when the moon whispers

Chapter 414: Accomplice - Identification (Part )

Six accomplices in the case
Chapter 72 Identification (Part 2)
"Under the pretext of a police station safety inspection, several subdistricts sent two interns each to help investigate the situation. Now the room is almost bursting with people."

The trump card of investigating the criminal case had just been half revealed when hundreds of dramas started in the conference room at the same time. The police's covert and large-scale investigation and evidence collection made the old men and women in the room feel very uneasy. No one believed Jiang Mo and Xiao Letian's explanation of visiting and looking for people. They were afraid that some vicious criminals who had committed serious crimes were lurking in the street community. After much discussion, they began to clamor and accuse the young people who opened homestays in residential areas full of elderly people and children, trying to nip all private business activities that were prone to breeding crimes in the bud.

The topic of cooperating with the police to identify suspects went off track.

It was very difficult to control the situation among a group of uncles and aunts whose average age was 65 and who were extremely keen on fighting for the right to speak. The anxiety of inquiring about the wanted order turned into gossip about consulting the civil surveillance record and discussing the installation of a fully enclosed fence in the street community. Director Zhou couldn't persuade them, so he had to let Zhou You take Jiang Mo, who was excluded inexplicably, to wait outside the meeting room for a while, and then held up his mobile phone and looked around the world for the instructor who had not returned from the mediation with a depressed look on his head.

"It's just those ladies who are the building managers... I basically grew up in my father's police station. They were criticized by our police station for disturbing the neighbors because they had a square dance competition. Now, Lao Zhou and I are just like that - if it's not police work, I will stay as far away as possible..."

Xiao Letian, with his brain about to explode, went to the central control room of the police station to find Xiaomi Lu to take over the surveillance. Jiang Mo had sat in front of the big screen for most of the night last night. He was drowsy and holding a bottle of sweet tea drink while sitting on the stone pier next to the main entrance of Nanyang Road Police Station to refresh himself. He caught a glimpse of the hot coffee handed over by Zhou You, and then took out a bottle of AD calcium milk from the plastic bag and exchanged it with her. "When I was in the police station before, I encountered this kind of routine visit. Generally, the uncles and aunts in the streets were quite cooperative. What happened in this area of ​​Nanyang Road before?"

"I just got some coffee from the household registration office. It seems to be made from concentrated coffee liquid. Our office is right next to the scenic area, so there must be no major incidents. Otherwise, the city might know about it before us. Look at the Qian An case... It's a good thing it's not close to here, otherwise the uncles and aunts would have made a fuss a long time ago."

Zhou You took the AD calcium milk, put a straw in it and started to sip it. He found another stone block next to Jiang Mo and sat down. "It's mainly because this section of Nanyang Road is next to the primary school and the cultural park. Safety inspections are relatively frequent. The police station and the fire department come for a walk every now and then, but no one takes it seriously. And you've seen our station, the supporting facilities of this small broken building are so old that they can't be any older. There are no blind spots for road monitoring facilities towards the scenic area. The cameras near the old building are not fully installed. Usually, we rely on patrols to walk around-"

Zhou You was talking halfway when he turned around and glanced in the direction of the main hall gate where there were not many people. He tilted his head slightly in the direction of Jiang Mo and whispered, "The street has discussed with our station countless times whether to install fences and surveillance. What can we do? We can't get the money unless there is a problem. We have issued a pile of bad checks but nothing has been implemented. The cultural and tourism department is still thinking about the red brick buildings in our residential area that are good for taking pictures and convenient for tourists to check in. They will not allow us to stop them at will. The street is even more dissatisfied with us because of this. The reason why we made such a big scene today is probably because we thought that installing surveillance or guardrails can be put on the agenda... But sister, it's okay to tell them about the investigation to trick them into cooperating with the investigation. It won't really alert them, right? What if Xue Yilian or the suspect runs away?"

"It's a bit risky, but we can't delay the disappearance of suspicious people any longer... If Xue Yilian really lives nearby, she will be more cautious in her recent actions. Not to mention that she may have done something to Tu Siyao before, in order to avoid the crowd, she will definitely try every means to find a blind spot in the surveillance to get out of this control range - but now these places are watched by people, she can't run away."

