Eyes that are the same as those of evil

Chapter 61 The Ungrateful Wolf 18 (The End)

After provoking the victim's family, Qi Sufeng was scolded a few times and taken away, followed by a long line of red-eyed victim's family members who stared at her as she left.

Outside the crowd, there was a girl walking in the opposite direction, wearing a flamboyant baseball cap with a few strands of green hair peeking out from under it, kneading dough as she walked.

For some reason, Qi Sufeng stopped and looked back.

Only their backs can be seen.

"What are you looking at? Let's go!" Zheng Yan was very sensitive about Tan Jia's situation, fearing that the well-meaning citizen would be targeted by a vicious serial killer.

Qi Sufeng, however, insisted on asking, "Is it her? The young woman who shouted 'The police are coming, don't move'... Turns out she was a fake policeman."

Zheng Yan gave her a hard push, and something seemed to trigger her again. She struggled and refused to move, and started cursing loudly again.

"You meddlesome bitch! If it weren't for her meddling, you think you could catch me? Dream on! You haven't been able to find me in eleven years, you bunch of idiots! You're just lucky, otherwise you wouldn't have caught me even if I killed your sons!"

She even openly threatened the children of the officers handling the case. Several police officers shouted at her to shut up, drowning out her crazy talk.

But Tan Jia returned and walked back to Qi Sufeng.

"Your voice really is awful."

It's also a kind of provocation to appear calm and collected in front of an angry person. Qi Sufeng repeated those words again: "Mind your own business! If you weren't yourself..."

“If it weren’t for me, you would have been caught too, because you’re stupid. You’ve been on the run for eleven years and you still managed to show your face. You’re stupid on top of stupid.”

Tan Jia crossed her arms and spoke cryptically, "That's true. Serial killers never stop. The thrill of killing is like an addiction, hard to quit. But you're too stupid. Don't you know that with today's advanced technology, they can easily find out where you've been and what you've done... Oh, you don't think the police caught you because you killed your own son, which fits the killer's psychology, do you? Nobody cares about your son or your suffering; they only tell boring, unoriginal stories. They caught you because the test results pointed to you. Don't think everyone went to great lengths to catch you just because the police asked you a couple more questions. Among a group of serial killers, you're just an extra bonus..."

Qi Sufeng broke down, her mental state visibly deranged, and she opened her mouth to curse, but Zheng Yan quickly covered her mouth.

Then he glared at Tan Jia.

Tan Jia shrugged and left with an indifferent expression.

Liu Qisu struggled desperately under the control of several policemen, her eyes almost popping out of their sockets.

The rest became simple.

At daybreak, everyone who had been taken from Jiuqu Village was released, except for Qi Sufeng.

There was no need to guess who the serial child killer was, but the answer shocked everyone. The village was quiet for a long time, and then the sound of weeping rose and fell.

When Qi Sufeng was taken to Jiuqu Village to identify the scene, a group of victims' relatives outside the cordon were smashing things, crying and cursing wildly. Yu Dong's parents were the most emotional. Yu's mother cried so hard that she could not stand up. She was supported and dragged by several people. She was still calling out her child's name and shouting that the person surnamed Qi should die a horrible death.

Zhu Muyang's father also came, as did Lin Zhiyue's family, who were surrounded by bodyguards outside the crowd.

Through the crowd, Lin Zhiyue could see the police digging at several addresses. Qi Sufeng's aged figure was mostly obscured, and did not match the blurry image in his memory.

He stared blankly at the half-figure, motionless, unaware that his fingers were twitching and his breathing was becoming heavier.

He seemed not to hear his parents' shouts. The crowd in front of him had turned into the cloth that had covered his head back then, making it indistinct and impossible to see the other person's movements. Therefore, he couldn't guess when the other person would bring down the weapon that tortured him, or whether the next round of whipping would land on his head or his feet...

"A-Yue!" The accompanying psychologist blocked his way.

His parents cautiously reached out their hands to touch him, but he stepped back to avoid them.

Then turn your head to the side, lower your eyes, and take a few deep breaths.

Normally, this method of relaxation would require many repetitions to calm down, but this time, as he turned his head to look for empty scenery, his gaze was drawn to a patch of green. With his eyes focused on something, his attention found a place to go, and his tense mental state miraculously calmed down after a few breaths.

Tan Jia stood out too much in the crowd.

