Detective: Open your eyes, I am handcuffed in the interrogation room.

Chapter 454 The final clue, unexpected

As time passed, the police officers in charge of the investigation returned one after another and reported the results to Chen Yi.

No suspicious items were found.

Embroidery and embroidery threads are all non-existent. Zhongluo Village is still relatively poor. Almost every household can be seen at a glance. Pots, pans, and bowls are the main theme, and it is rare to see things that are not related to life.

Poor people have no time to think about spiritual pursuits.

Chen Yi said goodbye to the old man and thanked the village chief again. Before leaving, the village chief asked a few questions on behalf of Liu Chengpu's parents. Chen Yi said what he could say, and asked the other party to wait for the results if he could not say anything.

“How many years will he be sentenced to?” This is more important.

Chen Yi did not give a direct answer. He was suspected of raping multiple people, which was a serious crime. He also disfigured He Shan. If there was no murder, he would be sentenced to at least ten years in prison.

If there is evidence of murder...it's hard to say.

Everyone left the village.

The villagers did not disperse. Such a big thing happened in the village. Even if it had nothing to do with their family, they had to talk more about it. Liu Chengpu's parents became the focus.

As they talked, no one really believed that Chengpu would do anything bad. He was such a good kid, diligent, honest and well-behaved, how could he commit a crime?
If you say it's Liu Ma, they would still believe it.

Liu Ma: “????”

Liu Ma was once again innocently implicated and was very depressed. He walked away muttering to himself, unwilling to get involved.

I didn't commit the crime, and the police didn't arrest me, so what does it have to do with me?

Is Liu Chengpu honest?

What the hell is being honest! How can the police catch you if you are honest? Look at the result! The result is the most important!

Before dark, Chen Yi arrived at the wooden house at the foot of the mountain.

The investigation is still ongoing and is almost complete. The coke is slowly being turned over to look for suspicious traces and objects.

At this time, Cheng Hanjun was squatting in a corner of the ruins, looking at a small ball of ash in front of him. It was not burned very completely, and there was only a fingernail-sized residue.

"sponge?"

"This shape... is a bit like that thing."

Chen Yi came over: "Did you find anything?"

Cheng Hanjun looked up, pointed at the ashes on the ground and said, "Captain Chen, what does this thing look like?"

Chen Yi moved closer and judging from the shape of the ashes, they looked like clothing material, but clothing couldn't be so small, so it could be underwear.

"What is that?" Chen Yi asked.

Cheng Hanjun: "Sponge."

"Sponge?" Chen Yi thought for a moment and made a judgment, "Bra."

Cheng Hanjun nodded: "I think so too. Was it left behind when the owner of the house left?"

Chen Yi did not answer, and said: "Take back everything that should be taken back, and we will go to see Ren Dan tomorrow."

Cheng Hanjun: “Yes.”

That evening, in the case handling hall of Yicheng City Bureau.

No one disturbs.

Chen Yi stood in front of the whiteboard and wrote the names of the three parties in a triangle.

On one side is the suspect Liu Chengpu.

On one side are the victims He Shan, Jiang Lili, Ren Dan and Ding Yunjie.

On one side, there are the dead Liushouwu and Liuzhenmao.

In the blank space, the word "wooden house" was written.

He began to slowly connect the lines, writing down the cause and effect relationships and putting question marks around the uncertainties.

Taking two steps back, Chen Yi looked at all the characters and had a general idea in his mind, but the possibility was not unique.

Judging from the timeline, when He Shan and other three people were raped, Liu Shouwu and Liu Zhenmao were already dead, so this serial rape case had nothing to do with the two of them.

"If someone in the game is playing a dark trick."

Chen Yi stepped forward and circled Ren Dan's name.

"There is no evidence to prove that Ren Dan was raped. Is it possible that she lied?"

"If she lied, then is she related to Liu Chengpu?"

"If I didn't lie... well, if I didn't lie, she was indeed raped, but... maybe the person who raped her wasn't Liu Chengpu? Is it possible that Liu Shouwu and the other person did it?"

