You Owe Me, My Love novel Chapter 248

Chen Wei’s parents joined them.

No one visited Chen Wei’s house between the suspected time frames, and there were no suspicious individuals lurking around. Everything was quiet.

Bai Rong watched the footage three times, but she never saw anyone suspicious.

“Did Wei buy those sedatives herself? That doesn’t seem possible either. Wei is a very obedient child, and she would never buy something like that. She’s not depressed either,” commented Chen Wei’s mom in a confused tone.

“I am going to kill that son of a b*tch!” growled Chen Wei’s dad angrily.

Bai Rong could tell what Chen Wei’s dad guessed. He must have assumed that someone harassed his daughter.

“Calm down. The chances of your daughter taking the drug on her own is zero. If she had taken the drug out of her own free will, it would not make sense for her to hold on to her phone like that. It’d make even less sense that she’d take it with her coffee. We must’ve missed something,” said Bai Rong.

“We’ve watched the footage in its entirety three times. There is no murderer or anyone suspicious. It’s not like the murderer could’ve crawled up from under the ground,” said Chen Wei’s father grimly.

Bai Rong immediately had an epiphany. “You’re right. The murderer might have crawled up from under the ground! Let’s go. If they climbed into the room, then there had to be a hole there somewhere. It hadn’t been that long since the crime took place, so the culprit may not have filled the hole yet. Let’s hurry over.”

With that, Bai Rong rushed out of the conference room with Cheng Jinrong close behind. Chen Wei’s parents and the other detectives followed them.

They soon reached Chen Wei’s room, which was not that big.

Everyone started examining the place.

“Move the closets and all other furniture aside,” instructed Bai Rong.

The police officers moved the furniture out of the way and discovered a dark hole underneath one of the closets.

Seeing that got Chen Wei’s mother to break down immediately. “My baby!”

Bai Rong’s heart was especially heavy as well.

When someone is spying on you, no one would feel safe even if they’re home with their family. And these people would not stop until they achieve what they tend to – even if that meant killing the person.

How can anyone prevent bad things from happening or be vigilant about something like that?

“Go check the tunnel out and see where it leads,” instructed Bai Rong.

Some police officers went down, but they returned soon after to report, “It’s a dead-end down there. Someone has blocked it.”

“What’s going on?” asked Chen Wei’s dad as he looked at Bai Rong.

“The killer blocked it to keep his or her identity hidden,” answered Bai Rong.

“What do we do now? Did Wei die in vain?” asked Chen Wei’s mother with a broken heart.

“The murderer didn’t get to fill the tunnel completely. How big is the tunnel right now?” asked Bai Rong.

“It’s about thirty feet deep and three feet wide,” replied the police officer.

“From the volume, it seems that the culprit has quite a bit of soil left to get rid of. Besides, all those dug-up soil has to be stored somewhere, and the culprit couldn’t dig the tunnel in public. Hence, the murderer must be staying somewhere nearby!” said Bai Rong.

She turned to the police officers and instructed, “First things first – bring the security footage of the area over. Next, get as many officers as you can to investigate this neighborhood. Any place with excess soil around would indicate that the murderer lives there. But do hurry up and try to get into the houses even if the residents refused to let you into their place or if no one is home. Check to see if there is any dug-up earth stored at their house compounds.”

“Understood!” said the police officers before they started working on it immediately.

After they left, Bai Rong sat on Chen Wei’s bed and thought about the situation.

“We’ll find the murderer soon, won’t we?” asked Chen Wei’s mother nervously.