Chapter 59: The Girl (3)
"A professionally trained killer?" Lao Lu was skeptical of my conclusion.
I said, "From the murder to the dismemberment to the camouflage at the murder scene, none of this is like what a crime of passion can do." Moreover, the deceased's background is special, and the enterprises and minerals under his name may be the root cause of his death. β
Lao Lu nodded, and asked the forensic doctor and the scene investigation team to continue to collect evidence, and I made a special emphasis on DNA identification of the condoms in the bathroom trash can, because there was not only the DNA of the deceased, but also the DNA of the people involved in the case.
After that, I asked Lao Lu about the identity of the deceased, and after knowing the bottom of my heart, I walked out of the bedroom and came to the living room.
At this time, the two old men were still sobbing, and the woman next to her was still sitting expressionlessly, but now it was no longer clear from her face whether she was sad or afraid. It's just that when I walked in, her eyes unconsciously rolled left and right, and I knew that she had noticed me walking towards her, but she deliberately didn't look at me, deliberately avoided me in her gaze.
It is clear that this woman has a ghost in her heart.
I walked to the sofa, and the old man looked up at me with a sad and sad expression, and the old woman was still leaning on his shoulder and crying.
I didn't go up and say anything comforting like a memorial service, because that would have made the victim's family grief even more. Now is the time to investigate the case, and I need the victim's family to be as calm and rational as possible, and only when they are calm and rational can I ask and dig out more valuable information.
Of course, in the current situation, I would definitely choose the wife of the deceased as the first object of inquiry. So, I walked up to the woman and whispered, "Can you take a step to speak?" β
The woman looked up at me, then at the two old men, then at me and nodded.
I walked out of room 501 with this woman, and I wanted to talk to her in the hallway, but she took out a bunch of keys from her beautiful satchel, opened the door of room 503, and said, "Let's go to this room to talk." β
I looked at her still calm face and nodded.
When I entered room 503, I found that it had been renovated into a home theater, with wide wall curtains and thick and exquisite independent reclining sofas, showing the owner's financial resources and how to enjoy life.
"Sit down and talk, what would you like to drink?" The woman turned on the air conditioner and walked to the side of the double-open refrigerator and said.
"Mineral water." I said as I sat down on a couch as I looked at her back.
The woman pulled two bottles of soda out of the fridge, then walked up to me, handed me one of them, and sat down gracefully on a couch next to me.
I took the soda and thought to myself about the woman next to me. The woman was under 30 years old and wore a set of silver-gray shorts with the Chanel logo on the chest, which made her look very temperamental. With her long, black hair and small and delicate face, she can definitely be regarded as a big beauty.
However, this big beauty's every move is very abnormal at this time. Her husband was brutally murdered and dismembered, but there was no sadness on her face, and the previous horror seemed to be gone at this time. What I showed in front of me was more composure and graceful beauty.
This woman is not simple.
I unscrewed the cap of the soda bottle, didn't drink it, looked sideways at the overly calm woman next to me, and said, "I regret the death of your husband, please mourn." β
She didn't answer, pursed her lips and nodded, unscrewed the cap of the soda bottle, and took two sips. It seems that my words have produced a very small fluctuation in her psychology, but this fluctuation is obviously not sadness.
As she took the soda bottle to her lips, I said, "There are some questions I need to ask you about, and I want you to answer them truthfully." β
She glanced at me out of the corner of her eye, then tightened the cap and nodded with water in her mouth. I know that when I said this, she had something in mind. Although I didn't have the ability to read minds, I couldn't know what was going on in her mind at this moment, but I knew that I would never trust her 100% in my subsequent inquiries.
I tightened the cap of the soda bottle again, looked at her side face that was a little charming and seductive to any man, and asked, "What's your name?" β
"Min Ke."
"Age?"
"28 years old."
"What's your profession?"
"General Manager of Chengyuan Mining Group."
I frowned, this Chengyuan Mining Group and Chengyuan Hi-Tech Electronics Factory are both enterprises under the name of Wei Qiancheng (the deceased), and Wei Qiancheng arranged his wife to be the general manager of Chengyuan Mining Group, it seems that Wei Qiancheng takes good care of his wife.
"What is your relationship with Wei Qiancheng?"
"Husband and wife."
"How long have you been married?"
"It's been more than four years."
