Reborn in 1995, Criminal Investigation Records

"Is there something you need?" Zhou Yang asked without looking up.

Xiao Jiale was taken aback, then his face darkened with anger. He slammed his hand on the stack of papers: "I'm bringing you these documents, tell me, isn't that a favor!"

Zhou Yang looked up in confusion: "I was asking if you're free later. If not, sit here and help out!"

Xiao Jiale's annoyance turned into embarrassment: "Um...I..."

"Hurry up and find the original seller of that courtyard, as well as any empty, uninhabited houses or plots of land in this area!" Zhou Yang picked up the map beside him and outlined an area with a pen.

"Oh...okay, okay!" After saying that, Xiao Jiale secretly glanced at Zhou Yang and found that the other party was still focused on flipping through the map. Only then did he feel relieved and began to compare the map in front of Zhou Yang with the map.

For a moment, the conversation in the room quieted down a bit, as no one wanted to disturb the two people who were rummaging through the things.

......

In the interrogation room, Liu Chengyu was smoking, Dai Yanshu was writing something, and Ren Fu was eating opposite them.

"Your sister lives next door, do you want to go see her?" Liu Chengyu asked, a cigarette between his index and middle fingers.

"Excuse me, could you give me a piece of paper?" Ren Fu looked up at the two of them with a slightly apologetic expression.

"Ren Fu, I advise you to confess honestly and try to get leniency. Don't think you've covered your tracks perfectly!" Dai Yan was furious when he saw the other man eating with his mouth full of oil.

Ren Fu smiled and said, "Excuse me, young, hot-tempered officer, could you please give me a tissue to wipe my mouth?"

Seeing Dai Yan about to slam his fist on the table again, Liu Chengyu stood up, grabbed a piece of paper, and handed it to him: "Just make do with this!"

Ren Fu glanced at the paper, which was stained with tea, cigarette ash, and ink, frowned, and did not take it.

He knew the old policeman was retaliating against him for ignoring him earlier: "No need to see him, we'll have plenty of time on our way back later!"

"Are you so sure you can go back?" Dai Yan sneered.

During interrogation, it's common to have one person play the stern face and the other the friendly face. The stern face makes the other person nervous, while the friendly face makes them feel closer and makes it easier to get information out of them. However, not everyone falls for this tactic, just like Ren Fu in front of us.

Ren Fu smiled and said, "If we couldn't go back, you two wouldn't be acting this way!"

"Do you think you know a lot?" Liu Chengyu stubbed out his cigarette, picked up the teacup in front of him, and took a couple of leisurely sips.

"Not much, but I know that everything must be based on evidence!" Ren Fu looked at Liu Chengyu, his eyes flashing with a crazy provocation.

He had rehearsed today's scene countless times in his mind over the past few days. Back then, he had practiced pretending to know nothing when asked questions. But for some reason, when he arrived today and faced the two interrogators, he inexplicably felt his blood boiling.

This head-to-head confrontation made his blood boil.

"Found it!" Xiao Jiale said in a low voice, "The original owner of this house was named Cao Jin!"

"Keep searching. Find out if Cao Jin owns any other residential land, or if any of his relatives or friends own any houses in this area!" Zhou Yang was marking something with a pen without looking up.

Then, he paused, saying, "Also, keep an eye on that corpse at the steamed bun shop, its name is... its name is..."

"He Zhuangzhuang, the deceased was named He Zhuangzhuang!" Xiao Jiale hurriedly added.

"Hmm, let's see if He Zhuangzhuang has any relatives or friends in this area!" Zhou Yang said quickly.

"Huh?" Xiao Jiale stared at the documents in front of him, his mouth slightly agape. "But this is for civil engineering, it's different from the household registration document, you shouldn't be able to tell the difference!"

What Xiao Jiale said is true. This is land information, not household registration information. Finding so-called relatives from this is just guesswork.

"That's why I asked you to keep an eye out, not to search for them," Zhou Yang said. "But it doesn't matter, it just narrows down the search area. Just keep looking for the things I asked you to get before."

He had actually forgotten that in his previous life, this wouldn't have been difficult; there was something called 'family DNA' search.

A dozen minutes later, Xiao Jiale stretched and saw a relieved smile on Zhou Yang's face.

Could it be?

As if seeing through Xiao Jiale's thoughts, Zhou Yang smiled wryly: "It's not that easy. We've only made some progress; we still need to go and check it out!"

"What are you looking at?" Xiao Jiale immediately grasped the meaning behind the other person's words.

"Let's see if we can find the primary crime scene, and... the victim!" Zhou Yang added two words to his mind—the body.

Zhou Yang believed that Ruan Jinyin and Lin Feifei had most likely been murdered. If the investigation hadn't been led to Ren Fu so quickly, the other party might have already disposed of the two bodies.

However, he still harbored a sliver of hope: what if, just maybe?

Finally, the two of them, along with Wang Chao, set off together to the vicinity of Ren Fu's residence.

Zhou Yang marked the electricity bill and the accommodations Xiao Jiale found on a map, one by one, a total of eight locations.

Seeing the question in their eyes, Zhou Yang explained, "Remember, the killer had refrigeration equipment? A cold storage room, or a freezer?"

The two nodded hastily. The second body had been frozen for over twelve hours, yet remained intact; it was definitely not the size of the refrigerator Ren Fu had at home.

Furthermore, the technical team found no valuable traces or clues at Ren Fu's residence, so the other party must have had another environment that would allow him to dismember and freeze the body.

That means it can only be done indoors.

"What do we need for refrigeration?" Zhou Yang picked up the map, preparing to check each establishment one by one from near to far. To make things easier, he chose to bring Wang Chao along. Putting aside everything else, just having him there gave people a sense of pressure, and the citizens would be more cooperative.

"Electricity, electricity!" Xiao Jiale's eyes widened. He finally understood why Zhou Yang had been checking the electricity bill.

"only..."

"However, Ren Fu most likely won't pay the electricity bill himself, and Ren Jing probably doesn't even know this place, so there's no question of her paying!" Zhou Yang nodded, patiently asking, "What if they want to use electricity but don't pay the bill?"

Wang Chao scratched his head, pretending to look away. He was too lazy to think about such a brain-intensive task.

Seeing Xiao Jiale deep in thought, Zhou Yang shook his head: "You're just overthinking things. Brother Chao, tell him, what do you do if he wants to use it but doesn't want to pay?"

Wang Chao was taken aback. Good heavens, there was no escaping it: "What can I do? If they won't give it to me, I'll just have to steal it!"

Xiao Jiale almost burst out laughing upon hearing this, but when he saw Zhou Yang nodding in deep agreement, his eyes widened, and a word almost slipped out: "Stealing electricity?"

In 95, the one-meter-per-household renovation was not yet widespread. It was common for 2-5 households to share a public meter box, and the cost was divided according to the number of light bulbs or a negotiated ratio.

Zhou Yang's method is quite simple: he visits each household in a three-month period, especially the last month, where electricity bills have increased, there are vacant houses or land nearby, and the area is shaped like an inverted "U".

Check if the other party has purchased new home appliances, etc.

It's important to know that a freezer can increase an average family's monthly electricity bill by 20-30 yuan, which translates to 5-15 yuan per household. In 1995, when the average monthly salary was only 200-300 yuan, such a large expense would normally be noticed by everyone.

Even if you don't care, what about the remaining households?

"That way, we might actually be able to find that guy's crime scene!!!" Wang Chao excitedly pumped his fist.

"You're wrong!" Xiao Jiale shook his head. "We can definitely find it!"