wavenovel Chapter 79 The Inside Story
Chapter 79 The Inside Story
Gu Huai stood there, Xia Wanying's expressionless face flashing through his mind.
When she said, "I'll go with you," he initially refused.
Even when they eventually agreed, it was with considerable reluctance.
When she finally went with him, she quietly changed her clothes and followed behind him.
He originally thought that he had fooled the other party in the teahouse by relying on his performance.
Unexpectedly, Xia Wanying helped him in a way he couldn't see.
If it weren't for her thoughtfulness, I might not have been able to get through that difficult time.
"Where is she?" Gu Huai asked.
"The morgue's here; the autopsy isn't over yet," Ling Yue said, pointing downstairs.
Gu Huai turned and walked downstairs.
The morgue of the Panyu branch is located on the basement floor.
Whether it was psychological or not, Gu Huai felt that the temperature in the corridor was several degrees lower than upstairs.
Gu Huai tightened his clothes and paced back and forth at the entrance of the morgue.
Finally, after waiting for more than half an hour, the door to the morgue opened.
Several people wearing white coats and masks hurried out of the morgue.
Xia Wanying was the last one to come out.
Ling Yue quickly walked over. "How is it?"
Xia Wanying handed the document in her hand to Ling Yue, "This is just a handwritten record; the official report will have to wait for our colleagues in Yangcheng to issue it."
Gu Huai came over and started reading the report with Ling Yue.
The information in the report was much more detailed than what Jiang Fanglong had previously recounted.
The analysis of oral and nasal foam, cervical vertebral folds, and lung effusion data were all labeled with their time and testing methods.
"Chen Haoyu was thrown into the river alive," Xia Wanying said. "He had two fractures in his cervical vertebrae, but neither was the cause of death. He drowned. Water had been in his lungs for quite some time, and he had struggled before he died."
Gu Huai stared at the words on the report without looking up.
"According to the report, the killer probably didn't do it on the riverbank, but rather took him into the river and threw him in, which suggests that the killer may have owned a boat."
"I just asked," Xia Wanying said. "The water police in Panyu are investigating, and we should have news in the next couple of days."
Gu Huai nodded silently. This investigation had mobilized a large number of police officers. Some minor details were investigated without him having to ask.
To put it bluntly, the murderer messed with the wrong person.
After reading the report, Gu Huai looked up at Xia Wanying.
"Thanks for what happened this afternoon."
"What is it?"
"About the phone call you made to Lingyue to inform her."
Xia Wanying glanced at him, then lowered her head again.
"Don't be so reckless when handling cases in the future." Her tone was calm, without any sense of blame, but rather as if she were stating a fact.
"If I hadn't been in the office this afternoon, you would have gone to see Ren Qi by yourself."
Gu Huai opened his mouth, but no sound came out.
She's right, I did intend to go alone that afternoon.
This is also because he underestimated the difficulties.
He thought he was just going to meet an ordinary smuggler, never expecting that Ren Qi would be this kind of person.
"It won't happen again next time," Gu Huai said.
Xia Wanying nodded, her expression remaining unchanged.
Seeing this awkward scene, Ling Yue interjected at the right moment: "Alright, it's so late, everyone must be hungry. Let's go, Gu Huai will treat us to a late-night snack."
Gu Huai was naturally indifferent to Ling Yue's request.
With Ling Yue's enthusiastic arrangements, Xia Wanying couldn't bring herself to refuse, even if she wanted to.
Left with no other choice, she had to agree.
As the group was about to leave the branch office, Gu Huai said, "I'll have to trouble Dr. Xia to accompany me to Fangcun tomorrow."
"Where are you going?"
"I'm giving you money," Gu Huai said. "After all, you're my secretary."
After saying that, Gu Huai pushed open the door and walked out.
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The next day, when Gu Huai arrived at the Yangcheng City Public Security Bureau, it was still dark.
Because he had important business to attend to early this morning, Gu Huai went back to the hotel to sleep last night.
Following yesterday's coordination, the case has been transferred from the Panyu Branch to the Yangcheng Branch.
For this reason, the Yangcheng Municipal Bureau specially set aside an office for the people from Pengcheng to work in.
Of course, Wang Weiguo couldn't do those things.
Chen Shoucheng coordinated all of this.
In the corridor, the people from the Second Brigade and their colleagues from the Yangcheng City Bureau who came to assist them kept moving back and forth.
Zhou Shouzhen stood at the top of the stairs on the second floor, a cigarette dangling from his fingers, talking to an old policeman with dark circles under his eyes.
Seeing Gu Huai come up, he waved to him.
"Ah Huai, you're here just in time. Come and take a look at this."
Gu Huai strode over and took the documents from Zhou Shouzhen's hands.
"I gathered Ren Qi's information last night."
Gu Huai took the materials and began to look through them page by page.
Ren Qi, male, 42 years old, originally from Chaoshan in eastern Guangdong, worked as a boatman in his early years, traveling all over the country, and is said to have spent a few years in Hong Kong.
He returned to Guangzhou in 1988, first taking over a small stall selling tea in the Fangcun Tea Market, and later taking over the Laoyouji Tea House.
In the past two years, he has bought several shops, and also owns a truck and a commercial apartment.
He has no criminal record, no prior convictions, and has never been involved in any criminal case.
The tax records are normal, the business registration records are complete, and even the teahouse's health permit has been renewed on time.
"This guy is almost too clean to be true," Zhou Shouzhen said. "I had my colleagues from the Economic Crime Investigation Department check all his bank statements, and the inflows and outflows basically matched up, with no major anomalies."
"How did you find all this information?" Gu Huai looked up with some concern, afraid that if he investigated too thoroughly, Ren Qi would notice.
"Don't worry." Zhou Shouzhen patted Gu Huai on the shoulder. "This information was obtained from the street officials, who are all trustworthy public servants and would never spread rumors."
Gu Huai nodded. From the current perspective, Ren Qi seemed to be without problems, but the more this was the case, the more suspicious Ren Qi became.
According to Zhang Guiyuan, Ren Qi was a well-known figure in Guangzhou's smuggling industry.
Such a person cannot possibly have a clean background unless he is intentionally avoiding crime from the very beginning.
Just as Gu Huai was pondering, Zhou Shouzhen patted him on the shoulder, "Luckily you stopped him yesterday, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to question him even if we brought him back."
Gu Huai was not complacent because of Zhou Shouzhen's praise. He frowned and said, "Ren Qi's money came too fast. He started from scratch in 1988 and now his assets are worth at least 500,000 to 600,000 yuan. You can't do that in just over four years by selling tea."
"I know, but having a problem and being able to investigate are two different things." Zhou Shouzhen exhaled a puff of smoke. "If you want to touch him, you have to produce something. Just saying he has money and that he has problems is useless."
"Moreover," Zhou Shouzhen glanced at the old policeman from Yangcheng City Public Security Bureau beside him, "Ren Qi is from Yangcheng, so we can't always stick our noses out so far."