strictlysupreme Chapter 181 Trainee Detective 19
Chapter 181 Trainee Detective 19
Ling Yici was so hungry that her stomach was practically sticking to her back. Without any regard for appearances, she tucked her notebook under her arm, took the boxed lunch, and said while eating, "To be honest, we did discover a problem."
As Director Gao handed the boxed lunch to Xiang Ke, he smiled and said, "You found out that the victim had hired a group of gamblers who went bankrupt because of gambling, right? We found that out too. Don't say anything yet, eat your food properly, so you don't choke."
The other detectives, who were having a lively discussion while holding their lunchboxes, suddenly felt like they'd been kicked in the butt.
Ling Yi swallowed the food in her mouth and shook her head: "No, it's not that. We found out that there used to be a deliveryman in this village, over 1.9 meters tall, and around 20 years old two years ago."
As soon as she finished speaking, there was silence, not even the sound of chopsticks being touched. Everyone stared intently at her.
Gao Ju's eyes almost glowed green in the darkness: "Really?"
“Zhou Jie, a middle school graduate.” Ling Yi summarized the information the old man gave her, her tone calm and unhurried: “His family home was also demolished, but the three of them quickly squandered it all.”
It's quite rare for a family of three to gamble together on the island. When the old lady talked about this, she kept cursing the junket operators who deliberately lured people who had been relocated to gamble as beasts.
"The three of them went out together, but only he came back."
“His relatives took pity on him and found him a job, which involved delivering goods to several villages in the vicinity.”
Ling Yi, holding her lunchbox, glanced at the criminal police officers who had unknowingly gathered around her: "But it's worth noting that six months after the incident, this guy resigned, citing that his current salary was too low to save enough money to start a family."
She calmly said, "It's been several years since I've been home."
With all this information combined, it was practically written all over his face that he was a suspect.
Director Gao was so excited he almost jumped for joy. After a moment, he slapped his thigh and exclaimed, "I'll have someone investigate right away!"
Before long, someone handed the information found through the police terminal to the group of people.
Some people do indeed have a face full of experience even in their early twenties. Ling Yi glanced at him and pondered over his specific information.
He is 22 years old and works in Nanyun. He is currently an apprentice at a car repair shop.
This information practically nailed Zhou Jie to his deathbed.
I have a home near the capital, but I have to go to Nanyun to work, in a small, underdeveloped city.
This can't be said to be because he yearns for poetry and distant places.
"I'll send someone to find him right away!" Director Gao stamped his foot immediately, "lest things get complicated!"
Although I have told the elderly people in the village to keep it a secret, who knows if they will think that telling their relatives and children this is not considered a leak?
Having finally caught the culprit by the skin of his teeth, he absolutely wouldn't allow this guy to escape because of this farce!
His gaze swept over the people eating.
"I'll go!" Shi Yi immediately stood up and said without hesitation.
This is his case, how could he not go?
"Bring another..." Director Gao hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth: "Bring eight more people!"
After all, he's a strong, muscular man who's 1.9 meters tall and works in a dangerous place like a car repair shop. What if he doesn't go out often enough and breaks his head open with a wrench?
The idea of a lone hero, pursuing a mission alone, has always been something that exists only in movies.
In the real world, the police often rely on saturation strikes to let criminal suspects experience the warmth of the organization.
Nine people over there, even if they were stacked on top of each other, they could make that kid unable to move.
"I guarantee the mission will be completed!" Shi Yi's expression turned serious, and he immediately selected a few people to get into the car and leave.
The remaining people looked at each other, feeling a sudden emptiness in their hearts.
They were all prepared for a protracted battle, to fight the suspects to the bitter end, since that's the process for solving cold cases.
The fact that it took less than a week to review the information and bring the suspect back seems a bit too fast.
This was quite unusual for the detectives who were used to working all night!
Director Gao laughed and scolded, "What are you all looking at? If you don't eat soon, it'll get cold!"
He was overjoyed to have solved the cold case with minimal cost, and he also gave the hardworking detectives a treat: "After this case is closed, if there are no major cases, I'll grant everyone annual leave!"
As everyone knows, the annual leave of criminal police officers is like a pie in the sky—they hear about it a lot but rarely get to enjoy it.
Now that Director Gao has actually thrown down such a huge pie, how can everyone not be excited!
Dozens of weathered-looking men and women cheered and shouted "Long live Director Gao!"
Amidst the noise, Xiang Ke and Ling Yi remained unusually silent.
One of them had a vacation not under Director Gao's jurisdiction, and the other had just joined the company and had never experienced overtime before, let alone annual leave, so naturally he couldn't get excited.
Seeing this, Director Gao also felt that the great contributors should not be treated unfairly: "You are the ones who deserve the most credit again this time!"
He sighed, "With these two cases, Xiao Ling, you're sure to get a third-class merit award by the end of the year!"
Xiang Ke kindly reminded him: "Three."
Director Gao was stunned for a moment, then slapped his forehead: "Oh no, I forgot about the first one!"
Faced with a series of murders and a family annihilation case, he completely forgot about a minor case involving only one death.
However, even if all three cases are combined, it will probably only earn a third-class merit.
He habitually made empty promises to Ling Yi: "If Xiao Ling keeps working hard and solves a few more cases, who knows, the third one might become the second."
Yes, he was joking.
After all, there aren't that many unsolved cases to crack, nor that many difficult current cases to solve.
Right...?
When Director Gao thought about Ling Yi's record, he was a little uncertain for a moment.
After a long journey, the nine-person team that went to "grab the first birthday celebration" finally saw the burly man repairing a car under the vehicle on a bright spring morning.
Two years later, this guy looks even older than in the photo on his ID card.
They drove their beat-up car, which they had borrowed from the locals and whose odometer had stopped working, to the repair shop and shouted, "Someone come here and take a look at this!"
The money under the car hadn't been moved, and the boss came over first.
Several people glanced at Zhou Jie, who remained motionless, and frowned slightly.
They noticed when they arrived that Zhou Jie's location was clever; he could easily crawl under the car and escape through the back door, which would cause trouble for their capture operation.
Having already taken ninety-nine steps, they couldn't afford any more surprises. After discussing it, they decided to lure the guy out.
"Is your small frame any good enough?" Shi Yi rubbed his bald head. "We need someone stronger."
The boss was already a little uneasy when he saw these guys who looked like troublemakers arrive in their beat-up car. Now, hearing their confrontational tone, he cursed under his breath.