Chapter 14 How much is one pound of hair?

Chapter 14 How much is one pound of hair?

Chapter 14 How much does a pound of hair cost?

The restaurant owner and Du Yu were confused, but they still answered truthfully: "There are not many haircut places here, they are all on the street in front."

Xu Yiqing asked again: "Do the neighbors around here also get their hair cut there?"

The boss gave a positive answer: "Yes, it has been open for more than 30 years."

After the boss left, Xu Yiqing drank soup and ate to fill his stomach while explaining to Du Yu: "There are hairpins, headbands and hair ties on Zhao Xiaomeng's dressing table."

Du Yu was also thinking while drinking porridge: "But Zhao Xiaomeng has short hair, so these things either belong to other women, or Zhao Xiaomeng had long hair before."

Xu Yiqing nodded: "It's unlikely that there are other women. Putting these daily necessities on the dressing table means that they live here permanently. I haven't heard that there are other women in the Zhao family. Even if Zhao Qianyu is looking for a woman outside to meet his physiological needs, there is no need for him to bring these things home."

Du Yu thought thoughtfully: "Because he takes care of my daughter's emotions, although Zhao Qianyu is a bastard, he is very good to my daughter."

After a pause, he asked, "Even if Zhao Xiaomeng had long hair before, does it have anything to do with the case?"

Xu Yiqing nodded: "Do you remember what her colleagues said when we went to investigate Li Yueyue's workplace yesterday? Many people went to the tutoring center to ask about tuition and conditions, including middle-aged women, men... and girls with long hair."

Du Yu asked: "Do you think that girl is Zhao Xiaomeng?"

Xu Yiqing said: "Now recalling it, it is very consistent with Zhao Xiaomeng... except for the hairstyle. Assuming that person is really Zhao Xiaomeng, under what circumstances would a girl suddenly cut her long hair short after having kept it for a long time?"

Du Yu said: "When she encountered something that could affect her mentality!"

"Let's go to the barber shop after dinner and ask. If Zhao Xiaomeng really had long hair before, then that person is most likely her." Xu Yiqing quickened his eating pace and began to wolf down his food.

The first peaceful meal in the past few days also started to become sloppy.

As long as Li Yueyue's case is not closed, the serious crime squad cannot relax for a moment.

After quickly finishing their meal, the two went to the barber shop across the street.

Xu Yiqing pushed the door open first. A woman was eating at a small table in the inner room. She had a simple steamed bun and a plate of leftovers that had been reheated who knows how many times.

Seeing someone coming in, the woman immediately put down the steamed bun in her hand, stood up, clapped her hands, and asked with a smile: "Haircut?"

Before Xu Yiqing could speak, the woman saw Du Yu in police uniform following behind her.

The woman's expression changed, and then she put on a more humble expression, and said with a smile, "What documents are you checking? I have them all, and I just paid the management fee two days ago."

Du Yu said, "Don't be nervous, I'm just asking some questions."

The woman was still very embarrassed: "Then ask."

"Do all the residents around here get their hair cut here?"

“Almost. Some also go next door.”

"Is Zhao Xiaomeng getting her hair cut here?"

"Who?"

"Zhao Xiaomeng, Zhao Qianyu's daughter."

"Oh, her!"

The woman suddenly realized and seemed to be more impressed with Zhao Qianyu.

It's understandable. With a neighbor like him, it's hard not to remember him. Zhao Xiaomeng, as his daughter, also became famous.

"She often comes here to get her hair cut, but her father doesn't come here often... I'm not familiar with his father."

Everyone knew that Zhao Qianyu was a gambler, but the woman thought it was a gambling investigation and quickly distanced herself from him.

"When was the last time Zhao Xiaomeng came to get a haircut?"

"Just yesterday."

The woman blurted out, as if she still remembered the incident clearly.

So Du Yu seemed to have grasped hope and asked hopefully, "Did she cut her long hair short?"

The woman nodded: "Yes, yes, yes, but she came to sell her hair, so she cut it short... Officer, selling hair is not illegal, right?" It doesn't matter whether selling hair is illegal or not.

The important thing is that Zhao Xiaomeng really had long hair before!

