Reborn Cat Sheriff

Chapter 576 Serial Murder Case
Lin Ge didn't enjoy the bath very much.

Although Anxi didn't touch anything else after that, Lin Ge still felt that there was something strange about the girl's eyes. She seemed to be paying special attention to something she shouldn't be staring at, staring at it for a long time, which made Lin Ge a little uneasy.

Lingo could only tuck his tail between his legs and hurry up and finish his bath. He didn't even have time to enjoy his favorite soak before running away and hiding behind the big pot of steamed buns to slowly dry his body.

Even so, Anxi would always be seen secretly staring at her tail.

Then, when you meet her eyes, you'll see her feigned indifference as she turns her head away.

Lin Ge was utterly speechless, feeling that this girl was like a pervert. But he couldn't do anything about An Qian. He finally managed to dry himself off, but then An Qian, after tidying up the bathtub and everything, shamelessly came over again.

"Mimi! You need to brush your fur after your bath! Li Siyu said so, so you can't run around."

As Anxi spoke, she grabbed a comb and began to groom Lin Ge. She even knew to use Li Siyu as a shield, making it impossible for Lin Ge to refuse.

"What...is this girl thinking?"

Lin Ge felt his hair stand on end, and his buttocks tightened. But seeing the large amount of loose hair caught on the comb teeth with each stroke, he could only endure it patiently. If he didn't comb it all away, it would indeed easily scatter everywhere.

Got it!
See? See? I'm just a cat, what can you do to me?
Lingo simply gave up and let Ansie groom and tidy up his entire body. While grooming, Ansie would secretly touch his little bell, touching it once and then again, all while wearing a creepy, perverted smile.

"Seriously... why would anyone be interested in a cat's private parts like that?! Especially a girl! What's so fun about that? Doesn't she feel ashamed touching it over and over again?"

Lingo was speechless and angry. Without waiting for the grooming to finish, he quickly retreated and ran back to the cat house.

He had only gone halfway when he suddenly heard a commotion coming from the gate of the yard ahead.

At first, the two of them were just chirping softly, but soon the sound grew louder and louder, attracting Lin Ge's attention.

"Jia Heping, don't be unreasonable with me!"

"I have nothing to say to you, let's get a divorce! I've had enough of you making things like this today! Humph! Look at the state you've raised our daughter, I'm really worried you'll completely ruin her if we stay together!"

"You...you dare! Jia Heping, do you know what you're doing?"

"I told you I've seen through you! You're all talk and no action! Que Rong, I'm saying we're getting a divorce tomorrow! Don't you understand?"

"you……"

"What do you mean, 'I'?! I've had enough! That's it, see you at the Civil Affairs Bureau tomorrow morning! Jia Wanlin is yours, and you can do whatever you want with the rest!"

"Jia Heping, what do you mean by 'my daughter is mine'? She has your surname, so why should I take care of her? If you want a divorce, then take Jia Wanlin with you! Go find your little vixen! I knew you'd changed your mind a long time ago, and now I see it clearly—it was that vixen who made you do this, right? Humph! And you're even trying to shift the blame onto me! Our daughter is clearly just like you! Even her personality is just like yours, the same thing!"

"Hmph! Say whatever you want! You still say I'm not guilty! It's obvious that you secretly transferred all my money to your brother. Don't think I don't know anything about your betrayal!"

"What did you say!"

"What's wrong with you?"

"Hey! Comrade! Comrade! Please don't make noise or fight in front of the police station. If you have anything to discuss, please go home and talk about it, okay?"

"What's it to you if that old geezer dies!"

"..."

The noise, screams, and insults made Lin Ge stop in his tracks, a look of astonishment on his face.

Although Lin Ge had already sensed the family's discord and the woman's selfishness from Jia Wanlin's mother's unauthorized escape on the overpass, he was still surprised to hear they were getting a divorce before the night was even over. But hearing them accuse each other of infidelity, one calling the other a "Voldemort," revealing all sorts of irreverent accusations and blaming the other for failing to raise Jia Wanlin properly, Lin Ge suddenly realized that such a troubled family was bound to fall apart sooner or later. If these parents were even slightly normal, they wouldn't have raised Jia Wanlin like this.

