After Zhong Anguo was arrested, the Zhong family remained unusually quiet. Only the old lady called a few times, crying.
Other than that, his son hadn’t sent any news at all, claiming to be away on a business trip and unable to return immediately.
The next morning, Lin Yuan, with dark circles under his eyes, arrived at the entrance of the District C Police Station. Perhaps because this case was related to a case within the system, the system had “tortured” him all night.
“Lin Yuan?”
The police officer guarding the door eyed him suspiciously.
The young man before him looked like he’d pulled an all-nighter, probably playing games.
Was this really the consultant Director Guan had designated?
Lin Yuan nodded.
Seeing that it was indeed him, since he’d seen the photo, the police officer gave him a temporary badge.
Whether or not Lin Yuan became a part-time consultant for District C, this was essential.
“Go find Zheng Yunyin, she’ll be responsible for all your questions during your time as a temporary consultant. She’s also familiar with the police officers in the archives and information technology departments.”
He was an old police officer, quite knowledgeable about the inner workings of the police station, otherwise the Director wouldn’t have arranged for him to come.
After receiving the badge, Lin Yuan indicated that he understood.
The police station did have individual offices, but Lin Yuan wasn’t yet important enough to occupy one. So, he was assigned to the archives.
The police officers in the archives were already busy, but they were curious about Lin Yuan’s arrival.
One or two peeked at him, but no one spoke to him.
Seeing the pile of things on his desk, Lin Yuan wanted someone to tell him what his task was for the day.
Unfortunately, everyone seemed to be too busy watching him to be free. Lin Yuan had no choice but to sit down and start reading the case information himself.
Meanwhile.
Zheng Yunyin, who should have been responsible for Lin Yuan, was hurrying to print documents on the third floor. She wasn’t usually this free, but for some reason, the higher-ups were urgently requesting files from several years ago.
The autopsies had been done so long ago, where could they find the person’s DNA?
When she arrived at the meeting room, several unfamiliar faces stared at her intently.
“I remember District C has a dedicated database, why did it take you so long?”
Before Zheng Yunyin could explain, the other person frowned and said:
“Forget it, just bring it over, then you can leave.”
Zheng Yunyin didn’t say anything, glanced at her own Criminal Investigation Captain, and turned to leave.
After she came out, she saw Wu Cong, the police officer who followed the Criminal Investigation Captain Zhang Yaozhi.
The two had entered the police force around the same time, so they could chat about these kinds of things.
Zheng Yunyin said helplessly:
“Even though it’s a murder case, the families have requested cremation and burial, we can’t keep the body stored forever, right?”
Wu Cong, who followed the Criminal Investigation Captain, had met more people than she had, and smiled:
“They’re not formal police officers, they don’t know much about the police station. The Captain will explain it to them. Aren’t you supposed to be in charge of that Lin Yuan today? Why aren’t you over there?”
Why was Zheng Yunyin in charge?
Of course, it was because the Director saw that Lin Yuan and Zheng Yunyin seemed to get along well when he was leaving, so he made the arrangement.
Speaking of this, Zheng Yunyin remembered, and slapped her forehead in annoyance.
“Crap, I forgot about that! His task today isn’t just sitting in the office looking at those files, there’s someone waiting for him.”
“Huh?”
Wu Cong was puzzled.
There weren’t many people in the police station related to that Lin Yuan, who was waiting?
So, it was almost ten o’clock when Zheng Yunyin appeared before Lin Yuan.
By this time, Lin Yuan had almost finished reading the cases on the table. Except for the one in his hand, the others were stacked together.
If you didn’t know better, you’d think he had just started reading.
Like Zheng Yunyin, who had just arrived, she didn’t notice the ghostly expressions on the faces of the surrounding police officers, and came to Lin Yuan’s side slightly out of breath.
“Sorry to keep you waiting, let’s go.”
Finishing the last case in his hand, Lin Yuan closed his eyes. He didn’t stand up, but instead asked:
“I looked at the dates, these are all things that happened next year. Are there so many cases from the year after next?”
Although she didn’t know why he asked this, Zheng Yunyin thought he had simply looked at the dates, and nodded.
“Pretty much, but most of the cases from the year after next have been solved. The technology wasn’t as advanced back then, so most of those cases happened in places without surveillance.”
This also made it difficult to continue the investigation.
Lin Yuan stood up thoughtfully, and at the same time pushed those cases over to the colleague next door. He had noticed that the other person was responsible for filing the cases.
“Please put these back, I’ll find her if I need them later.”
Looking at Zheng Yunyin, the police officer silently took all the cases away.
Seeing this, Zheng Yunyin was slightly stunned, but it wasn’t difficult to find these, and a quick look from Lin Yuan was enough.
On the way, Zheng Yunyin briefly explained Lin Yuan’s task for the day. In fact, it was still related to those cases, to let him understand them.
But the more important thing was the matter of Zhong Anguo before them.
They hadn’t extracted much from Zhong Anguo’s mouth, but they felt they were close to a breakthrough, and the only person who could break down Zhong Anguo’s defenses was Lin Yuan.
Solving the case as soon as possible was most beneficial to the police station, so Zhong Anguo was sitting in the interrogation room this morning.
After sitting there bored for nearly three hours, he finally saw Lin Yuan’s figure.
The last time he was interrogated was by Zhou Changfeng. He and Lin Yuan were too different in age. Seeing such a young man not wearing a police uniform, Zhong Anguo’s eyes were puzzled.
Lin Yuan pulled out a chair and sat down. Zheng Yunyin wasn’t familiar with interrogation techniques, so she didn’t come in, but watched from the outside.
Honestly, she was curious about Lin Yuan’s ability.
“Hello, Mr. Zhong. Perhaps another title suits me better, scapegoat?”
Sensing the change in Zhong Anguo’s eyes, Lin Yuan smiled faintly and continued:
“Last time I heard you tell Police Officer Zhou that. Aren’t you curious why the raincoat wasn’t disposed of? Do you want to know who did it?”
The handcuffed Zhong Anguo’s expression changed completely. He involuntarily looked at the unremarkable reflective glass, then withdrew his gaze.
What this person was saying was probably to break through his psychological defenses.
He steadied himself and said:
“I disposed of those things. It’s useless to tell you, what? You still want to use a used, clean raincoat to threaten me?”
The moment the words left his mouth, Lin Yuan placed his hands on the table and crossed them, maintaining his smile.
“Are you so sure it’s a clean raincoat?”
“If there was anything on it, you wouldn’t have used the blood from the bridge to convict me. That police officer is too young, I did it, there’s no one else.”
“Why don’t we all just save some time and you just shoot me?”
Zhong Anguo didn’t care about life and death anymore. He had lived long enough. Now that the police station was looking for him, he might as well just surrender.
After a long silence, Lin Yuan applauded him.
“What’s that saying about your Zhong family father and son, oh right, filial piety.”
The applause stopped, and Lin Yuan’s eyes held a flat emotion.
“There are several unexplained sums of money in Zhong Wei’s account. If a case is filed, they will all be frozen. Your son has only been working for that company for a year, right? The company gave it to Zhong Wei as soon as he switched, and gave him such a high position, have you ever thought about the reason?”
Of course, Zhong Anguo had thought about it, but so what? What could the police station do to them?
“Zhong Anguo, I know the person using you behind the scenes isn’t your son, so do you think your son will be safe once you’re in the police station?”