Chapter 44: Suspicion

"Captain, aren't you coming back with us?"

"No, I'm going to the Yuxiu Police Station ahead."

"Alright then, we'll head back."

Hearing this, several of Xia Baokun's team members got into the rear vehicle, while the front one was naturally left for Xia Baokun.

"Forensic Doctor Sun, I'll trouble you tonight to get the appraisal report ready," Xia Baokun said to one of the people who looked like a forensic doctor.

Forensic Doctor Sun nodded and said, "Rest assured, the results will definitely be out tonight."

With three murders already committed and similar modus operandi, it was obvious this was a serial killing case; the Municipal Bureau was paying extremely close attention to it, everyone was under great pressure, and naturally no one dared to slack off at this time, all hoping to capture the killer as soon as possible to prevent the news from leaking out and causing panic among the citizens.

Seeing them leave, Xia Baokun then drove to the Yuxiu Police Station.

Probably because Lin Guoliang and the others had notified them, the station chief Guan Xueming of the Yuxiu Police Station was waiting at the door early; seeing Xia Baokun's car drive in, he immediately went forward to greet him.

"Old Xia."

"Station Chief Guan."

Xia Baokun also hurriedly returned the greeting.

"I heard from Lin Guoliang and the others; it seems you've been involved, so this case must be quite big." Guan Xueming shook hands with Xia Baokun.

"Yes, a serial killing case with extremely bad influence; the leaders of the Municipal Bureau have urged us to solve the case as soon as possible."

"The pressure is huge," Guan Xueming sighed.

Sometimes, a case cannot be solved just by saying so, but the leaders above don't care about these things.

"Who says otherwise?" Xia Baokun took out cigarettes and handed one to Guan Xueming.

At this time, the sky had completely darkened, but the entrance of the police station was as bright as day; the two didn't go inside but stood at the door smoking and chatting.

However, Xia Baokun only briefly mentioned the three serial killings and did not reveal more information; before the case was solved, much information needed to be kept confidential.

"The killer has extremely high anti-investigation awareness, and after each crime, he calls to notify us; this is simply a provocation against our Binhai City police system..." Xia Baokun said somewhat indignantly.

"If he can stump our Captain Xia, it seems this killer has a high IQ," Station Chief Guan said jokingly.

Then he threw the cigarette butt on the ground and crushed it with the tip of his shoe.

"Who says otherwise? That's why we haven't been able to find any useful clues, but today a little girl actually came to your bureau to report a case; this might be a breakthrough."

Guan Xueming nodded and said, "After Lin Guoliang and the others returned and reported to me, I had them pull up the surveillance footage; I believe it's ready now, let's go take a look together."

Guan Xueming led the way into the station, and Xia Baokun hurriedly followed.

The outermost part of the police station was the service hall, mainly for receiving visiting citizens; the computers were only used for querying and registering information.

All surveillance was in the server room at the very back; here, one could query the surveillance information from all traffic monitoring equipment within the jurisdiction, including the surveillance equipment of the Yuxiu Police Station.

But when Guan Xueming led Xia Baokun in and pushed the door open, they saw three people inside with sweat on their foreheads and terrified expressions.

There were three people because inside were not only Lin Guoliang and Jiang Xiyue, but also the person in charge of the server room.

"What's going on?" Guan Xueming asked somewhat surprised.

"Chief~"

Hearing the voice, Jiang Xiyue ran in small steps to Guan Xueming's front, her face full of panic.

"What's wrong?"

"I... I..."

Jiang Xiyue didn't know how to explain at that moment; she even suspected if there was something wrong with her brain; if everything was just her imagination, but they had indeed found a body, how could that be explained?

"Old Lin, what's the matter?"

Guan Xueming turned his gaze to the more mature and steady Lin Guoliang.

Lin Guoliang took a deep breath and said, "In the surveillance, we did not see the little girl who reported the case."

"What do you mean? The surveillance didn't capture it?" Guan Xueming asked somewhat surprised.

Wasn't it said they met at the police station entrance? Was there a blind spot in the surveillance at the police station entrance?

"Speak slowly, don't rush."

Xia Baokun tried to comfort Jiang Xiyue, letting her stabilize her emotions.

