Rebirth
No one could have imagined that a case initially ruled an accident would engender such a complex web of connections. Peng Yue's motive for killing Zheng Tong has surfaced, and the extra money in the account has been explained. Now they face new challenges. What led Peng Yue to this website? What role did he play? Was he a customer, a smuggler, or something else entirely? How many people does this adjudication website still influence?
Just when Bai Shuo was about to study the website further, the website suddenly blocked all visitors, as if it knew something had happened and shut down completely. No matter what method he used, he could not track it down.
Not only the website, but all the records that Peng Yue had ever browsed disappeared completely within a few seconds!
"What's going on?" Bai Shuo tried his best to stop the other party from invading Peng Yue's phone and computer, but the person on the other side was obviously much stronger than him. Not to mention the organization, even the computer used for tracking was almost stolen!
Bai Shuo could only watch as the other party forcefully cleaned up the traces, and after fifteen seconds everything returned to calm.
At this time, Chen An had just come out of the director's office. Before he even entered the door, he saw Bai Shuo with a pair of red eyes. "Boss, the record has disappeared."
It took only an hour from the time the website was released to the time it disappeared, just like a bug in a game that was then fixed, building a high wall so that people outside the wall could no longer spy on it.
"It disappeared before I even started checking the list. The creator of this website is very powerful. All customer information is kept strictly confidential. Aside from some strange IDs, nothing can be found. Even the website's IP address is encrypted through multiple layers of encryption and multiple jump points. It's like they're stacking buffs. I can't track it."
"But it's not like I didn't find anything." Bai Shuo turned his notebook around and pointed at the screenshot on the screen. "I found that Peng Yue's email address once received an operation guide. Although I didn't find the website's IP address, I did find the IP address of the person who sent the email."
"Guess what?"
Chen An said, "Don't keep me in suspense. Tell me now."
"This IP is right where Peng Yue lives. They live in the same residential complex!" Bai Shuo said. "However, when we visited the scene this morning, it looked like Peng Yue was the only resident in this abandoned complex. Peng Yue's death was discovered by the landlord while he was collecting rent."
Chen An said: "It is possible that they lived there before and have moved away now."
"Do you want me to check it out now? Or should Cheng Xiaoxiang and I go to the scene again?"
Bai Shuo's body was tired, but he showed an energetic spirit. The emergence of this website aroused his interest. Every IT enthusiast is eager to get in touch with people who are better than himself, either to learn skills or to compete with him. In short, he will never give up the person on the other end of the network cable easily.
Different from Bai Shuo's excitement, Chen An was very calm after coming out of Director Shen's office.
Noticing his boss's unusual mood, Bai Shuo asked cautiously, "Boss, did Director Shen say anything?"
Chen An looked at him and nodded, "Director Shen means that the serious crime team is responsible for closing the Zheng Tong case."
Bai Shuo's mood instantly dropped, and he said reluctantly, "Huh? Why?"
"Then we...we have to find out who killed Peng Yue, right? Peng Yue is also a victim, so this should be handled by the Serious Crime Squad."
Chen An was silent for a while and looked at him. "Little friend, you may be disappointed."
"The murderer who killed Peng Yue will not be found anytime soon."
Afterwards, Chen An asked Bai Shuo to call other people and briefly outlined the news he had just learned.
"There were many traces at the scene, but few were useful. Let me start from the moment I entered the room. The door lock showed no signs of being tampered with, and only Peng Yue's fingerprints were on it. Peng Yue must have opened the door and greeted the killer. He was very wary of the killer, and the two even chatted and laughed for a while. Then the killer said something to lead Peng Yue to the window, where he was stabbed to death from behind."
Chen An picked up a photo and said, "The murder weapon was a fruit knife, belonging to Peng Yue. There are no fingerprints of anyone else on it."
"A large amount of blood spurted from the carotid artery. The killer then casually took a disposable plastic cup from under the coffee table, collected some of his blood, and then took the brush from Peng Yue's desk and wrote these four characters. He then casually splashed the excess blood on the door. The cup fell to the ground and the killer walked away."
"The Trace Examination Department found some footprints, but no blood. They were able to infer the shoe size based on the dust alone. His shoe size was the same as Peng Yue's, both size 42, and the shoes were on Peng Yue's shoe cabinet."
