Rebirth 2014: I, the King of Criminal Investigation

Chapter 655 Unlimited Price

"Didn't they go to another city?"

Xie Wei stared at his phone screen, his words becoming somewhat stammering:
"That's not right. These five people are all unfamiliar faces. It's impossible to find them in a short time."

He clearly had some understanding of police investigative methods, otherwise he wouldn't have been so surprised.

But the facts were right in front of him, leaving him no choice but to believe them.

"Technology is advancing." Yu Dazhang looked at him coldly.
Do you know what big data is?

To get Xie Wei to confess the truth, we must break his confidence.

In Yu Dazhang's mind, human traffickers and drug dealers are the same thing; both of them are utterly depraved and there is no room for complacency.

"You don't even know Cao Qingqing, your cousin's adopted daughter..."

Just as Yu Dazhang was about to continue his psychological attack, Xie Wei suddenly interrupted him.

"Okay, stop talking!"

In his excitement, he slammed the handcuffs on the interrogation chair shut.

"I'll tell you everything!" Xie Wei took a deep breath, his tone calming down.
"However, I never intended to use her. Believe it or not, I truly consider her my cousin."

"She's so pitiful. I hope my problems won't affect her."

It must be said that Xie Wei was indeed very good to Cao Qingqing.

According to Cao Qingqing herself, she would have dropped out of school after finishing junior high if it weren't for Xie Wei's financial support.

Xie Wei paid for her tuition so she could attend high school.

"It cannot be proven at present that Cao Qingqing helped you rent a house with subjective intent."

Yu Dazhang was getting a little anxious, but he still patiently reassured him:
"Besides, she doesn't know what you've done."

Hearing him say that, Xie Wei visibly breathed a sigh of relief.

"That's fine, that's fine."

Seemingly genuinely worried about Cao Qingqing, his tense face finally relaxed.

Seeing that his expression had softened, Yu Dazhang asked:
"Now tell me, where did you sell those fourteen girls?"

His question went straight to the point, skipping over the "turn" part entirely.

Since Xie Wei has gone into hiding, it means the transaction has been completed, and his use of the word "sell" indicates that the police already know his motive.

"I don't know where they went either."

Xie Wei lowered his head slowly as he answered:
"The rule in my line of work is to hand over the money and not ask about anything else."

"Bullshit rules..." Yu Dazhang clenched his fists involuntarily.

The word "rules" coming from the mouth of a human trafficker made him feel both laughable and hateful.

If he really cared about the rules, Xie Wei wouldn't have engaged in such a heinous business.

"How did you contact the next supplier?" Yu Dazhang asked again.

"Contact me by phone," Xie Wei replied.
"Since this is our first time working together, there needs to be a process of inspecting the goods. The other party sent an intermediary to confirm the number of people and their ages, mainly to see if they meet the requirements."

Seeing that the person on the other end was listening attentively, he continued:

"After the middleman has reviewed it, he will contact the other party to make an estimate."

"Once the price is right, I will collect half of the deposit first, and then send the person to the designated location."

They're quite cautious... Yu Dazhang could tell that they were both on guard against each other.

Both parties want to facilitate the deal but also don't want anything to go wrong, so this middleman is very important.

Logically, at this point, they should have asked for the contact information of the next party, or had Xie Wei contact the other party directly to organize the arrest.

However, Da Zhang felt that this was too hasty.

Now that Xie Wei has been apprehended, there's no need to rush the subsequent arrests.

The first step is to sort out the whole situation before making the arrest, so that everything goes smoothly.

Often, it is because of being too impatient that the clues are lost.

"This case doesn't seem like your usual style." Yu Dazhang thought for a moment and asked:
“With so many people abducted at once, it’s impossible for you to keep a low profile. You should know very well that the police will definitely investigate to the end.”

"So, what were you thinking, committing such a stupid crime?"

In his view, committing such a crime was utterly foolish.

Even if Xie Wei manages to evade it for a year.

and then?
Should we just keep hiding?

The food he stockpiled will eventually run out, and his rent will also be due sooner or later.

As long as he shows his face, the police will still be able to locate him.

Even if he can hide in his rented room forever, what's the point of such a life?

To put it bluntly, it's no different from being in jail.

It's not even as good as going to jail.

He didn't believe Xie Wei hadn't considered these things before taking action.

If they could think of it, why would they still commit the crime without hesitation?
"Would you believe me if I said I was bewitched?"

Xie Wei chuckled self-deprecatingly:

"When I heard the other party offer 100,000 per person, my heart was like grass growing, and I could no longer control my desire."

Do you know the market price of an underage boy?

Without waiting for Yu Dazhang's reply, he continued speaking to himself:
"Twenty thousand is the highest price. The older the child is, the lower the price. Only infants in swaddling clothes are the most valuable."

His voice was slightly low, revealing a hint of helplessness and sorrow:

"For the sake of 20,000 yuan, some people even dare to steal babies from hospitals, while those five or six-year-old children are hard to sell for 10,000 yuan."

Finally, Xie Wei sighed:

"Now you understand, right? One hundred thousand per person is an astronomical price in this industry."

"What appeals to me most is that this price is not limited to a certain quantity."

"I only hesitated for a moment before making up my mind. I couldn't miss this opportunity. This time I was going to do something big, and I happened to have someone I could use."

"That school bus driver must be incredibly unlucky to know you..." Yu Dazhang looked at Xie Wei across from him, unsure of what to say.

There's a saying: "It's not that I'm afraid of bad things, it's that I'm afraid of a lack of good people."

Today he finally understood the true meaning of that sentence.

If the school bus driver hadn't known Xie Wei, he would never have encountered such a thing in his life.

There are thresholds to committing crimes. Most people simply don't have the mental fortitude to do it. Even if you asked them to kidnap a child, they wouldn't dare.

Therefore, many crimes are committed under someone else's guidance.

"Did the middleman tell you about the price of 100,000?" Yu Dazhang asked again.

"No." Xie Wei shook his head:
“I’ve been in this business for many years and I’m well-informed, so I knew about it as soon as they started looking to buy.”

"The middleman is just there to complete the transaction."

The middleman was an insignificant nobody... Yu Dazhang immediately concluded.

However, this seemingly insignificant person plays a crucial role in the process.

If we arrest the middleman without understanding the situation first, the other party will definitely notice, which is like stirring up trouble.

This isn't just a middleman; he's a guiding light.

If the middleman gets into trouble or goes missing, it means that the police have taken notice of this line of work.

They're really good at this... Yu Dazhang discovered that these human traffickers also like to use their brains.

He also noticed that Xie Wei had used the word "seeking to purchase" in his previous statement.

It's really strange that this term appears in the human trafficking circle.

Because this word also has another meaning: urgently needed.

(End of this chapter)