Bloody Romance: I, the big troublemaker, Zhong Yuemin!

"No no!"

Zhong Yuemin waved his hand.

"That's the normal way to do it. There's nothing wrong with it, Captain Liu. I'm just sharing my thoughts. Just listen for fun. Don't take it too seriously."

"Okay, stop being so modest. What are you so happy about? Human life is at stake. We need to catch the murderer as soon as possible to prevent the next victim from happening and save a family."

Zhong Yuemin said: "This suspect gives me a sense of self-contradiction."

"It's a contradiction, how do you say that?"

"From what I've seen in the files, the suspect seemed clumsy, timid, and flustered in his first few burglaries. The victim was a woman, and since he unlocked the door and broke in, even if he woke the woman, it should have been the victim who was frightened. So how did he end up fleeing in such a panic? The files say the suspect was scratched by the woman, and even the stolen property fell to the ground, unable to be taken care of. It's clear he's a novice, and the subsequent burglaries were similar.

However, going back further, the suspect became much more "handy" and "calm", from tying up the victim to steal, to physically assaulting the victim, and finally to killing the victim in a brutal manner. This is just like what Captain Wang just said, the suspect is gradually upgrading his modus operandi, and he was not brutal and cold-blooded from the beginning.

To use an analogy, the murderer was initially just a husky, intent on stealing some bones from a stranger's home. Inexperienced the first time, he failed to steal any bones and was beaten out by the owner. After a few attempts, he gradually gained a taste for success and became less fearful. Not satisfied with bones, the husky yearned for a taste of the 'victim.' After a few more attempts, his thirst for blood became unquenchable, and at that point, the husky transformed into a cold, ruthless, and bloodthirsty wolf.

Wang Jun asked, "What is a Husky?"

"Uh... a rather immature dog, good at destroying the house."

Liu Daqiang asked, "Yuemin, are you saying that this suspect has no criminal record and was just an ordinary person at the beginning?"

“That’s the feeling I get.”

"No way!" Wang Jun said:

"How dare an ordinary person, who had never committed any crime before, kill so many people?"

Zhong Yuemin said:

"Captain Wang, I once read a book on criminal investigation. The psychological changes of each criminal suspect portrayed in it defy common sense. There's one passage I remember very clearly: a murderer with over ten lives on his hands recounted before his execution how frightening it was to kill the first person he had. He had nightmares for several nights in a row, dreaming of the deceased's gruesome condition, their eyes fixed on him, like a demon haunting him. He said that to escape this fear, he killed another person. This time, he wasn't as frightened as the first time, but felt much more relaxed. He said he had found the 'fun' of killing, the 'method' to relieve his fear. In the end, killing people was like killing piglets; he felt nothing at all and even enjoyed it.

Captain Wang, in society, honest people are the most terrifying. They're usually kind and peaceful, nonchalant, always considerate of others, and work diligently, but in return, they're not treated sincerely. Instead, they're subjected to verbal abuse, sarcasm, and even threats and beatings. They think they're easy to bully, and so they become even more unscrupulous. Such people, suppressed and restrained for too long, will, at a certain point, erupt like a volcano, gushing out like molten lava. That's quite terrifying."

"You mean the murderer is an ordinary, honest man?"

"I didn't say that, Captain Liu. You asked me to portray the murderer's consciousness. It's just a vague outline."

Zhong Yuemin said:

"Also, I think the scope of your re-screening is a bit biased. One of the points is that you're focusing on single men living alone, without families. You say that it's convenient for them to commit crimes in the middle of the night. Being single, they might also have needs for women to solve their physiological problems. However, I think it's more likely to be men with families and children."

"How do you say that?"

Zhong Yuemin said:

"In the subsequent rape and murder cases, the suspect clearly didn't need to kill, but he still did it. He also used a knife to scratch and poke the victims' private parts. He is psychologically perverted and seems to hate women to the core. I think this suspect must have been hurt in this way before. Maybe he was cheated on by his own woman and he holds a grudge and is taking revenge on women in society."

"Green hat? What does that mean?"

"Uh...it's just that my wife cheated on me!" Zhong Yuemin said:

"Captain Liu, we can investigate this further later."

Liu Daqiang nodded.

"According to what you said, the scope of this investigation is very large. There are 7 to 8 million people in Beijing, and the vast majority are ordinary people. Searching like this is like looking for a needle in a haystack."

He understood the logic, but at present, there is no technical support for domestic criminal investigation and solving cases. There is no such thing as DNA, surveillance, etc. Once a case occurs, the police's investigation process is basically peripheral investigation, using human wave tactics to find suspects. To catch key suspects, they usually do not have conclusive evidence. They can only talk to the suspects and let them confess. If they are stubborn, they may just use some "force" on you, and the suspects will give up if they can't stand it. This has also caused many false and wrongful cases.

Due to environmental and technological limitations, many cases end up being left unresolved, buried in the dust, sinking deeper and deeper, and finally never seeing the light of day, forgotten by people. Justice may be late, but it will never be absent, absolutely not. Not only will it be absent, but it will be absent a lot. If compared to college students taking classes to earn credits, this number of absences may not lead to graduation in the end. It's a bit cruel, but this is the reality.

In the end, Liu Daqiang and Wang Jun left somewhat disappointed.

Zhong Yuemin bought the gifts at the supply and marketing cooperative, and Huang Daming said:

"Yuemin, you have to remember the pork issue. Director Li has contacted me several times. There's a big shortage at his factory. As the year draws to a close, pork is incredibly expensive. Finding a pig weighing over 100 kilograms is harder than finding a partner for his mother."

Zhong Yuemin laughed,

"Uncle Huang, don't worry. I'll give you 2,000 kilograms as a minimum. That's all. Let's choose a trading spot the day after tomorrow night and I'll have someone bring the pork over."

"You've got it?"

"more or less."

There are more than ten sows in the space now, plus the piglets that Zhu Long was asked to collect from the countryside, there are more than thirty pigs that can be slaughtered in the space. They drink the fairy spring water and are fed with rice, wheat and cabbage. These pigs are fat and strong, weighing about 400 to 2,000 kilograms on average. Five pigs are enough, just a drizzle.

Huang Damin was overjoyed.

"Okay, I'll contact Lao Li right away and ask him to make the arrangements. I'll write to you later."

"it is good!"

I hung the gift net bag on the handlebars and rode towards my "father-in-law's" house. Brother Zhou Xiaobai is back, and I have to go there tonight. It will be another Hongmen Banquet.