National Forensic Doctor
Chapter 807 - 750: Joy and Sorrow

Chapter 807: Chapter 750: Joy and Sorrow

"Thank you, thank you."

"It’s all thanks to the police!"

Jiang Fuzhen shook hands with Tao Lu, Cui Qishan, and Xiao Si, expressing his sincere gratitude, "This can of dried abalone was purchased by me many years ago. I would add a little each year and eat a little. It has quite a sentimental value for me. It’s really great that it was recovered. Today, I will prepare the abalone, and it should be ready to eat in about a week..."

"No, no!" Cui Qishan quickly stopped Jiang Fuzhen, saying, "Supervisory eyes are watching us, if we dare to eat abalone worth hundreds of thousands today, tomorrow we will all be skinned!"

"Then let’s have lamb. Wait, I’ll have some sheep slaughtered from our ranch and sent over right now!" Jiang Fuzhen decisively broke free from Cui Qishan’s restraint and immediately called home.

Seeing this, Tao Lu thought it over, let Jiang Fuzhen make the call, then said, "Old brother, I’ve had the lamb from your ranch before, it’s really tasty. I won’t be polite this time."

"As long as it tastes good!" Jiang Fuzhen was one of those early human beings who thrived on compliments and was very happy when praised.

Tao Lu smiled and added, "We’ll take the lamb, but we need to pay. It’s not coming out of my pocket, it’s the police station’s money. We can just chalk it up to the expenses. You don’t need to tally it with me, we can’t have you personally paying for the meal, then what have we become?"

"This..." Hearing Tao Lu mention that the unit would pay, Jiang Fuzhen hesitated. It’s problematic to take money from the unit...

Tao Lu shook hands with Jiang Fuzhen and joked, "If you don’t take it, I might just have someone deposit it directly into Jiang Yuan’s salary account, then the supervisors would ask him why he’s selling his family’s lambs to the unit... Hahaha..."

Jiang Fuzhen laughed, "Alright then, I’ll have them pick out a few beautiful lambs and prepare them nicely."

Xiao Si watched Jiang Fuzhen leave energetically and somberly said, "The Jiang family’s joy and sorrow, they cannot share with the sheep."

...

Not just the sheep, Qi Changye’s sorrow couldn’t communicate with the Jiang family either.

Jiang Yuan was hosting guests at home, even throwing lavish feasts, while Qi Changye could only watch helplessly.

The beautiful lambs were slaughtered, and Jiang Fuzhen even cooked the meat personally, making it hard for Qi Changye to say, "Let’s stop eating and go find the body."

Qi Changye could only respectfully toast Jiang Fuzhen several times at the banquet, primarily to maintain a network of relationships.

Jiang Yuan saw this but kept silent, continuing to eat the meat and vegetables, dragging it out for several days.

In the end, Qi Changye turned to Huang Qiangmin, looking as if he was ready to sell himself into servitude for the next 20 years.

Huang Qiangmin had already been briefed on the case, he asked, "Is there a solid line on this? How long had it been worked?"

"Less than two years, she was intermittently providing intelligence before, but she was an undercover for just over a year. One day she just went out to work, following a lead, and then she disappeared," Qi Changye sighed. Every police officer had cases they couldn’t forget, and for him, this case was filled with guilt.

Before Huang Qiangmin could speak, Qi Changye continued, "She had a child over four years old, still in kindergarten. Originally, she didn’t want to go undercover, but I couldn’t find any other suitable candidates at the time, so I repeatedly persuaded her... Alas, she was short of money and wanted to send her child to a better school, so I promised to solve the schooling issues and even offered her a high salary. Which mother could resist such temptation!"

Qi Changye sighed again, "At the time, we urgently needed the intelligence, she might have been exposed. The problem is, to this day I do not know who called her to go up the mountain, I only know the codename... The case was later investigated from other angles, some suspects were captured, others fled, but who should be responsible is still unclear, we even can’t prove she died in the line of duty because there’s no body."

"Doesn’t that count as dying in the line of duty?" Huang Qiangmin looked up.

"Right. Because a lot of money also disappeared, the people she was in contact with also ran off," Qi Changye shook his head, "But we all know she cared greatly for her child, how could she bear to abandon her child and run away, and moreover, it has been so long without any contact."

