Of course, what actually attracted Chen Bai's attention was not only the case itself, but also the relationship between the three people.
"Weren't these two people investigated after that?"
"We have investigated, how could there not be an investigation, but do you think this matter is so easy? The transcript of that time is here, you can read it yourself!"
The administrator of the archives room took out a file bag and handed it to Chen Bai. Chen Baizheng was wondering why a case should be placed in different files, and was attracted by Tan Zhenghao's transcript.
Police officer: What were you doing at one o'clock in the morning on x?
Tan Haopeng: Sleep.
Police Officer: Who can prove it?
Tan Haopeng: Officer, I live alone. Where can I prove it to you?
Police Officer: Do you know the girl across from you?
Tan Haopeng: Do you know Ruan Ling? She is a very obedient and sensible little girl. She used to say hello to us every time she saw her when she went out. I am also very sorry for what happened to her. This kind of thing happened to the little girl’s family.
What bad luck!
Police Officer: Have you seen anyone suspicious recently?
Tan Haopeng: No, everyone in this building knows each other. If you really meet someone you don’t know, you will definitely recognize them immediately.
Police Officer: You didn’t hear anything that night?
Tan Haopeng: Officer, what time was it then? I had gone to bed early and of course I didn’t hear anything.
Chen Bai read the interrogation transcript and found that although everything in the transcript was normal, this transcript was already written after Tan Haopeng moved out.
Chen Bai opened Zhao Demin's transcript and found that it only contained a few simple sentences. What Zhao Demin said the most was that he didn't know.
"Who was the previous police officer in charge of this case?"
The administrator of the archives room said nothing, but pointed to the lower right corner.
"Wu Jianguo?"
Chen Bai collected all the case information and put it in a file bag.
"I'll take these for a look first, and then I'll send them back to you."
"Chen Bai, do you think what you have done is useful?"
Chen Bai walked to the door and was suddenly stopped by the administrator of the archives room.
"This case is not just a simple disappearance case. The three people met again ten years later, and the case happened again. This is not a coincidence. There must be some connection. Finding these connections may be the key to solving this case."
When Chen Bai saw Wu Jianguo, he was taking care of the plants on the balcony.
"It's really amazing. I didn't expect you to help us solve so many major cases at such a young age."
Wu Jianguo was an old man in his sixties. He tried to straighten his back and came to Chen Bai's side.
"You came to me about the case ten years ago, right?"
Chen Bai nodded, Wu Jianguo smiled and invited Chen Bai to sit down.
"The case ten years ago was my last case. In fact, at that time I had to retreat to the second line. In my fifties, my physical strength was not as good as before, and it was impossible to work on the front line. I remember it was one morning
, a woman brought a fifteen-year-old child to the police station to report a crime. After the woman and the child explained the incident, we were all a little surprised. After that, we quickly arrived at the scene of the crime, but by that time several days had passed since the incident.
Oh my god. Fortunately, the girl didn't tidy up the room, so some evidence was preserved. I believe you have read the case information. We only investigated so much. The murderer did not leave any DNA, and the evidence left at the scene was not even
Lock in the suspect."
Having said this, Wu Jianguo also lowered his head in shame. The fact that this case has not been solved is an eternal pain in his heart.
"Officer Wu, I came here today to ask if there is anything in this case that is not included in the case file?"
Wu Jianguo raised his head and looked at Chen Bai with some confusion.
"Why do you ask that?"
"The record of this case in the case file is quite detailed, but based on the situation at the scene and Ruan Ling's confession, I think the murderer probably hid in Ruan Ling's house beforehand and drugged her after Ruan Ling came back.
There was a syringe left at the scene. What kind of drug residue was in the syringe was not stated in the case file, nor was Ruan Ling's physical examination. The footprints on the window sill were facing outward, but there were no footprints or climbing marks outside the window. If the murderer is really
The murderer came in through the window, so how come there were no traces outside? If the murderer came in through other methods, why did he leave footprints on the windowsill?"
