Reborn Cat Sheriff

Chapter 635 Investigation Direction (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

"Mimi, when did you arrive?"

Hu Lijun glanced around the ward and greeted Lin Ge with a smile, "I was thinking of going upstairs to ask you to come down and cover my shift. Since you've come on your own initiative, I'll ask you to take care of things here for me this afternoon while I go out and print out some papers for Hu Miao."

"..."

Lin Ge looked at Hu Lijun speechlessly. Was this guy just carefree or pretending to be ignorant?
Even Yuan Meijuan immediately stared at Luo Jue warily from the moment she entered the room. Why was this guy so carefree?

"Nothing happened!"

Hu Lijun approached Huang Guimei's bedside with a smile, briefly checked her condition, then tucked her hands back under the covers and put the fallen pillow back on the cabinet.

After doing all this, he turned to Luo Jue and said in a deep voice, "Luo Jue, when you do certain things, you need to think more carefully and know what you should and shouldn't do. The consequences of your mistakes are actually more serious than for others, right? You need to understand that. Your mother still needs you to take care of her. What will happen to her if you go to jail? As for this person, she has the law to judge her. You don't need to worry about it."

"..."

Luo Jue lowered his head and remained silent.

Yuan Meijuan looked at Luo Jue with a surprised expression, then at Hu Lijun, who was smiling like a monk. She inexplicably felt that the atmosphere in the room was a bit off, and it didn't match Hu Lijun's current smile.

Could it be Luo Jue...?

"No way!"

Yuan Meijuan quietly clenched her fist.

Hu Lijun didn't explain, but just stepped forward, patted Luo Jue's head, and then gave it a good rub.

Luo Jue's complete lack of resistance made Hu Lijun narrow his eyes, realizing that his guess was indeed correct.

This kid is exactly as Nie Guoqiang described; he has the nature of a wolf. Even with human intervention now, if someone provokes his murderous intent, he will do something that no one can imagine, something that disregards the law.

To be honest, if it came down to right and wrong, Hu Lijun would rather side with Luo Jue.

After all, this kid was one of Lao Nie and Mimi's people, while the old geezer in front of him was a despicable human trafficker who preyed on innocent children and harmed innocent women. As a loving father, Hu Lijun thought that all human traffickers deserved to die a thousand times over, not deserving any sympathy. Of course, as a policeman, Hu Lijun couldn't allow Luo Jue to continue down this wrong path. And thankfully, Mimi stopped this fool, preventing his actions from being exposed to her; otherwise, she would have had to turn against her own family.

With a sigh, Hu Lijun scolded Luo Jue a couple more times, got his homeroom teacher's phone number to explain, and then kicked him in the butt to send him to school.

"..."

Luo Jue neither resisted nor explained from beginning to end. She was not angry when Hu Lijun kicked her. She just glanced back at Lin Ge and then obediently went back to the school.

"Brother Hu, has something happened?"

Yuan Meijuan pondered for a while, patiently waiting for Luo Jue to leave before eagerly asking Hu Lijun.

"Hehe... If Mimi hadn't arrived in time, this old hag might have been killed by Luo Jue. Of course! Although she deserves to die, if that had really happened, we would both be in big trouble. This time, I really have to thank you!"

Hu Lijun's last sentence was directed at Lin Ge.

Lin Ge rolled his eyes and ignored him. After all, this guy dared to abandon his post, giving Luo Jue an opportunity, so he was also partly responsible. Luckily, nothing serious happened; otherwise, frankly, no one would have gotten away with it.

As for the incident where Huang Guimei was almost strangled to death, no one mentioned it, and no one cared.

Aside from terrifying Yuan Meijuan, this incident had no other consequences. Before Huang Guimei could even complain to the police about what seemed to have happened while she was unconscious, she was greeted by a professional anti-trafficking team led by Zhang Yong and Song Guoren from the Municipal Public Security Bureau. They would use Huang Guimei as the central figure in their operation, spreading outwards to uncover all the victims she had harmed and all those involved.

