Animal Detective

Chapter 78 Parrot

Chapter 78 Parrot
In the conference room.

After listening to Ding Yuwei's report, Lü Youwei...

She was very organized, and she had done the specific categorization herself, so I asked her to report on her behalf.

Ultimately, five cases were selected and categorized into those where the families had the strongest opinions.

"Shi Yanhua".

After listening to everything, Lü Youwei murmured Shi Yanhua's name and fell into deep thought.

After a moment, he turned to Wang Xihai beside him and asked, "Has Shi Yanhua come over recently?"

Clearly, he was no stranger to Shi Yanhua's situation.

Wang Xihai sighed and said, "How could they not come? They just came the month before last. Same old story, it was so hard to persuade them to leave."

Lu Youwei nodded and said, "Everything is difficult at the beginning. Let's start with a case to test our skills. This one will do."

He made the decision directly, confirming the reopening of Liu Laibin's case.

Sun Zhao had no objections.

But once I got back to the main office, I couldn't help but start complaining.

In fact, all cases are the same.

Any unsolved case that has remained unsolved for so many years is due to insufficient conditions for investigation.

So it doesn't matter whether it's easy or difficult, it's just that it's not easy to check anyway.

Chen Chao said, "Since Director Lü wants to investigate, let's restart it. Let's do some more work, and maybe we'll find something."

He was just saying it casually.

Over the years, we have done everything we could to solve these unsolved cases.

Since there was no progress in previous years, it's not something that Lü Youwei can achieve by simply saying he'll reopen the investigation.

But if the leader has given the order, then we definitely have to do it.

Chen Chao and Sun Zhao discussed it in the office for a while, then came out to announce their decision.

Zhao Tianxing was put in charge, with Shen Xin and Ding Yuwei assisting, to restart the investigation into the case.

When eating in the cafeteria, the three of them sat at one table.

Zhao Tianxing, who had previously been shouting that marriage was a man's grave, now cleverly pushed a plate of braised pork he had prepared in front of Ding Yuwei, taking the initiative to get closer to her.

Ding Yuwei calmly pushed it back, showing no interest in it.

Zhao Tianxing didn't mind and sighed, "Shen Xin, don't look so gloomy. This is an unsolved case. Do you think Captain Sun and the others asked us to investigate because they expect us to solve it?"

"of course not!"

"You have to understand, some cases are simply beyond the reach of investigation. Reopening them now is purely to give the higher-ups an explanation."

"So, let's just follow the steps and redo the survey that needs to be done."

Shen Xin didn't say anything.

Ding Yuwei hesitated for a moment before retorting, "I don't think so. Perhaps to us, this is just an ordinary case, but to the victims, it is a huge deal. Their families have been ruined because of it."

“It’s been four years, and Shi Yanhua has been following this case closely, which shows that she has never given up. So we can’t let the victim’s family down.”

Zhao Tianxing scoffed.

“Yuwei, you still don’t know what’s going on here.”

"Do you think that Shi Yanhua is only doing this because she loves Liu Laibin so much that she's obsessed with him and wants to get justice for him?"

"No, she's after the money!"

"Shi Yanhua and Liu Laibin met at a bathhouse. They were lovers at first, but Shi Yanhua pretended to be pregnant before marrying Liu Laibin."

"She married Liu Laibin only for his money."

"After Liu Laibin died, she lost her source of income and quickly squandered the remaining assets of Liu Laibin, which is why she kept coming to the branch office to cause trouble."

"She's only after Liu Laibin's money. She keeps telling us to catch the murderer and get the money back. You know what? She even suggested that our branch office is also responsible for not being able to find the murderer."

"Then our branch should compensate her for these two million yuan. Listen to this, what kind of logic is that?"

Ding Yuwei paused, then fell silent.

This was the first time Shen Xin had heard of this situation. After thinking for a moment, he asked, "Brother Xing, what's the current situation with Shi Yanhua?"

According to Zhao Tianxing, Shi Yanhua also had ulterior motives.

But no matter what, she is ultimately a victim's family member. The case happened and remains unsolved, so she deserves an explanation.

Even if she doesn't care.

