Chapter 100 The Flower of the High Mountain in Criminal Investigation (4) (1/2)

Chapter 100 The Flower of the High Mountain in Criminal Investigation (4) (1/2)

No matter how hard she tried to hypnotize herself, Shui Wei, who had not had much experience in love since she was a child, still had her brain freeze after saying this.

Fortunately, Lin Shiheng didn't say anything more. He nodded, with a bit of satisfaction in his cold expression, and fell silent.

When I arrived at Longhai Restaurant, I saw uniformed policemen standing at the door from a distance, with cordons inside. From time to time, passers-by took a curious look.

Because the body had been taken away and no one stopped to watch, Lin Shiheng and his men successfully entered the cordon.

"Captain Lin, the owner of Longhai Restaurant has sent his daughter to school and should be back in a while."

The original room stood outside and made a phone call to confirm before entering the hall and starting to report.

"He has a daughter?"

Feng Kaiming was checking the structure of the restaurant. When he heard Lin Shiheng's question, he answered smoothly: "No, the owner of the restaurant is Zeng Longhai. He is forty years old and married. His wife's name is Zhang Mei. She is the proprietress of the hot pot restaurant upstairs. I have an eight-year-old only daughter.”

"Ouch!"

Yuanfang was surprised: "How come you know so well, deputy team?"

"Isn't this what the deceased asked last night when he fell down?" Feng Kaiming couldn't help but praise him. When he was praised, he immediately started to sneer, "I am known as an information collector. How can I collect such small information? It’s not something that comes easily.”

Lin Shiheng stood still under the lamp, looked up at the big lamp where the body fell, and said in a neutral tone: "So, information collector, do you know why this lamp hasn't been removed yet?"

"Demolish it? Why do you want to demolish it?"

Feng Kaiming wondered: "This lamp is expensive to make, and because it is huge and heavy, it is installed very tightly. The people from the Trace Inspection Department have climbed up the ladder to study it clearly, so there is no need to dismantle it."

He made it clear, but Shui Wei still didn't understand. She also looked up at the big light: "But this is the place where the body was once stored, and it was also the last place where the deceased stayed before his death. What information might be left behind?"

"Hey, my Awei, you don't understand this. Come on, Brother Ming will teach you a lesson."

Feng Kaiming came close to Shui Wei and explained to her in detail: "Although we are police officers and look very majestic, in fact we are public servants of the people. When handling cases, we will inevitably encounter some difficult people." People, so when we go out to do things, we try to avoid conflicts over money, so as not to investigate the case well today and be reported secretly tomorrow. "

As he said that, he thought he needed to give an example, so he simply took out his mobile phone and pulled out the design drawing of the lamp, and pointed it out to Shui Wei: "Look, it looks like this lamp. It looks like the body fell from the lamp. But in fact, she fell from the groove under the lamp. Because the body fell completely, the groove also fell out. In fact, it has nothing to do with the other structures of the lamp. The trace inspection only needs this groove. After all, it falls completely intact, so there is no need for us to dismantle the whole thing that has no value anymore. "

Feng Kaiming usually looks very unfocused, but he is very patient with the newcomers. After finishing speaking, he added: "One more thing, the structure of this lamp is complicated. The overall length of the groove is 165 centimeters, but the actual length of the lamp is 300 centimeters. It is troublesome to remove it. Not to mention that there is no place to put it, and the grooves have fallen out, so it won’t be used to investigate the case, so why dismantle it?”

Shui Wei nodded in understanding, "I understand, deputy team leader, can you show me this design drawing?"

"Okay, take it and take a look."

Feng Kaiming just handed over the phone happily, and when he turned around, he saw the man who was standing under the lamp just now standing silently behind him. His hands trembled and he almost screamed.

After he saw who it was, he held his heart, which was so frightened that it almost stopped, and took a long breath: "Captain Lin, can you stop being so elusive? This is a murder scene. It's very scary to see something like this happen suddenly." OK."

Lin Shiheng was unmoved: "You didn't kill the person, so what are you afraid of?"

Feng Kaiming rolled his eyes and felt that he should not waste his time explaining to this person what is the psychology of people's sudden fear of things.

