41: Crime Deduction
Zheng Yiren can be arrested today?
Hearing Gao Ze's confident affirmation, Li Qingshu's eyes were filled with surprise and shock.
"How is this possible?"
She knew about Zheng Yiren. Although this person was reckless, he never left any evidence of his wrongdoings, only repeatedly pushing boundaries within the rules.
She once wanted to help her friend Mu Xue avoid being harassed by Zheng Yiren.
But she found it difficult to find any leverage against him.
"Nothing is impossible. In a case, even the most brilliant genius makes oversights, let alone a young man like Zheng Yiren who lacks experience!"
Gao Ze didn't explain further. For Li Qingshu, dealing with Zheng Yiren was difficult because of his wealth and family background, but ultimately, it came down to insufficient ability and understanding.
It was like addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems in elementary school, which are no longer an issue in junior high.
It was like the work challenges faced by university students; once their abilities and life experiences grow, there can be many types of jobs, and life isn't just about work.
In this society, there is not only money and family background, but also power and justice.
In China, the latter far outweighs the former.
"Go back and invest in gold as I suggested, and tell me the result when it comes out!" Gao Ze said, checking the time.
Li Qingshu nodded. Although she was very curious about how Gao Ze would apprehend Zheng Yiren today, she could only suppress her curiosity for now:
"Okay, let me know after Zheng Yiren is caught."
After watching Li Qingshu's figure completely disappear, Gao Ze walked to the edge of the Artificial Lake in Nanhui Guanhai Park and examined it carefully.
This was a medium-sized Artificial Lake, about the size of two football fields. The lake surface was a faint blue, and rows of willow trees were planted on both banks, but unfortunately, their leaves had already withered and turned yellow.
"According to the system's intelligence, Mu Yu Rou's phone was thrown into this Artificial Lake. Now, to get this evidence, I either have to go in and retrieve it, or drain the entire Artificial Lake."
Gao Ze thought of a way to retrieve Mu Yu Rou's phone, but after picking up a stone and throwing it into the lake to test its depth, he ruled out the draining method.
This Artificial Lake was estimated to be two meters deep. While using a pump to drain it would be effective, this method would cause too much commotion and take too long.
A long time meant more variables and potential hidden dangers.
Gao Ze abandoned the idea without hesitation, then closed his eyes.
"If I were the murderer, Zheng Yiren, where would I choose to rape and kill Mu Yu Rou at night?"
His eyes closed, his vision was pitch black, but Gao Ze's heart was surprisingly calm.
He brought his state of mind into Zheng Yiren, who was a high school student two years ago, simulating the criminal's state and thoughts.
This method was the deductive method. If one could accurately simulate the criminal's psychology, then it might be possible to discover subtle clues.
"Two years ago, Nanhui Guanhai Park, although remote, occasionally had people visiting. I need to choose a secluded spot, one with cover..."
Gao Ze opened his eyes and walked slowly along the edge of the artificial riverbank. Three or four minutes later, a Stone Bridge built over the water appeared in his sight.
This Stone Bridge was peculiar; the Culvert in the center of the bridge was suspended, but parts of the Culverts on both sides near the bank had lush vegetation growing, and there were stones placed in the water.
"I lured Mu Yu Rou to the park, then took the opportunity to drag her under this bridge's Culvert to rape her. Who would discover me?"
Gao Ze strode through the concealing bushes, entering the Culvert under the bridge. As his feet stepped on the stones, the light in his eyes grew brighter.
Because when he crouched down, he found several deep scratches on the stone wall of the Culvert under the bridge, as if made by a dagger.
"I forcefully dragged Mu Yu Rou under the bridge's Culvert. She resisted and struggled, so I cut her thigh a few times and used the knife to carve marks into the stone wall, enough to scare Mu Yu Rou and make her obediently submit."
Gao Ze recalled the knife marks on Mu Yu Rou's thigh from the Mu Yu Rou Case file. He made a slashing motion with his right hand, and the ferocious excitement in his eyes seemed to overflow like water.
If Li Qingshu were here, she would probably be scared to death.
This was not a police officer; this was clearly a heinous villain.
"If I were the victim, Mu Yu Rou, facing Zheng Yiren's rape, where would I throw my phone?"
His eyes closed again, and the moment they opened, Gao Ze's pupils contracted extremely, filled with fear, and his whole body trembled.
"Zheng Yiren raped me, and I secretly pressed the phone's recording button. I absolutely cannot let this beast Zheng Yiren get away with it."
"But Zheng Yiren actually wants to kill me. What should I do? I want to live... I want to resist, I want to resist... Ah!"
"The phone, I need someone to find the phone."
Gao Ze's body twitched. He clutched his stomach, a pained expression on his face, but his left hand gradually reached into his pocket. After touching his phone, he silently hid it in the water.
"The phone is here!"
"It's here!"
Gao Ze suddenly opened his eyes. There was an indescribable weariness in them, his face was pale, but his expression was unusually excited.
He walked to the riverbank about two or three hundred meters from the Stone Bridge, flipped his body, and jumped directly into the water, completely disregarding the icy lake water.
Ten minutes later.
Gao Ze, soaked from head to toe, his clothes and hair dripping, walked from the lake onto the grass, holding a pink phone with a rusted casing in his right hand.
This phone should be Mu Yu Rou's.
He had used the Criminal Deduction Method to deduce the phone's initial throwing location, but after two years of being washed by the lake water, the phone's position had changed significantly.
However, he seemed to truly possess the attribute of a koi, or perhaps justice was on his side.
This allowed him to successfully find Mu Yu Rou's phone, this crucial piece of irrefutable evidence.