Better now!

Although the law cannot effectively punish Jia Wanlin, the kind of family she lives in will ruin her.

These two despicable people, what kind of role model can they possibly set for her? With parents like that, what bright future can Jia Wanlin possibly have?
It's understandable that children are immature, but if adults are immature and don't know how to teach, and even cause family problems for various reasons that ruin the children and destroy a good family at the same time, who can be blamed for that?

The couple is blaming each other and neither of them has any intention of raising her. What kind of situation is this?!

Jia Wanlin...sigh!

Lin Ge shook his head, suddenly feeling that the child was also unlucky, and there was a reason why he did something wrong.

The old gatekeeper at the gate tried to mediate the fight but was met with a barrage of insults from Jia Wanlin's mother. Angered, the old man returned to his post and ignored the situation, coldly watching the man and woman arguing at the gate, while passersby glanced in their direction from afar.

The two, their argument reaching a fever pitch, accused and exposed each other's faults, to the point of completely disregarding each other's feelings. Lin Ge was now only thankful that Jia Wanlin had been kept at the hospital for examination; otherwise, how would she have felt seeing this scene?
Her parents don't want her, she'll go crazy, won't she?

"What's going on here?"

Anxi stared blankly at the commotion outside, vaguely seeing a man being slapped by a woman. She shuddered and didn't dare to go any further.

This girl isn't afraid of the dark or ghosts, but she's terrified of crowds and all sorts of weird things. She didn't dare stare at Lin Ge's butt anymore; she just wanted to hide in the cat shelter, the safest place for her.

"This is what happens when parents don't properly educate their children!"

Lin Ge glanced back at Anxi, thinking of her unreliable father as well. But at least Anxi had a kind, hardworking, and loving mother, unlike Jia Wanlin whose parents were both unreliable, leaving her future uncertain.

Lin Ge didn't want to listen to any more of this messy, chaotic stuff; it would hurt his ears.

So he sent Anxi back to the cattery. Lin Ge checked on the little Ragdoll again and found that she was in good health and had not been affected by the pregnancy. Only then did he slowly walk to the cattery door frame to watch the excitement from a distance.

Unfortunately, the commotion was short-lived. Soon, the police officers on duty at the police station heard the noise and came out to persuade the two people to leave.

Lin Ge, still savoring the moment, turned around... and was instantly dumbfounded.

Anxi flipped the little tiger cub over, exposing its belly, and curiously touched its testicles with her fingers. She even occasionally weighed them in her hands, seemingly finding it particularly amusing, and gave a lewd, perverted smile.

The poor little tiger was very uncomfortable. It wanted to struggle but remembered Li Siyu's teaching that it should not hurt people. So it could not break free and could only cry out to Lin Ge and the mother hawksbill turtle in grievance.

The mother hawksbill turtle ignored it, while Lingo looked speechless.

This girl... is she sick in the head?
Has she never taken a sex education class, or has she never seen anything like this before? What's so fun about this thing that makes her not even spare a kitten after harassing him?
Lin Ge walked over expressionlessly, slapped Anxi's hand away, and finally let the little tiger escape its restraints. It quickly got up and ran away.

As he ran, he turned back and called out to Anxi twice, looking aggrieved, before dashing out into the yard and disappearing from sight.

"I...I'm just...hehe...curious." Facing Lin Ge's gaze, Anxi chuckled twice, unexpectedly revealing a more lively expression. Usually, she always seemed indifferent to everything, so it was quite rare for her to show such curiosity.

What's so rare about that?! Can't you find something normal to focus on?
Lin Ge mentally complained.

Lin Ge ignored the perverted woman, but An Qian took the initiative to come closer, looking him up and down while asking curiously, "Hey! Mimi, I saw online that cats' genitals have barbs, is that true?"

