The Third Chapter: The Stripped Neck Skin (Part 2)

  The Third Chapter: The Stripped-Off Neck Skin (Part 2)

  At this time, Wang Yong coughed twice: "Cough, I'll say two sentences."

  The scene fell silent, with everyone's eyes fixed on him, waiting for him to speak.

  Wang Yong said, "Just now, Qin forensic doctor didn't make one point clear. In fact, our autopsy conclusion has been reviewed by Old Chen, and he is very satisfied with our entire work process and results. He also spent a sleepless night analyzing the case with me and proposed the investigation direction for this case. Of course, this is just my and Old Chen's analysis and speculation, only for everyone's reference. Come on, Little Qin, tell us about our reasoning."

  "Ah! A live autopsy on this guy! Is it okay for me to examine the body alone, when did it become 'our' work process and result?"

  And when did he video with Old Chen?!

  Those who lie without batting an eye! I despise this kind of person the most!

  "Stop staring at me, Xiao Qin! Hurry up and tell us about Chen Lao's and our deductions!" Wang Yong kicked me under the table. "Solving a murder case within 24 hours is a matter of seconds!"

  A mouthful of fresh blood blocked his chest, and he would dissect him alive on that day!

  I took a deep breath and said: "From the pressure marks on the deceased, it can be inferred that the killer's height is between 1.7 meters and 1.85 meters, with a weight of 50 to 65 kilograms. What's worth noting is how the killer handled the victim's body, carefully washing the victim and placing them on the bed, covering them with a quilt. The killer had feelings for the victim, so it can be boldly inferred that the killer was someone who frequently visited the victim, similar to an 'intimate guest'..."

  "It's too absurd," an investigator interrupted me, "how can emotions be so cruel as to cut off the skin on one's neck?"

  Before I could explain, another detective poked him and whispered, "Hey, Chen Lao's deduction is correct."

  "Oh, then there must be grounds for it."

  Mr. Chen's signboard is convenient, I continued: "The murder was an accident, it could be a sex game gone wrong, overseas there are many foolish kids who play choking games or hanging games and end up dying unfortunately. The killer having feelings for the deceased is certain, the killer even put the deceased's ID card in the deceased's pocket, subconsciously he hoped the deceased would be identified quickly and not become an unidentified corpse, and by cutting off the skin on the deceased's neck he was trying to destroy the strangulation marks and prevent us police from collecting evidence."

  I paused here, waiting for someone to question me, but no one did.

  “Cough, cough……” No one questioned me, and I continued, “The murderer has anti-detection consciousness, but it doesn't prove that he has a relevant background. On the contrary, I think he just watches too many detective TV dramas and networks. The skin on the victim's neck was peeled off by someone who lacks anatomical knowledge and is not used to holding knives. It wasn't a professional pretending to be clueless; you can objectively tell from the knife wound. I'm 90% sure about this point.

  The perpetrator's psychological quality is very good, after killing the person, washing the body and peeling off the skin on the victim's neck to destroy evidence, but he has not received relevant training and has just killed someone, his mind cannot be calm, he must have left many flaws, and the flaws are likely to be in a very obvious place. This person is easy to catch.

  "Uh-huh. Alright." The head of the criminal investigation team nodded repeatedly, "Little Zhang and Little Li, you two go investigate who the deceased had sexual relations with, don't miss a single one, especially those who were good to the deceased; the time of death was yesterday at 5 o'clock, Xiao Wu, you work with the surveillance team to review the footage; everyone pay attention that the murder weapon used by the killer is an art knife, let's solidify the evidence and aim to crack this case before 10 o'clock!"

  "Alright! Two hours!"

  "I can be back by eight!"

  "Can catch up with the big baozi coming out of the cafeteria!"

  The scouts set out with confidence.

  The head of the criminal investigation team shook hands with Wang Yong and asked him some irrelevant questions, probably just to get a sense of his background.

  I picked up my things and walked out of the conference room, planning to take a nap first, then think of a way to get evidence of the pinch marks.

  Within ten seconds, Wang Yong caught up and licked his face, asking: "Am I awesome?"

  "Get out!"

  "Little girl, I think you're not bad, so I'll give you some advice: even if you have the ability, don't be arrogant. No matter how proud you are, no one will take you seriously. Society, system, and being a person all follow the same principle - it's easier to get things done when standing on the shoulders of giants."

  "Get out of here!"

  "Do you know what 'get out' translates to?" Wang Yong didn't leave but instead suddenly asked.

