bayedsolid Chapter 374 Obedient and Clingy Younger Brother (85)
Chapter 374 Obedient and Clingy Younger Brother (85)
The other side fell silent again, for even longer than expected, leading Jin Shuhe and Lü Chun to wonder if they had been exposed.
Lu Chun even wanted to send another message to see if it had been deleted by the other party, so that she could immediately notify the Municipal Bureau.
Take immediate action and strengthen the search at all highway exits from Pucheng. If he is still in Pucheng, we must not let him escape.
Over the years, although Zhang Jianhe has often worked as a temporary worker or a transient, he has never rented a place. Most of the time, he works with construction teams or does jobs that include meals and accommodation, so he rarely has any records of renting a place.
But whenever he leaves a trace, he always uses his own identity information...
"Perhaps due to limitations in ability and knowledge, he couldn't use more covert methods. In recent years, the investigations have become increasingly strict, with registration and networking across all industries, and the Skynet system becoming more and more comprehensive, all of which are better able to prevent some criminal activities," Captain Xie analyzed.
"We haven't been able to find any record of him leaving Pucheng since the incident, so we still have to assume that he is in Pucheng."
Various places have been setting up controls intensively for several days, but Zhang Jianhe is indeed very calm.
He should know that he's being searched for everywhere.
"Wait a little longer," Jin Shuhe stopped Lü Chun.
"Stop running?"
"Wait a minute, we didn't say anything that would give us away." Jin Shuhe held his phone, his palms already sweating.
This was his first time doing fishing, but when the time came, he had to bite the bullet and go for it.
"How do you usually talk to him?" Lü Chun asked irritably, running her fingers through her hair.
"I just... I just talked to him like that! I didn't have any secret signals." The man also seemed quite nervous.
After about half an hour, my phone finally vibrated!
The group perked up and looked over together.
"What can I do... I had some things to take care of back home, so I went back to Pucheng," the other person replied.
"Go back!" The man seemed even more anxious than Jin Shuhe and Lü Chun, with sweat pouring down his forehead.
But Jin Shuhe didn't reply for several minutes.
"Didn't you say you weren't going back this year?"
Jin Shuhe and his team have already learned about these circumstances.
really.
"Something came up suddenly, and I didn't have time to tell the boss."
It seems that the other party is gradually lowering their guard.
Just as Jin Shuhe was about to type again, the screen suddenly flashed and a voice call popped up.
It was Zhang Jianhe who called.
"What should we do! What... what should we do?"
Looking at the phone handed back to him, the man looked like he was holding a landmine whose fuse had been pulled.
"Say what you normally say, be natural, and don't overthink it," Lü Chun quickly instructed.
"Ah... okay, but... if... you can't blame me!"
"Answer it quickly!"
"Hey, Lao Zhang."
"Where are you?" came the voice from the speakerphone.
Lü Chun had already turned on the recording function on her phone, and what she recorded was a somewhat hoarse and gloomy male voice.
"I just got back from my last delivery. If we don't hear from you, we'll have to work overtime! What are you doing back in your hometown?"
"Relocating graves."
"Huh?" This exclamation of surprise wasn't feigned; who would move a grave during the Lunar New Year?
“They won’t let people bury their dead on that piece of land in the village anymore. They said the government is going to do something, and if anyone buries someone there, they have to move out immediately, otherwise a bulldozer will dig it all up! Damn it…” Zhang Jian cursed in a deep voice.
"So... are you going to pay me?"
"Give me a dick!"
"Alright, alright, you can't just stop making money, you'd better come back to work right now, or the boss will really find someone new!"
There was silence for a few seconds.
"In a few days, please ask the boss for leave for me. I'll definitely go back to work. I don't need the money for these few days."
"What's wrong? Why are you making such a fuss?"
The man looked at the words Jin Shuhe had typed for him on his phone. He had been chatting with Zhang Jianhe for quite a while and was gradually gaining confidence. He gave the two police officers an "OK" sign.
"Would you like a drink?" he asked casually. "You can come to my house for a drink too, and I can take the sausage back with me!"
"Damn it, all you think about is your little bit of horse piss to drink all day long. You don't even have a woman at home. You're just drinking without any other food?" Zhang Jianhe's voice sounded a bit impatient.
"I'll buy some mixed vegetables and peanuts, and a few skewers, okay?"
Jin Shuhe only told people to say that, but he didn't actually expect Zhang Jianhe to agree to go out, since he was probably as frightened as a bird in distress right now.
To everyone's surprise, the other person spat out a "pui" sound, as if spitting out the cigarette in their mouth: "Come to my house for a drink, I don't like to move around, bring more alcohol!"
