Animal Detective

Chapter 259 Nanjiang will not tolerate such a powerful murderer.
Shao Jingming pointed at Shen Xin and said, "Old Liu, you explain the situation to Xiao Shen properly. I'll go take a look over there."

He took Zhong Yu to see the route the suspect had taken to escape.

Liu Baoqing understood what Shao Jingming meant.

The case had reached a stalemate, and he wanted Shen Xin to give him some advice.

Shen Xin has solved quite a few cold cases, so he's quite capable.

Looking at it from multiple angles might lead to new discoveries.

Liu Baoqing organized his thoughts for a moment before saying, "The most troublesome thing right now is that the investigation into Huang Weili's social connections has not found any suspects."

He gave a detailed account of the investigation they had conducted over the past few days.

It's been five days since the incident, and it's safe to say that Huang Weili's background has been thoroughly investigated.

They found out everything about his parents, his current family situation, how many mistresses he'd kept, how he made his fortune, and who he'd had conflicts with during his business dealings.

Huang Weili is a local. He was a college graduate in the 1990s and then went to work for a real estate company.

He was extremely capable and at one point rose to a middle management position in this nationwide real estate company.

Later, due to changes in the company's business, he lost his case and left the company.

At the age of thirty, he tried starting his own business.

I once collaborated with some friends to develop a real estate project in Jigang.

But I didn't earn enough.

Later, they took a different approach and set their sights on the building materials industry.

He has a deep network of connections in the real estate industry and is very successful in the building materials industry.

It was only in the last two years, with too many competitors vying for dominance, coupled with a generally poor industry, that business started to decline.

He's almost forty and can't do much anymore, so he's started to relax and take a break.

The company is handed over to professional managers, who occasionally keep an eye on things and make some investments. As for myself, I have plenty of time and have developed various hobbies.

For example, fishing.

His relationship with Hu Yueqin broke down during this period.

Hu Yueqin was from out of town and used to work in finance. The two had business dealings and gradually became a couple.

During the startup phase, Hu Yueqin provided Huang Weili with a lot of help.

This is also the main reason why the two are having a divorce and the division of property is not clean.

Hu Yueqin is not just a pretty face; she is truly capable.

During this period, Huang Weili became fickle and started having extramarital affairs, which was discovered by Hu Yueqin.

We've argued and fought.

Eventually, Hu Yueqin also started looking for men; you do your thing, I'll do mine.

Liu Baoqing said, "Actually, Hu Yueqin is highly suspicious. The two are getting a divorce, and there is a lot of conflict of interest involved."

“If Huang Weili dies, then Hu Yueqin can inherit all of his estate.”

"The conflict between the two was not only about Huang Weili having an affair; Huang Weili also suspected Hu Yueqin of cheating and believed that the son was not his own."

The couple initially had a daughter, and then had a son in their thirties.

Huang Weili believes that this son is not his own.

The reason is that they don't look alike.

He had a big fight with Hu Yueqin over this.

However, after a paternity test, it was discovered that the child was indeed her biological child.

Shen Xin took Liu Baoqing's phone and glanced at the photo of Huang Weili's son.

After hesitating for a moment, Shen Xin asked, "Captain Liu, are you sure the paternity test wasn't tampered with?"

It's no wonder Huang Weili was suspicious; the father and son really didn't look alike.

Liu Baoqing shook his head, saying that they persuaded Hu Yueqin to do a paternity test, and that she was indeed Huang Weili's son.

"So you see, Hu Yueqin and Huang Weili had a very big conflict, and she had enough motive to kill Huang Weili."

"In Huang Weili's social circle, apart from Hu Yueqin, there was no one with such a big conflict."

If someone's about to kill someone, then it must be no ordinary grudge.

“We investigated any contradictions and tried our best to confirm the alibi of each person.”

"Then, just like Hu Yueqin, they had ample alibis."

"We also checked Huang Weili's financial situation, and there were no problems involved."

Shen Xin frowned.

No wonder Liu Baoqing said there were problems with the case, which had reached a stalemate.

This is a dead end.

All those who might have had a motive for murder were investigated.

Most importantly, they all have alibis.

This is solid evidence. I didn't even have time to kill anyone, so what good would a motive do?

"So you suspect that a hitman was hired?" Shen Xin asked rhetorically.

Since he didn't have time to do it himself, he had no choice but to hire someone to kill him.

In recent years, with good economic conditions, a good social security environment, and cameras everywhere, the cost of committing crimes has been raised infinitely.

As before, cases of people helping to kill for a little money are very rare, but they still happen.

Just like last year, Shen Xin remembers there was another case in the south.

