227: Chapter 218 Alibi Evidence 227: Chapter 218 Alibi Evidence Qinghe City.
Bar Street.
The location adjacent to the city center and Qinghe College of Arts and Sciences is the main reason why Maisan Road has transford into a bar street.
New bars get renovated here every month, and there are owners who leave the scene gloomily.
But for the most part, the profitable owners and shareholders reinvest the money back into refurbishing.
Of course, it’s not just bars on the street.
A variety of pubs, music bars, hotpot restaurants, trendy fast-food joints, and even bubble tea and coffee shops abound.
Walking along Maisan Road is like being in a top-tier city from a year or two ago.
All sorts of trendy stuff is dazzling.
Wu Junhao, dressed in everyday clothes, strolled down the center of the street with two team mbers, indifferent to the gazes of others.
He was here to capture Bai Yuequn, the suspect in the murder of Yuan Yutang.
As the third in rank of Jianyuan Company during the struggle for inheritance, his every move was under scrutiny.
All his night-life pleasures or romantic entanglents had long since been thoroughly investigated.
Of course, the third son, Yuan Yutang, didn’t care much about his private reputation.
His public persona was that of a prodigal son who had turned over a new leaf.
As long as he was willing to engage in legitimate activities and not mingle with the underworld, his father was already quite content.
Interestingly, Yuan Yutang was bisexual and got to know many like-minded people by hosting parties.
Yuan Jiansheng was even more pleased with this, providing a foundation for this third son’s bid for the inheritance rights.
Bai Yuequn was Yuan Yutang’s old fling, closely involved with him for many turbulent years.
They even braved the most challenging period of coming out together.
Bai Yuequn’s only request of Yuan Yutang was unconditional loyalty to one another.
Yuan Yutang always promised this to Bai Yuequn, but in a very short ti, he would be caught breaking his promise, followed by intense argunts, wild outbursts, and then sweet ecstasy and solemn commitnts…
This cycle repeated over and over again, to the point that onlookers thought they relished this process.
Bai Yuequn’s height, the habit of wearing height-increasing shoes and oversized footwear, even his weight and age, all matched the profile that Jiang Yuan had established, and he was the only suspect fitting these criteria.
After asking the technical investigation and cyber security teams to confirm his location, Wu Junhao imdiately brought his team over.
Three people seed a little few, but in a sowhat chaotic place like Bar Street with complications and potential for accidents, Wu Junhao preferred a streamlined personnel arrangent along with a large reserve force.
Therefore, he placed 10 people outside Bar Street, with three squads of 10 people each following behind, but he only brought two ferocious teammates by his side, both weighing 90 kilograms and able to bench press 120 kilograms.
To ordinary people, bench pressing 1.3 tis their body weight might just be a show-off trick in the gym.
For mbers of Team One, reaching this level ant you were highly skilled, effectively being able to take on two adversaries single-handedly.
What does it an to ‘take on two’?
It ans during an arrest, one person can pin two suspects against the wall, rendering them immobile.
Wu Junhao had even managed to once pin a criminal suspect under one arm while lifting another with his free hand high into the air, causing him to yell loudly.
Wu Junhao and his team mbers stood out with their physique.
Walking down Bar Street, they quickly caught the attention of a few girls.
The girls followed Wu Junhao and his n, considering how to approach them when they saw the trio turn into a bar called Blue Star Alliance.
This is a well-known guy bar in Qinghe City.
The girls were heartbroken and constantly texting on their phones:
“What’s wrong with all the good n?”
“After working out so much, do they end up liking the sa sex?”
“People used to say that the end point of bars is a guy bar.
I didn’t believe it, but now I do…”
…
Wu Junhao was unaware of the scene outside.
As soon as he entered Blue Star Alliance, he climbed upstairs, based on the information he had received.
According to his information, Bai Yuequn had been in the bar the whole day.
He spent so ti in the office and so ti lingering both inside and outside the bar, witnessed by many people.
Wu Junhao didn’t know what Bai Yuequn’s ntal state was, but his current task was to capture him.
The three of them marched straight up to the office level where they were stopped by a handso bouncer in a suit for questioning.
Wu Junhao presented his badge, casually removed the bouncer’s earpiece, and said, “Don’t even think about tipping off.
You just work here.
Want to end up behind bars?”
The slightly handso and imposing bouncer imdiately backed down, making way and saying, “I didn’t plan to tip anyone off.”
“Okay, what’s your na?” Wu Junhao, having gained control of the situation, surprisingly didn’t hurry inside.
“Wang Yan.”
“Alright, Wang Yan, how many people are inside?”
“There are dozens in that office area.”
“Where is Bai Yuequn located?
Draw it for …”
Wu Junhao took out a notebook and, in the blind spot of the security cara on the stairwell corner, began to interrogate the bouncer.
After a good while, soone finally ca out, calling impatiently, “Wang Yan, Wang Yan…”
Wu Junhao stepped forward, easily wrapped his arm around the person to show the badge, and asked, “You see clearly?”
“I see clearly.”
“This is the Criminal Police working.
Don’t make trouble for yourself.
Stay put here.”
Wu Junhao, without further ado, led his two team mbers straight in.
The office area of the bar wasn’t much different from a typical office building, with a group of people in shirts doing paperwork, making phone calls, or holding etings, coming and going.
