Everyone turned to Zhan Zhao and asked, "real purpose?"
Zhan Zhao nodded and said, "in addition to the size Gong Sun mentioned, there is also another number that is important!"
"What number?" Bai Yutang asked hurriedly.
Zhan Zhao smiled and said, "11!"
Everyone frowned when they heard this number.
"Do you guys still remember the case 11 years ago where a delivery guy was killed?" Zhan Zhao asked.
Everyone nodded. "The gas leak that blew up the postman in the teacher's dormitory?"
"It's probably not an accident," Zhan Zhao said. "If we place the murderer in the middle of this incident, then think about why Wu Qianliang and Xu Zhong died."
"Is it because they all took part in the bullying of Chen Jianxian?" Bai Yutang asked.
Zhan Zhao nodded. "Let's leave the confessions from Ye Ling and Zhang Hua aside. Who did Hao Mo and the four roommates die for?"
"It most likely has something to do with Hao Mo!" Gong Sun said as he frowned. "In that case, we have one more victim, the one who died in place of Hao Mo... Who could it be? Did that person die for Hao Mo or someone else?"
Zhan Zhao nodded and said. "Why did the other four die without pain, yet he died so miserably? It seems like the killer's real target was him!"
"It seems that only one person knows about the entire incident." Bai Yutang whispered.
Everyone looked at each other as they muttered to themselves, "the mute uncle!"
"Cat, if the mute uncle is not Chen Jianxian, then who is he?" Bai Yutang asked.
Zhan Zhao smiled and called Jiang Ping to find out if there were any missing students or teachers at Normal University seven years ago.
Soon, Jiang Ping called back. There was indeed a missing teacher seven years ago named He Kai.
Zhan Zhao nodded. "What about the postman who was blown up? What's his name?"
"It's Li Qin."
Zhan Zhao asked Jiang Ping to look into one other thing. "Call the cemetery's management office. See if there is a tombstone with the name Li Qin on it next to Chen Jianxian and Liu Fang's tombstones."
After a while, Jiang Ping called back and said, "yes, there is. It is separated by one tombstone. The person who had it placed there is named Wang Yiming. Coincidentally, the dormitory where the explosion happened also belongs to this Wang Yiming. He resigned after the incident."
"Cat... You're saying..." Bai Yutang asked, "The mute uncle is Wang Yiming?"
Zhan Zhao thought for a moment and said, "do you know how I thought of this?"
Everyone shook their heads.
"Do you guys still remember how Liu Fang had showed his anger when we went to see him, and how I said he was lying?" Zhan Zhao asked.
Bai Yutang and the others nodded.
"There is one reason that can explain Liu Fang's mood and reaction." Zhan Zhao gently opened his lips and said, "Chen Jianxian is really dead!"
Everyone was stunned, while Bai Yutang frowned. "I see... 14 years ago, Liu Fang and Chen Jianxian were probably in a relationship. After being bullied, Chen Jianxian was seriously injured, and then died soon after. Liu Fang buried him, and now, often goes to visit the grave. Three years later, that is, 11 years ago, another incident occurred with Wang Yiming. He buried Li Qin, who died in an explosion accident. It is inevitable that Liu Fang and Wang Yiming would talk about the incidents. Liu Fang may have settled down years after the bullying incident at Normal University, however Wang Yiming would most likely take revenge! That's why he reads so many books about revenge. Later, he asked Liu Fang for Chen Jianxian's identity. The burns on Wang Yiming's body indicates that he was not at the scene at the time of the explosion. He was probably with Li Qin, and then Li Qin was killed, while he survived. So, he changed his image and mixed into the school to be a gardener. As he used to be a teacher, there is a hard layer on the middle finger of his right hand. Due to the burns and makeup, it is difficult to recognize his original appearance. He threatened the principal as Chen Jianxian. This way, the principal would agree to let him stay at the school!"
