Good Man Operation Guide

No matter how hard she triecl to hypnotize herself, Shui Wei, who had little experience in love since childhood, still felt embarrassed when she said that.

Fortunately, Lin Shiheng didn’t say anything ancl only nodcled his head. That ice-cold expression had a few points of satisfaction, but he kept silent.

When they arrived at the Dragon Sea Restaurant. they saw a uniformed officer standing at the cloor, with a perimeter drawn inside. Every now ancl then. a curious passer-by would try to glance insicle.

Because the body had been taken away, no one had stopped to watch. Lin Shiheng took his people smoothly into the perimeter.

“Leader Lin. the owner of Dragon Sea Restaurant, is sending his daughter to school and should be back in a while."

Yuan Fang stoocl outside, callecl to confirm before entering the lobby and started to report.

“He has a daughter?"

Feng Kaiyuan was checking the restaurant structure. When he heard Lin Shiheng’s question, he answered, “Yes. The owner of the restaurant, Zeng Longhai, is 40 years old and married. His wife is Zhang Mei, the owner of the hot pot restaurant upstairs. They have an 8-year-old only daughter."

“Ooh!"

Yuan Fang was taken aback, “Vice Leader, how did you know that?"

“I asked him last night when we first saw the bocly.” Feng Kaiyuan just couldn’t help but boast. Once he was praised, he immediately looked proud, “I’m an information collector. Gathering this little bit of information is easy."

Lin Shiheng stood uncler the lamp and looked up at the headlight from which the body had fallen. His tone was neither hard nor light, “So, Mr. information collector. clo you know why this lamp hasn’t been removed yet?"

“Remove? Why do you want to dismantle it?”

Feng Kaiyuan wondered, “This lamp is expensive, and because of its huge size and heavyweight, it’s very tightly installed. The people in the Trace Evidence Department had climbed a laclder to study it well, and there’s no neecl to remove it."

He made it clear. but Shui Wei still didn’t understand something. She also looked up at the big lighting. “But this is where the body was once stored, ancl it’s also the last place where the deceased took her last breath. What if there were some clues left?”

“Oh, Ah Wei. You don’t understand that. Come here, Brother Yuan will explain it well."

Feng Kaiyuan approached Shui Wei and explained it to her in detail, “We, although police officers seem imposing; in fact, we’re still public servants. When handling cases, it’s inevitable that we would meet some difficult people . Therefore, when we go out handling affairs, we try our best to avoid conflicts over money. It’s so that when we investigate cases, someone wouldn’t report us behind the scenes the next day."

Then, he felt that it was necessary to give her an example. He took out his cell phone and searched for the design of the light fixture, and showecl it to Shui Wei, “Look. it’s like this light. It looks like the body fell from the lighting fixture under the hollowed box, ancl because the body fell, the box also fell, but in fact, the other structure of the lamp has nothing to do with it. The Trace Evidence Department only needed the box. After all, it fell off, so we don’t need the rest; it has little value."

Feng Kaiyuan usually looked unfocused, but he was very patient with newcomers. He added, “One more thing. This lighting has a complicated structure. The overall length of the box was 165 centimetres, but the actual length of the lamp was 300 centimetres. Taking it down would be troublesome, not to mention that we wouldn’t have a place to store it. The box had already fallen down, and the case didn’t need anything else. Why do we need to remove it? “

Shui Wei nodcled understandingly, “I understand. Vice Leader, can I take a look at this design? “

“Yeah. go ahead, take it.”

Feng Kaiyuan had just handed over his phone, but when he turned around. he saw that the man, who was standing under the light fixture, was already standing behind him. He instantly shivered and almost shrieked.

When he realised who it was, he quickly suppressed his heart, which almost jumped out. He let out a long sigh, “Leader Lin, can you not be so sneaky! This is the scene of a murder. Being startled is scary, okay? “

Lin Shiheng was unfazed, “You didn’t kill the person. What are you afraid of? “

Feng Kaiyuan rolled his eyes, thinking that he shouldn’t waste his time explaining to this man about the fear of supernatural things suddenly appearing.

Lin Shiheng didn’t bother with him anymore, went to Shui Wei's side, and looked at the design drawing with her.

“See anything?"

Shui Wei nodcled, “The design of this lighting is like a sandwich cake. The lights are on top, the glass is below, and the box is placed in the middle. The upper layer and the lower layer are connected. So, the killer would have had to bring the victim up there when she was alive. She must have drowned up there because her face was submerged in water."

“Hmm.”

Lin Shiheng faintly responded, “Did you find anything else?”

“Yes." Shui Wei hesitated, stared at the design drawing and nodcled, “It’s a little strange."

“We saw the information of the deceased this morning. She was 160 centimetres tall, which is 5 centimetres shorter than this hollowed box. Although the lighting was designed in a way so that the hollowed space could be opened from below, the murclerer climbed up with a heavy living person ancl pushed the person up there. Because the deceased was only 5 centimetres shorter than the hollowed area, there was no other support. How did the murderer stuff a person in there?"

When she said that. Feng Kaiyuan and Yuan Fang also realised, “Yes, that isn’t something easy to clo, especially when it’s an adult living person. Forensics said that the victim had taken Valium before she died, so it’s likely that she was brought up there while unconscious. The killer must have been someone strong."

Lin Shiheng pondered for a few seconds and sucldenly addressed Shui Wei, “Hold out your hand, now assume that your hand is the victim in an unconscious state.”

Shui Wei froze for a moment, then obecliently held out her hand.

Then, her hand was propped up by Lin Shiheng’s outstretched fist. The two hands touched. and the other party’s temperature passed over to her. It was warm, and Shui Wei’s hand shook, but she couldn’t withdraw her hand.

