"Have you seen this person before?"
There were only two entrance and exit points in the entire community. To get entry, residents must swipe their ID cards to get in and out, while visitors need to register. To prevent startling the culprit, Xiao Yang went to the security guards on duty at the back door of the community, and after showing his police ID, he took out the portrait of the suspect.
As soon as they saw the portrait, the expressions of the three security guards on duty changed.
"Isn't this Tong Wei?"
"He is also a security guard in our community, I saw him on duty this morning!"
"Mr. Police, what mistake did Tong Wei commit?"
They anxiously spoke one after another. Xiao Yang suspected that any information leaked would disturb Tong Wei, so he didn't answer the question, and calmly asked the security guard who claimed to have seen him this morning, "Do you know where he is now?"
"Oh! I can find him! I can take you there!" The other party positively responded.
Xiao Yang raised his eyebrows, "How should I address you?"
"Call me Lao Cai." The security guard responded as he took off his hat and rolled up his sleeve preparing to lead the way.
Xiao Yang nodded in acknowledgment, and then swept a glance across the expressions of the three security guards and then said, "Thank you for leading the way."
As they walked down the road, Xiao Yang took out his cell phone to contact Yan Cong and vaguely assigned the task: "Here are the clues. You take someone to the property company and check the information on a security guard called Tong Wei, confirm his address, and then let Xiao Chen lead the search. ."
"Got it. Can you handle your side on your own?" Yan Cong smoothly asked on the other end of the phone.
At this time, Lao Cai had brought Xiao Yang to a residential building and stopped. He raised his arm and pointed at a security booth at the bottom floor and whispered to Xiao Yang, "This is it."
"Alright." Xiao Yang responded with a nod. He saw a middle-aged man in a security uniform standing outside the security booth. His face was very similar to the portrait of the suspect. Xiao Yang observed Tong Wei intently and then began walked in his direction. He then paused and he gave another order to Yan Cong "After we catch the person, you will be responsible for the interrogation. I will look into his relationship with those around him."
"Okay, you be careful too."
Tong Wei was originally looking around idly, but as soon as he saw Xiao Yang and Lao Cai, his thick eyebrows subconsciously tightened and his expression became a little nervous, and he slowly pulled his hands out of trousers pockets.
Xiao Yang's eyes noticed all of these actions, he slightly frowned. When he came within five steps of Tong Wei, he quickened his pace, and at the same time took out his ID: "Tong Wei, I am a policeman from the Criminal division of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, Xiao Yang. You are suspect in a rape and homicide case, please come with me."
As he expected, Tong Wei turned around and fled as soon as he heard the "Municipal Public Security Bureau"
"Hey! Tong Wei!" Lao Cai called out, he had not expected this. He reflexively went to give chase, but before he could move, he saw Xiao Yang already running and chasing him!
Tong Wei obviously has some experience from being a security guard. In addition, he was desperately escaping for his life, so he was speed was very fast. He would never have expected that Xiao Yang would catch up with him after just rushing past two buildings, and his arm would be grabbed from behind! Tong Wei internally screamed that this was bad, and he quickly screeched to a halt and turned around, lifted his leg, and swept it towards Xiao Yang's lower legs!
Unexpectedly, Xiao Yang had expected this and raised his own and sent his knee into Tong Wei's stomach. Tong Wei to let out a painful cry and fell to his knees!
Xiao Yang quickly went behind him, forcing Tong Wei's arms behind his back as he pressed him to the ground. Xiao Yang took out the handcuffs from his pocket and skillfully handcuffed Tong Wei's wrists.
Lao Cai finally caught up to them and seeing that Tong Wei had been subdued, he let out a sigh of relief.
Many people saw the whole process, and a few people who didn't want to get involved quickly left the scene. Leaving behind those who had stopped to watch the interaction, pointing, and whispering.
The noise gradually grew and Tong Wei gritted his teeth and buried his face on the concrete floor.
