I Sent You to Take the College Entrance Exam, and You Ended Up Solving a Murder Case?! - Chapter 27

But you can vaguely see that it is the edge of a trash can.

A glint of light reflected off the metal surface of the trash can.

“What’s this?” Qiao Zhoucheng leaned closer, squinting. “A reflection?”

“Yes, it’s reflective.”

Chen Mo’s voice was frighteningly calm.

“This is not ordinary street light or car headlight reflection.”

He extended his finger and tapped the screen lightly.

“Look at this shape. Although it’s distorted, you can still see the outline.”

“This is a reflection from a phone screen when it lights up.”

Everyone held their breath, staring intently at the blurry spot of light.

mobile phone screen?

“Time: 10:08.”

Chen Mo’s voice seemed to possess a magical power, pulling everyone’s thoughts back to that fatal night.

“Fan Xiaotian and Fan Yuan entered the North Third Alley of the Sandy Plain at almost the same time.”

“Why would a seasoned veteran detective be with a distant nephew who is practically a stranger?”

“Entering those secluded alleys late at night?”

Chen Mo’s question struck everyone’s heart like a heavy hammer.

Yes, Fan Yuan is a veteran criminal investigator with extremely high vigilance.

This doesn’t make sense!

“Unless, the person he’s going to see isn’t Fan Xiaotian.”

Chen Mo spoke slowly and deliberately.

“But it was someone he knew very well and completely trusted.”

“A person who can make him let down all his guard.”

Wu Che’s body jolted violently, as if struck by an electric current.

He remembered!

“An informant!” Wu Che’s voice was hoarse, and a terrifying light shone in his bloodshot eyes. “It’s an informant!”

“About 9:30 a.m., about half an hour before Brother Fan had the accident, he called me.”

“He said he was going to meet an old informant named Uncle Ma.”

“He said Uncle Ma had an important lead about a theft gang in the west of the city and asked to meet him at our usual spot!”

“The same old place… it’s the North Third Alley of the Sandy Plain!”

Wu Che slammed his fist on the table with a loud thud.

He closed his eyes in anguish.

“I reminded him to be careful, but he said Uncle Ma had been with him for over ten years and was absolutely reliable…”

The office was deathly silent.

The truth is now crystal clear.

This is a trap.

A deadly trap meticulously planned by Fan Xiaotian and set up using Fan Yuan’s most trusted informant!

Fan Xiaotian didn’t need to make an appointment with Fan Yuan himself.

He only needed to control his informant, “Uncle Ma,” to make Fan Yuan obediently walk into the slaughterhouse he had chosen.

Fan Xiaotian himself followed in secret to ensure everything went smoothly.

“Hold!”

Wu Che suddenly opened his eyes, his bloodshot pupils looking as if they were about to bleed.

“Uncle Ma! That bastard betrayed Brother Fan!”

He turned and was about to rush out.

“Come back!” Chen Mo shouted sternly.

Wu Che stopped in his tracks.

“team leader?”

“It’s too late to go find Uncle Ma now.” Chen Mo’s eyes were icy.

“Would someone as meticulous and abnormally arrogant as Fan Xiaotian leave behind a witness who could testify against him?”

Wu Che was stunned.

“He used Uncle Ma to arrange a meeting with Fan Yuan. After the deed was done, what would he do to avoid exposing himself?”

“Silence them…”

Wu Che squeezed out two words through gritted teeth, his body trembling uncontrollably.

Chen Mo didn’t say anything more; he looked at Yan Guangxu.

Yan Guangxu immediately understood, picked up his phone, and dialed the local police station.

“Hello, this is Yan Guangxiu from the Fifth Team of the Municipal Public Security Bureau. Help me investigate a man named Uncle Ma.”

“His real name is Ma Weiguo, and he lives in Building 3 of the Shayuan Community…”

There was a quick reply on the other end of the phone.

Yan Guangxu’s face turned deathly pale in an instant.

He held his phone, his lips moved, but no sound came out.

“Speak.” Chen Mo’s voice was soft, yet carried an undeniable force.

“team leader……”

Yan Guangxu swallowed hard.

“The police station received a report fifteen minutes ago that Ma Weiguo… was murdered at home.”

“Cause of death: The throat was cut open by a sharp instrument, resulting in immediate death.”

boom!

Everyone’s brain felt like it had been blown open.

Another one has died!

