Chapter 495 Strange
Chapter 495 Strange
Therefore, Bai Mengfei decided to visit and investigate the home of the third female victim.
When they left Wang Zhou's house, the clock had already struck nine o'clock at night.
Upon hearing that Bai Mengfei planned to visit the family of the last victim directly, Xiang Yuntian and Wang Tian were quite surprised, but since Bai Mengfei had already made her decision, they still chose to support her.
The three of them went together to the home of the last victim, Duan Yu, and met Duan Yu's mother.
“Duan Yu was a sensible and good child since she was a child. After her husband died unexpectedly, she could have chosen to give up the child and remarry.”
Holding Duan Yu's child, Duan Yu's mother said to them with sorrowful eyes, "But she insisted that the child was already pitiful enough without a father, and couldn't be without a mother too. So she worked desperately, not only to support me but also to raise this child. Because of this child, she never looked for another partner. I never imagined that now, I, an old woman, would be the one to bury my black-haired child..."
At this point, Duan Yu's mother broke down in tears, her grief no less than that of Wang Zhou who had lost his wife.
Seeing this, Wang Tian was also filled with sorrow and silently shed tears, but quickly wiped them away.
As the three were preparing to leave, Wang Tian resolutely decided: "I want to apply for subsistence allowance for that old woman and Duan Yu's mother."
Bai Mengfei simply nodded silently without saying a word.
Xiang Yuntian noticed that Bai Mengfei seemed to have something on her mind, so he asked softly, "What are you thinking about?"
“I’ve been thinking about what these three victims have in common. I’ve discovered that all three of them are young women of extremely high moral character,” Bai Mengfei said.
Xiang Yuntian pondered for a moment and agreed, saying, "This is indeed a major discovery."
“That’s right!” Wang Tian said excitedly, “It seems that the murderer specifically targets women like this. He must be a psychopath. Why does he always pick on good people to harm?”
Bai Mengfei shook her head secretly and said, "His motive is still unclear."
After the three got into the car, Bai Mengfei was still pondering this question, because it might be the only breakthrough to solve the case.
At this point, Xiang Yuntian analyzed, "Judging from the accounts given by the victim's family and neighbors, their reactions were all normal. Therefore, we can rule out the possibility that someone close to them committed the crime."
"I suspect that this murderer will likely strike again," Bai Mengfei speculated.
Wang Tian immediately agreed: "Yes! According to the information, he kills someone every five days. Tomorrow is the fifth day, and he will likely target another virtuous young woman. But how did he obtain information on these women?"
“There are too many ways to obtain information,” Xiang Yuntian said. “It might be something you hear from others, or something you learn from news reports. All of these are possible. If we were to investigate each of these sources one by one, it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack. Moreover, he has many potential targets, and we simply cannot protect them all.”
"Yes." Bai Mengfei sighed helplessly.
Wang Tian asked anxiously, "Are we just supposed to stand by and watch him commit crimes and harm innocent people?"
After saying that, Wang Tian clenched his fists tightly, his eyes filled with anger, wishing he could bring the murderer to justice immediately.
Bai Mengfei appeared calm on the surface, but her heart was filled with melancholy.
That evening, after returning to their dormitory, Bai Mengfei and Xiang Yuntian sat on their beds in silence for a while.
After a long silence, Xiang Yuntian broke the silence first: "Why aren't you resting yet?"
"I'm not too sleepy. I'm thinking about what Officer Wang said tonight," Bai Mengfei replied.
"Don't think about it anymore. It's no use thinking about it now. There's nothing we can do about it. You should go to sleep."
"And what about you? Why aren't you sleeping either?"
Hearing Bai Mengfei's question, Xiang Yuntian shook his head secretly and said in a deep voice, "I don't know either. Maybe I'm a little irritable. Perhaps it's because of what Officer Wang said, or perhaps it's because of some things I've been dealing with."
Bai Mengfei turned her head to look at him and asked, "What is it? Is it because I didn't agree to go into business with you?"
"I guess so," Xiang Yuntian said honestly.
Bai Mengfei sighed helplessly and said, "Actually, you know it's not that I don't want to be with you, it's just that I really can't agree to this. Don't think about it anymore, get some rest."
Xiang Yuntian didn't respond and went straight into bed.
Bai Mengfei remained seated, quietly waiting, hoping to prevent the next crime. She desperately wanted to know who the next victim would be so she could arrive at the scene in time. But she knew in her heart that this was almost impossible.
Just as she was deep in thought, a noise suddenly came from outside the door.
She quickly turned around and saw that the window had been opened and a bamboo tube had been inserted, with smoke slowly rising from the hole in the tube.
She finally understood why she and Xiang Yuntian had slept for so long before.
She immediately covered her nose, stood up, and rushed over. Opening the door, she saw a man in a black hoodie standing in the hallway.
Seeing a suspicious man in the middle of the night would frighten anyone, and Bai Mengfei was no exception; she was startled and her heart tightened.
"Who are you?" Bai Mengfei shouted.
The man immediately turned around and ran away without saying a word.
Bai Mengfei chased after him, but suddenly felt weak, probably because she had inhaled some sleeping powder earlier.
To avoid collapsing in an embarrassing way outside, Bai Mengfei covered her nose and returned to her room, locking the door behind her.
She then went to the bedside and tried to wake Xiang Yuntian. But Xiang Yuntian had already been drugged and was fast asleep; no matter how she called out to him, he did not wake up.
She eventually had no choice but to give up and drifted off to sleep in a daze.
The next day, when they woke up, it was already past three in the afternoon.
Of course, they didn't wake up at the same time. Xiang Yuntian woke up first and then woke up Bai Mengfei.
As soon as Bai Mengfei woke up, she remembered what had happened the night before and immediately told Xiang Yuntian. Xiang Yuntian was shocked to hear this, because sometimes people are more terrifying than ghosts.
After they found Wang Tian, they told her about it.
Wang Tian was also shocked after hearing this, completely baffled by the murderer's intentions. Out of curiosity, she muttered to herself, "He drugged us but didn't harm us. Why is that?"
Bai Mengfei and Xiang Yuntian also began to think about this problem, but they still couldn't figure out the reason.
Wang Tian pondered for a moment and asked them, "Do you think he might be the murderer in this case?"
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