Chen Bai's series of questions left Wu Jianguo speechless. Wu Jianguo didn't speak until Chen Bai finished speaking.
"Boy, I don't know what you are talking about. When we investigated this case, we encountered a lot of resistance. The case itself was not easy to investigate at the first time. Moreover, Ruan Ling did not cooperate at the time. A girl experienced
We can understand these things, but when I saw Ruan Ling in the hospital, I had a feeling that this girl might know who did it."
Wu Jianguo's words shocked Chen Bai, but just when Chen Bai wanted to ask more questions, Wu Jianguo stood up and picked up the watering can beside him.
"Boy, I want to ask you a question. If the evidence in your hand is not enough to arrest the criminal, and you know exactly who did it, what should you do?"
"Impossible, I will definitely find evidence and bring the criminal to justice."
Wu Jianguo smiled, but Chen Bai couldn't understand what this smile meant.
"Okay, if that's the case, I'll leave first."
Chen Bai went back with a lot of questions. When Bai Hongwei saw Chen Bai's look, he knew that there would be no results.
"Teacher Chen, I found out that Tan Haopeng went to Ruan Ling's school as a volunteer ten years ago."
Chen Bai took a look at Da Binzi's investigation results. Is it important? Chen Bai didn't know, but he couldn't question the three people now because of this case ten years ago, and he hadn't seen it yet.
Ruan Ling, if that doesn't work, you may have to go there again.
"where you go?"
Bai Hongwei saw Chen Bai walking out of the office without saying a word, and quickly caught up to ask.
"Let's go to that residential building again. I have a few more things I want to confirm."
Chen Bai did not see Ruan Ling twice, which made Chen Bai more and more curious about Ruan Ling.
"Who are you?"
Ruan Ling's door opened a crack, and Chen Bai smiled and asked Da Binzi behind him to show his ID.
"We are the police, here to investigate Zhao Xiang's disappearance!"
Although the door was only opened a crack, Chen Bai still looked inside through the crack. The room was dark with the curtains drawn. Chen Bai knew that Ruan Ling slept during the day and worked at night, so Ruan Ling should still be there at this time.
sleeping.
"I have no idea!"
Ruan Ling said that she was about to close the door, but Chen Bai quickly held it down with quick eyes and hands.
"Wait a moment. I know that I actually have no right to trouble you, but after all, Zhao Xiang is only eight years old. I think you know how important a child is to a family. I won't waste too much of your time, okay?
"
Ruan Ling was a little helpless, but finally let Chen Bai in.
"Okay, if you have any questions, just ask them quickly and leave immediately. I ordered takeout and will go to work after I finish eating."
"Okay, don't worry I won't waste too much of your time."
Chen Bai looked around, wondering why Ruan Ling's house always gave people a very depressing feeling.
"Where were you on the day Zhao Xiang disappeared?"
"Where else can I be? Of course I am sleeping at home. I write from eight o'clock in the evening to eight o'clock the next morning. Of course I am sleeping at that time."
Chen Bai nodded, and when he turned his head, he saw a pair of men's leather shoes on the shoe cabinet when he entered the door.
"Don't you live alone?"
Ruan Ling noticed that Chen Bai saw the shoes on the shoe cabinet and said with a smile.
"That's what I use to scare others. Although the people in this building are all good people, I often order takeout. It would be very troublesome if someone with intentions knows that I live alone."
Chen Bai smiled and continued to ask.
"What do you think of this kid Zhao Xiang?"
"He is very smart, but sometimes he can't calm down and can't be honest for a while. But he is indeed an obedient and sensible child, and he is nothing like his father."
Chen Bai suddenly became interested when he heard this. He put down the notebook in his hand and asked.
"Have you known Zhao Demin before?"
"I don't know, but we are neighbors and have crossed paths before. After Zhao Demin found out that I wrote novels, he once told Zhao Xiang that if you dare to do such a useless thing in the future, I will break your legs."
