Animal Detective

Chapter 87 Tracking
Shen Xin was driving his old Camry.

The branch office has police cars, but not enough. Shen Xin was too embarrassed to compete with the older officers in the team for a car, so he simply drove his own.

Anyway, the branch office can reimburse the fuel costs, so it won't make a difference.

Ding Yuwei and Tingting sat in the back of the car, chatting and laughing as they played a game of "you clap, I clap."

It's quite heartwarming.

Shen Xin was waiting at a traffic light when he received a phone call.

After glancing at the number, Shen Xin answered and called out, "Brother Xu."

"In other words, the taxi driver was so engrossed in listening to the storyteller that he didn't pay much attention to who the passenger was. Anyway, it was a male passenger, and he got out of the car at Fengshunli on Xingyue Road."

Shen Xin frowned slightly.

I'm talking about the taxi from last night.

On his way home from the zoo yesterday, Shen Xin still felt that the taxi's reaction was a bit off.

At that time, any tourist would know that the zoo had already closed for the day.

If you're not a tourist, then you can get off the bus normally.

But the taxi slowed down and then immediately drove away, as if it were observing something.

So Shen Xin asked a friend in the Tingyang District Traffic Police Brigade to help him check on the taxi.

"When he got off at Xingyue Road, were there any surveillance cameras that captured the passengers?" Shen Xin asked again.

Unfortunately, no.

Xingyue Road is a small road with surveillance cameras only at the entrance.

"Brother Xu, do you have the driver's phone number? I'd like to ask him about some more details." Shen Xin thanked him again before hanging up.

Ding Yuwei also cautiously asked what kind of taxi it was.

"Not sure yet."

Shen Xin didn't give a specific explanation. After waiting for a while, Brother Xu sent him his number.

Shen Xin parked his car on the side of the road and dialed the number.

The driver on the other side should be on the road, but his tone became noticeably nervous after hearing that Shen Xin was a policeman.

Shen Xin told him to park the car on the side of the road if it was convenient for him, and then he could ask him a few questions.

After the other vehicle stopped, Shen Xin asked him if he really didn't remember what the passenger looked like.

"I really didn't notice."

The driver said he enjoys listening to storytelling while driving and doesn't really care about the passengers.

Even a quick glance leaves no impression.

Then, when he got off at Fengshunli, he didn't notice whether the passengers had entered Fengshunli.

"In other words, he was on the bus on the road to diligent study. After getting on the bus, he didn't explicitly tell you where he was going, but instead directed you to drive forward."

Qinxue Road, that's the road in front of the Tingyang Branch Bureau.

"Then when we arrived at the zoo, he told us to drive slowly. After that, he said we could go, and finally he just told us to go to Fengshunli."

The driver nodded and said that was how it was.

"Did you stop on Yinglong Road?" Shen Xin asked again.

After leaving the branch office after get off work, I stopped briefly on Yinglong Road to buy nuts.

The driver was taken aback and asked in surprise, "How did you know? We stopped over there for a while."

There's no doubt about it; this person is definitely following me.

Shen Xin asked again, "Master, please help me think about it carefully. What does that person look like? Is he square-faced, with stubble, the kind that's quite noticeable? And does he speak in a muffled voice?"

"By the way, I remember some places are starting to install in-car cameras in taxis. Does your car have one?"

The driver shook his head and said, "They say the cameras will be installed next year, but I don't know yet. But you said he has a square face and a slightly muffled voice, and you know what, that's true. He's just a pretty ordinary face. I only glanced at him a few times, I didn't really look closely."

Ding Yuwei, sitting in the back row, immediately sat up straight.

She knew who Shen Xin was talking about.

"Okay, thank you for your help, sir. We'll contact you again if there are any problems." Shen Xin hung up the phone.

Ding Yuwei couldn't wait to ask what happened.

Shen Xin himself found it strange and muttered, "This Guo Chunping is a bit problematic."

After confirming that the person was indeed following him, Shen Xin quickly thought of someone.

Guo Chunping.

First of all, Shen Xin believed that he had no enemies who would actively follow him.

And the people I met yesterday.

Qin Chuanwang definitely wouldn't.

Director Hong probably won't either.

That left only Guo Chunping, and I happened to ask him about Liu Laibin's case.

Ding Yuwei asked, "So, Guo Chunping followed you again yesterday. What was his motive? Is he related to the case we're investigating?"

Tingting was there, but she didn't mention Liu Laibin's name.

“Assuming he is indeed involved in the case, from his perspective, the case has been going on for four years and has long been closed. If the two of us suddenly appear and say that the case has been reopened, he will definitely be curious whether some new evidence has emerged, which prompted us to reopen the investigation.”

"That's why he chose to follow you."

