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Chapter 3 The Discreet Murderer

The two walked out of the bar, Gu Yexi took out a cigarette and drank it, but didn't light it, and asked, "What do you think?"

Mo Wang: "According to the clerk's description of the girl, the girl who finally came into contact with the two deceased should be the same person, that is, the murderer."

"Well, do you think the murderer targeted them that night, or before?"

"Before, the clerk said that the murderer sat in the corner, bowed his head and didn't speak. He only had contact with the deceased. It was obvious that he had chosen his prey long ago and went towards the deceased."

Gu Yexi handed the mobile phone to Mo Wang. It was a Weibo of a person. Judging from the content of the likes, this person had a soft spot for girls in tutu skirts.

"Is this the Weibo of the first deceased, Wang Ming?" Mo Wang asked.

Gu Yexi nodded, "Well, the murderer first went to the bar, screened out his preferred objects, hacked their mobile phones, and then selected people who lived alone. After fully understanding each other's preferences, wait for them to go to the bar again to match their preferences. Seduce them. Wang Ming likes girls in kawaii tutu skirts, and Lin Shanyin likes innocent and simple college students, so there is such a big difference in her two dressing styles. She doesn't need to seduce them deliberately when she goes to the bar, they Naturally it will take the bait."

"The homes of the two deceased are not too close to the bar. They should have taken a taxi back. If the taxi driver they took that night can be found, there may be clues to the murderer."

"Well. Let Meng Ning follow me." Gu Yexi took out her mobile phone and sent her a text message, asking her to contact the taxi company as soon as possible to find out.

Mo Wang stared at the surveillance images of the dead and the murderer on his mobile phone, fascinated. He didn't know what he was thinking. He was about to hit a telephone pole, but he still didn't notice it. Gu Yexi stretched out his big hand, and Mo Wang was caught off guard. Being pulled, one of them lost his footing and subconsciously grabbed Gu Yexi's clothes.

"What are you thinking? You want to die on the first day you join the team?" Gu Yexi patted Mo Wang on the head.

Mo Wang looked at the clothes that were about to be torn by himself, and let go of his hand in embarrassment, "I was thinking, how did the murderer know that the deceased would go to the bar that night? According to the friend of the first deceased, how many times a month did he go to the bar?" For the second deceased, the girl at the bar just said that although she went every week, she could not decide which day to go. It is impossible for the murderer to squat in the bar and wait for them every day, otherwise he would definitely be recognized by the waiter. from."

In fact, Gu Yexi also noticed this point just now, but he didn't say it out loud, he thought, it seems that this good student is quite careful.

"What do you think?"

Mo Wang frowned slightly, "She hacked the bar's surveillance, and went out as soon as she saw the dead?"

Gu Yexi chuckled, "You are a good student, you can see that you have never dated a girl, right? If you hack the surveillance at the bar, she will dress up and go out when she sees the deceased. The door is closed. I guess, she hacked their mobile phones. Do you think these two dead people have one thing in common besides being young, beautiful and strong?"

Mo Wang seemed to have been poked by something, and scratched his nose guiltily, "They... all live alone, there is no surveillance in the residence, no administrator, and it is not easy to leave evidence when entering or leaving."

"Yes, if the deceased wants to attack the deceased's house, he must inquire about these things in advance, otherwise it will be troublesome to find out that there is another roommate after returning home."

"So... she was watching around the dead man's house?"

Gu Yexi shook her mobile phone, "Don't be so troublesome, I think she hacked their mobile phones. Modern people basically never leave their mobile phones. If the mobile phone is hacked, they will turn on the camera secretly. The surrounding environment can be seen clearly. Not to mention whether there is anyone in your house, you know exactly how many cockroaches there are in your house. And it can also explain why she knew that the two dead people would go to the bar."

Mo Wang suddenly realized, "She peeked at the WeChat of the first deceased and knew that they had an appointment to go to the bar, and she knew immediately when the second deceased asked for a taxi."

Gu Yexi snapped his fingers, "That's right! In other words, our murderer must have a background in programming."

in the afternoon.

"We asked all the bars in the west of the city, and none of the bars recognized this girl, and they all said that they had never encountered any strange female guests." Huang Jiade said.

Gu Yexi seemed to have expected this result, "She should have disguised herself before, and she must be dressed differently from when she was in contact with the two dead. If she was going to the bar to scout and pick prey, she wouldn't just sit with her head down. on."

Li Zi muttered, "Then let us ask."

Gu Yexi looked at him with half-closed eyes: "What are you talking about?"

Li Zi immediately showed an exaggerated smirk, "I said the boss is wise, he has seen through everything the murderer is thinking."

Meng Ning threw a ball of paper on Li Zi's head, "Cut, you are the only one who can flatter."

