Restarting life by going to the countryside to support medical work

Chapter 401 "Half-cooked Rice"

"Li Xueyi"

He was once the director of the First Division of the Operations Department.

A man who should have been dead two years ago.

Ever since the photo of Special Agent Li was sent back from Hong Kong Island, even though he had plastic surgery, everyone still recognized him from his eyes at first glance.

This was also the reason why they wanted to send someone over there at that time.

However, this trip was cancelled due to the international environment.

Now, both Li Yancheng and Su Xiaotong have figured out why there is that task that sounds a bit strange.

There was no other reason. It was simply because Li Xueyi knew very well that it was unlikely that the Social Affairs Bureau would want to bring them to the north alive, and the most convenient way was to interrogate them on the spot.

If Li Yancheng wants to obtain the most reliable confession through on-the-spot interrogation, he must do it himself.

Therefore, monitoring whether he was in Beijing became a way for Li Xueyi to determine whether anyone had been sent from the north.

After figuring out the twists and turns here, Li Yancheng and Su Xiaotong looked at each other in silence.

Originally, this should have been a very good opportunity. They could use these three people in Beijing to pass some false information over there, and cooperate with the Hong Kong group to capture Li Xueyi and the leader of the organization, Old Man Dong, in one fell swoop.

But now that Wang Donghai is dead, Cao Heguang has no idea how he contacted that side.

Watching such a great opportunity slip away from their hands was really regretful for the two of them.

"Yancheng, do you think Wang Donghai's family members know something else?"

Su Xiaotong's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Go ahead and ask." Li Yancheng patted his thigh and stood up.

……

Unfortunately, Wang Donghai’s family members really don’t know the hidden identity of their husband (father), let alone the means of contacting them.

The last glimmer of hope was shattered, and Su Xiaotong and Li Yancheng did not feel as disappointed as they had imagined, but instead felt relieved.

"So, whether the phone call on the third day of the Lunar New Year was made to Wang Donghai or not, we can only wait and see if the people from the Hong Kong Island Group can get the answer from Old Man Dong."

After coming out of the interrogation room, Su Xiaotong took out a cigarette and threw it to Li Yancheng. He lit it and exhaled the cigarette he had inhaled into his mouth, and said with a helpless look on his face.

Li Yancheng did not respond. The possibility of capturing Old Man Dong alive was not high, so this problem would most likely have no solution in the end.

After thinking for a while, just when he was about to say something, the sound of a car made him stop talking.

It’s Lao Xu who is back.

"What's going on here? What the communications room said just now is not clear."

Without waiting for the car to stop, Lao Xu pushed open the passenger door and got out, walking towards the two of them while asking loudly.

"Director, the specific situation is as follows..."

Su Xiaotong took two steps forward and recounted in detail all the confessions obtained during today's interrogation.

The more he listened, the more Lao Xu's brows furrowed.

From arson to homicide, and now to the capture of the murderer and obtaining a confession, although only less than two days have passed, the situation has become more and more complicated.

"I'll report to the bureau later and pass the news over there."

After listening to Su Xiaotong's report, Lao Xu nodded and continued to ask: "Is it true that Wang Donghai's family members are completely unaware of what he did?"

"I really don't know. Yan Cheng has already asked about it. So far, this line has been completely cut off."

"Huh..." Old Xu sighed.

It's a bit frustrating that the case has reached this point.

"There's no progress at the post office either. Next, have someone take the photos of those three people and verify again. If there's still no clue..."

At this point, Lao Xu paused, hesitated for a moment, and then continued: "If there is still no clue, then close the case first, and then look at Hong Kong Island.

If the families of Wang Donghai and Cao Heguang have confirmed that they had no knowledge of the case, then they should be released. Our next step is… uh…”

Seeing Lao Xu's gaze, Li Yancheng immediately understood what was going on and said, "Okay, Director, Xiaotong, if there's nothing else here, I'll leave first. I still have to go to the military headquarters to take a look."

