The other equipment didn't look like it had been unused for a long time. For such a large company, even if Liang Manxiang walked upstairs every day, it was impossible to prevent dust from settling everywhere. Therefore, over the years, some criminals must have hidden in the company, posing as employees and commuting normally. I don't know if Liang Manxiang deliberately pretended not to know, or if she already knew, but why did she wait three years to commit the crime? Could it be that someone was plotting something behind the scenes, and only after certain matters failed did they initiate their scheme?
"It's Blood King. We recently killed Blood King. If this case is Polaris's revenge, then they will only become more frenzied later!" Liu Yuning reminded me.
I nodded, "In any case, Liang Manxiang certainly didn't go back to work due to being haunted by a vengeful spirit like in the sanatorium incident. He Xin, investigate all of Liang Manxiang's whereabouts for the past three years. Then, Liu Yuning and I will visit Liang Manxiang's residence. Xiahou and Xiao Yuande... you two thoroughly investigate Liang Manxiang's social circles again, including her family, friends, colleagues, etc., to see if she had any enemies or people she seemed extremely close to. Also, continue to follow up on Zhang Yangcheng's case. Although we've confirmed it was that unmanned technology company, we haven't yet figured out who specifically did it. With Liang Manxiang's death, this case might go unsolved, unless the killer wasn't her."
"Understood!" After receiving their tasks, everyone went about their business. Liu Yuning and I stood up and left the conference room, driving towards Liang Manxiang's home. According to the technical department's feedback, Liang Manxiang had moved three times. We started with her most recent residence, at Haorong Residential Area, and went to the property management office. Upon learning that Liang Manxiang had previously lived in Unit 401 of Building C, we found the apartment.
We definitely didn't have a key, but given Liang Manxiang's current situation, we'd just use a lock pick.
With a click, I pushed the door open. Analyzing the shoe arrangement at the entrance and the surrounding environment, she likely still lived here. The shoe rack had many exquisite red high heels, along with a few pairs of canvas shoes. I observed carefully and found that their sizes were about the same as Liang Manxiang's feet. There were also some men's leather shoes, indicating that more than just Liang Manxiang lived here. However, we hadn't found any information about her being married, so perhaps it was Liang Manxiang's boyfriend.
We put on our equipment before entering the house and began searching from the living room, taking out tools like the forensic umbrella and shadowless reflector tube. Honestly, I didn't know if we'd find anything; it was just a shot in the dark. I crouched near the sofa, my rear end sticking up as I searched, which made Liu Yuning chuckle. She took out her phone from behind and said, "I'm going to take a picture of this pose and send it to the people at the bureau!"
"No! No! I'm the director now!"
"Then why aren't you minding your director's image!"
"It's work. Don't interrupt. You go investigate the rooms!"
"Okay, I won't tease you anymore!"
Liu Yuning walked into the rooms, and I was much quieter alone. Actually, I had deliberately sent her away just now.
I didn't find any bloodstains or fingernails around the living room, but I surprisingly spotted something under the sofa. I picked it up with tweezers and found a used condom. This was strange. Why would this be on the sofa? Logically, wouldn't it be thrown directly into the trash after use? Could it be that some special circumstance had occurred at the time?
As I was thinking, I heard footsteps outside the door. I immediately became alert and saw a middle-aged man with short hair walking towards Liang Manxiang's apartment. Seeing someone enter, he looked surprised and said, "Who are you? How did you get into my house?"
I quickly showed him my police ID, "Police officer. Liang Manxiang is dead. Didn't you know?"
"Liang Manxiang? Dead? How is that possible? I've only been abroad for a while, how could she be gone?" The man before me looked very astonished.
We hadn't found any information about him before. Although they weren't married, with our forensic technology, it wouldn't be difficult to find people who had contact with Liang Manxiang. If we found absolutely no one, it would imply this person hadn't been with Liang Manxiang for a very long time.
"Are you and Liang Manxiang in a relationship?" I asked.
"Yes. You said she was dead just now, what's going on? I've only been away from here for six months. No wonder no one answered when I called her just now. I could still contact her a few days ago. I knew something had happened to her, I just didn't expect it to be so serious."
I recounted everything that had happened to Liang Manxiang to the man before me, then asked him, "Were you leaving Guangming City because of work?"
"Yes, I had a very important cooperation to discuss abroad. If I had known she would have an accident, I wouldn't have gone. How could this happen? Liang Manxiang, come back to me!"
The man requested us to take him to the provincial department to see the body. At this moment, Liu Yuning came out. She had found a diary and a laptop in the room, which we needed to take back for examination. The man didn't refuse and told us his name was Ye Feiyu. I asked him about the condom under the sofa. Ye Feiyu said somewhat awkwardly, "I brought another woman back once, but Liang Manxiang didn't know. Later, she almost found out once, thankfully I kicked that thing under the sofa."
Liu Yuning scornfully cursed, "Scumbag!"
We returned to the provincial department and handed the evidence to He Xin and the others. Ye Feiyu then accompanied us to the morgue. Upon seeing his girlfriend's body, Ye Feiyu cried loudly, "It's all my fault. I kept things from you back then. You must have been unable to bear it, so you ran away from home and were then killed! Waaah, I really shouldn't have been messing around outside behind your back!"
"You said just now that she ran away from home? Didn't you know she had been working at that Ronghui Unmanned Technology Company all along?"
"Impossible. That company went bankrupt long ago. I left the company for that reason and then found another job, this current one. The company is gone, how could she still be going to work?" Ye Feiyu didn't believe it, but I showed him the tablet, showing him the footage of her driving to the company every day. Ye Feiyu's eyes widened, "How is that possible? Could she be possessed?"
"She's not possessed. That company seems to still be operating behind the scenes, but it's involved in some harmful unmanned aerial vehicles. Those UAVs have been modified to be capable of killing, and there are quite a few of them. If we hadn't discovered them earlier, this batch of UAVs would have harmed even more people. You worked at Ronghui Unmanned Technology for a while, right? Haven't you heard anything about it?"