Serious crime team, interrogation room.
Liu Mei lowered her head and put medicine on her swollen face. The bruises and purples were especially distinct under the light, making her look like a clown.
Fang Yuanhang looked at her from the opposite side.
This interrogation would not have taken place here.
A few hours ago, Liu Mei's condition gradually stabilized after being rushed to the hospital. There was no fatal injury on her body. Fang Yuanhang observed it well. The injury was basically caused by whipping and slapping, which was suspected to be caused by abuse in the relationship between the sexes.
The doctor suggested that Liu Mei be hospitalized for observation, but Liu Mei cried and begged Fang Yuanhang to take her to the police station after waking up.
"I can't stay here, he will kill me! Please lock me up, any police station is fine! You sentence me, I'd rather go to jail!"
"I've satisfied you." Fang Yuanhang said, "You're safe now, but why haven't you spoken? You still want to cover up the 'gold master' who made Zhou Qian disappear? Is he the one who caused the injury?"
Liu Mei raised her head, tears rolling in her red eyes, "I said, I said... Actually, I've been looking forward to this day. Only by being caught by your police can I get rid of the clutches."
Fang Yuanhang is most concerned about Zhou Qian now. If Zhou Qian is still alive, Liu Mei must know where she is.
"Zhou Qian..."
However, when the name was uttered, tears in Liu Mei's eyes immediately fell.
"She's dead."
Fang Yuanhang took a breath.
Zhou Qian was dead, which was a long-anticipated result. If a person has been missing for so long, excluding the possibility of taking the initiative to avoid, most of them are no longer in this world.
But Fang Yuanhang still regretted hearing that Liu Mei confirmed Zhou Qian's death.
Liu Mei's voice was choked, "Zhou Qian was killed by Chu Can's play. I brought her to Chu Can. I'm guilty... Sha Chun would be the next to die. I didn't expect that Sha Chun would suddenly have an accident."
Chu Can, a name that is very unfamiliar to the members of the serious crime team, but the surname "Chu" will not be unfamiliar to anyone who has been in Dongye City for a long time.
The top three richest people in Dongye City are named Chu.
Xinghuan Entertainment, where Liu Mei is located, is an industry under the Chu family's name.
But if this Chu Can is really a son of the Chu Group, it would be too shabby - Bai Xuan Guiyuan in Dongye City is like a dying aristocrat, with no glory in the past, has long been abandoned by the real elite However, Chu Can took it there as his and Liu Mei's comfort zone. Did he look down on Liu Mei, or could he not come up with a better place
Fang Yuanhang asked, "Who is Chu Can? What is your relationship with Chu Can?"
"Chu Linxiong, do you know?" Liu Mei asked.
Fang Yuanhang said: "The boss of the Chu Group. Chu Can is his..."
Liu Mei nodded, "Bastard."
The public is always interested in the private lives of high-level figures, and the affair of the Chu family's big boss has attracted a lot of attention in Dongye City, and almost everyone can talk about it.
Fang Yuanhang doesn't care about it himself, but it's not that he hasn't heard any gossip.
Liu Mei confessed intermittently, and the interrogation room was always full of sobbing.
Liu Mei had never read any books. She was addicted to the Internet at the age of seventeen or eighteen. She was attracted by the tastes described in it. Later, not satisfied with the "network tuning", I began to try offline.
It was at that time that he met Chu Can.
In the first few meetings, Chu Can behaved very gracefully and treated Liu Mei very tenderly, and invited Liu Mei to come to Dongye City, promising to give her a glamorous job.
Born and raised in a small county town, Liu Mei lacked basic judgment and was easily bewitched by Chu Can. She left her hometown at the age of 20 and came to Dongye City to join Chu Can.
Chu Can did what he said and arranged Liu Mei in his entertainment company.
Liu Mei originally thought that she would enjoy prosperity and wealth for the rest of her life, but unexpectedly began an endless hell life.
Chu Can's demeanor and gentleness are all disguise, twisted, perverted, and crazy are the essence of this person.
Chu Linxiong has four famous male heirs, as well as countless illegitimate children raised outside.
Even among the illegitimate children, Chu Can was the one who received the least attention from Chu Linxiong, and was looked down upon by the Chu family for a long time. Chu Can has a strong sense of self-esteem and inferiority, and all the depression erupted on Liu Mei.
