deep white secret

Chapter 133 This Case Has Challenges
The next day, after Xu Jie received a call that his parents had arrived home safely, he immediately received a call from the command center:
A murder occurred at the Royal Garden Express Hotel, requiring the criminal investigation team to arrive at the scene immediately.

Ningxia, like Xu Jie, couldn't help but be stunned when he heard the word "Diyuan":
"Captain Xu, isn't this the hotel where aunt and uncle stayed last night?"

Xu Jie nodded:

"That's right, let's go to the scene to confirm the identity of the deceased first, and I'll contact them if necessary."

Ning Xia's heart rose to her throat.

It’s not that Xu Jie’s parents were involved in the murder.

The old couple came to Jinghai City to see them for the first time. They only stayed for one night, and a murder occurred in the hotel. This coincidence made Ningxia feel uncomfortable.

It even felt like her relationship with Xu Jie was cast into a shadow.

Xu Jie saw something was wrong with Ning Xia's mood and asked with a smile:
"Why are you so gloomy? The incident happened on the third floor, and my parents lived on the fifth floor. After we left yesterday, the two of them never went out again."

Xu Jie stepped on the accelerator and the car drove out of the police station compound.

"Ningxia, there is no need to worry. How many people must stay in the hotel in one night? If you insist on thinking about it that way, it is indeed a coincidence, but it has no connection."

Ningxia smiled faintly:
"I just feel a little uncomfortable that the murder is related to us."

"Is it related to ours?"

Xu Jie's mouth curved:

"If we put it this way, all the murder cases in Jinghai City are related to us."

Ningxia felt relieved now. When did she start to become so emotional?
When Xu Jie and Ning Xia arrived at the parking lot of the Royal Garden Hotel, Zhang Lei and Ma Mingjie had already gotten out of the car.

The four meet.

Ma Mingjie pointed to the police car parked in the distance:
"Team Xu, the Korean forensic doctor and technical team have arrived."

"I didn't expect them to be faster than us."

"I heard that the forensic team is meeting at the city bureau today. I guess they came directly. In terms of speed, no one can surpass our criminal investigation team."

The four people walked into the Imperial Garden while talking. It was noisy inside, and the waiter at the front desk looked over in panic:
"Sorry, we won't be checking in today."

Xu Jie took out his ID:

"We are criminal police officers from the city's criminal investigation team."

A policeman maintaining the scene heard the voice and recognized Xu Jie.

"Captain Xu, are you here?"

Xu Jie stretched out his hand to say hello, and the policeman said:
"Leave this to us. The crime scene is on the third floor. We have explained the situation to the hotel manager and now we are sealing it off."

Xu Jie nodded:
"What happened to the deceased?"

"The tenant here is named Meng Xiangren, he is 29 years old."

"A tenant here?"

"Meng Xiangren rented room 3120 on the third floor of the hotel a year ago."

Xu Jie looked confused, and the four of them walked into the elevator.

"Who stays in the hotel for a long time?"

Ningxia asked puzzledly.

Xu Jie replied:

"There are two possibilities. One is very rich, but rich people usually stay in higher-end hotels. The other is to make a living, and the tenants do not plan to live in Jinghai City."

"Not for a long time? That's not right. Just now the waiter said that Meng Xiangren rented here a year ago. One year is not a short period of time. I don't understand how expensive it is to stay in a hotel."

Xu Jie looked at the layout of the Imperial Garden and shook his head:

"Generally, the long-term stay price of this kind of fast hotel is the same as renting a house, and there is no deposit and you can cancel the contract at any time. The hotel also provides cleaning. Let's see what it says."

No matter what, Ningxia still felt that normal people would not adopt this kind of life. Meng Xiangren's identity made Ningxia wary.

The elevator opened on the third floor. A cordon had been set up here. The hotel guests were gathered on the elevator side, and several police officers were taking notes.

A policeman saw Xu Jie waving his hands:
"Team Xu, this way!"

Several people walked through the crowd and walked to the end of the corridor. The door of the room at the corner was wide open, and Xu Jie greeted them one by one.

"How is the situation at the scene?"

One policeman replied:
"The deceased was discovered by the waiter two hours ago. The guest on the second floor complained to the hotel that there was constant noise from the water upstairs and he couldn't sleep well. The waiter came up to check and found that Meng Xiangren was dead."

"The sound of water?"

"The shower in the bathroom was always on and the bathtub was filled with water. If we had discovered it later, the room would have been filled with water."

"Death time?"

"last night."

Xu Jie and Ning Xia looked at each other, confused.

Forensic doctor Han and several forensic doctors were conducting on-site investigation. Xu Jie looked into the room and said to Zhang Lei and Ma Mingjie:

"You should take notes, especially the residents on this floor, and carefully ask the residents next to 3120 if they heard anything last night."

After Xu Jie finished speaking, he strode into the room. Ningxia looked up and looked around the room. Room 3120 was located at the corner of the corridor. There was no surveillance here.

Walking out of this corner are six rooms from 3112 to 3118. There is a camera in the corner of room 3112.

Yesterday, Xu Jie's parents lived in Room 5103, with the south window, arranged according to odd and even numbers. Ningxia understood that the hotel should be laid out in a zigzag shape.

At this time, Forensic Doctor Han walked out of the room with someone.

"Captain Xu, I'm done here. I'll take away the deceased later."

Walking to Ningxia, Forensic Doctor Han shook his head:
"This case has challenges. I'm waiting for your good news."

Ningxia's heart sank and she walked into the room.

The room was so air-conditioned that Ningxia shivered.

On the left side of the door is the bathroom. The floor is full of water. The bath towel is completely soaked in water and thrown to the floor. There is still water seeping from the edge of the bathtub.

On the right side is a storage table, and next to it is a wardrobe, which contains a few simple cotton short-sleeved shirts.

The room was only about eight square meters. There was a table by the window, which was piled with messes. There was a man lying on a double bed.

The man was half-naked and wearing only a pair of underwear.There are large tattoos on half of the forearm.

The hair is long and covers the forehead, the eyes are closed tightly, the face is pale, and the cheeks are thin.

The hands are naturally placed on both sides of the body, and there are tattoos of different patterns on the lower legs and above the shoulder blades.

Ningxia looked carefully and could not identify what pattern it was.

The man had no obvious injuries.

There was an area under the buttocks that was soaked with yellow urine marks.

"The deceased was found face down. The forensic investigation required that the deceased be turned over on his back just now."

Xu Jie explained opposite Ning Xia. Ning Xia walked to Xu Jie and hugged his shoulders with both hands:

"It's too cold here."

"Well, the air conditioner was as low as 16 degrees, which is one of the reasons why we determined that the deceased was murdered."

Ningxia looked at Xu Jie with confusion on her face.

"There are no signs of struggle, no trauma, no forced strangulation, and no foreign objects in the mouth and nose..."

Xu Jie's brows furrowed more and more as he spoke, and finally he looked at Ning Xia:
"How did he die?"

Based solely on Xu Jie's description, Ningxia would believe that the deceased was not murdered.

But suicide?

Who wears underwear before they die?Is the bathroom full of standing water?And turn the air conditioning temperature to the lowest setting?
"Not a sudden death?"

"There are obvious physical signs of sudden death, and the deceased was only pale in appearance. There was no sweat on the body of the deceased. Even at such a low temperature, the evaporation of sweat would cause the skin to shrink, which is not what we see now."

Ningxia couldn't say a word except his eyes widened. The deceased lay there upright with his eyes closed, without any pain.

Yeah, how did he die?

(End of this chapter)