The weather forecast stated that there will be snow tomorrow, so the sky tonight was pitch black, with not a single ray of light visible. The dim streetlights in the alley, which usually lit up, were out tonight.
Lin Shuyue turned on the good and evil radar, and the red dot appeared on the radar. Lin Shuyue clicked on the red dot.
[ Name: Wang Zhengwu, Sin 85%, Kindness 0%, Gray Area: 85, Overall Rating: Wow, this is a criminal full of sins! Run! He's going to kill! ]
The exclamation mark behind the comprehensive evaluation glowed red. Lin Shuyue dialed Hang Jiabai's number and then put it into the system backpack. The mobile phone in the system backpack could effectively and clearly play her real-life conversation and enhance the signal to be transmitted to Hang Jiabai.
There is a small alley about a hundred meters away from the rented courtyard. This alley leads to the front and back.
Lin Shuyue thought that if she were the man named Wang Zhengwu, she would choose to take action right there.
Sure enough, the closer they got to the alley, the clearer the footsteps behind them became. Lin Shuyue pretended to know nothing and walked steadily, without even changing her breathing.
When she stepped into the alley, someone came up behind her. Lin Shuyue heard a sound of breaking air, and then something attacked her.
Lin Shuyue had been waiting for him to move. She turned her head, took a step to the side, and raised the bricks in her hand.
Wang Zhengwu was a little surprised that his attack missed, but then he became more excited.
By this time, Lin Shuyue finally got a clear look at Wang Zhengwu's face. He was very thin, about 1.65 meters tall. His features were hard to see in the darkness, except for his medium-length, slightly curly hair.
Lin Shuyue held the brick tightly. Wang Zhengwu licked his lips and immediately changed direction, swinging the wooden stick at Lin Shuyue again. The brick in Lin Shuyue's hand flew out and hit Wang Zhengwu in the face.
The skills of the brick made Wang Zhengwu confused. Taking advantage of his dizziness, Lin Shuyue kicked him to the ground. Then she picked up the brick that fell to the ground and hit Wang Zhengwu on the forehead with it. Wang Zhengwu fainted.
Lin Shuyue kicked him twice more to make sure he was really unconscious, then she ran over and knocked on the door of the courtyard.
Uncle Zhao and Aunt Zhao were just finishing watching TV and getting ready to go to sleep. When they heard Lin Shuyue say someone attacked her, Aunt Zhao became extremely anxious and pulled Lin Shuyue to look around.
Lin Shuyue was somewhat moved by her actions. She said, "Aunt Zhao, I'm fine. Uncle Zhao, do you have a rope? Let's tie that guy up."
"Yes, yes, yes." Uncle Zhao took out a bundle of ropes from under the bed in the dormitory. The three of them went into the alley, where Wang Zhengwu was still lying.
Lin Shuyue and Uncle Zhao teamed up to tie up Wang Zhengwu. Aunt Zhao stood by with a flashlight to illuminate them. Her flashlight must have been running out of battery, so it was dim.
After tying him up, two people, one holding his head and the other holding his feet, carried him to the yard.
In the courtyard, between the two back houses, there was a gatehouse. Inside, there were some flower pots with dead branches and a Forever brand bicycle. This was Aunt Zhao and Uncle Zhao's means of transportation.
With a "bang", Aunt Zhao opened the door of the concierge office, and with a bang, it was the sound of Wang Zhengwu being thrown to the ground.
Aunt Zhao uttered a cry of surprise. Lin Shuyue looked at her. Aunt Zhao squinted her eyes to get a closer look. "Old Zhao, look, isn't this the little Wang from the compound next door?"
Uncle Zhao was just about to close the door when he heard this and turned around to look: "Oh, it really is him! This guy usually looks quite honest, how could he do something like this at night?"
Aunt Zhao said, "You can only know a person's face but not his heart. Some people may appear honest on the surface, but you never know how sharp their hearts are. Isn't your eldest brother like that?"
Uncle Zhao was unhappy when he heard this: "Just talk, why are you insulting me again?"