Liu Mei didn't like pain. At first, she was addicted to whipping because she was young and ignorant, and she was full of curiosity. At first, she was treated gently by Chu Can, thinking that the so-called taste was this level. It was not until she was beaten viciously that she realized that she had been fooled.
But it was too late.
Chu Can had no status in the Chu family, but it was more than enough to take care of a girl from a small county. Liu Mei is an elegant and beautiful model outside, but she is not as good as a dog in front of Chu Can.
Liu Mei once tried to commit suicide, but was beaten badly after being rescued. Chu Can threatened her with relatives in her hometown, and if she was not obedient, she would kill her whole family.
Liu Mei had long felt the power of the Chu family, waiting for Chu Can to get tired of playing with herself and let herself go.
But when Chu Can was really tired of playing, she was pushed into a darker abyss.
Chu Can also caught up with the "antiquity fever" and asked Liu Mei to find and deceive pure classical beauties for herself, promising that as long as ten classical beauties were deceived, Liu Mei would be released.
And if Liu Mei couldn't find it, she would have to endure even more horrific abuse than before.
Liu Mei knew that once she helped Chu Can find innocent women, she would definitely be implicated in the future.
But if she didn't, Chu Can would torture her to death.
Liu Mei couldn't bear the torture, and once went to the campus to help Chu Can find girls, but the results were not good. Last year, many training institutions under the banner of antiquity appeared in Dongye City. Liu Mei immediately had an idea.
In those institutions, there must be a woman who can satisfy Chu Can!
Zhou Qian was the first woman Liu Mei tricked for Chu Can.
Zhou Qian and Liu Mei have similar family situations. They have little knowledge and are hungry for money. They don't care about selling their bodies to a strange man for money.
It was the first time that Liu Mei was afraid. Before she took people to the place designated by Chu Can, she suddenly found out in her conscience and told Zhou Qian that the "gold master" had a hobby in "that aspect".
Zhou Qian could no longer listen.
After delivering the person, Liu Mei left. She kept telling herself that it wasn't me who did the evil, I was also the victim, I had no choice, I was just an ant, if I didn't do what Chu Can said, my whole family and I would die.
Three days later, Liu Mei was called by Chu Can and saw Zhou Qian's body.
The pure classical beauty of the past was covered in scars, her body was ripped apart, and her face was so swollen that she could no longer see her true colors.
"You also have a share." Chu Can stood beside the corpse and said sullenly, "You brought this innocent girl to me, and you killed her!"
Liu Meizhen was speechless and shook his head blankly, "It's none of my business, I'm just..."
"I'm a mental patient." Chu Can's right hand was in the shape of a pistol, pointing at his temple, his face tilted upward, his eyes bulging terribly, "Doctor Luo can issue an appraisal for me, and even the police can't do anything to me. , but what about you? You are a normal person, and in order to please me, you coaxed an innocent girl into the bed of a mental patient like me!"
Liu Mei kept shaking her head, "No, no!"
"No?" Chu Can smiled grimly, "Didn't you find out when you came? The surveillance camera is facing your face!"
Liu Meiru was struck by lightning.
"But how could I harm you? My puppy." Chu Can's expression and tone changed suddenly, like a soul inside his body, gentle and charming.
But Liu Mei had long felt this man's false tenderness, and seeing him looking at her with affection, only felt even more terrifying.
"As long as you are obedient, I will always protect you." Chu Can smiled: "Go ahead and continue to find a woman like Zhou Qian for me. She is delicious and I like it very much."
After Zhou Qian, Liu Mei was unable to find a qualified woman for Chu Can again, and had to endure Chu Can's atrocities again and again.
Chu Can gave her an ultimatum, and if she couldn't find any more "prey", she would kill her.
In August of this year, Liu Mei took a fancy to Sha Chun in "Jianjia Bailu" and coaxed him many times, thinking that victory was in sight, but Sha Chun died suddenly.
After learning that Sha Chun was killed, Liu Mei's first reaction was that Chu Can had done a "good thing".
Because just a few days before Sha Chun's accident, Liu Meicai showed Chu Can a video of Sha Chun playing the guzheng. Chu Can was very satisfied, saying that if he could win Sha Chun, one person would win the share of three people.
