CH 87

Yan City Police Department

“Any sign of that car?”

“No.” The unshaven man took a sip of strong tea, rubbed his hair irritably, and said, “The suspect had planned it long ago, and the driving routes were all chosen places that are not monitored, and he disappeared as soon as he left the highway.”

“Boss, Capt. Wang, I think the suspect may have accomplices.”

Capt. Wang and the unshaven man turned their heads at the same time, “What do you mean?”

The young policeman rolled his chair, slid between his two seniors, and spread out his notebook so that the two could clearly see the circuit diagram and timeline on it: “I checked the surveillance overnight yesterday and found that he doesn’t only know the victim’s routine and actions well. At 11:20 noon, he drove to the parking lot of the community near Chengyang Plaza, and 11:35 is when the victim came out of the Li De Building. He drove to the west side of the square, almost at the moment when the victim walked out of Li De, disguised as a car accidentally breaking through the guardrail to lower the victim’s vigilance, and carried out the crime.”

Capt. Wang and the man looked at each other and frowned at the same time.

The young policeman continued to elaborate on his conclusion: “So long as the suspect does not have eyes that can see through walls, it is impossible for him to count every step the victim would take so clearly. The victim usually leaves the Li De Building at twelve o’clock, and yesterday he left early because he received a call from his mother. The suspect could not have calculated this in advance, which only means that he must have accomplices, and they are inside Li De, so that he can accurately fake the murder scene as an accident.”

Capt. Wang nodded: “Then who do you think is the most suspect?”

“Everyone is suspect.” The young policeman said, “Everyone on the same floor as the victim who saw his movements, as well as Li De’s CEO Li Nanfeng, and even the victim’s mother, Yang Si, may be suspects——Boss, why did you hit me on the head?”

“They are all suspects?” The bearded man withdrew his hand: “You kiddo, why don’t you grow some brain cells first.”

“Aren’t they?” The young policeman said aggrievedly: “Don’t you think that Li Nanfeng’s appearance at that time was too coincidental? And he even found a good reason to go to the parking lot to clear himself of suspicion. And the victim’s mother. I didn’t say she is the suspect. I just think she is also suspicious. After all, she called the victim, and the victim came out. At that time, only the victim and the victim’s mother were on the phone. So the possibility of the victim’s mother informing the suspect of the exact time is the greatest, so there’s nothing wrong with my inference.”

“Nothing wrong! Nothing wrong, you say!” The bearded man slapped the young policeman on the head again: “What’s the motive for committing the crime? Let’s not talk about Li Nanfeng for now, what motive does the victim’s mother have?”

The young policeman pursed his lips and said stubbornly: “I just said that the victim’s mother might be suspect, not that it was her…..When I first entered the police, I saw a case that was only revealed after seventeen years. In the homicide case, the suspect’s accomplice was the victim’s best friend. At that time, didn’t everyone think that he had no motive for committing the crime? It took more than ten years to find out the truth, and it turned out that the victim always bullied him when he was in school. He planned the murder case because he wanted revenge. Since we all know that the suspect planned it beforehand, but the victim also said that he had never seen the suspect, maybe there is someone behind the scenes?”

“This trail of thought can be followed…..” Capt. Wang sat down, pointed to the young policeman and said, “Go to the hospital later and ask the victim whether he had conflicts with others at school or other places, or whether there had been any case of malicious competition, we’ll check again the victim’s…..”

Someone trotted over and said, “Capt. Wang, the chief’s call.”

Dui Wang nodded, got up and said, “You guys discuss it first, and we’ll have a meeting right away after I finish the call.”

“Yes, sir!”

When Capt. Wang left, the young policeman asked the bearded man in a low voice: “Boss, what do you think is the identity of the victim? It’s been less than 24 hours now, and the higher-ups have called three times. It’s probably the same this time, calling to urge progress.”

“In our investigation, except for his exceptional grades, he is just an ordinary high school student in terms of family and other aspects, but who would deliberately murder an ordinary high school student, and…..how is it that an ordinary high school student encountering an attempted murder on his life can make so many people on the top continuously pressuring us to close the case? The He family of the Tu Nan Group, the Li family of the Li De Group, and even the Shi family…..What special identity does he have? That he has alarmed so many bigwigs!”

“Why do you care so much?” The bearded man took a sip of tea and said, “Just do your own job well.”

“Isn’t this also for the investigation?” The young policeman said, “Only by finding out the interpersonal network behind the victim and figuring out who he is can we conduct a better investigation. If so many bigwigs has been disturbed, it proves that his existence holds a certain value, value involves interests, and interests trigger the motivation to commit crimes against him, isn’t this what you taught me, boss?”

“You’re good at logical deduction, aren’t you?”

“You got that right!”

“Why don’t you become the head of the criminal investigation team then?”

“That’s——no, no, no, how dare I?” The young policeman smiled ingratiatingly and rolled his chair back. But halfway through, he suddenly stood up: “Capt. Wang! You’re done with your call!”

Capt. Wang glanced at him and waved to the bearded man with a heavy expression: “Come to my office.”

The bearded man pointed a finger at the young policeman, turned around and followed him into the office.

“What’s the matter?” The bearded man held the cup of wolfberry chrysanthemum tea, closed the door and took a big sip: “Who is it this time?”

“The military department.”

“Pff——cough, cough——” The bearded man coughed and wiped his mouth while staring in disbelief, “Who?”

