Chapter 52 Missing

Chapter 52 Missing

Chapter 52 Missing
Du Yu also understood what Xu Yiqing meant at this moment.

"You mean, the positions of the bedroom and the storage room in He Yunke's house have been swapped?"

Xu Yiqing spread his hands: "I'm not sure, it's just a guess, just take it as a possibility... You know Lao Du, I'm not good at these, I only deal with the dead."

He looked at Zhou Shi on the side and continued, "But you can trust Zhou Shi's professional ability."

Based on the conclusion drawn from the psychological profile of He Yunke so far, he is a nostalgic and obsessive-compulsive person with an almost perverted pursuit of art.

It is often said that the difference between a madman and a genius is just one thought away. This is the case with He Yunke. Although some crazy ideas occasionally flash through his mind, his meticulousness is beyond doubt.

Therefore, Zhou Shi and Xu Yiqing both felt that he had even decorated the layout of his mistress's house to look familiar to them, so there was no reason for him to ignore such simple details as the left and right.

Not to mention whether the bedroom is on the left or right after entering the door, some people have to keep their bodies on the same side when they fall asleep in order to sleep. Whether facing the wall or facing the door is a matter of personal habit.

Du Yu fell into deep thought, and at the same time turned around to look at Pan Yao who was following behind the crowd and seemed a little confused.

"Have you been to He Yunke's house?"

Pan Yao laughed at herself: "How is that possible? If I knew he had a wife at home, would I be so shameless? I'm not that cheap."

"Let's investigate when we go to He Yunke's house later." Du Yu said, "We will definitely go there again. We need to first confirm whether Zou Yi knows about this. If she knows, she must have a motive."

Pan Yao was a little nervous when she heard this: "Ah? You're going to tell his wife about me and He Yunke? Can you not tell him?"

Du Yu shook his head: "This is part of solving the case. The family of the deceased has the right to know."

Pan Yao pursed her lips, very unhappy: "What should I do if she comes to trouble me?"

Du Yu said: "You can call the police. In fact, we police officers don't care about personal conduct issues... But given the current situation, we will tell Zou Yi that you are also a victim when we explain it to her."

Pan Yao's expression did not ease up because of Du Yu's promise. She still had a gloomy face and muttered something to herself.

Finally, when the visitors were about to leave, they stopped Zhou Shi and whispered, "I know you are different from them. Are you studying psychology?"

Zhou Shi nodded.

Pan Yao whispered, "You better be careful with Zou Yi!"

Zhou Shi asked: "What happened to her?"

Pan Yao said: "Don't be fooled by her weak appearance. In fact, she is very cunning. She was a complete green tea girl when she was in school."

It was obvious that Zou Yi did not leave a good impression on Pan Yao.

Zhou Shi couldn't be sure whether it was because of the "rival in love" relationship or an objective evaluation.

In short, Pan Yao swore: "She is just as hypocritical as Lin Daiyu all day long. In fact, no one can guess what she is thinking. Today she treats you like a sister, but tomorrow she won't agree to anything you ask her to do. She just wants you to help her. It's all fake... And that woman is really vicious. During the high school cleaning, I saw her crush a mouse to death without blinking an eye. When He Yunke passed by, she pretended to be scared to death."

Zhou Shi said: "I understand. I will pay attention to it."
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"Lao Xu, you have to be careful recently."

In the Criminal Police Brigade office, Du Yu suddenly put his hands on Xu Yiqing's shoulders, pushed him down on the chair, and spoke sternly.

Xu Yiqing was confused by his sudden seriousness and chuckled, "What are you talking about?"

"Li Cheng is dead, and He Yunke is also dead."

"I know that. Do you want to talk about the photo?"

Du Yu had been very worried about Xu Yiqing's safety before, after all, the fact was that almost all the people in the photo were dead.

His younger brothers are Li Cheng from Baxia Village and He Yunke from Fumei Group.

Du Yu said: "I was just worried before, but now I am sure there is a problem."

Photo No. 2, which he put in the evidence bag, was found in He Yunke's home.

"Look carefully here." Du Yu pointed at the erased black handwriting below one of the people in the photo: "I can't see what's written on it, but I can still vaguely make out that it's three words, right?"

He Yunke had polished the photo with sandpaper, and the person whose photo was polished the most severely couldn't even be told whether he was a man or a woman.

The code name that He Yunke wrote for that person was also erased by him.

However, the code name must have been written for some time, and the black marker has been dry for a long time, which is why there is still a black mark left after erasing.

Xu Yiqing nodded: "I can see that it was originally three words."

"I have carefully read Pan Yao's statement. He Yunke hid in her house during the time he disappeared. He seemed very nervous, right? He didn't go out at all. He was hiding from people."