Lin Shiheng didn't look at him at all. Instead, he came to Shui Wei and looked at the design drawing with her.

"Do you see anything?"

Shuiwei nodded, "The design of this lamp is like a sandwich cake. The lamp is on the top layer, the bottom is glass, and the groove is placed in the middle. It is connected to both the upper layer and the lower layer, so the murderer can make the deceased alive." He went up and drowned with only his face covered."

"Um."

Lin Shiheng responded lightly, "Did you find something wrong again?"

"Yes." Shui Wei hesitated for a moment, stared at the design, and nodded: "There is something strange."

"The information about the deceased we looked at this morning showed that she was 160cm tall, which was five centimeters shorter than the groove. Although the lamp was designed to open the groove from below, the murderer climbed up with such a big living person, and then removed the person from below. Push it up, because the deceased is only five centimeters shorter than the groove, and there is no other support. How did the murderer push the person in? "

When she said this, Feng Kaiming and Yuanfang also came to their senses: "Yes, it is difficult to operate from the bottom up, especially when this is a living person. The forensic doctor determined that she had taken diazepam drugs before her death, and it was probably He was sent up unconscious, how strong the murderer must be."

Lin Shiheng pondered for a few seconds and suddenly said to Shui Wei: "Stretch out your hand. Now let's assume that your hand is that of the deceased who is in a coma."

Shui Wei was stunned for a moment, then obediently stretched out her hand.

Then, her hand was pushed up by Lin Shiheng's outstretched fist. The two hands touched and the other's warmth was transferred to her. It was warm. Shui Wei's hand shook, but she couldn't pull it back.

The next second, the man's calm voice came to my ears: "Coma."

Shui Wei quickly recalled it and relaxed her opponent's control, letting it hang softly above Lin Shiheng's fist.

"Suppose that Shui Wei's hand is that of the deceased and my hand is that of the murderer. People cannot control themselves in a coma. Even if the deceased used to accumulate objects on the ground to reach the height under the light, he does not have to free one hand to resist. Live the dead.”

As he spoke, Lin Shiheng stretched out his other hand, pinched Shui Wei's hand with both fingers, and lifted it up, "When the groove is opened, it will be like two doors. There is nothing in the middle of the groove where the deceased can be placed." When she fell from a high altitude, it was obvious that one hand could not control the deceased. So, the murderer needed two hands to push the deceased in and close the groove door at the same time. It was not very difficult, but it was simply impossible. ”

The original room took notes: "In other words, it is very likely that multiple people committed the crime."

"Just a possibility."

Lin Shiheng let go of Shui Wei's hand and said, "There are many ways to sha're:n. The murderer chose the most risky and difficult method of drowning in a lamp. There must be a reason. Clear up the relationship network. It will also be easier to find directions.”

"I have summarized the results of everyone's investigation so far." Feng Kaiming took out a small notebook from his arms, "The deceased was usually a homebody. He didn't like to go out very much, nor did he play games. At most, he only went out to go shopping or something. In the past, I went out on dates with my boyfriend. Later, after I started having an affair with Zhang Hua, the two of them started going out on dates frequently, and they became more dressed up than before."

"She is a good person, and she can resolve any conflicts quickly and peacefully. According to the waiter in the same dormitory with her, she has only seen the deceased and Zhang Hua quarreling for so long, and she is usually kind to others. Angry, except for Zhang Hua, at least in the past two years in Zhongyuan City, she had no enemies. We have called her back to her hometown. The deceased was very dissatisfied with her stepmother because her father remarried. She ran away from home and never returned. I have gone back and haven’t contacted her for more than three years, so I can rule it out for the time being.”

Lin Shiheng recited this name that had been mentioned many times: "Zhang Hua."

"Yes, he is the biggest suspect at the moment. After all, he is familiar with the structure of lamps, can freely enter and leave the restaurant, and has conflicts with the deceased. All of them are right."

