Chapter 136 136 Then another suspected accomplice appeared...
After an entire afternoon of discussion and brainstorming, everyone was able to track down more and more clues. So in the next few days, everyone, including Zhong Xiaoyu, was very busy.
Xu Nian made the application regarding Yao Qingyan that evening, and the relevant surveillance video arrived at the Pingjiang District Branch early the next morning.
Yuntian City is not nearby. It is located in the northeast of Yongquan City, a little farther than Jianyang City. The fact that it was delivered here in such a short time fully demonstrates the importance the task force attaches to this case.
After Xu Nian got the surveillance video, he called Guan Xia immediately.
When they received the call, Guan Xia and Pang Le had just woken up and were sitting at the dining table eating breakfast.
After briefly exchanging information and agreeing to be there shortly, Guan Xia hung up the phone and heard Pang Le ask, "Do we have any news on the clue we discussed yesterday?"
Guan Xia casually put the phone aside and hummed. "It's the surveillance video of Yao Qingyan entering and leaving the hotel she stayed in Yuntian City. I guess they must have flown in from Yuntian City, so they arrived so early this morning."
Pang Le was a little surprised and said, "It seems that the investigation into that criminal organization is not going smoothly. Otherwise, the task force would attach so much importance to such a trivial clue that is not yet certain."
After investigating so many cases, Guan Xia had a better understanding of the work habits of Xu Nian and his fellow detectives. She said, "This is how they solve cases. They don't miss a single clue or detail. I used to get tired of reading detective novels, so I watched some documentaries about major crimes. Many cases are caused by a subtle discovery, like finding a thread, that instantly connects all the clues."
Pang Le stuffed the remaining half of the bun into his mouth and said vaguely, "After investigating cases with them for a long time, I feel that my IQ has improved a bit. I've started to think more. But then again, I agreed to fight Zhong Xiaoyu last time in Jianyang City, but she completely forgot. After these two days of work, I'll definitely fight her no matter what."
Pang Le was obviously very concerned about this fight. On the way to the Pingjiang District Branch, he talked to Guan Xia all the way.
Guan Xia originally thought that Pang Le would definitely make an appointment as soon as he met Zhong Xiaoyu, but he soon became immersed in watching the surveillance video and completely forgot about the matter.
Yao Qingyan only stayed in Yuntian City for three days, so there were not many surveillance videos. In addition, they had to investigate Wang Huiqin's identity information, Yao Qingyan's movements over the years, and the kidnapping of Luo Deye's son, so the only people who stayed in the office to watch the surveillance videos were Guan Xia Pangle and Zhong Xiaoyu.
Zhong Xiaoyu had been running around with Ji An and Lu Tingfeng before, and had never come into contact with surveillance videos, but she still maintained an enthusiastic attitude.
But Guan Xia and Pang Le were different. They watched the whole process with a blank expression and a calm mind.
After pouring water and preparing snacks, the three of them sat down at their seats at the conference table and officially began.
Guan Xia did not choose to start watching the video from the moment Yao Qingyan checked in like Pang Le and Zhong Xiaoyu did. Instead, she asked Xu Nian and found out the exact time when Yao Qingyan left the hotel to catch the adultery and returned to the hotel afterward. Then she fast-forwarded the surveillance video until she returned to the hotel under the nose of the surveillance police officer, and only then did she release her hand holding the mouse and watch the video at normal speed.
The hotel where Yao Qingyan stayed was not a high-star hotel, but it was also a well-known chain hotel. So even though it was not yet the tourist season, there were still quite a few guests coming in and out. Guan Xia watched them intently, scanning every face that appeared in the surveillance video as carefully as possible.
Because he was so engrossed in watching, he even forgot the time to eat. Even with Zhong Xiaoyu's reminder, he only took a few quick bites to fill his stomach.
We kept watching like this until the evening, and the office, which was once so quiet that only the occasional sound of keyboards could be heard, finally became lively.
