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"Someone's here." Meijia panicked and tried to push away the Zhiye.
"Don't worry about it." The Zhiye didn't let her get up and continued kissing her.
But the doorbell kept ringing, gradually wearing down his interest.
"Who could it be at this time?" Zhiye clicked his tongue in annoyance and left Meijia's side. Meijia hurriedly straightened her clothes and went to open the door. Zhiye clearly felt extremely displeased at being interrupted in the middle of something pleasant. He lit a cigarette and took a deep drag.
At this moment, Meijia returned. " Zhiye, it's a police officer looking for you," Meijia said uneasily, her face extremely pale. Zhiye's heart skipped a beat. He tried to keep his expression nonchalant, but the pallor of his face revealed the terror within.
Meijia became even more uneasy when she saw his expression.
"Indeed, something has happened, hasn't it?" Meijia placed her trembling right hand on her chest.
"I'll be right back, you stay here." Zhiye hastily put on a coat and walked quickly towards the front door.
" Zhiye!"
"Don't worry, everything is fine."
Zhiye arrived at the entrance and found two men standing outside the door. One was about 1.7 meters tall, a bit chubby, and the other was younger, over 1.8 meters tall, and of medium build.
Both of them were dressed in casual clothes. He felt that these two people were very familiar, but for a moment he couldn't remember where he had seen them before.
"Sorry to disturb you so late, Mr. Han," the older police officer said apologetically. He took out his police officer ID, and the young police officer next to him also showed his credentials in the same manner.
Seeing their credentials, Mr. Han suddenly remembered. They were the two police officers who had come to his company earlier to inform him of the death of his colleague.
The older one is called Lu Run, around 40 years old, and the younger one is Lu Run's subordinate, named Yeh Tung-Chien, probably under 30 years old.
"What's the matter?" asked the Zhiye.
"Well, it's about the case of Yushizhi's murder. I have some questions to ask you. It's not convenient to talk here. Can we go inside and sit down?" Lu Run said politely.
"This might not be very convenient in the room right now." Zhiye knew that they couldn't let Meijia overhear their conversation, so he said, "There's a coffee shop nearby. Shall we talk there?" "Oh, is it that small, quiet coffee shop?"
"Yes."
"We just passed by that shop earlier. No problem, let's talk there."
Five minutes later, the three of them arrived at the Coffee shop.
The coffee shop is very small, with only 8 rectangular tables that can seat 4 people each. There are soundproof partitions between the tables, making it suitable for private conversations. The Zhiye chose a table in the back and sat down facing two police officers. "Three cups of coffee," the Zhiye said to the waitress.
"Officer, what exactly is the question about that Shizhi incident?" After the waiter left, Zhiye asked directly.
"It's not really a big deal, just found it a bit strange," Lv Run said nonchalantly.
"Strange?"
"Um. I remember telling you before that the neighbor who found the body was the victim's neighbor.
That morning, when the neighbor passed by, they saw that the back door of Yushizhi's house was open. Thinking she was on the first floor, the neighbor walked in on a whim, wanting to exchange greetings with her, but found that she wasn't on the first floor.
The neighbor felt strange: why leave the door open if she's not on the first floor? It's so dangerous, what if a thief comes in! The neighbor suddenly felt a little worried and went upstairs to take a look."
"The result turned out just as she had expected, Yushizhi has already met with an accident. The scene was in chaos, and valuable items were taken by the culprit. It's obvious that a robber broke in, robbed the place, and then silenced the victim." Zhiye nodded as he listened.
"Furthermore, we found another body on the fifth floor, it was Yushizhi's brother Yuliang's body."
"Yuliang has been dead for over a week, he committed suicide, there's no doubt about that. The issue is Yushizhi being murdered, there are a few points that I can't figure out."
Lü Run paused because the waiter brought the coffee.
"What's the problem?" Zhiye asked, taking a sip of the coffee, but found that his palm was sweating a little.
"First of all," Lu Run said, "when the victim Yushizhi's body was found, she was not wearing any clothes.
"From the stab wound in her chest and the pattern of blood spatter on the body, it appears that she was already naked when she was killed.
"Another point is that her hands were tied behind her back."
"If this is a robbery-murder case, then from these two points we can infer a fact—
That is, when the murderer sneaked into the house and held the victim hostage, the victim happened to be taking a bath, or was in the process of undressing to take a bath, or had just finished bathing and hadn't put on clothes yet.
Although the body has started to decompose, the victim's hair still smells nice, and the body is very clean, without any sweat stains or the like."
"Furthermore, the deceased was found lying in bed, and there were no signs of the bed sheets being wet. Also, there were no traces of water on the floor from the bathroom to the bedroom—of course, it's possible that it dried up overnight. However, the water on the bed couldn't have dried up that quickly. The most definitive evidence is the condition of the bathroom; the water in the bathtub had already been drained. If the victim was attacked while taking a bath, there wouldn't have been time to drain the water. Based on these points, we still believe that the third possibility is the most likely.
