Rebirth 2014: I, the King of Criminal Investigation

Chapter 373 There Must Be a Reason for Wearing Leather Pants Over Cotton Pants

Sure enough.

When Yu Dazhang heard that there were cameras installed in the house, he knew he had guessed correctly.

They installed eight cameras, probably to avoid any blind spots in the surveillance.

"How clever of me..." Yu Dazhang sneered inwardly, but did not show it on his face.

Luring the snake out of its hole seems clever, but it can only succeed once.

Once they are on guard, this tactic won't work on Da Zhang.

"It's a good thing you told me in advance to cut off the internet to the whole building, otherwise we would have been exposed this time."

Qi Fang's tone was noticeably more respectful than before:

"The house looks like it hasn't been lived in for a long time; there's a layer of dust on the floor, and the windows are all closed."

"It seems they deliberately left an empty house, just to wait for us to arrive."

You could tell he sounded a little guilty when he said that.

Because Yu Dazhang had already figured out this situation long before he set off.

Can't say they're similar, just say they're the same.

If Qi Fang had previously had some doubts about Da Zhang's abilities, he is now completely convinced.

He was also watching Zheng Ting being interrogated from the observation room.

He heard every word spoken in the interrogation room clearly.

However, he didn't find anything wrong with the same testimony, but the fat man figured out the other party's plan through these words.

Qi Fang is a veteran criminal investigator, but he has never seen anyone apply logical reasoning to this extent.

This doesn't seem like reasoning at all.

In his eyes, the fat man was like a prophet.

"Try to restore the house to its original condition," Yu Dazhang ordered.
"Not even a footprint can be left. Then restore the network and wait in Liancheng."

"Received." Qi Fang replied, then couldn't help but ask:

"So we'll just stay in Liancheng and wait for orders from now on?"

Including him, a total of six criminal police officers went this time. So many people can't just stay in Liancheng and do nothing.

Therefore, he had to ask clearly.

“That’s right.” Yu Dazhang’s tone was calm, yet it conveyed an undeniable firmness:
"You all stay there for now and await my next orders."

After ending the call, he looked at the map on the table again.

After the rescue operation in Jianning was successfully completed, the next step is to move on to other cities.

Yu Dazhang was not worried at all that the other party would notify the factory owner in advance.

A monk who can run away cannot run away from the temple.

The police operation's primary objective was to rescue the enslaved cheap laborers, not merely to apprehend the factory managers.

Even if these factory owners choose to flee, they cannot take those mentally disabled people with them.

Moreover, once the factory owners' personal information is exposed, it is no longer difficult for the police to catch them.

In Yu Dazhang's view, Zhang Chao and his group were in dire straits, barely able to save themselves, so they had no time to care about others.

Besides, this isn't a legitimate business, so there's no question of a comeback.

If it were Yu Dazhang, he wouldn't have notified these factory managers either, since they wouldn't know the information on their side anyway.

This operation in Jianning shows that the factory owners were not informed in advance, and the vast majority of them have already been arrested.

"Prepare the vehicles," Yu Dazhang ordered.
"All team members, assemble downstairs and be ready to depart at any time."

He didn't mention the destination, and his eyes never left the map on the table.

The other side already knew that the main force of the police was in Jianning, so they were on the strictest guard here.

Besides, there's nothing left to investigate here.

wrong.

There's still one place I haven't been to!
Twenty minutes later.

In front of an old residential building, an SUV was parked on the side of the road, followed by several police cars.

After Yu Dazhang got out of the car, a police officer immediately got out of a police car behind him and quickly came to his side.

“Zhang Chao hasn’t come home.” He quickly reported: “No one else has come in the last two days either. According to my colleagues who are keeping watch in the area, Zhang Chao’s mother has a very regular lifestyle.”

"I leave for the market at 6:30 in the morning, and then I basically don't go out again. I'll go out to take out the trash once more in the evening."

Yu Dazhang didn't say anything, just nodded, and then walked quickly towards the unit door, with Lü Zhongxin and Zhang Sen following closely behind.

Upon reaching the fourth floor, he raised his hand and knocked on the door. A voice quickly came from inside:

"Who?"

Yu Dazhang answered directly:

"police."

The door opened, and a woman nearing sixty stood in the doorway:

"This is what you are doing?"

"Let's find out about Zhang Chao," Yu Dazhang said bluntly.

"He is suspected of committing a crime, and we hope you can cooperate with the investigation."

The woman was stunned for a moment upon hearing this, seemingly frightened by Yu Dazhang's words.

But only for a second, she regained her composure and stepped aside:

"Come in and talk."

Upon entering the room, Yu Dazhang glanced around.

The decor here is simple, but clean and tidy, giving people a comfortable feeling. It seems that this space can make people relax unconsciously.

In fact, it is often the luxurious, rigidly decorated rooms that make people feel constrained and oppressed.

Such chaotic yet orderly places are more suitable for living.

"Sit anywhere."

After the woman called out, she took three bottles of mineral water from the refrigerator and placed them on the living room table.

"No need to be so polite," Yu Dazhang waved his hand.
"We'll just ask a few questions and then leave."

"Okay," the woman agreed and sat down.

Yu Dazhang thought for a moment and asked:
"How long has it been since Zhang Chao came back?"

"It's been about a week." The woman glanced at the calendar hanging in the room.
“Last Friday, the couple brought their child back, and I made them chopped chili fish head and spicy crayfish. They haven’t come back since then.”

After answering, before Da Zhang could speak again, the woman asked first:

"What happened to Xiao Chao? Did he get into a fight?"

She looked somewhat nervous, her face filled with worry as she gazed at Yu Dazhang.

This emotion didn't seem feigned; it was a natural outpouring.

"His affairs cannot be disclosed at this time," Yu Dazhang replied.
"The case is currently under investigation, and no final conclusion can be drawn yet."

As he spoke, he also observed the woman's changing expressions.

No mother is indifferent to her child, especially when she hears that her child may be involved in a crime; any mother will experience emotional fluctuations.

"This child has always had a bad temper. He has been fighting with his classmates since he was a child and has caused a lot of trouble."

Zhang Chao's mother looked regretful.

"It's all my fault for not disciplining him properly when he was a child."

She sighed repeatedly, seemingly blaming herself, but more so worried about Zhang Chao.

"In what year did Zhang Chao's father pass away?" Yu Dazhang asked again.

He already knew about Zhang Chao's family situation when he interrogated Wang Hao earlier.

However, Wang Hao only knew some basic information.

In what year did Zhang Chao's father pass away?
What caused his death?

Wang Hao knew nothing about these deeper details, nor did he ask Zhang Chao.

"1988," the woman replied.
"Xiao Chao was six years old that year. In fact, this was one of the reasons why he had a bad temper."

The woman sighed as she finished speaking, her expression turning somewhat grim:

"Because of his father's sudden death, Xiao Chao was often ridiculed by his classmates at school, who called him a wild child without a father."

"So he has always been very resistant to his classmates and teachers."

(End of this chapter)