I Sent You to Take the College Entrance Exam, and You Ended Up Solving a Murder Case?! - Chapter 40

“Song Yin?” Xu Yan’s eyes flickered. “I…I’m not familiar with her.”

“Really?” A barely perceptible smile appeared on Chen Mo’s lips. “But you were the one who helped her buy the train ticket to Shucheng.”

Xu Yan’s face turned pale instantly.

“Look into my eyes, Xu Yan.” Chen Mo’s voice seemed to have a strange magic, causing Xu Yan to involuntarily raise her head.

“You’re tired, you’ve been running around all day, you want to rest, right?”

“You don’t need to think about anything, just follow my voice…”

Under Chen Mo’s professional psychological guidance, Xu Yan’s tense nerves gradually relaxed, and her eyes began to become unfocused.

“Now, tell me, how did you and Song Yin meet?”

“We…are from the same hometown…it was me…I brought her to Shucheng…” Xu Yan’s voice became indistinct, like a dream.

What kind of job did you recommend she do?

“I…I’m not capable…I can only introduce her…to do the same thing as me…”

“do what?”

“Accepting guests…”

“Who arranged for you to entertain guests?”

“Uncle Tiao…we all call him Uncle Tiao…”

“Who is Uncle Tiao? What’s his name? Where is he located?”

“I don’t know… I only know his phone number… We always contact him using encrypted software…”

“Very good.” Chen Mo’s voice remained calm. “Now, take out your phone and contact him.”

“Contact him…what for?” Xu Yan’s face showed struggle.

“Tell him that Song Yin is in trouble.”

Tell him that Song Yin is dead.

Xu Yan’s body trembled violently, and her unfocused pupils suddenly contracted.

Chen Mo stood up, walked up to her, and gently waved his slender fingers in front of her eyes.

“wake up.”

Xu Yan seemed to wake from a dream, staring blankly at the man in front of her, completely unable to remember what had just happened.

Chen Mo pushed Xu Yan’s phone in front of her, his tone returning to its previous coldness.

“Call him.”

Xu Yan stared at the familiar number on her phone, and her hands began to tremble uncontrollably.

She knew what it would mean if she made that call.

Chen Mo watched her quietly, waiting for her choice.

Colleagues from the public security department were already waiting outside the door.

A massive net targeting “Uncle Tiao” and the network of prostitution behind him has been quietly drawn.

The investigation into this murder case has finally opened a real crack.

Xu Yan trembled as she swiped her fingertip across the phone screen and tapped on that name.

She took a deep breath and hovered her fingertips over the dial button.

Finally, Xu Yan closed her eyes, as if resigned to her fate, and pressed the green dial button heavily.

“Beep…beep…”

The long wait echoed in the silent interrogation room, each sound like a hammer blow to Xu Yan’s heart.

The call was connected.

A wary male voice came through the receiver.

“Hello?”

Xu Yan opened her mouth, but her throat was dry, and she couldn’t utter a single word.

Chen Mo’s gaze swept over, devoid of warmth.

Xu Yan jolted awake, and following Chen Mo’s instructions, her voice trembled and choked with tears: “Uncle Tiao…it’s me, Xiao Yan…”

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, then an impatient voice said, “What is it? Didn’t I tell you not to call unless it’s important?”

“Uncle Tiao…”

Driven by a survival instinct, Xu Yan’s acting reached its peak: “Song Yin… Song Yin, something happened to her…”

“What happened?” Uncle Tiao’s voice suddenly rose, revealing a fierce edge.

“She…she’s dead.”

After saying this, Xu Yan felt as if all her strength had been drained, and she slumped into the chair.

There was a deathly silence on the other end of the phone.

A few seconds later, the call was abruptly disconnected.

Chen Mo spoke into his headset in a voice only he could hear.

“Close the net.”

Upon receiving the order, Qiao Zhoucheng, who was outside the door, immediately picked up the walkie-talkie.

He then issued orders to his colleagues in the public security department, who had already set up surveillance on the other end.

“The target has been alerted; prepare for arrest!”

At this moment, a massive net targeting “Uncle Tiao” and the vast network of prostitution behind him tightened completely.

Chen Mo didn’t even glance at Xu Yan again before turning and walking out of the interrogation room.

The rest will be handled by our colleagues in the public security department.

The office of the Fifth Criminal Investigation Team was brightly lit, with the constant sound of keyboards being typed.

Unlike other leaders, Chen Mo did not stand behind his subordinates and give orders.

Instead, he went back to his office, closed the door, and made himself a strong cup of tea.

He trusts his teammates.

Time passed second by second.

About an hour later, the office door was suddenly pushed open.

“team leader!”

Su Chun’s face was filled with excitement.

“Found them! We’ve located a target who is highly suspected of being the suspect by following the street surveillance footage!”

Chen Mo put down his teacup and quickly walked out.

On the large screen, a surveillance video is playing repeatedly.

In the picture, a man of medium build and slightly thin is walking with his head down.

He was wearing a black baseball cap with the brim pulled down very low.

“The time and place he appeared perfectly matched our speculation about the suspect’s escape route.”

Wu Che pointed at the screen and said, “And look, he kept his head down the whole time, walked close to the wall, and was consciously avoiding the high-definition cameras.”

The more this is the case, the greater the suspicion.

“Can I see your face?” Chen Mo asked.

“No.” Su Chun shook his head and started using the mouse.

“He was too cautious. There was only one moment when he slightly turned his head, and we managed to capture a very blurry profile picture.”

A screenshot, enlarged and filled with noise, appeared on the screen, barely showing the outline of a jawline.

This is completely unusable for facial recognition.

“Continue to trace his path along the way.” Chen Mo’s voice was calm.

“We have already gone back in time.”

Wu Che frowned and pointed at the map on the screen.

“His last known activity was walking into the underground parking garage of this shopping mall, and then… he disappeared.”

“Disappeared?”

“Yes.” Su Chun looked annoyed.

“That parking garage has more than a dozen entrances and exits, connecting three large shopping malls and two office buildings.”

“There are several blind spots in the internal monitoring.”

“Most importantly, we checked all the vehicle records at the exits and found no evidence that he drove away.”

Everyone cursed inwardly.

This guy is too cunning.

He didn’t actually drive a car; he just used the huge and complicated underground parking garage as a transfer station and a smokescreen.

Taking advantage of crowds and blind spots in surveillance, they quietly leave through an inconspicuous pedestrian exit and merge into the sea of ​​people.

The clues seem to have gone cold again here.

Just when everyone was at a loss, the office door opened again.

Yuan Weiguang, a forensic doctor from the Municipal Public Security Bureau’s Technical Investigation Division, walked in.

“Captain Chen, here is the detailed autopsy report you requested.”

She handed the file bag to Chen Mo, but her gaze was drawn to the surveillance footage on the big screen.

“Wow, you found the suspect so quickly?”

“Just a shadow.” Wu Che sighed.

Yuan Weiguang walked to the screen and looked at the blurry figure with great interest.

Instead of looking at the face that was barely visible, she pointed to the suspect’s feet.

“Su Chun, zoom in here, zoom in to the clearest setting.”

Su Chun followed the instructions.

On the screen, the outline of a pair of shoes gradually became clear.

“As expected.” Yuan Weiguang’s eyes lit up.

“This is the ‘Shadow Walker’ series that Adidas just released last month.”

“Limited edition worldwide, each pair has a unique anti-counterfeiting code.”

She turned to look at Chen Mo.

“Most importantly, this shoe was produced in very limited quantities.”

“In mainland China, the products are only sold through a lottery system on the official app, and they are sold under real names.”

The office fell silent instantly.