Restarting life by going to the countryside to support medical work

Chapter 634 Doubts
After listening to Comrade Lao Dai's words, Li Yancheng thought about it carefully. He and Jin Zhihai had discussed this matter last night and had also considered this aspect.

The second round of investigation will definitely not miss this part.

He didn't mention it when he reported to Director Dai, he was just waiting for the leader to point it out.

Li Yancheng felt that he was becoming more and more... how should I put it, more and more worldly. But being in this melting pot, he only had two choices if he wanted to survive.

Either change your environment or change yourself.

He can't change his environment right now, so he can only try to change himself.

"I understand, boss. I'll talk to Zhihai again later."

"Well, I was just making a suggestion. How exactly to define the scope of the investigation is up to you to decide based on the actual situation. Alright, let's eat. After you finish eating, rest for a while. You'll be presiding over the mobilization meeting this afternoon."

"Comrade Yan Cheng, the stage has been set for you. How well this performance goes, and whether it wins applause, depends on your performance. The leaders from the city and headquarters are watching, as are the more than nine million people of Beijing."

Li Yancheng took a deep breath and nodded solemnly: "I will definitely not let the organization, the leaders, and the nearly ten million people in Beijing down."

Director Dai actually had a lot of confidence in his deputy, knowing that he was capable, but just lacked some experience in leading work.

He knew very well why he was able to take this position. Before taking office, relevant leaders had spoken with him, and he understood the implied meaning in their words.

Therefore, he was not stingy in doing favors for others.

Deputy Director Chang, sitting at another table, glanced over without making a sound, a hint of envy flashing in his eyes, but that was all.

He is already 55 years old this year, and he will definitely retire when this term ends. At most, the organization will take care of him and transfer him to a less demanding department, such as the Municipal Representative Assembly or the Consultative Conference, to serve as the chairman of a certain category. This is equivalent to raising his administrative rank by one level before his retirement as a reward for his many years of hard work.

At his age, the desire to compete and strive has completely faded. He is just a little envious. If he had reached this position a few years earlier, would he also have had the opportunity to stand on a higher level and appreciate the scenery he has never seen before?

The thought vanished in an instant. He knew very well that now was not the time to think about that. What he needed to think about now was to do his job well until the very end. Only in this way could he have the opportunity to take a step forward before retiring.

Therefore, this operation is also a stage for him to showcase himself, and it may very well be his last stage.

Li Yancheng served as the commander-in-chief of this campaign to improve public security. As the deputy director in charge of public security, he was the deputy commander-in-chief, and many specific tasks were to be carried out by him.

If the mission is successfully completed, his contribution as deputy commander-in-chief will not be erased.

He and Li Yancheng are now in the same boat, sharing both glory and ruin. Of course, he wouldn't do anything underhanded. On the contrary, he would do his best to do everything well.

……

On the other hand, after leaving Li Yancheng last night, Jin Zhihai returned to the headquarters, summoned the members of the special task force, presided over a meeting, rearranged the investigation plan, and started the second round of investigation overnight, expanding the scope to the previously drawn area.

Because there were enough people assigned, with three people forming a group, each group was only responsible for investigating two or three people. They would go door-to-door to investigate in the middle of the night and could find almost anyone they wanted. However, they would disturb people's sweet dreams and have to endure a lot of disdain for no reason.

By 7 a.m., many teams had completed their assigned investigation tasks and reported the results.

Jin Zhihai sat in his office, a cigarette in one hand and a cup filled with at least half a teacup of tea leaves in the other. He took a sip, and the bitterness of the strong tea gave him a jolt of energy, which had been somewhat depleted from staying up all night. As he put down the cup, he stubbed out his cigarette in the nearly full ashtray with his other hand.

After throwing away his extinguished cigarette butt, he picked up the transcripts of the second investigation and interviews that the group had just brought and began to read them carefully.

After looking at it for a short while, his brows furrowed tightly. He put down the transcript in his hand and leaned over to rummage through a pile of documents on the corner of the table.

He quickly found what he was looking for among the pile of documents: the transcripts from the first round of investigations.

He found the part of the transcript he wanted and began to compare it with the second transcript. The more he looked at it, the more his brows furrowed.

