1995, Starting as a Criminal Investigation Expert

Li Shu was somewhat bewildered.

Firstly, it was from staying up all night; it was truly exhausting, with everything going black before my eyes. I could just lie there and fall asleep right there, even with my sunglasses up to my face.

Of course, I'm enduring it, and so are everyone else.

They're all veterans, and I'm just a young guy; I shouldn't complain.

The key issue is that after expending so much effort, there were ultimately no results.

Li Shu found it hard to accept.

I proposed a new systematic method that is actually useful and greatly improves efficiency.

Li Shu couldn't help but want to compare the results and find the suspect. Even if he didn't get a reward or anything, he wanted to at least get a good start to his police career.

The results of it.

It started strong but ended weakly, failing to match the original design at all.

Across from him, Tan Guoxiong rubbed his eyes, leaned closer, and whispered, "Li Shu, do you think we might have misread it?"

Just mentioning this gives Li Shu a headache.

If that's the case, what should we do? Do we start over?

The key point is that this possibility truly exists.

After all, it's the human eye, not a computer, so it's bound to make mistakes.

Moreover, what Li Shu feared most was that he and Tan Guoxiong would make a mistake.

What if two newcomers, lacking experience, miss something?

Just then, Zhao Yong stretched in the distance and said, "Old Han, what do we do? Look at the similar ones again?"

Han Jianjun crossed his arms, his eyebrows furrowed into a deep frown.

First of all, it is highly likely that the match will not be found, after all, there are many mobile crimes, especially in Nanjiang, which is located in the southeastern Yangtze River Delta, a developed economic region in the country, with a large migrant population.

If there was no prior criminal record, then naturally the comparison wouldn't work.

Secondly, if the comparison fails, there will generally be a re-examination process.

I'm just afraid someone might miss it.

Especially those fingerprints that are ambiguous yet remarkably similar.

However, during the comparison process, such situations have been anticipated. If several feature points match, and the fingerprints are very similar, they will be compared repeatedly to confirm whether it is the correct fingerprint.

Therefore, in theory, there should be no situation where the comparison is completed but there are errors or omissions.

But what if?

With tens of thousands of fingerprints, you might miss one.

With a sigh, Han Jianjun said, "Never mind, there shouldn't be any problems. It's just that the comparison didn't match. It's getting late, everyone should go home."

He told everyone to leave work.

The group exchanged glances and then got up to pack their things.

Li Shu hesitated for a moment, then approached Zhao Yong and expressed his concerns.

I'm afraid that since Tan Guoxiong and I are newcomers, we might miss something due to lack of experience.

Zhao Yong quickly said, "You two mustn't think like that. If it didn't match, it didn't match. If this happens all the time, how will we be able to do our jobs in the future?"

"Besides, you young people have better eyesight than us old folks. Don't worry, if it's not there, it's not there. There's no mistake."

After saying that, they inevitably had to add a few more words of praise.

They said that if Li Shu hadn't figured out this quick comparison method, they would all still be suffering through it all.

Helpless, Li Shu had no choice but to tell Tan Guoxiong to leave work.

It was already 2 a.m. when I walked out of the municipal bureau compound.

Not far from the dormitory, the two walked back.

Tan Guoxiong was not in high spirits, and couldn't help but ask if he had misread it.

"Alright, don't overthink it. Maybe when you open your eyes tomorrow morning, the whole team will have already caught them," Li Shu comforted him.

Knowing Tan Guoxiong's personality, this guy is a deep thinker; he always keeps things on his mind and takes them to heart.

Tan Guoxiong sighed and said no more.

Back in the dorm, I didn't even bother to shower. I just lay down on the bed, thinking I'd chat for a bit longer, or maybe try looking through the system to see if there were any other options.

As soon as his head hit the pillow, he fell asleep before he could say two words.

When I woke up again, it was already broad daylight.

In the next bed, someone was busy. Tan Guoxiong stood awkwardly to the side, repeatedly saying that he didn't need it.

"Mom, what brings you here?"

Li Shu was taken aback.

The person who came was his mother, Hu Xiaojun.

