Criminal Psychology

"Let's go."

The person who spoke was Lin Chen.

Xing Conglian was patted on the shoulder by him, and then he saw that Mr. Consultant walked upstairs without turning his head, as if the reunion had already come to an end.

Xing Conglian hurriedly chased after him, and Lin Chen had already stepped onto the escalator.

"That is?"

"a friend."

Xing Conglian wanted to look back at the "friend" Lin Chen was talking about, but Lin Chen stopped him in advance and said, "Don't look at him, don't pay attention to him."

"So, why is that friend interested in our case?" He asked tentatively. Although Lin Chen's friend might not be a vicious bad person, he might not be a good person either. At least Su Fengzi must not be too good. people.

"I don't know, but he wants to say it, and he will catch up and say it."

Lin Chen seldom turned his face like a book like now, so, probably after talking about Photoshop, Consultant Lin suddenly thought of something, so he decided to get angry.

Sure enough, when the escalator took them to the second floor, Xing Conglian caught a glimpse of the friend in the smoke gray suit standing on the escalator, as if preparing to go upstairs.

"What's wrong?" Xing Conglian asked with a smile.

"We always thought that no matter Wang Shishi or Xu Haozhen, even Jiang Liu and Jin Xiaoan, they all met at school..."

He thought he wanted to ask Lin Chen why he suddenly turned his back on him, but the other party cleverly prevaricated with another answer, and then avoided his question.

He had no choice but to follow along and ask: "Actually, isn't it?"

"Su Fengzi is right. Using the ABC model, Wang Shishi has always kept Xu Haozhen's autograph, which shows that the mythical C is Xu Haozhen, so the person who tricked Wang Shishi into the organization cannot be Xu Haozhen..."

Xing Conglian roughly understood what the problem was.

Lin Chen continued: "Xu Hao misled me before. She said that she and Wang Shishi both joined the literature club, and Jiang Liu was the secretary of the student union, so they all knew each other... We naturally thought that they were both We met at school. But if this was a premeditated criminal organization, it couldn't have picked its members so hastily, and..."

"And it's just an ordinary classmate. Suddenly one day someone mysteriously said to you, 'Do you know XX, classmate?' This seems to be selling Amway, and it also arouses suspicion." Xing Conglian said.

"Yes, you asked me before, how did they choose loyal victims, and why no one has betrayed or reported them for so long. To do this, the first choice is to be very careful when selecting members. They’re all people with a certain type of personality trait.”

"But they can't give everyone a personality test like you can..." Xing Conglian touched his chin, but thought of another possibility, "Will they hack the psychological files of all students like Dynasty?"

"Whether it is stealing information or screening through other methods, it is only the first step, which is far from enough... The best way is to first find out the target group, lure them to the trap, and then choose those Those who take the initiative to step into the trap." Lin Chen walked faster and faster, bypassing two rows of shops, and walked to the depths of the shops and shops, "Initiative is very important,"

"Oh...it's a process of mutual attraction." He followed Lin Chen and said, "In other words, somewhere in this university town, there is a trap that students will step into on their own initiative." ...Like a bookstore?"

"Not a bookstore."

Lin Chen stopped abruptly, with a look of disappointment on his face after his speculation failed.

Siyuan Inspirational Bookstore is located at No. 3, Area B, 19rd Floor, Phoenix Book City. Xing Conglian raised his eyes and looked at the destination of their trip.

Nearly [-]:[-], most of the shutter doors of the bookstore were closed, but the lights in the store were still on.

There are large and small unopened postal packages piled up at the door of the store. Those are new books shipped from major publishing houses, and the situation inside the bookstore is much worse than outside the store.

He pulled the shutter door up a little, bent down to get in, and almost couldn't find a place to stay.

The books on the floor are almost piled up to the height of the ceiling, and there are colorful novel magazines on the table and under the table, and the inside of the shop is full of textbooks ranging from "Three-Year College Entrance Examination" to "Cambridge IELTS Real Questions Complete Explanation". In the auxiliary bookstore, Xing Conglian expressed deep concern about the possibility that they could find clues here.

He probably heard someone entering the store, and the employee who stayed behind to tidy up the store popped up from behind a pile of magazines, frowned and said, "It's closed, come tomorrow if you want to buy anything."

Xing Conglian showed his police badge without hesitation, and said, "There are some problems that require your assistance in the investigation."