Jiang Yingyao and Wang Yu came back first, followed by Xu Nian and Qi Bai. Guan Xia waited for a while, but when she didn't see Ji An, she looked at Xu Nian and asked, "Where's Sister Ji? Didn't she go out with you? Why didn't she come back with you?"
Qi Bai gulped down a large glass of water, wiped his mouth and said, "We're downstairs. Just before we got off the car, Sister Ji called and gestured for us to go upstairs first, so Captain Xu and I went up first."
Guan Xia had a bad feeling in her heart. She looked at Pang Le, and they stood up and walked to the window at the same time. They saw Ji An standing in the corner of the parking lot and making a phone call.
Since he was facing away from Guan Xia and the others, his expression could not be seen clearly, but judging from his body language, it was still clear that Ji An was in a state of unrest.
The two were observing carefully when Zhong Xiaoyu followed them and whispered, "It looks like the investigation in Shangshuang City has yielded some results. If my prediction is correct, we'll probably fly over there tonight."
While Guan Xia was worried about Ji An, she turned around to glance at the surveillance video that she had not yet finished watching. With the idea that the more she watched, the better, she immediately sat back at the conference table and continued to watch it carefully.
It was estimated that Pang Le and Zhong Xiaoyu had the same idea, so not long after Guan Xia sat down, the two of them also sat down one after another.
Xu Nian was quick to notice something. He first briefly listed the information he had gathered today on the whiteboard. Then he took out a burger from the takeout and handed it to Guan Xia. "How is it? Did you find anything?"
Guan Xia took it casually without holding out much hope. After all, he had been watching the surveillance video for a whole day and his intuition had not given him any warning.
Sure enough, Guan Xia opened the hamburger wrapper, but the system interface did not respond.
Guan Xia took a bite of the burger and shook her head. "I don't know about Pang Le and Zhong Xiaoyu, but I haven't found anything here yet."
As soon as Guan Xia finished speaking, Pang Le said, "I didn't find anything here, but we can't rule out the possibility that Yao Qingyan went out in disguise, but I didn't recognize her."
"It's the same here," Zhong Xiaoyu said. "I don't just look at faces. As long as they're about the same height, I'll pay special attention. But so far, I haven't found anything special."
Guan Xia calculated the time. She and Pang Le arrived at the Pingjiang District Branch at nine in the morning. In total, they had been watching for less than eight hours. Yao Qingyan had been staying in that hotel for one-ninth of the three days, so it was normal that no one was found.
"Then you guys keep reading," Xu Nian said. "We've been running around all day today, and the information we found is very fragmented. Let's discuss and organize it first, and then we can discuss it together later."
Although Xu Nian and the others came back, they only had time to chat for a few minutes, eat something simple, and then continued to do their own things.
More than ten minutes passed before Ji An returned. As soon as he stepped into the office, Zhong Xiaoyu couldn't wait to ask, "How's it going, Sister Ji? Is this a call from your colleague from Yuntian City?"
Ji An's expression was somewhat heavy. He closed the door with his backhand and shook his head. "No, it was a classmate of mine from the police academy. He told me that another classmate died in the line of duty some time ago and asked if I knew about it. I hadn't received any news on this matter, so we chatted a little more."
Guan Xia never expected such news. Although she was a little surprised, her heart also tightened. No wonder Ji An's back looked so tense when she saw it from the window just now.
Before meeting Ji An, Guan Xia had not had much experience with life and death. Although she felt the same sadness as Ji An, she did not know how to comfort him for a while. Fortunately, Xu Nian and the others had some experience, especially Zhong Xiaoyu, who calmed Ji An's mood with just a few words.
They were all busy with their own things until almost midnight. Guan Xia had already put eye drops in for the second time and finally made a discovery.
What alerted Guan Xia intuitively was a young woman who looked short, pretty, sleepy and walked a little unsteadily. She was wearing a simple white T-shirt and black trousers, and was neither wearing a mask nor a hat. At around 10 o'clock in the morning, she yawned and walked out of the hotel lobby in broad daylight under the camera while wearing flip-flops.
