Chapter Seventeen The Last Victim

  "What does 'Lilac' mean? Is there some special meaning?" Yang Rong didn't understand.

  "The language of lilacs represents kinship, I think I understand the psychology of Liu Chong now that I know the language of flowers?" Wang Siting said this while looking at Wu Hui.

  Wu Hui did not expect Wang Si Ting to have already understood the meaning of this rib, and he couldn't help but look at her with new eyes, nodding his head in agreement with Wang Si Ting's inference.

  Wang Hua saw that Wu Hui didn't say anything, so he repeated what he understood, "Your meaning is that Liu Chong left one of his ribs to commemorate his sister, and then carved a pattern of familial love on it?"

  Wang Si Ting nodded, "That's right, that's what I mean."

  "It seems that Liu Chong's feelings for his sister are really... quite good." Yang Rong didn't know what word to use to describe Liu Chong's perverted behavior.

  Wu Hui once again analyzed Liu Chong's behavior from a psychological perspective, "In those years, Liu Chong's mother died by hanging herself, and his father abandoned him and his sister to go to the United States. For so many years, there was no news, and Liu Chong had been living with his sister for many years, relying on each other for survival, and receiving countless cold glances. It can be seen that the brother and sister's feelings are deep. Therefore, Liu Hui's death is a huge blow to Liu Chong. The mother's death was the original cause, while the sister Liu Hui's death was the triggering event."

  Fang You had some doubts about Liu Chong's behavior, "Why did Liu Chong not commit any crimes for so many years, and what was the reason for his sudden frenzy of committing crimes in these few days?"

  "Do you still remember what Wang He said when we asked her?" Wu Hui looked at Guo Yining, "Wang He said they were recently quarreling over divorce, I think this is the reason why Liu Chong went crazy and committed crimes."

  "That's right, Wang He and Liu Chong have been married for many years, their feelings for each other have always been good. When Liu Hui died from an abortion, Wang He was Liu Chong's only relative. Now that Wang He wants to divorce him too, he feels betrayed by the whole world." Guo Yining and Wu Hui had been together for so long, they also knew a thing or two about criminal psychology, so she spoke out her conjecture.

  Wu Hui realized something, "That's right, that's the reason. If Liu Chong is killing people wildly because of Wang He's matter, then Wang He is in danger and must be protected well. I think the person Liu Chong will kill in the end is definitely Wang He."

  When Wu Hui said that Wang He was in danger, Guo Yining hastily ordered, "Fang You, Wang Hua, Yang Rong, hurry to Wang He's dormitory and protect her."

  "Yes!" The three men received the order and hastily set off.

  Wu Hui had a bad feeling, it was something he discovered too late, hopefully everything is still salvageable.

  Guo Yining had been waiting for Fang You's news all along. Before long, Fang You's phone call came, and Wang He was missing.

  If Wang He is the person Liu Chong ultimately wants to kill, then Han Xue should be more cautious. Wu Hui hopes to find out the general direction where Liu Chong might be hiding through the surveillance footage of Han Xue's disappearance that day.

  Through the surveillance video around 2046, Wu Hui found that not far from 2046, Han Xue got into a black sedan. After investigating the vehicle, it was discovered that this car had been reported stolen. The owner of the car was the one who came out of 2046 and found his car missing, so he called to report the loss.

  Through the owner's description of where the vehicle disappeared, Wu Hui saw a man wearing a black windbreaker, a black duck-billed hat and a black mask walking up to the vehicle, lingering by the door for a while, looking around to make sure no one was paying attention, then opening the unlocked door and getting in.

  The car owner was surprised to see the man in black open his car door so quickly, and he remembered that he had locked the car, how could it not be locked?

  There is now a car lock jammer, the owner thinks that locking the car, in fact, has not locked it, the thief in black should have used a jammer, so it was easy to drive away the owner's car.

  Although the man was disguised and the camera did not capture his face, Wu Hui recognized him as Liu Chong from his back and gait.

  Han Xue, who was on the car, was also taken away by Liu Chong. They followed the surveillance to find the lost car, but it soon disappeared from the surveillance.

  Liu Chong's anti-detection ability is really strong. Guo Yining led a team to search for Liu Chong in the area where he disappeared that day, which was a national highway. Liu Chong had avoided taking the expressway and instead disappeared on the national highway. There were too many cities and villages near the national highway, making it difficult to investigate.

  But remembering that Liu Chong still had two people in his hands, Guo Yining decided no matter how difficult it was, he must find Liu Chong.

  Then a report was made to the bureau and more police were dispatched to assist in the search.

  "Time is tight, I'm afraid Liu Chong won't give me that much time. Continuing to search blindly like this isn't a solution either." Having searched for two days already, Wu Hui was getting worried that if he continued like this, Liu Chong might have already left.

  "I also know this isn't the way, but if we don't look for him like this, what can we do?" The weather was getting colder and colder, seeing his brothers searching every day and night, Guo Yining was anxious too. "Now that it's so cold, he must be buying food somewhere, let's check the nearby supermarkets to see if there's anyone buying a large quantity of instant noodles or fast food."

