Wei Zhenguo was about to retire, so he simply took a long vacation and ca to Anwan City to stay with the special investigation squad.
He didn’t interact with Jiang Yuan and the others much, at most sending a text ssage to describe the situation of his wife to Jiang Yuan and the others from his mory.
For the special investigation squad mbers who have been detectives for a long ti, it’s not surprising for the victim’s family to stay around. In fact, it’s not only not surprising, but also a very effective ans of supervision. Especially for ordinary people, relying on so supervisory institution to achieve their goals is far less effective than staying around themselves.
However, the super large special investigation squad is destined not to charge forward like a usual investigation squad. Most people can’t even influence it, just like parts in a colossal shield tunneling machine, where the changes in many parts, except for the critical ones, won’t affect the moving equipnt, at most being checked and replaced during maintenance.
anwhile, this increasingly larger special investigation squad continues to progress steadfastly, bringing more and more attention with its pace.
On the weekend, Song Tiancheng brought Cui Xiaohu, Li Haochen, and Chu Guanliang to Anwan City.
Jiang Yuan invited everyone for hot pot!
The hot pot ingredients were naturally beef slices cut early in the morning from a cow slaughtered in Jiang Fuzhen, brought from afar and served just after landing, completing the process from rigor mortis to relaxed state. The thin slices twirled in the soup pot, making one’s mouth water just by looking at the red at swirling in the red soup.
Song Tiancheng and others enjoyed the al thoroughly.
They had flown over for half a day, starving, not to ntion for the sake of Jiang Fuzhen’s face, they would pretend it’s delicious.
"Please invite uncle to join us for a al." Cui Xiaohu invited once more.
Before Jiang Yuan could speak, Jiang Fuzhen waved his hand and said, "A chef never starves. Besides, chefs don’t eat with guests; as long as you find the food tasty, that’s enough. I’m quite busy over here."
Jiang Fuzhen nodded and went off to supervise in the kitchen with his hands behind his back.
"It’s a bit embarrassing," Cui Xiaohu turned his head and chuckled.
"It’s okay. My dad likes to cook at but doesn’t like to eat it himself," Jiang Yuan explained with a smile.
"Then what does he usually eat? Or he just doesn’t like to eat?" Cui Xiaohu was curious.
Jiang Yuan thought for a mont and said, "My dad usually eats simply; when he’s craving, he calls over a chef group to cook, so he won’t go hungry."
Cui Xiaohu pondered over the term "chef group," made a "tsk" sound, and buried himself in his al.
Song Tiancheng put down his chopsticks, took over the conversation, and said, "We ca this ti to provide you with so support. You’ve handled quite a few departnt-supervised cases, and we’ve assigned this case to you mainly to be able to offer so funding and such. Do you need anything else here?"
"It’s enough. The call you made earlier was already a great help to us. Digging out the Ba River incineration case was thanks to your support," Jiang Yuan maintained tact even during a al, probably due to the astuteness cultivated from eating hundreds of family als when he was young.
Song Tiancheng laughed heartily, "Glad to help. If you need anything, just call . I’m not saying anything else, but in terms of manpower, resources, and financial support, the departnt can still coordinate and support."
Jiang Yuan thanked him again.
Chu Guanliang chid in from the side, "With Director Song in the country, everything is set. If you need any international resources, feel free to contact . Even if the culprit flees to neighboring countries without a warrant, I’ll find a way to persuade them back."
Chu Guanliang had stepped down from his role as a police liaison in Dama, gained greatly, and was eager to give back to Jiang Yuan.
Jiang Yuan thanked him again.
In the dostic police community, criminal police are like family, often helping each other. Of course, Jiang Yuan is like the most promising and favored child in the family.
Being the leader, Song Tiancheng genuinely liked Jiang Yuan; after finishing the hot pot and visiting the special investigation squad, he decided to stay and said he wanted to see Jiang Yuan’s daily work.
Jiang Yuan’s daily work and the special investigation squad’s routine weren’t much to see, as upon hearing about this, the Anwan City Bureau staff mobilized quickly, inviting Song Tiancheng to visit and guide their work.
The progress of the large special investigation squad also sped up significantly.
As the culprit’s traces were located, his appearance identified, and the facial sketch confird, the details of several other Class C cases gradually beca clearer too.
Yet, at this ti, so noise began to appear.
"Witnesses insisted the carjacker was not taller than 1.75 ters because he was 1.70 ters tall himself, guessed the other party’s height from the vehicle’s height, and felt similar to his height."
