Animal Detective

Chapter 222 Liu Zhi's Future Contact

There's no need to eat any fresh lake delicacies anymore; we might not even be able to afford dinner.

Liu Jie and Shen Xin left the scene via the same route.

"Really dead?"

Ding Yuwei came up to her, frowning as she asked.

Shen Xin nodded, then turned to look at Liu Jie, who was making a phone call to call for backup.

Just as I was about to call Chen Chao to report the situation, Chen Chao called me back.

After connecting, ask Shen Xin how things are going and if he has found the person.

They said Wang Xinning had already investigated and found out everything; all that was left was for Shen Xin to locate the person.

"Captain Chen, we've found the person, but..."

Shen Xin didn't continue.

But Chen Chao on the other end immediately understood and asked in surprise, "He's not dead, is he? How did he die? Did he really commit suicide?"

As he spoke, he hurriedly asked where Shen Xin was, saying he would bring his men over right away.

"We don't know exactly how he died yet, but Captain Chen, you don't need to come over. Pingyu's people are here."

The investigation into Jiang Qi's death can only be left to Ping Yu.

"Pingyu?"

Chen Chao's voice suddenly rose several decibels on the other end of the phone as he hurriedly asked, "Why are the people from Pingyu here? Did you ask them for help?"

"I know. Is it the kid you knew when we caught those human traffickers? It's okay, don't worry about him. You keep watch over the scene, I'm coming right now."

A tiny royal city, nothing to speak of.

"Don't."

Shen Xin quickly stopped Chen Chao. If it were just Wang Cheng, it would be easier to handle, but the key is that Liu Jie is here.

Once Liu Jie was mentioned as being present, the other side immediately fell silent.

“Captain Chen, aren’t you familiar with Branch Chief Liang of the Municipal Public Security Bureau? Why don’t you give them a call and put in a good word?” Shen Xin said again.

It refers to Liang Zhen, the captain of the Pingyu Criminal Investigation Detachment.

When we asked Pingyu to cooperate in arresting Li Yihao, Chen Chao boasted that he was familiar with Liang Zhen.

There was silence on the other end of the phone, then a slightly embarrassed voice said, "Never mind, since Chief Liu is here, let's leave it to Pingyu to investigate."

"Then work with Xiao Ding on site. Contact him anytime if anything happens."

Chen Chao gave a word of advice and then hung up the phone.

Ding Yuwei stepped forward and asked, "What did Captain Chen say?"

"What do you think?"

Shen Xin shrugged. Clearly, Chen Chao's claim of being very familiar with the subject was largely unfounded.

At this moment, Liu Jie, who had just hung up the phone, waved to Shen Xin.

"Xiao Shen, tell me about your case in detail," Liu Jie asked.

Chen Chao said he cooperated, so why didn't Shen Xin say anything?

At that moment, he recounted the entire case from beginning to end, including the detailed process, all the details, and the relationships between the people involved.

Just then, the officers from the Songling branch of the Public Security Bureau arrived.

Leading the group was Ding Junbao, the captain of their branch's criminal investigation team. He was a very tall man, even taller than Shen Xin, and had a buzz cut.

He has a lot of fat on his face.

Honestly, he doesn't seem like a good person.

But in other words, only such people can keep vicious criminals in check.

"Liu Zhi".

He waved for the technical investigation team to enter first, and then asked for details.

Liu Jie pointed to Shen Xin and said that he was a comrade from Nanjiang, and asked Shen Xin to explain the situation to Ding Junbao again.

Shen Xin remained silent, then quickly and eloquently explained it again in detail.

"This Bai Jifei is too self-righteous," Ding Junbao said bluntly.

However, in the next sentence, Ding Junbao noticed the foreigner who picked up Jiang Qi.

"Eric Toledano, right? Do you have his contact information? I'll send someone to find him."

He brought the person here, and now that they're dead, he can't escape responsibility.

Unexpectedly, we still got to eat this seafood feast.

The scene was handed over to Ding Junbao and the others. Liu Jie checked the time and realized it was past lunchtime, so he took the initiative to invite Shen Xin and the other person to go eat.

Let's go to the restaurant that Wangcheng mentioned before.

I must say, it tastes really good.

After the meal, the group didn't rush to leave.

The hotel is located right by the lake, offering a view of the shimmering waters of Oak Lake.

Liu Jie picked his teeth with a toothpick and didn't talk much about Jiang Qi's case.

Pingyu City has a population of over ten million. As the deputy branch captain, Liu Jie's job is to coordinate the overall situation. Cases like Jiang Qi's are specifically handled by the local branch bureau.

He did start talking about the unsolved cases that Shen Xin was investigating.

