Chapter 154 154 Those with dark hearts begin to take revenge on society...
What Lu Tingfeng said was still conservative.
Before dawn, Guan Xia was sleeping soundly on the table with a coat casually thrown on, when she suddenly heard hurried footsteps and then the office door was suddenly opened.
The noise was so loud that Guan Xia was startled awake. She sat up dazed and saw that it was the Nanping Branch's office clerk, a short, lean policewoman with dark circles under her eyes. But her eyes, piercing, stared at the people in the office and said, "The identities of the four people you were investigating have been confirmed."
Ji An, Lu Tingfeng and the others also woke up, even earlier than Guan Xia. They quickly rushed to the policewoman, took the information from her hand, and without even saying thank you, they lowered their heads and looked at it seriously.
Guan Xia was now completely refreshed. She casually put her coat that had fallen on the ground back on the back of the chair and quickly walked to Ji An's side.
I leaned over and saw the photo of Sister Liu, at the top of all the information. Her name was Liu Xiang, she was 41 years old and worked as a cashier in a supermarket.
This was beyond Guan Xia's expectations. She said in surprise, "It's not her own supermarket, but she's just a cashier?" This was inconsistent with their portrayal of another criminal suspect besides Geng Jing.
Ji An said, "Don't worry, keep reading."
Guan Xia suppressed this doubt deep in her heart and continued reading patiently.
This woman named Liu Xiang was married in 2008, but divorced in 2013. She had a child, but the child died accidentally during the marriage. She never remarried after the divorce and lived alone from 2013 to 2024. However, because she was divorced and single, and she was good-looking, she had many friends, both men and women. It can be said that she had a wide range of friends.
Ji An turned a page of the information in his hand, and Guan Xia noticed the top line of words at a glance. Liu Xiang's ex-husband died on the spot in a car accident while traveling with his new wife three years after their divorce.
Guan Xia was stunned when she saw this line of words. She immediately thought of the description of Liu Xiang’s marriage on the previous page. After hesitating for a few seconds, she said, “Liu Xiang’s child…”
Wang Yu said: "It should be what you think, not a purely accidental death, but the specific circumstances will only be known by asking the local police station later."
Except for the somewhat sad part of her marriage, everything else about this woman named Liu Xiang is very ordinary and normal.
The information says that she is currently living in a rented house. Judging from the name of the community, the place where she rents should be a regular community, and she has always lived alone. She has been renting there for some years and has rarely changed houses. It is very stable, which is completely different from the traditional nomadic life of criminals.
If I hadn't had any suspicions in advance, I wouldn't have been able to tell from the information that she was a criminal who had been involved in major criminal offenses.
After looking at the one called Sister Liu, Guan Xia looked at the other three people in succession.
Their names are Ge Qing, Gao Cuicui, and Fan Ya. Compared with Liu Xiang, their information is simpler. Among the three, Ge Qing and Gao Cuicui are childhood friends, and the supermarket belongs to Fan Ya.
Fan Ya inherited her father's estate. Her mother died of illness when she was in high school. Her father did not remarry, but he always had a girlfriend. His private life was relatively chaotic until the year before last, at the beginning of 2022, when he suffered a sudden cerebral hemorrhage at his girlfriend's home. Then the supermarket was handed over to Fan Ya to run.
The information says that Fan Ya and Liu Xiang are friends, but it does not provide detailed information on how they met or how close their relationship is.
Lu Tingfeng read the information the fastest. As soon as he finished reading, he raised his wrist to check the time. "Well, it's almost dawn. Looks like we don't need to sleep anymore. Going out at this time will just avoid the morning rush hour. We can even have breakfast near the local police station."
Jiang Yingyao turned his head to glance at the sky outside and said, "Should we split up as usual? I think Ge Qing, Gao Cuicui, and Fan Ya seem to be living together. So, the three of us will go investigate, and you two will go investigate Liu Xiang?"
Lu Tingfeng nodded indifferently, "Okay, let's contact each other by phone."
Lu Tingfeng was about to leave when Ji An suddenly called out to him, "Wait a minute! Compared to Ge Qing and the other three, this Liu Xiang is obviously much more dangerous. She's very likely the leading suspect. Plus, she saw both of you last night. How about this? Let's switch."
Ji An glanced at Guan Xia and said, "Guan Xia, Brother Jiang, and I will check on Liu Xiang. You and Wang Yu will check on these three people. Just go straight to the local police station. It's best not to show up in the community. If you need to ask the community director, please ask the police at the local police station to call. Don't let Ge Qing and the others see you two."
Guan Xia immediately understood what Ji An meant. "Sister Ji, do you want to visit Liu Xiang's residential complex?"
Ji An nodded. "Since she has such a wide circle of friends, she should be quite famous in the community. She's also been divorced for many years and has never remarried. We might find something if we just wander around."
