remnants

After Nie Qing asked to open the door of Zhou Jun's house, the woman in Room 3202 looked at him hesitantly and asked, "Can I take a closer look at your ID?"

"En." Nie Qing handed her his police|officer ID card through the crack of the door. The woman held it in front of her eyes for a while, looked at it carefully for a while, then flipped it back and forth, and then returned the ID card to Nie Qing, then closed the door and put it down. The padlock inside opened the door again.

"Actually, I have a spare key for Professor Zhou's house..." the woman said, then turned and walked back into the house, rummaged through a drawer on the shoe cabinet at the entrance, took out a silver key, and turned her head to look at him hesitantly. Nie Qing: "If you need..."

"Need!" Nie Qing ignored the politeness and asked directly: "Can you lend us the key? The situation is really urgent. If anything happens afterwards, I will take the responsibility."

"Then... that's okay..." The woman handed the key to Nie Qing, and asked worriedly, "Is nothing wrong with Professor Zhou?"

"I hope not." Nie Qing took the key and nodded at Jin Ming. Jin Ming walked up to the woman knowingly, and said halfway, "Please stay at home first, and wait until we go in to check if there is no problem. If so, come here again."

"Okay..." The woman's expression became tense involuntarily.

Jin Ming was also nervous, but he still managed not to show it in front of outsiders. Looking back, he saw that Nie Qing had opened the door of room 3201 with the key, and he quickly followed, "The team leader——"

As soon as Jin Ming spoke, he swallowed it back.

Because he also smelled it at this time, after the door was opened, the faint smell of blood in the room seemed to intensify instantly.

Something really happened.

This thought flashed through the minds of Nie Qing and Jin Ming at the same time.

Then the two of them walked slowly inside together, following the route where the blood energy gradually strengthened, until they reached the door of the bathroom in the master bedroom, and stopped at the same time.

"Team leader..." Jin Ming moved closer to Nie Qing subconsciously, then fixed his eyes on Nie Qing's hand, slowly put it on the bathroom doorknob, pressed it down, and then pushed it away.

"My... oh my God..." After seeing the scene in the bathroom, Jin Ming couldn't help but let out a slightly horrified sigh in a low voice.

In the bathroom, the pure white bathtub was already filled with bright red liquid, almost overflowing the edge of the bathtub.

And in the viscous and heavy liquid, a large flesh-colored object was flickering, and a black mass was also shaking gently in the red waves.

Nie Qing's heart was inexplicably nauseated. This feeling rarely appeared when he went to other murder scenes before, but it was particularly obvious today.

He approached the bathtub step by step—actually it was not that far, just two or three steps, but Nie Qing felt as if he had walked for a long time—until he stood in front of the full crimson liquid, he lowered his head, I can already recognize that the flesh-colored object inside is a person, and it is a naked|naked woman, lying in the bathtub with her limbs curled up and facing inward.

Breathing seemed to stop subconsciously. Nie Qing took out a pair of plastic gloves for inspection from his pocket. After putting them on, he put his hand on the woman's shoulder and turned her around gently.

"She, she is..." Nie Qing had shown several photos of the target person to the people under his command before, so Jin Ming didn't have to make too much effort to recognize who this woman was.

It was as if something was sinking in Nie Qing's heart.

He stared fixedly at the woman who had already lost her vitality for a while, then suddenly exhaled silently, and said to Jin Ming without looking back: "Go and tell the rest of the team that He Tian has been found, and let some of you find it." The team went back to the station to wait for orders, and the other group continued to look for Zhou Jun, but don't make it public that He Tian was found at his home."

"Understood..." Jin Ming replied heavily.

"Also, inform the inspection team to come over immediately." Nie Qing paused, and added: "Let Chi Xiaojing come over for the autopsy."

"Understood, I'm going to notify the investigation team and forensic doctor Chi." After Jin Ming finished speaking, he turned around and went to the living room to make a phone call.

And Nie Qing still stayed in the bathroom, staring at the corpse for half a minute without turning his eyes, then suddenly dialed Luo Qi's number with his mobile phone, and asked bluntly when he heard the call: "The captain is still in the hall ?"

"Yes." Luo Qi was lying on the steering wheel drowsy at the moment, but when he received a call from Nie Qing, he immediately sat up straight as if he had been beaten into chicken blood, "The team leader has new instructions. Do you want to convey it to me??"

"Go to the Public Security Bureau immediately to find the captain." Nie Qing said very seriously.

"Eh??" Luo Qi was stunned for a moment, "I just rushed in like this? In case the captain asks—"

"Just tell him that there is another murder case, it's urgent, and let him come over quickly."