Li Zi rubbed his head, turned around and made a face at Meng Ning.

"Okay, stop making trouble, Meng Ning, how is your investigation?" Gu Yexi knocked on the table.

"Oh, on the domestic violence side, there are a few who are recently divorced, but none of them have a programming background. But you also know that most domestic violence victims don't report, so we can find out a lot limited."

"Well, I understand." Gu Yexi nodded, "Where is the taxi company?"

"Oh, they just replied to me, saying that the two drivers were found, and it was confirmed that the two deceased were in the car with a girl who looked in her 20s. But the driver didn't see the girl's face clearly, only remembered her She seemed very shy, when the deceased wanted to get close to her, she would lower her head and dodge slightly."

Gu Yexi shook her head, "It's not shyness, it's disgust. The murderer hates the person the deceased reminded her of, so naturally he doesn't want to get close to them. It's one thing to seduce them, but psychological disgust can't be concealed."

His fingers began to tap on the table unconsciously again, "Although it is said that domestic violence may not necessarily be reported to the police, but if the domestic violence is severe, it is inevitable that you will not be seriously injured and go to the hospital. Meng Ning, you have two hospitals in the city, including small clinics. According to the records of the past few years, all patients between the ages of 23 and 30 with signs of injury suspected to be caused by domestic violence were pulled out, and special attention was paid to those who had been admitted to the hospital many times for unknown reasons. Guardian, you assist her."

Meng Ning felt a little overwhelmed: "Boss, your scope is too wide, you can find a needle in a haystack."

Mo Wang raised his hand and added: "If the patient does not have a programming background, it can be excluded. This should narrow the scope a lot."

Gu Yexi nodded, "Wang Ming is 1 meters tall. As a reference, the murderer should be about 86 meters tall. The deceased deliberately avoided the facial and hand abuse, so she should not be able to see any domestic violence on the surface. traces."

Meng Ning: "OK, check it out now."

"The murderer left the deceased's house, probably by taking a taxi, or by parking the car near the deceased's house in advance, and then driving away. No matter which way he left, the nearby road cameras should have caught it. Adjust the surveillance video, let's watch it together, find her, and the best result is to find out her address."

"I found it!" Li Zi shouted dancing, "I finally caught you!"

Gu Yexi and Mo Wang immediately surrounded her. In the picture, a long-haired girl walked forward quickly with her head down, swept a shared bicycle at the corner, and left quickly on the bicycle.

Gu Yexi: "Damn, this murderer is smart enough, he doesn't drive or take a taxi, he rides a shared bicycle, can this be tracked down?"

"The time and place can be provided accurately. By comparison, we can find out which bicycle the murderer rode away, and then trace the payment account. There should be no problem." Meng Ning on the side recorded the time and place. It's only a few minutes before get off work time, so I quickly called the shared bicycle company.

Mo Wang looked at the time of the surveillance video, "Did the murderer leave after 4 o'clock in the morning?"

Li Zi: "Yes, and she is very witty. She has figured out the positions of all the surveillance cameras and looked for blind spots. At first I watched it several times but couldn't find her. In the end, I played it at normal speed and looked carefully with my eyes wide open. Seeing a long-haired shadow passing by, it was like watching a ghost movie. She walked around two blocks before riding a bicycle."

Gu Yexi: "Can you see where she went in the end?"

Li Zi shook his head, "She didn't go very far on the bike, she took a side road, and the surveillance camera couldn't catch it."

Mo Wang: "It's a bit strange."

Li Zi: "Yeah, surprisingly smart!"

Mo Wang asked Li Zi to rewind the video and replay the whole scene of the murderer fleeing the scene, "No matter how girls walk alone at night, they will be a little nervous. Although she is a murderer, she may be more courageous than ordinary girls, but after all, she is a People who have been abused for a long time should be afraid in this situation, how can they look so calm?"

Li Zi disagreed, "I think she looks very vigilant."

Gu Yexi: "She was vigilant because she didn't want to leave evidence, not because she was afraid of walking at night. A little further away, there was a road without monitoring, but in order to minimize the time she appeared in the monitoring, she still chose Take the path, so she is not afraid at all."

Li Zi still didn't get it, "That means our murderer is a girl who is not afraid of walking at night. Not all girls are afraid of walking at night. Ask Meng Ning if she is afraid?"

Meng Ning raised his eyebrows, "What are you afraid of? Who dares to provoke me, I will kick his balls."

Gu Yexi smiled, "If the murderer is like you, who would dare to rape her domestically? But what Li Zi said makes sense, maybe I'm thinking too much."

Mo Wang: "The deceased died around 1 o'clock. It shouldn't take long for the murderer to beat the deceased. Why did he wait until after 4 o'clock before leaving?"

