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

Chapter 194 Keep Catching Them!
Ten p.m.

Batang Street, a rice noodle stall at the street entrance.

The cat held chopsticks and slurped up the rice noodles.

As he ate, he looked at Hu Zhiyong sitting across the table and said, "Captain Hu, don't be discouraged. Your Yuncheng pickled fish rice noodles are really delicious. They're sour and spicy, and they're very appetizing."

Hu Zhiyong smoked a cigarette and sighed.

At this moment, Zhao Daqing was taken away, and the police officers also withdrew. The streets returned to normal, as if nothing had happened.

At this hour, the night market stalls were already preparing to close, but the crowds of curious onlookers couldn't resist. They were all discussing who the police were arresting.

Once baseless rumors start circulating, they can go on and on, with all sorts of things being said.

Yang Jinwen stood at a distance, holding the mobile phone that He Jinbo had given him.

Zhao Daqing's arrest should be promptly reported to the An'nan Municipal Public Security Bureau.

Of course, it was his father-in-law who answered the phone.

Wen Mo called him "Jinwen" over and over on the phone, sounding very affectionate.

"I'll contact the provincial department right now and have them negotiate with Yuncheng. Since we arrested Zhao Daqing, we must bring him back. The family annihilation case in Lingmeng County must be resolved here."

Yang Jinwen nodded: "But there's one troublesome thing: Zhao Daqing is very likely to have committed another crime in the few days since he came back..."

He told Wen Mo about the key he had found on Zhao Daqing.

This is a bit tricky. According to the jurisdiction of the homicide cases, the two cases in Yuncheng were in 1995 and the Lishui community family annihilation case was in August 1996. Both are old cases.

The most recent case was the family annihilation in Lingmeng County. It was an on-the-spot murder, and the perpetrators were arrested by Yang Jinwen and his team. From any perspective, Zhao Daqing had to be brought back.

But this guy came back to Yuncheng and killed someone again, so the case in Lingmeng County is no longer a recent murder case and will have to wait.

Wen Mo pondered for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "Don't panic, I'll fly over right away. You can't handle this if I don't come!"

Yang Jinwen thought to himself, "I'm not flustered at all."

After hanging up the phone, he returned to his stall.

The cat had already finished the rice noodles in its bowl, but it still wanted more.

Hu Zhiyong didn't eat a single bite, and left several cigarette butts on the ground.

When Zeng Weiqiang issued the reconnaissance mission, he completely ignored Hu Zhiyong. Even Niu Guoli had something to do, but Hu Zhiyong did not.

Clearly, he was being ignored.

So Yang Jinwen invited him to have some late-night snacks first.

Although they hadn't known each other for long, the first time Yang Jinwen saw him was when he violently kicked the interrogation chair where Gao Mingliang was sitting.

His emotions were intense, and he was personally involved in the two cases in Yuncheng.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been so agitated.

Moreover, he restrained himself and did not directly hit the person.

If you're tactful enough, you'll be like Chen Manqiu. No matter what the case is, it's just a job, and you don't need to drag your personal feelings into it.

Seeing Yang Jinwen sit down, Hu Zhiyong sighed again: "I just don't understand how Zhao Daqing was so startled!"

He had previously explained this matter in detail to Yang Jinwen and Maozi.

Because Zhao Daqing refused to speak, Hu Zhiyong couldn't figure out where the problem had gone wrong.

Maozi asked, "Will someone in the mahjong parlor notify Zhao Daqing, call him, and tell him to run away?"

Hu Zhiyong shook his head: "It's unlikely. Lao Niu and I have been in the mahjong parlor the whole time, and we haven't seen anyone make a phone call."

Yang Jinwen said, "That means Zhao Daqing is very cunning. He may have seen you outside the mahjong parlor and recognized your identities."

Cat nodded: "That should be it. Don't forget, when Zhao Daqing committed his first crime, he returned to the crime scene multiple times..."

At this moment, Hu Zhiyong's eyes widened: "It's possible that it really is. His first case was a burglary in Wuhou Hutong, where he killed a 60-year-old retired worker."

That was in 95; Lao Niu and I stayed at the site for several days.

Yang Jinwen picked up his chopsticks and said, "That's it."

Hu Zhiyong let out a sigh of relief: "I'm really unlucky. I've been chasing this culprit for three years, investigating for so long, and I haven't even gotten a single clue. It was you guys who caught him."

Cat comforted her, "That's different. Zhao Daqing commits crimes randomly, so it's not that easy to find him."

Besides, he fled immediately after committing the family annihilation case in Lishui residential area; otherwise, your Yuncheng would have solved the case long ago.”

Hu Zhiyong shook his head and said with a wry smile, "It's not like that, it's just that I'm incompetent. Zhao Daqing committed a crime in Lingmeng County, and he immediately ran away, but Captain Yang was able to dig him out."

"I'm getting old. Now that this case is over, I think I should apply for retirement and make way for younger people."

In fact, Hu Zhiyong was the deputy captain of the serious crime squad and Chen Manqiu's deputy.

The cat stopped talking; after all, Yang Jinwen's thinking ability was much higher than that of the others.

