Crime Hunt Files: Bloody Angel

Back in the office, Shang Siwen was exhausted.

She slumped back in her chair, Yu Hui's anxious voice still buzzing in her ears.

"Is everything okay?"

Han Yang and Chen Zeyang craned their necks to look at her.

Shang Siwen didn't even bother to move his head, "Something's wrong, nothing's wrong."

"What do you mean? Is there anything wrong?"

"Okay, you guys."

Fei Chen walked in with a thermos cup, and the faint aroma of oolong tea wafted out, refreshing the heart and lungs.

"Don't keep asking her questions. If you want to know anything, I'll tell you."

Han Yang pointed at Shang Siwen first and asked hurriedly, "Tell me what happened to her first?"

It was common for all of them to stay up all night to solve the case, but this was the first time he had seen Shang Siwen become like this.

If I knew she went to the interrogation room to ask for clues, I would have thought she had been sucked of her energy by a goblin!

Fei Chen held the thermos cup and blew away the lingering hot air. "She was tortured by Yu Hui."

Ever since that kid realized Zhao Feng was in danger, he kept asking them like crazy whether he would get into trouble, whether anyone would know about the tip-off, what would happen to Zhao Feng if he was discovered, and whether they could meet again...

Not only did they ask a bunch of questions that they couldn't answer, but they also had to work hard to calm Yu Hui down.

How can I not be exhausted?

Chen Zeyang shook his head helplessly: "Thank you for your hard work."

Thinking of Luo Xiaogou's tender face and thin body, what is the difference between soothing his emotions and coaxing a child?

"Actually." Shang Siwen sat up with great effort. "It wouldn't be that difficult if we just explained the problem he raised. The difficulty is that this kid doesn't listen! No matter what you say, he won't listen. All he can think about is the things he's worried about."

Fei Chen nodded in agreement, "He is the kind of person who won't listen to anything others say, and can only feel at ease when he sees Zhao Feng with his own eyes."

Han Yang curled his lips, "If that's the case, then why are you explaining? Just put him in a room by himself, and stop bothering him when he's tired."

Shang Siwen rolled his eyes at Han Yang, the devil, and said, "Just talking about us, what about your work progress? You have finished watching the video."

"Of course!" Han Yang turned and raised his chin towards Chen Zeyang.

Then, Fei Chen and Shang Siwen received a message at the same time.

Two nights ago, a silver van stopped in front of the nightclub where the body was dumped. Two men got out of the car. Both of them were wearing masks and hats, so their faces could not be seen clearly.

But judging from the way they carried sacks and round packages out of the car later, it was no surprise that the body inside was the headless body found on the sofa in the presidential suite on the fourth floor.

"They don't look like newbies." Chen Zeyang circled the license plate number that was obscured by mud.

Han Yang added: "Moreover, they knew the monitoring range of each surveillance camera and deliberately chose areas where surveillance cameras were not installed in time when they appeared and left."

Shang Siwen leaned over the screen and watched the video over and over again, muttering, "But he doesn't look like a veteran."

Han Yang tilted his head and saw Shang Siwen circling the driver carrying the sack with his cursor.

"Be nervous, after all, the body on your shoulders is not an ordinary corpse, it is headless."

"What about the motive?" Shang Siwen straightened up and leaned back in his chair. "It's very strange. The combination of the two of them, one looks like a veteran, the other like a novice. If it was a conspiracy, why would the brave one catch the timid one as an accomplice? Aren't they afraid that there will be some mistakes in the middle, or even a breakup?"

"Not surprising." Chen Zeyang said.

"reason."

"I have seen a real case. A woman and a man were dating, and they were not registered, but they were like a couple. Afterwards, the man abused the woman for more than 20 years, using both physical and mental torture to brainwash her and make her an accomplice. The man never did it himself, but in the end, all six members of the woman's family were killed."

"Ah?" Shang Siwen couldn't believe it. "You mean a woman's husband instigated the woman to kill her entire family!?"

"It's not all women who do this, they kill each other."

Amidst everyone's shocked gazes, Chen Zeyang shrugged.

“Is it a feeling that even novels wouldn’t dare to write in this way?”

"Of course!" Shang Siwen shouted, "If I were lying in bed in the middle of the night and saw an author writing a case like this, I would definitely send him a private message to scold him!"

"But this is what happened between 1996 and 1998."

Han Yang frowned, "How did you do it?"

"In a nutshell, it is a term that is easily seen online now, PUA. When his language has the desired effect on the woman's entire family, the man creates a hierarchical order in the family. It is similar to the ranking of grades in the class at school. The last one, also called the last one, needs to receive inhumane punishment."

"for example?"

"Verbal violence, electric shocks, beatings, instigation of murder and... social isolation!" Chen Zeyang said excitedly, "Social isolation is very important and is also a common method used by PUAs. By isolating the victim from contact with the outside world, he is forced to receive only his own thoughts."

Han Yang nodded. "I understand. The man said that the person at the bottom will be punished. Then the person who has been successfully brainwashed and will not resist will only think of one thing in his mind. Even if he is the second to last, he must not be the last."

"Yes!" Chen Zeyang said, "Of course, the rankings set by men are not based on grades, and it doesn't mean that everyone can achieve it by studying hard. Therefore, in order to avoid being the last one, competitors will monitor each other, frame each other, and even fight each other, trying to step on others and elevate themselves."

"It's amazing." Fei Chen sighed, "PUA, brainwashing, and manipulation are always so incredible in the eyes of bystanders, but they make people who are deeply involved in the situation unable to extricate themselves and are willing to be driven until the end of their lives."

"So." Shang Siwen pointed at the two people on the screen who had completely different attitudes towards the body dumping and said, "Could it be that the driver was the one being manipulated, and the man next to him holding the head was the real culprit behind the scenes?"

Han Yang clicked to rewatch the video. After a while, he said seriously, "If it's really like what you said, the driver was obviously not completely brainwashed."

Chen Zeyang agreed: "He still has some fear, and even wants to refuse. A person who has been truly brainwashed is crazy. He will not have a change of heart, nor will he realize what he is doing."

"That's a threat!" Shang Siwen looked at Fei Chen, "Anyway, I don't think they are really in the same group!"

Fei Chen stared at the screen playing the video and nodded to Shang Siwen: "I agree."

"I really can't imagine it." Shang Siwen sighed.