176: Captain, we might lose.
Lei Zhen rushed to the teahouse where his master, Zheng Wenchang, was. He saw his master, Zhu Xiaojun, and Yin Yong sitting around a tea table near the window in the main hall, drinking tea.
He walked over to the three of them without a change in expression.
"You're here, sit down." Zheng Wenchang waved at Lei Zhen.
Lei Zhen sat down, and Zheng Wenchang poured tea into the cup in front of him.
"Where is he?" Lei Zhen asked.
Zheng Wenchang glanced to his left: "He's playing mahjong in that private room. The person you're looking for should be directly opposite the crack in the door."
Yin Yong was very curious: "Lei Zhen, how did you find him?"
Lei Zhen said: "It's a long story, I'll tell you when I have time later. Oh, by the way, where's the restroom?"
Zhu Xiaojun pointed forward: "It's just around that corner."
Lei Zhen picked up the teacup in front of him, drained it, then stood up, pretending to go to the restroom. As he passed a private room on the west side, he glanced inside and indeed saw a tall, thin man speaking loudly.
And the list of sins above his head was clear as day.
[Zhang Liang: Solicitation, Rape, Trafficking of Women, Drug Trafficking, Illegal Detention, Intentional Injury, Sin Value: 329]
It really was him!
Lei Zhen could only see him through the crack in the door, so whether the people playing cards with him were accomplices was unknown.
After returning from the restroom, Lei Zhen said: "I've confirmed it, it's him."
Zheng Wenchang's face lit up upon hearing this: "Then we can use him as a lead to find the missing child."
Lei Zhen nodded, then turned to Yin Yong and said: "Officer Yin, you can tell Captain Li to have them all withdraw. Your previous direction was wrong. The child was taken by this tall man."
Upon hearing this, Yin Yong's face immediately flushed with embarrassment.
"What are you talking about? I don't understand." Yin Yong could only feign ignorance.
Lei Zhen smiled: "I know you're Deputy Captain Li's sworn brother, and everyone knows you came to our team as an undercover agent. Can we just drop the act? Don't be embarrassed, we're all police officers, there's no need to hide things."
Yin Yong could only give an awkward laugh: "So you knew all along."
Lei Zhen said: "It's fine, information sharing."
After speaking, he looked at Zhu Xiaojun and said: "Xiaojun, you and my master quietly keep an eye on this guy. Officer Yin and I will return to the Municipal Bureau to report the situation to Captain Wan."
With that, Lei Zhen stood up and left with Yin Yong, but left the keys to the Mi car with Zhu Xiaojun.
Lei Zhen got into the police car driven by Yin Yong, and the car slowly drove towards the Municipal Bureau.
Yin Yong no longer avoided it and called Captain Li Liang directly in front of Lei Zhen.
"It's messed up," Yin Yong said. "Lei Zhen knew I was here undercover for him a long time ago. Also, he's already found the tall guy who appeared at the accident scene. According to Lei Zhen, the child was taken by that guy."
Captain Li Liang on the other end of the phone was stunned.
"What did you say? Lei Zhen found the person who stole the car?"
"He should have found him, I'm with him." Yin Yong said: "If the child was really taken by that person, they should be able to find the child soon. Captain, I'm afraid we're going to lose."
Captain Li Liang hung up the phone, and his head immediately started buzzing.
Just then, one of his subordinates came in to report: "Captain Li, there are too many cars, and we don't have enough manpower. Can we ask Captain Wan to arrange another few dozen people for us? Otherwise, it will take at least ten days to half a month to investigate."
Captain Li Liang looked at the other person, his eyes full of despair: "Arrange for what? Lei Zhen has already found that person!"
"What? Impossible. We dispatched so many people and found no clues. Lei Zhen only has a few people, and he actually found him?"
Captain Li Liang also slumped into his chair, took off his police cap, and started scratching his head.
"Why is this happening? How did Lei Zhen do it?"
