Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 9 Simulated Scene
Chen Shu walked to a distance, stopped, closed his eyes, and began to synthesize all the information he had gathered.

He calmed himself down and put himself in the third-person perspective of the crime scene to conduct a role reversal and deduction.

He reviewed the case again and again, scrutinizing every detail, piecing together all the information and clues. His brain was like a high-speed CPU, working overtime. As the information was pieced together, the case became clearer and clearer.

He felt as if he had returned to the scene of the crime that night:
On the evening of July 27, at around 9 p.m., a woman dressed in fashionable clothes and wearing red LV high heels walked from her residential community to the roadside not far away.

Her goal was clear: to find the spot where she had parked that afternoon. She hadn't walked far when she saw the distinctive outline of her white sports car.

Then, she walked quickly to the car, and when she was three or four meters away from the car, she took out the car keys from her handbag and pressed the unlock button.

With a "beep!" the car lights flashed a few times. The dull thud of the car doors unlocking automatically was clearly audible on this quiet, deserted road.

She quickened her pace, taking two steps at a time, opened the car door, got in, started the car, and changed lanes to the left.

"Boom!"

Just as she was changing lanes to the left, a black sedan suddenly darted out from the side and crashed into the left fender of the Lamborghini's front.

The two cars were parked on the side of the road.

Two men got out of the black sedan and, together with the woman who got out of the Lamborghini, stood on the roadside to begin negotiating the handling of the traffic accident.

The two men talked to the woman while observing their surroundings.

Just then, something unexpected happened. One of the two men tightly gripped her neck with one hand and grabbed her wrist with the other; the other man simply lifted the woman up around the waist.

In the blink of an eye, the two of them shoved him into the black sedan next to them and drove off together.

In the chaos, she struggled instinctively, and her left high heel was violently flung off, rolling alone under a car not far away.

At this moment, Zhao Hu, who had just returned from drinking with his friends, saw all of this from a distance.

The distance was a bit far, so he probably couldn't see the people clearly, but he recognized the conspicuous white Lamborghini sports car.

I don't know how long he stood there or what he was thinking.

But in the end, he went over, got into the car, adjusted the seat, tucked the Lamborghini back in, and parked it in the parking space again.

Perhaps out of nervousness, I didn't lock the door when I left.

As he walked away, he looked back one last time, and the steakhouse sign was clearly visible.

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Chen Shu opened his eyes, his gaze revealing exhaustion, but his face was full of excitement and joy.

Eliminate all the impossibilities, and whatever remains, however unbelievable, is the truth!
As long as Zhao Hu and the kidnappers are not in cahoots, then his thoughts and actions can be put aside for now. He has most likely seen the vehicle and its license plate number!

Around 9 p.m., they dared to kidnap someone on the side of the main road in the city, and the crime scene was not too far from the security guard on duty at the entrance of the community. Given the vigilance of that security guard, if there was any movement, he would definitely have noticed something unusual or heard a sound.

Right next to the car, there were several restaurants still open for business, with people coming and going without any discernible pattern. Therefore, the kidnappers would need a car and multiple people to carry out the crime. In such an environment, to silence and restrain an adult woman without attracting attention, then stuff her into the car and drive away as quickly as possible, would be extremely difficult.

Therefore, this criminal gang needs at least three people: two to control the woman and one to be the driver.

If the fact that the crime scene was in a blind spot of the video surveillance was not a coincidence, then it can be concluded that the kidnappers deliberately chose the crime scene.

The uncertainty of the parking location suggests that the kidnappers must have been staking out the area for several days, or even more than ten days, waiting for the right opportunity to commit the crime.

Due to the scarcity of parking spaces in the residential complex, Zhao Hu and his wife often parked their Lamborghini on the roadside near the complex entrance. As a main thoroughfare in the city, this parking location was undoubtedly very conspicuous, making it extremely easy to attract the attention of kidnappers.

Furthermore, the kidnappers' purpose was clear: they wanted the person, not the car, even though the Lamborghini was already unlocked and open. Therefore, it is almost certain that this was not a crime committed by acquaintances due to an economic dispute.

According to Zhao Hu's statement, the couple worked in the service industry and had never offended any relatives or friends, thus ruling out the possibility of seeking revenge.

The kidnappers are definitely from out of town, and the license plate they used will most likely be from out of town!
Chen Shu raised his head and looked at the ends of the road on both sides.

Although there were no surveillance cameras at the scene of the crime, the time and location of the incident were determined. On this straight main road in the city, there must have been surveillance cameras that could have captured it.

You can't escape!
He took out the case memo, estimated the walking speed and time required, as well as the criminal's driving time and direction after the crime, and wrote it down stroke by stroke:

From 21:10 to 21:40 on July 27, 20xx, based on this time period, and with the entrance of Tianjia Garden Community on Hebin Road as the center point, retrieve the license plates of vehicles traveling from west to east on this main road (special screening was performed, during this time period, based on the center point, no vehicles from the west entered the monitoring, only vehicles from the east appeared).

What if the driver turns around after the person is tied up?

He thought for a moment, then slowly wrote it down in his memo: The reverse is also true. Please pay special attention to out-of-town license plates.

Out-of-town license plate? Direction of travel? Escape direction?

On a whim, Chen Shu opened his phone's Gaode Maps navigation app and searched for nearby highway entrances and exits.

Interesting! The Dongzhou North Expressway is located two kilometers away from the crime scene, specifically two kilometers east of Tianjia Garden!
Do kidnappers abduct someone and take them back to their hometown, or to some distant place?

Chen Shu shook his head, dismissing his wild fantasies, and continued to conduct on-site investigation and recording in a methodical manner.

"Ring ring!" The cell phone rang.

"..." Chen Shu, standing by the roadside, answered the phone, but the person on the other end remained silent.

Both sides remained silent, understanding each other perfectly.

After a while, Chen Shu said helplessly, "Speak, what bad news is it now?"

"No, not a single piece of information was found." Zhu Chaoran's voice was devoid of any life, as if uttering these words had taken all his strength.

"Brother Shu, this group of people are professionals."

(End of this chapter)