Restarting life by going to the countryside to support medical work

Chapter 521 Another

"Let me ask you, you once told others that you knew who was responsible for the series of cases that occurred in Dianhai. Is that true?"

Captain Cao had a serious expression on his face, staring at Qi Feng and asked in a deep voice.

"Bang..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the woman who was holding the freshly poured water and was about to bring it over suddenly trembled and the cup in her hand fell to the ground.

"Uh...I'm sorry, Captain Cao."

After Qi Feng apologized, he quickly stood up and walked to the woman, holding her hand and asked anxiously: "Rui Rui, did you burn your hand?"

"Brother Xiaofeng, I'm fine. My hands are not burned."

"Just sit over there and leave it alone. I'll do it."

Seeing the face of the woman named Hu Rui suddenly turn pale, Captain Cao frowned. With such a big reaction, it seemed like something happened!

"Qi Feng, what's going on?"

Captain Cao's question made Qi Feng and the woman's men freeze at the same time, and their reactions made the police officers more and more certain that there was indeed something unknown going on here.

Qi Feng, who was squatting on the ground and preparing to pick up something, looked up at the woman with a questioning look in his eyes. Looking at his gaze, the woman hesitated a little, but soon she nodded firmly.

Captain Cao saw the silent communication between the two. He opened his mouth but no sound came out. He was waiting, waiting for Qi Feng to speak up.

After getting the consent, Qi Feng didn't pick up the cup that fell on the ground. He reached out to get a small stool for the woman and pulled her to sit next to him.

After sitting down, he picked up the cigarettes on the table and gave one to each of the policemen. Then he lit one for himself and sighed deeply.

"Hey... Captain Cao, you just asked me if I knew who was responsible for the series of cases. How should I answer..."

At this point, Qi Feng thought for a moment, as if he was organizing his words, and soon continued, "Let me put it this way, I know, and I don't know."

His answer made several policemen frown deeply. What kind of thing was this? What did it mean to know and not know?
Fortunately, Qi Feng did not intend to let the police play a guessing game, and continued without stopping: "Captain Cao, you should have some guesses about Ruirui's big reaction just now. I don't know what you guessed in your heart. What I want to tell you here is that Ruirui is also one of the victims of the series of cases."

Sure enough!

"Wait..." Captain Cao started to speak. He frowned and asked hesitantly, "Qi Feng, the series of cases you mentioned, are you referring to the one that happened ten years ago or..."

“Of course it just happened this year.”

!!!

I rub!

Several policemen, including Captain Cao, couldn't help but swear, and their eyes fell on the woman named Hu Rui at the same time.

Being stared at like this by several grown men, the woman, whose wound, which had not yet healed, was pierced again, lowered her head deeply, and tears began to flow down her face.

The third victim!
The policemen could not think of anything else at this time. There was only one shocking thought in their minds, that is, the murderer had not only committed those two cases this year, but also more. It was just because he did not kill anyone and the victims did not report the case, so they did not know about it.

This discovery caused a deep sense of worry in their hearts: how many victims are there that they don’t know about?
"When did this happen?" Captain Cao, who had come to his senses, asked in a deep voice.

"On Labor Day night."

"Lao... Oh, May Day..."

Upon hearing that a case had occurred on May Day, Captain Cao's heart couldn't help but sink. This meant that their previous judgments were wrong, and the direction of the investigation was probably also wrong. No wonder they hadn't found any useful clues.

The question now is, that person committed a crime on May 1st, but was there any before that? Was there any after that? Was there any in the past ten years?
Also, why didn't the criminal kill anyone in the previous case, but why did he kill people in the two recent cases? Did he upgrade his methods?
"Huh..." After taking a deep breath, Captain Cao continued to ask, "Qi Feng, what do you mean by knowing and not knowing at the same time?"

It had already happened, and he didn't want to say any consoling nonsense. Only by solving the case as soon as possible and bringing the criminal to justice could he comfort the victim's wounded heart.

"When I said I knew, I saw the man and even fought with him a few times. When I said I didn't know, I didn't see what he looked like."

"You fought with him? You mean... you were the one you met at the crime scene?"

"Yes, hey... Actually, if I hadn't drunk too much that day, I would have felt dizzy and light-headed. If that wasn't the case, the old guy would definitely not have been able to escape."

Qi Feng said through gritted teeth, his face full of annoyance.

The woman sitting next to him reached out and squeezed his clenched fist, and when he looked over, she shook her head gently.

Qi Feng raised his hand and patted the woman's little hand, smiled at her, and turned to look at Captain Cao again.

"Captain Cao, the old man's attack on Ruirui was not successful. I was dazed at the time and was attracted by Ruirui's cry for help."

"Qi Feng, you keep saying old guy, old guy. Didn't you see what he looks like? How do you know that person is an old guy?"