"Especially that case that was solved with the parrot, I saw it in our internal publication," Liu Jie said with a smile.

He was referring to internal propaganda publications issued by the provincial public security bureau.

Shen Xin knew a little about why Liu Laibin's case was accepted.

Firstly, this is an old case, and it won't be easy to solve.

Secondly, the investigation into the Liu Laibin case also provided an answer to the 08 traffic accident involving 11 children, 1 driver, and 12 lives.

In that human trafficking case, all the traffickers were arrested, but this transport vehicle was involved in an accident that resulted in the accidental deaths of 11 children.

a fly in the ointment.

Moreover, with so many people dying, the impact on the local area is not insignificant.

As a result, the driver responsible for the accident was never found.

Once Liu Laibin's case is solved, it's as if the other case has also been resolved.

They even sent a letter of thanks from Nanping.

That's why it was published in the internal propaganda newspaper.

Liu Jie continued, "So, these kinds of small animals actually have memories, right?"

After seeing the case, he inquired about it and found out how it was solved.

"It's like you reenacted a crime scene, and the parrot, even after so many years, still remembers that there were many people at the scene. That's really incredible."

Shen Xin nodded.

"Liu Zhi, you're right. In fact, many small animals, such as cats and dogs, have quite high intelligence and long-term memory."

"I'll tell you about a case and you'll understand."

Shen Xin briefly explained Wu Jiawang's case.

Seven years?

Hearing that Lele had been guarding the grave where the body was buried for seven years, and that she immediately recognized Gao Jinrui upon seeing him, Liu Jie was also incredulous.

"What a good dog."

Liu Jie sighed and fell into deep thought.

He frowned, seemingly lost in thought.

Since the leader remained silent, Shen Xin and the other two dared not say anything more and silently drank their tea.

After a while, Liu Jie came to his senses, glanced at the time, and said, "Alright, it's getting late. You two should hurry back to Nanjiang. If there's any situation here, we can keep in touch."

With that, he got up to pay the bill.

Since he's said that, Jiang Qi can only wait for Song Ling's investigation results.

After leaving, Liu Jie specifically asked for Shen Xin's phone number, added her on WeChat, and inexplicably said, "Let's keep in touch later."

Shen Xin was somewhat confused.

He's just a lowly police officer, and she's a deputy branch chief; what are they even talking about?

The two drove back to Nanjiang.

In the car, Ding Yuwei quickly brought up Jiang Qi's case and asked Shen Xin what he thought.

She didn't go to the scene and didn't see the body.

Shen Xin recalled the scene.

I didn't go up to the second floor, so I don't know the specific structure of the building.

From the outside, it appears to be a set-back design, with the staircase against the back wall. Because the living room is not spacious, the staircase is quite steep.

My immediate impression is that he died from rolling down the stairs.

Shen Xin noticed a hematoma on the right side of Jiang Qi's forehead.

"It's hard to say. If we're talking about suicide, Bai Jifei said that her illness has progressed to the middle to late stages, and she can barely move her torso."

Bai Jifei once said that Jiang Qi's speech is not very clear now, and if no one helps her, she can only crawl on the ground like a caterpillar.

In this situation, rolling down the stairs wouldn't seem like an easy thing for her.

At this point, Shen Xin said, "Actually, I'm quite curious. She said she wanted to find a secluded place to end her life. How would she do that? Starve herself to death?"

Her idea was not to bother anyone.

If someone helps her commit suicide, no matter what they do, such as buying her sleeping pills, it is a crime.

It will drag others down.

Given her current condition, she can't even lift a knife, and after thinking it over, the only thing she can do is starve herself to death.

Ding Yuwei frowned slightly: "Starving to death must be very painful."

Shen Xin nodded.

Or rather, they died of thirst.

You might not starve to death even if you don't eat for ten days or half a month, but you can really die if you don't drink water for three days.

She began to emit a putrid odor, and it is speculated that she died on the seventh or eighth day of the lunar month.

She went missing on the morning of the sixth day of the Lunar New Year.

If you stopped drinking water from that time onwards, you would have almost died of thirst by the eighth day of the lunar new year.

But that must be so painful.

Back in the police academy, during a major competition, Shen Xin suffered from heatstroke, which felt like he was dying. To die of thirst would be many times more painful.

The two remained silent.

When they reached the Nanjiang area, Ding Yuwei suddenly spoke up: "Do you think her plan was to die of thirst, and then, when she was on the verge of death, she couldn't take it anymore, so she went from the second floor to the first floor to find water, and then rolled down the stairs and died?"

Even though you know there's a tap downstairs and water available, your brain will force you to go find it.