I took a sip of water, slowly tightened the lid of the soda, and asked, "Forgive me for taking the liberty of asking, how is your relationship between husband and wife?" β
Min Ke paused, turned his head to look at me and said, "It's okay." After saying that, he unscrewed the cap of the bottle and took a sip of water.
The phrase 'okay' gives me the feeling that it doesn't work very well, of course, I can't say it, I just purse my lips and nod.
After that, I asked some questions that were not relevant to the case, such as whether there were children or not, how the business was doing, what was the relationship between my mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and so on.
Min Ke is very calm and patient, and answers some trivial questions neatly. He is worthy of being a young and promising general manager of an enterprise, and his psychological quality and adaptability are extremely outstanding.
But her perfect performance made me even more interested in her. I can only say here that it is an interest, not a suspicion. If I do not easily suspect a person, in the process of handling a case, a subjective judgment will appear intentionally or unintentionally, and this subjective judgment can easily lead to an erroneous analysis of the case, which I cannot allow.
Of course, the interest I am talking about is not the interest of a man in a woman, but the interest I have in the case itself.
I coughed dryly, leaned forward, looked sideways at her, and said, "Okay, then let's get down to business and talk about your husband's case." β
Min Ke sat sideways and looked at my face, her expression was still the same, no sadness, no panic, no indifference, and it felt like she was talking to her as if she was communicating at work. Is this a habit that working women have developed? I guess, it's not that simple.
I said, "From what I have learned, Wei Qiancheng should be living alone, can you explain this situation?" β
Min Ke said calmly: "Yes." I moved out a month ago and stayed at the Hilton Hotel. β
"Why?"
"Because we had a big disagreement at work, we were both very strong people, and no one could convince anyone, which led to work problems that were brought to the family, and I moved out in a fit of anger."
I held the soda bottle, tapped it lightly with the fingers of my right hand, and then asked, "When was the last time you saw Wei Qiancheng?" β
Min Ke quickly replied: "A week ago. β
"Where?"
"It's next to room 502."
I was puzzled, looked into Min Ke's eyes and asked, "Right next to it?" Why did you meet in room 502 next door? β
"Because we had a private party there," Min said. β
I stood up and said, "Can you take me to the next room?" β
Min Ke put the soda bottle in the water rack on the armrest, also stood up and said, "This way, please." β
I thought he would take me out through the door of room 503, but he took me through the home theater in room 503, past a chess and card room, and then through a path full of butterfly specimens, into a bar-style room with a karaoke system. Judging by the size and layout of this room, it should be the living room of room 502.
To be honest, I was surprised and asked, "Are all the three rooms on this floor connected?" β
Min Ke said: "Yes, there is only a door between rooms 501 and 502, and rooms 502 and 503 are completely unblocked. β
Looking at this beautifully decorated little bar, I wanted to laugh and tease these rich people for really having fun, but I didn't say anything because I thought it was out of place.
I looked at the dazzling array of drinks on the bar counter and said, "You and Wei Qiancheng are the last time we see each other here?" β
Min Ke slowly walked towards the bar, without looking back, and said, "Yes." β
I saw Min Ke take a bottle of red wine from the wine rack behind the bar and take out two goblets from under the bar, and I quickly said, "I'm working, I can't drink." β
Min Ke looked at me, pursed his lips, and then opened the bottle and poured himself a drink.
I paced in the middle of the bar, checking out some of the things going on in the bar. Apparently, the bar had a party before, but it didn't clean up after that, and melon seed shells and almond shells were everywhere on the floor.
On the coffee table, some snacks have begun to spoil, and more than 20 empty beer bottles are lined up, including two bottles of precious red wine from ChΓ’teau Mouton. The two packs of Chinese cigarettes were still on the coffee table, but in terms of texture, they should have been soaked in the wine on the coffee table before, and they had deteriorated.
I checked the ashtray and didn't expect there to be a few cigarette butts of the Petite X cigarette in the ashtray. Obviously, there were also ladies whose incomes did not belong to the wealthy class who attended the party.
So, I asked Min Ke, "Who were at the party that day?" β
Min Ke sat behind the bar, his face was a little ruddy, the hand holding the wine glass, propped his elbow on the bar, shook the red wine glass, looked at the red wine swirling inside, like blood, and said: "There are me, Future, Future's sister, the financial director of the mining group, the student of Future, and the student's girlfriend."