"As the Florist's attending physician, I compiled the names and personalities of thirty-nine flowers. What I can confirm is that the patient truly regarded every flower as a living person."
Cameras flashed relentlessly at Doctor Gao. He was the sole witness in this serial murder case, and his testimony would play a crucial role.
"The Florist called his first victim He Feifei. She was a narcissus his neighbor grew on the balcony, and the Florist always believed she was trying to seduce him. Last September, at midnight, the Florist discovered that his neighbor's balcony window had not been locked. He set up a ladder, secretly climbed into his neighbor's home, and raped the narcissus."
"He sneaked in late at night with malicious intent. In the end, to destroy the evidence, he was deranged enough to try to eat He Feifei's corpse. But every part of a narcissus is poisonous, especially the bulb. That very night, he developed symptoms including vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, collapse, and convulsions."
"The second victim, named Louise, was an artificial plastic flower in the midday news studio at Xinhu Television. The Florist saw her on television many times and developed malicious intentions. When the staff weren't looking, he slipped inside and dismembered her with a pair of scissors he had hidden beforehand."
"To satisfy some particular emotional need, the Florist took the dismembered corpse home and concealed it in various corners of his house."
"The third victim appeared in the Florist's diary, where he affectionately called her Wife. She was a rose he had grown himself. He imprisoned her in a dark, secret room with no sunlight and slowly let her die of thirst."
"He imprisoned and abused his wife, raped his neighbor, devoured corpses, dismembered a television star, and took her remains home to keep