Chapter 227 154: Madwoman! Bitch! Identity

"No, the 'crazy woman' has an STD!"

Xu Huo shook his head and spoke.

'The crazy woman has an STD...'

Gonorrhea is one of the most typical STDs.

It is usually transmitted through sexual contact.

Of course, it can also be caused by poor hygiene, but most cases result from promiscuous sexual behavior.

'Was it poor hygiene in her case?'

'Unlikely.'

The surface of her body was very clean. While there were some smudges, they weren't from a lack of bathing but from contact with her surroundings.

That meant she was either infected by someone else or she was promiscuous herself.

But regardless, given her cleanliness, there had to be a promiscuous person involved!

Either the crazy woman herself or her boyfriend.

"Was she forced?"

Li Jianye asked, but before the other two could react, he was already shaking his head in disagreement.

"No, there are no signs of a struggle on her body. No bruises."

"Could her boyfriend have had an STD?" Zhang Liang mused. "And then passed it to her?"

"Has anyone filed a report?"

Xu Huo shot back a question.

Zhang Liang paused, then shook his head.

The police hadn't received any reports related to the crazy woman.

'A long-distance relationship?'

'If it was long-distance, then her boyfriend couldn't have transmitted gonorrhea to her. They can't exactly have sex online.'

'Or maybe he visited before the New Year? The chances of that seem a little slim.'

'So, after ruling out most possibilities, what's left is...'

"She herself was promiscuous?"

Li Jianye asked in surprise.

He had seen his share of promiscuous women. Considering the number of them murdered each year, it was hard for a man his age not to have.

'But the main thing is...'

"If this STD was her own doing, was the sexual activity consensual or non-consensual?"

Xu Huo suddenly asked.

Li Jianye froze, deep in thought.

Sexual activity could only be one of two things: cooperative or non-cooperative.

The latter was rape, which would leave marks, and that had already been ruled out.

So it was cooperative. But cooperation could be either voluntary or involuntary.

"Willingly promiscuous?"

Zhang Liang's brow furrowed.

It wasn't uncommon for attractive women to be promiscuous. In fact, a good number of people with STDs were quite good-looking.

"Forget about whether it was subjectively voluntary or not."

"We just need to focus the investigation on the fact that the crazy woman had an STD."

Xu Huo mused for a moment, dismissing those other possibilities.

"From the time of the incident until now, no one has filed a report."

"It's highly probable she lived alone, or was an orphan."

"Add in the promiscuity..."

From a purely material standpoint, regardless of whether it was voluntary or forced, there were only two kinds of promiscuity.

And that was...

Money!

In other words, whether money was exchanged or not.

One-night stands, playing the field, wild nights at a bar—those are the types where no money changes hands.

But once money gets involved, it's prostitution!

"Which direction did the crazy woman come from to get to the exhibition hall?"

Xu Huo suddenly asked again.

"The west."

Li Jianye answered instinctively, then added, "The southwest!"

"Check the southwest for clues related to people like that."

Xu Huo said, then paused to add another lead.

"Add one more thing to the search, related to the deceased: a girl, around eighteen, who was close to the crazy woman."

'Relationship, gonorrhea, appearance, or the opposite... '

She walked here naked. In this cold, that meant her starting point couldn't have been far from the exhibition hall!

'If it wasn't far, then this information... is enough.'

Li Jianye paused, then shot to his feet, forgetting about rest.

He got up before his seat was even warm and rushed back out into the snowstorm.

"Wait for my news!"

...

...

To disparage a man, one often belittles his abilities and actions.

To disparage a woman, one belittles her sexuality and morals.

When a woman has slept with countless men, she will be called promiscuous.

Of course, there can be many reasons for this, but the result is always more immediately shocking than the cause, so such people are often discriminated against.

And the "crazy woman" in this case...

On the afternoon of the 25th, at five o'clock.

"We found something!"

As Li Jianye's voice rang out, everyone's taut nerves were jolted.

After receiving the tip, the three special investigation teams immediately rushed to the location.

The location was a "city-in-a-village," eight kilometers southwest of the exhibition hall.

The city-in-a-village in Capital City had not yet been redeveloped or demolished, and currently presented a rather backward scene.

The village here was built of reinforced concrete, unlike the brick and tile houses in other rural areas.

Usually, there were only lonely utility poles and old people, or children on their way to school, but today was different...

A crowd of police officers, along with special personnel in plainclothes...

...had surrounded one of the small alleys.

The yellow and black police tape and the cruisers by the roadside were exceptionally glaring!

"Based on the information provided," Li Jianye reported.

"I sent out a team to conduct a grid search and also contacted the local police station."

"Ultimately, through internal records, we locked onto a woman. Her name is Lin Miao, twenty-two years old, with no formal education."

"She has no parents, no boyfriend, and no in-laws."

"She has a younger sister, Lin Miao, who is eighteen and just got into Capital City University. The school is covering her tuition and fees..."

As Li Jianye's report continued, Xu Huo found himself standing in that very alley.

The alley was very narrow, flanked by old two- and three-story concrete buildings.

The road itself was about four meters wide, the ground a mess of sewage and garbage, with bare utility poles lining both sides.

On the narrow, dark road, amid the putrid stench of the sewers, a twitch of the nose could also pick up a foul, fishy smell.