Speaking of this, Guan Xia remembered something, "Oh right, didn't Xu Nian and the others follow Geng Jing's lead and find this woman named Liu Xiang? They didn't mention what information they found?"
As soon as Guan Xia said this, several people looked at Lu Tingfeng.
Lu Tingfeng was standing by the door, leaning lazily against the wall, as if boneless. He said, "Xu Nian and the others discovered it last night, no, the night before yesterday. They had just begun their investigation, and they discovered that Geng Jing was acting strangely. Could he be in contact with an accomplice and planning a joint operation? So they withdrew the people investigating Liu Xiang. From what Xu Nian said, Captain Zhou has taken over the case of Liu Xiang. Now all their people are focusing on Geng Jing, and they have divided into several groups with Captain Zhou's people to track him 24 hours a day."
Lu Tingfeng glanced at the time again as he spoke. "At this time, the previous group should have just been replaced. You can ask in the group chat while you're in the car. I guess someone will reply."
Guan Xia nodded, and Ji An said, "Let's arrange it this way. It's almost dawn, so everyone should leave early and avoid being stuck in traffic."
After a very short and uncomfortable sleep, Guan Xia didn't feel sleepy, but she felt a little uncomfortable because she didn't brush her teeth or wash her face.
I subconsciously touched my head and found that my hair was okay, not too greasy. Then I got into the car in a better mood.
As soon as I sat down, Ji An threw a few things at me and said, "I knew I would be busy all day today, so I drove out to buy these last night after you guys went to bed. You'll have to make do with them."
Guan Xia took it and looked at it, and found that it was mouthwash and wet wipes for wiping the face. They did not contain any alcohol, but pure water wipes. In addition, there were small bottles of skin care products and sunscreen spray.
Guan Xia was immediately happy, and while busying herself she said, "Sister Ji, you are really a treasure chest. You have everything I want."
Ji An started the car, smiled and said, "I'm used to investigating cases with Lu Tingfeng and the others all the time. If the clues yesterday hadn't been discovered too late and I hadn't anticipated it, the things should have been ready yesterday morning."
Ji An drove the car out of the gate of Nanping Branch. Guan Xia tidied herself up, picked up her mobile phone and sent a message in the group.
Sure enough, within two minutes, a message popped up in the group.
Before Guan Xia could see clearly, the cell phone rang. It was Qi Bai.
As soon as the call was connected, Qi Bai said, "Did you also find this woman? How did you find her?"
Guan Xia briefly explained a few words, and Qi Bai said, "Good boy, you guys followed the clues faster than we did. We only had time to investigate this Liu Xiang for a long time, and we didn't get into too much detail. We only found out that the supermarket that Liu Xiang worked in didn't seem to belong to her, but to a friend of hers. She said she was a cashier, and also the supermarket manager. She was in charge of the entire supermarket, and her friend rarely came."
Guan Xia's doubts were finally resolved. She said that if Liu Xiang could be involved in the disappearance of Ning Xin and her daughter, she must have had a certain amount of relatively free time in her daily life. Otherwise, if she went out frequently during working hours, how could she not arouse suspicion?
"Anything else?" Guan Xia asked.
Qi Bai said, "Also, this woman named Liu Xiang has a lot of friends. During the half day Pang Le and I were following her, we saw five or six people go to the supermarket to look for her. They bought some things and chatted with her. Every one of them seemed to be having a great time chatting with her. If nothing else, she must be a master at socializing."
Guan Xia thought of the three young women including Fan Ya, and wondered what Liu Xiang had done to make the three of them so close to her, even admiring her, and commit crimes together.
After chatting a bit more about the suspect, Liu Xiang, because the investigation was so short, Qi Bai and the others didn't gain much. Having said all they could, Guan Xia asked, "By the way, how's it going over there? Is everything going well?"
Qi Bai laughed innocently, "It's going smoothly. There are seven or eight of us, and everyone is taking turns tracking. Anyway, everything is going smoothly so far."
Guan Xia asked again, "Where's Pang Le? Isn't he in the same group with you?"
The call Guan Xia received was from Qi Bai. If Pang Le had time, he would definitely reply to her as soon as possible. It was absolutely impossible for Qi Bai to get there first, so Guan Xia guessed that Pang Le was still tracking with a group of others.
As expected, Qi Bai said, "We're on a tracking mission, teamed with Captain Xu. Don't worry, there's no danger."
Guan Xia was a little surprised, "Didn't Xu Nian and Zhong Xiaoyu just withdraw last night?"
Qi Bai said, "We can't help it. We estimate that Geng Jing and his men have been active in the past two days, so they are as alert as monkeys. We are also afraid of startling them. Usually, when we track them during the day, we will form at least four or five groups to cover each other and try our best to avoid losing them."