Yang Jinwen ate his rice noodles with gusto, glanced at Hu Zhiyong, and said, "Let's eat first. After we finish eating, we'll continue catching people."

Cat's eyes widened: "Are we going to arrest Chen Li? No, Zhao Daqing won't say a word no matter what, where are we going to find someone?" Yang Jinwen sighed: "Brother Cat, don't just focus on eating, think about something else."

Hu Zhiyong suddenly thought of something, then picked up his chopsticks, picked up the rice noodles, and ate them in big mouthfuls.

Half past ten in the evening.

After the three finished their meal, they found a phone booth.

Hu Zhiyong took out a card from his briefcase: "I have a card, use mine."

Yang Jinwen nodded, inserted the card, dialed the paging service.

The operator's voice immediately came through the receiver.

Yang Jinwen said, "Page 932... leave a message, I'm on Batang Street..."

He glanced at a hair salon on another street and continued, "I'm getting my hair washed at 'Urban Beauty' salon. Come quick, Gao Mingliang."

After hanging up the phone, Yang Jinwen nodded and said, "When Zhao Daqing discovered that you were searching for him at the mahjong parlor, he probably went to get his car immediately, intending to take Chen Li with him and escape."

At this point, Chen Li probably doesn't know that Zhao Daqing has already been arrested, so they need to make the arrest as soon as possible to prevent the news from leaking out.

Gao Mingliang's pager was in Yang Jinwen's briefcase. He also knew Zhao Daqing's pager number but did not tell the Yuncheng branch.

Previously, Zeng Weiqiang hadn't asked for it, probably because he was so angry about Zhao Daqing's latest crime that he forgot, or something else. Yang Jinwen didn't care.

At 11 p.m., all the surrounding shops had closed and the night market had been shut down. The streets were quiet except for the 'Urban Beauty' hair salon, where a rotating lantern was lit up, and neon lights shone brightly on the entrance, a deep red.

This is a legitimate hair salon, run by just the owner.

At least, the hair salon had all the necessary tools; it wasn't like other hair salons that were all show and no substance.

The cat sat in the chair, looking at itself in the mirror, extremely restless.

The plump proprietress stood behind him, gently massaging his scalp with both hands, smiling sweetly: "First time washing your hair? This is a dry shampoo, not a water shampoo, so don't be so nervous, relax."

The cat groaned, "I'm a little itchy."

"Where does it itch? Is the pressure not enough?"

The cat quickly shook its head, and the foam from its head fell onto its face.

"Hey, I used to wash them myself."

The proprietress glanced in the mirror, and the cat quickly lowered its head.

The proprietress laughed and said, "That's different. It's more comfortable to wash with a woman's help."

"Woo..."

Cat let out a soft hum. He felt very hot all over. The landlady's hand was pressing behind his ears, and her delicate fingers were sliding around his neck on both sides.

Damn it, Yang Jinwen won't wash, Hu Zhiyong won't wash, and they've assigned this task to me. How can I possibly handle it?

The cat closed its eyes, feeling extremely sad and ashamed, feeling guilty for failing its parents in raising it.

Just like when he and his friends secretly watched the pornographic DVDs that each other had stolen from their homes during his youth, his feelings were incredibly uneasy.

This is definitely not a legitimate hair salon!
Cat has this feeling: how can the owner of a legitimate hair salon have such skillful hands?

Do everything in a way that makes me comfortable.

This is unacceptable!

Cat was having a mental struggle, while Yang Jinwen and Hu Zhiyong lay in ambush outside the shop, shrouded in darkness.

The streets were quiet, with not a soul in sight.

Yang Jinwen was still somewhat worried, after all, the security team and patrol team were conducting a thorough search, which might scare Chen Li away.

However, if Chen Li saw the police coming to her door, she would definitely worry about being exposed. Either she would go to Zhao Daqing to inform him, or she would see Gao Mingliang's pager and go to find Gao Mingliang.

Chen Li is a woman without even an ID card; she definitely can't escape, and it's only a matter of time before she's caught.

The fact that Zhao Daqing always carried Chen Li's ID card indicates that he controlled Chen Li and kept her by his side.

Perhaps this woman was not with Zhao Daqing willingly.

With Gao Mingliang's arrival in Yuncheng, she's bound to take some action.

As Yang Jinwen was thinking this, a figure suddenly appeared in the alleyway far from the hair salon.

The man walked quickly, looked around, and then swiftly crossed the street to the neon-lit hair salon.

Hu Zhiyong, who was hiding behind a telephone pole, gave Yang Jinwen a wink, and the two nodded to each other.

The figure arrived at the entrance of the hair salon, and the two people recognized her immediately—it was Chen Li!
Chen Li didn't notice that two people were following her. She pushed open the door and saw the man washing his hair.

After seeing her in the mirror, the cat pulled the towel off its shoulder and quickly stood up.

When Chen Li saw his face, she frowned and was about to turn around when Yang Jinwen and Hu Zhiyong blocked her way.

Hu Zhiyong stared intently at her face and uttered the words he had kept hidden in his heart all these years: "Chen Li, I am the criminal police officer in charge of the Yuncheng Lishui Residential Area family annihilation case. Do you know why I arrested you?!"

(End of this chapter)