Chapter 9: Night Investigation of the Crime Scene

  It's already past 4 o'clock in the morning. At this moment, in the cold winter, people have long been asleep and no one will be walking on the streets again.

  The dim streetlights made the night seem even more desolate, a black stray dog appeared at the intersection, and under one of the streetlights, it left its mark by urinating, claiming its territory. It turned out that on this cold night, there was still life stirring.

  Suddenly this black dog seemed to have been frightened by something, glanced at the intersection and ran away without a trace, as if everything that had just happened was just an illusion.

  A faint light appeared from the corner and grew brighter, accompanied by the sound of a car engine. In this quiet night, it was even more noticeable. It was a white off-road vehicle, which drove very slowly, as if it didn't want to move, but still stopped under the building.

  After the car lights went out, no one came down for a long time. Was it just a temporary rest or... The car door slowly opened and a man in his twenties got out of the car. He was wearing glasses and a black casual suit with a white shirt that clung to his body, revealing that he was a regular exerciser with two well-developed pectoral muscles.

  He leaned against the car door, lit a cigarette, and through the faint smoke light, saw his angular face, a very cold face, thick eyebrows, long eyes, high nose bridge, and slightly raised lips. The wheat-colored skin exuded a unique masculine flavor. His eyebrows were furrowed, and at this moment, he was worried about something, which was why he hesitated to go upstairs.

  It seemed that the cigarette was not his favorite brand, he took two puffs and then threw it on the ground, trampling it fiercely with his foot. The snow still didn't seem to want to stop falling. His feet were treading on thick layers of accumulated snow, and in this cold weather, because he had forgotten to wear a coat when going out, walking out from the car made him feel quite chilly.

  He took out the door card, touched it on the electronic lock, and the door opened. The doorman who was dozing off heard someone coming in, raised his head with sleepy eyes and looked around, "Mr. Wu, you're back!"

  The person who came in was Wu Hui, he nodded at the doorman and walked straight to the elevator. The doorman saw Wu Hui enter the elevator and yawned before continuing to sleep.

  De Xin Apartments is a high-end apartment, the residents and security guards here are familiar with each other, so it's impossible for strangers to get in, this is why Wu Hui likes living here.

  Wu Hui took advantage of Guo Yining and the others' sleep, sneaking out quietly. These past few days, being followed by them all the time made him feel like he couldn't breathe. He still liked to be alone, acting on his own.

  "I'm back!" Wu Hui said with a hint of guilt as soon as he entered the door, seeing three people sitting side by side on the sofa.

  Zhang Qiang saw Wu Hui come back, walked to his front, and punched him in the chest. "Do you know how dangerous it is for you to go out? If something happens, how can I explain it to Jing Ran?"

  Zhang Qiang's punch was really merciless, hitting Wu Hui's chest and making him feel a bit painful. Wu Hui rubbed his chest with a hint of feigned ignorance, "How are you all awake?"

  Zhang Qiang was sleeping soundly at night, but suddenly woke up and felt uneasy in his heart. He got out of bed and walked to the living room, where he saw Guo Yining and Fang You Si sprawled out on the sofa, snoring away.

  He helplessly shook his head, sleeping like this, if Wu Hui were to walk out, how would they possibly know. Thinking of Wu Hui, he glanced at Wu Hui's room, the door was tightly closed, tonight Wu Hui slept unusually quietly, this wasn't the quietness that Wu Hui should have.

  Zhang Qiang suddenly had a bad premonition, walked to Wu Hui's room door, knocked several times, and there was no response inside. The hand grasping the doorknob turned the lock lightly, it wasn't locked.

  He gently pushed open the door and looked towards the bed, but there was no one inside. The empty bed had nothing on it. Zhang Qiang hastily walked into the room and looked towards the bathroom, but still couldn't find Wu Hui's shadow. Where did he run to?

  Zhang Qiang hastily walked into the living room, turned on the light, and Guo Yining and Fang You were suddenly awakened by the bright light. Fang You covered his eyes with his hand, lifted his head, and saw Zhang Qiang standing there through the gap between his fingers. In a hoarse voice, he asked: "What's wrong? Why are you standing there?"

  Seeing two people with a look of complete ignorance, Zhang Qiang suppressed his anger and said slowly: "Wu Hui is gone."

  "What?" As soon as they heard that Wu Hui was gone, the two of them jumped up from the sofa at once. They had thought Zhang Qiang was just joking and searched around the house, but Wu Hui really was nowhere to be found.

  Zhang Qiang saw the two of them and only then realized that Wu Hui was nowhere to be found. He recalled how they had shouted about protecting Wu Hui earlier, and now looking at the current situation, he shouldn't have been so careless. "You two are supposed to be protecting someone, but you didn't even notice when the person disappeared, and you're still sleeping so soundly!"

  Guo Yining didn't explain, now arguing is useless, the most important thing is to find Wu Hui.

  He took out his mobile phone and dialed Wu Hui's number, soon Wu Hui's mobile phone rang from the house, his mobile phone was placed on his bedside table, not carrying it with him at all.

