A dating guide turned into being surrounded by female ghosts?

When talking about how strange the case was...

Lin Yue glanced subconsciously in the direction of the quarantine zone.

Fortunately, nothing seems to have happened.

Otherwise, he would have run away long ago.

There's a ghost beneath Qin Ziwang's body.

This is no joke.

He turned his attention back to what Lao Xu was saying.

"Although the case has been solved, there are still several questions that haven't been answered."

"First, Qin Ziwang's father did commit murder, and he seems to be the murderer in this case, but... what was the motive?"

"Boss, think about it. This Qin father is a big-time antique dealer. He can afford to build a Western-style house. He has everything he could want. He's a true winner in life. Why would he be so foolish as to kill a bunch of strangers he doesn't even know?" Old Xu said with a resentful expression, clearly harboring some resentment towards the rich.

"Although everyone, including the news, says that Qin's father was mentally unstable and went crazy, which is why he suddenly killed someone."

"But I think it's not that simple. Those rich people are all terrified of dying, they've got mental problems..." Old Xu nodded his head. "That's where the problem lies."

"Why didn't he go to the hospital for a checkup when he was sick? Why did he have to go and kill people? And he even disemboweled them, turning them into such grotesque figures?"

"Mental illness doesn't look like this."

"We have all these kinds of kids, and nobody knows that better than me."

Old Xu spoke confidently and slowly.

Lin Yue listened without saying a word.

While what he said was somewhat biased, and there are indeed mental illnesses that can trigger extreme violent tendencies, it wasn't entirely without merit.

That's the first point.

"Secondly, the case had been closed for a long time, but there was one thing that was never found."

"That's the sharp knife that Qin's father used to kill people by disemboweling them, the murder weapon that killed so many people!" Old Xu said in a low voice.

"The weapon used in the crime?" Lin Yue asked, frowning.

The time of the crime, the motive, and the tool used are all important elements in criminal cases.

As a result, a long-standing cold case has been missing even the most crucial link?

"That's right. It's said that the knife was about this long." Old Xu gestured with the index fingers of his left and right hands, indicating a distance of about fifty centimeters. He even gave a strange example: "It's about the same length as the kind of knife used in the countryside to slaughter pigs for the New Year."

"Boss, tell me, this thing is so long, it's like it grew legs, you can't even find a trace of it, isn't that strange?"

"Did Qin Ziwang's father dispose of the tools?" Lin Yue replied.

"Hmm...that's what everyone says, but I don't think it's very likely," Old Xu said. "That Qin father is very dangerous. It's said that before he committed suicide, he was already planning his next murder, but the police just happened to come knocking on his door."

"He was about to kill the next person, so why did he dispose of the knife at this point?"

"Of course, it's not without explanation."

"For example, what if the knife broke just as you were killing someone, so you simply threw it away and disposed of it?"

"But I think that in other cases, this situation might be explained by coincidence, but the case committed by Qin's father is too strange. There are too many things that I don't understand. The murder weapon is missing. It feels particularly strange that it appeared here."

Lin Yue asked, "Is there anything else that's not right?"

"Of course, which is the third point I mentioned, besides the murder weapon being missing, even the bodies of the seven victims in total..." Old Xu beckoned with his hand, and when Lin Yue leaned closer, he whispered, "some of their bodies are also missing."

"Huh? Didn't I see in the news that those bodies were loaded with stones, thrown into the river, and then washed ashore?" Lin Yue asked, puzzled.

"That's what they say, but in reality, only 'part' of the body was thrown into the river and washed ashore to be found."

Old Xu deliberately emphasized the word "a part" with a very heavy tone.

Since it is only a part.

"Dismemberment?"

"That's right, that Qin father, he killed people with great purpose and premeditation. After the victims were killed, he would deliberately remove their internal organs while they were still alive, and then after they died, he would fill their abdominal cavities with heavy objects such as stones and throw them into the river."

"So, every one of those bodies washed ashore by the river was just an empty stomach, teeming with water worms and maggots. I heard that the person who found them was so terrified that he didn't dare to sleep for days. It was absolutely disgusting..."

"You mean... all those organs that were removed are gone?" Lin Yue's expression darkened slightly as she recalled the images in her mind.

"Yes, that's exactly what I wanted to say. What about the heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys?" Old Xu slammed his fist down and said forcefully.

"How come these things have also disappeared?"

"We couldn't find it in the sewers either."

"It's not like we can just separate the body and organs and throw them away. Wouldn't doing more work just increase the risk of exposure?"

Lin Yue nodded in agreement without even realizing it.

His analysis is correct.

Dismembering the body and dumping it in different places does not conform to the logic of a typical murder case.

Although he wasn't a professional, he had done some research on these strange cases during that time.

Furthermore, even putting yourself in someone else's shoes, it's clear that adding unnecessary body disposal procedures doesn't offer much benefit.

"Qin Ziwang's father couldn't possibly have eaten and digested all that waste, could he? Even so, there should have been some traces or fragments left in places like the kitchen and refrigerator, but there were none. It just vanished without a trace."

"Some of the bodies are missing... Are there any more?" Lin Yue pondered for a moment before continuing to ask.

"Of course there are more," Old Xu said.

"This is the fourth thing, and the one I consider the most terrifying."

"That's Qin Ziwang's mother!"

"His mother?" Lin Yue repeated.

"Yes! Think about it, such a big thing happened at home, and your own man turned into this awful person, how could a mother not know?!" Old Xu retorted.

"However, this woman never called the police or anything like that."

"Furthermore, the workload of Qin's father's series of murders was enormous. One person's energy is limited, and it's difficult to handle everything perfectly. Therefore, the police themselves have always suspected that there were other people helping him, one responsible for the murders and the other responsible for handling the aftermath..."

"Was Qin's mother an accomplice in the 817 murder case?" Lin Yue asked.

"She was an accomplice, but she was also one of the victims."

"What do you mean?"

"...It's hard to explain, but after Qin's father committed suicide, the police did find some unusual things in his bathroom..."

Lin Yue didn't speak, but quietly looked at him.

Old Xu had a strange expression on his face, and it took him a while to finally manage to utter a sentence: "There was a pile of severed shoulders, buttocks, stomachs, hands, and feet in the toilet, piled up like a small mountain... those were from Qin Ziwang's mother."