Feng Kaiming continued: "If we want to talk about a detailed relationship network, then only the boss Zeng Longhai is left. According to the waiters, Zeng Longhai has always had a special emotion for the deceased. Once everyone went to sing together, he used the wine to He went to hold the deceased's hand, but was thrown away. From the outside, it seems that he has unrequited love. "

"A waiter also said that because of the ambiguous relationship between the deceased and Zhang Hua, the boss Zeng Longhai was very dissatisfied with Zhang Hua. Once she got off work late, and when she came back from the toilet, she saw Zeng Longhai punching Zhang Hua at the door of the restaurant. At that time, because she thought it might be because of the deceased, she did not leave the restaurant until the two of them left. "

"But according to the time when Zou Mingfang disappeared, there was a staff dinner at the hot pot restaurant upstairs. Zeng Longhai's husband, the proprietress, also accompanied him. After dinner, they went out to play together all night. The next day they came to the building together. At that time There were no opportunities to commit the crime because of the people coming and going, and based on the approximate time when the deceased was placed on the lamp, Zeng Longhai has an alibi. "

Lin Shiheng asked: "Where is Zhang Hua? Does he have an alibi?"

"He didn't." Feng Kaiming shook his head: "According to what he said, he was in a bad mood last night. He drank alone at home and slept until dawn."

Putting it this way, it seems that only Zhang Hua is left.

Shui Wei looked around and suddenly asked: "What about Zeng Longhai's wife?"

Feng Kaiming was stunned: "What?"

"It seems that all the staff at Long Hai Restaurant know that Zeng Longhai likes the deceased. Does Zhang Mei, who runs the hotpot restaurant upstairs, know?"

She analyzed seriously: "The most unacceptable thing in marriage is cheating on the part of your partner. Even if it is emotional cheating, as long as you have feelings for your partner, you will be as disgusted as if you swallowed a fly, and the two of you have children. If Zhang Mei knew that Zeng Longhai had thoughts about the deceased, what would she think? "

"Yes." Feng Kaiming clapped his hands: "Women's jealousy is very powerful, but in the information collected by our colleagues, almost no one mentioned the boss's wife. It seems that the boss's wife rarely comes down, and the boss goes up."

Lin Shiheng lowered his eyes, glanced at the design drawing on the phone again, and handed the phone to Feng Kaiming.

"Zhang Hua, the boss Zeng Longhai, and the proprietress Zhang Mei, we will focus on the three of them at the moment."

"Okay, then I'll go up and ask the landlady first, Yuan Fang, do you want to come with us?"

The original house was wandering around under the lamp. Hearing this, he looked up blankly: "It's upstairs, can't you be alone?"

"You forgot, we need at least two people to dispatch the police. People nowadays are very vigilant. What if people don't believe that I am a police officer?"

"No, you have brought your documents."

"Don't talk nonsense, let's go."

Feng Kaiming urged him to walk out of the restaurant together. When he reached the door, he turned back to Lin Shiheng and Shuiwei, who was looking over, and gestured with his fingers, then waved.

Shui Wei surprisingly understood what he wanted to express.

——Create opportunities for you to be alone together, no need to thank me

Sure enough, as everyone said, the deputy team's brain is always in a state of flux.

Just as she was sighing, Lin Shiheng's affirmative voice suddenly came from beside her.

"I won't cheat on you."

When Shui Wei heard this, she didn't react for a long time.

"What?"

Lin Shiheng looked at her seriously. Although his expression remained unchanged, his tone became a little heavier. This time, it was with full confirmation: "It won't happen if you cheat mentally."

Shui Wei finally understood that he was responding to what she had said before.

Suddenly I felt sweet and a bit dumbfounded: "Captain Lin, isn't it a little early for us to talk about this? It's a marital status."

Lin Shiheng paused and frowned slightly.

"Don't you want to marry me?"

Shui Wei blinked in confusion.

Question: How should I respond to my boyfriend who has just been in love for less than a day and asks me about marriage?

Waiting online, quite urgent.

Lin Shiheng seemed to have lost his previous calmness of "You can speak slowly and I can listen slowly." Seeing that she didn't answer, he asked quietly again.

"Don't you want to?"

Sometimes Shui Wei was really curious as to how Captain Lin managed to say something like a proposal so blandly.

But his tone was calm and the information in his eyes clearly showed that he was serious.

