Li Ziqiang frankly admitted, "We met online at the time."
Guan Feng asked, "Prestige?"
Li Ziqiang shook his head and said, "It's Suol! We had a great chat during voice matching, and later we added each other on WeChat. She said she quite liked chatting with me, so I told her that there are many fun places in Hua'an and invited her to come over."
Guan Feng asked, "Did she come over later?"
Li Ziqiang said, "Yes, she came! One day she said she was passing through Hua'an and could come see me, but I still felt bad about it, so I transferred 500 yuan to her as my travel expenses."
Guan Feng asked, "On the way? Do you know how she got here?"
Li Ziqiang said, "She seems to be a boatwoman."
"Boatwoman?"
Guan Feng asked calmly, "You mean she's a sailor?"
Li Ziqiang nodded and said, "I heard her mention it once. She said she was cooking for her boyfriend on the ship and happened to be passing through Hua'an. She asked me if I was free."
Guan Feng asked, "She has a boyfriend. Don't you think it's a bit strange that you met with her?"
Li Ziqiang said somewhat awkwardly, "Hey! How should I put it! Although she has a boyfriend, he treats her very badly and often beats and scolds her. I feel that she is quite pitiful, so I often chat with her, and over time we developed feelings for each other."
Guan Feng asked, "How far have you progressed?"
Li Ziqiang glanced at Guan Feng, his expression somewhat unnatural, and said, "Sleep...sleep!"
Guan Feng frowned slightly.
According to the investigation data, Li Ziqiang is married.
However, this is a private matter, and as long as it doesn't violate the law, he has no right to question it.
He continued, "If that's the case, then you must know more about her than just this, right?"
Li Ziqiang said, "Yes, I heard her say that she was divorced and could not have children. Later, she met this boat captain and followed him on his ship to run a transport business, all the way from northern Anhui to Shanghai."
Guan Feng asked, "Is there anything else?"
Li Ziqiang then introduced some other things.
Guan Feng nodded and asked Li Ziqiang, "When was the last time you two chatted?"
Li Ziqiang said, "It should have been three months ago, right?"
Guan Feng asked, "Why do you remember it so clearly?"
Li Ziqiang said, "At the time, she said her boyfriend had hit her again and even sent me pictures. Her face was covered in bruises. I was concerned about her and suggested that she come to Hua'an to relax. But she didn't reply to me after that. I thought her boyfriend had found out, and I didn't dare to contact her again!"
“She had previously said that her boyfriend was very strict with her and would delete their chat history after talking to me.”
“I was afraid that her boyfriend would really come to my door, so I kept waiting for her to contact me first.”
Guan Feng asked, "Are there any chat logs?"
Li Ziqiang said, "Yes! I didn't delete it. Do you want to see it?"
Guan Feng said, "Yes, we need it!"
Li Ziqiang opened his phone, scrolled to the WeChat call log, found the record from three months ago, opened the chat history, and handed it to Guan Feng, saying, "Look! This is my chat history with her."
Guan Feng glanced at the timeline; it was exactly three days before Chen Qian was murdered!
He then reviewed the chat history and found that the two chatted in a rather ambiguous way, but it was in line with normal conversations between couples, rather than the kind of behavior that involved spending money to make a transaction.
Although this behavior is immoral, it is Li Ziqiang's private matter.
Guan Feng said, "We need to back up these records."
Li Ziqiang instinctively tensed up and asked, "Will...will it be leaked?"
Guan Feng shook his head and said, "Don't worry about that. We are criminal police officers and will strictly abide by the management regulations. We will not disclose personal privacy. But as an ordinary person, I still suggest that you stop doing these unethical things!"
“This case has nothing to do with you, but if you keep walking along the river, you might run into an even more troublesome situation next time.”
"As a doctor, you should be even more mindful of the social impact!"
Li Ziqiang, still shaken, said, "Yes, yes, I'll definitely be more careful in the future! Also, may I ask one more question? What happened to Hong and Chen Qian? Could they be involved in that kind of profession? You came to me."
Guan Feng shook his head and said, "No, she's dead."
While speaking, Guan Feng kept his eyes fixed on Li Ziqiang.
Li Ziqiang asked in surprise, "What? Dead? Dead?"
Guan Feng nodded and said, word by word, "It was not long after our last conversation!"
Li Ziqiang: "???"
The doctor's pupils dilated instantly, a sign of extreme surprise and disbelief.
Based on other micro-expressions and the other party's subconscious reaction upon hearing the news, Guan Feng initially concluded that the other party was not closely related to Chen Qian's death.
He cautioned, "The case is currently under investigation! Don't leak this information. Otherwise, we won't care if you're just having casual sex, but this is a criminal offense, and you might have to be brought back to the station for a chat."
Li Ziqiang nodded repeatedly, saying, "I understand! I understand!"
Guan Feng gave Huang Lili a few more instructions, asking her to back up the relevant chat logs.
......
Twenty minutes later.
Guan Feng returned to the Municipal Bureau.
Turn on your computer and carefully read the relevant chat history.
There are thousands of records between the two.
Li Ziqiang couldn't remember much of the information, so Guan Feng had to have the team members check it one by one to make sure they didn't miss any important details.
It was almost 10 o'clock.
Liu Shengguo sent an important message.
He said to Guan Feng, "Captain, there's a message here!"
Guan Feng leaned closer to Liu Shengguo's computer and asked, "What news?"
Liu Shengguo pointed to a certain record and said, "Look here! Chen Qian mentioned in the chat history that she wanted to get off the ship, but her boyfriend wouldn't let her. Could it be that Chen Qian wanted to leave, but her boyfriend wouldn't let her, and then an accident happened during the argument?"
Guan Feng looked at the time in the chat history.
One week before his death!
This timing fits this possibility very well.
Guan Feng nodded and said, "The most urgent thing is to find her boyfriend! Have you found Chen Qian's chat logs from before her death? Have you tracked down anyone who traveled with her?"
Liu Shengguo said, "There is one person who fits the bill!"
Pointing to one of the parallel lines, he said, "That's the person! His name is Xia Ping! Although we didn't chat the most, our paths are highly similar."
Guan Feng stared at the two people's trajectories and nodded, saying, "Very similar! Almost overlapping."
Liu Shengguo said, "Several non-overlapping tracks all coincide with the time when Chen Qian made the transfer."
Guan Feng said, "It seems that Xia Ping is very likely the boat captain. He doesn't disembark, while Chen Qian disembarks at each place she visits to meet some online friends."
Liu Shengguo said, "That's my deduction too!"
Guan Feng said, "Since that's the case! Let's investigate Xia Ping's whereabouts. I think this Xia Ping is also from Hua'an?"
Liu Shengguo said, "Xia Ping is also from Hua'an. He lives in the development zone. A few years ago, the canal was still navigable, and there were many people running boats back then. I guess he followed the trend."
Guan Feng said, "The development zone? Zhao Yang and his group are familiar with that! Lily, do you need Zhao Yang to come over here?"
A moment later.
Zhao Yang returned from upstairs.
Guan Feng briefly explained the situation and said, "Since there is suspicion, let's investigate Xia Ping's background first. You're familiar with the development zone, so you can drive."
Zhao Yang said, "Okay."
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