160: The real murderer was found and the kidnapping case was cleared up

He learned the exact location where the hostage child was being held.

Wei Haoran immediately led the Police Officers from Jinghai District to Tiancheng residential district in Jinshan District.

Gao Ze also followed along; arresting the kidnappers was a meritorious deed, and he naturally couldn't let Wei Haoran take all the credit.

However, upon arriving at Tiancheng residential district, another problem arose that troubled many Police Officers.

"Officer Gao, Tiancheng residential district has nearly a thousand households. How are we going to find which specific building the kidnappers are in?"

This question was no problem at all for Gao Ze, who said:

"Go find the property management. Check the row of buildings near the main road of Jinshan District. Whichever unit hasn't been renovated yet, and the room is still in a raw state, is very likely the room from the kidnapper's video."

"We'll go right away!"

After getting the method, the Police Officer finally narrowed down the specific building twenty minutes later: "Officer Gao, we contacted the property management and followed your method to investigate. We found that room 702 is an unfinished room and has been unoccupied for a long time!"

"Go check it out!"

Gao Ze, Wei Haoran, and others climbed the stairs to room 702.

This building had a total of 11 floors, and like many old-style commercial buildings, it had no elevator installed.

Upon reaching the door of room 702, many detectives were on high alert, their expressions solemn, holding their breath, and raising their guns, seemingly waiting for an order to break down the door.

But very quickly, the detective near the anti-theft door discovered a problem.

"Officer Gao, Wei Team Leader, room 702 seems off. The anti-theft door isn't locked!"

Looking at the unlatched anti-theft door, Gao Ze's heart jolted, realizing there might have been a deviation, and immediately whispered, "Something's wrong. Kick the door in!"

Bang!

Like a clap of thunder, the moment the anti-theft door burst open, the Police Officer and Gao Ze successively saw the internal situation.

The room had a three-bedroom, one-living room layout. The windows, raw state, square table, and stools were all identical to the scene in the video the kidnappers sent to Han Jingmei.

Only the kidnapped child, Zhou Xinchen, had disappeared.

There was no one in the room.

"How could this be? Where are the kidnappers and the hostage?"

Wei Haoran looked at the scene, his shock uncontrollable, clenching his fists: "That's not right. Looking at the layout here, the stools, the table, and the ropes on the ground, this is clearly where the kidnappers placed the child Zhou Xinchen. How could they have disappeared?"

The question surfaced in the minds of all the Police, who all turned their gaze to Gao Ze.

Gao Ze furrowed his brows deeply, scanned the room, and slowly walked to a corner. There was a tissue soaked with bright red blood, and not far away, a bundle of iron wire with traces of blood on its rust.

Further ahead, by the wall was a simple square table with three stools arranged in three directions, and on the square table was a gold men's watch.

"Officer Gao..."

Wei Haoran was about to ask Gao Ze if he had noticed anything, when his phone vibrated at his waist. When he answered, his face instantly changed dramatically:

"Officer Gao, the Police Officers we left with Han Jingmei and Zhou Xiaodong said that the kidnappers called Han Jingmei a short while ago, saying that Tiancheng residential district was just a test, deliberately leaving clues, only to verify if Han Jingmei had sought the Police."

"They verified successfully. Han Jingmei did report to the Police, and she jumped into the Tiancheng residential district trap!

To punish Han Jingmei for reporting to the Police, they will retaliate against the child Zhou Xinchen!"

"Additionally, the ransom payment time has been moved up. They want to see fifty million in ransom delivered to their designated location by noon tomorrow. If Han Jingmei dares to report to the Police again, she will see the corpse of child Zhou Xinchen!"

Tiancheng residential district was actually a deliberate test trap set by the kidnappers!

The eyes of the detectives who entered the house blazed with anger. These kidnappers were too cunning.

No wonder Gao Ze could easily find Tiancheng residential district. The kidnappers did briefly place the child Zhou Xinchen there, but it was just a smoke screen they released. The sunlight, the apartment layout, and the chimney were all deliberately filmed as bait to hook Gao Ze.

"Officer Gao, what do we do now?"

Gao Ze waved his hand at Wei Haoran, calmly saying, "I want to be alone for a bit. You all go back to Han Jingmei's place first and see if you can detect the kidnappers' signal location this time."

"Okay, Officer Gao, don't take it to heart!"

Wei Haoran patted Gao Ze's shoulder, sighed, and led the Police Officer away.

He felt that Gao Ze wanted to be alone, probably because his self-esteem had been hurt by being toyed with by these kidnappers.

Gao Ze's case-solving had been too smooth many times; encountering some setbacks was also good for his growth.

However.

If Wei Haoran truly understood Gao Ze's state of mind, he would be greatly alarmed.

Gao Ze hadn't been affected by any blow at all, nor did he believe the kidnappers' claims.

What deliberate test trap, just to verify if the Police were involved in the case? That's fooling ghosts!

If Tiancheng residential district was a test, then why was a gold watch placed on the square table in the unfinished room?

The kidnappers demanded ransom, indicating a desire for money, so why would they forget to take the gold watch?

Did they forget, or were they in too much of a hurry to take it?

A bold guess had already surfaced in Gao Ze's mind, and he already knew the perpetrator of the kidnapping. He went straight to the gatehouse of Tiancheng residential district and asked the guard to pull up the surveillance footage.

Indeed.

When the surveillance was pulled up.

In the surveillance video at 20:55 in the evening, a black SUV drove out of Tiancheng residential district.

Although due to the dark night, the surveillance only captured two men in the front row of the SUV and did not capture anyone in the back, a child in a green shirt could vaguely be seen.

And this black SUV's license plate was [Hai A8534].

Gao Ze remembered very clearly that in the afternoon, Wei Haoran had found a car with license plate [Hai A8534] in the Suhe Huating neighborhood parking lot, and it was this car that had taken away the woman in the red dress and Han Jingmei's child Zhou Xinchen.

Gao Ze also remembered very clearly that they had departed from Zhou Xiaodong's villa at 20:50 in the evening.

This meant that.

Only five minutes after they set off, the kidnappers urgently fled from Tiancheng residential district with the hostage Zhou Xinchen.

There's an inside man!

Who is the inside man?

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