Rebirth 2014: I, the King of Criminal Investigation

Chapter 560 The way the money was given was a bit unusual.

"I'm a policeman."

Yu Dazhang continued to use the same rhetoric:
Do you know Yao Jing?

"I know her," the woman opposite replied.
"We were college classmates and have always had a good relationship; you could say we're best friends."

Upon hearing that Yu Dazhang was a policeman, the woman's tone became somewhat uneasy, as if she wanted to ask why he had called her, but ultimately held back.

Yu Dazhang then asked her if Yao Jing had borrowed money from her.

As it turned out, the woman's answer was the same as what Yao Jing's cousin had said.

Yao Jing only asked her to exchange cash.

The woman runs a bookstore and has some cash flow, but it's relatively small; she only has 60,000 yuan in cash available.

She handed the money to Cheng Wenhao at the entrance of another bank.

He withdrew a total of 260,000 yuan in two separate transactions... Yu Dazhang calculated in his mind.

And all the transactions took place at the bank entrance.

This indicates that Cheng Wenhao spent that morning going to various bank ATMs to withdraw cash.

I'm still short 40,000 yuan, but the credit limits on both cards will be enough.

Based on the information currently available, Cheng Wenhao has already raised the money.

He had just finished talking to that woman when the captain of the Criminal Investigation Department called him.

“Two banks’ ATMs captured Cheng Wenhao’s image. Between 5:30 and 6:00 a.m., he withdrew money twice, totaling 40,000 yuan.”

Exactly three hundred thousand… Yu Dazhang mentally added it up.

The total amount should be more than that.

Yao Jing's family wouldn't be completely without cash. Families like theirs usually keep tens of thousands of yuan in cash for emergencies.

"The bank card information has also been found."

The captain added:

"Cheng Wenhao used the two cards of the deceased couple to withdraw money twice."

Yu Dazhang wasn't surprised by this, because he was very familiar with how ATMs worked.

Bank ATMs use an independent withdrawal limit system, which means that no matter whether a user changes their bank card or changes banks, they cannot exceed the preset withdrawal limit.

Unless you change your identity.

In other words, even if Yao Jing and her husband had many bank cards, they could only withdraw a maximum of 40,000 yuan in cash from an ATM.

"Has Cheng Wenhao's whereabouts been confirmed?" Yu Dazhang asked.

Now that Cheng Wenhao's location has been pinpointed at the bank, we can use the city's surveillance system to track his movements.

"He's gone into the mountains again."

The captain's voice sounded somewhat helpless:

"At 6:20, he bought food at a breakfast stall and then took a taxi to Xishan Town."

"The taxi finally stopped at the edge of a mountain village. Cheng Wenhao then walked into the village and disappeared from sight."

He paused, then added:
"I have already dispatched police officers to that mountain village to further track down Cheng Wenhao's whereabouts."

"Back in the mountains again?" Yu Dazhang was dumbfounded.

He already has the money, why would he go into the mountains?
Logically speaking, now that Cheng Wenhao has raised 300,000 yuan, the next step should be to send the money over.

Therefore, Yu Dazhang speculated that Cheng Wenhao would go to his parents' place next and give the money to the two elders.

After fulfilling this wish, he had no regrets.

Yu Dazhang asked Cheng Wenhao about his whereabouts in order to verify his own guess.

But things took an unexpected turn.

As a repeat offender, Cheng Wenhao should know very well that he has no chance of escaping Songhai, and his capture is inevitable; it's just a matter of time.

Then why did he still go into the mountains?

Was the police deliberately misled?
"He only bought breakfast?" Yu Dazhang asked, holding his phone.

“That’s right,” the opposing captain replied.

"The taxi didn't stop all the way and drove directly to that small mountain village in Xishan Town."

That means he didn't intend to stay in the mountains for long... Yu Dazhang made this judgment in his mind. "Send me Cheng Wenhao's parents' address later."

At this point, he couldn't be polite anymore; he believed the captain would understand.

After hanging up the phone, Yu Dazhang went downstairs and got into his car.

Lu Zhongxin and the other two followed closely behind and got into the car together.

The atmosphere inside the car was unusually heavy. No one spoke; everyone was silently waiting for Yu Dazhang to give the order.

"Go to the nearby police station."

After a moment, Yu Dazhang spoke:
"I want to see a map of this area."

It's hard to say about other places, but the police station definitely has a map of the area.

ten minutes later.

A police car was parked in front of the police station.

Yu Dazhang and his group of four got out of the car and went to the police station's duty room.

After explaining their purpose, the police officers led them to an office.

The office wall displays a map of the district, which includes Xishan Town and that mountain village.

Yu Dazhang took out his phone from his pocket and looked at the message that the captain had sent him, which contained the address of Cheng Wenhao's parents.

After locating his parents' house on the map, Yu Dazhang took out a pen and made a mark on it.

After thinking for a moment, he made a mark on the location of that small mountain village.

After finishing, he took a step back, and when he looked at the map again, his expression became somewhat complicated.

There is a mountain between the two locations?

According to the map, one can reach his parents' home by going into the mountains from the small village and crossing this mountain.

That's right, Cheng Wenhao's parents' home is also in a mountain village, but it's on the other side of the mountain.

Lu Zhongxin and the other two were also staring at the map and had obviously noticed this as well.

"Is he trying to cross this mountain to go home?"

It was Liu Miao who spoke, and even he felt awkward saying those words.

Because it's completely unnecessary.

Why not just take a taxi home?
Why go around to the other side of the mountain to get back? Isn't it tiring?
Did he want to climb the mountain one more time before he got caught?

That would be so boring.

The four people in the room quickly ruled out this possibility.

"I see."

Ma Jian suddenly spoke up:

“He grew up with his parents by the mountain, so he is very familiar with the mountain. Therefore, he must know a secret passage leading home.”

He stepped forward and pointed to the location of Cheng Wenhao's parents' house on the map:

“This place is now secretly surrounded by the Criminal Investigation Division. Cheng Wenhao must understand that going home would be like walking into a trap.”

"Since he dared to go home, it means he was absolutely certain that he could see his parents before he was arrested."

Ma Jian's finger moved along the route on the map, eventually stopping on the other side of the mountain:
Why did he take a taxi to the other side of the mountain?

He asked and answered himself:
"The answer is obvious, because the entrance to this road must be on this mountain, otherwise there would be no need for him to go through all this trouble to climb the mountain and go around it."

Apart from Yu Dazhang, a newcomer who had been with the company for less than a year, the other three people in the room were all veteran criminal police officers.

These three people were also the ones who worked with Yu Dazhang on cases the longest.

Unbeknownst to them, their thought patterns had begun to imitate this so-called newcomer.

When Yu Dazhang marked the two locations on the map, the three men guessed his intentions almost simultaneously.

"You're right."

Yu Dazhang simply made a brief comment, his eyes still fixed on the map, seemingly deep in thought.

After a while, he gently shook his head:

“We all underestimated him. This guy may seem rude, but he’s actually quite intelligent.”

(End of this chapter)