Shui Wei pursed her lips nervously: "It's not that I don't want to, it's just that we just..."

"Hey, comrade police!"

A slightly urgent voice interrupted Shui Wei's words. It was Zeng Longhai, the owner of Longhai Restaurant, who had returned.

Shui Wei could only hold back her words for the time being and quietly followed Lin Shiheng to watch him ask.

"Zhang Hua?"

Mentioning this name, Zhang Longhai's expression turned ugly for a moment, and then he quickly hid it, "I have a bit of a feud with him, but it's just because of work. This guy likes to be lazy at work. I asked him to work overtime the day before yesterday. , He didn't want to, so he took action in a fit of anger. "

This is different from the waiter's guess that there was a dispute over Zou Mingfang.

Shui Wei had doubts in her heart, but she didn't say anything because she was a novice, but the man beside her seemed to have seen what she was thinking, and said quietly: "Shui Wei, please continue to ask."

"OK."

Shui Wei was stunned for a second and then quickly adjusted her state, speaking clearly: "Mr. Zeng, what is your relationship with the deceased?"

Zeng Longhai paused: "It's the relationship between the boss and his subordinates. Mingfang has been helping me since I opened the restaurant. I remember her affection, so I give her a high salary. We usually eat together. Singing and singing are very emotional.”

Shui Wei continued: "But according to what we found out, the relationship between you and the deceased is not that simple."

Zeng Longhai's expression froze.

"Actually, they are all rumors. I have a wife and children..."

Before he finished speaking, Lin Shiheng on the side had already calmly answered: "We are currently investigating the case. If what you said is untrue or you deliberately deceived us, can we consider that you are involved in this x-i0ng'sh-a case? Connected?"

"No, no, no, no, no!"

Zeng Longhai, who had originally thought about blurring the past, waved his hands quickly, gritted his teeth and said, "I admit, I have a crush on Mingfang. She is young and beautiful. Although she has no academic qualifications, she dares to work hard. When I opened a restaurant I didn’t understand anything, and I wouldn’t have been able to survive if she hadn’t helped me, so after I settled down and saved some money, I confessed to her.”

"But she rejected me, saying that she and I were incompatible with each other, so I gave up the idea and didn't dare to hope for anything else."

Shui Wei didn't give Zeng Longhai a chance to relax and continued to ask: "Does the conflict between you and Zhang Hua have anything to do with her?"

They all admitted that they were interested in Zou Mingfang, and there was no need to hide the reason for the dispute with Zhang Hua. Zeng Longhai lowered his head dejectedly, and his whole body became decadent: "I originally thought that she rejected me because she thought I was old. "My net worth is not that great. After all, Ming Fang's previous boyfriends were relatively wealthy, but as soon as she rejected me, she turned around and ended up with Zhang Hua."

He spoke with anger on his face.

"What else does that kid Zhang Hua have besides a face?! He's a pretty boy, has a glib tongue, doesn't do his job, and can't even be a waiter. Can he give Mingfang a future!"

Shui Wei asked again: "Then you and Zhang Hua had a conflict?"

"Yes, I like Mingfang and I have never hidden it in the store. Zhang Hua should know it clearly. I kindly kept him in the store to provide him with food, accommodation and money, but he actually poached me. He is a poor boy. It’s not easy to work without an education. If it weren’t for me, he would have been working hard! The more he thought about it, the more angry he became. I couldn’t hold it in anymore, so I blocked Zhang Hua at the door while everyone was off work and asked him why. Want to steal my woman."

Zeng Longhai gritted his teeth when he said the last sentence, and it was obvious that he really hated Zhang Hua: "That guy was probably in the wrong, and he saw that I looked scary, so he kept apologizing to me and said he would never dare to do it again, so I hit him intentionally. I punched and left. I originally thought that Zhang Hua would recognize the situation and break up with Ming Fang, but the next day..."

At this point, his eye circles turned red and sadness appeared on his face. He stretched out his hand to wipe the corners of his eyes, "Sorry, I was a little out of control."

Shui Wei frowned at this expression of pain and deep affection for Zou Mingfang's death.

