My Healing Games

Chapter 45 Kindness Meets Kindness
"Based on the information we have now, Wei Youfu went to the ecological protection forest in the far suburbs of Xinhu. This is very likely because he obtained some information from Jiang Jiang. That ecological protection forest may even be the black forest in Jiang Jiang's painting."

"The eighth victim left no trace on the internet from birth to death, completely detached from the technological and online world, as if they were kept in a secluded place. Perhaps the home of the eighth victim, or the home of the murderer, is in that ecological protection forest!"

Hearing Li Xue's words, Han Fei was also somewhat excited.

At this stage, the case has a clear direction.

“That ecological forest is connected to Xinhuyan Cemetery Mountain, making it quite difficult to enter and search. We need to find more compelling clues to persuade the higher-ups. Fortunately, my teacher and I made a more crucial discovery during our subsequent investigation.” Li Xue’s voice was somewhat excited.

"What discovery?"

"The murderer underestimated Wei Youfu and Jiang Jiang!" Li Xue said with certainty. "That ecological forest is very vast. Finding a black house in it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack. We need to know its exact location."

"Jiang was able to draw the black forest, the black house, and the large group of headless little people. He probably knew the location of the black house. It is estimated that the murderer would deliberately take this kind-hearted homeless man to visit the human flesh factory in order to torture him, constantly provoking him and making him more insane. Wei Youfu was just an ordinary office worker with no experience in jungle exploration. But these two people created a miracle."

"Jiang Jiang, who is intellectually disabled and cannot even speak in complete sentences, successfully passed on the location information of the black room to Wei Youfu. Wei Youfu actually believed the words of the 'madman' on the roadside and went to investigate twice."

"Kindness met kindness, fulfilling each other's goodwill and providing us with the most crucial clue to solve the case!"

“Wei Youfu didn’t find anything when he first went to the ecological forest, but the day before he died, he went to the ecological forest again. This time he was very close to the black house! That’s why the murderer, who had been playing around, made his move!” Li Xue’s voice softened: “Han Fei, is there anyone else around you?”

Han Fei looked around: "No, I'm all alone here."

"That's good." Li Xue took a deep breath: "What I'm about to say, you absolutely must not tell anyone before we catch the murderer."

"Ok."

“We reviewed the case file. When Wei Youfu was murdered, everything on his computer and phone had been wiped clean. Because the computers and phones of the other victims had also been wiped clean, the police did not find anything unusual at the time. They just thought the murderer was being cautious. They had the technical department recover the information from the phones and computers, but they found nothing.”

"But when the police were sorting through Wei Youfu's belongings, they found a piece of clothing covered in mud in his second-hand car."

"The police didn't pay much attention to it at the time; they just took it back as a suspicious item."

"My teacher and I retrieved the original photos of the evidence and used a computer to magnify and restore the incomplete and blurry pattern on the fabric. Then we used the latest data instruments to filter and compare the patterns with those in online image libraries. Finally, we found that the pattern was from a children's clothing item from ten years ago."

“This is what it looks like when it’s intact.” Li Xue sent Han Fei a photo of a knock-off brand of children’s clothing.

"You think you can persuade your leaders to reinvestigate the human body patchwork pattern just because of this children's clothing? And mobilize a large number of police officers to search the Xinhu Ecological Forest?" Han Fei was somewhat doubtful.

"Take another look at this picture. This is the last time the missing child from the welfare home appeared on the surveillance footage." Li Xue sent Han Fei another picture. After looking at it, Han Fei gasped.

The child who always said he could see ghosts at night was wearing the same children's clothes in the photo on the day he went missing!
"The clothes of the missing child from the welfare home appeared in Wei Youfu's car. Wei Youfu had just returned from the ecological forest. The muddy scraps of cloth must have been brought back by him from the forest. Then, less than a day later, he was brutally murdered by the killer."

"This all forms a closed loop, and the piece of cloth that appeared in Wei Youfu's car is real evidence! We have reason to believe that there is some connection between the murderer and that ecological forest."

Deduction alone is not enough to restart the investigation. Li Xue and her teacher need a reason that can convince the higher-ups: "I won't tell you the specific time of the operation. What you need to do now is to pay attention to your safety and stay at home and wait for good news."

“Li Xue, I have a small question I want to ask you.” After listening to what Li Xue said, Han Fei thought of something: “Assuming that the murderer who created the human body pattern lives in the ecological protection forest, then the deaths of the missing children from the welfare home should also be related to him, since Wei Youfu found the children’s clothing fragments in the ecological protection forest.”

"That makes sense, go on."

"So, do you think the missing child from the orphanage, the one who always says he sees ghosts at night, is the ghost he sees at night the murderer?" Han Fei stood in the shadows, his mind racing: "The murderer who created the human body puzzle adopted the eighth victim. The drawing Jiang Jiang made also shows many headless little people in the black forest. If all those little people are children, then who do you think has the ability to get so many orphans and abandoned babies?"

"The orphanage...director?" Li Xue was taken aback by Han Fei's words.

In fact, Han Fei also remembered the short song sung by the deceased No. 8—that the older brother and sister were sent to a distant place, and the younger brother and sister were becoming fewer and fewer. He realized that the place where the deceased No. 8 lived had more than one child, and taking care of these children was very troublesome and required a certain amount of experience.

"Furthermore, Jiang was hired because he found the orphanage director's wallet. As you said before, the murderer enjoys the thrill of having his kindness betrayed, shunned, and hated. The orphanage director just happened to know that Jiang was an extremely kind-hearted person." Han Fei's mind raced faster and faster: "Do you think the director might have thought that Jiang's appearance perfectly matched his image of kindness—ugly, mentally challenged, and smelly—that's why he let Jiang work at the orphanage? He wanted to treat Jiang as his toy?"

"Possibly. I'll call the teacher right now and check some things."

Li Xue hurriedly hung up the phone, while Han Fei remained in the shadows of the street, his mind filled with information related to the case.

Thank you QY丶帝风 and 繁小熙 for being the Alliance Leaders! There will be another update later.

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