C8 (1/2)

According to the surveillance video, on November 1, 2006, at 4: 36 PM, Liu Yuling drove back to the Clear Water Bay villa complex. At the time, a young woman with shoulder-length hair and a mask was sitting in the front passenger seat of the car. Meanwhile, the same man as before sat at the back of Liu Yuling's car. This man had already been confirmed to be the male prostitute ”Little Fishy”.

From that day onward, for the next month, Liu Yuling drove this woman back to the villa practically every two days. During this period, the male prostitute called Little Fishy appeared a total of five times. The first three were in early November, before the tenth.

The last two were on November 29th and 30th. Especially on November 30, which was 3: 28 PM the day of the crime, Liu Yuling personally drove the two back to the villa. The mysterious woman was still wearing her mask as she sat in the front passenger seat.

The three of them stayed in the mansion for three and a half hours. The surveillance showed that at 7: 06 PM on the day of the crime, Liu Yuling drove the two of them out of the Qing Shui Bay villa. The surveillance videos later on were basically meaningless.

I asked the security guard, ”Are there any more surveillance areas on the roads outside the villa complex?” If the road was monitored, it would be easy to find out Liu Yuling's 7: 06 PM movement trajectory. Moreover, it was snowing on the day of the crime.

The security guard shook his head and said, ”Clear Water Bay is a newly built project, and many roads are not yet complete with their supporting facilities. There are three roads leading out of Clear Water Bay to different places, but the surveillance footage was not finished. ”

I sighed and finished copying the surveillance footage and left the property company. Liao Mengfann brought me to the intersection of the main road and stopped. She looked around and said: ”This is an extremely important clue, we must continue to investigate.”

”Ha ha!” I smiled and said, ”Yes, that woman is the key. ”Looks like I'll have to carry out a carpet survey.”

Liao Mengfann took out her cell phone and called the city's traffic police, hoping that they would help him call up all the surveillance footage within thirty kilometers of Qing Shui Bay's villa area.

This condition was somewhat harsh. Under normal circumstances, the traffic police would not help. However, the case was very serious, and since my father was in charge of the city, they immediately agreed to our request.

After hanging up the phone, Liao Mengfann called Liu Lee again, and informed him of our findings. I asked Liao Mengfann, has Little Wang and Little Lee found it yet? She said that the two of them were still missing, but that they had found the Little Lee police uniform at the garbage dump in Li's hometown. My heart ached when I heard the news. It seemed that the both of them were doomed.

As I walked along the road, I wondered why the murderer had used such a cruel method of killing. To vent my anger? Generally speaking, a murderer would reproduce their sins. In other words, the killer used the way his enemy treated him to kill his enemy.

Liu Yuling had been skinned, could it be that she had also killed other people before, and then skinned that person's skin off? Until years later, when the descendants of the dead came to take revenge and kill her? I told my point of view to Liao Mengfann, and wanted to see how she would explain it.

She thought for a long time before saying: ”It's also possible that the culprit originally suffered the same pain, and this pain was caused by Liu Yuling. Maybe the culprit was not necessarily the descendant, and might be the victim back then.”

I asked, ”If it was to replicate evil, then the victim from before should have died?” My brain is not as big as Liao Mengfann's, so I continued to listen. Liao Mengfann said: ”I just said it, the victim's pain was caused by Liu Yuling, I did not say it was directly caused by Liu Yuling, there is a fundamental difference between the two, the victim back then might still be alive!”

I fell into deep thought, what Liao Mengfann said was very true. Directly and indirectly were two different concepts. Maybe the culprit was caused by some of Liu Yuling's actions back then, or was hurt greatly because of some illogical thing.

Liu Yuling might be innocent, but the murderer wouldn't think like this. He would put the blame on Liu Yuling, because Liu Yuling was the fuse that ignited his injuries.

I thought for a bit. It seems that I need to investigate whether Liu Yuling has died or been injured directly or indirectly due to her over these years.

Twenty minutes later we were at Anna's. The bar didn't look that big, and the decorations in the room weren't luxurious either. They were simple and easy to handle.

This place was very suitable for old friends to come here for a chat. In the corner of the bar sat two young women. The two of them were talking and laughing; it seemed like they were best friends, or perhaps lilies. I secretly sighed, wasn't Liu Yuling and Zhang Qingya used to be this warm as well?

Liao Mengfann and I also found a quiet corner and sat down facing each other. We both ordered a glass of lemonade, quietly waiting for Zhang Qingya's arrival.