After hearing Yin Yong's report to his boss, Lei Zhen also laughed on the spot: "Captain Yin, you're not trying to avoid suspicion at all, calling your captain in front of me."
Yin Yong laughed heartily: "Lei Zhen, although you haven't found the child yet, I think Captain Li won't be able to beat you this time. I have to admit, in many aspects, you have surpassed the vast majority of professional criminal police. Your Code Tracing Technique ability is something ordinary criminal police like us can never hope to achieve in a lifetime."
Lei Zhen smiled, thinking to himself that he also relied on the system, so there was nothing to be proud of.
"Brother Yin, you're too kind. I'm just a small police officer at Qinghe Police Station right now, not as exaggerated as you say."
Yin Yong glanced at Lei Zhen and said: "Stop being modest. Everyone used to question you receiving so many medals, saying you took credit for others' achievements. But now it seems that's not the case."
Lei Zhen humbly said: "Luck, it's all luck."
"Perhaps I would have thought so before, but I don't think that way now." Yin Yong said: "You are indeed a talent in criminal investigation. No wonder Captain Li is so hostile towards you. If you really joined our Criminal Investigation Team, you would indeed be Captain Li Liang's biggest threat."
"Actually, he's overthinking it." Lei Zhen smiled: "I don't have any plans to join the Criminal Investigation Team for now."
"I hope you come soon." Yin Yong said: "Actually, Captain Li is getting old, and his thinking is starting to fall behind in many areas. The Criminal Investigation Team hasn't had any fresh blood, which has hindered the development of our Third Detachment. If you really came to our Third Criminal Investigation Detachment, it would bring huge changes to our work."
"Brother, you're trying to praise me to death!" Lei Zhen laughed heartily: "The child hasn't even been found yet, and you're acting like you're about to give me an award. I'm not falling for that trick!"
The two laughed heartily.
When they returned to the Criminal Investigation Team, everyone from the Special Task Force was already waiting in the conference room.
Lei Zhen pushed open the door and found everyone looking at him with eager anticipation.
"Oh, everyone's here." Lei Zhen greeted everyone, then sat next to Captain Wan.
Opposite him sat Deputy Captain Captain Li Liang.
"Lei Zhen, I heard you have new progress. Please report it to everyone now."
Lei Zhen had barely sat down before standing up again, and simply recounted how he found the suspect through the scent of perfume.
Everyone present gasped after hearing it.
After all, when they inspected the car earlier, they even used a Police Dog to sniff it.
The Police Dog might have smelled the perfume, but it couldn't express it or analyze it, so this clue was overlooked.
And Lei Zhen actually possessed an abnormal sense of smell, which was not something an ordinary Police Dog could compare to.
Captain Li Liang felt a wave of despair after hearing it; this guy was simply not human!
Code Tracing Technique combined with a Police Dog's sense of smell, this was like cheating!
Captain Wan nodded repeatedly after hearing the report: "Lei Zhen, it seems your direction is correct, but my only doubt now is your judgment that the child was taken away. How can you be sure the child was taken by him? After all, we have no evidence to prove this."
Lei Zhen said: "I analyzed this from the person's footprints. There's a clear change in depth between Zhang Liang's footprints entering the scene and his footprints leaving the scene. I calculated that he had an additional 35 kilograms of weight when he left, which is exactly the weight of a ten-year-old child."
Captain Li Liang, however, objected: "But that doesn't prove he took the child, does it? What if he carried away something else that weighed exactly 35 kilograms?"
Lei Zhen said calmly: "That possibility isn't non-existent, but I think the possibility of it being a child is greater."
"That's just a possibility." Captain Li Liang said: "Also, since you said the other party was tracking the sulfuric acid truck for the drugs, then after the accident, they could have just taken the drugs from under the overturned car. And since the couple was dead, why would they still take the child?"
Lei Zhen said: "How would I know that?"
"You don't know, yet you analyze blindly like this?" Captain Li Liang's voice grew louder: "You need to understand that a mistaken analysis could very likely kill a person!"