Ruan Ling's vicious expression surprised Chen Bai. They were neighbors ten years ago. Could it be that Ruan Ling didn't know?
"Do you usually see Zhao Xiang often?"
"Not much. Zhao Xiang had already finished school when I got up."
Chen Bai didn't ask anything else and stood up to leave.
"ah!"
Ruan Ling suddenly exclaimed. It turned out that when she stood up, she knocked over the water glass on the table and the water spilled on Da Binzi.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean it."
"It's okay, it's okay, where's the bathroom? I'll just wipe it off!"
Ruan Ling pointed to the door. Da Binzi was cleaning up in the bathroom, and Chen Bai was standing at the door.
"Officer, what happened? How did Zhao Xiang disappear?"
"If you don't care, it's useless to ask."
Ruan Ling shook her head and said seriously.
"No, no, you can't say that. After all, we are neighbors and we should care about it. Besides, this is also good for my creation. I can adapt these into novels, and maybe it will become my new book.
"
Chen Bai thought for a while, then suddenly looked at Ruan Ling and asked seriously.
"This question is a bit rude. Let me apologize first. I know you are an online writer, but I don't know what you write about. Do you write about reasoning?"
"Not really, I write suspense and supernatural stories, that kind of horror stories. Are you interested in horror stories?"
Chen Bai shook his head, and Ruan Ling took out a book from the bookshelf and handed it to Chen Bai.
"The police officer can take a look. My stories are usually adapted from folk supernatural stories. There are many things in this world that cannot be explained by science, and many people on the Internet are very interested in such stories."
"Really? But I don't understand these. I admit that many things in this world are determined. Maybe there are things we don't know that are in the same dimension as us. But I don't think that is the scariest thing.
of."
Ruan Ling also became interested after hearing Chen Bai's words.
"Oh? You haven't read my book yet, how do you know that the stories I write are not the scariest ones?"
"Of course, because the most terrifying thing is always the human heart."
After saying that, Da Binzi and Chen Bai were about to leave Ruan Ling's home. Just when Chen Bai was about to leave, Ruan Ling suddenly stopped Chen Bai.
"Do you think so? What a coincidence. In fact, I also think that the human heart is the most terrifying in this world. The purpose of ghosts to harm people is very simple, but it is not necessarily true that people harm people. I hope you can find that child as soon as possible, Mr. Detective
.”
On the way back, Dabinzi thought about it again and again and couldn't help but ask.
"Teacher Chen, what do Ruan Ling's last words mean?"
"It's interesting, you can actually see that I'm not a police officer!"
Chen Bai's eyes flashed with light. Was Ruan Ling hinting at something to herself?
"It seems that we need to investigate this Ruan Ling carefully."
Back at the police station, Chen Bai found all of Ruan Ling's books, some of which had even been published.
"Chen Bai, what are you looking at?"
Bai Hongwei asked with some confusion when he saw Chen Bai holding a book and reading it after he came back.
"I'm reading a book written by Ruan Ling. She tells a lot of folk supernatural stories. Most of the stories are imitated from online stories. For example, the classic Ruyue Station or the story of Fengmen Village. But what makes me the most
What I care about is Ruan Ling’s first book.”
Chen Bai said, turning the laptop in front of him to Bai Hongwei.
"thorns?"
Bai Hongwei wanted to come forward and take a look, but Chen Bai closed the computer.
"Okay, when you finish reading it, I'll tell you about it directly!"
Chen Bai changed his posture, lit a cigarette and said.
"The Thorns" is about a fifteen-year-old female high school student who originally lived a peaceful life, but her life was changed after a final exam. Her teacher found her whose grades were slipping and offered to help her make up lessons after school every day. The girl
I thought the teacher meant well, but I didn’t expect that the teacher who offered to help the girl with extra classes actually took the opportunity to assault the girl. The girl was very scared, but the teacher kept saying sweet words to the girl, saying that he just liked her too much. The girl didn’t believe it and ran away crying.
