You're supposed to be a security officer, what case are you solving?

Chapter 59: Drawing cakes!

Chengnan Branch.

Outside the interrogation room of the Criminal Investigation Brigade, the narrow corridor was crowded with people.

Upon hearing that the Chengnan Major Crimes Team had apprehended the perpetrators of the 6*14 major criminal case, Yang Guochang, the director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, and Wen Mo, the branch captain, rushed over immediately.

At this moment, Liao Guohua recounted the arrest process triumphantly, presenting incriminating evidence—a bank deposit slip from the home of the victim, Zhang Xiaoying.

Wen Mo took the deposit slip, glanced at it quickly, and immediately handed it to Yang Guochang.

After looking at it and confirming the name and amount on the deposit slip, he smiled, a rare occurrence for him: "Xiao Liao, well done this time! Interrogate him, interrogate him quickly, pry his mouth open!"

"Alright!" Liao Guohua pushed open the door with great interest.

What are the rules for interrogating a suspect? In this day and age, there are practically no rules.

A dozen or so leaders from the Municipal Public Security Bureau and the Chengnan Branch Bureau all rushed into the interrogation room and sat in chairs against the wall.

They were like a pack of wolves standing against the wind on a hillside, their eyes fixed intently on the suspect bound to the tiger bench.

The man was in his forties, his hands cuffed to the interrogation table, his head bowed, and his hair thick.

Liao Guohua stood high above the interrogation table, his eyes sharp and his presence imposing.

He reached out and tapped the table with his knuckles: "Lift your head up!"

The man slowly raised his face; he had a square face, a thick beard, and looked extremely dejected.

"What is your name?"

"Yang Qi".

"Do you know why I arrested you?"

Yang Qi pursed his lips and remained silent, but his eyes darted around, showing great hesitation.

Liao Guohua didn't give him a chance to think. He took out Sun Lu's five thousand yuan fixed deposit certificate, showed it to him, and asked sternly, "Whose certificate is this?"

"I do not know."

"Don't you know you're going to the bank to withdraw money?" Liao Guohua roared, slamming his fist on the table again, which startled Yang Qi so much that his shoulders trembled.

"You know perfectly well where you are. We didn't arrest you for no reason! If you don't tell the truth, you know what the consequences will be!"

"I..." Yang Qi pursed his dry lips: "I really don't know."

Liao Guohua gritted his teeth and asked, "Where were you after midnight on June 14th?"

"I'm sleeping at home..."

"Lying!" Liao Guohua interrupted him. "You're really stubborn!"

Yang Qi looked up at the group of criminal police officers. They were staring at him menacingly, as if they wanted to devour him. He swallowed hard.

“I really stayed home and slept. I didn’t go anywhere. This deposit slip in your hand was given to me by my wife this morning.”

She...she said someone owed my brother-in-law money, and this is the money being paid back to him.

My wife and I have both been laid off. Our rice jar is empty, and we can't even afford oil and salt.

My wife borrowed this money from my brother-in-law. She told me to go to the bank this morning and withdraw all the money. We'll keep 500 yuan, and the remaining 4,500 yuan will be returned to my brother-in-law.

Liao Guohua paused for a moment, then asked, "What's your wife's name?"

"Wang Caixia".

"Where do you live?"

“Wenhua Second Lane, Building 3, Unit 1, Apartment 301”.

Where is your wife now?

"She's at home."

Liao Guohua stared intently into his eyes, leaning forward with a fierce look in his eyes: "I'll ask you one more time, where were you at dawn on June 14th?"

Yang Qi immediately replied, "I'm telling the truth. I really was sleeping at home; I didn't go anywhere." "Who can vouch for you?"

"I'm home alone."

Was your wife home at that time?

“She wasn’t there. We had a fight, and she went to my brother-in-law’s house.”

"What's your brother-in-law's name?"

"Wang Xiaofa".

"Where does he live?"

