sneak peek

When the two returned to the bureau, Meng Ning had already watched the surveillance video, and she pointed to the screen with her pen, "This person should be the one who had the conflict with Li Jin. When Li Jin got off the car, he got off the car too. Followed out of the subway station, but he kept his head down the whole time, unable to take pictures of his face."

Gu Yexi stared carefully for a while, "The clothes are quite ordinary, T-shirt and jeans, and the backpack seems to be the same as the one used by the murderer? The body shape also looks like our murderer."

Meng Ning: "Well, there are no other clues. But he should be the murderer."

Gu Yexi turned around and asked Li Zi and Jia De, "How did you go to the community where the first case was?"

Li Zi shrugged, "No, the administrator said he hadn't seen any suspicious people appear, and the neighbors also said they had no impression."

Huang Jiade: "So in general, there is still no clue. What should I do?"

Gu Yexi scratched her stomach, "I'm hungry, let's eat first."

However, the murderer didn't even give them a safe lunch. Halfway through the meal, he received news that another couple had died. Judging from the situation at the murder scene, they were undoubtedly the murderer.

Everyone had to finish their meal in a hurry and rushed to the scene.

This time it was the neighbor of the couple who reported the crime. She said that she kept hearing the cat next door meowing and felt something was wrong, so she went to knock on the door to check, but no one answered after knocking for a while.At first, she thought to ignore it, but the meowing kept going. She couldn't bear it anymore, so she called the management. The management also felt a little strange, so she opened the door and went in. Later, she found the body.

Judging from the bloodstains, the dead woman's throat was cut in the living room, and she was put on the bed and covered with a quilt just like the women in the previous three cases.Because the house they bought was being renovated, they rented this house to live in temporarily for a few months.There was no study room in this house. The murderer temporarily remodeled one. He used the dining table as a desk, and put a pile of books, laptops, pens, etc., and the deceased sat in a suit on one side, and an empty chair on the other side.

The deceased’s cat nestled under the sofa and refused to come out. The criminal police moved a sofa away, and it walked to other places with agility. The first thing Gu Yexi and the others did when they arrived at the scene was to catch the cat first. .

A few of them frantically played "cat catching mice" with the cat for a long time, and finally forced the cat into the bathroom.The cat hid in the corner, meowing pitifully, staring vigilantly at the group of "bad guys" who broke in suddenly.

It is a pure white cat, chubby and cute, with some blood on its hair and paws, like plum blossoms in the snow, with indescribable beauty and sadness.

Gu Yexi: "Whoever catches it will be rewarded with a McDonald's children's meal."

Except for Mo Wang, the others immediately rolled their eyes and walked out of the bathroom.

Gu Yexi: "Hey! You rebelled?!"

Meng Ning closed the bathroom door, "Boss, grab it slowly, and don't let it out if you can't catch it."

Gu Yexi: ...

Mo Wang scratched his head, and walked over cautiously, the cat ran to another corner vigilantly, staring at Mo Wang fiercely.But since the cat has been meowing for hours, it has long lost its strength, and the sound it makes at this time is weak, more like acting like a baby.

Mo Wang looked at Gu Yexi, Gu Yexi leaned against the door with his arms folded, "Don't look at me, I'm only responsible for buying children's meals for you."

Mo Wang: ...

Mo Wang walked around the cat a few times, not knowing what to do, Gu Yexi couldn't stand it anymore, ran outside and brought in the cat's rice bowl and cat food, and handed it to Mo Wang.

Mo Wang slowly pushed the cat food in front of the cat. At first, the cat ignored him, but it must have been a long time since he had eaten. Then he couldn't bear it anymore and walked slowly to the rice bowl.

However, it didn't start eating directly. It walked around the rice bowl a few times, leaned over and smelled it, and then started to eat.

When the cat was almost finished eating, Mo Wang wanted to reach out to hug it, but the cat pawed over and almost scratched him.

Gu Yexi laughed from behind, "Hey, this cat has a bad temper, and even scratches good students."

Mo Wang: "How about I just stay here with it?"

Gu Yexi took out a small toy from somewhere out of his pocket, shook it at the cat, and the cat passed by.

Mo Wang:? ? ? ? ?

Gu Yexi picked up the cat. Although the cat resisted, it didn't stretch out its paws.

Gu Yexi: "There is no set menu for children."

Mo Wang: ...

