Chapter 28
"You and Tiantian both saw the murderer's face and were subdued by him, but he didn't kill you. Why? Do you know the reason?"
Xiang Siling said: "I don't know."
Chen Pu looked at him intently. "Let's say you arrived at the tent at 10:40, but you called 110 at 11:25. That's 45 minutes. When did the murderer leave?"
"About... 10 minutes before I called the police."
The expressions of the two detectives changed.
The leader of the first team asked, "So, you and the murderer were in the tent together for about 35 minutes?"
"Um."
"What did you say and do? Tell us carefully."
Xiang Siling bit her lip, her expression becoming confused. "At first, he didn't say anything, just sat there playing with the dagger. I didn't dare to say anything either. Tiantian was probably too scared, she cried and fell asleep in my arms. Then, he asked me some questions."
"What's the problem?"
"He...first asked me how old I was and whether I had a good relationship with my parents. When he found out that Xiang Wei had died a long time ago, he laughed. I didn't know why he laughed. Then he asked me how old my child was and when he was born... Anyway, he just asked me some trivial things about life."
"All questions about you and the child?"
"Yes, that's right. He also asked me how Qian Chengfeng and I met and whether our relationship was good. I said we had divorced a long time ago and had no feelings for each other, and he said that was good."
"Anything else?"
"I can't remember clearly. They were all very fragmentary questions."
"Did he tell you why he killed Qian Chengfeng? Or did you ask him?"
Xiang Siling's face turned pale and he nodded: "I asked. He just said that Qian Chengfeng treated him badly and didn't consider him a brother. He didn't say anything else."
Chen Pu suddenly asked: "The murderer should be an old acquaintance of Qian Chengfeng. Have you seen him before? Or his photo?"
Xiang Siling looked him in the eyes and answered, "I have never seen him, and Qian Chengfeng has never mentioned this person."
"It sounds like he has no ill will towards you and Tiantian, and is actually quite interested in you. Did he tell me the reason?"
Xiang Siling shook her head: "He didn't say anything, and I didn't dare to ask." She shuddered: "I was afraid he would do something to us. If we really have to suffer, I hope he would come after me and not touch Tiantian. So I didn't ask any more questions."
Chen Puhe and the captain of Team 1 were silent.
A stunningly beautiful mother and a delicate little girl, facing a cruel killer, it is understandable that Xiang Siling is cautious.
"Did he hurt you?" The captain of Team 1 softened his tone.
"No."
Chen Pu didn't say anything, he just stood up, poured a cup of hot tea and placed it in front of her. Xiang Siling raised her hands and said, "Thank you."
Chen Pu sat down again and asked, "Why did you call 110 10 minutes after he left?"
Xiang Siling took a sip of hot tea and said, "He threatened us at that time, saying that he was going out to smoke a cigarette and asked us to stay still or he would kill us. Then he left the tent and zipped up the tent door. I didn't dare to move at first, but after a few minutes, I heard something wrong, and there was no sound outside. The tent had double zippers inside and outside, so I took the courage to bite the zipper with my teeth to open it, but I found that he had disappeared long ago, so I called the police immediately."
"Your hands and feet were tied up with cuffs, how did you call 110?"
"The phone was in my pocket. I tilted my body slightly and it slipped out. I used voice command to make the call."
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Not long after, the portrait artist drew the man's face according to Xiang Siling's description.
Each team organized and prepared the tasks at hand. In half an hour, Ding Guoqiang would preside over the first working meeting on this case.
Chen Pu first went to the Information Technology Department. He had previously asked two colleagues to help him search for the live broadcast video from that year. However, because the platform was shut down and the data was cleared, and there were too few clues, no results have been found so far.
Today, Chen Pu gave Qian Chengfeng's photo and the murderer's portrait to the technical department, and told them that the protagonist of the live broadcast is likely to be a girl in her 20s, with fair skin, long hair, and a white dress, pure and beautiful. The technical department said that with these more clues, they would be much more confident, and asked Chen Pu to wait for news.
In addition to his public thanks, Chen Pu also promised the other party a big meal privately and asked them to bring their girlfriends or wives. After all, they are in different departments, and you cannot feel at ease asking people to work overtime. And that's how men's friendships develop.
The guy from the technical department asked with a smile: Will you bring it? The other person was even happier and said that he was a complete bachelor. Chen Pu thought that this case was difficult and would take some time. Once the case was solved, it should be possible to make it public, right? So he said half-seriously: That depends on whether the one in my family is willing to come.
As a result, the other party said: You pretended very well, it seems real.
Another said: He might take Zhou Yangxin with him.
Chen Pu turned and left.
Then Chen Pu went to find Yan Yong again.
After he and Li Qingyao found out about the existence of Xue Li, they handed the matter over to Yan Yong and asked him to coordinate with personnel from relevant departments to help conduct a thorough investigation. Now he has to ask him how the investigation is going. This is towards
Yan Yong's eyes sparkled as he said, "I was also sent to the scene just now, and I didn't have time to tell you - you guessed it right, Xue Li not only has a mobile phone card and a bank card, but also a registered company, both domestically and overseas, all in normal condition. She has two mobile phone numbers, one of which is currently in Xiangcheng, where do you think the other one is?"
Chen Pu leaned against Yan Yong's desk, rolled his eyes, and said, "Overseas?"
Yan Yong snapped his fingers. "That's right! I guess Xiang Siling and Lu Xing have been communicating with each other using the mobile phone number under Xue Li's name. That's why we couldn't find any evidence of their connection before. I have already applied to retrieve the chat records of the two mobile phone numbers from the telecommunications company. There are also bank cards. There have been many transfer and withdrawal records between Xue Li's two bank cards.
The most important thing is that Xue Li also has a foreign trade company under her name, and its foreign branch is registered in the Southeast Asian country where Lu Xing fled. I think this is the source of funds and support for Lu Xing abroad. ”
Chen Pu thought for a moment and said, "Take the information and let's go to Lao Ding to report and ask the foreign police to help investigate this company. If Lu Xing withdraws money from the company again, we will probably catch him."
Yan Yong's eyes suddenly lit up: "If we catch him and get a confession, Xiang Siling will be finished!"
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Li Qingyao walked into the conference room, which was already full of people. When we went to Heili Peak today, Ding Guoqiang brought all the people he could from the criminal police team. Some people from the second and third teams went. The captain of the first team was on vacation and doing a full body massage, but he was called in for support halfway through the massage.
Due to Li Qingyao’s seniority, he was not qualified to sit at the table, so he could only sit in the outer circle of seats against the wall. She looked around but didn't see Chen Pu.
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