Xu Yiqing and Du Yu looked at each other and could see each other's thoughts in their eyes.

Yesterday was exactly after Li Yueyue was murdered!

At such a sensitive time, Zhao Xiaomeng made the decision to cut her long hair short.

Although there seems to be no connection between the two, both the meticulous Xu Yiqing and Du Yu, who has many years of experience in handling cases, feel that there is something fishy going on!

Zhao Xiaomeng has become the latest suspect in the case!
"Let me add you on WeChat!" Xu Yiqing took out his phone: "I just moved to this area, maybe I need to come here more often to get a haircut."

After returning to the serious crime unit office, Xu Yiqing looked through the WeChat messages from the barber shop owner.

These barbers like to post advertisements on WeChat Moments, and most of the content is before-and-after comparisons of people who came for a haircut.

So Xu Yiqing flipped through the pages for a long time and found a photo of Zhao Xiaomeng taken a few months ago.

At that time she still had long hair, which was completely different from her current appearance.

Xu Yiqing asked: "Can we use this photo of Zhao Xiaomeng to find the surveillance footage around Huimin Garden in the old city before the incident? Maybe we can find something new."

Du Yu immediately asked his colleagues in the Investigation Department to start checking the surveillance footage. In order to check the entry and exit of deliverymen in Huimin Garden, the surveillance footage around Huimin Garden had already been transferred to the Investigation Department.

So it didn’t take long to get a reply.

found it!
A colleague from the Criminal Investigation Division said excitedly: "The surveillance camera at the intersection near Huimin Garden captured Zhao Xiaomeng on the day of the incident!"

Du Yu asked quickly: "What's the time?"

My colleague replied: "At around 8:40 pm at the intersection of Tianhui Street, and at 9:10 pm at the entrance of HSBC Bank...both are near the community!"

"It's nine o'clock and he hasn't returned home yet. He's lingering around the crime scene. That's very suspicious." Du Yu said, "We can list Zhao Xiaomeng as the latest suspect!"
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When the serious crime squad came to Zhao Qianyu's house again, the sky had turned golden and the sunlight gave everything a golden edge.

Including Zhao Qianyu, who looked anxious and argued.

He never expected that the police would take his daughter away, so he threw a tantrum and even lay down in front of the police car to refuse to give way.

In the end, Du Yu had to use force to drag Zhao Xiaomeng away on the grounds of obstructing law enforcement, and only then did he send Zhao Xiaomeng to the police car.

Then everyone saw a rascal in his fifties crying and making a fuss at the top of his lungs, like a child who had been slapped.

Zhao Xiaomeng became even more terrified after getting into the police car. Her eyes were filled with helplessness and fear. She hid in a corner, not daring to speak, and sobbed silently with her shoulders shaking.

"Why did you arrest my daughter?"

"We suspect your daughter is involved in Li Yueyue's death." Du Yu said, "If she is innocent, I will send her back personally."

The engine started, and the serious crime team prepared to return to the Criminal Police Brigade to interrogate Zhao Xiaomeng, but before leaving, Xu Yiqing suddenly got out of the car.

"What's wrong?" Du Yu was puzzled. He looked at his watch. Time was running out. If Zhao Xiaomeng was cleared of suspicion, then there might be one more night to find the real murderer.

Xu Yiqing took out the luminol reagent from the trunk and said, "I was a little curious when I came here this morning. I have to give it a try this time."

He walked to the middle of the house that Li Yueyue had rented before and the house where the Zhao father and daughter lived.

There was a crack in the wall, only two fingers wide, very narrow.

There were very old drag marks at the corners of the gap, as if someone had taken something out of the gap in the wall.

Xu Yiqing asked the detectives of the serious crime team to get the blackout cloth from the car to surround the cracks in the wall, and then sprayed luminol reagent into the cracks in the wall and the drag marks on the ground under the watchful eyes of everyone.

Then a scene that shocked everyone happened——

In the dim environment created by the blackout cloth, the cracks in the wall and the drag marks on the ground appeared as large patches of blue fluorescence!

This means that in the unknown past, there was a bloodstain of the same size here!
Xu Yiqing looked at Du Yu, "What do you think this blood is?"

(End of this chapter)