The Devil is Lurking By Your Side

A cold wind passed by in the conference hall, and everyone suddenly felt a little hairy all over their bodies. It is obvious that the room is closed, so why is there a cold wind blowing on them?

Mei Hua couldn't help but folded her arms. She looked at the door of the conference hall and saw that the door was closed tightly, and the wind couldn't get in from the outside. So, she lowered her head and whispered to Yang Cong: "Why is it so cold indoors? Don't you think it's cold?"

Yang Cong did feel the cold too, but he was bold and didn't believe in ghosts and gods, so he didn't feel particularly afraid. Don't think about it."

Lin Xin saw the two of them whispering, and then when she saw Mei Hua’s look, she knew she had always been a little timid, so she chuckled and said, "Mei Hua, we don’t usually do bad things, and we won’t be surprised if we knock on the door in the middle of the night. There is nothing to be afraid of."

After hearing this, Mei Hua blushed and said, "It's not. Sister Lin, don't you feel particularly cold?"

Lin Xin smiled again and turned to Police Officer Tang and said, "Officer Tang, it's getting late at night. Can the indoor air conditioner be adjusted?"

When Mei Hua heard Lin Xin say this, she raised her hand and looked at the watch on her wrist. It was actually past nine o'clock.

It's late at night, no wonder it feels so cold.

It seems that I am really careless.

After police officer Tang adjusted the air conditioner, he asked them: "Everyone is a little tired? Why, let my subordinates make coffee to refresh you?"

"Well, that's okay, thanks to Officer Tang." Lin Xin nodded and said to him.

Since the case is no less tricky than the rest of the corpse cases, the meeting tonight has to go on, and this goes on and I don’t know how long it will last.

Coffee not only refreshes people's minds, but also refreshes everyone's mind.

Soon after Police Officer Tang ordered to go down, a police officer brought them coffee. After Lin Xin thanked the police officer, she returned to the position where she had just been sitting, and slowly drank coffee.

After taking a sip of coffee, Officer Tang asked, "Officer Lin, what do you think of the case? Can it be resolved quickly?"

"I don't know yet. We only have such a little clue right now, so I don't have much confidence that I can arrest the murderer in a short time." Lin Xin frowned.

"So, what do you think we should do?" Officer Tang asked.

"There are still many things we have to think deeply about. Just now we talked about two cases if different murderers did it, plus if Chen Yanling's death was related to the theft of underwear and underwear, then these two cases would be the same. There seems to be one thing in common, and that is that the two murderers are both fetishists. But Officer Tang, do you think it's really such a coincidence?" Lin Xin put down the cup and turned to him and asked.

"So, Officer Lin, do you mean that the two cases were really done by the same murderer?" Officer Tang asked in a deep voice.

Lin Xin shook her head and said, "I'm not sure. Just now we made the first assumption that when two different murderers were involved in the two cases, what was in their heads when they were doing the crime. I thought about something. Then, we got the preliminary conclusion that they are all fetishists, and we can pursue the murderer on this point. But what if I make a second hypothesis? That is, two cases. They were all done by the same murderer, so will our conclusions be different again?"

"Inspector Lin, why don't we make the second hypothesis now, maybe we can learn more ideas and clues from it?" Officer Tang suggested to her.

Lin Xin nodded and said, "Yes, this is what I want to discuss with you. Therefore, we have to stay up late tonight."

Officer Tang gave a wry smile and said, "There is no way. As long as we can catch the murderer quickly, it doesn't matter how much I stay up late."

After the four people finished their coffee, Lin Xin stood up from the chair again. She still walked to the whiteboard, faced the crowd, and said: "The two cases we just proposed were carried out by two different murderers. That is only our first hypothesis. So, what about the second hypothesis? The two cases were handled by the same person, what do you think?"

Lin Xin set her eyes on Mei Hua, and said to her: "Let's still start with Mei Hua first. Mei Hua, what do you think?"

Mei Hua leaned back on the back of the chair, lowering his head to think seriously. After a long time, she raised her head and said to Lin Xin, "Sister Lin, if the two cases were committed by the same murderer, then he must have lurked in Longshi first."

When Lin Xin heard this, she clapped her hands immediately and said, "That's good. Okay, then Yang Cong, what do you think?"

Yang Cong looked down at the desktop. He thought of what Mei Hua had just said, combined with his earlier thoughts, then raised his head and said to Lin Xin: "Sister Lin, if the murderer lurks in the Dragon City first, then the Cai brothers are still the most suspicious."

"Yeah, it's really good, but although what you two said is the same as mine, it's just a hypothesis." After Lin Xin finished speaking, she turned to look at Officer Tang and asked, "What about Officer Tang? Do you have any advice?"

"Yes, the next morning, I will send someone to find Brother Cai as a police officer of the Public Security Bureau." Officer Tang said firmly.

Lin Xin clapped her hands again, and then said: "Very well, since everyone has a goal, then I will explain the thoughts in my mind."

She paused and looked around at the three people sitting under her. Seeing that their eyes were all looking towards her, she made an appearance of listening carefully.

