Madness of the Heart

Chi Xiaomin seemed to have evaporated for no reason, disappearing too strangely.

Before the incident, many girls living in Dongjiu Building saw her leaving with Li Hongmei, but Li Hongmei was the only one who appeared on the public cameras afterwards.

Dormitory 509 is undoubtedly the first scene. All traces left at this scene prove that the murderer is Li Hongmei, and Chi Xiaomin has never returned.

How could a living person disappear for no reason?

Since Chi Xiaomin disappeared, it must have something to do with Li Hongmei and Dongye University of Foreign Languages.

Confused, Mingshu took Fang Yuanhang back to Dongye University of Foreign Languages.

Dongjiu Building, which was full of life not long ago, has lost the slightest popularity.Although the warning tape has been dismantled and only 509 is blocked, Dongjiu Building is a dormitory for girls after all.When this happened, the girls who lived on the 5th floor moved out urgently at noon that day. Some rented a room off campus, and some went home directly. Several of the 510 received psychological counseling in the school hospital.

As soon as the fifth floor was evacuated, the girls on the upper and lower floors also left one after another.There are fewer and fewer people in the dormitory, even if some girls are brave enough, they can't live there anymore.

The technical investigation team was still checking the surveillance in and around the campus, Fang Yuanhang asked: "Master, we are looking for Chi Xiaomin, there is no need to come to Dongjiu Building again."

"It is necessary." Mingshu did not tell Fang Yuanhang that the main purpose of his trip was actually the string of bloody words on the wall of 509.

They all deserve to die.

This is Li Hongmei's motive for killing.

From Li Hongmei's point of view, she was oppressed for three years, suffered psychological and physical harm and humiliation, and finally broke out and killed three people headed by Wen Jingjing.

But why didn't it erupt sooner or later, why did it erupt at this time?

From a rational point of view, this time Li Hongmei was not bullied more than in the past, so Chi Xiaomin who was involved in this matter became a key person.

However, in many cases, people's behavior cannot be completely analyzed rationally, and some seemingly minor elements can inexplicably overwhelm a person who has been able to bear it for many years.

It was already dark, and even though the corridors and rooms were turned on and the three victims had been moved, 509 still looked bloody and terrifying.

Mingshu stood in the middle of the room, staring at the writing on the wall.

they all deserve to die;

Some people deserve to die.

The word "Damn" connects Lu Kun and Li Hongmei.

Mingshu's eyes became colder, and his eyebrows frowned even tighter.

Did Li Hongmei, like Lu Kun, have read Tomb Xin's novels?

For a moment, he lowered his head and pressed his fingers against his eye sockets, two contradictory thoughts repeatedly biting in his mind.

——Perhaps Li Hongmei was also influenced by the tomb heart.

——You think too much, Li Hongmei has absolutely nothing to do with Lu Kun.

"Master?" Fang Yuanhang yelled several times. Seeing that Mingshu didn't respond, he raised his hand and pushed, "Master, what are you thinking?"

Mingshu took a long breath, "Come on, check Li Hongmei's personal belongings."

Fang Yuanhang came to his senses now, "Do you suspect that Li Hongmei has also read Tomb Xin's novel?"

"It's possible." Mingshu walked to Li Hongmei's bed, "Maybe there are clues related to Chi Xiaomin in her personal belongings."

Although Dongye University of Foreign Languages ​​has been established for more than 60 years, the Dongjiu Building was built only a few years ago. The environment is not bad, and it is a common configuration for bed and table.

Li Hongmei's bed is very tidy. The mosquito net on the bed is opened, the quilt is folded and placed on the head of the bed. Apart from the necessities of life, there is no extra item in the desk area under the bed, not even a mirror.

And four-fifths of the wardrobe is empty, it can be said to be empty.

Mingshu took down the only dozen or so books on the bookshelf, all of which were professional textbooks without exception.

Fang Yuanhang said: "Master, there are no grave-heart books on the bookshelves of the other three."

Mingshu nodded, and flipped through the "Second Level Translation Question Bank" in his hand.Notes are written in the book with pens of different colors. It seems that Li Hongmei plans to take the written translation test this year.

A person who had plans for the future tore up his own future with his own hands.

