I Sent You to Take the College Entrance Exam, and You Ended Up Solving a Murder Case?! - Chapter 25

“Wu Che”.

Wu Che’s body stiffened abruptly.

Chen Mo stared intently at him and asked, word by word:

“You told him, didn’t you?”

Wu Che’s lips trembled, and his face was even more pale than Lü Hui’s at the alley entrance, as if all the blood had been drained from him in an instant.

He opened his mouth, but couldn’t utter a single word.

Every team member kept their head down, not daring to look at Chen Mo or Wu Che.

Chen Mo’s heart sank to the bottom.

He had imagined countless possibilities, but he never thought that the knife that stabbed his plan would come from his most trusted brother.

“Why?”

Chen Mo’s voice was calm and collected, yet it sent a chill down the spines of everyone present.

“Uncle Fan… Uncle Fan is very experienced, and I thought that more people would mean more strength…”

Wu Che’s voice trembled with despair.

“I just… I just told him that we’ve reopened the investigation into Fan Xiaotian…”

He dared not continue.

Just then, a forensic doctor wearing a mask stood up, took off his gloves, and walked up to Chen Mo.

“Captain Chen, the preliminary autopsy results are in.”

“The deceased died no more than half an hour ago.”

“The fatal wound was in the neck; the common carotid artery was severed with a single, clean cut—a professional method of murder.”

“In addition,” the forensic doctor paused, seemingly with some reluctance, “the tendons in the wrists of the deceased’s hands were also deliberately severed.”

First sever the tendons in his hands, then cut his throat.

This is torture and murder.

The murderer was enjoying the process.

Chen Mo listened expressionlessly.

He slowly turned his head and looked at Wu Che again.

“Smack!”

A crisp, loud slap echoed in the deathly silent alley.

Everyone was stunned.

Wu Che’s left cheek swelled up at a visible speed, and blood seeped from the corner of his mouth.

“This slap was for Uncle Fan.”

Chen Mo’s voice was as cold as ice.

“Remember this: you took his life with your own hands.”

Wu Che’s tears finally burst forth.

This man never flinched even amidst a hail of bullets.

She was crying like a child, filled with self-blame.

Chen Mo didn’t look at him again.

Now is not the time to assign blame.

He turned to Lü Hui, who was staring at him in horror.

“Where is the person who called the police? Are there any leads?”

Lu Hui jumped up and rushed over, reporting in a low voice.

“Captain Chen, we’ve checked the emergency call number; it was made using an old-fashioned mobile phone without a SIM card.”

“We just found it in a nearby trash can.”

“The owner of the phone has also been found. He is an elderly man who collects recyclables. He said that the phone was stolen on the street half an hour ago.”

“We conducted an emergency location search on the phone; the last place it emitted a signal was…”

As Lü Hui spoke, his voice became strange. He glanced at Chen Mo before struggling to utter the rest of the address.

“Near Jinxiuyuan residential area.”

Jinxiu Garden!

Chen Mo’s pupils suddenly contracted.

That’s his residence!

Fan Xiaotian stole the phone and made this emergency call from his own front door!

He not only killed Fan Yuan, but also used this method to bluntly tell himself.

I know where you live, I know everything about you.

The words on that wooden sign exploded in Chen Mo’s mind instantly.

So this was the real opening.

He used the blood of his respected predecessors to begin this insane game.

“Follow me, everyone!”

Chen Mo gave a low shout, turned around, and strode out of the alley.

Wu Che and several teammates were stunned for a moment, then immediately wiped away their tears and followed.

Confused, the crowd could only quickly follow Chen Mo, cross the police line, and arrive at his car parked by the roadside.

Without saying a word, Chen Mo opened the trunk.

All eyes instantly focused on the corner of the trunk.

A rough wooden sign lay there quietly.

Five startling characters were written on it in dark red paint.

A chill ran from the soles of each team member’s feet straight up to the top of their head.

“When…when was this discovered?” Lu Hui’s voice trembled.

“Just before I came here.” Chen Mo’s voice was devoid of warmth.

