Chapter 44: Wrong Love (I) Sorting out the Files
Early in the morning, Ye Bai heard noises outside the door. He woke up in a daze, rubbed his sleepy eyes and looked at his watch. It was only 7:00.
He walked slowly into the living room in his slippers, but his eyes were attracted by Han Jianye in the kitchen.
In the kitchen, Han Jianye casually put one arm in his trouser pocket, with his sleeves rolled up to his elbows, revealing his strong and muscular arms. Holding the soup spoon lightly in his right hand, he slowly stirred the iron pot with an elegant and smooth movement. Occasionally, his brows would frown slightly, and then he would adjust the size of the fire.
Ye Bai thought that a Han Jianye like this should be very popular with girls, but unfortunately he failed because of his mouth.
At this time, Han Jianye's voice came from the kitchen, "Why are you still standing there? Go brush your teeth and come over for breakfast."
Ye Bai was in a trance for a moment, and after coming to his senses, he immediately went to the room to wash and change clothes.
When he came out, Han Jianye had already served him a bowl of cold white porridge, and there were a few side dishes on the table for him to eat with the porridge.
Han Jianye said indifferently: "There are no sandwiches here, so just make do with it. I suddenly decided to come back and stay here yesterday, and the refrigerator is empty."
Ye Bai nodded. In fact, he was only interested in foods high in oil and salt. Everything else was fine. It was just that Han Jianye's sudden "normal" attitude made him feel uncomfortable. Now he just wanted to finish eating and leave quickly.
As soon as Han Jianye returned to the police station, he immediately arranged for his team members to sort out those long-pending old cases so that they could be re-examined.
When Ye Bai was flipping through these dusty family files, his attention was attracted by a murder case that had not yet been solved.
According to archival records, the murder occurred at 8:30 a.m. on March 15, 2018, at Zhunan Park. The victim was an adult male with limited mobility and confined to a wheelchair named Zheng Fengqi, who was 68 years old. His cause of death was a severe brain contusion, and the murder weapon was a red brick hidden under a flower bed.
Ye Bai asked Liao Wei, "Are you involved in the investigation of this murder case?"
Liao Wei looked at the file and nodded immediately, "Yes, but the murderer has not been caught yet. Before the murder, the deceased was pushed to the park by the nanny to relax. The nanny happened to have a stomachache and needed to go to the toilet, so she asked the deceased to wait for her under a tree.
The murder occurred 20 minutes after the nanny left. The victim's cell phone and cash were still on him, so murder for money was ruled out. Of course, the nanny was the first person we suspected, but after investigation we found that the nanny had no motive to kill.
She even said in grief that now that the deceased had passed away, where could she find a job paying 7,000 yuan a month? And the employer may sue her in return. Therefore, we speculate that the most likely possibility is that the murderer committed a random crime out of revenge against society. ”
Liao Wei asked him in return, "Why are you suddenly asking about this murder case?"
Ye Bai suggested, "I haven't been to Zhunan Park yet, would you like to take me there once?"
"Sure, I'll take you to the crime scene. Oh, by the way, Captain Han also picked up a Border Collie from Zhunan Park and brought it back to raise. Let's talk while we walk." Liao Wei patted Ye Bai's shoulder, and the two of them left as soon as they said they would.
When Ye Bai heard the word Bian Mu, he immediately thought of Yuan Bao, and remembered what Han Jianye had told him before. It turned out that he was the one who picked it up at the crime scene.
On the way to Zhunan Park, Liao Wei began to recall every detail of the case they handled last year.
"In fact, I noticed the Border Collie at the beginning, but I didn't take it too seriously at the time, thinking it was just out for a walk with its owner. The next day, when we came to Zhunan Park again, we found that the Border Collie was still guarding the tree at the scene of the crime."
Liao Wei continued to recall: "Later we wondered if this Border Collie was the deceased's pet dog. We asked the deceased's family and they said they didn't have a dog at home. We thought that it was rare to see a Border Collie among stray dogs. It might have run away from its owner's home or forgotten the way home. But the most amazing thing is that it kept following Captain Han."
At this point, Liao Wei whispered mysteriously in Ye Bai's ear: "Everyone in our group is a little afraid of Captain Han. No one knows if he will suddenly change his attitude in the next second. But the Border Collie only gets close to him and doesn't get along with others. So Captain Han tentatively asked it if it wanted to go with us, and it really jumped into the car. Tell me, are dogs nowadays very smart?"
Ye Bai then proposed a possibility: "Is there a possibility that the Border Collie saw the crime scene?"
"Yes, Captain Han said so at the time. So in addition to posting missing dog ads on the streets, we also took the Border Collie around the park for a few days. Alas, unfortunately, we didn't find anything. I guess we were overthinking it. Maybe the Border Collie really likes Captain Han and wants him to be its poop-scooper." Liao Wei sighed.
The two then came to Zhunan Park, and Liao Wei brought Ye Bai to the tree where the murder scene took place.
"It's still the same here." Liao Wei said with emotion, pointing to the spot under the tree, "The deceased was killed here. The red mud brick was also pulled out from under the flowerbed. At that time, it was piled up vertically and diagonally around the flowerbed to serve as a decoration. Now it has been replaced with cement bricks."
Ye Bai paced slowly under the tree, looking around carefully.
The vastness of the park made him realize that it only had two entrances, front and back, making it an ideal place to commit a crime.
His eyes fell on the rockery on the left side of the big tree, on the right side was a flower bed more than one meter high, and in front was a winding S-shaped cement path with trees planted on both sides, providing cool shade in the summer.
"This should have been a summer paradise," Ye Bai pondered, "but unfortunately it has become a stage for crime."
"Who says it's not?" Liao Wei echoed.
"Come to think of it, there should be surveillance cameras installed at the front and back gates of the park, right?"
Ye Bai suddenly asked this question, which made Liao Wei stunned for a moment.
"Yes, we did retrieve the surveillance video. Do you want to see it?" Liao Wei came back to his senses and answered quickly.
Ye Bai nodded affirmatively, "Yes, I want to see those videos."
"Then we have to say hello to Captain Han. After all, we have missed the golden 72 hours for solving this case. If you really want to investigate it in depth again, do you have any specific breakthroughs?" Liao Wei asked.
Ye Bai answered frankly: "Not yet."
"Ah?" Liao Wei showed a puzzled look, "Then how do you plan to investigate?"
"So I need to watch those surveillance videos." Ye Bai said firmly.
"That's right. Captain Han asked us to re-examine these unsolved cases in the hope of uncovering some possible clues. You are right to think so." Liao Wei nodded in understanding.