Suddenly, a sticky note floated out of the book.Mingshu picked it up, and after reading it, doubts gradually appeared in his eyes.

The note reads——

If I allow you to be punished, my life will be ruined.

If I go after my life, they'll be free.

What should I do?

Do you want me to look forward and live my life well, or do you want me to be desperate for you?

"What does this mean?" Fang Yuanhang took the note and asked in surprise, "Who are 'they' and 'you'? What is 'revenge of injustice'? Was this written by Li Hongmei? What did she want to express?"

"She wrote it." Mingshu said, "The handwriting is exactly the same as the notes in the book."

Fang Yuanhang: "Fuck, I'm a little confused now."

"Li Hongmei is an orphan girl, her parents died, and she has no relatives." Ming Shu closed the "Level [-] Translation Question Bank", "'You' probably refers to her deceased relatives. It seems that Li Hongmei has more burdens than we currently have. I understand this. Go check her background and find out what happened in Xiaben Village."

Criminal Investigation Bureau, Li Hongmei is still under interrogation.

She admitted the crime, but refused to tell about Chi Xiaomin's situation, which made it hard to figure out why.

"Where's Chi Xiaomin?" Although Li Hongmei repeatedly expressed that she didn't want to face the beautiful policewoman, rules are rules. Cheng Qianxue, a policewoman from the first criminal investigation team, sat opposite her and looked at her face, getting a little impatient. "You took her out of Dongjiu Building, where did she go after that?"

Li Hongmei barely responded, "I don't know."

Cheng Qianxue: "You kept saying that she was your friend, and you came out of the dormitory together, how could you not know her whereabouts?"

Li Hongmei sneered, "Aren't you looking for the murderer who killed Wen Jingjing and the other three? I killed him, I pleaded guilty, and the evidence is in your hands. None of this has anything to do with Xiao Min. Why are you looking for her?"

Cheng Xixue patted the edge of the table, "You killed three people in less than four hours after you separated from Chi Xiaomin, and Chi Xiaomin is also the key person in the murder case!"

Li Hongmei rolled her eyes strangely, "Then you guys should check it out."

The interrogation yielded nothing, and Cheng Qianxue shook her head repeatedly when she came out of the interrogation room, "To be honest, if Li Hongmei and I were classmates, I would hate her too. Her face makes me feel uncomfortable."

Yi Fei comforted: "Go and rest first, and leave the rest to us. Just talk about this kind of thing with me. You are wearing a police uniform, so you can't complain casually."

Li Hongmei didn't want to say more, but fortunately, Mingshu's campus investigation got a clue.

Chi Xiaomin came to Dongjiu Building more than once, and left a deep impression on people. Several girls said that Chi Xiaomin met Li Hongmei when he was working.

Li Hongmei worked three jobs in total. One was to work as a text proofreader on the night shift in a newspaper office, the other was to teach English to junior high school students in an after-school tutoring institution, and the other was to work as a cashier in a milk tea shop.

After investigation, it was confirmed that Chi Xiaomin was the clerk of the fresh fruit shop next to the milk tea shop.

"What happened to this girl?" The owner of the fresh fruit shop was worried. "Yesterday, she was supposed to go to the morning shift, but she didn't come. It's been two days, and no one answered the phone. She has been working here for half a year. Yes, always honestly, never like this."

"Do you know where she lives?" Ming Shu gradually had a bad feeling.

The boss nodded, tore off a corner of the calendar, wrote the address on it, and asked, "Is something really wrong with Xiao Min?"

Mingshu looked at the address, and it was nearby, a tube building that was about to become a dangerous building.

Fang Yuanhang rushed over immediately, and Mingshu then asked about Chi Xiaomin's situation.

The boss doesn't know much about Chi Xiaomin. He only knows that this kid is from the countryside. He is about 20 years old and has not studied for a long time. He came to the city from his hometown and plans to find a job first, gain a foothold, and then find a way out. .

"She seems to want to save money to study, and she is very close to a college student. She hasn't seen that college student in the past few days. She's an ugly girl. By the way, this is a copy of the ID card that Chi Xiaomin left for me." The boss took out a double-folded paper from the drawer and explained: "I met a wage earner before, and he stole more than 1000 yuan and ran away after only a few days. ID card, save a copy with me."

