Chapter 433 Guidance on Case Handling
late at night.
The entire city was shrouded in the mist of fireworks and the sound of firecrackers. Every household was brightly lit, filled with laughter and toasts.
On the spacious and empty driveway,
A line of cars sped past like lightning! The atmosphere inside the cars was tense and frozen.
Wen Ni and Lu Jinye sat in the back seat.
Qin Yuan sat in the passenger seat with his phone on speakerphone.
"Mr. Lu, after GPS location tracking throughout the city, we've located Young Master Jin Bai's car!" Xi Yun's voice came through the phone. "And we hacked the surveillance video immediately; the video has now been transferred to your computer."
Qin Yuan immediately turned on the computer and handed it to the back seat.
Wen Ni took the video and opened it, listening to Xi Yun continue, "Around one o'clock in the afternoon, they parked the car at the corner of this alley. Young Master Jin Bai should have gotten out of the car to buy something at a convenience store. One bodyguard followed him, but he didn't come out for a long time. The other two bodyguards noticed something was wrong and went in to check, but they didn't come out either."
"At 2 o'clock, the shop suddenly closed and the roller shutter door was lowered! The only driver left in the car got out at this time and left in a hurry!"
"It seems the driver has been bribed." Wen Ni's gaze was steady as she calmly analyzed the situation. "What about the store's security footage? Have you retrieved it?"
"They must have been prepared. After Young Master Bai entered the store, all the store's surveillance cameras were turned off," Xi Yun replied in a deep voice. "I suspect that the original owner of this store has probably already been murdered!"
"etc."
Lu Jinye suddenly spoke in a deep voice.
He pointed to a playback point on the screen and said, "Rewind the shot of the driver leaving and slow it down!"
"good."
Wen Ni played it at three times the speed.
As I watched it again and again, the driver's actions before getting out of the car became clearer and clearer.
"What did he throw onto the car seat?" Wen Ni frowned.
"Xi Yun, send us the location of this store!" Lu Jinye also noticed the driver's actions and decisively ordered, "Go and check it out!"
"yes!"
"Also, continue trying to contact the shop owner and send someone to find the driver!" Wen Ni carefully instructed, then turned to Lu Jinye, "We also need to contact the police and ask them to assist in the investigation. After all, this matter involves many aspects and cannot be resolved by your private fight. With the police on the scene, whatever happens afterward can be explained clearly!"
"Okay, we'll do it your way."
Lu Jinye's face was gloomy, and he clenched his fists.
The car's four wheels were practically smoking, and it took less than ten minutes to reach Lu Jinbai's car parking spot!
Hua Zhuo and Xi Yun's cars also arrived one after another and joined them.
"Wait a minute, let me find the spare car key." Qin Yuan turned around and pulled out a box with dozens of car keys, racking his brains to figure out which one belonged to this car.
"By the time you find the car keys, it'll be too late!" Hua Zhuo pulled a long-handled iron hammer from the trunk and smashed it into the driver's side door!
With a clatter, the car door slammed to the floor.
Xi Yun gave a thumbs up and walked over, saying, "It has to be someone in the underworld. Their style of doing things is always so unique, decisive and efficient!"
"...It's not his car, so of course he doesn't care." Qin Yuan watched helplessly as a luxury car worth millions was turned into worthless scrap metal.
Although Qin Yuan was anxious to save Young Master Bai, it didn't stop her from feeling sorry for the car and the money.
Once the car door is removed, you can see a small, exquisite USB flash drive on the driver's seat!
"Encrypted!?" Xi Yun immediately took out her computer, stood in front of the case, and started typing. "Leave it to me, crack it within ten minutes!"
"Okay, let's hurry."
Wen Ni turned and walked to the convenience store's roller shutter door.
She raised her hand and knocked, but there was no response.
"Is anyone here? Is anyone in the shop?" Qin Yuan and Hua Zhuo also came over and knocked, but received no response either. They couldn't help but guess, "It's New Year's Eve, the shop owner has probably already gone back to his hometown for the New Year! Maybe those kidnappers just occupied an empty shop?"
"If it's an empty shop, why can't I get through to the owner by phone?" Wen Ni pointed to the note on the roller shutter door: Closed from New Year's Eve to the fifth day of the Lunar New Year. Contact 183XXXXXXXX if needed.
"..." Hua Zhuo rubbed his chin, then suddenly became clever again. "Why don't we just tear down the door and go inside to find out?"
"Shall we tear it down now?" Qin Yuan had learned his lesson this time, dragging a large sledgehammer, with several bodyguards following behind, each equipped with a set of door-tearing tools.
“Everything is ready, so what are we waiting for?” Hua Zhuo raised his hand, about to give the order.
"Wait a moment!"
Wen Ni suddenly spoke up to stop them.
"The situation inside the store is unclear, and the indoor surveillance cameras are damaged. Opening the door rashly like this could easily cause trouble. Especially considering the Hua family's identity, it could easily arouse suspicion! We've contacted the police, and they'll be here soon. We'll decide what to do after they arrive!"
“Miss Wen Ni is right!” Qin Yuan nodded and put down the hammer. “If we end up not finding Young Master Jin Bai and then get suspected of having ulterior motives and locked up, that would only cause more trouble!”
"Okay, I'll do whatever my cousin says."
Hua Zhuo readily withdrew.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!"
At the same time, the sound of police sirens could be heard not far away!
A police car slowly pulled up, and four police officers on duty got out.
They walked slowly, their questioning gazes sweeping over the group of several people. "Why are so many people gathered here? Who called the police earlier saying someone was missing?"
“I called the police.” Lu Jinye looked up. He was standing next to Xi Yun waiting for the USB drive to be cracked. “My brother went into this store and hasn’t come out since. He’s now missing.”
"How do you know he hasn't come out?" The policeman looked at him suspiciously. "How old is your brother? Maybe he sneaked out to an internet cafe to play games without telling you?"
“Because we checked the surveillance footage.” Xi Yun’s hands were still typing on the keyboard. “And our young master Jin Bai never goes to places like internet cafes, let alone plays games! And this car, this is the car that young master Jin Bai uses when he goes out. He was originally going to visit his parents to spend the New Year together.”
"Wait a minute, what did you just say? You checked the security footage?"
The policeman at the front stared in disbelief, "How did you access the road surveillance footage without our authorization? Who authorized you to access it? Do you know that arbitrarily hacking our government system can land you in jail?"
“Whether we go to jail or not can wait. If we wait for your investigation and the complicated approval process, it will take until at least tomorrow morning to retrieve the complete surveillance footage. By then, our brother’s body might be cold by then.” Wen Ni stood in front of the roller shutter door, raising her arm. “We now suspect that the owner of this convenience store has probably been murdered. We need to open the door to determine the situation and also search the scene to see if there are any clues about our brother’s disappearance!”
"Little girl, I'm a Level 3 sergeant. Do you think I need you to outline the key points of the case for me?" The sergeant patted his uniform epaulettes and put his hands on his hips. "Besides, you only have suspicions now, no evidence! Do you think I can just break into someone's house based on what you've said?"
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