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Yuan Jun stood on the rooftop across the street, making a "K" gesture toward Jiang He before heading downstairs with Anxi.
Watching Yuan Jun's figure disappear from the rooftop, Xu Yiman let out a sigh of relief and said, "He really is a madman."
Then, Xu Yiman turned her gaze to the man hiding in the corner. He was about five feet seven inches tall, portly, with a belly covered in dark hair. On the bed nearby were some tools like whips; it seemed that this was the woman the task force was looking for.
Seeing Xu Yiman looking at him, the man's face showed a hint of embarrassment as he shifted his body to pick up the clothes scattered beside him.
"Now you feel shy?" Xu Yiman asked, looking at the man. "What was the name of that woman who ran away? What’s your relationship with her?"
The man answered timidly, "We met online. Her name is Anxi; I don’t know anything else."
"Sounds like you were having a great time?" Xu Yiman sneered.
"Personal preference, personal preference..." the man replied.
"I'm Officer Xu; we are law-abiding citizens here," a man downstairs said, having appeared at the door without anyone noticing. He looked at those in the room and continued, "This is my friend Big Thunder. He has some personal preferences; that shouldn't be a problem, right? Is it illegal to whip oneself?"
Xu Yiman responded, "You're quite clever; with just a few words, you've washed your hands of being involved in an illegal hotel that provides such services. But I'm curious, how did you find me?"
The man shrugged and said, "I've been around long enough to know that without evidence, you can't arrest someone."
At that moment, Jiang He was observing a funnel on the bedside table.
The presence of such an item in this room was quite illogical. Jiang He took out gloves from his pocket and gently picked up the funnel.
Xu Yiman noticed that Big Thunder's expression was somewhat awkward.
Jiang He leaned closer to the funnel and turned to Big Thunder, asking, "Is your hobby drinking urine?"
Big Thunder felt extremely awkward at that moment, unsure whether to nod or shake his head.
Jiang He lowered the funnel and glanced around before saying, "I need the surveillance footage from last night."
"Surveillance?" Erlong replied. "This is my personal house. Why would I install cameras if nothing is happening? Besides, what reason do you have…"
Without wasting any words, Jiang He pointed to the television mounted on the wall facing the bed. "This non-smart TV cannot display anything without a set-top box or satellite receiver. Moreover, there are no DVD players or anything underneath it, which indicates that this TV is merely for decoration."
"But this decoration looks brand new, and there isn't a speck of dust on the surrounding walls. That doesn't match the messy image of your hotel at all. This suggests that the TV is frequently taken down. Why would a useless decorative TV be removed so often?"
"Additionally, the position of this TV is almost parallel to the bed, which is not how someone would typically watch TV while lying down. No one would look down at a TV; the normal distance should be about thirty centimeters from the bed."
Jiang He walked over to the television and gently shook it. "So based on these points, there must be something hidden inside this TV. If you think about it carefully, you can figure out what it is. Plus, since Anxi always meets people in Room 06, I deduce that Anxi also knows about this matter. You might have recorded videos to threaten others or perhaps to sell them, right?"
With that, Jiang He exerted force and sent the television crashing to the floor. It shattered into two pieces, but within its plastic casing, several wires were pulled out by Jiang He, along with a pinhole camera hidden inside the TV. The camera could clearly capture images of the bed and Bedside through the small holes in the speaker.
Jiang He picked up the camera and said, "Now, as a police officer, I request you to hand over the footage from this room last night. You shouldn't have any other excuses now, right?"
Big Thunder looked at the camera and cursed, "Damn it, Erlong, how could you do something like this! If it weren't for the police discovering it, who knows what kind of trouble we would have ended up in! I trusted you!"
Xu Yiman spoke up, "So now that we have solid evidence, I've already notified the police. Neither of you can escape now. Hand over the footage."
Feeling defeated, Erlong went to retrieve the Hard Drive.
Before long, officers from the nearby police station arrived. Xu Yiman briefed them quickly before leaving with Jiang He. Looking at the Hard Drive in Jiang He's hand, Xu Yiman couldn't help but ask, "How did you notice these subtle clues?"
As he walked briskly ahead, Jiang He replied to Xu Yiman, "Logic. Every situation has logic supporting it; you should try practicing it."
