Clues?
What clues are there!
Su He was lying in bed, carefully recalling what had happened last night. From the moment he entered the door, his attention was focused on the man who opened the door and the suitcase.
The man on the sofa came over with a knife, and he didn't even get a clear look at his face before he turned around.
By the time he regained consciousness, that man was fully armed, with only a pair of eyes exposed, even his shoes were covered.
Suddenly, Su He burst out laughing uncontrollably.
The police officer at the door rushed in and saw Su He sitting on the bed giggling. He asked, "What's going on? Do you need me to find a doctor for you?"
"Officer, I have a major clue!"
Su He wasn't talking nonsense. He suddenly remembered that when he asked the man to return his delivery uniform, the man turned his coat inside out to disguise himself, and he just happened to see the brand on the collar.
Hongxing Erke!
There was only one specialty store in Jinan City. The provincial floods happened recently, and this company had donated 50 million worth of supplies to the disaster area.
It was a hot topic online at that time, and Su He had jumped on the bandwagon and bought a sweatshirt too.
"What clue?" the officer asked.
Su He suddenly quieted down and said, "But I have one condition, I want to participate in cracking the case."
"Impossible!"
The officer directly rejected Su He's request, staring at Su He, "If you have any clues, you can tell me directly. Withholding information is also illegal."
Su He was dumbfounded. It was so difficult, with no reward for telling and withholding information was illegal too.
He lay back down on the hospital bed and said, "The doctor said I have mild concussion, and I suddenly forgot again. Let me try to remember."
The officer immediately saw through Su He's intention, "Is there any way to help you regain your memory?"
Su He thought about it seriously and replied, "For my condition, it should be retrograde amnesia. If I can participate in solving the case, maybe I can remember something."
The officer asked again, "Where did you learn all this?"
"Isn't this how it always goes in TV shows?"
......
Jinan Public Security Bureau.
Conference Room.
When Wen Jie brought Yang Lin in, everyone else was already there waiting for them.
Bureau Chief Fu Shengrong saw that everyone had arrived and said, "Let's begin. Squad Leader Wen, you first."
Wen Jie took out a stack of photos and information and said, "There are a total of three victims. The female victim, Ye Wenli, 25 years old, lived in Building 2, Unit 603 of Mingjia Community, which was also the scene of the crime. She bought the house last year, a second-hand one, paid in full. We contacted the previous owner, who said that when he sold the house, Ye Wenli was with another man, who was also one of the victims, Pan Jie, 34 years old, unemployed, frequented bars, KTV and other entertainment venues for a long time, nicknamed "Cat Brother". He has prior offenses of facilitating prostitution many times. After visiting multiple entertainment venues, we learned that the two used to be in a relationship. After Pan Jie was jailed, Ye Wenli stopped working at entertainment venues and started livestreaming at home instead."
"Ye Wenli had another identity - on the livestreaming platform, her name was Su Mengmeng, a very popular streamer. The other male victim was Gu Yongnian, 42 years old, an executive at a local company. From the content of his phone, there were improper transactions between him and Ye Wenli, aka Su Mengmeng online. From Ye Wenli’s WeChat dialogues on her phone, we found conversations with Gu Yongnian. The reason Gu Yongnian went to Ye Wenli's home was because he had gifted Ye Wenli ten rockets during her livestream."
"While contacting Gu Yongnian, Ye Wenli also called Pan Jie. The call lasted five seconds."
"We also found pinhole cameras in Ye Wenli's room. The memory card was new, and there were videos of Ye Wenli and Gu Yongnian having sex, as well as Pan Jie and Gu Yongnian fighting, with Pan Jie killing Gu Yongnian."
"From the video content, it’s evident Ye Wenli and Pan Jie intended to blackmail Gu Yongnian. During the dispute, Pan Jie grabbed a screwdriver and stabbed Gu Yongnian in the neck, rupturing his carotid artery and causing him to bleed to death."
"From the community surveillance footage, we found the man described by Su He in his report. But since that man was wearing a mask and the video was blurry, we couldn't obtain any useful characteristics. The technical division is processing it, and we've retrieved footage from nearby cameras for investigation."
After Wen Jie finished, he looked towards Chief Fu.
Chief Fu looked at the information in his hand and asked, "What's the situation with the delivery man who reported the case?"
"Very clean, no criminal record. He delivered food to the female victim four times before, this was the fifth time. From our visits, this Ye Wenli would order delivery every night at 11 pm, and Su He's colleagues had all delivered food to Ye Wenli before. His account aligns basically with the scene, but we haven't ruled out the possibility of accomplices yet."
Chief Fu nodded and looked towards Du Ze beside him, "Coroner Du, are the autopsy results out?"
Du Ze replied, "The preliminary autopsy results are out. Time of death for victim Ye Wenli was last night between 11 pm and 12 midnight. There were a total of nine wounds on her body, the fatal one was on her chest. The murder weapon was a 15 cm long, 2.2 cm wide dagger, which was not found at the scene. Victim Gu Yongnian only had one wound, on the carotid artery in his neck. The murder weapon was a screwdriver, found in the suitcase, with only Pan Jie's fingerprints on it."
"Time of death for victim Pan Jie was between 1 am and 2 am this morning. There was only one wound on his body too, in his back, but it pierced his heart. The murder weapon was the same dagger that killed Ye Wenli..."
"According to the reporter's description, the suspect wore gloves and shoe covers. It's very difficult for us to find useful clues at the scene..."
......
Wen Jie's phone lit up. Taking a look, it was a message from Liu Police Officer who was guarding Su He at the hospital.
"There is a special situation now. The reporter Su He is willing to provide an important clue, but he has a request."
"What request?"
"He requests to participate in solving the case."
Chief Fu said solemnly, "What does he think the public security bureau is? Wasn't he told about the consequences of withholding information on the case?"
"He was told. He said his head injury caused mild concussion leading to retrograde amnesia, and he forgot the clues again. If he can participate in solving the case, maybe he'll remember."
When this was said, everyone was stunned.
"Since he wants to come, let him. Bring him to the interrogation room to interrogate properly and see what this slick guy is up to!"
Wen Jie was also puzzled. Su He seemed very cooperative from his previous statements. Why did he suddenly want to participate in solving the case now? Could it be to buy time for accomplices to escape?
At the hospital.
Su He was anxious and nervous. He didn't know whether to go out immediately to tell the police about that clue. In case he got slapped with a failure to report charge, wouldn't that be a huge loss?
But the system reward was a 10% increase in food delivery acceptance rate!
"Forget it, I'll just tell them directly. How could the police let me participate in solving the case..."
Just then, two policemen walked in.
"Officers, I want to..."
"Su He right? Please come with us."
"Officers, I have an important clue I want to provide to you all. I just remembered it. My concussion caused retrograde amnesia. Really, you can ask the doctor..."
"We currently suspect you to be the suspect in this murder case. If there's anything you want to confess, do it when we get to the station!"
Oh no, that's the end of me. Su He cried bitterly and said, "Officers, I really just remembered..."