"In that case, the culprit must have sneaked into the house while the victim was taking a bath, and then attacked her after she finished bathing and came out of the bathroom.
"However, this raises new doubts."
Lü Run paused to take a sip of coffee, then continued, "First of all, the victim's apartment on the fourth floor should have had the lights on while they were taking a shower. The perpetrator outside would have been able to see the light coming through the window, indicating that someone was home.
"The perpetrator knew someone was home, yet still entered the house to commit robbery. Isn't that strange?
"Another thing, there were no signs of forced entry at the back door of the victim's house."
"However, this is not surprising. Perhaps the culprit stole the victim's keys from somewhere in advance, made a key impression, and created a key to enter the house. Although this possibility is small, it still exists, after all, the back door of the deceased's house uses a common lock.
"But, going back to the point just now, the culprit knew that someone was at home, yet still entered the house stealthily. This is absolutely illogical.
"Although the deceased was taking a bath at the time, perhaps they didn't hear the sound of the culprit entering the house due to the water, and the deceased's brother, Yuliang, is already dead."
"The murderer couldn't have known that Yuliang was already dead, nor could they have known that Yuliang was taking a shower at the time. Perhaps the murderer saw the light on in the bathroom, but that doesn't necessarily mean she was showering; maybe she just happened to forget to turn it off?
"In the upscale residential area where the victim's home is located, there are plenty of luxury homes inhabited by wealthy people. If the murderer was a robber, why didn't they choose another house where no one was home at the time?
"Perhaps the murderer happened to only have the key to Yuliang's house, but couldn't they have waited for another day when no one was home to act?"
"There's one more thing, and that's the murder weapon. The murder weapon was a fruit knife from the victim's home. If the killer had sneaked into the house knowing someone was inside, they would have definitely brought a weapon with them. So why did the killer use the victim's own weapon instead of bringing their own?" Lu Run said all this in one breath, as if feeling a bit exhausted, he stopped and picked up his coffee cup, taking a big sip of the coffee inside.
His subordinate, Ye Dongjian, sat silently on the side, carefully observing Zhiye's reaction.
"Based on the questions above, we believe this may not be a simple robbery-murder case.
"Perhaps the killer is an acquaintance of the victim, and in order to disguise the murder as a robbery, deliberately made a mess at the scene and tied the victim's hands."
"Therefore, now I would like to ask you, among those who knew the deceased, is there anyone who held a grudge against her?" Lv Run turned his eyes and stared at Zhiye, saying. This policeman is really not to be underestimated. Zhiye's forehead began to sweat slightly, but he remained composed. It seems that the police are already suspecting me, he realized.
"No, Shizhi is a good girl. I can't think of anyone who would hate her enough to want to kill her," Zhiye shrugged, pretending to be calm.
"Is that so?" Lv Run seemed to have expected this and was not very surprised.
"Moreover, I don't think what you just said, officer, can be used as evidence to overturn the robber murder case."
"Oh? How so?"
"For example, you said it's unnatural for the murderer to use the family's knife for the crime, but maybe the murderer is someone who has practiced taekwondo or some other martial art? Rather than using a weapon, the murderer is more confident in their bare-handed strength, so they didn't bring a weapon when they sneaked in.
"Or perhaps the murderer did bring a weapon into the house, but to avoid leaving evidence like bloodstains on their own weapon, they used the family's knife to kill her."
"Furthermore, the perpetrator may have had no choice but to commit the theft that night. Perhaps the perpetrator owed a huge debt, and that night was the deadline, so they had to break into the house and steal. The perpetrator may have investigated the situation at the house in advance, knowing that only a frail man and a woman lived there. They may have felt confident in subduing both individuals easily, so even knowing that someone was home, they decided to take the risk and carry out the robbery," the Zhiye explained quickly.
Lu Runyi didn't speak for a moment, he touched his chin, as if he was lost in thought.
"Well, yes, you're right. These possibilities do exist." After a while, Lu Runyi nodded admiringly, "But Mr. Han is really amazing. He can think of these things all at once, as if he had already anticipated being asked by us and prepared his answers." When Lu Runyi said this, although he had a smile on his face, there was no hint of amusement in his sharp gaze towards the Zhiye.
"How is that possible? I just happened to think of it after hearing your doubts," the Zhiye said calmly, but this was indeed not a lie, "It's just because I am standing from an outsider's perspective. Officer, you have read detective novels, right? In many detective novels, the author may not notice the loopholes or bugs when writing, but for the reader, it becomes apparent. It's almost like that."
"Indeed," Lu Run withdrew his sharp gaze and nodded in agreement. "So it seems that this is indeed a robber murder case, but I have a lingering feeling of unease."
The three of them continued to sit for about 5 minutes, then stood up.
"Sorry to disturb you so late," Lu Run bowed and said, and his subordinate beside him followed suit.
"No problem."
"Well then, we'll take our leave," said Lu Run, and then he stepped away from the seat.
Zhiye watched them leave all the way to the cash register to settle the bill.
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