Li Zi: "According to the on-site report, the rest of the deceased's house was in good condition, neither damaged nor turned over. It seems that the murderer entered, poisoned the deceased, beat him up, and did nothing. .”

Mo Wang: "It takes about 10 minutes to kill the deceased by poisoning. If the beating is going to take 30 minutes, what is she doing for the rest of the time?"

Gu Yexi closed her eyes and thought for a while, "She's scared."

Li Zi: "Huh?"

"We previously believed that the reason why she poisoned the deceased first and then beat the corpse was because she paid more attention to leaving scars and insulting the deceased, and because of the huge difference in size between the two. But there may be another reason, because she was too Fear, as long as the other party is still alive, she will not have the guts to strike at the other party, so she may have been sitting by the side and staring at the deceased until the deceased's body is cold and she is sure that he is really dead before she dares to beat him."

Meng Ning couldn't help feeling sorry for the murderer, "If this is the case, then what kind of terrible abuse did the murderer go through?"

Gu Yexi: "If you catch her, you will know."

Huang Jiade walked in in a panic. There were a lot of black stains on his white T-shirt, and there was one on his face. Meng Ning handed him a tissue and asked, "Hey, Brother Huang, why are you so fat?"

Huang Jiade wiped his face, "Didn't we screen out a few suspected murderers and print out the information? The printer was broken, so I just repaired it, and somehow it happened like this."

Li Zi couldn't help laughing at his embarrassed appearance, Gu Yexi took out his mobile phone and snapped a few pictures at him.

Huang Jiade dared not speak out, "Boss, you... just shoot it, don't post it on Moments."

Gu Yexi: "No."

Huang Jiade was about to cry, "At least add a filter to me."

Gu Yexi: "Okay."

Half a minute later, everyone saw the photo in the Moments. Gu Yexi added a filter very faithfully. Huang Jiade in the picture looked even dirtier, with a line of words written underneath: I am back from mining.

Huang Jiade covered his face with his head in the face, how could I have such a boss? ? ! !

Gu Yexi had had enough trouble, took the stack of documents and looked at it carefully, shaking his head while reading.

Meng Ning knew that this meant that there must be no murderer inside, and it seemed that he would definitely have to work overtime tonight.

"The first one, although he was admitted to the hospital with a broken rib, but look at the photos, there are cigarette butt burn marks on the back of his hand, not our murderer; The scars on the third one did not match; the third one had kicking injuries and belt whip marks, but looking carefully at the medical records, she was allergic to alcohol, and everyone watched the surveillance video, the murderer had actually drank alcohol, so it was not true." Gu Yexi took a sip finished.

Huang Jiade felt that he had ruined a piece of clothing, that he had done useless work, and that he had been photographed ugly and posted it on Moments. He sat on the table depressed, took a sip of Coke, "Okay, what should I do?"

"The only clue now is the shared bicycles. It depends on Miss Meng." Gu Yexi folded a paper airplane and threw it at Meng Ning.

Meng Ning caught it and threw it back in reverse, "The bike-sharing company said that we need to investigate first, and we will have results later."

The five of them stared in silence for a while, and decided to eat something first.

When Mo Wang came to report on the first day, he was supposed to take him to a delicious meal, but when he encountered a case, he had to eat fast food in the bureau.Gu Yexi ordered five pizzas, ten pairs of chicken wings, and two boxes of egg tarts, intending to overwhelm them, and ordered an extra Starbucks coffee to refresh them.

Meng Ning looked at the things on the table and made a surprised voice, "Tsk tsk tsk, when did you become so bold, did you get adopted by a rich woman?"

Gu Yexi slapped her on the head, "Fuck you, don't expect to come here on the first day, and everyone works overtime. I want to treat you better. There will be no next time."

With a piece of pizza in his mouth, Li Zi said with a playful smile, "Boss, it's only Meng Ning who is jittering. We don't have any complaints. Don't accidentally hurt innocent people."

Meng Ning immediately changed the subject, "Hey, little Momo, it's your first day in the team, tell me something!"

Mourning was suddenly a little confused by the cue, and quickly waved his hands, "No, no, I..."

The second half of the conversation was overwhelmed by applause. Meng Ning took the lead in applauding. Everyone waited excitedly for him to speak. Gu Yexi looked at him with a half-smile while holding a cup of coffee, curious about the old man Pan who was not tired after talking for three hours. Nephew, how eloquent will be.

When everyone looked at him like this, Mo Wang was even more confused, and it took him a long time to say, "When the case is solved, I will treat everyone to dinner."

Gu Yexi couldn't help laughing, feeling that it was really embarrassing for this child, and patted him on the shoulder as a step down for him, "Okay, it's a deal. Everyone, eat quickly, and you have to work after eating." .”

Just as he was talking, the phone rang. Meng Ning quickly answered the phone and opened the mailbox while chatting.

