when the moon whispers

Chapter 459: Accomplice - Abandoned (Part )

Six accomplices in the case
Ninety-five Abandoned (Part 1)
"Wait a minute - go back to the east gate, right here, stop."

Gu Xing stood with his arms folded behind the little security guard who was stiffly hunching his shoulders and not daring to move. He stared expressionlessly at the large surveillance screen that was replaying at double speed for nearly ten minutes in silence. It was not until a small garbage collection truck for the community slowly passed by the LED screen in the corner that was almost completely blocked by the storage rack that Gu Xing suddenly leaned forward and slapped the little security guard's trembling shoulder. He hoarsely stopped Xiaomi Lu who was operating the central console at the same time, and hooked his finger to signal him to zoom in on the surveillance screen diagonally facing the east gate of the community. He pointed at the garbage truck and said, "Your community doesn't clear the garbage early or late every day. Why do you clear the garbage during this time?"

There wasn't much tone in Gu Xing's questioning, but his whole body was suppressing a rage that seemed ready to erupt at any time. His calm voice almost made the young security guard in front of him tremble with fear and almost suffocate. The security captain and the property manager who were standing beside them hesitated and didn't dare to say a word. Wang Hao, who had been standing at the door of the monitoring room as a door god, then nudged Hu Xu beside him and took two steps forward, hoping that Hu Xu would start a conversation out of guilt and frustration.

"The community clears the garbage twice a day, once at 5:30 in the morning - this time point is relatively fixed. In the afternoon, it is usually cleared when everyone goes to work or school. This time is not fixed. The maintenance of the community is done by people hired by the property management, and the collection and transportation of garbage is outsourced... However, we have checked the documents of the relevant personnel who frequently enter and exit the community and have contact with Yuan Lanyin's residential building. Logically speaking, it would not be-"

“It’s not about the garbage truck.”

Gu Xing raised his eyebrows, looked back at the two unlucky faces that looked like they had gotten into a terrible disaster, and spoke a little softer, "It was the delivery man who followed the garbage truck into the community."

"The delivery man came in when the east gate was open for the recycling truck, avoiding the two auxiliary police officers who were looking around nervously at the door. Then he took advantage of the direction of the garbage truck and went all the way to the garbage point not far from Yuan Lanyin's building. Then, when no one was paying attention, he picked up the garbage bag that you had thrown next to the garbage can when it was full. The location of this garbage point can be seen from the window of Yuan Lanyin's study. He should have contacted her in advance... Did she check her phone?"

Gu Xing stretched out his arm to grab Xiaomi Lu's mouse, and dragged it to circle the "delivery guy's" escape route. He stared at the figure half-hidden in the garbage truck, and raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Oh, you're quite brave. You dare to sneak into a place full of policemen."

"No matter how great her psychological quality is, she still felt uneasy about secretly being an accomplice of a murderer. She was caught by Wang Hao after sneaking her head into the study window three times in a row. She hadn't even had time to delete the message on her backup phone that had sent the photo—" Hu Xu looked back at Yuan, who had just been pushed and shoved by the police officer in charge of the area to the corridor outside the control room to try to argue. She waved the evidence bag containing the phone at her, turned around and handed it to Gu Xing, "First, she used us to go downstairs to help her throw away the garbage to divert attention, and then she took a photo of the location of the garbage bag and tipped off Song Yike... The evidence is all in this backup phone."

Gu Xing finally let go of the young security guard who was almost fainted by his hand on his shoulder. He waved his hand to signal the property security to clear the area and leave. He turned around and looked at reporter Yuan who was already handcuffed. He waited for the iron door of the monitoring room to lock with a "click" and his brows frowned instantly.

"Let's talk, reporter Yuan. The evidence is all here, and I really want to hear how you accidentally pulled your frequently used phone card out of your phone, and then accidentally dropped it into the garbage bag, and then it was picked up by Song Yike who came straight for your phone card for some reason, and instigated Song Zhiwen to dare to drug and attack the police, and then escaped from the police protection circle without a trace..."——————

Unexpected mistakes occurred one after another in the witness protection process. The seriousness of the video conference across the screen was comparable to that of a three-party meeting. Director Gao almost never showed his face, nor did he turn on the microphone to try to interject a word or two. He just sat like a towering mountain behind Zhou Xiaomiao, who was arranged to be the temporary online interrogation clerk. He tapped on the keyboard for a long time, and typed a line of words in the dialog box with concern, asking Han Chengyi, who was hit by a frying pan for no reason, whether the injury on his face was controllable.

Xiaomi Lu looked at Gu Xing leaning on the edge of the table, slightly moved the direction of the laptop, and lowered his eyes to see Liu Hui applying a popsicle to the back of Han Chengyi's head. His handsome face was probably hit on the steps after being attacked, and the blood from the disinfectant was flowing to the ground.

"It's all right, Director Gao, Captain Gu... It's really our fault. We were on high alert but never expected Song Zhiwen to make such a fuss." Han Chengyi sighed helplessly, staring at Yuan Lanyin on the other side of the screen with gritted teeth and blood all over his face. "I didn't expect that someone would go to such great lengths to provide convenience for the murderer right under the noses of the police."

"What do you mean I'm the one who's rushing to help—" Yuan Lanyin didn't dare to look directly at the two young policemen on the other side of the screen who had almost caused a life-threatening incident because of her. After being scolded, she stiffened her neck and said, "I was threatened, okay?! You policemen are deliberately framing me, right?! I'm also a victim! Song Yike asked me to help him do this and that, and he would kill me if I didn't listen to his arrangements. What can I do?! I thought I could just help him post a threatening video, but who would have thought he could be so arrogant?!"

Gu Xing heard her yelling, trying to stir up trouble, and sneered, "So you hid it from a room full of policemen, and quietly planned to push Song Zhiwen out, using her life to protect your own safety?"

Yuan Lanyin choked and her eyes flickered for a moment: "He...he assured me that he just wanted to talk to Song Zhiwen, how could he exchange his life for his own?"

"You, a wicked reporter who has no direct grudge against anyone, are afraid that Song Yike will go crazy and find an opportunity to take your life. How come there is still room for negotiation when it comes to Song Zhiwen?" Gu Xingxian smiled, turned around and looked down at Yuan Lanyin's eyes that could not be avoided, and slapped the long table in front of Yuan, the reporter.

"Stop pretending to be innocent here! Let me ask you, what did Song Yike ask you to say to Song Zhiwen? Where did he want to trick Song Zhiwen to? Yuan Lanyin, you have been a reporter for so many years, you should be very familiar with the process. You don't have many chances left to repent and reform."

Due to work and health reasons, I will be working on another day~
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