"Liu Shouwu and Liu Zhenmao fell in love with Ren Dan and dragged Liu Chengpu to rape her, but Liu Chengpu refused? He was unable to stop Liu Shouwu and Liu Zhenmao, so he felt guilty towards Ren Dan?"

"Or maybe Liu Chengpu didn't refuse, but regretted it after it was over and felt guilty?"

"It's not to the point of murder, right? Did Ren Dan ask him to kill? Then why did he involve Jiang Lili and the others? Even He Shan was disfigured."

"Where was she raped? The cabin? Are the ashes that look like a bra Ren Dan's?"

"If something so serious really happened, why hasn't anyone mentioned it?"

"Why was He Shan treated so badly? What did she do? Who hates her so much?"

Chen Yi tapped his forehead lightly. He still had too many questions, but he felt that he was very close to the truth. He only lacked a key clue.

If this key clue exists, then there is no fifth girl.

Without this key clue, the fifth girl exists and runs through all the cases.

We are advancing in two directions at the same time, and it all depends on where the breakthrough comes from.

The next morning, Chen Yi brought two female police officers to meet Ren Dan. The reason for bringing the female police officers from the Municipal Bureau was to be ready to control Ren Dan at any time.

When high-probability events are no longer a fact, we must prevent the occurrence of low-probability events.

Zhuge Cong and his team's investigation is still ongoing, and no girl has been found to have any connection with Liu Chengpu.

This is very strange.

Chen Yi was very sure that the amulet was given by the girl, and this girl was very important to Liu Chengpu. It was really strange that they had no connection.

If it was deliberate, then there is a high possibility that there is a second suspect in this case. This suspect is very smart, much smarter than Liu Chengpu.

Ren Dan was frightened by the situation this time. The police who came last time were in plain clothes and were very polite, but this time there were two female police officers in uniform with extremely stern expressions.

The two female police officers stood quietly behind Chen Yi, their eyes never leaving Ren Dan.

"What...what happened?" Ren Dan felt puzzled.

Chen Yi said, "It's nothing. I just found some clues and came over to confirm with Miss Ren."

Ren Dan was puzzled: "Clue? Confirmed? Confirmed of what?"

Chen Yi: "Do you know Liu Chengpu?"

Ren Dan responded with a strange look on his face: "I don't know him."

Chen Yi: "After you were raped, did you go to the hospital for treatment?"

Medical treatment will leave medical records, which can indirectly prove the facts.

Ren Dan replied: “No.”

"No?" Chen Yi asked, "Why not go? Aren't you afraid of sequelae after being hit on the head? If there is blood clots inside, it will be very dangerous."

The brain is a vital part of the human body and any injury should be taken seriously. Ren Dan is quite brave.

Ren Dan was stifled by this question and thought for a while before answering: "I...I didn't feel any pain after I woke up, so I didn't go to the hospital."

Chen Yi stared at Ren Dan. When the seeds of doubt began to take root and sprout, he saw flaws everywhere. However, his subjectivity was still stronger, and the other party's answer was not unreasonable.

In other words, apart from Ren Dan herself and the suspect Liu Chengpu, there is no evidence to prove that Ren Dan had been raped, and it is easy to collude with others in her testimony.

"Talk to me about Zhong Luoshan." Chen Yi changed the subject.

Ren Dan still didn't understand the police's intentions, and the confusion on his face became more and more intense: "What happened to Zhong Luoshan?"

Chen Yi: "That was the last mountain you four climbed, right?"

Ren Dan nodded: "Yes."

Chen Yi: "To be honest, I didn't experience anything." Ren Dan said helplessly: "I've already said that I didn't run into anyone or encounter anything when I was climbing the mountain. Why are you targeting Zhong Luoshan? A few days ago, you called me to ask about killing wolves. It's too weird. The people who raped us must have nothing to do with Zhong Luoshan."

Chen Yi no longer hid it: "I now suspect that someone in your group is playing tricks."

