Detective: From the Police Academy

Chapter 119 The way home!

Li Chao shuttled between rows of shelves, holding a notebook and a ballpoint pen in his hand.

Whenever he sees that items on a row of shelves are not arranged neatly, he will immediately write down the name of the stocker responsible for that area on a piece of paper.

He is the manager of the supermarket.

It's considered a decent job in this county town.

He started working at the age of 20 and is already 30 years old this year.

I have been working in this industry for ten years and can be considered a senior employee.

The reason why I have been doing this job for so long is mainly because the supermarket is a chain brand and the head office is in the provincial capital. It is very large and there is a salary increase every year. Compared with other jobs in the county, it is already quite good.

You have to know that those friends who used to hang out with him were either working on construction sites or driving trucks. Not only were they tired, but they also didn't make much money.

He hasn't been around these people for a long time.

Sometimes, when he happened to meet his friends who were still in the gang on the street, he would just walk past them with his head down and try not to greet them.

People who knew him before said that he had changed.

When Li Chao was young, he was a well-known gangster in the county. He was involved in many fights and was a frequent visitor to the police station.

When did the change begin?

He couldn't tell exactly, maybe it started when they got married, or maybe it was when his son just learned to walk.

It doesn’t matter, life always requires a process of transformation.

He is quite satisfied with his current life.

My wife is virtuous and my son has good academic performance.

It is already ten o'clock in the evening and there are not many people in the supermarket. The supermarket closes at half past ten.

The security guards took flashlights and began to clear the area.

This is to prevent thieves from hiding in supermarkets, which often happens.

If anything is lost, the security captain will be punished.

This matter had nothing to do with Li Chao, so he was too lazy to get involved.

He put the notebook back into the office, and when he came out, the lights in the supermarket had been turned off.

He chatted with the security captain for a few words and then walked out of the back door of the supermarket alone.

The weather has turned cold, perhaps only a few degrees above zero.

He couldn't help but shudder, shrinking his neck and stuffing his hands into his coat pockets.

He thought that if it continued to be this cold, it might snow in the next few days.

Christmas is at the end of the month!
The supermarket ordered a batch of plastic Christmas trees today. I can buy one at the employee price and put it in the living room. I can then connect it with colorful lights. My wife and son will definitely be very happy.

Thinking about it, Li Chao felt that life was very happy.

This county town is not big, with a population of only about 100,000 people.

He has a motorcycle at home, but he doesn't drive it because it's too cold in the wind.

It’s only a ten-minute walk, and you can also exercise by walking.

If you walk directly along the main road, it is quite far and will take twenty minutes.

But if you go through the alley on the left and climb up a slightly desolate slope, you can save seven or eight minutes.

Li Chao always takes the main road, but his wife just called and said that she had prepared chicken soup and put it in an insulated box for him to drink when he gets home.

If I go back early, my wife might not have gone to bed yet.

There is moonlight tonight and there is a glimmer of light in the alley.

Li Chao walked straight into the alley without any hesitation.

On the left side are abandoned brick buildings, and going upwards, there are densely packed red brick buildings that are about to be demolished.

The people who lived here moved out a long time ago, saying that the developer was planning to build a real estate here.

Li Chao had saved some money and was thinking of buying a house here, which would be close to his workplace. Also, since it was a new house, his wife would definitely be very happy.

Li Chao is full of hope for his future life. Come to think of it, he was just a gangster in the past. If he had not repented in time, he might be like those good friends, still knitting socks in prison.

Life is really amazing.

While he was thinking this, he had already climbed up the slope.

Because there were no lights on this road, the buildings on the left were empty, dark, and looked very eerie.

He is quite courageous and is not afraid of these things.

But a wild cat jumping out from the left scared him, and he slipped and sat on the ground accidentally.

Li Chao cursed a few words and prepared to stand up.

But at this moment, he suddenly felt something was wrong!

Because he had fought often in the past, his instincts in fighting were always very accurate.

He turned back suddenly...

At that moment, I felt a sharp pain in my back.

He felt like he had been stabbed.

A man in a black hooded sweatshirt stood in the shadows.

A sharp knife illuminated by the cold moon slid past his eyes and went straight into his throat.

Blood gushed out and he heard a whistling sound from his throat.

At this time, the man took off the hood on his head.

In the moonlight, he saw her face clearly...

It turned out to be her!

She, who has disappeared for many years, is finally back!

He wanted to say something, but nothing came out. He was dying, and his life was slipping away at a very fast pace.

Li Chao fell to the ground. He stretched out a hand, trying to grab something, but all the strength in his body had been drained, and he only had his last breath left.

On the slope, on the sixth floor of a seven-story building, there is a balcony of a house with warm lights on.

That's his home...

When he died, he thought it would be nice to put the Christmas tree on the balcony so that he could see it every night when he came home.

But he never had this chance again.

……

Lu Jun has been very upset recently. As soon as he got out of the car, he wanted to slap himself to wake himself up.

