Chapter 73
Feeling the man's burning gaze, although she didn't know why, Luo Jingyao felt guilty for no reason.
She swallowed quietly and walked out of the office to avoid being seen.
In response to Luo Jingyao's obvious avoidance behavior, Lin Jiafan curled the corners of his mouth slightly, then he withdrew his gaze and focused on the work at hand.
After all, the murder happened in Jinshi, and the police in Dingjiang City only temporarily participated in the joint investigation. So after a night of searching and collecting evidence, Lin Jiafan packed up the suspect and physical evidence and transported them back to Jinshi early the next morning.
Luo Jingyao was not particularly interested in the subsequent interrogation. Since the person had been caught, she should go home and enjoy the rare moment of peace.
Based on the previous two experiences, the portal will not appear anytime and anywhere within a few days after the case is solved. It is a good opportunity to recuperate.
She was increasingly puzzled by how her life had become what it was now. She had thought retirement would be the beginning of a leisurely life, but now all she had left was survival. There was no longer any sense of living.
But what Luo Jingyao didn't expect was that Pang Guang came to her house the next day.
At that time, she was in the flower shop looking through the resumes they received on the recruitment website with the young clerk. Before the two of them could argue about which applicant was the more handsome, a familiar and enthusiastic greeting came from the door.
"Coach Luo!"
When she looked up, Luo Jingyao saw the young man who had just pushed the door open and was waving at her enthusiastically.
She put the tablet aside, stood up, and walked out from behind the counter. "Officer Pang, how come you have time to come here? Is the case over?"
"It's almost done. After a full day and night of interrogation and evidence review yesterday, Qi Wangshu finally admitted to murdering Cheng Yinan."
Pang Guang began to talk non-stop as soon as the case was mentioned. "Thanks to Coach Luo for reminding us to check the mask. It really saved the police a lot of time. After comparison, it was confirmed that the material found under the deceased's fingernails matched the material of the mask."
"According to Qi Wangshu, Cheng Yinan was live-streaming at the time of the incident, and she wore the mask mainly to avoid being exposed by the camera."
"Knowing that she was afraid of being exposed by the camera, why did she choose to take action while the deceased was live streaming?" Luo Jingyao didn't quite understand this train of thought.
"First, she wants to use the Internet to create public opinion to mislead the direction of the police's investigation! Second, she wants to use the first group of people to arrive at the scene to create sufficient alibi, and then successfully escape from the crime scene. She can also let those people contaminate the evidence at the crime scene, which will add a lot of trouble to the police's subsequent investigation." Pang Guang explained.
Nodding in understanding, Luo Jingyao asked again, "So what was Qi Wangshu's reason for attacking Cheng Yinan?"
"Guess where Shengye International's money comes from?" The young man lowered his voice mysteriously.
What responded to him was Luo Jingyao's silent gaze.
"They're helping others launder money! Shengye International actually has someone else as the financial backer, but this involves the follow-up investigation of another economic case, so I can't reveal the details to you." Pang Guang sighed regretfully, "Anyway, this financial backer is quite impressive."
"Just like that, Qi Wangshu used the money to bribe referees, officials, and doping control agencies. In just a few years, he successfully pushed Shengye International Club to the top position in the country."
Women can not only help launder money, but also make extra money, so the financial sponsors are naturally very satisfied.
The reason why she had an intersection with the deceased Cheng Yinan was that Shengye International Club was preparing to sprint for a national-level club this year. In order to build momentum for Shengye International in public opinion, the club contacted a group of Internet celebrities and bloggers some time ago and signed a contract with them to release a certain number of promotional videos after the Beihe Provincial League officially started.
Cheng Yinan was among this group of bloggers. However, because there was a confidentiality agreement in the contract, these bloggers could not disclose any relevant information to the outside world without the club's consent. This was also the fundamental reason why the Jinshi police failed to discover the connection between the two at the beginning of the investigation.
It was also at that time that Cheng Yinan was invited to the backfield of the newly decorated Beihe Provincial League competition venue and took that crucial photo.