"It's none of your business!"

Lin Ge roared at Anxi, feeling both ashamed and angry.

"Is it true that cats are all 'three-second wonders' online?"

"roll!"

Lin Ge was utterly speechless. Why was this woman so annoying? Who the hell would keep asking someone inappropriate questions? Even if the other person was a cat, couldn't she at least show some respect and refrain from saying such offensive things?
Lin Ge decided to ignore Anxi altogether and jumped to the very top of the cat tree, where Anxi couldn't reach, and closed his eyes, ignoring her completely.

"Poor Lele...you've been wronged..."

Anxi stopped bothering Ling Ge and went to bother the little doll. She stroked the little doll's back while muttering to herself, as if the little doll had suffered a great loss by marrying an unreliable husband.

She looked at the little doll's belly, then turned to stare at the mother hawksbill turtle, seemingly very curious about something.

"What's with the curiosity! Why isn't that woman off work yet? Hurry up and pick up this troublesome guy! He's so annoying!"

Lin Ge roared wildly in his heart.

……

Time flows like water, murmuring and slipping away silently.

The controversy caused by the unboxing incident quickly faded from public attention after the police announcement and the fact that the content itself didn't contain anything sensational.

As for the internal problems of Jia Wanlin's family, Lin Ge didn't specifically look into them, but he figured they weren't in a particularly good situation.

He had a relatively peaceful few days. The police station didn't encounter any more strange cases, and the cat shelter was operating normally without any unexpected incidents that upset the cats.

Even the perverted Ansie returned to normal the next day. Apparently, she found something online that would satisfy her, and thus lost interest in the uncooperative Ringo. However, she would still occasionally bother the little tabby, making the unfortunate fellow run away whenever he saw her. Meanwhile, the little ragdoll's belly grew bigger and bigger, and it seemed she would give birth at the end of this month or the beginning of next month. This caused her to become somewhat irritable lately, causing the snowclaw tabby quite a bit of suffering.

It's highly unlikely that Lin Ge will live to see the birth of the third generation of cats in the cattery, because the agreed-upon time to go to Chu City has arrived, and he must go with Nie Guoqiang to help solve a very complicated case as agreed.

Besides Lin Ge and Nie Guoqiang, Li Siyu and Li Yiduo also went to Chu City.

Li Siyu was required to accompany the police cat Mimi as its trainer, while Li Yiduo was handpicked by Nie Guoqiang for technical support. It's said that this case investigation will require a large number of drones, which is where Li Yiduo's expertise lies.

As for his previous work dealing with cyberbullying and similar issues, Li Yiduo wasn't particularly skilled at it. He only had a superficial understanding of those things; his expertise lay in drone-related professional knowledge.

This case was reportedly located in a remote, uninhabited mountain area. A comprehensive search would be extremely difficult with only manpower, not to mention the exorbitant costs. Liu Yuan was unlikely to have the funds, so he turned to Nie Guoqiang, hoping to save every penny. Borrowing Mimi and Li Yiduo was Liu Yuan's rather pathetic idea: to use animals and technology to minimize financial pressure while still solving the case.

"Our destination this time isn't actually Chu City, but we need to go there first to meet up with Liu Yuan. As for why we're being urged to go there now for a case that was originally supposed to be reinvestigated in the second half of the year, it's because there have been more victims."

On the way to Chu City, Nie Guoqiang patiently explained to the two people and the cat in the car while driving.

This time, the assistance provided in solving the case was essentially no different from the previous ones. Local police couldn't solve the case, so they had to call in experts to apprehend the suspect as quickly as possible. While this method was somewhat shameful, compared to the perpetrator's provocation of the police, face was less important. Furthermore, repeatedly investigating with their own personnel was time-consuming, labor-intensive, and costly. If the expert could quickly solve the case, the wasted police resources and funds could be used for other important purposes. Therefore, after doing the math, smart police officers knew what to do.