"What... what's the matter?" The little guy stood up quickly, carefully walked around the books all over the floor, and came to Xing Conglian.

"Is there a record of the books in your store?"

"There are some."

Xing Cong patted the boy on the shoulder repeatedly, and said, "Don't be nervous, help me check the release record of a book..." He said, showing the book copyright information page sent by Dynasty to the boy in the bookstore. .

The young man nodded and hurried to the computer.

"Discrete Mathematics written by Ye Wenzhong, isn't it..." He said, typing the search item, and soon, a line of outbound records appeared.

The departure time is 201111:19 pm on November 17, 44.

Xing Conglian's eyes fell on the final delivery quantity, and he was stunned for a moment.

Quantity: 300.

"More than expected." Lin Chen's calm voice sounded behind him.

"I came here this year, I don't know about it!" The boy quickly separated himself.

"Can you find out who picked up the goods?" Xing Conglian asked.

The boy shook his head: "There is no record."

"What about the invoice?"

After Xing Conglian finished asking, the young man raised his head and said with a smile: "Mr. Police Officer, unless customers have special requirements, we don't issue invoices for general retail sales..."

"Call your boss." Xing Conglian said.

The little guy hurriedly called the boss, and after briefly explaining the situation, he handed the phone to Xing Conglian.

"Hello, let me make a long story short, do you still have any images of the batch of "Discrete Mathematics" released in November 2011?"

"Hey, Mr. Police Officer, you see that I come and go every day. You suddenly asked me a batch of books that were out of the warehouse five years ago. I really can't remember."

"Even if you are a regional distributor, suddenly 300 copies out of the library should not be common, let alone "Discrete Mathematics" and not "Three-year College Entrance Examination and Five-Year Simulation", please recall carefully."

"To tell you the truth, I wasn't in charge of this store before, but now my partner and his family immigrated, so I took over... And you have to check the book five years ago. I don't even know where the store staff were at that time. I can't ask you about it."

"Send your former partner's phone number and contact information to this phone." After Xing Conglian finished speaking, he hung up the phone neatly, and then shook his head at Lin Chen.

Lin Chen's attitude was even more relieved: "It would be strange if he could leave such obvious clues."

"I bought 300 copies five years ago. How long has this organization existed..." Xing Conglian almost began to think about whether he should tell Captain Jiang, who had become extremely nervous recently, about this news.

"At most, what happened in the past five years is not too far away." Lin Chen said suddenly.

"What do you mean by not being a bookstore?" Xing Conglian changed the subject, and continued the unfinished conversation with Lin Chen just now about the trap.

"What he meant was that this place is too dilapidated, and it's hard to give people a sense of love or trust at first glance. After all, whether you like it or not depends mainly on the face." A slightly lazy tone came from the door of the store again, Xing Conglian knew who the speaker was without looking back.

Only this time, Lin Chen didn't give the person who interrupted any good looks, he didn't even turn his head, and didn't even bother to talk to the other party.

"If I were behind the scenes, and I wanted to pick my targets, I would of course first use the most scientific method to screen those people who are most likely to be controlled by me. These people are characterized by introversion, low self-esteem, and lack of friends, but they are at the same time , They also have a strong yearning and longing for a better life in their hearts. Generally speaking, all MLM organizations, whether it is a higher level of brainwashing, essentially use this yearning and longing... So, if I want To attract these people, I will definitely arrange a very beautiful place, it is beautiful and elegant, relaxing but not unattainable and alienated... It will not be too hidden or mysterious, so it will be too suspicious , it is very likely to be in an ordinary street, and it is unsuspecting. Members of the organization can easily lure the victim over, and even those potential people will come to the door on their own initiative..."

"A store." Xing Conglian said.

Lin Chen nodded: "This is just a hypothesis. If we are looking for a restaurant, it must first be in this university town. The audience it attracts is students, and most of them are girls. It is in the major categories of catering and entertainment. , most likely it is a petty bourgeois drink shop or a female clothing store and bookstore..."

Xing Conglian signaled Lin Chen to pause, and then dialed Wang Chao's phone.

"Hello Mr. Xing, I will serve you wholeheartedly."

Xing Conglian handed the phone to Lin Chen.

"Dynasty, can you find the registration records of all shops within Yongchuan University Town? I need to find a store within Yongchuan University Town."

"I mean to enter the backstage of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau, right? Little meaning..."

"Come on, my big knife is already hungry and thirsty!"

