Chapter 18 It Hurts
At the police station, when Chi Xia felt her shoulders aching profusely, her almost dull eyes finally lit up.
Looking at a figure in the video, she suddenly stood up and moved her upper body closer to the surveillance screen.
Cao Bin was attracted by the sound of the chair moving, and quickly paused the surveillance on his side, ran over and asked: "Xia, did you find it?"
Chi Xia's throat was dry, but she didn't feel like drinking water at the moment. She hummed and zoomed in on a certain scene in the surveillance video: "Brother Cao, look at this, does it look like Zhang Wen?"
The picture zoomed in, and Cao Bin saw a dressed in black.
A woman wearing a hat and a mask came out of the garage, with her hat brim pulled down low and her hands in her pockets. She looked around first, and at first glance it seemed that she was just looking at the passing vehicles, so she was not so noticeable.
After that, she walked to the roadside and after failing to stop several cars, she probably chose to call a taxi on her phone. After searching on her phone for a while, she stood under the street light, her eyes seemed to be fixed on the other side of the road.
The scene at that time seemed to automatically emerge in Chi Xia's mind.
Her eyes above the mask looked blankly and hollowly across the street. She watched the cake shop's sign light slowly go out. Her gaze moved slightly, and the traffic lights at the intersection changed. But her heart was always empty, as if a piece was missing that could never be filled. But when she thought of her newlywed husband and the kitten waiting for her at home, she felt that life was not so bad.
A smile appeared in the empty eyes.
She is getting better, she must get better.
Those eyes suddenly appeared so brilliant and beautiful in the dark night, like sparkling jewels.
Soon a car came over, she got in, and the car drove away.
"Is this Zhang Wen?" Cao Bin asked after observing her several times.
Curly looked up from the new round of battle and said, "The technical investigation department has introduced a new machine that seems to be able to do comparative analysis. If we are not so sure, we can take it over and ask them to compare it, just to be sure."
Chi Xia's eyes lit up: "That's even better, Brother Yu, thank you."
Curly was a little embarrassed and scratched his head: "Xiao Xia, please stop talking bad about me. I'll come and help you when I'm done here."
"Okay." Chi Xia smiled, and her curly-haired face actually blushed a little.
Cao Bin couldn't help laughing when he saw him like that, and then he got back into the game: "Xia, you take a break, I'll work harder and try to find Lin Wei and Chen Li as soon as possible, and then send them to the technical investigation department for comparison. If we can confirm, we'll have to quickly investigate where they went after they left."
Chi Xia breathed a sigh of relief, drank half a glass of water, and put two drops of eye drops in: "I will continue too. It's not time to rest yet. I will try to find Lin Wei and Chen Li before Captain Luo and the others come back."
Thinking of the captain's temper, Cao Bin shuddered. Without saying any polite words to ask Chi Xia to take a rest, he moved closer to the computer and started a new round of eye movement.
Fortunately, Cao Bin made progress soon and found Lin Wei in disguise.
After disguising herself, Lin Wei looked like a young girl who had just graduated, which was completely different from her usual style. If Cao Bin hadn't had some impression of a rose-red, peculiarly shaped small bag in her home, it would have been difficult to find her.
"Chen Li was also found."
Chi Xia had some good news: "Look here, Chen Li would do red or black nail polish every time she went out. We found the nail polish she used at her home."
Cao Bin was delighted but also felt strange: "Xia, it was really not the captain who forced you to stay and work overtime last night?"
Chi Xia was curious and laughed: "What? Brother Cao, why do you think so?"
Cao Bin intercepted the relevant videos of the three victims and said: "Didn't the captain bring a towel and toothbrush to you this morning and ask you to go wash up? Weren't you working overtime at the company last night?"
Chi Xia reacted and quickly explained, "I happened to be on my way home, so I thought about going to Chen Li's house to see if I could find any clues. Later, Captain Luo also came, and we checked together. It was getting late when we finished, so we went straight back to the police station. Captain Luo definitely didn't force me to work overtime."
