Chapter 225 Intimidation

"Old Zhou, be more reserved. After all, you have been on TV." Xu Junjie patted his arm with the back of his hand.

These words made Han Jiajia on the opposite side blush, and Zhou Yi immediately realized that there was a misunderstanding.

Turning around, he saw Xu Junjie and Cheng Jiaojiao looking at him with auntie smiles on their faces, and said helplessly, "You two have been hanging around for so long, have you ordered yet?"

"Take another look. Is there anything you want to add?" Xu Junjie said as he handed over the menu.

"I'm fine with either, you decide."

Cheng Jiaojiao asked Han Jiajia if she wanted to eat anything, and Han Jiajia whispered, "Anything is fine with me."

After calling the waiter to place the order, the dishes came in one after another. Xu Junjie and Cheng Jiaojiao began to explain the situation of Zhou Yi and Han Jiajia, which made Zhou Yi feel more and more uneasy.

Are these two really here to introduce someone to me?

So he put down his chopsticks and asked Han Jiajia, "I heard from Cheng Jiaojiao that your family was harassed and threatened? Can you tell me what happened specifically?"

This is the main purpose of his trip, he has to turn things around.

Then, Han Jiajia began to talk about some things that happened in her family recently.

Her house is on the first floor and has a large patio.

In communities built before 2000, this was basically not taken care of, so most residents on the first floor would simply seal off the patio and turn it into a room.

The problem with doing so is that the lighting in the house will be reduced, so her family did not do this. Instead, they just sealed the surrounding walls with wooden boards for better privacy.

Her father likes to grow flowers and plants, so there are many potted plants in the courtyard, which are Han Weimin's treasures.

About half a month ago, a dead mouse suddenly appeared in her courtyard one morning, but the family didn't pay much attention to it at the time, thinking that it had eaten rat poison and died in the courtyard.

But just two days later, one morning when Han Weimin woke up, he found two more dead rats in the courtyard. They looked very scary, with their internal organs exposed and splattered all over the floor.

After seeing this, Han Jiajia was so disgusted that she didn't dare to eat for the whole day.

Obviously this was not a normal death from eating rat poison.

At first I thought someone threw it down from upstairs. After all, living on the first floor is inconvenient, and occasionally things will fall from upstairs.

However, in most cases, what fell down were just other people's clothes hanging out to dry, and I have never encountered such a situation.

Han Jiajia said that her parents were both good-tempered people, so they didn't make it public and disposed of the two dead rats.

On that day, Han Weimin had an awning installed. Although it could not cover the entire patio, it could at least cover the part in front of the living room.

However, since that day, Han Weimin has become much more alert and pays attention to the movements in the courtyard even when he sleeps at night.

Then about five days ago, at around one in the middle of the night, Han Weimin suddenly heard a splash in the patio.

So he got up to check, and was scared to death.

There was a big snake nearly two meters long in the courtyard. When it saw him, it swam straight towards him.

Fortunately, Han Weimin reacted quickly and closed the glass door between the living room and the yard. The snake could only sway along the glass door for a few times.

But he was still scared out of his wits and shouted at his wife to call 119.

After the firefighters arrived, they searched with strong flashlights and found the snake behind several flower beds. Finally, they used professional tools to put the snake in a bag and took it away.

When Han Jiajia was telling this story, her eyes involuntarily looked around at the ground.

Zhou Yi knew that the girl was obviously very scared. She was the kind of person who was once bitten by a snake and became afraid of ropes for ten years.

This is what people who are afraid of snakes are like, they are afraid that a snake will suddenly jump out from somewhere.

Han Jiajia said that when the fire brigade arrived, there was a lot of noise, so all the neighbors came out. When they learned that there was a big snake, everyone was very scared.

Fortunately, the firefighters said it was just a rat snake and was not poisonous.

That night, the family of three was so scared that they didn't dare to stay at home and ran to a nearby hotel to spend the night.

The next morning, Han Weimin took a leave and went home. He searched the house very vigilantly, but fortunately he did not find any other snakes.

But something new in the yard caught his attention.

Xu Junjie and Cheng Jiaojiao's faces were filled with fear. Cheng Jiaojiao even hid in Xu Junjie's arms, but she still couldn't help asking, "What?"

Han Jiajia said, "A black plastic bag, the kind used to sell fish in the wet market."

Zhou Yi asked, "How old?"

Han Jiajia shook her head: "I don't know, I haven't seen it. After that day, I went to live with my grandma and never dared to go back."

"This bag is most likely what contained the snake," Zhou Yi said. "The noise your father heard in the middle of the night was probably the sound of someone throwing a bag containing a snake into your yard."

A two-meter-long rat snake is not light, and the snake itself is long, so it is not easy to throw it over the wall. It is most convenient to put it in a bag and throw it in.

Han Jiajia nodded and said, "My dad said the same thing."

At first, Han Weimin thought that the person was thrown from the building, so he went door to door asking, fearing that he had offended someone.

