Chapter 237: Cured of the Illness, Still Shot

When two people figure out the same thing at the same time, natural rapport arises.

The relationship between Yu Dazhang and the middle-aged police officer was exactly like that.

Both silently looked at each other, reading the meaning they wanted to express from each other's eyes.

The next stop was the prison.

After Yu Dazhang told the middle-aged police officer the prison's name, a police car led the way, with two police cars following behind.

They sandwiched Yu Dazhang's off-road vehicle in the middle.

"Why do I feel like we've been hijacked?"

Ye Zhiyu sat in the back seat, looking forward and back with a bewildered expression.

"You're a classic case of dog meat not making it to the formal banquet," Yu Dazhang mocked.

"When others treat you with respect, you feel guilty."

He also felt the sensation of being sandwiched in the middle wasn't great, but he still had to force a calm demeanor.

In this three-person team, he was the backbone.

If he panicked, Ma Jian and Ye Zhiyu would definitely be affected.

"Respect? Is this respect?" Ye Zhiyu retorted.

"Didn't you see their eyes just now? They were looking at us like we were monsters."

That was the normal look... Yu Dazhang understood the officers in S Province very well.

Investigating a case brazenly on someone else's turf, and specifically digging up old cold cases—anyone seeing people like that would be confused.

"Don't worry, they're just here to cooperate with us on the case."

Yu Dazhang reassured him.

"With the local police cooperating, things will be much easier for us."

Ye Zhiyu didn't know the details of the case, but Ma Jian knew the truth clearly.

He smiled and said.

"Thinking about it carefully, it's quite ironic. We originally cooperated with people from S Province to solve the severed finger case, and now look, we've tracked them right to their headquarters."

"Now they've actually become the ones actively cooperating with us on the case."

Something that seemed perfectly logical at first glance turned out to be a bit bizarre upon reflection.

Yu Dazhang felt somewhat helpless about this too; since the case details were discovered, they couldn't just stop investigating.

They arrived at the prison.

The middle-aged police officer took Yu Dazhang and the others to meet the warden.

The protocol went straight to the top.

The warden isn't someone anyone can just meet; the rank is right there.

Under normal circumstances, the highest Yu Dazhang and the others could meet at a prison was the ward chief.

The Provincial Department must have issued an order to the prison... Yu Dazhang didn't think the middle-aged police officer could command the warden.

After the successful meeting, another case was reopened for investigation.

Counting this one, it was the seventh case, and starting from this case, S Province officially began joint investigation with Yu Dazhang and the others.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

All nine victims had been fully investigated.

The only common point was that all nine of them had criminal records.

To put it crudely, none of them were good people.

That was somewhat intriguing.

Inside a hotel room, Yu Dazhang lay on the bed, sorting through the information of these nine victims in his mind.

The bad deeds each of them committed were different, and there were no common points.

Every single case was independent and unrelated to the others.

That raised a question.

How did the suspect lock onto them?

Finding nine criminals who had been hiding for years, just that point alone was something an ordinary person couldn't achieve.

In fact, the police hadn't achieved it either.

Otherwise, these nine people wouldn't have been at large for so many years.

Now one thing could be confirmed.

The suspect definitely knew them!

Otherwise, they wouldn't have found them so precisely.

Finding one or two might be a coincidence, but nine in a row was definitely intentional.

Yu Dazhang discovered another common point among these victims.

Surprisingly, not a single one of these nine people was an ordinary person.

More than ten years ago, these people's families were already wealthy enough; there were no wage earners, and the lowest status was running a family business.

Among them were two 3.0s.

People from the Provincial Department must have noticed this point before, but it couldn't serve as a major clue, nor did it play a key role in capturing the suspect.

However, for Yu Dazhang, this was very important.

It was precisely this common point that made it possible for these nine people to know each other.

What can be confirmed so far is:

1. Passion crimes are ruled out; this is a premeditated revenge case.

Second, the suspect knew them and had some connection with these nine people.

A buddy asked.

Couldn't it be acting on heaven's behalf to uphold justice?

Even if you're right, here comes the question.

Where do you find nine people with cases on them?

Even acting on heaven's behalf to uphold justice needs a target.

!

And the suspect in this case had an extremely strong sense of targeting — not a single victim was wronged; every one of them was guilty as charged.

This shows that before making a move, the suspect had already determined they were absolutely not good people.

To make such a judgment, there's only one possibility…

The suspect knew them beforehand and had a certain understanding of them.

Next up~

Not fun anymore… Yu Dazhang felt that everything he could do, he had already done.

After all, this case wasn't his main lead; everything he was supposed to cooperate on had been fully handled.

Back then Ding Feng had him investigate the victims, and now all nine victims had been investigated thoroughly.

And these nine people were completely done for — even if their mental illness were cured, they'd still be executed.

No work to do~

Just as he was considering whether to go back to Songhai tomorrow, someone knocked on the door.

"Who is it?"

"Me."

Ye Zhiyu's voice came from outside.

Opening the door, Ye Zhiyu walked into the room and asked:

"When are we going back to Songhai? It's been over ten days. I heard Brother Ma say there were only nine victims in total, and they've all been investigated."

His complexion wasn't great — he looked anxious and helpless.

"Something happened at home?" Yu Dazhang asked.

These past two days, he'd noticed Ye Zhiyu was a bit anxious to return to Songhai.

During normal conversations, Ye Zhiyu had already urged them to go.

He suspected it might be that his mother had fallen ill again.

"What? Can't you wish me something good?" Ye Zhiyu said irritably:

"It's that our funds are running low. I even spent all the bonus I got last time. If we stay any longer, I'll be out of money."

Good lord, already bankrupt… Yu Dazhang still remembered what Ye Zhiyu looked like when he first arrived in S Province.

All expenses for the entire venue are on our Yisheng Group!

And it's only been a few days, yet already out of funds.

But thinking about it, it made sense — during their time in S Province, all the food and lodging had been paid for by Ye Zhiyu.

He could get reimbursed, so naturally he fronted the money.

"Then think of something," Yu Dazhang said with a troubled look:

"If you have to, go sell your blood, take out a small loan — there's always more ways than difficulties."

"Is that something a police officer should say!" Ye Zhiyu could hardly believe his ears.

Yu Dazhang waved his hand and stopped teasing him:

"Starting tomorrow I'll cover the expenses. We're also about to head back."

The next day.

Early in the morning, Yu Dazhang received a call from that middle-aged police officer from before.

"There's a case discussion meeting at the provincial bureau this morning."

"I'd better not go," Yu Dazhang felt it would be awkward.

The case he'd recently investigated had made the S Province police force lose face, so it was better not to meet if possible.

"The leader specifically named you to attend."

The middle-aged police officer's tone was firm, leaving no room for negotiation.

He'd even brought out the leader.

This was also one of Yu Dazhang's weak spots.

Leaders — if you can avoid offending them, try not to.

"Then… fine."

(End of chapter)