Moreover, Nie Guoqiang and Police Cat Mimi from Zhangzhou are synonymous with cheap and easy to use in the surrounding provinces.

They really can solve cases! And their fees are really cheap! Compared to those domestic experts who you have to beg and plead for and still might not be able to come in time, inviting the Zhanghe Police Station to help is really good value for money and you don't have to be subservient to them.

"The same case, with multiple victims? Does that mean it's a serial killing case?"

Li Yiduo frowned.

He didn't care about other things like face or money, but he could never calm down when he heard about serial killings.

Why kill?
Why kill so many people?

Was it a targeted attack, or random killing without a target?
What exactly did the murderer want to do?
These are all questions that Li Yiduo wants to know.

Although his studies and materials on his path to becoming a formal police officer had taught him that there are all sorts of despicable people out there, Li Yiduo still couldn't understand their thinking when he actually saw someone who didn't care about human life.

Li Siyu, somewhat frightened, held Lin Ge tightly in her arms; serial murder cases were something she had only ever seen in movies.

"The whole case started 20 years ago with a hiker falling to his death. At that time, an old farmer from a nearby village went into the mountains to collect herbs. He accidentally smelled a foul odor and followed the scent, discovering two bodies that had fallen from the mountain. The bodies were in a gruesome state, and cell phones were still a rarity back then. So the old farmer only went back and told the village chief the news, concealing the fact that he had stolen all the cash and jewelry from the bodies."

As Nie Guoqiang drove, he slowly explained, "The village chief didn't want to cause trouble, so he didn't finally convince himself to call the police until three days later. But by the time the police arrived, the bodies had been ravaged by wild dogs and other wild animals. The police found no useful clues on the bodies, not even anything to identify the two people, and could only temporarily classify it as an accidental fall. However, since all the valuable items that the bodies should have been carrying were missing, the police suspected there was a third suspect present and began investigating the case as a robbery-murder, but to no avail."

"The farmer who discovered the body didn't hand over what he had hidden, even when the police arrived?"

Li Siyu listened nervously, but now she also asked out of curiosity.

"Yes! It wasn't until five years later, when a second similar case occurred and was classified as a serial murder, that the farmer realized the seriousness of the matter and rushed to the local police station to confess that he had hidden the body and valuables and squandered them all."

"Heh... So, the most important, and perhaps the easiest, chance to catch the criminal was ruined because this person concealed clues and misled the police, causing them to target the wrong person and all their efforts to be in vain?"

"Yes! A first-time murderer is inexperienced and will inevitably leave clues. But because the body was discovered too late, the police were notified even later, and the body was sabotaged. In addition, the items that could provide clues were taken away, and the police were misled, leaving them with no choice but to accept the situation. By the time the man confessed to his crime, he had already sold everything. How could he possibly find it after five years? When questioned by the police, he knew nothing, and even his description of taking the items was different each time, clearly indicating that he had completely forgotten them. The only thing he was certain of was that he took a Mir 2 brand watch from the victim and sold it in the city for six hundred yuan."

"If someone who buys stolen goods is willing to pay 600, then this watch must be worth at least 3,000. 3,000 yuan twenty years ago! In other words, the victim was a wealthy person. If I'm not mistaken, the other body was a woman, right?"

Li Yiduo finally couldn't help but sneer.

"Well!"

Nie Guoqiang nodded and then gave way to a car speeding past behind him in the overtaking lane. He then simply followed a large truck in the slow lane, focusing his attention on explaining the case to the two people and the cat.

In fact, most of the veteran police officers in Chu Province remember this case. After all, with a serial murder case still unsolved, which police officer would remain indifferent?
The only thing they didn't expect was that even after twenty years, the perpetrator was still going on! This psychopathic killer seemed to have turned this into a job, causing a death every few years.

More importantly, the police have still not been able to find him!
His actions were nothing short of a blatant provocation against the police! Despite knowing that he committed a crime every five years, the police were unable to locate the perpetrator! As a result, the Chu Province police were thoroughly humiliated.

(End of this chapter)