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

Chapter 286 What is her purpose?
"Hello, this is the An'nan City Public Security Bureau, my name is Yang Jinwen..."

A moment later, a female police officer with a Sichuan accent came from the other end of the phone: "Annan City? Where is Annan City?"

"Uh……"

Before Yang Jinwen could answer, another soft, sweet female voice came from the other end of the phone: "You silly boy, Annan is above us, in Qin Province."

"Oh."

The policewoman responded, followed by a slightly accented Mandarin question: "Who are you looking for?"

Yang Jinwen replied, "I'm looking for your Director Huang Guangzhong."

"Yes, wait a moment, don't hang up..."

Yang Jinwen thought to himself that long-distance calls were expensive, but soon a man's voice came through the receiver, asking in a strong voice, "I am Huang Guangzhong, who are you?"

"I am Yang Jinwen from the Criminal Investigation Brigade of the An'nan City Public Security Bureau. Hello, Chief Huang."

"Speak, what is it?"

"I would like to ask you to find someone named Yin Hong, who is 28 years old and lives in Group 3, Village 5, Shaping Town, Jiangcheng. She is an orphan who grew up with her uncle."

"Crimson?"

“Yes.” Yang Jinwen added, “She’s very beautiful.”

After a moment's hesitation, the person on the other end asked, "Did this person commit a crime over there?"

“There’s a case that’s related to her.”

"So what do you want to investigate?"

"She went missing on the night of January 22nd, and may have returned to her hometown."

"Yes, say your name again."

"My name is Yang Jinwen."

"can."

"Thank you. Please call this number if you have any news."

"Comrade, not so fast. I need to verify your identity first. You know, there have been a lot of scammers lately. We recently arrested a few scammers who impersonated police officers. We don't know if you're a scammer or not."

After the other party finished speaking, two female police officers came through the phone, discussing: "That's right, I think it's a scam."

"Are you from Harbin? Just because someone calls you doesn't mean they're a scammer. They're just helping to check on someone. Scammers usually impersonate our superiors, but he's not a superior; he's from a neighboring province."

"Scammers always trick you step by step."

"Forget it, I'm too lazy to explain it to you."

Listening to their conversation, Yang Jinwen noticed the soft, sweet voices and immediately realized the differences in language and culture between the two places. They were very different in terms of both culture and geographical location.

"Okay, Director Huang, you can call our Director Yang Guochang. He will verify my identity. Thank you for your help."

You're welcome.

Yang Jinwen hung up the phone and said to Lü Weiwei, "Please keep an eye out for calls from them these next few days."

Lu Weiwei sat in the chair and nodded slightly.

After Yang Jinwen left, two female police officers behind Lü Weiwei's desk came over, and one of them asked, "Weiwei, does this Captain Yang have a girlfriend?"

Another person spoke up: "A man like that is tall, handsome, and has a refined appearance. Our criminal investigation team, no, our county bureau, can't find another like him. If he doesn't have a girlfriend, I'll go after him."

Lü Weiwei curled her lip: "Go ahead and do it if you dare."

"Tell us first, does Captain Yang have a girlfriend or not?"

A sly glint flashed in Lü Weiwei's eyes as she smiled and replied, "No, I heard you're single and haven't been in a relationship yet."

The two colleagues perked up: "Really?"

"Then I won't be polite."

"Fair competition! Fair competition!"

Lü Weiwei grinned: "Alright, I'm going to get busy..."

After she stood up, she pointed to the landline phone and said, "Keep an eye on Captain Yang's calls, don't miss them, or he'll get angry."

The two colleagues nodded eagerly, looking very excited.

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Six o'clock in the evening.

Danfeng Residential Area is the same residential area where Zhong Aihua and Yin Hong live.

Yang Jinwen found one of the witnesses at the time, a middle-aged woman who owned a dog.

She sat on a bench at the east exit of the residential area, holding a dog leash, while a Pekingese sniffed around her feet.

"October 1th?"

Yang Jinwen sat at the other end of the bench, holding a notebook and a pen, and said, "The exact time was around 1 p.m. on January 22nd. A strange woman appeared in your neighborhood..."

"Oh, I know who you're talking about. That woman clearly isn't from the city; she's dressed very..."

She hesitated for a moment, then said, "Of course I'm not discriminating against people from the countryside. Anyway, she was dressed very poorly, wearing a summer shirt in the dead of winter, shivering from the cold."

I saw her squatting on the ground, looking very uncomfortable, so I went to ask her if she needed help, but she ignored me.

Yang Jinwen understood that the more she emphasized it, the more she really thought so, but since he was there to investigate a case, he couldn't change her attitude.

He asked, "Did she make any gestures to you?"

"Gesture? What gesture?"

Did she gesture anything to you with her hands?

"Yes, she waved for me to leave." "How did she gesture?"

“It’s like this…” The middle-aged woman raised her hand and gestured awkwardly several times, but her imitation was not standard.