Zhan Zhao nodded. "Afterwards, he deliberately joined the club looking for 'the devil', and asked Zhang Hua and the other three to set fire to He Kai. At that time, Zhang Hua and them had really died, but He Kai was still alive. When he woke up in pain, he struggled to stand up."
"This also explains why the mute uncle wasn't in the reception room that day!" Gong Sun nodded. "However, there is one thing I don't understand. Why did the mute uncle want to kill the others?"
Zhan Zhao thought for a moment and said, "I can only speculate. Do you remember how Zhang Jianqi said Zhang Hua was crazy?"
"Ah..." Bai Yutang pointed to Zhan Zhao. "I see. The case repeated itself seven years later. Hao Mo and Zhang Hua are not ordinary friends. Zhang Hua burned the person he loved, that's why he went crazy. Recently, it is because he found out that Hao Mo is still alive, so he suddenly changed. If the truth is revealed, Hao Mo may be in danger. The reason why Hao Mo suddenly disappeared that year may also have something to do with the mute uncle."
"Liu Mei's death can also be explained!" Gong Sun said and sighed. "History had repeated itself seven years later. The love between Lu Qi and Yang Fan was discovered by the mute uncle, and Liu Mei threatened them. This really angered the mute uncle, so he killed Liu Mei and took back the evidence... He is guarding those isolated same-sex lovers on campus!"
Bai Yutang immediately asked Luo Tian and the others to go arrest the mute uncle. Then, he said to Zhan Zhao, "Cat, there are still things that haven't been cleared up!"
Zhan Zhao nodded. "I know you guys still have questions, such as why Ye Ling is crazy, why she has such a strong reaction against males, how did Wu Qianliang die, and why did Qiao Weiming take Liu Fang?"
Bai Yutang nodded. "That's right!"
Zhan Zhao frowned for a moment and said, "you can see Qiao Weiming's real purpose in his book."
"Book?" Everyone looked at Zhan Zhao puzzled.
"Think about it, Qiao Weiming personally took over the autopsy report and personally participated in the game of looking for 'the devil'. In other words, he knew that the mute uncle is the murderer back then." Zhan Zhao said.
"That's right!" Gong Sun nodded. "He intended to cover for the mute uncle. He probably knew about Liu Fang through the mute uncle... That's why he went to the graveyard to see Liu Fang and became deeply infatuated with him."
"They why did he break the law and take Liu Fang away?" Bai Yutang frowned. "Does he want them to die together?"
Zhan Zhao gently waved his hand and said, "do you remember where I said the best place to lock someone up is?"
"You said... within yourself." Bai Yutang replied.
"Then, what if you want to haunt someone for the rest of your life? Want can you do so that the person can never forget you?" Zhan Zhao asked.
Everyone looked at each other and frowned at Zhan Zhao.
Zhan Zhao smiled. "Enter that person's mind and become another personality of that person. It will be like two people sharing the same body!"
Everyone gasped, as they began imagining a person they hated most entering their mind and sharing a body with them, consciously possessing them completely. "That's too crazy!" They all muttered in their heads.
"Is that possible?" Gong Sun asked. "Split personality is indeed a psychopathic phenomenon that has been proved to exist, but to transfer someone's personality..."
"It does exist!" Zhan Zhao said, "but there are requirements!"
Everyone listened patiently to Zhan Zhao's explanation.
"It requires you to know the other person very well and have an extreme yearning!" Zhan Zhao said. "There are many such cases, like between two brothers. One of them died as a result of an accident, and the other split into two personalities. It's as if the deceased brother had been reborn! There is also another emotion that can create this split personality. It's a sense of guilt!"
"Think about it, the mute uncle was very angry when he talked about the four students. Wang Mingli, the teacher, also called them scums. When the mute uncle talked about Ye Ling, he was very indifferent. Also, he was very cruel to Liu Mei. Why?"
"Is Ye Ling another Liu Mei?" Gong Sun said and frowned.