"I was so dazed at the time that I couldn't explain it clearly. Ruirui told me later that when I was wrestling with that guy, I hit him with a few punches. Ruirui heard him groaning, and from the sound of his voice, he looked quite old."

"Yes"

At this time, the woman sitting next to Qi Feng also spoke up. She nodded to indicate that Qi Feng was right: "From the sound of his voice, that person is at least 50 or 60 years old."

"Comrade Hu Rui, if possible, could you tell us what happened that day?"

Although he knew it was cruel to do so, Captain Cao had to ask because he had to understand what happened that day.

"Captain Cao, let me tell you the part I remember first." Before the woman could speak, Qi Feng spoke first.

Hearing this, Captain Cao took a deep look at the kid named Qi. He could see that this guy was indeed different from the "madman" he had dealt with before.

Is it because of this woman?

It is said that women can make men grow. He only hopes that this woman named Hu Rui can truly subdue this "madman".

Just when Captain Cao was about to nod and let Qi Feng speak first, a policeman who came with him spoke.

"Captain, time, the bureau leaders and President Jin are still waiting."

Captain Cao looked down at the watch on his wrist. It was already past seven o'clock. Instead of letting them talk about it here again, the leaders would definitely ask about it when they returned to the bureau. It would be more convenient to take it back and tell them. You know, it's not just the bureau leaders and Deputy Chief Jin of the Corps who are waiting for the news, the leaders of the Municipal Bureau are also waiting.

Thinking of this, he looked at Qi Feng and said, "How about this, Qi Feng, could you two go with us to the bureau, so that we don't have to repeat the same thing over and over again when we get back to the bureau."

"Captain Cao, I will definitely have no problem cooperating with you, but I have a small request."

"Tell me what you want. As long as it's not excessive, I'll agree to it." Captain Cao looked at Qi Feng with interest. He wanted to see what requests this guy could make.

"My request is very simple, Captain Cao, I hope you can keep what happened to Ruirui a secret. I don't want her to have to endure other people's strange looks after she has already been hurt.

I'm a man, I don't care what happens, but Ruirui is different..." At this point, Qi Feng laughed at himself: "She's been criticized by the neighbors for being with a jerk like me. If they knew about that, it would be terrible."

At this point, his expression has become serious: "Captain Cao, fellow police officers, you should all know the old saying that a person can be killed by a tongue. I don't want the incident that happened ten years ago when a victim was driven to suicide by rumors to happen again to Ruirui."

As Qi Feng spoke, the scene that happened ten years ago once again reappeared in Captain Cao's mind.

Ten years ago, he was the deputy director of a police station under the Dianhai District Bureau, and the woman who committed suicide happened to be from their jurisdiction.

Although ten years have passed, whenever he recalls the resolute look in the woman's eyes when she drank the rat poison, it still hurts his heart deeply.

Yes, she was obviously the victim, but why did she have to bear everything in the end? What was the reason for this?
Captain Cao could never find the answer to this question, but he knew that if strict confidentiality had been maintained at the time, the woman would not have reached that point.

Facing Qi Feng's gaze, he nodded heavily, then looked at the subordinates who came with him and said, "Remember, if this matter gets out, no matter who spreads it, I promise to make that person take off his clothes.

I will report to the bureau leaders and the corps leaders when I return, remember that?"

"Yes"

Those who are familiar with the matter know why Captain Cao is so serious about this matter. Even the young police officers who had not yet joined the workforce ten years ago knew that they just had to obey orders.

After receiving a positive answer, Qi Feng breathed a sigh of relief, pulled his woman's hand, stood up, and gently squeezed it twice, as if to pass on his strength to her.

"Ruirui, let's go with the public security comrades. I will always be with you."

After saying this, he changed his expression again and said indignantly: "When I think about how I was sentenced to two years of reeducation through labor just for a fight, and how that old man did so many outrageous things but is still at large, I feel very upset, tut..."

These words were really embarrassing. Including Captain Cao, the faces of several people turned dark in an instant, but they could not say anything to refute. As long as the case was not solved, they could only swallow any strange words.

Ruirui gave Qi Feng a reproachful look, pulled his hand, and signaled him to stop talking.

"Hey hey... Let's go, Captain Cao."

Qi Feng, who had finally stood up in front of the police, smiled triumphantly.

……

At around ten o'clock that evening, at the Rouhuai County Public Security Bureau, Li Yancheng, who had just presided over the third case analysis meeting, received a reporting call from the leader of the Dianhai Branch.

The call was originally supposed to be made by Jin Zhihai, because he was Li Yancheng's direct subordinate, but the leader of the Dianhai Branch took the initiative to ask him to make the call.

Although it felt a bit inappropriate to report to the newly appointed leader over the phone for the first time, the leader of the Dianhai Branch no longer cared about that.

Now it's not just a matter of the police stations under their branch not doing their job properly, but there have been major changes in the circumstances of a series of cases. The condition that they originally thought that the criminal had not committed a crime in ten years has been overturned.

