Rebirth 2014: I, the King of Criminal Investigation

Chapter 691 It's been a long time since I've seriously thought about someone.

Unlike other records, this time Zhang Jiangke not only booked two rooms, but the location was in Nanjing.

This was the only time he booked a hotel room outside of Yanjing and Songhai.

"It's a three-star hotel." Yu Dazhang discovered another unusual place.

Can one ID card be used to book two rooms?
of course can.

However, check-in requires the applicant's ID card and real-name registration.

"The person Zhang Jiangke met this time was probably not someone from the industry."

Yu Dazhang stared at the hotel booking record and muttered to himself.

Anyone who engages in illegal or criminal activities will instinctively act cautiously and try to avoid getting involved with others.

There's a saying: "A guilty conscience needs no accuser."

Those in the human trafficking circle are especially afraid of being implicated by others.

This is also why Zhang Jiangke has always been a loner; his hotel booking records are almost always for single rooms, booking only one room at a time.

But this time was an exception.

Why did he do that?

Aren't you afraid of leaving clues that would arouse suspicion from the police?

Is this another trap?
Various questions arose in Da Zhang's mind, leaving him unsure of where to begin.

He had complicated a simple matter... Yu Dazhang took a deep breath and tried to clear his mind.

We shouldn't attribute everything to conspiracy theories.

Perhaps Zhang Jiangke didn't have any particular purpose, but thinking too deeply about it only makes me get stuck in a rut.

Let's start by analyzing Zhang Jiangke's work style.

Whether it's the nationwide acquisition of eligible women or this person's travel records, it all indicates that this is a person with a very strong sense of purpose.

Such people generally don't make any unnecessary movements.

Once action is taken, there must be an ulterior motive.

If that's the case, then his trip to Nanjing wasn't a trap for the police, because there was absolutely no need for it.

This unnecessary behavior only increases his risk of exposure.

"If he wasn't meeting with colleagues or setting a trap for the police, what else could he be doing in Nanjing?"

Yu Dazhang muttered to himself as he read through the hotel booking records from beginning to end.

Apart from the time in Jinling, all other hotel booking records were in Yanjing and Songhai.

Why only travel between these two places?

There's probably only one thing Yu Dazhang can think of:
Visiting these two places is equivalent to visiting the whole country.

Come to Yanjing to discuss business in the north, go to Songhai to discuss business in the south.

In fact, many business people do this, including overseas people who come to China to do business. Their flights usually land in these two places.

"If we analyze it this way, then Zhang Jiangke's trip to Jinling wasn't for an acquisition."

Exclusion.

Yu Dazhang first ruled out the possible scenarios.

Jinling is very close to Songhai. If it were about an acquisition, Zhang Jiangke could have simply waited in Songhai for someone to come and meet him.

"Could it be... that he went to Jinling for personal matters?"

Once this idea came to mind, Yu Dazhang suddenly felt that his thinking had become much clearer.

Yes, Zhang Jiangke is a person too. Why can't he have personal matters?

I had made assumptions before.

There is another question.

If it's a private matter, who is someone worth sending him to Jinling to meet alone?
They even risked booking two rooms.

Zhang Jiangke should have known that such a record would definitely attract the attention of the police.

The fact that he could think of it but still did it shows that when he went to Nanjing to meet with people, he wasn't discussing anything illegal or criminal.

Even if the police notice it and investigate, they still won't find any problems.

That would be interesting.

Who did he go to see?
Yu Dazhang had just reviewed Zhang Jiangke's information. He was an only child, orphaned, and had no siblings.

In his early years, Zhang Jiangke did have a marriage, but his wife died young due to illness, and the two had no children during their marriage.

In other words, Zhang Jiangke has no relatives or friends in the country and has no family to worry about.

This is probably the main reason why he can live abroad for a long time.

Did you go see a friend?
The idea was rejected by Yu Dazhang as soon as it came to mind.

People like Zhang Jiangke are unlikely to have truly close friends.

It wasn't that Yu Dazhang looked down on him, but rather that someone like him who didn't even dare to talk in his sleep could hardly have any true friends.

Besides, he's unlikely to actively make friends; that would be a weakness for him.

If they are neither relatives nor friends, then who else can Zhang Jiangke go to see?
Yu Dazhang hadn't been so engrossed in thinking about someone for a while, and he suddenly found Zhang Jiangke to be quite interesting.

He is cautious yet opportunistic, steady in his actions but somewhat arrogant; he can be considered a cunning old fox.

For him, the more perplexing the doubts are, the more he needs to figure them out.

Just then, the office door was pushed open, and Captain Xu walked in from outside.

"All arrangements are complete."

Team Leader Xu sat opposite Yu Dazhang and spoke in a reporting tone:

"I contacted the police in Chaoyang District, explained the situation, and sent them Zhang Jiangke's photo."

Yu Dazhang didn't say anything, but just nodded to indicate that he understood.

He knew perfectly well that Zhang Jiangke wouldn't appear at that hotel, because it was just a trap he had set.

The reason for this arrangement was simply to prevent the police from falling into that trap.

We can't alert the enemy yet.

If Zhang Jiangke, that old fox, finds out the police have found him, he will definitely run back to Myanmar to hide immediately, and then it will be difficult to catch him.

Moreover, Yu Dazhang believed that he must have a way to sneak back to Myanmar.

Do you know why so many people are tricked into going to northern Myanmar?
The main reason is that it is very easy to illegally cross into northern Myanmar.

The China-Myanmar border stretches for over 2,000 kilometers, and anyone who drives regularly knows what that distance means.

Even if barbed wire and fences were erected along these two thousand kilometers, it would still be difficult for illegal immigrants to cross.

There's no way around it, the border is just too long.

There are many ridges and undeveloped roads where fences cannot be erected, not to mention that there are bound to be weak points in surveillance along such a long border.

Therefore, if Zhang Jiangke wanted to run away, he would have plenty of ways to return to Myanmar, and it would be very easy.

"This information is incomplete."

Yu Dazhang pushed the documents on the table toward Captain Xu:
“Look at this hotel booking record in Jinling. Zhang Jiangke booked two rooms, but there is only his identity information. How is that possible?”

"That's a three-star hotel; they wouldn't allow guests to check in without registering."

He pointed to the hotel booking record and continued:

"Therefore, one person's information was missing from this document."

Since two rooms were booked, Zhang Jiangke's information alone was not enough; he needed the other person's registration information.

Actually, it's not fair to blame the police officers investigating Zhang Jiangke's whereabouts for not being thorough enough.

Typically, this type of targeted investigation only investigates the suspect's information.

"Is it possible that he booked two rooms but only stayed in them himself?"

Captain Xu stared at the hotel booking record and said:

“I have encountered similar cases before. The suspect always booked two rooms in a hotel, one for sleeping and the other for talking to people.”

The possibility of someone being rich and willful does exist... but Yu Dazhang hadn't considered it because the possibility was too low.

"Zhang Jiangke doesn't have this habit."

Yu Dazhang shook his head:
"It is highly likely that he went to Nanjing to see someone who is very important to him."

He paused for a moment, then continued:

"Find a team of quick-thinking officers and set off immediately for Nanjing to check the hotel's registration information for that day. Also, retrieve the surveillance footage of Zhang Jiangke and that person."

(End of this chapter)