Hong Kong Film: Night Cop

Chapter 432 Restarting the Investigation
Liang Xiaorou thought of the look Li Fei gave Zheng Xiaodong in the morning. Could it be that at that moment, he saw through everything?
Liang Xiaorou didn’t know how powerful other detectives were, but she knew that Li Fei was definitely the most powerful policeman she had ever seen.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have let her ask He Yongzhang about the serial killer.

"Madam."

Seeing Liang Xiaorou lost in thought, Ling Xinyi pushed her.

"Zhang Ji, you're truly foolish. You've given up on yourself for a scumbag like Zheng Xiaodong. You don't understand justice or the law. Just like you did, you went and beat someone up for no reason. Even if you killed him, what would happen? You're completely disregarding the law."

Liang Xiaorou, who had come to her senses, scolded He Yongzhang.

She had to scold He Yongzhang and not let her idol give up on himself like before.

Perhaps Liang Xiaorou's scolding had truly woken him up, or perhaps he had finally come to his senses, He Yongzhang said sternly, "Madam, yes, I know I was wrong. I assaulted someone. Even if you hand me over to Zhang Sir, I have nothing to say. But Zheng Xiaodong just returned and the same murder of a woman has occurred. I don't believe this case has nothing to do with him. This time, I must catch him."

"If he is the murderer, he will definitely not escape this time." Liang Xiaorou said with a firm look in her eyes.

"Yeah, that bastard can't get away."

"Zhang Ji, let us help you catch this scumbag."

Shen Xiong and others said in unison.

Liang Xiaorou was very happy when she heard this. With everyone working together, there is no case that cannot be solved.

Before, no one understood He Yongzhang, and because He Yongzhang gave up on himself, everyone hated him.

But now it’s different. I know that He Yongzhang is not as annoying as he seems, and he was once a righteous policeman.

So, everyone hopes to help him.

"Thank you everyone." He Yongzhang said gratefully.

"Mr. Zhang, let's investigate Zheng Xiaofei together this time, but you must remember, don't provoke him before you find evidence, so as not to alert the enemy and give him the opportunity to complain about you. You don't want to be suspended from your post before you catch Zheng Xiaodong, do you?" Liang Xiaorou warned He Yongzhang.

"Row."

He Yongzhang knew that Liang Xiaorou was doing this for his own good, and he could endure anything to catch Zheng Xiaodong.

"You guys go and transfer Zheng Xiaodong's file first. I'll go find Sir Zhang and reopen the file from that year." Liang Xiaorou said.

If you want to investigate Zheng Xiaodong, you have to follow the procedures and reopen the files, and then the serious crime team can investigate Zheng Xiaodong.

"YESSIR."

Liang Xiaorou quickly found her direct superior and told him about the case this morning and the case fourteen years ago, and then mentioned her suspicion that Zheng Xiaodong was the murderer.

Upon hearing this, Sir Zhang immediately asked Liang Xiaorou to reopen the files from that year.

With Zhang Sir's words, Liang Xiaorou returned to the serious crime team, took the fourteen-year file and the documents of this morning's death case from Shen Xiong, and went to find Gu Zechen.

She hopes Gu Zechen can find any similarities between the two cases, or whether the perpetrator's methods are the same.

Liang Xiaorou came to Gu Zechen's office.

I explained my purpose and handed the two case files to the other party.

Gu Zechen flipped through it.

A few minutes later, Gu Zechen spoke up, "Aside from the fact that there was only saliva but no sperm, and a very thin scar on the neck, there's no other evidence to suggest that this case and the one from this morning were committed by the same murderer."

At this point, Gu Zechen suddenly paused and continued, "If Zheng Xiaodong is the murderer of these two cases, is this just Zhang Ji's unilateral speculation?"

"Originally, I didn't believe Zheng Xiaodong was the murderer, but I believe Zhang Ji wouldn't lie. Moreover, Li Fei asked me to find Zhang Ji, which means that Li Fei also suspected Zheng Xiaodong was the murderer." Liang Xiaorou said. Gu Zechen was stunned when he heard this.

He didn't expect that this matter was related to Li Fei.

But he just met Li Fei in the morning. How did he determine that Zheng Xiaodong was the murderer?

He had also examined the body and found nothing amiss.

The murderer did not leave any clues.

And Zheng Xiaodong was the one who called the police.

According to normal people's thinking, the murderer would not call the police, after all, this might expose himself.

He had also met Zheng Xiaodong and didn't think there was anything wrong with this guy.

A well-mannered man, not like a criminal.

But Gu Zechen also knew that you couldn’t tell whether a person was good or bad by their appearance.

"The deceased woman Fang Aishan worked this morning near Zheng Xiaodong's IT company, and it was Zheng Xiaodong who discovered the body. Isn't this too much of a coincidence?" Liang Xiaorou expressed her suspicions.

One coincidence may be a true coincidence, but two coincidences will arouse suspicion. What's more, Zhang Ji and Li Fei both suspected each other before, which shows that Zheng Xiaodong himself has doubts.

There is just no evidence, so we can only suspect the other party.

"If you want to know whether these two cases are related, you can only look for clues from the previous case," said Gu Zechen.

"That's the problem. There are very few clues in the case fourteen years ago. Even the only witness is dead. There is no evidence pointing to Zheng Xiaodong anymore." Liang Xiaorou said distressedly.

"Forensic technology has made a lot of progress compared to fourteen years ago. Maybe you can ask Sir Gao for help." Gu Zechen had no choice, but he did give Liang Xiaorou a suggestion.

"it is good."

Liang Xiaorou nodded, and she and Gu Zechen took the information to find Gao Yanbo.

But when Liang Xiaorou showed Gao Yanbo the information, Gao Yanbo gave her a disappointing answer.

"I'm sorry, this is a case of a female murder that occurred in Fanling fourteen years ago. Because the murderer's saliva contained no sperm, the testing technology available at the time couldn't detect his DNA. But today, we have this technology..."

"But we don't have the sperm from that year, so there's no way to follow up on this case."

Liang Xiaorou was still a little unwilling to give up after hearing this, and said: "Why don't you try it, how do you know?"

"These are old cases that the Forensic Investigation Department has been following for more than a decade but couldn't find strong evidence. I hope we can now do what we couldn't do before."

Gao Yanbo pulled out a stack of documents from the side and flipped through one of the folders. "Look, I looked at that old case you just mentioned a few days ago," he said.

Gu Zechen, who was sitting across from Gao Yanbo, asked, "Based on your forensic expertise, are there any similarities between this old case and the one that happened this morning?"

"You have also seen it. You are very clear about the cause of death of these two victims." Gao Yanbo said.

"Both victims died of suffocation, and there was also a very thin bruise on their necks. It doesn't look like they were strangled to death." Gu Zechen thought for a while and said.

"Yes, the texture of this mark definitely doesn't look like it was made by hemp rope. The murder weapon is very unique. It could be a coincidence, or it could not be."

Looking at the picture in his hand, Gao Yanbo gave an ambiguous answer.

As a forensic witness, everything requires evidence. Without evidence, he cannot give a definite answer.

(End of this chapter)