You're supposed to be a security officer, what case are you solving?

Chapter 116 A Powerful Alliance! (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
The street was scorching hot.

Cicadas on the roadside trees.

Bicycles were traveling in twos and threes.

An oxcart by the roadside, with a corpse lying on its side.

And the helpless country man standing beside the corpse.

Two young men were standing opposite the man...

A red car drove by, and a female TV reporter sitting inside, holding a camera, took this photo while preparing for a special report on the arrival of the new millennium.

The photo was taken on July 19, 1997, at 2:30 p.m.

The female reporter was unaware that the country man's daughter was missing, his wife had just passed away, and he was all alone.

For the female reporter, this was just a photo she casually took while out interviewing this afternoon, and it will eventually be lost to the dust of time.

However, for Yang Jinwen and Maozi, this was the stark reality before them.

Every case, whether solved or not, will be archived and eventually become history.

At the very least, don't leave it on the shelf where unsolved cases are kept, letting it gather dust.

Moreover, the continuous disappearances of female students from Chengnan Health School do not meet the criteria for filing a case.

Looking at the two young men in front of him, especially the tall one, Ma Shutang didn't understand why they had come, nor what they wanted to do.

Even now, he has no idea that the two people standing in front of him are two young police officers.

Ma Shutang only regarded them as his daughter's roommate's two older brothers.

Jiang Yuxin is a very smart girl. She didn't reveal her brother's and Yang Jinwen's identities because she was afraid of causing unnecessary trouble.

Ma Shutang smiled and said, "Thank you all, I'm leaving now."

Yang Jinwen asked, "Where do you live?"

“Nanwan County, Majiahe Town, three villages and six groups.”

Ma Shutang didn't know why he asked that, but he answered anyway.

Yang Jinwen nodded: "If I can find your daughter, I will come to you."

Upon hearing this, Ma Shutang's face tightened, as if he was trying hard to suppress his emotions.

"it is good."

He answered and then got into the oxcart.

He reached out a hand and tightly embraced the body covered with a white sheet, then waved to Yang Jinwen and Maozi.

The country man sitting in front cracked his whip, and the water buffalo, which was shackled, slowly moved forward.

Yang Jinwen only looked away when the oxcart disappeared at the end of the road and was no longer visible.

Cat sighed deeply: "If I had known, we should have ordered two more dishes for lunch the day before."

Yang Jinwen remained silent and walked towards the old bicycle parked by the roadside.

The cat asked, "Shall we go back now?"

Yang Jinwen shook his head: "I'm going to the police station near the Chengnan Health School. You go back first."

"What are you doing? You really want to investigate?"

"Otherwise what?" Yang Jinwen glared at him.

"Haven't you looked into the situation? The principal of Chengnan Health School is a ** representative. He doesn't want the police station to file a case, just because of the word 'representative.' Do you know that?"

"Where did you find out?"

"Uncle Xu told me this. I asked him, and he said that investigating cases across districts is against regulations. We are just small people with little influence, and you're stirring up trouble."

"So you can't touch it?"

Yang Jinwen left with a remark, pedaled his old bicycle, and left Maozi behind.

Cat gritted its teeth and quickly followed on its bicycle.

The police station is right next to the Chengnan Health School, only about 100 meters away from the school's guardhouse.

Yang Jinwen parked his car by the roadside, stepped up the stairs, and headed straight for the government affairs hall.

He didn't know any of the leaders at the police station, since it wasn't in the Chengbei District; otherwise, he could have tried to build connections.

As Yang Jinwen was pondering what to say, he caught sight of Jiang Bala coming down from the second floor. He looked listless and dispirited.

The two looked at each other, one puzzled, the other bewildered.

Yang Jinwen stepped forward, about to speak, when Jiang Bala instructed, "Don't talk here, come to my car."

Yang Jinwen followed him out, just as Maozi parked his bicycle.

Jiang Bala had met him before, but for a moment he was confused about how Yang Jinwen had gotten involved with him.

Seeing Yang Jinwen wave to him, he quickly followed and got into Jiang Bala's Santana together.

Jiang Bala sat behind the steering wheel, took out a cigarette and offered it to Yang Jinwen and Maozi, but neither of them took it. So he lit it himself and took a deep breath.

"What did your Chengbei branch say?" Jiang Bala stared at Yang Jinwen.

"What are you thinking at the Chengnan branch?"

The two spoke in unison, and without a doubt, neither side achieved a good outcome.

Yang Jinwen said, "I contacted Director Lu, Director Lu contacted Captain Wen, and Captain Wen contacted Director Yang..."

Director Yang told me to go see Secretary Zhang in the city...

Yang Jinwen didn't say that last sentence out loud, but if he had, Jiang Bala might have actually made him do it.

Jiang Bala sighed: "Our Chengnan branch is the same way. They think I'm making a mountain out of a molehill and not doing my job properly, so they gave me a lecture."

"Why did you come to the police station today?"

“That girl, wasn’t Ma Weiwei’s mother killed in a car accident? Let me check the situation.”

"How is the result?"

"Actively seeking death."

Jiang Bala let out a sigh of relief: "Just like Zhang Qian's mother in 92, the first missing girl, she doesn't want to live anymore."

Yang Jinwen pressed, "In recent years, female students from the nursing school have been disappearing one after another, and two mothers have even attempted suicide. What does the Chengnan Nursing School think about this?" Jiang Bala snorted coldly, "Then you'll have to ask that bastard Shi Mingfeng. What does it have to do with them if people die outside the school?"

