Chapter 133: Rose Wearing the Boyfriend’s Human Skin Mask, Su Ming’s Bold Inference!

Near the end of the year, late at night.

In a relatively remote flower shop, with only the deceased handling the pre-sale orders until late into the night.

Although public security in recent years has improved significantly, with fewer petty thefts and other crimes, during the end of the year, low temperatures combined with safety concerns would surely have made the deceased lock the shop door, making it unlikely she would open it easily.

Because of this, there were no signs of forced entry or lock-picking at the crime scene, which allowed for the bold speculation…

The person who came was definitely someone familiar, someone close to the deceased, someone she would never suspect or defend against.

Otherwise, there would be no reason for the deceased to open the door at such a late hour. It’s hard to imagine why she would be victimized under such circumstances.

…

At that moment, Xu Changsheng immediately thought of a group of suspicious individuals, then quickly spoke out.

“Who could make the deceased open the door voluntarily?”

“If we rule out family members with whom the relationship was already severed, the likely suspects would be childhood friends, close friends, or friends, right?”

“Only those who know the deceased well enough would understand her stubbornness and strength, knowing that no family member would help her with the flower arrangements.”

“At the same time, they would know that the deceased’s boyfriend would be working late on his startup company, and thus, it would be the perfect opportunity to commit the crime.”

“Once we thoroughly investigate the deceased’s social circle, finding the killer might not be as difficult as we think.”

This statement caused Gao Chao to pause, and then he shook his head with a sigh of helplessness.

“Officer Xu,” Gao Chao said, “You’re absolutely right. Back when our Yuhua Criminal Investigation Team had no progress, we also tried checking the deceased’s social circle as a last-ditch effort.”

“But unfortunately…”

“We couldn’t find any breakthrough. Every friend of the deceased in Liangxi City had a solid alibi.”

“In other words, there was no opportunity or time to commit the crime.”

Upon hearing this, everyone in the room fell silent, thinking carefully about where they might have missed any clues or deductions.

The criminal suspect’s profile had been gradually narrowing, but there was still no progress.

This made everyone in the room anxious, and it highlighted just how difficult the investigation of this Rose Flower Shop case was, far beyond what would be expected from a regular murder case.

Su Ming, meanwhile, stroked his chin, organizing the many clues he had just gathered.

First, most of the orders in the flower shop’s backend were fake orders placed by the leader of a drug trafficking organization using a virtual number.

Then, Rose used lilies to cover up the datura flowers, and on the day of the murder, she used the deadly datura flower to drug the deceased, rendering her unable to resist.

Also, in the case of the flower shop’s tightly closed door, Rose somehow got the deceased’s permission to enter easily, showing that the deceased had no defenses against her.

So, daring to make deeper inferences based on these points…

The reason the leader of the drug trafficking organization helped Rose with this mission was primarily because Rose knew how to make human skin masks. This was one of the main reasons the drug lord sought her out.

So, was it possible that…

Rose had already worn a human skin mask when she entered the deceased’s flower shop?

And at that time, the deceased had already inhaled quite a bit of datura flower scent, which might have clouded her mind, making her unable to tell if Rose was wearing a human skin mask.

Then, there’s a crucial point.

If we factor in the human skin mask in this case, could it explain why the deceased didn’t resist when she received the fatal wound?

It’s possible that the deceased’s heart gave up on life entirely upon seeing Rose wearing the mask of someone extremely important to her, and thus, she didn’t struggle or fight back.

So, when the deceased was fatally wounded, her shock, astonishment, and pain overwhelmed her desire to survive, and that’s why there were no signs of a struggle at the scene.

And only if Rose wore the human skin mask of the deceased’s boyfriend, combined with the effects of the datura flower, could she make the deceased feel this way.

From this perspective, Rose’s hatred or malice toward the deceased, or her jealousy, reached an unimaginable level.

Because originally, she could have easily waited for the deceased to fall unconscious from the datura flower’s effects and then pierced her heart with scissors.

But instead, she chose to disguise herself as the deceased’s boyfriend while the deceased was already confused from inhaling too much datura flower scent, using the cruelest method possible.

Not only did she kill the deceased, but she also made her suffer from heartbreak, shock, and confusion before dying.

Furthermore, after killing the deceased, Rose cut off the deceased’s face and placed it behind the glass door.

A normal murderer wouldn’t waste time on something like cutting off a face after committing the murder. Most would try to escape quickly to avoid being tracked by the police.

Yet Rose…

After dealing with the datura flowers, she still had time to cut off the deceased’s face.

Based on this, excluding random acts of violence and cases like Zhou Shihui’s, who turned murder into a performance, we can conclude that Rose’s hatred for the deceased was personal.

She knew the deceased very well and hated her or perhaps was driven by jealousy.

The criminal profile was becoming clearer, and the specific range of suspects was largely locked in, but many details still needed to be determined to bring out the organization member named Rose.

With that thought in mind, Su Ming immediately looked at Gao Chao, who was standing in front of the whiteboard, and asked seriously:

“Chief Gao, I want to ask, why did the deceased’s boyfriend work so late that night?”

“According to previous descriptions, the deceased’s boyfriend should have been running a startup electronics company. Normally, he wouldn’t be so busy near the end of the year.”

“Unless… ”

“Someone deliberately created a situation so that the deceased’s boyfriend couldn’t make it to the flower shop, creating the perfect opportunity for the crime.”

Upon hearing this, Gao Chao thought for a few seconds, then furrowed his brow and replied slowly.

“If I remember correctly…”

“The startup company the deceased’s boyfriend ran was a visual phone system for anti-theft doors.”

“But somehow, during the days near the end of the year, there was a massive communication failure, and they couldn’t establish connections.”

“There were numerous after-sales demands that kept the deceased’s boyfriend stuck at the company for days.”

“Later, it was discovered that it was an attack from a competitor, who remotely exploited a flaw in the visual phone’s wireless network card, causing the communication to fail…”

At this point, Gao Chao suddenly stopped speaking, his eyes widening instinctively. He immediately thought of the leader of the drug trafficking organization, who was very skilled in hacking.

Doesn’t this mean…

It wasn’t a competitor who caused the problem, but the leader of the drug trafficking organization, who wanted to prevent the deceased’s boyfriend from coming to the flower shop, thus creating the perfect opportunity for the murder.

From the very beginning.

The so-called triple orders at the flower shop and the busy overtime near the end of the year were not just simple coincidences, but actually key elements in Rose’s murder scheme.

Seeing Gao Chao’s expression at this moment, Su Ming continued very seriously.

“Chief Gao.”

“I still strongly suspect…”

“That the reason Rose was able to easily enter the flower shop was because she was likely wearing a human skin mask resembling the deceased’s boyfriend!”