"I swear, what I said just now was not a lie. I have a recording of the call with Chu Can." Liu Mei wiped away her tears, her face was still swollen, which made her look no matter what expression she made. Ridiculous and pitiful, "I'm sorry Zhou Qian, I'm responsible for Zhou Qian's death! I... "
Suddenly, Liu Mei covered her face, as if she couldn't continue.
Fang Yuanhang asked, "What do you want to say?"
Liu Mei trembled: "I ask you to bring Chu Can to justice, can you do it?"
There seemed to be endless sadness and despair in this voice.
At this point, Liu Mei's mind is still full of hopeless conjectures - the Chu family can settle everything with money and power, Chu Can gets away with impunity, and she is used as a scapegoat, her family is tortured by Chu Can, the worst. The wicked walk under the sun, and the accomplices carry everything and are thrown into hell.
Fang Yuanhang stood up with awe, "You look down on yourself and the police. In your eyes, as long as you have money, you can run wild in society."
Liu Mei raised her head dazedly, "Isn't it?"
Fang Yuanhang shouted: "Of course not!"
Liu Mei was silent for a moment, and suddenly laughed wildly. The laughter was extremely weird and painful. "If I called the police early in the morning, wouldn't I have ended up like this?"
The interrogation video was sent directly to Xiao Yu'an's office. Whether Liu Mei was acting or telling the truth remains to be investigated. Xiao Yu'an dragged the progress bar, stopped at one of the paragraphs, and whispered to himself, "Doctor Luo? Luo Yi?"
Dongcheng District, Chunchao Shopping Center.
The Internet celebrity milk tea shop "Hua Rong" opened. Young people who came to check in lined up in a snake-shaped queue outside the door. Several "Hua Rong" girls carried trays and invited customers to drink the shop's signature drinks.
Most of the girls are petite and move nimbly in the team, but Wu Tong is a head taller than his companions, and he is also walking on high heels. Although his smile is sweet, his pace is a step slower than others.
Suddenly, there was an exclamation from the crowd. It was Wu Tong who knocked over the tray. The last small paper cup on the tray fell, and the milk tea inside splashed onto the guests' shoes.
The smudges are actually not obvious, the guests are wearing leather shoes, just wipe them with a damp paper towel. But this is the opening scene, and the clumsy girl really smeared the brand's face.
When such a thing happened, most of Wu Tong had to leave. Several other girls gathered together to give Wu Tong a look, some sympathized, some gloated.
The guest whose shoes were soiled was a woman in her twenties. Seeing that Wu Tong was about to cry, she quickly said, "It's okay." Wu Tong wanted to squat down to clean her shoes, so she quickly took the paper and squatted down to wipe it herself.
When the store manager heard the sound, he rushed to apologize to the customer. Wu Tong stood by and wiped his tears pitifully.
The store manager glared at Wu Tong and asked Wu Tong to go back to the store immediately to help prepare tea after arriving at the bar.
Wu Tong bowed to the guests and trot all the way, looking innocent and harmless from his back.
"Aren't you going to be fired?" a girl said, "Wu Tong has been clumsy for a day. He soiled the guests' shoes today, so he's still not fired? What did Brother Wang think?"
"You still don't understand? Brother Wang is pity Yu, it's not because Wu Tong is a pretty silly and sweet." Another girl said: "Wu Tong's appearance and personality make people soft-hearted and stupid. Yes, looking at you with big eyes, don't say it, I can't bear to be angry with her."
"But she's stupid!"
"There are so many stupid people, but few sweet ones."
"Is this all right?"
"Forget it, Brother Wang wants to keep her, what can we do? Don't talk about it, so that others don't say we are jealous. People are stupid and sweet, but we are not stupid and sweet. When we think about it, others will see it. It’s just that we have the heart.”
Wu Tong was pushed behind the bar to fight, but she didn't actually do anything. Later, she was called to distribute leaflets. Many male customers were attracted to the snake-shaped queue by her sweet smile.
During a shift change in the afternoon, Wu Tong put on his clothes and heard someone calling his name before he reached the door of the store.
Mingshu held a cup of pink strawberry peaches, "Wu Tong."
The moment he saw Mingshu, Wu Tong's expression suddenly tightened.
From entering the store in the morning and starting work until just now, she always had a silly and cute expression on her face. When she smiled, it made people sigh that it was beautiful and sweet, and when she was aggrieved, it was unbearable to blame.
But at the moment when Mingshu's eyes met, Duomeng disappeared, and what appeared in Wu Tong's eyes was a straightforward shock.
