Eyes that are the same as those of evil

Chapter 80 No Such Person Found 11 (The End)

After the interrogation ended, Zheng Yan returned to his office with a frown.

Xiao Chen had just finished talking to the Chen couple and was drinking water when he saw him come back. He quickly asked, "How did it go? Did they confess?"

He nodded and slammed the documents onto the table: "But he definitely has an accomplice he hasn't revealed."

Haicheng police patted him on the shoulder: "It involves money laundering and fraud, that's the Economic Crime Investigation Department's business, just leave it to them."

"It's not just money laundering and fraud. I always felt that Qiu Chenxing's fan who deleted her account and ran away played a more important role in this matter. Huang Zhixuan used fake registration information when he created the character Qianqian, and his operation was very similar to that fan's."

He paced back and forth, pulling out a suspicious clue: "The two million he got from the Chen family was dealt with too quickly. At the time, Huang Zhixuan had no idea that others had drunk the poisoned yogurt, let alone that it caused deaths, or that we had found something amiss with Chen Anxun's death. Everyone thought it was an accident. He could have taken his time, like he did with the poisoning, and used more time to legalize the money. But he dealt with it immediately, as if he knew someone would trace it back to him through that money."

Using that money so quickly increases the chances of attracting the attention of relevant departments. Why is he in such a hurry?
That makes sense. Everyone started brainstorming again.

Tan Jia was also thinking. He slowed down his movements as he made hair for the clay figure, and even took a moment to nibble on a biscuit stick. The crunching sound became the accompaniment to his thoughts, like a mouse gnawing on wood.

Zheng Yan was about to click his tongue when he saw her face and suddenly remembered his conversation with her earlier, and a flash of inspiration struck him.

"You said before that if you were that fan, after tipping Qiu Chenxing, you specified that they should go to room 3801 in the hotel, so you should definitely be able to see the scene in room 3801, or there should be a camera filming room 3801, and the fan could get the video. Could it be that she actually saw Qiu Chenxing and the others partying, saw Qiu Chenxing's death, and even knew it was related to the poisoned yogurt, so she immediately deleted her account and ran away, then disposed of the money with Huang Zhixuan, and quickly got away from this matter?"

Tan Jia blinked: "If that's the case, we can check the time when that money was dispersed and transferred, and whether it's close to the time when Qiu Chenxing died and the time when the fans deleted their accounts and ran away. To be more precise, there should be a chronological order."

"There's also video footage of room 3801." After realizing what was happening, Xiao Chen and Tan Ming immediately called the police officers stationed at the Aurora Borealis Hotel to inquire about the search results.

Zheng Yan also went out and sought help from the Economic Crime Investigation Department again.

Huang Zhixuan and his associates are really professional in their money laundering methods. The Economic Crime Investigation Department officers explained the process to them as they demonstrated.

"The professional scammers we investigate usually have three layers of disguise: geographical location, identity, and technical means. They mostly operate overseas, especially in places with legal protection, and then fabricate their identities online—there are plenty of lost or stolen ID cards available for purchase on the black market. Once they have an identity, they start using text messages, software, pop-ups, and the like to commit fraud. It's very difficult to track their location because they also have technical disguises, such as floating IPs, number spoofing platforms, and base station mass messaging. Some of these technicians are even more skilled than us."

Therefore, it is very difficult to find out, and the money that has been defrauded is often unrecoverable.

However, the timing of the fund transfer is relatively easy to trace.

The results of the investigation did indeed confirm their suspicions.

“The timing is very close,” Zheng Yan said with an expression that said, “that person and Qiu Chenxing’s fan are the same person, or have a very close relationship.”

Then he cleared his throat, softened his voice, and asked the Economic Crime Investigation Division officer, "Can you continue investigating to find out who's behind this?"

The Economic Crime Investigation Division officer glanced sideways: ...I knew it wasn't just simple help.

"As I said before, it's difficult. We can only try, and it will take a long time."

Zheng Yan said he would just give it a try, but in his heart he was thinking about how to open a separate case so that the Economic Crime Investigation Department would do its best to find out the person's identity.

The case was so close to being solved perfectly; if they got away with it, he'd feel uneasy. Thinking this, he returned to his office and asked Tan Ming and Xiao Chen, "Did they find any suspicious filming equipment at the hotel?"

Tan Ming: "The police have checked every room in the hotel these past few days and found no recording devices. However, they are unsure if it is a high-tech miniature surveillance system, so they have hired someone to check. So far, they have not found anything in the rooms that have been checked."

“However,” Xiao Chen continued, “they discovered that the location that could film 3801 might not be inside the hotel. The balcony of 3801 faces the foot of the mountain, which is full of trees. There are several surveillance cameras set up by the Forestry Bureau there, but after checking, they found that there was one more camera than registered. Now they are negotiating with the Forestry Bureau.”

“Unidentified surveillance footage, fans trying to watch a celebrity gathering, money laundering fraudsters—” Tan Jia read these three key points together and made a bold guess.

"The other party is a fraudster who likes to watch gay live streams? Just like a serial killer who likes to go to concerts. And then, coincidentally, the internet celebrity he likes is killed by the poisoned yogurt made by his incompetent teammate... Wait a minute, how did he know it was related to the poisoned yogurt? We investigated for so long before we found out that Qiu Chenxing had drunk the yogurt."

"Perhaps he didn't know, but he was very worried about being implicated. After all, he did specify room 3801, and it's very likely that the investigation will trace it back to him. He knows he's not clean to begin with, and he doesn't dare to expose even a little bit, so he quickly tried to escape from all the trouble?" Xiao Chen also guessed.

She pondered for two seconds, then held up her nearly perfect afro-haired clay figurine, as if holding up a sign to indicate her agreement: "Your guess is very likely. In that case, that person probably didn't participate in the murder, but only in money laundering."

As if struck by a bright light, Xiao Chen closed his eyes and said, "I'm going blind. Can you put some clothes on your clay figurine?"

The sexual characteristics of the pinched area are almost sky-high.

Tan Jia turned the dough figurine around to look at it, pressed down on that spot, and said casually, "Oh, I'm sorry, I haven't learned how to make clothes yet."

Zheng Yan was still pondering whether the mysterious person was involved in the murder when he looked at her and the dough figurines she had made in her spare time, and suddenly laughed.

The days of investigating the case weren't all filled with anxiety and frustration.

"Alright, if your speculation is correct, the Economic Crime Investigation Division and Haicheng police can continue to investigate the mysterious person. Qiu Chenxing and Chen Anxun's cases can be closed as soon as possible."

This case is incredibly convoluted, starting with Qiu Chenxing, laughing gas, a mysterious fan, toxic yogurt, a father and daughter feud, then Chen Anxun, Qianqian, which led to Hu Qian, Xiao Qian, and finally Huang Zhixuan. It's quite a complicated case.

Before we knew it, summer had fully arrived.

Zheng Yan took out his money to buy everyone a gift for the start of summer—an ice cream for each person. Standing outside the Haicheng Police Station, they ate their ice cream while looking up at the sky.

"The sky is so blue."

"After running around for several days, I'm still a bit disoriented when things suddenly slow down."

"I wonder if the weather in Jiujiang is this nice. I'm craving my mom's cooking."

A gust of wind blew by, and my face was covered in steam.

Tan Jia touched the ends of her hair, took a bite of ice cream, and mumbled, "I should go back and get a haircut too."

(End of this chapter)