Chapter 16 Arrest and Capture
On the way to the hospital, Third Uncle was speechless when he heard that Jiang Si had only sent two words in her telegram.
"Did you really only send two words?"
"Mm." Jiang Si nodded.
The word "marriage" is so simple and clear.
"You, you."
Third Uncle opened his mouth, about to say something.
Then Uncle Zhong chuckled and joked, "Comrade Huo knows Miss Si Si's personality better than anyone else. I think he won't care about these things."
Third Uncle thought to himself, of course that the Huo family brat wouldn't care.
Knowing this man as he did, he figured the silly boy would be overjoyed to receive the telegram!
However, on the other hand, Si's personality is partly due to their spoiling.
The other half was also spoiled by that kid from the Huo family.
As the saying goes, "Zhou Yu beats Huang Gai—one is willing to hit and the other is willing to be hit."
Having figured all this out, Third Uncle stopped worrying.
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Meanwhile, after a day and a night of visits and investigations, the police finally made progress in the case.
According to a waiter at a state-run restaurant near the Jiang family's home, a group of people came to eat every day at lunchtime and in the afternoon for the two days leading up to the incident.
Unlike other customers, these people wore sanitary masks when they came in and went out.
They are quite generous with their money, always ordering four or five meat dishes.
Therefore, the waiters were very impressed with them.
"According to the information we have so far, there are a total of five suspects, all of whom are between 20 and 30 years old."
"The first suspect is about 180cm tall, thin, speaks with a local accent, and carries a tool bag, which is suspected to contain professional lock-picking tools."
"Suspect No. 2, also known as 'One-Ear', is about 175cm tall and speaks with a local accent."
"Suspect No. 3 is less than 160cm tall and speaks with a Jiangsu accent."
"Suspect No. 4 is about 170cm tall. He has a very obvious scar on his right cheek, from his temple to his chin. It is suspected to be a knife wound."
"Suspect No. 5 is about 170cm tall, speaks with a local accent, and has a fair complexion."
"According to the waiter, this person was different from the others; he was wearing a dark gray work uniform under his coat."
"We checked, and currently only the Shanghai Municipal Machinery Factory and the Steel Factory have uniforms of this color."
"Wang Ming and his team went to investigate this morning, and they should have results soon."
Just then, there was a knock on the door.
Wang Ming strode in, his face beaming with excitement. "Boss, we found him! He works at the steel mill!"
It's quite a coincidence that although these two companies have tens of thousands of employees, only three employees have taken more than two days off recently.
The first one was a man in his sixties, so the age didn't match. The second one was a woman who was about to give birth, so that was also ruled out.
Only one person remained!
"This man is named Lin Baozhu. His aunt, Lin Yueru, married Comrade Jiang's father nine years ago and is very familiar with the Jiang family's situation."
"Moreover, this person usually spends money extravagantly. I heard from people in the factory that not long ago, he was cornered at the factory by someone who owed him money."
Lin Baozhu possessed both the time and the motive for the crime.
Next, all we need to do is follow the rules.
Half an hour later, a group of police officers arrived at the residential compound where Lin Baozhu lived.
Just as they were about to go upstairs, a sharp-eyed police officer spotted the scarred man and the one-eared man loitering nearby!
This isn't a criminal suspect, this is clearly a walking third-class merit award!
It's like searching high and low without finding it, only to have it come to you effortlessly.
Before Deputy Director Li could give an order, seven or eight police officers rushed forward.
Before the two could react, they were already pinned to the ground.
"Don't move! All of you, stay still!"
The police officers took out handcuffs and escorted the two men to the car.
Hearing the commotion, the neighbors peeked out from under their doors. They were quite intimidated to see so many uniformed police officers.
"What happened? Why are there so many police officers here?"
"I don't know, it looks like they went to the Lin family's house."
As the crowd was whispering among themselves, they saw Lin Baozhu, his face bruised and swollen, being escorted into a police car by officers.
This caused an uproar throughout the entire residential compound.
No one was in the mood to cook anymore, and they all ran to the entrance of Building No. 3 where the Lin family lived.
"Oh dear, what did he do wrong? Why is he handcuffed?"
"Who knows? Maybe he's done something like murder or arson outside."
"Probably not, would Lin Baozhu have the guts?"
"That's hard to say. If it were just a minor incident, why would so many police officers come?"
"Also, did you see the injury on his face? It looks like he was beaten up, but guess what Baozhu's mother said? She insisted that he fell off his bicycle."
"I've said it before, spoiling a child is like killing a child, but the Lin family won't listen. They've spoiled their child so much that he's completely out of control."
Just then, Grandma Lin and Baozhu's mother, who had gone out to buy groceries, returned. They were quite curious to see a group of people gathered in front of their building's entrance.
"What happened?" Baozhu's mother asked, looking on with amusement.
Since they were all from the same residential compound, they couldn't care less about watching the commotion and quickly spoke up.
"Baozhu's mom, your Baozhu has been handcuffed by the police! You should go and see him."
"What?!" Old Mrs. Lin screamed and ran outside with her arms outstretched.
Baozhu's mother panicked and followed after him, sobbing.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law rushed as fast as they could, but they were still a step too late. Lin Baozhu had already been taken into the interrogation room.
On the way back, in an attempt to make amends, Scarface and One-Ear revealed the whereabouts of Skinny Monkey and Tall Guy before the police could even ask them.
That morning, all five were arrested and brought to justice!
The interrogations were conducted separately.
It's hard to say whether there was collusion, but the testimonies of the individuals are remarkably consistent.
According to the scarred man, they met Lin Baozhu while playing cards.
Three days ago, Lin Baozhu approached them and promised to give each of them one hundred yuan to help them find something.
One hundred yuan is equivalent to three months' wages for an ordinary worker, and since they were short of money, they agreed.
After that, they staked out the Jiang family's residence for two days.
For some reason, when they tried to break the lock and go inside that night, they discovered that someone had already taken action before them.
When Lin Baozhu tried to renege on his debt, they were so angry that they beat him up.
To make up for the losses, the group packed up everything else left in the house.
They just didn't expect things to escalate so much, even making it into the newspapers!
Scarface and One-Ear sensed something was wrong. They conspired to extort money from Lin Baozhu and then go to another place to lay low for a while.
They were just unlucky; they had barely arrived at the residential compound and hadn't even had a chance to enter when they were caught.
As for what exactly the Jiang family lost or who stole it, they genuinely had no idea.
Lin Baozhu's statement was similar to theirs, except that he hesitated for a moment when asked what he was looking for.
Right now, all they have are some old clothes and shoes, which aren't worth much money. But if they were after ten thousand yuan, that would be a much bigger crime.
So he didn't mention the ten thousand yuan at all, only saying that he was short of money recently, and knowing that the Jiang family was well-off, he thought he would come and try his luck.
The police officers aren't stupid.
They came at the worst possible time, right when the adults in the family were out of town and the victim had just withdrawn the money.
All of this is just too much of a coincidence!
Furthermore, the Jiang and Lin families live more than ten miles apart. How did Lin Baozhu know that the victim withdrew the money that day?
How did he know that the money was in a brown paper bag?
To say that no one tipped them off is a lie!
Once he had a suspicion in mind, the police officer didn't play games with him.
In those days, there was no rule against beating prisoners.
If one beating isn't enough, then two beatings will do!
Lin Baozhu couldn't handle it. When he heard that if he didn't confess honestly, he might be shot, he immediately became obedient.
At this time, Lin Yueru, who had just returned from northern Jiangsu, was unaware of this.
She has been completely sold off by her own good nephew!
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