National Forensic Doctor
Chapter 526 - 526 484 Dusk Does Not Understand the Depth of Night

526: Chapter 484: Dusk Does Not Understand the Depth of Night 526: Chapter 484: Dusk Does Not Understand the Depth of Night Night.

Fog.

The cool breeze blew vigorously, causing the hairs on the legs of girls in short skirts to stand on end.

Mu Zhiyang watched the girls with upright hair, clutching their chests and crossing their legs as they ran past him, straight into the warm embrace of the nightclub, his heart filled with warmth.

“You guys arrest the suspect, I’ll be the second team, don’t worry,” Mu Zhiyang said to Gao Yuyan, who was eager to try.

Gao Yuyan glanced at him disdainfully, “I, Dong Bing, and Tang Jia will go first.

The second team will be the female officers from the criminal police detachment.

You just watch the perimeter.”

Under certain conditions, domestically, female officers are still expected to apprehend female suspects, which from this point of view, suggests that the treatment and passive freedom of female suspects are higher than that of patients.

Of course, the ratio of police to criminals enjoyed by a suspect during arrest is also significantly higher than the ratio of doctors to patients available during a medical consultation.

The police waiting to arrest Wang Dan today numbered around 30.

In theory, it shouldn’t take that many people to arrest a female suspect.

However, on one hand, the case was significant, and neither Bai Jian nor Yu Wenshu, lurking behind the scenes, dared to lose this lead.

On the other hand, Wang Dan had been penalized for public order offenses multiple times, so she was no pushover.

Moreover, lately, she always had companions around her, serving as her protectors.

The Changyang City Criminal Police Detachment had spent several hours to finally confirm Wang Dan’s exact location.

To facilitate the arrest, they even found a “vegetable king” from a nightclub to lure Wang Dan out.

In nightclubs, attractive girls are referred to as “vegetables,” a dish served up for wealthy patrons.

Just as free-to-play gamers exist for the benefit of paying gamers, the presence of beautiful women is one of the competitive edges a nightclub has.

The act of assigning these attractive girls to patrons is called “serving the vegetables,” and a nightclub sales person adept at this task is known as a “vegetable king.”

Wang Dan used to be often called out by the vegetable king to play.

Receiving a WeChat message today, she found nothing unusual, accepted the 200 yuan for cab fare, spent thirty minutes putting on makeup, called a ride, and arrived at the nightclub.

When she appeared at the entrance of “Shuiyang Palace,” she caught the attention of over twenty men and six women.

“Are you sure?” Gao Yuyan confirmed one last time before taking action.

“Confirmed.

It’s her.” Several criminal officers huddled together, scrutinizing carefully.

Mu Zhiyang heaved a long sigh, “A few years ago, I wouldn’t have been able to recognize her from this photo.

Being a detective really trains a person.”

“If you’re sure, that’s good enough, no need for all the inane chatter,” Gao Yuyan, carefree as usual, pushed past Mu Zhiyang and stood guard at the car door.

The person arrived.

The door opened.

Gao Yuyan, like a javelin thrower, charged out, not particularly fast, yet still maintaining explosive power.

Wang Dan, a regular of nightclubs, had no such experience, and with her weight not even reaching 90 pounds and her slender arms and legs, she could only watch as Gao Yuyan, like a panther, pounced out, her shout turning hoarse.

Thud.

Gao Yuyan pressed Wang Dan against the wall in an instant.

She still showed some mercy; the usual method would be to tackle and press the suspect to the ground for safety.

Tang Jia stepped forward, twisting Wang Dan’s arm even more brutally than Gao Yuyan had.

“What’s your name?” Gao Yuyan and the others asked after gaining control.

In their experiences of fighting against kidnapping, they had arrested many women weighing over 150 pounds, and their actions were quite adept.

“Who are you?” Wang Dan had some anticipation, but still held onto hope.

“I’m asking you, what’s your name?” The tone of Gao Yuyan’s voice grew sterner, almost as if she were trained in the imperial palace.

“Wang Dan.”

Upon hearing this, Dong Bing immediately handcuffed Wang Dan and said, “Police.

Behave yourself!”

The same words, when heard from the television and on-site, gave a truly different impression.

Mu Zhiyang and others also exited the car, with officers in uniform forming the perimeter and those not in uniform assisting in the middle.

Pointing at the onlookers around them, they established a police line.

As for those recording with mobile phones, the perimeter officers simply adjusted their body cams, ensuring they captured the faces.

Wang Dan was swiftly pulled into the vehicle, followed by the group’s departure, leaving no police tape at the scene.

The young people coming to the nightclub, utterly bored, were now all excited:

“Are they cops?

Real cops?”

“Isn’t it cosplay or like an immersive drama?

They take you to the cell and…

wow, it feels exhilarating.”

