The stolen magic is a bit magical

Chapter 34: Catching People in the Internet Cafe

The bag was in the evidence room next door. Lin Xiaosu went in. He didn't open the bag. He didn't even pick up the bag. He just took a look at it, smelled it, and completed the beginning part of his case.

Next, it’s time to walk around the place where you picked up the bag.

Miao Ruolan stayed and sorted out the information needed for the opening of their detective agency.

Police officers Lin Xiaosu, Zhou Mei and Sun Yang went to pick up the bags.

The place to pick up the bags is on the Yishui Bund.

The Yishui River runs through the city. There are many shops on both sides, and domestic sewage and garbage are thrown away at will, causing the river to become a stinking ditch. It was after Secretary Luo took office that he carried out a major remediation campaign. A large number of houses on both sides of the river were demolished, the river channel was cleared, river embankments were built, green trees were planted, and a dam was built downstream. Once the water was stored, the Yishui River was full of ripples and green willows, and it actually became a park with water and a beach.

Everyone calls it Yishui Bund.

When the attacks on Secretary Luo Gong were at their most intense, Yishui Bund also became a point of attack.

It is said that Secretary Luo likes women and often brings female cadres to Yishui Bund to "discuss work."

This statement was quickly rejected by everyone. As the top leader of the county, he could talk about work anywhere. Why did he have to talk about it in a place where everyone could see him?
Although the plot of Secretary Luo "talking about work" has lost its credibility due to the lack of logical chain, it is an indisputable fact that Yishui Bund is suitable for young couples to fall in love.

In the city center, quiet in the bustle.

The willows are swaying, and you can enjoy the clear water during the day and the cicadas singing at night. There is indeed a taste of love.

In a place like this, which was designed as a leisure place from the very beginning, there would naturally be no cameras installed. Therefore, the red booth where the purse was found was a blind spot for surveillance.

It was already early May.

As soon as we reached the riverbank, the sun, which had just been a little strong, became mild.

Lin Xiaosu took a breath of fresh air, brushed away the two willow branches hanging at the entrance of the red pavilion, and entered the red pavilion.

Outside the red pavilion, Officer Sun leaned close to Zhou Mei's ear and lowered his voice: "Sister Zhou, we have checked this place several times. Is there really anything we missed?"

He had just started working, and Zhou Mei was basically his trainee instructor. He did not dare to question Zhou Mei's decision, but that did not mean he was convinced.

After all, he was a top student in the police academy.

He has excellent grades in criminal investigation and exploration.

It is a strange thing in itself that a person who is not a professional wants to open a detective agency in a county town.

It would be a fantasy if they could find loopholes and solve such cases in the hands of these top professionals.

Zhou Mei's pair of beautiful eyes moved over and said, "You did check twice, your eyes were wide open, but can you smell it?"

"Smell? We can't, but the police dogs have been dispatched. However, the contents of the bag were sealed too tightly. The police dogs couldn't smell it before it was opened. And it was only opened after it was delivered to the team..."

His voice suddenly stopped...

Because Lin Xiaosu gently brushed the weeping willows at the entrance of the red pavilion and walked out.

He didn't look at them, but walked straight to the flower bed outside, stepped into the flower bed, stopped, and the look on his face was quite surprised...

Zhou Mei took a few steps and came to his side: "Did you find anything?"

"Look!" Lin Xiaosu lightly pointed his finger at the ground: "There is a footprint here!"

There is a footprint!
This statement itself makes no sense because there are footprints everywhere.

This place is a leisure place for citizens, so there is no shortage of footprints.

However, Zhou Mei still became sensitive: "Is it related to the aura in the red pavilion?"

"Yes!" Lin Xiaosu said, "From yesterday evening till now, the scent of two people has been left in this red pavilion. After leaving the red pavilion, these two scents took two routes. One route was up the stairs over there and onto the sidewalk. The other route was this one, which was on the inside of the flower bed... Officer Zhou, assuming that one of these two people was the one who lost the bag and the other was the one who picked it up, then who would be the one walking on the inside of the flower bed?"

Zhou Mei's heart skipped a beat: "Who lost the bag?"

"Yes! The person who found the bag returned it to the police station with an honest attitude. He was very open-minded, so he took the main road!" Lin Xiaosu said, "Then, think about it, why did the person who lost the bag walk on the inner side of the flower bed in the middle of the night? You have to know that there are snakes and insects here!"

Zhou Mei and Sun Yang were both shocked...

Yishui Bund, inside the flowerbed, at this time of year, snakes and insects are everywhere. Who would walk inside the flowerbed at night? There is a lovers' path outside that doesn't want you to walk on it?
Sun Yang stepped forward and said, "Unless this package loss incident was not accidental in nature."

"Exactly!" Lin Xiaosu nodded: "This is a very typical drug deal!"

Drugs, the Great Xia Kingdom continues to maintain high pressure.