But the people upstairs had been neighbors for many years and they had no conflicts with each other, so he thought that someone might have thrown it in over the wall.

And thinking of the dead mice twice before, I suspected that someone had thrown them in.

"Damn, who is so perverted?" Xu Junjie couldn't help but curse.

"Jia Jia, ask your father to seal off the yard immediately. If someone throws a snake in again, how will you live here?" Cheng Jiaojiao said.

Han Jiajia nodded: "My dad has been looking for workers to do it these days."

"Officer Zhou, does this count as intimidation?" Han Jiajia asked cautiously.

"It counts, but... the problem is that you don't know who did it, right?" Zhou Yi said.

This happened three times in a row, all in the middle of the night, and the objects were thrown directly over the wall. Each time the situation was more serious, which was indeed a serious act of intimidation.

But if we don’t know who did it, it will be very troublesome.

Zhou Yi had encountered something similar in his previous life as a local police officer: someone threw feces at the front door. After receiving the call, he and Zhang Ning went out to the scene, but they only took a look and asked about the situation before leaving.

Because there were no suspects, no surveillance, and no witnesses, the police could actually do nothing.

For example, in the case of what happened to Han Jiajia's family, even if they called the police, the local police station would not be able to help them keep an eye on the place all day long. At most, they would ask the community security guards to patrol more often at night and report any suspicious persons in a timely manner.

Or Han Weimin could hide outside the courtyard wall every night and wait for the opportunity, but this was obviously unrealistic.

Han Jiajia shook her head: "My dad said he doesn't know."

In this situation, the enemy is hidden and we are in the light, making us easy targets.

"Zhou Yi, you are a criminal policeman from the Municipal Bureau. Can't you think of a way to help them?" Xu Junjie said.

"Usually, threats and intimidation are perpetrated by acquaintances, usually motivated by revenge or emotional or financial disputes," Zhou Yi asked. "Ms. Han, do you know if your family has any enemies? Perhaps they've recently had conflicts with your parents, or with you personally. Think about it, then tell me and I'll analyze it for you."

"Enemy?" Han Jiajia tilted her head and thought.

"Jia Jia, think about it carefully. Zhou Yi is very capable and can definitely help you solve this problem." Cheng Jiaojiao comforted her. When Han Jiajia mentioned the snake, she felt creepy and couldn't help looking under the table, for fear that she would suddenly see a snake spitting out its tongue.

Zhou Yi said softly, "It's okay, don't worry, take your time to think about it. If there are some things you don't understand, you can ask your parents when you get back. I'll leave you a phone number, if you think of anything suspicious, you can also call me and tell me."

Judging from Han Jiajia's description just now, Zhou Yi felt that this incident should have nothing to do with the 614 Savings Bank robbery and murder case. It seems that he still needs to find a reason to stake out that case.

He was willing to help Han Jiajia because he knew the miserable experience this girl had gone through in her previous life and couldn't bear it.

"Yes, yes, yes, I have Lao Zhou's phone number. I'll copy it for you." Xu Junjie volunteered.

Then he teased, "Zhou Yi, why don't you have a business card?"

"Brother, I'm a criminal police officer, and I specialize in homicide investigations. What should I say when you ask me to hand out business cards? If you encounter a homicide case in the future, you're going to ask me to come? I'm going to get beaten up."

Zhou Yi's words made the three of them laugh, and the originally tense atmosphere immediately eased a little.

"Officer Zhou, as for enemies, I don't think my family has any. But there are some financial conflicts, and I heard my parents talk about it before."

Han Jiajia said her father had a friend named Zhao, but she didn't know his name. Two years ago, he borrowed money from her father and never returned it. She heard her parents mention it, and it seemed like the other party refused to pay it back. The couple discussed how to sue the person and get the money back.

Zhou Yi knew it as soon as she heard it. The person she was talking about was called Zhao Wei, a friend of Han Weimin. He was also the first criminal suspect targeted by Wu Yongcheng and others after the June 14th case in the previous life.

Zhao Wei started out as a truck driver driving a refrigerated truck. After driving for a few years, he found that the cold chain business was quite profitable, so he wanted to go it alone.

But because he didn't have enough money, he found Han Weimin and asked him to help him get a mortgage loan for his house.

In the 1990s, the loan business was just emerging and the approval process was relatively complicated and strict.

Zhao Wei's application was ultimately not approved. The reason was actually very simple. The house for which he applied for a mortgage was the inheritance left by his father, but the transfer of ownership had never been completed because there were some disputes and conflicts when the old man died, which led to a feud between the brothers.

The bank will definitely not accept a house with unclear property rights.

So Zhao Wei had no choice but to borrow money from someone, and he thought of Han Weimin.

After some deception, Han Weimin lent Zhao Wei 20,000 yuan because Zhao Wei promised to return the principal of 20,000 yuan in two years, and during these two years, Zhang Wei would pay Han Weimin 600 yuan in interest every quarter.