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Lin Cuicui turned her head to the side: "I'm sorry, I really forgot, I don't want to mention it again."

Li Mu said sternly, "Lin Cuicui, don't be afraid, this matter is very serious. You don't want to see the person who hurt you go unpunished, do you?"

Lin Cuicui sneered, "What good would it do for me to say anything? I reported it to the police back then, making sure everyone knew I had been raped. And what happened? He's still at large!"

Finally getting to the point, Li Mu's eyes lit up as he said, "This is what we're doing right now! For someone like Yue Wei, once his criminal acts are proven, we will never tolerate it. Therefore, we need your help to bring him to justice."

Lin Cuicui revealed a hint of lingering fear: "But he knows me. We bumped into each other on the street once, and he even made a throat-slitting gesture at me."

Li Mu said, "Don't be afraid. That's precisely why you need to help the police catch him as soon as possible, so that you can be safer!"

Lin Cuicui hesitated for a moment: "Okay. I was only eighteen years old at that time, and I had just come to the city. I was working as a foot massage girl in a small foot massage shop. But... I'm telling you now, so please don't punish me."

Li Mu nodded: "Don't worry, that's all in the past."

Lin Cuicui said, "I desperately needed money at the time, and besides, the boss wanted us to do this so he could get a commission. If the customers paid a lot of money, we would go out with them."

Li Mu asked, "Was Yue Wei introduced at that time?"

Lin Cuicui nodded, a pained expression on her face: "Yes! But instead of following our usual procedure, she washed her feet at our shop and then waited for me outside."

“He told me to go with him and offered me 500 yuan so I could keep it a secret from my boss and not have to give him a commission. 500 yuan was a lot of money to me at the time, and I was confused and went with him.”

Lin Cuicui's expression was pained; it was clear that the memories that followed terrified her.

Li Mu then asked her, "And then?"

Lin Cuicui said, "I felt something was wrong as soon as I entered his house. I wanted to leave, but he tied me to the bed. He tortured me for two or three hours, and wouldn't let me go after he was done."

“He tied me up there and drank alone, telling me that I shouldn’t have trusted men so easily and that I shouldn’t have come with him.”

At this point, Lin Cuicui was overcome with sobs...

Li Mu poured her a glass of water and said with a smile, "No rush, have some water and tell me slowly."

Lin Cuicui said with a sob in her voice, "At that time, I was terrified. Looking at the knife he used to cut the meat, I always felt that the knife would stab me next, and that I was going to die."

Li Dawei asked, "So how did you escape?"

Lin Cuicui said with lingering fear, "Maybe I really was lucky. Just when I thought I was going to die, he received a phone call. After saying a few words, he burst into tears. After crying for a while, he untied me and yelled at me to get out of here before he changed his mind."

Li Mu asked, "Did he give you the money?"

Lin Cuicui said, "How could I dare to ask for money? I'm lucky to be alive! I was terrified when I left his house. The more I thought about it after I got back, the more scared I became, so I went to the Qianjie Police Station in the county to report the case."

Captain Luo interjected, "But Yue Wei insists that you two had consensual relations?"

Lin Cuicui nodded, tears streaming down her face: "At that time, how could I dare not cooperate? Not only that, he also threatened to report our foot massage parlor for group prostitution... I was scared and didn't continue. The police station investigated for a while and then dropped the case."

After asking a few more questions and clarifying what happened back then, Li Mu arranged for someone to send Lin Cuicui back. He then glanced at Captain Luo and asked, "Captain Luo, do you think what Lin Cuicui said is true?"

Captain Luo said with a grave expression, "After so many years as a criminal investigator, I'm now certain that Yue Wei is indeed involved in something. In fact, I have a feeling that Liu Xiaoli and Lin Cuicui are probably the luckiest people!"

“If Liu Xiaoli and Lin Cuicui are not lying, there must be other victims, just as Yue Wei himself told them, who went into his room and never came out again.”

Li Mu said, "I have the same feeling. I suggest we investigate the missing persons in the city over the years, focusing on girls who frequent nightclubs, foot massage parlors, and bars."

"We can always find evidence and clues."

Captain Luo nodded: "I'm curious about something. According to what Lin Cuicui just said, Yue Wei was obviously about to make a move. Why did he suddenly release her after answering the phone, allowing Lin Cuicui to escape?"

Li Mu said, "It's most likely related to the phone call he received. We can check with the local police station to find out if anything happened at Yue Wei's house at the time. If that's confirmed, it will serve as further evidence."

Captain Luo nodded: "Okay, as long as it's confirmed that something really happened to Yue Wei's family during that period, his suspicion will be even greater."

The two chatted for a while and exchanged opinions when Director Wang Shouyi walked in with a serious expression.

"So, you suspect that Yue Wei is a killer who specifically preys on women of the night?"

Li Mu nodded: "Although it cannot be confirmed at the moment, there are many similarities between the two cases, and Yue Wei is highly suspected."

Wang Shouyi thought for a moment and said, "In that case, hand over the clues you have to Captain Luo."

Li Mu said, "Don't worry, Chief, this case has been transferred to the Criminal Investigation Brigade for handling."

Wang Shouyi said earnestly, "It's not that I don't want you to solve cases or participate in major cases. It's just that the main responsibility of the police station is to maintain public order, and we must first ensure the work of the station."

After saying that, Wang Shouyi walked away with his hands behind his back.

Li Mu smiled and then discussed the case with Captain Luo.

"Captain Luo, if we want to solve this case, you'll have to go through a bit more trouble on your end."

Team Leader Luo laughed and said, "It's just our job, there's no trouble at all."