At the same time, Qiao Yin who was standing in Zhou ChengZe’s kitchen washing tomatoes heard the commotion coming from outside the window, and couldn’t help but look that way. Unfortunately, the lush mango trees by the window blocked her sight: " What is going on outside?"
Huang Ling was making tea in the living room, so only she and Zhou Chengze were in the kitchen, but he didn't say a word and simply ignored her. After waiting for a long time with no reaction from Zhou ChengZe's, Qiao Yin turned to look at him to see that he sauteed the sliced ginger and green onions in a pot. The fragrance was already permeating the air as he threw in the pork ribs into the pot, added two spoons of light soy sauce and added a cup of water to submerge the ribs, and then went on to add rice vinegar and sugar. He stirred and then finally put the lid on the pot.
During the whole process, Zhou ChengZe was very focused. There was no air conditioner in the kitchen, and there is a frying pan in front of him. So he had naturally begun sweating, a bead of sweat on his forehead slipped down his cheek, but he didn't notice it at all. It was only after putting the lid on the pot that he subconsciously wiped the sweat with his arm. When he felt Qiao Yin's eyes on him, he turned his head and met her gaze, his expression was a little confused.
Qiao Yin smiled and did not bother mentioning what was happening outside,"Sweet and sour ribs?"
"Yeah." He responded with a nod, looking away.
There are several ways to make sweet and sour pork ribs. Qiao Yin's favorite was the ones made by Shen YanFang, her mother. But still, she leaned over to smell it and laughed as she casually teased: "It smells pretty good... And this dish looks pretty good too." Zhou ChengZe had already cooked two dishes before this one, and his techniques were not very good, so it was only with Qiao Yin's help that was there not a mess. She had thought his cooking skills were only at a subpar level, she didn't expect that there were still a few dishes he could cook properly.
But then Qiao Yin remembered that Zhou ChengZe didn't like to eat sweet meat, so how could he be so skilled at making sweet and sour ribs?
Zhou ChengZe didn't raise his eyes to look at her and simply took her washed tomatoes, picked up a small kitchen knife, and began cutting them into slices, "I remember you like to eat them."
The meaning in this sentence was already very obvious: She likes it, so he is good at it. Zhou Chengze has always been a person who can't speak sweet words. He is not good with words and speaks very little, but also very honestly, he was not the scheming type at all. It was only when he spoke about the medical field that he would be bright and talk endlessly. Qiao Yin believed that his answer was said unintentional, but it just exposed his true thoughts.
Years have passed. Even the feeling of first love has long since disappeared. She maintained her smile and pretended as if she had not heard anything wrong and said: "Huang Ling likes it too."
The relationship was clarified in five words. But Zhou ChengZe, who rarely reacted quickly, paused his action of cutting the tomato, turned his face to look at her, and opened his mouth, "Qiao Yin..."
But then the doorbell rang at this critical juncture.
Qiao Yin picked up a clean towel, wiped her hands as she said, "I'll open the door."
It was Zheng TianYi and Zhou ChengZe's roommates at the door. Seeing that it was Qiao Yin who came to open the door, Zheng TianYi grinned happily, "Oh, the two ladies arrived first."
"You guys are late," Qiao Yin said reproachfully, but with a smile on her face, "If the kitchen only has me and Zhou Chengze, don't think about eating before 2pm."
Lu Lei took off his shoes and squeezed in: "That's because we came across a good show!"
"Just what good show could you guys have encountered?" Haung Ling said as she walked into the hallway, after setting up the tea in the living room.
"Police arresting a criminal." Lu Lei responded, stepping into a pair of slippers but then he found that it did not fit his feet, so he kicked them off and put on another pair. "The policeman was in plain clothes. At first, we only saw a man chasing a security guard. It was strange, then I saw the man suppressed the security guard and took out handcuffs."
Zheng TianYi shook his head intently, "No matter what, that policeman, what skills, tch."
