Chapter 162 Variables

◎Usually called——accidental◎

After confirming that Gao Shengqiang was fine, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhao approached the night watchman and showed his police ID.

Goldman Sachs was still terrified, trembling all over, muttering to himself: "There's a ghost, there's a ghost!"

Zhao Xiangwan looked at him: "What the hell?"

[One or two of us have had accidents. Did we get infected with something dirty? ]

[Is there a ghost? Can I escape? ]

Gao Shengqiang was terrified. He tried hard to control his shaking hands, took out a lighter from his pocket, and pressed it a few times. However, because his hands were weak, he couldn't exert any strength and couldn't light the cigarette.

Zhao Xiangwan knew that Zhu Kang was still in shock and that now was not a good time to ask him questions, so he winked at Zhu Kang.

Zhu Kang stepped forward, took the lighter from Gao Shengqiang's hand and lit the cigarette for him.

Zhao Xiangwan, who was pregnant, took a half step back and held her breath to avoid the smoke.

On the other side, Ji Zhao's eyes were shining as he observed the direction of the supermarket.

The supermarket is right next to Hongyun Road, about ten meters back from the red line.

Hongyun Road is not a main urban road, but it is a relatively prosperous road in the city, with many residential communities and shops on both sides.

Ji Zhao walked in the direction the car was coming from, stood at the intersection of the road and the supermarket, and looked up.

[The car was coming from the southbound intersection of Hongyun Road at a very fast speed, estimated to be 60 kilometers per hour.]

[There are no signs of braking. The driver must have encountered some emergency.]

[The best open-air observation point is in the residential building opposite the supermarket.]

Zhao Xiangwan heard Ji Zhao's words, glanced at Gao Shengqiang who was smoking heavily, and knew that he needed to calm down at the moment, so he said to Zhu Kang: "You stay here."

Zhu Kang said: "Okay."

Now Gao Shengqiang is the biggest clue, and an accident almost happened just now. Although he didn't know why the math genius failed, after hearing Zhao Xiangwan's instructions, Zhu Kang was very clear about one thing: he must ensure Gao Shengqiang's safety.

After arranging Gao Shengqiang, Zhao Xiangwan walked to Ji Zhao's side and followed his gaze to the residential building opposite: "Which building, which floor?"

Even if the murderer has fled the scene, this is the closest we have ever been to him, and we might be able to find some traces.

Ji Zhao walked a few steps along the wheel tracks, calculating and deducing rapidly in his mind. He was not a math major and did not understand any dynamic mathematical models, but he had a super memory and was able to remember everything in his mind and restore it quickly.

Two seconds later, Ji Zhao pointed at two residential buildings whose view was completely unobstructed.

[Those two buildings are three stories high or higher.]

The two residential buildings were located in the Sunshine Community. It should be a very mature residential community. People were coming and going at the door, and they were observing the supermarket opposite in groups of three or five.

Zhao Xiangwan immediately called Zhu Feipeng and Zhou Rulan: "Let's go!" The four of them quickly rushed to the sunny community across the street.

Run fast.

I hope I can find him before he disappears!

Countless people passed by and countless voices flooded into my mind.

Zhao Xiangwan held his breath and concentrated, quickly distinguishing everything he heard and filtering out useful information.

"There was a car accident across the street. Did you see it?"

"Oh, it's so scary. The police cars and ambulances are here."

"I saw it clearly. A motorcycle suddenly appeared and forced the car to turn left."

"The motorcycle was moving so fast that it disappeared in a puff of smoke. It was really lawless!"

This was another trick the other side often used, using the motorcycle as an interfering factor to push the entire incident towards a traffic accident.

Afterwards, the motorcycle fled and the driver was held responsible for the incident.

However, the person who was hit and killed could never come back.

"I was so scared, but I didn't expect the child to be so calm."

"Which child are you talking about?"

"That girl who came to our community for ten days or so, and we only met her twice."

"Oh, her. I've heard you mention her so often, but today was the first time I saw her go out. She glanced at the accident scene with a cold face, took her mother's hand, got in the car and left. How could a normal child be so calm?"

"Yes, I saw it too! When the child got on the bus, she even sneered. I saw it clearly. Her expression was mocking and disdainful. She was totally unlike a child."

Girl.

Facing the car accident scene, he remained very calm.

When leaving, sneered?

——When these words entered Zhao Xiangwan's ears, he stopped and a flash of enlightenment passed through his mind.

Her years of experience in handling cases have taught her that if the mothers think something is wrong, there is probably something wrong.