She had not forgotten that the Zeng Longhai in front of her, who was said to like Zou Mingfang, had a wife and children.

During work, Shui Wei did not reveal these private thoughts that had nothing to do with the case, but only recorded what Zeng Longhai said.

"Captain Lin, I've finished asking, do you have anything else to ask?"

Lin Shiheng nodded and asked, "Where were you from seven o'clock the night before yesterday to six o'clock yesterday morning? What were you doing?"

Zou Mingfang was working normally during the day before yesterday and got off work at 7pm. The forensic doctor estimated that the time of death was around 5am the next morning. In other words, the time between 7pm and 5pm was the time when the murderer put the person in. .

"I was in the store at seven o'clock the night before yesterday, and the waiter got off work. Because my wife and the others were having dinner together in the store, and there were still customers in the hot pot restaurant. We couldn't start until the customers left, so I played black and white games with my friends in the store, probably. We played until about 10:30, and my wife asked me to come up, so I went up.”

"After that, I kept eating hot pot in my wife's hot pot restaurant. After finishing the hot pot, a group of us went to sing again. We all drank too much and played in KTV all night. We came back together at around five o'clock in the morning, and then I went back to the store. , cleaned up, and went to catch up on her sleep after the store clerks arrived. Then, something happened to Mingfang... They came to call me. "

Shui Wei listened quietly to what he said. Something flashed through her mind and she asked, "Did you turn on the electric switch when you came to the store this morning?"

"right."

Zeng Longhai nodded, "I'm usually the first one to come to the store. After all, it's my own store. I'm more attentive. I come early every day to turn on the electricity and then start mopping the floor. Because the floor was mopped the night before, so I can't do it." It doesn’t take much effort and can be done in a few minutes.”

Shui Wei raised her eyes and met Lin Shiheng's eyes, both understanding the meaning in each other's eyes.

The time of death of the deceased matched up.

In other words, after Zeng Longhai returned to the store all night and turned on the switch as usual, the water under the lamp began to soak in front of the groove. Zou Mingfang, whose limbs were restrained and locked in a small space, could not struggle and could only watch herself. Drowned.

Shui Wei suddenly thought of something, turned around and walked towards the lamp, and came to the side of the lamp, "Mr. Zeng, when you mop the floor, do you mop this side?"

"Of course I can mop it." Zeng Longhai answered happily: "Because there is a large space over there, I will put the mop trough there every time."

Put the mop slot there every time...

Shui Wei returned to Lin Shiheng: "Captain Lin, can we go back and take a look at that groove? I have some ideas in my mind that I want to confirm."

"good."

Lin Shiheng's tone did not change, and he agreed without any hesitation.

Seeing that he turned around and was about to leave, Shui Wei quickly stopped him and smiled politely at Zeng Longhai:

"Mr. Zeng, thank you for your cooperation today. We will go back first and contact you if we have any questions."

"Okay, okay, I understand. Please solve the case as soon as possible."

After being sent out of the restaurant by Zeng Longhai, Shui Wei called Feng Kaiming again and explained that they were going back to check the grooves before going downstairs with Lin Shiheng.

After standing on the elevator and getting out of working mode, Shui Wei's tense shoulders relaxed slightly.

It was my first time to deal with this kind of case. If I said I wasn't nervous, I would be lying. It was just that I had been trying hard to pretend that I was calm and calm.

After she no longer wanted to work for the time being, she couldn't help but steal glances at the man standing next to her.

He has a slender figure, straight clothes, and handsome appearance. Just standing there, he seems to be shining brightly. Even his expressionless expression makes people unable to help but look at him because of his beautiful facial features.

Shui Wei didn't want to do anything at first. She just subconsciously raised her eyes and glanced at him twice or three times.

Just like being addicted, these words flashed through Shui * Yan Control * Wei's heart.

Then, four more words flashed by.

It's as sweet as glutinous rice.

No, no, just think about something.

Shui Wei despised herself in her heart for a second, and looked away hastily. Remembering her previous question, she looked around and saw no acquaintances. She hesitated and asked, "Captain Lin, our relationship must be hidden from the bureau. Are you here?"

"Why hide it?"

