CHAPTER 228: CHAPTER 201: THERE’S ONE THING THAT’S DIFFERENT

Earlier, Mu Yunchu seemed to have heard Zhou Zhicheng mention a few things about this case.

Although she didn’t know the details, it had been stirring up quite a storm on the internet recently.

"Wasn’t this murderer already captured?" Mu Yunchu asked.

"That’s right, but now there are imitation crimes happening again."

Zhou Zhicheng roughly explained how this victim was killed by Zhang Zhen.

"The victim was named Liu Wei, 25 years old this year."

It is said she was an employee of their company, and Zhang Zhen tried to pursue her for a week after seeing her. During their last date, Zhang Zhen took her home for dinner.

After dinner, Zhang Zhen wanted to have a relationship with her, and after being rejected, he got angry and tried to force himself on her. During their struggle, Liu Wei’s head hit the table, causing her to pass out.

When she woke up, she found herself naked and tied up, and started struggling frantically, threatening Zhang Zhen that she would call the police.

"Probably irritated by these words, Zhang Zhen, in his anger, stabbed Liu Wei a few times with a knife, then left the house to continue drinking with other buddies."

By the time he returned a day and a night later, Liu Wei was already dead.

A sobering Zhang Zhen was dumbfounded.

He had just thought to call someone to handle it, but was arrested on the spot by the police who stormed in.

It turned out that because Liu Wei was missing for two days and her family couldn’t contact her, they reported it to the police. The police, following the lead from a witness, found Zhang Zhen’s home directly.

But they never expected him to have killed someone.

"Initially, Zhang Zhen wouldn’t admit it and tried to argue cunningly."

He told Mu Yunchu that although Liu Wei did indeed have wounds of various sizes, none were fatal.

Even the so-called stabs that Zhang Zhen gave in a fit of anger wouldn’t pose a life-threatening danger in a short time.

Wen Xu immediately noticed that the victim had no breath before she bled too much.

"The Zhang family knew about this, and so they deliberately emphasized that he only committed rape, never admitting to murder, saying that Liu Wei might have died from her own illness."

In the absence of external confirmation of the cause of death, Wen Xu was preparing to take the body back to the police station for an autopsy. Unexpectedly, Liu Wei’s family came at this time.

They refused to agree to an autopsy no matter what.

"Even when our officers said that only then could Liu Wei’s killer be brought to justice, they remained unmoved."

Actually, Zhou Zhicheng knew in his heart that Zhang Cheng must have done something.

"But they were mistaken, thinking that doing so could stop us."

After Wen Xu enforced a legal autopsy, they unexpectedly found a large amount of drugs in Liu Wei’s body.

Mu Yunchu: !

Hua Country is a major nation against drugs.

Such things are absolutely not allowed to appear.

Buying, selling, or using them is against the law.

"Liu Wei’s family situation couldn’t possibly get these things," Zhou Zhicheng said, "After the autopsy, we immediately applied for a search warrant and, with drug-sniffing dogs, turned Zhang Zhen’s house upside down, and indeed found some more."

This proved that when having dinner that night, Zhang Zhen, with ill intentions, put drugs in Liu Wei’s food, and as a result, didn’t control the dosage, directly causing her death.

With multiple crimes, Zhang Zhen was doomed.

A pity for Liu Wei, who was at the prime of her life.

Whenever talking about this case, Zhou Zhicheng couldn’t control his emotions.

Mu Yunchu pondered for a moment, "So, is the person imitating the crime now killing people in exactly the same way?"

Zhou Zhicheng took out two photos, one of the body found at the haunted house last time, and the other from the case that just appeared early this morning.

Both were around Liu Wei’s age.

They had similar whip marks on their bodies, and even the stab wound was in the same place.

Guess even if Zhang Zhen wanted to, he couldn’t stab so precisely.

However, Zhou Zhicheng shook his head, "No, there is one thing different."

"She doesn’t have the ’thing’ in her stomach."

Mu Yunchu already knew what ’thing’ Zhou Zhicheng was referring to.

Looking towards where he was pointing, it was the body found hanging in the haunted house.

"So her actual cause of death was indeed blood loss."

"And because she was hung, there was a ligature mark on her neck."

This seemed like the killer was imitating the crime without understanding the details, leading to such a deviation.

"Wen Xu is still examining the body found this morning, and we can only wait for him to come out for specific results."

Zhou Zhicheng tilted his head slightly, voicing his speculation, "If nothing unexpected happens, I guess it’s the same."

"No."

"What?"

Zhou Zhicheng looked at Mu Yunchu in surprise.

Mu Yunchu said, "This one does have it."

Just as Zhou Zhicheng was about to continue asking, there was a rhythmic sound of footsteps coming from the hallway outside the conference room.

Judging by the sound, there were at least two people.

The door opened, and sure enough, three people walked in one after another.

Standing at the front was Wen Xu, wearing a white coat, hands in pockets, with a slightly furrowed brow indicating his mood wasn’t good, even hinting at agitation.

He came in, saw Mu Yunchu sitting there, and was momentarily stunned. Some of the agitation dissipated, but his face remained cold and distanced. Naturally, he moved to a seat next to Mu Yunchu—it was where he usually sat during meetings.

Following him surprisingly wasn’t his assistant, but a woman Mu Yunchu had met once before.

The assistant, meanwhile, was forced to enter last, carrying documents.

The woman, as she entered, didn’t look elsewhere, her eyes glued to Wen Xu, eager as if to squeeze through the door with him.

After Wen Xu sat down, she stood in place, realizing there were other people in the conference room.

"Captain Zhou."

After all, she was just a staff member, so she maintained basic politeness upon seeing Zhou Zhicheng.

Especially since this person was Wen Xu’s captain.

In her heart, if anyone was helpful to or took care of Wen Xu, they deserved her respect as well.

After all, when she and Wen Xu got together in the future, they would be one.

How could Wen Xu know she thought so far ahead? He straightened his clothes and seemingly casually asked Mu Yunchu beside him, "Captain Zhou really called you here."

It was as if having Mu Yunchu at the meeting was within his expectations.

He Jiarong, having just been greeting Zhou Zhicheng, hadn’t even noticed there were others in the conference room. Until she heard Wen Xu talking first, she slowly shifted her gaze to across from Zhou Zhicheng, to the woman whose back was turned to her.

She moved slightly aside, and upon seeing Mu Yunchu’s face, bad memories from months ago flooded back instantly.

Now hearing Wen Xu talk to her, her jealousy intensified.

She even disregarded the occasion and blurted, "Why is it you again?"