Aunt Zhao snorted, then said to Lin Shuyue, "This kid is from the compound next door. I don't know what he does for a living. He's always out early and back late. He doesn't talk much. It's so late, and he's not sleeping at home. He's running here. He must be holding his fart in. Xiao Lin, call the police right away."
The slum where Aunt Zhao and her family live is said to be not far from here, but it's not very close either. It takes at least twenty minutes to walk here. It's late at night, almost eleven o'clock, what is he doing here?
If she said he didn't have other thoughts, Aunt Zhao felt that even the Teddy dog raised by Xiao Zhang's family next door, which only nuzzled people's thighs every day, would not believe it.
Lin Shuyue reached into her down jacket, moved her phone inside, and took it out. Hang Jiabai had already answered the call. Lin Shuyue raised the phone to her ear: "Hello?"
Hang Jiabai was a little out of breath: "Ah Yue, are you okay?"
Hang Jiabai drank some wine tonight and was a little tipsy, but when he heard Lin Shuyue's voice that was silent but with an indescribable strange sound, he sobered up instantly.
The People's Public Security University has an access control system, and Hang Jiabai entered at the right time. In order to get out, he deliberately bypassed the inspection, found the wall that he used to climb when he was in school, and climbed over the wall to get out.
It was late at night and there were no taxis on the roadside. He ran all the way to Zuo Xiangfeng's courtyard. He didn't even dare to call the police, for fear that something would happen as soon as he hung up the phone.
Finally, he heard Lin Shuyue's voice calling for help. Hang Jiabai breathed a sigh of relief, but he still didn't hang up the phone. He had to wait for Lin Shuyue to tell him in person that she was safe.
"I'm fine. I just caught someone following me. Can you call the police?"
Hang Jiabai responded, and Aunt Zhao went to get a basin of cold water and put a rag in the basin. She pinched the rag with two fingers, without twisting it, and directly applied it to Wang Zhengwu's face.
The water in the north in winter is freezing cold. Even if Wang Zhengwu was dizzy, he was woken up by the biting cold.
Aunt Zhao took off the rag and said, "Little guy, tell me, why are you following a little girl instead of sleeping in the middle of the night?"
Wang Zhengwu's mind was still confused just now, but when he heard Aunt Zhao's words, his memories before he fell into coma came back to him, and the place on his head where the brick had hit him was still throbbing with pain.
He looked at Lin Shuyue with eyes full of murderous intent. Lin Shuyue was about to come up with a brick, but Aunt Zhao slapped him in the face.
Zhu Shuliang, who lived in the east wing, also came out at this time. When he saw Wang Zhengwu tied to the ground, he was stunned.
"Aunt Zhao, what's going on?"
"This guy stayed up in the middle of the night and followed the little girl." Aunt Zhao was a very hateful person. What she hated most in her life was men who bullied women.
Every time she saw this kind of man, Aunt Zhao would go up and scold him and kick him a few times. Aunt Zhao felt satisfied every time, and this time he finally fell into her hands.
As Aunt Zhao spoke, she slapped Wang Zhengwu again. Uncle Zhao couldn't help but take a step back when he heard the crisp sound of the slap. Under the light, Wang Zhengwu's face turned red, which reminded Uncle Zhao of many bad memories. He even felt a toothache.
At this moment, he exclaimed, lowered his head, and moved his feet: "What is this?"
Aunt Zhao stopped slapping Wang Zhengwu. Seeing that Wang Zhengwu didn't say anything, she simply pinched her mouth and stuffed the rag she used to wipe the bottom of the pot into Wang Zhengwu's mouth.
The water on the rag hadn't been wrung out yet, and it flowed into his mouth, bringing with it the smell of oil that had been left for a long time. Wang Zhengwu couldn't help but dry-heave.
Uncle Zhao bent down and picked up the pink card he had stepped on: "What the hell is this?"
Aunt Zhao also saw it and said, "Isn't this card from Gu Pengfei? Didn't he come and take it away?"
Lin Shuyue walked over, took the card in her hand, and saw the number under the four words "Mei Ru Tian Xia": NO50.
