"Don't spout nonsense. I'm not. I'm only calling to ask when you'll be back. I need to know so that I can stop my parents from calling me again and again." Mu Qianqian's face was slightly flushed as she spoke.
"Heh, not a bad excuse if I do say so myself. Fine, I'll treat you as if you're speaking the truth. Well, I won't be returning anytime soon, since this case is more complicated than I expected. We have yet to nab the final murderer, and as such, I expect to take two more days at the very least."
"Qin Feng, I've seen the news. I heard that you're facing a serial killer. Please do be careful and pay extra attention to your safety! Don't confront him alone, alright?"
Mu Qianqian advised, unable to hide the worry in her voice.
"Haha, you sound worried. What a good girl, should I reward you with a kiss?"
Qin Feng had a wicked smile on his face as he teased Mu Qianqian.
"What nonsense are you talking about? We'll talk more about it once you've returned. I'm not going to continue this conversation on the phone. Also, my mom is calling me to eat. I'm hanging up."
Mu Qianqian finished her sentence, and without waiting for Qin Feng's reply, she hurriedly hung up the phone with a reddened face.
"Huh, wait..."
Qin Feng was about to ask whether she was telling the truth when Mu Qianqian had hung up on him. However, Qin Feng seemed to recall Mu Qianqian saying, "We'll talk more about it once you've returned".
Qin Feng chuckled. He wanted nothing more than to return to Ocean City at that moment so that Mu Qianqian could fulfill her promise.
After a while, Yang Wei returned. "Qin Feng, I looked up the two murderers earlier and found nothing that could link them together. They have no common contacts, and they seem to be complete strangers with one another."
"Okay, got it."
Qin Feng nodded and reorganized the case information in his mind. Assuming that Gu Chao and Wei Wu were indeed complete strangers, then there was only one reason that they could carry out the crimes in such a similar fashion. They both knew the killer of the first two cases.
"How long will it take for them to come back?"
Qin Feng asked.
Yang Wei looked at his watch and replied, "About ten minutes."
"Okay, you can leave for now. I'll look for you again if I need your assistance."
Qin Feng nodded and said.
With that, Yang Wei turned around and walked out of the conference room.
The only thing that Qin Feng could do now was to wait for the second and third teams to return.
Soon, Qin Feng received the news that the two teams had returned with the killers, Gu Chao and Wei Wu in tow. They were both locked in their respective interrogation rooms.
"Qin Feng, we've brought the criminals back."
Gu Qing and the others immediately headed to the conference room upon their return. Everyone looked at Qin Feng with admiration. They had gone through many ups and downs in the month that they handled the case, and yet there had been little to no progress. However, ever since Qin Feng had taken the helm, they had managed to nab two murderers within a day. They were ecstatic and overjoyed at the exponential progress Qin Feng had brought to their team.
"Where are Gu Chao and Wei Wu?"
Qin Feng spotted Gu Qing and the others, and he immediately got up from his chair and asked.
"They are all in their interrogation rooms, are you heading there now?"
Gu Qing asked.
"Yes. I'll start with Gu Chao. If my suspicions are correct, we should be able to glean information of the first murderer from them."
Qin Feng could not wait to meet the murderers of the final two incidents. He was looking forward to obtaining information on the first murderer from them.
Upon hearing that they could potentially get clues about the first murderer, the police officers that just came in immediately leaped with joy and set off to prepare for the interrogations.
Within the first interrogation room!
Qin Feng, Shen Qing, Yang Wei, and Gu Qing interrogated the suspect, Gu Chao.
"Gu Chao, why did you kill Shen Cha?"
Qin Feng looked at the Thin Man in front of him and asked.
Shen Cha was the victim of the third case, the lady who was waiting for the bus during the rainy day. Shen Cha was also a staff member of the Pingjing Group, and she was a colleague of Gu Chao's.
Upon hearing Qin Feng's question, Gu Chao answered with words dripping with killing intent. "That b*tch deserves to die! She deserves it! She deserves to die..."
It turned out that Gu Chao had been secretly in love with Shen Cha. After a dinner party, Gu Chao took advantage of the confidence boost from his own drunkenness to confess to Shen Cha. However, Shen Cha was born into a better family, and as a result, she was rather proud and arrogant. Not only did she reject Gu Chao outright, she even mentioned that she had already fallen for someone else, and that Gu Chao was like a "toad trying to obtain swan meat". To add salt to the wound, his colleagues had also ridiculed him, shattering his already hurt pride even further.
Gu Chao's confession had been reduced to no more than a joke in the eyes of his colleagues. Everyone laughed at him for wanting to eat swan meat. Although Shen Cha felt that her words were inappropriate, she did not apologize to Gu Chao because she was too proud. With that, Gu Chao's hatred for Shen Cha grew deeper and deeper until the day he saw Shen Cha chatting passionately on the phone with her friends. No longer able to control himself, he finally killed Shen Cha.
After hearing Gu Chao's confession, Qin Feng heaved a weary sigh. Although Gu Chao was indeed guilty of murder, Shen Cha was in the wrong as well. The only reason Gu Chao had been pushed this far was due to Shen Cha's actions to begin with.
"Gu Chao, do you know Wei Wu?"
Qin Feng suddenly asked.
Gu Chao had a confused expression as he shook his head.
"Then who was the one who gave you the instructions to kill Shen Cha?"
Unfazed by the response, Qin Feng prompted Gu Chao further.
Gu Chao stammered while evading Qin Feng's gaze, "N-No one t-told me. I came up with the plan all by myself."
Qin Feng slammed the table and roared, "Gu Chao, do you still intend to deceive us at this point!?"
Frightened by Qin Feng's sudden outburst, Gu Chao hurriedly replied, "O-Okay, I'll talk! It was a netizen who went by the username of Immortal Darkness."
Qin Feng's eyes lit up and he asked, "How did you come to know this Immortal Darkness person? Do you still keep contact with him?"
"I met him on a website called the Knowledge Forum, but he hasn't come online ever since he gave me the instructions to kill Shen Cha."
Gu Chao lowered his head as he gave his answer.
Qin Feng had gotten what he needed, and he proceeded to interrogation room 2, the room where Wei Wu, the murderer of the final case, was being interrogated. Sure enough, Qin Feng had forced out a confession from Wei Wu before long. His answer was the same as Gu Chao's, it was Immortal Darkness who had given him the instructions.
However, the reason behind Wei Wu's murder made Qin Feng seethe with rage. He only did it on a whim, as his failing business and his wife's infidelity's made him want to take out his rage on someone. The deceased's name was Xiu Xiu, a random passersby who once had a quarrel with him.
Regardless, the last two cases had been successfully solved. Moreover, Qin Feng had also obtained much needed information about the first murderer. It was definitely something worth celebrating over. Plus, he now knew how to proceed with his investigation. All clues were pointing toward Immortal Darkness from the Knowledge Forum, and this was the direction in which Qin Feng would lead his team towards.