Chapter 24 Chapter 24 As expected of my daughter, Lian Qiao, brain...
"...Why didn't you go to Yu Yexiang's hometown? What did Su Yue tell you?"
In the jeep, Tang Ci held the steering wheel with both hands, a look of disbelief on his face.
At this point, Ji Yinhe felt that there was no need to hide it from him.
"Bai Mei's death may have been caused by her discovering a secret: Li Jing was illegally trafficking children to foreigners through her performances. However, I was previously deceived by Yu Yexiang. She was just a shield in public. The real mastermind behind the scenes might be her own daughter—Su Yiyun, who she had brought into the Su family many years ago."
She finished her words calmly, and Tang Ci stepped on the brakes in shock, and the tires made a harsh sound as they rubbed against the ground.
"Of course, there's no evidence for the above; it's all just speculation," Ji Yinhe continued. "Su Yiyun is currently completely invisible and has nothing to do with any of the cases. But if she's the owner of Lijing Nightclub, then everything makes sense—after all, who would hate the Su family as much as she does, to the point of secretly colluding with Ding Tongguang to plot Su Yue's murder?"
“…”
Even though Tang Ci had heard Tan Yaxin talk about the bad things about the Su family, he still felt like his brain was a mess.
"Do you think Su Yiyun is the real murderer of Bai Mei? Then why did she become a human trafficker?"
"I don't know. Maybe it's for money, maybe it's to show off in front of the Su family, or maybe hatred has blinded her eyes." Ji Yinhe said softly, "And according to Su Yue, Su Yiyun should have an accomplice by his side—a young man with slightly long hair. This person may have a perverse love for Su Yiyun, and is submissive and willing to make any sacrifice..."
"Isn't this another profile..." Tang Ci frowned, "A psychological portrait or something."
"yes."
Ji Yinhe pretended not to hear the hint of disdain in his tone and explained seriously, "I know everyone thinks I'm making this up, but I'll try my best to find evidence... So, Captain Tang, should we start with the adoption of children? Ask foreigners who've been to Lijing Nightclub recently, or the Civil Affairs Bureau or something like that—"
"So you want to ask this at the Civil Affairs Bureau..." Tang Ci rubbed his chin, "It's difficult. The Civil Affairs Bureau only manages welfare homes and orphanages and other state-owned institutions. As for foreigners, if they don't cooperate, we can't take tough measures."
“…” Ji Yinhe rubbed his eyebrows and sighed in distress.
At this moment, the pager on Tang Cibie's waist rang.
He glanced down, his expression startled, and quickly turned the car around.
"Lao Che said the trace examination has new clues. Let's go back to the city bureau first!"
*
"...Forensic Pathologist Ye and I re-examined the fibers in the deceased's fingernails."
In the autopsy room, Lu Zheng put on a professional white coat, his eyes bright and sharp behind his gold-rimmed glasses. "It's not just dark green velvet, there's also a thin silver-white thread."
He picked up the glass slide from the tray and pointed to the almost invisible silver light in the middle. "Although it's only a tiny bit, it doesn't match the curtains in the dance hall's private rooms or the cheap skirts of the dancers. It's a higher-end fabric. I've seen it in a luxury foreign brand's men's vest in the Shanghai Grand Mall. It's made of this fabric."
"A man?" Tang Ci's eyes widened in anger. "Didn't you say the one who pushed Bai Mei was a woman?"
"Captain Tang, what I mean is that Bai Mei had an argument with someone wearing expensive velvet fabric before her death. It doesn't mean that the other person was a man, nor does it mean that the man was the one who directly killed Bai Mei." Lu Zheng answered politely.
Tang Ci was already starving, and after hearing this, he sat down at the table in annoyance.
"Let's eat first and talk about it in the afternoon."
The clock on the wall was almost 13 o'clock.
The cafeteria was closed at this time. Xiao Wu asked to order a boxed lunch, but was unanimously rejected by everyone.
"No! All the boxed lunches within a 500-meter radius taste terrible!"
"I'd rather go home and eat cold steamed buns!"
"How about I ask the cafeteria aunt to light the fire again?"
Ji Yinhe remembered the promise he made to Lu Zheng last night, so he slapped his head and said, "Let's order from Lianjie Snack Shop! My mom said she just hired a few helpers to deliver food, free of charge throughout the city. I'll make the call! This time, it's my treat!"
