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

Chapter 390 Entrapment!

What is the pager number?

Geng Peng hesitated for a moment, then, under the intense gaze of several pairs of eyes, he closed his eyes and recited a string of numbers: "126...3441".

Before Yang Jinwen could give any instructions, Feng Xiaocai, who was squeezed by the window in the back seat, immediately took out her notebook and wrote it down with a pen.

Are you sure this is the number?

"Yes."

Have you met your father?

"I've seen... I've seen you."

What month and what day?

"Before winter sets in, during the National Day holiday."

Where did you two meet?

"The computer mall in Xingye Department Store."

"Which floor?"

"Third floor."

Did he say anything to you?

“My dad asked me how my grandparents were doing, and he also asked about my grades.”

Cat interjected, "Didn't you ask about your mother's situation?"

Geng Peng shook his head: "No... he didn't ask."

Yang Jinwen continued, "Besides your father, who else have you met?"

Geng Peng shook his head.

Yang Jinwen phrased it differently: "When you saw him, was he with anyone?"

"No."

"Let him identify it."

Wu Daqing nodded, took out a folded sketch of the suspect from his handbag, unfolded it, and showed it to Geng Peng. Because it was too dark in the car, Yao Weihua reached out and turned on the headlights.

Under the lamplight, Geng Peng looked at the tall, beanie-wearing thug in the painting and shook his head: "I don't know him."

"Where is this person?" Wu Daqing changed to another sketch.

Upon seeing the person in the portrait, Geng Peng's pupils contracted. He not only remained silent but also lowered his head.

Yang Jinwen urged, "Raise your head and answer, is he your father?"

Geng Peng nodded and admitted, "Yes, it's my dad."

"How long has it been since he went home?"

"Two years."

"He only contacted you, not your mother?"

"No."

"Who bought the women's coats and down jackets in that closet?"

“It’s me. I bought it for my mom with the money my dad gave me.”

After Geng Peng finished speaking, the atmosphere in the car relaxed a little.

After a few seconds of silence, Yang Jinwen's tone softened: "Where are your grandparents? Has your father contacted them?"

"nor."

Cat chimed in again, her eyes sharp: "So, your dad doesn't care about your mom, right?"

Geng Peng gritted his teeth: "Yes."

Then, he raised his head and stared into Yang Jinwen's eyes: "You just said that my father killed someone, is that true?"

Yang Jinwen did not avoid his gaze, but asked in return, "What do you think?"

“My dad wouldn’t kill anyone, he…he…”

Geng Peng mentioned "he" several times, but couldn't find a reason to refute it.

Clearly, in his mind, Geng Hao might be a good father, but definitely not a good person!
Yao Weihua stepped on the gas and accelerated the car, then sneered: "Kid, we are criminal police, not the police from the local police station. When criminal police come to our door, it means it's a big case, do you understand?"

"Your dad didn't kill anyone, he didn't commit any serious crimes, so you'll never have to deal with us detectives in your life."

Geng Peng's knees stopped shaking, but his heart was pounding: "My dad..."

He choked back two sobs, then spoke, using the third person: "Who did he kill?"

The cat answered him: "I can't tell you that. Just make one thing clear: be good to your mother in the future, and don't follow in your father's footsteps."

Silence fell over the car.

As the Mitsubishi SUV drove past the police station gate, Geng Peng finally couldn't contain his excitement and asked nervously, "You...you arrested my dad, are you...are you going to shoot him?"

Yang Jinwen glanced back at him and said, "That's not called execution, it's called trial! Besides, this is a matter for the court, not our business."

Then, Yang Jinwen instructed Maozi, "Take the person to the interrogation room and have someone keep an eye on him for now."

"Yes."

"If he wants to talk about something, just talk to him, the more the better." Cat nodded: "I understand!"

After he and Wu Daqing took the person to the interrogation room, Yang Jinwen, Yao Weihua, and Feng Xiaocai went to the office of the Third Brigade.

Two hours earlier, Cai Ting had made a phone call. She and Li Yang had not gone to the park below Mingyue Community, but had returned directly to the branch office.

As soon as Yang Jinwen pushed open the office door, he saw Wen Mo and Wu Kai there, and Cai Ting was reporting the clues she had found to them.

Judging from the expressions on the faces of the two old men, Yang Jinwen knew that what Sister Cai had reported was not simple.

After Yang Jinwen greeted the two leaders, Cai Ting gave a detailed account of the investigation and visits over the past three days.

Yao Weihua was startled: "So, Geng Hao and his gang specifically target homeless elderly men and women who scavenge for scraps?"

Cai Ting nodded: "That's right, there are five people with names who were lured and abducted by them. This doesn't include those we haven't found yet, so there may be more."

"So what are they trying to do?"

Wu Kai swallowed hard: "Selling sex toys?"

Wen Mo shook his head: "The elderly are not in good physical condition to begin with, so they don't seem to be suited for this kind of work. Besides, they didn't draw blood or check the body before taking the person away, so organ matching and the necessary medical technology would be very difficult."

