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Qi Zhao didn't stay in the restaurant for long, seeing that the two of them didn't seem to have anything else to say to him, he was too embarrassed to stay any longer, and quickly left with an excuse!

Han Nuoshang sent a message back, asking Lin Chenyi to check Cheng Xiao's background.

After the two had a full meal in the restaurant, Lin Chenyi also sent a message.

Cheng Xiao lives in an ordinary community in Yuancheng. He is an ordinary employee of a company and belongs to the working-class people.

The two took a brief look at his biography, and found nothing wrong.

Gu Ci flipped through the information on the phone several times, and looked at the person beside him: "Do you think he is really related to the murder of Hao Lei's family?"

Han Nuoshang: "I don't think it has anything to do with it. After all, it's more important for such a person to live a stable life, but it's not guaranteed that they may know something."

Gu Ci nodded and pondered for a while: "It's worth noting that the Cheng family... is also a family of four."

Han Nuoshang stopped talking, feeling an inexplicable bad feeling.

Downstairs in the community, the two were registering the entry and exit records at the security office, when a voice suddenly came from behind.

"Officer Han, Officer Gu, long time no see, why are you here?"

The two turned their heads, and there was a woman standing behind them. They looked at each other, and they both saw the doubt in each other's eyes - who is this person?It seems a little familiar.

"The two police officers are so noble and forgetful. I'm Hu Yulian!" Hu Yulian didn't feel embarrassed, and introduced himself to them, "We met in Tongda before, and I'm Xu Heng's." tutor."

"It turned out to be Professor Hu. I'm sorry. There have been a lot of troubles recently, so I can't remember it for a while! I'm really sorry."

Han Nuoshang finally remembered that this was the mentor of the first victim in the first case he and Gu Ci handled together. He had gone to ask her for a question before, but after more than two months, he just remembered Not very clear.

Hu Yulian smiled at the two of them, very knowledgeable and reasonable: "It's okay, I can understand!"

Gu Ci inserted a sentence at the right time: "Professor Hu, do you also live in this community?"

Hu Yulian nodded: "Yes, what's the matter? Is there anything I can do to help?"

Gu Ci slightly raised his eyebrows at Han Nuoshang.

Han Nuoshang received his gaze, looked at Hu Yulian, and handed her the photo of Cheng Xiao sent to him by Lin Chenyi on his phone.

"Do you know this person?"

On the phone is a picture of a man's ID photo. The person in the photo may be different from the person in the real world. Hu Yulian leaned over and took a serious look.

"Hey! Isn't this Xiao Cheng?" She slapped her head suddenly, which startled the two of them.

Han Nuoshang hurriedly asked, "Do you know Cheng Xiao?"

"Not only do we know each other, but their family and I are still neighbors! What's wrong..." Hu Yulian suddenly remembered the identities of the two of them, and the two of them were checking Cheng Xiao, and their expressions changed suddenly, "What's wrong with Xiaocheng, this is, you guys Why are you checking him?"

Han Nuoshang's very official answer: "The case is still under investigation, so it's inconvenient to disclose information. We just want to ask Cheng Xiao for some information!"

"Oh!" Hu Yulian nodded understandingly. She is also a highly educated scholar who understands the law and etiquette, so she would not dare to ask for information about the case.

Han Nuoshang frowned: "How?"

Hu Yulian: "I heard from Xiaocheng's wife, Yueyue, that she may go on a trip with her family in the past few days. I haven't seen any movement in their house in the past two days, and they may have already left!"

Gu Ci glanced at Han Nuoshang, and found that the other party was also looking at him, and at the same time found a look of surprise in the eyes of both parties.

I just found out about Cheng Xiao, and then I went on a trip. How could there be such a coincidence in this world, and the bad premonition in my heart is getting stronger and stronger!

Gu Ci: "Anyway, we want to visit their house, can you show us the way?"

"Okay, you guys come with me."

The two followed Hu Yulian into the community, and observed the surrounding environment by the way.

There are not many surveillance cameras here. If you are willing, it is actually very easy to avoid surveillance.

