Chapter 108: Lipstick stuffed underneath
She took a breath, sorted out her thoughts, and spoke again: "Think about it, if we think back twenty years ago, Chen Xin'an and the previous victim were only about eight years old, so Zhang Fengran might have ignored Chen Xin'an and his friends' bullying of the murderer, or even encouraged and acquiesced to Chen Xin'an and his friends bullying the murderer."
At this point, Li Meng finally understood something. He had some thoughts in his mind, and at this moment he couldn't wait to say them out. Seeing his eager eyes, Wu Qingluan gave him the chance to speak: "Li Meng, what do you want to say? Come on."
Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Li Meng smiled a little embarrassedly, but he still said with a straight face: "Teacher Wu, I think I understand what you just said. Please see if what I say next makes sense. If I am wrong, please feel free to correct me."
Wu Qingluan chuckled and glanced at Gu Nankai. She saw that he also had a smile of appreciation on his face. He seemed very satisfied with Li Meng's current progress. She smiled and nodded: "There is no right or wrong. Everything we have now is just speculation. Just speak boldly."
Li Meng felt more relaxed after hearing this. He smiled and said his guess: "Based on what Teacher Wu said just now, combined with the circumstances of the three victims' deaths, I think Zhang Fengran acquiesced or instigated the other two victims to injure the murderer's reproductive organs, which may have caused the murderer to become disabled for life. That's why the murderer chose to cut off the reproductive organs of the two victims and stuffed Sun Zihan's lower body with lipstick, which was the fuse of this incident."
After he finished speaking, he looked at Gu Nankai anxiously, wanting to get some recognition from him. Seeing his expression, Gu Nankai nodded in agreement, but soon asked again: "What you said is very reasonable, but we still have a suspect clue. Where is Hai Langui? What role does this person play in this murder case?"
Speaking of this, Li Meng tilted his head as if he had encountered a difficult problem. Yes, what role does Hai Langui play?
Gu Nankai smiled at Li Meng in relief, and quickly raised his voice to ask Gao Yuan who was not far away: "Gao Yuan, have you found out anything about Hai Langui?"
Gao Yuan was investigating Chen Xin'an's affairs. When he heard Gu Nankai's question, he raised his head and answered, "The clues on the Internet are all similar, all talking about the mystery of this person. But later I contacted the lawyer who handled Hai Lan Gui's funeral affairs. He is on a business trip and can't explain clearly for a while. He should be in Longhai City tomorrow. Then we can ask him about Hai Lan Gui's situation in person. At least he has actually come into contact with Hai Lan Gui."
Gu Nankai smiled and nodded, then he turned his gaze to Li Meng again: "So, have you thought of anything about Hai Langui's involvement in this case?"
Li Meng frowned and pursed his lips, thinking seriously for a long time, and then looked at Gu Nankai unconfidently: "Boss, if I'm wrong, don't laugh at me."
Gu Nankai smiled at him gently, leaned back, raised his arms and hands behind him, clasped his fingers and held his head, and said: "What's so funny? We all have no clues now. If you can come up with a clue, it will be a favor to everyone. Who will laugh at you?"
"Yes, Mengzi , just say it. There is nothing funny in our serious crime team." Cao Cang glanced at Gu Nankai and encouraged Li Meng with a smile to speak his mind bravely.
Li Meng smiled naively, "I think that the murderer tattooed the peony, a symbolic thing, on the three victims. I think the murderer has a kind of awe for the peony pattern, so I guess there is a special connection between Hai Langui and the murderer. I always feel that Hai Langui is a very important person to the murderer. The reason why the murderer tattooed the peony on the third victim is that these three people must have done something to hurt Hai Langui..."
With the encouragement just now, Li Meng spoke with more confidence, but seeing that everyone's eyes were getting more and more strange, he slowly stopped with a strange expression on his face. He glanced at Cao Cang blankly, then looked at Gu Nankai, and subconsciously scratched the back of his head with his hand: "Boss...I...did I say something wrong..."
Li Meng always felt that he didn't speak well. The young man looked at everyone awkwardly, not knowing where to put his hands and feet. He was a little disappointed with himself, but soon, joy appeared on the faces of Gu Nankai and others. Suddenly, a burst of applause rang out in the serious crime team. Li Meng was stunned, and it took him a long time to react. No, this applause was the greatest encouragement and recognition for himself!
"Boss! Am I right?" Li Meng, who had reacted, suddenly jumped up excitedly. He grabbed Gu Nankai's shoulders, looking at Gu Nankai with excitement and bright eyes, his dark face full of excitement.
Gu Nankai was shaken by him with a smile on his face. He took a look at Cao Cang and the others. Seeing that they were also looking at Li Meng with amusement, he raised his arm and held Li Meng's wrist to signal him to stop: "Okay, Comrade Li Meng, you are right. Your ideas have enlightened us all. This is your credit."
Li Meng also realized that he was very strong and felt it was a bit unfair to his boss to shake him around like that. He suppressed his excitement, chuckled a few times, and then let go of his hand.
"Li Meng, you really deserve the title of Mengzi!" Even though Shang Lu usually didn't get along with Li Meng and they were always arguing with each other, she didn't hesitate to praise Li Meng at this moment. Seeing that Shang Lu, who usually couldn't stand him, was praising him, Li Meng felt his ears getting hot. Others couldn't see it, but he must know that his face was very hot at this moment.
After the laughter, Gu Nankai held his hands and glanced at Gao Yuan not far away: "Gao Yuan, how is the situation over there?"
Gao Yuan smiled. It seemed that there would not be much progress on his side. He stood up and walked over. "Indeed, there is no clue about Chen Xinan in Longhai City. However, the situation of his family after they moved abroad is very detailed. This guy is a good student. He graduated from the second-ranked school in the United States. After graduation, he worked in Chen Ming's company. He was trained as an heir. He has a good reputation in all aspects."
Gu Nankai nodded: "That's it. Now we mainly need to find out what happened in Longhai City before Chen Xin'an and his family went abroad. In that way, we can also identify the identity of the other victim."
He paused again: "No, it should be said that as long as Chen Ming comes to Longhai City, we can determine the identities of all the victims."
After Gu Nankai finished speaking, Cao Cang added: "There is also the relationship between Hai Langui, the murderer, and the three victims. As long as these witnesses are present, I think we should be able to sort out all the ins and outs of this case."
Gu Nankai responded and agreed with Cao Cang's statement. "It's no use for us to speculate now. When all the witnesses arrive, we should have a general understanding of the whole story. But I have a question now."
Gu Nankai hesitated for a moment, and looked at everyone with a heavy gaze: "Evidence, what we need is evidence. Without evidence, even if we know the truth, how can we convict the murderer in the end?"
After Gu Nankai said this, everyone's faces darkened. Yes, the murderer did not seem to leave any evidence that could clearly point to him/her during the crime, which made it very difficult to convict the murderer in the end.