“Could it be someone just got busted?

Our sisters ran into one last time, who kept saying she was 28 but turned out to be 38.

Almost passed out with a burp, it was scary…”

Wang Dan was in a professional prison van, where Meng Chengbiao had been waiting inside.

As soon as the van started moving, he immediately began an impromptu interrogation, “What’s your name!”

“Wang Dan!

How did you know to ask that?”

“You answer what I ask.

Say it again, what’s your name!”

“Wang Dan.”

“That’s more like it,” Meng Chengbiao gave a deliberate smile.

The interrogation expert, a pro at psychological manipulation, easily stirred the emotions of the still-shaken girl.

After a few questions, Wang Dan began to spill everything she was asked.

Meng Chengbiao signaled for the driver to slow down and then added, “I’m going to ask a few more questions, and then we can take a break.

Do you know Wang Xingzhai?”

“Um…

yes, I know him.”

“What’s your relationship with him?”

“Friends with benefits.” Wang Dan was now opening up.

Meng Chengbiao nodded then asked, “When was the last time you saw Wang Xingzhai?”

Wang Dan whispered the date.

“Wang Xingzhai is dead, did you know that?” Meng Chengbiao suddenly raised his voice.

Wang Dan shuddered with fright, “Is he really dead?”

Without answering, Meng Chengbiao continued, “What happened the last time you saw him?”

“He…

he was taken away by someone,” Wang Dan answered unexpectedly.

Every police officer inside the prisoner transport perked up their ears.

Meng Chengbiao asked, “By whom?”

“I don’t know.”

“Describe what happened at the time…”

After hesitating for a moment, Wang Dan said, “I had just gotten dressed and was ready to leave when someone knocked on the door.

Wang Xingzhai went to answer it and suddenly told me to hide in the wardrobe.

He then gave me tens of thousands of yuan, told me to keep quiet, and said…”

“What did he say?”

“He said to tell Lao Gui that Huang Li had come.

Then he told me to keep my mouth shut; there were money and a phone in the wardrobe, all for me,” Wang Dan replied briskly, revealing something she had long kept to herself.

Meng Chengbiao gave a look, and someone naturally went to report.

Turning back, Meng Chengbiao asked, “What did you do?”

After a brief hesitation, Wang Dan said, “I threw away the phone and took the money back with me.”

This answer was somewhat surprising.

Meng Chengbiao asked, “Why did you throw away the phone?”

“I thought he was tricking me, pulling some kind of spy charade.

That used to be quite popular.

Anyway, he told me to spend the money, so I spent it.”

“Where did you throw the phone?”

“Sold it to a used phone buyer,” Wang Dan declared confidently.

Thinking of the drug dealer lying in his grave, Meng Chengbiao shook his head inwardly before asking, “How much money was it…?”

“Sixty or seventy thousand yuan, I guess.

I didn’t count it, and it’s all gone now.”

“You spent sixty or seventy thousand?

How long did it take to spend it all?”

Wang Dan replied disdainfully, “How long can sixty or seventy thousand last?

Buy a bag, a couple of clothes, and there’s hardly anything left.

Surely your police salary isn’t that low.”

…

In the conference room.

Bai Jian’s flushed face puffed on a cigarette, looking like a roasted duck, “So, now we have two leads, the whereabouts of the phone and Lao Gui and Huang Li.

Does anyone know these two?”

The case had progressed beyond Captain Bai’s control, especially in the unfamiliar city of Changyang, making him feel even more outmatched.

But that’s the nature of case progression.

Seeing no objections from the others, Bai Jian continued to make arrangements, “Xiao Liu, keep leading the search for the phone and stay in touch with technical investigation; if you can confirm a phone number, even better.

Captain Li, I appreciate your effort in looking into this Lao Gui and Huang Li.”

“Yes.”

“Can do.”

The two teams responded in unison.

Liu Jinghui, watching Bai Jian start to smoke, grinned and asked, “Jiang Yuan, the traces in the room, footprints, fingerprints, can we find this Huang Li?”

Wang Xingzhai wasn’t taken away entirely peacefully; there might be deliberately left traces.

But Jiang Yuan could only shake his head, saying, “He had a cleaning lady come at set times, and by the time we got there, the place had nearly been cleaned ten times over.

We couldn’t find any footprints or other traces on the floor.”

“No worries, there’s always a way over any mountain.

Anyway, we’re one step closer!

Think about it, we now know the killer’s name, although we don’t yet know the real one, and we know how Wang Xingzhai was killed, even if it’s not immediately useful.

Plus, we have a witness, though she was a bit hungover and didn’t see the process, but still, victory is right before our eyes!”

Bai Jian’s speech turned more assertive, bolstering his subordinates to regain their fortitude.