sneak peek

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the road suddenly became blocked for some reason. The two of them got stuck at a traffic light and waited three times, but they still couldn't get through.

Mo Wang suddenly felt emotional, "Liang Jie and Zeng Tingyu are both victims of school violence, but one has a happy family now, but the other has become a murderer."

Gu Yexi shrugged, "Their personalities are different, and their other encounters are also different, so the current situation is very different, isn't it normal?"

Mo Wang looked out the window and said in a low voice: "Do you think Zeng Tingyu actually has a chance to become a person with a happy family like Liang Jie?"

Gu Yexi: "Who knows."

The two were silent for a while, and Gu Yexi suddenly said, "Mo?"

Mo Wang turned to look at him, "Huh?"

Gu Yexi: "When you were young, did old man Pan ever beat you?"

Mo Wang was baffled by the sudden question, "Huh? No, why do you ask that?"

Gu Yexi moved the car slowly, "It's nothing, I suddenly thought of something. What about the others?"

"other people?"

"Did anyone else hit you?"

"If you want to say whether I have experienced school bullying, no."

Gu Yexi put her hands on the car window, and bit her fingernails to her lips, "Lin Zhixue told me just now that they never whipped Zeng Tingyu."

Mo Wang: "Or, did someone else do it? Maybe they are not the only ones bullying him."

"It's also possible, but I always feel that it's not very logical."

"Ok?"

"Students, don't they all wear school uniforms? Where can I get a belt to whip him?"

Mo Wang also realized this. The school uniforms are sports pants with rubber bands, and no belts are used at all. "Could they be specially brought to beat people? It's like they stabbed him with compasses."

Gu Yexi shook his head, "Basic students have compasses, which can be easily obtained at school, and belts are specially worn. I don't think they are so prepared."

Mo Wang suddenly realized the reason for Gu Yexi's question just now, "Do you think his parents or other elders beat him?"

Gu Yexi suddenly smirked, "I was very naughty when I was a child. When I was in the fifth grade of elementary school, I ran away from home with the neighbor's children and followed the people on TV to walk the rivers and lakes. I almost scared them to death. I was caught that night. , I was taken home and my dad beat me up, and my ass was blown with a belt, and I slept on my stomach for a week."

Mo Wang made up his mind and smiled, "I live with my grandparents, and they are not willing to beat me. Including Uncle Pan, I have 8 uncles who are not related by blood, and they have never beaten me. You never said anything harsh to me."

"That's because you are a good boy. By the way, I must take you with me when I go to see Old Man Pan, otherwise he will bully me every time."

"Aren't you his favorite student?"

"Shit, that's because I'm the only one who can bear him. He yells at me every day, you have to help me in the future."

"Ah."

The deadly traffic jam finally passed, and Gu Yexi accelerated towards the destination, "Speaking of the case, school violence was almost ten years ago for the murderer, why do you think the murderer committed the crime now? "

Mo Wang: "He lost his job two months ago, and I guess that was his stimulus. He felt he had failed in life, and he didn't want to blame himself for the mistakes, so he blamed them, thinking they gave him Destroyed, and now he is coming to destroy them."

Gu Yexi: "Well. The shadow of being bullied in high school made him unable to communicate with others normally. He may not have friends around him, and he is also an invisible person in the company. He is often forgotten, which also leads to his troubles at work. It has something to do with his expulsion. He is proud in his heart and feels that he is superior to others, but when communicating with people, especially people twice his size, he can't help feeling inferior. Only when he pretends to be a woman and puts himself Only when he is in another identity can he communicate freely. Killing others makes him feel that he has regained his strength and self-confidence."

Mo Wang was a little worried, "Do you think he will be at home waiting to be caught by us?"

Gu Yexi stopped the car, looked at the dark alley outside the car window, and said, "Go up and have a look."

The building Zeng Tingyu lives in is at the innermost part of this urban village. It takes 5 minutes to walk in a dirty and dark alley. The dark and narrow alley is very humid, and the smell in the trash can is so smoky. Throwing up, Gu Yexi tightly covered her nose with her sleeve.

Suddenly, a huge mouse stopped in front of the two of them, blocking the middle of the road, staring at them unscrupulously, as if asking them for a toll.

Gu Yexi stopped and patted Mo Wang on the shoulder, "Go, negotiate with the mouse boss."

Mo Wang looked confused, "Huh?"

Gu Yexi pushed him, "Ah what, go quickly."

Mo Wang couldn't believe that Gu Yexi was afraid of mice. He took two steps forward and paced towards the mouse.

Mo Wang looked back at Gu Yexi helplessly, and asked him for help, "What should I do?"

Gu Yexi spread her hands, "I don't know, or, you seduce him?"

