Chapter 330: 330: Such Great Luck!
Chapter 330: 330: Such Great Luck!
Huang Xiaolong had derived the deceased’s occupation through the fingernails on the arm; it was a line of thought no one in the special investigative team had considered. Now that Xiaolong mentioned it, all the police officers and the forensic doctor felt as though a window had been thrown open, casting light onto their path.
Everyone was invigorated!
“Oh…Right, right, the fingernails are suspect,” Old Zhong hastily chimed in. “I noticed that clue earlier, but this guy showed up and disrupted my train of thought.”
“Old Zhong…” Lin Jing was at a loss for words upon hearing Old Zhong’s comment.
The special investigative team had been here for an hour, and Old Zhong hadn’t brought up the fingernail issue. Now, as soon as Huang Xiaolong mentioned it, he claimed to have discovered this clue earlier.
How could anyone have such a thick face?
Several police officers cast disdainful looks at Old Zhong.
“Looking at the state of the fingernails, it’s not hard to guess that the deceased might have been working in beauty or hairdressing, as long nails might cut customers’ scalps during a shampooing,” Old Zhong passionately analyzed. “Alternatively, the deceased might be a musician! The long fingernails would be inconvenient for playing guitar and some other instruments.”
“Pfft ” Huang Xiaolong burst out laughing. “I thought you were going to say something substantial. Beauty or hair salon worker? Musician? If the deceased really did have such professions, why didn’t they trim all their nails? Why were three left intact? While it’s true that long nails can poke customers during hair washing, are you suggesting that the deceased used only two fingers to wash their hair?”
“Haha ” A young police officer couldn’t help but laugh. However, he quickly suppressed his laughter under Old Zhong’s stern gaze, finding it difficult.
“Furthermore, look, the palm of this arm doesn’t have any calluses, and the fingers are clean and slender. This isn’t typical of a manual laborer. It even feels like they led a life of leisure,” Xiaolong laughed.
“Little Long, what are you suggesting?” Lin Jing looked at Huang Xiaolong intently.
“Anyway, I’m almost certain that the decedent was a sex worker. That’s what you city people call a gigolo, a young master, a male public relations officer… Different names, but the same meaning,” Huang Xiaolong went on prolifically, holding his index and middle fingers together. “If they served in this manner…”
“Enough already, Little Long, no need to go into detail,” Lin Jing hurriedly stopped an increasingly eager Xiaolong. But in her mind, she was almost 99% sure that the decedent was a gigolo, just as Xiaolong had said.
“Dirty thinking!” Old Zhong sneered incessantly. “Absolutely disgraceful!”
But, all the police officers present were looking at Huang Xiaolong with admiration.
Huang Xiaolong’s words indeed illuminated the matter for them.
“In Binhai, there should be quite a number of entertainment facilities with gigolos, right?” Lin Jing’s expression was also extremely serious.
“Captain Lin, in fact, there aren’t many entertainment venues with gigolos,” a young police officer explained. “The number of prostitutes far surpasses the number of gigolos. The reason is simple: as a prostitute, you generally only serve men, but as a gigolo, you have to serve not only women but often twisted men too… Therefore, being a gigolo is even more demeaning, and naturally, there are relatively fewer men who choose this line of work. In Binhai, entertainment venues with gigolos are usually larger-scale and won’t exceed 10.”
“Good! Investigate it!” Lin Jing made a decisive command. “It’s now after midnight, the peak time for various night clubs and entertainment venues… Immediately divide into groups and investigate for me! Strive to identify the deceased’s identity tonight! Everyone, make good use of your time.”
Having spoken, Lin Jing softly said to Huang Xiaolong, “Little Long, thanks to your insight today, you provided such useful clues.”
“Sister Jing, it’s so late, aren’t you going to continue investigating? Don’t work too hard~~ Go home and rest. Don’t worry, I’ll help you solve the case within the five days,” Huang Xiaolong was very concerned for Lin Jing.