After she said that, everyone became interested. Even the stubborn Che Zhiwen and the socially anxious Ye Qing chose two dishes they wanted to eat and reported them to the generous and heroic Comrade Xiao Ji.
Unexpectedly, half an hour later, the person who appeared at the office door was Ms. Lian Qiao, carrying five large bags with her back straight.
The fragrance filled the air and had already alarmed everyone in the entire building.
Even Director Rao ran down from his office upstairs and stood in the corridor, looking around eagerly.
"mom--!"
Ji Yinhe ran over to greet him in astonishment, "Why did you come in person? Where is the helper?"
"They're all busy, so it's no big deal for me to go over." Lian Qiao smiled gracefully and nodded to the enthusiastic police officers. "Thank you all for taking care of Yinhe!"
Rao Zhenghao waved his hand and said, "Taking care of new comrades is a fine tradition of our public security team, and Xiao Ji is very outstanding and deserves praise!"
Lian Qiao smiled and handed a box of lemon chicken feet to the director, and glanced at everyone - she paused at Tang Ci's face, and was immediately attracted by the handsome face of expert Lu behind him.
He opened his pupils wide and admired it for two seconds, then lowered his head to open the lunch box.
"...Peppercorn chicken, stir-fried bullfrog, crispy grass carp, and roasted meat with celery. Yinhe said solving cases is hard work, so he asked me to make the dishes spicy so everyone can eat two extra bowls of rice!"
"Wow! It smells so good!"
"Boss Lian, I want to quit my job and work as a helper in your house!"
"Wow, it's so wonderful to be Yinhe's colleague!"
Seeing that everyone was eating with relish, Lian Qiao pulled her daughter's arm, indicating that she had something to say.
Ji Yinhe took the bowl of rice and led his mother to sit in front of his desk.
In fact, in the past two days, Lian Qiao and Ji Jianguo have been asking for clues through the street office and snack bars, and have confirmed that Manager Yu of Lijing Nightclub is the human trafficker from that year. Combined with the details in the book "The Lost Real Daughter of the 1970s Comes Back", it can be confirmed that they are a mother and daughter!
Back then, in order to complete the task assigned by the system, Lian Qiao and Ji Jianguo forcibly changed the ending, so that Su Yiyun, who attempted to report Su He, failed and was expelled from Jiangtan.
Now that this mother and daughter have returned to Jiangtan to open a nightclub, they must be thinking of other crooked tricks!
Old Ji and Ms. Lian, who had the clue, were worrying about how to tell their daughter, but unexpectedly the call for ordering food came.
At this moment, Lian Qiao glanced at the mind map on the blackboard and couldn't help but feel anxious.
...Why haven’t these people from the Municipal Bureau found Su Yiyun yet?
She narrowed her eyes slightly, glanced at the half-opened notes on the desk, and let out a light breath.
Luckily, my daughter had already noticed the unusual singing and dancing performance in the nightclub!
So she cleared her throat and asked casually, "By the way, Yinhe, do you remember the foreign tour group I told you about last time?"
"I remember." Comrade Xiao Ji's cheeks were bulging, like a hamster concentrating on eating.
"They came again today, bringing two children with them." Lian Qiao poured iced sour plum soup into her daughter's cup while chatting casually, "One girl and one boy, I don't know where they came from. They are both very timid, but they eat a lot. Their movements are like hungry tigers grabbing food. I'm afraid my stomach will burst!"
Ji Yinhe paused, looking thoughtful. "Mom, didn't you say last time that those foreigners all had photo albums? Could you lend them to me to take a look—"
"Hey! I knew you were curious! Give them an extra dish and just ask for a copy!"
Lian Qiao smiled and took out a thin photo album from her bag.
Ji Yinhe put down the spoon and took it, flipping through it. Each photo showed a child wearing ridiculous adult clothes, with a timid expression, and the age was marked in the lower right corner.
When turning to a page in the middle, Lian Qiao suddenly nodded, "Yes, these are the two I saw today."
Comrade Xiao Ji took a deep breath and suddenly stood up.
"Captain Tang! Teacher Lu!" She strided across the office with her long legs. "These are the children my mother saw being taken away by foreigners today. Look—the one in red is a girl, 7 years old, and the one in a suit is a boy, 9 years old!"
"What's wrong?" Tang Ci was confused.