"It should be like this." Mingshu took the copy, and saw that Chi Xiaomin was from Kongliu Town, Lanxiang City, thousands of kilometers away from Dongye City.

Soon, news came from Fang Yuanhang that Chi Xiaomin was not in the rental house, and nothing else was found for the time being.

Another piece of more surprising news came at the same time - Chi Xiaomin's identity information was forged, and there was no such person in the household registration network.

"Fuck!" Fang Yuanhang yelled, "This Chi Xiaomin is not a 'kid', is he?"

In the criminal police's internal statement, "little devil" refers to an orphan who was born without identity and household registration, and was raised by some "big bosses".These people don't need to study when they are young, and they don't need to work when they grow up. They specialize in taking the blame for their masters or doing things that violate laws and regulations. Once the "little ghost" is exposed, or may bring disaster to the owner, it will be "handled".

Most of the "little ghosts" have miserable endings. They have no human dignity when they are alive, and they rarely have a resting place when they die.The police just want to investigate, but many times they don't get enough information because they don't get enough information.

Ordinary people generally do not have access to "little ghosts", and have never even heard of the term "little ghosts".However, when Fang Yuanhang was in the police academy, he participated in a large-scale military-police joint arrest, and captured more than 300 "little devils" kept by the criminal bosses who were not dead.

Chi Xiaomin's situation is a bit similar to that of "Little Ghost".

If she is really a "little ghost", then what is the reason for her approaching Li Hongmei?She disappeared now, was she being dealt with by the master?

Ming Shu stood at the door of Chi Xiaomin's rental house, looking at the room which was less than ten square meters.

The room was poorly lit, had an unpleasant musty smell, and had a single bed against the wall with piles of clothes and thin quilts - the quilts were not folded.There is a folding table in the middle of the room, on which are rice cooker, bowls and chopsticks, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar. It can be seen that Chi Xiaomin cooks and eats on this table.

Like most low-cost rental houses, there is no wooden wardrobe here, only a simple wardrobe made of steel bars and cloth, and a "table" made of four chairs is placed beside the wardrobe, and books are stacked on it.

Mingshu walked over and picked up the top one.It was a love story, with a picture of a young man and woman on the cover, and the title was hypocritical and awkward.Most of the novels placed there are similar novels, but the cover style of the one at the bottom is completely different from the others.

Mingshu pulled it out, his brows tightened suddenly.

This is actually a suspense novel with a grave heart.

Wearing handcuffs, Li Hongmei looked at the book on the interrogation table and said for a while, "It's not mine."

"Yes, it's not yours." Mingshu said, "Have you read it?"

Li Hongmei reacted very slowly, "Xiao Min lent me a look."

Mingshu asked, "Do you like it?"

Li Hongmei shook her head.

Mingshu asked again: "Does Chi Xiaomin like it?"

Li Hongmei shook her head first, then nodded.

Mingshu's tone changed abruptly, "Is it because of this book that you killed Wen Jingjing and the others?"

"No." Li Hongmei bit her plump lips, "They deserve to die."

Mingshu asked: "Then who told you they should die?"

Li Hongmei opened and closed her mouth.

Mingshu asked again: "Since when did you think they should die?"

Li Hongmei still didn't answer.

Mingshu's tone was rapid, and the feeling of oppression was getting stronger and stronger, "Is it after reading the book by Mu Xin?"

Li Hongmei shook her head.

Mingshu continued, "Has Chi Xiaomin discussed the tomb heart's book with you?"

Li Hongmei finally nodded, her forehead covered with sweat.

Mingshu seized this moment, "You already like suspense novels? You need to earn your own tuition and living expenses. Except for classes, you spend all your time working part-time. Where do you find the time to read novels?"

Li Hongmei shook her head frequently, "No, I, I have time."

"Really?" Mingshu asked quickly, without giving her time to think seriously, "Your book borrowing records show that you have only read four novels since your freshman year, all of which are about workplace struggles. Tomb Heart's novel is your first exposure to suspense?"

"Yes, yes." Li Hongmei couldn't control her tone.

Mingshu disrupted the order of the questions, making all the questions lack coherence and logic, "When did you know Chi Xiaomin?"