“I’m not good at studying. Anyway, this woman was very rude. I got angry at the time and was thinking of asking the security guard to kick her out, but in the end, she disappeared.”

Yang Jinwen carefully observed her movements, then clipped the pen into the notebook and placed it on his lap.

"Is this how she gestured?"

Yang Jinwen raised his hands, pinched his thumbs and middle fingers together, left hand below, right hand above, touched his hands twice, and then flicked his fingers apart.

The second movement is to extend the right thumb and bend the first joint of the thumb twice.

Upon seeing this gesture, the middle-aged woman immediately nodded: "Yes, that's how you mimic me. You've imitated it very well. What does it mean?"

Yang Jinwen put down his hand, picked up his notebook, and replied, "She's saying, 'I'm sorry, thank you,' she's apologizing to you."

The middle-aged woman blinked: "Really? You weren't telling me to get lost?"

"No."

Why didn't she just say it directly?

“Because she is deaf and mute, she can’t tell you directly.” Yang Jinwen stood up, not looking at the middle-aged woman’s face.

After he had walked a few steps away, he heard a middle-aged woman shout loudly, "Officer!"

Yang Jinwen turned around and stared at the woman. The woman blushed and said, "If you can see her, please tell her for me that I'm sorry, I misunderstood her."

Yang Jinwen smiled and said, "Okay."

But the other party will never hear this apology.

Yang Jinwen spent several hours asking around the neighborhood, but apart from a woman walking her dog who had seen the strange woman, no one else had.

This is a high-end residential area with two gates, one on the east and one on the west. However, the woman appeared just as the security guards were changing shifts, and the guards were not very diligent and did not notice her.

It was initially determined that the woman entered through the east gate.

After leaving the residential area, Yang Jinwen inquired at nearby shops and found several more eyewitnesses whose accounts matched those of the woman walking the dog.

The woman looked pale and weak, and lingered for a while in front of a noodle shop on Danxia Road.

At that moment, Yang Jinwen was in the noodle shop.

The noodle shop owner recalled, "There was a very strange woman loitering in front of my shop. I was busy at the time and didn't pay much attention."

I guessed she must not have eaten in a long time, so I went to get her a bowl of noodles. When I went out again, she was gone.

What kind of clothes was she wearing at the time?

"Her hair was messy, and her face was very thin. It was a cold day, and she was wearing a floral shirt and army green pants. I thought she was some crazy woman from somewhere."

Which direction was she coming from?

"I don't know that."

As soon as the noodle shop owner finished speaking, his wife pointed to the right and said, "Over there, I saw her when I was throwing away the trash. She was squatting by the telephone pole for a while."

"Okay, thank you."

Yang Jinwen went outside and saw a tin sign hanging on a utility pole.

There's a music and video store across from the utility pole.

Yang Jinwen found the owner of the audio-visual store, who also confirmed that he had seen the woman.

It was also pointed out that the woman came from the railway.

"Railway?" Yang Jinwen stood outside the door, looking at the four-lane road diagonally opposite.

Tenom County is small; once the railway line extends out, there are no more buildings.

However, this road leads to the county's train station.

Did this strange woman walk all the way from the train station?

The train station is three kilometers away from Danfeng Residential Area, where the woman died.

It's a full two kilometers away from the music and video store.

Yang Jinwen thanked the boss and then walked along the railway towards the train station.

There are many buildings surrounding the train station. Yang Jinwen asked more than a dozen shops and finally confirmed that the deaf-mute woman had crossed the road from the train station square.

There were small vendors carrying loads on shoulder poles in the square, as well as motorcycle drivers gathered together to solicit customers.

Upon questioning, most of these people had seen women before.

Several motorcycle drivers, in particular, answered that the woman had come to the county town by train.

Furthermore, the woman was in very poor condition; when the motorcycle driver asked her questions, she responded with hand gestures.

Yang Jinwen confirmed the gestures several times. The woman was gesturing to the motorcycle driver who was soliciting passengers, meaning, "I have no money. I'm looking for someone. Do you know...where is he?"
Geographical locations are very difficult to describe, and motorcycle drivers simply cannot understand them.

However, several drivers said, "She smelled terrible, like pesticide."

"They look quite pitiful."

"I guess they've come to stay with relatives."

Yang Jinwen ended his conversation with them and looked up at the train station sign.

A deaf-mute woman, having swallowed paraquat and penniless, hurriedly boarded a train to Danan County, dressed in such thin clothing.

She found Zhong Aihua's house and died there. What was her reason?
Was she looking for Zhong Aihua? Or for Yin Hong?
This also completely proves that the death of the deaf-mute woman had nothing to do with Zhong Aihua and Yin Hong.

Whether the deaf-mute woman committed suicide remains unclear.

If she wanted to commit suicide, why did she drink paraquat beforehand?
Why did she risk her life to come here?
(End of this chapter)