Chapter 40: Discovering the Suspect

  Swallowing hard, his eyes wide with astonishment, he knew that the whole thing was extremely bizarre, but this scene still completely exceeded his expectations.

  "As long as his head stays on the tea tray, he won't say a word, but he's indeed alive, not a movie prop." Cui Meng explained with a boastful tone, and stretched out his hand to pull the person's hair, causing the person's head to hurt so much that tears flowed down. "I used to hate this thing too, and I once wanted to destroy it, fortunately I didn't succeed, otherwise there wouldn't be such a good show today."

  "Who is this person?" asked Yan Feng, quickly calming down from his shock.

  "What's the big deal who cares what his name is?" Chui Meng shrugged "Or you can ask your ex-girlfriend, this unlucky guy replaced her in the tea tray while her body was originally this unlucky guy's."

  "What about your body, Ula?" Yanzhong only felt a flash of white light in his mind, and that white light was becoming clearer with the passage of time.

  Wula crouched in the corner, silent, but her eyes were extremely gloomy. Cui Meng replied, "Wula's body was taken away by Wang Lizi, didn't you see? The rotting female corpse in the first murder case was Wula."

  "What about Wang Lizi's body?"

  "It was taken away by a small classmate of Wula. Then, the body of the small classmate was taken away by Song Jian, and Song Jian's body was taken away by that bespectacled classmate who came down the mountain to relieve himself - do you want to hear more?"

  "One for one!" The words burst out of Yan Feng's mouth, suddenly pulling out the main thread from this tangled mess. "One for one! So that's what 'one for one' means!" He furrowed his brow and muttered to himself, finally understanding what Lao Lao had said when she sold him the wristband. But who was this old man? Why did she know about this matter? And why did she come to remind him?

  Wu La and four other classmates went down the mountain in this order: Glasses classmate, Song Jian, small male student, then a gap with Wang Lizi in between, and finally Wu La. And their bodies were passed one by one to the person in front!

  "You've cracked so many cases with your exceptional logical reasoning, I never thought you'd still be using math one day?" Cui Meng smiled, his smile mixed with bitterness and pride.

  "But how is this possible? Is it a head-swapping technique?" Yan Feng struggled again and asked.

  "First, tell me how you knew I was Rong Yu. How did you guess? I asked myself if I had shown any flaws." Cui Meng said: "In exchange, I will tell you all about this in detail."

  Yan Feng knew that in this situation, he had no room for bargaining, so he simply and readily agreed: "It's simple. An accident made me start suspecting you. At first, you tried to make me believe that Linglong had a serious mental illness, that she killed people while sleepwalking. When I later pointed out that Linglong didn't have the ability or time to kill, you changed your approach and tried to make me believe that Linglong was related to these murder cases, always trying to shift my attention."

  "I'm trying to disturb your mind." Choi said, "You had a good impression of her as soon as you saw her. Although you're currently in a police and witness relationship and can't develop feelings, your heart is drawn to her. This makes me jealous, but I don't understand if I like you or like her? Or maybe I'm bisexual! Ula is also jealous of her, jealous that Cheng Lingyao will take away what belongs to her. So, Lingyao is suffering because of you, how does it feel? It feels even more heart-wrenching?"

  "You've been diligent in this case, offering many good suggestions. I wouldn't have doubted you otherwise. My suspicions were always about Cheese and Wula, guessing whether they were collaborators or enemies.

  Yanfeng ignored Cui Meng's frivolous tone: "You previously said the killer was a skilled surgeon, so our goal has been focused on this lead, assuming that the 'Cheese' who organized the trip was a doctor. Also, the first body appeared in Jing County, and considering various conditions, it's unlikely that the murder site, transfer site, and burial site were far apart. The body was handled so cleanly, with no bloodstains at all, which requires special facilities and equipment. So we inferred that the killer must have a base in Jing County.

  Based on these two points, we conducted extensive investigations, checking real estate in Jing County, doctors' vacations from nearby major hospitals, and even people from Jing County who studied medicine at university. But we couldn't find any leads until I came to Erjie Mountain before you invited me for lunch."