After going out, the girl told her best friend about the incident, but she didn't expect that her best friend didn't believe it at all and said that the girl was framed. Not long after, the girl left the school. It wasn't until the girl found her ten years later that
I took the opportunity to take revenge on that teacher and let that teacher die in pain and despair."
"You mean, Ruan Ling's story is her true experience?"
Bai Hongwei couldn't believe it, but Chen Bai continued before he could say anything.
"There is something strange about Ruan Ling's case. The strange thing is not actually Tan Haopeng and Zhao Demin who moved with Ruan Ling, but the process of Ruan Ling's victimization. In that case, it was obvious that the murderer first entered Ruan Ling's home, and then went to Ruan Ling's house.
There was drug in it or in the food, and then he violated Ruan Ling. From this point of view, the murderer must have been targeting Ruan Ling very early. Or this person is probably an acquaintance of Ruan Ling."
Bai Hongwei and others were a little confused. Chen Bai stood up and walked to the whiteboard.
"This case is well planned. How can someone who can do this kind of case only do it once? But we have indeed only seen the same case once, so only Ruan Ling's acquaintances would do this."
After Chen Bai finished speaking, he slowly opened the information on Ruan Ling's case.
"When the case occurred, the height of 501 where Ruan Ling was located was about fifteen meters above the ground. It was impossible for normal people to climb up. It was too difficult to enter from the top of the building. Moreover, the police did not find any trace of anyone climbing.
This shows that the murderer did not enter through the window. There are no signs of damage to the door lock. The murderer may have matched Ruan Ling's key and successfully entered the door. But in fact, what puzzles me the most is not this, but the murderer who is so careful and meticulous.
Why are syringes left at the scene? Although syringes are medical supplies, they are not impossible to buy. Many diabetics inject themselves with insulin, and it is not difficult to buy syringes. Da Binzi, maybe this is an entry point, we can start from
Check it out here.”
After Chen Bai smoked a pack of cigarettes and drank three bottles of black tea, he finally found a suspect in the school where Ruan Ling went to school.
"Zhao Hua, male, 65 years old, used to teach mathematics at Ruan Ling's school ten years ago. Many students in the class he taught had good grades. Ruan Ling did not do well in mathematics when she was in school. Later, she
Under the guidance of Zhao Hua, his grades improved by leaps and bounds. But Ruan Ling suddenly transferred schools at this time, and the case happened at this time."
Bai Hongwei looked at the information Chen Bai found and said with some embarrassment.
"I don't quite understand what you want to do. Even if you find the right one, what does it mean? The things written in Ruan Ling's book are just stories. No one knows whether they really happened. Is it really useful for you to check these things?
?”
Chen Bai smiled and pulled down Zhao Hua's information.
"Yes, your suspicion is very reasonable, but I think you will change your mind after seeing this."
Bai Hongwei saw that at the bottom of Zhao Hua's information was a very familiar home address.
"How...how is this possible?"
Bai Hongwei was a little surprised because Zhao Hua's home address was the old residential building where the accident occurred.
"Do you still think this is a coincidence now?"
Zhao Chenglong laboriously carried a box of bricks into Ruan Ling's house. After Ruan Ling opened the door, she saw Zhao Chenglong entering the house and quickly closed the door.
"Why change the plan? Isn't the bathroom bad?"
"Are you crazy? How big is the bathroom? If you let this person in, the bathroom will be missing. The police have come to the door. The child missing on the sixth floor has not been found yet. If our matter is discovered by the police again, it will be a big problem.
Now that you're old, I think you also want to receive your father's pension and insurance money in peace, right?"
Zhao Chenglong slumped on the ground helplessly. In fact, he wanted to hide his father in his home. But 302's dog was too annoying. If he really made such a big noise at home, he would definitely be annoyed by 302's people.
If he was discovered, he would be dead.
"What happened to the child on the sixth floor? He disappeared when he went downstairs? Who among the people in this building could do such a thing?"