Security guard? Qiao Yin's heart jumped as the face of the security guard that morning appeared in her mind.
Lao Jiang followed Zheng TianYi into the room and didn't notice her weird expression as he answered with a smile on his face: "We were just talking about it. Maybe the security guard was the murderer in the case we encountered two days ago."
Qiao Yin couldn't help but turn to look at Huang Ling, and she noticed that she was also staring at her with her face gone pale.
Meanwhile, Xiao Yang had already handed Tong Wei over to Yan Cong, who came in a police car and drove him off to the police station for interrogation. After that, Xiao Yang stayed back in the community and interviewed the other security guards and learned somethings about Tong Wei. He was 42 years old and came to this community to work as a security guard after divorcing his wife a year ago. He is impulsive and irritable. He is usually on duty at night and would be missing very often on his shift, the residents had already complained at least three times.
"He drives a Volvo to work every day. He lives in a bungalow in the Xing Guang Yuan community in the southern suburbs. The house is old and dilapidated but he still keeps his car. I don't know what he is thinking."
"And that car was given to him by his ex-wife..."
"He currently also has two girlfriends, and both of them have been around for almost a year, but the two girls still haven't discovered each other yet."
The security guards provided a lot of information, and Xiao Yang wrote each and every one down. He then quickly contacted Tong Wei's ex-wife Ding Xiang, as well as his girlfriends, Shen ShanYu and Qin MinJuan. Ding Xiang has not been in contact with Tong Wei since her divorce, and only generously admitted that she did give Tong Wei a Volvo when she got divorced, but when asked about the reason for the divorce, she became a little hesitant.
"His that place is no good." She awkwardly said, after hesitating for a long time, she finally directly answered, "Impotency/atrophy. He also always gets angry at me."
Xiao Yang didn't reveal any emotions from beginning to end, and he conducted the interview and noted down all information in a business-like manner.
Among Tong Wei's girlfriends, Shen ShanYu was the one who saw Tong Wei last. She had her thirtieth birthday a week ago, and Tong Wei went to her house. When asked if there was any abnormal behavior in Tong Wei recently, Shen ShanYu shook her head, but on this question, Qin MinJuan frowned and said: "It seems to be in June... Once when I went to his house, I noticed that he had sprinkled a lot of scented mosquito repellent liquid in the house. There were also scratches on his back and arms. He said that it was caused by a thief he was catching at work." She paused for a while and then added, "In fact, I had doubts at the time, because the injuries looked like they were made by a woman..."
Xiao Yang turned his gaze to her eyes, having a pair of dark and deep phoenix eyes staring at her, she couldn't help feeling flustered. Fortunately, his tone was still very calm: "June? Are you sure?"
Qin MinJuan thought about it carefully and then nodded affirmatively, "Yes, I'm sure. I quarreled with him afterwards. He later gave me a phone and we reconciled."
After getting the answer, Xiao Yang was silent for a moment. The signs described by Qin Minjuan were probably what Tong Wei had to do while hiding the corpse of the victim, after committing the crime at home.
But the problem was that the disappearance and death of the deceased Wang QiuLan were within the last week, two full months have passed since June.
So, whose corpse was hidden in Tong Wei's house in June?
Xiao Yang thought of a possibility.
"You said he gave you a phone..." He said and then inquisitively asked, "During your relationship this year, what else did he give you?"
After getting the answer from Qin MinJuan, he threw the same question to Shen ShanYu. The gifts that the two women received during this year ranged from gold necklaces and gold rings to glasses and small floral purses. There were a total of 20 gifts, of which all the valuable gifts exceeded Tong Wei’s financial capability.
All gifts had an obvious similarity: They were all second-hand.
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YukkiMuch: Oh my, plenty went on in this chapter.... What are your thoughts? Thoughts on Zhou ChengZe and the criminal? 20 gifts, does that mean he killed many, many times before???
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