"Someone from the inside?" Ren Dan was stunned. When he realized what was happening, his eyes widened. "You mean we raped ourselves? Is there a…"

She seemed to want to ask "Are you sick?" but finally held back. It is not good to insult the police.

Chen Yi pretended not to hear and asked, "Did nothing really happen? The four of you went up the mountain and down the mountain normally, and everything was harmonious?"

Ren Dan nodded: "Yes..."

Chen Yi frowned and was about to speak again when Ren Dan seemed to remember something and corrected him, "No, there are not four of us climbing the mountain. There are three. Ding Yunjie is at the foot of the mountain, so she stuffed us into the wooden house at the foot of the mountain."

This time it was Chen Yi's turn to be stunned. He almost didn't react. Two seconds later, his face suddenly changed: "What did you say?!"

The voice was a bit loud, which scared Ren Dan: "What...what happened?"

Chen Yi stood up suddenly and said angrily: "Why didn't you mention this before?!"

Looking at Chen Yi who suddenly got angry, Ren Dan didn't understand what was going on. After swallowing his saliva, he said, "You...you didn't ask, is this related to the case?"

"..."

Chen Yi was speechless.

What Ren Dan said was right. He had not asked about related matters before. His focus was on whether the four people had made enemies together.

Do you have a common enemy? Have you experienced something special together? Have you ever had a special encounter with a stranger?

It had been too long. The four of them had climbed mountains in the wild, gathered in the city, and experienced so many things. Both Ren Dan and Jiang Lili focused their attention on the unknown fifth person and never thought about whether there was a problem inside.

Not to mention them, the police had never thought about it before.

That's the big clue that's needed right now.

Wooden house.

Ding Yunjie actually went to the wooden house.

The person who had been to the wooden house was actually Ding Yunjie.

To be honest, what Chen Yi ignored the most was this person, an introverted and weak girl.

"What's going on? What do you mean by stuffing Ding Yunjie into the wooden house?" Chen Yi asked in a deep voice.

Ren Dan quickly replied, "Nothing. Didn't the four of us agree to climb Zhongluo Mountain? When we got to the foot of the mountain, we heard wolves howling. Ding Yunjie was a little scared and wanted to go back."

Chen Yi sat down and listened quietly.

Ren Dan continued, "We definitely can't go back now that we're here. We persuaded Ding Yunjie that it's okay, the wolf howling is far away and must be in the mountains, so we climbed halfway. Ding Yunjie was timid and didn't dare to go any further."

Chen Yi's face was grim: "Just because of this, you brought Ding Yunjie into the wooden house?"

Ren Dan: “Ah…”

Chen Yi: "It's locked? Can't get out?"

Ren Dan: "They locked her up and tied her hands."

Chen Yi was shocked by Ren Dan and the other two weirdos: "Her hands were tied? Just because she was afraid to go up the mountain, you tied her up and locked her in the cabin? What were you thinking?! What kind of train of thought?!"

Ren Dan waved her hands: "This is not my idea, it's He Shan's idea. He Shan always scolds Ding Yunjie for being too cowardly, saying that she doesn't dare to do this or that. At that time, He Shan was very angry and said that locking Ding Yunjie in the wooden house to listen to the wolves howling would give her courage."

Behind him, Xia Lan and the two female police officers also had interesting expressions on their faces. These were truly bad friends. When bad friends start to act badly, they would dare to make any joke. It was not surprising that such a situation happened to men, but it was a bit rare to see it happen to girls.

Chen Yi gradually regained his composure and said slowly, "You and Jiang Lili were both involved, right?"

He Shan and her friends probably made such excessive jokes frequently over the years, so they didn't take it seriously. They wouldn't bring it up unless the police asked, because it had nothing to do with the case anyway.

Ren Dan: “Yeah.”

Chen Yi: "Then what?"

Ren Dan: "Then we went hiking. We didn't climb very high because we were worried about encountering wolves. It took us two hours to go back and forth. When we got to the cabin, we found it was empty. Ding Yunjie had left by herself."

