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The next morning, Ye Ying entered the second team's office full of energy. After greeting Shen Jie, she and Ji Qinchou began calling through a large volume of vehicle owner information sent by the traffic police, requesting them to check their dashcams. They were instructed to report immediately to the municipal criminal police team if they found any suspicious footage or sounds.
After being mistaken for a scammer and having the call abruptly ended several times, Ye Ying patiently called back. After explaining herself, she finally convinced the other party to check their vehicle's dashcam. Rubbing her face and straightening her back, she clicked on the next entry, only to see a reminder pop up on the screen—"Last Page." What a festive phrase! Ye Ying slumped back in her chair and let out a long sigh.
"No wonder the director often praises you as the most popular officer among the public; your patience is indeed admirable," Ji Qinchou said as he took a cup of coffee from a takeout bag and placed it beside Ye Ying. He grabbed another cup, which was still cold, but Shen Jie snatched it away as he passed by. "The blood test results from the crime scene are in; everyone gather in the conference room!"
Ji Qinchou looked at his empty right hand and blinked in surprise. Ye Ying covered her mouth to stifle a laugh, protecting her own cup of coffee in case Ji Qinchou decided to imitate Shen Jie—this guy seemed to have a knack for picking up everything!
In the conference room, Shen Jie asked Shi Ya to project the forensic report onto the large screen that occupied half of the wall. "Can you see it clearly?" Shen Jie zoomed in on the conclusion at the bottom of the report. "Two blood samples were found at the scene, with similar departure times from their respective bodies. The DNA extracted from them belongs to one male and one female. The male matches with system data: Tang Wenshan!" He tapped his fingers on the conference table. "As for the female, there is no corresponding DNA data in our database."
"Has Tang Wenshan been arrested before?" Zhao Ziqiang asked.
"Yes, for intentional injury; he was sentenced to one year and three months but only served eleven months due to good behavior before being released in January 2019. This is his basic information," Shen Jie replied.
The screen switched pages, displaying Tang Wenshan's details:
Tang Wenshan, male, 27 years old, height 172 cm, high school dropout, from Liuhe Village, Zuo Village Township, Qingping County, Wanbai City, Pingchang Province. His father died in a mining accident in 2009; his mother collapsed at her workstation from overwork in 2012. After dropping out of high school, he had no stable job and lived off his parents' inheritance and his grandparents' savings. He was imprisoned for intentional injury in February 2018 and released in January 2019. Since then, he had moved to the city and lost all contact with his family.
"The victim is Tang Wenshan; why is there female blood at the scene?" Shi Ya murmured. "Could this be why the murderer killed him in front of witnesses at that moment?"
"You’re asking me? Let's take it step by step," Shen Jie said, leaning on the table with both hands while scanning each team member in the room. "Our next focus will be investigating Tang Wenshan's social relationships. This guy was no saint; he harmed many women, including the manager and staff of PINK Bar and relatives of female victims. There are likely many people who wanted him dead. And we can't rule out Du Zao either!"
"Understood!" The team members replied in unison.
Shen Jie clapped his hands and waved them off. "Meeting adjourned!"
Ji Qinchou and Ye Ying were surprised that their calls yielded results so quickly—one person even came directly to the police station's entrance while another sent a video directly to Ye Ying's phone.
Shen Jie led most of Team Two out to investigate Tang Wenshan's social connections while Ji Qinchou and Ye Ying stayed behind to review evidence: a USB drive containing a video.
Inside the USB drive was an audio recording that began with a loud "bang," activating the dashcam immediately. A faint rustling sound could barely be heard—water flowing—specifically Zhang Tiangang's urination sound. A few seconds later came Zhang Tiangang's trembling voice saying "Big, big, big..." followed by sounds described as "pfft," "pfft"... His speed was comparable to that of action movie heroes from around the turn of the millennium. Amidst these stabbing sounds were heavy breathing from a man and muffled groans of pain from a victim trying hard to suppress their cries... Finally, the dashcam returned to low-energy sleep mode.
When opening the video content initially, it appeared blurry; only when played at 0.25x speed could one discern a tall man dressed entirely in black—just as Zhang Tiangang described—almost blending into the night. From Zhang Tiangang's perspective, the murderer's entire face was hidden beneath a dark hat brim; however, what activated the dashcam’s parking monitoring feature was half of the murderer’s profile visible—a pale, ruggedly distorted face...
"It looks like someone who had a botched plastic surgery with fillers gone wrong," Ye Ying said as she formed an angle with her thumb and index finger under her jawline while examining a brightened image on her computer screen. "Or perhaps someone whose facial tissues were completely fused and deformed due to severe burns."
"That's not right," Ji Qinchou interjected calmly and confidently. "It's a mask."
Both audio and video were sent to Shen Jie, who then remembered to add Ji Qinchou into Team Two's internal group chat where evidence was shared among team members who began discussing it excitedly. Ji Qinchou simply shared a video clip from some software into the group chat but soon got lost amidst an avalanche of messages.
Shen Jie: Try to contact this blogger and ask him based on his professional experience if he can help determine whether or not the murderer was wearing a mask. @Xiao Ji
Xiao Ji: Okay.
Zhao Ziqiang: Acknowledged! @Xiao Ji
Xiao Ji: Received!
The blogger quickly got in touch, "Comrade Police, I have studied this carefully. Although I can't guarantee it's 100% certain, there is a high possibility that they were wearing a mask." Below, he provided a list of reference suggestions, and Ji Qinchou sent a long screenshot of the conversation to the group.
Shi Ya: The murderer is too cunning!
During the meeting, Du Zao's name was singled out and emphasized by Shen Jie, indicating that her suspicion of murder was significant in Shen Jie's mind. At the dairy factory, dressed in casual clothes, Shen Jie gave Du Zao a way out by not showing her credentials in front of her colleagues and superiors, allowing her to take leave on her own and then come out to accept police questioning.
"Do you think I'm hiding something about their preferences?"
There is a snack street at the entrance of the University of International Business and Economics. Shen Jie and Du Zao sat in a Lanzhou noodle restaurant, eating while talking.
"Do you know that Tang Wenshan is dead?"
"Dead? Did the manager have someone kill him?"
Shen Jie carefully observed the changes in Du Zao's facial expressions; her surprise lasted less than a second, almost without any flaws.
"That's not right," she sharply met Shen Jie's gaze. "Are you suspecting me? What about Sun Changyu and Zhuo Anqi? What’s their situation now? Are they dead?"
"They escaped to another province. Our colleagues from outside the province are urgently capturing them."
"They escaped together. Don't you suspect those two suspect me?"
"What were you doing between 2 AM and 3 AM on June 23rd?"
"I was sleeping at home."
"Are you sure you don't need to think back on it?"
"No need. Recently, there has been a surge in domestic products online, and orders at the factory have skyrocketed. I haven't had a day off for nearly a month; I leave early and come back late every day. The time you mentioned in the early morning, I could only be sleeping at home. If you don’t believe me, try working 12 hours at the factory and see if you still have the energy to commit murder when you get home."
"We will verify your statement."
"Feel free to check. Can I go back to work now?" As soon as Shen Jie nodded, Du Zao immediately raised her arm. "Hello, check please."
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