Lin Shiheng's usually calm tone was a little surprised. He turned slightly sideways and looked at Shui Wei with questions in his eyes.

Shui Wei had seen his indifferent expression too often, but now when she saw the pure doubt on this handsome face, she almost had the illusion that she had always given up. She quickly blinked away these illusions. Explained: "No, I mean, we are superiors and subordinates. Wouldn't it be inappropriate to tell everyone about this kind of love relationship?"

"The Seventh Precinct allows romance and marriage between colleagues."

After hearing her answer, the doubts in Lin Shiheng's eyes dissipated, and his tone returned to his usual calmness: "There is no violation of the regulations, no need to hide it."

Shui Wei was really surprised to see her new boyfriend's confident appearance. When he arrived at the station today, Lin Shiheng didn't do anything intimate with her or say anything in front of everyone. She thought he wanted to You have to hide it from everyone.

Although the announcement of a relationship may become everyone's after-dinner chat for a while,...

Shui Wei raised her eyes and glanced at Lin Shiheng who looked ahead after answering, with the corners of her mouth raised slightly.

Looking left and right, she stretched out her hand and took the man's generous and slender hand.

Sure enough, it is not as tender as waterweed, but it is easy to touch and very warm.

Lin Shiheng's body visibly stiffened for a moment, Shui Wei's face turned red, her eyes were a little flustered and shy, but her tone was trying to remain calm and collected.

"Since we are boyfriend and girlfriend, it's okay to hold hands."

"Um."

Lin Shiheng responded briefly, looking ahead expressionlessly, but held Shui Wei's hand with his big hand.

The elevator arrived, and the two walked out of the elevator holding hands. From the back, they looked like a loving couple.

***

After entering the bureau, Shui Wei quickly got into working mode and stood in front of the groove with Lin Shiheng.

"This is specially customized. Because it needs to be suspended in the air and exposed to water, it has a high density and is very strong, similar to a large rectangular box."

A staff member opened the groove and explained to them: "But there was a problem with the design at the time. Although the groove was very strong, a hole was opened on the front side to be able to connect to the outside. Therefore, as long as there is water outside, it will flow. Coming inside, the inside of the groove is slightly sloping, and the height becomes narrower toward the front.”

"We have measured the height inside and the height of the deceased's head. The height of the front side of the groove is only less than three centimeters higher than the deceased's head. This height makes it impossible for the deceased to even lean his neck back, which avoids She evaded the possibility of drowning by raising her neck."

As he spoke, he picked up a record book next to him, held it in his hand and tilted it to the left: "It's like this angle. Except for the water in front, the rest of the place is dry. The deceased was placed in it while he was still alive. , face down, with hands and feet tied tightly, so when the water flooded in..."

The staff member placed her hand flat on the book and raised her fingertips slightly, "There were bruises on the back of her head. It is currently speculated that the deceased had thought about saving herself before her death. In order not to be submerged, she had raised her neck, but it was of no use. , the top was blocked, and she couldn't lift it much higher. Instead, she was squeezed with bruises on the back of her head because of too much force. "

Shui Wei felt a chill running down her spine when she heard this: "In other words, she was trapped in this groove and drowned while she was awake?"

"Judging from the current situation, this is correct."

Shuiwei visually measured the height of the front side of the groove. If it were filled with water and placed on the ground, it would be a small puddle.

But Zou Mingfang drowned in this small puddle while still conscious.

It was like being locked in a small coffin. Because the space was too small and her hands and feet were tied, no matter how hard she tried to save herself, it was still to no avail.

"Since the murderer has controlled her through drugs, there are many ways to sha're:n, but he chose such a way that can cause people great pain and fear before death. It seems that the hatred between her and the murderer is endless. shallow."

Lin Shiheng walked around the groove and made a judgment: "But why did you choose this lamp?"

Shui Wei followed and asked, "Can you turn it over?"

"good."

The staff called someone and turned the groove over together.

Shui Wei stepped forward and carefully looked at the position where the deceased's head should have been.

Lin Shiheng stood next to her: "What are you looking for?"

