At noon, when eating at the gate of the community, Lin Ting saw a familiar figure at the dinner restaurant.

"Bai Baiyu?"

She looked up in surprise and greeted him, "Why are you here?" ”

Bai Bai Yu sat opposite with rice noodles on his face full of excitement, raised his chin and began to show off.

"I've got a big case!"

“？？”

Lin Tingwan raised his eyes.

Bai Baiyu raised his eyebrows, looking like a great master, "Yesterday afternoon, the police station received a report that a high school girl in this community was missing. ”

It was in vain that he squatted in the cold wind at the police station for a night.

"By the way, why are you here?" He asked as he ate.

Suddenly thought of something, and stared at Lin Tingwan vigilantly, "Shouldn't you want to rob me of a case?" ”

Bai Baiyu crossed his hands on his chest and warned Lin Tingwan, "This is a case that I finally came across, don't rob me." ”

finally ran into a case, but he couldn't let Lin Tingwan steal his limelight.

"Ahem, ahem, ahem......"

Lin Tingwan was amused by his words and almost choked on the chili pepper in the bowl.

After taking a few sips of orange juice and relieving it, she answered truthfully.

"There are often stray cats being abused and killed in this community recently, so I'll investigate and do a special topic."

After speaking, she didn't forget to add, "Don't worry, I won't rob you." ”

"Oh~"

Stray cat case ......

Although it has its own popularity, most of them cause a wave of discussion on the Internet in the end, which is not enough to be on social news.

Bai Baiyu instantly became angry, "Even if you want to rob me, I'm not afraid, I will definitely do a better job than you when the time comes." ”

"This time, I must make a mirror report before you!"

During the previous recording of the show, the limelight on the Internet and in the station made Lin Tingwan steal it.

This time, he "Bai Niu Hulu" Tianyu wants to take everything back.

……

The next morning, Su Ruanxi called and said that the corpse of a stray cat had been found again.

Lin Tingwan instantly cheered up, crawled out of the bed, stuffed two mouthfuls of buns at random, and instructed Su Ruan Xi to keep the stray cat corpse, and never be cleaned up as garbage by the cleaning as before.

An hour later, Lin Tingwan and Su Ruanxi observed the corpses of these stray cats.

Lin Tingwan wore gloves and a mask, carefully examined the corpse, and found a strange phenomenon.

"The animals didn't have any external injuries, and there were even people who bathed them and their hair was very clean."

She calmly said something suspicious, "What's even stranger is that the cat doesn't bark when it is taken away. ”

In other words, these cats were taken away by familiar people.

At this time, Su Ruan Xi found a few beads around, she put the things in the palm of her hand and handed them to Lin Tingwan, "This is glass beads and lime powder?" ”

There are even stray cats that were just discovered today, with glass beads stuffed into the eyes of the corpses.

She wrinkled her face, and her chest fluttered up and down in anger, "It's too cruel! ”

"I actually gouged out my eyes alive and stuffed glass beads into them."

Lin Tingwan looked at these stray cat corpses and glass beads, and something suddenly flashed in his mind, but he didn't catch it in time.

She muttered, "Cats bend when they are abused, why are these corpses in a relaxed state in different forms, just like eating and running?" ”

"It's like ...... Someone deliberately posed the corpse like this! ”

"Specimens!"

She jerked her eyes up, finally clearing everything out.

Lin Tingwan thought that when he joined the Biology Association in college, he heard it mentioned by the members of the club.

When they make taxidermy, they soak the animal in ethanol and adjust their posture to prevent the body from becoming rigid.

Animal eyes are difficult to preserve, so they sometimes use glass beads as taxidermy eyes.

A name popped up in Lin Tingwan's heart.

……

The next day, Lin Tingwan decided to go to Zhang Zheng's house to find out.

"Hello, I forgot to bring cat food, do you have any extra?"

She looked at the handsome young man in the wheelchair in front of her, silently praying that things would not be as she had guessed.

Zhang Zheng saw that the person who came was Su Ruanxi's friend, and his tone was very gentle, "Come in." ”

He pushed his wheelchair himself and walked towards the room, "You sit first, I'll go get you cat food." ”

Lin Tingwan observed the surrounding environment and found that the house where Zhang Zheng lived was very small, and there was indeed no place to hide stray cats.

And there wasn't even a family photo.

Thinking of this, Lin Tingwan felt some sympathy in his heart.

She accosted, "I heard Xiaoxi say that you live alone, and the room is quite clean." ”

Zhang Zhengsheng's cat food hand paused, and said calmly, "Mom and Dad hired a nanny." ”

He packed the cat food in a box and handed it to Lin Tingwan, "This brand of cat food is the favorite food of cats in the community." ”

After Lin Tingwan took the cat food, he didn't leave immediately.

Keep your eyes on the specimen hanging on the wall.

"It's so pretty!" She said nonchalantly, "Can you take a look at the room where you made the specimen?" When I was in college, I was interested in specimens and wanted to see how they were made. ”

Zhang Zhengxin did not change his color, and said calmly, "When I was making butterfly specimens yesterday, the dye was spilled, next time." ”

Lin Tingwan noticed a ribbon in the corner of the sofa, and intuitively felt that something was wrong with this ribbon.

She stood up to cover Zhang Zheng's gaze, and said calmly, "Why don't you go feed the cats together?" ”

Zhang Zheng didn't notice her small movements, and smiled gently, "The homework hasn't been finished yet, I'll go back on the weekend." ”

"Then I'll go first."

Lin Tingwan took advantage of his inattention, quietly put the silk scarf into his pocket, and left with the cat food.

