National Forensic Doctor
Chapter 1341 - 1267: Baiting the Trap

Chapter 1341: Chapter 1267: Baiting the Trap

What can be done in two hours?

Two hours of playing could exhaust an average person.

Two hours of writing could tire out an average person.

Two hours of partying could wear out an average person.

Two hours of eating could fill an average person up!

Li Haochen used two hours to create a perfect persona for himself.

"I think I can use this person’s identity!" Li Haochen brought the written plan to Jiang Yuan and the others, and started presenting on the spot.

"Anzi?" Jiang Yuan opened it and immediately noticed this somewhat familiar name.

"Yes. Anzi, real name Li Zhekai, is a smuggler from Yue Province. He’s not very big-time, and during this investigation, he got caught by accident. This time, his trip to Tianjin was a secret one — he was coming to make a deal with the local smuggler, Golden Ape. Few people knew about it. Also, the folks in Yue Province don’t know he was caught, which is convenient for us to operate." Li Haochen’s strategy this time mainly revolves around utilizing this person well.

This is also the mode Li Haochen is most adept at: finding a suitable criminal, then thinking from his perspective about the case to explore appropriate investigative angles.

Choosing Li Zhekai is primarily because of his connections in Yue Province. With Tianjin having been arresting smugglers for a day and a night now, even if nothing else, word must have spread among smugglers. It’s like a new gossip video — although the daily gossip output has exceeded the norm, resulting in fewer items going viral nationwide, if it’s within an industry, peers often want a taste of it.

Li Haochen racked his brains for two hours and only had time to come up with one plan, which he explained with extra emphasis: "Li Zhekai is a dealer with little fame, but he’s listed in the industry. If he contacts Cai Dachui to buy a car, Cai Dachui wouldn’t suspect anything."

Liu Jinghui asked at this point: "How do you plan to meet Cai Dachui?"

"Big business! As long as the money to be made is enough, Cai Dachui would take the risk. He himself is a fan of high-risk, high-reward ventures." Li Haochen then began describing his criminal profile analysis.

"What business, and how high is the return?"

"Two McLarens, either the 765 or the 750." Li Haochen quickly explained: "These second-hand cars cost several million, slightly accommodating him, Cai Dachui could easily make a million. It’s enough for breaking the ice. Li Zhekai never dealt with Cai Dachui before, so asking to meet is not unusual at all." _{fre.eweb novel\.c om}

"Can Cai Dachui find McLarens?" Jiang Yuan interjected. When Jiang Village people suddenly came into wealth, some of them wanted to buy sports cars too, but without wanting to be the first buyers, they weren’t easy to obtain.

Li Haochen laughed: "That’s the best part, Cai Dachui happens to have two second-hand McLarens on hand. It’s heard that their origins aren’t legitimate, and he’s been looking for buyers. By contacting him as Li Haochen, I could say I’ve heard this news."

"Isn’t it too much of a coincidence?"

"There always has to be a buyer. Li Zhekai wouldn’t associate with the Tianjin dealers either." Li Haochen paused, then said, "However, to reach an agreement, a buyer like Li Zhekai typically needs to pay a deposit."

Paying money to criminals, if you catch them, it’s an easier discussion, but if you don’t, it could just turn into a pure loss, which is a headache for many law enforcement departments.

But Jiang Yuan isn’t constrained by this, directly asking, "How much is needed?"

"20,000 USDT," Li Haochen answered with some apprehension. The value of 20,000 Tether is 20,000 US Dollars, a small 200,000 outgoing just like that, even for ministerial cases, the leaders might not approve.

"Fine." Jiang Yuan looked at Li Haochen with eyes that seemed unaware of loss or bureaucratic red tape: "Just go ahead as planned, as long as you follow the rules."

"Yes!" Li Haochen replied loudly, tears of excitement nearly slipping down, and he turned around and began working seriously, his posture akin to that of the founder of a startup.

Those beside him like Cui Xiaohu, Qiu Jianye, Wan Quan, and Hang Haichuan were greatly inspired. Despite spending millions or tens of millions on cases together, to take out 200,000 US dollars as bait, especially converting it to cryptocurrency, many task force leaders truly dared not.

Jiang Yuan’s willingness to take responsibility also proved his confidence from another angle.

Once Li Haochen sat at the computer and began giving orders and operation, the work evidently became smoother.

This case involved anti-smuggling bureaus and criminal police from two places, as well as liaison officers sent from ministerial departments, and even personnel from abroad, making it not easy to coordinate. Cui Xiaohu and Li Haochen showed expressions of surprise. Both were from the ministry, having experienced many similar scenes and diverse teams, but for one to run so smoothly, there was often strong leadership hosting the work in the past...

Soon, Huang Qiangmin rushed over upon receiving the message and authenticated Jiang Yuan’s promise, transferring the bill to the Changyang Customs Anti-smuggling Branch.

The operation of the task force was as smooth as mercury flowing. Li Haochen even didn’t have the anticipated wait, contacting Cai Dachui’s people on the dark web and obtaining the real contact method.

By the time Zhong Renlong and Ni Cha flew in from Dama, the disguised Li Zhekai had already started communicating with Cai Dachui through Little Blue Bird.

Zhong Renlong immediately translated for Ni Cha, ensuring their side could smoothly keep up with the progress.

When Li Haochen returned with a note, the two people from Dama had already seriously read through the palm-thick case file, nearly finishing all the available sections.

Li Haochen took a deep breath, handed the note to Jiang Yuan, and continued: "As Li Zhekai, I confirmed the location with Cai Dachui, and we agree to meet at 9 PM tonight. The precondition is to transfer the deposit first."

Jiang Yuan nodded, handing the note to Zhong Renlong and Ni Cha.

"It’s a bar," Zhong Renlong checked on his phone as well.

"Right, Cai Dachui is somewhat suspicious. He said the purpose of the meeting is just to get acquainted, neither talking business nor making deals, just purely meeting. He mentioned that the bar is opened by a friend of his, that he goes there often, and it’s more convenient." Li Haochen explained on the side, adding: "I estimate the surrounding situation will be quite complicated, worried they have reserved an escape route for themselves, but it’s really inappropriate to change the location now."

Jiang Yuan sniffed, perhaps with a statement like what Li Haochen mentioned earlier, it might be possible to find Cai Dachui domestically.

Because he frequents the bar, it wouldn’t be just one or two times, likely three or five times or even more, making it easy for technical investigation to pinpoint Cai Dachui by looking for phones that appeared multiple times.

While there would be regular bar-goers and employees within, filtering them out is easy, even possibly matching photos to get results directly, tracking phone numbers and surveillances to catch Cai Dachui at home.

Apparently, it wasn’t so easy to do in Dama, the lack of real-name registration for phone cards being a problem, making technical investigation not very convenient, ultimately still having to rely on a trap method.

On the spot, Ni Cha called back to confirm the situation of the bar.

Half an hour later, Ni Cha nodded to Jiang Yuan: "The area around the bar is indeed complicated, but we have ways, you can proceed with the transaction."

"Proceed with the transaction." Jiang Yuan confirmed.

Li Haochen became somewhat nervous: "Is it confirmed just like that?"

"Confirmed." Jiang Yuan was no longer verbose: "The nest has already been set up, you just need to draw the rod, whether or not Cai Dachui takes the bait, bites the hook, it’s beyond our control."