Chapter 55

Chen Pu immediately took Zhou Yangxin to find Ding Guoqiang. Zhou Yangxin reported how he found the wanted criminal. After listening, Ding Guoqiang said with a smile: "So, the second team has been very popular recently? A killer with such strong anti-reconnaissance ability happened to be captured by a camera, and when he turned around, he matched the wanted order? In less than 6 hours, the real culprit was identified?"

Chen Pu said, "I didn't say that. There are two possibilities in front of us now: First, our second team is so talented and lucky that the murderer is this wanted criminal. Don't think it's easy. Why don't you say that we work solidly and meticulously? This afternoon, Yan Yong and his men looked blind and didn't even drink a sip of water before they found the surveillance video. And Zhou Yangxin, look at him, he is in his forties and has no girlfriend. Every day after get off work, he doesn't go to find girls, but sticks to the wanted order. Without him, we wouldn't have found the wanted order so quickly. So we have to admit that the second team has the ability to lock on the real murderer in 6 hours. The second possibility is that this wanted order is open to the entire network and anyone who is interested can see it. The real murderer deliberately wore the same clothes as the wanted criminal to blur our vision."

Ding Guoqiang waved his hand and said, "Okay, stop bragging. I understand what you said. Whether the real murderer is this wanted criminal or not, it makes no difference. There is only one way before us - find the man in the surveillance video. He entered and exited the villa during the time of the crime. If he is not the real murderer, he must be an accomplice. As long as we find him, the case will be solved. This is the fastest way. In this way, I will immediately have someone contact Jiangcheng to grasp the specific situation of this wanted criminal and judge the possibility. Your mission remains unchanged, continue to search for this man and his car."

When the two walked out of Ding Guoqiang's office, Zhou Yangxin said, "Chen Pu, I am one year younger than you."

Chen Pu looked up at him.

"I had a girlfriend two years ago, how about you?"

Chen Pu punched him: "I would rather be alone than be with someone who doesn't have anything. You were dumped by someone, how can it be the same?"

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There was a quick reply from Jiangcheng:
The surveillance footage was too blurry, and they couldn't tell if that person was Sun Dazhi. However, Sun Dazhi had never been to Xiangcheng before, and he had no relatives or friends in Xiangcheng. But three days ago, they had clearly found Sun Dazhi's whereabouts in Shiwen County. And Shiwen County happened to be at the junction of Jiangcheng and Xiangcheng. Therefore, there was also the possibility that Sun Dazhi fled to Xiangcheng to commit crimes.

The identity of the murderer remains unsolved.

However, the old van driven by the suspect, although without a license plate, had several obvious body features. The criminal police mobilized all the surveillance cameras on the roads around the villa and quickly found out the route the van took late that night.

At about 1:20 that night, the van drove out of the largest vegetable wholesale market in the north of the city and took a detour along remote roads with few cameras. The suspect was wearing a baseball cap and a mask, and kept his head down the entire time, so no camera captured his face.

At around 3: a.m. that day, the van re-entered the vegetable wholesale market and never left again.

This market is very large, with roads extending in all directions and countless people every day. It is surrounded by old residential buildings and many small roads are not monitored. When the suspect enters here, it is like a drop of water falling into the sea, erasing his tracks.

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It is already June, and Xiangcheng has been experiencing sunny days during this period, with the temperature rising steadily.

Li Qingyao was wearing a white short-sleeved T-shirt and thin trousers, and was sweating from the heat. She was afraid of the sun, so she wore a baseball cap. Unlike Chen Pu, he went from shop to shop, and his neck was sunburned.

After confirming that the suspect was last seen at the vegetable market, several groups of detectives rushed over, two people in a group, and began a carpet search.

However, what surprised Li Qingyao a little was that Chen Pu turned over his card today and directly asked Li Qingyao to be in the same group with him.

The two did not talk much along the way, their full attention was on the search. The occasional conversation was also related to the case. They searched the vegetable market for two or three hours. The cars were parked in a mess, here and there, and there was even a car parked illegally in a corner that they had not noticed, so they searched very carefully. They also showed the blurred photos of the suspect and the wanted criminal to the vendors, but no one said they had seen them.

Li Qingyao was feeling very thirsty. When passing by a convenience store, he asked Chen Pu to stop, took out a bottle of ice water from the freezer, scanned the code, and gulped down a few gulps.

Chen Pu came over and asked, "Where's mine?"

"Don't you have arms?"