“He lived at No. 17 Linchuan Street with my father-in-law and mother-in-law.”

When Liao Guohua got to this point, he glanced back at the senior leader, and seeing Yang Guochang nod, he immediately ended the interrogation.

Seeing the police officers about to leave, Yang Qi hurriedly asked, "Officers, why are you arresting me? What law have I broken?"

Liao Guohua did not answer. The group walked out of the interrogation room and gathered at the end of the corridor.

Yang Guochang spoke first, his voice rising and falling: "We don't know if Yang Qi is pretending to be stupid, but it's certain that there are multiple perpetrators in the 6*14 case."

"Now, Xiao Liao, you need to take some men and arrest Wang Caixia and Wang Xiaofa right away!"

Liao Guohua nodded emphatically: "Please rest assured, leader, I will certainly live up to your expectations."

Yang Guochang then said earnestly, "As you know, the Municipal Bureau has been short of a deputy branch chief, and the Organization Department has not found a suitable person to transfer. If you solve this case, our Municipal Bureau will recommend you for commendation!"

Upon hearing this, Liao Guohua's brain was instantly flooded with blood, and he was incredibly excited, except for the area in his pocket.

But Wen Mo, who was standing to the side, pushed up his glasses and exchanged a glance with Gu Changhui, the leader of the Chengnan branch. Both of their eyes flickered with a dim light.

Immediately afterwards, Liao Guohua began assigning tasks on the spot. He personally led a team to arrest Wang Xiaofa, while Wang Caixia assigned the task to her right-hand men, Jiang Bala and Fu Yun.

The Chengnan branch is relatively wealthy; the police cars parked in the yard are all brand-new, though they are all converted from stolen vehicles.

The criminal investigation team, consisting of four police cars and about ten motorcycles, drove out of the branch office compound with sirens blaring.

While driving, Jiang Bala said to Fu Yun, who was sitting in the passenger seat, "Did you hear that? Our Captain Liao is going to be promoted."

Fu Yun stared at him warily: "What? You have something on your mind?"

Jiang shook his head: "What thoughts could I possibly have? In terms of seniority, you're the first in our team. If Lao Liao gets transferred to the Municipal Bureau, I'll be the first to support you!"

Fu Yun chuckled: "That depends on Director Gu. We need to get on his good side and Political Commissar Luo's good side first."

“Well…” Jiang Bala thought for a moment and said, “The 6*14 case happened during our special campaign to crack down on organized crime, which is of great importance to everyone, and its nature is extremely serious.”

Whoever solves this case will have done a great job, and when they arrest the suspect later, you will personally handcuff him.

I'll have the technical team take a lot more photos of you. You should contact a TV reporter and get them to write a special report about you. Once Lao Liao is transferred, you'll definitely become the team leader.

Upon hearing this, Fu Yun grinned and slapped Jiang Bala's shoulder hard: "You're a fortune teller, you've got a lot of tricks up your sleeve."

Jiang Bala chuckled and said, "We both came from the anti-pickpocketing team, so we'll stick together. I'm younger than you, and I'll need your help in the future."

"Easy to say, easy to say!"

Fu Yun felt like he was floating on air, imagining how smooth the criminal investigation captain's desk was and how soft his chair was.

He said, "Our Chengnan branch is really going to be proud this time. I can just imagine what He Jinbo and Lu Shaohua are like."

Jiang Bala laughed loudly, "You saw how stupid He Jinbo looked when we arrested him, like a kangaroo. I laughed so hard."

"Hahahaha..." Fu Yun laughed.

Twenty minutes later, their car arrived at Jianmin Road.

Wenhua Road Second Lane is located south of Jianmin Road, about one kilometer away.

When their car stopped at the alley entrance, they suddenly saw police cars from the North City Branch Bureau, as well as a joint defense team of over a hundred people, surrounding the entire Wenhua Road!
The two were laughing heartily, but now their smiles froze on their faces.

(End of this chapter)