Chapter 863: Hancheng Strategy (Seventeen)
"Lauren Barrett is in danger!" Jack grabbed the holster hanging on the back of the chair, threw the car keys to Aubrey, and waved to Clay.
"Liu Xiubin didn't dare to face Li Jianyu, who was PUAing her, and Lauren had been living with him, so she had no chance to make a move. The death of the three victims was both practice and venting.
Now that Li Jianyu is in custody, the news is everywhere. This is the best chance for Liu Xiubin to make a move."
"I'll go with you." Hannah pushed the laptop forward and stood up to pick up her coat.
Jiejie handed her a pistol and a tablet, and whispered, "Be careful."
"You all have to be careful, I will contact Prosecutor Jin Junhao immediately." Jubal said loudly behind them.
Li Jianyu's apartment in Myeongdong is located in Jung-gu, Seoul, less than 15 minutes away from the Korean houses rented by everyone. The four people's car had just reached the inner ring elevated road when Alice's message came.
"I found Liu Xiubin's plastic surgery records. Well, I don't know what to say. The photos were sent to Hannah's tablet."
"Wow." Hannah looked reluctant and held the tablet to the gap between the front passenger and the front passenger.
Aubrey, who was driving, glanced subconsciously and almost couldn't hold the steering wheel in his hand. Jack sighed as he looked at the photo and finally understood why the urban legend of "the woman in white" appeared in Itaewon.
Usually, when plastic surgery fails, the face is stiff or becomes a "fake face" with exaggerated facial features. Although it is horrible, it at least looks like a human being. At most, it will give people a "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 pure "inhuman" feeling, which is closer to the product of being disfigured by sulfuric acid or fire. The whole face is like a melted wax figure.
Just like what you imagine, walking in the alleys in the middle of the night in white clothes and long hair is scary enough. With such a face, most people would be lucky if they didn't die of fear on the spot.
No wonder she could easily subdue three female victims of similar body size.
Alice's voice continued to come from the phone, "She has a relatively rare severe scar physique, but more than a year ago, about three weeks before Li Jianyu broke up with her, she still went for the first canthoplasty surgery.
In the following months, that is, in the days after the breakup, she continued to have Botox injections, several nose jobs, and chin bone shaving. Do these operations sound familiar?"
"Just like what she did to those victims." Jack's expression was hard to describe, "She should have suffered from severe "ugly phobia" after being mentally PUAed by Li Jianyu and dumped."
Mild "ugly phobia" is very common, usually manifested as excessive attention to some imagined physical defects of oneself, or holding imagined or seriously exaggerated defects in certain parts of one's appearance.
Severe patients will feel disgust, aversion, and humiliation for these "defects", develop social barriers, and even be tortured by this concept and turn to plastic surgeons for help.
In the United States, many plastic surgeons will encounter similar patients and be entangled by them. Most regular doctors will refer this situation to psychiatrists.
In this "plastic surgery country", everything is not so regular. Knowing that the patient has a serious scar constitution, they still operate on the other person's face. There seems to be no other explanation except for money.
People with scar constitutions may cause unlimited scar proliferation even with minor trauma, let alone surgery such as eye opening or double eyelids. In severe cases, even piercing the ears may cause obvious nodules and scars.
"So that bastard may have guessed the real murderer when we found him, so he seemed so fearless." Hannah said angrily.
"Or after contacting a lawyer, he used it as a bargaining chip for the deal." Jack added lightly.
"We're here." Aubrey pulled over and everyone hurriedly 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, when they saw the woman in front of them with black hair hanging down her shoulders, wearing a white dress splattered with blood, and an extremely hideous face, they still couldn't help but shudder.
A hypodermic needle fell on the expensive plush carpet in the room, and there was a broken photo frame next to it, which showed the engagement photo of Li Jianyu and Lauren Barrett.
Lauren Barrett, who was unconscious at this time, was lying flat on the sofa, breathing weakly, and only the slight rise and fall of her chest showed that she was still alive.
When everyone rushed into the room, Liu Xiubin was holding a scalpel and gesturing on Lauren's face, looking like he was about to cut.
