Chapter 64 Chapter 64 It fits the murderer's choice of target...
Ji Yinhe took a deep breath, sat down in the meeting room, and neatly arranged the tape recorder, notebook and pen.
"Don't be impatient. Take your time." She looked at her uncle and aunt and said in a deep voice, "Tell us everything about Ji Junjie's disappearance. That way, we can find him."
Qian Fang sat down opposite, took out a handkerchief from her pocket, and blew her nose hard.
"Junjie... has had some issues since he was little, and he relapsed a while ago. We had no choice but to keep him at home! And then, on the day we brought your grandfather to Jiangtan to look for you, he actually climbed over the wall and ran away!"
Ji Yinhe asked with some feeling in his heart: "What exactly is wrong? ...Don't you like girls?"
“…”
Ji Jianhua slapped his thigh in frustration. Qian Fang said a little embarrassedly, "That's about it. We've consulted several Chinese medicine practitioners and qigong masters, hoping they can cure him, but this kid—"
"Please explain yourself clearly." Officer Ji frowned slightly, "otherwise it will be difficult for us to determine the direction of the investigation."
Ji Jianhua hesitated for a while and pushed his wife.
Qian Fang lowered her head and explained, "Well, he was just peeping in the men's restroom, and was caught and beaten up. We then took him home to recuperate, but later he started flirting with other men again, and your grandfather couldn't control him..."
Ji Yinhe nodded, "I understand."
It turns out that he really has the same habit as the first three deceased persons she guessed!
She quickly wrote down the details in her notebook and asked, "What happened next? Did he contact you after he ran away from home?"
"Yes, yes," Ji Jianhua replied quickly. "He called us last week and said he found a job in Jingzhou. Your aunt and I took a train to come over to see him that night."
"What job?"
"He works as a waiter in... a disco full of men. He eats and sleeps there," Qian Fang whispered. "Well, this kid is just a jerk. Four days ago, your uncle and I found him and called him out and gave him a good scolding. We wanted him to go back to Jiangtan and find a legitimate job, but he ran away in the middle of the night! We asked his boss and found out that he often goes to Tongrong River Park at night!"
Ji Jianhua continued, "Yeah, we thought we'd just let him spend one last night with us, and then wait for him to take him away the next morning... But he didn't come back until the afternoon, so your aunt and I went to that park and looked for him... He just disappeared!"
Ji Yinhe stared at the recorded clues, tapping the pen lightly on the notebook.
——Both in terms of time and place, it is too closely related to the serial dismemberment case.
But she couldn't tell Ji Jianhua and Qian Fang about her speculation, otherwise they would definitely make a big fuss and cause chaos in the entire provincial department.
Comrade Ji thought for a moment and said, "I've taken note of what you two said... Could you give me a photo of Ji Junjie? That would make it easier for us to find him."
"Ouch!" Ji Jianhua and Qian Fang fumbled around for a while, then threw up their hands. "I really don't have it!"
“…”
Ji Yinhe put away the paper and pen speechlessly, "Find one and send it over as soon as possible, okay?"
"Sure, sure." Qian Fang slapped her forehead and walked out. "I have it in my bag. It's in the guesthouse."
Ji Jianhua chased after him, not forgetting to remind him: "Xiao Yinhe, you must find your brother! He is the only one left in our Ji family..."
"...Okay." Ji Yinhe nodded helplessly, but said professionally, "My colleagues and I will definitely get back to you as soon as possible."
…
Half an hour later.
Ji Yinhe stood in front of the gate of the provincial department, stunned by the photos Qian Fang sent him.
She had rarely met this younger brother since she was a child, but now she saw that he looked quite similar to Lin Qingliang!
She is also young, thin, and pretty, and even looks a bit like a little girl.
No matter how you look at it, it fits the target chosen by the murderer!
If he had been missing for three days, would he have already...
“…Okay, I understand.”
Ji Yinhe didn't dare to reveal too much to Qian Fang. He clutched the photo tightly and turned and ran into the office building amid his uncle and aunt's repeated questioning. He rushed straight to Tan Li's desk and told her the situation while panting.
Tan Li frowned and made a decision immediately, "This little boy is very likely to become the fourth victim. Gather everyone and hold a case review meeting immediately!"
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"...Ji Junjie is in this situation right now. Furthermore, after the first three victims died, no family members came forward to claim them."
Comrade Xiao Ji stood at the table, reporting to the entire crackdown team with a righteous expression, "My assessment is that the deceased were mostly marginalized individuals like gay men. Most of them are alienated from their families, have small social circles, and no real friends. They are like invisible beings, even their death goes unnoticed. The murderer exploited this very fact, emboldened to carry out his perverted serial murder and dismemberment plan."
There was silence in the conference room. Lu Zheng raised his eyes. He wanted to applaud her as he did in Jiangtan, but he was afraid that it would make people embarrassed, so he silently gave her a thumbs up.
Ji Yinhe glanced over and the corners of his lips curled up slightly.
