Suspect: Lin Shuren, college-educated, a hidden schizophrenic patient with English conversational skills. He is occasionally calm but extremely susceptible to external environmental factors.
He handles matters ruthlessly; once faced with external provocation, his mind becomes numb, and he will stop at nothing, ready to take a life with a single stab.
He enjoys studying human physiology and is obsessively, numbly dedicated to human anatomy, possessing a certain level of knowledge in the field.
The name Lin Shuren may sound very ordinary; there could be thousands sharing the same name in Hong Kong. But one this cold-blooded and callous—believed to be unique—is this Lin Shuren, the cold-blooded killer.
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The Third Day of the Lunar New Year, 1992
Location of Incident: Tsuen Wan
6:00 PM
On a busy street bustling with traffic, numerous cars, as usual, crawled slowly along, brushing past pedestrians.
"Radio call, Tsuen Wan Market to Tai Mo Shan, Tsuen Wan Market to Tai Mo Shan. Anyone taking the call? Radio call, radio call, Tsuen Wan Market to Tai Mo Shan. Anyone taking the call?"
Many taxi drivers on the street heard this dispatch broadcast from their cabs but remained unmoved and unresponsive. They were either already carrying passengers, about to end their shifts, or preparing for dinner.
After repeated calls, one driver finally picked up the handset and replied, "6611 taking the call. Arriving in two minutes."
"Roger,6611."
After the radio's brief acknowledgment, the conversation ended.
Lin Shuren wore gold-rimmed glasses. He wasn't tall, with a thin, somewhat pale face lacking much color, giving off a somewhat gloomy impression.
He drove his taxi from a side road onto the main street opposite the market.
At that moment, a young woman in her early twenties, carrying a backpack, came running over, waving and somewhat out of breath, asking, "Taxi, are you going to Tai Mo Shan?"
"Yes,get in."
Relieved she hadn't missed it, the young woman immediately got in, and the car drove off. Unnoticed by her, the driver's gaze lingered on her neck for a few seconds; behind the lenses, his pupils contracted slightly.
Inside the cab, the young woman chatted incessantly on her phone.
"Hi, Mom."
"Hi,sweetie! Are you coming home for dinner tonight?"
"I don't think I'll make it back for dinner.I'm in a taxi right now, rushing to go painting."
"What?Painting! Why on earth are you going painting all of a sudden? Where are you going to paint?"
"Oh,it's nothing much. Since I've been back from Australia for a while, I thought I'd come here first to find some painting inspiration. You know I'm very interested in painting, so I chose to come here to make the most of my time in Hong Kong and pursue my talent."
"Ah!You silly girl, I can't help but worry with you running around everywhere by yourself. Well, if you're going painting, I won't argue. Just come back as soon as you're done."
"It's fine,Mom. I'll come back once I finish painting. Don't worry. Okay, gotta go, almost there. Bye~"
With that, the girl hung up.
Night was falling, and a thin mist was thickening. As they ascended the mountainside, wisps of fog began to drift through. The weather wasn't great, but being back on holiday, she was eager to fulfill her wish.
It was around 6:30 PM. Dusk was deepening into darkness. The taxi finally reached the summit of Tai Mo Shan.
In the twilight, Tai Mo Shan was shrouded in thin mist. The mountaintop was silent, save for the rustle of wind through the trees. Scattered lights from below flickered faintly in the fog. The only points of reference were this summit and the houses down the mountain. Gazing down, the dotted lights created an extremely picturesque scene.
The young woman looked outside and said excitedly, "Driver, could you wait here for me for an hour? I'm back from Australia on vacation, and it's a rare chance. I want to paint here alone, capture Hong Kong's scenery."
"But I haven't had dinner yet!"Lin Shuren replied, a hint of displeasure on his face.
The girl thought for a moment. "Ah! How about this? Since you need to eat anyway, why don't you go buy dinner for both of us? This meal is on me. If you're willing to wait, I'll give you an extra thousand dollars. I have the money anyway. Is that okay?"