"What - another life?! Who died??" Luo Qi was taken aback, "Could it be one of our targets?? That serial killer did it again???"

"It was He Tian who died, but whether it was the serial killer who did it is still uncertain. We need to wait for the results of the autopsy. In short, you should go to the captain now and let him come over as soon as possible." Nie Qing settled down.

Luo Qi just said yes, but then remembered something again, "Leader, if the captain asks me how I know he is in the Public Security Bureau, how should I answer?"

"To tell the truth, just say that I sent you to follow him, and let him come to me if he has any opinions." Nie Qing said bluntly.

"...Okay!" After all, Luo Qi had been with Nie Qing for a while, and knew his temper and character very well. He knew that he was serious enough to say that, so he stopped trying to bargain, and directly agreed to come down and open the door. Che, "I'll go find it right away!"

"Yeah." Nie Qing hung up the call with Luo Qi, and tried to call Fu Mingjie's cell phone, but as expected, all he heard was the notification tone of "the other party has turned off the phone".

Captain...how much do you have to do with this case?

And for what reason...

"Team leader," Jin Ming returned to the door of the bathroom at this time, "we have all been notified, and people will be there in about 10 minutes. What do we need to do now?"

"Protect the scene and record the traces we left when we just came in, so as not to confuse the on-site inspection later." Nie Qing then glanced at the time, and continued: "The body was discovered on October 03 at 30 p.m. Seven o'clock, and the deceased disappeared from our sight around [-]:[-] this afternoon, so she was killed within these two and a half hours..."

Jin Ming didn't know much about the monitoring situation on He Tian's side. Hearing Nie Qing talking to himself here, he couldn't help interjecting and asked: "Leader, should we remove the dead body from the bathtub now? It doesn't mean that it is soaked in water. Will it be more difficult to judge the time of death of the dead body?"

Nie Qing shook his head slightly, "Don't move for now, wait for the forensic doctor to come. The situation you mentioned is for the dead who have been dead for a long time, but in the current situation, the dead did not die for more than three hours, even if soaked in water. The judgment of time will not have much impact. In addition, because the environment is relatively closed, the impact of room temperature and water temperature will be more significant, so it is best to wait for the forensic doctor to take measurements and records before processing, which may be more conducive to inference Give the exact time of death."

"Oh..." Jin Ming half-understood, and nodded symbolically, "Alright then, listen to the team leader."

"...Excuse me?" At this time, a slender female voice suddenly came from outside the room. It was the voice of the woman in Room 3202 just now. It sounded like she had already walked to the door of Room 3201.

Nie Qing paused, then turned around and walked out of the bathroom. When she came to the living room, she found that she was standing in front of the door and looking in. Behind her stood a pair of twin girls who were about seven or eight years old and not as tall as half a person. , also looked into the house curiously.

"Why are you here?" Nie Qing frowned and walked over. Because there was a child in front of him, he didn't want to look too serious, so he tried his best to look amiable and said: "Take the child back to your home first, there are no children here for the time being." It is convenient for outsiders to enter."

"I, I didn't say I would go in..." The woman bit her lips hesitantly, and then asked cautiously: "Comrade policeman, I just want to ask... Is Professor Zhou okay? Is... is he at home?"

"He's not here." Nie Qing thought for a while and asked, "May I ask your surname? Is it convenient to ask you something right now?"

"Hmm... convenient." The woman looked at him and added, "My surname is Sun, and my name is Sun Yuqin."

Nie Qing nodded, "Ms. Sun, thank you for your cooperation. Let's go to your house and talk."

"it is good--"

"Brother, brother! Can we go in?" Before Sun Yuqin could finish speaking, her two daughters suddenly rushed over, one left and one right, and grabbed Nie Qing's trouser legs, looking up at him with two pairs of eyes full of novelty. .

"Don't mess around..." Sun Yuqin looked at Nie Qing with some embarrassment, stepped forward and pulled the two girls back, and reprimanded softly: "Don't interfere with the police uncle's work. Apologize to uncle."

"It's okay, don't mind." Nie Qing squatted down, looked softly at the two little girls who were eager to rush in, held one wrist with one hand, smiled at them and said: "This room The house is not very clean for the time being. It needs to be cleaned well. The person in charge of cleaning will be here soon. So, can you promise uncle that you will not go in here until it is thoroughly cleaned? Otherwise, there may be some harmful substances left, which will affect the environment. It will be bad for your health."

"Ah..." A little girl pouted unhappily.

Another little girl stared at Nie Qing brightly and asked, "Brother, when can we go in and play with Uncle Zhou?"

