"Without further ado, where is this kid now?" Bai Song asked the first thing he asked when he saw Ma Donglai.
"Are you talking about the little guy involved in the shooting?" Ma Donglai didn't expect Bai Song to not even bother to greet him. "He should be sleeping now."
"What time does he usually get up?"
"These past few days he hasn't gone out before 9 a.m., and then he'll go to the Guobacai restaurant at the door to eat a bowl of wontons and two fried dough sticks, and then go out for a wander. It's hard to follow him when he's wandering around," Ma Donglai explained.
"Wontons with eggs?" Bai Song asked.
"Huh?" Ma Donglai was stunned by the question, but he suddenly realized that Bai Song's question was a good one, so he took out his cell phone and called the person in charge of monitoring.
After more than ten seconds, Ma Donglai hung up the phone: "Add two eggs."
"That means he is not short of money." Bai Song nodded. "What is his source of income?"
"We suspect that he had already sold a piece of goods before we started monitoring him," said Ma Donglai. "He had cash on him every day, probably tens of thousands of yuan, and he didn't leave anything at home."
"Did you sell the goods?" Bai Song asked, "Captain Ma, do you have the soil that matches the shells we gave you last time?"
"Not yet. This is more convenient for later evidence chain improvement and corroboration. This is a bit difficult to check." Ma Donglai said: "I currently hope that he can sell another one soon, so that everything will be ok, but he doesn't seem to be in a hurry at all, and there is a possibility that he will leave."
"Did he discover the stalking?"
"This man has been in prison for several years. After he came out, his anti-detection awareness has greatly improved, so it is impossible to monitor him perfectly 24 hours a day. Do you understand?"
"I understand." Bai Song nodded. Ma Donglai's meaning was very clear, that is, this little guy definitely didn't notice the tracking, but it also meant that there were omissions in the tracking.
"So, Captain Bai, what are your plans for your superiors coming here?" Ma Donglai smiled.
"..." Bai Song's face was filled with black lines. Captain Ma called him like that on purpose, meaning that they were too unfamiliar with each other and they went on to talk about the case without chatting.
"I heard that you will be promoted to vice president soon?" Bai Song said casually.
After Bai Song finished speaking, the other people around him showed some emotional fluctuations.
"Don't talk nonsense." Team Ma looked around and saw that they were all his own people. He breathed a sigh of relief. This Bai Song...
"No, no," Bai Song waved his hand. "I didn't expect you to come pick me up in person. I've been thinking about this case on the way... Well, tomorrow, I have to meet this little guy."
"Meet in person?" Ma Donglai frowned.
"Well, I have to do this myself." Bai Song said.
"Well, let's rest tonight." Ma Donglai didn't elaborate, and then pointed to the young man next to him: "This is Xiao Liu, a new criminal policeman in the team. He used to be from the Tiandong Branch. You come over these few days, and he will work as your clerk."
"Okay, thank you for the arrangement, leader." Bai Song was still very polite.
Bai Song knew that the people Ma Donglai brought were all his own people, but he still spoke mostly in official language. However, the sentence "to be promoted to vice president" still gave others endless imagination.
…
The car used to pick up Bai Song and others was a Honda seven-seater Odyssey. Xiao Liu was driving, and it was quite spacious for six people.
Xiao Liu was very happy. Ma's detachment was completely handed over to him. This was a sign of respect for him. Others could see this respect as well! It was said that Ma Donglai was extremely accurate in judging people. Those who Ma Donglai thought were capable would eventually come to prominence... So... himself...
Xiao Liu felt a little bit dizzy.
Because they were both police officers and the age gap was not that big, Bai Song found that Xiao Liu was still a good chat partner.
The first step for police officers to chat with each other is to find someone they know in common. Bai Song knew quite a few people in the Tiandong Branch, and they became familiar with each other after chatting for a few sentences.
"Inspector Bai, yesterday our police station had a 24-year-old woman who had just been married for half a year. She was killed by a worker who had previously renovated her house!" Xiao Liu said, "Did you know? That woman was quite pretty!" (Note: adapted from a real case)
"Is there anyone in the decorator's family who is seriously ill?" Bai Song asked back.
"No, it's because of gambling." Xiao Liu said affirmatively.
"oh."
…
The car fell into silence after Bai Song said "Oh".
This made Xiao Liu a little confused. Eh? Are you not going to continue asking? Don’t you want to know more?
After a full half minute of silence, Xiao Liu felt a little uncomfortable. "Inspector Bai, do you think the person has been caught?"
"Didn't you say you caught him?" Bai Song was a little confused.
"Ah? Did I say that?" Xiao Liu was stunned.
"The specific motive for the murder for money has been determined, so the person must have been caught." Bai Song said casually.
"Uh..." Xiao Liu thought about it and was right...
"Then don't you want to know the details?" Xiao Liu said weakly.
Bai Song wanted to say "I can basically figure out the plot", but looking at Xiao Liu's expression, he said, "Then tell me."
Xiao Liu sighed. He was so good at reading people's expressions, how could he not know that Bai Song had no interest in listening? He said, "Inspector Bai, I can tell that you have no interest in these cases... How about this, can you tell me how you worked through this case? I really want to learn your way of thinking."
"A 24-year-old girl got married, and she was pretty. She was murdered for money, so there is a high probability that the other party was tempted by money. If he was tempted by beauty, you would not have said such a thing." Bai Song said: "If he was murdered for money, this decorator had renovated the house before, which means this is the richest family he has ever decorated. The decorator could not have known the specific work unit of the mistress. All he knew was her address, so it is likely that he broke into the house and killed her. The woman must have been alone at home, which means that the girl married a rich second-generation man and did not have to go to work. The decorator was after money, and he must have subconsciously wanted to silence her after the burglary. In this case, he might have set a fire or something like that. A murderer with this IQ could leave... a truckload of evidence at the scene... If he is not caught..."
"Uh..." Xiao Liu fell into deep thought: "You are right, that person set the fire... Fortunately, this family's decoration is all flame-retardant materials, and the fire did not spread outside the bedroom..."
If he didn't know who Bai Song was, Xiao Liu would have thought that this was the police officer in charge of the case.
"By the way," Bai Song did not continue the topic: "Xiao Liu, have you eaten dinner? We came back a little late in the afternoon. Let's go eat something together?"
"No problem!" Xiao Liu suddenly became happy. The conversation just now was awkward, but it seemed that Bai Song did not reject him.
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