"This is not the same one as Gu Pengfei's. If nothing goes wrong, this is Wang Zhengwu's."
Lin Shuyue remembered very clearly that when she came back and called Uncle Zhao just now, this man did not have this card.
Zhu Shuliang also came over and saw the card. He exclaimed, "Mei Ru Tian Xia? This website really has a membership card?"
As soon as Zhu Shuliang said this, Lin Shuyue looked at him and said, "Do you know this Mei Ru Tian Xia?"
Zhu Shuliang didn't expect him to actually say what he was thinking. His face flushed red. "This website is not a good place. Don't ask. It's not suitable for young girls."
After Zhu Shuliang finished speaking, he ran away as if his butt was on fire. Lin Shuyue look the card in her hand and looked at it over and over again.
When Wang Zhengwu saw Uncle Zhao pick up the card, his expression changed instantly.
Hang Jiabai finally arrived. His forehead was covered in sweat and he was a little out of breath. As soon as he entered the door, Lin Shuyue handed the card to Hang Jiabai: "It's his."
Hang Jiabai took two deep breaths, took the card, and saw the number at the bottom of the card at first glance. It was exactly the same as Gu Pengfei's card, except for the number.
So he called Xu Yu. When Xu Yu heard that this Mei Ru Tian Xia membership card was found, he immediately came here with his colleagues.
Gu Pengfei was very stubborn. From this afternoon till now, no matter how he was asked, he refused to tell the origin of this membership card.
They intuitively felt that this small membership card was the key to solving the case, but their search range had expanded from the capital to surrounding cities, and they still could not find any useful information about this Mei Ru Tian Xia.
Lin Shuyue said: "The tenant in the east wing knows the function of this card."
Hang Jiabai nodded and said, "When Xu Yu comes later, let him ask him."
Hang Jiabai is a criminal policeman from Pengcheng, not the capital. When handling cases across provinces, Hang Jiabai cannot interfere with the police in the capital without a clear transfer order.
Xu Yu came back quickly. His colleagues handcuffed Wang Zhengwu and took him away. Xu Yu and Uncle Zhao went to knock on Zhu Shuliang's door.
After learning the purpose of Xu Yu's visit, Zhu Shuliang stepped aside to let them in.
"Are you asking about that card? That's a foreign HS website. You can't find it on our country's websites. If you want to get there, you have to climb over the firewall. Ordinary firewalls can't be climbed over. It requires some technical skills."
Some colleagues in Xu Yu's group had speculated whether the name on the membership card was a website, but they had tried searching with many different keywords and still couldn't find any information about the website. Now, after hearing what Zhu Shuliang said, Xu Yu understood.
"Comrade, can you open that website and show it to us?" Xu Yu asked gently.
Zhu Shuliang's face turned red again, but he soon felt relieved. As an adult man, it was normal for him to look at HS websites! (TL's Note: HS mentioned is a slang for 'Hentai Sites' or 'Adult Sites')
"Sure." There was a computer in Zhu Shuliang's room, and many books were scattered next to the computer. He put the books aside, and then after some operations on the web page, he entered a website.
The words "Mei Ru Tian Xia" appeared on the computer screen, with the same rose background as the one on the membership card, and a line of numbers NO3890 below.
Zhu Shuliang tapped on the blank space of the web page several times, and the web page changed. On both sides of the web page, two plump women appeared. They looked charming and naked.
Xu Yu had been separated from his girlfriend for over a year and had lived a life of seclusion. Seeing this scene, he was shocked. Then, Xu Yu's face turned even uglier. He was professionally trained and was moved by these scenes. But what about those who hadn't been professionally trained? What would they do?
Lin Shuyue's five senses were clear, and Zhu Shuliang did not close the door, so the sound insulation effect was greatly reduced. Lin Shuyue heard everything they said.
At the same time, the good and evil system also began to move.
[ Ding ~~~ Congratulations to the host for triggering the keyword 'HS website'. The limited-time mission 'Beautiful as the World' has begun. The host has submitted most of the clues. Just wait for the police to solve the case~~~ ]
She didn't know if it was an illusion, but Lin Shuyue always felt that the system had become more user-friendly after being updated to level 4. Just as she was thinking about this, another prompt popped up on the system page.
