Chapter 162 The Technical Team Made a Great Discovery
When we followed Captain Zhou into the room where we could observe the interrogation, the interrogation had already begun.
The interrogation was again conducted by two acquaintances. Last time, one of them played the good cop and the other the bad cop, and in a very short time they obtained the confession of the middle-aged woman who was deceived by Liu Xiang into hiding her child. This time it was also very smooth, and it didn't even take fifteen minutes for the two arrested people to confess everything.
What was surprising yet somewhat expected was that the two people were unaware of the inside story. They just accepted money to help pick up a child, and specifically requested that they not take any public transportation and must drive. On the way, the car they were driving had an accident, so they were delayed. Who would have thought that they would be pinned down as soon as they explained their purpose.
The identities of the two people were quickly confirmed. They were from Qiuning City, which is not too far from Shangshuang City. It only takes 6 hours to get there by high-speed rail, but it would take a long time to drive there.
Guan Xia looked at the young, beautiful woman in the interrogation room and said in a helpless and broken tone, "I really don't know. I was just bored at home on vacation. My boyfriend told me that a friend asked him to help pick up a child. Not only did he cover all the travel expenses, but he also gave me a big red envelope afterward. I thought I was bored at home anyway, so I went out with him. Who would have thought that the child was abducted? My boyfriend and I discussed it all the way there. We just thought it might be an illegitimate child or something. He was afraid his wife would find out, so he asked us for help."
The young woman burst into tears and fell on the table. "I haven't even gotten my diploma yet. If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have come at all. Who would have thought that helping someone would be illegal?"
The female police officer who was interrogating her didn't sympathize with the young woman's emotional breakdown. She continued with a serious face and asked, "What friend? Has your boyfriend told you about this? What's his name? What does he look like? Have you ever seen him?"
The young woman cried for a while, and then she calmed down a little before she raised her head again, wiped her tears and said, "I've never seen him before, and I don't know his name. I just heard my boyfriend call him Brother Chen. My boyfriend also showed me their chat history. At that time, I only paid attention to the 10,000 yuan transferred to me. I didn't see the content of the chat clearly. I only vaguely saw two sentences saying that I must keep my mouth shut and not let anyone know. My boyfriend also complained to me that he didn't expect the plot in the novel to really happen in real life. There are really rich people who have mistresses outside and run away with the baby. I thought it was strange at the time and agreed with him. I really didn't expect the child was not illegitimate, but abducted."
The interrogating police officer continued, "How many times did Brother Chen contact your boyfriend? Besides the 10,000 yuan, did he transfer any money to you later? Did you not ask about the child's situation at the time? How dare you drive thousands of miles to pick her up without knowing anything?"
The young woman's tears had just stopped a little when she was asked this question, and she burst into tears again. She almost broke down in sobs, and it took several minutes for her to finish her words. "From what I know, there were five times in total. The first time was the night I transferred the money. I had a nearly 20-minute phone call with my boyfriend. I still remember it was past 9 o'clock that night. We had just finished a movie and were out having dinner. He even ran out to pick me up. When he came back, he told me happily that he had taken on a big job, and after the job was done, he would have enough money to take me out to play."
The young woman sobbed for a moment before continuing, "The second time was early the next morning. We were packing our bags while on a voice call when the call suddenly cut off. He called back and said it was Brother Chen, saying they needed to bring the child back urgently and asked us to leave immediately."
"The third time," the young woman thought for a moment and said, "The third time was that afternoon, just as we were leaving Qiuning City, the phone rang again. This time, she didn't rush us, but just told us to be careful and not to tell anyone about the child. We couldn't let our families know about it, because if we told anyone, we wouldn't get as much money after the affair. I thought it was normal for them not to know about the illegitimate child, not to mention that they would get 20,000 yuan after the affair was done, so we both agreed not to tell anyone."
"The fourth time was at the service station," the young woman said. "Our car was on the road when a stone splashed up by a passing truck, cracking the windshield. That car belongs to my boyfriend's father, and he'd definitely get beaten if he went back. That's why we didn't realize it until after it was repaired. Brother Chen even scolded my boyfriend for it, telling him to hurry up and not waste time. It's just a crack, and there's no such thing as a car that can't be fixed. The fifth time was this morning, when we just drove into Shangshuang City, and he asked if we had picked up the child. We said we were on the way and would be there soon, and to call him back when we did."
