151: Acquaintances took action, commendation meeting will be held tomorrow

"Captain Wei Haoran, have you found my son?"

Han Jingmei suddenly stood up from the outdoor chair, looking expectantly at Wei Haoran and the many detectives behind him.

How could it be that fast? Kidnapped just a few hours ago, and found already?

Wei Haoran looked embarrassed and said, "I just wanted to say that I saw your child, Zhou Xinchen, in the surveillance footage from the west side of the milk tea shop."

Han Jingmei's expression instantly fell, her eyes empty and lifeless.

Gao Ze was not surprised by this result and asked, "What's the specific situation?"

"We only found three surveillance cameras in the west district. After checking them one by one, we only found one that captured Ms. Han's child, Zhou Xinchen, but we didn't find the culprit!"

Wei Haoran said, "However, we found a small shoe repair shop, about ten square meters, in the west district.

The shop owner said he glimpsed a woman in a red dress and sunglasses, holding a little boy in green clothes by the hand, passing by his shop on the road."

"Woman in a red dress and sunglasses, holding Zhou Xinchen's hand?"

Gao Ze's gaze narrowed, and he asked, "Did Ms. Han's child not resist?"

"From the surveillance footage, there were no signs of resistance!"

Wei Haoran shook his head, brought over the laptop with the downloaded surveillance video, pointed to the screen at the twelve-forty-three-minute mark, and said, "This is the surveillance video taken from the entrance of a lottery shop in the west district!"

Gao Ze, Zhou Xiaodong, and Han Jingmei all looked at the surveillance video.

The screen showed a boy in a green hoodie, about 1.2 meters tall, running towards the west district street. His eyes seemed to have seen someone, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

He looked very excited!

Then, after running for two seconds, the boy in the green hoodie disappeared from the surveillance, and the screen returned to the quiet street scene of the lottery shop.

"He really didn't resist!"

Gao Ze was shaken. The surveillance video footage surprised him. Such a situation could only indicate one possibility.

That is, the kidnapped child, Zhou Xinchen, and the woman in the red dress were familiar with each other.

It is very likely that the woman in the red dress was an acquaintance of Han Jingmei, or even Zhou Xiaodong.

"Xinchen, Mama was wrong, Mama shouldn't have been careless. Where are you, and who kidnapped you?"

As a mother, Han Jingmei shed tears, covering her mouth and sobbing, asking, "Captain Wei Haoran, did the surveillance only capture these images? Is there really nothing else?"

"No, that's all." Wei Haoran sighed, "That stretch of road is about three or four hundred meters long, and there were only three surveillance cameras in total. Two of them showed nothing, only one captured your child Zhou Xinchen."

"I think that after the woman in the red dress took Zhou Xinchen away, she seemed to have vanished into thin air."

"Officer Gao, can you please save my child? I believe in your great ability!"

Han Jingmei turned to Gao Ze, pleading, and knelt on the ground, crying, "You correctly deduced everything just now. My child is in the west district. Can you continue to deduce correctly?"

"Vanished into thin air... Ms. Han, please get up!"

Gao Ze helped Han Jingmei up. Having witnessed his accurate judgment earlier, this rich madam's attitude had changed. It was clear she was truly worried about her son.

"Wei Team Leader, take me to the west district to have a look!"

Gao Ze followed Wei Haoran back to the west district street. It was quiet and peaceful here, with few shops. Every thirty to fifty meters, there were rows of shaded trees, blocking the hot afternoon sun and UV rays.

Wei Haoran and Gao Ze walked side by side, a hint of gloom flashing in Wei Haoran's eyes: "Officer Gao, do you think I would miss any surveillance checks?"

Although he listened to Gao Ze's arrangements, being checked on his actions by Gao Ze, this feeling of distrust still made him secretly annoyed.

He was clearly of a higher rank and position, and Jinghai District was his jurisdiction.

Wei Haoran finally understood why former Captain Han Minghan had conflicts with Gao Ze. When one sits in the top position, one's mindset naturally changes.

"Of course not, Wei Team Leader, please don't misunderstand."

Gao Ze noticed Wei Haoran's displeasure and explained, "I'm just here to use deductive reasoning to simulate the culprit's psychology and actions."

"Really?" Wei Haoran was slightly surprised.

Gao Ze nodded, offering no further explanation. Whether Wei Haoran believed him or not had little impact on him.

He didn't even care about the opinion of Han Minghan, the official captain, let alone a temporary one.