"...When the cleaning is over, the uncles will stick a yellow note on Uncle Zhou's door. When you see that the note is gone, it means you can go in. However, I can't guarantee that Uncle Zhou will Are you at home?" Nie Qing stood up again after finishing speaking, he really couldn't lie in front of such a young child, and he couldn't tell them the cruel truth that might have happened.

"Ms. Sun." Nie Qing handed the two children's hands back to their mother, nodded slightly to her, and Sun Yuqin said knowingly: "Please come in."

After speaking, Sun Yuqin led her daughter into the house first, and Nie Qing placed Jin Ming at the door of Room 3201 to wait for the police to come over, while she followed into the door of Room 3202.

"Comrade policeman, please sit down." Sun Yuqin pointed to the sofa for Nie Qing, "Would you like something to drink?"

"No need. I'll leave after asking about the situation." Nie Qing watched Sun Yuqin send her daughter back to the room, her expression became serious again, and when she sat on the sofa, she asked, "Ms. I apologize if I might offend you. But the current situation is special, and I have to ask some things clearly. Could you please tell me the truth, what is the relationship between you and Zhou Jun?"

"Professor Zhou and I?" Sun Yuqin was stunned for a moment, "Comrade policeman, don't you think we have that kind of relationship?"

"Sorry, I--"

"How is this possible!" Sun Yuqin suddenly became serious, turned her head to look in the direction of her daughter's bedroom, then stared at Nie Qing and said, "Comrade policeman, Professor Zhou and I are just neighbors. It's just because I'm a single mother." Because of this, Professor Zhou may feel that it is not easy for me, so he usually takes good care of our family. But that's all, nothing else."

"Then what happened when your family went to the movies with him last night? For neighbors, isn't this kind of getting along too close?" Nie Qing tried not to sound so obvious in his voice.

But Sun Yuqin's face was a little sullen, and she frowned and stared at him, "Last night, there was a reason. I took the children out to play yesterday, and when I was going to have dinner in the afternoon, I suddenly received a call from Professor Zhou, telling me how much money he had. A movie ticket given by a friend, he had nothing to watch, so he said he would give me the ticket and let me take the children to watch the Disney cartoon that was just released a few days ago."

"Then what? You agreed?" Nie Qing had already held the notepad in her hands at some point, and lightly tapped the plain white paper with the tip of the carbon pen.

Sun Yuqin nodded, "We are very familiar with each other, so there is no need to be polite about this kind of thing. It happened that he was outside at the time, so we made an appointment to meet at the McDonald's near the Golden Harvest Cinema. Watch the movie by the way."

"Well, there is no problem up to here. However, since it was a ticket, why did the four of you watch it together?" Nie Qing asked thoughtfully.

"Because there are four tickets in total." Sun Yuqin glanced at Nie Qing reproachfully, as if he had asked a stupid question, "Professor Zhou's friend gave him four tickets, and I only need three here. He neither gave me the next one nor kept it for himself, so he asked me if I could let him watch it with the children, of course I said yes, so we will be together."

"Then do you still remember when Professor Zhou met you? When did the movie end? Did you separate during this period?" Nie Qing asked while recording.

Sun Yuqin thought for a while, then shook her head and replied: "We never separated. We made an appointment to meet at 07:30 in the evening, and we have been together since the meeting. Because the movie tickets were bought late, we can only buy the [-]:[-] show. So before this, Professor Zhou had been playing with the two little girls in the video game city. Later, after watching the movie, it was almost eleven o'clock, and he asked us to take his car back together, and then we went home to rest."

The time Sun Yuqin said was basically the same as what Nie Qing heard from her brothers, which can prove that she did not lie about meeting Zhou Jun.

"So, since you came home yesterday, have you seen Professor Zhou again?" Nie Qing asked again.

"No." This time Sun Yuqin answered very positively, "I haven't seen him all day today."

Nie Qing: "Then did you hear the sound of him going out? Or did someone come to look for him?"

"No. Professor Zhou's movement in and out of the door is very small. He pays special attention to this aspect and is afraid of disturbing the neighbors, so he has always been very quiet."

"Yeah." Nie Qing exhaled softly, looked up at Sun Yuqin, "I have one last question. Can you tell me, does Professor Zhou have any female friends who are close? I often come to his house as a guest, and even stay overnight."

"No, no, absolutely not!" Sun Yuqin was categorical, "If he was that kind of person, I wouldn't have dared to associate with him. But he's not!"

"I see." Nie Qing nodded, stood up, and expressed his thanks again.

But at this time, he heard the piercing siren, which was already clamoring at the door of the building.