"Put down the knife!" Aubrey raised his gun and warned loudly, but he responded with a vague Korean.
"What is she saying?" Clay turned his head and asked Jack beside him.
"I want them to be as beautiful as me, all of them, over and over again." Jack actually had a hard time listening to him. His lips were severely stuck together, making Liu Xiubin's face look as hideous as a zombie, and even affecting the opening and closing of her mouth.
"Jack, what should I do? I don't think I can shoot." Hannah has never been a saintly person, but now she regretted following him.
Although the woman in front of him killed three innocent people, she herself was also a victim, a mentally ill patient who was mentally oppressed and fell into the abyss.
Jack raised his hand to press 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, Li Jianyu is not worth it."
Clay also put down the gun, and after seeing that the other party's attention was attracted by Jack, he took a half step forward, squatted slightly and was ready to go.
"You are not allowed to insult him! I love him, and he loves me too. As long as 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 everyone could react, she directly put the scalpel on her neck and pulled it hard.
Clay, who rushed to her in one step, was splashed with blood, 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 and couldn't bear to look any further.
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"I think my lips are a little thin. What do you think of me getting a lip augmentation?" Alice looked around with a makeup mirror, looking unsatisfied with herself.
Aubrey's face turned pale on the spot, and he immediately gave 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 at the time were all the plump and beautiful type, and you said that only that type can make you want to take a bite."
Aubrey looked like he was about to cry, "I swear to God, the idiot before is dead, and the reborn Jim Aubrey only likes your type, 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, or I can consider getting a breast augmentation and putting some implants in my buttocks?"
"Absolutely not. I swear to God, I was so confused that I said those words at the time." Aubrey knelt on one knee and covered his heart like he was acting in a stage play, looking like he wanted to pour out his heart.
"That's enough, you two." Jiejie was speechless as she looked at the two drama queens, while the others laughed.
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 booked a flight for tomorrow morning. We have more than ten hours to spend on the plane, but the good news is that this time we don't have to endure the annoying cabin noise of the military transport plane, and everyone can sleep comfortably."
Clay raised his hand to check the time. It was only 1 o'clock in the afternoon. It seemed that someone was eager to go home. "I want to go to the street to buy some gifts for Stella later. Jiejie, Hannah, what are the names 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 held Jiejie and Alice's arms with both hands.
"Great, we'll have one more person to help us carry the things. We were worried that Jack and Aubrey couldn't carry them alone. Don't worry, we'll take care of the gift for Stella. You just need to prepare the credit card."
Clay's face was bitter, and he regretted saying so much.
Jack was about to say something, but he saw Jin Junhao and Ma Xidao walked 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 it was a little early now.
Jin Junhao still stood up straight with the style of a prosecutor. When he walked in front of Jubal, he forced a smile on his stiff face, "Agent Valentine, Agent Tavoler, and everyone else, thank you."
Although he only bowed slightly when shaking hands with everyone this time, he gave people a 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 express my gratitude."
While speaking, there were even tears in his eyes. "This gratitude is not only for the advice given to me by Director Valentine and Agent Tavoler before, but also for your efforts 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, this efficiency was a bit high.
"Has the extradition been in sight?"
Kim Junhao's smile did not diminish, and he nodded repeatedly, "Yes, the extradition procedure has been initiated, and Li Jianyu will be sent to Dubai soon. Not only will he be prosecuted for his evil deeds there, but he will also be charged with aggravated crimes.
Dubai will severely investigate his previous fugitive behavior, and that will be a long period of imprisonment."
I didn't expect that this prosecutor was really like someone said, and that going against the chaebol was not simply for utilitarian purposes. Thinking of someone, Jack looked suspiciously at Ma Xidao behind him.
This guy smiled with a simple face, but his eyes wandering around betrayed his true thoughts.
"Is there something wrong?" Jack walked up to Ma Xidao.
Ma Xidao rubbed his hands, and the flesh on his face was squeezed into a pile. "I remember you said you owed me a favor?"