Most children would be scared when they see a car accident, but this child was different.

So, is it possible that the math genius that countless police officers are desperately trying to track down is actually a child?

Once your mind opens up, all problems become clear.

Mathematical genius + young adult man.

The previous ideas for solving the case all revolved around this clue.

But there are actually inconsistencies here.

——As the saying goes, gold will shine. If he is really an adult math genius who can calmly command crime, why is he still unknown?

Is it possible that the math genius was one person and the adult who directed the crime was another?

Genius, maybe just a child!

Because the child was young and had not yet formed a sense of good and evil, he regarded the murder plan as a game, which was why he was ignored by the investigating police.

The police who went to Jiefang Road to conduct a dragnet investigation were informed that they were looking for an adult male who had rented a hotel, house or office building facing the street for a long period of time, spoke Mandarin very well and used a walkie-talkie.

Family tenants with children are automatically ignored.

The presence of the child led the investigation astray.

No wonder there has been no news for such a long time, so that's why.

In just a moment, Zhao Xiangwan figured out the connection and stopped two middle-aged and elderly ladies who were walking by him with bright expressions and said, "Hello."

It was around ten o'clock in the morning. Several middle-aged women wearing white Tai Chi uniforms and holding red Tai Chi fans in their hands came, obviously having just returned from exercising in the park.

They were discussing the car accident scene they saw today, and were suddenly stopped by Zhao Xiangwan. They all turned to look at the tall Zhao Xiangwan in front of them: "What's the matter?"

Ji Zhao and others also stopped running.

Old people like young people, especially beautiful young people. Ji Zhao is beautiful, Zhao Xiangwan is handsome and heroic, Zhu Feipeng and Zhou Rulan are also good-looking, with a majestic and upright aura, which makes people like them easily.

A plump old lady asked with a smile: "Girl, what's the matter?"

Zhao Xiangwan asked: "Just now I heard you mention that there was a child who was very calm after seeing the car accident scene. What happened?"

This topic immediately opened up the conversations of the mothers.

"Oh, that kid you're talking about, I know, I know, he lives in our unit, a family of three moved in at the beginning of the month. His accent doesn't sound like a local, the kid rarely goes out, and doesn't go to school, it's very strange."

Zhao Xiangwan asked: "How old is the child?"

"She was about twelve or thirteen years old, with a pretty face and a face as white as snow. She never talked to anyone and always stayed at home. I once ran into her mother in the hallway and asked her why she didn't go to school. Her mother said that she was not in good health and had to drop out of school."

Zhu Feipeng listened to Zhao Xiangwan's careful questions and noticed something unusual. When he heard Zhao Xiangwan ask, "What does the child look like? Have you met her parents?", Zhu Feipeng turned back to the car tacitly, took out Ji Zhao's painting folder and handed it to Ji Zhao.

Ji Zhao took the sketchpad, took out the sketch paper and charcoal pencil, and drew the family of three according to the old ladies' description.

The girl was about twelve or thirteen years old, about 1.5 meters tall, with fair skin, thin body, oval face, big eyes, high nose bridge, and slightly sparse eyebrows and hair. She had poor body coordination, and gave people an awkward feeling when she walked. She had never spoken.

My mother looks to be in her thirties, a little plump, with short hair, not fond of dressing up, wearing old-fashioned clothes, and there seems to be sadness between her eyebrows.

My father was very tall. No matter how hot the weather was, he always wore a windbreaker and a top hat. He had a rectangular face with slightly drooping corners of his mouth, sharp eyes, a hooked nose, thin lips, and high cheekbones. You could tell at first glance that he was not an easy person to get along with.

Ji Zhao's portrait depicted the family of three with great clarity, causing the old ladies to exclaim in surprise.

"Oh, yes, yes, you are such a good portrait artist. This is what the resident of Room 402, Building 6 looks like."

"I've been here for about ten days. I rarely see this family of three. If they hadn't just come out together and left in a hurry carrying two suitcases, it would be a rare sight to see them."

"They are like invisible men. If it weren't for Sister Liu who lives next door talking about them, maybe no one in our community would know about these three people."

Zhao Xiangwan asked: "How did the three of them leave?"

The mothers we asked about have a leisurely life after retirement. They usually exercise together, love to gossip about their parents, and are well-informed about the gossip in the community.

The family of three thought they were acting secretly, but they didn't know that Sister Liu who lived across the street had already noticed something was wrong and had discussed it with the neighbors countless times.

This is called the power of the crowd.

One of them answered: "Taxi, they called a taxi and left."

