Chapter Thirteen: The Vanishing Cat

  Guo Yining was called back by the director, and happened to run into Fang You who was on his way out. Seeing that he was in a hurry, Guo Yining found it somewhat strange. "Fang You, what are you doing? What's so urgent?"

  Fang Yu was in a hurry to go out and didn't see clearly who he bumped into. Hearing Guo Yining's voice, he raised his head, "Captain Guo, you've really made me miserable. Why did you have to give my phone number to Auntie Zhong? Now she calls me for everything, big or small. And now her cat is lost and I'm the one who has to help find it."

  These days, Guo Yining has been investigating the serial murder case outside of meetings at the bureau. Who would have thought that Fang You would actually help someone find a cat? "You won't let her go to the local police station, how can you find it for her? The team is busy with so many things, who has time to help her find a cat?"

  "I also told her that, but Aunt Zhong's mouth is something I couldn't argue with. Look, the phone rang again, I won't talk to you anymore, Officer Guo. I'd better go find the cat for her." As he spoke, Fang's phone rang again, and he shook his head in frustration, but didn't stop moving, jogging towards the parking lot.

  Aunt Zhong is also pitiful, her children all work outside, her husband died early, she lives alone, quite lonely, thinks Fang's child is good, often willing to talk to him.

  Before Fang You even arrived at the parking lot, he saw a car driving out of the parking lot. Fang You quickly walked to the front passenger seat and opened the door to get in. Guo Yining was wondering whose car it was, when the person inside stuck their head out and said, "Captain Guo, Fang You and I will go take care of something first." The speaker was none other than Yang Rong, the only female police officer on the team, who had just graduated from the police academy this year.

  Yang Rong had just graduated from the police academy, with a high degree of enthusiasm for everything, especially liking to go out on missions. At that time, when Guo Yining first joined the Major Crimes Investigation Unit, he was about the same as Yang Rong now.

  He doesn't have the mood to care about others now, Director Li must be looking for him because of the serial murder case. The progress is too slow, and he's probably going to get scolded again.

  Yang Rong was bored in the team, just heard Fang You was going out for an errand, so she shouted to drive and send Fang You over. Happened that she also came out to get some fresh air, "Fang You, do you think Zhong Auntie has taken a liking to you, wants to adopt you as her own son?"

  Fang Yu sat in the passenger seat, still thinking about Aunt Zhong's situation. "Nonsense, Aunt Zhong is actually quite pitiful. She raised that cat for many years, and to her, it's not just a cat, it's family. I heard her voice on the phone was shaking with tears, let's hurry up and find it for her."

  In college, Yang Rong had contact with some empty nesters and saw how desolate their later years were, which was also psychologically unbearable. "Nowadays, empty nesters are really pitiful, day after day without anyone to accompany them, they can only raise a pet to talk to, if they lose it, isn't that taking their life?"

  When Fang You arrived, Zhong Auntie was already standing at the door waiting for them. Seeing Fang You arrive, she hurriedly walked forward, her eyes full of tears. "Fang You, you must find Mimi, it's my **."

  Auntie Jing's body swayed, Fang hurriedly supported her, worried that she would fall over. "Auntie Jing, don't be sad for now, I'll ask you, when was the last time you saw Mimi?"

  Yang Rong saw the appearance of Zhong Auntie and thought of her own grandmother, feeling a sour heart, not very comfortable. "Yes, auntie, don't worry first, tell us when was the last time you saw Mimi, where were you, we'll help you find her."

  "This morning I came back from my morning exercise and was preparing breakfast for it, but maybe when I got home I forgot to close the door, and Mimi was gone." Auntie Zhong wiped away tears, blaming herself. When she got home today, she didn't notice whether the door was closed properly. Usually, the first thing she did when she got home was check if the door was closed, worrying that Mimi would run out and get lost. But this time when she came back, her mind was preoccupied with Mimi not having eaten breakfast yet, so she hurried to prepare breakfast for it, forgetting about closing the door."

  Hearing what Aunt Zhong said, Fang You thought that the cat might have come out of the house. He went to where Aunt Zhong lived and searched floor by floor, asking each household, but no one had seen Aunt Zhong's cat. It seemed it had left the building.

  Arriving at the security room, Fang asked the security guard to play back the surveillance footage from the entrance of Zhong Auntie's unit this morning. After reviewing the footage, they saw that after Zhong Auntie entered her home, a white cat appeared from the entrance and lingered for a while before darting into the greenery area. Fortunately, it was a large Ragdoll cat, so despite being hidden in the greenery, its white body could still be vaguely seen as it moved along with the sound of meows. Fang carefully searched through the surveillance footage and found that Mimi eventually disappeared within the villa district.

  In order to protect the privacy of the villa owners, they only installed surveillance cameras on the main roads in the villa area, but not inside the villas. Soon, Mimi disappeared from the surveillance range.

  Aunt Zhong thought she could find Mimi, but didn't expect her to disappear again. Fang You and Yang Rong comforted Aunt Zhong and went to the place where Mimi disappeared.