"Who the hell knows which rat hole you live in?"
I'll send you an address.
After saying that, Zhang Jian hung up the phone, leaving the three of them looking at each other in bewilderment.
Not to mention that person, even Jin Shuhe and Lü Chun were a little confused.
Just as none of them spoke, the phone vibrated again, and Zhang Jianhe actually sent an address.
"Police, officers... what, what should I do?" The man's eyes widened, as if to say, "You've dragged me here, what am I supposed to do?"
"Xiao He, let me call Captain Xie."
"Ah."
Jin Shuhe gave the owner a few more instructions and also registered the information of each of the employees who were here today, telling them that they must not do anything they shouldn't.
"Captain Xie told us to take the men back first." Lü Chun nodded.
"Huh? Who are you bringing?"
The man, sandwiched between two police officers, asked in a daze.
Then Jin Shuhe stepped on the gas and sped back to the Municipal Bureau.
The time couldn't be too long, and Zhang Jianhe couldn't notice anything amiss. It was still rush hour, so Jin Shuhe turned on all the police lights on the road.
Still a bit dazed, he followed Wu Qidong into the municipal bureau office. Wu Qidong greeted him solemnly, "This must be Comrade Duan Peng, right?"
Duan Peng didn't know Wu Qidong, but once he entered the Municipal Public Security Bureau, he became timid and hesitant.
Wu Qidong personally explained the current situation to him. After a while, Duan Peng agreed to wear the listening device and go drink with Zhang Jianhe.
"I... I can't be in danger, can I?"
“We have professionals listening to you the whole time. We know everything you say and everything that happens in the room. We also told you the agreed-upon words. If you sense danger, say those words and our comrades will rush in to protect you immediately.”
Because Zhang Jianhe agreed way too readily.
Moreover, he was highly dangerous, and the crime scene also showed that he was a criminal with a certain degree of counter-investigation ability.
Team Leader Xie and his team were worried that while they were using Duan Peng to lure Zhang Jianhe, Zhang Jianhe might also be testing the waters.
He agreed to go to Duan Peng's house and readily sent his location, perhaps because Duan Peng wasn't home at the moment, but was hiding to see who was coming to his house.
If he discovers that the police are coming to arrest him, he will immediately flee again.
Let Duan Peng go in and check if Zhang Jianhe is actually home.
If I were here...
Then the arrest can be carried out.
He slipped the miniature listening device into the lining of his clothes, adjusted the device, and, timing it perfectly, quickly told Duan Peng to take a taxi and leave.
"That... that."
"What's wrong?"
Lu Chun, who was in charge of the first surveillance vehicle, immediately set off after Duan Peng. Hearing him still dawdling, he turned around to look at him.
"When the time comes, could you send me a banner or something, or... could your company order water from us, which would also increase my commission?"
Lü Chun: ...
While I want to say that assisting the police in investigating cases is the responsibility of every citizen, I also feel that it is a bit too humane.
"The banner is no problem, but I'll discuss the water issue with my supervisor."
To be fair, Duan Peng has a good mental fortitude, even though no one told him what Zhang Jianhe had done, for fear of scaring him.
But with such a large entourage, the way he casually got out of the car and went to buy kebabs and alcohol didn't seem unusual at all.
"She's quite the actress."
Qin Wen said on the public channel.
"What if Zhang Jianhe is really at home? Should we rush in and arrest him?"
"He is a vicious criminal, and we cannot rule out the possibility that there are weapons in his house. We must ensure Duan Peng's safety. If Zhang Jianhe is at home, we will arrest him after Duan Peng leaves!" Wu Qidong instructed.
"Yes."
Qin Wen and Jin Shuhe were in a car. Qin Wen was in the driver's seat, and Jin Shuhe was in the passenger seat, adjusting the protective gear he was wearing under his shirt and under his coat.
After adjusting, I took a bag of milk and a piece of bread from the back seat and ate them quietly.
Noticing Qin Wen looking at her, she raised an eyebrow and asked him if he wanted to eat.
“I’m not eating anymore. While you and your sister Lü were out visiting, I grabbed a bite at the company cafeteria.”
Qin Wen looked at him because he found it a bit strange; Jin Shuhe's emotions seemed odd.
Based on the current clues, Zhang Jianhe should be the murderer in this extremely brutal serial murder case that spans ten years.
Among the victims... was Jin Shuhe's mother. The suspect who hurt his mother and caused him to experience hardships from a young age was only two hundred meters away from him, yet he appeared extremely calm.