When Wu Junhao in plain clothes appeared, at most, they just gave him a glance.
It wasn’t until he approached Bai Yuequn’s door that soone asked, “Who are you looking for?”
“Found him,” Wu Junhao responded without looking back, opened the door to the general manager’s office, and went in.
Bai Yuequn was sitting comfortably and looked towards the few n with a mixture of surprise and expectation.
“Bai Yuequn?” Wu Junhao asked.
“Yes,” Bai Yuequn stood up.
“We’re from the Ningtai County Public Security Bureau.
We are now lawfully detaining you…” As Wu Junhao showed his badge and paperwork, he kept his eyes on Bai Yuequn.
Two officers flanked Bai on either side, and it wasn’t until they had handcuffed him that everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
“Tell everyone I’m fine, and I’ll be back soon after everything is explained.
Business should continue as usual here,” Bai Yuequn said, turning to make arrangents as if nothing had happened.
Wu Junhao didn’t care.
He had seen many such people, calm when handcuffed, pretending to arrange their work and all, but once they were in custody and had their first al there, they would usually break down, not shedding a tear until they saw the coffin, so to speak.
Wu Junhao did take the opportunity to check Bai Yuequn’s arms and other places for any scars but found none.
Bai Yuequn let him search, then said, “You’re here about Yuan Yutang, right?”
“The case officers will discuss it with you after you return,” Wu Junhao didn’t want to discuss the case with the suspect at that point, too dangerous as it could easily lead to information leakage, and, moreover, could cause the suspect to beco emotionally unstable and harder to control.
However, Bai Yuequn continued, “I know sothing happened to Yuan Yutang last night.
If it is about his case, I have an alibi.”
Wu Junhao couldn’t help but turn his head to look at Bai Yuequn.
In a criminal case, an alibi is a very strong piece of evidence.
Once confird, it can usually rule out a person as a suspect.
The fact that Bai Yuequn could provide an alibi indicated that he had prepared for this.
No matter if he really had an alibi or not, this suspect required cautious handling.
…
An hour later.
Huang Qiangmin, Jiang Yuan, and others had all rushed to the Criminal Police Brigade’s case handling center in the Qianjin District of Qinghe City.
The captain of the Criminal Police Brigade, Lei Xin, briefed several people:
“At this point, the credibility of Bai Yuequn’s alibi seems quite high.
At the ti of the incident, he was watching a movie with a boyfriend, with ticket purchase records and surveillance video of them entering and exiting.”
“The surveillance inside the screening room was broken.”
“After the movie ended, the two of them booked a room at Wanda Hotel next to the cinema, and there are also records at the front desk and surveillance video.”
“Additionally, there’s no significant injury found on Bai Yuequn’s body, which is not consistent with our initial assessnt.”
“Should we expand that list of suspects a bit?
Yuan Yutang knew many people, and given his status, it’s quite common to offend others.
Maybe we should include people he t through work as well.”
Lei Xin’s suggestion seed sensible.
An heir who died in a succession war with only lovers and romantic rivals on the list of suspects did seem far-fetched.
Even if the killer acted in a fit of passion, it could have been due to workplace grudges.
Aren’t the oppression and psychological trauma so people experience at work as intense and painful as breaking up with a lover?
Lei Xin even felt he had multiple potential targets of fantasy.
Huang Qiangmin had to admit there was logic in the other’s argunt and began a soft exchange with his colleagues.
Yuan Yutang’s life experience was indeed rich.
If one rules out love as a motive, Yuan Yutang’s troubled past was a ss.
The number of people he offended or hard is too nurous to trace.
Yet, looking at the records of fights and brawls, it’s clear that intense conflicts were no rarity in Yuan Yutang’s earlier life.
Considering these factors would likely require a large workforce to investigate and verify the associated nas.
After listening for a while, Jiang Yuan interjected, “I think there are still areas where Bai Yuequn could be investigated.”
Everyone instinctively stopped and turned to Jiang Yuan.
Jiang Yuan still carried an aura of authority.
“Firstly,” Jiang Yuan continued, “I studied Bai Yuequn’s footprints carefully and they are very consistent with those at the cri scene.”
“Secondly, while Bai Yuequn has no wounds on his body, the joints of his fingers have calluses, suggesting he may have been trained.”
“Furthermore, according to earlier inquiries with the housekeeping staff, the cri scene did not appear to be missing any items like towels, which suggests that the killer might not have been injured after committing the first murder.
This actually indicates the killer might possess so combat skills.”
“Thirdly, the murder took place right during the movie showing.
Although this could be coincidental, the fact that the surveillance in the screening room was also out makes the coincidence too substantial.”
At this point, Lei Xin chid in, “We questioned his boyfriend, and he confird that during the ti of the incident, Bai Yuequn was watching a movie with him.”
Jiang Yuan fell silent for a mont.
The existence of a witness did make his speculations lack persuasive power.
At that mont, Huang Qiangmin said, “The boyfriend’s testimony—I think we could ask in more detail, like whether he fell asleep during or stepped out for a bit.
We should also check their financial transactions and, additionally, understand their relationship from other angles.
The possibility of giving false testimony still exists.”
Having seen many cases, Huang Qiangmin had heard too many outlandish claims.
Lei Xin agreed, saying, “The person is still recording their statent, I’ll get them to ask more questions.”
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