Probably because the deceased himself was involved in underground free-fighting competitions and online betting, he showed great interest in Shengye International Club from the moment he was invited. He had been hanging around Shengye International and Qi Wangshu for a long time, and some of his actions could even be called stalking and harassment.
With such persistence, Cheng Yinan actually discovered something wrong. After all, the little tricks that Qi Wangshu did in private could not withstand the camera of someone with ulterior motives.
He threatened Qi Wangshu several times to come to his house for negotiations on the pretext of exposing Qi Wangshu and Shengye International, which is why a woman's fingerprints were found in his residence in Jinshi.
Qi Wangshu promised to pay him hush money, but Cheng Yinan's ambition was not limited to this.
He wanted to use this as a threat to get the athletes in Shengye International Club to participate in underground competitions, and use the fame of these professional players to take his online betting business to the next level.
There’s no way Qi Wangshu would agree!
On one hand, there is the face of her athletes, and on the other hand, there is the reputation of Shengye International Club. The already difficult choice, coupled with Cheng Yinan's endless pressure, successfully turned the woman completely evil.
After careful planning, Qi Wangshu finally waited for an excellent opportunity to make a move.
Pang Guang's mouth was dry as he spoke. Luo Jingyao tactfully handed him a bottle of mineral water and then said, "So Officer Pang came here today specifically to tell me this?"
The young man, who had just taken two large gulps of water, waved his hands hastily before finally remembering to get down to business: "Captain Lin asked me to call you over. He said Qi Wangshu wants to see you."
ah?
"Of course, I respect your personal wishes. If you don't want to go, then don't go."
Although she was a little confused, Luo Jingyao finally took off her apron and followed Pang Guang to the Jinshi Public Security Bureau.
In the familiar corridor on the sixth floor, she met Lin Jiafan.
The man must have just finished washing up, and his body was still slightly damp. The loose hair on his forehead hung down due to the dampness, slightly blocking the eyes behind the lenses.
With a slight nod as a greeting, Lin Jiafan signaled with his eyes that Qi Wangshu was in the interrogation room in front.
Luo Jingyao took a deep breath, walked slowly into the interrogation room, pulled out a chair and sat down.
The woman on the interrogation chair opposite had her head down, probably asleep. She only slowly raised her head after hearing the noise she made.
"You came to me." Luo Jingyao spoke first.
Qi Wangshu stared at her blankly for a long moment, then suddenly laughed out loud. "You also started from the bottom and worked your way up. We have similar experiences, both experiencing various injustices against female players in this profession. I thought you would understand me."
Hearing this, Luo Jingyao narrowed her eyes.
So what's going on now? Do you want to find recognition from her?
"Am I wrong? What I did was just to ensure that my club and my athletes would no longer suffer injustice and give them a chance to succeed! Whoever wants to block their way, I will block his way first!" Qi Wangshu looked like a madman.
After quietly watching the woman across from the interrogation table crying and laughing for a while, Luo Jingyao said calmly, "I'm sorry, I really can't understand you. After all, we are fundamentally different."
"When you encountered injustice, you chose to fall into the abyss and become corrupt, but I chose to work harder and fight back with my strength."
"What is the meaning of your wanting to see me today? Do you want me to say something that pleases you and thus alleviate the guilt in your heart?" As she spoke, she stood up and looked down at Qi Wangshu.
"You bribed referees, bribed executives, and falsified doping tests. You are no different from those who caused you all these injustices."
"You still have the nerve to use female athletes as an excuse? Then why didn't you fight for more rights for the female athletes in the club after you became successful? Please, stop using these excuses to make yourself feel better. You don't deserve it!"
"From beginning to end, you are just a sophisticated, selfish careerist."
After saying this mercilessly, Luo Jingyao turned and walked towards the door. A second before stepping out of the interrogation room, she paused and said, "Back when we were in the underground competition, I actually had a little bit of admiration for you."
