Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 486 No rest on Saturdays, no rest on Sundays.

Snap.

The door to the interrogation room was opened from the outside, interrupting Zhao's thoughts.

A policeman with a red armband that read "Police Officer on Duty" walked in, followed by the woman who had left earlier.

"They're looking for you." The policeman who brought the men in said this and then left.

The woman lowered her head, fidgeted with her hands in front of her for a long time, and stammered, "Officer, my son is back safely, and we didn't lose any money. You've all been working so hard, staying up all night. Maybe we shouldn't report this, and you can go home and get some sleep."

After saying that, the woman stumbled open the door to the interrogation room. As she left, she accidentally bumped into the corner of the interrogation table next to the door, cried out "Ouch!" and ran away without looking back.

That sounds reasonable. The hostages are back safe and sound, and no money was lost. Can this kidnapping case be over?
of course not.

Although the hostage escaped, the nature of this kidnapping case remains unchanged. The kidnappers have not been apprehended, and the case must continue.

Captain Zhao was stunned. The woman had been standing at the entrance of the duty hall, insisting that they arrest the person and that even if they couldn't, they should send police to investigate the area around their home.

How come there's such a big change with just this in and out?

Chen Shu remained silent. Although he had also noticed the woman's abnormality, it was Zhao's case after all, and he couldn't interfere.

But Captain Zhao didn't find it inconvenient at all.

"Officer Chen, let's not rush to discuss this kidnapping case. What do you think of that woman's contradictory attitude just now?"

Chen Shu shrugged and, referring to cases commonly encountered in Donghai Province, said, "The kidnappers are probably her relatives or friends."

In cases of illegal detention or kidnapping, it is highly likely that the perpetrator is someone known to the victim.

When fellow villagers meet, their eyes well up with tears.

Julie emerged from the corner, recalling the local information she had crammed in her hotel room over the past few days, and offered her opinion: "It's also possible that she's afraid of retaliation from the suspect, and the suspect's identity makes her hesitant to provoke him."

Following Julie's line of thought, Chen Shu speculated, "The child has been back for so long, she couldn't have suddenly become scared. Judging from her shouting in the lobby earlier, she shouldn't be someone who isn't afraid of trouble; besides, she was determined to have the police stand up for her, so she doesn't seem like someone who wants to settle things peacefully."

Team Leader Zhao nodded hurriedly: "Indeed. Before you arrived, she even grabbed the police officers at the police station and insisted on arresting someone. Even though she didn't know who it was, she wanted us to send a car to drive around his neighborhood. Hmm, this woman seems to be a very tough person."

Chen Shu continued to speculate: "This woman may have initially thought that her friend or relative had kidnapped her child, so she used the police to make a show of force. Later, she may have learned something from the child, so she reluctantly went back to the police station to drop the case."

"Then the person who could scare her..." Chen Shu's heart skipped a beat, and he looked at Captain Zhao, who seemed to have realized something. "It can only be a notorious K member. Captain Zhao, this case might involve K."

Team Leader Zhao's face visibly flushed red. He jolted awake, slammed his hand on the table, and yelled, "Damn it! I'm going to crack two major cases today! Let's see who still says I'm only good at leading teams and handling logistics!"

After shouting, he noticed that the people in the room were looking at him strangely, and realized that he had lost his composure. He coughed a few times and then put on the imposing manner of a criminal investigation captain again.

"Make it quick." Chen Shu pointed at the kidnapping case record on the table, and was about to explain when he was interrupted by Julie's exclamation.

“Transparent tape!” Julie, standing behind him, glanced at the transcript on the table and blurted out. “Yes, it’s transparent tape.” Chen Shu gave Julie an approving look, confirming her statement.

"Sister Julie, you're amazing! You didn't even look at the documents, and you knew it just by glancing at them? If we hadn't come all the way from Donghai together, I would have suspected that you were the mastermind behind this kidnapping." Jiang Hai, who was following behind, opened his mouth wide in admiration.

Julie spat out a "Pah!" but then found Jiang Hai's words quite amusing and giggled like a little hen. Her smile was both innocent and charming, like a beautiful sight to behold.

Chen Shu laughed along, but sighed inwardly: Why would such a beautiful girl like this like to mess with corpses?

"What transparent tape?" Captain Zhao was still a bit confused. He paused for a few seconds and hesitated before asking, "You mean there might be fingerprints of the suspect on the transparent tape?"

Chen Shu nodded: "According to the victim's statement, during the kidnapping, he was untied by the suspect several times while eating and going to the toilet, and then tied up again after the task was completed. In this repeated process, fingerprints would inevitably be left on the tape."

Turning a page of the transcript, Chen Shu continued, "Look here, the victim was left on the roadside with a hood over his head and his hands tied, so the tape must have left the scene with him. Next, you just need to take the boy back to find the tape, extract the fingerprints from it, and you can identify the suspect!"

"Understood!" Captain Zhao clapped his hands, packed up the documents, and headed out. "That kid might have lost this tape somewhere. I need to take some people there to look for it!"

"Officer Chen, thank you!"

With his mind filled with thoughts of transparent tape, Captain Zhao walked away quickly, slammed the door shut, and ran off.

Jiang Hai: "Brother Shu, can we still find this tape?"

"If we're lucky, the hood and tape might still be in the boy's house or in a trash can by the roadside. Of course, they might have already been taken to a landfill, in which case we'd have to rummage through the garbage dump. It'll be a bit of a hassle, but the items will definitely be there."

"The worst-case scenario is that the boy casually threw the tape on the roadside and it got blown away by the wind. In that case, it would be a bit troublesome, and we would have to find a new solution."

Jiang Hai hesitated for a while before admitting, "I have a feeling that the worst-case scenario is the tape ending up in a landfill."

Julie sat down next to Chen Shu and asked in confusion, "Didn't that Captain Zhao ask you for help in finding the murderer in the previous murder and arson case? Brother Shu, did you talk to him about it?"

Chen Shu shook his head: "No, he probably forgot himself. Xiao Hai, this is the reality for grassroots police officers. Sometimes there are too many cases, and there's no time or energy for you to sort through and handle them one by one."

"Besides cases, performance evaluations, fugitive pursuits, and duty shifts will all pile up on your head at once. Never mind, I won't talk about these unpleasant things with you. You'll naturally encounter them when you start working."

Jiang Hai grinned: "Brother Shu, I know you've always disagreed with me taking the police academy entrance exam, but now that I've passed, you don't need to say any more nonsense to fool me. Anyway, I'm already on board, and you can't get rid of me now!"

Julie chuckled: "Jiang Hai, the real situation at Zhengming Criminal Investigation University is only worse."

Chen Shu chuckled as well: "We're not kidding you. Do you know what the phrase I used to say most often when I was in charge of public security at the station was?"

Julie clapped her hands, a smile playing on her lips, her eyes crinkling: "I know that too."

"We guarantee no rest on Saturdays, but we cannot guarantee rest on Sundays."

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(End of this chapter)