Animal Detective

Chapter 10 Blind Man
But since we're here, we should at least go and take a look.

Zhang Jian left the main force outside, preparing to go and scout out the situation on his own.

Chen Chao and Zhao Shouchuan will definitely be going.

To Shen Xin's surprise, Zhang Jian even brought him along.

He didn't explain the reason, but simply called out Shen Xin's name, indicating that they should go together.

Shen Xin said "Oh" and quickly followed.

He couldn't help but feel a little excited. As a trainee police officer, who would dare to let him lead the charge in such an important operation? He would be lucky to even be able to assist.

Chen Chao glanced at Shen Xin but didn't say anything.

The accurate name for Xianghong Village is now Xianghong Community. After it became a logistics distribution center, several neighboring villages were merged together as part of the planning. Because Xianghong Village was the largest, it was named Xianghong Community.

In recent years, this area has developed rapidly around several large logistics parks, with resettlement communities and relatively large supermarkets.

Most of the slightly larger roads have been renovated, making transportation very convenient.

In earlier years, due to lax management, some astute villagers added extensions and then rented them out.

There are many outsiders now, and with more people come more shops. Zhao Shouchuan said that this place is especially lively at night, full of people.

He knew the way well and led the three of them on foot, entering from Huihe Road. After walking about two hundred meters, they headed north along a cement path.

It looks like a street where vegetables are sold.

As he walked, he described the situation at number 113.

"The head of the household is named Wu Zhicun, born in 50."

Upon hearing this number, Shen Xin's heart stirred slightly.

Born in 50, he would be 67 years old in 2017.

If I remember correctly, Zhang Jian had mentioned before that the real-name authentication information for that Penguin account belonged to a 67-year-old man in the city.

That makes sense now.

Shen Xin looked up, wondering if he should remind Zhang Jian.

As a result, it was noticed that Zhang Jian and Chen Chao frowned at the same time.

It seems the two of them have also discovered it.

That's true. He's been a policeman for so many years, he's a veteran, why would he need to try to be clever here?

Zhao Shouchuan continued to explain the situation: "He's blind. It seems he used to do too much welding, and as he got older, he developed glaucoma and gradually went blind. Then there was no one left in his family, just him, an old man all alone. Now there's no land to farm here, he's just a lonely old man, blind, he simply can't live like this."

“The community helped him apply for the five guarantees for the elderly, and a few years ago they also spent some money to renovate his house so that they could free up two rooms to rent out. He now lives off the rental income.”

At this moment, Zhang Jian raised his hand to interrupt Zhao Shouchuan.

"Old Zhao, why do I feel like you're very familiar with Wu Zhicun's situation?"

Although Xianghong Village is under the jurisdiction of Huangtang Police Station, the entire Huangtang Subdistrict has a resident population of nearly 70,000. With so many people, unless there is a special reason, Zhao Shouchuan should not know so much about an elderly person living alone in the area.

Chen Chao seemed to have noticed this as well, casting an inquiring glance his way.

"As expected, you criminal investigators are really something else," Zhao Shouchuan sighed, explaining the reason.

He mentioned a case.

Seven years ago, Wu Zhicun's 8-year-old grandson, Wu Jiawang, disappeared unexpectedly.

"At that time, almost the entire institute was mobilized. We searched to the point of digging three feet into the ground. We searched for about half a month, but in the end, we still couldn't find him alive or dead."

He sighed, his expression somewhat complicated.

"and many more."

Chen Chao suddenly raised his hand, interrupting Zhao Shouchuan, and muttered, "Wu Jiawang, I knew I'd heard that name somewhere before."

He remembered it all and said, “Seven years ago, I had just been transferred to the criminal investigation team of the branch office. I remember you reported this case because the family thought there was a possibility of murder. We investigated and found no evidence to prove it was murder, so we sent the case back.”

Chen Chao has an amazing memory; he remembers a small case from seven years ago perfectly.

"So how was this case handled in the end?" Chen Chao pressed. Zhao Shouchuan shook his head helplessly: "What could we do? We searched everywhere we could. There's only one possibility left: he was kidnapped by human traffickers."

"That's not right."

Shen Xin couldn't help but interject, "Wu Jiawang is already 8 years old. What kind of human trafficker would kidnap such a big child?"

Human traffickers kidnap children.

At 8 years old, already in second grade, they know everything.

Zhao Shouchuan glanced at Shen Xin, his tone becoming heavy: "Actually, there is another type of human trafficker who specializes in kidnapping older children, breaking their arms and legs, and using them to beg."

Shen Xin gasped.

Damn it, this human trafficker is a beast!
Zhao Shouchuan continued, "After considering it over and over, this is the only possibility we can come up with. But Wu Zhicun only has this one grandson, and he refuses to accept this result no matter what. He insists that someone killed his grandson. Over the years, he has come to our police station every now and then to make a scene, asking us to help him find the murderer."

"That's why I know about his situation, Captain Zhang. I don't know what case you're handling, but I can assure you, it has absolutely nothing to do with Wu Zhicun."

He said firmly.

Given Wu Zhicun's situation, it's impossible for him to be involved in any case.

Zhang Jian clearly understood this as well, but still said, "Let's go take a look first."

Wu Zhicun estimated that it was impossible.

But Zhang Jian also considered another possibility: the tenants who rented Wu Zhicun's house might have stolen Wu Zhicun's identity information and registered a Tencent account.

After crossing the street and walking through twists and turns for almost five minutes, we finally arrived at our destination.

Wu Zhicun's home is located in the outermost area of ​​Xianghong Village. It is a small courtyard with low bungalows, and it is clear that it has been renovated.

To its right is a five-story privately built building, with windows full of clothes hanging everywhere.

To the left is a small workshop where people do handicrafts.

Behind it was a large open space with a wall. According to Zhao Shouchuan, there was a plan to develop a wholesale market for home decoration materials there, but it has only been in the planning stage and the project has not yet been implemented. It is currently a wasteland.

"How do we do it?" Zhao Shouchuan asked Zhang Jian and the other man after explaining the situation.

Zhang Jian is also having a lot of headaches right now.

This means that Chen Chao guessed correctly. Given Wu Zhicun's situation, it's highly unlikely that he's Fan Jie's supplier.

But now that we've come with such a grand entourage, we certainly can't leave empty-handed.

They could only rely on their previous assumptions and assume that the problem lay with Wu Zhicun's tenants.

Even if they are not current tenants, they are tenants who have rented the house before.

Therefore, we can definitely find some clues from Wu Zhicun.

What we need to do right now is to get a feel for the situation.

"Xiao Shen, you look like a recent college graduate. Here's what we'll do: go in and pretend you're looking to rent a room, then check things out."

Zhang Jian looked at Shen Xin.

Shen Xin responded with an "oh," and his opinion of Zhang Jian rose even higher.

No wonder they specifically called me along; they had already planned how to investigate.

Zhang Jian then asked Zhao Shouchuan to call the community to see if there was any tenant registration information.

Then he went around to visit the surrounding area and inquire about the tenants' situations.

"Captain Chen, is this alright?" He looked at Chen Chao.

Chen Chao nodded, patted Shen Xin on the back, and reminded him, "Be careful."

His reminder only made Shen Xin more nervous.

If you think about it carefully, this should be the first time I've ever done a disguised reconnaissance mission.

(End of this chapter)