Jiang Xiyue took a deep breath and took over the conversation, saying, "No, Chief, the surveillance captured me, but in the surveillance, there was absolutely no one opposite me; I was talking to myself all alone."

By the time Jiang Xiyue finished speaking, her voice was trembling; she seriously suspected something was wrong with her brain.

Hearing this, Guan Xueming felt the same; he looked at Jiang Xiyue, who was about to cry, with astonishment, then quickly shifted his gaze to Xia Baokun.

"Let's watch the surveillance first," Xia Baokun said.

The two arrived in front of the surveillance equipment; at this time, the surveillance footage was playing on the computer, but indeed only Jiang Xiyue was seen talking to the air alone.

Guan Xueming frowned and said, "Xiao Mo, play the surveillance from the beginning for us to see."

Hearing this, Xiao Mo immediately dragged the progress bar forward, dragging it directly to where Jiang Xiyue rode her motorcycle into the courtyard from outside.

Then they saw Jiang Xiyue ride her motorcycle into the courtyard, seem to discover something, slow down the motorcycle, slowly come to the police station entrance, seem to be talking to someone, then she turned off the motorcycle engine and took off her helmet.

"Right here, the little girl should be at this position."

Jiang Xiyue, who had walked over, pointed to the position to the left-front of the motorcycle.

"I saw the other party was a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl, so I actively asked her what was wrong."

"She opened her mouth and called me Uncle Police, so I told her I was a sister and asked her to speak slowly about whatever was wrong..."

Jiang Xiyue stood aside, following the video progress, explaining the words spoken at that time.

The communication time wasn't long, then they saw Jiang Xiyue suddenly get off the motorcycle, run towards the outside of the courtyard, look around at the entrance, and then run back.

Immediately after, Lin Guoliang appeared at the police station entrance.

Lin Guoliang, standing nearby, also actively explained, "I saw her blocking the entrance with her motorcycle, so I casually asked a question; Xiao Jiang told me a little girl came to report a case..."

The two then went out of the police station; thus the surveillance video ended.

"Xiao Jiang, have you been too tired recently? How about I give you a few days off so you can go back and rest properly for a while?" Guan Xueming looked at Jiang Xiyue, his face full of concern.

"Director, I... I'm not tired, I have no problem," Jiang Xiyue hurriedly defended.

She didn't not want to rest; she just didn't want to be misunderstood as having a problem with her mind.

Xia Baokun beside her stroked his chin, pondering, "If it really is a mental issue, then why was there truly a corpse in the unfinished building?"

Hearing this, everyone turned to look at Jiang Xiyue; Jiang Xiyue's face instantly turned pale.

"It wasn't me, I didn't kill anyone; it was truly a little girl who reported the case," Jiang Xiyue said, so anxious she was nearly crying.

"Alright, Xiao Jiang, don't panic first; we all believe you," Director Guan comforted from the side, trying to stabilize Jiang Xiyue's nearly collapsing emotions.

"Xiao Jiang, don't be nervous; we know it wasn't you," Lin Guoliang, as her master, also spoke to comfort her from the side.

"But currently, you are the most suspicious," Xia Baokun suddenly said from the side.

Director Guan and Lin Guoliang both looked at him with some dissatisfaction.

Xia Baokun pretended not to see, continuing, "If the killer isn't you, the matter becomes somewhat inexplicable."

Jiang Xiyue, who had just barely stabilized her emotions, was on the verge of collapse again upon hearing this.

"Don't panic first; you are a police officer too, why is your psychological quality so poor? Back in the day, when your father had a gun pointed at his head, he could remain calm and composed."

"You know my father?" Jiang Xiyue asked with a slight sob in her voice.

Then she remembered Xia Baokun asking her earlier if she was Jiang Haitao's daughter; she figured he must know him.

However, Xia Baokun did not answer this question; instead, he continued asking, "Since there is no footage on the surveillance, yet you say you saw her later; in that case, do you still remember what she looked like?"

Hearing this, Jiang Xiyue nodded hurriedly. "Of course I remember that."

After all, she graduated from the police academy; quickly memorizing a person's facial features belongs to basic skills.