“The military department.” Capt. Wang handed him a few pieces of paper, frowning: “We must speed up the progress. The identity of the victim is not simple, and the motive of the suspect may not be simple either.”

“What do you mean?” The bearded man wiped his mouth clean and said, “Why is the military department involved?”

“The victim has a piece of software that he developed and designed on his own. They didn’t say what it is, but it is very important to national defense and security. More importantly, he just went to the 17th Research Institute of the Military Department the day before yesterday.” Capt. Wang looked serious, “You get my meaning?”

The bearded man stood up straight, frowned and said, “F**k…..such important news, why didn’t that kid say anything when we asked him about it?”

“What can he say?” Capt. Wang gave him an eyeroll, walked to the table and sat down, saying in a deep voice: “This matter was only confirmed as a national first-class secret yesterday. No more than ten people in the whole country know about it. I am guessing even his own parents don’t know how capable their son is, but his ability is indeed enough for the entire military research institute and even the whole country to pay attention to. In other words, Jiang Chen is very likely to become a high-level protected figure of the country in the future. We must thoroughly investigate this whole thing, and it has to be done fast!”

“If his identity is so…..then the scope of involvement is too wide.” The bearded man also frowned: “The difficulty of our investigation has also skyrocketed.”

“No matter how difficult it is.” Capt. Wang got up and said, “This matter must be cleared up as soon as possible.”

Jiang Chen sat at the desk, his eyes locked on the screens of the two computers. The computer on the left displayed a zoomed-out map, and a dotted circle slowly moved on it, while the computer directly in front displayed lines of code that moved up quickly. From time to time, photos of unfamiliar places flashed.

“Changjiang, report the tracking progress.”

The dotted circle on the map on the left computer screen stopped moving, fixed on one point and its range was slowly narrowed. The quickly moving code of the computer in front also slowed down, and several photos appeared on the screen one by one. From the mountains to the woods and then to a birds eye view of a forest and a village.

“Satellite monitoring shows that the target van is currently located at 112°32′-114°30′ east longitude and 39°02′-40°44′ north latitude. The position is located at the northernmost Naozi Village of Shao Province, which is adjacent to Yangfeng County in the autonomous region of Suo Province, and connected with Huamin City and Fusheng County in the southwest.”

“Naozi Village…..” Jiang Chen clicked on the photo, zoomed in manually bit by bit, and his eyebrows unfurrowed: “Are there still signs of any moving from the target?”

“From three hours ago to now, the van has made no signs of movement.”

“Does the photo capture the target person?”

“No.” Changjiang said: “Naozi Village is located in a remote area, located in the northern part of the Changnan Mountains, which has dense trees, and satellites cannot capture the target person.”

“Keep monitoring at all times.”

“Okay, Dylan.”

Jiang Chen stored the data in the mobile hard drive, and when the hard drive was pulled out, his phone rang.

Looking at the caller ID, Jiang Chen raised his eyebrows and asked, “Didn’t you have surgery this morning?”

“I will be going to the operating room soon.” Shi Fengyue said in a lazy voice, “How is the investigation going?”

“I found the target, thanks to your high-coverage GPS system.” Jiang Chen stood up and stretched his body, and said, “But this kind of GPS connected to satellites needs to be reported even if it was used by the developer, why was it approved so quickly for my use?”

“The agreement I signed doesn’t have this condition.”

Jiang Chen chuckled lightly: “You can still make bargains when signing an agreement with the country?”

Shi Fengyue’s voice was low and amused: “I’ll teach you the tricks when you sign one yourself.”

“Then I will trouble you.”

“How’s your hand?”

“It’s almost as good as new.” Jiang Chen raised his hand, his eyes sweeping over the place where spots of blood had oozed out, and his voice paused: “I’ll go and see my mpm later, and reapply the medicine by the way.”

“What time?”

“Around ten o’clock.” Jiang Chen thought for a while and said, “Huo Bo and Shen Xu will come to see me for lunch at noon. If you are going to perform surgery at noon, do you want me to bring you some food and leave it in your office? You can eat it after you’re done.”

Shi Fengyue said lightly: “No need, I don’t eat reheated food.”

Jiang Chen had heard Li Nanfeng say that Shi Fengyue had a lot of picky habits, and this was the first time he felt it. He teased, “Didn’t you say you’re not picky?”

Shi Fengyue: “I just don’t eat reheated food.”

Hearing his righteous tone, Jiang Chen couldn’t help but laugh. The next moment, Shi Fengyue said: “I called you to tell you that the He family may already know your identity.”

Jiang Chen’s smile faded a bit: “I guessed it.”

“What are you going to do?”

“Since yesterday, I have already become a person with full legal capacity for myself.”

Shi Fengyue was calm and composed: “So you don’t plan to go back to the He family?”

“Not now.”

“What about He Qianjian?”

Jiang Chen said lightly, “That’s the He family’s business.”

Shi Fengyue said unhurriedly: “It’s also a matter of the Jiang family.”

Jiang Chen’s eyelashes flickered, and after a moment of silence, he lowered his eyes and said, “Not right now.”

Shi Fengyue: “He Yanfeng and his wife may act according to your wishes, but old Mr. He does things swiftly and decisively, and may not follow your wishes.”

Jiang Chen said lightly: “I will not let anyone disrupt my plan, let alone allow anyone to affect my parents.”