The O-Triad task force worked day and night and found many seemingly useful confessions -
some people claimed to have seen a small truck speeding down the mountain from a small road halfway up the mountain. The driver was a middle-aged man with an unfriendly look, and the truck seemed to be gray or white;
some people claimed to have seen a truck co-driver driving to buy burgers. There were only three people in the car, but they bought more than a dozen burgers;
some people claimed to have seen several people sneaking around in an alley, and one of them even picked up a child and threw him into the car...
Confessions that sounded like they were related to the kidnapping case were extremely valuable. The O-Triad detectives took the contact information of these people and ordered them to keep confidential everything they saw, especially not to contact the media, otherwise they would be sued.
Although some seemingly relevant witnesses were found, the problem was that none of them could memorize the license plate number, and the description of the vehicle was similar to that of an ordinary truck. No one could even remember or confirm basic information such as the brand of the vehicle.
The work seemed to be making progress, but in fact it still did not help much in finding the two children.
O was so anxious that they wanted to ask Fang Zhenyue and Yi Jiayi what they thought, but they did not dare to put pressure on them directly. They only asked indirectly from several staff members who were stationed at Fang Zhenyue's home.
The response they got was: they had hardly slept, and had been thinking, holding meetings, and discussing, but there seemed to be no particularly clear solution for the time being.
Inspector Dylan stood helplessly in the middle of the office, holding his forehead and sighing. Today, even the highest officer of the Hong Kong Police Force called to inquire about the progress.
The son of the richest man was kidnapped. Although such a big thing is still kept secret, all the officers know about it. Even... maybe the officers are also under pressure from the political circle.
Hong Kong is a capitalist society, and the prestige of big capitalists is very high. If Mr. Li's son was killed, what kind of shocking waves would be set off in the upper class of this city...
Dylan dared not think about it.
What's more, if something really happened, once the news media reported it, the whole city would question the ability of the Hong Kong Police Force and the safety of the city.
Feedback to the O time... Dylan rubbed his head vigorously and paced quickly in the office involuntarily.
...
In Fang Zhenyue's villa, Jiayi sat upright on the sofa, looking at Fang Zhenyue with some trepidation in her eyes.
If there is a body related to this case, even if it is just a piece, there may be a major breakthrough.
The children can't wait too long, and her heart has been burning with anger.
But every time she mentioned his brother in front of Brother Yue, her heart would tighten, worried that it would bring up his sad memories, and worried that he would be sad after hearing it.
Fang Zhenyue was suddenly asked about his brother's severed finger, his eyes stagnated for a few breaths, glanced at Jiayi, and then became flickering.
It seemed that something made him very worried and suspicious.
Jiayi did not disturb him from thinking, but just sat quietly, looking at him, waiting for his answer.
Fang Zhenyue raised his eyes again, as if he had finally made up his mind, and as if he had finally mustered up the courage.
The last thing a person wants is to show his weird...even crazy-like behavior in front of the one he loves.
People around him think that he is stubborn and almost possessed, and even his parents cannot agree with his behavior, but he has insisted on doing it until now. Maybe it is indeed a little abnormal, but he does not feel ashamed when this terrible weirdness is only carried out quietly.
But if he reveals it in front of Jiayi, how will she look at him? Would she dislike him, or even think that he...
Taking a deep breath, he still forced himself to carry out the decision he had just made:
"There may be little information that can be obtained from the severed finger, but you are more careful and sensitive than me, and maybe you can find something..."
Although it sounded like this sentence was said to Jiayi, it was actually more like convincing himself.
Taking a deep breath, he finally stood up straight, clenched his fists, and put his fists in his pockets because he didn't want her to see his nervousness.
Jiayi raised her head, a little puzzled by his reaction.
"...The severed finger is right here." Fang Zhenyue's voice was a little sluggish, and he avoided her eyes, not daring to look at her surprise or disgust.
Jiayi was indeed a little surprised, she raised her eyes, and fixed her gaze on Brother Yue's gloomy eyes.
He had been keeping his brother's severed finger at home, as if...he had turned his home into a tomb, and trapped himself...along with his brother's death, in this world.
Jiayi sat up straight from the sofa, stretched out her hand to hold his wrist, and slowly pulled his clenched fist out of his pocket, and inserted her hand into his fist, so that he could no longer clench his fingers.
She held him, and with his help, she stood up from the sofa, and then, regardless of whether the staff at the westernmost end of the living room were watching, she stood on tiptoe and kissed his chin.
The newly emerged stubble slightly stung her lips, and a sense of depression enveloped her, causing her to hug Yue Ge very hard.
Neither of them spoke. Fang Zhenyue rested his chin on her forehead and met the eyes of a staff member on the west side of the living room. The man immediately avoided his gaze. Fang Zhenyue suddenly smelled a different vitality in the sourness, which made him not as ashamed and painful as he imagined.
She didn't seem to think he was crazy because of this.
Brother Yue's villa is very large, and the basement is very tidy. There is only a freezer and a chair.
The chair is facing the freezer, indicating that someone has sat on the chair facing the freezer countless times.
The freezer is special, like a long black coffin. The lid of the freezer can also be opened like a coffin lid, only connected by a few wires and placed aside.
Air conditioning came out of the freezer, and Jiayi saw that it was filled with many frost-covered sacrificial flowers. The layers of flowers were embracing a small finger -
this was its tomb. Placing it under the house was considered underground, and putting it in a freezer like a coffin was also considered a burial.
Jiayi could not imagine how Brother Yue faced all this in the past 20 years. The grief he had in his childhood had probably become a cone frozen in his heart, as if it could never be pulled out.