Mo Wang looked constipated, and turned his head to look at the mouse. At some point, two mice, one big and one small, came beside him. They might be a family of three, or they might be sworn brothers in Taoyuan.He looked around and saw a dirty broom beside him. He took it and gave the three mice a violent sweep, finally driving them away.

Panting, he turned back to Gu Yexi and said, "Okay."

Gu Yexi gave him two thumbs up, "Don't touch me before you wash your hands."

Mo Wang: "..."

Going upstairs, Gu Yexi told Mo Wang not to speak, and knocked on the door himself, "Takeaway!"

There is no response inside.

He knocked again, "Takeaway! Is anyone home?!"

Still no response.

Gu Yexi glanced at Mo Wang, then took a few steps back, "Kick it."

Mo Wang hesitated, "Don't you know how to pry open doors?"

Gu Yexi blinked, "I forgot."

Mo Wang: "..."

Gu Yexi pried the door skillfully, Mo Wang didn't even see what he did, he had already pried the door open, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, if Gu Yexi was laid off, his life might be better than now with this skill.

Inside is a very small single room, inside is a bed, a desk and a fabric wardrobe, and then inside is the toilet+bathroom, next to it is a balcony that is only wide for one person, it is dark and there is no sunlight at all, and it is airing for a few days. A piece of dripping and wrinkled clothes, Mo Wang doubts whether the clothes can be dried after all.

Gu Yexi kicked open the bathroom door, "Mo."

Mo Wang: "Huh?"

Gu Yexi: "Wash your hands."

Mo Wang: "..."

He was sure that Gu Yexi must have cleanliness.

There wasn't much in the room, it didn't feel like home at all, more like a temporary residence.There is only an old-fashioned stainless steel cup and a laptop in standby mode on the desk. Gu Yexi wants to see what's inside, but he is prompted to enter with a password.

The drawer was locked, and Gu Yexi opened it in two seconds, and there were all cosmetics in it.

Mo Wang opened the fabric wardrobe and took out a skirt, "Look, the kawaii tutu skirt, the same style as the one captured in the surveillance video."

Gu Yexi walked over, and there were several other styles of skirts in the closet, "It seems that the murderer is that he didn't run away, but where is he now?"

Mo Wang: "Going out for something? Or looking for the next target?"

Gu Yexi: "Look here to see if there are any relevant clues."

The single room is not big, and there are not many things. The two of them divided the work and searched the room, but Gu Yexi found nothing. "Mo, did you find anything?"

Mo Wang stood in front of the fabric wardrobe and stared at the floor in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking.Gu Yexi bent down and tilted her head to put her face in front of him, blocking him and the floor, "What are you thinking?"

Mo Wang was startled by the sudden appearance of a big face at close range. Realizing how close the two of them were, his ears turned red unconsciously, and he quickly took a step back, "Floor, look at the floor."

Gu Yexi stared at the floor. There were many curved scratches on the front of the wardrobe. Following the scratches, he noticed that the fabric wardrobe had wheels. He turned the back of the wardrobe and found that there were many stickers on it. beauty photos.

To be precise, it is a close-up photo of a girl's face in many photos. Each makeup style is different, and the details are extremely clear. It should be used by Zeng Tingyu to imitate makeup.

Gu Yexi patted Mo Wang's head, "Good student, you have good eyes!"

Mo Wang smiled as if he had scored [-] points, and sent a photo of the girl's appearance to Meng Ning, asking her to look up the name.

Gu Yexi took out an evidence bag and carefully packed all the photos.

Meng Ning called, "Boss, that woman's name is Yan Fangfang. She was Zeng Tingyu's neighbor in high school. She was two years older than him. She went abroad to study in university and came back at the end of last year."

Gu Yexi: "Understood, find someone to come over to collect evidence, we can confirm that this guy is the murderer, but he is not here, can you locate his phone?"

"emmmmmmm, his phone is turned off."

Gu Yexi: "Where's Yan Fangfang?"

"Uh... She works in the company, not far from where you are now, about 5 minutes by car."

"Okay, let's go now."

"By the way, boss, I just found out that he moved out by himself after he lost his job. He lived with his parents all the time. Do you think it is possible for him to go home?"

Gu Yexi thought about the belt discussed just now, "Let Li Zi and Jia De go to his house to find out why he suddenly chose to move out, and ask his parents if they know where he went. Also, I Doubt his parents ever beat him with a belt, let them ask around."

Meng Ning: "Okay, no problem."

Gu Yexi hung up the phone and was about to say something when Mo Wang suddenly covered her mouth.

Gu Yexi's eyes:? ? ? ?What are you doing?Indecent?

Mo Wang approached Gu Yexi and whispered, "The computer camera seems to be on."

Gu Yexi became nervous, and glanced at the camera, it seemed that it was indeed on.Before he could figure out what to do, the computer screen suddenly flickered, and automatic formatting started.

Gu Yexi: "Fuck! What should I do about this showy operation?"

