Chapter 122
"..." Luo Jingyao took a deep breath and vaguely smelled the light herbal fragrance on the man.
Perhaps Lin Jiafan's arrival gave her some confidence, and she soon spoke about the current situation in a trembling voice.
"Li Rui and Wang Ying both know me, and they also know that I am your special consultant... Officer Lin, do you think my father's disappearance is related to them?" At this point, a trace of regret flashed in Luo Jingyao's eyes.
I really shouldn't have brought up this part-time job just to avoid Mao Peilan's nagging. Maybe this wouldn't have happened.
The key point is that no one expected that things in the world would be so coincidental. The case the police were investigating turned out to be inextricably linked to the couple.
The hand on her shoulder patted her twice rhythmically as a comfort. Lin Jiafan turned around and called Pang Guang: "I'll send you a phone number later. You can use technology to track the current location of this number."
"Have Brother Guo contact the traffic police. I need to retrieve the security surveillance footage from Coach Luo's residential complex after 8:00 PM."
After hanging up the phone, he turned and instructed the two police officers who had come with him, "Please check the businesses outside the complex to see if you can find anything from the private surveillance cameras."
The two policemen responded without hesitation and turned to head towards the community gate.
Seeing Lin Jiafan arranging everything in an orderly manner, Luo Jingyao finally let out the breath she had been holding on to for the past few hours. Her body swayed slightly, and she staggered back two steps and sat on the stone steps in front of the property door.
It was as if all her strength was drained away in an instant. She belatedly sensed the extremely low temperature outside and began to tremble slightly.
Suddenly, a shadow appeared above her head.
Then an extremely thick coat was put on Luo Jingyao. Lin Jiafan sat beside her and asked with concern, "Where's Auntie?"
"She was supposed to play mahjong all night at a friend's house, and now she's on her way back. She said she went to two of my dad's friends' houses and should be here soon." Luo Jingyao responded while reaching into the sleeve of the down jacket, which was made of a similar material to a windbreaker.
This piece of clothing was just taken out of the car by someone next to me, and it still had the warm air from the air conditioner inside.
Subconsciously shrinking her neck, she simply buried her whole body in the large down jacket, leaving only her eyes exposed.
"We will definitely be able to find uncle safely."
At this point, it seemed that nothing he said would be effective, and Lin Jiafan could only speak as if to make a promise.
"Yeah." Luo Jingyao blinked, forcing back the tears that threatened to fall. "Officer Lin, so you've already gotten used to this kind of fear?"
She had only been with the Special Case Investigation Team for three or four months, and she wasn't even a formal criminal police officer yet, yet she had encountered such an outrageous thing. Lin Jiafan and others must have suffered even more in the past.
It is said that being a police officer’s family member is not easy, but few people know that the police officers themselves are the ones who suffer the most.
Lin Jiafan seemed to have not expected her to ask such a question. After a long silence, he simply replied with three words: "Not bad."
Not long after, the two officers who had been dispatched returned. "Captain Lin, we spotted a figure on the surveillance camera at the fresh fruit store outside the community that matches the physical description of Coach Luo's father."
As he spoke, one of them handed over his mobile phone, on which was the surveillance footage just taken.
After just one glance, Luo Jingyao stood up excitedly: "It's him!"
"It looks like he's heading towards the subway station," another police officer added.
The two's judgment was correct. Soon, Guo Zhen sent back a message that after leaving the community, Luo Honghui did go to the subway station and was suspected of getting on the subway.
Guo Zhen even coordinated to retrieve the surveillance video inside the subway and confirmed that Luo Honghui first took Line 4, then transferred to Line 1, and finally got off at the "Fortune Factory" station.
Lin Jiafan frowned tightly when he heard this: "The Fortune Factory...isn't that on Yancheng Road?"
The Jiangcheng Spicy Stir-fry Restaurant where the explosion occurred is right there, and so are the two houses that Luo Jingyao's family rents out.
So Luo Honghui really went to find Wang Ying?
The heart that had been hanging in the air finally died. Luo Jingyao, on the other hand, fell into an unprecedented state of calmness. She even tried to analyze the other party's intentions: "Why did Wang Ying trick my father into going there? To take him hostage?"
"Strictly speaking, my relationship with the Jinshi Public Security Bureau is not deep. What's the difference between her taking my father hostage and ordinary people?"
It is a bit too unrealistic to want to use Luo Honghui as a threat to negotiate with the Jinshi Public Security Bureau.
"That's true, but you've overlooked the most crucial point," Lin Jiafan said solemnly, "Yu Wenxin's drug trafficking gang is not large to begin with. Based on the evidence the police currently have, only four people are confirmed."
"Now that two of them are dead and Li Rui has been arrested, she's the only one left out there."
"If she were alone, it would be fine, but she has a child who is only a few months old. Unless she has the heart to abandon the child, it will be difficult for her to escape."
