Detective: From the Police Academy

Chapter 351 His Ambition
"Team Leader, wait a minute, I think I found something!"

When Luo Rui was about to go out, Lin Chen hurriedly called out to him. Her eyes were fixed on the computer screen and she didn't turn around.

Hearing her voice, Luo Rui reacted and Chen Hao behind him immediately ran behind Lin Chen.

"What did you find?"

Lin Chen pointed at the frozen video screen and said, "Look at this person, standing under the roadside tree. He appeared at the school gate on June 15th and 16th, two consecutive days, and in the same position."

Chen Hao asked anxiously: "Are you sure?"

Before Lin Chen could answer, a technical police officer next to him spoke up, "Is this a coincidence? Parents who pick up their children from school usually stand in a fixed position. I saw no less than a dozen parents doing the same thing throughout the night."

Lin Chen retorted: "I don't think there is any mistake. This person didn't pick up the child twice, and look at the direction he was looking at..."

As she spoke, she pressed the space bar on her keyboard and the video continued playing.

The time in the upper left corner of the picture is 6:35 p.m. on June 16, which is exactly the time for school to be over.

The students of No. 2 Middle School in the city are divided into day students and boarding students. Boarding students have to attend evening self-study classes after school, while day students can choose to study at home or at school.

Chen Ma has been studying at home. As the day students walked out of the school gate, the middle-aged man in camouflage clothes under the roadside tree kept his eyes on the school gate.

His expression was completely different from that of other parents. This was the No. 2 Middle School in the city. Although it was divided into junior high and high school departments, the students were all quite old. Most parents either drove or rode electric bikes to pick them up. Even if they walked, it would not be like the crowds at the kindergarten gate, where all the parents were eagerly waiting.

This man alone stood on tiptoe, seemed very anxious, and his eyes were always scanning the school gate.

"Look here."

Lin Chen pointed to the left side of the screen. Chen Ma, who was wearing a school uniform, came out of the school gate. The man's eyes immediately locked on him.

When Chen Ma walked out of the school's surveillance camera, Lin Chen quickly switched to the road surveillance camera, which was the surveillance camera where Chen Shuhui was kidnapped.

The screen showed that as Chen Ma crossed the zebra crossing and walked towards the bus stop on the opposite side, the man immediately followed.

It was already 6:45, and a group of passengers waiting for the bus gathered at the bus stop.

Nearing seven o'clock in the evening, bus No. 11 slowly approached.

Chen Ma swiped his card and got on the bus, and the man in military uniform followed closely behind.

After the video was played, Lin Chen immediately asked, "Isn't it suspicious?"

Before anyone could reply, she continued, "And on the night of June 15th, this person was standing in the same position and also got on the bus with Chen Ma!"

Lin Chen quickly called up the surveillance footage of that day. Although there was a difference in the specific time, the man on the screen was still the same man from the next day. He hadn't even changed his clothes and shoes. He was a little over 1.6 meters tall and a bit fat. He was wearing camouflage clothes and silver suit pants. There was a thick layer of mud on his black leather shoes, making him look like a migrant worker.

"It's him! It must be him!"

Chen Hao swallowed his saliva, put his hands on his hips, and then felt that his emotions could not be released, so he punched the air vigorously again: "Hurry up and identify this person's face, put it into the police system, and find out his identity."

Out of caution, Luo Rui said to a policeman beside him: "Print out the facial photo and let the homeless man living in the bridge hole identify it first."

"No need, it must be him!" Chen Hao retorted.

Luo Rui sighed: "I know, but just in case."

Chen Hao asked: "What should we do now?"

"We still have to go to the scene." Luo Rui replied.

……

June 18th, 8:00 AM.

In front of the No. 2 Middle School.

As soon as Luo Rui got off the car, all the members of the criminal team had been called over, including them and Chen Ma.

This is the rush hour for going to school and commuting, and there are people and cars everywhere, making the environment very noisy.