  Cui Meng narrowed his eyes and thought for a moment: "That's right, I lied again that day to make you suspect Cheng Ling. And I think it worked. But I don't remember doing anything suspicious. If what you're saying is true, then the people at Jing County Public Security Bureau all know that I have property here, which was bought a long time ago. Was it because I flirted with you and kissed you?"

  He said it so casually, but Yanfeng couldn't help but glance at Linglong. Seeing that Linglong was focused on listening to his analysis of the case and hadn't noticed this "romantic incident", he continued: "Before, I never suspected you, although you are an outstanding forensic doctor. If we're talking about dissecting and cutting up corpses, I believe your technique is more precise and superior than those famous surgeons. This gives you the means to kill, but I've always treated you as a comrade-in-arms, without considering anything else." Since the person in front of him claimed to be Cui Meng, Yanfeng also treated him as a man, ignoring his feminine appearance. "However, that day when you invited me to lunch and an accident happened, resulting in soup and sauce spilling all over the floor... at that time, you were barefoot and left footprints on the floor."

  "Oh—" Cui Meng suddenly realized.

  But he understood Linglong, and Wula was also curious, almost in unison, asking "What's the relationship with footprints?"

  "Because whenever I use magic, I always leave a pair of footprints, no matter if I'm standing there or not, and no matter if I'm wearing shoes or not. A barefoot footprint will always be left at the place where I cast my spell, just like the mysterious aura of a powerful martial artist." Cui Meng replied.

  "Are you a witch?" Linglong was extremely surprised.

  "I actually don't know how. Baby, I really don't! But this is what I brought with me from my mother's womb and when I was in the tea tray, I absorbed my mother's abilities, so inexplicably, I can control everything."

  "So you're a witch, that's why you know everything about me and can destroy everything!" Ula gnashed her teeth, her beautiful eyes full of hatred and madness, making Yanfeng's heart skip a beat. Is this really Ula? The gentle, straightforward, and slightly arrogant Ula?

  Cui Meng coldly laughed and said "I can see everything that happens in this cave, how could you hide it from me? Captain Yan, please continue!"

  "When Linglong first found the body, there were footprints that made people feel very puzzled because the bed hadn't moved, so where did the footprints come from? We analyzed those footprints but except for knowing it was a woman about 1.6 meters tall and weighing around 55 kilograms, there was no other evidence of significance. However, when you stepped on the thick sauce that day and ran to get me a towel, the footprint you left on the ground made me suddenly suspicious. Of course, I wouldn't thoroughly suspect you based on just one footprint, but there's another very important circumstance--"

  "What is it? I'm curious now."

  "Your house has a ceramic tile floor in the dining room with a large rug under the table. At first, I thought it was to prevent the table legs from slipping, but when all the food on the table spilled and the soup quickly seeped into the rug, I realized that the rug was not water-absorbent at all. In fact, it's made of synthetic fibers that don't absorb water. But under the rug, there seems to be a movable floorboard leading to a basement. The farmhouse you live in is not an ordinary farmhouse, but rather a villa built by a real estate company without any design for a basement. Your identity as a doctor, your footprints, and your address being close to the burial site, as well as your familiarity with the local situation and the case, all made me suspicious of you. So I immediately went to find Gu Long to investigate your footprints and where you've been in the past few cities.

  I said that afternoon, why did Gu Long organize a whole police officer competition? It was to relieve tension, and one of the events was two people running with their legs tied together, barefoot. So it seems like he had this idea all along. Have you now cleared up my whereabouts for the past two months and matched them with the cheese?"

  "Kulon is a low-key person, but when he does something, you'll know he's a capable person. And when you kidnapped Linglong in the village, there were footprints on the ground too."

  "Have you informed the police?"

  "You clearly know that I have a hostage in hand and cannot act rashly. Now I've made myself clear, it's your turn to tell me what this head-swapping technique is all about?"

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