Chen Yi: "What will Ding Yunjie say when we meet again?"

Ren Dan: "She was very angry. She said she opened the door and untied the rope herself. We locked it with a wooden stick. It should take some time to open it from the inside."

Chen Yi was silent for a moment, then asked, "How was her mood at that time?"

Ren Dan: “Angry.”

Chen Yi: "Besides being angry?"

Ren Dan: "What else can I do except being angry? We apologized and shouldn't have made that joke. She must have been really scared, but... but it worked. Since then, Ding Yunjie has indeed become a lot braver and more cheerful. He Shan's method is still effective."

Chen Yi already understood the entire process of the case.

Ding Yunjie must have experienced a tragic nightmare in that wooden house. There were three other protagonists in this nightmare, including Liu Chengpu.

Now two are dead and one is arrested.

The amulet belongs to Ding Yunjie. There is no fifth girl, she is that girl.

The person Liu Chengpu refused to confess was Ding Yunjie.

Chen Yi reflected that he had made a serious mistake, which was to extract doubts from the four cases.

He made a mistake.

He thought the suspect was Ren Dan, because Ren Dan was the only one who did not choose to call the police and the only one who had no evidence to prove that she was raped.

However, there are also doubts about Ding Yunjie, and the doubt is that she is the only one who was not beaten!

Yes, Ding Yunjie was not beaten. She was raped by the suspect while she was drunk. Apart from the marks on her lower body, there were no other scars.

Why weren't you beaten?
"Liu Chengpu... can't bear to let him go!" Chen Yi gritted his teeth lightly. All the clues lit up in his mind and were connected in pairs, eventually constructing a complete case process.

Because she couldn't bear to do it, Ding Yunjie had no choice but to get drunk and get raped.

The time was chosen specifically, just before the party the next day, so that the rape could be made public without any flaws and the victim could be included.

When they become victims themselves, no one will suspect that there is someone behind the case, and no one will check whether the victim is involved in the case. He Shan and the other two will not easily mention the wooden house. Even if Liu Chengpu is arrested one day, they will still be safe.

She succeeded.

Chen Yi never thought that the rape was fake, and his focus of investigation was always on his enemy.

It is true that he is an enemy, but this "enemy" has been right under our noses from beginning to end.

He Shan, of course, received special care without any safety measures and even her appearance was ruined. Ren Dan and Jiang Lili were considered "accomplices" and were given appropriate lessons and "happily" convicted of rape.

The real criminals, Liu Shouwu and Liu Zhenmao, were fed to the wolves.

Don't advise others to be kind unless you have experienced their suffering. Women can be just as cruel as men.

No wonder Ding Yunjie studied so well but failed to get a job. After something like that happened, how could she have the mind to prepare for the exam?

She joined the club with the intention of becoming outgoing and cheerful, but unexpectedly she met three female demons who ruined her life.

It's a bit of an exaggeration to call them demons. He Shan and the other two didn't really mean to hurt anyone, but negligence is also a mistake, and a very serious one at that. There is a cause for every effect.

Chen Yi raised his head, and his gaze towards Ren Dan turned somewhat cold.

Ren Dan had no idea what had happened. A trivial incident that seemed insignificant in his memory ended up linking as many as five cases.

Two murders and three rapes.

Chen Yi believed that she had never intended to harm Ding Yunjie, but... Alas.

There are no coincidences in this big world. Everything is inevitable. This is the case with most cases. There is no regret at all.

This case is quite difficult to handle.

If Liu Chengpu refuses to confess even if he is beaten to death, the police will have no way to deal with Ding Yunjie.

Is it a good thing or a bad thing to have no solution? This is the psychological choice that every police officer needs to face.

Ding Yunjie did not harm innocent people. Every wrong has its perpetrator and every debt has its creditor. It’s just that the severity of the debt has been increased several times. You can feel her anger.

Two rapists, dead.

Three people who were joking with no intention of harming others were raped and the leader was disfigured.

Those who deceive me will be repaid a hundredfold.

(End of this chapter)