Afternoon, bureau.

Meng Ning: "The new scene is almost the same as before, and there are no new clues. The time of death of the female deceased was around 9 o'clock, and the time of death of the male was around 2 o'clock in the morning. The cat was drugged, and the owner must have been asleep when he died. Yep, woke up this morning and started meowing."

Huang Jiade: "It seems that he is a murderer who is unwilling to hurt cats."

Mo Wang: "The murderer owns a cat?"

Gu Yexi shrugged, "It's possible."

Meng Ning: "Where can I find a middle-aged man who keeps a cat who is frustrated in the workplace?"

Li Zi came back with a report, "Guess what I found?"

Gu Yexi: "The cat caught the murderer."

Li Zi was discouraged, "How do you know everything? The cat's nails found dander that didn't belong to the two dead."

Gu Yexi shrugged, "Maomao has a bad temper and wants to catch Mo Wang, how can he not catch the murderer."

Huang Jiade: "Didn't it not arrest you?"

Gu Yexi: "I'm so handsome, it doesn't want to."

Meng Ning: "Ouch."

Mo Wang: "DNA?"

Li Zi: "Not in Curry."

"Meow~~~"

There was a cat meowing outside the door, and the assistant of the forensics department came in holding the cat, "Your cat, return it to you."

Everyone looked at Gu Yexi in unison.

Gu Yexi spread her hands, "What are you looking at me for?"

Huang Jiade: "It won't catch you, who will take over if you don't take over?"

Without further ado, the little assistant put the cat into Gu Yexi's arms, patted his butt and left.

Gu Yexi touched the cat in his arms very smoothly, "Is there nowhere for this cat to go? Contact the relatives of the deceased and see who can take it home."

Meng Ning: "I asked. The man's younger brother just gave birth to a child. The parents said that there is a child at home, and it is inconvenient to keep a cat. They are unwilling to take the cat away. The woman's mother is allergic to cats, and there is no way to raise it."

Li Zi: "It seems that I can only send it to the pet store."

Huang Jiade suggested, and said to Gu Yexi, "It really likes you, doesn't it?"

Gu Yexi lowered his head to play with the cat, neither saying yes nor no, but turning the topic back to the case, "How to find out the murderer, what's your idea?"

Mo Wang: "You said before that the murderer knocked them unconscious not only to train himself to knock people unconscious but not to death, but also to know how long each victim fainted. Then he must have been staying away from the dead. Very close, waiting for them to wake up, right?"

Meng Ning: "But there are no cameras in the alley, and no one passes by. Even if he stands by, there is no way to investigate."

Gu Yexi had a flash of inspiration, "The first one who was knocked unconscious, did he never wake up? Someone called the police, saying that someone was found unconscious in the alley and was sent to the hospital?"

Meng Ning: "Yes, then what?"

Mo Wang: "I remember that when the police arrived at the scene, the victim was covered with paper. Generally, passers-by would acquiesce that he was dead when they saw this situation. Why would they feel dizzy? Also, report the crime The man used the roadside phone at the intersection to call the police. It’s so old now, who would use a roadside phone? And he left after making the call. The police never found the caller. Don’t you think it’s strange? ?”

Huang Jiade got it, "You mean, the murderer called the police?"

Gu Yexi: "He waited for five or six hours and found that the victim hadn't woken up, so he gave up waiting. He just used him for practice and didn't want to kill him, so he called the police casually. Meng Ning, near the phone Is there monitoring?"

Meng Ning: "There should be some, I'll adjust it."

Gu Yexi picked up the cat's little meat and shook it at Mo Wang, "Not bad, thinking about it."

Mo Wang smiled shyly and wanted to hug the cat, but was worried that he would be caught.

Gu Yexi shoved the cat into his arms, "It's okay, they cut its nails, it seems to be sleepy now, and it's very good."

Mao Mao struggled in Mo Wang's arms, then stayed obediently.He reached out and scratched its chin, and it closed its eyes comfortably, as if about to fall asleep.

In this situation, if you don't take pictures, you will be sorry for the camera function of your phone. Huang Jiade immediately took out his phone and took several pictures in succession.

In the photo, Mo Wang is holding the fat cat carefully, while Gu Yexi looks at the cat with doting eyes, and the feeling of a family of three comes out.

Huang Jiade had goose bumps all over his body.

