Chapter 1081: Killing Each Other
”I’m scared? What do I have to be afraid of?” The middle-aged man’s expression became slightly unnatural, he didn’t understand where exactly Chen Ge’s bottom line came from.
”I’m helping everyone track down the murderer and you keep trying to change the subject, could it be that you know something but you’re not telling us?” Chen Ge narrowed his eyes, “The murderer had just left through the sixth floor window at that time, he couldn’t run far, he should have been hiding on the three floors of the fifth, sixth, and seventh floors, if we had started searching on those three floors first at that time, there would have been a good chance of blocking the murderer, but you told everyone to go and search for the landlord first.”
Chen Ge used a speaking technique here, the middle-aged man had only suggested going to look for the landlord, but Chen Ge directly characterized him, saying that the middle-aged man had asked everyone to go together.
”The landlord lives on the ninth floor, far away from the crime scene, I doubt that you are intentionally trying to lure us away, trying to buy time for the murderer?”
”You fart! Everyone don’t believe his bullshit!”
”You lured us to the ninth floor, and you seemed to know that the landlord had already been killed, and no one would even open the door for us. Everyone was delayed for almost half an hour in between in order to open the security door, and this time was already enough for the real culprit to dispose of the blood stains on his body.” Each of Chen Ge’s words were like knives stabbing into the middle-aged man’s body, “I don’t want to doubt you either, but all of this is just too coincidental, so coincidental that it’s almost as if you’re purposely trying to help the real culprits buy time.”
The neighbors’ gazes towards the middle-aged man slowly became unfriendly.
”You guys listen to me! I didn’t even know that the landlord had been killed! If I knew, I definitely wouldn’t have said anything at this time!” The middle-aged man tried his best to retort, Chen Ge just stood by and watched, he didn’t care at all about what the middle-aged man said, he just wanted to find a reason, a reason to enter the middle-aged man’s home.
None of these perverts were clean, as long as Chen Ge was allowed to enter their room, even if there was no evidence, Chen Ge would do his best to “find” evidence.
”I’ve known Brother Manchu for many years and know his character well, I believe it’s impossible for him to do something like murder.” Aunt Ding suddenly opened her mouth, just when the middle-aged man thought that Aunt Ding was helping himself, Aunt Ding changed her words, “But this is all too much of a coincidence, why don’t we go to Brother Mann’s home first? I firmly believe that Brother Manchu is innocent, and this will also clear up any unnecessary misunderstandings.”
Aunt Ding appeared to be helping the middle-aged man, mouthing that she believed that the middle-aged man was not a murderer, but in reality, she wanted to put the middle-aged man to death, as an old tenant in the building, she should have an understanding of the middle-aged man’s secrets, and knew that the other party had something that absolutely could not be exposed.
After hearing Aunt Ding’s words, the middle-aged man’s face indeed became very bad, he did not expect that the one who stabbed himself at the crucial time would be Aunt Ding.
With a gloomy gaze, the middle-aged man gazed at Aunt Ding and clenched his fists.
Chen Ge did not make a statement, his gaze hovered between Aunt Ding and the middle-aged man.
Aunt Ding was the first to realize that the spare key in the closet had been stolen, and her reaction was extremely abnormal. In Chen Ge’s opinion, Aunt Ding was most likely related to the landlord’s death, and she was presumed to be one of the murderers of the landlord.
This would also explain why she would open her mouth at this time, wanting to put this black pot of killing the landlord on the middle-aged man’s head.
Of course, this is also the middle-aged man deserved, he did not mention the landlord nothing, now the landlord’s death everyone knows, those who killed the landlord’s murderer naturally will not let go of him, the best way to deal with it is to make the middle-aged man to become the murderer of the landlord.
Chen Ge also figured out exactly this point and pushed the middle-aged man towards the murderer’s position by going with the flow.
All he needed to do was to push the middle-aged man into the murderer’s position, and someone would definitely come forward to press the middle-aged man to death so that he could not turn over.
The tenants who had already ruled out the suspicion of murder and the tenants who had not ruled out the suspicion had created a split, and there was also a split within the tenants who had already ruled out the suspicion, and with this step-by-step division, Chen Ge would be able to get closer and closer to his goal without having to make a move.
”We mustn’t split internally, the priority is to find Qu Gui’s murderer first!” Chen Ge was happy in his heart as he watched his neighbors in the building split, but on his mouth, he was constantly emphasizing the need for everyone to be united, “All calm down! Let’s go back to the initial deduction, Xiao Sun said that the electrician on the eighth floor had quarreled with Qu Gui and threatened him, that electrician has a motive to kill, let’s start our investigation with him.”