When she put down the phone, Gu Yexi asked, "How?"

"The bike-sharing company said that the payment accounts were found, but they were all from the account of the deceased. It should be that the murderer hacked their account."

Li Zi sighed, "This murderer is really very clever."

Gu Yexi: "What about the destination?"

"The two bicycles were parked at different locations, two streets apart," Meng Ning marked on the map. "The murderer should have lived within this range, more than ten minutes' drive from the bar, and more than ten minutes from the homes of the two deceased." About a minute drive."

Huang Jiade looked at the map carefully, "There are three residential areas, five apartment buildings, and many urban villages nearby. There are quite a lot of people."

Mo Wang: "Based on gender first, single men living alone can be removed."

Gu Yexi nodded: "Women who do not meet the age requirements can also be removed. Men and women live together, and men who are healthy can be removed. Those who have children can also be removed."

Meng Ning tapped on the keyboard for a while, "The result is that 53 women are eligible."

Gu Yexi tapped on the table lightly, focusing on the map, "According to what I said before, screen out those with a programming background."

Meng Ning: "Okay, then there are still 18 eligible."

Gu Yexi: "How many people have been seriously injured in the hospital in recent years?"

Meng Ning: "emmmmmm, three, one is a car accident, one is a fracture caused by falling down the stairs, and the other is a robbery and was stabbed."

Mo Wang glanced at Gu Yexi, "The second one?"

Meng Ning opened the detailed records, "The second one is called Wang Lili, 26 years old, she works at the front end of a website company, she married a college classmate when she just graduated, and she got divorced at the end of this year, and moved out by herself with two other female colleagues. She fell down the stairs in the community where she lived, and she said it was because she couldn’t see clearly at night and the lights in the building were not on, so she fell. The time of the fall was 2 weeks after the divorce.”

Li Zi: "It's a bit strange at this time. My ex-husband went to find her and pushed her down?"

Gu Yexi thought for a while, "Meng Ning, talk to Jiade about Wang Lili tomorrow."

When returning home, it was still Gu Yexi who took Mo Wang back by the way.Li Zi, who went to the parking lot together, gossiped curiously, "Boss, why are you still in charge of picking up and dropping off?"

Mo Wang hurriedly explained, "I happen to live across from Dui Gu's house, so he dropped me by the way."

However, what Li Zi grasped was another important point, "Yo~~~~ Do you live together?"

"No, no, it's the opposite door."

Li Zi patted him on the shoulder with a smirk, "Fate, Fate, boy."

Mo Wang felt that the description was getting darker and darker. He thought that Gu Yexi would say something to explain, but the man kept his head down and played with his mobile phone without saying anything.

Li Zi took out his mobile phone, pulled Mo Wang into the small group without Gu Yexi, and then began to gossip: Little Momo lives with the boss!

Mo Wang: ...

Gu Yexi was also sending WeChat at this time, but his WeChat was for Old Pan.He sent the screenshots of the two orders just now to old man Pan, and at the same time sent a sentence: Mo Wang's big meal for joining the team, I will be reimbursed.

After a few seconds, old man Pan replied him with one word: Get lost.

After arriving home, Mo Wang stopped Gu Yexi who was opening the door.

Gu Yexi turned around: "Huh?"

"Captain Gu, did Director Pan tell you something?" Mo Wang didn't want Gu Yexi to treat Pan specially because of his personality.

"Ah."

Mo Wang mentally blamed Pan Weiren a little, and quickly said: "You don't need to worry about him, and you don't need to take special care of me."

Gu Yexi leaned against the door, put his hands in his pockets and said with a half-smile: "Do you feel that you are being taken special care of?"

Mo Wang recalled the scene of last night, it seems that there is no such thing.

"Did he tell you about me?"

"Some."

"Which ones?" Mo Wang asked.

Gu Yexi didn't answer, she tilted her head and looked at him for a while, "If you don't behave well, no matter who you are, I will kick you out."

Mo Wang nodded, "Yes."

"However, for the time being, it's better than I expected."

"I will work hard."

Gu Yexi stretched out her hand, and finally scratched Mo Wang's hair as she wished, "Oh, by the way, remember to be careful in the shower tonight, maybe someone will break open the door again."

After Gu Yexi scratched the house, he dropped another sentence that scared people to death, and entered the house.

Mo Wang was left in a daze in the corridor.

When taking a bath, Mo Wang opened both the bathroom door and the bedroom door, and listened to the sounds outside with a high concentration. After taking a quick military training-style shower, he put on all his clothes in the bathroom before coming out.

But Gu Yexi didn't break open the door to come in, he was the only one in the empty room.

Mo Wang breathed a sigh of relief.

However, at the same time, it seems a little disappointed.

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