when the moon whispers

Chapter 502 Rose-Collection (Part )

Case Seven Rose
Thirteen Collections (Part 2)

Shao Jie made an inference softly, lowered his gaze and looked straight into Jiang Mo's eyes, pursed his lips and paused for a moment, but finally blurted out his hesitant words.

"I... couldn't understand it at first... the murderer who caused a sensation along with the heart-digging case suddenly disappeared overnight. Since the murderer of the heart-digging case suddenly disappeared because he was accidentally imprisoned for drunkenness, the sudden disappearance of the real murderer of the Red Mansion case may have been intentional or unintentional. He went to a place where the police could hardly investigate and question him in the first place..."

"Song Yike was arrested first, and the case was shelved. You must have found a way to investigate the prison. Since there was no relevant police report, it means... the murderer is just hiding in a place that is not easily found."

Shao Jie felt weak in the heart after being poked by Jiang Mo's unerring gaze. Originally, he seemed to have some truth, but his voice unconsciously dropped in the middle of his words: "The degree of evilness of this murderer... is even worse than that of the heart-digging case. The possibility of stopping is very small. Could it be that he just didn't do it in Sheng'an, or simply restrained himself and barely acted less arrogantly... Is there even a possibility that he saw the momentum of the police investigation after the Red Mansion case, and in order to protect himself temporarily, he chose the crime scene from within the country... to a place we usually don't notice..."

"Gu Ying's death was actually a provocation to the city bureau's task force... Old Gu happened to be one of the commanders at the time. The murderer had been arrogant for so long, and suddenly stopped for no reason. If there was no external intervention, it would not be in line with common sense."

Jiang Mo looked up at the hesitation that had been lingering on Shao Jie's face for many years. In his heart, he mostly agreed with his slightly subjective inference, but his mouth curled stiffly, and he mumbled something unclear, then casually mentioned: "Besides, Song Yike's imprisonment was not a sudden and absurd accident."

Shao Jie was stunned for two seconds before he suddenly realized that the two serious cases that came to a halt one after another were probably not coincidences. He shuddered unconsciously, and looked into Jiang Mo's eyes in an inquiring manner, but was pushed away by her hand. Following her drooping gaze, he looked carefully at the picture that Officer Jiang had enlarged and shrunk and flipped back and forth: "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with this picture?"

"Even if there is a problem, with my level of artistic appreciation comparable to stick drawings, I can't really tell what's wrong..." Jiang Mo shook his head and leaned into Shao Jie's arms. He finally caught a glimpse of the fruit plate that had been prepared on the coffee table. He picked up a piece of honeydew melon with his fingertips and stuffed it into his mouth. "I just feel that... there's something wrong with these paintings. According to the date and time on the signature in the corner of the frame, the positions of the red bouquets and wreaths on these paintings are all different. But starting from the painting that resembles Ren Dongran, red wreaths began to appear on the wrists and ankles of the girl in the painting, but the wreath collar around the neck almost never appeared..."

Jiang Mo's brows tightened, and for no reason he remembered the circles Feng Yao drew at his wrists and ankles, and the cut position on his chest that was almost identical to the one in the oil painting holding the bouquet of flowers.

If the speculation that the murderer of the Red Mansion case has never stopped in the past few years is true, it means that the murderer has obviously switched from killing people in the street to other means of murder.

- For example, imprisonment, torture, and then killing, until the suspicion of disappearance is filed, and the torment disappears.

Then the murderer of the Red Mansion case was so arrogant that the covert actions over the years were probably boring to him.

...If there is any connection hidden in this, then the fact that a three-and-a-half-year-old kid like Feng Yao overcame all difficulties and dangers to escape and call the police, it is hard to say whether it was intentional by the real culprit behind the scenes.

Jiang Mo sighed silently. Just as she rubbed the sticky melon juice with her fingertips twice, Shao Jie stuffed a wet tissue in her hand. She turned back and slapped him on the forehead: "I was so dazzled by the mysterious posture when I entered the door that I almost forgot to ask you... Although I asked you to explain everything in the morning, I... shouldn't be forcing you. You suddenly came to me to ask about the disappearance... Who provoked you?" "Who exactly... I'm not sure. But--" Shao Jie didn't move, but stretched his arms to pick up the coat on the back of the sofa. He pulled out a black plastic bag with three layers of wrapping inside and outside. He didn't open it. He simply spread his hands and handed it directly to Officer Jiang: "I received a courier. The one I told you about, the limited key chain that was thrown in the alley of the Red Mansion."

"express delivery?!"

Jiang Mo's expression, which was a little relaxed at first, suddenly sank. He took the plastic bag and slowly pulled it open. He frowned and checked the palm-sized, relatively intact delivery box. He slowly picked up the key ring through the bag, then raised his chin to signal Shao Jie to turn on the light to check. After a while, he sighed heavily: "When I received the call before, I felt that the murderer was most likely planning to come back for revenge... I thought I had kept it a secret..."

Shao Jie frowned when he heard that, turned on the light and walked back to sit next to Jiang Mo: "...No...Wait a minute? The murderer called you? When?"

"You're not the only one who's been obsessed with this case over the past few years. I've also been thinking about how to bring this big fish that's been hiding for the winter to the surface... Previously, there was a phone number as evidence. I've been making harassing calls to people. Don't worry, Old Gu acquiesced to this. But the murderer probably thought it wouldn't be that easy to kill me... I've been getting nothing for so long, but he's reached out to you."

Jiang Mo had been suffering from a guilty conscience for the past few years, but those inhumane hypocrisy had long been rotting in her stomach. She waved her hand lightly, raised her eyes and looked at Shao Jie's worried face, raised her hand and gently scratched his chin twice, then bent her arm and rested it on Shao Jie's knees, took out her phone and searched the express delivery slip: "Have you asked someone to check?"

Shao Jie nodded. "The Red Mansion case is very strange. I didn't dare to involve other people. After the courier was delivered to the front desk of the club, Wen Xi and the others helped me pick it up. But after checking the order number, it was real, but it should be a stolen account of a small online store. The owner didn't know why there was such an order inexplicably. The small jewelry store always ships a sack at a time. She didn't have time to check the extra cost of a few cents for same-city delivery... I don't know when this small paper box was thrown into their courier."

Jiang Mo frowned and said in a deep voice, then lowered his head to glance at the sender's address on the express delivery list.

"You run an online store, don't you have surveillance in the warehouse?"

"The shop owner said he didn't see anything. If I ask more carefully, I'm afraid I'll have to call the police to file a case." Shao Jie shrugged, "As for whether to take the risk..."

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"It's easy to find out. I'll take some time to go and take a look." Jiang Mo immediately shook his head, took a picture of the information on the express delivery slip and put his phone on the coffee table. He solemnly straightened Shao Jie's arms and legs, looked up and asked again.

"Shao Jie, including your parents, who else have you mentioned the Red Mansion case to besides me?"

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