Without waiting for Luo Rui to ask, Cai Xiaojing said, "This child didn't sleep all night and couldn't sit still. He insisted on coming with me."

Chen Hao stared at his son coldly with an ugly expression on his face, and he wanted to slap him.

Chen Ma didn't dare to look his father in the eye, but he finally raised his head: "Dad, I'm sorry to my mother. I was wrong. I'm a bastard. Don't worry, I will listen to you in the future."

Chen Hao gritted his teeth and said, "In the future? Will there be another chance in the future? I tell you, if something happens to your mother and she doesn't come back, the relationship between us father and son will be severed! Don't call me dad in the future!"

"I..." Chen Ma was too scared to reply.

"Your mother made mistakes in the past. She killed people, but have you ever thought about what forced her to kill? Let me ask you, what kind of life did she lead? Your grandfather was addicted to gambling, which ruined his family. In the end, he had nowhere to go. He used your mother to pay off his debts. Your mother and your grandmother were forced to repay the loan sharks. They hid from place to place, and were finally found by the loan sharks.

They wanted to use your mother to pay off the debt, and they also beat your mother and your grandmother. If your mother didn't resist, your mother and your grandmother would be the ones who died. Would you still be alive now?

How did your grandma get sick? She got sick from protecting your mom!
Your mother was in prison for ten years. When she came out, she was a half-dead person. Your grandmother got such a serious illness. Let me tell you, if your mother hadn't been pregnant with you, she would have wanted to die a long time ago. She wanted to commit suicide many times. She watched you grow up day by day. It was you who gave her hope. Do you understand? !
You are so old, and you despise her. You think she is a murderer! It makes you lose face. Damn it, is it your turn to despise her? Who are you? You are her son, you are her beloved. You really disappoint me. "

Chen Hao became more and more excited as he spoke, and was about to fight. Luo Rui quickly grabbed him and said, "How can there be such a big hatred between father and son?"

"Chen Ma, you have to remember what your father said. In another year, you will take the college entrance examination and become an adult.

As someone who has been through this, I tell you that face is actually not important. Speaking of face, your father has more face than you. How many of the leaders in Guangxing City are willing to give him face?
He is the captain of the Municipal Bureau. Even so, he still loves your mother. Do you understand?"

"I understand." Chen Ma wiped the tears from his face.

Seeing that Chen Hao still had a cold face, Luo Rui comforted him again: "Captain Chen, don't be angry. I told you not to get involved, but you just didn't listen. What is the situation now? It's the investigation stage. I still have to spend time comforting you and your son.

Chen Ma didn't do much wrong. Think about it, if he changes his mindset, he can run rampant in Guangxing City and get whatever he wants. You wouldn't even be able to clean up his mess, right?
But he didn't do that. Think about those families where the parents are just officials, and those children are the best in school. Chen Ma is much better than them.

If you ask me, Chen Ma still has a strong sense of justice in his heart, which is very similar to you."

"Like a fart!"

Chen Hao broke free from Luo Rui's hand and pointed at Chen Ma's face: "I still say what I said just now. If anything happens to your mother, get out of the house immediately. I never want to see you again."

Chen Ma gritted his teeth and nodded vigorously.

Luo Rui sighed helplessly. If Chen Shuhui could not be rescued, based on his understanding of Chen Hao, the other party might really do such a thing.

The most important thing right now is not to comfort these two people. Luo Rui looked at Chu Yang and asked, "How is the investigation of Fengyuan Community going?"

"We have found something." Chu Yang replied immediately: "The criminal police from our Haijiang Branch are now searching there. They have been investigating since last night. Captain Du reported that two of them had asked in the community where Captain Chen lived.

It was five days ago, on the morning and evening of June 12. They first took Team Chen's photo and asked the owners of the small shops and breakfast shops outside the community. Then, that evening, they entered Fengyuan Community and asked the residents inside about Team Chen's house number.

"With Captain Chen's photo?"

"Yes."