At 5:30 in the morning, the county police received a report that someone had been killed.

He's so unlucky. He doesn't know what's going on recently, but murders have been happening one after another, and he's already collapsed.

If it weren't for his status, he really wanted to go to the temple to worship.

I heard that the temple east of the county town is very sacred. I might as well find some time to go there secretly to pay my respects and throw some money there as incense. No one will find out anyway.

Just look, yesterday’s case was still a mystery, and today another person was killed.

This matter alarmed the director.

As soon as he got off the car, he didn't give Lu Jun a good look.

"You haven't woken up yet, sighing!"

Lu Jun scratched the back of his head and said, "Director Hong, seriously, let's apply to the higher-ups. We can't do without a forensic doctor in our county! If the body could be dissected earlier in yesterday's case, we would definitely be able to find more clues!"

In a small county, if a murder occurs and the body needs to be dissected, if there is no full-time forensic doctor, the only thing to do is to wait in line and wait for the day when the forensic doctor is free, and then he will be sent temporarily.

Moreover, you have to provide them with good cigarettes and good alcohol.

Hong Jiang glanced at him and said, "Forensic doctor? Have you lost your ability to handle cases? I examined the body yesterday. Is this the work of the forensic doctor? You can't see such obvious wounds yourself? I'm telling you, things are tense recently. Hurry up and check it carefully!"

After Hong Jiang finished speaking, he walked straight into the alley.

Lu Jun hurried over and said, "I have sent people to investigate. Sun Xiangming is not a good guy. There are many people who are enemies with him. It will probably take some time."

Hong Jiang squinted at him and said, "I heard that you spread the word in the team that Sun Xiangming was killed by a wild beast?"

Lu Jun's eyes widened immediately: "Director Hong, who spread this? I never said this! I swear to God!"

"Then let me ask you, where did this rumor come from?"

"Uh……"

"I'm telling you, what clothes we wear and who we should swear to, you have to figure it out for me!"

Lu Jun was anxious: "Please listen to my explanation..."

He took out a notebook from his pocket and handed it to Hong Jiang.

"Director Hong, I didn't just spread this rumor. Look, it's written in this notebook. This is the witness's confession."

Hong Jiang took the notebook, looked at it carefully for a while, and then sneered.

"Witnesses? A three-year-old girl and an eighty-year-old man. You believe what they say? The murderer is a beast, right? A beast can stab the victim five times with a knife?! You kid should take time to go to class and stop embarrassing yourself."

Lu Jun was speechless. He shrugged his shoulders and hurried upstairs.

A cordon had been set up below the slope, and the two men lowered their heads and went inside.

On the left are abandoned red brick buildings, overgrown with weeds, creating a vaguely eerie atmosphere.

As soon as the two went up, they saw dozens of wild cats coming out from the grass, their eyes emitting green light.

Lu Jun saw that the fur of several wild cats was tangled together, with dried brown blood on the yellow fur.

He couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, and thought of the word "beast" again.

Several policemen were holding branches and driving away the wild cats.

The police station chief who was maintaining order saw the director coming and hurried over: "Director Hong, you are here."

"What's the situation at the scene?"

"The person who called the police was a nearby resident. She was buying groceries in the morning when she suddenly saw a group of wild cats meowing on the slope. She walked over and saw more than a dozen wild cats licking the blood of the deceased. She was almost scared to death!"

"The deceased's name?"

"His name is Li Chao. He's 30 years old. He's the manager of the supermarket downstairs. His family lives upstairs. I guess he was passing by here after get off work that night and was attacked by someone."

Following the direction of his finger, Lu Jun and Hong Jiang looked upwards together.

On the sixth-floor balcony of a seven-story building, a woman was standing there, covering her mouth with her hands, looking over here.

There was a female police officer next to her, who seemed to be saying something.

The director explained: "That should be Li Chao's wife. He has a son at home."

Lu Jun nodded, he seemed to hear the woman crying.

Because the soil nearby was soft, they didn't dare walk too close for fear of leaving footprints.

At this time, the doctor came over and said, "Director Hong, the deceased was stabbed twice, one in the back, and his neck was pierced by a sharp weapon. He bled a lot, and he didn't last long. He died on the spot."

After all, doctors in the county are not forensic doctors. But the cause of death is easy to determine.

Lu Jun quickly asked, "Was he stabbed to death again?"

The doctor nodded: "I lifted up the deceased's clothes and saw that the blade is two centimeters wide. I think it was the same murder weapon used in yesterday's case."

Lu Jun swallowed his saliva and said, "Serial murder case?"

He looked at Hong Jiang, whose face was livid. There had been peace for a year, but he didn't expect that the peace of the county would be broken in just two days.

Hong Jiang stared at Lu Jun: "This case must be reported. We don't have the ability to handle it ourselves."

Hearing this, Lu Jun breathed a sigh of relief.

Just at this moment, the cell phone in his pocket suddenly rang.

(End of this chapter)