Chapter 20: Wanted with a Reward
During the second break, when Rong Yuan and Jin Yang took the time to visit Zhou Yuan, the situation had changed like a cannon fodder counterattack.
The principal was very proud that such a little hero had emerged from his students, who had single-handedly caught a vicious criminal. This would be a great reputation if it was publicized. Moreover, this was different from academic performance, as it was proof of the remarkable effectiveness of the school's moral education, and would add luster to the higher-level inspections and demonstration school evaluations in the future.
At this point, the school showed the difference in how it treated Rong Yuan and Zhou Yuan. Rong Yuan was smart and had high grades. He was the benchmark of the education level of No. 1 Middle School in all the exams. With his current level, he would be a sure win in the college entrance examination. The school leaders would never dare to let him risk his life to create some "heroic deeds". As for Zhou Yuan, they didn't feel sorry for other people's children. They only considered the various honors and benefits that this matter would bring, but didn't think about the harm that Zhou Yuan might suffer in the process.
Zhou's father and mother no longer had any dissatisfaction or complaints towards Zhou Yuan. They surrounded Zhou Yuan and asked him about his well-being, almost writing "This is my child" on their faces. At this time, they no longer thought Zhou Yuan was stupid and fat, but how could they see that he was smart? Otherwise, why didn't thousands of teachers and students in the school notice the true face of the criminal, but only Zhou Yuan did? Especially after hearing the police promise to send the reward as soon as possible, the two were even more happy.
At this moment, it seemed as if everyone had forgotten the embarrassment Zhou Yuan had made two hours ago, and also forgot why Zhou's parents had come to the school. Everyone was flattering each other, and the atmosphere was harmonious. Zhou Yuan blushed with shame, and tried several times to explain that he had not discovered the true face of the wanted criminal, but was interrupted every time.
An older policeman noticed this, and after everyone finished their greetings, he smiled and said, "I see the little girl has something to say. What's the matter? Is there anything else you want to explain about the case?"
"I, I didn't... I mean, actually..." Zhou Yuan was about to say Rong Yuan's name when he suddenly saw Jin Yang and Rong Yuan standing at the door. Rong Yuan raised his finger as a gesture for silence and shook his head gently.
Zhou Yuan lowered his head, clenched the wanted poster in his hand, and said softly: "I didn't do anything... I was just lucky..."
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"It seems that we don't need to help her anymore. Let's go." Rong Yuan said.
Jin Yang nodded, and the two of them left one after the other. As they walked, Jin Yang suddenly burst into laughter. Rong Yuan looked at him in confusion and asked, "What are you laughing at?"
Jin Yang smiled and said, "Xiao Yuan, the wanted poster with a bounty in Zhou Yuan's hand looks like the one I gave you, right?" Jin Yang's vision in both eyes was 5.2, and he could see even the smallest words on the wanted poster from two meters away.
Rong Yuan paused for a moment, and just at this moment the bell for class rang. He said vaguely, "You're wrong! Class has started, let's go!" and ran back to the classroom first.
Jin Yang smiled again.
Of course he would not be wrong. The wanted poster he gave Rong Yuan was a copy from his father's file. It was different from the wanted posters posted on the streets. Not only was the clarity much higher, but the information was also more detailed. Most importantly, it also had the number of the police's non-confidential file.
Jin Yang thought: Xiao Yuan is really kind. But what happened between him and Zhou Yuan during the time he left the classroom under the pretext of going to the toilet that caused all this noise? However, this method is indeed much more effective than the two of them visiting the ward.
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At night, the curtains in Rong Yuan's bedroom were drawn. He sat in a swivel chair, waving a pencil in one hand, and the computer projected a virtual scene in front of him.
Thin green rays of light formed a three-dimensional map of the entire city of A, with details down to the level of a tree or a brick. There were also more than a hundred red dots on the map, and if you looked closely, you could see that some of them were still moving from time to time.
This is the real-time location distribution map of all wanted criminals with bounties in City A monitored by the optical computer. Nowadays, most people carry their mobile phones with them, and their locations can be accurately determined to the millimeter; even if some people do not carry their mobile phones and there are no cameras around, the optical computer can still mark their approximate location. According to this map, it can be said that every arrest is accurate.
However, Rong Yuan only planned to make a move once, as too much is as bad as too little. If it weren't for the financial difficulties, he wouldn't even want to make a move once.