In her dazed state, it wouldn't be surprising if she tumbled down the stairs. Shen Xin blinked her sore eyes and said, "If that's the case, then she must have suffered quite a bit before she died."

On the evening of the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, I was taken to a house by a foreign friend. There was no one to take care of me, and I couldn't do anything. I just quietly waited there for death to come.

She had to endure all the reactions caused by dehydration, and every second was probably torture.

It wasn't until her brain sensed danger that she went downstairs to find water.

Then it rolled down the stairs again.

If she hadn't died from the fall immediately, and had died alone with her speech unclear and no one caring for her, I wonder if that was the kind of death she wanted.

It was past 11 p.m. when we returned to the branch office.

There are still quite a few people who haven't left work yet.

Chen Chao also prepared a late-night snack, and when Shen Xin and the other person returned, he invited them to eat together.

"No, I've eaten."

Shen Xin sat down and asked Bai Jifei about his parents' situation.

When I entered, I saw them sitting in the reception room.

Both of them are still alive.

The old man set up a few chairs and lay down there.

The old lady sat there motionless, as if in a meditative state.

"Don't even mention it. We tried everything to persuade them to leave, but they wouldn't go. We even told them to go to their dorms to rest, but they refused," Zhao Tianxing said, shoveling food into his fried noodles.

Zhou Zhongyi said he had notified their relatives, who were on their way from Pingyu. He should be able to persuade them to leave by then.

Shen Xin nodded, then asked Chen Chao if he had told Bai Jifei about Jiang Qi's death.

"said."

Chen Chao nodded. Jiang Qi's death needed to be investigated; they couldn't just keep quiet about it.

Before Shen Xin could ask about the reaction, Zhao Tianxing interrupted, "Don't even mention it. He wailed for ages, and now they're keeping an eye on him."

Shen Xin remained silent.

Bai Jifei's behavior is certainly unacceptable, but now that Jiang Qizhen is dead, it's quite tragic.

Shen Xin didn't want to bring it up again, so he changed the subject and turned to ask Li Haifeng, who was in the distance.

"Brother Feng, is there any progress on Li Yihao's side? Has he given any information about Wang Qiang's situation?"

Wang Qiang has not yet found his parents.

The missing person videos have been posted online, but it's been a week and there are still no results.

The video's popularity has faded.

Li Yihao has been transferred to the detention center, and the subsequent investigation will be handled by Li Haifeng.

Li Haifeng pushed away the empty lunchbox and shook his head: "Let me put it this way, if I weren't wearing a police uniform, I would have beaten him up."

Shen Xin chuckled to himself.

It was so late, so Shen Xin decided not to go home.

The two little devils at home can pick out their own food, so I don't have to worry about them much.

Before going to the duty room to sleep, Shen Xin went to see Bai Jifei.

Inside the detention room, Bai Jifei was in a single cell. He hadn't slept either, and looked completely lost, leaning against the wall as if his soul had been ripped away.

The next day, people came from Songling.

I interrogated Bai Jifei.

In some cases, they also need to confirm.

It wasn't Ding Junbao who came.

Shen Xin made some inquiries and found that the initial investigation had yielded results.

First of all, the foreigner did not have the opportunity to commit the crime.

He was someone Jiang Qi met while working at the bank. On the night of the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, he dropped Jiang Qi off at her rented apartment and then left.

He helped rent the house because he was worried that Jiang Qi would be left without anyone to take care of her after he left.

Jiang Qi said that Wang Xinning, who brought her here, would come and take care of her.

He left only after hearing this explanation.

The key point is that Wang Xinning had no idea about this at all.

Speaking of which, Wang Xinning, who grew up with Bai Jifei, helped Jiang Qi play the disappearance game, and the reason was quite dramatic.

Jiang Qi told her that she was going to die, and that she and Bai Jifei had no children.

So she wanted to bring Wang Xinning together, knowing that Wang Xinning was also divorced and had previously liked Bai Jifei.

Wang Xinning, completely bewitched, helped Jiang Qi plan this disappearance.

It's obvious that Jiang Qi also lied to this foreign friend, intending to die of thirst.

The forensic pathologist has conducted a preliminary examination.

The cause of death is presumed to be kidney failure due to dehydration.

In a high-temperature environment with little water, the core organs will continue to heat up, leading to liver failure and death.

However, if they die in a house, in a shady place, they will die from excessive accumulation of toxins in their bodies, leading to organ failure.

Jiang Qi had multiple bruises, a fractured lower leg, and a head injury, but these were likely not the cause of death.

"Then you guessed right."

In the cafeteria, Shen Xin said to Ding Yuwei.

Just as she guessed, she tried to die of thirst, but her brain wouldn't allow it and forced her to find water. She then rolled down the stairs, lost her ability to move, and died of thirst completely.

