Chapter 13: Voodoo Doll
The moment the light filled the room, the darkness receded like a tide.
Lin Yi stood at the door of Tong Jiaojiao's bedroom, and the smell of instant noodle soup penetrated into her nostrils, almost forcing her to withdraw. Looking at the messy furnishings and the clothes scattered everywhere, she couldn't help but frown slightly.
Since Tong Jiaojiao ran away from home, she entered her room for the first time.
She was worried that Zhao Xiaojun's purpose was not pure, and he would wreak havoc in the room, so she came over to check it out, but she didn't expect this room to be like this.
In Lin Yi's impression, Tong Jiaojiao is indeed the kind of person who looks beautiful and delicate, but her life is a mess and her self-care ability is very poor.
Her glamorous side is all used for herself, while the environment she lives in is sloppy like a garbage dump. Things that can be stacked together are never stacked, and as long as there is an inch of space for bottles and cans, they will never be considered for storage.
The cleanest part of the room is the inner corner against the wall, where there is a tripod for camera equipment, a fill light, and a pink swivel chair. Tong Jiaojiao doesn't have a job, and her source of income depends on live webcasts.
But who would have imagined that the beautiful and moving female anchor who is sought after by tens of thousands of people lives in such a bad environment.
Things in the room are messy, but fortunately there is no malicious vandalism. Lin Yi's gaze swept around the room, and when he was about to leave the room, his gaze suddenly fell on the express box on the table.
If it was Tong Jiaojiao's courier, she would naturally not be curious, but the strange thing was that the courier was written with her own name.
Attn: Lin Yi.
Lin Yi walked over curiously and found that there was also a receipt placed there, and the date of receipt was displayed as a week ago.
In other words, this courier was signed by Tong Jiaojiao before she left, and it was not handed over to Lin Yi. Because the two had a quarrel before, whether she did it intentionally or unintentionally, it made Lin Yi feel very unpleasant.
If it's your own, you should get it back. Lin Yi pursed his lips, picked up the express box and withdrew from the room, not forgetting to close the door before leaving, isolating the mess.
When Tang Cheng came out of the bathroom, he happened to see Lin Yi swaying around with the express box, leaning into his ear to listen to the sound.
"What's that?" He asked.
"I don't know, I haven't shopped online recently, it should have been sent by someone else. The detailed address is not shown on the courier, and the sender is anonymous. Lin Yi was a little confused, "It's really strange, I don't know that I have few friends who live here, who will send something?" Listening to the sound, it feels like there is a big thing inside. ”
"Wouldn't you open it and see it?" Tang Cheng handed the fruit knife he picked up from the ground to Lin Yi.
"That's right." Lin Yi took the knife, carefully cut the scotch tape on the express box, and then slowly opened it.
As the object came into view, her pupils dilated in an instant, her face changed suddenly, as if she had seen something extremely terrifying, and she subconsciously took two steps back and bumped into Tang Cheng's chest.
"What's wrong?" Tang Cheng grabbed Lin Yi and stepped forward to check it out curiously, but he was startled.
Inside that box turned out to be a voodoo doll! The palm-sized rag doll was full of needles, and every point where the needles fell was painted with red paint to make it look like it was bleeding, which was extremely terrifying.
Voodoo is a form of magic that originated in Africa and has strong religious overtones. At the same time, the voodoo doll is also a representative of the evil curse in the eyes of everyone. It is said that if you write the name of the cursed person on the doll and pierce the doll's body with a needle while casting the curse, the corresponding cursed person will suffer from illness or die under the influence of the curse.
And the existence of this voodoo doll in front of him is obviously a sign that Lin Yi may not be dying soon. To Tang Cheng, it seemed to be a demonstration before the murder began.
Lin Yi's face turned pale, clutching Tang Cheng's clothes tightly, his voice trembling, "Who wants to harm me?" ”
"It's come to this, I hope you don't hide it from me, who else have you offended?" Tang Cheng asked.
"No, really no!" Lin Yi shook his head vigorously.
Tang Cheng flipped over the box, saw the logistics information from the side, and picked up the receipt on the side and compared it.
"This was signed for a week ago?"
"Yes. I just found it from Tong Jiaojiao's room, and she forgot to give it to me. ”
Tong Jiaojiao? A flash of light quickly flashed in Tang Cheng's mind.
This woman is the one who has been in close contact with Lin Yi. Before she moved out, the two had a quarrel over the issue of three views.
So now it can probably be deduced that there are two situations: first, the express delivery was received by Tong Jiaojiao, but because of the momentary anger, it was not handed over to Lin Yi. The second is that the voodoo doll in the box was released by Tong Jiaojiao out of anger, so as to punish Lin Yi's meddling.
If it is the latter, it is just some small contradictions, which are easy to solve. But in the case of the former, the situation is different.
Couriers without a shipping address and without the sender's name will not be sent by general logistics. Then it is very likely that the murderer personally sent it to the door. Imagine if Lin Yi was at home at that time, maybe the tragedy would have happened.
Tang Cheng's brain spun around quickly, and then he took out his mobile phone and issued a voice command, "Scan the code." ”
The Turing machine responds quickly, and the scan box pops up.
Tang Cheng put the barcode on the express tracking number under the scanning frame, and after identification, the Turing machine gave the result: the logistics information is invalid.
Tang Cheng swept it twice again in disbelief, and the result was the same.
"Don't doubt the ability of the super processing system to discern it, this logistics bill is a forgery." Turing 5467 impatiently gives intracranial cues.
Tang Cheng sighed, put the phone back in his pocket, and turned to Lin Yi, "The logistics tracking number is fake, that is to say, what you got is a fake courier." ”
"What?" Lin Yi was stunned for a moment, and then sat on the round stool at the table with an aggrieved expression, "Who the hell is it, if it's just a prank, this joke is too big, right?" Even if they want to kill me, I'm a little nurse, can I be guilty of them going to such pains? ”
"This shows that the things behind the scenes are not as simple as you think, and they are more complicated than I thought." Tang Cheng's brows tightened.
There are four targets for the murderer, and Lin Yi, who has an ordinary identity, should be just one of them, and the biggest target should be the person who is very important to them in Turing's mouth.
"What now?" Lin Yi asked.
"Regarding this fake courier question with a voodoo doll, I'm afraid only Tong Jiaojiao can give us an answer, you try to contact her. We'll put this courier away first and keep it as evidence. Tang Cheng thought for a while and said, "This place is not suitable for a long time, Zhao Xiaojun can sneak in, presumably others can, for safety reasons, I have to take you out of here." ”