Chapter 45: Chapter 6: Luo Fei Works Late Into the Night and Finds a Clue (Please Bookmark and Vote for Monthly Tickets)
Luo Fei went straight to the station master’s office, explained his purpose, and then retrieved surveillance footage from the bus station for the past half month with the station master accompanying him.
He then asked the bus station staff if they had seen the deceased. Unfortunately, even Luo Fei didn’t know the deceased’s appearance; he could only describe the deceased based on clothing, height, etc., but such a description was too generic, and the staff had no impression.
After obtaining the surveillance footage, Luo Fei took a taxi back to Wuyi Town, visited the scene once more, and meticulously searched again. He also inquired with the townspeople if they had seen the deceased or the murderer, but all this was in vain.
At six in the afternoon, Luo Fei returned to the criminal police team.
Due to the murder case in the back mountain of Wuyi Town, Zhao Donglai was not in a good mood. Two days ago, he even scolded two police officers from the second team for leaving work on time, resulting in no one in the criminal police team daring to leave early.
Just entering the first team’s office
"Luo Fei, you’re back. How was it? Any discoveries?" Yang Su asked as soon as he saw Luo Fei return.
Luo Fei shook his head and then said, "I copied the bus station’s surveillance footage to see if there’s any clue."
"Alright," Yang Su nodded, feeling satisfied with Luo Fei for his diligent efforts. Then he noticed Wang Lei and Xia Zheng streaming videos nearby because they had nothing to do.
"Wang Lei, Xia Zheng, you guys just spend your days streaming videos. Can’t you get some real work done?" Yang Su’s tone was somewhat stern, clearly indicating that he was genuinely a bit upset.
Seeing Yang Su angry, Wang Lei and Xia Zheng immediately put away their phones.
Luo Fei ignored them, inserted the portable hard drive into the computer, found surveillance footage from the 15th of the month, and started watching.
Because his neural response is faster than the average person, Luo Fei watched the surveillance footage at triple speed, significantly speeding up the viewing process.
Wang Lei, just educated a moment ago by Yang Su, had only been quiet for a few minutes at his desk before being unable to sit still, glancing around to see what everyone was doing.
Seeing Luo Fei engrossed in watching the surveillance, Wang Lei slid over in his chair, initially intending to share his experience of combining work and rest, advising Luo Fei not to overwork himself.
But as he noticed Luo Fei watching the footage at triple speed—
"Luo Fei, this speed? Are you sure you can see clearly?" Wang Lei looked at Luo Fei with doubt, intuitively thinking Luo Fei was slacking off.
"I watch TV at triple speed. Do you think I can see clearly?" Luo Fei retorted, then continued watching the footage, not bothering with Wang Lei next to him.
Wang Lei was instantly speechless.
"Alright, you’re impressive!" He gestured at Luo Fei and then slid back to his spot, thinking Luo Fei was far too dull, too serious, even more so than team leader Yang Su, lacking any fun.
At eight in the evening, only Luo Fei and Yang Su were left in the office, with Wang Lei and the others having gone home after work.
"Luo Fei, it’s off work time. Check again tomorrow!" Yang Su came over and said to Luo Fei.
"Team leader, you go first. I’ll finish watching this last bit and then leave," Luo Fei replied.
"Make sure to lock the door when you leave. I’m heading out now." After reminding Luo Fei, Yang Su left the office.
After Yang Su left, Luo Fei stood up to stretch a bit, wishing he could go home to relax, shower, and lie in bed with his phone.
Honestly, Luo Fei’s personality tends to be lazy, with rather weak willpower; otherwise, in his previous life, he wouldn’t have been just a third-rate novelist.
But having lived his life anew, Luo Fei realized he wanted to cherish this life, wanted to change, to transform his own life, not wishing for another life of mediocrity, so he must double his efforts.
After a short rest, Luo Fei sat back down to continue watching surveillance videos. He had already reached the footage from the 20th, deciding to stay up all night to finish watching all the footage; otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to rest peacefully even if he went home.
Watching surveillance is both dull and tiring, requiring 100% focus; missing a detail might mean losing the most crucial clue.
Luo Fei, whether in terms of mental state or physical condition, was in top form, but he still needed to frequently get up to move around and relax his eyes; otherwise, he couldn’t bear continuous viewing.
By four in the morning, Luo Fei had reached footage from the 24th. The murder should have occurred on October 25 (the previous timeline was a bit confused; starting from here, keep the timeline clear, so the author won’t get it confused), and the 24th was the day before the incident.
Just as Luo Fei watched up to 16:27:35 on October 24, a man about 178 cm tall, in a cheap black suit, got off a direct bus from Jiangzhou City to Ningjiang.
"The deceased" The moment the man stepped off the bus, Luo Fei knew it was the deceased, as his attire matched what he was wearing when found, and his build and hair color hadn’t changed; Luo Fei was very certain he was the deceased.
Determining the man in the footage was the deceased, Luo Fei felt an indescribable excitement, as the police team had been busily searching for the deceased’s identity these past days, and finding it brought an ineffable joy.
After calming down, Luo Fei rewound the video to when the bus first arrived at the station and watched carefully again.
If the deceased and the murderer arrived together, there’s a high chance they took the same bus.
Sure enough, after the deceased got off, he didn’t leave immediately but stood in front of the bus as if waiting for someone. Soon, a man wearing a black jacket, around 30 years old, who was about the deceased’s height, also alighted, greeted the deceased, and the two left together.
In all likelihood, the man who alighted afterward, around 30 years old, is a major suspect and quite possibly the murderer.
Upon discovering the deceased, Luo Fei relaxed mentally, overwhelmed by sleepiness after seeing the time was already past five. At this hour, going home seemed pointless.
Luo Fei simply lay down at the desk to sleep, not intending to go home. When he awoke, it was already eight in the morning.
Yang Su, still the first one from the first team to arrive at the office in the morning.
He noticed the office lights were still on, and the door wasn’t locked, thinking Luo Fei might already be at work.
Upon entering, he saw Luo Fei asleep at the desk.
And looking at the coffee in front of Luo Fei, it was evidently from last night.
Yang Su realized that Luo Fei hadn’t gone home, rather slept at the office all night.
Thinking of this, Yang Su couldn’t help but shake his head, reminded of how he and Zhao Donglai were when they first joined the police force, filled with passion, willing to work tirelessly day and night to solve cases.