Chapter 214 214 You are right, the culprit is Wu Yang
It took Guan Xia almost an hour to finish reading the stack of case-related materials that Captain Chen gave her.
As she expected, Wu Yang's figure and even his name never appeared from beginning to end. He was like a chess piece outside the chessboard. No matter how Captain Chen investigated, he was not on the chessboard. So even if the criminal police team in charge of this case more than 30 years ago was more meticulous and serious, even if they collected fingerprints of all suspects who had conflicts with the deceased Sun Yanghui for comparison, it eventually became an unsolved case.
Guan Xia closed the document and casually placed it on the conference table. After thinking for a while, he couldn't help but sigh that Wu Yang's plan was really thorough. He even chose a rainy night, a night with heavy rain, so that even if he really left any evidence, it would disappear under the heavy rain. However, the net of heaven is vast and nothing can escape it. Captain Chen and his team still found a relatively clear blood fingerprint.
Thinking of this, Guan Xia looked at Captain Chen again, "By the way, Captain Chen, where did you find that bloody fingerprint?"
Captain Chen replied, "It was the raincoat the murderer had discarded, tucked away in a crevices of an unplanned garbage dump. We were lucky. We hadn't found anything at the crime scene, and we were organizing a search overnight for clues around the area when an elderly woman and her child came to the police. The child, an orphan, lived with her grandmother and had a habit of scavenging before sunrise every day. She discovered the raincoat, and after taking it home, she noticed the bloody fingerprint and felt the coat's origins were suspicious, so she brought the child to report the case."
Captain Chen searched through the pile of photos spread out before him, quickly finding one and handing it over. "Here, this is it! We later tried to reconstruct the situation and theorized that the suspect changed his clothes after the murder, and in his haste, he left his bloody fingerprints on the raincoat. He then likely placed the raincoat in a backpack or plastic bag, where it was relatively dry. That's how the bloody fingerprints were well preserved and eventually discovered."
Guan Xia took the photo and looked down, and found that the bloody fingerprint was on the side of the raincoat where the person was wearing it. It must have been left accidentally when taking off the raincoat.
Based on this raincoat, Guan Xia got several pieces of information: insufficient psychological quality, tight time, and immature or unfamiliar criminal methods. In short, Guan Xia is now 80% sure that this is most likely the first crime committed by Wu Yang.
Just as Guan Xia breathed a sigh of relief, she heard Ji An ask, "Captain Chen, when you were investigating the crime scene, did you find any footprints left by the suspected murderer?"
Captain Chen smiled bitterly and shook his head. "No, otherwise we wouldn't be conducting this investigation like searching for a needle in a haystack."
Guan Xia thought that if he had really left behind a few footprints, with the experience of the various practical experts at the time, maybe Wu Yang could really be found. It was such a pity that he was finally allowed to go unpunished and even created such a large-scale criminal organization.
After quickly and appropriately understanding the case in detail, Guan Xia and the others said goodbye and left. After all, they had very solid evidence and could just wait for the matching results to arrest the person directly. There was not much point in staying. Now they were worried that Wu Yang might have learned the news and ran away in advance.
Even though she had asked Xu Nian a similar question before, once she left Captain Chen's office and walked to a more secluded place, Guan Xia couldn't help but ask, "Is Wu Yang still under surveillance by the task force?"
Xu Nian did not answer immediately, but said wait a moment and then made a phone call.
Guan Xia and the others waited there, but a few seconds later, Xu Nian, who was being stared at by several people, suddenly looked unhappy and subconsciously glanced at Guan Xia. This complicated look immediately gave Guan Xia a bad feeling.
The call lasted for several minutes before Xu Nian hung up, took a deep breath, and turned to look at Guan Xia.
Guan Xia was apprehensive about being watched. She felt her heart pounding like a drum and her lips dry. She swallowed instinctively and asked with a strained voice, "What happened? Did Wu Yang really run away? Or...or did something else happen?"
Guan Xia's first reaction was that Wu Yang had run away. But if it was just Wu Yang who had run away, Guan Xia would have warned him long ago. Given Xu Nian's psychological quality, his expression wouldn't be so grim. Could it be that...
As Guan Xia was thinking, Meng Lan's face suddenly popped up in her mind.
Her bad premonition suddenly became stronger, and she felt a little dizzy and uncontrollable.
Sure enough, Guan Xia's bad premonition came true. A few seconds later, Xu Nian replied with a dry throat, "Meng Lan... was attacked just an hour ago. Fortunately, Lu Tingfeng arrived in time. Meng Lan only suffered minor injuries and has been sent to the hospital for emergency treatment."