"Now that I think about it, you were probably looking for an opportunity to kill Eric, right? Even though you weren't sure if he knew the truth, no one was safer than a dead person. It's just that you didn't expect the police to shut down the underground competition so quickly."
"Now I want to take back that ignorant admiration, Qi Wangshu, you are not a good person."
As soon as she finished speaking, she walked out of the door without looking back, leaving the woman's hysterical rebuttal in the interrogation room.
"How are you?"
The concerned voice coming from the empty corridor successfully brought Luo Jingyao back to her senses. She glanced at Lin Jiafan blankly, then nodded randomly: "If there's nothing else, I'll go back to the store first."
Without waiting for the man to respond, she walked away quickly.
Staring at her gradually receding back, Lin Jiafan finally closed his slightly open lips.
In fact, no one knew that this case had dealt such a huge blow to Luo Jingyao that she stayed alone at home for a whole week after meeting Qi Wangshu.
As a former professional player, no one knows better than her the darkness hidden beneath the applause and flowers.
Her decision to retire hastily back then might not have been unrelated to these messed up things. What she wanted was too pure, but it did not conform to the cruel rules of the real world.
After getting away from this circle, Luo Jingyao naively thought that everything would develop in a good direction. However, when this disguise was torn off by her own hands, the rotten things inside were revealed, which had already emitted a foul smell.
Only then did she realize that the world seemed to have become worse.
After lying in bed for seven days in a daze, Luo Jingyao finally regained some vitality.
In order to thank the young store clerk for her hard work while she was lying down, she decided to close the store for two days and take her on a tour around the city to relax.
But to her surprise, the tourist destination finally decided by the shop assistant was Black Wind Mountain in the suburbs of Jinshi.
Go hiking on your day off?
After revealing a smile that was uglier than crying, Luo Jingyao couldn't help but sigh in her heart that young people are just full of energy.
Despite their complaints, early the next morning, the two of them boarded a direct short-distance bus to Black Wind Mountain.
Passing the Outer Ring Road, the familiar scenery outside the window instantly brought back memories for Luo Jingyao. That was her first case with the Special Case Investigation Team, and it was right here in this area that she had knocked the suspect directly into the grass by the roadside. Thinking about it, it was quite...
Tiger's.
It’s no wonder that Deputy Director Zhang got so angry at that time.
At this moment, the shop assistant sitting next to her suddenly handed her a bag of snacks.
After quietly thanking him and taking the bag of snacks, Luo Jingyao started chatting with the other party in a casual manner.
After another forty minutes, the bus slowly stopped in the parking lot at the foot of Black Wind Mountain. The tourist gathering center was not far away.
"Sister Luo, please go get the ticket first. I have a stomachache and need to go to the restroom." The shop assistant stuck out her tongue embarrassedly and ran to the public restroom before she finished her words.
Luo Jingyao had no choice but to go get the ticket as she was told, then walked and looked at the specialty stalls nearby until she arrived outside a beverage shop.
Thinking that she would be thirsty after climbing the mountain, she simply reached out and pushed open the door of the beverage shop, intending to buy two cups of fruit tea to take to the mountains.
The next second, everything in front of my eyes suddenly went dark.
The noise from the surrounding scenic area also faded away, replaced by faint sobbing sounds.
After calming herself down, Luo Jingyao began to look around, but because the light was barely enough for her to see, many details were not clear.
The sobbing sound came from the left, and thinking of this, her soul began to move towards the left side of this space.
This was a new skill she developed at the last crime scene. After going through so many crime scenes before, Luo Jingyao just realized that she could still move.
As her sobbing became clearer, she was unexpectedly blocked by something like an iron fence.
Helplessly, Luo Jingyao could only look inside through the gap between the two iron railings with difficulty. The scene in front of her made her gasp uncontrollably!
A small figure was curled up in the corner, looking no more than seven or eight years old.
"Save me, save me..." The little boy murmured helplessly, and suddenly raised his head to reveal a pair of big eyes with clear black and white.
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