Chapter 10 The Headless Corpse
The night is dark and deep.
The storm is coming again, but so what? No matter how heavy the rain is, it can't compare to the years he has been living in hell.
rainstorm……
He stood hunched over, in front of the dilapidated iron gate and slowly raised his head. What kind of face was that? It was as terrifying as a ghost in the dark night. There was no intact skin on that face, but those eyes emitted a ghostly light that seemed to be able to split a crack in the darkness.
For ten years, I have been living like an ant.
For ten years I have been crawling in a dark and dirty hell.
Just to wait for today.
I.
I will kill my enemies with my own hands.
I.
Will be reborn from Nirvana!
On June 1st, Children's Day, Gu Nankai drove to the orphanage alone. This was his first time here since the incident three years ago.
Children were running around in the yard, and volunteers were distributing gifts to them. Many of them even ran over to say thank you to him. Every child's face was filled with happiness, and a smile appeared on his face unconsciously. The director of the kindergarten was walking over from a distance, and Gu Nankai quickly stood up to greet him.
"You haven't been here for a long time, kid."
Like an elder's complaint, Gu Nankai's face flashed with embarrassment and he scratched his head: "I'm very busy with work. Every time I want to come, I'm delayed."
"Young people have a lot of pressure, but they should also take care of their health and not get tired. You look like this, you don't have the energy you once had." The director recalled his appearance back then, feeling a little sorry. Gu Nankai nodded silently and habitually changed the subject: "There are many more facilities in the courtyard."
Speaking of this, the headmaster's smile became even more intense: "Yes, with the funding from Kaisheng Group in the past two years, the conditions in the orphanage have improved a lot, and the children's living conditions have improved a lot."
"Kaisheng Group?" Gu Nankai murmured. He knew this group. It was one of the largest groups in Longhai City. However, he did not expect that they would donate to the orphanage.
"Yes, Sheng Yuandong, the chairman of Kaisheng Group, sometimes comes to see the children in person."
Gu Nankai's gaze followed the children, and it was as if for a moment he was back to the time when another person was playing with the children right in front of him, and he felt extremely bitter in his heart.
Just as the memory flashed through his mind, the familiar ringing of the phone pulled him back. Gu Nankai stood up and answered the phone. His expression changed slightly and his tone suddenly became serious: "Send me the address and I'll come right over."
Gu Nankai turned around a little embarrassed, but the headmaster smiled and stood up, gently patting him on the shoulder a few times: "Go quickly, come and visit more often when you have time."
Gu Nankai nodded, his eyes lingering on the playful children for a while before he hurriedly left the orphanage.
11:27.
When Gu Nankai arrived at the crime scene, a cordon had been set up at the door. He could smell blood from quite a distance away. As he got closer to the house, the smell became stronger, but he still could not see the core scene of the crime. His colleagues around him were working in an orderly manner.
Li Meng was waiting for him at the door. When he saw him coming, he hurried over and handed him the gloves he had prepared long ago. Gu Nankai put on the gloves while bending down and entering the security area: "Have you found out the identity of the deceased?"
Li Meng followed him in and briefly introduced the situation: "Sheng Yuandong, male, 41 years old, chairman of Kaisheng Group, local household registration."
Sheng Yuandong? Gu Nankai paused in shock. If he remembered correctly, the person who sponsored the orphanage not long ago was Sheng Yuandong. He frowned slightly and asked, "Where's Gao Yuan?"
"Take care of Teacher Wu. The scene was too bloody. Teacher Wu just arrived. I'm afraid he's not prepared and may be stimulated..."
Gu Nankai continued to move forward, and happened to see Wu Qingluan walking out of a room with a pale face, half covering her eyes to avoid a scene somewhere. Gao Yuan stood beside her, and the two of them happened to see Gu Nankai. Wu Qingluan was the first to say, "It's not that I'm being pretentious. This is the first time I've seen such a corpse. I'm not prepared. I was planning to overcome it, but I can't do it anymore."
As she spoke, she quickly covered her mouth and nose, her face looking very bad.
She was a proud person. Gu Nankai knew that she was afraid of being laughed at. He also knew that for a psychologist, it was indeed rare for her to come into contact with corpses. He nodded silently. Seeing that she had recovered a lot, he spoke directly: "How about this, you and Gao Yuan go back and investigate the social relations of the deceased and give me the information as soon as possible."
Wu Qingluan was eager to leave at this moment. Gao Yuan couldn't help much here, but the tasks assigned by Gu Nankai were his strong point, so he and Wu Qingluan soon left the scene.
Inside the house, Cao Cang and other colleagues were taking photos and collecting evidence. Everyone was busy with their own things, and Li Meng also joined in. Cao Cang turned around and saw Gu Nankai, and pointed to the direction of the bedroom inside. Gu Nankai understood that he meant that was the core .
Gu Nankai came to the master bedroom and saw someone fully armed squatting on the floor busying himself with a box open beside him. This person was Shang Lu, the forensic doctor of the serious crime team.
Shang Lu had been studying for a long time. When he heard the noise, he shouted without even turning his head: "Prepare before entering the scene!"
Seeing that no one was talking, she turned around and saw Gu Nankai. She smiled guiltily. Gu Nankai raised his hands and feet to indicate that he was ready. Shang Lu chuckled and said, "Captain Gu, you are a different matter."
She stood up, stretched her waist, took a breath, then moved to the side to expose the scene to Gu Nankai.
When Gu Nankai saw the scene for the first time, his heart skipped a beat and he felt even more sympathetic towards Wu Qingluan's experience. Indeed, the scene was bloody enough that he felt uncomfortable seeing it himself, let alone Wu Qingluan. On the other hand, Shang Lu seemed to be watching with great interest.
The body at the scene was naked, kneeling towards the window. From the shape of the neck, one could imagine that the body was looking into the distance, but the head used to look into the distance was not on the body's neck. The ground was covered with blood, soaking the carpet red. The body was kneeling in the blood in such a strange posture, as if completing some kind of ritual. From the edge of the carpet, one could see that the carpet was originally white.
Gu Nankai looked around, trying to find the missing head. Shang Lu shook her head in a certain direction. Gu Nankai looked in her direction and was startled again.
The center of the wardrobe belonging to the bedroom was opened, and there was a partition inside. The head was placed on the partition. The white wardrobe was already covered in blood, dripping from time to time. The eyes of the deceased were nowhere to be seen, and two bloody holes were staring into the distance. His mouth was open in fear. Everything indicated that the deceased must have suffered a great fright before his death.
Gu Nankai silently withdrew his gaze, bent his index finger under his nose and gently tapped it a few times: "Can the preliminary examination reveal anything?"
Shang Lu put away the box and moved closer to Gu Nankai. " There are no , and it is difficult to find strangulation marks on the neck. The face of the deceased is black and blue, and the expression is terrified. My preliminary judgment is that he was frightened to death, but I still need to do a detailed autopsy to confirm this. From the rigor mortis and livor mortis, it can be determined that the time of death was between 1 and 2 a.m. on the 1st."
"Scared to death?" Gu Nankai looked at the strange crime scene and heard such an answer from Shang Lu, feeling somewhat surprised.
"Yes, it was scary. It's easy to tell from his head. Also, judging from the flow of blood and the traces at the scene, the murderer cut off the victim's head after he died." She frowned and pursed her lips: "What do you think the murderer wanted to do by setting up such a scene? Artistic technique?"