Huang Guimei's face was still bandaged, and her physical condition was very bad. But even so, she still had to be questioned by a group of police officers in the ward, and face the menacing looks on their faces.

Human traffickers deserve to be punished by everyone!
"I...I don't know what you're talking about! What trafficking? What does that have to do with me! Are you trying to frame me? Is this how the police treat innocent old people? Ugh...I had this happen in front of the police station, are you trying to frame me?"

Huang Guimei lay on the bed, her face hidden behind bandages, making it impossible to discern her expression. However, her panicked eyes and her lying and unreasonable attitude only added to everyone's disgust for the old woman.

"Confess and you'll be treated leniently; resist and you'll be punished severely! Huang Guimei, do you think we wouldn't come looking for you at a time like this if we didn't have solid evidence and hadn't discovered your problems?"

The man from Song tapped on the small table in front of the sickbed, staring intently at the panicked woman with a serious expression.

"You know perfectly well what crimes you've committed and how many heinous things you've done! Perhaps you don't understand the law, but you certainly understand one thing: what you've done is absolutely a grave crime! In ancient times, that would have meant beheading! Do you understand what I mean? If you confess honestly now, you might still have a chance to get a reduced sentence! If you confess and receive leniency, allowing those innocent victims you've harmed to be saved, that would be a merit..."

"I don't know anything! Don't tell me this, it has nothing to do with me!"

Huang Guimei was even more stubborn than expected. Even when the Song people presented her with the evidence they had found in her room and the witnesses from the construction site, Huang Guimei still refused to admit that she had trafficked people.

No matter what the police said, she only said one thing.

"do not know!"

When the police questioned her again, she said that the police were deliberately framing her.

This woman may have little experience confronting the police, but she possesses an incredibly thick skin and an utterly shameless heart. Neither gentle persuasion nor stern threats can sway her in the slightest.

This woman, who treats innocent people like commodities, has a completely uncooperative attitude, saying, "Anyway, you can say whatever you want and ask whatever you want. I'll just say I don't know anything."

When the police questioned her aggressively, she started acting out and even self-harming.

The facial wound, which had barely healed, burst open again with fresh blood when she turned her head and rubbed it on the pillow, forcing her to interrupt her work.

Unfortunately, she was still in a hospital bed, so the police couldn't just drag her into the interrogation room. After one or two attempts to question her at her bedside failed, they had no choice but to postpone getting her to talk until she was discharged from the hospital.

"Divide the people into two groups! One group will focus on the few people Huang Guimei has successfully introduced wives to the construction workers over the past two years; they will go to the target location to investigate the specific situation and see if they can find any relevant connections."

The Song people quickly made a decision and assigned tasks to the task force.

Tasks with a clear objective are definitely the easiest to find. He originally wanted to hand over this kind of work to Zhang Yong and a few others from the Zhanghe Police Station, but Zhang Yong shook his head and refused.

Elite personnel should be used where they are meant to be. Zhang Yong did not believe that the Zhanghe Police Station had gone to great lengths to select these people, even to the point of affecting the normal work of the police station, only to have them end up serving as errand runners for the Municipal Bureau.

“Let us handle part of the investigation into Huang Guimei’s past crimes. This case was discovered because of a victim named Ai Yun; there must be a reason why Ai Yun ended up in Yongshi. I’ve decided to start the investigation with that as the target.”

Zhang Yong offered his suggestion: "Then let's split into several groups and act simultaneously?"

The Song people didn't object, and even smiled and said, "In this kind of case, as long as we find clues about one of the victims and their abduction experience, we can follow the clues and conduct related investigations based on similar behavioral patterns. The follow-up work will be much easier. I heard that this time, your police station's big star is going to personally take charge? Hehe... You really know how to use it! This is a case from ten years ago, what can a cat possibly sniff out? Mimi is really having a tough time at your Zhanghe Police Station. Why don't you just send her to my city bureau? At my city bureau, she only needs to handle related cases. We won't bother her with things that aren't her responsibility."