He walked past the lottery shop on the west district street, took a few dozen steps, then passed the small shoe repair shop, and continued walking before suddenly stopping.

His gaze turned to a small open-air parking lot further down the street, and also to the street across the road, a hundred meters ahead.

"Wei Team Leader, have you checked the surveillance on the street across the road?"

"Yes, there was no woman in a red dress and sunglasses, nor was there Ms. Han's child, Zhou Xinchen."

"Then I understand!"

"How the culprit kidnapped and escaped."

"How so?" Wei Haoran's body trembled. A result so quickly?

"How did the culprit escape after kidnapping my son?" Han Jingmei's eyes were full of anticipation.

"It's this micro-parking lot on the edge of the west district street. The woman in the red dress must have driven away with the child Zhou Xinchen, which is why she seemed to have vanished into thin air, leaving no trace!"

Gao Ze said to Wei Haoran, "The surveillance shows Ms. Han's child disappearing at 12:43. If you pull up the license plate surveillance from this parking lot, you should be able to find a record of a vehicle exiting the parking lot around 12:45."

Listening to Gao Ze's deduction, Wei Haoran was eighty percent convinced, but he still didn't believe it: "Why would the culprit take a car from the parking lot and not take a taxi to leave the kidnapping scene?"

"It's simple, Wei Team Leader, you just need to simulate a roadside taxi scenario!"

Gao Ze said, "When a vehicle stops by the roadside, if you walk towards the roadside, you will be caught by the surveillance on the main road opposite. But Wei Team Leader, you have already checked that surveillance, and Zhou Xinchen was not found there."

The flaw he pointed out was discovered and solved by himself.

Wei Haoran sighed inwardly, and could only reluctantly call the parking lot's contact number, waiting for someone to retrieve the license plate and payment surveillance.

Gao Ze was already too lazy to do such tedious work.

After all, if he did everything, when it came to distributing credit, it wouldn't be Wei Team Leader's turn. Better to leave some for him.

During the waiting time.

Gao Ze chatted with Zhou Xiaodong and Han Jingmei.

He felt that this kidnapping case was not simple.

From the fact that the child Zhou Xinchen did not resist, it was definitely an acquaintance's crime. Also, the text message sent by the kidnapper definitely contained inside information, but Han Jingmei adamantly refused to admit it.

"Jingmei, Xiaodong, has my grandson Xinchen been found after the kidnapping?"

Mid-conversation, a gray-haired elderly man rushed over, followed by two or three young men in jackets carrying briefcases.

"Dad, we've already reported it to the Police, and the Police are searching vigorously!"

Zhou Xiaodong and Han Jingmei both stood up. Gao Ze also stood up, because the elegant elderly man in front of him was wearing a cadre jacket, with sharp, keen eyes, and was accompanied by secretaries, clearly a very important leader within the system.

"Dad, this is Officer Gao Ze. You should have heard of him. Through Officer Gao Ze's investigation, there are already clues in Xinchen's kidnapping case."

Zhou Xiaodong took the initiative to introduce Gao Ze, saying, "Officer Gao, this is my father-in-law, Han Fenglin!"

Han Fenglin... This name was not in the first row of the Donghai City routine meeting.

Gao Ze secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The first row in the various routine Donghai standing committee meetings was usually for the city's top leaders. Since Han Fenglin was not among them, he must be at the district level.

"Officer Gao, thank you. I often hear your name in the city. You are the most famous officer in our Donghai City recently!"

Han Fenglin shook Gao Ze's hand, not hiding the worry on his face, and said, "My grandson Zhou Xinchen was kidnapped and is missing. I am very worried and will have to rely on you to do your best to find my grandson as soon as possible!"

"Mr. Han, I will do my utmost!"

Gao Ze could only address him this way, not knowing Han Fenglin's specific position and rank.

"I know that tomorrow afternoon, the city will hold a considerable commendation conference for Officer Gao as an award. I will also attend then!"

Han Fenglin asked, "Before tomorrow's commendation conference, can Officer Gao help me find my grandson?"

Boom!

An invisible, immense pressure, like a mountain, bore down. Gao Ze's expression stiffened. Was this forcing him to make a military pledge?

But this kidnapping and potential murder case looked more and more bizarre. How could he guarantee it?

If it were a case of finding the culprit, he was confident he could uncover the truth, but this was a kidnapping. What if Zhou Xinchen had already been killed?

"Mr. Han, I will try my best to find him before tomorrow afternoon!"

Hearing Gao Ze's statement, Han Fenglin's eyes instantly turned cold.