Chapter 9 Little Sister 7

  That's Meimei...

  Her thoughts gradually returned. Although Zhang Tong had confirmed that Chen Haijun was the murderer, it had been a long time since the case occurred and there was a lack of direct evidence. Zhang Tong planned to meet with him and think of a way to induce him to confess, then use a recorder to record it as evidence.

  More than half an hour later, in the quiet corner of the back door of the residential area, Zhang Tong, who had been anxiously pacing back and forth, finally waited for the person she wanted to see. This time, she could no longer control the anger in her heart. She walked up and gave Chen Haijun a hard slap. Looking at the smile that froze in an instant, Zhang Tong felt unspeakable disgust.

  "It was you. You killed my sister, caused my father's death, drove my mother mad. You're a beast. Even using your own daughter. Meimei committed suicide because of you. We treated you so well as a family, but you're just a hypocritical beast."

  Chen Haijun's face turned pale instantly, his hands trembling non-stop, muttering to himself, and a deep despair flowed out of his eyes: "I knew this day would come... I knew this day would come... This day has finally arrived..."

  "In my heart, you are like a father to me. I respect you. But I never thought you would be this kind of person." Zhang Tong said with increasing sadness, tears gushing out of his eyes.

  "Tongtong, listen to me... I'm doing all this for Meimei's sake..." Chen Haijun's eyes were filled with tears. "Her eyes have contracted Eales disease. I've tried every possible method, but can only watch as she becomes blind day by day. These hands of mine have saved so many people, yet they can't even save my own daughter. I just can't accept such a cruel reality... Can you understand me?"

  "It's not that simple. Don't lie to me again. I've remembered everything from back then. Is MeiMei's blindness a reason for you to kill? And what about my sister, did she do anything wrong? Those little girls, did they do anything wrong? Just because they have beautiful big eyes, should they suffer this fate? At the scene, I didn't find any fiber evidence on the bodies. You used MeiMei to lure those girls in. What exactly did you do to them afterwards, only you know best. And my mother's medicine, was that also switched by you? She's already very ill. Why are you still doing this? Because of you, I lost my sister and father. You won't stop until you harm my mother too. You will face retribution."

  Zhang Tong's voice grew louder and more agitated. The sky had already darkened, and the surroundings were extremely quiet, with only an occasional passerby walking by. Zhang Tong's angry rebuke caught the attention of a middle-aged dog walker who was passing by on the opposite side of the road. He turned his head to look over here, his eyes filled with puzzlement.

  At this scene, Chen Haijun was anxious. He looked around and said: "I admit it. I owe your father an apology. But, Tongtong, think about it. If your mother wakes up and remembers all of this, how cruel would that be to her? It's better for her to live in a false reality forever... Tongtong, let's go talk in the car, okay? Uncle is begging you."

  Zhang Tong thought for a moment and then nodded: "You come with me to the Public Security Bureau to surrender now."

  "Alright, alright, I agree to everything. Tongtong, Uncle is getting old too, it's time to make a decision. Come with me." As he spoke, Chen Haijun walked straight towards the black Audi parked not far away, while Zhang Tong followed closely behind him.

  As he walked to the car door, Chen Haijun suddenly clutched his chest with one hand and had a painful look on his face. His body leaned against the car door, and his mouth let out a series of helpless moans.

  Zhang Tong immediately saw that this was a symptom of a sudden heart attack. She quickly ran around the car to Chen Haijun's side and stretched out her hand to help.

  At this moment, something unexpected happened. Chen Haijun suddenly stretched out his right hand covering his chest and covered Zhang Tong's mouth. The symptoms of the illness just now disappeared without a trace. Zhang Tong had not yet had time to cry out when a pungent smell rushed straight to his brain. His eyes turned black and his body went limp.

  Chen Haijun quickly pulled up the unconscious Zhang Tong, opened the rear car door, stuffed her in, and then looked around to make sure no one had noticed him. Only then did he calmly open the car door, get in, and drive away quickly.

  The thick night color is like a black curtain, quietly falling down. The surroundings return to silence. It's as if what just happened never occurred at all.