The next second, the man’s calm faint voice reached her ears, “Unconscious."

Shui Wei hastily regained her composure and softened the control over her hand, hanging limply above Lin Shiheng’s fist.

“Hypothetically, Shui Wei's hand is dead. My hand is the murderer, and people can’t control their bodies when they’re unconscious. Even if the killer used an object on the ground to reach above the lighting, they wouldn’t have a free hand to hanclle the deceased."

Saying that, Lin Shiheng extended his other hand as well, held Shui Wei’s hand with two hands, ancl lifted it up, “After the box was opened, it would open inwards like two doors. There’s no place in the middle of the hollowed place where the deceased could be placed to prevent her from falling from above. One hand obviously couldn’t handle the deceased. So, the murderer needs two hands to push the deacl inside and close the hollowed box doors at the same time. The difficulty is no longer great, is simply impossible to complete.”

Yuan Fang took notes, “That means it’s very likely that the murclerer had an accomplice.”

“It’s just a possibility.”

Lin Shiheng let go of the hand that holds Shui Wei. “There are many ways to kill people , but the murderer chose the riskiest and most difficult way to drown someone. Then there must be a reason. If the victim's relationship network were clear, the investigation direction would be easier to find.”

“I've summarised the results of everyone’s investigation so far." Feng Kaiyuan took out a small notebook from his pocket. “The deceased was more of a homebody, didn’t like to go out. didn’t play games, and at most went out for a walk or something. She only went out when she was on dates with her boyfriend. Later, after starting a relationship with Zhang Hua, the two frequently went out on dates. She also started to love dressing up, more than before.”

“She's very sociable ancl could resolve any conflict peacefully. According to the dormitory staff. they had only seen the deceased and Zhang Hua quarrel once; they were usually very peaceful. Besides Zhang Hua, at least in the city of Zhongyuan these two years, she didn’t have any enemies. We have called her family back home. The deceased was very unhappy with her stepmother because of her father’s remarriage. She has never gone back since she left home, ancl her family hasn’t been in touch with her for over three years. The hometown parties can be ruled out for now."

Lin Shiheng recited the name that had been mentioned several times, “Zhang Hua."

“Yes, he is currently the most suspicious. After all. he’s familiar with the structure of the lights, can freely enter and exit the restaurant, and has conflicts with the deceased. It’s all there.”

Feng Kaiyuan then said, “If we’re talking about a detailed relationship network. then only the owner, Zeng Longhai, is left. According to those waiters, Zeng Longhai has always had a special affection for the deceased. Once, everyone went to sing together at the karaoke. He pulled the hand of the victim because he was drunk, but his hand was thrown away by the deceased. At the moment, it was obviously unrequited love."

“A waitress also said that because of the ambiguity between the deceased and Zhang Hua, the owner Zeng Longhai was very upset with Zhang Hua. Once, when she came back from the toilet, she saw Zeng Longhai punch Zhang Hua at the door of the restaurant. At that time, she didn’t show herself until the two of them left. She thought it might be because of the deceased."

“But accorcling to the time when Zou Mingfang disappeared. the hotpot restaurant upstairs was having a staff dinner, Zeng Longhai accompanied his wife as the restaurant-owner’s husband. After dinner. he went out to play all night and came back to the building the next clay. At that time, people were busy, and no one hacl a chance to commit a crime. According to the approximate time when the deceased was placed into the lighting, Zeng Longhai had an alibi.”

Lin Shiheng askecl, “Where’s Zhang Hua? Does he have an alibi?”

“He doesn’t." Feng Kaiyuan shook his head. “According to him, he was in a bad mood last night. He stayed at home, drinking alone, and slept through the night.”

In that case, the only one left seemed to be Zhang Hua.

Shui Wei lookecl around and suddenly asked, “What about Zeng Longhai’s wife?”

Feng Kaiyuan was stunned, “What?"

“Zeng Longhai’s fondness for the deceased seems to be known by the staff of Dragon Sea Restaurant, so does Zhang Mei, who runs the hotpot restaurant upstairs, know about it?"

She carefully analysed, “The most unacceptable thing in a marriage is a cheating partner. Even if it’s mental infidelity, as long as she has feelings for her spouse, she would be disgusted. Not to mention they have a child together; what would Zhang Mei think if she knew that Zeng Longhai had thoughts about the deceased?”

“Yes." Feng Kaiyuan clappecl his hands, “A woman’s jealousy is a scary thing. However, our colleagues gathered some information. Almost no one mentioned the owner’s wife, as if the owner’s wife rarely came down. The owner is the one that usually went upstairs."

Lin Shiheng lowered his eyes, glanced at the design drawing on the phone again, and handed the mobile phone to Feng Kaiyuan.

“Zhang Hua, the owner Zeng Longhai, the wife of owner Zhang Mei. We should focus on the three of them for now.”

“Okay, then I’ll go up and ask the owner’s wife. Yuan Fang, are you coming?"

Yuan Fang was wandering around under the lighting fixture and looked up blankly, “It’s upstairs. Can’t you do it alone?"

“Are you forgetting? We have to have two people in a team at least when we go out. people are quite vigilant these days. What would I do if they didn’t believe that I’m a police officer? “

“No, you have your ID.”

“Cut the crap. Let’s go, go, go."

Feng Kaiyuan urgecl him to walk out of the restaurant together and turned back to Lin Shiheng ancl Shui Wei, who were looking over. He made a heart gesture with his fingers and waved at them.

Shui Wei felt that she strangely understood what he wanted to express.

— I’ll Give you a chance to be alone together, don’t thank me~~

Sure enough, as everyone said. the Vice Leader was kind of a nosy fool that thought too much.