But Lu Zheng continued Ji Yinhe's words in a deep voice.
"—The performance that was chosen by the 'distinguished guest' to give flowers last night, 'The One Who Cares About You Is Me,' had a seven-character title, and the dancer wore a red dress. The song we sang when we left, 'Leaving All My Love for You,' had nine characters, and the dancer wore a suit."
"Right!" Ji Yinhe's eyes sparkled. "In other words, this performance is simply a gimmick for child trafficking. The song titles and numbers correspond to the children's ages, and the costumes indicate the children's gender!"
"So as long as there's an interpreter present, even foreign viewers will fully understand the meaning behind the scene... After giving them flowers to show their interest, the waiter will lead them out through the small door and directly to see the child!"
The two said in unison: "This is why Yu Yexiang specified the performance repertoire!"
The office was silent for two seconds. Everyone present was stunned. After thinking again and again, they finally caught up with their train of thought.
Lian Qiao smiled without saying anything, and couldn't help but give Ji Yinhe a thumbs up in her heart.
As expected of her precious daughter, she has a sharp mind! She can figure out the whole process with just a little help!
And Teacher Lu is not bad either, he is good-looking and smart, much better than Captain Tang!
But Che Zhiwen insisted on singing a different tune: "Teacher Lu, this is too far-fetched. Xiao Ji is a girl, it's okay for her to fantasize and make up stories, but why are you fooling around with her?"
Lu Zheng said nothing, turned around and walked out. Ji Yinhe raised his neck and argued:
"How is that far-fetched? They are clearly related—"
"Then show me some irrefutable evidence. I think the song title and clothing style are just coincidences!"
Ji Yinhe was like a bloated pufferfish. "Deputy Captain Che, they are engaging in illegal activities. Do they really need to announce that the children they are selling are children?"
"Alright!" Tang Ci stood in the middle and paused for a few seconds before saying, "Xiao Ji, I think what Lao Che said makes sense. I told you last time that investigating a case requires evidence... Director Rao, why are you here again?"
Everyone turned their eyes in the direction of his words, and Rao just happened to appear at the door again, chicken feet in one hand, teacup in the other, with a mysterious smile on his face.
Behind him was the expert from Lu University with a calm face.
"I heard everything you discussed just now."
Comrade Rao Zhenghao spoke slowly, "Xiao Tang, you're right that investigations require evidence, but profiling is also a very scientific investigative method. Xiao Lu said that Xiao Ji is very talented in this area. Personally, I think we should encourage Xiao Ji's spirit of exploration! So what if there's no evidence? Isn't evidence something that people find?"
Ji Yinhe's heart surged, "Then we can catch Su——"
Director Rao put his hands behind his back and turned around. "Ah, don't take too big a step. Bring Yu Yexiang back for interrogation first!"
*
After the experience of chasing Chen Honglang last time, the members of the Serious Crime Team still thought that Yu Yexiang would be difficult to catch. Maybe he had already escaped and it would take another day and night.
Unexpectedly, when the police car arrived at the Lijing Nightclub, the magnificent door was wide open and the other party was sitting on the sofa in the hall with a smile on his face, as if he had been waiting for them for a long time.
Tang Ci showed the arrest warrant, and Xiao Wu and Cheng Mo handcuffed Yu Yexiang and stuffed her into the police car. The whole process was very smooth, no one tried to stop them, and it took less than five minutes.
Everyone was a little confused. Ji Yinhe stretched his neck and kept looking towards the ballroom.
"Captain Tang! Can I go take a look in the basement?"
"No." Tang Ci said firmly, "Today we only have an arrest warrant."
Ji Yinhe sighed with a drooping brow, but heard the captain lower his voice, "We've caught the person. As long as we can pry out a few words, are we still worried about not getting a search warrant?"
Comrade Xiao Ji rubbed his paws, and his face immediately regained its spirit.
After getting in the car, Tang Ci turned around and reminded Cheng Mo that when dealing with a cunning person like Yu Yexiang, he must not let her get too comfortable. If necessary, he would have to use some tricks, such as leaving her alone for two hours, shining a light on her, and not giving her food or water.
Cheng Mo did as he was told. After returning to the Municipal Bureau, he pulled Xiao Wu along and sat outside the interrogation room to watch.
I didn't expect that the person had only been locked up for a few hours.
Yu Yexiang suddenly tilted her head.
Dead.
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