Chapter 22
"According to the surveillance video, Zhao Weiqing went to Jiang Qi's home after leaving the mall." Lin Jiafan completely ignored Pang Guang's questioning howls and explained without even raising his head.
"Calculating the time, Zhao Weiqing should have taken public transportation to Jiang Qi's residence, and then the two of them drove away from the community together in Jiang Qi's car."
He frowned uncertainly, returned the phone to Pang Guang, and took the lead in walking back into the office building.
After being interrupted by him, Pang Guang quickly put the scene behind him and followed happily. Before leaving, he did not forget to wave to the people who had just got off the bus.
Luo Jingyao, who had been invited, naturally would not refuse, and the three of them walked into the office of the Special Case Investigation Team together.
Before he could catch his breath, Lin Jiafan instructed Pang Guang to retrieve the surveillance video of the residential complex where Jiang Qi lived, and repeatedly watched the two most critical segments.
Until the young man once again rewound the video to the moment before the two drove out, his dark eyes were fixed on the slowly approaching white car on the computer screen: "It's here!"
As the picture playing on the screen froze, everyone could clearly see half of the face of the person sitting in the passenger seat. After detailed technical comparison, it was basically confirmed that the other person was Zhao Weiqing.
On the other hand, Jiang Qi, who was holding the steering wheel in the main driver's seat, happened to turn her head slightly to look at the surveillance camera at this moment, and the expression on her beautiful face looked a little stiff.
"She is calling for help." After observing silently for a while, Lin Jiafan suddenly said with certainty.
Before Luo Jingyao and Pang Guang could react, he reached out and gently tapped a spot on the screen with his index finger. "Amplify and sharpen the image here."
With a burst of crackling keyboard sounds, the image was soon captured separately, enlarged and gradually became clearer.
"Is it the tip of a knife?!" Pang Guang shouted uncertainly, "So Zhao Weiqing hid the knife under the cloth bag he was carrying, and he held Jiang Qi hostage?"
"I'm going to start tracking the license plate number of this car to see where they went!"
"I contacted the technical department, but Jiang Qi's phone is turned off. I don't know if we can find the coordinates of the place where the signal last disappeared." Lin Jiafan said hurriedly, turned around and left the office.
Less than two minutes later, Guo Zhen and Pan Chang also showed up one after another. After asking, I found out that they were called back by Lin Jiafan to assist Pang Guang in tracking the vehicle trajectory.
The three of them quickly threw themselves into their work, and the whole office was filled with a bustling atmosphere, so much so that Luo Jingyao felt a little uncomfortable.
After thinking about it, she chose to leave.
We should always have a sense of propriety.
But she didn't go home. After leaving the Public Security Bureau, she crossed the road at the crosswalk and returned to the flower shop.
Coincidentally, the store happened to be busy at that time, so Luo Jingyao worked with the staff for a while.
She never thought that when she could finally breathe a sigh of relief, she looked up and found that it was completely dark outside. She took out her cell phone and ordered a takeout for herself and the clerk as dinner. After cleaning up the scattered flowers and wrapping paper, she sat on the chair in front of the floor-to-ceiling window and was lost in thought.
Creak——
Listening to the sound coming from her ears, Luo Jingyao saw through the reflective glass window in front of her that it was the clerk who opened the door of the small warehouse at the back.
Inexplicably, some scenes she saw that night when she entered the unknown refrigerator flashed before her eyes.
I seemed to smell that disgusting smell of blood again.
I closed my eyes feeling a bit uncomfortable, but the picture became clearer.
Taking a deep breath, since she was destined to be unable to avoid it, Luo Jingyao decided to look more carefully.
After all, she had been able to determine that Zhao Weiqing was a major suspect based on the murderer's clothing. Who knew she could find more clues in other details?
Thinking of this, she looked around the refrigerator again, but all she saw were plastic bags and more plastic bags.
She then tried to determine the brand of the refrigerator from its interior, but was also unsuccessful.
At this moment, the scene changed to the moment when the murderer opened the refrigerator door. Luo Jingyao had recalled the important features of the murderer in her mind thousands of times, so this time she concentrated all her energy and looked hard behind the man.
It was a wall, the paint on the wall had become mottled, and there was a display board hanging diagonally on the wall, with words densely written on it.
The font was so small that she couldn't see it clearly no matter how hard she tried.
Ding-ling-ling~
The crisp and pleasant sound of wind chimes successfully pulled her back from her trance. Luo Jingyao stood up as usual and said to the newcomer in a daze, "Welcome, how can I help you..."
The warm greeting that hadn't come out of his mouth was swallowed back after he saw the other person's appearance. Instead, he asked curiously, "Officer Lin? Why are you here?"
"We came out to get something to eat. We happened to be at the snack bar next door. I passed by and saw you sitting there, so I thought I'd come in and say hello." Lin Jiafan explained with a smile, "Coach Luo, do you want to join us?"
To be honest, they have indeed been helped a lot in the past two days, so having a meal with them is what they deserve.
"No, I just ordered takeout, it should be delivered soon." Luo Jingyao politely declined, then couldn't help but ask curiously: "Have you found them?"
