The Underlying Reasons 2 Chapter 7

The two drove straight to the commercial center in the southeast of the city. Because the bar to be investigated was in this commercial district, Sean did not take Jason's words to heart at first, but when Jason took him through the streets and alleys and walked to the door of a store without hesitation, Sean realized that Jason seemed to have a real plan.

"Did you really book a hotel?" Sean was surprised.

"Shuyun Music Bar, one of the top ten restaurants on Dianping.com, and the bar Liu Yuxing mentioned is less than a hundred meters to the east." Jason winked at Sean: "What do you think, Captain Shen? Are you satisfied with my arrangement?"

Sean had an obvious smile on his face, but he was unwilling to admit it: "Let's talk about it after we finish eating."

As he said this, he walked into the restaurant with a smile.

This restaurant is not too big, but the decoration is quite thoughtful. The row of seats by the window are designed to look like swings made of tree trunks, and with the green vines wrapped around the ropes on both sides, it has a refreshing feeling and is very popular with little girls. However, it might seem a bit strange for two men to sit there, so Cheng and Shen chose an ordinary table in the middle, sat down and started ordering food.

"The most famous dish is roasted pigeon. Let's order one later. The rest are skewers. Order whatever you like," Jason handed the menu to Sean, then said with a smile, "But forget about the kidneys. You've seen so many at Ryan's today. I think you've had enough."

Sean couldn't help but chuckle and nodded obediently.

Although the two have been together for more than a year, they don't have much time to go out on a date. Police work is busy, and it's even busier during the New Year holidays. So once there is a holiday, it's too late to rest at home, and there's no intention to go out. Today's "date" was "squeezed" out of work. Since the two got together, Jason has always been the one who makes the decisions when going out to eat. When it comes to eating, Sean's principle has always been to eat as long as he is full, but Jason has lived with his parents for a long time and is more particular about food. Especially since Sean had been injured and his stomach was not very good, Jason paid more attention to it. Not to mention that he usually watched him eat on time, if he was delayed by work or had a cold box lunch, Jason would definitely find a way to get some hot porridge and hot soup for Sean. Under Jason's careful care, Sean's stomach is much better than in the past two years. Seeing that he has improved, Jason dared to bring him to eat some barbecue to change the taste, but he still ordered a bowl of hot porridge for him out of concern.

A restaurant that ranks in the top ten on the review website must have good food. The two chatted while eating, which was a rare opportunity to take a break from their busy schedule. It was almost ten o'clock before they checked out and headed to their destination, the "Night Carnival" bar.

The "Night Carnival" bar is located in a small alley next to the commercial street. The bar looks inconspicuous from the outside, but once you enter, you will see a scene of feasting and revelry. The loud music is deafening, and a group of young men and women are drinking and dancing inside. It really deserves the word "carnival" in the name of the bar.

Cheng and Shen squeezed through the crowd and came to the bar, and easily asked about the news about the night of the crime.

"Oh, isn't this Xiao Liu?" The bartender looked at Liu Yuxing's photo and recognized him at a glance. "Yes, he is a regular customer here."

"Was he here the night before last?"

"......Yeah, I've been here." The bartender recalled and nodded with certainty.

Cheng and Shen looked at each other - it seemed that Liu Yuxing had indeed been here.

"Then do you remember the woman who left with him that night?"

"That woman? I seem to have some impression of her..." the bartender recalled, "I remember Xiao Liu came alone the day before yesterday. He was sitting at the bar drinking, and then the woman came over and asked Xiao Liu to buy him a drink. Then the two of them started chatting, and they left not long after."

"That woman, she probably came around 11 o'clock," said another customer at the bar. "Anyway, it was a little after 11 when I saw her. I wanted to talk to her, but she didn't even look at me. She wandered around the bar for a long time, and finally fell in love with that pretty boy..."

Sean: "What does she look like?"

Bartender: "Hmm... not too tall, pretty thin, with an oval face."

Customer: "Big eyes, heavy makeup, pretty."

......

Cheng and Shen asked around in the bar and got basically the same story: the woman appeared shortly after Liu Yuxing entered the bar that night. She ignored the attempts of others to approach her and quickly struck up a conversation with Liu Yuxing. Not long after, the two of them left the bar together.

"It seems that this woman's target is very clear, she is going after Liu Yuxing." Jason said to Sean.

Sean nodded, frowning slightly: "So, we have to find out who hates him so much..."

Day 3.

In the early morning, many people gathered in the office of the serious crime team. In addition to the relevant personnel that Sean asked to find yesterday, there were also several witnesses found in the bar last night. Sean first threw these witnesses who had seen the suspect to Henry to do puzzles, and then took people to start recording the statements of the relevant personnel.

The first person to be questioned was Wu Xiangdong. Wu Xiangdong was in his 40s, wearing a pair of glasses, and looked gentle and cultured. He seemed to have no idea why the police had called him in for questioning. When he heard that the suspect's phone card was registered in his name, he opened his eyes wide in surprise.

"Comrade police, this is unfair! I have never applied for a phone card with this number!"

Sean pushed a piece of paper in front of Wu Xiangdong: "We found nine phone numbers at the mobile company, all of which were registered with your ID card."