After hearing this, Guan Xia understood the importance and tension of their latest developments. He did not ask any further questions and only said two words: "Be careful."
Qi Bai said, "You too," and the two of them broke off contact.
Just as Guan Xia put down her phone and didn't say anything, Jiang Yingyao observed her expression through the rearview mirror and said with a smile, "Well, from your expression, I know Qi Bai and the others didn't get much out of this woman named Liu Xiang."
Guan Xia hummed, "Qi Bai's words are similar to what Lu Tingfeng said before. They only followed him for a while, but before they could do much investigation, they noticed Geng Jing's unusual behavior, so they stopped investigating further."
Jiang Yingyao sighed, "This case is getting more and more interesting the more we investigate it. This is my first time investigating a case like this. Clues keep popping up one after another, and we're really stretched to the limit."
As they were talking, they successfully arrived at the police station in the community where Liu Xiang lived.
When they parked the car in a roadside parking space, it was just dawn. Ji An casually looked up and pointed to the nearest breakfast shop and said, "Let's go to this one. After we finish eating, we can bring some back to our colleagues at the local police station."
Guan Xia and Jiang Yingyao had no objections and ate a little to fill their stomachs. Ji An didn't count the number of people and ordered a few baskets of buns and soy milk. The three of them carried their own food and walked to the police station which was two hundred meters away.
With Jiang Yingyao's police officer ID, they entered smoothly. Ji An was really foresighted. For the sake of breakfast, several police officers in the police station who had stayed up all night were very enthusiastic.
Since they were all family members, the police officers did not have too many concerns and introduced Liu Xiang's situation while eating breakfast.
The first person to speak was an elderly police officer who had obviously worked in this police station for many years and was quite familiar with Liu Xiang's situation. He said, "This Liu Xiang is a celebrity in her community. She is hardworking, good-looking, and has a cheerful personality. It's just that she has bad luck. When she was young, she married the wrong person. Her husband was obviously more than ten years older than her, but he cheated on her while she was pregnant and the child died when he was just two years old. Although the divorce was relatively smooth, she was hurt in the marriage and hasn't looked for another one in all these years. There are many enthusiastic uncles and aunts in her community who have introduced her to potential partners, but she didn't like any of them. It's been more than ten years since her divorce, and she is still living alone."
Guan Xia asked the most concerned question, "How did she lose her child? Was she sick? Or was it an accident?"
A younger male police officer said, "They say it was an accident, but the details of what happened are only known by her deceased ex-husband."
The young policeman who was speaking curled his lips while eating, appearing to look down on the ex-husband.
The older police officer scolded him, "Don't make such statements without evidence. You're a police officer, not just some ordinary citizen chatting in the neighborhood. Don't mislead your colleagues."
Jiang Yingyao said with a smile: "You guys talk about yours, and we will figure out the details ourselves."
The older police officer then said, "This is what happened. On the day the child died, Liu Xiang was at work, but her ex-husband openly brought his lover home. When they were having sex, they found the child noisy, so they dripped some wine into the child and placed the child on the balcony behind the living room curtain. Who would have thought that Liu Xiang felt uneasy halfway through work that day, so she took half a day off to come back and see the child. She happened to block the two people who were having an affair in the house. Then she looked for the child and found it under the coffee table. There was blood foam in the child's mouth and nose when they found the child, and the person was already dead. Later, the forensic doctor performed an autopsy and found that the child had injured his head and must have woken up because of the pain. He crawled a few steps and crawled under the coffee table, but he did not receive timely treatment and eventually died."
Guan Xia couldn't believe what she heard. "The child woke up halfway through, so he must have been crying. Didn't those two hear the child crying?"
The young male police officer who had spoken earlier laughed sarcastically and said, "Of course he heard it, but he was so drunk at the time that he might have found it annoying and never went out to see it."
Guan Xia thought that it was no wonder that Liu Xiang was so determined to divorce. Three years later, her ex-husband died with his new wife. If that new wife was the lover with whom Liu Xiang's ex-husband cheated during the marriage, then deep in Liu Xiang's heart, she must be filled with deep hatred for both of them.
"What happened next?" Guan Xia pressed, "Did Liu Xiang hold the two of them accountable?"
The young male police officer said, "We definitely investigated, but the traces at the scene and the clues we found indicate that neither of them was directly responsible for the child's death. Liu Xiang wanted to send them to jail, but because there was no solid evidence, the matter could only be classified as an accident, and ultimately the matter was left unresolved."
Guan Xia was not surprised by this result, but she couldn't help but sigh in her heart.
But at the same time, new doubts arose in my heart. From Liu Xiang's experiences, it can be seen that she is also a miserable person, and she should love children very much. But why, after so many years, would she actively hurt other children? It can't be that she can't bear to see other children happy, and she has a dark heart and starts to retaliate against society.
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