Chen Ge didn’t let Aunt Ding drive everyone to target the middle-aged man, he had to keep the middle-aged man to create a bigger disagreement.
Walking out of Room 901, Chen Ge stood at the very front of the corridor with a smile on his face, and he was followed by one building resident after another.
”Anyone?”
Led by Xiao Sun, the crowd arrived outside the door of the electrician’s room.
The sound of knocking on the door broke the silence of the eighth floor, and everyone stared at the security door in front of them.
The tenants in the building were also wondering about the electrician’s secret, it was hard to describe the feeling of spying on someone.
After a dozen consecutive knocks, footsteps were finally heard in the house, and the security door slowly opened a crack.
”What can I do for you guys?” A man with a beard appeared in the doorway, he wasn’t very talkative, his eyes were full of blood, it seemed like he hadn’t slept properly for a long time.
”There’s been a murder in the building and we wanted to give you a heads up.”
”Got it.” The electrician was about to close the door after saying that, but Chen Ge grabbed the door panel.
”What do you want?”
”It’s not what I want to do, it’s a unanimous decision.” Chen Ge pointed to the tenants behind him, “For the safety of everyone.”
”We now suspect that the murderer has something to do with you, if you don’t have a ghost in your heart let it go, we would never mess with your house, we just want to make sure of a few things.” Xiao Sun didn’t have so many flowery ideas and directly stated Chen Ge’s and their purpose.
”I’m related to the murders in the building?” The electrician slowly raised his head, and his bloodshot eyes swept towards Chen Ge’s left rear, as if he was making eye contact with someone.
Chen Ge knew that Aunt Ding was standing at his left rear, and he now felt that it was getting more and more interesting.
The fact that the electrician had looked to Aunt Ding in the first place when he was in trouble meant that he and Aunt Ding were jointly hiding something.
Combined with his earlier guess that Aunt Ding was related to the landlord’s death, did that indirectly mean that the electrician was also related to the landlord’s death.
When he saw the complicated circuitry in room 901 earlier, Chen Ge suspected that the murderer was the electrician, as the electrician was most likely the first person to discover the landlord’s secret.
Chen Ge turned his back to Auntie Ding, he didn’t know what hints Auntie Ding had given the electrician, he only saw that the electrician and Auntie Ding had exchanged eye contact their faces became worse.
”I’ve been staying in my room tonight, I haven’t gone anywhere, you’re looking for the wrong person.” The electrician was dead set on getting out of the way, the crowd was consumed in the hallway, Chen Ge felt that it couldn’t go on like this, if he gave in to the electrician here, it would be even harder to carry out the plan behind him.
These tenants one more than one shrewd, in addition to Xiao Sun who are not willing to fight the head, Chen Ge had no choice but to go on their own.
”The murderer threatened everyone’s safety, and you won’t let us in, so that means you must be hiding something.” Chen Ge gradually became tougher, “We’re not asking for your opinion, we’re informing you.”
”Informing me? We are all tenants, what gives you the right to break into my house? Inexplicable!”
”We’ve been very patient and helped you restore what happened, and you still refuse to let it go, it seems that you do have something to do with Qu Gui’s death, and you’re deliberately hiding it!” Chen Ge’s patience had already been worn clean, his hand gripping the door panel kept exerting force, “Everyone go in together, there must be something wrong in this house!”
Chen Ge took the lead, and those neighbors who usually didn’t deal well with the electrician also started to help, with so many people exerting force together, the electrician couldn’t close the door at all.
”You guys!”
The security door was finally pulled open, and Chen Ge was the first to rush in.
Nose twitching, Chen Ge smelled a burning odor: “What’s burning?”
The house was a mess, stacked with all sorts of miscellaneous items, not even a place to land.
Neighbors crowded into the room and trampled some of the items on the floor, but the electrician acted as if he didn’t see it, leaning his back against the security door and hanging his head low, not letting anyone see his expression at this moment.
”Qu Gui was stabbed, and the murderer was stained with a large amount of blood. Another thing to note is that the murderer’s actions were well thought out, he most likely started plotting from ages ago, so there will probably be something related to the murder amongst his notebooks.”
The tenant who followed Chen Ge began rummaging through the house, and the entire time, the electrician stood in the doorway with his head down, not saying a word.
”His muscles were crumpled tight, he was afraid.”
After the tenants rummaged around for half a day without finding any clues related to the murder, Auntie Ding walked over to Chen Ge: “Have we wronged him? This house is dirty and messy, but there aren’t any bloodstains, and he usually doesn’t seem to read much, there are no books or notes or anything like that in the house.”