He wasn't just calm, he was quite relaxed, which Qin Wen found a little strange, because during the investigation, Jin Shuhe's various reactions showed that he hadn't let go of anything at all.
We can still eat and drink now...
Around 8 p.m., Duan Peng arrived at the address given by Zhang Jianhe at the foot of a very dilapidated building in the urban-rural fringe. The weather had warmed up a bit recently, and much of the snow on the ground had melted, leaving the area muddy and emitting a foul stench from the backflow of sewers.
It really does look like the place where Zhang Jian is hiding.
After Duan Peng entered the building, everyone on the public channel fell silent, listening quietly to the sounds coming from his earphones.
It sounded like Duan Peng's footsteps going upstairs.
Then... there was a knock on the door.
Everyone's hearts were lifted.
A few seconds can feel like hours to someone waiting.
"Who?"
A muffled human voice came through the channel.
Jin Shuhe and Lü Chun, who had heard Zhang Jianhe's voice before, made a gesture at the same time.
"Open the door!" Duan Peng kicked the door twice more impatiently. "My hands are full of stuff!"
"Squeak-"
"Bang."
The sound of someone entering and then closing the door.
"I bought a case of wine. You sounded pretty unhappy. Let's have a good drink tonight, since I have the day off tomorrow."
Duan Peng's voice came through normally, indicating that the person inside the room was indeed Zhang Jianhe.
Everyone's nerves were on edge.
"He's really here?"
After Duan Peng and Zhang Jianhe had started drinking, Qin Wencai muttered to himself.
"Maybe they've let their guard down because they think we haven't caught him all these years?" Xie's voice came through the channel. Wu Qidong was leading the team for this operation, while Xie was stationed at the Municipal Public Security Bureau.
The two people inside the room started drinking and chatting.
As Duan Peng said, the two of them did sound quite familiar with each other.
"Why do you people do this? You're making me go back to move graves during the Lunar New Year? That's so unlucky!"
"Heh." Zhang Jianhe sneered, "It's pretty unlucky, like digging up graves and shoving dirt."
"Hey? What if they won't let you bury me there? You bought a cemetery plot? Cemetery plots are damn expensive these days, more expensive than houses for the living. You can't even afford to die!" Duan Peng exclaimed.
"No, we dug it up and threw it in the yard of our old home," Zhang Jianhe said sinisterly.
“How…so much…” Duan Peng stammered.
"They're all no good. Digging them up, or scattering them all, is already doing my duty! Bury them in peace? What a load of crap, don't even think about burying them!"
The sound of a beer bottle shattering on the ground was like a loud crash.
Duan Peng stayed in the room for about three hours, and finally, he said goodbye to Zhang Jianhe while drunk.
“It’s so late, you can sleep here…” Zhang Jianhe’s voice came from behind him.
"Alright, I'm not sleeping in your doghouse anymore, I'm leaving!" Duan Peng turned around and patted him: "You'd better tell the boss right away, or he might actually fire you, wouldn't that make you even more upset?"
As he spoke, he opened the door: "Damn it!"
He tripped over the doorframe and nearly fell over: "I'm gone..."
"Don't bother seeing me off!"
The sound of Duan Peng coming downstairs.
Everyone listening in the car silently counted the number of steps he took down the stairs until he stepped out of the building, and only then did they breathe a sigh of relief.
"Phew—that scared me to death! That scared me to death!"
As agreed, Duan Peng turned two corners before opening the door and getting into the waiting car. Once seated, he couldn't stop shaking his leg.
"Officer colleagues, please tell me the truth, what exactly did he do? When I left just now, the way he looked at me sent chills down my spine! Does he have someone on his hands? I felt like he wanted to kill me!" He kept rambling on.
Lu Chun thought to himself: You're absolutely right, he does have people on his hands or something...
He just gave a perfunctory response.
After removing the equipment from him, someone took him home.
"Weren't you drunk?" Lu Chun suddenly remembered that he had been staggering when he left the house.
"I was faking it! I got him completely intoxicated, officer. I have a really high alcohol tolerance, I drank it down..."
"Great, that's awesome." Lü Chun had someone quickly send him away.
At 1:30 a.m. that night, the police stormed into Zhang Jianhe's home and arrested him!
It's possible that Duan Peng did indeed force-feed him a lot, and he barely resisted.
This also led to him remaining completely silent even after arriving at the Municipal Public Security Bureau.
Jin Shuhe stood outside the interrogation room, in front of the one-way glass. Wu Qidong walked up behind him and said, "Take a break first."
“Uncle Wu…” Jin Shuhe turned to look at him: “He shouldn’t be the murderer who killed my mother.” Jin Shuhe suddenly said.