The murderer killed two victims within a short period of time, but Tan Wan knew very well that the murderer had three targets from beginning to end, corresponding to the three threatening letters.
It's more of a warning letter than a threatening letter.
Usually the murderer has two purposes for sending a letter before committing the murder. One is to threaten the victim and make money from it;
The other is that the murderer is very confident that he can kill successfully, and sends the letter to make the victim feel fear, in order to satisfy some special desires.
The first two cases have shown up, but now only the last victim has yet to show up.
As the biggest suspect, Yin Dong is still being held in the police station. Everyone in the police station feels that now that Yin Dong is in the police station and the so-called third case has not appeared, it can basically be concluded that Yin Dong is the murderer.
After all, the murderer is locked up in the police station and cannot escape, so the third case is absolutely impossible.
But Tanwan felt something was wrong.
If the murderer was really Yin Dong who killed Liu Xiaoyan and arranged the scene of the second crime to look like a suicide, then he would have to appear in person at Liu Xiaoyan's house after the package was delivered to Liu Xiaoyan's house, otherwise he would not be able to arrange it.
However, after Li Dongliao's investigation, Yin Dong fled the scene of the crime that day and happened to go to the law firm to inquire about the determination of the crime of abduction. People from the law firm were able to testify for him.
If the murderer was Yin Dong, although he had time to kill two people, he had no time to arrange it.
At this point, Yin Dong's suspicion has been cleared.
This case has revolved around the Red Heart Orphanage from beginning to end, in order to find out the truth.
As night fell, Tan Wan returned to the orphanage again.
Since Gao Meiko's death, the eldest teacher Wang Mei has been temporarily in charge of the children in the orphanage.
Tan Wan stood at the door of the orphanage, it was quiet, with dead leaves blowing past the door number of the Red Heart Orphanage, making it look particularly desolate.
"Is anyone here?" The big iron door was wide open. Tan Wan slowly opened the door and walked inside.
The sun sets relatively early in winter, and although it's already pitch black, it's only six o'clock.
Logically speaking, six o'clock is meal time.
But there was deathly silence in the orphanage, the lights in the windows were dimmed, and it looked completely lifeless.
This is true for the front yard, and it is true for the backyard as well.
Just as Tan Wan was groping for someone in the orphanage, he heard a cold female voice coming from behind him.
"What are you doing here."
The woman's cold voice suddenly sounded in the silent darkness without warning.
As soon as Tanwan turned around, he saw a thin figure standing in the dark corridor behind him.
The person's face was mostly covered by darkness. The moonlight outside the window hit the person, forming an inverted triangle shadow area on her face. In addition, she stood there motionless, which made people feel an uncanny valley effect.
Tan Wan came here uninvited tonight, and being frightened like this made me feel a little guilty.
"Uh...where are all the people in the orphanage?"
The woman in front of her was Wang Mei. She stared at Tan Wan quietly for a while, and then spoke after a long, long time.
"They are all gone. The children will be sent to other orphanages to stay temporarily until the new director comes."
"What about the caregivers and other teachers? Are they gone too?"
After finishing the conversation, I swallowed lightly. The current situation and atmosphere were so weird that it made people feel uncomfortable.
Wang Mei replied: "The children won't be back for a while, so I sent everyone away."
When Wang Mei spoke, she always stood motionless.
Whenever I asked a question after a late conversation, she would answer, and even when she answered, she would only move her lips, which made people feel very weird.
Tan Wan slowly walked towards Wang Mei. As the two approached, Tan Wan also saw Wang Mei's appearance clearly.
Her face was pale, her cheekbones were prominently protruding, her cheeks were slightly sunken, and she looked not in good condition.
A pair of eyes were covered with red bloodshot eyes, looking like they hadn't had a good rest for several days.
Seeing Wang Mei's appearance, Tan Wan swallowed her question again: "Then why are you still here?"
Wang Mei looked up at the ceiling and said, "I want to stay here."
The statement that she wanted to stay here left Tan Wan speechless. She always felt that Teacher Wang had something wrong, but she couldn't find the words to say it.
So during Tan Wan's silence, Wang Mei said calmly: "So, what is Officer Tan doing here? I heard that the suspect has been arrested and brought to justice."
Tan Wan replied: "There are still some doubts about the case. I want to come to the Red Heart Orphanage again to investigate the situation."
After Tanwan finished speaking, Wang Mei raised her head and glanced at the clock on the wall: "Where Officer Tan wants to go, I can lead the way."
This time, Tan Wan firmly stated what she was thinking: "The backyard, I want to go there."
After Wang Mei heard what Tan Wan said, she stared at her blankly for a while, and then nodded: "Come on."
The first time she met Wang Mei, Tan Wan felt it.
This teacher Wang is a withdrawn and indifferent person. Apart from being enthusiastic about children, he is cold towards other adults.
Therefore, when Wang Mei treated Tan Wan like this, although Tan Wan felt awkward, she didn't take it seriously and thought it was normal.
"Teacher Wang has been working in the orphanage for many years. I can see that you have a deep affection for this place."
Wang Mei walked quickly, and Tan Wan quickened her pace to follow behind.
"It's been a long time." Wang Mei replied softly. She thought for a while and then said, "It's been so long that I don't even remember when I came."
"When we met before, I asked you why you came here to be a teacher. Do you still remember how you answered me?" Tan Wan said.
Wang Mei remained silent and kept walking forward without replying.
Tanwan continued: "You said there is something here that you can't get elsewhere. I want to know what it is?"
"Did I say such a thing?" Wang Mei denied, "Sorry, I don't remember."
"..." Tan Wan looked at her back, not satisfied with this answer.
When she was still about to ask something, Wang Mei had already taken Tan Wan to the backyard.
"This is where the kids live."
The orphanage was much bigger than expected. When Gao Miko died, Tan Wan walked through the entire orphanage, but she didn't expect that after passing through a narrow corridor, there was an area she had never seen before.
The backyard, like the front yard, has a concrete floor.
What's different is that the cement floor in the backyard is full of pits, and puddles formed after rain can still be seen on the ground.
There were rubber balls and two or three hula hoops on the cement floor. The plastic hula hoops were leaning against the wall. They looked very old from the outside.
Not only the hula hoops, but also the toys on the concrete floor were old to varying degrees and looked like second-hand ones.
On the open-air wall in the backyard, children used oil paints to draw many paintings. Those paintings exposed to the open air were exposed to the sun day after day, and some of them had lost their shape.
Seeing these paintings, Tan Wan suddenly remembered the kid Xiaoqi who liked to draw that day.
"By the way, is Xiaoqi leaving too?"