  Guo Yining suddenly thought that Liu Chong must be going to buy something, he chose a secluded place to hide, so he would definitely go out less often, and thus would stock up on more food. Starting from this point, there might be some gains.

  Wu Hui couldn't help much, but seeing Guo Yining under tremendous pressure these past two days, he could only do what little he could on the side.

  "Haven't eaten yet, come quick, I just ordered takeout and it's still hot. Hurry up and eat." Zhang Qiang saw that Wu Hui hadn't returned home for two days, so he called him saying he was helping Guo Yining catch escaped prisoners outside. He worried that Wu Hui hadn't had a full meal, so he ordered takeout from a restaurant to be delivered to him.

  Upon hearing Zhang Qiang's voice, Wu Hui turned around and found him standing behind with three or four insulated lunch boxes in hand, his face frozen red. "How did you get here?"

  "You didn't say you'd be out for a few days, I thought you definitely wouldn't eat well, so I came to bring you some food. Look, there's even soup, drink it while it's hot." Zhang Qiang raised the thermos in his hand, he had driven all the way from the restaurant without even stopping at a restroom, and delivered it here.

  "You go back, I don't want to eat this thing, you take it away." Wu Hui was somewhat unhappy.

  Guo Yining didn't know why Wu Hui was unhappy, Zhang Qiang had sent something over for him to eat from afar, but he was still angry. "Zhang Qiang sent it all the way here, why aren't you eating? You haven't slept well or eaten well these past two days, hurry up and eat."

  Wu Hui knew that Zhang Qiang was also doing it for his own good, but Zhang Qiang had promised him not to get involved in the case on site. Now he ran to this place, what if he encountered Liu Chong? What if Liu Chong lost control? At that time, he would be unable to protect himself, how could he protect Zhang Qiang? "Put down your things and leave."

  Although Wu Hui is not a warm person, Guo Yining thinks he is a very easy-going person and has never seen him get angry with anyone. What's wrong today? Just because Zhang Qiang came to deliver food for him, he got angry?

  "Alright, remember to eat it before it gets cold. I'll come again tomorrow to bring you more." Zhang Qiang felt a bit embarrassed, but eventually put down the thermos box and turned around to leave.

  "Wait!" Wu Hui called out to stop Zhang Qiang from leaving.

  "What's up?" Hearing Wu Hui tell him to stop, Zhang Qiang thought Wu Hui was telling him to stay and happily ran a short distance to Wu Hui's front.

  "Wu Hui looked at Zhang Qiang and said word by word: 'Don't come tomorrow, and don't come after that either.'"

  Seeing Wu Hui's expression, Zhang Qiang knew he was angry. Without saying a word, he turned around and left, his back resembling a small rooster with its head hung low.

  "Walk slowly, it's cold, be careful." Guo Yining didn't know what had happened between Wu Hui and Zhang Qiang. He was stuck in the middle and felt a bit awkward.

  "Thanks, Captain Guo. Remember to eat while it's hot, I'm off!" Zhang Qiang didn't turn back, he just waved his hand and drove away.

  After Zhang Qiang left, Guo Yining looked at the thermos box in front of her with some embarrassment, wondering whether to eat this meal or not.

  No one could understand the matter between Wu Hui and Zhang Qiang, not even Guo Yining. Wu Hui had never mentioned it to her. Seeing Guo Yining's awkward expression, Wu Hui walked over and opened the thermos box, "Hurry up and eat, it's cold outside, or you'll waste Zhang Qiang's good intentions."

  "It's you who has disappointed his good intentions." Guo Yining was also straightforward, having eaten bread for the past two days, her mouth really felt like it was going to produce birds, looking at the steaming dishes, she suddenly felt extremely hungry.

  Watching Zhang Qiang leave, Wu Hui sighed, "I'm doing it for his own good."

  "How did you and Zhang Qiang get to know each other?" Guo Yining asked Wu Hui curiously while eating.

  "I've known him for many years, I don't even remember how many years it's been. At that time, the three of us were really close." Wu Hui thought back to when the three of them were together, and those days might never come again.

  "Three people?" Guo Yining swallowed a piece of pork rib in his mouth. Who were the three people Wu Hui was referring to?

  "I, Zhang Qiang and my fiancée Jing Ran, our relationship was good, until that case happened, everything changed." Wu Hui recalled the things about the three of them back then.

  "Are you talking about the 'Christmas massacre of 1225'? Was Zhang Qiang also present at that time?" Guo Yining was somewhat surprised, he hadn't expected that Zhang Qiang had been involved in that case.

  "That's right, he was not only present but also one of the victims. At that time, he and Jingran disappeared together. Later, I found Zhang Qiang, but I didn't find Jingran. I was worried that Zhang Qiang would be harmed like Jingran, so I made Zhang Qiang promise me that he must never appear at the scene of the crime." Wu Hui took a sip of the lotus root and pig's trotter soup brought by Zhang Qiang, and after swallowing it, his stomach felt warm. The chilliness of the past two days seemed to have disappeared instantly.

  Guo Yining understood why Wu Hui was so angry when he saw Zhang Qiang appear here. He was afraid, and the disappearance of Jing Ran last year had made him so sad that he feared Zhang Qiang would also disappear.