Animal Detective

Chapter 107: I'm telling you to do chores, but you're going to go pick up girls.
Although it is already September, the weather in Nanjiang is still hot and dry.

Trucks were parked on both sides of the road outside the logistics park.

Some drivers may have arrived at night and are still catching up on sleep.

But some people haven't found the goods yet, so they get up early.

The logistics park staff start work around 8 a.m., and they may release some information about the backlog of goods from the night before.

This is a peak time for finding goods.

"Hello, sir. I am a police officer. This is my identification."

Shen Xin approached a middle-aged driver who was brushing his teeth with a tap on the roadside and showed him his ID.

His expression changed instantly.

When they're on the street, what they fear most is a policeman waving and saluting.

With a toothbrush in his mouth, he mumbled what was wrong.

Shen Xin quickly said, "Master, don't be nervous. I'm just asking, how many years have you been driving trucks?"

The driver held up three fingers.

"That's alright, you go ahead with your work."

Shen Xin nodded and left.

An 11-year-old case, which is now 6 years old, would only be worth asking about if the driver had been in the business for at least 6 years.

Shen Xin also noticed that these drivers were quite afraid of the police, but there was nothing he could do; if they didn't show their police ID, the police might not even bother with them.

I asked more than 20 trucks before I finally found an experienced truck driver who had been driving for 8 years.

"Master, did you drive around Nanjiang in 11?"

Shen Xin continued to guide the questioning.

First, ask them if they drive cars near Nanjiang.

Xiao Hong mainly runs in the Ningjiang and Pingzhou area, focusing on short and medium distances.

The line from Songpu to Ningjiang, the provincial capital of Ningshan, is the most frequently used. It is a coastal area with many factories of all sizes, resulting in a high demand for logistics.

Then ask them if they will be out driving sports cars after the New Year.

Shen Xin felt that there was one advantage to Xiao Hong's case: the incident occurred on the fourteenth day of the first lunar month.

You probably don't remember what happened six years ago.

But you might remember what happened during the Chinese New Year six years ago, and it might leave a deep impression on you.

Because this is an important time point.

If the driver only starts driving after the Lantern Festival, then there's no need to ask any further questions.

Ideally, one should start working after the eighth day of the lunar new year.

Fortunately, the middle-aged driver with gray hair and deep forehead wrinkles was already back at work on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year.

“I remember I started working on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year that year because an old customer was in a hurry to deliver a shipment. My wife even argued with me about it, but there was nothing I could do. I have two sons, one in college and the other in high school. All I see when I open my eyes is money.”

The driver recalled that, just as Shen Xin had thought, he remembered the events of this crucial holiday period very clearly.

"The fourteenth of the first lunar month?"

The middle-aged driver thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "No, I think I was in Changlin City, Tongnan that day. I remember it. The next day was the Lantern Festival, and my eldest son wanted to buy a laptop. I unloaded the cargo on the morning of the 14th, and at noon I even took a taxi to the computer mall in Changlin City to look at computers."

At this point, the driver suddenly asked, "Officer, are you referring to the driver who died on the national highway?"

Shen Xin was intrigued, but asked him calmly if he knew about this.
"Of course I know. When I got back, they told me that the guy was robbed and stabbed several times, his intestines were spilling out."

Shen Xin thought to himself that although Xiao Hong died a violent death, he didn't die such a miserable one.

Xiao Hong died from three stab wounds.

The murder weapon is speculated to be a folding knife.

But the killer was ruthless; one of the stabs pierced his neck, severing his trachea, causing him to choke on blood and suffocate to death.

Based on the traces at the scene, it is inferred that Xiao Hong was stabbed outside the car and then put back in the passenger seat by the murderer. He died because he did not receive timely medical treatment.

Logically speaking, since the murderer stabbed Xiao Hong at close range and also opened the car door and dragged Xiao Hong, his hands, stained with blood, should have left some marks.

For example, fingerprints.

Fingerprints were indeed collected on the car door handle.

Unfortunately, it had the texture of a white cotton glove, so it can be confirmed that the murderer wore a common white glove when committing the crime.

As for the claim that his intestines were sticking out, that's clearly just a baseless rumor.

Unfortunately, the driver had only heard about the case; he did not happen to be passing by and witness the incident.

"Sir, if it's convenient for you, could you please ask the drivers who were driving back then and know about this case, just the ones you know, and ask them to help me recall if they noticed this car?"

Since I've asked, I'm going to get to the bottom of it.

The driver hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

He has a group of old friends and asked about this matter.