Luo Rui frowned: "Is it a photo of Captain Chen in police uniform or in plain clothes?"

There is a huge difference here. First of all, where did the photos come from?
If they found it on the Internet, then Chen Hao must have been wearing a uniform. It is also possible that the criminals went to the Municipal Bureau specifically to get him. His photo and position information were posted on the wall on the first floor of the Municipal Bureau, but Luo Rui guessed that these people could not be so brave.

If this is a photo of Chen Hao in plain clothes, then has Chen Hao also been followed in the past few days? If so, how did these people know that he was the captain of the Municipal Bureau, or how did they know that it was Chen Hao who arrested He Tianxiang?
Or maybe, when Chen Hao was arresting He Tianxiang, this gang of criminals was at the scene and took a photo of Chen Hao's face with their mobile phones?

Chu Yang frowned. He had no answer to this question. "Team Leader, I will confirm with Captain Du right away."

"Wait a minute. Call Lin Chen and send the photo of the suspect we just found to Captain Du. Ask him to check and see if there is this person."

"understand!"

"Hurry up." Luo Rui urged and looked at Tian Guanghan again, but his figure was gone, and Yang Bo was not here either.

Cai Xiaojing raised her hand and pointed: "They are on the opposite side."

Luo Rui looked closely and found two people standing in the middle of the road. With the cooperation of the uniformed police officers, they stopped a car.

Luo Rui glanced at the license plate number and hurried over. He heard Tian Guanghan knock on the car door: "We are the police, please pull over immediately."

The driver rolled down the window and said with a trembling voice: "...No, I didn't run a red light, why should I pull over?"

"I told you to pull over, are you deaf?"

The driver mustered up his courage and shouted, "Police are awesome, I haven't broken any law. I'm telling you, your salaries are paid by my taxes, don't be so arrogant to me."

Tian Guanghan got furious when he heard this. He thought, "Do you think this is a foreign country? Policemen in foreign countries do only what they are paid for. I can't even have a hot meal every day, and you tell me this." He was about to lose his temper when he saw Luo Rui half-slip into the car.

Luo Rui pushed the car door open, then knocked on it with his backhand.

The car owner was shocked: "What are you police doing in broad daylight?!"

Luo Rui opened the car door and let him out immediately.

It was rush hour, the road was full of cars, and there were many students on the zebra crossing, attracting everyone's attention.

"Someone come, the police are beating people, help me call the police!" After the car owner was dragged down, he started shouting.

Luo Rui had a cold face and didn't give him any face. He turned his body hard so that he was pressed against the car body, then took out handcuffs and handcuffed him.

Seeing more and more people gathering around, Tian Guanghan shouted at the top of his voice: "Police, this is a suspect we are tracking down. Everyone stop looking. Go to school if you need to, and go to work if you need to." Luo Rui grabbed the middle chain of the handcuffs with one hand, dragged the car owner backwards to the side of the road, and said to Yang Bo: "Drive the car to the side, don't block the middle of the road."

Yang Bo immediately got into the car.

"What do you want to do to me? What suspect? I haven't broken any law?" Seeing that the police were serious about their actions, the car owner was not as arrogant as before, and there was a hint of pleading for mercy in his tone.

Luo Rui stared at him coldly: "Whatever I ask, you answer."

"I...if you ask, I will tell you what I know."

"Well, around 9:15 yesterday morning, right at that location..." Luo Rui pointed to the zebra crossing not far ahead: "A woman was kidnapped by a group of gangsters. Did you know?"

"I……"

The car owner's forehead was covered with cold sweat and he was stammering. Seeing this, Chen Hao next to him wanted to step forward. Luo Rui quickly pointed at Tian Guanghan, and the latter and Cai Xiaojing quickly stopped him.

"Speak back!" Luo Rui shouted, the veins on his forehead popping out.

The car owner was so scared that he shuddered: "Don't yell so loudly, I saw a woman being tied up in a van."

"How many people are there in total?"