Everyone was horrified.

After killing Fan Yuan, the murderer brazenly sneaked into the captain’s residential area, leaving behind this death warning.

Then, using the stolen phone, they called the police from outside the captain’s house!

Just then, several black sedans roared up and screeched to a halt on the side of the road.

The car door opened, and Wu Xiubing, the director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, and Liu Chengpei, the director of the Criminal Investigation Department, quickly stepped out.

Both of their faces were so gloomy they looked like they could drip water.

“Chen Mo!” Wu Xiubing’s voice was filled with suppressed anger. “What happened!”

Chen Mo closed the trunk, went to meet him, and handed him the wooden sign.

When Wu Xiubing and Liu Chengpei saw the words on the wooden sign.

The two seasoned detectives’ eyes instantly turned incredibly sharp.

“You bastard!”

Wu Xiubing gripped the wooden sign tightly in his hand, veins bulging on the back of his hand. “This is a declaration of war against our entire Chengdu police force!”

He took a deep breath, suppressed his anger, looked at Chen Mo, and issued the highest order.

“Chen Mo, I’m giving you authorization! From this moment on, all resources from the Municipal Bureau will be prioritized for your Fifth Team!”

“Manpower, equipment, technical support—we’ll provide whatever you need!”

“I only have one request!”

Wu Xiubing’s gaze was sharp as he spoke, each word deliberate and deliberate.

“We must dig three feet into the ground and drag that bastard Fan Xiaotian out of here! We need to find him alive or dead!”

“Yes, sir! I guarantee I will complete the mission!” Chen Mo stood at attention and saluted, his voice firm and powerful.

Liu Chengpei stepped forward, patted Chen Mo’s shoulder heavily, and said nothing.

But the trust and encouragement in those eyes spoke louder than a thousand words.

Subsequently, accompanied by Lü Hui, the two leaders walked through the cordon to see Fan Yuan one last time.

Chen Mo turned around and faced his team members, whose eyes were bloodshot.

“All outreach and visits are suspended!”

“Technical investigation: cover the area within 500 meters of the crime scene and within one kilometer of the Jinxiuyuan residential area.”

“Get me all the surveillance footage from last night until now! Watch it frame by frame!”

“Lu Hui, go check all of Uncle Fan’s call records and text messages in the 24 hours before his sacrifice.”

“Contact the Wujiang District Police Station and find out if they know about Uncle Fan’s actions tonight!”

“yes!”

“yes!”

The order was quickly relayed.

Wu Che, who had been keeping his head down, suddenly wiped his face hard with the back of his hand.

His eyes were bloodshot and bright red.

He walked up to Chen Mo, his voice hoarse but incredibly firm.

“Captain, let me check the surveillance footage!”

He knew this was the only way he could atone for his sins.

Chen Mo glanced at him but did not refuse.

“Go, take everyone with you.”

“yes!”

Wu Che turned around and roared at his equally grief-stricken teammates behind him, “Cheer up! Follow me!”

A group of people, filled with anger, quickly split up and took action.

Watching their departing figures, Chen Mo slowly exhaled a breath of stale air.

Fan Xiaotian.

You are very smart, but also very arrogant.

You deliberately left so many clues just to watch us be played like headless flies.

But you forgot one thing.

The most arrogant hunters often die in the traps they know best.

Since you dared to show yourself, you will definitely leave more traces.

Office of the Fifth Team, Criminal Investigation Division, Municipal Public Security Bureau.

At two in the morning, the lights were still on, and the atmosphere was as oppressive as a block of iron.

Wu Che, along with half of his men, has already rushed to various monitoring centers to retrieve massive amounts of video data.

The rest of the people were in the office, frantically making phone calls to everyone who might have had contact with Fan Yuan.

Chen Mo sat alone in his seat.

On the computer screen in front of me, the first batch of surveillance footage that the Technical Investigation Department had just sent back was being displayed.

The video plays very slowly.

No, that’s too slow.

At this rate, even if all five teams are worn down here, it’s still possible to kill them all.

Don’t even think about watching all the videos before dawn.