  "What?"

  "'Calf' refers to a young cow, which is a baby cow. The meaning of 'rolling calf' is: roll over, baby cow!"

  "How boring!" I stifled a smile and didn't want to bother with him.

  "Let me tell you another one, do you know how to translate 'wang ba'? Wang ba means turtle. So 'you niu wang ba er zi che niu zai na... kuai gun niu zai ba...' translates to: Unite, Turtle Cow Baby! Cow Baby close your eyes and stretch out! Roll up the speed!"

  "Hmmph..."

  "Haha, haha, that's all. Don't say I'm bullying you, little girl, learn from me more, it will be good for you."

  "Get out!"

  "What? I didn't quite catch that, can you say it again?"

  "Kappa turtle cow baby close your eyes and stretch out! Roll away and disappear at high speed!" I said.

  I thought the case would be solved soon and I was still feeling relaxed, but unexpectedly I didn't hear any good news after sleeping for a while. It wasn't until one or two o'clock in the afternoon that several people came back one after another, and my heart started to feel a bit anxious, wondering if the direction of the investigation had gone wrong...

  If I'm wrong, this sin is quite serious. Just the fact that the entire criminal investigation team didn't get to eat the freshly baked meat buns for breakfast and the big pork ribs for lunch is enough to be scolded for several years.

  After asking nervously, it was found that the problem lay in the fact that the deceased had mixed with a rather special group, either weirdos or freaks, and there were not many who cooperated with the investigation. What's even more frustrating is that among those who had sexual relations with the deceased, there were around fifty, and after running around for a whole morning, the investigators finally confirmed twenty people and ruled out about ten.

  The cameras inside and outside the residential area and the bar are all useless, and the monitoring workload obtained along the way is too large. It will take a long time for the monitoring side to make a breakthrough.

  After a nap, I felt refreshed and clear-headed. I gave the detective a look and nodded at Wang Yong, who was gesturing with his chin. The detective slapped his forehead and said, "How come I didn't think of that? Let's give it a try!"

  I think Wang Yong must have felt scared, because his voice was trembling: "What are you going to do... what are you going to do... don't mess around, I'll call the police..."

  The Thirty-Six Stratagems of Sun Tzu, The Beauty Trap should be ranked first.

  The criminal police brought Wang Yong away and caught a suspect in less than 90 minutes.

  Yang Liyang, 39 years old, entertainment reporter. He kept pointing to the photo in his wallet with a sob: "I'm not that kind of person, look at my wife, my daughter, she's three years old, how could I be that kind of person? I went to the bar just to gather material, really, it must be those people who knew and took revenge on me... Those people are talking nonsense, really, look at my wife and daughter... My daughter... If I were that kind of person, I wouldn't have been able to have a child..."

  I think he's really unbearable, so I walked over and said to him: "I'm telling you, now homosexuality is not a big deal, many countries allow same-sex marriage. You see how you always avoid the word 'homosexuality', always saying 'those people' 'those people'. What's wrong with those people? Those people are fine, the problem is people like you who don't have the courage to admit it."

  Yang Liyang suddenly became excited and shouted: "I am not! I am not! Look at my wife! My daughter!..."

  "I see," I said. "You know, I think your daughter is very pitiful... really... and your wife, she must hate you."

  The interrogation is a matter for the criminal investigation team, and those with some experience can all see that they haven't caught the wrong person.

  Yang Laiyong's alibi proved to be a crushing blow. He said that he was at home with his wife and children last night, and his wife said that she had been waiting for him to come back to discuss divorce until dawn when he finally returned home, went straight to take a bath, and then silently went out to throw away the trash. His wife felt that he was acting very abnormally and noticed that he walked a long distance from their home to throw away the trash.

  With his wife's help, the detective soon found a utility knife in the trash can and a piece of neck skin that had been washed white...

  I went to listen to Yang Liyang's trial, and it was ridiculous that when these evidences were presented one by one in front of him, he was still dodging. He said: "Yes, I had a relationship with Little Zhao, but this can't prove that I killed him. Are there my fingerprints on the knife? Are there my fingerprints on that piece of skin? I understand, you guys don't have a complete chain of evidence at all! Without a chain of evidence, it's impossible to convict!"

