5: The murderer has been caught.

Lei Zhen chuckled, “Just now when I was ordering takeout, I casually flipped through your photo album.”

“What? You secretly looked through my photo album?” Gu Qingcheng’s eyes widened immediately. She quickly took out her phone and looked at it, “What else did you do?”

“What could I do in such a short time?” Lei Zhen said, “I just flipped through a few photos, and I didn’t expect you to be cosplaying Boss Bai at home.

I have to say, I was stunned at the time. Your portrayal is much more accurate than those online who cosplay Boss Bai. If Linglong were ever made into a TV series, you could totally play her.”

Gu Qingcheng was originally very angry, but because of Lei Zhen’s compliment, her mood immediately changed.

“Don’t do that again, okay?” Gu Qingcheng said with a serious expression, “You really can’t be given any chances.”

Lei Zhen laughed heartily, “I agree with that. If you give me even a tiny bit of a chance, I can make you fall in love with me, believe it or not?”

“Stop messing around.” Gu Qingcheng, however, was unfazed, “Can’t the steak shut you up? Hurry up and eat.”

Lei Zhen laughed heartily, thinking to himself, just you wait, I, Lei Zhen, will marry you sooner or later.

He didn’t dare to say that before, but now he’s a chosen one with a system, so nothing is impossible.

Lei Zhen then comfortably ate his steak while waiting for good news from Director Zhao.

Sure enough, in less than twenty minutes, Zhao Gang returned.

Seeing Lei Zhen eating steak and drinking coffee, Zhao Gang was also surprised, “Oh, you’re quite good at enjoying yourself, aren’t you?”

Gu Qingcheng quickly explained, “He insisted on ordering all of this.”

“It’s fine, it’s fine.” Zhao Gang laughed, “Never mind steak, I might even have to treat you to a parfait feast later.”

Upon hearing this, Lei Zhen quickly put down his knife and fork, “Did that Chen guy confess?”

Zhao Gang said, “No, but this person is definitely problematic.”

He finished speaking, picked up the teacup on his desk, took a sip, and continued, “Your friend should not have lied. Chen Wankang has definitely killed people. Just now, when Captain Wan and I interrogated him, this guy was clearly flustered.

Although he refused to confess, Captain Wan said that this person definitely has major suspicions. Now Captain Wan has applied for a search warrant, and we are going to his house immediately to take a look.”

Lei Zhen also became energized upon hearing this, “That’s great.”

Gu Qingcheng, on the other hand, was completely bewildered. She couldn’t understand how Lei Zhen knew the other party was a murderer.

Zhao Gang excitedly shook Lei Zhen’s hand and said, “Lei Zhen, if the 615 case is solved, you will have rendered a great service.”

Lei Zhen smiled, “Does that mean my sending out small cards can be written off?”

“Of course.” Zhao Gang said, “Not only that, an hour ago, the Municipal Bureau raised the 200,000 reward for providing clues directly to 300,000. You can make a small fortune.”

Lei Zhen was stunned on the spot when he heard this.

He had actually forgotten about the reward.

“Director Zhao, I have a request.” Lei Zhen said.

“Speak.”

“Can I not take this reward?”

Zhao Gang was stunned when he heard this, “What, you don’t want the money?”

“Yes, can I use this 300,000 to exchange for an Auxiliary Police Officer position?” Lei Zhen asked directly.

Zhao Gang was shocked when he heard this, “You, a hooligan… no, you want to be an Auxiliary Police Officer?”

“Yes.” Lei Zhen said frankly, “Being a police officer has always been my dream.”

Lei Zhen’s words also stunned Gu Qingcheng. She never expected that this street loafer actually had such a dream!

No wonder he said earlier that he might become her colleague.

Zhao Gang frowned and said, “Lei Zhen, I can’t agree to this. Why don’t you wait until the case is solved, then talk to Captain Wan and see if he can help you.”