……

……

After going out, Lin Tingwan excused himself for losing something, went to the guard room to adjust the surveillance, and found that the ribbon in Zhang Zheng's house was the ribbon worn by the missing girl Xiaoyun.

She suddenly had a bad premonition in her heart.

Shocked, Lin Tingwan hurriedly called Bai Baiyu, "How is your investigation over there?" Did the police station find a clue? ”

"Don't mention it, the surveillance of the school and the community has filmed the little girl coming home, there is nothing abnormal, I almost wonder if there is a ghost."

Through the screen, you can feel Bai Baiyu's frustration.

Lin Tingwan laughed and said, "Teenagers who grow up under the red flag must be firm in materialist theory. ”

"Lin Tingwan!" During the day, the sky snorted.

Lin Tingwan returned to seriousness, "Don't tease you, I may have clues about your case, you can come to the community now." ”

"Ten minutes!"

……

Ten minutes later, Bai Baiyu ran to the guard room, and he didn't even breathe.

He grabbed Lin Tingwan and asked urgently, "What about the clues?" ”

Lin Tingwan dragged him out, came to a place where there were few people, and took out the ribbon.

"Ribbon?"

Bai Baiyu tilted his head and commented objectively, "It's pretty good-looking." ”

Lin Tingwan said in a deep voice, "This is what I found in Zhang Zheng's house." ”

She frowned, "Before, Xiaoxi told me that Zhang Zheng has always lived alone, how can there be a ribbon worn by a woman." ”

"Maybe it was his mother who came to take care of him?"

Bai Baiyu didn't think there was anything wrong.

"There are lime powder and glass beads on the corpses of stray cats, and it is understood that Zhang Zheng likes to make specimens very much, and I suspect that Zhang Zheng is the murderer who killed these stray cats."

Lin Tingwan recounted the results of yesterday's investigation.

Bai Baiyu didn't believe that Zhang Zheng would be a pervert who abused cats, and he didn't believe that Zhang Zheng had anything to do with Xiaoyun's disappearance.

Seeing Lin Tingwan so maliciously speculating on a teenager, his eyes were full of anger.

"A hobby, a ribbon, and a conviction for other children?"

Lin Tingwan didn't link Zhang Zheng with the cat abuse case at first, but the facts and the evidence found so far made her have to suspect Zhang Zheng.

She patiently explained, "The stray cat was taken away without struggling, indicating that an acquaintance committed the crime, and the glass beads on the ground and the lime powder on the corpse of the stray cat indicate that the murderer wanted to make it into a specimen, but for some reason threw out these semi-finished products." ”

"Maybe he's doing some kind of experiment, looking for the best way to make it, using something as a specimen."

Bai Baiyu said impatiently, "Xiaoyun and Zhang are in the same class, and the people in the school say that Zhang Zheng is very good to Xiaoyun, how can he hurt Xiaoyun." ”

Lin Tingwan didn't agree with Bai Baiyu's conclusion so early.

"Puzzles should be just the answers, not the answers."

From a psychological point of view, she analyzed, "Psychopathic murderers generally regard their victims as prey and will not allow others to harm their prey before they do it." ”

"Lin Tingwan, that's enough!"

Bai Bai Yu really couldn't stand Lin Tingwan looking at Zhang Zheng like this.

defended Zhang Zheng, "Although Zhang Zheng has a rough background, he has a kind and gentle personality, how could he do such a terrible thing." ”

His face was red in the face of argument, "Besides, I have been to Zhang Zheng's house, and his house is at a glance, where is there a place for Tibetans." ”

Bai Baiyu stared angrily at Lin Tingwan's eyes and warned, "You are a journalist, you are responsible for what you said!" ”

"If this matter has nothing to do with Zhang Zheng, it should be clear how much harm the report will cause him!"

Lin Tingwan just wanted to find out the truth of the matter as soon as possible, and didn't want to quarrel.

She said softly, "You calm down, I'm just providing a direction for the investigation, and in the end, I will definitely speak with evidence." ”

Bai Tianyu felt that Lin Tingwan was looking at people with prejudice, and said angrily,

"I will definitely investigate the matter clearly and prove Zhang Zheng's innocence!"

Lin Tingwan didn't expect Bai Baiyu to react so much, and seeing that he couldn't cooperate, he had to investigate Zhang Zheng by himself.

Suddenly, she thought that Su Ruan Xi had mentioned that Zhang Zheng used to live in the suburbs and still had a place to live in the suburbs.

Thinking of this, Lin Tingwan immediately called Su Ruanxi, ready to ask Zhang Zheng about the exact place of residence in the suburbs.

Unexpectedly, he received an emergency text message from Su Ruanxi.

"Not good!"

When Lin Tingwan rushed to the place in the text message, he didn't find Su Ruanxi's figure, and only picked up a school badge on the ground.

"Zhang Zheng!"

Lin Tingwan finally understood why Su Ruanxi and Zhang Zheng felt something was wrong when they got along yesterday.

Zhang Zheng's gaze at Su Ruan Xi was not like the gaze of a friend, but revealed a kind of possessiveness.

She hurried back to the community and found that the door of Zhang Zheng's house was open and the room was empty.

After turning on the light, Lin Tingwan found a photo of Su Ruanxi at the head of Zhang Zheng's bed.

At the same time, the suburbs

"Where is this?"

Su Ruanxi woke up and found herself tied to a stool, with a lot of stray cat hair next to her, and a girl in a school uniform on the ground.

"This is our home."

Zhang Zheng was sitting in a wheelchair and came out of the darkness.