Guan Xia subconsciously held her breath as Xu Nian spoke, and only started breathing again after the last word revealed that it wasn't the worst news. However, even so, she still felt her legs were weak and she couldn't stand. Fortunately, Pang Le was quick to support her. Guan Xia felt a little sore in her eyes, and she stared at Xu Nian and asked, "Is your injury serious? Is your life in danger?"
Xu Nian shook his head and said, "We don't know yet, but according to Director Ren, her injuries are less serious than those of her colleagues who were protecting her. Plus, Lu Tingfeng arrived just in time, so her life shouldn't be in great danger."
Although he got the answer he wanted most, Guan Xia's mind was still confused for a moment. He didn't even realize when Pang Le helped him sit down on a chair. It took him a long time to start thinking again.
Guan Xia still remembered Xu Nian's first words. Meng Lan had been attacked an hour ago. Calculating the time, that meant they had just escaped the third attack and were caught. Could it be that they had attacked Meng Lan out of anger because they had failed to attack her? Or perhaps the organization had discovered something and wanted to silence her?
Guan Xia analyzed the situation quickly and heard Ji An ask, "Who attacked Meng Lan? Logically speaking, the police wouldn't just assign one person to protect an important witness. What about the rest? Was he injured too? Or..."
Ji An's tone became a little nervous as he spoke.
Zhong Xiaoyu was concerned about another question, "Why did Brother Lu pass away so suddenly? Is he okay? Is he injured too?"
Several people asked a number of questions at once, and Xu Nian answered very quickly: "The person who attacked Meng Lan has been killed by Lu Tingfeng. We all know her name, Yao Qingyan. In addition, another person died, Wang Huiqin."
Everyone was shocked. Pang Le asked in surprise, "Wang Huiqin? The middle-aged woman who had been following Meng Lan and observing her for several years? How did she die? Was she also killed by that organization?"
Xu Nian said, "Director Ren told me that before the attack, Meng Lan received a text message from Wang Huiqin, telling her to run. Before she could contact the outside world, Yao Qingyan showed up at her door. She disguised herself and deceived the task force members who had been following her. She also had a gun with her. After taking a taxi downstairs, she brazenly opened fire, injuring and forcing back another group of colleagues who were protecting Meng Lan."
Guan Xia felt her heart beating so hard it was about to burst out of her chest. She asked in disbelief, "She has a gun?"
Xu Nian nodded. "The model of the gun is the same as the police's. Director Ren suspects it's most likely the one lost from the Xicheng District Police Station six months ago."
Guan Xia felt that the amount of information was exploding to the point that her brain was almost paralyzed. How could that gun be in Yao Qingyan's hands? Could it be that Yao Qingyan was one of the people who silenced Lu Manqing?
Xu Nian was still narrating the news he had just received.
Xu Nian said: "Three of the four colleagues who were protecting Meng Lan were injured. The reason why Lu Tingfeng suddenly went to find Meng Lan in the middle of the night was because he was a little sober and wanted to gather with us to find a way to capture Wu Yang. But Director Ren was worried that it would be unsafe for him to go out alone, and there were no extra people to take care of him, so he simply coaxed him to protect Meng Lan. Who knew that by chance, Lu Tingfeng rushed over and saw Yao Qingyan shooting and forcing the colleagues to retreat. He asked the uninjured one to stay and take care of the wounded and call for backup, and he took the injured colleague's gun and went upstairs."
Guan Xia subconsciously held her breath and asked nervously, "What happened next?"
Xu Nian said, "Director Ren has been to the scene. Your home is in a complete mess. Judging from the signs of a struggle and Lu Tingfeng's description, Meng Lan was forced to hide in the bedroom, while her two colleagues protected her in the living room. Yao Qingyan then broke the door lock with her gun, then opened the water valve in the hallway and used a high-pressure water cannon to attack from the crack in the door."
Xu Nian hadn't finished speaking yet, but Guan Xia had already imagined the next scene. No wonder Meng Lan was injured despite being protected by four people. It turned out that Yao Qingyan not only had a gun in her hand, but also had rich experience in improvisation and combat. Her method of attack was simply unexpected, so it was normal that the two policemen who were protecting Meng Lan did not react in a hurry. The only thing to be thankful for was that the injured people were only injured and there was still time to rescue them.