The killer’s cruelty sent chills down the spines of even these seasoned detectives who were used to seeing life and death.

“As expected…” Chen Mo murmured, seemingly having anticipated this outcome.

He turned his attention back to the big screen.

“He killed Uncle Ma, then seduced Fan Yuan, and finally killed Fan Yuan, framing Uncle Ma for the crime.”

“Killing three birds with one stone, a perfect closed loop.”

“If he hadn’t been so arrogant, leaving a provocative smile in the surveillance footage.”

“We might really be led by the nose by him, wasting all our energy investigating Uncle Ma’s social connections.”

Chen Mo switched the monitoring screen.

This time, it’s the surveillance footage from the entrance to the underground parking garage of Jinxiuyuan.

In the video, Fan Xiaotian gently places the wooden sign into the soil of the flower bed.

After placing it, he did not leave immediately.

Instead, he looked up at the surveillance camera diagonally above him.

Once again, the expression on his face, though hidden by a mask, still betrayed his manic laughter.

“He is confirming.”

Chen Mo spoke slowly.

“He was making sure we could see the ‘challenge’ he left behind.”

“He needs a stage, a stage where he can perform to his heart’s content and then watch us ‘audience’ struggle in vain.”

“Jinxiuyuan is more than 10 kilometers away from Shayuan North Third Lane, which takes 20 minutes by car.”

“He killed Fan Yuan at around 10:08, and he appeared at Jinxiu Garden at 10:35.”

Chen Mo’s fingers flew across the keyboard, bringing up another screenshot.

The screenshot was taken from a very unusual angle; it was captured by a security camera on the eaves of a shop opposite North Third Lane of Shayuan.

The image is blurry and shakes violently.

But on the side of the road opposite the alley entrance, there was a white family sedan parked.

“Look here.” Chen Mo zoomed in on the car.

“This car stopped here five minutes before Fan Yuan entered the alley. It didn’t move at all.”

“Fan Xiaotian appeared at the alley entrance at 10:08. And this car started and left at 10:10.”

“The timing is perfect.”

The team members’ heartbeats began to accelerate uncontrollably.

A terrifying thought surfaced in everyone’s mind.

“He…he wouldn’t have just been sitting in the car watching Brother Fan walk in, would he?” Qiao Zhoucheng’s voice was trembling.

Sitting opposite the crime scene, he quietly admired the death trap he had set, waiting for his prey to walk into it step by step.

“check!”

Chen Mo’s voice was firm and decisive, breaking the deathly silence in the office.

“This car is the vehicle he used to travel from North Third Lane of Shayuan to Jinxiuyuan!”

“He thought he had covered his tracks perfectly, but he forgot that as long as you run on the road, you will inevitably leave traces!”

That’s right, as long as there’s a car, you can track its movements!

“Task assignment!” Chen Mo stood up and glanced at each team member.

“Wu Che, take Qiao Zhoucheng and Qiu Xiangyang to the Municipal Public Security Bureau’s monitoring center immediately!”

“Dig out every single frame of the trajectory of this white sedan after it left Shayuan North Third Lane!”

“Yes!” Wu Che and the other two responded in unison, their eyes filled with fighting spirit.

“Yan Guangxu, Jiang Xiaomiao, you two stay in the office and are responsible for information gathering and support.”

“yes!”

“The rest of you, put on your bulletproof vests, grab your full gear, and come with me to Uncle Ma’s crime scene!”

“yes!”

Just as everyone was preparing to take action, the office door was pushed open again.

Liu Chengpei strode in, followed by a middle-aged man also dressed in a police uniform.

“Wait a moment.”

Liu Chengpei’s expression was extremely serious.

“I already know the situation.”

He glanced at Chen Mo, his eyes showing both approval and concern.

“I’ll guard the office. Yan Guangxiu and Jiang Xiaomiao will come with me to the site.”

“Also,” he gestured to the man behind him.

“This is Zhao Haidong, the captain of the third criminal investigation team.”

“I have assembled all three teams to serve as your support force, ready to be deployed at any time.”

Chen Mo felt a chill run down his spine.

Director Liu is serious now.

“Okay.” Chen Mo didn’t mince words. “Thank you, Director Liu.”

“be safe.”

Liu Chengpei patted him heavily on the shoulder.

“Remember, you are not dealing with an ordinary murderer.”

“He is a highly intelligent, antisocial, and extremely dangerous madman!”

“clear!”