Du Yu said: "I guess the cleaner who He Yunke mentioned looking for him to pay a debt is not a profession, but a code name, just like his own [sculptor] and Li Cheng's [teacher]."

Xu Yiqing looked at the wear marks on the photo and could imagine how hard He Yunke had tried to completely erase the person's face.

He was afraid of the other person, afraid to the core.

Xu Yiqing said, "Do you suspect that this person is the [cleaner] that He Yunke is hiding from?"

Du Yu said: "I believe there are coincidences in the world, but I don't believe coincidences happen to fall on the cases I am responsible for. He Yunke hid in Pan Yao's house and made Zou Yi mistakenly believe that her husband disappeared in the second half of last year. Not long after that, the Li Yueyue case occurred in Huimin Garden. Then on the seventh day of the first lunar month this year, Baxia Village caught fire. He Yunke wanted to flee to other places that night. Why? Because he knew that Li Cheng was dead and he would be the next one."

At this point, Du Yu paused and said, "Although I'm not sure what fate Li Yueyue has with this photo, He Yunke's disappearance is closely related to Li Yueyue's case. He must have heard some rumors and is scared to death. Since He Yunke thinks that if Li Cheng dies, he will be the next one, and you are also in the photo, you are in danger!"

Xu Yiqing also thought seriously for a moment, then looked Du Yu in the eye: "Although I don't think I will be in danger, but since you said so, I will listen to you, otherwise you will definitely be worried. I will go back to pack up tonight and move to the forensic department tomorrow. I will go home after the case is done... Anyway, I live alone, so it doesn't matter where I sleep."

Du Yu heaved a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "I like to be colleagues with people like you who listen to advice. Besides, your home is definitely better than the Forensic Department's office... At least the office has a projector and multimedia, but your home is bare without even a TV."

"Then I'll go home and pack my things." Xu Yiqing said.

Du Yu nodded and said, "Come with me to the construction site of the outer ring road in the suburbs tomorrow. The construction team is the one who renovated the Civic Garden before. Maybe we can find some clues about where the murderer dumped the body."

Xu Yiqing asked: "Didn't you check the personnel before?"

Du Yu sighed, "The situation is a bit complicated, so I have to go there in person. As you can see, I have been busy and can't get away. It's too late today, and the person in charge there has a drinking party tonight, so the investigation can only wait until tomorrow."

Xu Yiqing nodded: "The Forensic Department will pick me up tomorrow morning."

Since Xu Yiqing had promised Du Yu to temporarily move to the Forensic Department, he simply didn't even plan to go home to sleep at night. He went back to get some necessary daily necessities and stayed overnight in the Forensic Department, focusing on efficiency.

So he asked Lin Sheng to be his driver. After his master gave the order, the young man did his job very efficiently and sent Xu Yiqing to the gate of the community when the last rays of sunset fell.

"Brother Xu, do you really not need my help?" Lin Sheng looked at his master who had gotten out of the car, rolled down the window and said sincerely, "Although I'm quite thin, moving a cabinet is not a problem."

Xu Yiqing laughed: "I'm not moving, why would I move a wardrobe? I'll just take some toiletries and the pillow. We even have quilts in the office, and your folding chair is pretty comfortable for sleeping."

As he spoke, he waved his hand, indicating that Lin Sheng really didn't need it, and then walked into the community. "Could the [cleaner] be the [accomplice]?"

Walking in the ten-year-old neighborhood full of potholes caused by cars, Xu Yiqing was thinking about this question.

Based on his sixth sense, he tends to lean towards this possibility.

In the case of Li Yueyue, He Yunke was an accomplice who helped Zhao Xiaomeng to get rid of the crime, and in the fire in Baxia Village, He Yunke helped Liu Zhuhua to set the fire. At the time of these two cases, He Yunke showed emotions of fear and avoidance, so this analysis is 80% correct.

Du Yu must have thought so too, which is why he felt that Xu Yiqing was dangerous. After all, Pan Yao's transcript said that she had heard He Yunke muttering to himself that [the cleaner] was going to collect debts from all the guilty people.

No one can be sure whether the person in the photo is the "sinner" that He Yunke mentioned.

Xu Yiqing's perspective was completely different. He was thinking about who in Li Yueyue's case could be connected to the photo?
Li Yueyue is also in the photo?

I feel... the possibility is relatively small. It is possible that the accomplice helped Liu Zhuhua kill Li Cheng's family and prevent Fumei Group from acquiring land to build a factory, but I really can't think of who would benefit from Li Yueyue's death.

It is even more impossible for Zhao Xiaomeng, as she was still a young girl when the photo was taken.

Zhao Qianyu?
He should be the one who died, instead of living freely now.