In fact, Rong Yuan originally planned to use the optical computer to invade the control system of the welfare lottery so that he could buy a lottery ticket and win the jackpot. However, the person who served the ball wanted to cheat, and the optical computer could not stop it, so he had to give up. Using the information collection ability of the optical computer, he could also make a lot of money by speculating in stocks, but for a middle school student who had never touched stocks or studied economic theory, it would be too eye-catching if he could make a lot of money as soon as he got involved.
Rong Yuan also considered other options such as gambling on stones, picking up antiques, selling advanced technology in optical computers, etc. However, either they were as conspicuous as stock speculation, or they would take a long time and effort to make up for the loopholes, which seemed like putting the cart before the horse .
What he needs is merit, and only merit. Money is just a tool to obtain merit and maintain basic survival needs.
In the end, Rong Yuan decided to take action against these wanted criminals in order to achieve the goal of having both.
After looking at the map for a while, Rong Yuan ordered, "Bring up the information of the three people with the highest bounty."
Three electronic documents slid from the air in front of Rong Yuan, and Rong Yuan opened them one by one and looked at them.
The first one is about the armed murderer Zhou Dong, who was only 23 years old. He was a promising university student in A and had been admitted to the Physics Department of A. However, in June this year, his sister, who depended on him for life, was raped by a rich second-generation and several of his cronies and then committed suicide by jumping off a building. Zhou Dong reported the case to the police, but because the police did not obtain strong evidence, the rich second-generation was acquitted. After that, Zhou Dong broke into the private room where the rich second-generation was gathering at a KTV with a sharp weapon and stabbed six people in a row. The rich second-generation and a cronies died, and the rest were seriously injured.
The police offered a reward of 50,000 yuan for his arrest, and the rich second-generation's father privately offered a reward of 3 million yuan, which was the highest bounty amount.
The second one is about Wu Mingming, a suspect in multiple shootings. He was originally a gangster in coastal cities. Five years ago, the police cracked down on him and all his accomplices were thrown into prison. Wu Mingming was wanted for multiple crimes including robbery, drug trafficking, extortion, and wounding with weapons. Since then, he has been on the run in different cities and committed multiple shootings. He is an extremely dangerous person.
All the cities where Wu Mingming had committed crimes have issued rewards for his arrest, ranging from 50,000 to 300,000, totaling nearly two million.
The third one was about Wang Chunshan, the owner of a private tutoring school who sexually assaulted girls. He took advantage of his position to sexually assault several girls who attended the tutoring school. The oldest was twelve years old and the youngest was only seven. He did this for several years until one girl was in pain and trance and got into a car accident. His evil deeds were exposed.
The police offered a reward of 100,000 yuan for Wang Chunshan, and the parents of the victims jointly offered a reward of 1.15 million yuan, all of which were kept in an account supervised by the police. They promised that the full reward would be paid out once the suspect was arrested.
After Rong Yuan finished reading the information of the three people, he pointed at Zhou Dong's young and energetic face in the photo and said, "Wandou, guys like this who have extenuating circumstances should be monitored, but excluded from the plan."
Pea asked: "What is the standard for 'extenuating circumstances'?"
Rong Yuan thought for a moment and said, "The crime was not committed for personal gain. The people killed were guilty of many crimes and no innocent people were harmed."
"I understand." After Pea said this, six or seven red dots on the 3D map disappeared.
"As for this one..." Rong Yuan enlarged Wu Mingming's information and saw the tragic crime scene photos at the back. He said, "This kind of dangerous person is not something that ordinary people can deal with. If the brave man is killed by accident, my merit points will be deducted. Put it in Plan B."
"...We don't have a plan B." Pea said with a straight face.
"It will be there soon." Rong Yuan twirled his pen and said, "First distinguish them."
"Yes." Pea replied, and a few more red dots turned into dark purple.
Rong Yuan finally opened Wang Chunshan's detailed information and said, "Leave this guy to me. As for the rest, you can follow the plan."
"Yes." Pea said, and the virtual map that occupied the entire bedroom turned into countless green spots of light and disappeared. The optical computer formed a small palm-sized screen in front of Pea, and Pea operated it with a serious face.
Electromagnetic waves that are invisible to the human eye carry brief streams of information that spread in all directions of the city.