Zhao Tianxing pursed his lips and said, "She's back to her old ways, giving massages at a bathhouse." "She and Liu Laibin have a daughter who's seven or eight years old. She came to the branch office at the beginning of the year, and I saw her. It was freezing cold, and she was only wearing a school uniform and a thin shirt. Shi Yanhua insisted on making her kneel down and hold up a banner. She was shivering from the cold, and her face turned purple."

"Shi Yanhua probably didn't pay much attention to her either. Shen Xin, you worked at the police station before, you should know what kind of people she is."

Shen Xin nodded.

indeed.

The police station regularly raids these kinds of places, and the prostitutes they arrest are all pretty much the same kind of people.

To be honest, which woman who frequents such places can truly remain untainted by the mire?

After thinking for a moment, Shen Xin picked up the leftover chicken leg from the tray and gave it to Zhao Tianxing, saying, "Brother Xing, we're new to the criminal investigation team and have no experience. We can't compare to you, the senior. Can you give us some pointers on how to investigate this case?"

It was said that the investigation had been restarted, but Shen Xin felt that they should consult Zhao Tianxing's opinion more on how to conduct the investigation.

He has experience handling cases.

"What direction are you pointing to?"

Zhao Tianxing smiled and handed the chicken leg to Ding Yuwei again, then said, "In my opinion, let's go through the information in the case file again. If we find anything, great; if not, we'll just submit it as is."

"This case was handled by Lao Qin. He retired the year before last. I know him."

“He was very meticulous in handling the case. He must have investigated every possible place. There was no way he could have missed anything. Since he didn’t find anything, and four years have passed, there’s even less chance that he could have discovered anything.”

Shen Xin nodded, understanding.

It just means going through the motions.

Ding Yuwei didn't eat the chicken leg; instead, she put it back on Shen Xin's plate. She raised an eyebrow, as if she wanted to say something, but ultimately didn't.

After dinner, Zhao Tianxing went back to his office to rest, but Ding Yuwei pulled Shen Xin and went to the storage room in the archives.

After reviewing the unsolved case, Old Lin still didn't mention reclaiming the storage room.

Ding Yuwei tidied it up so cleanly that it became their small office.

"Shen Xin, I've carefully reviewed the case file, and I have some thoughts."

She gestured for Shen Xin to sit down and poured him some water. Then she said, "The case file records that before he started the company, Liu Laibin didn't have a stable job. He was a social idler, the kind who just drifted around aimlessly."

"But his company has a registered capital of one million. Where did that money come from?"

Shen Xin picked up his water glass, took a sip, and said, "There are records. Officer Qin also asked Shi Yanhua, and she said that around 10 years ago, Liu Laibin went to the south to do business and made his first pot of gold by reselling mobile phones."

Ding Yuwei nodded, she had also noticed this point, and said, "That's what they say, but they haven't verified it. My thought is, could it be that the money he used to start the company came from dubious sources, thus attracting some enemies who are looking for an opportunity to seek revenge?"

"Think about it, since Sun Kai has already defrauded two million yuan of bridge loans, why would he still kill someone and steal 34 yuan in cash?"

"It doesn't make sense logically, because fraud and murder are completely different in nature. Liu Laibin was stabbed seven times. Although he also had defensive wounds, it's hard to say that there wasn't some personal grudge involved."

Shen Xin nodded slightly.

They were swindled out of 200 million yuan, and now they're risking a life for a mere 34 yuan? That's really unreasonable.

However, Qin Chuanwang also noticed this in the case file and tried to investigate Liu Laibin's previous social connections.

However, his parents died early, and he had few relatives to contact, so he couldn't find any useful information.

As Shi Yanhua said, the start-up capital for his company came from doing business in the south. When he came back, he had become successful and made a lot of money.

When his relatives asked him, he wouldn't say anything.

Now that time has passed, it is incredibly difficult to trace his social connections from back then.

Shen Xin looked up at the ceiling.

Compared to Ding Yuwei's speculation, Shen Xin also noticed a point.

This is Liu Laibin; he keeps a parrot in his office.

The regulations were not strict back then.

He still spent money to ask someone to bring him a wild macaw.

The case file records this, and photos from the scene also show the perch where the parrots were perched.

But the whereabouts of this parrot are not recorded in the case file now.

Shen Xin couldn't help but think.

This is a macaw, with a lifespan comparable to that of a human and extremely high intelligence.

The key thing is that it can also talk.