  The detectives all thought it was funny, "Yang Liyang, you've washed the knife very clean, we really can't find any fingerprints. But haha, should I say you're smart or stupid? Recognize this?" The detective slapped his palm on the table and said sternly, "This is the trash bag you used to wrap the victim's neck skin and the murder weapon! There are your fingerprints all over it! If there was an award for the dumbest thief in history, I'd really like to nominate you!"

  The surveillance team stayed up all night and beautifully handed over the surveillance footage of the entrance and exit of the hotel, as well as the footage of Yang Liyang and the deceased walking in the direction of the deceased's home from a convenience store on the night of the incident.

  I compared the palm print on the deceased's neck with Yang Liyang's hand, and the evidence chain was complete.

  Yang Liyang was recruited.

  Everything was as I suspected, he had an abnormal sexual relationship with the deceased Xiao Zhao for over a year. Each time they finished, he would give the deceased 10 or 20 yuan as a "reward", and every month he would give the deceased "big brother" 1,500 yuan as so-called "monthly fees".

  He also has other "darlings", but Xiao Zhao is the most obedient and likes to play with him in various ways, it can be said that he is very fond of Xiao Zhao.

  That night, he came to the rental house to find Xiao Zhao with a gloomy mood, and he really didn't expect that in the end he would lose his hand and strangle Xiao Zhao to death.

  Afterwards, he was also afraid, but soon calmed down. According to what he saw on TV dramas, Yang Liyang first found a pair of gloves to wear, wiped all the places in the house that might have left fingerprints, moved the body to the bathroom for washing, and even washed the inside of the body.

  He redressed the deceased, covered him with a quilt and put the deceased's ID card in his pocket.

  He was afraid and heartbroken, and he resented the deceased Xiao Zhao for rejecting him. He felt that if the deceased had not rejected him, none of this would have happened, and it's impossible to analyze his complicated emotions at the time.

  Finally, in order not to leave any palm prints, Yang Liyang used a utility knife found in the rental house to cut off the skin on the neck of the corpse...

  There's one thing I guessed wrong - Yang Liyang accidentally killed someone not because of playing some choking game, but because the deceased Xiao Zhao refused him citing discomfort.

  "Alas..." Wang Yong sighed, "This kind of person who treads on the edge of morality will eventually get into trouble, but Zhao Fang is still just a child after all..."

  "Zhao Fangfu?" I was stunned for a moment, didn't react in time.

  "The deceased. The deceased is named Zhao Fangfu, he has a name."

  "Oh." I responded faintly, thinking that I would soon forget this name again.

  I generally don't remember the names of the dead.

  Wang Yong's gaze seemed to penetrate the one-way glass in front of him, looking at a distant place: "Today is your birthday, happy birthday, Xiao Fangfu, today you are sixteen years old..."

  The audience in the courtroom was filled with sighs and muffled sounds of sobbing.

  Even someone as heartless as me was moved to tears by his words "Happy birthday, you're 16 today".

  "What's wrong! This gloomy atmosphere doesn't suit you. The police are having a joint operation, come on, I'll take you to see something fun!"

  ………

  Exhaust fumes, red lights, traffic jams... The police car had been jolting for three hours before finally stopping at a bar in the suburbs.

  Police raided the bar and rescued young boys and girls, capturing the "big brother" of the deceased who was performing obscene acts in the bar.

  "Kù Wànmíng, you are currently under arrest for participating in obscene performances, coercing others and minors, as well as suspected human trafficking. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can be used against you in court. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford one, the court will appoint one for you..."

  Gu Wanming's clothes were disheveled, and no matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't shake off the grip of the two policemen. His long, colorful hair was even more disheveled, making him look extremely bedraggled.

  I watched him smile in the car and I really like the scene in front of me. Such a wonderful moment, even if it takes six hours to drive back and forth, it's still worth it.

  I laughed so hard that I might have been blinded, Gu Wanming noticed me and shouted at me: "Laugh?! What are you laughing at? Look! Look at these kids, do you think you're saving them? Me! I'm the one who's saving them! They were kicked out by their parents, no one took care of them, it was me! I gave them food and drink, I gave them work! You caught me, what will happen to them in the future?! Tell me, what will happen to them in the future?!"

  I raised an eyebrow, leaned against the car window and said to him in a very relaxed tone: "Don't be in such a hurry, what's the rush? It seems like you're trying to show off how good of a person you are. Indeed, you provided them with food and drink, but you didn't give them a home; indeed, you gave them so-called work, but you didn't give them a way out. Forget it, don't pretend to care about their future lives anymore, it won't be any worse than following you."