Chapter 74: Chapter 33: Cruel and Vicious Crime Methods (Requesting First Subscription and Monthly Tickets)
On Saturday, Luo Fei took his whole family out for shopping.
Wu Yan originally didn’t want to go, thinking it was a waste of money, but couldn’t refuse Luo Fei. As Luo Fei became a police officer, he took more responsibility and made more contributions to the family, so his voice grew stronger at home.
First, he went to a mobile phone store and spent 2,600 yuan on a fairly capable domestic phone for himself, then took Wu Yan and a few others shopping.
After the shopping spree, they spent a total of 2,200 yuan, buying four sets of clothing including pants, shirts, t-shirts, and four pairs of shoes.
Spending more than 2,000 yuan at once, Wu Yan was heartbroken, but Luo Xiaoxiao and Luo Hao were overjoyed. When school started on Monday, they wore the new clothes and shoes to go to school.
On Monday, when work started, Luo Fei arrived at the office around seven-thirty as usual.
Yang Su was already there, but unexpectedly, Xia Zheng was also present.
"Luo Fei, what do you think of my phone? Bought for 9,999 yuan, I spent all my salary from Friday on it," Xia Zheng boasted to Luo Fei, holding a newly released phone.
"Looks nice, but too expensive," Luo Fei glanced and replied perfunctorily.
Xia Zheng continued enthusiastically, "Let me tell you, this phone is expensive, but the brand is worth it. The operational feel, resolution, and pixel quality are unbeatable... I’ve wanted to get this phone for a long time, but I didn’t have the money..."
Luo Fei wasn’t in the mood to listen to Xia Zheng’s tedious talk and instead took out the "Criminology Research" book he’d recently borrowed from the library.
Xia Zheng noticed and wisely stopped his long-winded speech, returning to his seat.
Just as Wang Lei entered the office, Xia Zheng couldn’t wait to say to Wang Lei, "Wang Lei, what do you think of my phone? Bought for 9,999 yuan, getting this phone means I’ll be living on dirt this month, but let me tell you, this phone is really good to use, smooth operation, super fast internet speed. I’m strongly recommending that you get one."
"Pfft, we only buy domestic phones now. We need to support domestic products. How dare you spend so much money on a foreign phone? With that kind of political awareness, you still dare to be a criminal police officer," Wang Lei shot a disdainful glance at Xia Zheng and returned to his seat.
Xia Zheng was dumbfounded for a moment, then angrily said, "Wang Lei, you’re just jealous."
For these past few days, the criminal police team hadn’t had any major incidents, so the atmosphere was relatively relaxed.
But at eight o’clock, an urgent call came into Police Chief Zhao Donglai’s office.
Afterward, Zhao Donglai immediately called everyone to the conference room for a meeting.
In the conference room, Zhao Donglai had a stern face, his brows furrowed into a deep crease.
Once everyone from the criminal police team had gathered, Zhao Donglai slowly relaxed his brows.
"Since everyone is here, I’ll briefly explain the situation: we just received a call from the Jiuli River police station. A male corpse was found at Jiuli River. The body’s genital organs were removed. The identity of the deceased: Zheng Bin, 22 years old, unemployed, a villager from Jiuli River. Basically, that’s the situation. Everyone go back and prepare. We’ll leave in five minutes."
Zhao Donglai briefly explained the situation and then strode out of the conference room.
The others also hurriedly left the conference room.
At eight fifteen, the criminal police team set off; at eight fifty-five, they arrived at the crime scene at Jiuli River.
The crime scene was in a field by the roadside.
At the crime scene, police officers from the Jiuli River police station had set up a cordon and were maintaining order, while a large crowd gathered outside the cordon.
"Damn it, who could be so cruel? How could they do such a heartless thing? I curse them to have sons without anuses, daughters who turn into prostitutes, wives who cheat, and to get run over by cars when going out. I curse them to go to hell after death..." As Luo Fei and the others got out of the car and approached the crime scene, they heard piercing and unpleasant cries and curses.
Jiuli River police station chief Zhang Tao was apparently acquainted with Zhao Donglai. Seeing the criminal police team, he hurried over with an officer.
"Chief Zhao, you’re finally here?" Zhang Tao breathed a heavy sigh of relief upon seeing the criminal police team.
"What’s going on?" Zhao Donglai asked in confusion.
Zhang Tao said, "The killer not only murdered the victim but also removed the victim’s genital organs. The scene looks rather gruesome, and I’m worried more onlookers will gather and cause panic."
"Mm," Zhao Donglai nodded in agreement, then asked while walking, "The killer removed the victim’s genital organs. Were they found?"
"We searched around but didn’t find anything," Zhang Tao shook his head.
While speaking, the criminal police team reached the cordon.
"Make way, comrades from the criminal police team are here. Everyone don’t impede their investigation," Zhang Tao shouted to the crowd.
Upon hearing this, the crowd voluntarily created a path for the criminal police team.
Just as the criminal police team was about to enter within the cordon, a figure dashed over, kneeling directly in front of Zhao Donglai.
"Officers, you must catch the killer! My son was only twenty-two, he hadn’t even gotten married yet. How could the killer be so cruel to murder him? Officers, you must catch the killer and avenge my son," a woman of about fifty knelt before Zhao Donglai, crying and pleading with snot and tears.
"Ma’am, please get up. We will definitely catch the killer. Please stand up," Zhao Donglai hurriedly helped the woman up.
"Liu Ying, if you really want the detectives to investigate and catch the killer, don’t delay them here. Let them go inside and investigate. Your actions now will only waste their time and let the killer escape," Zhang Tao sternly reprimanded, then called two villagers to take Liu Ying away.
Luo Fei took the opportunity to look around at the crowd. He knew some deranged killers might return to the crime scene after committing murder, but after scanning through, he found nothing unusual.
Once Liu Ying was taken away, Zhao Donglai glanced at the crowd and then discussed with Zhang Tao to disperse the onlookers, fearing they might destroy clues left by the killer.
Hearing this, Zhang Tao signaled the police officers to disperse the onlookers.
With the crowd gone, Zhao Donglai led the criminal police team, pulling open the cordon and entering the crime scene.
In Luo Fei’s line of sight, the deceased lay flat on the ground in a spread-out position, enveloped in a dense, dark aura. His face still showed traces of youth, and his expression was peaceful, as if asleep.
Luo Fei then noticed blood oozing from where the back of the victim’s head met the ground.
As for the lower half of the deceased, the pants and underwear were pulled down to the knees, the genital area was a bloody mess, with a large area below soaked in blood. The sight was truly grim.
As usual, Zhao Donglai first called in the eyewitness who discovered the body to ask some basic questions.
Luo Fei, meanwhile, began searching around the crime scene, having just seen the victim’s state. Undoubtedly, the killer should have attacked from behind, first knocking out or even killing the victim before removing the genital organs.