Chapter 575: Crimson Tragedy

Book Chapter 575: The Murderer Is a Woman (Update 3)

A business apartment building, 18th floor. Lin

The Criminal Police are examining the scene.

Even with the windows open, the overpowering stench remains.

Two horribly decomposed bodies lie sprawled across the hall floor.

The victims: a young couple married for three years.

The husband, Wen Heyu, 29, from Bincheng and an employee at a company…

The wife, Qi Dandan, 28, from D City, a housewife who was expecting at home…

They both died in a most tragic manner.

First, the husband’s body: clear ligature marks around his neck, a deep cut from a sharp blade along the side, and a blunt impact at the back of his head that shattered his skull.

Then, the wife’s body: her features were mangled by a blunt force, her face a gruesome red-black puree with her eyes dangling, already shriveled from advanced decay.

But that wasn’t the worst.

The wife was seven months pregnant.

Her swollen belly was cut open, and the fetus, still attached by the umbilical cord, was extracted.

Not to mention intestines strewn about and the baby dismembered into pieces, all amid severe decomposition…

Xiao Yu crouched before the body, utterly stunned.

He was left pondering one question.

What kind of hatred could drive someone to such extremes?

Who in their right mind could do this?

Suddenly.

A voice whispered in Xiao Yu’s ear.

“Master!”

Damn… in the face of a scene reminiscent of a horror movie, a sudden voice shattered the silence.

Most would have their hearts pounding out of their chests.

Fortunately, Xiao Yu managed to hold back the urge to strike.

He didn’t quite punch his unlucky apprentice to death.

“Don’t you know that scaring people can actually kill them?”

Turning his head, Xiao Yu glared fiercely at Wang Cheng.

“Heh heh.”

Wang Cheng offered an awkward smile, “Just so you know, the surveillance system in this entire building has been deliberately sabotaged.”

“Huh?”

Xiao Yu furrowed his brow, “That went unnoticed by security all this time?”

Given the advanced decay in this sweltering summer heat…

The victims must have been killed at least three days ago.

Which means…

The building’s surveillance system has been down for three days.

And no one noticed?

“The security guards don’t really understand surveillance systems—they’re both new hires,”

Wang Cheng shook his head, “They assumed everything was fine when the monitors looked normal, not realizing the recording feature was disabled.”

Does that sound plausible?

It does!

Not everyone understands how these systems work.

Xiao Yu nodded, “Has the medical examiner been notified?”

“They’re on their way,” Guo Qiang remarked from the side.

“Let’s simulate the crime scene first.”

Xiao Yu took a deep breath.

“Yes!” came the unanimous reply.

The simulation required actors.

The husband, the wife… and the murderer.

Guo Qiang played the husband, Wang Cheng the wife, and Xiao Yu portrayed the murderer.

Wang Cheng, feigning a pregnant woman with a ‘big belly,’ burst into tears.

Who would have thought that a proper man could instantly resemble a pregnant woman?

Everyone watched Wang Cheng, their lips twitching in suppressed amusement.

I can’t hold it in any longer… Xiao Yu’s inner spirit pounded its thigh, laughing maniacally—a small payback for the earlier scare his unlucky apprentice had given him.

Gotta admit, even as a pregnant woman, that little performance was quite distinctive!

……

Meanwhile, in a home kitchen, a pregnant woman was cooking.

At that very moment, the front door silently swung open.

A man stepped inside.

He scanned the hall, pulled a hammer from his bag, and cupped his ear as if to listen closely.

Then, he headed toward the kitchen.

The pregnant woman was busy chopping vegetables, completely unaware of someone creeping up behind her.

Suddenly, the figure behind her raised a wolf-head object and struck the back of her head…

The pregnant woman was struck hard and collapsed into unconsciousness.

However… she was dragged from the kitchen into the hall by the murderer.

In the process, the pregnant woman slowly regained consciousness.

The murderer swung the hammer at her face.

Blow after blow rained down until the woman stopped breathing.

Then the murderer set down the hammer and pulled a utility knife from his bag, gouging out her eyes.

Next, the knife slashed open her big belly, extracting the fetus…

After that, the murderer drew a cleaver from his bag and hacked at the baby.

Blow after blow…

Outside the apartment building.

The husband entered the building.

He took the elevator to the 18th floor.

The husband went to his door, took out his key, and unlocked it.

··· …··… Asking for flowers … ···…

Just as the husband opened the door…

A hand slammed onto his head.

A thick cable tie snaked around his neck, tightening mercilessly.

He was then dragged inside as the door closed behind him.

The suffocating pressure forced him to collapse onto the floor.

The murderer stood aside with the hammer in hand, calmly observing the scene.

The cable tie was wrapped way too tight.

The husband couldn’t utter a single sound.

The overwhelming pressure left him utterly drained.

Still, he fought desperately—crawling, struggling to stand, reaching for a tool to break the tie around his neck.

In the midst of his struggle, a utility knife appeared before him.

Seeing a glimmer of hope, he grabbed the knife and flicked its blade.

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He intended to sever the tie around his neck.

But the cable tie was already embedded into his throat.

As he slashed at the tie, the sharp knife cut deep into his artery.

The murderer watched the husband slice into his own neck, blood spurting everywhere…

Until, clutching the wolf-head object, he strode over to the fallen husband and raised his hand.

Then the hammer struck.

Blow after blow…

Until the husband lay motionless on the hall floor.

The murderer slowly stood up, methodically reassembled his weapons, and walked out the door…

……

The forensic examiner, He Li, who had just arrived, witnessed the entire ‘crime scene simulation’ by Xiao Yu and his team, and was utterly shaken.

Her look towards Xiao Yu mingled shock with horror, impossible to comprehend.

From the simulation, He Li noted that every detail—from the placement of the bodies to certain aspects of the murders…

Even the signs of struggle and the traces left on the floor were an exact match to the real crime scene!

All based solely on the clues left behind…

They managed to recreate the entire incident with unbelievable accuracy.

How many people could pull that off?

But when Xiao Yu uttered one sentence…

Everyone present fell completely silent.

“The murderer… is a woman!”

Fin.