Hu Yulian pointed to the closed door beside her: "This is it."

The brows of the two were tightly frowned, and a faint smell came from the crack of the door, and they all turned their heads to look at Hu Yulian.

"Didn't you smell something strange?"

Hu Yu touched his nose embarrassingly: "Actually, my natural sense of smell is not very good. If it is not very strong, I can't smell it!"

Han Nuoshang waved his hand and said to her, "Call the police, let them bring the criminal investigation team."

Before Hu Yulian could react, the two of them had already walked straight to the door.

Gu Ci took out two wires from his body and began to pick the lock. Only then did Hu Yulian realize the seriousness of the matter, and quickly took out his mobile phone to call the police station.

Five minutes later, the door opened, and Gu Ci also put on his gloves, grabbed the handle of the door, and glanced at Han Nuoshang.

Han Nuoshang turned his head and glanced at Hu Yulian who was stunned not far away: "Professor Hu, can you pick up my colleague for me? Please!"

Hu Yulian nodded and turned to leave. She also knew that it was inappropriate for her to stay here, and she didn't dare to look at what happened inside. Seeing the expressions of the two of them is definitely not a good thing.

After confirming that Hu Yulian had left, Han Nuoshang nodded towards Gu Ci, and Gu Ci gently pushed the door open.

Although he had already made mental preparations, the visual impact of the scene still directly hit the darkest place in his heart for Gu Ci.

He couldn't help turning his head away.

Han Nuoshang glanced at his reaction and walked in carefully without saying anything.

The situation in Cheng Xiao's house was obviously much messier than that in Hao Lei's house. The cakes were scattered all over the floor, mixed with blood, emitting a foul smell.

It's just that the weather has been cold recently, so the smell is not very obvious. At least as Cheng Xiao's neighbor, Hu Yulian really didn't notice anything.

Han Nuoshang walked over to the corpses in the living room and observed the two corpses. Although he was not a forensic doctor, he could tell from the faint spots on the skin that he had been dead for at least one day.

The three corpses were sitting in the living room just like the Hao Lei family before. The only difference was that the living room was full of messy cakes and sundries, as well as the little bear on the coffee table.

Gu Ci finally calmed down, suppressed the irregular beating of his heart, and walked to Han Nuoshang's side.

The little bear was facing the bodies of the three of them, like a superior sitting there looking down on them!

Gu Ci didn't know how he came to this conclusion, but his mood fell to the bottom.

Another three lives, did these people die because of him?

Half an hour later, several people from the criminal investigation team also rushed over. Chu Han and Song Zhiyue were in charge of comforting and questioning Hu Yulian, and everyone else entered the scene.

Hao Lei has no clues yet, and three more people died here, and no one can feel better.

Bai Yinchen and Hua Xiaolu leaned in front of the corpse, stared at the corpse and began to study.

"The time of death should have been two days ago. The exact time is not clear yet. Both of the dead women had restraint wounds on their bodies, which were wounds before they died." Bai Yinchen paused, and studied Cheng Xiao's body again." Cheng Xiao didn't have restraint wounds on his body, but he had knock wounds on the back of his head, and the murder weapon... should be this ashtray."

Bai Yinchen picked up the ashtray that fell to the side and was broken in half, and put it into the evidence bag.

"The percussion wound on the deceased's head was not fatal, it just made him lose his ability to move!" Hua Xiaolu continued, "The three deceased all died of excessive blood loss."

Probably died during the dismemberment process, they must have been in pain at that time!

Everyone nodded, and after searching the surroundings, they handed over the rest of the work to the forensics department.

With a heavy heart, everyone returned to the office to hold a case analysis meeting.

Cheng Xiao's family is an ordinary working family with neither high nor low income. Cheng Xiao treats people kindly, has a good relationship with his wife, and has a pair of children.

His son, Cheng Lin, is eight years old, a student in the second grade of elementary school, and his daughter, Cheng He, is 12 years old, a student in the sixth grade of elementary school. They have no bad records.

