National Forensic Doctor-Chapter 1172 - 1102: Locked

"If Mr. Cui agrees, I’ll have Lanyue City submit a formal application... Yes... I’ll tell them..." Jiang Yuan called Cui Xiaohu’s private cellphone and finalized the matter in a few words.

Cui Xiaohu’s role was external liaison; he needed expert support like Jiang Yuan in case handling, and his job was essentially to serve the experts.

For police officers doing business, solving cases is always the ultimate goal. Without solving cases, no matter how well a PPT is prepared, it’s useless. Especially with the current murder case mechanism, the officers capable of solving cases are always the rarest resources, the most splendid horses, the plumpest cows, the fairest faces, the top-notch physiques, the most unforgettable souls.

Cui Xiaohu gently explained the call to Jiang Yuan, neither rushing nor feeling it’s a waste of time, even going out of his way to explain details to note during the application process.

Dai Mingsheng arrived after hearing, stood in front, and said to Huang Qiangmin enviously, "You guys really have it easy. The ministry leaders specifically tell Jiang Yuan these detailed things. The things we break legs and teeth over, you guys settle with just one call."

"Our service is up to standard, right?" Huang Qiangmin went straight to the point.

Dai Mingsheng nodded repeatedly, "It’s up to standard, really up to standard. It feels a bit like a one-stop service."

"Of course, our fundamental goal is to deter crime, improve public safety levels, and reduce management costs. For example, our Taihe Working Group established on the Tai River frontline is very convenient for handling surface cases..." Huang Qiangmin explained in a timely manner.

He didn’t expect Dai Mingsheng to make any decisions now, but it was still necessary to plant an idea.

Dai Mingsheng nodded repeatedly, behaving obediently like a big water buffalo.

Thud, thud, thud.

Jian Louyuan came quickly, her standard leather shoes creating the sound of high heels.

Dai Mingsheng looked over and saw his team captain entering, so he asked, "What’s the matter?"

"We found two people according to Director Liu’s plan!" Jian Louyuan’s voice raised, and the excitement could be heard from her tone.

Named Liu Jinghui immediately walked over, picked up the report and began reading.

At this time, Jiang Yuan also finished the call, came over, and asked, "Have you found them? From our province?"

"The female is from our province. The male is from out of province." Liu Jinghui replied with a frown.

"What’s wrong?" Huang Qiangmin noticed his expression and asked.

Liu Jinghui sighed, "The reporter for female victim Li Miaoyan is her younger sister, in her second year of junior high, should be about 14, right? Their parents are dead, she only had a sister, now she’s completely an orphan."

Huang Qiangmin sighed, "Handling murder cases is about human tragedies. Was Li Miaoyan married? Was it in-marriage or out-of-marriage status?"

"She was married, but her ex-husband died. Cancer, so the family is in debt, Li Miaoyan personally doesn’t own any house or car, and her bank savings is only three digits... Additionally, she still owes credit card debt, over ten thousand yuan. On Ant Credit Pay and Borrowing, combined, there is another more than 30,000 yuan owed." This time it was Jian Louyuan reporting, as he had called in advance to verify.

"So, her financial situation is very poor."

"Yes."

"The reporter, Li Miaoyan’s sister, has no other close relatives. In this case, I think we should not verify with the reporter now." Liu Jinghui sighed twice, his English-style brows furrowed, "The situation is too harsh, and on the other hand, with the bones burnt like this, DNA cannot be done. In this case, it’s actually difficult for us to verify through the reporter. Contacting her now will only add to the disturbance."

Huang Qiangmin looked toward Dai Mingsheng. After all, the final decision-making power was in Dai Mingsheng’s hands.

Dai Mingsheng looked at Jiang Yuan, smiled, and said, "I’ll listen to Captain Jiang today."

Jiang Yuan had handled so many cases; he was very mature in basic management and judgment. First, he reached out for the documents, saying, "The male is from another province. How did you identify them?"

Liu Jinghui also looked over; it was the question he wanted to ask.

Jian Louyuan naturally looked at Tang Jia.

Tang Jia felt slightly nervous, and her voice tightened naturally, "Shen Yaowei and I discussed checking first from the missing persons in Lin City, as provincial coordination is relatively complex."

Shen Yaowei also stood up and actively said, "I thought, whether Captain Jiang later plans to organize national coordination or individual provincial coordination, we matched the couple of nearby cities first, and it was useful. It happened we were not busy then..."

"Well done." Jiang Yuan nodded in agreement. This case was a natural action within the Special Task Force; the purpose of organizing the whole Task Force was to facilitate activating most people’s abilities, and Shen Yaowei proactively extended the investigation scope through Jian Louyuan, and it should be encouraged.

Liu Jinghui also looked at Shen Yaowei with newfound respect, "Your thinking of this solution is quite mature."

The key was understanding both collaborative teams and the police force’s work mechanisms. Shen Yaowei essentially used the Lanyue City Criminal Police Team’s First Squad’s spare time to gather a small-scale technical investigation.

Tang Jia was familiar with the external work model but not the police work model. Jian Louyuan understood the police work mechanism but was not familiar with Jiang Yuan’s Accumulated Case Team, and he had to stay here on Dai Mingsheng’s command, always ready to set out, so he couldn’t leave.

Only Shen Yaowei knew they temporarily couldn’t use Jian Louyuan’s First Squad. Of course, he also didn’t need to use the whole First Squad, just directed Jian Louyuan to do what he was familiar with daily. Checking nearby cities was familiar territory for Jian Louyuan.

Liu Jinghui waited for Jiang Yuan to finish reading the document, retrieved one of the copies, and said, "The male victim Wang Youming was a carpenter. However, his usual workplace was in Tongxi City. Female victim Li Miaoyan worked as a supermarket cashier. Li Miaoyan is 31 years old this year, Wang Youming is 39, eight years apart, now there are frequent calls between them?"

"The online security team is retrieving their chat records; we can look at it on the computer later; it should be quite long." After reporting, Jian Louyuan took the initiative to say, "I can investigate Li Miaoyan’s social relations on my end."

No need for anyone to say it; any detective could guess this was a crime of passion.

In case of destroying the corpse, the perpetrator is highly likely to have a strong vested interest. Someone killing randomly on a rainy night wouldn’t bother to destroy the corpse.

Only in cases where seeing the corpse immediately suggests the perpetrator, would the offender bother trying to destroy the body.

The atmosphere in the Special Task Force thus gradually relaxed.

Jiang Yuan looked around once more and decisively arranged for Shen Yaowei to take a few people to Tongxi City to investigate victim Wang Youming’s social network.

Shen Yaowei readily agreed. In that moment, past memories streamed in his mind like a revolving lantern, real and illusive. It seemed he could still smell the intoxicating scent of the garbage mountain.

In a person’s life, no moment’s effort is wasted; it always returns to oneself at a certain point—Shen Yaowei stood tall, feeling his police badge on the chest sparkling.