Chapter 3 Special Hobbies
"Officer, this is your fault. You have to compensate me!"
Li Meng hurriedly helped the man up, and the woman took the opportunity to grab his sleeve and prevent him from leaving, making it clear that she was trying to pester him.
Gu Nankai and Cao Cang shook their shoulders and glanced at the stunned Li Meng, and decided not to save him.
The two of them gloated and went to Hu Minghai's room. Li Meng wanted to follow him, but Gu Nankai turned back said, "Li Meng, have a good chat with this lady."
Li Meng's face changed, but he had to follow the order.
Gu Nankai and Cao Cang entered Hu Minghai's bedroom and checked separately. Gu Nankai frowned and looked at the bed: "Paraquat is a drug that has been banned and is almost unavailable on the market. Where did it come from?"
Cao Cang was lying on his stomach while checking under the bed. After hearing what Gu Nankai said, he replied in a muffled voice, "It's even more strange. Hu Minghai cherishes his life very much. He is usually accompanied by several bodyguards when he goes out. How did the murderer make him drink paraquat? Hu Minghai is not a fool, and the drug is not colorless and tasteless."
"Yes, there were no signs of violent struggle at the scene. To be more precise, there were no signs of struggle before he took the medicine. But the medicine must have caused him some suffering." Gu Nankai checked and confirmed what Cao Cang said.
Cao Cang finally got up, holding a bracket-shaped silver product in his hand. Gu Nankai's eyes lit up: "What is this?"
"Handcuffs." Cao Cang immediately added, "Broken handcuffs."
Gu Nankai immediately understood: "You mean, Hu Minghai may have a special fetish."
Cao Cang nodded: "Probably, but there is one thing that is very strange. Apart from this, there is nothing else related to this. This thing should be left behind after it was not cleaned up. Hu Minghai should be trying to hide something."
Gu Nankai nodded and thought about it but couldn't think of anything useful. He took out the evidence bag in his hand and said, "We found two fingerprints, a hair, a bottle of sleeping pills, and the document of Hu Minghai transferring the house to Gu Mei. We can probably go back now."
When the two of them went downstairs, Li Meng was still being entangled by Gu Mei. The grown man was so anxious that he broke out in a cold sweat. When he saw Gu Nankai and the others coming down, he felt like he had seen a life-saving straw. He quickly shook off Gu Mei and hid behind Gu Nankai.
"Ms. Gu Mei, how was the conversation going?"
Gu Mei felt a sense of fear towards Gu Nankai. This man looked approachable, but his temperament made people feel cold. Or rather, it was as if his eyes could see through her, which made her dislike him a little.
"Officer, I have said everything I need to say. I have an alibi for the day Hu Minghai died."
Gu Nankai followed up her words: "But the day before Hu Minghai died, he transferred the house to you. We have to consider the connection between them."
Gu Mei was speechless for a moment. This really made her speechless, but she still argued: "Why, officer, you want to convict me without any evidence? I say, Hu Minghai has so many enemies, and I have to rely on him to make a fortune. If I kill him, am I crazy? What's wrong with Hu Minghai giving me a house? If I kill him, at least let him share his property with me, okay? What use is a broken house?"
That makes sense. Gu Nanhai caught her words and said, "Tell me, who else does Hu Minghai have as an enemy?"
Gu Mei sneered, seeming a bit sarcastic: "There are too many. His ex-wife was kicked out of the house by him, and she barely survived. And the son he had with his ex-wife, he always ignored him. When his son found a girlfriend, he insisted on interfering and forcibly separated the couple. And, the living are finished, and there are also the dead. His last lover was tortured to death by him, maybe it's the wronged spirit coming to claim his life.
Gu Nankai's eyes lit up, and he was about to ask about the dead lover, but Gu Mei didn't like the feeling he gave her, so she called the nanny over to see her off. When she saw the nanny, Gu Nankai suddenly asked, "Wasn't the nanny at home when Hu Minghai died?"
"The nanny had to take a leave of absence that day because of something at home, and I happened to give her a ride. If the officer doesn't believe me, feel free to investigate."
The girl was so aggressive that Gu Nankai sighed. He nodded and walked out. Li Meng was still in shock and escaped before Gu Nankai. Gu Mei watched the girl walk away. The tough look on her face suddenly disappeared, replaced by a trace of sadness. She soon laughed again and cursed in a low voice, "You deserve to die."
One o'clock in the afternoon.
In the serious crime team office, a group of people gathered in the meeting room on time to report on their respective work.
Shang Lu lazily came out of the forensic room, holding a document in one hand and a can of coffee in the other. "I checked. Hu Minghai drank alcohol before he died, but the amount was very small. It should be just a habit before going to bed. He also took sleeping pills. It seems that he didn't sleep well. Then he drank paraquat. There is one more thing. Do you want to hear it?"
Gao Yuan snorted. Neither Cao Cang nor Gu Nankai responded. Li Meng, on the other hand, looked at Shang Lu with a smile on his face. "If you want to, tell me now."
Shang Lu leaned forward and said, "This guy has no sense of taste. Isn't that funny? Such a rich man has no sense of taste. How pitiful! This is my news."
Gu Nankai suddenly had an idea: "That's right. His sense of taste was impaired, he drank alcohol, and he took sleeping pills. It's not surprising that he drank poison while he was in a daze."
Cao Cang added: "The murderer should know Hu Minghai very well."
"Yes." Gu Nankai narrowed his eyes. "It should be said that the murderer not only knows Hu Minghai very well, but also knows Hu Minghai's living habits. Drinking water in the middle of the night should be Hu Minghai's habit. Otherwise, if he was woken up in his sleep, a person like Hu Minghai would definitely lose his temper. How could he drink that cup of poison?"
Gu Nankai looked at Gao Yuan again: "How are things going over there? What did you find out?"
Gao Yuan chuckled, "I found some incredible things here."
He turned on the screen, and the information he found was directly displayed on the big screen: "I checked a large range of social networks related to Hu Minghai, and finally found that in terms of motives, these four people have the greatest motives. They are Hu Minghai's ex-wife Zhao Li, son Hu Kai, lover number one Mo Feilin, and lover number two Gu Mei."
"Murphy Lin?" When Gu Nankai mentioned this name, Gao Yuan immediately explained, "He died a year ago."
Gu Nankai immediately thought of the person Gu Mei mentioned, and said, "Focus on checking the social relationships of this Mo Feilin and see if she has any relatives or friends. Cao Cang, check the physical evidence we brought back for any clues and send the fingerprints and hair for identification. Li Meng and Shang Lu, you go and check the hidden cause of Hu Minghai's loss of taste. I'll go visit Hu Minghai's ex-wife and son."
"Captain Gu, it's already this late, let's at least eat something first."
Gao Yuan protested, holding his stomach with a look of grievance, and the others looked at him eagerly. Gu Nankai was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "Yes, to celebrate the first cooperation of the serious crime team, let Gao Yuan treat us to dinner today."
Gu Nankai was the first to walk out, and after the others realized what was happening, they also rushed out. Gao Yuan complained from behind: "This is too unfair, I'm just a poor loser!"
Gu Nankai said slowly, "If you can't pay, I'll use the watch on your wrist as collateral."
Gao Yuan subconsciously covered the thing on his wrist, muttered a few words, and finally ran out reluctantly.
