11: Psychological analysis of micro-expressions to find out where Xu Xiaoli is

“You’re going to interrogate Liu Yaozong by yourself?”

Surprise flashed across Shen Gang’s square face. What trick was Gao Ze playing?

Did he have some special interrogation techniques?

“Yes!”

Inside the interrogation room, Gao Ze nodded in front of Liu Yaozong.

He didn’t have any secret interrogation techniques; it was just that having other people in the interrogation room while interrogating Liu Yaozong could easily cause interference.

“Alright, I hope you can find Xu Xiaoli’s whereabouts.”

Hearing that Gao Ze was confident he could get a result, Shen Gang agreed, feeling a sense of anticipation.

Whether Gao Ze relied on luck or genuine skill, he would find out this time.

The interrogation room always had camera surveillance on!

Shen Gang left with a few Criminal Police, leaving only Gao Ze in the interrogation room.

“Shen Team, do you really believe that kid can get Xu Xiaoli’s whereabouts out of Liu Yaozong’s mouth?”

Several Criminal Police were full of doubt. “Gao Ze’s ability to apprehend Liu Yaozong and find Sun Shuai was just good luck.”

“Even our professional Criminal Police couldn’t dig Xu Xiaoli’s location out of Liu Yaozong, how can he do it?”

“Shen Team, let’s replace Gao Ze. We Criminal Police will keep pressing Liu Yaozong. I don’t believe Liu Yaozong won’t talk.”

“To press Liu Yaozong, we Criminal Police have plenty of time to interrogate him, and over a long period, his psychological state will definitely collapse, but do we Criminal Police have time, and does Xu Xiaoli have time?”

Shen Gang stopped, suddenly looking at the young Criminal Police who had been with him for a long time, and said in a deep voice:

“What if Xu Xiaoli isn’t dead and is being held in some dark place by Liu Yaozong?”

“What if Xu Xiaoli hasn’t eaten or drunk for a long time?”

“In such a situation, how long can Xu Xiaoli last? Time is life. We cannot joke with the lives of the living, even if Xu Xiaoli still has a slim chance of survival.”

Criminal Police are not allowed to use torture against criminals.

But for criminals who refuse to speak, there are ways.

A common method is to wear them down, using high-wattage incandescent lights non-stop, interrogating the criminal in shifts twenty-four hours a day, giving them no time to sleep.

In such circumstances, stubborn criminals can at most last two or three days before their psychological defenses are completely broken.

The young Criminal Police all fell silent.

If the situation Shen Gang described was true, their Criminal Police Brigade indeed had no time and had to find Xu Xiaoli’s whereabouts as quickly as possible.

“You all think Gao Ze relies on luck.”

“But arresting Liu Yaozong was luck, and finding Sun Shuai was also luck? Why don’t you or I have such luck?”

“Whether it’s luck or skill, we’ll know by the results this time.”

Shen Gang led the Criminal Police to the monitoring room, focusing his gaze specifically on the interrogation surveillance of Liu Yaozong.

Only to see on the monitoring screen.

Gao Ze sat at the table, calmly flipping through Liu Yaozong’s case files, letting Liu Yaozong curse loudly without any reaction, quietly reading the files.

This calmness far surpassed many impatient police officers.

Shen Gang praised him in his heart, also calmly staring at the monitor.

The Criminal Police said nothing, paying close attention, but as Gao Ze still hadn’t interrogated Liu Yaozong, a hint of impatience appeared on their faces.

“Shen Team, twenty minutes have passed, Gao Ze should have finished reading the files, right?”

“Why isn’t he interrogating yet? Is Gao Ze incapable and just stalling for time?”

“Wait a little longer!” Shen Gang waved his hand, signaling for quiet.

“……”

“Shen Team, more than half an hour has passed now. Are we still waiting?”

“I think Gao Ze is just putting on a show. He can’t interrogate at all. Let’s replace him.”

“It has indeed been a bit long.”

Shen Gang secretly frowned. He thought half an hour was enough for Gao Ze to read the files and clarify the caseIdeas, but now the time had far exceeded that.