The bodies found in the Cheng family were Cheng Xiao, his wife and daughter Li Yue, and Cheng He. His son Cheng Lin and the Hao family's child Hao Jiayu were also missing.

Lin Chenyi called up the surveillance from two days ago, which was the birthday of Cheng Xiao's son Cheng Lin.

According to the monitoring, it can be known that Cheng Xiao bought a birthday cake and gifts home two evenings ago to celebrate his son's birthday.

It's just that after going back this time, they never left again.

Lin Chenyi: "I checked all the surveillance in the community, but I didn't find any trace of the suspect. The surveillance layout of this community is not very ideal. The murderer must have avoided the surveillance on purpose."

The little bear in Cheng's living room was bought by Cheng Xiao as a birthday present for his son, but this gift not only failed to reach his son in the end, but also witnessed their death with his own eyes.

Han Nuoshang: "The murderer should have placed the bear there himself, but I don't think there is any way to find any useful information, and I don't know why the murderer did it."

"It may be the logo." Ying Hongxue took out the photos of the scene 12 years ago, and put them together with the photos of the two murders. "I think the logo of Hao Lei's family is the Pandora bracelet, and the logo of Cheng Xiao's The logo is this little bear."

Song Zhiyue said she couldn't understand: "But what's the connection between the bracelet and the bear?"

"There is no connection between the items." Ying Hongxue sighed, "But the bracelet was given to her sister by the deputy team, and the bear was placed on the heads of the boys who were killed at the scene of the crime 12 years ago." Location."

Everyone was silent again.

Gu Ci helplessly pinched the bridge of his nose: "He is declaring war on me, and he told me clearly - he is coming to me!"

Even though they already knew what the murderer wanted to do, everyone still couldn't accept it...

Bai Yinchen and Hua Xiaolu walked out of the forensic room, and glanced at the somewhat confused teammates.

"The autopsy has been completed. The time of death was between 11pm and 17pm on November [-]th, that is, the evening of two days ago!" He pushed the autopsy report to everyone, "Come on, everyone! There are two more The child is waiting for you to rescue!"

Hearing Bai Yinchen's words, everyone shook their heads, now is not the time to be discouraged, they still have to save people, and they still have to save those two children from the sea of ​​suffering - although they don't know if they can still be saved.

"Plastic components were detected on the wrists and faces of the two female deceased, and the same component was detected on the fingers of the male deceased." Hua Xiaolu glanced at the crowd and came to her own conclusion, "The male deceased returned Before arriving home, the two deceased females might have been tied up in the living room, and the male deceased saw such a situation just after returning home. The so-called concern was chaotic. He wanted to untie the female deceased, but the murderer suddenly appeared behind him, picked up an ashtray and threw it on his head!"

Cheng Xiao also lost his actions because of this, but he may not necessarily lose consciousness, and he may even see his wife and daughter being victimized.

Everyone nodded, digesting the clues they got.

Gu Ci flipped through the autopsy reports of Cheng Xiao and his family, and suddenly remembered something.

"Have you checked the intersection between Xiao's family and Hao Lei's family?"

"Intersection?" Lin Chenyi was a little puzzled, but he picked up the computer and checked it out, "No, I didn't find any intersection between them on the Internet, but it is also possible that they have an intersection in reality, but they never contacted on the Internet. Pass."

Ying Hongxue frowned: "It is actually not very likely that the Hao family and the Cheng family have an intersection, you can tell by looking at their residences!"

The Hao family lives in a high-end community. Although they are not particularly wealthy, they are considered to be in good family conditions. In comparison, the Cheng family is much worse!

The Cheng family is located in an ordinary community, and the family conditions are actually average. The two families are also quite far apart, and they don't seem like people who can get along with each other.

But there is no absolute in everything, maybe there may be some special encounter between them, and then it may develop into an excellent friendship!

"I have already checked the phones of the process family members. No one in their family plays games at all, and the Hao family members..." Lin Chenyi scratched his head helplessly. He suspected that the identity information of the Hao family members was known by the murderer through puzzle games, but now It seems that this possibility is not very high again, "Boss, what should I do!"