Yang Jinwen squinted and replied, "That's insurance fraud."

Cai Ting nodded: "That's what I think too."

Wu Kai disagreed: "If it was insurance fraud, would it warrant murder? And if the victims Li Song and Fan Chuanping were killed, wouldn't that be a more serious crime?"

Little did they know, Yang Jinwen's words made Wu Kai and Wen Mo's hearts pound.

"Isn't insurance fraud about taking people's lives? The five people that Sister Cai found out may already be... Otherwise, these two thugs wouldn't have been so desperate as to kill Li Song and Fan Chuanping."

In total, it's probably seven lives lost, maybe even more.

"I……"

Wu Kai was speechless. This case was too big for him to handle, and in the end, he even swallowed the curses he wanted to utter.

Wen Mo knew the situation was too serious, so he immediately made a decision: "I'll call Director Yue right away and tell him about the case."

Director Yue is Yue Hongdong, the top leader of Qincheng Public Security Bureau.

Aside from large meetings or major cases, his subordinates never see him.

Although we worked in the same unit, I saw him more often in newspapers and news than in real life.

Clearly, Wen Mo couldn't handle this case either. He needed to let his superiors know about the situation as soon as possible, otherwise, the investigation would go on endlessly, and someone would have to be held accountable.

Wu Kai added, "Director Wen, please discuss this with the bureau first. I will immediately dispatch the Second Brigade to visit these insurance companies in Qincheng first thing tomorrow morning. We must do our best to solve the case as quickly as possible!"

"Okay, okay!" Wen Mo nodded, thinking to himself that the criminals in this provincial capital were even more ruthless than those in An'nan City, capable of committing any crime.

Just as the two were about to leave, Yang Jinwen said, "Um... I have a lead that might lead to an arrest."

Wen Mo and Wu Kai's eyes narrowed. Wen Mo was Yang Jinwen's father-in-law and didn't tolerate him. He said sternly, "Why didn't you say so earlier? Tell me what happened!"

Afterwards, Wen Mo sat back down in his chair, which was Yang Jinwen's chair. So Yang Jinwen had to stand and report the situation.

"You mean, use Geng Hao's son's name to page him and bring him out?"

"Yes." Yang Jinwen nodded.

"Will he take the bait?" Wu Kai frowned. "Does Geng Hao have that much guts? He just killed someone, and he dares to show up again?"

Yang Jinwen explained, "Geng Hao cares a lot about his son. Besides, his parents are bedridden. He can use that as an excuse. Even if he wanted to run away, he should at least leave some money for his family, or at least see his son one last time."

Wu Kai remained silent, since it wasn't his decision anyway.

Wen Mo tapped his fingers on the armrest of the seat repeatedly, and after a long pause, he looked at Yang Jinwen: "Are you confident?"

"Now that things have come to this, is there any other way to track down this group?"

Three days have passed since the incident. If we continue to delay, and the perpetrator escapes to another province, where will we find him?

"What about the farm machinery gas station over on Honggu Road?"

Yang Jinwen shook his head: "The Yulin Police Station has not yet found the whereabouts of this group. The only way we can find out about their entire criminal process and arrest their accomplices is to take down Geng Hao."

“Alright, I agree!” Wen Mo stood up and said to Wu Kai, “This is a matter of great importance, you will make the arrangements, and Yang Jinwen’s Third Brigade will carry it out!”

Wu Kai nodded: "I'll transfer a few men from the Second Brigade to assist!"

Seeing that they agreed, Yang Jinwen began to make arrangements.

He first interrogated Geng Peng again, asking him about the places and times when he and Geng Hao often met.

Then they called the police station and ordered people to set up a tight security perimeter at Geng Hao's house. Finally, after 3 a.m., they dialed Geng Hao's pager in Geng Peng's name.

The message from the pager read: "Dad, Grandpa is dying, we need money."

During the long wait, at seven o'clock in the morning, Geng Hao's pager received a message: "Meet at the usual place after school this afternoon. It's cold, wear more clothes."

The following sentence, "It's cold, wear more clothes," led the criminal police officers of the Qincheng Detachment to believe that the possibility of making an arrest was very high.

Moreover, before waiting for Geng Hao's reply, Wu Kai personally went to the paging station.

After Geng Hao called the paging service, the staff at the paging service looked up the number in a thick Yellow Pages and found that Geng Hao was using a public phone booth three blocks away from Honggu Road.

The phone booth was located in the middle section of Xinglin Road, which means that Geng Hao and his gang were most likely hiding in the vicinity of Xinglin Road.

Immediately, Wu Kai dispatched the Second Brigade to Xinglin Road, and with the assistance of the Yulin Police Station, to conduct a thorough search along Xinglin Road!
After collecting their guns and magazines from the equipment depot, Yang Jinwen's Third Battalion left the brigade building and drove to the old place Geng Hao had mentioned, namely Xingye Department Store!
Whether the suspect Geng Hao will take the bait and whether he can be caught depends on whether he shows up...

(End of this chapter)