Tan Guoxiong looked at him with pleading eyes.

Hu Xiaojun was helping him fold clothes.

"Guoxiong, eat up, while it's hot." Hu Xiaojun called out to Li Shu, saying, "Why did I come over? You moved dorms, so I had to come and check on you. Especially you, your bed looks like a pigsty. You're a grown man, can't you pay a little attention to your appearance?"

Li Shu rolled his eyes silently, quickly got up, picked up a basin, and went to the washroom to wash up.

While getting my hair washed, I ran into a large group of Shenchuan people.

He joined the team two years ago, is single, and is currently living in the dormitory.

"Li Shu, did the fingerprints match?" Shen Chuan asked.

Li Shu's heart sank. What could he say? He shook his head.

"Depend on!"

Shen Chuan cursed, patted Li Shu on the shoulder, and said, "It's okay, they usually don't match."

After saying that, he went to brush his teeth.

Li Shu felt as if he had done something wrong and was extremely guilty. He didn't dare to say anything more, so he quickly washed up and rushed back to his dormitory.

Hu Xiaojun had almost finished tidying up and invited Li Shu to dinner.

I bought Wangxingji's steamed buns and tofu pudding.

Li Shu didn't stand on ceremony and ate in silence.

After Hu Xiaojun finished tidying up, she sat down next to Li Shu and first asked him if he had enough money.

As he spoke, he casually slipped a few large bills into Li Shu's pocket.

"Mom, I'm already at work," Li Shu said, making excuses but not actually taking anything out.

Hu Xiaojun kept nagging about going to work, then asked Tan Guoxiong how his mother was doing.

Tan Guoxiong, as if being interrogated, quickly sat up straight and said it was fine.

Hu Xiaojun instructed, "Li Shu, you and Guoxiong were classmates in college, and now you're colleagues. You're still quite far along in your pregnancy, so you need to take extra care of Guoxiong."

Li Shu glanced at Tan Guoxiong and simply nodded.

Tan Guoxiong comes from a single-parent family.

His father was a truck driver at a cotton mill in his early years. When Tan Guoxiong was 7 years old, he was robbed and killed on his way to deliver goods to another city.

It is said that he died a very tragic death.

Because of this, his mother couldn't bear the blow, became depressed or something, and drank pesticide.

Fortunately, the person was discovered in time and saved, but suffered aftereffects, including physical weakness, and was unable to work.

Fortunately, the factory helped me, so I was able to survive.

But the murderer was never found, which was the main reason why Tan Guoxiong applied to the police academy and aspired to become a policeman.

After dinner, we sent my mother away, but she mysteriously dragged the two of us downstairs.

Two brand-new 28-inch bicycles were parked downstairs.

The Golden Lion brand, a brand from Yanling next door, sells quite well in Ningjiang.

You can see their GG everywhere: riding a golden lion, traveling the world.

That's over two hundred yuan, more than half a month's salary.

Upon hearing that it was a work gift for him, Tan Guoxiong hurriedly refused, saying that he had to pay for it himself.

"Have you received your salary yet?"

Li Shu gave him a push, then swung his leg into the car and gave Hu Xiaojun a thumbs up.

I was thinking of buying a bicycle.

Then he called Tan Guoxiong to work.

"You can pay me back when you get paid. Hurry up, we're going to be late," Li Shu said to Tan Guoxiong.

It's likely that Hu Xiaojun considered this when she made the purchase, which is why she didn't buy Phoenix or Forever, but chose the cheaper Golden Lion, which is still of good quality.

Helpless, Tan Guoxiong thanked him and had no choice but to go to work.

It was so close, we arrived at our destination in no time.

After parking and locking the car, the two hurried upstairs.

When I entered, I didn't see Zhao Yong. I asked Peng Rong and found out that he had gone to the First Brigade for a case analysis meeting.

As a newcomer, I certainly don't deserve to be present.

Li Shu then asked Peng Rong what to do next in a situation where no match was found.

Peng Rong shrugged and said, "What can we do? Most likely we'll send it to other cities and request their assistance."