Mo Wang didn't know what to do, so he messed around for a while, watching the computer being formatted.

Gu Yexi felt a pain in the head, "Now Zeng Tingyu knows we are looking for him."

Mo Wang: "Take the computer back and see if it can be restored. He formatted it in such a hurry, there must be something important in it."

The two waited for a while until the police officer who collected the evidence arrived before going downstairs and driving to Yan Fangfang's company.

Mo Wang took out the photos pasted on the back of Zeng Tingyu's wardrobe, "These photos don't seem to be taken secretly. Yan Fangfang looked at the camera and smiled naturally, obviously knowing that she was taking pictures."

"The two of them are friends, maybe they stole the photos from her circle of friends."

Mo Wang shook his head, "I think the photos here were taken by Zeng Tingyu. The background of several photos was taken outside a cafe. I can vaguely see his reflection in the glass next to it."

"So?" Gu Yexi began to knock on the steering wheel unconsciously again.

"They have a good relationship. He likes to stay with Yan Fangfang. They should often go out for coffee. She may be his only friend."

"But not in a relationship."

Mo Wang said affirmatively: "Is there a photo at night here? They all went to drink coffee during the day, I don't think so."

Gu Yexi: "But ever had a crush on Yan Fangfang?"

Mo Wang frowned and thought for a while, "I'm not sure. He is full of affection and liking for her. I agree with that, but I'm not sure what kind of feeling it is. He wore He Yan Fangfang imitating her makeup, and gave me It felt as though he wanted to be her rather than have her."

Gu Yexi nodded, didn't say anything, just tapped the steering wheel with her fingers.

It didn't take long to arrive at Yan Fangfang's company. Gu Yexi showed her police ID to the front desk, and the girl at the front desk immediately brought Yan Fangfang out.

When being called out by the police on the way to work, most people would be very nervous, but Yan Fangfang didn't seem worried at all, she sat down carelessly and asked, "What's the matter?"

Gu Yexi: "We want to know something about Zeng Tingyu."

Yan Fangfang's expression changed immediately, worry naturally appeared in his eyes, "Has something happened to him?"

Gu Yexi walked over vaguely, "We have a case that requires him to help provide clues, and we can't contact him for the time being."

Yan Fangfang: "He disappeared?"

Gu Yexi: "We're not sure, he's not at home, and his phone is turned off."

Mo Wang: "There should be no accidents with him, but he can't be contacted temporarily. We know that you have a good relationship, or do you know where he might be?"

Yan Fangfang immediately realized that something was wrong, "Why are you looking for him?"

Gu Yexi: "We suspect that he is related to a murder case, and we must find him now."

"Impossible, he can't do such a thing!" Yan Fangfang subconsciously raised her voice, and the girl at the front desk who was far away couldn't help but look over.

Mo Wang quickly comforted her, "Calm down first, we are not going to accuse him of anything."

Gu Yexi: "Miss Yan, in fact, we don't believe that he did it, so I want to ask you to learn more about him, so that we can find evidence that it has nothing to do with her."

After hearing this, Yan Fangfang relaxed a little, "What do you want to know?"

Gu Yexi: "Did he ever get bullied when he was in high school?"

Yan Fangfang nodded, "His parents sometimes work late, and he comes to my house to do homework at night. He didn't tell me at first, but one day, I accidentally found his arms full of injuries, so I asked What happened to him, he finally told me. I asked him to tell his parents or teachers, but after that I often found him hurt, hey. He is really not the kind of person who will hit people. Bullying is tolerated silently, how can you kill someone?"

Gu Yexi nodded, "I understand. You know he was bullied by his classmates, did you help him?"

Yan Fangfang: "I'm not in the same school as him, so I can't help him, otherwise I would have beaten up those bastards long ago. But once I had a whim, I went to pick him up from school, and when I saw he was being beaten, I went over and scolded that bastard." People. I still remember that man was tall and strong, looking down at me, and thought it was funny that a little girl like me dared to scold him. I kicked him suddenly when he was laughing at me, and he was in pain. Rolling on the ground. I told him that if he dared to bully Xiaoyu again, I would kick him until he could not have children."

Gu Yexi silently admired this heroine.

"and after?"

"Later, I went abroad and we exchanged emails. I asked him if anyone else troubled him. He said no, but I knew it wasn't true. He just didn't want to say it."

Gu Yexi took out the photos he found at Zeng Tingyu's house and asked, "Look at these photos, did Xiaoyu take them for you?"

Yan Fangfang nodded: "Some are, some were taken by myself. Is there any problem?"

Mo Wang: "We found these photos in his home."

Yan Fangfang shrugged, "So what? I'm a makeup artist, and I designed these makeup looks. He said he wanted to make a photo album for me as a wedding gift, so he took some photos for me, and I sent some to him. "

Gu Yexi: "Married?"

