Chapter 56
"Hmm?" Luo Jingyao still looked at him with eyes full of expectation.
Ning Jun finally gritted his teeth, pulled the stool forward, and said in a voice only the two of them could hear, "It's actually nothing new, it's just that not many people know about it."
"Cheng Yinan once publicly criticized a blogger online for fabricating video content. The blogger definitely denied it, and the two of them engaged in a heated argument for several days."
"But Xiao Cheng didn't have many fans at the time, so the matter didn't escalate. I think the two sides eventually reached some kind of agreement, but ultimately nothing came of it, and it just fizzled out."
"But this is all old news, and it's boring to talk about it."
"Who is that blogger? What is the content of the fake video?" Luo Jingyao also lowered her voice.
The warm air from her breath gently fell on Ning Jun's arm. The man looked at the pretty face in front of him, which was full of curiosity, and his ears blushed secretly: "I'll look for it..."
The man lowered his eyes to conceal his feelings, and fumbled through his phone for a long time before finally picking out a person from his past follow list.
"That's him. It seems like he hasn't updated his account since that incident. I don't know if he changed his skin or retired."
"As for the video that Xiao Cheng exposed as fake, it should have been deleted. The content was about a trip to the uncanny valley. Xiao Cheng suspected that some of the material was borrowed from the internet."
Luo Jingyao said "Oh" and silently memorized the nickname of the account.
In order not to arouse suspicion, the special case investigation team did not delay too long. Soon Pang Guang and several other police officers returned to the training room and began to question these bloggers.
Taking advantage of the fact that the arrival of the police attracted the attention of everyone present, Luo Jingyao slipped to the door and happened to bump into Lin Jiafan who was late.
"Coach Luo is really shining today." The man's half-smiley voice reached her ears.
She rolled her eyes subtly, and when she looked up again, Luo Jingyao had regained her fake smile. "Officer Lin is so calculating, does Chief Zhang know?"
"It's all about serving the people." Lin Jiafan said in a high-sounding manner.
She curled her lips in silence, glanced back at the situation in the training room, and then spoke again: "I heard that the deceased Cheng Yinan came to Jinshi this time at the suggestion of Jiefang Maluxi. There was a bit of an emotional entanglement between the two of them. Cheng Yinan's current girlfriend was Jiefang Maluxi's ex-girlfriend."
"The rest of the information isn't particularly noteworthy. There's just one account nicknamed 'Chasing the Wind' that had a conflict with the deceased online, but it doesn't look like it's been updated in two years."
Lin Jiafan memorized all the clues she provided, then walked past her. At the end, he raised his hand and patted her shoulder as a thank you.
As the tall figure gradually moved away, the fresh smell of grass and trees lingering around also faded a lot. Luo Jingyao moved her shoulders uncomfortably, thought about it, and walked out of the west annex building with her bag on her back.
When she arrived at the gate, she greeted the security guard, chatted with him for a few words, and then she smoothly entered the guard room and successfully asked for a cup of hot water.
Then, using the excuse of waiting for the special case investigation team to finish their class, he sat there quietly for more than an hour under the sympathetic gaze of the security guard.
It was not until people started leaving the west annex building that Luo Jingyao recognized Ning Jun and his group through the glass of the guard room.
After watching the group of bloggers leave the Public Security Bureau, she withdrew her gaze again, but was unexpectedly startled by a figure that suddenly appeared at the door.
"Officer Lin, is there no sound when you walk?" she said in annoyance.
Lin Jiafan walked over naturally, picked up a paper cup from the table in front, filled it with warm water, tilted his head back and drank it all before slowly speaking, "These bloggers are quite guarded, and they hardly ever tell the truth."
Luo Jingyao thinks this is normal. Bloggers have to maintain their personal image on the Internet all year round, and they must be extremely careful with their words and actions.
"The liberation of Malusi hasn't been completed yet? Why haven't I seen him come out with this group of people?" She stretched her neck slightly and glanced in the direction of the annex building twice, with some curiosity on her face.
"Wu Yugang? He had the closest relationship with the deceased, so he asked more questions. It will probably take a while to finish." Lin Jiafan said as he turned around, still holding a disposable water cup in his hand, and half-sitting on the table in the guard room.
"Thanks to Coach Luo's clues, we were able to take the initiative when confronting him. Wu Yugang admitted to being a local from Jinshi, and the emotional entanglement between the two was true. He was indeed the one who suggested going to Qianjin Resort to livestream. Unfortunately, he had a sufficient alibi at the time of the crime."
"He said a relative had been hospitalized with a sudden illness the day before, so he had been in the hospital for the past two days, including the night before last, to take care of him."
"Pang Guang contacted the People's Hospital for verification, and the surveillance footage confirmed Wu Yugang's account."
