Chapter 174: Chapter 84: New Clues (Requesting Subscriptions and Monthly Tickets)
After a barrage of complaints from Yang Su and some persuasion from Luo Fei, the resentment finally diminished a little.
After enduring for over twenty minutes, they finally saw Yang Dawei come out, followed him to the entrance of Yang Family Village, and then they returned.
After a night passed, the two reported to the police force again, and then headed straight to the county with everyone else.
Regarding the Wang Wenbin case, it had been transferred to the prosecutor’s office a week ago, and now the prosecutor’s office has formally filed a lawsuit against him.
Of course, this is not the main point. The main point is that this case caused quite a stir at both the city and county levels.
Aside from Wang Wenbin’s behavior being too sick and twisted, which made people uncomfortable, what was more shocking was the wide range of victims.
Especially since, except for the deceased Xu Mingqing, all the victims were elderly people living alone!
This seriously violated the core values of socialism.
Therefore, in response to this incident, the county even organized a special meeting to discuss how to strengthen the care for elderly people living alone and prevent such vicious incidents from happening again.
Originally, these matters had little to do with Luo Fei and their criminal investigation team, as they were only responsible for criminal cases, while the legal education and maintenance of the mental and physical health of the elderly were matters for other departments.
But this case was too typical, especially considering that when the case hadn’t been exposed, who would have thought someone would take the opportunity of collecting scrap to harm elderly people living alone?
For this reason, the county’s public security department also organized a one-week special learning session, aiming to enhance the awareness of all case-handling personnel in the county, with the hope that they can detect and prevent similar cases early in the future.
So they were going to the county for this learning session.
But this was a hassle for Luo Fei and Yang Su, as their daily travels were already troublesome enough, and now they had to go to the county for learning...
So as soon as they got in the car, Yang Su started complaining.
"The higher-ups are getting more and more unreasonable, just messing with people. People like Wang Wenbin, this kind of pervert, you might not even encounter two nationwide, so what’s there to learn."
"Alright, just say less. The upper management has their reasons for arranging these things,"
Zhao Donglai, sitting beside them with a stern face, said, "You should just say less. Since they’ve arranged it, there’s definitely a reason behind it."
Even though he also felt it was a bit excessive, he was the leader and couldn’t say such things.
"What reason, Captain! We have so many tasks every day, and they don’t sympathize with us, just make us busy with unnecessary things! Luo Fei, don’t you agree?"
Given Luo Fei’s outstanding performance this time, the higher-ups specially arranged for him to share his insights and experiences before the learning session began.
However, since he was only notified this morning, he could only write the speech on the road.
Engrossed in writing, he was suddenly mentioned, helplessly responding, "Group Leader, you should know my thoughts by the look on my face now."
Last time, they at least notified him in advance to share his experience, but this time they only notified him on the day itself, which was truly troublesome.
Seeing his painful expression, Yang Su immediately felt balanced.
At least he didn’t have to write those things.
He couldn’t help but sigh, "Haha, this is why being too excellent is not good either..."
Luo Fei: ...
Thank you very much!
At 9:20, all the police officers in the county were already seated in the conference room.
After Wu Cheng and another deputy chief finished their speeches, Wu Cheng said, "Regarding this Wang Wenbin case, Comrade Luo Fei performed excellently, so now please welcome him to the stage to share with us his thoughts and experience on solving this case."
With thunderous applause, Luo Fei, who had a few experiences of accepting awards and one of reporting experience, was no longer as nervous as before. He calmly walked to the stage and started reading from his prepared script.
After about half an hour, he finished his sharing. Wu Cheng praised him again, and then the hour-and-a-half learning session officially began.
It was almost twelve o’clock when everyone finally walked out of the county public security bureau’s building.
Not daring to waste time, Luo Fei and Yang Su hurriedly greeted Zhao Donglai and others, then quickly got in the car and rushed back.
Yang Mei, watching his distant figure, felt a trace of distress in her eyes.
She wondered whether it was her illusion, but during this time, with Luo Fei running around everywhere, he seemed to have lost some weight.
Seeing this, Wu Xiaoyue immediately covered her mouth and giggled, "Sister Yang Mei, still looking after the person is gone. Are you that reluctant?"
"You cheeky girl, what are you talking about..."
Yang Mei, annoyed, pinched her fiercely...
Meanwhile, Luo Fei and the others, hurrying all the way, arrived at Wenshui Town, only to find it was already forty minutes later than usual.
Because they happened to run into a traffic jam on the way back.
Fortunately, Luo Fei had already called Yang Tianfu earlier to confirm that Yang Dawei was still in the village and had now gone out to play cards as scheduled.
