Chapter 143 Breaking Through Defense

October 2nd.

The sky turned a fish-belly white.

In the corridor outside the interrogation room, Chen Mo lowered his head and glanced at the watch on his wrist.

It was now seven o'clock in the morning.

"Aren't you going back to get some rest?"

Chen Mo looked at Xu Qingqing beside him.

They had both rested until four last night, so they didn't feel sleepy right now.

But Xu Qingqing and her team members hadn't closed their eyes all night.

"We're at the final hurdle, let's wait a bit longer."

Xu Qingqing said, then let out a yawn.

At this moment, footsteps sounded from the side.

The two looked over and saw a Second-Class Police Inspector with two bars and two flowers on his shoulders walking over.

"Eat something."

He handed the soy milk and steamed buns to the two of them respectively.

Seeing this, Chen Mo didn't stand on ceremony; he was indeed hungry.

"Ahem."

Captain Sun Tai, the head of the criminal police, saw this and coughed lightly twice.

He actually had another reason for coming to deliver breakfast this time.

To scout out the current progress of the case.

So he could report to his superiors.

Otherwise, not knowing anything would be bad!

"How is Li Jiahao doing?"

"I heard through the grapevine that he's confessed?"

A trace of imperceptible joy appeared in Captain Sun Tai's eyes.

Then he asked, pretending to be calm.

The case had reached this point, so there was no need to hide anything.

"Yeah, he's confessed."

"However, he likely still has accomplices. He isn't revealing them yet, so we're trying to find a way to make him talk."

Chen Mo swallowed the steamed bun and replied casually.

"That's great!"

"Such bad elements must be caught one by one!"

"As expected of someone who can make it into the national top eight; you're really amazing!"

Captain Sun Tai took the opportunity to give a thumbs up, saying happily.

The current situation was already quite clear.

Only two teams had currently tracked down Li Jiahao.

The other two teams were still investigating in other directions; obviously, either the case was stuck.

Or the investigation direction was wrong, and they were wasting time.

"Is there anything else?"

Seeing him just making small talk, Chen Mo asked curiously.

In theory, after asking these questions, he should leave.

He would have something to report back.

"Is there anything we can do to help you?"

Captain Sun Tai patted his chest.

He didn't intend to steal the credit.

It was simply because, as the local police, and since it was their local case.

He naturally wanted to contribute some effort.

Not only was he restless, but the team members in the office also felt the same way.

It felt like they were being isolated.

Chen Mo saw his embarrassment.

"We currently suspect that Li Jiahao's accomplices are Sun Aiguo and Song Jia."

"If you have nothing else to do, you can monitor the two of them and prepare for their arrest at the same time."

In the past, Chen Mo naturally wouldn't have said so much to Captain Sun Tai.

But whenever he thought about his purpose for coming here.

The word "connections" would appear in his mind.

For something like this, a single sentence from him could resolve the predicament of Captain Sun Tai, and make him feel some goodwill towards him.

Why not do it?

In case he needed his help in the future.

With today's incident, it would go much smoother.

He wasn't asking for the relationship to be great; just being better than strangers was fine.

"Oh, thank you so much!"

"You've really solved a big problem for me."

Captain Sun Tai looked grateful; now they finally had something to do.

"You're welcome, Captain Sun Tai."

Chen Mo nodded in acknowledgment.

Watching him leave, Xu Qingqing looked at Chen Mo, not understanding.

"You asked him to take people to keep an eye on Song Jia and Sun Aiguo."

"But my people have already gone; is there a need for so many people?"

Facing Xu Qingqing's question, Chen Mo didn't intend to hide anything.

Both were experts at Reasoning; he certainly had ways to deceive the other.

But the idea of building connections wasn't something shameful.

"I've looked at the cases Captain Sun Tai handled before; although his ability isn't that outstanding, he is a steady person."

Chen Mo didn't say one more thing: Captain Sun Tai's father-in-law was once appointed as the police team's political commissar.

Definitely at the top of the pyramid.

Although his position has been transferred, he definitely has connections.

With this back and forth, it was only a matter of time before Captain Sun Tai was promoted.

Still, as the saying goes, he's the head of the criminal police now, but next time they meet, he might have to be called Chief.

"Alright."

Xu Qingqing accepted Chen Mo's reason for helping Captain Sun Tai because he was a decent person.

Even if she guessed the reason, she didn't care.

Because in this day and age, who doesn't have a background!

—Tap, tap, tap.

Dense footsteps came from the corridor entrance.

Long Hao brought people back from outside.

He walked closer and handed the information to Chen Mo.

"This is everything that can be found about Li Xin."

"The parts circled in red are the key points."

Chen Mo carefully examined the documents.

The parts marked with the red pen were basically Li Xin's bad habits over these years, and even some rifts that occurred with the Song family.

The bad habits included staying out all night, smoking, drinking, and such.

A young girl who was still a minor had picked up these bad habits.

From the parents' perspective, they had an undeniable responsibility.

But considering Li Xin was only adopted, from a rational perspective, they had responsibility, but not total responsibility.

As outsiders, they could think rationally.

But Li Jiahao, as a brother who doted on his sister.

How could he think rationally when seeing his sister had these bad habits?

He would definitely blame the Song family.

Furthermore, having conflicts with the people of the Song family.

Actually, it was quite common; arguing over various things, running away from home.

Then reporting her as missing; these were all publicly verifiable.

"Now, I can finally pry his mouth open."

Chen Mo flicked the document and pushed open the door to enter.

Li Jiahao, who had been lowering his head, raised his head at this moment.

A moment later, a roar erupted from the interrogation room.

"You're spouting nonsense!"

"Impossible, these are all fake!"

Li Jiahao's face was flushed with anger, and his voice was nearly hysterical.

It wasn't strange for him to be like this; they had previously guessed that there should be a secret transaction between him and Song Jia.

And the content of the transaction was that Li Jiahao would kill, and Song Jia would help him take care of his sister.

But the child had only been handed over to Song Jia for three years, and she had picked up so many bad habits.

Li Jiahao naturally assumed that Song Jia hadn't fulfilled the promise he made to him back then.

Combined with his sister running away from home multiple times, it must be because she wasn't happy that she became like this.

His heart couldn't help but ache.

"Song Jia, you bastard!"

Li Jiahao gasped for air, his fists clenched tight.

His nails dug into his flesh, but he didn't feel any pain at all.

Because his heart hurt even more!

"It's very clear that your sister Li Xin, or Song Xin, hasn't been happy since being adopted by Song Jia all these years."

"Often running away from home, not returning all night, drinking, smoking, and so on."

"She was even living worse than she was in the orphanage."

Chen Mo's words were like daggers, stabbing into Li Jiahao's heart.

He was now determined to shatter Li Jiahao's dream.

Only then could he get him to tell everything about Song Jia's situation.

"I'll talk!"

"You must catch that bastard Song Jia!"