“I have no objection! Old Song, you can go and ask Mimi directly. As long as she agrees, you can take her away anytime.”

Zhang Yong smiled, completely unconcerned about the Song people's enticements.

If Mimi could be kidnapped so easily, would she still be the police cat of Zhanghe Police Station?

Besides, Mimi volunteered to participate in this case, so she doesn't feel tired at all! Luo Jue himself admitted that he is a cat's little brother, so how can the big brother not share the burden for his little brother?
After the two of them chatted for a while, the investigation into the case was settled.

The entire task force was divided into four groups, which conducted a comprehensive investigation into Huang Guimei herself, the scene, Huang Guimei's past human trafficking crimes, Huang Guimei's current "matchmaking business," and the special investigation by Zhanghe Police Station into Ai Yun in Yongshi.

The other teams sprang into action, but the Zhanghe Police Station was slower to react. They needed to consider whether to take Ai Yun to Yong City to see if it would help her recall anything.

However, Ai Yun's illness was a real condition, and if she thought of anything else that might trigger a relapse, the police officers investigating the case would become the criminals.

Therefore, the people of Zhangzhou are still hesitant about this matter.

"I...am willing...to go!"

To everyone's surprise, Ai Yun seemed to have regained some of her composure and cognitive abilities after waking up this time. She took the initiative to ask Luo Jue to find Zhang Yong, and told him, somewhat incoherently, that she wanted to know who she was and where she lived.

It seems that meeting Huang Guimei this time reminded Ai Yun of something, which undoubtedly made everyone overjoyed.

However, when Zhang Yong, Lin Ge, and others rushed to the hospital, the result was somewhat disappointing. Ai Yun did not recall her past, or rather, the double blow of being abducted and then having her son abducted shortly afterward, coupled with years of mental illness treatment, meant that Ai Yun had no memories of the past. This incident only slightly improved her condition and made her a little more mature, but it was not enough to make her remember anything.

Of course, this news is undoubtedly better for both her and Luo Jue.

Meanwhile, news from other sources gradually arrived, revealing that the investigation into Huang Guimei's human trafficking case had reached a stalemate. Ten to thirty years is a long time, enough to destroy all evidence and opportunities, and enough for such a trafficker to be completely forgotten by those who saw her. Even local government police agencies, due to system updates and similar issues, found that their records from that time were either unavailable or lost.

Even if we use mathematical models to calculate the cities Huang Guimei might have visited back then, how can we find such a person in a vast sea of ​​people and relocated stations in an unfamiliar place?

As for Huang Guimei herself...

She seemed to be consciously and deliberately slowing down the healing process, even trying to prolong the treatment time. Head and facial injuries are different from other types, which meant that from a humanitarian perspective, the police could only wait, leading to a stalemate in the interrogation.

Incredibly, the Yongshi direction, which was under the jurisdiction of the Zhanghe Police Station, became the only useful direction for the investigation that could yield enough clues.

Three days later, two police cars from Zhanghe Police Station were officially dispatched.

Zhang Yong, Zhang Ke, Li Yiduo, Sun Chang, Li Siyu, Lin Ge, and Ai Yun constitute the entire team for this operation.

To be honest, we don't have enough manpower to carry out a case in another city, but Yongshi still owes Mimi a favor.

Last year's high-profile serial dismemberment case, which shocked the entire nation, was eventually solved by different perpetrators using different methods, but its popularity remained high for a period of time. This case can be considered the beginning of Lin Ge's true rise to fame. Yongshi's successful and rapid resolution of the case was largely thanks to Lin Ge's help. Frankly, this favor was immense! This time, the Zhanghe Police Station's visit meant that the Yongshi Municipal Public Security Bureau had to fully cooperate.

"I thought Luo Jue would be with me this time!"

Li Yiduo fiddled with his laptop the whole way; its configuration was ridiculously high, and its price was also ridiculously high.