Cao Bin suddenly realized: "So that's how it is, but Chi Xia..."
There was something strange in his eyes, and Chi Xia looked at him inquiringly.
“You are here…”
Cao Bin tapped his neck: "Did you fight with someone last night, or... or..."
Or did Captain Luo bully you?
Chi Xia suddenly remembered that Luo Xun had pinched her last night. He had been very cruel. There were probably marks on her now, which could easily lead to misunderstanding.
She didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and quickly explained to Cao Bin: "Captain Luo thought I was a suspect, so..."
"Ah..." Cao Bin immediately sympathized with her: "Then you are really pitiful. Captain Luo was really harsh."
Chi Xia smiled. Who told her to suffer the consequences of her own actions? This little injury...
To be honest, it still hurts to move my neck.
"fine."
Chi Xia knew he was guilty: "Brother Cao, just to be on the safe side, we should listen to Brother Yu and compare them. But we can't just sit there and wait for the results. These three people got on the bus at night and never came back. We must know where they went that night."
Cao Bin nodded seriously.
Chi Xia continued, "It will take us forever to find it if we rely on this method. My opinion is that if we can get help from the Transportation Bureau, it will be much faster."
"Transportation Bureau?"
Cao Bin frowned. "Indeed, with their help we can get twice the result with half the effort, but we have to ask for permission. The captain and Lao Lin are not here now..."
"Let's ask Captain Luo first."
Chi Xia said: "If Captain Luo agrees, I will go to Director Chang and tell him that I am new here and I am a girl, he should agree."
Cao Bin thought about it and thought, this is a good idea!
He immediately ran to the side to call Luo Xun, and soon he ran back: "Xia, the boss thinks it's feasible, how about this..."
Before Cao Bin could finish his words, Chi Xia had already walked past him and walked out of the task force door to find Chang Youwei.
"Well, I haven't finished yet!"
Cao Bin jumped up: " The boss said you don't have to go, he can just make a phone call!"
But Chi Xia could no longer hear what he said.
When Chi Xia came out of Chang Youwei's office, Luo Xun's iconic jeep also drove into the police station.
"Why are you in such a hurry?"
Seeing them come in, Zhang Jinguo also came out of the security booth. Many years ago, he injured his leg during a mission and walked with a limp.
Luo Xun and Lin Wenjue both respected him very much. They got out of the car and called out one after another, "Captain Zhang."
Zhang Jinguo has retired from the police system for many years. He has gone from being a high-spirited criminal policeman to a janitor in the police station. However, over the years, people of Luo Xun's generation would respectfully call him Captain Zhang first when they see him.
They all knew how Zhang Jinguo injured his leg.
"Still calling, call Uncle Zhang!"
Zhang Jinguo corrected them tirelessly: "Why, is there still no progress in the case at hand?"
“There’s some progress.”
Luo Xun said: "I will treat you to a meal when the case is settled ."
Lin Wenjue said, "Count me in. It's been a long time since the food was improved."
When Zhang Jinguo looked at them, it was as if he saw himself back then. He liked them, but also felt disappointed and envious, with a flash of loneliness in his eyes.
He patted Luo Xun and Lin Wenjue on the shoulders and said, "Okay, I'll wait for you. Luo Xun, when dealing with a murderer, especially such a rampant serial killer, you have to learn to think from his perspective. If you were the murderer, what would you think and what would you do? If you understand his mind, he will be exposed in front of you."
Luo Xun thought of Chi Xia and his eyes narrowed.
"Okay, go ahead."
He turned around and walked back, then turned back after two steps and said, "Luo Xun, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, can you please take care of the hair on your head? It makes me hot just looking at it!
Lin Wenjue burst out laughing: "It affects the image of the company, doesn't it, Uncle Zhang!"
Luo Xun shook his head and chased after Lin Wenjue. His voice reached Zhang Jinguo's ears: "I will shave my head when this case is closed!"