This condition was overturned, which meant that the screening conditions they had previously set had to be readjusted.

As for the Dianhai Branch, such a serious case occurred in its jurisdiction, but they, as the first responsible person for protecting the lives and property of the local people, had no idea about the situation. This is a serious dereliction of duty.

In view of the regrettable suicide incident that happened ten years ago, this time they did not dare to issue a large-scale notice as they did before to search for other victims. This situation also made it impossible for them to know whether the man had committed a crime again in the past ten years.

After listening to the telephone report from the leader of the Dianhai Branch in the office of Lin Wentao, director of the Rouhuai County Bureau, Li Yancheng frowned deeply. The situation has become more complicated.

However, there is some good news. Through the stories told by Qi Feng and Hu Rui, they can now basically draw a relatively complete portrait of the criminal.

He is about sixty years old, about 1.7 meters tall, neither fat nor thin, and his voice is a little hoarse, which is a relatively obvious feature, but it cannot be ruled out that he reveals it intentionally, because this guy has a particularly strong anti-detection awareness.

Oh, and the most crucial point is that this old man is a martial artist.

Qi Feng had practiced fighting before, and even though he was drunk and dazed that day, his fighting instinct was still there. He was a strong and robust young man of 30 years old, but he was unable to defeat the old man. Not only did the old man run away, but he also had one of his arms broken. He felt ashamed whenever he mentioned this.

But he also said that the old man didn't get any good results at his hands, at least he broke a rib.

It was also because he was injured that Ruirui, who was rescued, took him home to take care of him. As a person who was in extreme panic and fear, she developed an inexplicable dependence on the person who saved her. She took care of Qi Feng for several days without taking off her clothes, and the two of them came together.

Li Yancheng was somewhat suspicious that the reason why this guy, who had never killed anyone before, changed his style of committing crimes and began to kill people without mercy was most likely related to this failure.

By the way, Qi Feng also revealed a detail, that is, when the old man took advantage of him to fall to the ground and escaped, he vaguely saw the guy picked up a pair of crutches from the ground, but the problem was, there was nothing wrong with this guy's legs, and he could run with the wind.

This point was also confirmed by Ruirui. She also said that she saw the man take away a pair of crutches when he left, and she also saw that the crutches were worn with shoes.

These were her exact words. She said it was the first time she saw someone putting shoes on a cane.

Wearing shoes with a cane?

Is this the reason why the footprints have not changed in the past ten years?

But this doesn't seem right. If he wants to leave the fake footprints on the crutch at the scene, he has to use extra strength. How does this guy manage to leave footprints with the same force every time?
It’s a pity that Ruirui and Qi Feng did not choose to call the police after the incident. After fleeing in a hurry, that person would definitely not return to clean up the scene, and there should be real footprints left by him there.

If his real footprints can be collected, this will be evidence.

"Director Li, I have to apologize to you here."

Seeing that Deputy Director Li on the other end of the phone was silent, the leader of the Dianhai Branch hesitated for a while and finally mustered up the courage to speak.

His words brought Li Yancheng back to his senses from his deep thought, and he realized that he had not hung up the phone yet.

But what kind of review should we do?
Is it because of the case?

He quickly ruled out this idea. It shouldn't be the case. The jurisdiction of this case has been taken over by the Municipal Bureau. It is not yet the turn of the people from the Dianhai Branch to conduct the review. However, when the case is over and the accounts are settled, the Dianhai Branch will definitely not be able to escape. After all, the cases happened one after another in their place.

"Director Dong, what kind of self-review are you going to make?" I asked when I couldn't figure it out.

"Director Li, it's like this..."

Director Dong of the Dianhai Branch briefly explained the matter and then started to review it. He was quite good in that he did not push the responsibility to the police station below. He only said that it was due to his own lack of understanding that the people below did not pay enough attention to the matter. He said a lot of things and had a deep understanding of the mistakes. He also explained how to improve the situation in the next step.

Only then did Li Yancheng realize why the call to report the case was made by Director Dong. It turned out that his purpose was to do this self-examination. He was afraid that Jin Zhihai would report it first, and then he would be in a passive position.

After realizing this, the new Deputy Director Li on the other end of the phone smiled and shook his head. These people never think about professional matters all day long, but just like to think about these trivial things. He dared to bet that Jin Zhihai had never thought of telling him about this.

"Okay, I understand what you're talking about. Let's see how you make the next correction. I'll come to see you later."

Director Dong on the other end of the phone finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Next, Li Yancheng put forward a few of his opinions on the investigation of the series of cases over the phone, and then hung up.

New clues appeared in both cases today, which made him full of confidence in solving the two cases, especially the series of cases that occurred in Dianhai, which can be said to be a ray of hope after a dark period.

Although this new clue was obtained based on the premise of one more victim, if we can solve the case with this clue and bring the murderer to justice, it will be a comfort to the victims.

(End of this chapter)