Siheyuan: I am Banggeng's uncle

Chapter 979 Case Analysis!

Twenty minutes later, Li Xianjin arrived at Jia Dongming's office with a stack of case files. Upon seeing Jia Dongming sitting at his desk, Li Xianjin respectfully greeted him, "Report! Chief Captain! I've arrived."

Jia Dongming, who was engrossed in reading case files, heard the report coming from the office door. He instinctively looked up and saw Li Xianjin walking into the office. He immediately greeted Li Xianjin, "Captain Li! You're here. Please have a seat."

Upon hearing Jia Dongming's greeting, Li Xianjin quickly walked to Jia Dongming's desk, placed the case file in his hand on Jia Dongming's desk, and respectfully reported, "Chief! This is the case file you requested."

When Jia Dongming saw the case file that Li Xianjin had placed in front of him, he smiled and greeted Li Xianjin, "Captain Li! Let me take a look at the case file first. There's some tea I just bought over there. You can brew some and have a drink. We can talk about it after I've finished looking at the case file."

Upon hearing Jia Dongming's instructions, Li Xianjin didn't stand on ceremony with Jia Dongming and went straight to the coffee table to brew tea.

"Chief! We just received feedback from the various branch offices. In the past month, the Dongcheng branch office has had two cases of missing persons, the Xicheng branch office has had one, the HD branch office ...

Upon hearing Zhang Bin's report, Jia Dongming learned that over a dozen cases of missing Boss Bans had occurred in various parts of Beijing in the past month. He immediately realized the seriousness of the situation and solemnly instructed Zhang Bin, "Zhang Bin! Immediately notify these branch offices and have them send the case files of the missing Boss Bans to the headquarters as quickly as possible."

Upon hearing Jia Dongming's instructions, Zhang Bin immediately reported respectfully, "Chief! I have notified all the branch offices to send the case files to the headquarters."

Li Xianjin, who was sitting to the side drinking tea, never expected that, apart from their FT district, several other branches had also experienced similar cases of missing "boss men." This undoubtedly shocked him greatly. With a solemn expression, he asked Jia Dongming, "Chief! These 'boss men' are just ordinary people who make a living by doing manual labor. Why would those kidnappers abduct these 'boss men'?"

This question intrigued not only Li Xianjin but also Jia Dongming. In response to Li Xianjin's inquiry, Jia Dongming solemnly instructed Zhang Bin, "Zhang Bin! Go to the Major Crimes Unit and have Comrade Xue Wu come to my office immediately."

"Yes, Chief! I'll go to the Major Crimes Unit right away and call Captain Xue over to you." Zhang Bin responded respectfully to Jia Dongming's order before turning and walking out of Jia Dongming's office.

As Zhang Bin walked out of his office, Jia Dongming said to him with a solemn expression, "Chief! I originally thought that only our FT district had the case of Boss Ban's disappearance, but I didn't expect that similar cases would also occur in the jurisdictions of other branches of our city."

Jia Dongming had just reviewed part of the case files. From them, he learned that all the missing shopkeepers had been lured away under the pretense of being hired to move. Hearing Li Xianjin's words and recalling the contents of the files, Jia Dongming pondered for a moment before saying gravely to Li Xianjin, "Captain Li! According to the case files you just submitted, there have been five cases of shopkeepers disappearing in your FT district. Four of them involved being lured away under the pretext of moving." "Regardless of the kidnappers' motives for abducting so many shopkeepers, their so-called moving always requires finding a place to hide. Therefore, I think you can start by investigating this aspect."

Upon hearing Jia Dongming's suggestion, Li Xianjin immediately reported to Jia Dongming: "Chief! Before I came to the Municipal Bureau, I had already arranged for people to visit and investigate the places where the 'boss' (a euphemism for a street vendor) solicits fares in our jurisdiction. As for the house you mentioned, we have also arranged for people to investigate it."

Upon learning that Li Xianjin had already arranged for people to conduct interviews and investigations, Jia Dongming shifted his focus back to the kidnappers' motives. With a grave expression, he said, "Captain Li! So far, we only know that there have been a total of thirteen cases of missing business owners in the city recently. But how many kidnappers are involved? And what are their motives for kidnapping these business owners? We have absolutely no idea. The most urgent task is to find out the kidnappers' motives. Only in this way can we find these kidnappers and rescue all the missing business owners."

Upon hearing Jia Dongming's words and considering the kidnappers' motives, Li Xianjin's face immediately turned grave. He replied in a very serious tone, "Captain! The kidnappers' motives are something I've been pondering since yesterday, and I still can't figure it out. After all, these landlords are people living at the very bottom of society, with neither money nor power. I really can't understand why the kidnappers would abduct so many landlords."

After hearing Li Xianjin's words, Jia Dongming pondered for a moment before asking Li Xianjin, "Captain Li! You just said that these 'boss men' are people living at the very bottom of society. They have neither money nor power. Why would kidnappers abduct them? That means there must be something about these 'boss men' that the kidnappers value. So, we can try to put ourselves in the kidnappers' shoes and see what these 'boss men' have that they have the most of?"

Upon hearing Jia Dongming's question, Li Xianjin quickly fell into deep thought. After a long while, Li Xianjin finally answered, "Captain! Besides their strength, I really can't think of anything else these men have that would attract the attention of that kidnapper."

Jia Dongming, who was also deep in thought, suddenly had a moment of clarity upon hearing Li Xianjin's answer. He quickly said to Li Xianjin, "Captain Li! You're right. These 'bossmen' are all about strength. If I'm not mistaken, the kidnappers are after their strength."

Upon hearing Jia Dongming's reminder, Li Xianjin was visibly taken aback and asked Jia Dongming with a puzzled look, "Captain! You mean that the kidnappers have some heavy physical labor that they need these porters to do, so they tricked so many porters out of Beijing under the guise of hiring them?"

Upon hearing Li Xianjin's question, Jia Dongming nodded firmly and replied with a serious expression, "Captain Li! Just as you said, these brothel owners have nothing else besides their strength that would make kidnappers value them, let alone risk being caught to swindle so many brothel owners out of Beijing."

"Chief! I'm here. What can I do for you?" Just as Jia Dongming finished speaking, Xue Wu from the Major Crimes Unit walked into Jia Dongming's office and asked him respectfully.

Upon hearing Xue Wu's question, Jia Dongming, remembering why he had called him over, pointed to the files on his desk and said to Xue Wu, "Xue Wu! Take a look at these files first!"

(End of this chapter)