Mo Wang asked in a low voice: "Cat, do you want to raise it?"

Gu Yexi squeezed the cat's paws and shook her head.

The surveillance video was finally tuned in. According to the time of the report, it was easy to pinpoint the caller. After all, no one really uses street phones these days.

The man's body shape seemed to match that of the murderer, but the frontal face was still not photographed.

Li Zi was a little discouraged, "This murderer, isn't he too cautious?!"

Meng Ning squinted her eyes for a while, "Hey, look, isn't this dress a little special?"

Huang Jiade leaned over, "Emmmm, isn't it just a T-shirt, what's so special?"

Gu Yexi tilted his head: "This pattern is a bit special."

Meng Ning: "I think this may be his company's team building uniform."

Li Zi: "What about group building?"

Meng Ning explained: "It is equivalent to the class uniforms of your student days. Now the company will print its own company's clothing, and everyone will wear it together when the team is built."

Mo Wang: "Can you find a company by pattern?"

Meng Ning nodded, "It should be fine, but the pixel is not very good, it needs to take some time to deal with it."

Gu Yexi took out her mobile phone, "I'll take care of your dinner, come on, it's up to you."

In the middle of the night, the office was quiet, because even if the company was found, no one in the company had left work long ago, and the murderer could only be found tomorrow, so Jia De and Li Zi went back first.

Facing the computer, Meng Ning forcefully opened his eyes and continued to work. Gu Yexi sat slumped on the chair, put his feet on the table, opened his mouth slightly with his head up, and was sound asleep.

Mo Wang sat across from him, sleeping peacefully with his head tilted, and a fat white cat lying asleep in his arms.

I don't know if it's hungry or what, the cat woke up after falling asleep, meowing slightly, Mo Wang opened his eyes in a daze, and touched the cat subconsciously, the cat broke free from Mo Wang's embrace, He jumped into Gu Yexi's arms.

Gu Yexi was sleeping soundly, when a fluffy overweight object suddenly bumped into his arms, he felt a pain in his chest, and woke up from fright, kicked the table with his feet for some reason, the whole chair fell backwards, his hands were on the He struggled a few times in vain in the air, but he still fell to the ground with a chair and a fat cat.Gu Yexi's head hurt from the fall, the cat stepped on his chest calmly, licked his face, and meowed, as if to say: The chair did it first.

Meng Ning witnessed the whole farce and couldn't help laughing.

Mo Wang hurried over, took the cat aside, and helped Gu Yexi up.

Gu Yexi wiped off the cat hair on his face in embarrassment, "Smile, smile, you are heartless."

Meng Ning made a grimace and ignored him.

Mo Wang: "Where did you fall?"

Gu Yexi waved his hand: "It's not made of paper, it won't die if you fall it. What's wrong with this cat, is it hungry?"

The cat licked its fur proudly, "Meow~~~"

Gu Yexi dug out the cat food that he brought back from the deceased's house in the morning, found a cardboard box, and poured the cat food into it.The cat jumped into the paper box with a "swoosh" and ate happily.

Meng Ning glanced at them, "Boss, there is no cat litter here."

Gu Yexi felt a little headache.

Mo Wang: "I'll go to the convenience store to buy some, and buy some food by the way?"

Meng Ning: "I want to eat fried chicken."

Gu Yexi: "I want a children's meal."

Mo Wang nodded and walked out, but was stopped by Gu Yexi within two steps.

"Mo!"

He turned around, "Huh?"

"Remember to take the doll," Gu Yexi shook the phone, "This issue is lazy."

"..."

Not long after Mo Wang went out, Meng Ning slapped the table violently, scaring the kitten who was eating cat food, and meowed in dissatisfaction.

Gu Yexi leaned over, "What are you doing? Swatting mosquitoes?"

Meng Ning: "I got the picture out, and I'm checking which company's picture it is from."

Gu Yexi: "How long will it take?"

Meng Ning: "Hey, it's hard to say."

Gu Yexi rolled her eyes, turned her head to pick up the cat, and stroked it once and for all.

Meng Ning looked at Gu Yexi who was brimming with maternal brilliance and said, "Boss, you like this cat so much, I think this cat likes you too, why don't you take it back and keep it?"

Gu Yexi didn't raise his head, and concentrated on scratching the cat's stomach, "It's not that easy to raise a cat. If you like it, you like it. Taking it home is another matter. It's a big responsibility."

