Reborn in 1995, Criminal Investigation Records

"How is it?" Later that evening, Liu Chengyu handed over a bottle of water and squatted down to ask.

"Still the same, nothing's happening, and I can't see anything in the yard!" Wang Chao turned on the water tap, gulped down a few mouthfuls, and said with obvious frustration.

For them, staking out, collecting evidence, questioning and interviewing are all acceptable, but what is frustrating is that, although many aspects point to Ren Fu in the courtyard as the murderer, they have no evidence whatsoever.

"Is Big Cat putting pressure on us?" Zhou Yang looked at Liu Chengyu and also opened his bottle to drink.

"What nonsense are you asking about!" Liu Chengyu snapped, but the frown lines between his brows tightened even more.

Zhou Yang felt he was probably right, but he couldn't say anything. No matter how good the progress report was, it wasn't as good as bringing the criminal suspect to justice.

Judging from the master's expression, it's highly likely that the suspect's identification of the location isn't progressing well.

"Master, if all else fails, we'll have to stir up trouble and lure the snake out of its hole!" Zhou Yang said, twisting the bottle cap and looking at Liu Chengyu.

"You've got such a set of clever phrases coming from all over the place. Come on, explain in detail your 'beating the mountain to scare the tiger' move..."

......

Clang, clang, clang.

A sudden knocking sound rang out in the night, startling a dog into barking.

"Is this Ren Fu's house? Is anyone home?" Zhou Yang called out, banging on the door a few more times.

I wanted to peek through the crack in the door to see what was happening inside, but as soon as I put my head close, the gate was pulled open with a whoosh.

A man who looked to be in his early twenties, dressed in long sleeves and trousers, was holding the wheelchair wheel with one hand and pulling the door with the other, watching the two of them warily.

"Hello, is this Ren Fu? We are from Ning'an City Public Security Bureau!" Liu Chengyu showed his identification to the other party and then squeezed through the open door.

"We'd like to ask you about your sister Ren Jing!" Liu Chengyu said, looking at Ren Fu.

"I'm already resting!" Then he turned his head, seemingly glancing at the clock in the room: "She'll be off work in an hour; you can ask her yourself!"

His voice was hoarse, revealing a hint of fatigue, just like someone who had just been woken up from a dream!

"It won't take too long, we're just going through the motions, we hope you'll cooperate!" Liu Chengyu said, walking behind Ren Fu and pushing his wheelchair towards the house: "Come on, let me help you!"

Zhou Yang walked around the yard, but found nothing unusual, so he followed them into the house.

"Officer, wouldn't you say this is trespassing?" Ren Fu asked from his wheelchair.

"So, you're going to let me go?" Zhou Yang continued, picking up where the other person left off. "You don't seem to care about your sister's situation at all? From the moment we revealed our identities until now, you haven't asked her once!"

"Hehe..." Ren Fu shook his head and chuckled, "She committed a crime, and as long as there's evidence, the law will naturally punish her. If it weren't for her, I believe the police officers certainly wouldn't wrong an innocent person, a vulnerable person!"

"Mr. Ren likes reading?" Zhou Yang walked to a corner of the room, picked up a book and flipped through it, without responding to the other person's question.

Seeing that the other person didn't seem to want to answer, Zhou Yang spoke up again: "Lin Feifei, she's your sister's classmate, someone you're on good terms with, remember her?"

Her writing is very good; her prose is delicate and expressive. It seems she's planning to compile all her previous short stories into a book. Have you heard?

Seeing that the other person still ignored him, Zhou Yang continued talking to himself, "It's really quite a coincidence, I just happened to have read her novel, and the character's experiences were really... oh dear!"

Zhou Yang shook his head and sighed, "At first I thought that guy was lucky, but he ended up crippled and not even a man anymore. The most tragic thing is that he didn't even die; he became a living dead!"

At this point, Zhou Yang seemed to suddenly realize something, slapping his forehead: "I'm sorry, Mr. Ren, I forgot you also use a wheelchair!"

Then, he covered his mouth and said, "You wouldn't happen to be the prototype for the character in that book, would you? Have you also lost...?"

It's really not fair to blame him for being so sharp-tongued. Without any evidence, the only option is to force the suspect to lose control of his emotions and reveal his true colors.

"Officers, weren't you here to question Ren Jing?" Ren Fu smiled, then took a blanket and covered his legs, indicating that the two could begin.

"Mr. Ren Fu, have you heard of the names Zhao Jun, Li Hanlu, Ruan Jinyin, and Lin Feifei?" Liu Chengyu asked, opening his notebook.

"Hmm..." Ren Fu seemed to ponder for a moment before answering somewhat uncertainly, "They seem familiar. They should be... my sister's friends, but I'm not in the same class as them, so I'm not close to them!"

"Previously, Ren Jing and the other four were known as the Five Golden Flowers. Do you know why they eventually parted ways?" Zhou Yang asked, sitting on a sofa.

"Then you should ask them, not me. I told you, I'm not familiar with any of them!" Ren Fu replied with a smile.

"Does Mr. Ren usually go out?"

"Occasionally!" Ren Fu said calmly. "As you can see, my body isn't quite up to par."

"Excuse me for asking, Mr. Ren Fu, how did this..." Zhou Yang pointed to his leg, "How did it get like this?"

Ren Fu smiled and said, "It's a little embarrassing to admit, but since you've said it was presumptuous, officer, then please don't ask any further!"

"Mr. Ren, we still hope you can cooperate with our work!" Liu Chengyu tapped his notebook with his pen.

"Burst fracture with spinal cord injury!" Ren Fu replied.

"It should be a burst fracture with incomplete spinal cord injury!" Zhou Yang stood up and moved his legs: "My legs are a little numb from sitting for so long. Mr. Ren, even with an incomplete injury, there's still a possibility of recovery!"

"Right? The attending physician said back then that unless a miracle happens!" Ren Fu chuckled self-deprecatingly, "If I really recover one day, I'll treat you, Officer, to dinner!"

"Okay!" Zhou Yang smiled. "I'll treat you to some peanuts!"

Ren Fu was taken aback, clearly not understanding what the other party meant.

Zhou Yang didn't explain, but instead paced around the room from time to time, saying, "Mr. Ren, are you thirsty? Let me get you a bottle of water!"

Ren Fu shook his head: "Thank you, but I'm not thirsty!"

Before he could finish speaking, Zhou Yang flung open the refrigerator door with a "plop!" "Good heavens, a Siemens, Mr. Ren, this is high-end stuff! But why isn't there any water in here?"

As Zhou Yang spoke, he pulled open each drawer in the refrigerator one by one, the rough clanging sound causing Ren Fu's facial muscles to twitch.

Without saying a word, he forcefully spun the chair around and, in a corner of the room, retrieved two bottles of water and handed them over.

"Officer, not everything needs to be put in the refrigerator!"

Zhou Yang took it, nodding as if he had been taught a lesson: "Indeed, it's not necessarily true that one can let go!"

......

"Mr. Ren, I'm so sorry to bother you so late. Thank you for your support of our work!" Liu Chengyu shook Ren Fu's hand and said gratefully.

"Yes, thank you for your cooperation!" Zhou Yang also extended his palm, and then his right hand was gripped tightly, and he could even feel the calluses on the other person's hand.

"We absolutely must catch him!"

Zhou Yang patted the other person's hand: "Right away!"

......

As soon as they reached the stakeout spot, Wang Chao poked his big head over and asked, "How's it going? Did you scare the snake?"

Liu Chengyu took a deep breath, glanced at Zhou Yang, and said with certainty, "It's him, no doubt about it!"