  In Wang Ya Nan's office, the anxious voice of Zhang Tong in the recording echoed clearly until the end of the playback. For a moment, Wang Ya Nan couldn't snap out of it. She shook her head incredulously: "Xiao Tong has been suppressing herself for too long. She never told me about her inner pain."

  "Don't think too much, Captain Wang. Dr. Zhang has already spoken her mind. It's actually a good thing for her to have said all that." Liu Chunxiao turned off the recording device and asked, "In the recording, she repeatedly mentioned a place called 'Shuanglongtan'. It seems likely that Qiuqiu was killed there."

  Wang Ya Nan nodded: "I know. It was inside the Poplar Forest. The on-site investigation team's report mentioned the sixth body, which is Zhang Qiu, Xiao Tong's sister. That's where she was found. Because of the terrain and dense forestation, it's not easy to be discovered."

  "So, that one called 'Mei Mei', do you remember? During my hypnosis session, Dr. Zhang kept mentioning a girl named Mei Mei. According to her, at the time she took her sister Zhang Qiu to Shuanglongtan because of Mei Mei's request. And later, Zhang Qiu's body was found in Shuanglongtan. What do you think about this point?"

  "Mei Mei." Wang Ya Nan furrowed her brow tightly. "Wait a minute, I just heard this name today." She said, and then flipped out her own on-site record book. Soon she found that page. After scanning it for a moment, Wang Ya Nan tensely said, "What are the characteristics of Mei Mei? Is she wearing glasses, with poor eyesight, and about the same age as the murdered girl?"

  Liu Chunxiao nodded: "That's right. Zhang Faye said so at that time."

  As soon as she heard this, Wang Yan immediately grabbed the phone on the table and dialed the number while saying, "We must find Xiao Tong right away."

  "Why."

  "I think I may have found a connection between all of the missing girls who were harmed."

  "Could it be that girl named Mei Mei?"

  Wang Yanan nodded solemnly with a heavy expression.

  On the other end of the phone, no one answered. Wang Yanan had to hang up the phone. But her heart immediately hung in her throat. She turned around and asked anxiously: "After you hypnotize him, will Xiaotong remember the memory of being awakened from hypnosis?"

  Liu Chunxiao nodded.

  Wang Yan stepped forward, her tone extremely stern. "But you have to know that when Xiaotong first lost her memory, the murderer wouldn't look for her. But now that her memories have been awakened, Xiaotong's existence is a threat to the murderer from back then. Prosecutor Liu, how can you be so careless? How could you let her stay alone like this? Why don't you hurry up and go find her?" In her anxiety, Wang Yan's voice unknowingly rose, causing everyone outside the glass door of the office to crane their necks to see what was going on.

  Wang Ya Nan stormed in, slamming the door behind her, followed by Liu Chun Xiao with a gloomy face. The people present didn't dare to make a sound.

  "Xiao Zheng, bring two people with you and follow me. Don't forget to bring your guns." At this moment, Wang Yan had become somewhat flustered. But she knew that her face absolutely could not reveal it. Zhang Tong would never not answer the phone. Not just today. From the day Wang Yan met her. No matter what time it was. As long as the phone rang. She would always pick up. Which means, something must have happened today.

  No one had expected that Zhang Tong would disappear into thin air like a person who had evaporated, and he was never seen again.

  Zhang Tong has been missing for three whole days. Liu Chunxiao and Wang Yanan have almost searched all the places she might go to, but they were disappointed every time. They also thought of checking the surveillance videos at each intersection in the community, but because this community is an old residential area from the 1980s, there are hardly any usable surveillance cameras.

  Wang Yanan and her subordinates almost visited every household in the entire neighborhood, but except for a middle-aged man who mentioned seeing a couple having an intense argument at the back door of the neighborhood that night, there were no other valuable clues. As for the content of the argument, the middle-aged witness shrugged his hands and said he was on the opposite side of the road and didn't dare to come over to watch the excitement. Besides, if a man intervenes in others' business, isn't that just asking for trouble? Wang Yanan was left speechless by this seemingly reasonable excuse.