A boss hired a hitman to commit murder, and ended up paying him millions in bonuses. Then the hitman was subcontracted layer by layer, and in the end, it became only 100,000 yuan.

When the contractor for the last floor saw that it was only a small amount of money, he realized he was being ripped off and simply quit.

So even now, there are still desperate people willing to kill for money.

It's understandable that Liu Baoqing and his team, after finding nothing in their investigation of Huang Weili's social connections, considered hiring someone to commit murder.

Shen Xin recalled the route he had used Odin to track the suspect's escape and asked Liu Baoqing if he had found it.

"Not yet."

Liu Baoqing shook his head, took out his phone, and showed Shen Xin a screenshot from a surveillance camera.

The screenshot appears to be enlarged.

Judging from the angle, it should be a surveillance camera on the road.

The trees lining the streets of Nanjiang are mostly camphor trees, which are evergreen all year round. The person riding the electric scooter in the video is walking on the sidewalk.

With trees blocking the view, the road surveillance cameras only captured a small portion of the footage.

In the video, he is riding a black electric scooter.

He was dressed entirely in black and wearing a motorcycle helmet, so his face was completely obscured.

Judging from the fleeting glimpse and the relatively broad shoulders, it can be inferred that this might be a man.

Liu Baoqing said, "We checked as many vehicles and people as possible who passed by these two cameras before and after the incident, but we didn't find anything."

"The only discovery was this person. When we were visiting the residential area, someone was smoking on a second-floor balcony. Around midnight, they saw this person wearing a motorcycle helmet."

"Therefore, we believe this person is highly suspicious and is very likely the murderer."

"But judging from his physique, he is likely male, and given his strong counter-surveillance awareness, we can only speculate that someone hired him to kill."

Shen Xin nodded.

In other words, Liu Baoqing and his group's speculation that they hired someone to commit murder was not just pure speculation, but was based on relevant evidence.

Shen Xin examined the surveillance screenshot carefully.

There's really not much useful information.

Just as Liu Baoqing said, the other side has a relatively strong counter-surveillance awareness.

That certainly resembled a professional assassin.

After thinking for a moment, Shen Xin asked, "Captain Liu, have you checked Hu Yueqin's financial situation, and what about her lover? Could it be that the two conspired together, and Hu Yueqin used her lover to hire an assassin?"

Hiring a hitman will cost you money, and it certainly won't be cheap.

Then we should start with Hu Yueqin, who has the most motive, and investigate her financial situation.

Liu Baoqing sighed, "We didn't investigate, but we didn't find anything. To be honest, we've practically worn out all of Hu Yueqin's communication records, and we even found a few fraudulent ones along the way, but we still haven't found any clues about her hiring someone to kill someone."

Since Liu Baoqing said so, his phone number, communication records, and internet records must have all been checked.

However, Hu Yueqin couldn't just go out on the street, find someone randomly, and ask them if they were willing to commit murder.

It must have been through an introduction or by finding the contact information online.

These traces will definitely remain. Liu Baoqing sighed and said, "To be honest, so many people in our team have been focused on this case these past few days, and now that it's turned out like this, it's really frustrating."

The Criminal Investigation Division of the New District Branch is larger, with nearly forty people.

With so many people involved and so many days of investigation yielding no results, it's no wonder that Shao Jingming intervened.

Several holdout residents nearby were shouting.

Shen Xin gave a rebuke and continued to ponder.

After a long pause, Shen Xin said, "Captain Liu, do you think we might have made a mistake in our initial judgment of the direction?"

For example, it wasn't a revenge killing, but a robbery and murder.

As for not taking his wallet and phone, was it because he was forced to stop?

Or perhaps they've simply given up?

Or, as some online comments have speculated, someone got into a conflict with Huang Weili over fishing and killed him in a fit of rage.

The choice of a stone as the murder weapon also demonstrates this randomness.

"wrong."

After Shen Xin finished speaking, he quickly shook his head to deny his own thoughts.

The escape route that Odin tracked down by following Huang Weili's blood should be fine.

The suspect had sufficient counter-surveillance awareness and didn't seem like a cowardly robber who had killed someone but was too scared to pick up his phone.

And thinking about it this way, Shen Xin thought of another point.

The murder weapon was a stone.

If Hu Yueqin hired someone to commit murder, and he found a professional with counter-surveillance awareness, he would also learn about Huang Weili's night fishing habit from Hu Yueqin.

Since he had prepared an evacuation plan, he must have also prepared a plan to commit violence.

You could just use a knife.

Why did he just pick up a random stone, kill someone, and then throw it into the water? He could have easily buried the body, cleaned up the scene as much as possible, and delayed the police investigation.

