Chapter 107 Chapter 20 "Captain Li." ...
"Captain Li."
"Captain Li."
When Li Zheng pushed the door open and walked in, several young police officers on duty stood up and greeted him at the same time, and the former nodded in response.
"Brother Wang told me before he got off work that you had to come get it... Please wait a moment, I need to look for it."
"Yeah, nothing."
Li Zheng sat down.
I had originally planned to go to the Network Information Department at noon to check on Li Mingyu's information, but a sudden emergency meeting delayed it until the evening.
The meeting was called by my immediate superior.
The core content is probably just this: regarding the many cases that have occurred in Qingtan City recently, there should be a final explanation, right?
The deputy director had probably been busy with other things beforehand, so he only had a cursory understanding of the case's progress. He was still focused on Cui Yang, the suspect. Upon questioning, he learned that he had been released. Several subsequent cases were still under investigation...
Are you angry just thinking about it?
So he got very angry.
In movies, TV shows and novels, some leaders are always portrayed as shrewd and cunning, but they don't show their anger. In fact, most leaders are similar when they get angry.
The table was banging loudly, his voice was so loud that it broke through the ceiling, and he sat at the top of the conference table with a sullen face, listening to the reports one by one.
Pan Song's words were watertight, his words conveying his full commitment. He repeatedly emphasized his recent overtime work, but the case was still stalling. The case was so bizarre, no one could help.
Most of the other departments were also cautious. Their speeches all said they had done their best, but they couldn't just arrest people without evidence, right?
After a while, the only progress so far was the second suspect, Wei Lele, whom Li Zheng had brought back earlier. Even though his confession was so absurd.
"Doesn't that mean you've been caught?"
The deputy director's expression improved a little, and he told them to pay more attention to this series of cases and try to close them as soon as possible without dragging it out.
A case broke out in Cheongdam City without any warning, and the police were slow to catch the criminals. Naturally, the citizens became panicked and thought they were useless.
Since the citizens were discussing it, the inspection team inevitably heard some rumors, so they also asked a question. Although there was no saying that asking this question would cause any consequences, but... what if.
It is better to give an explanation as soon as possible.
Didn't they just catch a suspect? He confessed and signed a confession. If we could strike while the iron is hot, then...
"…But he's not the murderer in the previous cases." Li Zheng interrupted his leader's urging for a closure. "He was the only one responsible for the Pearl Plaza case."
"Li Zheng!!!" The deputy captain, feeling embarrassed in public, spoke with a hint of anger. "I haven't asked you yet. The suspect is your classmate. According to the regulations, you should actively request to recuse yourself!"
From the beginning to the end of the meeting, Li Zheng maintained the same expression.
Everyone knows that most inspectors don't really care about these things. They care about corruption, which is the top priority, but... what if?
When Li Zheng came out again, it was past dinner time. Wei Sheng, who had been waiting for him for an unknown amount of time, was holding a thermos box in his hand. When he saw him, he raised one hand and waved.
“Here, here!”
The two of them ate the meal Wei Sheng had prepared. The food in the cafeteria wasn't particularly good, nor was it terrible; it was, after all, standard home-cooked food.
After dinner, it was getting dark outside, and Li Zheng finally had time to go to the Information Department. However, the other employees had gone off work, and only a few were left on duty.
While waiting, Wei Sheng, who had finished feeding the cat, also came from the office to the Information Department. As soon as he came in, he headed straight towards Li Zheng with a clear goal.
"I fed the kitten. This time it didn't hide under the table when it saw me. I feel like if I feed it a few more times, I'll be able to touch it."
As he said this, he moved a bench and sat next to Li Zheng in a very familiar manner.
There were so many empty seats around, but he just wanted to squeeze next to Li Zheng.
"Hahahahaha, your secrets are everywhere here. What if I accidentally see them? I'd better stay next to Officer Li."
This is how he explained it.
Li Zheng declined to comment.
On the other side, while the rookie policeman was awkwardly finding what Li Zheng wanted in each folder, Li Zheng opened Li Mingyu's chat page again.
Still no reply.
He called his sister again.
I think at this time, Li Mingyao might be having dinner, doing rehabilitation training, or reviewing homework. The phone rang for a long time before he answered it.
"Brother! What's wrong?"
"What happened to Mingyu last time you told me?"
“…………”
There was silence on the other end of the phone, so quiet that you thought the call had been hung up, but the call time on the screen was still increasing by the minute.
About half a minute passed.
Li Mingyao sighed heavily.
Then she began to tell the story from the beginning, and Li Zheng's heart skipped a beat when she heard the first sentence.
"Brother, you may not know this, but my younger brother has never liked me. He has always hated me."
"Why? You are siblings."
"He always thinks that you are partial to me, big brother, so he never likes me. When it's just the two of us, he never talks to me..."
“…………”
Li Mingyao slowly told Li Zheng some things that he didn't know. In the end, they were all trivial matters between children, until she talked about the end of this year.
During the Chinese New Year in the past two years, Li Mingyu, who was studying in another city, would come back as soon as he had a holiday, and then Li Zheng would take Li Mingyao back to his hometown to spend the New Year with his adoptive mother.
Just this year, Li Mingyu didn't come home for vacation, vaguely saying he had something to do. Li Zheng figured he was older and had his own plans, so he didn't ask. Now he's bringing it up again.
Li Mingyao said that on the third day of the New Year, she was in her hometown and Li Zheng was there too. They went to the fields to help their adoptive mother with something. She answered the phone when Li Mingyu called.