Li Yancheng actually knew what the next task was, which was to do his best to ensure the launch of that star.

This work will be the focus of all social bureaus on the relevant routes in the future.

It’s just that they are in different departments and have received different security tasks. Even if they are all staff members of the Social Affairs Bureau, they cannot inquire about each other’s tasks across departments.

He is now the deputy director of the archives room, and not from the first department. Just now, Lao Xu almost blurted out that he subconsciously still regarded him as one of them.

He said he was going to the military headquarters, but that was actually just an excuse. He had contacted them before lunch and would be there the next morning. After leaving one place, he drove back to No. 20, Meishan East Hutong.

No one has lived in the house for more than half a month, and it's covered with a layer of dust. I took advantage of today's free time to come back and clean it up, but I don't know when I will be able to move back.

"Dacheng..."

Just as Li Yancheng was wiping the table in the house, a sudden sound from the door scared him so much that he almost threw away the rag in his hand, and the hairs on his body stood up.

It's no wonder that he was startled. There was no one in Yard 20 during normal working hours. Anyone would be scared if a voice suddenly came out of nowhere.

"Fuck, you're so scary, Zhihai, why are you walking without making any sound?"

"As soon as I came out of the house, I saw your door was open and there was movement in the house. I thought there was a thief."

Jin Zhihai explained with a smile, raising his hand and putting the gun into the holster at his waist.

"When did you come back?"

"It was around eleven last night. I came in and sat down. The chairs had just been cleaned. I had nothing to do this afternoon, so I thought of coming back to clean up. Why didn't you go to work today?"

"I was squatting all night last night and didn't come back to sleep until after nine in the morning. I have to continue to squat tonight. I just got up and was about to go to the bathroom when I saw your door was open. When are you moving back in?"

Jin Zhihai didn't sit down. He reached out and picked up another rag on the table to help clean up.

"I don't know yet. I'll ask my wife tonight." "How's the arson and homicide going?"

"The murderer has been caught. It's the information you provided, but..." Having said that, Li Yancheng shook his head.

"The key figure in this case was killed, and the case became a half-baked mess."

"Half-cooked rice?" Jin Zhihai was a little confused when he heard this, but he also knew that he couldn't ask more questions. He just hesitated for a moment and tried to change the subject.

But before he could open his mouth, Li Yancheng continued speaking while wiping the cupboard.

"You should also know the deceased in the second case, right?"

"Uh..." Seeing that Li Yancheng was still actively talking about this case, he nodded: "I know, I heard that the truck driver of the Yangchao Bed Sheet Factory is called Wang Donghai."

"Yes, it's him. Including the arrested murderer, the three people known so far are from a group. It's unclear whether there is a fourth person in the group or not. The arrested murderer can't say for sure.

The only person who knew the truth was Wang Donghai, and he was also the one who contacted his superiors. Now he has been killed, and all the clues are gone. Do you think this case is a half-baked mess? "

“Is that so?” Jin Zhihai finally understood.

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"Then...should we investigate the murderer, Wang Donghai, and check his social connections to see if there are other potential suspects among his friends?"

"Xiaotong and his team are already investigating. The social relationships of these three people are under further investigation, but..."

Li Yancheng curled his lips and shook his head. He was not optimistic about this investigation.

The reason these lurkers were able to remain undetected for such a long time is not because they are very good at hiding, but because their identities are real.

It is simply impossible to investigate based on these superficial data.

Especially for this group, judging from what Cao Heguang said, the mission they carried out was not to steal confidential information or to clear it, but to collect some semi-public information that was not particularly important. It can be said that there was basically no danger, which is why they have been able to sleep peacefully all these years.

If they had not received two or three dangerous missions in succession in the past few months, the three people who had been living a relatively stable life would have had their own little schemes in mind, and due to their unbalanced mentality, they would have taken the wrong path, and it would have been impossible for them to be exposed until now.

This is actually also the reason of Old Man Dong.

The team he kept was not suitable for carrying out dangerous missions, but he assigned them dangerous missions again and again.

