Chapter 65
Seeing Pang Guang and Guo Zhen in the back seat looking at each other in bewilderment, yet not daring to speak, Lin Jiafan gave his driver's steering wheel a sharp turn and said with a half-smile, "Coach Luo probably has some misunderstandings about our police's handling of the case."
"Interrogation relies on controlling the suspect's psychology, not these extraneous things."
"Officer Lin, what you said is rather biased. Isn't catering to a suspect's preferences a form of psychological manipulation?" Luo Jingyao blinked and asked innocently, "I thought Officer Lin would prefer this shortcut. I was mistaken."
"Oh, could it be that Officer Lin's figure doesn't meet Eric's requirements?"
Despite being caught off guard by the passenger seat, Lin Jiafan remained calm and composed, "Since Coach Luo has such a precise grasp of Liu Pinsen's psychology, you must be able to guess the cause of Cheng Yinan's death."
As soon as these words were spoken, Luo Jingyao immediately turned off the engine, leaned back in her seat, and played with the bag on her gym bag from time to time.
While waiting for the green light at the intersection, Lin Jiafan turned his head and took a quick look. What he saw was the relatively intact half of her face.
Her skin is translucent and fair, and her facial features are perfectly shaped. With such a face that occasionally reveals a hint of childishness, it is really difficult to connect her with the smooth and powerful body under the clothes.
Before the person concerned noticed, Lin Jiafan quickly retracted his gaze. "Because Pang Guang had already located the website they were using for betting, and faced with overwhelming evidence, Liu Pinsen readily admitted to the charge of operating a gambling operation."
"But when Cheng Yinan was mentioned, he started playing dumb, refusing to admit he knew the deceased. We had no choice but to change the subject and ask other questions. During this time, we discovered that Liu Pinsen knew very little about the website's overall operations and traffic generation methods. What he did know was superficial. This also indirectly suggests that he was probably only responsible for organizing and broadcasting the underground tournaments, and there must be someone else behind the scenes."
In fact, from this time on, Liu Pinsen's psychological defenses had already become a little shaky. Lin Jiafan and others accurately seized his loopholes and threw out bait.
You have to know that there will be a difference in sentencing between full participation and partial participation in the future. Besides, Cheng Yinan is already dead, so there is really no need for him to force himself to bear the crime that does not belong to him for a dead person.
But even after saying this, Liu Pinsen still looked hesitant. Seeing this, the special case investigation team had no choice but to use their trump card.
When Liu Pinsen heard that once the police found any trace of Cheng Yinan in the club, whether it was fingerprints, DNA, or anything else related to him, they would suspect him of being the murderer of Cheng Yinan, he was so scared that he lost the appetite for the lunch box in his hand.
The man cried with tears and snot, and sincerely repented for his actions. In the end, he swore to heaven that Cheng Yinan's death had absolutely nothing to do with him, and that they were just a simple business partnership.
Liu Pinsen and Cheng Yinan met two years ago. In fact, his club had been secretly organizing underground black matches since then, but because not many people came, the business was not very prosperous and it was barely enough to make a living.
But Cheng Yinan discovered a huge business opportunity in it, and the two hit it off. Liu Pinsen was responsible for the daily operations of the club and the organization of underground competitions, while Cheng Yinan was responsible for building the website and attracting traffic.
Hearing this, Luo Jingyao nodded in agreement: "The division of labor is reasonable. The deceased was an anchor. He was already familiar with the online system, so he can get twice the result with half the effort."
Lin Jiafan continued without commenting, "Because of Cheng Yinan's status as a major anchor, he usually comes into contact with a lot of people. Those with wealthy families or financial strength are within his hunting range."
Few people can quit gambling in time after tasting the sweetness. After cheating a few rich people, they successfully earned their first pot of gold in life.
Also, because participating in online gambling is not only shameful but also illegal, most prominent people would not speak out even if they noticed something was wrong, so the two of them just kept making money from the gambling.
Later, as the website became more and more well-known, more and more people came to him to cheat, and Cheng Yinan rarely went out to cheat people.
"Oh! You know, at the beginning I thought that Cheng Yinan valued the brotherhood between him and Wu Yugang very much. It turned out that Wu Yugang failed to catch his eye because he was too poor." Pang Guang said "tsk" in the back, shaking his head with emotion.
Luo Jingyao frowned slightly: "Does that mean anyone who has been tricked by Cheng Yinan in the past has a motive to kill?"
Although Lin Jiafan didn't say it, it was clear that Liu Pinsen's casual trick would definitely not be as simple as tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands.
Maybe it is possible to lose everything.
"Well, you can say that." Lin Jiafan narrowed his eyes: "But Liu Pinsen also mentioned a key piece of information at the end of the interrogation."
"Their business has been hitting a plateau lately, and Cheng Yinan has been nearly driven bald by worry about increasing profits. Suddenly, one day, Cheng Yinan visibly relaxed and, when drunk, even talked to him about finding a way to make a fortune."
Making a fortune? These two people's online gambling schemes have ruined countless families, yet in their eyes, this isn't considered a fortune?