Hearing this, Huang Qiangmin couldn’t hold back anymore, waved his hand, "Forget it, we’re not that demanding about new equipment. I need to head back and recruit some people anyway, there’s no need to have equipment waiting for people... I’ll talk to Jiang Yuan about it. However, Jiang Yuan dragging this out might have other reasons."

According to Huang Qiangmin’s understanding of Jiang Yuan, he was not one to delay cases, especially already agreed ones.

Huang Qiangmin simply took Qi Changye to ask Jiang Yuan.

Kitchen.

Jiang Yuan was seen with gloves on, maneuvering a small knife, making cuts on a fresh lamb carcass. Their movements evoked a sense of familiarity in Huang Qiangmin and Qi Changye.

Using phrases like "carving with the skill of a chef" had never suited Jiang Yuan before, and it seemed no more appropriate now.

"Jiang Yuan, Director Qi is anxious about his case. How are you feeling?" Huang Qiangmin’s first concern was still Jiang Yuan’s health, thinking that if Jiang Yuan was well, Qi Changye’s case could also be scheduled.

Jiang Yuan put down the knife, turned to look at them, and smiled, "I think we would need to free up some manpower before taking on this case."

"Uh, are you worried it’s too complicated?" Qi Changye felt a bit embarrassed and hurriedly added, "While we did use an undercover agent in the original investigation, it was mainly to confirm the identities involved. Essentially, the case had concluded. Of course, there were some that slipped through the net..."

Jiang Yuan waved his hand dismissively, "I’m not afraid of being retaliated against."

Qi Changye quickly explained, "Normally you wouldn’t be, it’s been a long time since we’ve heard of such incidents. Besides, you’re a policeman yourself..."

"My main concern is timing," Jiang Yuan cut off Qi Changye, stating his reason, "My main task in this case would be to locate the site where the bodies were buried, right? That would mean there are two possibilities: one is that we find it quickly, and then we need to form a new task force to swiftly solve the case, which requires a significant amount of manpower."

Jiang Yuan continued, "The second possibility is that it drags on for an extended period, still requiring a significant amount of manpower. Considering Tao’s department just wrapped up a major case and hasn’t even completed the interrogations, starting another case now would immediately present staffing issues."

With that said, Qi Changye came to understand and couldn’t help but respond, "If it really comes down to requiring manpower, I could find some more..."

"It would have to be the criminal police who are suitable. If we really need several hundred people for a prolonged investigation, it should be directed by an expert like Director Xu. We can’t just replace them with just anyone; that might backfire," Jiang Yuan made his point very clear.

Qi Changye had no choice but to nod, "I was being too anxious, well... this is good, I can make some more arrangements, communicate more."

"It’s not certain we’ll find the body," Jiang Yuan added specifically.

"I understand, I understand, I will explain this to the leadership," Qi Changye said verbally, though he held hopes.

If Qi Changye hadn’t been so hopeful about Jiang Yuan, he wouldn’t have made a special trip here.

Jiang Yuan picked up the knife again to slice the lamb, seemingly content to wait.

That was indeed necessary.

Starting work hastily now, even if Tao Lu took extra care of Jiang Yuan, it wouldn’t yield much support. For a case involving over twenty bodies and more than forty suspects, clearing up the details is exceedingly complex.

Waiting a few days would broaden the options considerably.

By then, the progress might even be faster.

Huang Qiangmin, thinking to himself nearby, also felt that waiting was the right call.

Having Qi Changye bring in new people couldn’t compare to using Tao Lu’s Criminal Police Brigade. No matter what the class of Qi Changye’s case, the secretive and dangerous nature was inevitable. But no matter how mysterious a case is, once hundreds are aware and involved, the fog largely dissipates.

Especially when a few hundred organized detectives from the Beijing Bureau participate, more effective than any guarantee.

"I’ll also go and prepare more! Um... Captain Jiang, is there anything we can do? If it helps the case, we still have plenty of resources on our end," Qi Changye now determined that the case would soon restart, his spirit visibly lifted.

In his opinion, such a cold case from years ago would require a lot of preparation, such as re-examining the case, for example, pre-setting restricted zones, and finding former suspects to relearn about the case and so on...

Jiang Yuan pondered for a moment before responding, "Find some botanists, if you have excess resources on your side."