Yan Fangfang: "Well, in two months."

Mo Wang immediately asked: "Can you reveal the groom's name?"

Yan Fangfang smiled, "Do you think he will attack my boyfriend? Haha, he's fine, he's fine."

Gu Yexi couldn't help sighing that this girlfriend is really big-hearted, "Just in case, we still need to find out."

Yan Fangfang gave him a name and said, "He is still abroad now, and he won't be back until next month. Not to mention that Xiaoyu can't kill people, even if he could, I don't believe that Xiaoyu went to murder him across the country."

Gu Yexi and Mo Wang looked at each other, this is indeed impossible.

Gu Yexi continued to ask: "Think about it, where might Xiaoyu be now?"

"Is he not in the company?"

Mo Wang shook his head, "He has left the job for two months."

Yan Fangfang looked surprised, "He resigned?"

Mo Wang: "Don't you know?"

Yan Fangfang: "I only know that he moved out from home, but he didn't say he left."

Gu Yexi: "Besides home and company, are there other places he might go?"

Yan Fangfang thought hard for a while, and said, "Maybe, home? I mean, parents' home. However, he seems to have had some quarrels with his parents recently, and I'm not sure."

Mo Wang picked up the photo, "What about this coffee shop you often go to? Is it possible?"

Yan Fangfang shook her head, "This coffee shop closed a month ago, after that I asked him to go to another coffee shop for coffee and he didn't want to come out."

Gu Yexi: "When did you tell him that you were going to get married?"

Yan Fangfang: "A month ago, we knew that this coffee shop was going to close, so we went to drink coffee for the last time."

Gu Yexi hesitated for a moment and asked, "Have you ever taught him how to do makeup?"

Yan Fangfang was a little surprised by this question, "How do you know? He asked me some questions about makeup. He said that the company's team building performances show that he wants to play girls in reverse. I didn't care too much, but if he had left the job a long time ago , then why did he learn makeup?"

Gu Yexi did not answer, but continued to ask: "Is he in a strange mood recently, has become more confident, and will say some strange things? He often cannot be contacted recently, as if he is very busy, but ask him what he is doing What are you refusing to say?"

Yan Fangfang's expression changed a little, "Yes."

Gu Yexi handed Yan Fangfang her own card, "If you have news about Xiaoyu, or if he has contacted you, please let me know immediately."

Yan Fangfang took the card and said with some anxiety: "He asked me before why I dared to hit those who bullied him, and I said it was because they all thought I was a woman and thought I wasn't a threat and didn't look down on me. But it is possible to take advantage of this and hit them unexpectedly. I don’t know if this has anything to do with his makeup.”

Walking out of the company building, Mo Wang asked, "Do you think she knows something?"

Gu Yexi said with certainty: "She may not have known it before, but she must have vaguely guessed it now. I just said that Zeng Tingyu was involved in a murder case, but I didn't say that he was the murderer. There are many possibilities for involvement, but her first The reaction was that Zeng killed someone. If Zeng was really so innocent and weak in her heart, how could she have such a reaction. I think Zeng Tingyu's reaction must be very strange when she told Zeng Tingyu that she was going to get married, but maybe she was just I felt that Zeng was emotionally unstable, but I didn't expect my neighbor's little brother to kill someone."

Mo Wang: "Yan Fangfang told him a month ago that he was getting married, and he started hunting not long after. It seems that this is also one of his sources of stimulation."

Gu Yexi said quickly: "I'm afraid this is his real source of stimulation. Obviously, Yan Fangfang is similar to a protector in his heart. Although Yan is not by his side, she keeps asking him about his health and inspiring him to care about him." Yan finally returned to China. He thought they could finally live together, and moved to live near her company, but he didn't expect Yan Fangfang to get married. He felt abandoned and his whole life became a mess. So like you said Yes, blame everything on the person who abused him in the past. He needs his protector, but his protector is about to become someone else's bride, what should he do? He distorted Yanfangfang's words and pretended to be a woman to use Men look down on women’s psychology to kill people. To be more precise, they pretend to be Yan Fangfang. So he put on Yan Fangfang’s makeup, as if wearing the armor of a protector, and imitated Yan Fangfang to protect himself and take revenge on those other men. People who think they are going to be retaliated."

Mo Wang thought for a while, "He will not stop until he completes his revenge. Now that he knows that we are looking for him, he has to act quickly. But the person who beat him in high school is protected in the bureau. Yan Fangfang's male If a friend is not in the country, who can he turn to? Parents? Or other substitutes?"

"He's faced up to his abusers and I don't think he's going to look for a replacement."

Just as I was talking, the phone rang, and it was Huang Jiade, "Gu, Zeng Tingyu is not here, and my parents said they haven't seen him for several days."

Gu Yexi: "Let's come here now."