I found a few more phone numbers and called to ask.

Unfortunately, even those who know about this case have only heard about it from others.

During that period, because some drivers were robbed, logistics companies would definitely notify their drivers to be careful.

In addition, thanks to Sun Zhao's extensive investigation, many drivers should be aware of this matter.

"Thank you, Master."

Shen Xin didn't expect to get any useful clues on the first day.

Shen Xin also prepared a notebook to record the driver's license plate number, so as not to ask the same question again in the future.

She even left him her contact information. The drivers often chatted together, so since she'd asked, there was no doubt they'd talked about it.

Then they will continue to talk to other people.

It's like a viral phenomenon; one person tells ten, ten tell a hundred, and maybe someone will provide some clues.

Of course, this was just Shen Xin's wishful thinking.

When Sun Zhao and his team were investigating back then, the case had just occurred, and their memories were clearer, which had a similar effect of spreading the information. If they didn't get anything out of them then, the probability of them getting anything out of them now would only be even smaller.

Then they went to ask again.

At that moment, Ding Yuwei called and asked where she was.

When going out on an operation, it's definitely best to go in pairs.

Soon, Ding Yuwei, dressed in casual clothes, arrived.

"What about the black panther and the tiger stripe?" Ding Yuwei asked curiously.

"They've been released."

Shen Xin arrived a little after seven in the morning.

They deliberately released Black Panther and Tiger Stripe at different times, letting them go find Da Mei.

Ding Yuwei hadn't had breakfast yet, and Shen Xin had arrived early and hadn't had time to eat either.

The two returned to the vicinity of the logistics park entrance, where there were many breakfast stalls.

Shen Xin ordered two baskets of steamed buns and two bowls of porridge. While eating, he took out his phone to check the tracks of the three animals.

"Wow, Da Mei went this far?"

Shen Xin was startled.

Upon checking, it was discovered that Da Mei's latest location showed that she was 8 kilometers away from him as the crow flies.

The show "Big Beauty" aired at 8 PM last night, and it's been 12 hours now.

Da Mei was clearly not idle that night; she was constantly wandering around.

Fortunately, it has a GPS tracking feature, so I'm not afraid of losing it.

Shen Xin then retrieved the location trajectories of the black leopard and the tiger leopard.

They left in just over an hour.

Black Panther was the first to set off.

Shen Xin discovered that the Black Panther's movement pattern almost perfectly overlapped with Da Mei's.

Da Mei doesn't walk in a straight line; she wanders around and even climbs over walls.

This situation is actually a difficult point.

Because of its large size, the black panther would have difficulty scaling the wall.

So it loses signal, and then Shen Xin notices it and searches everywhere, conducting a wide-ranging search, and slowly, he is able to get back on Da Mei's track.

Shen Xin believed that this tracking ability was clearly adequate.

This means that after losing the signal, he would think and then expand the search area.

However, Da Mei's activity range was too large, and she was clearly the kind of person who didn't follow the usual path, so Black Panther often wandered around in a certain place, expanding the search area, and slowly found the right path again.

But overall, he was tracking Da Mei.

Then they brought out the tiger stripe one.

Tiger Stripe will depart a little later.

Before he set off, Shen Xin gave him some serious instructions and even threatened him, saying that if he didn't find Da Mei, he would be in trouble.

He must have understood.

However, his trajectory was completely different from that of Black Panther.

At the beginning, their trajectories overlapped.

This guy has a really good nose.

But soon, after running about 500 meters, he deviated from Da Mei's trajectory.

Moreover, it doesn't look like the tracking was lost; it seems like it deliberately deviated from its intended path.

His current location is Dongtou Village nearby, where he has been wandering around for some time now.

"What is Tiger Stripe doing?" Ding Yuwei asked curiously.

Shen Xin rolled his eyes in exasperation.

"No doubt about it, they must have gone to play, or rather, they ran away."

After bringing this guy back, Shen Xin first put him in a cage, and then specifically instructed Black Panther to keep an eye on him.

The next day, during his exercise time, he tried to sneak away, but was stopped by Black Panther.

He's used to wandering, he's a wild person.

As he spoke, Shen Xin brought up his webcam.

The camera was pointed forward, in what appeared to be residential buildings, and the lens kept shaking, back and forth.

In a fleeting moment, I also caught a glimpse of the tiger stripe below, and there was also a white dog.

In an instant, Ding Yuwei blushed.

Shen Xin was also embarrassed.

Damn it, I asked you to do some work, and you went off to pick up girls.

(End of this chapter)