It seems that the villain is targeting me.

Earlier, when carrying out the raid, in order to save time on clearing the roadblocks, Officer Lan stepped on the accelerator and pushed forward, knocking open the iron gate of the meat processing plant along with the roadblocks.

It was satisfying to crash the car, and the criminal was indeed caught...but when she looked back at the tattered front of the car, Lando was so heartbroken that she almost stopped breathing.

This Cherokee SUV was not allocated to her by the bureau, but was purchased by Lando herself - she had to persuade her family to pay for it - and she drove it out this time just to facilitate the tracking mission.

Officer Lan's heart was pounding. She still had thirteen installments left on the car, and now it was in such a horrible state, the cost of repairing it would surely be a hefty sum...

My God, her monthly salary plus allowances only totaled four hundred yuan - this car repair fee was simply a sudden disaster!

It further reduced the policewoman's already meager living expenses, and she went from just getting by to surviving in the extreme.

Lando sighed heavily.

She had completely recovered from her previous emo state at this time, and she didn't even feel the sprains and bruises on her body. She wandered around as if she couldn't sit still.

Lando felt that she was now terrifyingly strong.

Although her immediate superior kept urging her to go to the hospital for treatment, Officer Lan herself was very aware and was conscious that she would not leave the front line even with a minor injury - it was just a slight sprain, there was no need to make a fuss at all.

She gave up her seat in the ambulance to other injured people and stayed to see if there was anyone else who needed help.

Xiao Niao should have been sent to the hospital by now, right?

Officer Lan recalled the scene at that time: There seemed to be some bleeding on the head... I hope there won't be any sequelae.

Although the bird was unconscious when it was taken out of the fire,

From the outside, there were no serious external injuries and his breathing was normal - in short, he didn't seem to be in any serious condition.

The reason why Lando is in a relaxed mood now is largely because of this.

The fact that Xiao Niao was almost buried alive underground left a deep shadow on her. If the other party had not been rescued, the police officer would probably have had such a knot in her heart forever.

This was almost a miracle - no one who was present at the time thought the bird could survive.

But she was miraculously rescued alive and didn't even look seriously injured.

The moment he saw the other person, Officer Lan's heart, which had been hanging in the air, suddenly fell back into his stomach, and he relaxed completely.

She knew that the bird's survival this time was closely related to the woman who drove a cold chain transport truck and suddenly rushed into the fire.

At that time, Lando was only grateful to this person and did not even try to find out how he did it.

Where did they get the truck from, and why did they know they were trapped? If you think about it carefully, it's really a lot of troublesome questions.

At least for now, Lando doesn't really want to delve into these matters.

Rather than investigating the background of these two women, it is more important to catch the criminals who have escaped from the city.

Officer Lan carefully inspected his car again, and then sadly came to the conclusion that the entire hood must be replaced.

She stood up and secretly wondered how she could apply for a subsidy from the bureau to repair the car.

At this moment, Officer Lan suddenly noticed that several plainclothes officers seemed to be heading towards the meat processing plant.

Lando knew almost all the regular police officers in Taoyuan District, so she recognized at a glance that those plainclothes officers were from the Second Criminal Police Team.

——But what are the people from Team Two doing over there?

Did a suspect escape?

But even if someone escaped, they shouldn't have fled towards the meat processing plant - so many police officers and firefighters were still surrounding it.

Is that to collect evidence against the suspect?

But there's no need to be so anxious. The floor in the factory is still scorching hot, so it's no problem to throw a steak on it and fry it.

Speaking of evidence, Officer Lan was thinking before: With such a big fire, most of the evidence must have been burned.

Unexpectedly, the police found a large number of photos, account books and various paper documents related to the crime of trafficking on the rescued children.

This was Xiaoniao's idea.

She asked each child to put a few pages of paper in their arms or photos in their trouser pockets, and almost completely transferred the evidence out.

In particular, the first girl rescued, Zheng Qiong, directly handed the police a camera memory card - which recorded the bloody crime in the form of images.

The police have collected these valuable evidences from all the abducted children one after another - it will take them some time to study them, so there is no reason to come here specifically to look for new ones.

Lando subconsciously followed the pace of the plainclothes officers.

She was recognized at the door, but the other party did not stop her - not only did they not stop her, they saluted and let her in.

"Captain Lan?" One of the plainclothes officers looked at her in surprise. "Weren't you injured and in the hospital? Why are you still here investigating a case?"

Investigation?

Landuo's face was expressionless, but her mind was spinning rapidly. She nodded slightly and said vaguely, "Well, let me take a look."

What she said did not arouse the suspicion of several plainclothes officers: in Taoyuan, the third brigade where Lando was located had always led the way in solving crimes, eight blocks ahead of the second place.

Officer Lan himself is a well-known detective in the police system, so it is not surprising that he was asked to stay and investigate the case.

She followed the plainclothes officers inside - the group walked all the way to the yard of the meat processing plant.

Someone nearby handed them gloves and shoe covers and reminded them to be careful. The firefighters said the fire could break out again.

Lando put on her equipment and walked a few steps into the yard. Then, she suddenly smelled a strong smell of rust in the air.

Because the burning produced a lot of thick smoke, the smell was not pungent and could only be smelled when one got close.

Lando reacted almost instantly and wondered why those plainclothes officers said this was an "investigation".

Nine out of ten cases that can be investigated by criminal police are homicide cases.

Three horrific corpses lay on the ground - there were no other extra wounds on their bodies, and no obvious signs of struggle.