Jiang Mo sipped his coffee, smacked his tongue, and said, "But if she really only appeared around here a few times by coincidence, and we can't get a wanted order now, it would be better to mobilize the masses than for a few of us to run around like headless flies... Anyway, when I submitted the report, Lao Gu didn't object, but just scolded me for messing around, and then threw Xiaomi Lu to me to use as I pleased, so I took it as his consent."

Zhou You curled her lips and nodded. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw someone at the household registration window holding up a few color-printed A4 sheets and calling out to her. She patted her butt, said hello to Jiang Mo, and stood up. She turned around and sent the printed pictures that she had specially prepared because the old men and women with presbyopia could not distinguish the photos clearly back to the meeting room for identification.

Jiang Mo waved her hand, hunched over the stone pillar, and felt the phone in her pocket vibrate randomly for a long time. She thought for a while with her mind blank, slowly raised her arm to check the time, then yawned at the already dark sky, took out her phone and saw the message notification bar with Shao Jie's crying emoticon and the last message of concern.

"Don't worry about me. When you're done, send me a message to let me know you're safe."

Jiang Mo held the phone in one hand, her fingertips hesitantly swiping the keyboard twice. Most likely, the system recognized that she was typing, and Shao Jie quickly sent a string of messages asking about her well-being, almost filling the screen. Jiang Mo only then experienced the hand speed of professional e-sports players, which was really unmatched. She reluctantly responded to the question he sent her a few seconds ago asking if she had eaten. She turned around and deleted it completely, and directly typed the word "phone" and sent it. Then, she was startled by the speed of the call on the other end. She choked and hiccuped before she remembered to put the receiver to her ear: "Isn't there an interview after the game? Is it convenient?"

Shao Jie's tone was totally different from the bunch of crying emojis he sent. "You lost, so the interview has to be arranged after the champion. Do you have time now?" "Can you spare more than ten minutes?" Jiang Mo saw from a distance that the instructor had just returned from accompanying the auxiliary police to mediate a quarrel between two dog owners over two dogs in love. He straightened up and saluted slightly, and then he waved to him to sit back on the stone pier. "I'll comfort you. Victory and defeat are common in the military. Let's keep up the good work next time."

Shao Jie paused, "...Officer Jiang."

"what?"

"You really didn't lie about the year of birth on your ID card?"

"……Bye."

"Hey, don't, don't, don't—" Shao Jie said something rude and stopped while he was ahead. He laughed softly on the phone. He vaguely heard the rustling sound of plastic packaging on Jiang Mo's side. He frowned and said, "It's so late and you haven't eaten yet? When are you going back to the team? I'll order some food and send it over."

"It's unlikely that I can get back today. I can probably get a midnight snack or something later." Jiang Mo probably yawned and shook his head. The subtle sound of his hair rubbing against the microphone entered Shao Jie's ears. "There's no movement from your end. Are you the only one waiting for the interview? Where are your teammates?"

"The person drawn for the individual interview today is Jiang Heyu, and Lao Huo is accompanying him. The group interview will have to wait - I just happened to be kicked out by them to get the takeaway milk tea." Shao Jie raised his eyebrows slightly, turned around and took a photo in the direction of the waiting area, "...Are you worried that it would be dangerous for me to act alone? You care about me so much~ I just went out, because there were some signs of match-fixing, and Jiang Weili was afraid that his family background would be exposed, so he ran back to Sheng'an to pack up his things. Don't worry."

"……Um."

Jiang Mo seemed to confirm the photo before answering, and paused for a long while. Before Shao Jie could talk, the other end of the phone suddenly yelled and cursed. Shao Jie frowned, vaguely heard Jiang Mo covering the phone and asking a few questions about the police. He was about to hang up the phone reluctantly and persuade her to go to work, but heard Jiang Mo say "um" again, paused for a few seconds, and asked very softly.

"Shao Jie, when will you come back?"

Shao Jie was startled, and his ears suddenly felt like they were burning.

"Tomorrow. Wait a little longer. We'll see you tomorrow."

Due to work and health reasons, I will be working on another day~
"It is better to be idle, to be drunk, and to be crazy."