Zhan Zhao gently waved his hand and said, "we all had questions about the cases before... like why had the principal ignored those four students and let them stay at the school?"
"Ah..." Everyone suddenly understood. "Ye Ling is close to Hao Mo, and she may have gotten the evidence of his relationship with Zhang Hua from him. This way, they can continuously threaten the principal. This also explains the aggressive behaviour of the four students, and Ye Ling's extremely excellent grades! Why would a girl who goes to a club every day and play 'Find the Murderer' get such good grades?"
"Ye Ling is pretending to be crazy?" Bai Yutang asked.
Zhan Zhao smiled. "Ye Ling is crazy, because she's been tortured crazy by the multiple personalities in her body!"
Everyone gasped. "Multiple personalities?"
Zhan Zhao nodded. "Why does she have a phobia against males? If a girl realizes that there is a man inside her body, then... She'll have this kind of behaviour!"
Everyone nodded. Bai Yutang grabbed Zhan Zhao and said, "Cat, you're saying that Ye Ling became frightened from the case back then, and because of guilt, she has multiple personalities in her body, so she has become crazy... How many personalities does she have?"
Zhan Zhao shrugged. "When I was talking to her, I found at least six!"
"Six?" Everyone was shocked. "Which six?"
"Those four boys, Ye Ling herself, and Hao Mo!" Zhan Zhao said. "If Ye Ling thought Hao Mo was dead and she has feelings for Hao Mo, she would regret it very much. She would miss Hao Mo a lot and hate herself... Hatred is the easiest way to transfer personalities. She transferred her hate onto the four boys, making up a type of emotion..."
"It's the one she displayed. She and Hao Mo were in love, but the other four got in the way." Bai Yutang said with a sigh. "What about Hao Mo's personality in her body?"
"Do you still remember the ghost that Yang Yang saw?" Zhan Zhao asked.
Bai Yutang nodded. "From the shape of the body, it does fit with Ye Ling. However, we only caught a glimpse of the person."
"She wandered around the dormitory because the killer was in the building!" Zhan Zhao said with a smile. "However, the personalities in Ye Ling's body are very afraid of the mute uncle... On the other hand, when Ye Ling saw Zhang Hua, she wanted to kill him... slashing his neck... It's because when the others had died, their necks were also cut. Zhang Hua is the one who started the fire, that's why she hates him!"
At this time, Luo Tian called back and said that the mute uncle was waiting for them in the old building. He was deaf in one ear but could hear sounds in the other. He pretended to be mute because his voice was very terrifying. It was extremely hoarse, as he had injured his vocal cords during the explosion.
Bai Yutang got Luo Tian to bring the mute uncle back to the police station, then looked up at Zhan Zhao and said, "Cat... Does Ye Ling's condition have anything to do with Qiao Weiming?"
Zhan Zhao nodded and said, "Think carefully about Qiao Weiming's books. He is completing an evolution and all his actions seem to be an experiment!"
"Evolution and experiment?" Bai Yutang was puzzled.
"The psychology of those perverted killers he wrote about is almost the same as that of real killers. Doesn't he often go to prison?" Zhan Zhao reminded Bai Yutang.
"He often transfers some personalities into himself to do experiments? Is that why his muscles are strange? He himself is only the skin of an experiment!" Bai Yutang shook his head.
"He also has a good description of death." Zhan Zhao said. "The reason why he suddenly left is that his research and experiments have been completed. His so-called mind expansion is that as long as the personality is alive, you can still do a lot of things. The body does not matter. He wants to get rid of this skin if he can successfully transfer his personality onto Liu Fang."
Everyone gasped. "So, Liu Fang will never be able to escape the control of Qiao Weiming... Wow, it's so terrifying to have such a sickening personality in your body!"
"We have to find him before he completes the personality transfer!" Gong Sun said. "This is just too crazy. But we don't know where he is!"
"Wait!" Bai Yutang suddenly said. "I might know!"