Feeling Huang Xiaolong’s care, Lin Jing’s eyes shimmered softly, and she charmingly swept her hair back, “Little Long, you should go home first. I know my limit.”
At that moment, Lin Jing led her team to leave.
Old Zhong fiercely glared at Huang Xiaolong with jealousy and malice in his eyes as he left, like a warning.
The police left, and the onlookers also dispersed.
Huang Xiaolong summoned a group of lost souls in the vicinity to inquire about the situation.
But the lost souls all shook their heads, indicating they had no idea who dumped the severed limbs. Left with no other options, Huang Xiaolong had to give up.
He drove home.
He took a shower.
Then he sat in front of his computer and plugged in the USB drive Bai Ping had given him.
There were hundreds of video files in the folder!
“My god this…this is like a collection” Huang Xiaolong cheerfully rubbed his hands, then opened each video and started critiquing.
All of the videos were secretly recorded in the same room.
And most of them featured Yan Yi!
This guy definitely took plenty of girls to this room.
Most of them were dressed in the uniform of Binhai Canadian International School, young students.
In the videos, not only did Yan Yi have that kind of relationship with the girls, he also said a lot of excessively cheesy vows.
‘I’ll marry you once you get into university.’
‘I only love you in my lifetime.’
‘You are my one and only.’
Things like that.
Huang Xiaolong also saw a few videos of Yan Yi with Shang Wenfei who drowned herself in the lake!
The dialogue in one video was particularly striking—
Shang Wenfei: “Teacher Yan, can we not do it today?”
Yan Yi: “Fei Fei, what’s the matter? I’ve already booked the room, and we haven’t been intimate for more than half a month. Not doing it? Fei Fei, are you not feeling well or have you lost feelings for me? I’ve said, once you get into university, I’ll officially announce our relationship.”
Shang Wenfei: “No, Teacher Yan… How could I…How could I possibly lose feelings for you? You know I like you the most. Just… We can’t do it anymore because… I’m pregnant with your baby, Teacher Yan!”
Yan Yi: “…Fei Fei, this kind of joke, you can’t just make, you…you…are you trying to scare me to death?”
“Damn, beast!” Huang Xiaolong lit a cigarette, “Alright, there’s no suspense now, Yan Yi, you just wait to die! This time, if you’re not beaten to death by these girls’ parents, you’ll be killed by other prisoners in jail… heartless bastard!”
Every single video related to Yan Yi contained damning evidence that could end him!
“Damn, pretending to be a gentleman in front of fatty, playing the nice guy…now, I can’t wait to see, how you’re going to keep this act up!” Huang Xiaolong sneered, then quickly carried on watching through these high-quality “works”.
The secretly recorded videos included everyone who had fun in that room, not just Yan Yi.
There were also some young couples, married couples, adulterers, and bosses taking advantage of their female subordinates… you name it.
After watching for a while, Huang Xiaolong got a bit sick of it, so he decided to watch one last video and then go to sleep.
As soon as he started playing this video, Huang Xiaolong was wide awake!
The male and female leads in the video had a huge age difference!
The woman was at least 50 to 60 years old, a complete old lady.
The man, on the other hand, was only in his twenties, tall, fair, muscular, and handsome…
The man’s right arm had a Kylin tattoo, and the nails of his index and middle finger were cut extremely short and were very clean.
“Fuck! Pan, you’ve really picked a great name for yourself, Pan An… hahaha~~~~is this your real name or a stage name?” The old lady had just finished taking a shower and was lying on the bed, beckoning to the handsome man. “Come on, let me try out the number one male escort of the ‘Night Fragrance Pavillion’, money is not a problem… hurry up and come to me!”
“Pan An, who is even more charming than the famous Pan An? The Night Fragrance Pavilion?” Huang Xiaolong’s eyes lit up. “Am I just too damn lucky?”