Moreover, she must be very aware of how much attention she has, and she is used to being stared at and noticed by others. Her yawning and munching on cookie sticks are both very relaxed.

A breeze was blowing on the hillside, making her hair all fluffy today, like a jellyfish. It looked a little different from when I saw her at the police station last time; the corners of her eyes seemed to have been painted black, with a small upturned tail.

Another gust of wind blew, and Tan Jia took a few steps forward, shouting loudly from the crowd.

Lin Zhiyue's eyelashes trembled as she looked away and turned her gaze back to what was in front of her.

The psychologist tentatively said, "We've found the basement. Would you like to see it?"

Lin's parents watched his expression closely, wanting to persuade him to stop watching and go home, but after a long silence, he softly hummed in agreement.

Eleven years ago, Qi Sufeng used the basement to imprison her children, but it turned out to be a cellar dug out under the orchard behind the Qi family's house.

However, the basement had collapsed and was completely filled with soil, so the technical team could only scan it with a machine to confirm that there were still skeletons underneath.

It is very likely that they are the children who were reported missing back then but whose bodies were never found.

Zheng Yan ordered them to dig. A group of policemen worked for a long time and dug out three small, completely skeletal corpses.

Another round of cries rang out from the hilltop.

The cordon was bathed in the orange glow of the twilight, and those who were blocked behind it, weeping and collapsing, looked like blurry tree shadows in an old photograph, their swaying and trembling outlines barely visible.

Officer An looked up at the middle-aged people who were no longer young, and recalled eleven years ago when they were young parents under thirty, supporting their elderly relatives and crying in front of him, banging their heads against the wall. At that time, he could only remain silent, not knowing whether to repeat his promise that he would catch the murderer or to persuade them to have another child.

Eleven years have passed, and finally this case has been solved.

A surge of bittersweet emotion welled up in his eyes. He swallowed hard to hold it back, and as he held Qi Sufeng back, he shouted, "I hope that before you are executed, you will remember the cries you heard today. You have caused so many people to suffer for half their lives!"

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The blood-stained story begins at night and ends at night.

The excavation and testing work in Jiuqu Village continued until midnight. Before dawn, the Criminal Investigation Team 2 prepared a complete chain of evidence and handed it over to the procuratorate.

The 11.23 serial killings of children, which had been stalled for eleven years, have now come to an end.

The second team was finally able to rest for half a day.

Before leaving, Officer An also participated in a "merit award ceremony and dream-based crime-solving seminar" related to Tan Jia, asking her if she was interested in taking the civil service exam to work in the public security organs.

With this special ability combined with her daring and decisive nature, he could apply to his superiors to personally mentor her.

Then Zheng Yan kicked him out.

Taking advantage of the situation, Tan Jia jumped into Tan Ming's car and ran away with Xiao Chen and Sister Wu Yang.

Her contribution to this case was significant. In addition to the reward, the criminal investigation team also treated her to a meal at a high-end seafood buffet, which was reimbursed by Captain Zheng.

The aroma of cooking is most comforting to ordinary people. Sitting in the courtyard, smelling the fresh scent of grilled oysters, everyone relaxes.

Wu Yang took a swig of his drink and sighed to the sky, "Actually, I have rather complicated feelings about this case. You know what? Before Huang Wen left, she asked me if a mother has to love her child? She thought it was like buying something. When you're working hard to save money to buy it, you're really looking forward to it and like it a lot, but that doesn't stop you from not liking it after a year or two. But raising a child is something you have to like all the time. Why is it that she puts in her best effort to buy this product, but she's not allowed to have a day when she doesn't like it anymore?"

“When I visited the children in Jiuqu Village, many of them laughed and said that secretly hitting, pinching, and kicking their mothers was a fun game. When asked why they did it, they said it was because their mothers wouldn't really hit them, and even if their mothers did, their fathers would stop them... They are so young, yet they already know how to read the room and do bad things. Sometimes I think, what will I do when I have children in the future?”

Several men offered their opinions. Tan Jia, who was eating the unique fried bread crab, was about to join the conversation when her gaze stopped and she looked at the late-arriving Captain Zheng.

And Lin Zhiyue beside him.

Ding ding ding! This story has ended. We'll now move on to the next transitional case, where you'll witness several interconnected stories and the development of romantic relationships! (Fireworks)

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