Chapter 530: No Matter How Cunning the Murderer, He Can't Beat Team Leader Xu

"Five years ago our Police Station had a case that still hasn't been solved; just now Team Leader Xu came to my office to look at the file, the two of us discussed for a while, and Team Leader Xu offered an idea…"

As soon as Han Fei finished speaking, the officers were dumbfounded, looking at each other, not knowing what to say.

Just as they had imagined, Team Leader Xu indeed had a breakthrough!

However, even though the officers had just considered this possibility, when Han Fei actually said it, the officers couldn't help but be surprised.

It should be noted that the two cases left over from back then were all extremely difficult Headless Unsolved Cases, and the officers spent months on them but still couldn't resolve them.

Their difficulty was so high that even Han Fei, a veteran old criminal investigator, was at a loss.

But this can't be blamed on Han Fei or the other officers; the Police aren't gods, and when no usable clue was found at the scene, they couldn't solve the case.

If we have to say something, we can only say the murderer was truly too cunning!

However, no matter how cunning the murderer, they can't beat Team Leader Xu! the officers thought.

"Everyone should already know the details of that case, so I won't go into it further; anyone unfamiliar can ask the elders at the Police Station later."

Han Fei took out a photograph and continued.

"Team Leader Xu suspects the murderer is hidden in this photograph; just now Han Fei and Team Leader Xu have done a quick sift, marking the more suspicious people—six in total. What you need to do now is find the identity information of these six individuals and bring them all back."

After giving the instructions, Han Fei sent the photograph down.

The officers immediately began their work.

At this point, everyone was puzzled: why does Team Leader Xu think the murderer is hidden in the photo of the crime scene taken back then?

Some senior officers were even more confused, although it's true that a murderer might return to the scene after the killing.

But when they investigated that case back then, they didn't find any suspicious person among the onlookers outside the perimeter.

Thus, when they received the photo Han Fei sent, they still couldn't discern what was suspicious about the few suspects that Han Fei and Xu Mo had highlighted.

In no time, the officers retrieved the data of the six unmarked people in the photo.

"Han Team, Team Leader Xu, the identities of these six have been found; this person has a prior record, having served several years for robbery, and after being released from the local prison in his hometown, he came to Yangcheng."

Following the officer's pointing, Han Fei saw that the person with a prior record was the hat-wearing man Xu Mo had just pointed out to him in the office.

After leaning over to examine the man's file, Han Fei's suspicion deepened again.

The man is named Yu Xiaofei; his parents died in a car accident, leaving him without parental guidance. Needing money, the young man turned to crime, having robbed a woman, stealing a phone, a diamond ring, and some cash.

"Having a prior record makes it easy to explain… No wonder he's so familiar with police investigative methods, no wonder he left no trace at the scene," Han Fei muttered to himself.

A perfect crime virtually doesn't exist.

But there are many cases that approach a perfect crime infinitely; the people who can bring a case that close fall into two categories.

One type are naturally high‑IQ individuals, the so‑called high‑IQ criminals, who, leveraging their intellectual advantage, can make a case almost flawless.

The other type are former offenders with prior records, who, despite serving time, haven't eradicated their bad nature; the reason is that prisons house all kinds of people, and when bored, inmates discuss their past crimes and vent about why they were caught.

When these individuals reoffend, they are usually extra cautious, trying not to leave any clue; after all, they've been caught before and have learned from fellow inmates.

"Huh? Han Team, what did you say?"

"Nothing much; since we've clarified all their identities, then let's go capture them," Han Fei said, shaking his head.

Just like in the morning, the prime suspect Yu Xiaofei was still to be captured personally by Han Fei and Xu Mo, while the others were assigned to the officers.

After dividing tasks, the group immediately left the Police Station and split up to apprehend the suspects.

Han Fei and Xu Mo, following the address of Yu Xiaofei listed in the data, found a location within an urban village.

The area has many houses, a tangled layout; even with an address, it's hard to pinpoint the exact door. Moreover, the residents are numerous, the population density is unusually high, and most households are of modest means.

When the two arrived, they also saw a frantic, running delivery rider.

Clearly, the terrain was so complex that he couldn't deliver the order using the address from the delivery app.

Seeing the two walk into the urban village, the delivery guy seemed to see a lifeline and hurried over to ask for directions.

"Big Brothers, are you residents here? Where is No. 66, Lane 431? I've circled twice and still can't find it; I'm already five minutes overdue."

No. 66, Lane 431? Isn't that the address of the Yu Xiaofei we're looking for? Xu Mo nodded: "Just give it to me, I ordered it."

"Huh?" the delivery guy was still a bit confused.

"Check the order; the customer's surname is Yu, right?"

The delivery guy glanced, saw it was indeed the case, and promptly handed the meal to Xu Mo.

He kept apologizing: "Sorry, sorry, I didn't mean to be late; I'm new to deliveries, this is my first time here, it's so winding, I've been looking forever and still can't find Lane 431."

"It's fine," Xu Mo said, shaking his head as he took the delivery, indicating it's okay.

"Really sorry for delaying your meal; could you not give me a bad review? One bad review would ruin my whole day."

"Don't worry, I will definitely not give you a bad review!"

It wasn't even Xu Mo's order, whether it was late or not had nothing to do with him, and he wouldn't give a bad review, nor could he.

"Thanks, Big Brother, you're really a good person, enjoy your meal, goodbye," he said, and the delivery guy hurried off to deliver the next order.

Xu Mo lifted the delivery and waved it in front of Han Fei.

"What a coincidence, this time we didn't miss; Yu Xiaofei happens to be at home, probably waiting for a delivery, so we now have an excuse to knock on the door."