Chapter Eleven: Red High Heels

  It turned out that the two of them appeared in this alley for the same reason, which was Zhou Linlin's case. They wanted to know if there were any other shops still open at 3 am, and maybe they could find a witness.

  Wu Hui took a look at Wang Si Ting's outfit and thought that this shouldn't be just about investigating the witness.

  "Don't keep staring at me, it's so rude!" Wang Siting felt that Wu Hui would stare at her from time to time, and this feeling was very unpleasant.

  Wu Hui stopped in his tracks and didn't continue walking forward. Wang Si Ting walked two more steps before she heard Wu Hui standing still, so she also stopped and turned around to look at him.

  Wu Hui looked at Wang Si Ting's legs exposed outside and understood why she was dressed like this, "You want to use yourself as bait?"

  Wang Si Ting shrugged her shoulders, "It's okay, but it's also not okay. I think the success rate should be low."

  Wu Hui didn't understand, Wang Si Ting was just a forensic doctor, her responsibility was to dissect the corpse and tell them what the corpse wanted to say, there was no need for her to participate in the on-site investigation, "Do you know how dangerous this is?"

  Wang Siting didn't think much of Wu Hui's words, "You just saw my skills earlier, I don't think there will be any problems. Moreover, from the autopsy, I can clearly see that the sex offender is someone with hand injuries. If he encounters me, he'll definitely fall into the net without a doubt."

  "Recalling how Wang Siting dealt with those little rascals earlier, this woman is indeed quite formidable. 'Indeed, your skills are not bad, but how did you know that person was a weakling?'"

  "See these shoes I'm wearing?"

  Wu Hui didn't understand what Wang Si Ting meant, all he could see was that the heel of this shoe was indeed very high, and earlier when Wang Si Ting wore this shoe to kick her leg, it was really powerful.

  Seeing Wu Hui's bewildered expression, Wang Si Ting continued: "I saw on the surveillance that Zhou Linlin was wearing this same shoe when she was killed. And I also asked her friend to verify, and she indeed bought a pair of shoes from this brand. If you use the heel of this shoe to hit my head, what do you think are the chances of me surviving?"

  Such a long and thin high-heeled shoe, if it were to hit someone's head, would likely result in serious injury or even death. Wu Hui understood why Wang Si Ting said that, because on Zhou Lin Lin's head there was a laceration, at the time he didn't know what object had caused the wound, but now looking at the red high-heeled shoe on Wang Si Ting's foot, it seemed like he had figured it out.

  Wu Hui believed in Wang Si Ting's professionalism, but still didn't rule out the unexpected, "Even so, what you're doing is still very dangerous."

  Wang Siting didn't think much of Wu Hui's concern, "Now it's fine, isn't there you?" As she said that, she came out from the alley and saw a 24-hour supermarket next to the hotel. Wang Siting took a look and nodded at Wu Hui.

  As Wang Siting walked by, Wu Hui discovered a small supermarket, very small, if he hadn't deliberately come over, he wouldn't have seen it.

  Isn't it late for the convenience store to still be open? Wu Hui and Wang Si Ting walked into the mini supermarket together, inside sat a man in his twenties, hunched over playing with his phone. Seeing Wu Hui and the other enter, he merely looked up and then lowered his head again to continue playing with his phone.

  Wang Siting walked around the supermarket, this small supermarket mainly sells instant noodles or vacuum-packed braised flavor, as well as some daily necessities, which seem to have low costs.

  Looking at the rotating sausage machine on the counter, Wang Siting suddenly felt a little hungry, rummaged through her purse, and surprisingly forgot to bring money when she went out.

  "Take two roasted sausages." Wu Hui took out two dollars from his pocket and handed them to the cashier.

  The cashier took the money, used a bamboo stick to pierce two roasted sausages and handed them to Wu Hui. Wu Hui took the sausages and gave one to Wang Si Ting, eating the other one himself.

  Wang Siting took a bite, and the aroma of roasted sausage immediately spread. This flavor is really fragrant! "Police!"

  Just after taking a bite, Wang Siting picked up the roasted sausage with her mouth, took out her ID from her bag and put it on the counter. The cashier looked at Wang Siting, then at the ID, and said disdainfully: "Sister, cospy? The photos are not even the same, if you want to play, make it more realistic."

  “Pfft……” Upon hearing the cashier's words, Wu Hui almost spat out the roasted sausage he had in his mouth. Looking at Wang Siting's current appearance, it was impossible to associate her with the police, and besides, the photo on her ID didn't have makeup on it, so of course the cashier would think that way.

  Wang Si Ting gave Wu Hui a cold glance, and without saying a word to the cashier, she pulled out a scalpel from her handbag and waved it in front of the cashier. "Don't waste words, who told you that police officers can't dress sexy? Cooperate nicely, or else let you try my dissecting knife. I've never actually dissected a living person before, wonder what's different from dissecting a dead one."

  The cashier wasn't afraid of her police identity, but rather the knife in her hand, which looked razor-sharp. If she were to be cut by it, her skin would surely split open. Moreover, it was so late now and there weren't many pedestrians on the road, so even if she shouted for help, no one would come in time. Instead of saying that the cashier recognized her police identity, it's better to say that he took her as a robber. "Don't move the knife, ma'am, let's talk."

