when you stare into the abyss

Chapter21

The next day's morning meeting was hosted by Director Wu himself. While boosting morale, he also brought them good news. Residual semen was detected in the body, so as long as the identity of the deceased can be identified, the suspect can be found out. Will surface soon too.

Director Wu left after speaking. Immediately after Nie Zhilan explained the case, she opened the folder at the bottom of the computer desktop, and the picture was enlarged on the projector.

"Lin Tian, ​​the owner of the Hongjian Auto Repair Factory, was silenced at 8:13 last night. We found a lot of license plate information in his computer, and speculated that Lin Tian had helped the murderer to forge fake license plates and modify the paint surface of the car. At 8:6 last night, someone touched his computer and should have deleted information that we don’t want us to know, and the data department is trying to restore it.”

The mouse slides down quickly, and a blue Volkswagen Golf car appears on the screen.

"On the fifth day of the incident, that is, at 6:2 p.m. on June 7, the car drove off Cheng'an Road and finally disappeared on Nanquan Road near the commercial street in the North District."

"Where's the surveillance on Nanquan Road?" Ma Zhao joined the investigation of the dismemberment case after handling other cases.

"The monitoring of the No. [-] and No. [-] positions on Nanquan Road will be overhauled in those two days."

"What a coincidence, I think you can check around the [-]nd and [-]rd positions." Chu Tao suggested.

"At 9:11 p.m., the first seat took pictures of the car entering Nanquan Road, but the fourth seat did not take pictures of the car leaving, which means that it is certain that the car is somewhere between the first and fourth seats." Everyone brainstormed and everyone joined in the discussion of the case.

Nie Zhilan released another picture of the silver car: "This is the car before it was refitted. It drove off Nanquan Road on the evening of May 5. After throwing the body, it was directly driven to Hongjian Auto Repair Factory by the murderer. Therefore, it is speculated that the scene of the first crime was also On Nanquan Road in the North District."

Wan Tong sat next to Chu Tao, and the pen in his hand was flying again: "I was thinking, why did the murderer go to such lengths to set up a brand and modify the car, instead of just abandoning the car like the perpetrator last night?"

"Criminal psychology explains that different people have different thoughts, and the brain circuits of some criminals are beyond our comprehension." Chu Tao whispered aside.

"Is it possible that the person who killed the corpse last night is not the same person?"

"It's also possible that the murderer hired someone to kill last night. Let's not make unreasonable speculations. Time is tight and the task is heavy. We must confirm the identity of the deceased as soon as possible." Ma Zhao reminded Wan Tong not to waste the time of the meeting.

"Then divide into three groups. Brother Zhao and Zhu Fang lead a group, Lao Yang and Lao Zhou lead a group, Chu Tao, Wan Tong and me a group." Nie Zhilan divided the area, and everyone dispersed.

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Nanquan Road near the commercial street in the North District is different from the downtown area. Although there are more than a dozen catering businesses operating on the side of the river, the decoration is too exquisite and gorgeous, and most people will not go there.On the other side are high-end residences. Although they are not as good as the villas with private clubs a little further north, the housing prices of more than 3 per square meter are enough to discourage most people.

On the southernmost side of the high-end residential area is an internet celebrity private restaurant called "Yunye". This is the first place Nie Zhilan and the others investigated.

It was just after ten o'clock, and the store was still closed, only the kitchen staff were busy moving up and down.The cashier at the front desk was young, turned on the computer, buried himself halfway, and was enjoying watching the idols of the girl group with his mobile phone in his hands.

Nie Zhilan, Chu Tao and Wan Tong pushed the door open and entered.

The young cashier is still obsessed with the beauty of the girls, smiling silly without looking up.

"Excuse me, who is the person in charge here?" Nie Zhilan knocked on the cabinet at the front desk.

"Excuse me?" After the second sound, the cashier raised his head, still with a dazed expression: "Who are you?"

Nie Zhilan repeated: "We are the police, who is in charge here?"

"Ah, hello Sister Police, our lady boss is usually not here, and it's Brother Wei who is helping to take care of it." The cashier stood up, glanced at the young lady on the screen of the phone, and then at Nie Zhilan and Wan who looked around. Tong suddenly said, "Why don't sisters wear uniforms?"

"We usually don't wear it when we handle cases. By the way, where is the brother Wei you mentioned?"

"Brother Wei usually arrives around ten o'clock, but the proprietress is in a bad mood these two days. As a friend, he wants to spend more time with her, so he will be later."

The little girl's lingering sound continued, and the wind chime by the door made a pleasant sound because the door was pushed open.A man of about 30 years old in a casual shirt walked in.

"Brother Wei, the police are looking for you." The cashier hid the phone in a drawer and said calmly.

"Police? What do you need our cooperation for?" Wei Yan, one of Yunye's partners, came here. He shook the raindrops on his body and asked politely.

"To solve the case, we want to check the surveillance video outside the store on the night of May 5 and June 29." Nie Zhilan glanced at the camera outside the door as soon as she got out of the car.

"Yes, do you need one in the store? There is also one at the front desk." Wei Yan put the umbrella in the storage bucket by the door, and said pleasantly.

"Okay, thank you."

Wei Yan added in a soft voice: "Sometimes Xiao Yang will turn off the surveillance after get off work. I don't know what happened during the two nights you mentioned."

"Well, for example, I turned off the surveillance outside the door last night, leaving only one at the front desk." Xiao Yang, the cashier, nodded in agreement.

Wei Yan turned on the computer, entered the password in front of them, and found the video on May 5. Nie Zhilan fast-forwarded to watch it, but the video suddenly stopped at 29 pm.

"Sister policeman, I'm sorry, maybe I turned off the surveillance, because I leave work on time at ten o'clock in the evening." Xiao Yang said apologetically.

"It's okay, thank you very much for your cooperation." She turned to the video on the night of June 6, which was a clear video, but there was no sign of the car.

The three of them left the restaurant with nothing to show for it. Wan Tong crossed her arms, and she complained tremblingly with goosebumps all over her body: "This restaurant is really generous. The air conditioner is turned on so early in the morning that no guests come. Feet, freeze to death."

"This Internet celebrity restaurant is famous for its good service attitude and overbearing taste. You need to make an appointment in advance to get a seat." Chu Tao opened the browser to search, and the comments on the Internet were almost overwhelming.

"Let's go, take the time to visit the residential area." Nie Zhilan interjected at the right time, got into the car and waited for them to get in.

"Wait a minute." Wan Tong's hand that opened the door stopped in mid-air, and his eyes were fixed on the two people not far away.

"Do you find it strange? That man seems to be following a woman who is shopping in a cake shop."

Nie Zhilan raised her eyes and unlocked her phone: "I'll notify the nearby patrol police to get in the car first."

"No, I just saw a few photos on the wall of Yunye restaurant. It seems that there are these two people. In the photos, they are interacting intimately. But now, what do you think?" The long-haired woman seemed to know that she was following that person, But the pace is getting faster and faster.