"The surveillance at the scene showed that no one over 1.80 ters entered or exited that day. Moreover, the people coming in and out didn’t match any known suspect’s image."
The criminal police who traveled afar did their best to investigate, but the information they brought back was vastly different from the special investigation squad’s initial target, which could be described using physics, as if two clouds hovered over the seemingly indestructible building of physics at this mont.
Then, Liu Jinghui stepped up and proposed a new unified theory: "We have always suspected that the culprit operates in a team, so it’s normal for one culprit’s image to not match the footprint analysis conclusion. Especially regarding the culprit A we always suspected, even though he hasn’t appeared at certain cri scenes, this doesn’t negate the conclusion. I’m more inclined to believe that the culprit’s team doesn’t always commit cris together but could also act individually. The culprits operate separately usually, occasionally cooperating with each other, and possibly even have flexible team mbers."
It’s not easy to say this because Liu Jinghui not only provided a conclusion but also raised issues. He confird the fact of the culprit’s team collaboration and proposed a new theory, pointing out that the culprit team might have a flexible cooperation model, splitting and rging.
It’s well-known in the workplace; you can not solve problems, but it’s best not to create them.
Unless you’re a certain King...
Even Xu Taining, who was busily organizing personnel, didn’t get upset over Liu Jinghui changing the investigation scope; he focused on whether this hypothesis was reasonable.
"What do you think?" Xu Taining looked at Jiang Yuan.
"I think it’s quite plausible. After all, this case is from 15 years ago. The clues we have are limited. However, we should also consider witnesses possibly forgetting or reconstructing their mories," Jiang Yuan paused and added, "I can do forensic sketching based on the existing suspects’ sketches to estimate how the culprit looks now, but under these circumstances, finding soone through facial recognition is unlikely."
"Hmm... Then, to include this newly identified culprit or possibly two culprits, our investigation squad might not be enough," Xu Taining’s eyes flashed red, "The lunch boxes won’t be enough either; we’d need to find another supplier since the local fast-food industry isn’t large enough."
"Actually, there’s no need," Jiang Yuan stopped Xu Taining and quietly said, "I think we should focus on capturing the first culprit, the one who is 1.80 ters tall."
Xu Taining hesitated for a mont and asked, "Do you think he’d give away the others?"
"Yes."
"But what if he doesn’t know his accomplices’ real nas?" Various possibilities flashed through Xu Taining’s mind, and he continued, "15 years have passed, and they may not have contact anymore. Even if he gives out a nickna, it might be useless. But now, if we don’t expand the search scope, we’ll be too late if we find inconsistencies later."
"If we expand further, Commissioner Huang will be overwheld," Jiang Yuan said, then offered a solution, "Capturing the fugitive doesn’t require so many resources, let’s focus on catching the 1.80-ter guy first."
"Alright," Xu Taining sounded slightly reluctant.
"Do you have a plan?" Jiang Yuan began to instruct.
Xu Taining hesitated for a mont and said, "If you’re asking now, I only have a simple thod."
"What simple thod?" Jiang Yuan didn’t expect a clever solution. If this could be solved cleverly and easily, with so many investigation squads before and this one being full of talents, were they just doing this for fun?
Solving the case is like answering a math question; perhaps so genius can co up with an ingenious solution after a mont of enlightennt, but if one can solve the problem with a simple thod, it’s already excellent.
Xu Taining took out his notebook, flipped to a record page, and said, "15 years ago, we suspected it was an external fencing operation; if that’s the case, it’s a good angle. But we should worry if catching just him would startle the others."
"It’s been 15 years; we don’t even know where the snake is now."
"Alright, I have two routes, but we need to proceed simultaneously."
"Go on."
Xu Taining slowly suggested, "The first route is the fence line. We suspect now he’s fencing goods outside the area, but if we carefully trace this and get cooperation from detectives across the region, I think we can find most of them."
"These people may not know who this 1.80 guy is either."
"It could work with the second route. We can search hotel guest lists across regions and see if there’s anyone who shows up around the sa tifra, once or multiple tis." Xu Taining added ahead, "I know that 15 years ago, many accommodation records weren’t as strict, but there should be ways to avoid that even now; it’s just that they may have been more cautious during temporary malicious acts."
"What about fake IDs?"
"They might not have used those much; after many occurrences, sothing is bound to slip through," Xu Taining concluded from experience.
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