulled it out, his eyebrows suddenly tightened.
This is actually a suspense novel in the heart of the tomb.
Li Hongmei was wearing handcuffs, looked at the book on the interrogation table, and said after a while, "This is not mine."
"Yes, not yours." Mingshu said, "Have you read it?"
Li Hongmei's reaction was slow, "Xiaomin lend me a look."
Mingshu asked, "Do you like it?"
Li Hongmei shook her head.
Mingshu asked again, "Does Chi Xiaomin like it?"
Li Hongmei first shook her head, then nodded.
Mingshu's tone changed abruptly, "You killed Wen Jingjing and the three of them because of the influence of this book?"
"No." Li Hongmei bit her chubby lips, "It's them who should be damned."
Mingshu asked, "Then who told you they should die?"
Li Hongmei opened her mouth and closed it again.
Mingshu asked again: "Since when did you start thinking that they deserve to die?"
Li Hongmei still did not answer.
Mingshu's tone was hurried, and the sense of oppression became stronger and stronger, "Did you read the book on the heart of the tomb?"
Li Hongmei shook her head.
Mingshu continued, "Chi Xiaomin discussed the tomb heart book with you?"
Li Hongmei finally nodded, sweat dripping from her forehead.
Mingshu seized this moment, "You already like suspense novels? You need to pay for your tuition and living expenses by yourself. Except for classes, you spend all your time on part-time work. Where do you get the time to read novels?"
Li Hongmei shook her head frequently, "No, I, I have time."
"Really?" Mingshu asked quickly, not giving her time to think seriously, "Your book loan records show that you have only read four novels from your freshman year to now, all of them are career struggles. Tomb Heart's novel is your first exposure to suspense?"
"Yes, yes." Li Hongmei couldn't control her tone.
Mingshu disrupted the sequence of questions, making all the questions seem incoherent and logical, "When did you meet Chi Xiaomin?"
"Early this year."
"When did you start reading suspense novels?"
"Also, also at the beginning of this year."
"When did you stop being patient and want to kill your roommate?"
Li Hongmei was dumbfounded.
Mingshu stared at her, his tone sank, "Early this year, right?"
After being stunned for a while, Li Hongmei buried her face in her palm and made a vague voice.
Mingshu heard clearly, she was still talking about the same sentence - they should all be damned.
"Chi Xiaomin is too strange." Ming Shu lay on the sofa in Xiao Yu'an's office. The sofa is not long enough to accommodate his two legs, so one is curved and the other is placed outside. "If she has nothing to do with the case of Li Hongmei's murder of three roommates, why did she suddenly disappear? Li Hongmei read the book in the heart of the tomb, it was obvious She was influenced by her. But the problem is, even so, there is no need for Chi Xiaomin to leave. Is she trying to escape, or something unexpected? "
Xiao Yuan stood in front of the window and did not speak for a while.
It was already dark, and the glass was like a mirror, reflecting his figure.
Mingshu closed his eyes, filtered the case in his mind, and said, "If Chi Xiaomin is really a 'little devil', who raised the 'little devil'? Now the suspects in two murder cases have read the tomb heart. Li Hongmei and Lu Kun both think that some people deserve to be damned, they… hey, Fang Yuanhang said he’s out of his mind, and I’m in a frenzy now. Brother, you have to take care of me.”
Xiao Yu'an brought a black leather notebook and sat on the sofa, "You speak, I will listen."
"There are now four murders. In the first case, Lu Kun went crazy in a cafe and killed two noisy children. He read the book of the tomb heart and agreed that 'some people deserve to die', thinking that the tomb heart instigated him to commit the crime; The second accident happened at the popular science playground—I think this one can be put aside for the time being, because it is too accidental and has no deep connection with other cases; the third case, Luo Xiangfu was killed and his body was thrown away. The relationship investigation has ended. The people around him have motives, but they have no time to commit the crime. I very much suspect that his forcible filming of women and children caused him trouble. This is still under investigation; the last one is the fourth case, Li Hongmei overnight. Killing three roommates in between, she endured school violence for three years, and after being bullied again, it finally broke out. Like Lu Kun, she has also read the novel by the heart of the grave."
Mingshu finished speaking in one breath and looked at Xiao Yu'an, "In the three cases, two suspects have appeared, and their motives are clear. If Luo Xiangfu was indeed killed because of street photography, then these three cases have one thing in common. "
"The murderers all think that some people deserve to die." Xiao Yuan said.
"Yes!" Mingshu's eyes shone brightly, "Not only that, but they also believe that it was not humans, but demons that were killed! They found a reasonable interpretation for their actions, that is, hunting demons!"
Xiao Yuan said slowly: "What role does Chi Xiaomin play in it?"
"This is also what I don't understand. She can have many identities - a working girl who happened to know Li Hongmei, a 'little ghost' who doesn't want to get close to Li Hongmei." Mingshu clasped his hands together, "She may even be the heart of the tomb. Do you think, if she is the heart of the tomb, will she not be satisfied with only relying on novels to influence others? What will she do when she is not satisfied? Isn't that going 'offline'? In this way, Li Hongmei is hers test subject."
"Your speculation is based on the premise that she is still alive." Xiao Yu'an said: "Think more broadly, there are only two possibilities for disappearance, one is to actively hide, and the other is to be killed. If she is already dead, Li Hongmei may be the murderer. ?"
Ming Shu suddenly felt a chill rushed up from his tail, "What was the reason for Li Hongmei to kill her?"
As soon as the words fell, Mingshu was stunned.
The note found in Li Hongmei's book entered his mind again.
"What do you remember?" Xiao Yuan asked.
Mingshu told the facts of the note, and said, "I have already asked Fang Yuanhang to investigate the matter of the Li family, and it is estimated that there will be results soon."
The next day, Li Hongmei’s background was found out—
She was an orphan, but her family did not die normally. Twelve years ago, her father and brother were beaten to death because of conflicts with "foreigners".