[ Ding ~~~ Host, would you like to view the life history of Wang Zhengwu, a criminal with a sin value of 85%? Yes/No. ]
Lin Shuyue choose yes and then minimized the system because Zhu Shuliang and the others came out. Xu Yu was still holding Zhu Shuliang's laptop.
Hang Jiabai was the one who reported the case, and they were going to the Public Security Bureau to give a statement. Aunt Zhao and Uncle Zhao also went with them, and Uncle Zhao locked the door to the courtyard.
During the journey from the courtyard to the entrance of the alley, Wang Zhengwu attempted to escape more than once, but was stopped by Xu Yu and others.
When he was riding in the car, he sat in the back seat with a policeman on each side. They held him down tightly, leaving him no hope of escape.
A criminal had already escaped from their police before, and if another one escape now, their capital police would feel humiliated. Who knows how their fellow police departments across the country would laugh at them. The police of the Capital Public Security Bureau couldn't afford such a loss of face.
There were obviously not enough people in two police cars, so Lin Shuyue drove the car, carrying Uncle Zhao, Aunt Zhao and Hang Jiabai, while Zhu Shuliang sat in the passenger seat of the police car in front.
After arriving at the Public Security Bureau, stopping the car and taking the statement, Lin Shuyue opened Wang Zhengwu's resume on a plastic chair outside.
Wang Zhengwu, 23, was born in a small town in the southern part of the Central Plains. His parents were both from the countryside, and at the age of 18, he followed his fellow villagers to the capital to work.
After he started working and earned some money, he started playing video games. He basically spent all his salary on the video game mall. He made several friends there, and gradually, he started playing online games.
He joined the Mei Ru Tian Xia organization in 2000. The person who brought him into the organization was a big brother he met in Shenzhen.
Mei Ru Tian Xia, is the homophone of beautiful/breasts/world, and the resources on this website are all images of full-bodied fat buttocks. (TL's Note: Homophones: In Chinese, some characters can have similar pronunciations but different meanings. So in here, 'Mei Ru Tian Xia' is likely being link to those mentioned above.)
Wang Zhengwu is the provider of these videos, and the number on his membership card represents the author on the website. After the membership card number exceeds 60, it becomes an ordinary viewer.
When Wang Zhengwu first joined the organization, they had to go to special places to shoot obscene videos. Later, with the development of technology, the shooting locations became random.
Most of the male viewers are perverts. Many of them are no longer satisfied with the usual video methods. They want to see something more exciting. For this kind of excitement, they spend a lot of money on the website.
Where there is a market, there are people who take risks. Since then, videos of perverts on buses, stalking perverts, and rape in homes have emerged one after another.
There are even bloodier ones, and the bloodier the better, the more money you get.
Wang Zhengwu is one of those people who evolved step by step into a devil under the stimulation of money and blood.
His first bloody video was made two years ago. He kidnapped a well-developed girl of fifteen years old in his hometown. He imprisoned the girl in a cabin in the mountains and uploaded videos full of blood and violence to the website one after another.
Those videos earned Wang Zhengwu a lot of money. He used the money to build a big house for his parents and decorated it luxuriously.
Wang Zhengwu spent all his savings on that house, and he began to commit crimes again. However, the incident of him kidnapping a girl had already caused a certain degree of panic in the local area. In order to avoid being caught, Wang Zhengwu returned to the capital and looked for other victims.
This time, he kidnapped a woman in her thirties who worked in the fields. After playing with her for two months and making a lot of money, he killed the woman and burned all traces of her in this world with fire.
Later, he watched the videos posted by others and began to be dissatisfied with the women he had abducted. He also wanted to film a young and beautiful woman. So, Lin Shuyue came into his sight.
Wang Zhengwu's life resume ended here. Lin Shuyue frowned fiercely. She originally thought that Wang Zhengwu was the murderer two years ago, but when she found the card, Lin Shuyue knew that she was wrong.