So, the drug trade is very tight.

A large number of traders adopt a trading method in which the "online" and "offline" parties do not meet each other. The two parties agree on a location, and the "online" party puts the "goods" at the designated location, and the "offline" party picks them up.

The biggest advantage is that it cuts off the connection between the two, so even if one party is arrested, the other party will not be implicated.

The fundamental reason for the failure of this transaction was an unexpected event.

The online user put the package at the designated location, but before the offline user had time to pick it up, it was picked up by a passerby.

Normally, if a passerby finds something, the owner can come forward and take back his or her belongings, but the problem is that the things inside cannot be seen in public, so who dares to come forward and claim them?

If you happen to meet someone who is very picky, and you say that this thing is yours and what's inside, we'll open it and compare it one by one. If you are right, I'll return the bag to you!

Isn't that just courting death? So even if the offline person was watching from the side, he probably wouldn't dare to go forward.

If the person who picked up the bag took it home, those people would also have a way to get it back. The problem is that this person has been a good kid since he was young, and he firmly believes that "I found a penny on the road, I will hand it over to the police uncle." Once he handed it over, both the upper and lower parties would be screwed...

One pavilion, two auras.

Two routes of travel.

One is the main road, the other is the flower bed.

With just this simple information, the three of them simultaneously linked together a serious case.

"The question now is whether we can find that upstream connection among such a vast crowd of people..." Zhou Mei said.

Lin Xiaosu smiled gently: "Let's try it!"

This time, they walked onto the sidewalk from the flower bed, crossed the bridge, and arrived at an Internet cafe.

It was still past eight in the morning, and the pace of life in the small county town was relatively slow. A large number of people were eating breakfast. The air was filled with the fragrance of spring flowers, the aroma of fried dough sticks and buns, and the breath of life.

But in Internet cafes, it’s a different situation.

There was a long row of game consoles and sixty or seventy young boys. Some of them were playing games all night long, while others were sleeping on chairs with their clothes worn inside out. The air smelled of cigarettes, instant noodles, and some other smoky smell.

The table was a mess and the floor was a mess.

The cleaning lady had an extremely disgusted but helpless expression on her face. If these guys were her sons, they would really be beaten up, but, they are not!

On the contrary, their existence gave them a job...

They were very restrained because they didn't dare say anything in front of these people.

But when they saw Zhou Mei and the other two walking side by side through the aisle in front of them, heading towards the private room, they still sighed secretly...

The private room is the VIP room of the Internet cafe.

VIPs in the world represent high-end, but the VIPs in Internet cafes are beyond words.

They knew clearly that this private room was a money-eating beast but also a deep mud pit.

Some people were wearing short sleeves when they came in, and it was snowing heavily when they went out.

What's worse, there are people who have a family, a wife and a son. After staying here for a few years, their wife ran away with someone else, their son became an orphan, and they sold their house and sent all the proceeds to this private room...

What is the picture?
People of their age really can't understand it.

They could have turned a blind eye to it, but when they saw the three newlyweds dressed up beautifully entering the private room, they still felt it was a pity...

Yes, Zhou Mei and Sun Yang were not wearing police uniforms, they were wearing casual clothes.

Lin Xiaosu stopped at the door of a private room.

Zhou Mei's eyes flickered: "Are you sure?"

Lin Xiaosu nodded slightly.

He was absolutely certain that the little yellow-haired boy had entered the private room and had not come out.

Zhou Mei raised her hand gently and knocked on the door.

An impatient voice came from inside: "Who?"

"Cleaning person!" Zhou Mei said.

The door of the private room opens...

The person who opened the door was the yellow-haired man.

The yellow-haired man was a little surprised when he saw Zhou Mei. Such a young and beautiful woman also cleans the house? Although the economy is in a downturn, anything is possible, but isn't this too subversive?
But Zhou Mei didn't look at him. She fixed her eyes on the footprints of the yellow-haired man.

On ordinary floors, there won't be such obvious footprints, but there is one exception, that is, in public places where soup and water are spilled all over the floor and there are people in charge of hygiene anyway...

The footprints left on the floor should not be too clear.

It's him!

Zhou Mei raised her hand, and in her palm was a police officer's ID card...

Huang Mao shuddered suddenly, and his expression changed completely...

He suddenly turned sideways and rushed out from beside Zhou Mei.

Just as she was about to rush through, Zhou Mei raised her knees, her yellow-haired face twisted, and she bent her waist like a shrimp.

There were two other people in the private room who also jumped up at the same time. The one on the left was knocked down by Sun Yang's kick, and the one on the right was beautifully locked in the throat by Sun Yang and pressed to the ground face down.

The Internet cafe was alarmed, the boss was alarmed...

The sirens outside the house sounded halfway and then stopped. Three male policemen walked in side by side. Captain Zhang led the team personally and took the three men into the police car.

(End of this chapter)