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Is it suicide?
However, if he really wanted to commit suicide, he wouldn't have turned himself in. He honestly stayed in prison for nearly a week before suddenly taking his own life, which is somewhat hard to believe. Moreover, why would someone commit suicide by gouging out their own eyes or even tearing off their own genitals? For a man, that part is the most important; even in death, one wouldn't go that far.
Could it really be the ghost of Zhuo Xiaoman?
For the captain of the criminal police team, believing in the existence of demons is quite ridiculous and would earn him a reprimand from his superiors. Should he write in the report that a ghost committed the murder? Or should he just use the excuse of a ghost whenever he encounters a case that cannot be solved? If he did that, he should have long lost his position as Captain Xing.
He rubbed his temples; this was indeed a difficult case!
"Xiao Jie, come in."
"Captain!"
"Bring those two kids from the detention center to me."
"Yes, Captain."
About five minutes later, the two officers were brought in, both with their heads bowed in shame.
"Who visited Hao Hongtao yesterday?"
Upon hearing that Captain Xing was not scolding them for sleeping on duty, their courage immediately grew. One of the slightly taller officers said, "No one came to see him yesterday, but a pretty girl visited him a couple of days ago."
"A girl? Did you register her name?"
"We did." The other officer replied, "I think it was something like Qin. That girl was very beautiful and had a great presence."
"You're here to guard the prisoners, not to see who is pretty," Captain Xing shouted.
"Yes, yes," the two replied, lowering their heads in fear and not daring to speak further.
"Is her name Qin Yu?"
"Yes, yes, it's Qin Yu," the slightly taller officer answered immediately.
"Did she bring anything for the prisoner?"
The two officers thought for a moment and said, "No, she came empty-handed."
Captain Xing pondered for a while and said, "You can go back for now. If you think of any useful clues, remember to tell me."
The two sighed in relief and prepared to leave when Captain Xing's voice came again: "If I catch you sleeping during work hours next time, just pack your things and leave."
The two were startled, their previously relaxed hearts tensing up again.
"Yes, Captain."
At the same time, Chu Feifan and Zuo Yi were heading to the mental hospital to visit Su Jin'er.
"Honestly, every time I come here, I feel uncomfortable all over. Look at these people; they're all abnormal. If I had to stay here often, I'd go crazy too," Zuo Yi complained as he looked at the patients in their hospital gowns.
"You're a normal person. Even if you wanted to come, the doctor wouldn't allow it. Besides, didn't you see? Jin'er is completely locked away inside; she hasn't even come into contact with those mental patients."
At that moment, a patient suddenly ran over and grabbed Zuo Yi's sleeve, calling out "Dad," nearly causing him to faint. Did he really look like a father? Moreover, this man seemed older than him!
Zuo Yi almost raised his hand to hit him, but Chu Feifan stopped him, saying, "He's a patient. Even if he tried to stab you, he wouldn't be charged. Just accept it!"
"Get away!" Zuo Yi shouted at him. As a result, the man who looked to be in his forties squatted down and started crying, mumbling about how his dad wouldn't play with him, which almost drove Zuo Yi to the brink.
"Alright, don't get angry. Let's hurry and find her! Otherwise, I'm afraid she might get scared to death by that woman."
"What woman?"
"That woman!"
Su Jin'er was joking with Cheng Xiaoying when she suddenly heard footsteps outside and immediately put on a silly expression. If they could really act, their roles would be those of mental patients.
The nurse opened the door, smiled at them as they entered, then closed the door and left.
Su Jin'er smiled and asked, "What good news do you have for us this time?"
"We?" Chu Feifan said in surprise, then pointed at Cheng Xiaoying. "Is she better?"
Chu Feifan could always easily discern what Su Jin'er wanted to tell him from her words.
Su Jin'er nodded.
Cheng Xiaoying was no longer hugging her legs and trembling; instead, she smiled slightly at them and said, "Thank you for taking me to the hospital."
"Don't get me wrong, it's not us, it's him," Chu Feifan said with a smile, pointing at Zuo Yi.
