Back to the 70s: My Wife is Both Fierce and Crazy

Chapter 173 Uncovering a Cold Case
Seeing the two of them like this, Bai Jing smiled. After all, nobody likes working with someone whose values ​​don't align with their own.

“Alright, let’s get started now. I’ll go find Director Shao to get an office for us.” With the person chosen, Bai Jing also went to get the office location.

After all, things related to the case need to be kept confidential, and not just anyone has the right to view them.

Director Shao was on the phone with his superior when he heard a knock on the door. He couldn't respond for a moment, and only after the call ended did he come to the door to open it himself.

Seeing the person standing outside, Director Shao was a little surprised. "Why did you come here? Is something wrong?" He heard that this girl was having a conflict with Huayu.

He had no idea why this girl had come to see him today. What he feared most was that she would ask him to deal with that brat Hua Yu.

That guy is really dishonest; he lied for a whole month. He's utterly heartless.

"Director Shao," Bai Jing greeted respectfully, then explained her purpose.

“I’m here to apply for an office.” As she spoke, she took out her file. “I’ve taken over some old cases and want to see if I can find anything out.”

Upon hearing this, Director Shao chuckled, "That's great! The room next to mine is empty, so you can have it. Go find your Aunt Zhou later and ask her to help you with the arrangements. If you need anything, just ask your Aunt Zhou."

Shao Guodong was very generous and gave it to her directly. Not only that, he also arranged for the logistics staff to cooperate, a treatment that no one else in the bureau received.

Only Bai Jing has that kind of influence.

"Yes, thank you, Director Shao." Bai Jing happily took the note from Director Shao and left.

Her departure felt somewhat unreal to Director Shao, since he expected Bai Jing to complain to him about what Lin Huayu had done.

But she didn't.

Bai Jing had no idea what Director Shao was thinking. She was naturally angry, but she had already finished her work, so what was the point of causing him trouble now? She would just wait for an opportunity to get revenge later.

I just haven't found the opportunity yet.

News of Bai Jing's reinvestigation of the old case spread quickly.

When their teammates learned that Xiao Jianwen and Li Siyuan had gotten there first, they all hated them, saying that Bai Jing was biased and hadn't expected them to do such a good thing.

As a result, Bai Jing, Xiao Jianwen, and Li Siyuan treated each of their team members to a chicken leg before the matter was finally settled.

What's infuriating is that some people on Captain He's side also wanted to get involved, and they even went directly to Director Wang.

This made Bai Jing somewhat unhappy.

However, Captain He also stated that if anyone disobeyed orders, they would be forced to return to their unit, and there would be no possibility of future cooperation.

Since they were all from the same bureau, Bai Jing naturally couldn't refuse. Besides, Director Wang had already spoken, so what could she say?
Can only accept.

And so, Bai Jing began to lead her four team members to re-investigate old cases, the first of which was a missing person case.

The missing persons are a mother and daughter.

No one in the village knew where they went, and no one had ever seen them leave their homes.

Such a case shouldn't have become an old case, but the town's police investigated again and again, yet they still couldn't find out where the mother and daughter had gone. Not only that, they naturally suspected they might have been murdered, and the prime suspects were their cohabiting family members, her husband and her father.

Unfortunately, he had an alibi. On the day of the incident, he was drunk and asleep at his uncle's house and didn't return until the next day. When he got home, he couldn't find anyone there.

In this day and age, it's impossible to find detailed clues; all we have are eyewitness accounts and physical evidence, and even those are incomplete.

After searching for a long time, they still couldn't find where the two went. Later, their families stopped looking for them. It's been seven or eight years now, and the man has remarried and had children. If Bai Jing wants to investigate, she's afraid the first step will be very difficult.

After all, they've moved on with their lives and naturally don't want to be bothered by what happened before.

"Xiao Jing, we probably need to talk to the village head about this." Xiao Jianwen said after reviewing all the files.

Bai Jing was puzzled. "Why?" In her mind, everyone should cooperate with the police when they are investigating a case. Why would the captain need to approve a case to be investigated in a village?
It was also due to her fixed mindset that Bai Jing took the peace of later generations for granted and couldn't adjust to the situation immediately. In those days, the honor of a village was very important, and no one wanted their village to lose face.

After the case went unsolved, the missing person's relatives never searched for them again. That's why it wasn't taken seriously. If someone were to keep an eye on it every day, even the most capable case would have one or two people left to keep an eye on it.

"Sigh, I know a bit about this. I was already working in the bureau back then." Although he wasn't the one who went to the team, he had heard about it from his colleagues.

"Then, Brother Xiao, tell us." Bai Jing and Li Siyuan both looked at him seriously. It would be great to have someone who knew the inside story.

“Alright, then I’ll tell you what I know.” Xiao Jianwen didn’t waste any time and immediately organized the information he knew and told him everything.

Just as he was explaining, someone from Captain He's side spoke up, "I know about this. Old Zhou was the one who investigated this case back then, but he has been transferred."

"You knew about this too?" Bai Jingzhen was surprised. "Brother Yu, were you in the bureau back then?"

This guy, Brother Yu, was someone Captain He put in there. His name is Yu Yang, and he's only twenty-eight years old. He shouldn't know about cases from seven or eight years ago.

“Yes, I had just started working then. I was recommended by the commune below and worked with Lao Zhou for a few months.” Yu Yang nodded in response, recalling the past. “Back then, Lao Zhou went to the countryside a lot because of this matter. Logically speaking, this matter should not be our responsibility to manage; it should be managed by the commune below.”

"I heard from Lao Zhou that the family of the missing mother and daughter came to the town to report the case, which is why the case was assigned to our bureau."

As Yu Yang revealed some information, everyone learned that the person who reported the case was the eldest brother of the missing mother and daughter, who was also the little girl's uncle.

He reported to the police that his sister and niece had been sexually assaulted by his brother-in-law.

It was during a time of famine, but there were still no cases of cannibalism in their area. Everyone assumed that he and his brother-in-law had a bad relationship and he was just saying that on purpose.

At first, I didn't take it seriously, but he made a scene at the bureau, and the leader at the time directly assigned a few people to go down and investigate.

They initially thought it was a false accusation, but to their surprise, the mother and daughter from that family really had disappeared.

Later, a formal case was opened, and the investigation into the disappearance of the mother and daughter began. However, no matter how hard they investigated, they could not find out that the mother and daughter were murdered by their own husband and father. They could not find the victims, the murderers, or any indirect evidence, so the matter was gradually put aside.

After listening to the two people in the know, Bai Jing felt uneasy.

She couldn't see the people, so she couldn't ask Xiao Jin to investigate the mother and daughter. It seemed she had to go herself; only then could she find out if the matter was related to that husband.

“Since we’re stuck, let’s start from the beginning, sort things out, and go find the person who filed the report first.” After sorting things out, Bai Jing wrote a line in her notebook and then spoke to everyone.