"I was thinking that if the murderer went to such great lengths to send the deceased alive into the groove, he couldn't do it just to let her drown, right? If you really want to use this method to sha're:n, you can just find someone A puddle, even a basin will do."

Shui Wei frowned, and as she spoke, she lowered her head and leaned closer to the groove to check, "So, the murderer should have other purposes, such as..."

Her eyes were fixed on the front of the groove: "Found it!"

The entire groove is made of tempered glass, but the outside is covered with a layer of wood skin and painted. Now, Shuiwei simulates Zou Mingfang's state before her death, hanging her head in front, her eyes and the concave There is almost no distance between the slots.

She stared at the small gap. It was very small, like a crack in the wood, only a little bit was exposed.

"Captain Lin, can you use your flashlight to shine inside?"

"good."

Lin Shiheng didn't ask her what she was going to do. He took out his mobile phone and turned on the flashlight, opened the lid a little, and pointed it in.

Shuiwei really saw the light.

She raised her head suddenly and said eagerly to Lin Shiheng: "I can see the inside from the outside. In other words, when the deceased is trapped inside, he can also see the outside."

Lin Shiheng also thought of it, and he immediately asked the staff: "Is this groove soundproof?"

"It should be soundproof. After all, the density is very high. We will do the test now."

With the new discovery, Shui Wei's steps became a little faster when she followed Lin Shiheng out.

She couldn't wait to share her thoughts with Lin Shiheng.

"The murderer went to such great lengths to make the deceased unconscious, and then put the person into the groove to drown him. It is very likely that the murderer wanted to let the deceased feel the feeling of watching himself die and asking for help without getting a response before he died. of despair.”

She carefully threaded the timeline, "Zeng Longhai returned to the store all night. According to his habit, he turned on the switch and then started mopping the floor. The mop trough used for mopping the floor was placed under the lamp. In other words, it is very likely that the deceased was there. When he was panicking at the water slowly pouring in, Zeng Longhai stood underneath. "

"Her hands and legs were restrained. She could only twist her body and shout loudly, but it was soundproof and Zeng Longhai below couldn't hear it. The deceased could only try his best to raise his head so that the water could slowly flood his mouth and nose. Some, maybe she was still shouting for help until her mouth was submerged, until her whole face was submerged in the water. When she opened her eyes, she could still see Zeng Longhai mopping the floor underneath. "

Shui Wei had just finished her analysis when she suddenly felt a chill on her body. She couldn't help but reach out and touch her arm: "Why did it suddenly become cold?" Lin Shiheng touched her hand: "Your hand is a little cold." "How strange, wasn't the temperature just right?" Shui Wei sighed, and with Lin Shiheng's touch, the chill just now seemed to disappear suddenly. She didn't think much about it, and then concluded: "The murderer must hate the deceased and Zeng Longhai. It is very important whether the murderer wants the deceased to feel the despair of shouting for help but no one rescues her, or to make her feel the pain of shouting for help to Zeng Longhai but to no avail." "That's right." Lin Shiheng still held his girlfriend's hand, his hands were sticky, but his expression was still indifferent: "Knowing that the groove is soundproof, you can put people in it, and you know that there will be water only when the groove is powered on, and you can put the deceased in it without anyone noticing. Adding these together, there are not many people who meet the conditions, and you can start checking immediately." After he finished speaking, he immediately notified other colleagues to start checking for candidates who meet these conditions. Most of the police professions don't have a nine-to-five job. Since there was a murder and clues were found, they had to solve the case even if they had to work overtime. As soon as these clues came out, a group of people immediately started to investigate.

When it was completely dark, the results came out.

"Captain Lin, there are only three people who meet all the conditions, the owner of Longhai Restaurant Zeng Longhai, the waiter Zhang Hua, and the boss's wife Zhang Mei."

"But Zhang Mei had a serious illness and has always been very weak, especially her legs. She can't walk much at ordinary times. It should be impossible for her to carry an adult body into the air again."

Lin Shiheng hummed: "It is not ruled out that there are multiple people who committed the crime, and it is not ruled out that they instructed others to commit the crime. Let's take them one by one."

"Yes!"