"Why, what do you mean by shaking your head? Do you think there's nothing you can find out?"

Before Li Yancheng could finish his words, Jin Zhihai turned around and saw him shaking his head, so he asked curiously.

"Yes, I do think so. Well... let's put it this way, the work of a sleeper will become more and more difficult in the future, and the work of the Social Affairs Bureau will also become more and more difficult in the future. One will increase while the other will decrease.

Let's not talk about this anymore. Zhihai, what case are you busy with? Why do you have to stay here all night?"

Jin Zhihai and his colleagues often need to stay on the spot when handling cases, but there are not many cases where they have to stay there for a whole night and continuously.

"Have you heard about the rape case in Dianhai?"

As soon as he finished asking, Jin Zhihai raised his hand and slapped his forehead: "Oh, I forgot, this case was exposed after you went on a business trip, you probably didn't know."

"What's going on?" When he heard that it was a rape case, Li Yancheng frowned. This kind of case was the most disgusting.

"Ah..." Jin Zhihai shook his head somewhat depressed.

"There are currently four known victims."

Four!

When Li Yancheng heard this number, his eyes widened and his heart skipped a beat.

It is also known, that is to say, there are still some who have not reported the case. If the victims do not take the initiative to tell us the exact number, even if the case is solved in the end, the criminal may not be able to explain it.

"The time span is quite long. Of the four victims we know about so far, except for the last one who took the initiative to report the case, the other three were the result of the Dianhai Branch's continuous ideological work in the area.

The first victim among these four people was raped in July last year, the second in September, the third in December last year, and the last one was the person who reported the case ten days ago.

This type of serial case generally has a pattern. If we count as one case every month, there should be nine victims so far, which means that there are still five victims who do not have the courage to report the case.

According to the information provided by these four victims, the criminals always knocked the victims unconscious from behind and then did something else each time they committed a crime. They were able to provide very few valuable clues.

It's been ten days, and we still don't even know the criminal's height, weight, and body shape. After this case broke out, it caused a very bad response. The higher-ups didn't set a deadline for solving the case, but they did require that there should be no more victims.

So, during this period of time, we felt a bit like we were on high alert. At night, not only could we not rest, but all the branches and police stations, as well as the security departments of various units and militia organizations were patrolling the streets.

But to be honest, it’s not a good idea to keep doing this for a long time.”

It is indeed not a big deal. This kind of large-scale patrol can be carried out in one or two days, ten days, half a month, or a month, but what if it takes longer than that?

The criminal is not a fool. He must know that the situation is tense. If he stays silent for a few months and then comes out when patrols are lax, that would be fatal.

"In fact, the most important thing now is to find the first or first few victims of this serial case."

After listening to Jin Zhihai, Li Yancheng thought for a moment and then spoke.

“In this kind of serial crime, the criminal’s methods of committing crimes are gradually becoming more mature. He must have missed something when he first committed the crime. Maybe someone among the previous victims had seen him.

In other words, we may be able to find the criminal's shadow through the first few victims."

Of course, Li Yancheng also knew about Jin Zhihai, but the problem was that although they repeatedly promised to keep the secret and block the news in their publicity, the victims still had many concerns and were unwilling to take the initiative to come forward and provide information.

The investigators were of course aware of their concerns. They were worried that the news of their sexual experiences would leak out and that they would be pointed at wherever they went in the future.

Some are already married, and their experience may bring changes to their family life.

This is not a possibility, but it has already happened.

One of the three victims who took the initiative to report the case to the police station after the publicity is now not allowed to enter her husband's house.

Ugh……

Even if the police say that they will keep it confidential and will not disclose the reporter's information, there are so many people with many eyes and it may leak out from anywhere.

Now, let alone reporting a crime, many female comrades even have to find someone to accompany them when they go to the police station to handle other normal business, for fear of causing misunderstandings.

Not to mention now, even decades later, there will still be people who find this situation shameful.

(End of this chapter)