It is true that greed is like a snake swallowing an elephant.
"Their online gambling industry has initially formed a complete industrial chain. They should not give up easily and switch to other things. So what exactly does Cheng Yinan mean by making a lot of money?" Luo Jingyao was a little confused.
"We have obtained the address of Cheng Yinan's place of residence in Jinshi from Liu Pinsen. I hope we can make some new discoveries during the follow-up investigation." Lin Jiafan looked relaxed and did not show any frustration because the case had reached a deadlock.
As everyone was talking, the black jeep had already driven to the center of Jinshi, where tall buildings stood in rows. The dazzling lights of various colors on the buildings made the already dark sky outside brighter.
After making a sharp turn at the intersection ahead, Lin Jiafan drove the car into a building that looked extremely luxurious just from the outside.
The four of them took the elevator from the underground parking lot all the way to the top floor on the 66th floor. As the elevator doors slid open to both sides, several very enthusiastic voices rushed into their ears: "Hello, welcome to Pinhai!"
Then, the few of them were taken by the restaurant staff to a more secluded seat at the innermost part. This seat was surrounded by lush green plants as a visual barrier, ensuring that the air was not stuffy while also providing a little privacy.
Sitting in her seat, Luo Jingyao was pleasantly surprised to find that as long as she raised her head slightly, she could enjoy the beautiful night view from the 66th floor through the panoramic large floor-to-ceiling windows not far away.
"Coach Luo, we two brothers are here today thanks to you, otherwise we would never have the chance to come to this place." Pang Guang took the menu from the waiter with a smile, and immediately ordered a lot of fresh seafood without any hesitation, completely adhering to the concept that it was a buffet anyway, so don't miss out.
His attitude made the waiter in charge of taking orders look sideways, and he couldn't help but remind him: "Sir, we don't allow waste in our restaurant. Every 100 grams of food left over will be fined 388 yuan!"
Unexpectedly, Pang Guang waved his hand and said, "Hurry up and serve the food. I'm so hungry that I can eat a whole cow!"
The waiter, whose persuasion was in vain, could only shrug his shoulders, recheck the dishes they ordered, picked up the menu and turned to leave.
Soon, the dishes ordered by the young man were served. Not only was the table filled to the brim, but even the side table used to temporarily place the dishes was piled with plates.
At first, Pang Guang obviously didn't realize the seriousness of the matter. It was not until Lin Jiafan and Guo Zhen had finished their meals and put down their chopsticks that he realized it belatedly and looked at the table of seafood in front of him with a little panic.
"Captain Lin, Brother Guo, hurry up and eat!"
Unexpectedly, Lin Jiafan didn't even raise his eyelids. He just fiddled with the phone in his hand and replied coldly: "I'm full."
Guo Zhen, standing next to him, couldn't even hide his gloating expression: "Oh my god, if all the food on this table is left, I conservatively estimate you'll lose the restaurant tens of thousands of yuan."
"..." Pang Guang pursed his lips when he heard that. His eyes accidentally fell on his deskmate Luo Jingyao. A glimmer of hope suddenly ignited in his eyes: "Coach Luo, we must work hard!"
Luo Jingyao let out a light snort and didn't say anything else. She just lowered her head and concentrated on picking at the shrimp in her hand.
Although she seemed polite as she ate in small bites, her movements were not slow at all. She finished the plate of lobsters in front of her in just a few minutes, and then she started to focus on another plate of Hawaiian scallops without even looking up.
At first, the three gentlemen at the same table didn't pay much attention to it, until the empty plates next to her gradually rose, and then they were gradually attracted to it.
Lin Jiafan and others simply stopped everything they were doing and stared at Luo Jingyao with admiration on their faces.
"Coach Luo, I think it's a waste of your talent to be a physical trainer. With this appetite, if you had chosen the path of food broadcasting, you would have become rich a long time ago." Pang Guang really wanted to stand up and applaud her loudly at this moment.
The other party saved him 18,000 yuan, which was enough to buy his life!
On the other side, Lin Jiafan frowned in disapproval and said in a deep voice: "It doesn't matter if there are some left."
Who are you looking down on?
Luo Jingyao glanced at the man sideways, and after seeing the pitiful garbage on the plate in front of him, she could no longer hide the contempt in her eyes, and silently put the man on the blacklist of dining partners in her heart.
Coming back to her senses, she quickly put the remaining king crab legs into her mouth and smiled rather reservedly under the gaze of the three people.
Then she stood up and said, "I'm going to the bathroom first. Officer Pang, could you please order two more plates of scallops for me? Thank you."
After saying that, ignoring the strange looks from Lin Jiafan and the other two, Luo Jingyao walked briskly towards the bathroom in the restaurant.
Unexpectedly, just when she finished solving her menstrual problem and was about to push the door out of the cubicle, an angry female voice suddenly sounded outside.
Luo Jingyao awkwardly withdrew her hand from the door handle of the cubicle. For a moment, she didn't know whether to go out or not.
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