Chapter 14

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Chapter 14 Stars On The Sky(14)

Zhang scanned the information about Star Heresy and sent it to Chen, who immediately printed a copy for everyone. The year when this heresy first appeared was unknown, while the reason why it was recorded was a collective suicide event that happened 13 years ago.

Thirteen years ago, a group of people in the same clothes suddenly gathered on a cliff scenic spot in S province. At first the other visitors thought they were just travelling in corporate group, therefore interestingly shouting some slogans for them. But after the shouting, more than twenty people jumped down the cliff together, which was quite unexpected for the other visitors. The visitors near them only had the time to stopped two young men from jumping down the cliff, but other people all died in the end.

There were photos of the two young men in the database, who wore the same red T-shirt with printed big constellation and eyes symbols, which were as same as those on the take-out paper.

At that time, our country defined Star Religion as a kind of heresy. Its leaders were sentenced to be life imprisonment and key members arrested. “I haven’t heard news about this heresy since then.” Leader Fan eventually recalled the news about Star Heresy this time because this event happened in a foreign province, which is not in their management circle. So he didn’t recall it in the first place.

Now the Star Heresy that was thought to be annihilated began to revive again.

“The Star Heresy is aimed at persuading people to commit suicide. So did Li Ting and Wang Qiang choose to commit suicide after being brainwashed by the heresy?” Chen Zhaohui gave his speculation, looking at the data.

“The forensic doctors had said it wasn’t a suicide. Although there were no obvious signs of fighting, their dropping point and posture were not consistent with a suicide. So they must be thrown down building to be dead,” Ma Tianxing touched his long face, “According to my experiences, I believe Wang Jinghang must also be a member of the heresy. Look at his three eyes, and you will intuitively know he is not a good guy.!”

Leader Fan banged Ma’s bald head with his enamel jar: “You are a criminal policeman, and not a fortune-teller. How can you make such a speculation only through a person’s appearance?”

“But we have evidence to prove Wang Jinghang was not at the spot, and there were no contact numbers in that old mobile phone. What can be proved now is he indeed abetted Li Ting’s parents to commit suicide and asked them for compensation.” Chen gave his professional speculation to Leader Fan.

Collective suicide…

Collectively…

Fang Chuyang stared at the photo of people standing on the mountain top for a long time, and then something flashed through his mind. He said, “Maybe it was a group of people to push them down the cliff instead of only one strong man.”

“A group of people?” Fang Chuyang ‘s colleagues looked at him one after another after hearing this.

“I mean,” he licked his cracked lip and began to speak word by word, “The murderer is not one person, but a group of people. Heresy crimes are often characterized by their collective actions. For example, the girl who was killed in the fast food restaurant a few years ago, was actually killed by a couple of pagans.

“You mean a group of people lift Li Ting up and throw her from the 18th floor?” Chen Zhaohui, without much imagination, found this prediction a little crazy. It was indeed incredibly scary to imagine a group of people lift her up together and throw her down the building.”

“There were a lot of footprints in the corridor, wasn’t it?” Fang Chuyang asked Chen, who instantly found the on-spot photo and showed it to Fang him. “Li Ting lived at the end of the corridor on 18th floor, so it is reasonable to conclude that only a few of people would walk around her door.”

Fang Chuyang stretched out one of his finger, pointing to the straight corridor, from which it can be seen three households were situated in parallel. The middle household received a lot of visitors every day, but most people would usually stop at the second door because they were going to visit the second household. Even if someone walked beyond the second door, there shouldn’t be so many footprints for they would definitely walk back to the second household.

“It’s also likely to be an accumulation of footprints of people who distributed advertisements, take-outs or deliveries, for the floor in front of the third household hadn’t been cleaned for a long time. Or perhaps Li Ting’s neighbors had a get-together in the corridor so as to leave so many footprints.” When giving this speculation, Chen Zhaohui stopped speaking suddenly.

Leader Fan looked at him satisfyingly, not answering Chen’s question. He asked him, “The surveillance at the junction near Wang Qiang’s department shows that there are basically no vehicles there, but some people appeared there. Who are they?”

“The night runners!” Chen raised his hand to answer the question.

“That’s right. The unrepaired bridge where Wang Qiang died is a ramp road. Usually there was nobody, but sometimes night runners and morning runners would run through that bridge. There were three groups of night runners passing by that night.” Fang Chuyang squinted slightly.

If a group of people threw a person down a building together, there wouldn’t be any signs or symbols showing he or she was struggling, because the victim couldn’t resist the criminals at all.