"Except for the unexplained trail of blood, all the murder tools were found in Peng Yue's home. No other fingerprints were found on them. The scene looked messy, but in reality, the murderer had killed people cleanly and efficiently."
Lu Yuyao was also quite discouraged. "The landlord said that no one rents here except Peng Yue because it's inconvenient and the facilities are not complete. Basically, no one would rent the house here. There is no other surveillance at the entrance of the alley except the grocery store owner's surveillance. I checked the surveillance for the past three days, and except for Peng Yue returning home yesterday afternoon, I didn't find any other suspicious people."
After hearing the description, everyone fell silent. Chen An quietly waited for them to digest the information. After a few minutes, Chen An knocked on the table and said, "Alright, everyone has worked hard these past few days, racing against time. I will write the final report. Everyone, go back and rest."
Lu Yuyao stretched, sleepiness finally set in. She'd only slept two hours in the past two days. Bai Shuo had been sporadically following Cheng Xiaoxiang last night, not daring to sleep. Now that the website investigation was over, he relaxed. They both stood up and prepared to go home to rest, only to find Cheng Xiaoxiang still sitting in his seat, silent.
Just as Chen An was about to leave, he suddenly looked up and said, "Boss, do you think that mark could have been left by the windbreaker dragging?"
Chen An frowned immediately and picked up the photo to look at it. The dragging marks were very light and did look like clothes being dragged on the ground. However, there was less blood in this section, so it was difficult to tell whether it was a windbreaker.
Chen An said, "Why do you ask?"
Cheng Xiaoxiang recounted the incident of encountering the child outside in detail. Lu Yuyao immediately slammed the table and said, "Why didn't you tell me such an important clue earlier?"
"Well...I didn't think of that for a moment."
Cheng Xiaoxiang was hit by Lu Yuyao's "Sugar-Roasted Chestnuts" move and cried out in pain, holding his head.
Cheng Xiaoxiang said, "How about this, I'll go find that kid again!" He did it right away, and Lu Yuyao followed him, "Boss, I'll go with him!"
Bai Shuo looked at the wind that disappeared before his eyes, and suddenly he didn't know what to do. Chen An knocked on the table in front of him, "How's the matter I asked you to investigate last time?"
"Oh!" Bai Shuo brought the computer over. "Boss, there is indeed such a person. Su Jinxian, a former student at Fuyang University, disappeared more than ten years ago. She has a twin sister named Su Jinyou, who went to the same university. Not long after her sister disappeared, her sister also disappeared. Su's parents have reported her missing many times, but she has never been found."
"So, Anna was abducted with them." Chen An muttered to himself.
Then he asked, "Is there any information about Su Jinxian in the email that person sent to Peng Yue?"
Bai Shuo shook his head and said, "No, Anna's life story should have been told to Peng Yue directly by that person."
Peng Yue is a bastard. If no one told him about Anna, he would never have discovered the relationship between Anna and Zheng Tong. If no one gave him money, he would never have used his own money to verify someone else's words. This person guided Peng Yue to discover the secret and also guided him to his grave.
"Well..." Bai Shuo saw that the other party was still deep in thought, and hesitated whether to express his guess.
Chen An asked, "If you have something to say, just say it. Why are you hesitating?"
Bai Shuo showed him a photo and asked cautiously, "Boss, do you think Su Jinxian looks a bit like Jiang Li?"
Chen An looked at the photo carefully. The woman in the photo looked very young. The ID photo was taken very neatly. She was wearing a white shirt, had a swan neck, double eyelids, big eyes, and... a similar lip peak.
This face gradually overlapped with the image of Jiang Li in his mind. As Bai Shuo said, Su Jinxian and Jiang Li were really alike.
"When I first saw them, I thought they looked alike, and both the Su sisters were campus beauties at Fuyang University. However, although the sisters share the same face, they give people completely different impressions. Su Jinxian is more gentle, while Su Jinyou is more lively. Their personalities also make their features a little different. Jiang Li looks too similar to the Su sisters, equally beautiful... uh, I don't mean to feminize him, it's just..."
Facing Chen An, Bai Shuo had to be careful when evaluating Jiang Li, but he spent a long time trying to find a suitable description.
"I know, you mean to say he's handsome."
"Yes! That's what I mean." Bai Shuo scratched his head, "But, this is just my random guess."
Chen An, however, became sensitive. "Is there any more detailed record of Jiang Li's life experience?"
"This...should I look for it again?"
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