Lei Zhen knew very well that although an Auxiliary Police Officer is an off-establishment personnel, essentially a contract worker, and this profession is even looked down upon by many, getting in is not as easy as imagined.

The mere fact that he had been detained before was a huge problem.

Besides, Zhao Gang, a mere Police Station Director, didn’t have that capability.

But Captain Wan was different. He was the head of the Special Task Force and the captain of the Criminal Investigation Team, so perhaps he could do it.

“Alright, let’s wait until the case is solved.” Lei Zhen didn’t dwell on it.

Zhao Gang quickly received a call from Wan Qiang, who said that the search warrant had been issued and asked Zhao Gang to bring a few people with him to Chen Wankang’s house.

Soon, good news came. Wan Qiang and his team found a dagger and a blood-stained jacket in the ceiling of Chen Wankang’s bathroom.

Wan Qiang and Zhao Gang rushed back to Qinghe Police Station and re-interrogated Chen Wankang.

Facing the evidence, Chen Wankang immediately wilted and quickly confessed to all his crimes.

He had indeed killed people, a family of three, but something unexpected happened: Chen Wankang said he had killed these three people seven or eight years ago.

Wan Qiang was stunned when he heard this.

Indeed, the case of a family of three being murdered in a small mountain village seven years ago was handled by Captain Duan Changhong of the second team, and to this day, this family annihilation case remains unsolved.

He never expected that the murderer, who had been sought for seven or eight years, was actually in Qinghe Town!

Zhao Gang was very excited. After all, Chen Wankang was arrested in Qinghe, and this case was also a major case personally supervised by the Provincial Department. Qinghe would definitely receive a collective third-class merit this time.

However, Wan Qiang was not happy at all.

The capture of the family annihilation murderer only brought joy to Zhao Gang and Duan Changhong, who had been depressed due to the case, but his current predicament remained completely unresolved.

“Oh, how could this happen!”

Wan Qiang was once again struck, squatting on the ground and raking his hair into a bird’s nest.

It was hard to imagine that Captain Wan, who had always been high-spirited, was so tormented by a case that he was almost unrecognizable.

Zhao Gang could only suppress his excitement and stepped forward to comfort him, “Don’t rush. The more it is at this time, the more we need to be calm.”

Wan Qiang could only calm his emotions and reported the matter to his superiors.

Gu Wenhai learned that Qinghe Police Station had caught the murderer of the family annihilation case from seven years ago, and he immediately jumped out of his chair.

This case was also a thorn in the side of the Criminal Investigation Team, stuck in the hearts of Gu Wenhai and Duan Changhong for too long.

One must know that the higher-ups now advocate for all murder cases to be solved. It was because of this case back then that Gu Wenhai missed the opportunity to enter the Provincial Department.

This case had also caused a national sensation at the time.

A family of three, including a three-year-old child, were brutally murdered, and to make matters worse, the child’s grandmother could not accept this cruel reality and hanged herself half a year later.

Now, the only one left in the victim’s family was the child’s grandfather, a seventy-year-old widower.

Before the case was solved, the old man almost went to the Criminal Investigation Team every day for several years, always asking one thing—has the murderer been caught?

Although he hasn’t been as frequent in recent years, he still comes to the Municipal Bureau every now and then to inquire about the case’s progress.

Duan Changhong, as the person in charge of the family annihilation case, now had a psychological shadow when he saw him.

But as the case manager, Duan Changhong did not hide, but every time he saw the old man’s disappointed eyes, his chest felt as if it had been heavily pounded.

Captain Duan had never given up on this case. To spur himself on, he even wrote a huge character ‘shame’ (shame) in red pen and hung it in his office a while ago.

It must be said that for this case, Duan Changhong had grown many white hairs over the years.

Gu Wenhai knew what this case meant to Duan Changhong, and he notified him immediately.

Duan Changhong was stunned when he received the news.

“What? The murderer was caught by the people from Qinghe Police Station?”