  The villa area is not large, but there are also dozens of households. It happens to be the weekend today, and they should all be at home. They can't go door-to-door asking questions, or they will be complained about. Seeing Zhong Auntie's difficulty, Fang You decides to take a look around the villa first.

  Surrounding the villa with a green belt, Fang You and Yang Rong carefully searched for it. After searching for half a day, they finally saw a dead cat in the grass.

  Yang Rong had seen many corpses before, but when she saw Mimi's corpse, she almost threw up.

  Mimi's belly was facing upwards, from the neck all the way down to the anus, cut open by a sharp object. The edges of the opened fur were right on Mimi's paws, just like someone taking off their clothes. Dry bloodstains had dyed the snow-white fur black, and the blood made the fur stick to its body. Its body was so small. Mimi's eyes were wide open, with wetness around them - these must be tears. It never could have imagined that after sneaking out of the house, it would encounter such a cruel thing.

  "Who could be so cruel!" Yang Rong couldn't bear to look, turning her back to wipe away tears. She loved cats dearly and would always crouch down to play with stray ones she saw, even making it a point to feed them during her days off.

  Fang You's face showed some anger, his fists clenched, "It must have been done by a cat abuser."

  Fang You and Yang Rong didn't dare to tell Aunt Zhong what had happened. If she saw this scene, Fang You really couldn't guarantee that Aunt Zhong would be able to get over it. He asked Yang Rong to quietly pick up Mimi's body and then pretend as if nothing had happened, continuing to call out for Mimi while searching with Aunt Zhong. Seeing Aunt Zhong's anxious expression, Fang You felt a pang of guilt in his heart. Even so, he didn't want Aunt Zhong to see Mimi's current state, so he let her think that Mimi had run away from home instead. At least in Aunt Zhong's heart, Mimi was still alive, wasn't she?

  Guo Yining was scolded by the director and sat at his desk with some regret, thinking that if he let him catch this perverted serial killer, he would definitely beat him to death.

  Wan Shang Fang and Yang Rongcai didn't return until evening. When they came back, their mood was extremely bad. Guo Yining went to ask them what's wrong.

  Fang You told Guo Yining about what happened during the day. Guo Yining had handled a cat abuse case before and knew how they treated cats.

  Yang Rong couldn't understand why there are people who abuse and kill small animals, what they are thinking, "You say the people living in that place are either rich or noble, why would they have such a perverted mentality?"

  I particularly dislike those who have power and influence, they always look down on others with their noses up in the air. Don't be fooled by their glamorous appearance, their hearts are actually dark. Think about it, their world is definitely different from ours, they have so much money and are surrounded by temptations, slowly their minds become twisted, always wanting to experience things that normal people can't, seeking thrills.

  "They are a kind of antisocial personality, all with high IQs, who generally do not admit their own mistakes and will come up with many excuses to justify themselves. If things get out of hand, they will apologize, but their apologies are not sincere, only to prevent the public from pursuing further responsibility. People with such personalities often have introverted personalities, few close friends, and severe depression or great pressure in life, study, and work, unable to find a suitable way to vent their emotions, leading to long-term emotional repression, resulting in violent outbursts that even they themselves cannot understand. They know that harming humans will lead to legal consequences, so they harm vulnerable groups not protected by law, such as animals, pets, or lifeless toys and stuffed animals. From fear to adaptation, habituation, and finally triggering abnormal behavior. Wu Hui and Zhang Qiang happened to come find Guo Yining after dinner, coincidentally overhearing their conversation, having previously done some psychological analysis on cat abusers."

  Upon hearing Wu Hui's voice, Yang Rong hastily walked over: "If I'm not mistaken, you're Wu Hui, right? Our Captain Guo often mentions you, saying that you can predict things like a god and solve cases with incredible speed."

  Wu Hui did not expect Guo Yining to mention his business, "Captain Guo is really good at exaggerating, what he said is not me. If I were really like what he said, then this serial murder case should have been solved long ago. I still haven't cracked the case, are you all very disappointed?"

  Yang Rong actually knew about Wu Hui when she was in school, because many of the cases he cracked were used as examples by their teachers in class. "Not really, these few cases originally didn't have any leads, now that we've found the starting point of the thread, I believe that following this thread, you and Captain Guo will be able to catch the murderer bit by bit."

  "Little girl, looks like you have a good eye for people. My name is Zhang Qiang, please advise me more often." Zhang Qiang didn't want to come with Wu Hui to the re-investigation department at first, it was meaningless, but he didn't expect that there would be a pretty little girl in this place.

  "My name is Yang Rong, Brother Wu, tell me about the cat abuser, I want to hear." Obviously, Yang Rong was not interested in Zhang Qiang, she had been admiring Wu Hui for a long time and kept asking Guo Yining to take her to see Wu Hui, but was always rejected by Guo Yining. This time, she finally got to meet him and wouldn't let go of this great opportunity.

  Although Yang Rong didn't pay attention to herself, Zhang Qiang had his own way of doing things and would naturally shift her attention from Wu Hui's body to his.