Chapter 98

Mu Mian clicked on the screen, opening a folder filled with photos of that rag doll. She opened one of them, and when everyone saw it, they all gasped.

The doll looked almost identical to Su Momo, with black and red bloodstains making it look eerie and terrifying. It was laid flat on the ground, very similar to the corpse Mu Mian had drawn.

Zhang analyzed, "So did the killer murder based on this cursed doll? Or did they leave the cursed doll as a death notice, telling us that they would kill in this manner?"

Fang Rui said, "Captain Li and I had already found the person who made this doll. She's Su Momo's assistant, Liu Yaying. But Mu Mian and I have uncovered some new leads, and we suspect that someone else placed the doll there."

"But Liu Yaying also went to that makeup room yesterday afternoon. Could it be such a coincidence? What was she doing there?"

Fang Rui decided to bring Liu Yaying in for questioning. However, they discovered that Liu Yaying had also disappeared. Her phone was unreachable, no one was at her home, and all her social media accounts were unresponsive.

The makeup area's surveillance footage showed her leaving at 4:15 PM yesterday. From her back view, she didn't seem to be in good spirits, keeping her head down the entire time and occasionally wiping tears with her hand.

Concerned for her safety, Fang Rui asked Old Zhang and his team to investigate Liu Yaying's whereabouts.

The most important task now was to find Su Momo or her body.

Mu Mian found it strange that the killer tried to stage the crime scene as a wrist-cutting suicide, yet hid Su Momo's body. These two actions seemed very contradictory. Mu Mian couldn't figure out the killer's motive for doing this.

The technical department recovered Su Momo's deleted chat history.

"Boss, why didn't the killer just take the phone away and destroy it? Doesn't the killer know that deleted messages can be recovered?" Li thought this killer wasn't very smart.

Fang Rui had the same question. He even suspected that the killer intentionally left the phone behind, wanting them to investigate certain information.

Fang Rui looked through Su Momo's phone and found that she frequently chatted with someone saved as "Egg Melon Kid."

From the chat content, it appeared they were a couple of over three years who were recently breaking up. The reason was that the man was cheating with several women simultaneously. Su Momo had even threatened him, saying she had evidence of his infidelity and wanted to expose him, ruining his reputation.

The man initially begged her not to expose him, but later he started threatening Su Momo, saying if she dared to expose him, she wouldn't have a good time either.

The technical department also recovered a large number of photos and a deleted audio recording.

The photos were of Su Momo and a man together. They looked very intimate. This person was likely Su Momo's boyfriend.

The content of the audio recording was as follows:

[Su Momo: Liang Guangyu, what exactly is your relationship with Li Yushan? Why did she come to our home and sleep in our bed? Don't you even have money for a hotel room?

Liang Guangyu: Momo baby, I'm sorry, I, I was drunk that day, I don't know what happened.

Su Momo: Shut up, don't call me that anymore, it makes me sick. What about that model? Was she also someone you brought back when you were drunk? You like drinking so much, why haven't you drunk yourself to death!

Liang Guangyu: Momo baby, I love you, I love you so, so much. What would you do if I drank myself to death? I don't like those women, I was just playing around with them. You're too busy, you don't have time to accompany me. I was just too lonely, that's why I made mistakes. I just made the mistake that all men in the world would make.

Su Momo: Get lost! If you cheated, just admit it like a man. Don't try to blame it on me, you're so impressive. To be honest, I don't care much about your cheating, I've wanted to dump a useless scumbag like you for a long time. But you actually slept with Liu Yaying, if I wasn't curious about why Liu Yaying wanted to curse me, I wouldn't even have known about this. You two, a scumbag man and a cheap woman, I must have been blind to be so good to you both.

Liang Guangyu, I already have all the evidence of your cheating, just you wait, I'm going to ruin your reputation.

Liang Guangyu: Momo baby, don't be so impulsive! Please forgive me. Don't expose me, what about my career? What about your career? We'll both suffer reputation damage.

Liang Guangyu: Su Momo, if you dare to expose me, I'll drag you down with me! If you push me too far, I'm capable of anything!

Liang Guangyu: Su Momo, you can't afford to mess with my management company, you'd better keep your mouth shut!]

After listening to the recording, Zhang said, "This Liang Guangyu used to be a top celebrity. He and Su Momo once starred in a popular xianxia drama together, and many people shipped them as a couple. Who would have thought they actually got together? And even more surprising that Liang Guangyu turned out to be such a scumbag."

Li said, "This Liang Guangyu also cheated with Liu Yaying. What's going on, why is Liu Yaying involved again?"

They then looked through Su Momo's chat history with Liu Yaying.

Two days before Su Momo's disappearance, she suddenly sent Liu Yaying this message:

Su Momo: Liu Yaying, you're something else, you've really done it! You could sleep with anyone, but you had to sleep with Liang Guangyu. You knew how much I loved him, yet you did this to me. I've been so good to you both, and this is how you repay me?

Liu Yaying replied: Momo, he didn't just sleep with me, you know. That bed in your house has seen plenty of other women. That's what you get for falling in love with such a scumbag!

Then Liu Yaying sent Su Momo many photos. The photos were very clear, mostly bedroom shots of Liang Guangyu with different women.

She also sent Su Momo screenshots of some chat records, showing that Liang Guangyu not only hired escorts but also flirted with underage fans.

If these pieces of evidence were exposed, Liang Guangyu's entertainment career would likely be over.

Zhang analyzed, "Liang Guangyu also went to Jiangzhou TV Station for rehearsal that day. Could this case be related to him? Did he do it together with Liu Yaying?"

Fang Rui decided to find Liang Guangyu to understand the situation.

Liang Guangyu was still in Jiangzhou City for the New Year's Eve gala recording and was staying at the Jiangzhou International Hotel. His room number was 603, on the same floor as Su Momo.

Fang Rui had already explained the situation to his manager in advance. His manager was initially uncooperative and refused to communicate, but quickly changed her tune after learning that Fang Rui and his team had obtained a large amount of evidence of Liang Guangyu's infidelity.

"Please come directly to the hotel for the record. Guangyu's identity is quite special, going to a place like the police station would cause controversy. Please be accommodating and come to the hotel, we promise to cooperate with your investigation."

As soon as Fang Rui arrived at the hotel, the hotel manager from last time was already waiting for them at the entrance.

"Originally, Mr. Liang was staying on the 8th floor, but we found a fly in his room, so we changed his room to the 6th floor at his request," the hotel manager said, trying to ease the tense atmosphere with small talk. seaʀᴄh thё nôᴠel Fire.nёt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

"When did he change rooms?"

"Six days ago, the same day the scary doll was found in Su Momo's room. Our hotel was particularly unlucky that day, suddenly receiving complaints from two VIP guests."