Pure Darkness

Chapter 47

They returned once again at the old Ke family residence.

Gazing at the dark yet clear and crystallizing lake water, Jiang Yao asked, “Why are we here?”

Bo Jinyan replied, “Ke Ai and Ke Qian are about 175 cm tall, so it is not easy to dispose of the body. However, Ke Ai has a used car while in China, which will make transportation easier. Since Ke Qian was scheduled to leave China next week, his remains must have been taken care of. She had such a deep relationship with her older sister, she would not throw it away carelessly, but she also could not bury it in a public place. Cremation will be difficult to bear. Ke Qian deeply appreciated the appearance, would he willingly burn his sister's body beyond recognition, to make her into a pile of ashes? He will not be able to accept that action.

What is a good place to hide a corpse? On looking at her life, the memories she shared with her sister, aside from the recent period, were from when they were young, and their parents were both around. However, their childhood home has been destroyed, and only this lake has not changed.

What better way to remember it than to let it sink into the lake, so that he could stare at their home forever?”

An ice-cold chill gripped Jian Yao's heart after hearing these words. He turned to look at Bo Jinyan. In the darkness, his profile was cold and resolute, and his eyes were calmly fixed on the lake in front of him.

“I can't believe you really understand it well,” Jian Yao couldn't help but say it. “It's really like. . . like you are him.”

Bo Jinyan smiled slightly. “I'll take that as a compliment. Dearly beloved, to become a first-class criminal psychologist and profiler expert, I and the criminal mind must become one.”

Jian Yao was somewhat surprised.

Looking out at the lake, local additional police forces have begun dredging operations. Fortunately, the lake was not very large, about a thousand square meters; they should be able to search the entire area thoroughly in one night. If Ke Ai was really there, after half a year, he should have already become a bone.

It was a long time before dawn. The two of them stood beside the lake for a while, and Jian Yao yawned. Bo Jinyan's arm was on her shoulder, and she rubbed her neck gently. “Go and sleep.”

“How about you?” she asked.

“I have to stay here and watch.”

“OK, then I will take a short nap and switch places with you.”

Jian Yao crawled into the car, lay down on the back seat and pulled her coat over her body. Observing him through the window, Bo Jinyan saw him curled up into a ball, and suddenly laughed.

Jian Yao asked gently, “What are you laughing at?”

“No,” answer.

Very quickly, Jian Yao fell asleep.

Bo Jinyan leaned against the car door and quietly looked into the distance.

On the horizon, a white streak slowly appeared.

Jian Yao opened her eyes to find that she was still standing outside the car. He hurriedly sat down and opened the car door to say, “Why didn't you ask me to help you?”

There was a hint of laughter in his eyes as he replied, “It's only one night. A man who is able to assume responsibility will not wake a woman so that he himself can sleep.”

Jian Yao was silent.

Ha, want to be a tough guy once in a while – ‘cacat’ this of course has not changed for many years!

He said softly, “Don't be a hero; you haven't slept well for the past two days! Even gods would not be able to accept it. ”

Even though his eyes were somewhat red and framed in black circles, he still looked excited and clear-sighted. “The case will definitely be solved today, so I will sleep well when we get home.” He paused for a while and added in a low voice, “We will sleep together.”

Jian Yao could not help but smile.

A criminal investigator rushed towards them. “Professor Bo, Master Jian, we have dredged and searched the entire lake, but found nothing.”

Jian Yao stared blankly.

Bo Jinyan pursed her lips without a sound and walked forward to the edge of the water, deep in thought.

——

Fang Qing crouched on the floor. He didn't know when it happened, but he suddenly fell asleep like that. Only when his head suddenly jolted backwards and crashed into the table behind him did he start to wake up.

Looking up and out of the window, he saw that the day was already bright. The forensic team is packing up, showing that their work is almost complete.

Fang Qing quickly stood up.