"Nine?! I only have one phone card!!" Wu Xiangdong grabbed the piece of paper, and the more he looked at it, the more surprised he looked. "Police comrade, only the number 139 is mine, and I have been using it for almost ten years. I don't know what happened to the rest, but it was definitely not opened by me!" At this point, he remembered something: "Yes, my wallet was stolen last year, and my ID card was lost. Someone must have picked it up and used my ID card to open a card! Police comrades, you must believe me! You can check the record of my ID card re-application at the police station!"

Sean glanced at Jiang Li, who nodded and indicated that he would go back to investigate. Then Sean turned back and asked, "Do you know a man named Liu Yuxing?"

"Liu Yuxing?..." Wu Xiangdong didn't know why the topic suddenly changed, and blinked in confusion. Jiang Li handed him Liu Yuxing's photo, Wu Xiangdong picked it up and looked at it, then shook his head with certainty.

"I have never seen this person."

At this time, there were two knocks on the door. This was the signal agreed upon by Sean and Felix. Because while they were questioning Wu Xiangdong, Felix was taking the daily rental landlord Zhou Xueyan to identify Wu Xiangdong's voice in the next room. The two knocks on the door meant that Wu Xiangdong's voice was not the voice Zhou Xueyan heard on the phone.

Since neither side matched, Wu Xiangdong's suspicion was basically ruled out.

Next are the people who have had disputes with Liu Yuxing.

"Liu Yuxing is a scumbag." The speaker is He Xiaojie, female, 23 years old, a student of Liu Yuxing's school. "My roommate Mengmeng got pregnant after being with him, but this guy didn't care, refused to accompany her to get an abortion, and didn't even want to take the money! Later, I went over to his dormitory door and scolded him, and he took out 500 yuan. Do you think he is a man?! What? His kidney was cut out? I think he deserved it! It's normal for a person like him to be stabbed! Me? I won't kill him. Why would I sacrifice myself for such a scumbag? The night before yesterday, I went out on a date with my boyfriend and returned to the dormitory around 11 o'clock. Mengmeng can testify for me."

"Liu Yuxing? I have nothing to do with him now." The person who is speaking now is Wang Yunhui, female, 20 years old, Liu Yuxing's ex-girlfriend. "He pursued me for almost four months, and I thought he was sincere so I got together with him. Who knew that this guy was still hooking up with other people! It would be fine if he hooked up with one person, but he hooked up with two people at the same time! I bought him a new dress on Valentine's Day to give him a surprise, but when I got to his place, I found that he had made appointments with two other people! Now I feel sick when I think about it. He had his kidney removed? Is it true? Haha, this is called retribution, but with the way he has been, I don't think he would be any better even if his kidney is still there. I won't do that kind of thing. I have a new boyfriend now, and my boyfriend treats me much better than him. I was with him the night before yesterday, if you don't believe me, call him."

"Yes, I did say I would deal with Liu Yuxing." The person who answered this time was Qian He, male, 26 years old, unemployed. "I met him in the billiard club. At first I treated him as a buddy, but he actually slept with my girlfriend when I was back home for two days! And he even got her pregnant! Police, do you think I am a man if I can tolerate this?! What?! His kidney was taken out?! dmn it, police, this was not done by me! Although I said I would deal with him, I was just trying to scare him! This is really none of my business! The night before yesterday? The night before yesterday I was playing games all night in the Internet cafe! If you don't believe me, you can ask the owner of the Internet cafe! I have his phone number here!..."

......

After a round of questioning, everyone admitted that they had conflicts with Liu Yuxing, but no one admitted that they were the murderer. More importantly, none of them matched the image of the suspect described by the people in the bar.

"This is the appearance of the female suspect described by those two people." Henry handed a picture to Sean. On the paper was the image of a young woman. Her long hair with bangs covered her forehead and cheeks. She had big eyes and a dark-colored mouth, and looked quite seductive. "According to the description of those two people, the woman was wearing heavy makeup at the time, so her real appearance may be very different from the current image. Now it is estimated that only her height, body shape and face shape can be basically confirmed, and the rest may be inaccurate."

Sean frowned, he took the portrait and looked at it carefully for a while, and after confirming that she could not be anyone who had just participated in the record, he handed the painting to Jiang Li.

"Go ask those people if they recognize this woman."

Jiang Li took the portrait and went out, and came back with a conclusion after a while - no one had ever seen this woman.

"Okay, let them all go back first. Write down their contact information. If anyone remembers anything, let them call us." Sean instructed Jiang Li, and then reminded: "Also, remember to check if any of them have a medical background."

"good."

Jiang Li turned and left. Sean asked Felix beside him: "Do you think it is likely that the murderer is among these people?"

Felix shook his head: "Although they had conflicts with the victim, to put it bluntly, they were just jealous young people. I believe they would stab someone with a knife over a disagreement, but I don't believe they would go to so much trouble to remove his kidney?! " Felix raised the corner of his mouth and shook his head.

Sean obviously agreed with Felix's analysis. This case was very well planned, and the murderer had left almost no clues so far. It was obviously a careful plan. Judging from the words and actions of those young people just now, none of them seemed to be so smart. Not to mention, the murderer also had considerable medical skills.

"It seems," Sean said slowly as he watched those people leave, "We can only hope that there will be some clues from the surgical instruments..."