"Then you guys caught me," the young woman sniffed and said pitifully, "When they knocked on my door, I was still fantasizing about picking up the child and getting the 20,000 yuan, and then traveling abroad. I was just thinking about what to do with my passport after watching the video, and then you guys pinned me down."
After she finished explaining everything, the young woman, her eyes slightly red and swollen, looked at the interrogating policewoman and asked, "Comrade police, I really don't know anything. I was just trying to help his friend with my boyfriend, but I didn't expect it would be illegal. Now it's like this... Will it affect my graduation? Will I have a criminal record? I was thinking of taking the civil service exam after graduation, so does this mean I can't be a civil servant anymore?"
Faced with the young woman's questions, everyone was a little amused. No one had expected that for such a big case, the buyer would actually send two college students who knew nothing and had not yet graduated. However, looking at the young woman's eyes that were still clear even though she was in a mess, everyone suddenly understood. After all, she had not yet entered society, so she was easier to deceive than others.
However, Guan Xia felt a little sympathy for this young woman, but she couldn't help but think too much about her boyfriend. After all, since he knew Brother Chen, her boyfriend might not be as innocent as she said.
After attending the interrogation, Pang Le couldn't help but say as soon as he left the room, "Young people nowadays are so easy to deceive. 30,000 yuan can make them come to pick someone up without knowing anything. They don't even think about why they would pay 30,000 yuan if there was no trick."
Guan Xia thought of the young woman's red nose from crying, sighed, and said, "I think the buyer's real offer might be more than 30,000 yuan. That Brother Chen is clearly acting as a middleman, making the money without having to do anything or take any risks. I suspect that even if he's caught, he'll probably just shirk responsibility and not know anything."
Pang Le also sighed, "What a waste of joy! I thought that if we caught two people, we would know who the buyer was, but it turns out it's still a mystery."
Ji An smiled and said, "Investigating a case is like peeling an onion, you have to peel layer after layer until you finally get to the core. But it's also good news. At least there's a new direction for investigation. The task force just happened to be here, and they have plenty of manpower. I guess we'll be moving forward on multiple fronts in the future."
Pang Le said, "I hope so."
After watching the interrogation, Guan Xia and the others simply went out for a meal, then returned to the hotel to sleep for a while before returning to the Nanping Branch.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she pushed the door open, she saw Lu Tingfeng, who was sleeping soundly with a coat thrown over him after pushing a few chairs together. When he heard the noise, he opened his eyes and glanced at them, then squinted for a while before lazily sitting up, stretching, and saying, "You're here."
Guan Xia had just turned on the computer. When she heard his voice, she turned around and glanced at him, asking casually, "Why are you here? Didn't you go with Wang Yu to check Liu Xiang's social connections?"
Lu Tingfeng moved a few chairs back to their original positions, yawned, and said, "The task force is here, and Wang Yu got a call and went to a meeting. I gathered up what I found and came to see you. Who knew you'd go back to the hotel to sleep? I was too lazy to make another trip, so I just took a nap in the office. How is it? Did you guys find anything?"
Pang Le told Lu Tingfeng about the interrogation process at noon. Lu Tingfeng looked as if he was used to it. He sighed that young people nowadays were so easy to deceive, and then asked about Liu Xiang's situation.
After sharing everything that had happened over the past two days, Guan Xia asked him, "You've been investigating Liu Xiang's social connections for three days. Have you found anything?"
Lu Tingfeng handed over a file bag that was about to burst, pouting and saying, "Here, it's all here. They said they've been investigating for three days, but I feel like they've only just started. If we really want to check all of Liu Xiang's social relationships, we can't finish it even if we run around like crazy. These documents are in duplicate. Wang Yu took the other copy to a meeting. I guess the task force will take it over."
Guan Xia took it and started flipping through it while listening to Lu Tingfeng chattering.
Lu Tingfeng paused after speaking, then continued, "But this is also a good thing. A case of this magnitude does require a more coordinated investigation with higher authority. We're still too short-staffed. We've done our best so far. I don't know if we'll gain much by investigating further, but we're sure to alert the enemy. Only by having a special task force take over can we investigate on multiple fronts."
Hearing this, Pang Le couldn't help laughing. "You police officers are indeed trained in a unified way. Your thoughts and words are really similar. Sister Ji just told us this before you came. You came at the right time. Come work with us."
