National Forensic Doctor
Chapter 1048 - 981: The Point of No Return

Chapter 1048: Chapter 981: The Point of No Return

"At about 9:15 this morning, the suspect appeared at Xin Quan Convenience Store, claiming that he had lost his mobile phone. He hoped to use the store clerk’s phone to make a call for help. Afterwards, he asked to exchange cash, having his friend transfer money to the clerk’s Alipay account, then the clerk would give him cash..."

The criminal police responsible for encircling the convenience store quickly completed an on-site interrogation and immediately made a phone call back.

Cui Qishan cursed, and then said, "Got it," and began to arrange for people to investigate Zhang Weili’s "friend", and then sent someone to bring him back.

Zhang Weili’s "friend" is an old player from Beijing, quite particular but not very clever. His relationship with the suspect Zhang Weili wasn’t very close, but owing him a favor, he got himself into trouble by covering for him.

As soon as he sat in the interrogation room, almost finishing the transcription, the old player suddenly realized: "Damn, was it Ningtai Jiangyuan who wants to catch Zhang Weili? Did he steal from the Forbidden City?"

"So, look at you, your source of information isn’t reliable anymore, still, mixing around all day, focus on living a good life once you’re out of prison. Mixing around endlessly, what future is that?" The police officer conducting the interrogation, not even in his thirties, disciplined the old player as if he were chastising his grandson.

"No, you have to let me out." Sitting in the interrogation chair all along, the experienced old player became anxious and began rattling his chains.

"Sit still!" The interrogation officer said sternly: "You’re anxious now? What were you doing earlier!"

Being of an advanced age, the old player easily controlled his emotions, took a deep breath, and said, "What I mean is, the way you’re catching Zhang Weili is slow. Let me out, and I can find a way to bring him back to you!"

"We don’t need you." The interrogation officer didn’t even look up. They had already apprehended the guy, there was no way to release him again, and if they needed to use him, it would be in another way.

The old player took another deep breath: "People from the underworld have their own ways, just grant me bail and let me out for two days, I guarantee that I’ll bring him back."

"We don’t need you. Can’t you understand?" The interrogation officer repeated, then continued: "Just confess everything clearly, and you can just stay in prison, your issue isn’t very severe, confess properly, and you might even get a reduced sentence, don’t make things hard for yourself."

"I don’t care how I fare," the old player said, moved by his own sense of loyalty: "The underworld shouldn’t be ruined because of me."

The interrogation officer stared at him for a long time, then stood up and said: "You should reflect on yourself first."

After finishing, the interrogation officer left the room and thought about heading to the conference room.

Outside the conference room, in the corridor, several old smokers stood by the window smoking. Hearing the elevator ding, they all looked over.

"Xiao Qi." Cui Qishan gestured, "Have you interrogated that old player? How did it go?"

The interrogation officer explained the situation, then said, "I just came to ask if we should release him?"

Jiang Yuan has already started using special measures and insiders, so it’s actually normal to utilize suspects of this level.

Cui Qishan thought for a moment, handed him a cigarette, then said, "No need to inform Jiang Yuan for now. This old player going out, probably can’t find anyone anyway."

"Oh, why do you say that?"

"You’ve been at the interrogation center today, right? Today they brought back a hundred suspects, Jiang Yuan has been busy there with cases. The underworld the old player mentioned, it’s probably non-existent now," Cui Qishan said, sighing twice.

The interrogation officer Xiao Qi was stunned, "I didn’t see that many people entering the interrogation center."

"It’s packed, we even borrowed space from the city bureau," Cui Qishan explained: "That’s Jiang Yuan’s influence."

"Ah... this way... doing it so big, people might come to know..." Xiao Qi looked at Xiao Si, smoking furiously nearby.

Xiao Si, a sharp individual, immediately looked over and offered Xiao Qi a cigarette, took a puff himself, and said, "Don’t worry, Captain Jiang is handling this, except for us, everyone else has probably already forgotten about us."

Xiao Qi couldn’t help but laugh: "That’s not quite right..."

"As long as we don’t stink up the place, don’t flaunt it, and get the suspects back, wrap up the case, we should be fine," Xiao Si remarked for both Xiao Qi’s and Cui Qishan’s ears.

Cui Qishan expressed agreement: "Alright, I’ll make a few more calls and try to speed it up, taking advantage of the ample staff to finish up quickly and avoid a bigger case popping up later, which could complicate things..."

"Cui Da." Xiao Si interrupted Cui Qishan’s words, saying solemnly: "Keep your divine powers in check."

"Ah... it won’t happen." Cui Qishan waved his hand, as if trying to fan away smoke.

"Sometimes, people still need to talk a bit about metaphysics." Xiao Si saw Cui Qishan’s look of disbelief and his intent to argue, continued: "It’s like a woman overshadowing her husband..."

Xiao Qi coughed twice and said, "Old Xiao, be a bit more politically correct."

Xiao Si shifted his words, "Let’s say a man overshadows his wife. He married one and she died, he married a second and she died, even the third wife he married died. Villagers say he overshadows his wives, is this metaphysics or science?"

Cui Qishan laughed softly, just as he was about to say something, his phone rang.

The expressions on Xiao Qi and Xiao Si’s faces suddenly turned serious.

Taking advantage of Cui Qishan not answering the phone yet, Xiao Si said first: "Cui Da, there’s still time to change what you say before you answer the call. I don’t mind, but Xiao Wei is still young, a university student, with a whole future ahead of him."

"Alright, alright. You didn’t mention it, I definitely thought this call was about catching someone, what are you rambling about." Cui Qishan glared at Xiao Si and slid to answer the call: "Hello, I’m Cui Qishan... Uh huh... Uh huh... Okay... I understand."

After putting down the phone, Cui Qishan’s brow lightly furrowed, and with the air of an intellectual, he resembled a slightly homely, abstinent seeming uncle that looks like a middle-aged dean who managed his figure well.

The policemen smoking nearby all felt an intense pressure, and their smoking gestures became much gentler.

"What’s up?" Xiao Si didn’t like this atmosphere and took the initiative to ask.

Cui Qishan sighed heavily: "You really called it, kid."

"Which one?"

"Let’s go." Cui Qishan said as he entered the conference room and approached the busy Jiang Yuan, saying: "Captain Jiang, the suspect Zhang Weili was bound and left at the police station door, even with a cake flower stuck on his head."

As Jiang Yuan was busy comparing crime tools on the computer, he paused and asked, "Are you sure it’s Zhang Weili?"

"Confirmed." Cui Qishan said, "We did the facial recognition, the fingerprints matched too, DNA will take a few hours."

"Then alright, bring him back." Jiang Yuan said, while still clicking the mouse on his screen.

"Okay." Cui Qishan responded, then stood by and watched Jiang Yuan operate for a while. Within a few short minutes, Jiang Yuan had locked down a suspect and forwarded it to Wang Chuanxing nearby.

Wang Chuanxing immediately began preparing the paperwork, and after he finished, he passed it on to the prosecutor nearby. Indeed, to speed up the process, the prosecutor’s office sent someone over to get involved earlier.

Cui Qishan watched for a while, then quietly said: "Captain Jiang, do you need a break?"

Jiang Yuan looked up at the system interface.

Mission: Purge them!

Mission content: Criminal Zhang Weili chose a point of no return, send his cohorts in as well."

Mission progress: 132 people arrested.

Jiang Yuan turned to look at Cui Qishan and said, "No hurry, now that we’re here, let’s catch some more."