This slight change could not escape Mingshu's eyes.
"Working here now?" Mingshu took two steps forward and smiled at Wu Tong.
"Ah... Are you here to find me?" Wu Tong's eyes were wide open, and the bottom of his eyes was clean and clear.
People say that the eyes are the windows to the soul.
But the eyes don't necessarily reflect the mind - as long as you are good at disguising.
For small studios like "Jianjia Bailu", the recruitment process rarely follows the formal process. Shi Hanshan has to personally inspect the positions of teachers and other positions.
Shi Hanshan himself forgot how Wu Tong was recruited. Later, he found out that he was a distant relative of partner Liang Lu.
Although they were relatives in name, Liang Lu knew little about Wu Tong.
"Their family is in the county town, and they haven't seen each other for many years." Liang Lu said: "After the Spring Festival this year, my mother called me and said that a young girl was coming to Dongye City, and if it was convenient, I could help you find a job. Relatives, it’s not good to not help at all. The last time I saw Wu Tong, she was in elementary school, and I really didn’t have an impression. When I saw it, I found out that she was a beautiful girl. It happened that I was planning a company with Hanshan, so I asked Wu Tong to be the receptionist. However, her work is arranged by Hanshan, and I only care about the investment, not the operation."
Shi Hanshan offered Wu Tong a salary of 3,000 yuan. For the receptionist, this salary is not low, but it is not too high.
The consumption level in Dongye City is relatively high, and the rent is not cheap. Wu Tong shares a lease with a girl in a hair salon and a deputy manager of a nail salon in an old community. After losing the job of "Jianjia Bailu", Wu Tong received a compensation payment, and with his innocent and beautiful face, he quickly found a job in a milk tea shop.
Mingshu discovered that she might be the "blind spot" of "Jianjia Bailu".
In the early days of the platoon, the field staff did not check Wu Tong, but the investigation was not in-depth. At that time, the motive of the murderer had not yet been found out. Anyone who looked at Wu Tong, a silly girl, would not think that she was related to Sha Chun's death. .
Even now, Mingshu doesn't know what her motives are.
But the glance just now had to make Mingshu suspect that the naivety might just be Wu Tong's disguise.
"Have you solved the case yet?" Wu Tong said, "but I don't know anything."
"Do you mind if I go to your house?" Mingshu said.
"Ah..." Wu Tong suddenly blushed and said coquettishly, "You're a man."
Mingshu narrowed his eyes, his attitude was a bit stern, "There is no gender in investigating cases."
Wu Tong looked frightened, and reluctantly said, "Well, then... alright."
Wu Tong's rental place is very close to "Jianjia Bailu", only two roads away, and it only takes a quarter of an hour to walk.
There is no elevator in the old house, and the corridor is a little dark. Ming Shu followed Wu Tong and noticed something unusual.
Whether it is in the descriptions of "Jianjia Bailu" or what he saw with his own eyes when he was in "Jianjia Bailu" for the first time, Wu Tong is a girl who loves to laugh a lot. The mind wandered, and the smile was a little stiff.
As if caught by surprise, thinking about how to deal with it.
When the door was opened, Wu Tong's actions were a little hesitant, and Mingshu said, "What?"
Wu Tong quickly shook his head, "It's a mess at home, I'll go to the bedroom to change clothes later, will you wait for me in the living room?"
Mingshu said, "Do you have to change into your pajamas as soon as you get home?"
"Pajamas are more comfortable."
Just as he was talking, the door opened, and there was a quarrel inside. If you listen carefully, someone was watching a TV series of bitterness on his mobile phone.
Meng Xue got up from the sofa and wanted to say hello to Wu Tong, but when she saw Mingshu, she covered her mouth in surprise, "Tongtong, your boyfriend?"
"No!" Wu Tong quickly ran into a bedroom on the left, and said before closing the door, "Sit down for a while."
Mingshu was inconvenient to follow, and looked around in the living room.
Meng Xue is Wu Tong's roommate who does manicures, and is on vacation at home, while Li Tianyue, another roommate who works in a hair salon, is at work.
Mingshu didn't take a seat, but paced to the balcony.
This is a set of three rooms and one living room with an open balcony. There are no plants and some sundries on the balcony.
Mingshu crouched down in the corner and brushed his fingers over a smudge on the wall.
The smudge looked like blood splattered from below.