Chapter 11

Gu Changzheng raised his two arms and grabbed wildly in the air! Suddenly he patted the edge of the bathtub urgently. Luo Fei hurriedly loosened his hands holding the bath towel and helped Gu Changzheng up.

"Cough, cough!" Gu Changzheng coughed water out of his mouth! He wiped the water stains on his face and took a deep breath: "In this state, I estimate that I can last at most 2 minutes. After Ge Manli drank a lot of alcohol, and then was soaked by hot water like this, if someone suddenly launched an attack from behind, she would have no power to fight back at all!"

"Let's go, let's go downstairs and walk around!" Gu Changzheng wiped his body dry with the bath towel Luo Fei had just taken to block his head, put on his clothes, and greeted Luo Fei.

The two went downstairs together and went around from the east to the grass under Ge Manli's bedroom balcony.

He leaned over and observed the grass on the ground carefully, as if he could find the murderer from inside!

Luo Fei followed behind him, although he didn't know what he was looking for, he also knew he wouldn't waste time here for no reason.

Time passed minute by minute. After about half an hour, Gu Changzheng straightened his waist and said: "Let's go, return to the team, you go and explain to the complex property management, don't let anyone enter the grass under this Building 3, wait for the police to come! And call Teacher Zheng and ask him to come and see."

Luo Fei went to find the property management to explain things. Gu Changzheng looked up at Ge Manli's bedroom balcony above, and whispered in his mouth: "Why kill her? Love? Hatred? Money?" The other party was too cunning, and that Shu Jiaqing almost became a scapegoat!

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"Captain Gu, through our visit to Ge Manli's unit colleagues, Ge Manli had a gentle personality and usually had relatively good relationships with unit colleagues, but it was just a general colleague relationship. According to her colleagues, no one in the troupe had been to her house. She gave people the feeling of being very approachable but always keeping a distance from others."

Guo Hao, who was responsible for investigating Ge Manli's social relations, fed back the situation after visiting the Zizhen City Song and Dance Troupe in the morning to Gu Changzheng.

Just returning to the bureau, Gu Changzheng immediately recalled Guo Hao. The social relations of Ge Manli and her husband Ren Jiahe must be dug deep! This is very likely a crime committed by someone familiar. I thought Shu Jiaqing's turning himself in would make the case clear, but who knew it would become more and more complicated!

In fact, in his heart, there has always been a strong feeling: Shu Jiaqing will definitely not be the murderer! And today, simulating the scene of the murderer killing someone with Luo Fei confirmed that it is indeed possible to do it without leaving any traces on the deceased!

The strange footprints he found on the grass under Building 3 and a pressure mark on the grass made Gu Changzheng think of the whereabouts of the other bath towel in Ge Manli's house...

A picture appeared in his mind: A man (or possibly a woman) wearing rubber gloves and shoe covers, before Ge Manli returned home, had already opened the door with the key hidden under the doormat, then put the key back in its original place, and hid in the bedroom wardrobe, waiting for Ge Manli to come home.

At 3:00, he heard the sound of opening the door, then the sound of rustling undressing, and then the sound of water coming from the bathroom. After more than 20 minutes, Ge Manli's soft humming came from the bathroom. Perhaps she was humming a popular song. In this relaxed state, people are very easy to hum the songs they like unconsciously. Ge Manli is also a literary and artistic worker, and the possibility is greater.

After a while, the sound became lower. The killer in the wardrobe guessed that she might have fallen asleep, so he climbed out of the wardrobe and came to the misty bathroom. Ge Manli was applying a facial mask, closing her eyes to rest. He walked behind Ge Manli, put his hands quickly on Ge Manli's shoulders and pushed hard! Ge Manli slid into the bathtub! The sudden push made her instinctively want to open her mouth to call for help, but as soon as she opened her mouth, a mouthful of hot water mixed with body wash poured into her mouth!

Her nervous hands grabbed the edge of the bathtub and wanted to get up! The killer, who had been prepared, picked up the bath towel padded at the headrest of the bathtub, spread it out, and pressed it on Ge Manli's face all at once!

Suffocation! Panic! Fear! Ge Manli was like a mermaid who had left the water, her hands grabbing wildly in the air, her feet flapping the water and kicking the bottom of the cylinder hard, her body twisting up, down, left, and right!

Foam splashed everywhere outside the bathtub, and finally, she quieted down! The bathtub was quiet and there was no movement!

The killer waited patiently on the side for a while. Suddenly he (she) heard a slight but heavy panting sound from outside the bathroom door. He (she) was suddenly startled! Are there other people in the house?!

In a panic, he grabbed the bath towel and accidentally knocked over the body wash bottle on the small table, but he couldn't care about it. He (she) opened the window and climbed to the bedroom balcony. At this time, he accidentally dropped the bath towel. Fortunately, he had already observed that there was basically no one in the complex at this time, and the security guards were all huddled in the air-conditioned room. He (she) quickly pulled open the wardrobe door and drilled in. Who knew that he used too much force in a panic, and the air flow brought up actually opened the bedroom door!

Fortunately, no one came over. After about 10 minutes, there was no movement in the house at all. The killer carefully climbed out of the wardrobe and found a black bra thrown on the ground. He (she) remembered that the clothes were originally on the dress, how... looking closely, a fishy smell! He (she) understood at once—it turned out to be a pervert! He (she) suddenly thought of something, first entered the bathroom to close the window, and reset the items. Then after checking carefully, he (she) took Ge Manli's slippers and went out...

According to Gu Changzheng's reasoning, everything at the scene was explained. However, what was the motive for murder? Where was the murder weapon?

"Hah!" Gu Changzheng let out a long sigh. This seemingly simple case was still only at the reasoning stage!