Chapter 65: Chapter 26: Going Alone to Gu Province to Investigate the Case (Please Collect and Vote for Monthly Tickets)
According to Zeng Tianming, he took a taxi to leave the county town.
Based on this clue, the criminal investigation team promptly inspected the taxi company in Ningjiang County and finally found the driver who had taken Zeng Tianming the next day. The driver recognized Zeng and confirmed that he had picked him up on the road near Dragon Beard Creek that Saturday.
Thus, with Zeng Tianming’s own confession, coupled with the taxi driver’s testimony, the criminal investigation team considered the case solved. Next, Zeng Tianming would be handed over to the prosecutor’s office.
Office of Team One
"This case is finally cracked. Ah, just these few days, I’ve lost weight," Wang Lei said to Xia Zheng, touching his own belly.
"Stop giving yourself too much credit, with your skinny body, where’s the chance to lose weight," Xia Zheng glanced at the skinny Wang Lei with some disdain.
"What do you mean, giving myself credit? For this case, Luo Fei and I haven’t had a break; either handling the case or on the road dealing with it. Many times, we couldn’t even manage to eat properly. Is that me trying to take credit?" Wang Lei said indignantly.
"You’re not the only one dealing with the case; Zhong Jun and I also went door-to-door for inquiries. That work isn’t easy either," Xia Zheng retorted.
"Is it the same? What you did was pointless, it had no effect at all. If this case is cracked, it’s thanks to Luo Fei and me. We contributed the most," Wang Lei said smugly, looking down on Xia Zheng.
"Come on, you were just blindly following Luo Fei around. The difference between us is barely fifty steps and a hundred steps, what do you have to be smug about?"
"Nonsense, haven’t I made contributions too?"
Wang Lei and Xia Zheng were busy exchanging barbs, while on the other side, Luo Fei was writing the summary report at his desk.
Taking about forty minutes, Luo Fei finished writing a thousand words, completing the summary report.
He had just stood up intending to go to the bathroom.
"Ding, congratulations host for participating in solving Zeng Xiaoguang’s drowning murder case, you’ve earned 400 Gold Coins."
The system’s notification sounded in his mind.
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Host: Luo Fei
Gender: Male
Age: 23
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Gold Coins: 1300
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"1300 Gold Coins is decent, solving two more cases and I can exchange for another gene," Luo Fei thought to himself.
Thinking about the case, Luo Fei recalled the ominous little black figures forming above Zhou Zhi and Yang Cheng’s heads. Previously consumed with investigating Zeng Tianming’s case, Luo Fei had temporarily put this matter aside.
Now that Zeng Tianming’s case was concluded, Luo Fei had time to address it.
Yang Cheng had previously committed the crime of raping a young girl, so the ominous figures above his head were no surprise to Luo Fei. But Zhou Zhi’s ominous figures puzzled him; considering Zhou Zhi’s current crimes—prostitution, organizing prostitution, and setup—these weren’t sufficient to form ominous figures.
This indicated that Zhou Zhi certainly had other larger cases on her. As for whether Yang Cheng had other cases, Luo Fei was not very sure.
How should he investigate?
Luo Fei fiddled with his pen, quietly pondering and recalling the records regarding Zhou Zhi and Yang Cheng.
Luo Fei had gone through Zhou Zhi and Yang Cheng’s files quite a few times; with his memory now, he’d memorized them word for word.
Zhou Zhi, from Dongcheng County, Wu’an Province, was arrested for prostitution at Red Flower District 508, Wu’an District, Jiangtang City at the age of eighteen, then arrested again at Longyi District in Chengyang City, Wu’an Province while organizing prostitution at age twenty. Twenty-two, she was reported for prostitution at Hongguang District 707, Prosperity District, Ankang City, Wu’an Province, and subsequently arrested.
At twenty-three, Zhou Zhi and Yang Cheng engaged in two consecutive extortion scams in Suiyang City, Wu’an Province, catching the attention of local police, and were arrested on site on their third attempt.
Zhou Zhi was sentenced to three years, Yang Cheng to four years.
Yang Cheng, from Dongcheng County, Wu’an Province...
He repeatedly recalled Zhou Zhi and Yang Cheng’s files in his mind.
Then Luo Fei noticed something peculiar: after leaving prison, Zhou Zhi and Yang Cheng first lived for a year in Gu Province neighboring Wu’an Province, and only then moved to Ningjiang County.
Before, Yang Cheng and Zhou Zhi’s work and life were basically in urban areas. Why did they choose to live in the remote Ningjiang County after a year in Gu Province?
Seeing the ominous human figures above Zhou Zhi, Luo Fei had a suspicion that Zhou Zhi and Yang Cheng committed crimes in Gu Province and fled to Ningjiang County as a result.
With this suspicion about Zhou Zhi and Yang Cheng, Luo Fei’s immediate thought was to go to Gu Province to investigate, but he quickly shook his head. He could see the ominous human figures above Zhou Zhi, but others could not, so going to Gu Province to investigate Zhou Zhi and Yang Cheng was something he couldn’t explain to Yang Su and Zhao Donglai.
After pondering momentarily, Luo Fei decided to first investigate this matter independently. Once he found evidence proving that Zhou Zhi and Yang Cheng indeed had other cases, he would report to Zhao Donglai and the others.
In the next two days, there were no incidents at the criminal investigation team.
On Friday, after getting off work, Luo Fei went to the bus station and took the 5:30 bus to the city.
Arriving in the city at 7:30, he casually ate a bowl of Lanzhou ramen at the train station, and then took the 9 o’clock high-speed train to Ningyang City, Gu Province, where Zhou Zhi and Yang Cheng lived and worked after leaving prison.
At 3 a.m., Luo Fei reached Ningyang City.
He booked a hotel online and took a taxi to the hotel by 4 a.m. After a bit of freshening up, Luo Fei lay down to rest.
The next morning at 7:30, Luo Fei got up and went out.
He only had Saturday and Sunday, less than two days, and had to return by the weekend, so Luo Fei had to use every minute efficiently to conduct the investigation.
Luo Fei went first to Jinjiang KTV in East Yang District.
According to Zhou Zhi’s file records, after coming to Gu Province, Zhou Zhi had been working at this KTV, and Yang Cheng had worked there after his release.
At 8 o’clock, Luo Fei arrived at Jinjiang KTV by car.
The KTV door was closed, not operating, but it was not locked, indicating someone should be inside.
Luo Fei pushed the door open and walked in, finding it cold and empty inside.
A girl in a black uniform was lying on the sofa behind the lobby door, sleeping soundly, completely oblivious to someone entering.