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

Chapter 295 A desperate escape!
Anan Railway Station.

It was already dusk, and there were only a few passengers in the square.

The street vendors, with a square wooden box hanging around their necks and resting on their bellies, called out their wares in the square.

There were vendors selling cigarettes, maps, magazines, newspapers, and CDs.

It's summer. If it were winter, these people would definitely be wearing military overcoats, with the coats open, revealing piles of pirated CDs or illegal IC cards they'd gotten from somewhere.

More often, it was pickpockets and thugs lurking in the shadows of corners, looking for targets.

Yang Jinwen and his group parked their car on the side of the square, got out, and strode towards the railway police station next door.

Two uniformed police officers had just stepped out of the room when the scheming thugs in the shadows quickly hid in the dark, scurrying about like rats.

Mice are naturally wary of cats, and they can't discern Yang Jinwen's identity just by looking at him.

However, the people following behind him, especially Cai Ting, had a neat short haircut, a black men's leather jacket, and blue jeans. This is how ordinary women in plainclothes dress. At first glance, she looked very cool and imposing.

Yang Jinwen stepped up the stairs and extended his hand to a police officer who was walking towards him: "Hello, Chief Wen."

"Captain Yang, I've heard so much about you."

"You're too kind, just call me Jinwen," Yang Jinwen said modestly.

Wen Mingren, the director of the An'nan Railway Police Station, is Wen Ling's older cousin. So, in the future, Yang Jinwen will have to call him "brother".

However, the other party was already in his forties. Wen Ling's other cousin, Wen Jian, the deputy director of Yulin Police Station, was more mature, steady, and reserved in comparison.

Railway police stations are not under the jurisdiction of the local authorities, but are directly under the jurisdiction of the higher-level railway public security bureau. Although both are public security organs, their responsibilities are completely different.

Wen Mingren is the director of the city railway station. Don't underestimate his position; he might not even trade it for the position of deputy director of the county bureau.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, the two entered the police station's reception room.

A man and a woman were waiting in the reception room, both wearing oversized railway uniforms.

Wen Mingren said, "Jinwen, these two were the staff at the ticket booth back then. You can ask them any questions you may have."

"Thank you, Director Wen."

"Don't be shy, I'll go pour you some tea." Wen Mingren patted his shoulder.

He wasn't really going to pour tea; he didn't want to hear much about the criminal investigation and was just making excuses to avoid suspicion.

A man and a woman inside the room extended their hands to Yang Jinwen: "Captain Yang, hello, my surname is Zhang, you can just call me Xiao Zhang."

"I share your surname, call me Xiao Yang." The girl introduced herself with a smile, looking at Yang Jinwen with a friendly gaze and bright eyes.

"I'm sorry to have taken up your time." Yang Jinwen shook hands with them and gestured for them to sit on the sofa.

Xiao Zhang said, "During the day today, Captain Jiang from the Chengbei Branch came to ask about the situation, and we answered all their questions."

Yang Jinwen nodded: "I'd like to confirm some details again."

"Row."

Yang Jinwen held the interrogation record that Jiang Jianbing had torn from his notebook and given to him.

He prepared to ask again based on the other party's answer, but before that, he took out the photo of 'Crimson' and showed it to the two of them.

"Are you sure this woman appeared at your ticket window on the morning of January 23rd?"

Xiao Yang nodded: "I'm sure."

"why?"

"She's so beautiful."

As a gay man, Xiao Zhang nodded in agreement: "At the time, Xiao Yang even told me that he had never seen such a beautiful woman before."

What kind of clothes was she wearing at the time?

Women are naturally more sensitive to women who are prettier than themselves. After thinking for a moment, Xiao Yang replied, "It was snowing that morning. She was wearing a red woolen coat, a blue scarf, and her hair was wavy with a gold butterfly hair clip on the right side. She was also wearing bright red lipstick."

She was pushing a brown canvas suitcase.

What did she say to you at the time?

"Just say you want to buy a K121 train ticket to Chengdu."

Yang Jinwen frowned: "Didn't you say you forgot which train ticket she bought?"

Xiao Zhang said, "Captain Yang, it's like this, when the criminal police from the North City Branch came to ask us this morning, we really didn't know anything. However, Captain Jiang said we should investigate this matter thoroughly, as it's very important."

Then Xiao Yang and I checked the train timetable for that day. Based on the times, there were only a few trains running on the morning of January 22nd.

Xiao Yang continued, "This woman bought her ticket at my ticket window. I remember it was just after six o'clock in the morning."

Between six and eight o'clock, there are only two trains, one going southwest and the other north, so I remembered that this woman had bought a train ticket to Chengdu, the K121.

"Do you remember which direction she came from from the train station?"

Both of them shook their heads.

Yang Jinwen also knew that this question was difficult to answer, since they were in the ticket hall at the time and could not have noticed it.

What is now certain is that the train 'Yin Hong' took when she left Annam was the same train that the deaf-mute woman took to Danan County.

The two women not only knew each other, but their relationship was definitely very close, and they were even from the same place!
Based on the accent of 'Yin Hong', Lü Weiwei guessed it was Deyang City, which is next to Rongcheng, but Yang Jinwen could not confirm whether this place was correct.