According to the regulations, they can bring the person to the police station to take a statement. The three were immediately notified that they would pick him up during this time. Everyone who has been busy from afternoon to evening can finally take time to fill their stomachs.

No spicy food is allowed in the house. A bunch of men and three women sit outside in a row, eating instant noodles with slurps.

"You can't eat spicy food, right? How can you eat peppers? Come on, let me exchange with you. My pickled vegetables are delicious."

"Go to hell. I don't eat spicy food, why should I buy peppers? Why don't you just say you want to eat it? You're beating around the bush. Really."

Shui Wei couldn't help but look back at the empty long corridor with the laughter of her colleagues who had been busy all day.

Lin Shiheng doesn't eat instant noodles, so when everyone was eating instant noodles together, he was drinking water alone in the office.

How can I not be hungry after being busy for so long?

When Shui Wei thought of this, she lost her appetite while eating. She stirred the noodles with her fork, but didn't take the noodles up and put them in her mouth.

Let's think about the case.

Would Zou Mingfang really be like what she imagined, clearly seeing someone down there, but getting no response no matter how she called out, and eventually drowning alive while awake?

Shui Wei was thinking, when she suddenly felt a gust of cold wind blowing, shivering violently.

Feng Kaiming was holding noodles and coming over, "Awei, are you cold? You're wearing a lot of clothes, here, I'll give you a sausage to replenish your body."

Shui Wei thanked him and took the sausage, picked up the instant noodles and drank a mouthful of soup, but the slightly hot noodle soup did not suppress the chill that seemed to rise from the inside of her body, but instead started from the soles of her feet, and seemed to be cold all the way to the top of her head.

In just a moment, Shui Wei's face turned pale from the cold.

She put it down, feeling her teeth chattering, "Why is it so cold all of a sudden, I'll go put on more clothes."

"Is it cold?" Feng Kaiming stretched out his hand in confusion to feel the air: "Yes, a little, the weather is so changeable."

"Hey, Awei, if you're cold, I remember there's one in the lounge..."

- Dong

The sausage in Shui Wei's hand fell to the ground, making a very shallow thump.

Feng Kaiming looked up at Shui Wei, who was standing in front of him with her back to him, puzzled: "Awei?"

Shui Wei could no longer hear what he was saying.

Her expression was blank, and she looked forward in shock.

A woman stood in the corridor that was empty a minute ago.

She stood straight, square, with her feet tied tightly with ropes, her hands behind her back, her hair messy and hanging around, and a pale and swollen face facing her.

It was clearly Zou Lifang who was dead, and Shui Wei had seen the corpse.

-- Tick.

-- Tick.

The water falling from her chin fell to the ground, making a ticking sound.

Shui Wei trembled her lips, stared at the scene blankly, and subconsciously took a step back.

As she retreated, the woman standing quietly seemed to be blown by the wind and floated over.

How, how could it be...

Watching the pale, swollen face getting closer and closer to her, Shui Wei felt cold all over, her tongue was stiff, and she wanted to make a sound, but she couldn't make any sound when she opened her mouth.

Watching Zou Lifang coming towards her with a clear goal, Shui Wei's forehead was full of sweat, and she tried her best to move her legs, but her legs, which could usually run ten laps around the playground without shaking, seemed to have lost control, and no matter how she used her brain to command, they didn't move at all.

No, don't---Bang!

Just as Zou Mingfang slowly approached and floated to the door of the office, the door suddenly opened and blocked her directly behind.

"Shui Wei."

The man in the white shirt rolled up his sleeves slightly, revealing a fair forearm. His long slender hand was still holding the doorknob. He stood under the slightly dim light. His good-looking appearance seemed to brighten up the entire corridor.

"what?"

As if he felt something behind the door, Lin Shiheng frowned slightly and pulled the door back with force and closed it.

In Shui Wei's eyes, it was his foot that stepped on the pale figure when closing the door, and it disappeared in just an instant.

After closing the door, Lin Shiheng's expression was as usual, and he walked over with his long legs, slightly coldly.

“The temperature is dropping, don’t get too cold.”

He said caring words in a calm tone. Under the shocked gazes of everyone, he shook the coat in his hands and put it on Shui Wei himself very naturally.