After saying that, Wang Shen took out his phone and called the police station's technical department. "We have the email password. Let's go back to the police station immediately."
The car quickly arrived at the police station. Wang Shen got out and strode towards the technical department. He pushed open the door, greeted a few colleagues, and walked straight to a middle-aged policeman.
"Old Zheng, how's it going?" Wang Shen patted the middle-aged policeman on the shoulder, then pulled up a chair next to Old Zheng and sat down beside him.
"This is the email, it's already opened," the middle-aged policeman said, turning slightly to the side and pointing to the screen.
"There aren't many emails in this inbox," Liang Zichen said, leaning closer to the screen.
Wang Shen nodded. The middle-aged policeman stepped aside and stood up. "Captain Wang, you can check the contents of the mailbox yourself." With that, the middle-aged policeman picked up his teacup and walked to the side.
Wang Shen sat down in front of the screen and opened the emails. There were five emails in the inbox, all of them spam. Slightly disappointed, Wang Shen pressed his temples and leaned back in his chair in silence for a while. Suddenly, Wang Shen opened his eyes and moved the mouse to the drafts folder. Unfortunately, the drafts folder was still empty. After thinking for a moment, Wang Shen clicked the sent button. The screen then displayed a sent email.
Wang Shen sat up straight, clearly expectant. He clicked on the sent email. The email didn't contain much text, but it did include an audio attachment. Wang Shen tried clicking on the audio attachment. Download successful! Luckily, the email hadn't been sent long enough for the attachment to be saved. Wang Shen immediately unzipped the audio file, then picked up a pair of headphones from the table and put them on. A moment later, the audio began to play, accompanied by the voices of two men.
When are you finally going to let her go?
“Let who go? Oh, I remember now. Don’t be delusional. How could I possibly let this opportunity slip by? As long as I have this leverage over you, you have to listen to me. Otherwise, I’ll ruin her reputation. Her entire family will even be implicated.”
"We're classmates, why are you being so cruel? She hasn't done anything to wrong you."
"She hasn't done anything to wrong me? Isn't she arrogant? Hasn't she never taken me seriously? What, are you begging for mercy now? Let me tell you, for the rest of your life, she will be under my control!"
"Don't force me."
"Force you? So what if I force you? You were able to get involved with her because of my help."
"So you haven't forgotten about this. But don't forget why you did this for me in the first place."
"You don't need to threaten me with this. I've completely figured it out now. So what if I had a relationship with Han Mo? I'm not married, so it's neither illegal nor immoral, right? Besides, she's already dead. Even if you make our relationship public, I don't care. So, you don't need to threaten me with this anymore. But you, if Qi Huan finds out how you got close to her, do you think she'll still treat you like this?"
"Is that really what you think? Are you truly afraid that your relationship with Han Mo will be exposed? If I remember correctly, the policeman who came a while ago was investigating Han Mo, right? I promised you I would lie to that policeman and say that I was the one delivering food that night in order to get back Qi Huan's recording. I didn't expect you to go back on your word!"
"So what? We didn't sign a contract in black and white. Even if you go and tell that policeman the truth now, do you think he'll believe you?"
"In that case, you can try to see if he believes what I say. And why did you hide the fact that you delivered food to Han Mo that night? What are you afraid of? Or are you the murderer in Han Mo's case?!"
"You're talking nonsense..."
The recording abruptly ended there. Wang Shen took off his headphones and fell into deep thought. Of the two men's voices in the recording, one was familiar; Wang Shen could tell it belonged to Han Lin. The other voice was somewhat unfamiliar, but judging from the content of the conversation, Wang Shen guessed it was A-Cheng.
At this moment, Liang Zichen took the headphones and listened to the entire recording. After a long while, Liang Zichen put down the headphones and sat down next to Wang Shen.
"Captain Wang, this recording contains a lot of information," Liang Zichen said, swallowing hard. "Are the two people in it Han Lin and Acheng?"
Wang Shen glanced at Liang Zichen and then nodded.
"If that's the case, then we have a motive, don't we?" Liang Zichen clenched his right fist and tapped his left palm, continuing, "Judging from the conversation, Han Lin must have found some leverage over Qi Huan. So Han Lin has been using this leverage to blackmail Qi Huan. Judging from the conversation, this leverage should also be some kind of recording. Sigh, why do people these days like recording so much? Wouldn't it be better to be honest?" Liang Zichen sighed softly.
"Acheng wanted to get the recording from Hanlin, but Hanlin refused. So Acheng used Hanlin's relationship with Hanmo and the false testimony he gave for Hanlin to threaten him. Judging from the conversation, Hanlin didn't seem to be threatened by Liang Zichen. But if you listen carefully to his tone, he should be very anxious or even angry. So, in order to stop Acheng from talking, Hanlin chose to create this accident."
“Yes, I agree with that deduction. But the information conveyed in this recording goes far beyond that. It also involves Han Mo’s case. First, what exactly is the relationship between Han Lin and Han Mo? Second, why did he make Acheng lie to us? Is his purpose in doing so really, as Acheng said, that he is the real murderer in Han Mo’s case? If so, what is his motive?” Wang Shen shook his head, his thoughts somewhat chaotic.
"Captain Wang, why don't we tackle the case at hand first? After solving this case, maybe we can follow the clues and find leads to Han Mo's case?" Liang Zichen smiled at the right moment, offering Wang Shen a word of comfort.
"Okay, let's sort out Acheng's case first. The main people involved are Acheng, Han Lin, and Qi Huan. Their relationships are superior-subordinate, superior-subordinate, and superior-subordinate/lovers. The conflict stems from Han Lin having a recording of Qi Huan, but we don't know its contents. Acheng has fallen in love with Qi Huan and wants to get the recording back. Of course, Acheng also has leverage over Han Lin. This leverage is related to Han Mo's case and could potentially cause Han Lin trouble. Ultimately, to avoid this trouble, Han Lin orchestrated this almost perfect accident."
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