Chapter 1: Sniping

  Jiupin Literature welcomes you, any search engine searches for "Jiupin Literature" to quickly enter this site, this site permanently free of pop-up windows and provides high-quality and txt format download services! No mistake, Gu Hanhao is a deep and hidden man, he just unexpectedly in front of Ling Lan, with an unchanged face and heartbeat, very naturally told a lie.

  Regarding Ling Lan's second question, why was Gu Hanchao able to guess that Shao Huai used the physical characteristics of those people to associate with animal code names?

  It wasn't because the driver, Lei Zhen, looked like a monkey, but rather because of Jimmy. When Ling Lan showed Jimmy's photo to Gu Hanhao, he said "I'm afraid it's him". At that time, one-legged Jimmy had already made Gu Hanhao think of the crane on the account book, and at that time, Gu Hanhao had already speculated that this Jimmy was likely also a member of Shao Hui's "Red Sacrifice Alliance", he was the last to join, and his pay was the highest, looking very suspicious.

  But Gu Hanhao didn't mention this, was he deliberately avoiding Ling Lan's painful past? Ling Lan didn't know, did the seemingly arrogant and selfish Gu Hanhao also have a gentle side?

  "Thank you, but I'm strong enough and have accepted the fact that Jimmy is a murderer." Ling Lan felt desolate, thinking of Jimmy still made her heart ache uncontrollably.

  Gu Hanhao didn't say anything. A few seconds later, he pretended to be casual and glanced at his watch, "Ten minutes have passed, let's get back on track and talk about Meng Yusi."

  "Alright," Ling Lan exhaled, making herself look more relaxed, "Meng Yusi is very pretty, passionate, sunny, and romantic. On the surface, she seems like a blank sheet of paper, like clear water. She gets along well with her classmates and teachers, boys and girls alike, and everyone thinks she's a naive and innocent girl. In reality, that night when Feng Jia suggested going to visit the vampire, both I and Yue Tong were tempted, but only Meng Yusi was cowering in her blanket, her face pale with fear, almost crying. It wasn't until Feng Jia threatened to cut ties with her if she didn't go that Meng Yusi reluctantly agreed."

  Gu Hanhao sighed, "This Feng Jia actually threatened the murderer to send himself on a path of death, it's really a twist of fate."

  "By the way, I heard that Meng Yusi has friends in the alliance. Who do you think it is?" Ling Lan asked anxiously.

  Gu Hanhao rubbed his chin, "Last night I had Yuan Jun bring those people one by one into the interrogation room, showed them Meng Yusi's photo, and carefully observed their expressions and body language. It seemed like no one was suspicious, they all didn't recognize Meng Yusi. Of course, my observation isn't 100% accurate either."

  Ling Lan shook her head, "I think you're right, I think so far there's one person who is the most suspicious. This person is clearly a member of the alliance, yet they're not on Shao Bi's account and haven't come here to make a statement."

  "Shao Mei Yun." Gu Han Hao muttered the name, "Why do you think it's her? I asked those alliance members, they all said Shao Mei Yun indeed looked like she had autism and had difficulty communicating with people. Even when she was among them, she mostly listened and rarely spoke. I think it's impossible to fake autism, Shao Hui must have taken Shao Mei Yun to see more than one doctor. If she were faking it, Shao Hui would have exposed her long ago."

  "It's precisely because she is an autistic patient that I think she is most likely to be used by Meng Yusi. Moreover, the 300,000 yuan reward promised by Meng Yusi to Jimmy, Meng Yusi certainly doesn't have that much money, so this money probably comes from Shao Meiyun, or more accurately, from the inheritance left to Shao Meiyun by Shao Hui. In other words, the reward for killing Shao Hui is actually also the money earned through Shao Hui's hard work. Of course, this is just my intuition, and its accuracy is certainly not as high as yours."

  Gu Hanhao smiled, "Actually, I've always had doubts about this Shao Meiyan. I think it's possible that she already knew long ago that the 'Red Sacrifice Alliance' she participated in was actually her father's masterpiece. It seems we need to go meet this autistic young lady."

  Gu Hanhao started the car and Ling Lan sat in the passenger seat beside him, heading towards Shao Hui's villa.

  Gu Hanhao's phone rang, and the incoming call display showed Yuan Jun.

  "Captain Guo, we've found Meng Yusi, at the Kaiyue Hotel." Yuan Jun's voice was urgent on the phone.

  "I'm going right now, which room is it?" Gu Hanhao made a sharp turn.

  Yuan Jun paused for a moment, "You'll know when you get here."

  Gu Hanhao immediately hung up the phone and sped up.

  Ling Lan listened to Yuan Jun's words very carefully, and he didn't tell Gu Hanhao the room number, which meant that even without the room number, he could still find Meng Yusi's whereabouts. What did this mean?

  Before they even arrived at the entrance of the Kaiyi Hotel, Ling Lan had already seen that a police cordon had been set up at the hotel entrance. Several uniformed detectives were moving back and forth inside the cordon, while more than ten hotel security guards were maintaining order outside the hotel entrance and near the parking lot.

  Gu Hanhao got off the car and walked straight towards the police line, Ling Lan closely followed behind him, her heart had already roughly guessed the outcome.

  Uniformed police officers near the warning line saw Gu Hanhao, hurriedly raised their hands to lift the warning line, and Gu Hanhao bent down to enter. Ling Lan also followed closely behind, without being stopped.