Cheng Xiaoying smiled awkwardly but didn't say anything.
"Did you find any useful clues at school?"
Chu Feifan shook his head. "Not really, but we noticed that Qin Yu seemed to have visited Hao Hongtao and even brought him a pack of cigarettes."
As soon as Chu Feifan finished speaking, his phone rang.
Seeing it was Captain Xing calling, he answered immediately.
Whatever Captain Xing said made Chu Feifan's expression change drastically, and even his hand holding the phone began to tremble.
"What's wrong?"
"Hao Hongtao is dead. From everything at the scene, it seems he committed suicide, but the way he died was horrifying."
Su Jin'er gasped in shock. She had already suspected that Hao Hongtao might be killed, but hearing it confirmed was still unbelievable.
"No way, no way! He can't be dead; you must be mistaken."
They all forgot that Cheng Xiaoying had liked Hao Hongtao for a long time. Seeing her shake her head desperately with tears streaming down her face made everyone feel heartbroken.
Su Jin'er got off her bed and ran over to hug Cheng Xiaoying's shoulders, unsure of how to comfort her.
"Hong Tao won't commit suicide; someone must have killed him. I know it must be Qin Yu. She must have killed him because she was afraid he would reveal everything about her," Cheng Xiaoying said, her shoulders trembling as tears streamed down her face like rain.
"That's impossible. He is in prison; how could Qin Yu possibly kill him?" Zuo Yi replied.
"Yes, Jin'er, let's go check it out first and then we'll tell you the specifics."
"Okay!"
After Chu Feifan and Zuo Yi left, Cheng Xiaoying looked at Su Jin'er and said, "It has to be Qin Yu. That woman has a particularly cruel heart; she doesn't care for anyone but herself. I've heard she seems to like Chu Feifan, but I think what she likes is not him as a person but his money."
"Why do you say that?"
"Although I only knew her as a high school classmate, she was very pretty and the school beauty, which made people jealous. Some of her fellow townspeople said she might have killed her own mother, but at that time she was still a minor and there was no evidence, so the case was never solved."
"What?" Su Jin'er looked at her in surprise.
"Even though I hate her, I have to admit she's very talented. Not only is she good at studying, but she also sings well and is beautiful. It's impossible not to be jealous of her, but I'm not the kind of person who would slander her out of jealousy, so please believe me."
After spending these two days together, although Su Jin'er couldn't say she understood Cheng Xiaoying very well, she could tell that Cheng Xiaoying wasn't a cruel person, so she nodded.
In fact, she also felt that Qin Yu had a strong motive for murder. After all, what she made Hao Hongtao do was not something honorable, and only the dead wouldn't talk. However, one thing puzzled her: why did she wait so long after Hao Hongtao was arrested to kill him? Didn't she know he had already revealed everything he knew?
When Chu Feifan and Zuo Yi arrived at the Criminal Police Team, Captain Xing was smoking heavily. He wasn't usually a smoker; he only smoked like this when faced with particularly tricky cases.
"You’re here," he said.
Upon seeing Chu Feifan and Zuo Yi enter, he forcefully extinguished the cigarette in the ashtray.
"What on earth is going on?"
"Take a look!" Captain Xing pushed the photos on the table toward them.
Chu Feifan and Zuo Yi looked at the shocking and bloody scenes, feeling their stomachs churn. The ground was covered in blood, and the most horrifying sight was the two eyeballs in Hao Hongtao's hand.
"How could this happen? It looks like a scene from hell!"
"Is it possible for someone to commit suicide like this? Not to mention the pain of gouging out one's own eyeballs, just tearing off one's own genitals would be excruciating enough. And he didn't die immediately; he let himself bleed out completely before dying."
Captain Xing was right; no one could endure such pain.
"He tore off his own genitals?" Zuo Yi frowned, looking incredulous. That was a man's lifeline! Even in death, one wouldn't willingly part with it!
"Yes, and even more bizarrely, the genitals are missing."
"What?" both of them exclaimed in unison.
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