”It seems that the murderer is indeed not him.” Xiao Sun frowned and walked out from the bedroom, he was a very simple child who hadn’t experienced the beatings of society yet, after knowing that he was wrong, he ran directly next to the electrician, “I’m sorry, we also wanted to be able to catch the murderer as soon as possible, I’ll treat you to a meal when I have the chance in the future, as a way of making amends and apologizing to you.”
”Can you guys go out from the house now?” The electrician’s voice was low, and it could be heard that he was very angry at this time.
”No problem.” Auntie Ding took it upon herself to agree, and the others slowly walked towards the door of this living room room.
”Wait a minute.” Chen Ge stood inside the room and suddenly spoke, “Do you guys smell a foul odor?”
”His house is so messy, maybe something is moldy?” Aunt Ding was obviously speaking for the electrician, “Let’s hurry to the other rooms and take a look, don’t delay.”
”Moldy things don’t give off a burnt odor.” Chen Ge searched for that odor and came to the bedroom on the right, “Do you live alone?”
The electrician looked up at Chen Ge, his voice hoarse: “Yes, just me living alone.”
”You live alone, and the left and right bedrooms are all furnished with double-sized beds, you’re quite extravagant.”
”Does that have anything to do with you?”
”I’m just curious.” Chen Ge looked at the newly changed bedding on the bed, “Which house do you usually sleep in?”
”This is my house, I can sleep in whichever house I want, do I need to tell you? Does this have anything to do with that murder case you’re talking about?” The electrician stared at his bloodshot eyes, he had been suppressing the anger in his heart, the man had a problem with his personality, he got angry easily and couldn’t control his emotions.
”I’m guessing that you usually sleep in the bedroom on the left, where all sorts of household items are laid out, while the bedroom on the right is very simple, it doesn’t look like a place to live, it’s more like your workroom.” Chen Ge kicked some of the wiring on the floor with his foot, and there were a few hidden wires connected under the bed among them.
”What kind of workroom needs a big bed?”
Chen Ge grabbed the newly changed sheets on the bed and without warning, ripped them all off and threw them to the ground.
The electrician’s face instantly turned pale, and he subconsciously took a small step back.
Underneath the sheets was a thick Simmons mattress, and there were many burn marks on the mattress from which the burning odor emanated.
”Let’s go to the other rooms, there’s nothing out of the ordinary in this house.” Aunt Ding swept a glance at the mattress before directly moving her eyes away.
”This mattress is soundproof, and it’s also shockproof.” Chen Ge grabbed the mattress as he spoke and forcefully lifted the entire mattress, a pungent burnt odor instantly gushed out, and everyone present smelled it.
Underneath the mattress was a hardwood bed board, Chen Ge didn’t hesitate any longer and directly pushed the bed board to the side.
The scene in front of them made everyone feel uncomfortable, underneath the bedboard was hidden the body of a boy, he had multiple electrodes attached to his body, and his skin was severely damaged, though the real fatal wound was on his neck.
He had been strangled to death, and the strangulation marks were still very clear.
”Jiaqi!” Seeing the boy, Aunt Ding fell to her knees at once, and she crawled towards the bed, trying to go and hold the boy’s body.
Aunt Ding shouted at the top of her lungs, but Chen Ge could see clearly that this woman did not shed a single tear.
”Catch that electrician!” Xiao Sun shouted loudly, and the electrician had already sneaked out of the room when Chen Ge lifted the mattress.
”He’s the one who killed Jiaqi! How dare he go and torture a child like this! I’m going to kill him! Kill him!” Aunt Ding seemed to have been violently stimulated and went into a state of hysteria, grabbing the fruit knife on the coffee table and rushing out.
She was physically strong, not much worse than a male, and very fast.
”Hurry! Found the murderer! Let’s go over there too!” Xiao Sun ran out very hot-bloodedly, and the other neighbors followed, only Chen Ge remained standing in the middle of the living room.
”Aren’t we going over?” Wen Qing inquired in a low voice.
”The electrician won’t live long, Auntie Ding will try to kill him by all means.”
”That’s right, Aunt Ding had been helping the electrician just now, and now that she’s been betrayed by someone she trusted, she must be especially bitter.”
”She wants to kill the electrician not because of pain, but because of fear. This boy should be Aunt Ding’s ‘gift’ to the electrician, they are all murderers of the landlord, the electrician knows a lot of Aunt Ding’s secrets, Aunt Ding is afraid that the electrician will fish out her secrets, so she will definitely kill the electrician.” Chen Ge looked at the boy underneath the wooden board, the smile on his face slowly disappeared and he gritted his teeth, “This group of animals.”
Wen Qing thought about Chen Ge’s words over and over again, she had been following Chen Ge and experienced the same things, but had no idea how Chen Ge had surmised so many things.