Chapter 1: Witnessing the Murder Scene
It's the middle of winter 2008 –
On cold nights, the street lights are dim. The streets between the dark and tall buildings lined with them were deserted, and there were few passing cars.
Despite this, there are still some people who are still working in their posts. For example, taxi drivers; For example, kitchen support staff; Another example is a late-night radio host -
"Hi guys! I'm Ding Xiao, and I'll meet you again at 10 o'clock at midnight. Today, we're going to talk about a suitcase hiding a corpse. In the thirties of the last century, in the small town of Brighton in the south of England......"
Ding Xiao is a broadcasting major, and as soon as she graduated, she interviewed for a job as an announcer in this bustling city. Because he has just entered the industry, he is still young, so he can only broadcast during the afternoon and night hours. Every night at 10 o'clock, she brings stories to those who haven't slept late at night, partly from old newspapers and news, and partly from fan contributions.
Most of the stories are true, such as the case of Ding Xiao hiding the body in the suitcase today. This incident happened in the thirties of the last century, almost 90 years have passed now, and the case has not yet been solved, and it has become one of the famous unsolved cases in history.
With the sound of light music at the end, Ding Xiao said goodnight to the audience. Turn off the microphone, get up and turn off all the power and lights in the broadcast studio, and walk out of the broadcast studio with the bag.
It's one o'clock in the morning. Ding Xiao only works three hours a day, and in these three hours, in addition to telling stories, she sometimes has to connect with the audience and talk to them about folk weird stories.
Saying goodbye to his colleagues who were still working overtime, Ding Xiao took the elevator down to the first floor.
At this time, the night was already very deep, and it was stormy outside the building. Ding Xiao lives five kilometers away from where she goes to work. On weekdays, it's okay, and I can use my mobile phone to make an appointment. However, it is difficult to get a taxi on rainy and snowy days.
It was another stormy night, Ding Xiao held her mobile phone and waited behind the glass door of the building for a full thirty minutes, but no one responded to the message she sent in the car-booking group.
Looks like we're going to have to walk back again tonight. Ding Xiao sighed helplessly, edited a text message to Ding Deng, and then walked out of the building with an umbrella.
Ding Zhong is Ding Xiao's own sister, who has just turned nineteen years old and is a freshman at Z University in Fancheng.
The distance of five kilometers is not far, and it is not close, but it is estimated that it will take more than two hours to walk back. And in these two hours, Ding Xiao's nightmare began.
"It's so cold, I knew I should have moved in the fall, so it's better to find a house closer." Ding Xiao walked for fifty minutes and walked three kilometers. The storm had signs of fading, but the rain deposited on the ground reached his ankles, soaking Ding Xiao's Martin boots, which were biting cold in winter.
She is now in Hexi, and she crossed the bridge to the Hebei area, which is not far from her home.
Although it was cold and tired, but at the thought of the fragrant roast chicken thighs at home, Ding Xiao gritted his teeth and shook off the complaints in his stomach, and quickened his pace to walk to the nearest path from home.
"Hmm, hmm......"
There was a sound of mumping on the left side of the front, accompanied by a thump and the sound of legs rubbing against the ground. And this sound is especially like the sound of a person covering his mouth.
What's going on?
Ding Xiao paused as he walked forward, and made up all kinds of kidnapping and ransom pictures in his mind. She quickly took out her phone from her bag. Put away your umbrella and walk briskly to the place where the sound came from.
In the corner of a deep, dark alley, a woman in a red Niko coat fell to the ground. Her mouth was not sealed, and the reason why she couldn't make a sound was because her tongue had been cut.
The bright red blood mixed with the stagnant water on the ground, and she fell to the ground with her hands over her mouth and struggled in pain.
Standing next to the woman was a man in a black trench coat with a scruffy beard, the man looked very strong, about 1.78 meters by sight.
He had his back to Ding Xiao, and he was holding a bloody dagger in his hand.
The man put the knife in his trench coat pocket, and then took out a small hammer to cut the wall. He raised his hammer and slammed it into the woman's head, shaking her body until she couldn't move anymore.
Her blood splattered everywhere, splashed in the rain, and splattered on the man.
The man stopped at the right time.
He stared at the woman's bloody face for a moment, then threw the hammer to the ground and reached out to strip the woman of her clothes.
Ding Xiao, who was standing at the corner of the road, was stunned. After she came back to her senses, she quickly picked up her mobile phone and dialed 110, but before she could dial it, her frightened hand shook, and the mobile phone fell to the ground, making an inappropriate 'click' sound.
It was a small sound, but it was especially harsh in the silence of the night.
I saw that the murderer's body stiffened, and then quickly turned his head to look in the direction where Ding Xiao was.
Ding Xiao's brain buzzed, and he picked up the phone as soon as he picked up the phone and ran in the direction he was coming from, no matter how loud the sound was when he stepped on the stagnant water when he ran.
When the murderer saw that he was seen killing, he cursed in a low voice. Then he put the hammer in his pocket and strode in the direction of Ding Xiaoran.
With Ding Xiao's steps, he will definitely not be able to run. But her only advantage is her familiarity with the terrain of the area.
This area is an old-fashioned residential house in the 80s of the last century, although it covers an area of only more than 2,000 square meters, but the building structure of the house is disordered, and they are all independent dwellings. If you use a drone to shoot it from top to bottom, it's a maze shape.
Ding Xiao took refuge in a dilapidated warehouse after several roundabouts, which was used to pile up waste on weekdays. After hiding, Ding Xiao put his mobile phone on silent, covered his mouth with his hands, and looked out of the dilapidated door of the warehouse with his eyes open.