Right now, the most important thing is to find Tao Jianye's whereabouts.

If he really did suffer the same fate as Yuan Dajun and was killed by 'Yin Hong', then his body must be found.

Although Annam is not a large city, with its vast population, where can one find someone?
Yang Jinwen leaned back in his chair, head bowed in thought.

Then he looked up at the two railway workers.

"Are you sure she arrived at the ticket hall at six o'clock?" Xiao Yang nodded: "Yes, I'm sure, just after six o'clock."

"Six o'clock in the morning on January 23rd?"

"Yes."

Yao Weihua, who was standing next to him, nodded heavily. He understood what Yang Jinwen was asking.

Zhong Aihua returned to her home in Danan County from Anan City at 10 p.m. on January 22nd. After 10 p.m., 'Yin Hong' packed her bags and left.

That evening, the bus service from Danan County to Anan City had stopped running. It was snowing at the time, so either someone drove 'Yin Hong' to Anan City, or she took a taxi to the city center by herself.

As Yao Weihua was lost in thought, he heard Yang Jinwen ask, "Did it snow that morning?"

"Yes," Xiao Yang replied, "It was snowing heavily."

This time is very close to the time of the murder case at the sports park. Those ten days or so were indeed snowy.

Yang Jinwen then asked, "Did the woman you saw have snowflakes in her hair and on her shoulders?"

“This…” Xiao Yang pondered, “That’s unclear.”

Xiao Zhang echoed, "We didn't notice that."

"Not noticing means it doesn't exist?"

Xiao Yang nodded: "Yes, she looked very calm, and her clothes were very clean."

Yang Jinwen squinted and nodded. He and Yao Weihua spoke at the same time.

"Taxi in Chadanam district!"

"Investigate the taxis at the train station!"

In the late 90s, how many taxis were there in a small city like Annam? And even fewer people could afford to take a taxi.

Moreover, this is a small county town like Danan.

The next day, early in the morning.

Yang Jinwen summoned the North City Patrol Team, a total of one hundred people, to search for taxis and witnesses who might have seen 'Yin Hong' near the train station. Their target group was mainly street vendors.

Yao Weihua and Maozi even went to the passenger transport company and waited there for the taxi drivers to take turns changing shifts.

At that time, taxi drivers were all employed and had a very honorable job; they wore white gloves while driving.

One day, two days, three days passed.

The patrol team finally got a clue. First, a sanitation worker near the train station saw a woman wearing a red woolen coat and dragging a brown suitcase get out of a taxi. The location was also pointed out: right next to the square.

Because of the other person's good looks, the sanitation workers shoveling snow couldn't help but take a few more glances.

A woman, seemingly dressed in crimson, dragged a suitcase through the white snow, resembling a fiery red lotus, heading towards the train station's ticket hall.

Shortly after, the passenger transport company also reported that a taxi driver picked up a female passenger in the early hours of January 23. She was also wearing a red wool coat and carrying a brown suitcase.

The taxi driver helped me put my suitcase in the trunk, and the woman looked exactly like 'Yin Hong'!
Yao Weihua showed the other party the photo, and the other party replied, "That's her. I've never seen such a beautiful woman before. I've even spoken to her."

"What did you say to her?"

"I just chatted about the weather. It snowed heavily that day. She was sitting in the back seat and didn't answer me."

Later, I asked her if she was a local, and she said no.

"That was all she said?"

"I even asked her where her hometown was."

"What did she say?"

"She said, 'It seems like something... Let me think...'"

The driver stood beside the yellow taxi, holding a glass fruit jar as a teacup in one hand, tilting his head as he thought.

"No rush, take your time thinking about it." Yao Weihua lit a Hongtashan cigarette for him.

The driver took a few puffs and lit his cigarette: "She seemed to be saying that even if you try to escape with all your might, you can't get out. Only by returning to the old place can you regain your dignity."

Are you sure that's what she said?

"Yes, I went to university, so my memory isn't bad."

As Yao Weihua wrote these words down in his notebook, he asked, "Master, I remember your surname is Gong?"

"Yes, Gong Biao, everyone calls me Biaozi. My brother-in-law is also a taxi driver. We take turns driving. Luckily, I'm the one who picks up the passengers. My brother-in-law has a bad memory, but he drives the car steadily. He's not a good person; he often doesn't know what to say."

"Okay, thank you for your cooperation."

"Don't mention it, it's all about serving the people."

"One last question, where did this woman get into your car?"

"In the southern part of the city, I think it's Jianqiao Road. That area is full of newly built residential areas, and hardly anyone lives there."

"Could you please take us there?"

"No problem, please get in the car."

Yao Weihua put down his pen and pointed at the cat: "Call Captain Yang and tell him that we have roughly found 'Yin Hong's' whereabouts."

Cat responded, took out his mobile phone, and started making a call.

Twenty minutes later, Yang Jinwen led his men to Jianqiao Road. Looking at the densely packed newly built buildings, he suddenly realized that Tao Jianye's sudden change of heart and his decision not to take women to hotels was most likely because he had a secret residence here.

If he's not missing, then he's dead here!
(End of this chapter)