"This store does not have a specific name and address, so it will be relatively difficult to search. First of all, it may be a beverage store, clothing store or bookstore. For beverage stores, exclude all milk tea shops and large coffee chain stores on the street. The store area is About 50-150 square meters...clothing stores are more difficult, first exclude all clothing and branded clothing in shopping malls, exclude men's clothing stores, the store area is within 20 to 80 square meters...and the approximate area of ​​a bookstore is the same as a clothing store..."

"There must be no such bookstore in Phoenix Book City..." said the writer leaning against the door and smiling.

Lin Chen glanced at the door, and then said to Wang Chao: "Exclude all bookstores in Phoenix Book City...tell me how many similar stores there are."

"There are 12 beverage stores, 3 bookstores, and clothing stores..." Wang Chao paused, and said with some embarrassment: "92 stores..."

"The book purchase time is November 2011. If someone planned this early in the morning, then the opening time of the store..."

"The time of opening and the time of buying books will not be too far apart."

Xing Conglian suddenly moved closer to the microphone and said to Wang Chao, "The store opened from June 2011 to June 6, and it has not registered to suspend business so far."

"Damn, boss, you didn't say it earlier!" When Wang Chao talked to him, he was obviously not as well-behaved and obedient as he was talking to Lin Chen. Xing Conglian heard the young man complain angrily: "There are 3 drink shops in total, and there is no such bookstore. There are 27 clothing stores." After Wang Chao finished speaking, he suddenly shouted in surprise as if he had discovered some new continent: "Boss, do you know that the first floor of your Phoenix Book City is the largest underground pedestrian street in Yongchuan University Town... The 2 beverage stores and 20 clothing stores on the list are all under your feet, and it is said that the closing time is ten o'clock in the evening, do you want to try your luck?"

"I remember that Lao Jiang's subordinates watched Cheng Weiwei for several months and asked him to check the records to see if Cheng Weiwei had been to these stores. First check if she had been to the underground pedestrian street of Phoenix Book City. Then send me the address." Xing After Cong Lian finished speaking, he hung up the phone.

"It's already ten past nine." Lin Chen said.

"There are still five or ten minutes." Xing Conglian looked at Lin Chen and said.

Lin Chen nodded, and then said to him: "You wait for me here for 3 minutes, and see you at the escalator in 3 minutes."

Before Xing Conglian had time to say yes, Lin Chen had already strode out of the bookstore first. He looked aggressively at the writer at the door, and then turned a corner, as if looking for a secluded place.

Xing Conglian couldn't help laughing.

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Lin Chen stood still at the back stairs of the book city, turned around, grabbed the collar of the man behind him, and pushed him directly to the wall.

"What the hell are you doing here!"

"If you want to come back, you will come back."

There was still a smile in Su Fengzi's eyes, Lin Chen was even more angry: "To be honest, Fengzi, why did you come here!"

"You don't believe me when I say I'm here to help you solve the case?"

"Do not believe."

"Criminal investigation, what a good material, handsome criminal policeman, cool psychologist, isn't it very interesting?"

"roll."

"Tsk...you're so angry, let me guess...you're angry because you suddenly realized that I've been interested in this case for a long time." Su Fengzi spoke softly and gently, like freshly baked bread Softly, "Of course you are not angry because I suddenly appeared to find Fu Hao instead of you. You thought that I might have grasped the key evidence of this case earlier, so I appeared in Phoenix Book City. You are angry because I didn't tell you earlier what I knew, did I?"

"Speak well." Lin Chen pursed his lips and said coldly.

"Hey..." Su Fengzi stretched out his hand, gently opened his fingers one by one, and then said: "I can only answer that the reason why I came back and paid attention to this case is because of some very personal reasons. The reason why I know this is because these are all the clues you found, and I will appear in Phoenix Book City today, this is really a signing event, you have to believe in fate, after all, I am really a writer."

Su Fengzi said this to him, and then slightly raised the corners of his mouth, revealing a sly smile in his eyes.

Seeing him laughing like this, Lin Chen took a step back, suddenly had a bad feeling, he turned to leave, only to hear Su Fengzi say behind him.

"But I didn't expect it. It's rare for me to come back, but it's so sad to see you empathize with someone else."

Su Fengzi's voice was melancholy, as emotional as the kind of opera singer who cries out to a heartless man on stage.

Lin Chen only felt creepy.