She also thought that someone with Mei Ru Tian Xia must belong to a certain organization, but she never expected that this organization would be so disgusting. What is the difference between this and the Nth Room in the Korean country in her previous life?
They are all perverts.
Hang Jiabai came out of the interrogation room, and Uncle Zhao and Aunt Zhao also came out soon.
Zhu Shuliang was still inside. It took an hour for him to come out. He had a sad face. He could leave, but his computer was confiscated.
All the data in his computer were packed up and put into a USB drive.
Zhu Shuliang was extremely frustrated. He needed a computer to write now. He knew a friend who had already moved his writing from offline to online. He was now a contracted writer for a certain website. Without a computer, he would not receive any royalties if he stopped writing.
On the way back, Lin Shuyue was driving. Aunt Zhao was already very familiar with Zhu Shuliang, and she asked about the news about Mei Ru Tian Xia.
Zhu Shuliang thought that since they had been to the police station together, he could no longer hide the fact that he had visited the HS website.
He then gave up and said, "Those who have membership cards for Mei Ru Tian Xia are all video creators. People like us are just pure viewers. But the videos I watch are all free. If you want to see better resources, you have to pay."
Aunt Zhao was so fashionable. She knew immediately that this kind of video was the same as the HS videos played in those video halls a few years ago, but she was still curious about how much it cost.
Zhu Shuliang glanced at Hang Jiabai and Lin Shuyue and said, "For one yuan, you can watch for ten minutes, and for ten yuan, you can watch for an hour. The quality of these videos and the characters are better than the free ones."
"If you want to see better ones, you'll have to spend more money. I heard that the best ones cost two hundred yuan a session."
Aunt Zhao was shocked. "Two hundred yuan, just to watch that kind of video? Are you crazy?"
Aunt Zhao shook her head. She felt that she was really old and could not understand the young people of today. Of course, what she did not understand even more were men.
This misunderstanding came from her knowing that some men would spend money to go to the video hall every night to watch videotapes.
There are many married men who go to watch videotapes. Their wives are at home and they want to do it right away. So they go to watch videotapes where they can only watch but not touch. What's the point?
"There are also many foreigners on this website." Zhu Shuliang made a useless excuse.
Hang Jiabai coughed. Zhu Shuliang said nothing more.
While waiting for the traffic light, Lin Shuyue took another look at Zhu Shuliang's good and evil radar assessment, which was exactly the same as what she saw the day before.
The car sped along the deserted streets, and when it returned to the courtyard, it was already past one in the morning.
Aunt Zhao hadn't slept so late in many years. She lay down on the bed and fell into a sweet dream.
Lin Shuyue had no intention of getting close to Hang Jiabai tonight. They talked for a while in the living room and then went to bed.
When shw woke up the next day, it was already noon. It was snowing outside again. There was a thin layer of snow on the ground, but it melted away as soon as it fell.
Lin Shuyue went to the kitchen, where Aunt Zhao was cooking noodles. She yawned as she cooked, "Are you awake? It's cold today, why don't you sleep a little longer?"
"I can't sleep anymore."
Aunt Zhao said, "You young people are really energetic. Xiao Hang left at dawn, and it hadn't even snowed yet."
Lin Shuyue had already seen Hang Jiabai's message. She went in and worked with Aunt Zhao: "Is Zhu Shuliang still sleeping?"
"Yeah, I guess he won't wake up until the afternoon." Aunt Zhao put the noodles into the pre-cooked soup. "Xiao Lin, Xiao Zhu said last night that the person with the card was the one who made those videos online. Do you think Fu Sisi is also on that website?"
Lin Shuyue paused. According to Wang Zhengwu's description in his resume, Gu Pengfei must be one of the video producers. Fu Sisi is well-nourished and has a curvy figure.
"Nine out of ten, yes." Although she didn't like Fu Sisi, Lin Shuyue felt very heavy-hearted when she knew she was on that kind of website.
Fu Sisi is despicable. She can be morally condemned and legally punished, but she should not appear on the HS website. This kind of website is an insult to women!