  Just found that Wu Hui was not in the room, Zhang Qiang was indeed anxious and flustered, somewhat lost his composure. Now calm down and think again, according to his understanding of Wu Hui, if someone wanted to quietly take Wu Hui away, it's simply impossible.

  Thinking of this, Zhang Qiang felt a little more at ease, but it was so late, where did Wu Hui go, and why didn't he tell him.

  Although I know that Wu Hui was not taken away by others, but Guo Yining and Fang You these two people are too much. In the situation of protecting someone, they still sleep so soundly, unforgivable.

  Zhang Qiang sat on the sofa, watching these two people anxiously scratching their heads. Guo Yining was about to inform the people in the Major Crimes Investigation Division to deploy and search for Wu Hui. Zhang Qiang felt that it was almost time to make a big deal out of this, and it would be difficult to end it later. "Alright, you two don't have to rush either. I think he just went out for a walk by himself and will come back soon. Let's sit here and wait."

  Kuo heard Zhang's words and quickly put away his phone, "Do you know where Wu Hui went?"

  Zhang Qiang sat on the sofa, actually he hadn't seen Wu Hui before, and was still a bit worried. "I don't know, of course, but I think with his skills, there shouldn't be any problems. You all wait for a while, if he hasn't come back by morning, you can call someone to go look for him."

  Fang You was still a bit worried about Wu Hui, thinking that someone should go look for him, but Guo Yining decided to listen to Zhang Qiang. As long as the sky brightened and Wu Hui hadn't returned, he would definitely have everyone go find him.

  Then Wu Hui returned home and saw three people sitting on the sofa. When they saw Wu Hui return, their eyes seemed to want to kill him.

  Wu Hui put the car key on the shoe rack, took off his glasses, wiped the white fog caused by the temperature difference on the lenses, and then put them back on. He changed into slippers and walked to the bar to pour himself a glass of water, looking like he didn't care about what was going on. "What's wrong with you guys?"

  Guo Yining felt that as a seasoned detective, he didn't even know when Wu Hui had left, and he felt very embarrassed. He wanted to scold him loudly, but he didn't have the guts, so he just held his breath and said nothing.

  Fang You saw Guo Yining get angry and not speak, so he had to open his mouth himself, "Wu Ge, where did you go? Why didn't you tell us?"

  Wu Hui looked at Guo Yining and knew he was angry, knowing that doing so would add trouble for them, but he really needed some time alone. "I felt a bit stifled, went out for a walk, saw you two sleeping soundly, didn't want to wake you up."

  Wu Hui is someone Fang Youyi deeply respects, although Wu Hui did something wrong this time, he still feels that he shouldn't scold him, "That won't do either, Brother Wu, you're in a special period now, we need to take good care of you, you can't do this again in the future."

  Wu Hui smiled and said, "Alright, it won't happen again!"

  Zhang Qiang pulled Wu Hui to one side and said in a low voice, "What are you doing? You want to go out for a walk, don't tell them, but also tell me, do you know I'm worried about you?"

  Wu Hui patted Zhang Qiang's shoulder, this kid seemed to be really nervous, his muscles were tense. "Don't worry, with my skills, what do you have to worry about?"

  Zhang Qiang knew Wu Hui's stubborn temper, if he wanted to do something, no one could persuade him otherwise, or else he wouldn't be Wu Hui. "Forget it, anyway you're going to do what you want, we can't stop you no matter what we say, just be careful yourself."

  Wu Hui looked at Guo Yining who was sitting there without saying a word and felt somewhat apologetic, "Captain Guo, sorry to trouble you."

  Guo Yining originally wanted to vent, but thinking that Wu Hui had already returned, she didn't say anything else. "It's very late, go to sleep quickly, tomorrow we still have to continue investigating the case."

  After finishing, Guo Yining lay on the sofa, pulled over the quilt to cover herself, Wu Hui was very sorry for them, thinking that she would sneak out without being discovered, and did not expect it to become like this. Wu Hui asked Zhang Qiang to go back to sleep again, he poured a glass of water and also returned to his own room.

  Wu Hui looked at the portrait brought by Wang Hua during the day, and the man in the portrait was the one who had been following Chen Yi-Ling and her sister. If this man could also be found in the city's surveillance footage, then his suspicion would be the greatest.

  I don't know what kind of relationship this man has with the person who sent him a card, and whether he can get information about that mysterious person from his mouth.

  Wu Hui flipped through the on-site photos again and again, which included Wang Si-ting's detailed on-site and autopsy reports. Thinking of the scene he had just seen with Wang Si-ting, Wu Hui smiled, this woman seemed to be really reckless when it came to work.

  Wu Hui left home to the place where Zhou Linlin was killed, he wanted to see if anyone would go to that box at this time point, and also whether something would happen in that area during the time when Zhou Linlin was killed that wouldn't normally happen during the day.

  Unexpectedly, Wang Siting also thought of this point, and some of her ideas were indeed surprising to Wu Hui.