After comparing the two transcripts, he reached for the phone on the table and dialed.

"I am Jin Zhihai. Tell Sun Limin and Zhao Haiyang to come to my office."

"Yes," the operator on duty answered the phone crisply.

After hanging up the phone, Jin Zhihai picked up the two transcripts again and carefully compared them, then copied down the inconsistencies between the two transcripts onto another piece of paper.

"dong dong dong"

"report"

"Come in"

"Mr. Jin, you were looking for us."

The people who came in were Sun Limin and Zhao Haiyang, whom Jin Zhihai had mentioned on the phone earlier. Seeing them come in, he pointed to the chairs in front of his desk, indicating that they should sit down.

"Please sit down, Limin, Haiyang, this is Wang Hongyang, the driver from the subdistrict office, is he the one you two are visiting?"

After the two sat down, Kim Ji-hae placed the second transcript in front of them.

Sun Limin and Zhao Haiyang looked down, nodded, and said in unison, "It was us who investigated."

"This Wang Hongyang is 23 years old, unmarried, and lives in a dormitory provided by the street office. There is another person in the same dormitory as him, named Liu Nanfang."

The two men were about the same age, and Liu Nanfang was also unmarried, though he had a girlfriend.

These were all said by Sun Limin. Neither he nor Zhao Haiyang knew what questions the people in charge of investigating Wang Hongyang asked during the first round of screening, nor how the other party answered them.

This was specially arranged by Jin Zhihai. Those participating in the second round of screening would not be assigned to individuals they had already screened in the first round. This was to prevent preconceived notions and to prevent some people from becoming complacent and simply going through the motions.

If it's just a formality, then the purpose of the second screening is lost.

"Hmm," Jin Zhihai nodded and asked, "Where did you meet Wang Hongyang last night?"

"Right in his dorm room."

"Where's Liu Nanfang? Was he there at the time?"

"Liu Nanfang wasn't in the dormitory. We found him at his home later. Oh, his home here refers to his parents' home."

"Does Liu Nanfang often not stay in the dormitory?"

“Yes, he stays at most one or two days a week, sometimes not even a single day. Wang Hongyang is almost always the only one in the dormitory.” “I saw in your statement that Liu Nanfang also went home on the night of the 25th.”

"Uh... that's what he said himself, and that's what his parents said too. They said he went home around 8 p.m. on the 25th. He got off work at 6 p.m., had dinner with his girlfriend before going home, and didn't go out again after that."

Regarding this information, Haiyang and I plan to wait until 8 o'clock when we start work to go and verify it with Liu Nanfang's partner.

"Okay, what about Wang Hongyang? I saw in the statement that he was alone in the dormitory on the night of the 25th, so he can't provide any witness testimony."

"He said that when we left there, the lights suddenly came on in the house across from his. Haiyang and I went over and knocked on the door. It was the male homeowner who got up in the middle of the night. As we walked out, we asked him about Wang Hongyang's situation."

According to this neighbor, he wasn't sure whether Wang Hongyang was in the house on the night of the 25th. He said that when he came out to get water after washing up at nine o'clock that night, he saw the light on in the house across the street, the house where Wang Hongyang lived, and he could vaguely see people moving around inside.

But he couldn't be sure whether the figure he saw was Wang Hongyang or Liu Nanfang. Haiyang and I both thought that what this neighbor provided didn't prove anything.

The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning. Whether Wang Hongyang was at the house at 9 PM or not is irrelevant; it's only a ten-minute walk from his apartment to the entrance of the neighborhood committee office.

"It really doesn't make much sense. There's no need to ask Liu Nanfang's girlfriend anything anymore. They separated at eight o'clock, and even if Liu Nanfang did something else afterward, his girlfriend wouldn't know."

Regarding Liu Nanfang's situation, we still need to make an effort to visit people in the courtyard where his family lives, and the same goes for Wang Hongyang's situation.

At this point, Jin Zhihai paused, then reached for another record on the table and gestured: "This is the record from the first investigation. At that time, the person being questioned was the male homeowner across the hall from Wang Hongyang's house, named Tian..."

"Tian Fangzhou"

Seeing Jin Zhihai looking down to look at the name, Sun Limin reminded him.