Although his thoughts were barely clear at the moment, Fang Qing said deeply, “Mystery of heaven cannot be revealed.”

“ Cih !”

Seeing that it was time for the team to pack up, Fang Qing felt like he was caught in a huge mess, and that the thread to uncover everything was beyond his reach. He lit a cigarette and followed the others out.

Qingdu University students were very diligent, there were some of them entering the laboratory building even though it was still very early in the morning. Fang Qing walked past a student, then suddenly stood still. He turned his head and called, “Hey! Student!”

The student turned around confused. “What is it?”

Fang Qing looked at the black trash bag in his hand, pointed to it and asked, “What is that?”

“Experimental waste.”

“Where did you take it?”

“Experimental garbage dump on the first floor.”

Fang Qing began to.

There was a trash can in the room where Ke Qian was. The contents had been retrieved by forensic investigators, so Fang Qing did not think of the dump. He pulled out his phone and immediately called Zhu Momo.

“Student Zhu, I want to confirm something with you. When you did the experiment yesterday afternoon, did you dispose of the trial waste? Is it inside a big black bag?”

Zhu Momo replied, “Ya, Ke Ai threw it away.”

“At what time?”

“4 something, almost 5.”

Fang Qing was overjoyed. Good bastard, it's about the right time. He told the other police officer, “You come back first.” Then, he headed to the first floor.

Soon, he arrived at the experimental garbage dump that the student was talking about. It was a room in the corner. Fang Qing stood at the door and took out a tall pile of black bags, each at least half the height of a person. He sighed, put on his gloves and mask, and started working.

At the same time, An Yan and Gu Fangfang were standing in the warehouse of his cosplay studio.

In front of them was a dazzling array of costumes, as well as swords, axes, army banners. An Yan began to inspect each costume while Gu Fangfang stood still behind him. After a while, she realized that many women's costumes were very revealing.

Although she herself was quite familiar with the anime fantasy world and had seen many such costumes, at this moment, the costume in front of her, coupled with the girl standing behind her, was, it caused him to suddenly feel as if the clothes he was holding were his clothes.

“Do you usually wear this?” An Yan asked suddenly.

“Not so much,” replied Gu Fangfang. “I mostly cosplay with traditional costume.”

“Oh.” An Yan took two steps forward and suddenly smiled slightly.

Gu Fangfang watched him from behind. A man in his early twenties, tall and skinny, with a pale face, wearing a well-ironed shirt, as if he was the male protagonist of a book that had come out of the courtyard. He had heard another police officer say he was deft in checking surveillance footage. Although it was a simple job and did not require much intelligence, it showed that he was diligent. . .

While his mind was spinning aimlessly, his head suddenly hit An Yan's back and he flushed. An Yan looked back and glanced at him wordlessly.

Suddenly he stopped walking. He pointed at the row of objects lined up on the wall. “What is it?”

“Oh, it's a mannequin,” replied Gu Fangfang.

An Yan fell silent and walked with him to inspect the puppets. There were four of them in total, each about the size of an actual person, and all of them were female. From a distance, it appeared that four beautiful women were standing there gracefully. However, on closer inspection, the difference between a mannequin and an actual person is visible. His body was made up of several parts put together, and the lines between those parts were clearly visible. However, mannequin wigs are definitely made of human hair, black and soft. The skin of the mannequin was even paler than the actual people, and it shone with a sparkling light as it reflected the light. Their eyes silently observed him, as if they would come back to life at any moment. That's actually pretty creepy.

An Yan looked at each of them carefully. Gu Fangfang noticed her grim expression and did not make a sound. When he reached the last mannequin, An Yan stood still. This one seems a bit different from the other three. The body has more joints, and there are small holes in the back of the head, shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees, ankles, and other joints. Of course, this did not escape An Yan's attention.

“What is this?” An Yan asked.

“Oh,” replied Gu Fangfang, “ini doll.”

Photo courtesy of Anks. Does anyone recognize him?