Li Mu said, "There really is a place. Could you please help me?"

Captain Luo asked, "What is it?"

Li Mu said, "Regarding Yue Wei, whether it's treated as prostitution or something else, it's best to detain him for a longer period of time to give us ample time for our investigation."

“If we let him out, he'll become more alert, and it will be harder to investigate him. He might even go into hiding, making it difficult to catch him later once the case is solved.”

Captain Luo nodded: "Don't worry, he won't be released until he's been here for the full fifteen days."

Li Mu continued, "There's one more thing. I think we should take this opportunity to search Yue Wei's house and see if we can find any clues."

Captain Luo said, "Searching Yue Wei's house requires a search warrant!"

Li Mu said, "That's why I've made you worry so much. It should be much easier for your criminal investigation team to apply for this than for our police station."

After a moment's hesitation, Captain Luo said, "Okay, I'll give it a try."

Li Mu said, "Then you'd better hurry up and get the search warrant before Yue Wei comes out, so we have enough time to go to his house to look for clues. As long as we find solid evidence, we can keep him locked up."

"Try to keep Yue Wei inside until the court makes a ruling."

After Captain Luo left, Li Mu called the forestry police station again, asking them to help investigate whether anything had happened at Yue Wei's house the night Lin Cuicui escaped.

Two days later, Zhao Jiwei received a call from the forestry police station and ran over excitedly.

"Brother Li, Brother Li, the forestry police station has called."

Li Mu asked, "What did they say over there?"

Zhao Jiwei said emotionally, "The night Lin Cuicui escaped, Yue Wei's mother passed away."

"The specific time was close to midnight. That is to say, his family made that call to Yue Wei not long after his mother passed away."

“Master, it’s very likely that he was preparing to make a move against Lin Cuicui when he suddenly received news of his mother’s death, and this unexpected event disrupted his plans.”

Li Dawei analyzed, "Perhaps he felt it was unlucky to use a knife on this day, or perhaps he had a brief resurgence of humanity at that moment. That's how Lin Cuicui managed to escape by sheer luck."

Li Mu said, "That's right, the analysis is very insightful."

Li Mu then relayed the news to Captain Luo, who seemed to have made some progress in the investigation of the missing persons.

I made a special trip over in the afternoon.

“In a city like ours, it’s impossible to have no missing persons. Most of them just lose contact with their families temporarily and are eventually found. But this one, there’s still no news.”

As he spoke, Captain Luo pulled up a blurry photo of a girl on his phone.

Li Mu asked, "How long have you been missing? What were you doing before you disappeared?"

Captain Luo said, "This was a report we received nine years ago. Before she disappeared, she was working as a hostess at a nightclub and still owed three months' wages. In places like that, there's a high turnover of people, so nightclubs don't usually report such cases. She wasn't even in our jurisdiction; she belonged to the city's criminal investigation team."

"Their investigation revealed that the girl's ID cards were fake, and they didn't find any other suspicious clues, so they filed a missing person case and closed it. We checked again this time, and the nightclub has surveillance cameras. The criminal investigation team at the time reviewed their internal surveillance footage. Look at this."

After saying that, Captain Luo pulled up a blurry surveillance video on his phone, played it frame by frame, and then stopped and said, "There's someone sitting in the corner drinking. See who it looks like?"

Li Mu, Zhao Jiwei, and Li Dawei lay down on it and examined it closely. Li Dawei exclaimed, "It's Yue Wei when he was young!"

Li Mu nodded: "Although it's a bit blurry, it does look very similar."

Captain Luo said, "We also think it's him. If it really is him, then he is very likely related to the girl's disappearance. However, because the ID card is fake, we can't find any other information about the girl, nor are we sure of her whereabouts. So, we still have no clue at the moment."

Li Mu said, "Since we have no clue, what about the search warrant? When will it be issued? Maybe then we'll find some new leads."

Captain Luo said, "Don't worry, it's already been applied for, it should be done in the next couple of days."

Chapter 394 Going Home

A few days later, the search warrant was finally issued.

That afternoon, Li Mu, along with Zhao Jiwei and Li Dawei, joined forces with the criminal police team to thoroughly search Yue Wei's residence.

While searching under the bed, Li Dawei found a wooden box. Upon opening it, he discovered a Type 54 police pistol.

Shocked, he climbed out excitedly and exclaimed, "Director Li, Captain Luo, look what this is!"

Captain Luo happened to be nearby. He turned his head and his eyes widened immediately: "A gun, a police pistol..."

Zhao Jiwei and several other criminal investigators were equally shocked, yet also somewhat excited. A gun-related case was no small matter. And the gun had been found, the suspect was in custody—a victory in hand.

Li Mu was also a little emotional. In the original plot, during the scene where they captured Yue Wei, they couldn't find him in the room, so Li Dawei lifted the bed sheet to look under the bed.

As it turned out, Yue Wei was right under the bed. He raised the dark muzzle of his gun and fired several shots directly at Li Dawei. Fortunately, Cao Jianjun pushed Li Dawei away. Li Dawei escaped death, but Cao Jianjun was killed.

Unexpectedly, Li Dawei found the gun again. Come to think of it, it's unlikely that Yue Wei would carry it around all the time; it's quite normal that he would have hidden it in a secluded place at home, like under the bed!

Li Mu looked at the pistol and said, "Do you guys remember? When Yue Wei was an auxiliary police officer at the forestry police station, their station chief lost his gun."

"In my opinion, this might be the gun that was lost back then!"

Captain Luo said excitedly, "It should be. Don't move the gun yet. I'll notify the technical department immediately to see if we can extract fingerprints and solidify the evidence."