Chapter 173 The Demon Butcher Appears
After hanging up the phone, Xia Lili felt a little anxious, but Li Qihan told her not to panic and said, "Wait a little longer."
Until 10:12 pm.
Xia Lili suddenly received a call from Feng Jinyan.
"Xiao Xia, you can come to work tomorrow morning!"
Feng Jinyan's tone on the other end was a little excited: "Tomorrow I will teach you the techniques of washing wool and silk. You must come!"
"Oh, okay, that's great!" Xia Lili agreed.
After hanging up the phone, she excitedly told Li Qihan: "Feng Jinyan called me and asked me to go to the laundry tomorrow!"
"Did the carpet cleaning lady just contact her and say she would pick up the carpet tonight?"
Li Qihan's eyes also brightened a little: "It's very likely."
"I'll contact the task force right away to get some personnel in place!"
Soon, the alley where Jin Yan's laundry shop was located began to bustle. At the barbecue stall at the entrance, several groups of young people arrived for "team building" activities. They gathered in small groups on plastic stools, shouting orders and clinking glasses.
Three modified motorcycles roared up amid the humming of their engines. Several young men and women with dyed blond hair and studded leather jackets dismounted, casually sat down in front of the grills, and expertly ordered beers and skewers.
The metal pendants gleamed coldly under the streetlights, and the chains on the motorcycle boots rattled with movement.
Xia Lili's eyes widened and she lowered her voice: "Don't tell me these are plainclothes officers?"
Li Qihan raised the corners of his lips slightly. "They're genuine." He paused and added, "Those three modified motorcycles were borrowed from the traffic police. They were all 'trophies' they recently seized."
Xia Lili couldn't help but sigh. Although she'd seen news online about plainclothes officers in cosplay costumes catching thieves at comic conventions, seeing such a realistic disguise in person was still a novelty for her.
The two men got on the police's disguised mobile command vehicle.
The surveillance display on the mobile command vehicle showed Feng Jinyan's laundry shop.
Seeing Xia Lili coming, the technical officer gave her a thumbs-up and said, "Comrade Xia, you've been a really successful undercover agent. The surveillance cameras you installed are really useful."
"It's worth it for me to wash so many sheets!" Xia Lili laughed at herself, stared at the surveillance screen, and put on headphones.
The surveillance screen shows Feng Jinyan sitting on a high chair at the front desk of the laundry shop, watching short videos on her mobile phone.
From time to time she paced to the door of the laundry and looked around the alley.
Xia Lili held her breath, waiting for the woman in the wide-brimmed hat to appear on the surveillance screen.
The night is getting deeper.
00:49 in the morning.
A slender figure appeared at the door of the laundry.
“She’s here!”
Xia Lili saw the extremely familiar wide-brimmed hat on the man's head and became excited.
Feng Jinyan in the surveillance footage was obviously excited when she saw the woman appear.
She stood up and greeted the woman: "Beautiful lady, you are here."
The woman's voice was low and hoarse, giving the impression of someone with damaged vocal cords. "Madam, I'm here to get the carpet."
Li Qihan keenly thought of a clue: "This woman has damaged vocal cords, which is consistent with the victim Li Cheng who disappeared in Yangcheng that year."
Xia Lili's heart beat faster when she heard this. They might catch the murderer of a major case tonight!
In the surveillance footage, Feng Jinyan smiled and said to the woman, "Sure, the carpet has been cleaned. You can pay the cleaning fee first."
The woman took out her wallet and pulled out eight hundred-yuan bills: "The extra will be your hard work fee."
Feng Jinyan sneered and held up three fingers with a mercenary look on her face: "The cleaning fee is 300,000."
"What do you mean?" The woman's tone suddenly became stiff.
Feng Jinyan lowered her voice and said, "You know what's on the carpet. If you don't want me to call the police, give me 300,000 yuan as hush money."
The woman slammed the hundred-dollar bill in her hand on the table: "Then call the police."
This sentence left the police officers in the command center stunned.
Xia Lili and Li Qiuhan looked at each other. The woman's words further confirmed their guess that the woman deliberately let people find her and wanted people to call the police!
Feng Jinyan in the surveillance video was also confused.
This is different from what she imagined!
She thought the woman would immediately tell her not to tell anyone and then compromise and negotiate a hush money with her.
At this moment, the woman looked up at the time on the wall clock of the laundry shop, and her tone became obviously anxious: "Hurry up and give me the carpet first!"
Seeing that the woman was anxious to get the carpet, Feng Jinyan rolled her eyes and said, "Transfer all the money you have now to me, and I will give you the carpet."
After saying that, Feng Jinyan wanted to reach out and pull all the hundred-yuan bills in front of herself, but the woman quickly pulled out the bottom one.
"I didn't bring my cell phone with me, and this cash is all I have on me." The woman's voice sounded anxious, as if she was about to cry.
"Are you kidding? Who goes out without a cell phone these days?" Feng Jinyan's voice was filled with surprise and sarcasm.
The woman glanced at the clock on the wall again, a look of determination in her eyes.
Then she turned around and left the laundry without saying a word!
At this time, the plainclothes police officers lying in ambush at the alley entrance had received the signal and quietly followed the woman who hurriedly left the laundry.
Xia Lili watched the woman leaving the surveillance video and felt uncomfortable. "I think there's something wrong with this woman. I'm wondering if I should look her in the eye."
Li Qihan glanced at Xia Lili, then picked up the intercom: "Try it, I'll arrange it right away."
"Be careful, don't alert the enemy."
"Team B cooperated with the informant and encountered the target suspect by chance."
…
Xia Lili got out of the command vehicle and walked towards the alley entrance.
And hurried footsteps were heard in the alley.
As soon as she turned the corner, Xia Lili saw the woman's figure.
The woman now looked up at the road ahead.
The two looked at each other.
Xia Lili saw a pair of frightened, bloodshot eyes under the brim of the woman's hat.
Her vision gradually became blurred, but she still had to keep walking.
Xia Lili quickly held onto the wall.
Hallucinatory images flooded into my mind like a tide.
She "saw" the woman getting out of a taxi.
The place where they got off the bus was very remote, and Xia Lili immediately recognized that it was near Panhu Park!
The woman stopped in front of a villa in the Panhu Park villa area.
The villa's house number is C3.
After entering the villa, the woman did not turn on the lights. She fumbled at the entrance and actually opened a secret door.
At this moment, car lights lit up outside the villa window!
The woman's expression instantly became like that of a frightened animal. She hurriedly opened the secret door, went to the basement through the stairs leading to the secret door, and then found an iron wrench in the basement and held it tightly in her hand.
After a while, footsteps were heard coming up the basement stairs.
The woman immediately came to the entrance to the basement.
As the footsteps came closer, a figure emerged and the woman immediately raised the iron wrench in her hand!
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