"Why, I don't think you seem an irresponsible person."

"Of course I will be responsible if I get it. I'm just saying, it's a big responsibility."

Meng Ning raised his eyebrows, and moved the chair next to Gu Yexi with a "crash", "Hey, boss, I found out the reason why you are single, you have commitment syndrome."

"What?"

"You don't dare to promise, so the girl won't go home with you."

"cut."

"Boys won't either."

"Screw you."

Meng Ning reached out and petted the cat, "To solve the single problem, start by bringing the cat home."

Gu Yexi pretended not to hear.

Mo Wang came back with a big bag of cat necessities and a bag of food.It just so happened that Meng Ning also found out which company the pattern came from.

"It's a company called Wanwan Game. The working hours are 9:200 in the morning. There are 121 employees in the company, and there are [-] male employees."

Gu Yexi had French fries in his mouth, "Go to work at 9:10, and all the staff should arrive at [-]:[-]. When the time comes, we will go up and pay attention to those who have been scratched by cats."

Meng Ning: "I don't know where the cat scratched. What if it scratches the butt?"

Gu Yexi: "You're the one scratching your ass."

Meng Ning kicked Gu Yexi's chair, "If it's the ankle, it's hard to see!"

Mo Wang: "How many batches shall we divide them into, and ask them to come and ask questions one by one?"

Gu Yexi shook his head, "No, the murderer is very smart, and he will definitely want to slip away when he sees something wrong. We have to keep a low profile and find him out quickly."

Meng Ning: "Then let's screen first, 121 men, including 96 bottom-level employees, 84 excluding interns, and then?"

Mo Wang: "Can those under the age of 25 and over the age of 40 be removed?"

Meng Ning: "Then there are 41 more."

Gu Yexi stroked the cat, "There are cats, can I check?"

Meng Ning shook his head, "No."

Gu Yexi: "What about the check-in records?"

Meng Ning: "This data is in the company, and now I can't find anyone in the middle of the night."

Gu Yexi: "You can always see your height and weight, right?"

Meng Ning: "Emmmmmm, there are 8 that fit the murderer's body type."

Mo Wang: "Then let's ask the front desk to bring these eight people here at once in the morning. With so many people going there together, the murderer shouldn't be suspicious, right?"

Gu Yexi looked at it, it was almost four o'clock in the morning, he stretched his waist, "Go back and take a shower, let's squint."

Meng Ning pointed to the cat, "What should I do with it? Leave it alone??"

Mo Wang picked up the cat, "I'll take it home, it should be fine?"

Meng Ning shook the cat's paw, "Quick, call Dad!"

Mo Wang: "..."

There was no bag for the cat, so Mo Wang had to hold the cat all the time.It seems to be a little scared, and has been huddled in Mo Wang's arms, for fear of being sold to a food stall and made into a "dragon, tiger and phoenix".

On the way home, he meowed meowingly the whole time, and Mo Wang couldn't comfort him no matter how hard he tried. Gu Yexi stretched out his big hand and touched the cat, and it stopped meowing.

Mo Wang thinks that Gu Yexi may have been transformed by a cat.

Gu Yexi: "Do you have a driver's license?"

Mo Wang was stunned for a moment, "Yeah."

Gu Yexi parked the car on the side of the road, took the cat from Mo Wang's arms, and said, "Come and drive."

Mo Wang felt that Gu Yexi really, really liked this cat.

At the door of the house, Gu Yexi reluctantly stuffed the cat into Mo Wang's arms.

Mo Wang: "How about it stay at your house tonight?"

Gu Yexi shook his head, "No."

"Ah, that's right!" Mo Wang took out something from his pocket and handed it to Gu Yexi, "Here."

Gu Yexi saw that it was a lazy egg wearing a black hat and lying in half an eggshell.

Gu Yexi smiled, "You really took it!"

"Don't you want it?" Mo Wang said seriously.

Gu Yexi actually wanted to use it to tease the cat, but now that Mo Wang gave it to him so solemnly, he was embarrassed to use it to tease the cat, so he had to pretend that he had been looking forward to it for a long time, "Well, thank you .”

Gu Yexi sat on the sofa, played with the lazy egg for a while, and felt that the more it looked, the cuter it became.He put it on the small table in the entrance, nodded its little head, and said to himself: "I announce that you will be in charge of the housekeeping from now on."