Shen Xin frowned and said, "Captain Liu, this case is indeed a bit strange. The murderer's various behaviors don't match the evidence."

Liu Baoqing nodded quickly, saying that he had always had this feeling.

The scene was so casual, yet the escape route was meticulously planned.

Hu Yueqin clearly had the strongest motive, yet she also had a complete alibi, and no clues could be found regarding hiring someone to commit murder.

Various illogical points.

After a long pause, Shen Xin shook his head again: "Captain Liu, I have no ideas either."

Shen Xin never considered himself Sherlock Holmes; if he had no ideas, he simply admitted it.

Liu Baoqing sighed but didn't say anything.

He hoped Shen Xin could offer some insights, but if he couldn't, that would be acceptable.

"Alright, you go ahead and do your thing. I'm going to continue suffering from this headache. If all else fails, I'll just do it the same way as before."

Liu Baoqing patted Shen Xin on the shoulder and turned to meet up with Shao Jingming.

The so-called old method is to conduct a large-scale investigation.

Centered on the crime scene, a large amount of manpower and resources were invested. If five kilometers was not enough, then ten kilometers would be visited, and if ten kilometers was not enough, then the whole city would be visited.

I don't believe we can't find any clues.

After watching Liu Baoqing leave, Shen Xin glanced at the crime scene, which was still cordoned off in the distance. He thought for a while, but still had no clue, so he could only go about his own business.

Two more days passed in the blink of an eye.

It has been a week since the incident.

There's no more discussion about this case online.

Shen Xin made some inquiries, but there was still no progress. He then began a large-scale investigation in an attempt to find the suspect wearing a helmet.

Once it gets to that point, you can only rely on luck.

Shen Xin continued with his work as usual.

Anyway, Shen Xin was quite relaxed, as he left the police dog training entirely to Li Jiahui, so he didn't have to worry about it too much.

All Shen Xin could do was try to increase the dogs' favorability.

The higher the favorability rating, the faster the training will be.

That morning, due to a traffic accident during rush hour, there was a traffic jam, and by the time I arrived at the base, it was already 8:40.

I was forty minutes late.

But it doesn't matter. They said they would report to the police dog base every day, but they didn't say they had to clock in and work here.

As soon as Shen Xingang arrived at the entrance to the base, he immediately saw several police cars parked deep into the cement road leading up the mountain, all the way to where cars could no longer go.

Then it was surrounded by people.

As expected, Shen Xin saw Li Jiahui and the others.

From a distance, it could be seen that the road leading up the mountain was cordoned off.

Shen Xin quickly parked the car at the entrance of the base and walked over.

"What's going on?"

Shen Xin hurriedly inquired.

When Li Jiahui saw Shen Xin, she said urgently, "Shen Xin, another person has died in the reservoir. I heard from them that it seems to be similar to the previous one; they were found floating in the water."

Li Mo and Chen Guo, standing nearby, nodded in agreement, their faces filled with disbelief.

Shen Xin was also startled.

Is it true? Someone died again, and in the same reservoir.

Shen Xin hurriedly squeezed in.

Before he could even show his police ID, the colleague guarding the cordon recognized Shen Xin and immediately removed the cordon.

Shen Xin thanked him and quickly walked up the mountain.

I kept thinking about what was going on on the way.

Was it another drowning?

If that's the case, then something's definitely wrong with this reservoir.

If not, then a murder will occur again in the same location a week later.

What is this, a serial killer?

What about the motivation?

Revenge against the fishermen?
Shen Xin knew that even after the lockdown was lifted these past few days, there were still anglers coming to the reservoir to fish.

Even night fishing is happening.

Thinking of this, Shen Xin quickened his pace.

Before long, we arrived at the reservoir.

The scene was full of police officers.

The crime scene was located slightly to the west of the reservoir, to the north.

The crime scene is near Huang Weili.

There was no way around it; that place was a prime fishing spot.

The body has been retrieved and is being examined on the shore.

Moreover, Shen Xin also saw Shao Jingming.

Before the first murder case was solved, another murder occurred in the same location. It would be strange if Shao Jingming wasn't alarmed.

Shen Xin walked over quickly and heard Shao Jingming yelling at Liu Baoqing and the others.

"What is this, a provocation?"

"Everyone, turn around and look to the side. The police tape hasn't been removed yet, and they've killed another one using almost the exact same method!"

"Comrades, aren't you ashamed?"

"Anyway, I feel ashamed, Liu Baoqing. I don't care how many reasons you have, I just need you to give me a time!"

"Solve the case within the deadline!"

"You need people? I'll give you as many as you want. I can even do it myself. All I care about is solving the case."

"I won't allow such a powerful murderer to exist in our Nanjiang!"

(End of this chapter)