Lin Jiafan shook his head, but there was no regret in his tone. "Pang Guang and his team used traffic cameras and the city's Sky Eye to chase the car for three blocks. They watched helplessly as the car drove into the blind spot covered by the surveillance and was lost."
He was already accustomed to such useless work.
"We're currently using the traffic police's system to conduct a city-wide search for the license plate number of the car Jiang Qi was driving. As long as she's been seen on a road with surveillance cameras since then, we should be able to connect the dots."
It sounded like he was having a hard time. Suddenly, Luo Jingyao looked at him with a hint of sympathy: "What about Jiang Qi's phone call..."
"The last place she disappeared was Binhai Road in the Binhai New Area. We've sent people to look for her, but there's little hope. It's very likely that Jiang Qi's phone was thrown directly into the sea."
So far, the police have almost run out of clues. As Lin Jiafan spoke, his expression became somewhat helpless.
"In that case, we'll talk again when we have the chance..." Time was still quite tight for him right now, so after chatting for a few sentences, he thought about saying goodbye.
Unexpectedly, Luo Jingyao's expression froze as if she suddenly thought of something. She ignored his words, hurriedly took out her mobile phone from her pocket and opened the navigation APP.
His slightly trembling fingers hovered above the screen for two seconds, then he solemnly typed the words "Orange Garden Vegetable and Fruit Supermarket" in the search box.
The next second, the search results popped up.
"No. 78, Wutong Road, Binhai New Area?!" Even though she tried hard to control herself, Luo Jingyao's voice still had a distorted sharpness. "I remember now. The garbage bag I took away from Zhao Weiqing's room this morning had the words "Chengyuan Vegetable and Fruit Supermarket" printed on it!"
Not only that, the store's logo was also on several plastic bags she saw in the refrigerator.
Just like she had noticed that something was wrong with Zhao Weiqing because of the clothes he was wearing underneath, if the evidence in these two scenes had not colliding with each other, she would not have been able to figure out the key point even if she racked her brains.
The mall where Zhao Weiqing worked and lived was located in Huaidong District, yet plastic bags from a supermarket in the Binhai New Area were found both in the room and at the unidentified crime scene. Furthermore, the location where Jiang Qi's phone signal last disappeared was also in the Binhai New Area...
Lin Jiafan's black eyes behind the lenses also lit up. He took two steps forward and came directly to her side. He began to look at the map near the Orange Garden Vegetable and Fruit Supermarket with the help of the mobile phone in her hand.
"Look, this supermarket is not far from Dahan Songgu where Wang Guifen works. It's just across the street." The man discovered another detail without much effort.
Luo Jingyao took a closer look and found that it was true.
She slowly opened her mouth, wondering if... maybe she had accidentally discovered something incredible!
"It is very likely that Zhao Weiqing has a place to stay nearby. We cannot rule out the possibility that he would take Jiang Qi there. You know, the police have not been able to find the crime scene of these two murders!" Lin Jiafan was obviously a little impatient at this moment, and immediately picked up his mobile phone and dialed a number.
"Pang Guang, immediately check if there are any places within the Binhai New Area where Zhao Weiqing or Jiang Qi could be hiding. This includes real estate, rental records, or assets. Don't let their relatives or close social connections go either."
"Really? Do you have to do this while eating? The food doesn't taste good anymore."
Luo Jingyao heard the young man on the other end of the phone mumbling complaints, but the sound of the keyboard rang out almost at the same time and made her almost laugh out loud.
What I mean is, what kind of good person would carry a computer when eating?
No one should blame anyone else. These people in the special case investigation team are just the same.
Accompanied by the sound of chewing, less than a minute later, Pang Guang spoke again: "Oh my god? It really exists? Jiang Qi once had a beauty salon in the Binhai New Area, but she stopped operating it three years ago. However, the business premises are still under her name."
"The address is 101, Unit 1, Building 4, Binhai New Area Residential Area."
A beauty salon? That's right.
Luo Jingyao nodded subconsciously. Although the words on the display board hanging on the wall that she had seen at the suspected crime scene were not very clear, the picture of a woman with a facial mask on her face in the lower left corner was still clearly visible.
"How far is it from No. 78 Wutong Road?" Lin Jiafan asked quickly.
Pang Guang was stunned for a moment, and then he confirmed it again before giving an answer: "Very close, the residential area is on Wutong Road."
"Notify the bureau to prepare the car! We'll set off immediately!" After the words fell, Lin Jiafan didn't even have time to say thank you. He turned around and pushed open the door of the flower shop. In the blink of an eye, he disappeared.
Luo Jingyao stood there in a daze for a long time, until the arrival of the delivery man brought her back to her thoughts which were drifting further and further away.
After taking the takeaway and setting the tableware on the workbench, she called out the name of the shop assistant in the direction of the warehouse.
Just as she opened the takeaway lunch box and was about to put the first bite of food into her mouth, several police cars suddenly drove out from the Jinshi Public Security Bureau compound diagonally across the street!
The red and blue lights and the loud sirens faded away together. Luo Jingyao unconsciously raised her hand and touched her chest, feeling the violently beating heart in her chest.
Being a policeman seems exciting?
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