The key feature, of course, is the AI ​​algorithm software developed by his enthusiasts. It can draw patterns based on vague descriptions. In other words, as long as some crucial facial or anatomical descriptions are obtained from the person being questioned, the AI ​​can draw a rough portrait. This thing is definitely not suitable as evidence in a crime, but if used properly, it has the potential to help the person recall whether the portrait matches the target they've seen before.

To be honest, this thing is a double-edged sword. If the AI ​​draws the exact person it saw, it will definitely make solving the case much easier. But if the AI ​​draws the wrong person, the direction of the investigation will be seriously affected, or even lead it in the opposite direction.

With current AI technology, this software is far from mature. But everything needs to evolve and be calibrated step by step through practice, and Li Yiduo intends to be the first to "eat grapes" (take the plunge).

“Luo Jue still has to go to school! Besides, how old was he when he was abducted? Regardless of how much he remembers, based on the timeline we know, it’s highly likely that Luo Jue’s abduction was unrelated to Huang Guimei.”

Zhang Ke answered Li Yiduo's questions while driving.

The three men, plus Lin Ge, rode in one car, while Sun Chang, Li Siyu, and Ai Yun rode in another. Having the female police officers take care of Ai Yun was definitely better than having careless male officers, and it would also prevent Ai Yun from feeling pressured.

"But I think that human traffickers are mostly connected. After all, these kinds of cases are rarely carried out by one person alone; they usually cooperate and complement each other in the criminal market. So what if? What if the person who trafficked Luo Jue knows Huang Guimei? This case would be much simpler. And considering the timeline, Luo Jue's trafficking case is more recent, so it would probably be easier to find clues."

Li Yiduo offered his opinion, then looked up at Zhang Yong in the passenger seat.

Zhang Yong nodded noncommittally, texting on his phone as he said, "Let's go to Yongshi first. I've already notified the Yongshi Municipal Public Security Bureau to help bring Luo Jue's father, Luo Jianlin, out of prison for interrogation. The former village head of Tuqiao Village, Luo Jinfeng, and Luo Jue's grandfather, Luo Xianjin, are also under investigation. Who Luo Jianlin bought Ai Yun from, and how he contacted the traffickers—these are all crucial clues. Although Yongshi has certainly investigated Ai Yun's abduction case, since it hasn't been solved yet, it means something has been overlooked, and we need to reinvestigate and interrogate her."

“That’s right! Although Yong City arrested Luo Jianlin, Ai Yun’s abduction case has not been solved. Luo Jianlin is just the buyer, and the seller’s identity is still unclear. Tsk! The situation is a bit complicated. We need to find something different from the clues and intelligence that Yong City has already investigated.”

Zhang Ke pursed his lips, looked ahead, and eased off the accelerator, letting a fully loaded truck overtake him from behind.

He matched Sun Chang's driving speed, not going too fast on the highway. The two police cars maintained almost the same speed, one in front of the other, with little difference in distance between them, creating a unique and amusing scene of husband and wife in perfect harmony.

At least Zhang Ke had a lot of fun.

"To be honest! Dealing with trivial troubles every day, it's quite interesting to occasionally switch gears and tackle these mentally taxing big cases. Anyone can tell how difficult this case is. If we can solve it, we'll have something to brag about."

Zhang Ke stepped on the gas pedal slightly and continued laughing, "If we can follow the trail and find and catch a few more human traffickers, that would be even more damn exciting. Human traffickers are truly damned!"

"Yes! Anyone who is married with children, or planning to get married and have children, isn't afraid of human traffickers, those bastards? Just thinking about it makes me disgusted. How can a person be so immoral?"

Li Yiduo sent a message to Li Siyu in the car behind him, and sighed upon hearing it.

Zhang Yong, the only one of the three who already had a child, twitched the corner of his mouth slightly.

Two unmarried bastards spouting nonsense here! As the only one with a precious daughter, he's the one who's most worried, okay? Zhang Yining is beautiful and sensible; if she gets targeted by human traffickers, he'd rather die.

"So... let's get to work! This time we must go all out and crush every human trafficker we find!"

He turned back and gave Lin Ge a murderous look.

(End of this chapter)