Without having to learn professional criminal investigation knowledge, anyone can tell how these three people died: their heads were smashed by bullets.

One of them was shot dead, and the other was shot again afterwards: twice in the chest and once in the head.

In addition, another person died from blood loss due to a slashed artery - he died before being shot again.

The air smelled terrible with the sweet, fishy odor of death.

Lando frowned and squatted down to check the condition of the three bodies. She then discovered that one of the people with a smashed head was the core member of the trafficking gang: Lao Li.

How could Lao Li die here?

——This is the question of all the police officers present.

"Could it be an internal conflict?" someone raised the question.

"Unlikely," Lando shook her head. "They are in an open area outside, not in a closed fire area. Even if a dispute occurs, it is unlikely to escalate to the point of life and death."

"and……"

Landuo stood up again and pointed at the knife handle at Lao Li's throat. "Look at this knife—the moment it stabbed in, the blade severed the throat, the tip pierced the cervical vertebrae, and then with a horizontal swing of the hand, it opened the blood vessels."

"The murderer clearly had a very good understanding of human tissue. It took less than a second from the start to the end, and Lao Li quickly lost his ability to resist."

"The other party is too skilled," Officer Lan analyzed. "They can't be a novice. They must be professionals involved in this matter."

"Have you found the gun?" she asked.

The colleague beside him shook his head at Landu. They were so nervous because they had not found the pistol that was used as the murder weapon.

Lando thought for a while, then she began to speak: "We have arrested all the suspects in the meat processing plant. From now on, we just need to conduct smoke tests on each of them one by one, and we should be able to catch them."

In addition, firearms seized by the police can also undergo ballistic testing.

If he was lucky, the prisoner might be in the detention center now.

Several colleagues who participated in the on-site reconnaissance nodded, and they all felt that what Lando said made sense.

But the various tests here will take a long time, so they should try their best to collect evidence at the scene.

The firefighters had just managed to suppress the raging fire a few minutes ago, and the criminal police had just started working when the yard was big enough for people to stand.

Lando was also busy with her colleagues, and she saw her immediate boss in the crowd.

After a while, the boss came up to her.

"Landuo!" The boss lowered his voice and asked quietly, "Didn't I tell you to go to the hospital? Why are you here again?"

Officer Lan also perfunctorily replied in a low voice: "I know. I'll go there in a while."

The boss glared at Lando, but there was really nothing he could do about this guy.

The situation at the scene was quickly thoroughly checked by these professional criminal police. A colleague from the Criminal Investigation Department brought a white cloth and covered the three bodies.

Landuo stood not far away and watched their actions. She only needed to lower her head slightly to see Lao Li's dead face with his eyes wide open.

Old Li's face retained the extremely horrified expression he had in his lifetime, his eyes wide open, as if he could not accept such a sudden death.

At this moment, Lando suddenly noticed a small pool of splattered blood on the ground.

She squatted down to observe and found that the shape of the bloodstain on the ground was not natural, with an overly flat straight line.

Experience tells Lando that such a straight line may appear because the spurting blood is blocked by something.

She estimated the height roughly and felt that this thing must be at least one meter above the ground.

However, there was an open space around the three bodies, with no obstruction at all, and no symmetrical bloodstains were found on the clothes of the other two deceased.

The obstruction won't suddenly grow legs and run away, unless...

Lando's face suddenly turned pale, as if she was thinking of something.

She stood up, hurriedly said goodbye to her colleagues, and was about to leave.

The boss was a little confused by her and subconsciously asked behind him: "Landuo, what are you doing?"

"Go to the hospital!"

Officer Lan answered casually, and then used his fastest speed to find the cold chain transport truck parked in the open space.

Because the car was driving in the fire, the exterior of the car had been smoked black, and the original logo was basically unrecognizable. Even the front wheel fender was smoked black.

Logically speaking, even if there were any bloodstains or something like that, they should have been covered by the black smoke long ago.

Lando took a deep breath, took out two new gloves from her pocket, and carefully checked the body of the transport truck.

About ten minutes later, Officer Lan discovered a small, inconspicuous dark red mark on the inside of the transport truck's door.

Because of the high temperature, the mark has been baked dry and will turn into powder if touched lightly with fingertips.

But Lando didn't need any additional confirmation. She had seen too many murder scenes and could tell with her naked eyes that the dark red marks were left after the blood dried up.

It matched the blood splatter that was missing a small section almost perfectly.

Lando took a step back and loosened her grip on the car door.

She subconsciously reached into her pocket—she felt a bunch of car keys.

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In the end, Chen Xiaoya was unable to leave with the ambulance.

The look the woman gave him made the boy lose the courage to follow her at that moment.

By the time she reacted, the ambulance had already left.

Chen Xiaoya sat alone under the tree in frustration, regretting her poor performance just now.

The woman muttered something incoherent, and then actually took the bird away - even though she was sending it to the hospital for treatment.

I should have gone with them at that time, Chen Xiaoya thought dejectedly, at least I could take care of Xiao Niao when she was unconscious.

Wait...that woman

Wouldn’t someone deliberately bully the bird while she is unconscious?

Chen Xiaoya stood up with a start.

It was at this moment that she suddenly saw a tattered off-road vehicle driving towards her.

The front of the car was dented and the entire hood was squeezed and deformed, as if it had just been in a serious car accident.

Chen Xiaoya looked at the broken car driving towards him in confusion.

The car window rolled down, revealing a familiar face.

It’s Lando.

Officer Lan looked at Chen Xiaoya and asked directly, "Where is Xiao Niaoren?"