Lin Shuren thought for a moment. "Hmm, alright then. I'll go buy dinner now. You can pay me when I get back."
It was now 8 PM. The young woman was slowly eating her takeaway box while painting, thoroughly engrossed. She estimated another half hour to finish. Lin Shuren had been waiting idly all this time, seemingly with no other option.
Shortly after, Lin Shuren suddenly began to appear somewhat dazed, muttering to himself, his gaze fixed blankly on the young woman.
Soon, his face flushed deep red and he broke into a sweat, as if on the verge of losing control of his emotions.
Just then, coincidentally, it began to rain. What terrible luck. In her haste, the girl quickly grabbed the drawing paper from her easel and ran to the taxi. Glancing back at the brushes and easel left behind, she sighed regretfully, "Ah! What a shame. Just a little bit more and it would be finished. But now it's suddenly raining. How disappointing. We should go."
Little did she know, her words "we should go" triggered an immediate and intense reaction from Lin Shuren. His face turned red and hot. Unable to control his emotions, he suddenly tensed up completely, fists clenched, body rigid.
Seeing his strange behavior, the girl asked, "Hey, are you feeling unwell? Why are you so tense?"
This question only made Lin Shuren feel even more unbearably tense, worse than before. He grew so nervous he was sweating profusely, almost breathless. Losing control, he forcibly wrapped his arm around the girl's neck from behind and pressed her to the ground.
Startled at being suddenly pinned down for no reason, the girl cried out in alarm, "Hey, what are you doing? Let me go right now!"
Her screams panicked Lin Shuren. In a fluster, he savagely punched her face with his fist. The girl cried out in pain with a sharp "Ah!" and nearly lost consciousness.
Not relenting, and fearing her continued screams might attract attention, Lin Shuren's mind went blank. He then delivered several heavy punches to her abdomen. At this point, severely injured, the girl could no longer resist. Seeing the opportunity ripe, Lin Shuren impulsively forced himself upon her, subjecting her to a brutal rape.
During the assault, the girl, unwilling to be violated, tried to resist fiercely. But unfortunately, given the disparity in strength and his excessive violence—her face battered beyond recognition—she was ultimately forced to submit. Her life was tragically shattered by this beast in human form. Afterwards, Lin Shuren merely offered a cold smirk, appearing unfulfilled.
After violating the girl, he suddenly felt very empty. Seeing the young woman trampled by him, he was abruptly overcome with immense guilt. His whole body began to tremble, and he muttered to himself.
"I'm...I'm sorry. I didn't mean to. I don't know why I often can't control myself, can't control what I do. I deserve to be hit. I deserve it."
With that, he slapped himself several times. The brutally violated girl could do nothing but sob uncontrollably.
Seeing her incessant crying, Lin Shuren grew agitated and restless.
"Hey,stop crying. I beg you, stop crying, okay? My mind is in chaos right now, utter chaos!"
How could his words possibly console the girl? She continued crying as if half-dead.
Just then, the girl's phone suddenly rang. Startled by the sound, she hurriedly reached for it to answer. Before she could even press the button, Lin Shuren snatched it away. In a panic, she exclaimed, "Hey, what do you think you're doing? Give me back my phone! I need to call my mom!"
Her frightened cry instantly alarmed Lin Shuren. Angrily, he retorted, "Hah, so you want to call the police, is that it?"
His cold statement terrified the girl, who burst into frantic sobs. In her panic, she immediately turned and tried to run. However, Lin Shuren gave a cold glance, started after her, and within a few steps, had tightly wrapped his arm around her neck once more.
The girl never imagined today would end like this. In her terror, she struggled wildly. During the struggle, this cold-blooded brute viciously stabbed her body with a knife, then followed with two more stabs. Pitifully, the young woman's blood spilled on the spot, and her life was extinguished.