Chapter 3 Smash that place for me

Dali City, Dream East Villa, crime scene.

Upon hearing the officer's report, Lei Ming questioned, "He transferred two million to a seventeen-year-old boy? And he noted it as buying dolls?"

"Have you checked the boy's account? Has it been stolen by someone else?" The female officer replied, "It's been checked. No signs of theft. Today, this Yang Ning bought a ticket from the provincial capital to Zhongzhou City in Central Province. The ticket matches his ID, and facial recognition at the airport has been verified. He did indeed board the plane today."

"So, Yang Ning should not be directly related to this case. Considering the timeline, the victim was killed while he was on the plane." Lei Ming shook his head and said, "Don't be too hasty. Investigate Yang Ning thoroughly, and also look into the victim's family situation."

"Yes." Lei Ming turned to another officer, "Did you find any suspicious things at the scene?"

The officer shook his head, "Apart from the bedroom where the incident occurred, all other rooms have been carefully inspected. No suspicious fingerprints or footprints were found. We collected some hair from the bathroom's drain, which has been sent to the lab."

Hearing "except for the bedroom," both Lei Ming and Zhang Donglei fell silent. Lei Ming took a deep breath, put on a mask, and said to Zhang Donglei, "Let's go, together. Don't rely on these young people for such tasks."

Zhang Donglei, already pale, nodded.

Second-floor bedroom.

Wearing masks and gloves, Lei Ming carefully avoided the bloodstains on the floor. He tried not to look at the dismembered body sitting by the bed, putting the bloodstained circular saw on the floor into an evidence bag.

Zhang Donglei, holding a camera, captured every corner of the bedroom.

Working together, one recorded the scene, the other collected evidence. Finally, when they came out, both looked visibly disturbed.

Just as Zhang Donglei was about to pat Lei Ming on the back to offer comfort, suddenly, Lei Ming pulled him back.

"What's wrong?" Zhang Donglei looked at Lei Ming, "Captain Lei, did you find something?"

Lei Ming didn't speak. His gaze was fixed on the floor beneath him.

Zhang Donglei followed his gaze and saw small red bloodstains that appeared there at some point. They resembled footprints of a small animal.

In the next moment, both turned their heads to look inside the bedroom, discovering that these footprints extended from the bloodstain under the victim.

Lei Ming asked with a serious expression, "Did the victim have a pet?"

Zhang Donglei, a sudden realization crossing his mind, looked around the chaotic bedroom, then at the evidence bag in Lei Ming's hand. He felt like he had overlooked something, but couldn't recall it immediately.

"Old Zhang, what are you staring at? Answer the question!" Lei Ming urged.

Zhang Donglei hastily shook his head, "No, there's no sign of a pet in the victim's house."

"Then what is this?" Lei Ming pointed at the bloodstains on the floor, asking, "When I came earlier, there was no such thing on the floor."

He said that as he followed the bloodstains on the floor, and Zhang Donglei followed behind.

Villa's first floor.

Though not the direct crime scene, many officers were documenting the surroundings. A female officer was using ultraviolet light to scan the ground for overlooked clues. Suddenly, she noticed a palm-sized doll on the floor.

The doll, with limbs touching the ground, slowly crawled forward. Each movement left a few bloodstains on the ground.

"Hmm? Is it electric?" The curious female officer picked up the doll. At the moment her eyes met the tiny eyes of the doll, a cold wind suddenly blew over her.

The doll's expressionless face gradually turned into a smile. The officer was startled, wanting to throw it away, but found that her hand seemed to be frozen in place.

As the smile on the doll's face intensified, suddenly, a strong, cold negative emotion emerged from the officer's heart!

Without any reason, the officer felt extremely wronged, then the grievance turned into sorrow, and sorrow turned into despair!

The intense feeling of despair made the officer's gaze fall on the colleague's gun nearby.

But the next moment, the smiling expression on the doll's face disappeared. It turned away from the officer and jumped off her hand.

As the doll's limbs touched the ground again, the negative emotion in the officer's heart suddenly disappeared.

The officer, who had just emerged from endless despair, looked at the crawling doll on the ground, shocked, for one second, two seconds, three seconds...

"Wah!"

She sat on the ground, wailing.

Seeing the female officer crying loudly, Lei Ming and Zhang Donglei, who had just come downstairs, were left speechless.

Although officers being scared to tears at the scene was not uncommon, this time, they quickly noticed the crawling doll on the ground. Both sighed in relief, "It turns out to be an electric toy..."

But immediately, Lei Ming's brows furrowed again. He noticed that the doll, after crawling to a corner on the first floor, stopped moving. Looking at this corner, Lei Ming realized a problem.

Lei Ming found that this standalone villa had no basement!

This was unreasonable!

Waving to a nearby officer, Lei Ming ordered, "Go to the property management office and get the floor plan!"

"Yes, sir!"

The floor plan arrived, and Lei Ming and Zhang Donglei examined it carefully.

According to the floor plan, where the doll was now located should be a staircase leading to the basement. But now, it seemed to have been sealed with cement.

Suddenly, Lei Ming and Zhang Donglei, looking at the crawling doll on the floor, both felt a shiver down their spines!

Was this doll hinting at something?

Lei Ming pointed at the spot where the doll was and said to the officer behind him, "Break that place for me!"

Zhongzhou, Cloud Capital Street.

Ding-ling-

The clear and melodious wind chime sounded, and a taxi stopped at the intersection.

In July, Zhongzhou's weather was already very hot. However, the driver felt a chilling wind on his back, making him shiver. He looked at the young man in the back seat through the rearview mirror, wearing all white and gold-rimmed glasses on his nose. The driver dared not breathe loudly.

From Zhongzhou Airport to Cloud Capital Street, this trip should have taken an hour at most. Even with some unexpected incidents, it would have been one and a half hours. But today, the driver encountered two traffic jams, a car accident, and even got into an argument with a delivery guy. After that, the car ran out of gas, and he had to wait in line to refuel...

In the end, when he arrived at Cloud Capital Street, the total time spent was exactly two hours and twenty minutes.

The time the young man mentioned just after getting in the car was spot on, not a minute more or less.

At this moment, the driver looked at Yang Ning with awe in his eyes.

Looking at the street scene outside the window, Yang Ning smiled and asked, "Master, have we arrived?"

The driver nodded hurriedly, "Y-yes

, we're here!"

Yang Ning took out two hundred yuan and handed it to the driver, saying casually, "Thank you, no need to give change."

Then he got off and left.

Looking at the meter, which showed a fare of 366 yuan, the driver, with tears welling up in his eyes, forced a smile and said to Yang Ning's back, "Thank you!"