But if you think about it more carefully, if Lu Tingfeng had not arrived at the scene just one step later by coincidence, he would not have been injured. It is very likely that several people including Meng Lan would have died.
Guan Xia only imagined it for a moment, and felt a chill down her back. She was now both grateful that Lu Tingfeng arrived in time, and terrified of the hideous face that the criminal organization would suddenly reveal.
Is this the true strength of the villains in detective stories? Even with their full preparations, they still suffered a huge loss.
It took Guan Xia several minutes to calm down a bit. Instinctively, she tightly grasped Pang Le's hand to absorb his strength. She looked at Xu Nian and asked, "What about Wu Yang? Did he run away?"
Xu Nian replied: "There is no bad news yet. It should still be within the sight of the task force."
Guan Xia finally breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good, that's good."
However, Guan Xia's sigh of relief was obviously premature. Xu Nian pursed his lips and gritted his teeth, saying, "Besides this, there is one more thing..."
As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at him with wide eyes. Guan Xia's nervous tone rose uncontrollably, "Another thing? Whose relatives or friends were attacked again?"
As Guan Xia asked, her mind raced through her memories. She only had a few friends. Aside from Meng Lan and Lu Tingfeng, who was considered a friend, everyone else was there. As for family, the only one she could consider was Mother Chen from the orphanage. Guan Xia thought with some fear, "Could that organization be so ruthless as to go to the orphanage and kill people just to get revenge on her? But the orphanage was also where Wu Yang grew up, right?"
Guan Xia looked at Xu Nian nervously, afraid that he would tell her about the unfortunate news about her mother, Chen, who had raised her. But what Xu Nian said was, "Your biological sister was attacked. She's fine, but her biological father..."
Guan Xia had never expected to receive such news. She blinked in confusion at first, as if she didn't quite understand. After a few seconds, she suddenly understood. She was stunned and looked at Xu Nian blankly, asking, "You mean... the girl who came to my house to give me money before, she was attacked? And then... her father died?"
Xu Nian nodded with a heavy expression.
Guan Xia found it incredible. "How could this be? Although they are my biological relatives, we have only met once. We have never gotten along or lived together. We are practically strangers in the physical sense. Why did that organization attack them? Was it to retaliate against me? Could it be that because of that brief encounter last time, they thought we knew each other, so..."
Guan Xia was guessing wildly, her brain seemed to be rusty and stuck, and the face of the girl who looked somewhat similar to her kept flashing. She watched her cry, watched her laugh, and also watched her dazed and somewhat aggrieved expression.
Guan Xia obviously didn't care about that girl, but for some reason at this moment she felt as if her heart was being grasped by someone. She didn't feel any pain, but she felt like she couldn't breathe.
Guan Xia was in a daze for a long time, and it seemed like she had tinnitus for a long time before she suddenly heard other people's voices as if from outside the world.
Guan Xia felt her shoulder was pinched, and when she looked up, she saw Pang Le's bright face, looking at her worriedly and nervously, repeating over and over, "Guan Xia, Guan Xia, look at me, listen to me, listen to me, the responsibility for their accident is not yours. Do you remember what we speculated before? The girl was able to meet you by such a coincidence, it was very likely planned by that organization, that is to say, they were targeted and used a long time ago, regardless of whether they came to your house to find you later, once Wu Yang was exposed, they would be affected. All of this is the result of the organization's cruelty, and it has nothing to do with you. You are just a pawn they are targeting and trying to use. Have you forgotten that we were attacked three times before? The reason we are okay is not because we are lucky, but because of your talent and your strength. Otherwise, we would also die at some intersection."
In order to attract Guan Xia's attention, Pang Le grabbed Guan Xia's shoulders with extra force, so much so that Guan Xia felt a slight pain. It was this pain that gradually calmed Guan Xia's complicated brain.
Yes, that girl is pitiful, she is also pitiful, Meng Lan is pitiful, and everyone who was injured in this attack is pitiful. In the final analysis, it is that organization that is trampling on the law and despising human life. It has nothing to do with anyone else. They are the real culprits.
Finally figuring it out, Guan Xia exhaled suddenly as if suddenly waking up, then exhaled heavily, then muttered to himself: "You're right, the culprit is Wu Yang. If it weren't for him, none of this would have happened, and so many people wouldn't have been injured or even lost their lives. It's all because of him."
At this point, the fire in Guan Xia's heart grew even more intense. He looked at Xu Nian with piercing eyes and said firmly, "I want to go to Jianyang City. I want to see Wu Yang brought to justice with my own eyes."
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