Chapter 863: Hancheng Strategy (7)
"Lauren Barrett is in danger!" Jack grabbed the holster hanging on the back of the chair, threw the car keys to Aubrey, and waved at Clay.
"Liu Xiubin didn't dare to face Li Jianyu, who was PUAing her, and Lauren had been living with him, which resulted in her having no chance to kill him. The death of the three victims was both a practice and a vent.
Now that Li Jianyu is in custody and the news is everywhere, this is the best opportunity for Liu Xiubin to make a move."
"I'm coming too." Hannah pushed her laptop forward and stood up to pick up her coat.
Jiejie handed her a pistol and a tablet, and whispered, "Be careful."
"You all need to be careful. I will contact Prosecutor Kim Jun-ho immediately." Jubal said loudly behind them.
Li Jianyu's apartment in Myeongdong is located in Jung-gu, Seoul, less than a 15-minute drive from the Korean houses rented by everyone. The four people's car had just got on the inner ring elevated road when Alice's message came.
"I found Liu Xiubin's plastic surgery records. Um, I don't know what to say. The photos were sent to Hannah's tablet."
"Wow." Hannah looked reluctant and stretched the tablet to the space between the front passenger seat.
Aubrey, who was driving, glanced subconsciously and almost lost his grip on the steering wheel. Jack looked at the photo and sighed, finally understanding why the urban legend of the "woman in white" appeared in Itaewon.
Usually, the failure of plastic surgery will result in a stiff face or a "fake face" with exaggerated facial features. Although it is horrible, at least the face still looks human. At most, it will cause people to experience the "uncanny valley effect."
That is, when something that is not a real person looks very much like a human, it will give people a weird feeling, such as the "Barbie face" and "snake face".
The photos of Liu Xiubin after plastic surgery give people a purely "inhuman" feeling, more like the product of being disfigured by sulfuric acid or fire. The whole face looks like a melted wax figure.
Just like you imagine, walking around the alleys in the middle of the night in white clothes and with long hair loose is scary enough. Coupled with a face like that, most people would be lucky if they didn't die of fright on the spot when seeing her.
No wonder she could easily subdue three female victims of similar size to her.
Alice's voice continued to come from the phone, "She has a relatively rare physique with severe scarring, but more than a year ago, about three weeks before Li Jianyu broke up with her, she still went for her first canthoplasty surgery.
In the months that followed, after the breakup, she went on to get Botox injections, several nose jobs, and a chin reduction. Does that sound familiar?
"Just like what she did to those victims." Jack's expression was hard to describe. "She must have developed a serious 'fear of ugliness' after being mentally PUA'd by Li Jianyu and then dumped."
Mild "uglyphobia" is very common, usually manifested as excessive focus on some imagined physical defects, or a bias towards imagined or severely exaggerated defects in certain parts of one's appearance.
Severe patients may feel disgusted, resentful, and humiliated by these "defects", develop social disorders, or even be so tormented by these concepts that they turn to plastic surgeons for help.
In the United States, many plastic surgeons encounter similar patients and are harassed by them. Most regular doctors will refer this situation to a psychiatrist for handling.
But in this "plastic surgery superpower", everything is not so formal. Even when knowing that the patient has a serious scarring physique, they still perform surgery on the patient's face. There seems to be no other explanation except for money.
People with a scar-prone constitution may suffer unlimited scar proliferation even with minor trauma, let alone surgeries such as canthoplasty or double eyelid surgery. In severe cases, even piercing the ears may cause obvious nodules and scars.
"So that bastard might have guessed the real murderer when we found him, so he seemed so confident." Hannah said angrily.
"Or after contacting a lawyer, use it as a bargaining chip." Jack added lightly.
"We're here." Aubrey pulled over and everyone quickly opened the car door and rushed into the apartment building.
At the door of the luxurious penthouse suite, the door was ajar. Clay quickly stepped forward and opened the door. "FBI! Don't move!"
Even though everyone was mentally prepared, they still couldn't help but shiver when they saw the woman in front of them with black hair hanging down her shoulders, wearing a white dress splattered with blood, and with an extremely hideous face.
A hypodermic needle had fallen on the expensive plush carpet in the room, and next to it was a broken photo frame with an engagement photo of Li Jianyu and Lauren Barrett.
Lauren Barrett, who was now unconscious, was lying flat on the sofa, breathing weakly, and only the slight rise and fall of her chest indicated that she was still alive.
When everyone rushed into the room, Liu Xiubin was holding a scalpel and gesturing at Lauren's face, looking like he was about to operate.
"Put down the knife!" Aubrey raised his gun and warned loudly, but the response he got was some unclear Korean.
"What is she talking about?" Clay turned his head and asked Jack who was standing beside him.
"I want to make them as beautiful as me, all of them, over and over again." Jack actually had a hard time listening to her. The severely sticky lips made Liu Xiubin's face look as hideous as a zombie, and even affected the opening and closing of her mouth.