  Wang Si Ting took out a portrait from her handbag. It was a portrait drawn based on the oral description of Wang Hua who brought it back in the daytime. "Have you seen this person?"

  The cashier looked down and seemed to have seen him before, "looks familiar, should have come to the store to buy things."

  "Think carefully, can't think of it, I can help you." Wang Siting held the knife and slowly passed in front of the cashier, seeing her so familiar action, Wu Hui thought, this kind of threatening people's thing, she must have done a lot.

  The cashier took another look at the picture, and a point of merit impressed him. "Oh, I remember now, I know who this is. He's the guy who came in to buy something yesterday. I remember that mole on his face."

  Wu Hui didn't think he could really get a lead and hastily asked: "What did the person look like, what did they buy, tell me in detail."

  The cashier thought for a moment, "Looks like he's over 40 years old, about 1.7 meters tall, messy hair, cheap-looking clothes, a bit dirty, bought a box of instant noodles and two cans of beer here, asked me for a large convenience bag, I said the convenience bag would cost money, he refused to pay, I was afraid he would make trouble, in the end, I didn't charge him."

  "Bag? Get me one!" Wang Siting remembered that Zhou Linyin had a bag on her head, could it be the bag from this supermarket.

  Although I'm afraid of Wang Si Ting, the bag wants money which is a matter of principle. Yesterday I myself stuck five cents on it, can't ask him to stick again today, "Sister, five cents..."

  Seeing the cashier timidly stretch out two fingers, Wang Si Ting made a gesture to hit him, scaring the cashier to quickly withdraw his hand and swiftly pull out a bag from behind the cash register and put it on the counter.

  "I didn't say I wouldn't give you money, I just wanted to take a look!" Wang Si Ting picked up the bag and examined it carefully. On the surface, it looked like most bags, without anything special about it. However, she still found some similarities with the bag found at the crime scene - the two handles of the bag had a 2mm discrepancy, which could be compared to the bag found at the scene.

  "Pay up!" Wang Si Ting looked at Wu Hui and then at the cashier, telling Wu Hui to pay.

  "Alright." Wu Hui figured it out. Wang Si Ting must have discovered that this bag and the one found at the previous crime scene were from the same batch of goods.

  Wu Hui thought that this person was a vagrant, if he often appeared nearby, it should be possible to find him by retrieving the surveillance cameras around, "Does he often come here to buy things?"

  The cashier took the 50 cents, shook his head and said, "No, anyway it was my first time working night shift when I encountered him, because he really had a very unpleasant smell on him, like the smell of a garbage dump, so I remember."

  Wang Si-ting once said that a person with sexual preference disorder is like someone who has injured their hand. "What other characteristics does he have?"

  "Right, his right hand is wrapped in a bandage, looks like he's injured. His hands are rough, probably a migrant worker from the construction site up front." The cashier pointed to a residential building under construction not far away, if it was a migrant worker, the only possibility would be that building.

  Wang Si Ting took out her mobile phone, originally wanting to show the cashier a photo of Zhou Linlin to see if she had seen her, only to discover that her phone screen was completely shattered and could do nothing but give up.

  "Do you have a photo of Zhou Linlin on your phone, let him take a look to see if he has seen her before." Wang Siting glanced at Wu Hui beside her, his phone should have photos of Zhou Linlin after she died, she remembered that at the scene of the crime, he was holding his phone and kept taking pictures.

  Wu Hui patted his own pocket, looking a bit embarrassed, "Uh, I forgot to bring my phone."

  Since neither of them had Zhou Linlin's photo, there was nothing they could do. They had asked all the questions they needed to ask and finished eating the roasted sausage, so they could leave now.

  Wu Hui took a look at Wang Si Ting's clothes. On such a cold day, dressing like that would definitely be chilly. "Get in the car, I'll send you back."

  Wang Si Ting indeed was a bit cold and didn't put on a polite face with Wu Hui, "Alright then, let's go."

  As soon as Wang Siting got on the car, Wu Hui turned on the heater. He had forgotten to wear his jacket when he went out and had been standing outside for a while, so he felt quite cold, not to mention Wang Siting.

  "I didn't think you were such a warm guy." Wang Si Ting looked at Wu Hui beside her, in her impression, Wu Hui was a man who didn't like to talk and didn't like to care about others, their conversations at the bureau were all about cases.

  As for Wang Siting's words, Wu Hui didn't respond, he just smiled, in the past Jing Ran always said that he was a warm man, taking care of her with meticulous care, as if he knew what she thought in her heart.

  "What scent?" Wu Hui smelled a familiar scent in the car, which was the scent of Jing Ran's favorite perfume.

  Wang Si Ting didn't understand what Wu Hui meant, and instead looked around the car. The car was very clean and there was nothing in it except for the smell of the car itself. "There isn't any, I don't smell anything."

  Wu Hui looked at Wang Si Ting, and suddenly pulled the car over to the side of the road. Wu Hui's eyes changed, and he slowly leaned in closer to Wang Si Ting.

  Wang Si Ting looked at Wu Hui's face getting bigger and bigger in front of her eyes, what was he going to do, he wouldn't be trying to kiss her, would he? She and he weren't close enough to be kissing.