The interrogation of Qi Fang was not going well. No matter how they questioned her, she adamantly insisted that she didn't know where Su Momo had gone. She also denied kidnapping Su Momo.
"I didn't kidnap Momo. She forced me to help her leave the TV station. After she left, I couldn't contact her anymore. I haven't committed any crime! You have no right to detain me. I want a lawyer!" Qi Fang protested.
Su Momo's manager, Sun Qin, also came to question Qi Fang: "Qi Fang, please, just tell me where Momo is. How much money do you want? I can give you anything. Is 200,000 yuan enough?"
"Stop trying to insult people with money! Momo has gone to do what she wants to do. You've been forcing her to do things she doesn't like, and she's very unhappy!" Qi Fang shouted at Sun Qin. After shouting, she sat back down, smiling somewhat eerily, "Momo hates you all. She wants to be alone."
Sun Qin was chilled by her smile. She felt that Qi Fang's mental state was a bit unstable.
Fang Rui and his team investigated Qi Fang's properties, but she only owned this one apartment. They also investigated whether she had rented any houses. She had rented a house a year ago but moved out three months ago.
Although there were personal items for two people in Qi Fang's home, those items didn't have Su Momo's DNA on them. They also didn't find any of Su Momo's belongings during the search of Qi Fang's home.
Mu Mian discovered that the DNA from the two sets of personal items was different, belonging to two women, one of whom was Qi Fang. After some thought, she compared the two DNA samples and found that the two individuals were related by blood.
"Fang Rui, does Qi Fang have any sisters?" Mu Mian asked.
"Sisters?" Fang Rui had a sudden realization. If Qi Fang had a sister, it would explain how the Qi Fang hidden in the makeup area could have come in from outside. The person who came in might not have been Qi Fang, but someone who looked very similar to her.
Fang Rui and Zhang went to question Qi Fang's neighbors again.
"Qi Fang has a younger sister named Qi Fen. They were born a year apart and were very close as children. When their parents divorced, Qi Fen went with their father. Their father was a lazy good-for-nothing with mental issues, so Qi Fen probably suffered a lot."
"Where did Qi Fen go with her father?"
"I think they went to Linzhou City. We're not sure, she hasn't come to see her sister in all these years."
Fang Rui quickly investigated Qi Fen's background.
Qi Fen was from Linzhou. She dropped out of middle school and started working, initially in restaurants. Later, she grew tired of work and fell in love with cycling, traveling around on her bicycle.
After meeting her boyfriend, she settled down for a while, living off him. A year ago, she assaulted her boyfriend and was kicked out.
"The reason Qi Fen assaulted her ex-boyfriend was that he insulted Liang Guangyu," Zhang learned about the reason for Qi Fen's detention from the local police station. "It seems that Qi Fen is the real obsessive fan of Liang Guangyu. Qi Fang might have helped her sister kidnap Su Momo."
The most urgent matter now was to find Su Momo. According to Qi Fen's ex-boyfriend, Qi Fen's mental state was very unstable, and she had violent tendencies. If Su Momo had indeed been kidnapped by her, she could be in grave danger.
The surveillance cameras near Qi Fang's home hadn't captured any sign of Su Momo, so she was likely not hidden in Qi Fang's home.
Fang Rui obtained Qi Fen's phone number from her ex-boyfriend, and this number was still in use.
The telecommunications company could roughly locate a user's position based on their phone number. At the police's request, the company helped locate Qi Fen's current position—in a cluster of abandoned buildings in the eastern suburbs.
There were several buildings in that area, and it wasn't possible to pinpoint the exact building based on the phone number. Fang Rui could only have everyone search quietly in different directions, trying not to alert Qi Fen.
"Ah, boss, I stepped on something!" Zhang covered his mouth and pointed at his feet.
He looked down and saw a pile of dog feces.
Fang Rui glanced at it and quickly looked away. Judging from the shape, it should have been from a small animal, which reminded Fang Rui of the spotted dog called Bugu.
Was that little dog still alive? Had it also been kidnapped by Qi Fen?
Fang Rui and his team searched several buildings but couldn't find any trace of Qi Fen. Just as they thought the location might be wrong, Qi Fen appeared, walking from a patch of wasteland with grass seeds stuck to her clothes.
At that moment, she noticed the pile of dog feces that Zhang had stepped in, and seeing the footprint, she instantly realized that the police had tracked her here. She immediately ran towards the nearby wasteland.
Fang Rui and Zhang chased after her right away.
Qi Fen, being a long-time cyclist, had excellent stamina. Moreover, she was familiar with the terrain and deliberately headed into the deep grass.
Fang Rui told Zhang to continue the chase while he took a shortcut to block Qi Fen's path.
Qi Fen found herself surrounded.
"Qi Fen, if you keep running, you'll be suspected of resisting arrest, which will aggravate your crimes!" Zhang warned.
Qi Fen thought Zhang looked weaker, so she ran towards him, but unexpectedly, Zhang caught her by the collar and quickly subdued her.
"I didn't expect you to be such a good runner!" Zhang handcuffed Qi Fen and started escorting her back. After a few steps, Zhang let out a painful cry.
"Ah, my leg!"
Zhang had stepped into an animal trap, and his entire leg was covered in blood.
"I'm really having a crappy day, just my rotten luck!" Zhang wailed as he was sent to the hospital.
Qi Fen refused to tell the police where Su Momo was. No matter what the police asked, she remained silent.
Fang Rui and his team searched the entire area of abandoned buildings but still couldn't find Su Momo.
"Woof, woof, woof..."
Following the sound, they found a spotted dog in the gap between two abandoned buildings. It looked very similar to Su Momo's dog. Its head was tied with a plastic rope, preventing it from leaving.
Seeing people, it barked even more enthusiastically.
Fang Rui and his team untied the rope for the little dog. The dog circled around them a few times, barked "woof woof" twice, and then ran forward on its short legs.
"The dog might know where Su Momo is. Let's follow it," Fang Rui said.
The little dog would run a few steps and then look back, making sure Fang Rui and his team were following before continuing towards the wasteland.
After walking for about twenty minutes, they reached a hillside.
"Help... help..." A faint cry for help came from the hillside.
They ran over and saw Su Momo tied to a large tree, her lips pale and her whole person looking very weak.
"Wah... Finally, someone's here. There were two Qi Fangs, they kidnapped me!" Su Momo cried, "They're fans of Liang Guangyu and wanted to take revenge on me! They tied me here, wanting wild wolves to eat me alive. They're so cruel! Wah..."
Su Momo cried for a while and then fainted. Fang Rui and his team quickly carried her to the ambulance.
In the interrogation room, Qi Fen initially refused to admit her crime.
"Officer, I didn't kidnap Su Momo. It was Su Momo who hired me to kidnap her. She gave me a pendant of Liang Guangyu, one that he had worn personally, very valuable. I couldn't resist the temptation, that's why I pretended to kidnap her."