Shen Xin nodded, agreeing with his thoughts. After a moment's thought, Shen Xin said, "No rush, let's go to the zoo first. Xing-ge should be up by now. I'll call him later and ask him to investigate in Fengshunli and keep an eye on Guo Chunping."

Shen Xin remembered that Guo Chunping's registered address was not Fengshunli.

As for myself, since I've already brought Tingting out, I might as well take her to see Bru first.

However, the unexpected discovery greatly excited Shen Xin.

If Guo Chunping is also involved, then the situation in this case will be quite different.

Should the inside and the outside fit together?

Was he bribed, or was he an accomplice?

After thinking about it, Shen Xin leaned towards the former.

If he were an accomplice, he should have left Nanjiang with Sun Kai. It's impossible that he stayed until now after the incident and continued working as a security manager.

Maybe they were bribed to help with things like setting up surveillance cameras.

In that case, there's a reason to explain why the monitoring system was upgraded and the old host was directly disposed of.

As for his strong reaction now, he immediately chose to follow me after I went to investigate and inquire.

Shen Xin speculated that he probably didn't know what Sun Kai was going to do at first, and only provided some convenience. He only realized that things had gotten out of hand when he discovered that Sun Kai had actually killed someone.

Or perhaps he was threatened by Sun Kai again, which is why he reacted so strongly after hearing that the case had been reopened.

Then he still has the possibility of absconding.

Thinking of this, Shen Xin decided not to wait any longer and immediately called Zhao Tianxing.

Tell him to arrange for someone to keep an eye on Guo Chunping.

After communicating with them, they arrived at the zoo.

Finally, glancing at the traffic behind him in the rearview mirror and finding nothing unusual, Shen Xin turned into the zoo's parking lot.

It was the weekend, and the zoo was still quite crowded.

After contacting Director Hong, he quickly appeared and led Shen Xin and the other two to the aviary area.

"Officer Shen, Xiao Li told me everything that happened yesterday. I really have to thank you. If Pipi and Huahua really succeed in breeding, it will be the first case in the entire Ningjiang Province."

Director Hong was quite excited.

Ding Yuwei looked Shen Xin up and down, curious about what reproduction meant.

Shen Xin offered no explanation.

How can I put it? I can only say it was a lucky accident.

Arrive at the bird area.

Following Shen Xin's advice, Li Xiaobing did not place Bru and Huahua in the exhibition area.

"Officer Shen, are you saying that Pipi is this child's pet?" Li Xiaobing looked at Tingting in surprise.

He was unaware of the origin of Blue.

Shen Xin nodded and led Tingting to Blue's cage.

Even though he was locked in his own cage, separated by glass, when he entered, Blue still yelled "idiot, idiot!" at the tourists outside through the glass.

Upon hearing this, Tingting exclaimed with delight, "Uncle, it's Blue, it's my Blue!"

As she spoke, she excitedly called out "Bruce!"

Blue reacted immediately, turning his head to look at Tingting with a puzzled expression.

Four years have passed, and Tingting has grown up quite a bit.

But the next moment, Bru became excited, jumping back and forth on the shelf and shouting, "Tingting, Tingting, be good!"

Tingting reached out her hand.

Before Li Xiaobing could stop it, Blue had already flapped its wings and landed precisely on Tingting's arm.

Then he kept calling out "Tingtingtingting" and rubbing his head against Tingting's cheek.

Tingting giggled happily.

The children outside the glass stared wide-eyed, pointing at Tingting and asking if they could come in.

Tingting hugged Bru tightly again, overjoyed.

Li Xiaobing and Director Hong were both amazed.

Now the two of them believe that Tingting is the original owner of Blue.

"Tingting."

Shen Xin stepped forward, squatted down, and asked, "Do you know why Blue would use such a vulgar term as 'idiot'?"

Shen Xin noticed that it was when Li Xiaobing had just opened the door, and Tingting hadn't fully seen Bru yet, that she heard Bru shout "idiot," and then she recognized Bru with surprise.

It seemed as if she knew Blue would shout that.

Tingting held Blue under its wing, making Blue let out a loud giggle, and then said, "I know, it learned it from my dad. When my dad gets angry, he calls Uncle Li and the others idiots, and he says really nasty things. Then Blue picked it up. I told it to stop saying it, but it wouldn't listen."

Shen Xin was startled and exchanged a glance with Ding Yuwei, their expressions changing.

That means that Bru suddenly started calling people "idiots" not because he saw Sun Kai, but because he was imitating Liu Laibin.

It was Liu Laibin who scolded Li Weiqin and his group.

So when he suddenly started calling people idiots in 15, he probably wasn't seeing Sun Kai, but rather Liu Laibin's employees!

(End of this chapter)