“Yes, Tian Fangzhou, he said that on the night of the 25th, or actually around 1 a.m. on the 26th, when he got up to use the restroom, he saw that there were still lights on in the house across the street. However, the light was dim through the curtains, so it was probably not the main light inside the house, but a table lamp.”

???

Jin Zhihai's words caused Sun Limin and Zhao Haiyang to be momentarily stunned. They quickly came to their senses and looked at the transcript they had handed over on the table.

It clearly says on it that Tian Fangzhou is the male homeowner of the house opposite Wang Hongyang's. He said that he did not get up in the night on the 25th, but when he went out to get water at nine o'clock in the evening, he saw that the light was on in the house opposite and could see a shadow inside.

Is this a mistake in memory, or...?

At the same time, Jin Zhihai placed the first investigation record in front of Sun Limin and his colleague.

The two looked over at the same time. After reading the first statement, they realized that there were more differences than just this one. For example, the statement did not mention that he saw the light on in the house across the street at nine o'clock. Also, his house clearly had a urinal, so why did he go out to use the toilet in the middle of the night?

It would be understandable if it were hot, but it's freezing cold now...

"This... could there be something wrong with Tian Fangzhou?"

After reading the transcript, Sun Limin looked up at Jin Zhihai and said hesitantly.

It's unclear whether there are any problems at the moment.

Jin Zhihai leaned back in his chair, resting his right elbow on the armrest and shaking his head while supporting his chin with his right hand.

"It's hard to say whether he misremembered or what. He works at the heavy machinery factory. Let's wait until eight o'clock. You two go and summon him here, and we'll question him again."

"it is good"

"Next, let's talk about Wang Hongyang."

As he spoke, Jin Zhihai picked up a cigarette from the table and tossed one to each of the two people opposite him.

"He said he stayed in his dormitory all night on the 25th, but no one could provide him with any proof."

"Oh, right, Mr. Jin, I just remembered something."

Just then, Zhao Haiyang, who hadn't said much since coming in, spoke up.

"What? Say it!"

"That Wang Hongyang seems to be left-handed."

“That’s not right, Haiyang. Didn’t I ask Tian Fangzhou last night? He said that Wang Hongyang’s dominant hand is his right hand. And when he poured water for us that night, whether he was using a thermos or a cup, he was using his right hand.”

Upon hearing Zhao Haiyang say that Wang Hongyang was left-handed, Sun Limin said with some surprise.

“Yes, Tian Fangzhou is right.” Zhao Haiyang nodded: “But do you remember Wang Hongyang giving us cigarettes last night?”

"Uh... I remember, so what?"

"When he offered me the cigarette, he used his left hand. When I took the cigarette, I noticed that the nails of his left index and middle fingers were stained yellow from the smoke. Later, I took a closer look at his right hand, and the nails of his right index and middle fingers were the normal color. This means that he usually uses his left hand to hold the cigarette when he smokes."

I only remembered this when Mr. Jin was handing out cigarettes to us just now.

Just as Zhao Haiyang was explaining why he thought Wang Hongyang was left-handed, Jin Zhihai and Sun Limin both looked at their hands simultaneously.

They usually hold cigarettes with their right hand and only occasionally with their left. As a result, the nails of their right index and middle fingers, including the part where they often hold cigarettes, are yellow, while the other fingers and the left hand are the normal color.

Jin Zhihai even tried smoking a cigarette in his left hand a few times, but he could clearly feel that he was still more used to using his right hand. Even so, he had practiced using his left hand. Although his left hand was not as dexterous as a left-handed person, he could still eat with chopsticks without any problem.

He either has practiced specifically or habitually uses his right hand. What about those who haven't practiced?
"We launched a detailed investigation into Wang Hongyang, visiting every household in the alley where he lived to see if anyone had seen him go out on the night of the 25th."

"Yes"

"Bring more people and speed up the visits. Not only should we be fast, but we should also be thorough. We must ensure that no household or person is missed, even children. We should investigate them thoroughly to see if they are left-handed or not."

"clear"

"Okay, let's go."

After Sun Limin and Zhao Haiyang left, Jin Zhihai breathed a sigh of relief.

(End of this chapter)