Chapter 601: So You Are the One Playing with Brains

There should be one more person.

This person did not participate in the kidnapping, but was the final link in Tan Mou's plan.

Yu Dazhang's eyes lost focus as he ran through all the personnel involved in the case in his mind.

When he recalled the scene of going to Tan Mou's home to understand the situation, he suddenly sat up straight.

Tan Mou's younger brother lied!

At that time, he said his brother's depression had been cured half a year ago and that he had also stopped taking medication.

Looking at it now, this was a plain lie.

From the fact that Tan Mou killed Qi Jianhua, it can be seen that Tan Mou's mental state had reached a very terrible degree.

A younger brother should know his older brother's true state best.

Why did he lie?

The only possibility Yu Dazhang could think of was one.

He was buying time for Tan Mou.

If a person has a mental illness, it is very easy for them to do extreme things.

Moreover, outsiders find it hard to see through this lie because depression cannot be seen from the surface.

At that time, Tan Mou's younger brother did not yet know his brother had killed Qi Jianhua; otherwise, he would not have helped conceal the illness.

Thinking of this, Yu Dazhang immediately took out his mobile phone and dialed Lu Zhongxin.

"Master, investigate Tan Mou's younger brother."

His speech was fast, and his voice revealed a sense of urgency:

"This person is highly suspicious; investigate his entire past thoroughly."

Mere suspicion is not enough; further investigation is needed to understand more information.

Earlier, when at Tan Mou's home, he remembered clearly that Tan Mou's younger brother said he ran a small supermarket in the town.

Calling it a supermarket, it was probably just a larger grocery store.

Precisely because the other party was a small individual boss, Yu Dazhang did not suspect him.

Plus, at that time, he acted too naturally and revealed no flaws when questioned.

Now looking back, Yu Dazhang suddenly felt the other party was a bit too rational.

Their parents passed away very early; the two brothers relied on each other since childhood, so their bond should be far deeper than that of siblings in ordinary families.

Yet in this matter, Tan Mou's younger brother appeared unusually calm.

Many things are feared when looked back upon.

Sometimes, acting too perfectly is also a flaw.

Half an hour passed.

The officer responsible for screening in the town reported back that all vacant houses and recent temporary rentals had been screened, with no hostages or suspicious persons found.

At this moment, Yu Dazhang had arrived opposite the supermarket run by Tan Mou's younger brother.

Only when he saw this so-called supermarket with his own eyes did he truly realize how important a clue he had missed.

In the video recorded on that disc, the space where Bai Jinchen and Su Mi were located looked like a warehouse.

But the space was too small; it felt like it couldn't hold much.

Thinking about it now, that place would be fully sufficient to serve as a warehouse for a small supermarket.

There was another point Yu Dazhang had always been unable to figure out.

How did the kidnappers determine he was a police officer?

Moreover, they discovered it after he got off the car to buy gold at the shopping center.

Before buying gold, he had always been in the car; only upon arriving at the shopping center did he get out.

This indicates the other party recognized him.

Only if they had seen him before would they judge him to be a police officer.

And then there was the voice.

Yu Dazhang always felt the other party had no need to use a voice changer; since they already knew the police had visited the village, using a voice changer would be equivalent to covering one's ears while stealing a bell.

Unless the person on the other end had dealt with the police, or even spoken face-to-face.

The other party had seen him and also spoken with the police...

In that village, not many people fit these two points.

Yu Dazhang recalled; in the village, he had only visited the Qi family and the Tan family.

Excluding the old man from the Qi family, only Tan Mou's younger brother remained.

"So you are the mastermind behind the scenes," he murmured to himself.

If Tan Mou was the one dealing with the police, there would be absolutely no need to use a voice changer.

He already didn't want to live; why go to such extra trouble?