But this situation was within her expectations. As a young woman who had just been transferred to the provincial department, suddenly proposing a profile with no factual basis, and even linking it to her relative's disappearance case, it seemed a bit unprofessional no matter how you looked at it.
After a moment, Tan Li said, "Since no one has any ideas now, I think we can try to follow Xiao Ji's idea... After all, this young man named Ji Junjie is missing, and his parents have come to our provincial department. As a people's police officer, we can't just ignore it."
Everyone nodded, and Zhao Zhuoqun said, "Then, Xiao Ji, what action do you suggest?"
Ji Yinhe leaned against the table and thought for a moment. "So far, the murderer has been very clever, erasing all biological traces we could find. Even with the exception of the third body, the first two weren't discovered until a long time later. So I think the best way to capture him is to catch him in the act."
Guan Ye raised a question: "But Ji Junjie has been missing for three days. Maybe he has been killed..."
"Yes." Ji Yinhe nodded solemnly, "But we can be sure that Tongrong River Park must be the default dating place for these gay men. Otherwise, he wouldn't have gone there specifically to hang out the night before he disappeared."
"Your idea is good, and logically sound." Tan Li stood up and snapped her notebook shut. "But we need to continue investigating Lin Qingliang and Ji Junjie's social life. There's also the clue about the woman in the red dress provided by the homeless man Zhao Liu..."
She covered her forehead and thought for two seconds, then said, "Xiao Ji, contact Ji Junjie's parents again and see if you can get more clues. I'll have the police station keep an eye on Tongrong River. The rest of you, come with me. Let's investigate Lin Qingliang first, especially the woman in red dresses on his social network."
"yes!"
Everyone left in a noisy manner. Although Ji Yinhe's suggestion was not adopted, she was not discouraged.
The work of the provincial department pays more attention to procedures than the municipal bureau. The most important thing is that they will never give up the most basic and boring visiting work for a possible clue.
After all, in most cases, it is through this kind of painstaking investigation that the real culprit can be found.
——This is also the reason why Ji Yinhe respects the police officers in the provincial department.
She poured herself a cup of coffee and drank it slowly while standing by the window, thinking about how to get information from Ji Jianhua and Qian Fang.
At this moment, a familiar figure came into view on the road opposite the provincial department compound.
——It was the homeless man, Zhao Liu, who was stumbling and following a vendor selling candied haws with expectant eyes.
Comrade Xiao Ji observed for a moment, grabbed the backpack on the chair, and ran downstairs quickly.
Zhao Liu was still standing behind the vendor with a silly look on his face, staring at the bright red hawthorn fruits stuck on the bamboo broom.
Ji Yinhe walked forward, bought one with his own money, and handed it to Zhao Liu who was squatting not far away.
He raised his eyes in surprise, "...for me?"
"Yes." Ji Yinhe nodded with a smile.
Zhao Liu was very happy and muttered, "You, you are a good policeman."
"..." Ji Yinhe laughed, but heard him say again, "Play, play a game, a police game!"
Alarm bells suddenly rang in her heart, and she asked repeatedly, "What kind of police game is this? When you came to us that day to report the clue, were you playing a game?"
"It's fun. If you have fun, you can have some buns." Zhao Liu said while chewing on a candied haws. "The plain buns are not tasty, but this one is sweet and delicious!"
Ji Yinhe took a deep breath and asked, "Who asked you to come and play games with us?"
"No, I can't tell you!" Zhao Liu puffed up his cheeks. "If I tell you, I won't have any buns to eat!"
Upon hearing this, Ji Yinhe immediately stood up and bought a string of candied haws and a bag of big buns with fresh meat filling.
"If you tell me, I'll give you all of this to eat, okay?"
"Okay!" Zhao Liu's eyes lit up instantly, and he hugged the bun and gobbled it up.
Ji Yinhe waited patiently for him to finish eating, burped loudly, and then asked, "Can you tell me now?"
Zhao Liu looked at her in confusion, and after a long while, he began to sing a nursery rhyme.
“…a filthy grasshopper!”
Ji Yinhe was stunned for a moment, then continued to ask: "... Is the person who asked you to come to the provincial department to play games related to the Chinese Medicine Hall?"
Zhao Liu danced with joy and answered irrelevantly: "...It's crawling all over the floor!"
“…”
Ji Yinhe sighed deeply, but no matter what, it was certain that the woman in the red dress was sent by the murderer to Zhao Liu to the provincial department to report false evidence and confuse the public!
She had to report the situation to Tan Li first before she could continue the investigation.
After pondering for a moment, Comrade Xiao Ji lowered his head and asked Zhao Liu, "Where do you live? Can you tell me?"
"I, I live across from Tongrong River Park!" The homeless man raised the candied haws in his hand high in the air. "Go back to the recycling station! My home! There's nothing delicious there!"
Ji Yinhe's heart skipped a beat. Sure enough, everything was related to that park!
She instructed Zhao Liu, "Okay, I'll take note. Now that you're full, don't run around. I'll bring some other delicious food to your house later, okay?"
Zhao Liuxi was overjoyed: "Okay!"
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