wavenovel Chapter 38 Important Clues
Chapter 38 Important Clues
"Let me ask you one more time: are you sure that after she returned to Shangrongshu in early June, she didn't go back to her parents' home again?"
"I really don't have that!"
"Where is Li Ailian's mother?" Wu Song always felt that this father was somewhat unreliable.
This matter is of great importance, and this timing will determine the direction of his next investigation. Wu Song still wants to find one more person to confirm.
"They went to visit relatives. Let me take you to find them."
They found Li's mother and asked her the same questions they had asked Li's father, and Wu Song and his disciples received the same answer.
Li Ailian did indeed only return once, at the beginning of June, and never returned again.
……
"Apprentice, where did Li Ailian go this week?" Sitting in the back of a sidecar, Cao Dahua took a deep drag of his cigarette and squinted at the sky.
"If you ask me, it's Shanghai!" Wu Song said, "Li Ailian must have met someone when she went to the city that time. She learned from that person that she didn't fail to get into university back then, but that Li Yanan took her place. Li Yanan is now called Li Ailian."
This was a huge matter, so she must have thought about it and then gone to Shanghai to confirm it in person.
After confirming that it was true, they then planned this murder case that killed three birds with one stone.
The person who told her this information is very likely her accomplice in the murder.
"Old Xu hasn't left yet. When we get back, let him investigate this time period when he goes to Shanghai to investigate. Ask Li Yanan's husband and colleagues if she did anything unusual during this time."
Cao Dahua took another drag of his cigarette, and then his brows furrowed tightly.
"This case is getting more and more complicated. I'm afraid it will be even harder for us to investigate next. Take this accomplice who is likely to exist, for example. Why don't you just let him take Li Ailian and run away from Gaotan?"
Why should we listen to her and go and kill someone?
If caught, it could result in the death penalty!
Isn't he afraid?
Why do we still need to do this?
Because of love in our youth?
What a load of rubbish! It's been so many years, where's the love anymore?
Because Li Ailian promised him she'd go with him if he killed someone for her? I think 99 out of 100 men would be terrified at that request, right? Such a clever woman, she managed to kill Li Yanan and almost got Liu Jianshe locked up in the process. If she were to kill you someday, you'd probably be counting the money for her.
Cao Dahua flicked his cigarette ash. "So, I think this accomplice is either a bit mentally unstable, or he doesn't realize the consequences of having another life on his hands. He might even have other murders on his record!"
If he's mentally unstable, that's one thing, but if he has other murders on his hands, then combined with Li Ailian's intellect, things will get complicated!
"We have to do it, even if it's difficult!"
"Heh, that's true. I just feel that this case probably won't be solved anytime soon."
……
Back in the city, Wu Song took his master Cao Dahua back to the branch office and brought the five books that Li Ailian had given him to use for investigating clues, which he had obtained from Liu Jianshe's house after learning that Li Ailian was the murderer, to Xinhua Bookstore.
"Hello, this is the Criminal Investigation Team. Could you help me check which of these books was sold here in July?"
"Let me check! Just a moment!"
The staff member started operating the computer in front of them, and after a short while, shook their head, "No!"
Are you sure?
"I can say for sure!" The Xinhua Bookstore staff pointed to the computer in front of them. "Every book sold is recorded in our book management system. If you don't believe me, look, it doesn't match these books at all."
"Is that so!" Wu Song took back the books.
Remembering that his elementary school teacher at the Banyan Tree said that Li Ailian liked to borrow detective novels from him, he spread them out one by one and looked down at the books.
Ordinary World, Ruin City, To Live, The Bridges of Madison County, and Cultural Journey.
"Comrade, I've only read 'Ordinary World' and 'To Live.' Are there any detective/crime novels among the remaining three books?"
"no."
"Then check if any detective novels were sold on June 8th or 9th."
"Wait a mininute."
"Yes!" the staff member said. "They were all sold on the 8th: a set of Sherlock Holmes stories and a copy of 'He Was Not There'."
"Okay! Have you seen this person before? Was there anyone else with her at the time?" Wu Song quickly wrote down these details and then took out Li Ailian's photo.
"Wow, that woman is so beautiful!"
Have you seen it before?
"Never seen it before!" The staff member shook his head. "Comrade, what month is it now? I don't have a photographic memory. Even if I had seen it, I would have completely forgotten about customers from June!"
"Okay." What the staff member said wasn't wrong.
Wu Song could only shake his head and smile bitterly.
It seems we can't continue the investigation along this line.
Got it!
I have to do hard labor again.
We need to meet with all of Li Ailian and Li Yanan's high school classmates. If we still can't find them, we may have to expand the scope of our investigation.
Fortunately, the subsequent investigation revealed a new direction.
That is, ask these students which of their high school classmates are currently working in Shanghai.
Because some people have already disappeared, and even their parents have gone to other places, the high school classmates have not yet been completely investigated.
However, after two days of investigation, a few people did provide clues about who was working in Shanghai.
It was a male classmate named Zhao Weimin.
He also got into university in Shanghai, and later worked there.
One of his classmates, with whom he had a good relationship, even gave his specific workplace, saying it was in the government office in Pudong New Area.
"Isn't that unlikely?" Captain Xu Bin frowned upon hearing the report. "Then this is no ordinary promising future."
"Who can say for sure about this?" Cao Dahua scoffed. "Some people and some things are hard to predict. But whether it's him or not, why not just have my apprentice go and see for himself?"
"I was thinking of letting you guys take a break since you've been away on business trips several times. Xiao Song, how about you come to Shanghai with me once the investigation letter comes through?" Xu Bin looked at Wu Song.
If Zhao Weimin was indeed Li Ailian's accomplice, then in his opinion, it would be safer to bring Wu Song along.
"No problem! I don't mind being tired."
"Then you guys go ahead," Cao Dahua smiled. "I won't be going on any long-distance business trips."
"What's wrong? Are you afraid that Deputy Director Gong will scold you at home?" Ma Dazhi teased with a smile.
"Bullshit!" Cao Dahua scoffed. "I'm afraid of her scolding me? You don't even know my position in the family. If I don't scold her, she'll be secretly happy. My daughter is taking the college entrance exam next year, so I just want to spend more time with her. She wants to study in another city, so if I don't see her more now, I won't be able to see her at all later."
"Your daughter isn't taking the college entrance exam until next year?" Wu Song looked at Cao Dahua in shock, remembering that Cao Dahua had said he would introduce his daughter to him.
"Otherwise what?" Cao Dahua probably knew why Wu Song was so shocked, and immediately laughed "hehehe".