"How do I practice?" Xu Yiman asked with great interest as she grabbed Jiang He's arm.
Jiang He glanced at Xu Yiman and said, "Whenever you see something, think about why it is here and whether there is a logical reason behind its presence. If something seems suspicious, consider why you find it suspicious and how to explain it. Then the logic behind its appearance will make sense."
"The more points of suspicion that arise, the more accurate the logic you derive through reasoning will be," Jiang He added.
"So just now at the hotel, you found many suspicious points about the television, and when you deduced that the television was there to conceal a camera, those suspicions transformed from doubts into evidence supporting your inference. The more evidence you have, the higher the accuracy of your deduction."
Xu Yiman appeared quite excited.
"Exactly," Jiang He nodded.
Xu Yiman shook her head again. "It seems simple in theory, but it's not so easy in practice. At least I can't manage to observe all the details in such a complex environment and keep them in my mind, then almost instantly recall everything without needing much time to think."
As they spoke, the two had already arrived next to the Wuling Hongguang.
At that moment, Old Shao and Yuan Jun were already in the car with Anxi.
"Why did it take so long?" Yuan Jun asked. "You were slower than me."
Xu Yiman pointed to the hard drive in Jiang He's hand and said, "Jiang He found a camera in the room and got the hard drive from the hotel owner. What she and Deng Xiangyu did last night will be clear once we go back."
With that, Xu Yiman gestured towards Anxi.
Meanwhile, Yuan Jun had already started the car and was heading towards the police station.
Upon hearing Xu Yiman's words, Anxi hurriedly said, "Don't look, don't look! I can tell you what we did."
Old Shao turned to look at Anxi, who was sitting between Xu Yiman and Jiang He, and asked, "Last night, were you with Deng Xiangyu in Room 06?"
Anxi nodded but then shook his head. He looked at Old Shao in front of him and said, "I was indeed in Room 06 with him last night, but I really don't know his name."
"You've known each other for over two months, and you still don't know his name? How do you usually address him?" Old Shao asked again.
Anxi hurriedly replied, "It's true. I usually call him Dog, and he calls me Master."
"Did Deng Xiangyu eat shit?" Old Shao posed the crucial question.
Anxi fell silent for a moment; with so many people around, it was hard for her to speak up.
"You don't have to worry; we have surveillance too," Jiang He said.
Anxi quickly spoke up, "Yes."
"Whose?" Old Shao inquired.
"Mine," Anxi answered.
Old Shao comforted Anxi, saying, "There's no need to be shy. This is your personal preference, and we have no right to interfere. We won't disclose this matter either. Currently, medical and psychological experts are discussing the boundaries of sexual deviance. That's not the key issue; the key is when Deng Xiangyu left."
Anxi hesitantly began, "Around five o'clock."
"Five o'clock? That means Deng Xiangyu died about two hours ago," Shao the Elder stated.
"You mean he's dead?" Anxi asked.
Old Shao nodded, "That's right. He is dead. Did he say anything to you before he left?"
Anxi bit her finger and after a moment, she slowly spoke, "I didn't pay much attention, but he did seem different yesterday. He was particularly eager to please me, and then he suggested eating that thing. I found it thrilling, so I agreed."
"Right, right!" Anxi seemed to recall something: "I remember that night when he came over; he had just argued with his family again. His grades were getting worse every year, and his parents were very angry. No one understood what he wanted; he could only feel a bit of love here with me."
"This love can be quite flavorful," Xu Yiman couldn't help but say.
Anxi rebutted, "Perhaps everyone has their own preferences, and we can all seem like outcasts in someone else's eyes. But we haven't harmed anyone; it's all mutual consent..."
"Do you charge for this?" Jiang He asked.
Anxi coughed lightly and replied, "That's right. He seems to be quite wealthy; he gives me over a thousand every time..."
"He has money?" Xu Yiman said. "Do you know his parents are farmers? Do you know they work themselves to the bone just to give him that much in a month?"
Anxi didn't dare to look at Xu Yiman. She simply said, "I don't know. We just don't ask each other about our lives. He told me he's eighteen this year and is in high school. His father is a company owner, and his mother is a university teacher. I don't know anything else. Sometimes when I ask him, he doesn't tell me."
"Very good."
Old Shao nodded.
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