Ding Yuwei didn't even look up, continuing to look at her phone.

Zhao Tianxing peeked over from the other side and asked curiously, "Isn't this Bai Jifei's Weibo? What are you looking at?"

Shen Xin immediately guessed the reason: "It must be to find the key."

"Secret key?"

Zhao Tianxing suddenly realized: "The letter Jiang Qi left for Bai Jifei, right? We asked Bai Jifei, and he said he didn't know."

"The person is dead, what's the point of searching anymore?"

Zhao Tianxing sighed inexplicably, and then, as if inspired by something, he sighed repeatedly.

Shen Xin saw this and recalled that when he was investigating Bai Jifei's villa, Yu Xiaoping had deliberately avoided Zhao Tianxing.

I guess Zhao Tianxing was heartbroken after his pursuit of Bai Jifei and Jiang Qi failed. Seeing their tragic love story, he was filled with emotion.

After dinner, Shen Xin heard that his colleagues in Songling were not having a smooth interrogation.

Bai Jifei was completely uncooperative and reverted to his previous silent attitude.

Inside the observation room, Chen Chao frowned and turned to Qian Zhihai, asking, "How long has this kid gone without food or water?"

Shen Xin also noticed that Bai Jifei seemed a little off in the interrogation room.

I felt completely dazed.

Qian Zhihai thought for a moment and said, "It should have been almost twenty hours."

I told him about Jiang Qi's death last night.

It's already afternoon, almost twenty hours have passed.

Chen Chao's brows remained furrowed as he muttered, "This guy wouldn't be thinking of... either..."

He did not continue.

The situation became a bit troublesome just before I was about to leave work.

Bai Jifei went without food or water for a whole day and collapsed in the detention room.

It startled everyone.

If something happens in the detention room, everyone involved will be held responsible.

Outside the detention room, Bai Jifei was restrained by restraints, while his colleagues from the branch office's medical room were giving him an IV drip.

Bai Jifei struggled frantically, letting out hoarse roars as he shouted that he didn't want to live anymore and wanted him to die, saying that if he was saved now, he would find a chance to die later.

His parents were also present.

The father was so angry that he clutched his heart and couldn't speak.

The mother knelt on the ground, sobbing uncontrollably.

Chen Chao looked frustrated and couldn't help but say to Lü Youwei, "Director Lü, look at the mess this has made."

The scene was staged previously.

Later, he shouted that he would have himself shot.

Now, they're determined to die of thirst at the branch office.

Chen Chao is feeling incredibly frustrated right now.

"Don't get emotional." Lu Youwei waved his hand and said, "You also came from the grassroots level. You've seen all kinds of unreasonable things. Just handle it the way it should be handled."

Chen Chao thought to himself that it had been a long time since he had seen them.

Zhao Tianxing muttered softly, "If something really happens to him here, his parents will definitely come and make a scene."

Sun Zhao immediately glared at Zhao Tianxing, but he knew in his heart that what Zhao Tianxing said was true.

Right now, Bai Jifei's father is clutching his heart, feeling a chill run down his spine.

Lu Youwei pondered for a moment and said, "Hasn't his case been thoroughly investigated? Let's see if we can send him to the detention center."

The circumstances surrounding the false police report have been clarified.

Jiang Qi's death is a matter for Songling to handle.

So the case could actually be closed here; we could just send him to the detention center to await sentencing.

Chen Chao nodded slightly; he thought so too, but he didn't say anything.

At that moment, Ding Yuwei suddenly walked into the detention room.

"Bai Jifei, I have a question for you. Was June 5th, 2007 the day you met Jiang Qi?" she asked, squatting down.

Bai Jifei, who was struggling, suddenly stopped.

He turned his head and stared intently at Ding Yuwei for a long while before asking in a hoarse voice, "What do you mean?"

Everyone turned to look at Ding Yuwei.

Ding Yuwei continued, "Didn't Jiang Qi leave you a letter? Then let me ask you, was June 5th, 2007 the day you met?"

"Then, the three letters CMD might be the first letters of the pinyin for some Chinese character. Considering this day, what are your thoughts?"

CMD?

Shen Xin quickly thought to himself, "Did Ding Yuwei find the key?"

Bai Jifei's lips moved, and he suddenly said, "Chongming Island, yes, Chongming Island, June 5, 2007. That day, our company had a team building activity and went camping in the Xisha Wetland. It was there that I first met Jiang Qi."

"Their bank also happened to be organizing a team-building activity, yes, it's on Chongming Island."

He suddenly perked up and said eagerly, "The riddle! Jiang Qi must have left something for me on Chongming Island. I need to go to Chongming Island."

(End of this chapter)