  After walking a few steps, Ling Lan saw Liu Fan coming over. She pointed to the white plastic cover on the ground not far away, under which should be the body. "The deceased fell from the building and died, it should be Meng Yusi. Ling Lan, why don't you go confirm it."

  Ling Lan was shocked by these words, her whole body numb. She was asked to look at the corpse of someone who had fallen from a high-rise building and died, and it was the corpse of her university roommate with whom she had been in close contact every day. Although she usually thought she was very brave, but at this moment she couldn't move her feet.

  Gu Hanhao blocked Ling Lan's path and looked up, "Is Yuan Jun upstairs?"

  "Yes, according to the hotel's records, the deceased had just checked in this morning, room number 1808, using Meng Yusi's ID. It was also because of Jiupin Literature that we were able to find her. Unfortunately, we're still one step too late." Liu Fan paused for a moment, "We've already notified the forensic team, Shi Rou should be arriving soon."

  Gu Hanhao nodded at Liu Fan and patted Ling Lan's back, "Let's go, find Yuan Jun."

  Ling Lan followed closely behind Gu Han, only coming back to her senses when they entered the elevator. "Thanks for not making me identify the body."

  Gu Hanhao slapped the elevator mirror in anger and squeezed out a few words from his teeth, "Damn it, still one step late."

  Ling Lan looked up at the elevator's surveillance camera and also gently patted Gu Hanhao's back, "Don't do this."

  Gu Hanhao adjusted his state and returned to normal. He took out a pair of transparent plastic gloves from his pocket and put them on.

  The elevator stopped at the 18th floor, and Gu Hanhao strode into room 1808. Ling Lan stood wisely at the door, knowing she was an outsider, and going in might destroy the scene, a reminder from that professional glove.

  Yuan Jun was originally staring intently at a white paper in his hand, and when Gu Hanhao came in, he didn't say anything, but handed the paper over.

  Ling Lan noticed that Gu Han Hao's face changed instantly after seeing that piece of paper.

  "What is it?" Ling Lan still couldn't help but ask, standing at the door.

  "Last will."

  Ten minutes later, Gu Hanhao and Yuan Jun handed over room 1808 to the forensic police, and then took the elevator down to the floor below.

  Ling Lan saw that the white plastic cover on the corpse had been removed, and a woman in a suit was squatting beside the corpse, gesturing with her hand on the corpse.

  Ling Lan didn't dare get close, she suddenly felt admiration for the woman in the suit, it should be Shi Rou, the beautiful female forensic doctor mentioned by Qu Jing.

  Shi Rou saw Gu Hanhao walking over and slightly raised her head to greet him, "Hanhao, you're here."

  "How is it?" Gu Hanhao asked concisely.

  "Multiple comminuted fractures," Shi Rou pointed to the mess on the ground, with many semi-solid substances flowing out near the skull. "You also saw that it's quite scattered, and it will be more troublesome to clean up."

  "It's hard work, I'll go back first and wait for your news." Gu Hanhao turned around.

  "I heard that you arranged for the girl to live in the house opposite yours, I didn't get such treatment back then." Shi Rou continued working with her head down, a hint of sourness seeping into her tone.

  Gu Hanhao turned his back on Shi Rou, paused for a moment and then took another step forward. "She is someone very important to me."

  Ling Lan couldn't hear what the two people in the distance were saying, she only noticed that Shi Rou shrugged and smiled wryly. When Gu Han walked up to her, she saw that there was no discomfort on his face, he really deserved to be the captain, having just seen such a corpse at close range, yet still expressionless. As for herself, although she could watch American slasher movies while eating potato chips, in reality, even though they were several meters away, she had already been intimidated by that blurry scene and her legs had gone soft.

  Ling Lan sat in Gu Hanhao's car, her mind was a mess, there was a will, could it be that Meng Yusi had committed suicide?

  "Can you tell me what Meng Yusi's will said?" Ling Lan asked cautiously.

  Gu Hanhao glanced at Ling Lan through the rearview mirror, "She said she was expelled, so there's nothing much to cherish about this world for her either. It's strange that I'm soft-hearted and didn't get rid of Jimmy. Now that things have come to this, she has no way out, only death."

  Ling Lan heard it vaguely, something about expulsion and heart softening. It wasn't until she returned to Gu Hanhao's office that she had the opportunity to see Meng Yusi's will in the evidence bag.

  The paper used for the will still had "Kaiyue Hotel" and the hotel's address, phone number, etc. printed on it, and the pen was also a hotel pen. Ling Lan recognized the handwriting, which was indeed Meng Yusi's usual writing style. So she nodded to Gu Hanhao, which was an answer to his question about whether the handwriting belonged to Meng Yusi.

  Next, Ling Lan couldn't help but quietly read out the contents of the will.

  "Jimmy, I'm sorry. At this point, all I can say to you is sorry. This world has no more attachment for me, I was expelled by them just because I wasn't beneficial to them. I couldn't bring myself to hurt you, but I could have taken care of the other three roommates. However, you need to know that everything I did was for you. I thought he would also accept you, and with his protection, you could achieve your dreams, not by relying on prosthetics, but by your own strength, becoming a normal person... no, not a normal person, but someone with extraordinary power and vitality, reborn! I was too naive, from the moment I gave up on taking action against you, I knew I was done for. I knew you might tell the police everything, and they would follow my trail to find him. But he cannot be disturbed. I've already dragged you into this, I couldn't drag him in too. So, I must disappear. There are three words I wanted to say to you, but I think you know them without me saying it. Sorry, goodbye, I love you."