No wonder he had a headache, no wonder he had never considered getting married and having children despite having such good conditions... He never thought about making himself happy. In his endless work, he kept chasing that ray of hope day and night.
If he cannot find out the truth and the murderer from 20 years ago, he will live forever in the prison cell he built for himself, punishing himself.
Jiayi took the rubber gloves handed to her by Fang Zhen's father-in-law, and when she put them on, she heard him say:
"I'm not a pervert... I just thought that when my brother comes back, I might be able to put on my frozen fingers."
After that, he followed the habit and kept it until now.
...
...
This finger that was kept by his brother for twenty years...
Jiayi only saw a very short clip. It was not the murder by the kidnappers in front of the truck, but a damp, shaky and dim environment.
It was like a dark underwater dungeon, or a boat floating on the water.
The fleeting picture could not show the outdoor environment and a more specific location, probably the place where he was imprisoned.
Jiayi pretended to examine it carefully. After observing the severed finger, she put it back in the refrigerator and nodded to Fang Zhenyue.
The coffin lid was closed again, the cold air was blocked, and Jiayi felt the body temperature slowly returning.
Fang Zhenxuan was not killed in front of the truck, and the kidnappers did not kill Fang Zhenxuan immediately after Brother Yue escaped.
The forensic officer's analysis of the severed finger 20 years ago may be correct. The kidnappers may have cut off the severed finger after Fang Zhenxuan's death to intimidate Fang's family, but when Brother Yue saw Fang Zhenxuan lying limply on the truck and being carried away by the kidnappers, the victim was not dead yet.
Jiayi looked up at Fang Zhenyue. His brother was not killed by the angry and panicked kidnappers immediately after he escaped. Something must have happened after that.
"The severed finger is covered with frost, and it has been too long since it was chopped off. As expected, no information can be found..." Jiayi said in a deep voice.
Fang Zhenyue nodded, without saying much, and the two walked out of the basement one after another.
When closing the basement door, Fang Zhenyue turned his head and looked at the freezer that looked like a wooden coffin. He felt numb and a little dazed.
...
When the two returned to the living room, the phone suddenly rang.
Xu Dashazhan from the Criminal Intelligence Section, who had been lurking in the direction of Li Fuhao's living room, called:
"Sir Fang, the kidnapper who has been monitoring Li Fuhao has stepped out of the cabin many times in a row, leaving a note on the ground every time he stepped out.
"After reporting to Inspector Dylan who was in charge of this mission in O, Sir Dylan allowed me to contact the other party, so our tracking team picked up the kidnapper's note and let the other party confirm the presence of the police.
"Afterwards, the other party came out and contacted us, saying that he was just being used by the mastermind and was willing to cooperate with the police and asked to be a tainted witness.
"Dylan Sir asked me to call you and ask for your opinion.
" "Fang Sir, are you willing to meet the kidnapper and do some interrogation?"
Twenty minutes later, Fang Zhenyue and Yi Jiayi interrogated the black-skinned man and confirmed the identities of the five kidnappers. They
also obtained information that the kidnappers were stationed in Shatin - although it is impossible to determine exactly where in Shatin, the confirmation of such a large area is already a huge breakthrough.
Fang Zhenyue called Dylan, and the other party immediately arranged for someone to start searching for all the information of the five people, including photos and other content.
"It will probably take at least half a day to find the data and other information of these five people." Dylan replied.
"Understood, I will go to Shatin with Yi Jiayi now." Fang Zhenyue said.
"Don't worry, I will pay attention to confidentiality measures. You can go directly to Shatin Police Station. Although they don't know what happened, they will definitely cooperate with you 100%." Dylan assured.
"OK."
After warning the black-skinned man to continue dealing with Lin Yibo and not to reveal the flaws, Fang Zhenyue took Yi Jiayi to Shatin.
...
While Dylan was speeding up to confirm the identities, addresses and other information of the five people, Fang Zhenyue and Yi Jiayi arrived at Shatin Police Station and met the police chief.
The next step was to hold a meeting with all the police officers in Shatin Police Station to inquire about all suspicious people or suspicious behaviors in Shatin in the past two days, including the most trivial things such as strangers who suddenly came to Shatin.
Then there was an endless hodgepodge of information. Shatin was so big that there were too many people coming and going every day. It was no longer the small village it once was. Anyone who came here could tell.
But even with the huge amount of information, Fang Zhenyue and Yi Jiayi were still recording it carefully. Soon Sanfu arrived with Team B, and a group of people took notes together, looking for useful information in the information.
The old policeman Damao, who was sitting in the big office, looked at the policemen standing in the front, and suddenly remembered the bloody scarf and handkerchief that Shuaitao had picked up from the river in the morning. He hesitated again and again, and finally handed over the information that he thought was not worth mentioning, seeing that the other party really wanted to collect every detail.
When Jiayi got the scarf, her pupils shrank, and she couldn't help turning her head to look at Fang Zhenyue.
This scarf is exactly the same as the one Mrs. Li described that Li Zemin was wearing!
So, Sanfu continued to lead others to collect information in the conference room, while Fang Zhenyue and Yi Jiayi took Brother Damao to the small office next door for a private talk.
The two asked Brother Damao about everything he had experienced since he started working in the morning. Two pieces of information made Fang Zhenyue and Yi Jiayi blush with excitement -
the first was that Shuaitao pulled the scarf out of the river: the child must have been locked up somewhere upstream.
The second was that Brother Damao asked Lin Yibo, the human teacher, after meeting Shuaitao. This title is exactly the same as the main messenger mentioned by the black-skinned man!