"Jack, what should I do? I don't think I can shoot." Hannah has never been a kind-hearted person, but now she regretted following him.
Although the woman in front of us killed three innocent people, she herself was also a victim, a mentally ill person who was mentally oppressed and fell into the abyss.
Jack raised his hand to hold down Hannah's gun, shook his head slightly, then winked at Clay and said in a deep voice in Korean, "Liu Xiubin, put down the knife. A scum like Li Jianyu is not worth it for you to do this."
Clay also put down his gun. When he saw that the other party's attention was attracted by Jack, he took a barely noticeable half step forward and squatted slightly, ready to attack.
"Don't insult him! I love him and he loves me too. If only all women become like me, he will fall in love with me again. We will be together. He will marry me. He will definitely marry me."
The woman muttered to herself, and before anyone could react, she placed the scalpel on her neck and pulled it hard.
Clay rushed to her in one step and was splashed with blood in the face, but it was too late. He could only hold her right hand holding the knife and slowly put her body on the carpet.
"Damn it!" Aubrey turned his head away, unable to bear to watch any more.
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"I think my lips are a little thin. What do you think about me getting a lip augmentation surgery?" Alice looked around in the makeup mirror, looking unsatisfied with herself.
Aubrey's face turned pale on the spot, and he immediately gave her a series of compliments, "You are the most perfect woman I have ever seen in my life. There is no need to do anything unnecessary."
Alice frowned. "The girls that someone showed off to me were all the plump and beautiful type. And you said that only that type of girl could make you want to take a bite."
Aubrey looked like he was about to cry. "I swear to God, the idiot from before is dead. The reborn Jim Aubrey only likes your style. The natural one is the most perfect."
Alice glanced at him with disdain. "I clearly remember someone saying that my figure is too thin and not plump enough. Maybe I could consider getting a breast augmentation and putting some implants in my buttocks?"
"Absolutely not. I swear to God, I was crazy when I said those things." Aubrey knelt on one knee and covered his heart as if he was in a stage play, looking like he wanted to pour out his heart.
"That's enough for the two of you." Jie Jie was speechless looking at the two acting queens, while the others were laughing on the side.
Jubal, who had just returned from the embassy, walked quickly through the courtyard into the open main hall and clapped his hands vigorously to attract everyone's attention.
"Guys, remember to pack your things tonight. I've booked a flight for tomorrow morning. We have more than ten hours to spend on the plane. But the good news is that we don't have to endure the annoying cabin noise of the military transport plane this time. Everyone can have a good night's sleep."
Clay raised his hand to check the time. It was only 1pm. It looked like someone was eager to go home. "I want to go out and buy some gifts for Stella later. Jiejie, Hannah, what was the name of the skin care products you bought yesterday?"
Hannah had recovered from the tragedy she witnessed last night and became the heartless little sweet girl again. She cheered and put her arms around Jiejie and Alice respectively.
"Great! We'll have someone to help us carry the things. I was worried that Jack and Aubrey wouldn't be able to carry them all. Don't worry, we'll take care of Stella's gift. You just need to prepare your credit card."
Clay's face turned bitter, and he regretted saying so much.
Jack was about to say something when he saw Kim Junhao and Ma Xidao walking into the courtyard one after another. He couldn't help but feel strange. He had made an appointment with Ma Xidao to have dinner with everyone tonight, but wasn't it a little early now?
Kim Jun-ho still held his small body and acted like a prosecutor. When he walked in front of Jubal, he forced a smile on his stiff face and said, "Agent Valentine, Agent Tawole, and everyone else, thank you."
Although this time he only bowed slightly when shaking hands with everyone, he gave people the feeling that he was more sincere and enthusiastic than the last time when he bowed deeply to apologize.
"I apologize again for my previous rudeness and thank you very much."
As he spoke, tears even shone in his eyes. "I am grateful not only for the advice given to me by Director Valentine and Agent Tavoler, but also for your efforts, which enabled us to successfully bring Li Jianyu to justice."
Jack looked at Jubal with some surprise. Although he knew what he had just done at the embassy, his efficiency was a bit high.
"Has the extradition been finalized?"
Kim Junho’s smile remained unchanged as he nodded repeatedly, “Yes, the extradition process has been initiated, and Lee Gun-woo will soon be sent to Dubai, where he will not only be prosecuted for his evil deeds, but will also be charged with an even greater crime.
Dubai will severely investigate his previous fugitive behavior, which will lead to a long period of imprisonment."
Unexpectedly, this prosecutor was really like what someone said, and his opposition to the chaebol was not simply out of utilitarianism. Thinking of this person, Jack couldn't help but look at Ma Xidao behind him with suspicion.
This guy had a simple and innocent smile on his face, but his roaming eyes betrayed his true thoughts.
"Is there something wrong?" Jack walked up to Ma Xidao.
Ma Xidao rubbed his hands, the flesh on his face was squeezed into a pile, "I remember you said you owed me a favor?"