Yang Jinwen was silent for a moment before speaking: "The south branch of the city doesn't take these missing persons cases seriously, our north branch doesn't have the authority to investigate, and the municipal bureau won't easily launch an investigation."

"Now, we have no choice but to investigate ourselves. Once we find the evidence, I refuse to believe that either the south or north of the city, or the municipal bureau, will dare not file a case!"

Jiang Bala stared at him: "What do you mean 'we'? Hey, I just want to ask, what does this have to do with you?"
Yang Jinwen, honestly, what's your real purpose in caring so much about this?

"Serve the people!"

This remark almost made Jiang Bala laugh.

He looked at Yang Jinwen with intense eyes, which seemed serious and earnest, not joking.

Jiang Bala straightened his expression and asked, "Is that really what you think?"

Yang Jinwen nodded solemnly: "Otherwise, why would I become a policeman? Isn't it for this reason? Aren't you the same?"

"I……"

Jiang Bala couldn't answer; he couldn't even recite the People's Police Manifesto properly anymore.

If we're talking about selfish motives, he certainly had them!
If it weren't for his apprentice Qin Feng's dying wish, he wouldn't have even glanced at these missing persons cases, let alone investigated them.

Investigate my ass. Why not just sit in the office, drink tea, smoke, read the newspaper, and occasionally go out on the street to catch thugs and hounds and hounds to hone your skills?

Jiang Bala glanced at Yang Jinwen, and for some reason, he suddenly saw the shadow of his apprentice, Qin Feng.

That silly boy who was lying on my back, seriously injured, gritting his teeth and not uttering a sound!
“Master, I joined the police force not for any other reason than to catch bad guys and protect people’s property. If I have the chance, I also want to find my cousin and my aunt; they’ve been missing for almost a year…”

These words, spoken last month when the master and apprentice were drinking at a late-night food stall, now floated into Jiang Bala's mind as if they were still vivid in his memory.

Seeing him lost in thought, Yang Jinwen frowned and asked, "Captain Jiang?"

Jiang Bala snapped out of his daze, pursed his lips, and said, "Come on, I'll take you somewhere."

He turned the car key and started the car.

Yang Jinwen hurriedly replied, "My bicycle is still by the roadside."

"It's not far, just in the alley next to the South City Health School. Come back and ride after you're done."

"Won't it get stolen?"

"Parked in front of the police station, who would dare steal it?"

"Really?" Yang Jinwen was very skeptical.

Jiang turned the steering wheel, stepped on the gas, and passed the gate of Chengnan Health School.

On the asphalt road near the guesthouse, Yang Jinwen saw that the police officers from the local police station had drawn a human figure lying on the ground with chalk.

The posture is lying on your side with your arms outstretched forward and your legs bent.

Pedestrians avoided the area as if it were a plague.

The pattern will disappear after a heavy rain, including congealed bloodstains.

Yang Jinwen sighed softly. When he came to his senses, the car had already stopped in the alley next to him.

As Jiang Bala opened the car door, he called out, "We're here. It's right here."

Yang Jinwen got out of the car and looked up. He saw a five-story building in front of him, with a convenience store, a snack shop and a music and video store facing the street.

Jiang Bala led the way, and they passed through a narrow alley that could only accommodate three people walking side by side, before turning around and going upstairs.

The white walls of the stairwell were covered with small advertisements.

[Treatment for male ailments: Effective with just one injection!]

[Poker with varying rank, guaranteed to teach and learn!]

[Black car modification]

[Issuance of permits and sale of firearms]

[Painless abortion, ultrasound to determine gender]

Advertisements like these are plastered all over the walls.

Yang Jinwen followed Jiang Bala to the second floor, and walked along the corridor to a room on the right.

After he knocked on the door, it opened immediately, and Fu Yun's face appeared before Yang Jinwen.

Fu Yun squinted at him, not surprised at all, and stepped aside to let them in.

As soon as Yang Jinwen entered, he saw that it was a 20-square-meter single room with the curtains facing the street drawn tightly and a dim light bulb hanging from the ceiling.

There was no bed or anything like that, just a broken sofa, a few chairs, a square table, and two whiteboards for analyzing the case.

The whiteboard was filled with the dates of the missing girls' disappearances, along with photos of them taken before they went missing.

Clearly, this is a secretive, independent investigation office.

Yang Jinwen opened his eyes wide and looked at Fu Yun and Jiang Bala, who had closed the door.

"So you've already decided to investigate this separately?"

Jiang Bala nodded: "Lao Fu and I have already taken unpaid leave. We won't return to the team until we've solved these missing persons cases!"

He is, after all, a criminal investigator; stubbornness and an indomitable spirit flow in his veins.

Yang Jinwen thought that since Jiang Bala had brought him along, it meant he didn't consider him an outsider. He immediately said, "I'll join you. I'll investigate with you!"

Jiang Bala and Fu Yun exchanged a glance and nodded.

Yang Jinwen works for the Chengbei branch of the Public Security Bureau, so this is considered cross-regional cooperation.

Moreover, he played a crucial role in the fact that the Chengbei Branch solved three cases in a single month. People in the An'nan City police system already knew that this young man was very good at solving cases.

Just then, a voice suddenly rang out: "Count me in too."

The sudden and unfamiliar voice startled Jiang Bala and Fu Yun.

After searching for a long time, the two finally found a stranger's face in the corner of the sofa.

Jiang Bala was dumbfounded: "Wait, who is this person? When did he come here?"

Fu Yun was also completely baffled; he hadn't even noticed the person's presence.

(End of this chapter)