Chen Pu did not retort, but took the bottle and scanned the code. Air conditioning was blowing out from the store entrance. Li Qingyao was reluctant to leave immediately, so he took out a bag of wet wipes from his pocket, covered the mineral water bottle with it to cool it down, took out one, and wiped the sweat off his face. Chen Pu stood at the steps in front of the store entrance, holding the mineral water bottle in one hand and drinking, looking at her. She usually looked pale, but today her face was flushed. She took off her hat, and her hair was all wet and stuck to her forehead. There was sweat on her white T-shirt, and the fabric stuck to her collarbone. She took the wet wipes and wiped her forehead and face bit by bit. Her fingers were very slender and her movements were very gentle.

An elegant word popped up in Chen Pu's mind: sweat dripping down.

Li Qingyao also glanced at Chen Pu. The man was sweating more than her. His chest and back were wet. Even though he was drinking ice water, Chen Pu's neck was covered with sweat. But he might be used to it and had a stronger tolerance, so he was not as anxious as her.

Li Qingyao took out a wet towel and pressed it on the back of his neck when she passed by him without saying anything. The back of his neck that had been exposed to the sun was an eyesore every time she looked up.

Chen Pu felt a chill on the back of his neck. He took it off, smiled, spread out the wet towel, and rubbed it over a large area like washing his face. He then wiped his neck again, and it really felt a lot fresher.

"Thanks." He chased after her.

Li Qingyao ignored him.

The two were almost done checking the area they were responsible for, but still hadn't found anything. At this time, they walked to the edge of a corner of the vegetable market. Outside was an alley with two rows of low houses, which was only wide enough for one car to pass through.

Chen Pu said: "Keep looking forward."

The two walked out of the alley and saw an open space with a lot of garbage dumped in a mess. Further ahead was a steep hillside, and below was the playground of a middle school.

"What is that?" Li Qingyao pointed behind the garbage dump. The two ran over and saw an unlicensed van parked near the edge of the hillside.

Chen Pu opened his phone and compared the photos: "Yes, this is the one!"

Both of them looked happy, and Li Qingyao immediately called someone. When she hung up, Chen Pu had already taken out his gloves and put them on, and pulled the door of the rear compartment. The door opened in response, and it was not locked. He immediately got in and started searching.

Seeing this, Li Qingyao also put on gloves and walked around to the driver's cabin. The front of the car was very close to the edge of the hillside, only about 20 centimeters away. Li Qingyao stepped on the ground with her foot and found it was hard, so she opened the car door and started searching.

She opened the center console and found the car keys, which meant that the murderer had prepared to abandon the car from the beginning. She took out the evidence bag from her pocket, put the car keys in it, and continued to look for the storage compartment on the passenger side.

At this moment, she felt the ground below her feet falling down, and heard the sound of loose soil. She slid down and hurriedly grabbed the car seat with both hands, but the car seat was very thick and difficult to bear the force. She was wearing gloves, so she immediately lost her grip.

"Chen Pu!" she shouted.

The next second, she felt someone rushing over like a gust of wind, with his arms tensed, hugging her waist, lifting her up suddenly, and taking several steps back. Because he moved too quickly, he didn't stand still and fell to the ground, and Li Qingyao fell into his arms.

Li Qingyao's face turned pale with fear. After all, the slope was so high. If she really rolled down, she wouldn't die, but breaking her legs and feet would be no fun. It was her first time to encounter such a dangerous situation. She was still a little confused. Her heart was still beating fast. She leaned her face against Chen Pu's chest and heard the "thump, thump, thump" of his heart, beating fast and strong.

Chen Pu reacted quickly. After he fell, he held her waist with one hand and supported himself on the ground with the other hand. He sat up, panting slightly, with a very ugly face. He shouted, "Are you trying to scare me to death? Who told you to get so close to the slope? Are you going to kill yourself?"

Li Qingyao was originally nervous and weak, but after hearing his roar, he immediately hardened up and roared, "I observed the ground before, and it was hard when I stepped on it, but I didn't know it would suddenly collapse! Moreover, I was the first to see such an important discovery. You are the only one who can investigate, and I am just standing by and watching? Why are you roaring?"

Chen Pu still stared at her without saying a word, and it was obvious that he was really angry this time. Li Qingyao snorted, and then she realized that she was still sitting on his thighs, which felt warm and firm. One of his hands was pressing her waist tightly, like five iron clamps, which made her skin hurt a little. And because she was panicking just now, she pressed one hand on his heart, grabbing his clothes, and the muscles underneath were also hard. She could still smell his scent, which was warm and sweaty, but not unpleasant. His face was only ten centimeters away from her at this moment, and his leopard-like black eyes were still staring at her with resentment.

Li Qingyao relaxed strangely. The hand on his chest turned into a finger and tapped lightly, asking, "How long do you plan to hold me?"