It is even possible that He Yunke still maintains contact with Li Cheng. He Yunke was initially responsible for the opening of the factory by the Fumei Group. It was reasonable for him and Li Cheng to work together to snatch land from the villagers of Baxia Village.

As he was thinking, Xu Yiqing walked into the door of the unit. His house was not on a high floor, so he took a look at the elevator when passing by. As long as it was not parked on the first floor, he would go up the stairs, saving time and also taking it as exercise.

As a result, as soon as he walked into the stairwell and went up one floor, he heard faint footsteps following behind him.

The footsteps were deliberately slowed down and the sound was concealed.

Someone is following me!

In an instant, Xu Yiqing recalled Du Yu's solemn tone in the Criminal Police Brigade.

Has he already come to my door?!

He remained calm and continued to walk up.

The footsteps behind were still being deliberately lowered.

On the next floor of his house, Xu Yiqing suddenly turned out of the stairwell.

He knew very well that the tenant downstairs from him had a child in junior high school and there were elderly people at home to help take care of his daily life, so he was definitely at home at this time.

Moreover, I have a good relationship with their family on weekdays and I visit them during the holidays.

As long as you call for help, they will definitely come out to help.

So he turned around suddenly and shouted towards the stairwell: "Who! Come out!!"

The sound was so loud that it turned on the voice-activated light in the stairwell that had just been turned off. Sure enough, there was a sneaky figure around the corner!

But when Xu Yiqing saw the man clearly, he was stunned.

There was an unnatural panic on Lin Sheng's face. He instinctively dodged and tried to run downstairs. When he realized it was too late, his expression immediately turned into a smirk.

"Brother Xu."

"Ah Sheng?" Xu Yiqing was stunned. He thought someone was following him and was up to something bad, but it turned out to be his own disciple. "What are you doing behind me?"

Lin Sheng touched the back of his neck, a little embarrassed: "I just wanted to help you, Brother Xu, get something. If I told you, you would definitely not need me. If I just wanted to get to the door of the house, it would be useless for you to chase me away."

Xu Yiqing felt helpless when he heard this and sighed: "You scared me, your footsteps were as quiet as a cat, and I thought someone was going to hurt me."

Lin Sheng avoided his gaze and smiled playfully: "Really? I didn't notice it either. Maybe I got used to stealing when I was a kid."

Sure enough, after hearing Xu Yiqing's shouting, the neighbors opened the door and looked out. Xu Yiqing apologized to them and led Lin Sheng upstairs.

On the way back to the Forensic Department, Xu Yiqing was still writing and drawing.

There were pens and notebooks in Lin Sheng's car, and Xu Yiqing wrote down the questions he was thinking about before he was interrupted by the footsteps.

He wrote whatever came to his mind and wrote several codes on the notebook.

[Cleaner], [Sculptor], [Teacher], [Forensic doctor].

So far, only these four code names have been confirmed, two of which are dead, one is still alive and dead, and one is suspected to be a serial killer.

Xu Yiqing wondered if his brother was also killed by one of these people?

Is it the [cleaner] who is currently the most suspected accomplice?
Is he still the [Forensic Doctor] who already looked middle-aged ten years ago?
Lin Sheng, who was driving, glanced at the notebook on Xu Yiqing's lap with his peripheral vision, his eyes fell on those code names, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Xu Yiqing spent the night in the Forensic Department that night. After Lin Sheng sent him here, he went home to rest.

Early the next morning, Xu Yiqing was awakened by Du Yu's call.

He looked at his phone and it was 6:30 in the morning.

"What's wrong, Lao Du?" Xu Yiqing yawned. "The person in charge of the construction team got up so early? I thought there was a drinking party last night, so he would have to sleep until noon."

Du Yu's tone was serious: "Don't worry about the construction team for now, there is something more important... Zou Yi is missing!"

Xu Yiqing was startled for a moment, then he realized the seriousness of the matter, turned over and started to put on his clothes, and put on his pants almost by jumping up and kicking his legs.

"Come and pick me up quickly."

"Almost there, two minutes."

Du Yu's police car almost floated into the forensic department compound. Compared to the stunt of jumping into a car in action movies, Xu Yiqing only added one more step, which was to open the car door.

"what happened?"

"The police tried to contact Zou Yi last night. After all, she has the right to know the record we made at Pan Yao's home. But we couldn't get in touch with her. It was quite late at night, and everyone thought Zou Yi was asleep, so they didn't disturb her and the child."

"I called again this morning, but still no one answered, so the team thought there was a problem and sent someone to check it out."

Xu Yiqing frowned: "No one at home?"

"The child is at home." Du Yu's expression was serious: "But Zou Yiren is missing. The child said that her mother went out last night... and didn't come back all night."

(End of this chapter)