Zhao Xiangwan asked: "Did you see the license plate clearly?"

The old ladies began to chatter.

“Didn’t notice the license plate.”

"It's a Charlie. A blue Charlie."

"They went north. I don't know where they went."

Finally someone realized the problem and looked at Zhao Xiangwan: "Who are you? Why are you asking so many questions?"

Zhao Xiangwan showed his police officer ID.

"Oh, you are the police!"

When they heard that the police were there and saw the shining golden police badge, more and more people in the community came over to watch the excitement and gathered around.

"I said, that family of three doesn't look like good people."

"Oh, yes, that little girl's mother speaks standard Mandarin. She is probably from another place."

"Did they do something bad? Was the girl kidnapped? Go and catch them back as soon as possible."

"I know who owns the house they rented! I'll help you get the names and ID numbers of these bad guys."

At this moment, Zhao Xiangwan felt his throat tighten and a warm current surged in his heart.

She was moved by the people's trust in the police and their hatred for bad people.

They were obviously strangers and had never met each other before, but they all had a simple kindness and hoped that the police could catch the bad guys as soon as possible and rescue the victims.

Surrounded by so many people, Zhao Xiangwan quickly sorted out the information provided by the crowd.

First, the other party is a family of three, one of whom is a little girl of twelve or thirteen years old. The math genius is very likely the girl with abnormal behavior.

Second, a few minutes after the supermarket car accident, the other party left with his luggage in a blue Xiali taxi and headed north.

Third, the other party had rented a house in the community for more than a week.

In summary, based on the time of the accidents, Peng Qianze, Huang Ju, and Qi Wanjuan died in August, September, and October respectively. The family would observe for a month before taking action each time.

They may have planned to take action against Goldman Sachs in November, but the police intervention gave them a sense of urgency, so they acted hastily, which led to this mistake.

And now that the mission has failed, where will they go?

Zhao Xiangwan and Ji Zhao looked at each other.

[Leave, they want to leave Star City. 】

[One mission, one intercom, they acted cautiously and planned carefully. Failure of the mission was a shame, and they would leave Star City immediately.]

The thoughts of a genius need to be deciphered by a genius.

Zhao Xiangwan immediately took out his phone and asked his superiors for help: "Director Xu, we already have a picture of the lead. Immediately send people to the train station, bus station, and airport to arrest these three people."

When Xu Songling heard this, he immediately became energetic.

"Three? Oh, all right. Send someone to get the portrait right away and notify the local police stations to help find the person."

After hanging up the phone, Zhao Xiangwan left Zhou Rulan to follow the community committee members to investigate the tenant information, and he returned to Jinsheng Supermarket to meet with Gao Shengqiang.

Gao Shengqiang and Zhu Kang stood at the entrance of the supermarket.

After smoking two cigarettes in a row, Gao Shengqiang's mood stabilized a little.

After hearing Zhu Kang say that the call just now was from Zhao Xiangwan, Gao Shengqiang held Zhao Xiangwan's hand tightly, shaking it up and down, and was so excited that tears were about to flow down: "Thank you, thank you, you are my savior!"

Time goes back one hour.

At 9:10 in the morning, Gao Shengqiang stood at the door waiting for the truck to arrive. At this time every day, the supplier's truck would deliver the goods to the door. There are many residential communities on Hongyun Road where Jinsheng Supermarket is located, and the flow of people is large. The business is very good, and it has become a major customer of many suppliers, supplying goods on a fixed time, fixed location, and fixed quantity.

The truck arrived and Gao Shengqiang started to help unload the goods.

At about 9:30, the truck left. Gao Shengqiang bent down to pick up a box of drinks. Just as he was about to turn around, he suddenly heard the phone in the store ring. Then it was employee Xiao Liu shouting, "Manager Gao——"

Gao Shengqiang had no choice but to put down the heavy wooden box and walk into the store.

I had just taken two steps when I heard a car brake suddenly behind me.

“Gah—”

"Bang! Bang!"

An out-of-control car crashed into the supermarket door like a madman.

Goldman turned his head.

Lao Wang, a supermarket employee who was helping to unload goods, was knocked to the side and covered in blood.

The wooden box he had just placed on the ground to answer the phone was smashed into pieces by the car.

The call was made by Zhao Xiangwan after he left Peng Qianze's house.

If there hadn't been this call, or if it had been made a few seconds later, Gao Shengqiang would have been a corpse.

variable.

Zhao Xiangwan's phone call is the biggest variable in the dynamic mathematical model constructed by the lead.

We usually call it - chance.