Pang Le also turned on the computer next to Guan Xia and was making coffee, looking like he was going to stay up all night.
Lu Tingfeng came over and took a look at the surveillance camera on the conference table. He immediately understood, "Are they trying to dig deeper into the other accomplices by moving the child's car?"
Guan Xia nodded. "I suspect the vehicle transporting Yan Xingyu might be the same one that abducted Ning Xin and her daughter five years ago. I remember the case file saying that Ning Xin and her daughter were in a car accident while being transported, and Ning Xin died that same day. If that's the car, then even after five years, there's a good chance that their DNA would still be on it."
Upon hearing this, Lu Tingfeng also chose a seat and sat down, saying, "Alright, since we won't be needed for errands anytime soon, I'll just go back to my old job and reminisce about my previous life in the police force."
Guan Xia took some time to finish reading the information. It must be said that Liu Xiang really has a wide circle of friends. At least one-fifth of the information is Liu Xiang's call records in the past six months.
The contact with people every day is quite frequent. Guan Xia did not keep a specific statistics, but when she looked through it, she roughly counted that at least 20 calls were made every day, and they were not repeated. The number of incoming calls was even more. No wonder Lu Tingfeng complained about them as soon as he saw them and ran away for three days before he started to make a call.
In addition to the call records, there are also bank statements. Guan Xia took a quick look at them. The consumption frequency was not high, but there were more than a dozen transactions marked with red circles by Lu Tingfeng and others, with large amounts. Then the transfer frequency was very high, with several transactions almost every day, and most of them were private transfers. Guan Xia even saw the names of Fan Ya, Ge Qing, and Gao Cuicui on it many times. It seemed that these were Liu Xiang's friends with a wide circle of friends. I just don't know if these people are just friends, or like Fan Ya and others, who care and take care of them in normal times, and use them at critical moments.
After briefly looking through some of the documents whose identities Lu Tingfeng and his team had already confirmed, Guan Xia looked up at Lu Tingfeng and asked, "What are these bank statements circled in red? Have you investigated the whereabouts and purpose of the money?"
Lu Tingfeng, operating the computer, said without looking up, "Those dozen or so transactions were made by Liu Xiang using a QR code to scan into her supermarket account. The numbers are all integers, and the amounts are quite large. We suspect there's something fishy going on at the supermarket, but to avoid alerting the suspect, we've only done a quick check. We're still unsure what's going on with the money."
Guan Xia flipped through the information again and reconfirmed the time. He saw that the twelve transactions were evenly distributed in the past three years, with one transaction almost every three or four months. The largest transaction was ten thousand and the smallest was five thousand.
This amount is actually not too outrageous, but it is not a small amount when added up over three years, nearly 100,000. Also, the money went to the supermarket where Liu Xiang worked, which makes people think deeply.
Guan Xia thought for a while but couldn't come up with any clues, so she simply took a photo and sent it to Xu Nian, asking him to remember to let her know after he had investigated it clearly.
The message was barely halfway typed when hurried footsteps were heard outside the originally quiet office. Everyone was startled and put down what they were doing at the same time.
Ji An was closest to the door. Just as she stood up, she hadn't even reached it when the tightly closed door was suddenly pushed open from the outside. A clerk from the Nanping branch, whom she had met a few times before, looked at them excitedly and said, "Captain Zhou asked me to call you. The technical team has made a great discovery."
Several people looked at each other in confusion, then followed the clerk's footsteps, walking quickly while asking, "What big discovery?"
The short-haired, rather heroic female clerk spoke quickly, "These are two sets of biological samples. When we ran the database, we found two matches. You'll never guess who they are."
Before Guan Xia and the others could ask, the clerk excitedly said, "It's Ning Xin and Ning Ping'an."
Everyone was truly surprised and shocked. Ji An reacted the fastest and asked hurriedly, "Where were the biological samples collected from?"
The clerk replied, "It was collected from the van that one of the suspects usually drives. The suspect's name is Ge Qing. The technical team followed the normal procedures. No one expected to make such a big discovery."
Hearing the name Ge Qing, Guan Xia felt that the question marks in her head were about to solidify into reality. Ning Xin and her daughter disappeared five years ago, so how were they related to Ge Qing? How did the van end up in Ge Qing's hands? Could it be that Liu Xiang gave it to her?
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