"Three. I didn't see it clearly. I remember there were three people."

"Speak more carefully!"

"Let me think about it. One person was driving the car, and two people got out of the car and tied up the woman..." After recalling, the car owner nodded vigorously: "There were three people, yes. I remember the driver. He even threatened me with a knife."

"What do these three people look like?"

"How can I see clearly? They are all wearing masks and look ferocious."

"How tall is he?"

The car owner shook his head: "I was scared at the time. I don't remember how tall they were."

"What are you wearing?"

"Let me think about it. Of the two gangsters who got out of the car and kidnapped people, one was wearing camouflage uniforms and the other was wearing a black hoodie. I can't remember the driver, but all three were young."

Luo Rui turned to look at Chu Yang: "Did you get the photo?"

"Lin Chen sent it."

"Show it to him."

Chu Yang pulled out the photo he had just received from his phone and handed it to the car owner.

Luo Rui asked: "Do you think this person is involved in the kidnapping?"

The car owner didn't dare to neglect it and immediately stared at the photo. In less than a moment, he nodded hurriedly: "Yes, there is this person, it's him, he looks like a migrant worker."

"Can you recall anything?"

The car owner complained: "I really don't know anything else."

"Do you really not know or are you pretending not to know? I warn you, if you hide it, you are an accomplice of this group of people."

“No, how could I be an accomplice? I didn’t kidnap anyone…” The car owner was sweating on his forehead.

Luo Rui sneered: "The kidnapping happened right under your nose, and no one would blame you if you didn't step forward. You didn't even dare to call the police. Are you a man?"

Upon hearing this, the surrounding detectives were filled with hatred, especially Chen Hao, who almost wanted to run over roaring.

"I'm telling you, even if you had a little conscience and called the police in time, this group of people would have nowhere to hide and would have been immediately targeted by our police. Because of people like you who watched them die without helping, we have to spend a lot of police resources investigating day and night! If you are not an accomplice, what are you? Tell me!!"

Luo Rui almost shouted the following words.

"I..." The car owner was sweating profusely and spoke incoherently, "I was afraid of causing trouble, I was afraid too. I have never called the police in my life. Don't stare at me. I am afraid. Let me think about it. Yes, yes, the van driven by this group of people was very dirty, and the tires were full of mud. Yes, the tires were all covered with yellow mud. I only remember this, and I really don't know anything else."

"Yellow mud? Are you sure?"

"It's yellow mud. This van must have come from the countryside into the city. Every time I drive back to the village, I have to wash the car when I get back."

Luo Rui stood up. Without him saying anything, Chu Yang immediately retrieved the surveillance video of the kidnapping scene, zoomed it in on his laptop, and showed it to Luo Rui: "Team Leader, he is right. There is indeed yellow mud on the tires."

At this time, everyone gathered around, and Cai Xiaojing asked, "Did you really tell him that this van came from the countryside?"

"Not necessarily." Luo Rui shook his head: "But one thing is certain, this car is not parked in a busy area. There is so much yellow mud on the tires. First of all, the road must be bad. Secondly, it rained a few days ago, and the parking place is muddy. And it also meets the characteristics of yellow mud."

"Well, Chu Yang, quickly send this video to the Physical Evidence Identification Center and ask them to analyze it. Oh, and send a copy to Director Zhao Ming. How could I have forgotten about him?"

"Okay." Chu Yang agreed.

Then, Luo Rui asked again: "Have you found the driving track of the van now?"

Chu Yang was also in charge of this area. Seeing that he was busy, Su Mingyuan quickly replied, "It's a fake license plate car. We are still checking the owner's information. We speculate that it is not the kidnapper's own car. It should be stolen. As for the direction the van fled, it went to the north of the city."

"Then what are we waiting for? Organize all police forces to go to the north of the city and find a place that meets the characteristics of yellow mud."

"Most of the north of the city is wasteland. How can we find this?"

