Animal Detective

Chapter 12 BUFF Stacked
This was a situation Zhang Jian seemed to be encountering for the first time, and it took him several seconds to react.

“Sir, we are police officers. There’s a case involving your tenant, so we’re here to investigate. If you know anything about him, please let us know; it would be a way of supporting our work,” Zhang Jian advised.

"Stop doing this!"

Wu Zhicun snorted coldly and said, "I only have one sentence: help me find the murderer who killed my grandson, and I will tell you who he is."

Zhang Jian raised an eyebrow and said in a more serious tone, "Sir, this won't do. You're essentially harboring a criminal."

"Scared me?"

Wu Zhicun, with a nonchalant expression, stretched out his hands and said, "Then arrest me! Send me to prison, that's perfect. You can provide food and lodging, I can stay there until I die."

hiss!
Shen Xin gasped.

Wow, that's really something!

Zhang Jian was immediately in a dilemma.

Zhao Shouchuan, who was standing nearby, hurriedly advised, "Uncle Wu, this is no joke, it's a serious matter. You can't do this. Besides, we've told you many times that no one killed your grandson."

Wu Zhicun shouted, "I don't care, my grandson appeared to me in a dream. He was killed by bad people. He told me he was cold and didn't even have any clothes. My poor Jiawang, Dajun, I'm sorry for not taking good care of your son."

As he spoke, he burst into tears.

After crying a couple of times, he slapped his thigh and said, "Anyway, I only have one thing to say: if you want to know about him, you have to help me find the murderer who killed my grandson first. At worst, you can take me back and interrogate me however you want. If you have the guts, beat me to death and see if I'll talk."

Zhao Shouchuan hurriedly said, "Uncle Wu, this is serious. Nobody said they were going to arrest you."

He's almost seventy, who would dare arrest him? And if he were arrested, who would dare interrogate him?

Wu Zhicun didn't care. He stretched out his hand and said, "Hurry up and put handcuffs on me. I'm going back with you to enjoy life."

The stimulation made Zhang Jian's eyelids twitch.

At this moment, Chen Chao followed in and asked in a low voice what was going on.

Several people went out.

After explaining the situation, Zhang Jian felt a terrible headache coming on.

Chen Chao's eyebrows furrowed instantly. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Do you think he really knows about the tenant's situation, or is he just bluffing?"

"Who knows."

Zhang Jian shrugged and said, "Anyway, we've asked around. That kid keeps to himself and wears a mask all the time, so nobody knows anything about him. But since Wu Zhicun rented him a house and they're together all the time, he might actually know something."

At this point, Zhang Jian gritted his teeth and tentatively said, "How about we really take him back and scare him a little?"

Some people may seem tough, but once they get to the police station and sit on the cold stainless steel chair in the interrogation room, they immediately become obedient.

"No, don't do anything reckless, he's already 67!" Chen Chao quickly shook his head.

At such an advanced age, and blind, and possibly with underlying health conditions, if anything happens to them while they're being taken back, the police station can't possibly take responsibility.

"I was just saying."

Zhang Jian pursed his lips and remained silent.

If he really takes Wu Zhicun back, Song Liang will be so anxious he'll jump up and down.

Among the types of people that police stations fear most are elderly people.

Some people with children can still have some reservations.

Someone like Wu Zhicun, all alone, is like having a full stack of buffs; nobody dares to do anything to him.

They wouldn't accept him even if he was sent to prison.

At this moment, Chen Chao suddenly turned to Zhao Shouchuan and asked, "Old Zhao, what's the situation with Wu Jiawang? Is he really murdered as Wu Zhicun said? Did he produce any evidence later?" If Wu Jiawang really wasn't missing, but was murdered, then things would be different.

Every murder case must be solved; this is an ironclad rule.

Zhao Shouchuan shook his head: "No, we investigated all the evidence he mentioned, and it's all baseless. Anyway, I think he just misses his grandson too much, or rather, he feels too guilty, and that's why he has that kind of... obsession."

Chen Chao crossed his arms and fell into deep thought.

Zhang Jian, standing nearby, said, "Captain Chen, Wu Jiawang disappeared seven years ago. If what Wu Zhicun said is true, that he was murdered, then where is the body? Old Zhao and the others have been searching for a long time, but they haven't found anything."

“Okay, even if the murderer buried the body, this place was quite desolate seven years ago, but seven years have passed and it has been developed so much, with construction everywhere. If the body was buried underground, there is a high probability that it would be discovered when construction started. But there have been no cases of unidentified remains being discovered, which can only mean that Wu Jiawang has disappeared and been abducted.”

Chen Chao nodded.

He agrees with Zhang Jian's analysis on this point.

With such extensive development in the surrounding area, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that they dug three feet into the ground. If they had found any unidentified remains, they would have reported it to the police long ago.

Thinking of this, he gave a wry smile and said, "I told you, this case is not easy to handle. Look, the suspect specifically rented a room from a blind man, and then kept to himself and wore a mask. It's obvious that he has a very strong counter-surveillance awareness."

Zhang Jian sighed. He really thought that the case would be solved soon and the police station would make a great contribution because Fan Jie was caught so easily at the beginning.

Who would have thought that the case would take such a turn, encountering a criminal with such a strong sense of counter-surveillance.

At this moment, Chen Chao suddenly turned his head and looked at Shen Xin.

"Xiao Shen, what's your opinion?"

Shen Xin was startled when he was suddenly called out by name.

Zhang Jian immediately added, "Xiao Shen, didn't you want to be a criminal investigator? Why don't you share your thoughts from a criminal investigator's perspective?"

Upon hearing Zhang Jian say that Shen Xin wanted to be a criminal police officer, Chen Chao raised an eyebrow, his expression somewhat strange.

Shen Xin did have some thoughts, saying, "Team Leader Zhang, Team Leader Chen, I don't have many thoughts, but I just feel something is a little strange."

"What's strange about this?" Chen Chao asked immediately.

Shen Xin led the two to the entrance of the main room, pointed to Wu Zhicun in the inner room, and whispered, "Look at his headphones and phone. Those headphones cost more than two thousand yuan, and his phone costs more than six thousand yuan. He is a recipient of the Five Guarantees. Although he has a house to rent out, the rent here shouldn't be too expensive, right?"

"Most importantly, older people are generally very frugal. Who would be willing to buy such expensive headphones and a mobile phone? Moreover, I highly doubt that he even knows these two brands."

"Then who bought it for him? He doesn't even have any family."

Shen Xin countered with a question.

And after hearing that, my mind seemed to clear up all at once, and a bold idea suddenly popped into my head: "Do you think his headphones and phone might have been bought for him by that tenant?"

These are all things that young people like.

Zhang Jian and Chen Chao exchanged a glance, their expressions showing some surprise.

They had just met Wu Zhicun, and if the investigation proceeded normally, they should have noticed this unusual situation.

Shen Xin noticed it immediately.

That at least shows that Shen Xin has excellent observation skills.

After staring at Wu Zhicun in the inner room for a while, Chen Chao frowned again: "If what Xiao Shen said is true, and it was bought for him by that tenant, then this matter is different again."

The suspect bought such expensive electronic products for Wu Zhicun.

Wu Zhicun also intentionally concealed the suspect's situation.

What does that mean, accomplices?
(End of this chapter)