"You mean, she wants my dad to help her escape from the police?" Luo Jingyao widened her eyes slightly.
"In today's society, the chances of meeting a warm-hearted stranger are extremely low. For Wang Yingying, it's naturally easier to control an acquaintance like your father. Your uncle knows her inside and out, so there's no potential danger that could threaten her and her child. He can even act as a hostage if necessary."
Lin Jiafan must have seen through her thoughts and self-blame the moment he arrived here. Saying these words now may not be without the intention of taking the opportunity to comfort her, but such expression is really too obscure.
Fortunately, Luo Jingyao had been working with him for some time, and the two had always had a tacit understanding at work. Normally, they could understand each other with just a glance, let alone such a long conversation.
In order not to disappoint Lin Jiafan's kindness, she reluctantly suppressed the uneasiness in her heart and cheered up a little: "Officer Lin, can I understand that my father is still safe for the time being?"
Lin Jiafan nodded in affirmation and was about to say something when he was interrupted by the sudden ringing of the phone.
Giving Luo Jingyao a soothing look, he turned slightly to answer the call and pressed the speaker button.
The next second, Pang Guang's voice came from the receiver: "Boss, I tracked down the phone number you sent me. The other party should have turned off the phone. The signal is confirmed to be near Yancheng Road."
Lin Jiafan had a look of 'as expected' on his face. He lowered his eyes and thought for a moment before speaking out, "Didn't the local police station go to Li Rui and Wang Ying's homes before?"
"I've seen it, but the place is empty." Pang Guang sighed, "The police said nothing was missing from the house. Wang Ying seemed to have left in a hurry. I didn't expect Coach Luo's father to be involved..."
Halfway through his words, the young man seemed to realize that what he said was inappropriate, so he immediately fell silent and gave two awkward laughs.
"For now, Brother Guo can only track your father leaving the subway station at the Fortune Factory Station. The security surveillance along the entire Yancheng Road is currently under maintenance." Lin Jiafan's expression became more serious.
Due to the impact of the previous explosion, the power system and monitoring system on that road have been in a semi-paralyzed state. It was expected that it would gradually return to normal in the next two days, but unexpectedly, this happened at this moment.
I think all this was within Wang Ying's calculations. Since there was no surveillance camera capable of capturing her whereabouts, her chances of escaping the police pursuit were greatly increased.
Even if the police were able to track her down in the end, it would be a waste of time, manpower and material resources. She might have already left Jinshi by then.
Once she leaves the territory of Jinshi, it will be much more difficult for the Jinshi Public Security Bureau to find her whereabouts. Cross-provincial pursuit is not easy, so she has more opportunities.
Coming back to his senses, Lin Jiafan looked at the people around him: "It seems that we still have to go to the couple's residence in person."
Luo Jingyao naturally had no objection to this.
After instructing Pang Guang to interrogate Li Rui again to see if he could get any useful clues from him, Lin Jiafan took her and two other policemen to Yancheng Road.
Returning to the familiar 7001, looking at the dark brown security door in front of her, Luo Jingyao felt as if something was pressing on her chest, making it difficult for her to breathe.
After taking a few deep breaths, she stared at Lin Jiafan as he slowly opened the door whose lock had been broken by the police.
There was indeed no obvious change in the house. Everywhere was still filled with the atmosphere of a family of three living together. A pile of clothes and bedding was piled messily on the sofa.
In a trance, Luo Jingyao even felt like she was back a few hours ago when she went to deliver something for Mao Peilan.
Lin Jiafan first walked around the house, then returned to the living room: "It seems that Wang Ying traveled light and only took away some necessities for the children."
At this moment, a prompt sound came from the corridor outside the door.
The two police officers he had left downstairs hurried out of the elevator. The lead officer waved the phone in the evidence bag in his hand and said, "Captain Lin, we found it in a trash can outside the complex."
"Luckily, no one was wandering around outside late at night, and their phones were all on. If someone had passed by and heard the noise and picked it up, it would have been very difficult for us to investigate!"
Obviously, this was also one of Wang Ying's plans, but her luck was not very good this time.
It is estimated that during the previous chat, the woman knew that Mao Peilan would not go home tonight, and Luo Jingyao had to go to the Public Security Bureau to work overtime, so she bet that no one would discover that Luo Honghui was missing tonight.
When the sun rises, the phone will either be found and picked up by someone else, or taken to the garbage dump by a sanitation truck.
No matter which possibility it is, it will cause considerable trouble to the police's work.
While Lin Jiafan was standing at the entrance talking to the two policemen, Luo Jingyao began to look around at the surrounding environment, and finally her eyes fixed on the shoe cabinet by the door.
On it was a cigarette wrapped in a plastic bag. It was the brand that Luo Honghui often smoked.
Her heart finally sank to the bottom. Luo Jingyao's lips trembled slightly as she tried hard to adjust her emotions that were about to collapse.
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