"Early this year."

"When did you start reading suspense novels?"

"Also, it was the beginning of this year."

"When are you unwilling to endure any longer and want to kill your roommate?"

Li Hongmei was dumbfounded.

Mingshu stared at her, his tone sank, "It was early this year, right?"

After a short pause, Li Hongmei buried her face in her palms and made an indistinct sound.

Mingshu heard clearly, what she was chanting was still the same sentence - they all deserve to die.

"Chi Xiaomin is so weird." Ming Shu lay on the sofa in Xiao Yu'an's office.The sofa was not long enough to accommodate his two legs, so one was bent and the other was slung outside. "If she had nothing to do with the case of Li Hongmei murdering three roommates, why did she suddenly disappear? Li Hongmei read Tomb Heart's book, it is obvious It was because of her influence. But the problem is, even so, there is no need for Chi Xiaomin to leave. Is she trying to escape something, or is something unexpected? "

Xiao Yuan stood in front of the window and didn't speak for a while.

It was already dark, and the glass reflected his figure like a mirror.

Mingshu closed his eyes, filtered the case in his mind, and said, "If Chi Xiaomin is really a 'little ghost', who raised the 'little ghost'? Now there are two murder suspects who have read the tomb heart Li Hongmei and Lu Kun both think that some people deserve to die, they... Hey, Fang Yuanhang said his mind is messed up, and I am also messed up now. Brother, you have to help me sort it out. "

Xiao Yuan brought a black leather notebook and sat on the sofa, "Speak, I'll listen."

"Now there are four murder cases. In the first case, Lu Kun went mad in a cafe and killed two noisy children. He read the book of Tomb Heart and agreed that 'some people deserve to die', thinking that Tomb Heart instigated him to commit the crime; The second case was the accident at the popular science playground—I think this case can be put aside for the time being, because it was too accidental and had no deep connection with other cases; the third case was that Luo Xiangfu was killed and his body was thrown away. The investigation of interpersonal relationships has ended. The people around him have motives, but they have no time to commit crimes. I very much suspect that his behavior of forcibly filming women and children caused him trouble. This is still under investigation; the last is the fourth case, Li Hongmei One Night Killing three roommates in one fell swoop, she endured school violence for three years, and after being bullied again, she finally broke out. Like Lu Kun, she also read Tomb Heart's novels."

Mingshu finished speaking in one breath, and looked at Xiao Yuan, "Among the three cases, two suspects have appeared, and their motives are clear. If Luo Xiangfu was indeed killed because of street shooting, then these three cases have one thing in common. "

"The murderers all think that some people deserve to die." Xiao Yu'an said.

"Yes!" Mingshu's eyes burst into bright light, "Not only that, but they also believed that the ones killed were not humans, but monsters! They found a reasonable interpretation for their behavior, that is, hunting demons!"

Xiao Yu'an said slowly: "Then what role does Chi Xiaomin play in it?"

"This is also what I don't understand. She can have many identities—a migrant girl who happens to know Li Hongmei, and a 'little ghost' who has other plans to get close to Li Hongmei." Mingshu clasped his hands together, "She may even be the tomb Heart! Do you think, if she is Mu Xin, will she not be satisfied with just relying on novels to influence others? What will she do when she is not satisfied? Isn’t that just going “offline”? In this way, Li Hongmei is her experimental subjects."

"Your speculation is based on the premise that she is still alive." Xiao Yu'an said: "Think about it a little more broadly. The disappearance is nothing more than two possibilities. One is to hide actively, and the other is to be killed. If she is already dead, Li Hongmei may be the murderer. ?"

Mingshu suddenly felt a chill rushing up from his tailbone, "What is Li Hongmei's reason for killing her?"

As soon as the words fell, Mingshu was stunned.

The note found in Li Hongmei's book entered his mind again.

"What do you remember?" Xiao Yuan asked.

Mingshu told the truth about the note, and said, "I have already asked Fang Yuanhang to investigate the Li family's affairs, and it is estimated that there will be results soon."

The next day, Li Hongmei's background was found out——

She was an orphan, but the death of the family was not normal.Her father and elder brother were beaten to death 12 years ago because of conflicts with "foreigners".