“But that’s crazy! Group crime reduces guilt and magnifies malice. However, not all the heresy group members share the same feelings or ideas, so there must be someone telling the truth. But it will be another case if this group is a united organization. Was it really done by those stupid heresy followers?” Ma still thought this speculation was not that logical. For so many days had passed, there was no information from those people related to Wang Qiang or Li Ting.

“You are right. But believers can also be classified into the loyal ones and disloyal ones. The disloyal ones will choose to hide the truth if they clearly know something will happen to them, such as “Being Punished by God”, or the safety of the family members being threatened.” Leader Fan knew much about the practices and rules of heresy with his rich experiences.

Peeling the skin… Being killed…

The two young men shivered all over but not felling cold.

“Ma, you investigate the crazy runners. Chu Yang, you ask Zhai Chen and Li Ting’s best friend if Li Ting would usually sweep the floor in front of her door. And remember to check the background information of the people who gathered in front of Room 1802…” After he finished the speech, someone stopped him, “Wait, don’t start immediately. We should first find an insider to know the rules of Star Heresy and pay a visit in plainclothes.”

If we want to attack a vicious heresy, we must attack it in the first place. Or else it will spread to other places like the cancer cells.

We didn’t find something unusual about the people who played music and danced every night in 1802 next to Li Ting’s house. If there is something strange, it will be the people who danced in the room every night.

It was too late for Fang and Chen to make an investigation of Room 1802 in plainclothes. Therefore, they decided to drive around Li Ting’s apartment area, which was Cai Zhuang Xing Cheng. They found there were a lot of people in 1802 by looking through their telescope.

“We should go now. The investigation will be continued tomorrow.”

When Fang Chuyang came home, he saw Zhai Chen sitting on the sofa and leisurely calling someone at the coffee table without wearing his shoes. He warned the other side, “Don’t open the windows at night, and lock them tightly, because you live on the first floor without a security net. Although there will be thieves, you needn’t worry about being thrown down the high building because those victims were all thrown from the high places.”

“Who are you calling at midnight?” Fang Chuyang said angrily.

“My client,” Zhai Chen just finished his conversation with Gao Yusheng. He explained to Fang, “I got eight hours’ fees so I have the responsibility to serve my client for eight hours.”

In order to accompany Gao Yusheng eight hours, Zhai Chen spared time to have supper with him, played games with him, and then went back home with Mengmeng. But he realized there were still 20 minutes left, so he called Gao to accompany him in distance.

“Ding–” 5,000 yuan came to Zhai Chen’s bank account immediately after he finished the call.

Fang Chuyang looked down upon Zhai Chen’s happy expression because he earned money by accompanying his client. He walked to the kitchen to find something to eat, only to find two packaged delicious dishes cooked by high-end restaurant.

“Heat them in the microwave for a minute and it will be ready. The package is a microwave box.” Zhai Chen looked up and gave him an explanation.

Soon, the hungry Fang Chuyang came to the living room with the heated dishes, “Put away your feet!”

“Look at yourself, why don’t you eat at the dining table? Don’t always be so sticky with me, you are already an adult.” Zhai Chen said this with a smile, picking a crispy bone from the package.

“Go away! I don’t admit you’re my elder brother!” Fang stared at him.” I have something to ask you.” Although Zhai Chen seemed careless enough to lose himself, but as a bodyguard, he was quite careful. He can detect the tiny and subtle changes around him. Therefore Fang asked him about the footprints in front of Li Ting’s house.

“It must have been cleaned up,” Zhai Chen nodded, “Li Ting is a very face-saving person, so she will mop the door floor every day. Don’t you recognize the window were all clean, which must be tidied on weekends. She cleaned them because her best friend will come to her house sometimes. She was afraid to be laughed at. What’s the matter?”

“Well. This question just came to my mind suddenly.” He shut up and began to concentrate on eating.

“Well, you are…” Zhai Chen was a little annoyed. This guy never understands the principle of people helping each other mutually. “It’s ok if you don’t tell me. But let me have a guessing. You suspect the people in Room 1802, didn’t you?”

Fang Chuyang frowned and looked up at him.

“She went out in her pajamas even without wearing a coat. Therefore I think she either went out to get a delivery or met her friends. What if it’s the old lady next door?’ Zhai Chen picked a crisp bone into his mouth again, which exactly looked like the man chewing betel nuts in a Hong Kong film.

If not familiar with Zhai Chen’s personalities, Fang would think he know the following progress. He took the food containers up and not let Zhai Chen eat again, saying “Don’t involve in this!”

“Ding–” the phone rang again. Zhai Chen bowed his head, and opened the message sent by “Fu Xinhan”. In his opinion, the man who gives money is boss, and the man who gives money without any hesitation is God. One will be able to seize every opportunity to earn money if he or she reads Wechat messages in time.

[Fu Xinhan: I found out the connotation of that symbol.]

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