She looked like she had just woken up and went out to eat. She didn't bring a bag, just a cell phone. She yawned six or seven times in the short distance of more than ten meters. Her eyes were almost narrowed into slits, and physiological tears kept sliding down the corners of her eyes. If it weren't for her intuition, Guan Xia would never have suspected anything.
After watching it over and over again and finally confirming that it was not an illusion, Guan Xia sat up straighter and began to search the USB flash drive for surveillance videos from other areas of the hotel.
Xu Nian had obviously been paying attention to what was happening over there. Seeing this, he immediately stood up and walked over, asking, "Did you find anything?"
Guan Xia responded casually, but before he could continue answering, the system interface suddenly popped up like many times before.
You are being questioned by the police, and you suddenly remember that at 23:42 on the evening of August 5, when you were watching a surveillance video, you suddenly found the figure of a young woman particularly familiar. Even though she has no resemblance to the figure in your impression, your keen intuition realizes that it is the same person, and you decide to tell the police.
After the handwriting disappeared, it was still a surveillance video, the short few seconds of video that Guan Xia had just instinctively reminded herself to watch over and over again. The pretty young woman had a clear red frame on her head, from the moment she entered the surveillance camera to the moment she staggered out of the hotel lobby.
With the intuitive reminder in front and the system interface prompt in the back, Guan Xia became more and more certain that this person with a face that was completely unfamiliar to her was indeed the same person as Yao Qingyan.
While searching for the surveillance footage she was looking for, Guan Xia said to Xu Nian, "I did find something. I found a young woman who I think is Yao Qingyan in disguise. To be on the safe side, I need to look for surveillance footage from other areas to confirm."
The surveillance video just now barely showed the young woman's eyes. In order to make it more convincing, Guan Xia could only look for some more surveillance videos that showed her full face.
After busying herself for a while, Guan Xia finally found what she wanted, which was a surveillance video of Yao Qingyan taking the elevator downstairs after disguising herself.
In the video, the young woman in disguise as Yao Qingyan seemed to be checking if there was any dirt on her face. She kept changing the angle of her face to look in the mirror. From the silhouette reflected in the elevator car, one could clearly see a pair of cold, even contemptuous eyes.
Guan Xia quickly hit the pause button. Before she could say anything, Zhong Xiaoyu, who had also gathered to watch, exclaimed, "That's Yao Qingyan. I recognized her too. Although the shape of her eyes has changed, the expression in her eyes is still exactly the same as before. As expected, Guan Xia had predicted that she went to Yuntian City on a mission this time."
Pang Le asked calmly, "So are we going to fly to Yuntian City next?"
Xu Nian thought for a moment and didn't answer. Instead, he looked at Guan Xia and asked, "What do you think? If you want to track down Yao Qingyan's next move after she disguises herself, we'll fly over tonight."
Guan Xia thought for a moment and asked Xu Nian, "Did you find any key information today? For example, Yao Qingyan did go to Linshan City the night before Luo Deye's son was injured and hospitalized."
Xu Nian said, "We found out that Yao Qingyan was indeed out during the days when Luo Deye's son was suspected of being kidnapped. She claimed to be traveling, but she didn't take any public transportation, and there's no record of her paying tolls at the highway toll booth. We suspect she most likely wasn't traveling alone, but with a companion."
Pang Le said, "Well, we were investigating Yao Qingyan when another suspected accomplice popped up. So where should we investigate next, Yuntian City or Linshan City?"
Following Pang Le's questioning, Guan Xia quickly analyzed the situation and said, "We've already figured out Yao Qingyan's disguised appearance. Tracking her will be much easier from now on. However, much about Linshan City remains unknown."
Before Guan Xia finished speaking, Xu Nian had already understood and said decisively: "Then let's go to Linshan City."
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