"He might have been drinking at the time, and was quite drunk, saying a lot of nonsense..."
“…”
"He said that if it was him who injured his leg, everything would be fine. If it was him who was in the car accident that year and injured his leg, would you also return to Cheongdam to take care of him? Would you take him out to play every month?..."
“…………”
"Then it was about four months ago. It was very late one night, around midnight. I had fallen asleep when I was woken up by the phone and answered it. It was Mingyu calling. I thought it was something urgent, so I picked up. He hadn't been drinking at the time, so he spoke clearly. What he said was very strange. He said our world is fake..."
"One moment he said you were an NPC in the game, and that once the server was launched, other players would come and kill you... so we couldn't let the server launch. Then he said he wanted to save you. I thought he had a mental problem and thought he'd gone crazy from playing games, so I hung up..."
Li Zheng couldn't quite hear what his sister said. Wei Sheng, who was the first to notice that his expression was off, looked at him worriedly.
"What's wrong?"
The cell phone Li Zheng was using was a second-hand one he had bought the year he graduated. The receiver sound wasn't very good, so even if he was sitting next to him, he couldn't hear the entire conversation clearly, perhaps only a few words.
"What happened? Are you okay?"
Li Mingyao's story on the phone also came to an end. She should be in the corridor of the sanatorium, and she could still vaguely hear the sound of commercials on TV.
"Brother, I can feel that you have been very busy recently. You suddenly called me to ask about Mingyu. Did he do something?"
"When Dad passed away, he did say he would leave us to you, but you've done enough over the years... Big brother, you should think more about yourself..."
The nurse's voice came from the other end of the line, followed by a beep. The call ended.
On the other side, the novice police officer who was struggling to find information suddenly stood up, and the legs of his chair made a harsh noise as they scraped against the floor tiles.
"Captain Li, we found it!!"
Li Mingyu's network login IP address was indeed in Qingtan, in the same district as Li Zheng. To be more specific, it was even on the same street in the old campus where Li Zheng rented a house.
"Hmm... do you know this place?" The officer pointed to the detailed IP address on the computer screen. "139 Xijiang Road, Steel Machinery and Power Plant Dormitory..."
It’s the address of the old residential complex where Li Zheng rented!
Wei Sheng subconsciously checked Li Zheng's expression and continued to ask, "When was this? Can you see the most recent one?"
"This was at 3:42 PM the day before yesterday. As for the most recent..." the officer began typing on the keyboard, "This is the last time he logged into his account."
"...Okay, I understand." Li Zheng continued, "Thank you for your help."
The officer on duty scratched his head sheepishly. "By the way, Captain Li, there are these too. Do you want to see them?"
The information that cyber spies can obtain is not limited to personal information, including but not limited to call records, text message records, search records, transaction records, location information, and device information within a certain period of time.
According to regulations, these data are stored on confidential servers and can only be viewed on dedicated computers. An audit log will be generated for each operation, and if they need to be copied out, they must go through the approval process.
It's quite troublesome.
He also didn't want to make things difficult for a newcomer.
Li Zheng looked at the densely packed text messages in the computer and scanned them at a glance.
Half an hour later, Li Zheng and Wei Sheng drove to the old neighborhood. On the way, Wei Sheng pretended to be casual and asked him what plans he had for tomorrow, any work arrangements?
He asked and answered himself.
"Surely we have to follow up on the information we just got? Will we have to work all day?"
Li Zheng was quiet for a long time, a rare moment. He reached out and pressed the window button. The whistling night wind blew in from outside, and the strands of hair hanging in front of his forehead were swayed by the wind.
Wei Sheng turned his head to look at him.
The man still had the familiar dark circles under his eyes, and a short stubble on his chin. His lips were beautiful, thin in shape, with slightly downward corners. His nose was very straight, and he hadn't had a haircut in so long that his bangs were a little long...
The neon lights outside the window cast a hazy filter over his face.
As he watched, Wei Sheng was so engrossed that he didn't notice the red light ahead, didn't notice why the car stopped, and didn't even hear what Li Zheng in the driver's seat whispered.
"What?"
"I said, I forgot to tell you before, I don't have any work arrangements tomorrow, so I'm temporarily... on vacation now."
Wei Sheng’s first reaction was “That’s great.”
He had long felt that Officer Li's daily working hours seriously exceeded the stipulated time. He worked so much overtime, left home early and came back late, and could not even eat on time. If he continued like this, he would get stomach problems sooner or later. He should have taken a good vacation long ago.
But then he felt something was wrong.
"Why are you taking a vacation all of a sudden? How long will it take?"
There were 13 seconds left before the red light turned red. An old lady with a cane passed by on the road ahead. Because she was walking too slowly, the drivers in other lanes honked their horns to urge her on.
The sound of horns one after another,
It added a bit of irritability to the whole atmosphere.
Li Zheng did not join in the "excitement". He stared straight at the steering wheel in front of him, and there was a rare hint of dejection in his tone.
"Actually, I don't know. It might be a long time. The suspect involved in the case is familiar to me. According to the regulations, I should have recused myself..."
This is not intentionally targeting him. The regulations are like this. If the case handlers find that they have a familiar relationship with the suspect involved in the case that may affect the fair handling of the case, they should immediately apply for recusation and stop participating in all related work of the case.
Actually, it's not necessary to take a vacation. Li Zheng can also apply to start some other work, but...
He is indeed too stubborn.
This is a big taboo in the workplace.
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