I don't know if this kind of spirit was caused by coffee's haunting or because he heard that Lin Xin had further developed the case.

Lin Xin put her hand behind her and said, "The root of the matter is still back to the big characters I wrote. That means that the murderer's motive is there, and that is to commit crimes for the satisfaction of sexual stimulation. It also explains why the murderer only killed her after sexually assaulting the deceased, but did not commit any crimes on her body. That is because he had no deep hatred of the two women and was purely satisfying his own selfish desires. Therefore, no matter the case is, It is done by the same person or by different people, and their motives are the same."

Just after Lin Xin explained the murderer's motives, she bent down and picked up a piece of cloth next to the whiteboard, wiped the large characters she had just written, and immediately erased the red font.

The original appearance of the whiteboard was restored.

It's white and clean, leaving no traces at all.

She glanced at the whiteboard, turned to face the other three people again, and said, "Now, let’s leave the murderer’s motives behind for a while, let me make a second hypothesis for you. If Yangshi and Longshi are sexually assaulted If the case is made by the same murderer, then we will encounter time doubts. As Mei Hua said, the murderer must be lurking in Longshi first. That's because when we found Chen Yanling's body She has been dead for a week, and when Peng Jingchun’s body was found by us, it was a few days ago. Therefore, the murderer must have killed Chen Yanling first and threw her body into the river in an attempt to destroy the evidence, and then ran again. Yangshi, continue to attack Peng Jingchun."

When Lin Xin said this, she stopped after seeing Yang Cong wanting to say something, and then she paused and asked, "Yang Cong, do you have anything to add?"

"Yes. Sister Lin, I'm very curious...Neither women, Chen Yanling and Peng Jingchun, knew each other nor had any hatred with the murderer. Then, why were they both killed by the murderer at the same time?"

"Well, a good question." Lin Xin paused when she said this. Then she said again: "The murderer probably had the idea of ​​seeking sexual stimulation a long time ago. Or maybe he faced some sexual obstacles long ago, so after finding a solution, So I started chasing prey."

Lin Xin walked up to the crowd and continued: "Another point of my second hypothesis is that the murderer probably lived in Longshi for a while, and then met the first deceased, Chen Yanling. He was taken by her. Attracted, so stalked her, and even stole her underwear and underwear to satisfy his fetish behavior. Then, he later found that stealing underwear and underwear could not solve his paranoid sexual desire, so he tried to find After stalking the deceased, he sexually assaulted her after a period of time. He was probably satisfied in the process of sexual assault, and probably not. However, it is certain that he may have encountered the other party during the sexual assault. After her fierce resistance, she chose to kill her, or she was afraid of the other party reporting the crime.

"Later, the murderer came to Yang City by a coincidence. After meeting Peng Jingchun, he also had the idea of ​​sexual assault, but this time he took a fancy to the other's shoes, and then stimulated his fetishism again. So he sexually assaulted her and killed her. Therefore, if he has started a series of tyrannical killings, then we can be sure that he must have found what he has always wanted in the process of sexual assault. Sexual satisfaction, so I think he is likely to commit another crime in the future. At the same time, this also explains Yang Cong’s problem with you. The murderer did not know the two victims. He was only attracted by these two women. , Coupled with the fact that they are all wearing the things they are obsessed with, it will cause him to attack them."

Lin Xin said slowly, with a cold tone in her tone.

If the murderer of the two cases belonged to the same person, then he must be looking for his next prey at the moment.

At this time, Yang Cong raised the question again. He asked: "But Sister Lin, is it possible that the murderer has a fanatical preference for two different things at the same time, such as underwear and shoes? I have seen it before. The past cases all refer to this type of murderer who only has a certain enthusiasm for one of them."

Lin Xin nodded and said, "I have seen such a case, and like you, I am suspicious of this. So, what we have to do now is to contact the police officer Wu in Shangyang City to see if he is correct. I found it in Peng Jingchun's home."

"Okay, let me call Officer Wu. He should still be investigating this case in the Public Security Bureau." After Police Officer Tang said, he raised his cell phone and called Officer Wu.

After a while, Officer Wu answered the phone, and Officer Tang immediately said to him: "Brother Wu, I am with Officer Lin now. What did you find out there?"

"Haha! I was about to call you, so you called. I didn't have any major discoveries here, but my subordinates told me that the home of the deceased woman Peng Jingchun has been cleaned up very well. It doesn't seem to be any There are traces of people breaking in, and the house has been cleaned up in an orderly manner. It doesn't seem that there is anything missing."

Officer Wu's words immediately gave Lin Xin a clear look on her face.

Although she didn't fully understand the murderer's psychology, it also gave her another clue to continue pursuing. As Yang Cong mentioned earlier, fetishists are only interested in one thing, and it is difficult for them to have the same interest in two different things at the same time.

So, this can also explain why the high heels of the first deceased did not appear cracks at all, but the high heels of the second deceased did appear cracks. .

Just after Officer Tang hung up the phone, Lin Xinyouyou said, "If we make a conclusion based on the second hypothesis, can I say that everything is caused by high heels..."