Chapter 4 Profile
Luo Xun coughed and asked Chi Xia: "Helping others, have you finished your own work? Chi..."
He was stuck again, feeling annoyed, and after a pause he asked, "What's your name, Chi?"
Chi Xia replied to him without getting tired of it: "Chi Xia."
Luo Xun choked again: "Yes, Chi Xia, no matter where you are, you should finish your own work before helping others. Do you know this?"
Chi Xia lowered his head and said nothing.
Lin Wenjue gave him a look, signaling him not to speak like that to a girl, in case the girl was shy. Look at Chi Xia, she was scared by him.
Luo Xun looked away: "However, since you have time to help others, you should have completed your work, right?"
He stretched his neck left and right: "Tell me, what did you see?"
Lin Wenjue and others were worried about Chi Xia.
Chi Xia spoke calmly: "Captain Luo, I read the information you asked me to look at. For now..."
She showed the information of the first two victims, Zhang Wen and Lin Wei: "All three victims are women, and their eyes were gouged out and replaced with glass. They are a bank teller, a teacher, and a florist. Judging from their addresses and commute routes, there is no intersection between these three people."
As she spoke, she took out a map of Dongzhou, and Lin Wenjue immediately helped to unfold it.
The work addresses and home addresses of the three deceased were marked above, which clearly confirmed what they had just said.
Lin Wenjue said: "Indeed, we have investigated this before."
"Among the three victims, Zhang Wen had just gotten married and her husband was away on a business trip when she was killed. Lin Wei lived alone and had no boyfriend. As for Chen Li, although she had a boyfriend, they did not live together."
After Chi Xia finished speaking, he paused, his eyes pointed meaningfully.
Luo Xun's eyes moved and he looked over: "You mean, the three victims were killed while living alone?"
"yes."
Luo Xun raised his hand, motioning for her to continue.
Chi Xia continued, "According to the previous autopsy report, Zhang Wen and Lin Wei both had large doses of sleeping pills in their bodies. The murderer must have made them unconscious first, then transferred them to a safe place before carrying out the murder plan. But in order to make his masterpiece perfect, there would not be too many signs of struggle when the victims died, such as... dying in their sleep."
This can be inferred from the autopsy reports of Zhang Wen and Lin Wei, but Luo Xun knew very well that if it was Curly Hair or even Cao Bin, it would be impossible to integrate all the information in such a short time.
Even so, Luo Xun still wanted to test her: "Everyone knows almost all of this stuff. I want new clues. Do you have any?"
"From the murderer's methods, he was careful, meticulous and confident. However, from the time of the three cases, the methods of committing the crimes and the locations where the bodies were dumped, this confidence has already become conceited."
Luo Xun frowned: "Well, then what?"
Chi Xia continued: "The entrance of the clothing store, the bridge over the reservoir, the old park, the places chosen by the murderer to dump the body are relatively open, but they also cleverly avoided surveillance, which means..."
She smiled, a hint of sarcasm flashing across her lips: "Fundamentally, he is still a coward at heart."
Luo Xun saw her smile and knocked on the table: "Look, it would be a pity if you don't use your eloquence to promote Ke."
Why is it that a skinny and weak girl, who doesn't work in an office, is sent to the task force, a den of tigers and wolves, for no reason?
Chi Xia smiled at him: "Captain Luo, are you praising me?"
Luo Xun stared at her intently. Seeing Chi Xia looking at him innocently, he felt annoyed and had no place to vent.
Just as he was about to speak, Chi Xia said, "The murderer is probably between 35 and 40 years old. I think he is a young male with a good family background, a mysophobia, a good image, his own career, and plenty of personal time... Most importantly, he has a completely private space to commit the crime."
Lin Wenjue asked in surprise: "How...how do you know this?"
"Yes, Chi Xia, how did you know that?" Cao Bin also asked.
Only Luo Xun concealed the flash of surprise in his eyes and looked up at her: "Have you studied criminal profiling?"
"I've learned a little." Chi Xia lowered his head, looking a little embarrassed.
If she was a little proud, Luo Xun would find the opportunity to say something to her, but she acted as if she was afraid of people knowing, so Luo Xun really couldn't find any fault with her.
"Go on." Luo Xun narrowed his eyes.
"The weirdness of the murderer's crime is mainly reflected in the treatment of the body and the eyes. Dolls and clay sculptures are meant to be viewed. As for mummies, some wealthy people abroad like to collect them. The murderer dumped the body in a relatively public place. I suspect he has a histrionic personality."
"Little girl..."
