Chapter 137 Yu Qing Saves the Day
"Why did you call me out so late?"
Xiao Wang got out of the car with an umbrella and complained to Yu Qing by the roadside that he had been working non-stop these past few days. He had finally finished an early shift today, but Yu Qing woke him up with a phone call as soon as he lay down in bed.
Yu Qing pointed to a surveillance camera on the side of the road and said anxiously, "Help me check that camera."
Xiao Wang looked up at the security camera on the utility pole and asked with some confusion, "Why are you adjusting it?"
"Lu Chi is in trouble." Yu Qing's face was gloomy.
"What? Lu Chi is in trouble?" Xiao Wang exclaimed in surprise.
Yu Qing nodded: "I suspect this matter is related to Xiao Liang's case. The murderer probably wanted to kill him to cover it up. Time is of the essence, so I can only ask you to help me retrieve the surveillance footage of this section of the road."
Xiao Wang immediately realized the seriousness of the situation and quickly agreed, "No problem, just wait a few minutes."
After saying that, Xiao Wang took out his phone and made a call.
The cameras here are solid-state surveillance devices, which are usually stored on local servers or cloud systems. There is no need to physically remove the cards. The recorded data can be accessed remotely through a network interface or a dedicated platform.
Soon, the person on the other end of the phone sent him a surveillance video to his phone, which was between 10 and 11 o'clock.
Xiao Wang opened the surveillance video, and the footage showed Lu Chi emerging from the unfinished building...
In the scene, Lu Chi is running on the road in the pouring rain when suddenly a black Mercedes speeds towards him.
Lu Chi was unable to dodge in time and was knocked away.
The car then drove forward a short distance, which happened to be a blind spot for the surveillance camera, so it didn't capture what happened next.
Yu Qing stared intently at the surveillance video. When he saw Lu Chi being hit by the car, Yu Qing's heart clenched. He hated himself for leaving Lu Chi's side at that moment. If he had been by Lu Chi's side, perhaps he wouldn't have encountered such danger!
"This car looks familiar." Xiao Wang frowned as he stared at the car model on the screen, then suddenly exclaimed in surprise, "Don't you think this car looks a bit like the Mercedes in Wang Jie's case?"
“It’s the same car,” Yu Qing replied. He could tell that this car was coming for Lu Chi.
Lu Chi's chances of survival are slim.
"You mean, Wang Jie's case and Xiao Liang's case are both committed by the same murderer? But that doesn't make sense. The methods used in the two cases are completely different. How could it be the same person?" Xiao Wang said doubtfully.
"There are two murderers, one is a mature adult and the other is still a child. Lu Chi and I have already found out one of them, but we didn't expect the murderer's revenge to come so quickly."
"Who is the murderer?" Xiao Wang asked.
"Chen Ran".
"So you asked me to interrogate her yesterday, but you already knew all along. Why didn't you tell me sooner?" Xiao Wang said seriously.
“I’m afraid you’re doing something wrong with good intentions.” Yu Qing glanced at him.
Xiao Wang immediately fell silent.
He was filled with regret. If he had known that woman was the murderer, he should have listened to Yu Qing and subtly inquired about it.
Now look what happened; he meant well but ended up doing something wrong.
“We haven’t found out the other culprit yet, but I’m sure this person is close to Shen Ran, and we must have met him.” Yu Qing thought for a moment and said to Xiao Wang, “Could you please check the owner information for this car for me as well?”
Although he knew the other vehicle was likely using a fake license plate, he was still unwilling to give up.
"Don't worry, leave it to me."
Xiao Wang nodded, took out his phone, dialed a number to inquire about the car owner's information, and then hung up the phone a little while later.
Yu Qing quickly asked, "How is it? Any results?"
Xiao Wang's expression turned grim, but he finally nodded: "We found it, it's not a fake license plate."
"Who is the owner of the car?" Yu Qing pressed.
"Lin Chengyu".
Upon hearing this, Yu Qing's face showed a shocked expression.
He had specifically looked up the Lin Group online some time ago, so he knew about Lin Chengyu. He was Lin Yueyue's biological father and the current president of the Lin Group.
"How could it be him?"
Yu Qing murmured, somewhat incredulous.
Why did he kidnap Lu Chi?
Or is it that Shen Ran deliberately drove Lin Chengyu's car in an attempt to frame Lin Chengyu for the two murder cases?
But that doesn't make sense either.
Lin Chengyu isn't stupid; murder requires evidence. If Lin Chengyu were to claim ignorance about the car, Shen Ran would be the one who suffers.
Actually, he had another suspicion in his heart.
This guess was just too hard to accept; he couldn't believe it.
"Do you think Lin Chengyu might be another murderer?" Xiao Wang looked at Yu Qing and boldly voiced his guess.
Yu Qing also looked at Xiao Wang without saying a word.
Both of them were already aware of the situation, but dared not expose it. If it were really as they suspected, it would probably cause a huge uproar.
The president of the Lin Group is actually a murderer?
Not just them, but probably no one would believe it if you told them.
"Can we find this car?" Yu Qing asked.
Xiao Wang hesitated before saying, "Yes, it's possible, but time is a bit tight."
Once the real license plate number is identified, as long as the car is still in Jiangcheng, the murderer will definitely not be able to escape.
The simplest way is to track it down one by one through the surveillance cameras at each intersection, and eventually we will find it, but this is a huge project and will take at least several days.
Yu Qing couldn't wait that long.
Every minute and every second was torture for him.
"No, it's too late. First, check Lin Chengyu's real estate holdings, especially villas, preferably in the suburbs," Yu Qing said through gritted teeth. The other party would definitely choose a sparsely populated place to kidnap Lu Chi, and a suburban villa would be the best hiding place.
"Okay, leave it to me." Xiao Wang immediately agreed, because much of the information was publicly available, so he quickly found out the details.
Lin Chengyu owns a total of seventeen villas, six of which are in Jiangcheng and three in the suburbs.
Yu Qing quickly took out her phone, opened the navigation map, matched the three locations one by one, and then deduced the location of the Mercedes based on the direction it left in.
Ultimately, Yu Qing's gaze settled on an address—the closest villa to here. The surrounding environment was extremely quiet, with no other buildings nearby, making it the perfect place to commit murder and hide.
"It should be here," Yu Qing said, pointing to the location on the navigation.
"Then I'll call the police right now."
As soon as Xiao Wang picked up the phone, Yu Qing stopped him: "It's too late, we have to go now."
After saying that, Yu Qing pulled Xiao Wang up and drove to their destination.
On their way there, in order to avoid making a wrong judgment, Yu Qing asked Xiao Wang to send a few colleagues to the other two villas to increase the margin for error.
The two arrived at the villa twenty minutes later. Yu Qing knew what was happening as soon as he saw the black Mercedes parked in front of the villa.
This time, he guessed right.
As soon as the car door opened, Yu Qing ran towards the Mercedes like a madman. When he reached the driver's seat, he froze on the spot.
Shen Ran was lying in the driver's seat, with a black umbrella beside her. Her mouth was slightly open and her eyes were wide open. She had already stopped breathing.
"Death by asphyxiation, it looks like he was strangled by the umbrella."
When Xiao Wang saw this scene, his face turned ugly.
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