Han Nuoshang: "It doesn't have to be a game, it could be other chat software or something. Check carefully and don't let go of any clues."

Lin Chenyi nodded, this is his job, and he will take it seriously.

Ying Hongxue: "There is another question, what exactly did the murderer want to do when he took those two boys away?"

What kind of meaning does a boy like that have to him? Why does he have to take the boy away? It can't be because he likes it, so he takes it away!

"Those two boys...they are very similar to me!" Gu Ci said.

Han Nuoshang frowned, and turned his eyes away: "How do you look like it? Even the age group is different, don't try to pretend to be young!"

Gu Ci smiled, he knew that Han Nuoshang said this just to comfort him, but he knew in his heart that this was the truth, even though he didn't want to admit it anyway.

"The murderer didn't come directly to me, but committed murders one after another. Through his hands, those boys became people who experienced the same fate as me." Gu Ci paused, and said coldly, "He is looking for me. alternatives."

Gu Ci's words were a bit cold-blooded, but he also expressed his meaning very well, and at the same time, every word was heartbreaking.

The office fell into silence again, but Gu Ci's cell phone vibrated suddenly.

He picked up his cell phone, it was an unfamiliar number, frowned, and went outside to answer the call.

"Hi, I'm Gu Ci."

"Hahahaha..." The man didn't speak, but burst out laughing inexplicably after hearing Gu Ci's voice.

"Who are you? May I ask you anything?"

"I miss you so much! I really want to see you soon!"

The man didn't use his own voice, the harsh electronic sound came to Gu Ci's ears through the phone.

Gu Ci's voice was almost as cold as zero, and he felt that the person on the phone was particularly disgusting: "Who the hell are you and what do you want to do?"

"Me? Hahaha..." The man seemed very excited when he heard his words. "I just want to give you a gift, how about it? Received my gift! Do you like it?"

"Heh..." Gu Ci sneered, "You are the murderer who killed the Cheng and Hao families?"

"Bingo, you're right! You are indeed the smartest one!" The man's voice seemed to be full of unconcealable pride.

Gu Ci: "So what? Are you planning to surrender yourself?"

"Surrender yourself? Hahaha... What a big joke, I was still waiting for you to come and catch me! How could you surrender yourself!"

"..." Gu Ci didn't speak.

"Come on, I'm really looking forward to you joining my game!"

"..."

This time it wasn't that Gu Ci didn't want to return him, but that the phone was no longer in his hands!

At some point, Han Nuoshang came out, snatched his mobile phone, and turned on the speakerphone.

He walked into the office and threw the phone to Lin Chenyi.

"What's the matter? Still don't want to talk to me, but it's okay, I don't blame you!"

Lin Chenyi was surprised, and hurriedly followed the number.

Gu Ci glanced at Han Nuoshang: "You rat in the gutter, you only dare to hide in the dark and attack those innocent people!"

Han Nuoshang glanced at Gu Ci, he is a very smart and rational person, but he is still not calm now, although there is nothing visible on his face, he is still indifferent, but the person who snatched the phone from him just now When I touched his fingers, it was so cold, it didn't seem like the temperature of a normal person.

He is actually feeling guilty and blaming himself for the deaths of the two families!

"Innocent? I don't think they are innocent, and..." the man deliberately elongated his ending, "Honey, don't forget, I did it to them because of you!"

Gu Ci's hand suddenly tightened.

Han Nuoshang frowned, he couldn't bear it anymore: "Shut up!"

"Hahaha..." The man didn't seem to hear Han Nuoshang's words, "You're obviously jealous of them too, aren't you? They all have a happy family, but you don't. I'm just helping you..." Don't you Dare to do.

After all, he still couldn't finish his words, Lin Chenyi directly turned off the phone, and stopped talking about Gu Ci, he was also chilled when he heard these words.

"Boss, I'm sorry... I can't find this number!"

Han Nuoshang nodded with a heavy heart, while Gu Ci stared at his mobile phone without saying anything.