At that moment, he seemed to be suddenly illuminated by a beam of light in the dark night. The sudden strong light made him just want to find a place to hide himself. He didn't even have time to explore this inexplicable shyness. I think hiding is the first priority.

Trying to control his emotions, he turned his head and said to Su Fengzi: "Is this the time to talk about this?"

As if to stop at a certain point, Su Fengzi straightened his clothes and said with a smile: "Yes, I was wrong, can I go now?"

Walking out of the corner, Lin Chen immediately saw the captain of the criminal police waiting by the handrail.

Seeing them coming out, Xing Conglian just scanned Su Fengzi from beginning to end, put down the phone next to his ear, and said, "Lao Jiang confirmed that Cheng Weiwei visited the pedestrian street below us."

After he finished speaking, he went downstairs without saying a word.

In fact, Lin Chen is really not very familiar with the underground pedestrian street downstairs in Phoenix Book City.

After all, when he was in college, the pedestrian street was still under construction, and all similar places in university towns were reserved for girls. Except for shopping with his girlfriend, boys really rarely shop from beginning to end.

Only when he really went underground did Lin Chen realize that this place was even more exaggerated than he had imagined.

Dazzling lights, various shops that can't be seen at a glance, the underground air pressure is very low, and the air is extremely turbid.

Although it was night, there were still students walking in twos and threes, stepping on the bright tempered glass floor, Lin Chen thought for a moment that he had walked into some two-dimensional space.

"It's really a place with unique taste." Su Fengzi said lightly, walking at the end.

Lin Chen had no intention of saying another word to him at all, and at this moment, Xing Conglian spoke.

"I just contacted the administrator here, let's go directly to the property office."

Xing Conglian showed a good sense of direction underground. He walked through a bunch of colorful pavements and brought them directly to the property office.

It was nearly 09:30 in the evening, and there was only one employee on duty in the property office.

The man seemed to have predicted Xing Conglian's arrival in advance, and he quickly got up and said, "Captain Xing, is it? Our manager arranged for me to receive you."

"Excuse me, I need the floor plan of the pedestrian street below."

"The drawings are hanging on the wall!" the employee pointed to the wall and said.

Xing Conglian turned sideways to make way.

Lin Chen followed to the floor plan, looked at the general layout, and wanted to find a marker pen. At this moment, Xing Conglian took an oil-based pen from the pen holder and handed it over.

Lin Chen nodded, apologized to the staff, and then marked the locations of all the stores on the drawings according to the information sent by Wang Dynasty.

There were many black dots on the paper instantly, Lin Chen looked at the marked shops and began to think.

If such a store really exists, it cannot be located in an eye-catching position, it cannot be located in a prime location, and it will be relatively hidden.

He quickly crossed all the popular shops at the entrance of the passage.

Shops on the main road are also impossible, because he walked from the main road, it was too noisy and not comfortable enough.

Thinking this way, he crossed out the 4 shops on both sides of the main line.

As a result, the remaining stores became 10.

Lin Chen moved away from the location in front of the map, and said to the only property employee in the office: "Please take a look at these stores, which one is more fresh and refined, its decoration may not be luxurious, but it is very chic, although there are not many customers , but it has been open for several years, and sometimes you even wonder why this store makes money and why it is not closed..."

When Lin Chen said this, even he himself felt that such inexplicable speculation was a bit crazy. All the reasoning was based on a possible assumption, and only Xing Conglian would do it when he was not even sure whether such a shop really existed. When the time comes, I quickly help him start searching.

"You said it this way, the D15 store seems to be very similar to what you said before. I remember the name is French. It's a coffee bar. It sells books. It's very quiet..."

As if the dawn appeared in the sky, Lin Chen put down his pen and left after hearing the words, but the moment he stepped forward, he suddenly stopped.

"You said...before?"

"Yes, a few days ago, when the door opened, the clerk of the store suddenly came to say that the store had been stolen, and we needed to adjust the video. Let's go over and check, and there was nothing in the store, so the thief emptied the store. , simply, there is nothing in the store.”

"Did you call the police?" Xing Conglian asked.

"Of course I did!"

"So, what about surveillance?"

"It's just weird. After the waitress and the boss finished watching the video, the entire D area's video was deleted."

"What do you mean dropped?"

"If it's dropped, it's gone. I don't know if it's a problem or it was deleted by mistake. Anyway, it's gone..."