Luo Xun is a traditional criminal investigator who prefers rich experience. He is not opposed to psychology, but he is not very keen on it either.
He tapped the table with his fingertips: "Chi Xia, the new things you give me had better be convincing to me. To be honest, I'm not very interested in criminal psychology."
Chi Xia was not surprised as he had heard that the captain had a general attitude towards psychology, but it seemed that he was not opposed to it either.
But seeing his frowning face, Chi Xia still looked at Luo Xun stupidly: "Are you praising my youth? To be honest, I'm 26 years old, not young anymore."
With a chuckle, Cao Bin and Curly Hair laughed.
Lin Wenjue also laughed. With Luo Xun's bad temper, few people could take it lightly.
Luo Xun was too lazy to argue with a girl, so he knocked on the table and said, "Go on, keep talking, I want to hear what else you can say!"
Chi Xia smiled and followed his words: "Histrionic personality, also known as hysterical personality, hysterical personality, attention-seeking personality. People with this personality are usually more popular with people around them in real life. They are enthusiastic and optimistic, but when they are in a bad mood, they will become gloomy and depressed."
Luo Xun's eyebrows twitched slightly, and he suddenly realized that Chi Xia's next words were the key point.
"Patients with histrionic personality will show strong anxiety about people and things. They cannot control their emotions and are in urgent need of attention from others. To them, everyone around them is their audience."
"But in fact, these people have serious inferiority complex. They are afraid of getting hurt, constantly suppress their needs, dare not show their true emotions, and can only satisfy themselves through acting."
Luo Xun raised his hand to interrupt Chi Xia: "Wait a moment."
Chi Xia looked at him and saw him stand up, pick up a pen and walk to the case board.
Luo Xun wrote as he spoke: "Histrionic personality, male, mysophobia, outstanding personal image..."
He scribbled under the histrionic personality: "I can understand this, but you have a mysophobia and an outstanding personal image. How did you know that?"
Chi Xia looked down and found a few photos in the file: "I have observed the social networking sites of the first two victims. The photos they posted before they were killed all showed them having manicures done. But look at the photos."
Everyone went to look at the photos, but Luo Xun didn't move. He just searched for relevant photos in his mind. After a moment, he looked at Chi Xia deeply.
Chi Xia also stared at him and grinned.
"After the victims were killed, the manicures on their hands were removed and their nails were trimmed and kept very neat!"
Lin Wenjue said a little excitedly.
Luo Xun walked over, picked up the photo and looked at it, his eyes gradually becoming deeper.
"What do you think of this outstanding personal image?" Luo Xun looked at Chi Xia.
"It doesn't necessarily mean he has an outstanding appearance. What I mean is that the murderer must be well-dressed, have a comfortable life, and have a certain status in his circle. Usually, such people are easy to let people down. Secondly..."
Chi Xia paused and asked, "I wonder if you have ever heard of the colored glaze inlaid in the eyes of corpses?"
"Liuli?" Cao Bin asked in confusion, "What's the connection?"
Chi Xia took out a few printed colored papers from the materials: "As a derivative of glass, colored glaze is not uncommon in our daily lives, but few people know that colored glaze also has different types."
"Among them, Category A is ancient colored glaze, which is made by adding "colored glaze stone" to "colored glaze mother" and firing it. The colored glaze stone used as the raw material is becoming increasingly scarce, so it is particularly precious. Not to mention that the production process is complicated and time-consuming, and it mainly relies on pure manual production. Once there is a little problem, there is no way to remedy it."
"What about Category B?" Curly asked.
"Type B colored glass, called Taiwan colored glass, is an evolution of Western glass art. It originated from a technique called "Fayence" in ancient Egypt, also known as sunset colored glass. It is very different from our ancient colored glass. As for type C, it is the most common imitation colored glass we have today, made of resin material, with a very low price and no collection value."
"So, the glass inlaid in the victim's eyes is..."
Lin Wenjue looked at Chi Xia hesitantly: "Ancient colored glaze?"
Chi Xia nodded: "Yes, from the color point of view, only ancient colored glass can be transparent even when mixed with multiple colors. From the density point of view, the density is higher than glass and crystal, and it feels very smooth. Moreover, there will be a metallic sound when you tap it gently. The most important point is that ancient colored glass will never change color and has collection value."
After Chi Xia said this, everyone fell silent for a short while.
This means that the murderer has a certain level of wealth.
Luo Xun's deep voice sounded: "Cao Bin, go and ask the technical detectives to check it out."
Just as Cao Bin was about to leave, Ning Yi walked in with a folder in his hand: "The autopsy report is out, and there are new clues."