Was he really just putting on a show, solving cases by luck?

Just then.

Shen Gang and the Criminal Police noticed Gao Ze in the monitor standing up and walking towards Liu Yaozong.

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Gao Ze stood up and came before Liu Yaozong.

Inside the interrogation room, Liu Yaozong, who had stopped cursing, became agitated and continued to curse:

“You sissy, you finally dare to face me?”

“Damn it, you’re just lucky. If it weren’t for accidentally running into me in Greenland City, could you have caught me?”

“Even if you had eight lifetimes, you wouldn’t catch your old brother... I’m telling you, don’t even think about getting a single word out of me. I have four lives on my hands, and that’s enough. I’ll die before I tell you where Xu Xiaoli is.”

“You hid Xu Xiaoli in the western suburbs of Donghai City, didn’t you?”

Gao Ze, facing Liu Yaozong’s insults, merely asked indifferently. Suddenly, Liu Yaozong’s expression froze, as if his machine-gun-like curses had jammed.

“In the western suburbs, by the Zhuangjiang River, is it a civilian house, an abandoned building, a commercial building, or a factory on the opposite bank, an industrial park?”

Gao Ze watched Liu Yaozong’s expression and said faintly, “You must have hidden Xu Xiaoli in a factory. Is it a food factory or a garment factory?”

“You sissy, none of them! Don’t guess wildly. She’s not in the western suburbs at all. You police will never find her in this lifetime.”

Liu Yaozong was agitated, his handcuffs clanking, his breathing rapid, wishing he could erupt and tear Gao Ze apart.

“No need to be so agitated. I already know where Xu Xiaoli is.”

“She’s hidden by you at the Tianrui Garment Factory on the opposite bank of the Zhuangjiang River!”

Gao Ze lightly patted Liu Yaozong’s shoulder, then walked out of the interrogation room without even looking at him, but Liu Yaozong let out a beast-like roar, his eyes terrifyingly red.

Outside the monitoring screen.

Shen Gang and the Criminal Police looked at each other, some with shocked expressions, others frowning in suspicion.

“Shen Team, what interrogation method is this kid using? Is he fortune-telling?”

“He said Xu Xiaoli is in the Tianrui Garment Factory on the opposite bank of the Zhuangjiang River in the western suburbs, and that she is indeed in the garment factory, without any rigorous logical deduction.”

Shen Gang remained silent, filled with doubt.

He vaguely suspected that Gao Ze was observing Liu Yaozong’s micro-expressions and movements, analyzing his psychology, judging truth from lies, and then continuously filtering and verifying the answers.

That’s how he concluded that Xu Xiaoli was hidden in the Tianrui Garment Factory in the western suburbs.

But could that be the case?

Micro-expression and movement psychological analysis, this is a skill that many psychologists cannot even master. How could a mere Traffic Police like Gao Ze know it?

“Where is Gao Ze? Go call him over!”

Shen Gang sent someone to call Gao Ze. He was eager to know if Gao Ze was proficient in this profound psychological analysis technique.

“Shen Team, Gao Ze has returned to the Traffic Police Center. He said he has already helped us find Xu Xiaoli’s whereabouts, and she is at the Tianrui Garment Factory on the opposite bank of the Zhuangjiang River in the western suburbs!”

Shen Gang felt a slight disappointment, but instantly became invigorated, saying loudly:

“Old Li, you take a team and drive quickly to the Tianrui Garment Factory on the opposite bank of the Zhuangjiang River in the western suburbs to search for Xu Xiaoli’s whereabouts.”

“No, never mind. I’ll personally lead people to find Xu Xiaoli’s trace!”

Shen Gang’s eyes were unusually bright. He wanted to personally verify it. If Gao Ze was truly proficient in micro-expression and movement psychological analysis.

Then he would be an incredibly suitable talent for the Criminal Police Brigade.

Such a person being placed in the Traffic Police Center was a waste of talent; he absolutely had to recruit him!