Qi Liyan and her team initially thought that when they brought up the matter of sponsoring a female college student ten years ago, Grandpa Jiao would open the door. However, surprisingly, the door remained closed.
"What’s going on? Could it be that he’s forgotten about the sponsorship?"
"Not necessarily. I think his reaction to seeing us was not normal, as if deliberately avoiding sothing."
Qi Liyan’s intuition told her that Jiao Changrong’s reaction to seeing the police was abnormal. Previously, it could be excused as not wanting to be disturbed, but now, after they clearly ntioned the sponsorship, he still wouldn’t open the door. This explained everything.
"So you an, Tian Lifen might have been killed by him?" Lai Jiyun exclaid, understanding Qi Liyan’s implication.
"Let’s go back first, don’t discuss it here."
Qi Liyan, worried that eyes might be watching them from behind the door, decided to return to the bureau to discuss further.
When Li Xiang saw them return, he imdiately asked, "How about it? Did you find the person?"
"We found him, but his reaction was strange. Even after we explained why we were there, he continued to avoid us. I suspect..."
Qi Liyan didn’t finish her sentence, but everyone understood her implication.
"No way, sponsoring for four years doesn’t fit that kind of person." Sun Zhidong expressed so doubt.
"You never know. I’ve seen online that so people have impure motives for providing sponsorships." Yang Ming held the opposite view, believing it was possible.
"It’s not impossible. Currently, we have no other suspects to investigate, so we might as well look into him first."
Zhou Jian agreed more with Yang Ming’s perspective. After all, they had nothing else pressing at the mont, so they might as well investigate Jiao Changrong first.
"What do you think, Captain Li?" Qi Liyan asked.
Since Li Xiang was present, they still had to respect the captain’s opinion.
"Considering what you’ve said, this Jiao Changrong does seem quite suspicious. After Tian Lifen graduated from college, she had no connections in Yuncheng, and the only link she had was this kind-hearted person who sponsored her for four years. She t her end less than a month after arriving in Yuncheng, which wouldn’t allow enough ti for her to make other enemies. As the saying goes, a kindness for a peck of rice, a hatred for a bucket-full. This Jiao Changrong indeed needs thorough investigation."
Upon Li Xiang’s words, the investigation team began to take action.
But just then, his actions suddenly paused.
"What’s wrong, Captain Li?"
"Nothing, I just have a feeling that the na Jiao Changrong sounds familiar, like I’ve seen it sowhere before."
"You’ve seen it? Could it be soone with the sa na?"
"Unlikely. The surna Jiao isn’t very common, and I have an impression of this na, like it’s in our case files."
After hearing Li Xiang’s words, the investigation team exchanged puzzled looks.
In the case files?
"Hmm, now that Captain Li ntions it, I have a bit of an impression too." Qi Liyan thought for a mont, then quickly turned to find the case files.
"Found it, indeed we have. Zhou Jian, check the ID to see if these two people are the sa."
Qi Liyan excitedly approached with the found record.
"Let take a look."
The record stated the ID number. A na can be shared, but there is only one ID number.
After Zhou Jian checked, he confird, "It’s the sa person!"
"Let see, what do you an sa person?" Sun Zhidong leaned in and took the record from Zhou Jian.
"What are you looking at, give it to the captain." Yang Ming took it from Sun Zhidong’s hand and gave it to Li Xiang.
"Witness statent."
After reading the statent, Li Xiang realized he hadn’t been mistaken. This person was the sa old man who filed a report at the park years ago, and he registered his na as Jiao Changrong at that ti.
However, the impression everyone had was of an elderly cleaner, which made them overlook his na. Now, with the record taken out, they could finally confirm one thing.
"This Jiao Changrong is a major suspect."
The investigation team hadn’t expected the case to take such a profound turn.
As the kind-hearted person who sponsored Tian Lifen for four years, it turned out he was the one who murdered her, dismbered her, and discarded her head in the park — and he was the one who disposed of it himself. This act clearly challenged the police greatly.
He succeeded, as no one uncovered the truth for ten years.
"No wonder the surveillance footage didn’t capture the head entering the park. It turns out the head itself was hidden in the garbage truck the cleaner took into the park."
Zhou Jian realized it too. Previously, the police couldn’t figure out how the murderer managed to get the head into the park. Even after reviewing public surveillance footage, nothing suspicious was found. Now, by connecting all the clues, they finally figured out the thod used by the murderer.
"Captain Li, let’s go apprehend him. Jiao Changrong is a major suspect."
"If Jiao Changrong is a major suspect, then you alerting him earlier just tipped him off. I’ll go with you, and we’ll imdiately take coercive asures against Jiao Changrong."
"Understood."
"Get soone from the locksmith company. If he still refuses to co out, we’ll unlock it."
The people from the locksmith company are registered with the police, so Li Xiang called Wang Ruigang for a number and asked soone to co over.
"Why do you need the locksmith company’s number?"
Hearing Li Xiang ask for the locksmith company’s number, he guessed that Li Xiang might have sothing planned.
"We’re apprehending the headless body case’s murderer."
"What, you solved the case? So quickly?"
The voice on the other end of the line, Wang Ruigang, obviously raised a notch. He hadn’t expected that after ten years, Li Xiang had silently solved the case.
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