"Search inch by inch!" As he said this, Luo Rui crossed the zebra crossing and opened the car door.

Chen Hao also wanted to open the car door, but was blocked by Luo Rui's hand: "Don't go."

Chen Hao stared at him intently: "No, I have to go!"

Luo Rui had never seen Chen Hao staring at him like this before. His eyes were filled with anxiety, hesitation and deep self-blame.

"Captain Chen, I promise you that I will bring your sister-in-law back to you safely. Believe me, what you need to do now is to keep a close eye on Chen Ma. That boy is your only son. If anything happens to him, it will be the end of you."

"I don't care..." Chen Hao snorted, but when he looked in the direction of Luo Rui's finger, he immediately stopped talking.

Chen Ma sat on the curb in a trance, his expression numb, staring at the traffic on the road.

Chen Hao's heart skipped a beat and a chill ran through his heart.

Luo Rui patted his shoulder and said, "Go ahead and take good care of Chen Ma. Don't just focus on one and forget the other."

After saying that, Luo Rui led his men into the car, and three police cars quickly drove towards the north of the city.

Chen Hao sighed, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, took out a cigarette and lit it. He took a deep breath, then walked to his son and sat next to him on the curb.

At this time, the school bell rang, indicating that it was time for class, and there were fewer pedestrians on the road.

Chen Hao glanced at his son out of the corner of his eye and saw that his expression was neither sad nor happy, and he looked in a trance. Chen Hao sighed, took out the cigarette box again, took out a cigarette, and handed it to his son.

Chen Ma stared at the cigarette in front of him with dull eyes, without any movement.

Chen Hao stared at the school gate and said, "Take it and smoke it. You smoked secretly in private, do you think you can hide it?!"

Chen Ma pursed his lips: "I..."

Chen Hao retracted his hand, picked up the cigarette butt he was smoking, lit it, and handed it to Chen Ma again: "Here."

Chen Ma swallowed his saliva, took the cigarette, but didn't bring it to his lips.

"Son, I haven't taken care of you for all these years. Your mother always went to every parent-teacher conference. When I was working on a case, you couldn't see me more than a few times a week. I admit that I am not a good father.

But I never knew you had such a big prejudice against Mom. Why do you think she brought shame upon you?"

Seeing that Chen Ma wanted to speak, Chen Hao said again: "You are grown up now, answer me like a man, don't hide anything."

Chen Ma did not say anything, but just watched the cigarette butt burning quietly. Wisps of green smoke floated in front of his eyes, blurring his vision.

"Son, your mother has never had a good life. She has a miserable life. She only has you. Only you can make her happy. If you think she is a murderer and that she is not worthy of being your mother, you are hurting her heart. How can she live a good life?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Ma's tears started to flow again. Chen Hao hated to see this the most: "Don't cry, I've already told you, you're a man now, why are you crying? Your mother never cried no matter how difficult it was."

Chen Ma immediately stopped crying and turned to look at his father: "Dad, you married my mom, do you regret it? If it weren't for my mom, would you have been the director?"

Chen Hao was choked by these words. He turned and stared at his son: "I tell you, I have never regretted it. When I married your mother, I thought about it. Even if I didn't become a police officer, I was willing to start a family with her. Even now, if I take off this police uniform, I will not regret it."

"Son, tell me, what are you thinking? You weren't like this before. Since you entered high school, your temper has changed. You are not as close to your mother as before. I know you are a good boy. There must be something wrong in your heart. You can't hide it from me."

"Dad..." Chen Ma looked at the police who were still on duty on the street and said, "Dad, I will be a senior in the second half of the year."

Seeing that he was about to speak, Chen Hao turned sideways and faced his son very formally: "I know this."

"My ambition is to be a policeman. I want to be like you in the future and catch all those unscrupulous criminals, Dad, but I am not qualified."

Hearing his son's words, Chen Hao's heart tightened, and then his heart started pounding. He didn't even notice that the cigarette butt burned his fingers.

(End of this chapter)