Yang Su circled outside the card room, confirmed that the person was inside, parked the car in a spot by the roadside, and then the two took out the boxed lunches they had just bought and started eating.
"Damn, once we catch this kid, I’ll let him go hungry for a few meals. Because of him, my meal times have been unstable recently, and it’s causing my stomach issues to flare up."
Yang Su finished eating, as usual, complained a bit.
Then he took out a pack of stomach medicine, and when he reached for water, he realized the water in the car was already finished.
"Luo Fei, keep an eye here, I’m going to buy two bottles of water."
"Okay, Team Leader."
Hearing Yang Su was about to leave, a long-planned idea suddenly popped into Luo Fei’s mind.
Even though he kept persuading the other side to endure a bit longer yesterday, his patience had actually run almost dry.
Usually, solving a case would take a few days at most, and each day they could discover new clues. This time, however, they’ve been on this for so long with nothing to show.
Seems like I have to take initiative!
So once Yang Su walked far away, he immediately opened the car door and sneaked into the game room quietly.
He knew card players loved chatting about random topics, and maybe Yang Dawei might let slip some info while playing. Though this possibility was remote, it was better than sitting idle.
Recently, he also verified his disguise and hiding ability on several occasions, targeting experienced officers such as Zhao Donglai and Yang Su, yet none of them noticed him.
So he was quite confident in his disguise skills.
Sure enough, no one in the game room noticed someone coming in. Truth be told, even if someone noticed, they wouldn’t mind, as these gamblers usually stay focused solely on the table once seated.
After entering, Luo Fei quickly hid in a corner, a spot where he could clearly hear the movements at Yang Dawei’s table while remaining well-hidden.
At this moment, Yang Dawei was indeed chatting with those at the table, but the conversation was about everyday topics.
However, Luo Fei saw a dark aura above the head of the man sitting across Yang Dawei!
This discovery thrilled him, reinforcing that entering was the right decision!
He observed closely, noting that this man was different from those who regularly played cards with Yang Dawei. He had never seen this person in the game room; it was a completely unfamiliar face.
Realizing this person might be crucial to solving the case, he quickly took out his phone and secretly snapped a front view photo of the man, intending to send it to Wang Yong for identity checking, but Yang Su called him just then.
Luckily, Luo Fei had set his phone to silent beforehand, yet he swiftly hung up and sneaked out unnoticed.
Enough was gained today, and he didn’t plan to stay any longer, mainly because Yang Su had already noticed his absence, and if he didn’t rush out, it would be problematic if Su came searching inside.
Thus, Luo Fei quickly returned to the car.
In the police car, Yang Su watched him emerge from the game room, his voice anxious, "Luo Fei, why did you go in? Didn’t I say you can’t do this!"
It genuinely surprised him that while he just went for water, Luo Fei committed such a fundamental mistake!
It’s vital in surveillance not to get too close to the target, especially when the target has seen you; it’s the biggest taboo!
"Team Leader, I had no other choice. We’ve been following this for so long without discovering anything; I can only go in to try my luck. I’m telling you I was very cautious; he didn’t notice me."
"But you can’t act recklessly like this; what if you get discovered?"
Yang Su said that, then added, "And it’s one thing with Yang Dawei, but what if you face a vicious criminal in the future and you gamble with your life like this?"
Facing his stern demeanor, Luo Fei indeed admitted his mistake, "Team Leader, your critique is right. I know I was wrong, and I promise not to act impulsively like this again!"
Mostly because if he didn’t admit it, he was genuinely worried Yang Su’s nature would lead to a long lecture.
Seeing his attitude was rather sincere, Yang Su finally stopped the preaching, "It’s good you understand. By the way, did you find anything just now?"
"Team Leader, I did find someone somewhat suspicious just now."
Luo Fei said as he immediately brought up the photo he had just taken.
"What, you indeed found something?"
Yang Su was full of excitement and quickly leaned over for a look. However, after staring for a while, he couldn’t spot anything unusual, and could only ask doubtfully, "What’s suspicious about this person?"
"Team Leader, you can’t see much just from looking at the person."
Luo Fei smiled wryly and took the initiative to explain, "I have a feeling this person has close ties with Yang Dawei, should be connected to the case. Because just earlier at the card table, the two were chatting all along, and judging by their tone, they seemed very familiar. And most importantly, this person is new, not a regular at the card games here."
Unable to explain with the dark aura, Luo Fei could only describe the details he had discovered.
Yang Su listened and seriously took another look, also immediately realized he hadn’t seen this person in the game room before.
They had been watching for nearly ten days, and given their capabilities, if he had been here before, they would surely remember.
"You suspect this person might be his accomplice?"
"Hmm, I have that feeling."
"Alright, hurry and send the photo back, have them check this person’s identity!"
"I was just about to do that!"