"As for the deceased's current girlfriend, Wu Yugang also provided a contact number, but after the other party learned our identities, she hung up the phone in a rude manner."
Luo Jingyao nodded when she heard this. The relationship between the three people was somewhat sensitive, so it was understandable that the woman was unwilling to cooperate.
"By the way, Pang Guang also found out about the blogger with the nickname 'Zhu Feng'. He has retired from the entertainment industry and now runs a private gym in Beijing." After Lin Jiafan finished speaking, he put down the disposable paper cup in his hand.
"Beijing is far too convenient for travel here, so I didn't find anything significant when checking these people's traffic records. It seems this trip is a must."
"See you later, Coach Luo." After she finished speaking, Lin Jiafan disappeared from her sight in just a few breaths.
After an unknown amount of time, Luo Jingyao, who had been sitting there in a daze, finally came to her senses when the security guard warmly greeted her. She stood up, said goodbye to him, and quickly left the Jinshi Public Security Bureau.
She walked along the side of the road hesitantly for a long time, and finally she made a call on her mobile phone.
After a few beeps, the call was successfully connected.
Ignoring the excitement coming from the receiver, Luo Jingyao cleared her throat and asked, "Can I still participate in the event you told me about last time?"
She didn't know what the other party responded to, so she chatted with him for a few more words, then hung up the phone and turned back to the store.
Early the next morning.
Luo Jingyao got up early and took a look at her Moments while brushing her teeth. She found that Pang Guang’s account had the latest updates.
The young man simply posted the three words "on the way" and attached a photo of himself riding the high-speed rail. It seems that he went to Beijing as he wished.
She turned off her phone screen expressionlessly and finished washing up as quickly as possible. After skillfully tying her long hair into a low bun at the back of her head, she turned and walked into the living room, picked up the sports shoulder bag she had packed in advance, and hurried out the door.
About fifty minutes later, she got off the online taxi and arrived at the more famous Factory Street in Jinshi.
The architectural style here is a mixture of European and Chinese tube-shaped buildings from the last century, giving it a complex feeling of being both fashionable and retro. The mottled and peeling exterior walls add a touch of just the right amount of shabby charm to the street.
Of course, the most famous thing here is not the buildings, but the entire street of various shops suitable for contemporary young people to eat, drink and have fun.
Factory Street, as the name suggests, has several factories that have existed since the last century. However, these factories have been renovated and used for other purposes.
The factory street seemed particularly lively today. When Luo Jingyao passed by a factory with various cartoon characters sprayed on its exterior walls, she heard deafening music coming from inside.
Looking at the cosplayers in various costumes coming in and out of the door, she deduced that a grand comic convention must be being held here.
Without stopping for too long, Luo Jingyao continued walking forward and eventually came to another factory building that looked relatively dilapidated.
She reached out and pushed open the tightly closed iron door of the factory, and then she heard a roar of grunting and hawing.
Right in front of her, there was a ring. Two people on the ring were fighting each other. The dull sound of fists hitting flesh was a bit tooth-aching.
There are four arenas like this one inside this empty factory. There are not many people around at the moment. Most of them are gathered in groups of three or four, and no one knows what they are discussing.
Luo Jingyao withdrew her gaze from the two people on the ring, and went up to the second floor from the iron stairs hanging next to her with ease. She walked to an office and knocked on the glass window on the door.
"Oh!" After seeing her face clearly, the person inside rushed out like a gust of wind, opened his arms and hugged her into his arms: "Ayao, I begged you so many times, and you finally came."
Unaccustomed to such close proximity, Luo Jingyao shrugged and slipped out of the man's embrace. "When does the event start?"
"It's three o'clock in the afternoon. You came so early. Do you want to catch up with me?" The man who was speaking at this time was a real man with a bald head and a beard. He was about 1.8 meters tall and weighed more than 180 kilograms.
However, in every gesture, he managed to perfectly control the gentle temperament.
"I just came here early to familiarize myself with the venue." Luo Jingyao ignored the other party's enthusiasm and leaned against the iron railing beside her.
The second floor here is designed in a patio style, and you can clearly see the scenery on the first floor.
She always felt that something was not right with the direction of the police's investigation, which was the fundamental reason why she did not rush to Beijing.
Indeed, there are many people in the extreme adventure circle to which the deceased belonged who can climb up the wall of the resort city, but there are very few who can break the neck of an adult male in one go. This requires not only strength, but also familiarity with the human body structure and certain skills.
The fingers of her right hand tapped twice unconsciously on the railing. Luo Jingyao gathered her thoughts and was about to ask the people around her something, but after glancing at the figures who had just entered, she swallowed her words back.
Looking down at the people standing downstairs, she raised her eyebrows imperceptibly.
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