My Life with Narration-Chapter 261 - 260: Narrow Paths for Enemies

This is what they call a living Hua Tuo, it’s not an exaggeration to say it’s a medical miracle.

The person who was hard of hearing just now was immediately cured, is there anything she can’t do?

Looking at the time, it’s only four in the afternoon, and the sky is still bright.

The three of them weren’t in a rush, after all, they’re humans, not made of iron. Especially Li Zijun, who had been busy all day and hadn’t even had a chance to eat. They found a small diner around the police station, ordered a couple of dishes to fill up a bit, and casually waited for the intelligence team’s results.

From the chat, he learned that Jiang Hong was from Anji, a county under Jiangcheng City, and that Jiang Hong’s parents had already arrived at noon.

They couldn’t believe their daughter would commit suicide and wanted an explanation.

Everyone could actually understand this point, and even if it was suicide, you can’t just conclude it by taking one look; you have to investigate the reasons and give the deceased’s family an explanation.

But in most people’s eyes, this case didn’t seem necessary to investigate further; the result would probably not be homicide. And precisely because the case was relatively simple, it was assigned to their group.

Though Li Zijun and Du Qiang were both rising stars in the Criminal Investigation Department, with abilities that were beyond doubt, there was still someone like him, an amateur, in the team. Assigning such a simple case to them was also a kind of special care.

You have to understand, who else in the police station, especially in the Criminal Investigation Department, doesn’t have a few cases on their hands? Even if they aren’t major cases, the number of online telecommunication frauds is endless and still needs to be investigated.

Many cases, even if they don’t lead to fatalities or even injuries, are still quite challenging.

"There’s news," Du Qiang, chewing on his chopsticks, said excitedly while holding his phone.

Upon hearing this, Su Qing and Li Zijun looked at him dumbfounded, waiting for more details.

Seeing this, Du Qiang continued, "Through Jiang Hong’s contact list and credit investigation, we found that she had multiple overdue credit cards and had borrowed money from several online lending platforms.

Her classmates said that she often received debt collection calls, and some even went to the school to find her."

Upon this, Li Zijun took a deep breath and replied calmly, "Online loans, debt collection, depression, no wonder!

Let’s eat quickly, there’s still work to do after!"

The two nodded, and soon, a police car headed straight in the direction of South City District.

At half-past five in the afternoon, a large crowd of young people had already started to gather near the South City Stadium.

"Wow, is the mall having a big sale?" Driving, Du Qiang exclaimed in surprise.

Li Zijun also curiously looked out the window.

"There’s a concert here today, didn’t you know?" Su Qing asked.

Hearing this, the two were stunned.

"Whose concert is it?"

"It’s Ziqi’s!"

At this, Li Zijun couldn’t help but sigh and say helplessly, "Ah, if it weren’t for this incident, we could have had a day off today. I used to love listening to her songs back in high school."

Most people chasing stars now are students, after all, once you have a job, who has the free time to attend concerts! 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

As they drove past, they soon saw the gate of Normal University. However, it’s summer vacation now, and the campus was deserted.

Even if students were staying at the university, there weren’t many, and the classmates Jiang Hong could contact had all returned home, leaving no clues here either.

The car drove for another ten minutes before they finally found an old neighborhood near the Normal University.

Although the neighborhood was quite old, the monitoring facilities were still intact, much better than where Lin Miaomiao used to live.

The three quickly found a place to park the car and walked into the neighborhood together.

Even now, they could occasionally see uniformed officers patrolling around the neighborhood.

When such a case occurs, obviously more than just them are responsible; the local police station will also deploy officers to secure the scene, collect evidence, and conduct visits and investigations!

The police station has always been a massive machine, immediately starting its operations when a case arises, with various departments collaborating. It’s almost unrealistic for a TV show protagonist to solve a case alone and apprehend the culprit.

After all, just the task of conducting investigations and gathering intelligence requires quite a lot of police force, which is simply not shown in movies, leading people to think the protagonist did it all themselves.

Arriving at a unit building, a police line had already been cordoned off. There was no body on the ground; it must have been taken away, but the puddle of blood hadn’t been cleaned up yet.

"Hello, we’re from the East City Public Security Bureau, here to investigate this jumping case. May I ask how the situation is now?" Li Zijun and Du Qiang stepped forward and showed their credentials to the on-scene officer.

"Hello, I’m Zhao Dongyang from the Chengguan Street Police Station. I’ve been waiting for you for a while," said the young officer in a police uniform standing outside the police line.

The East City Public Security Bureau is so-called because it is the headquarters of the Jiangcheng Public Security Bureau; a city only has one Public Security Bureau, with the rest being sub-bureaus or police stations.

Police officers at the station mainly handle day-to-day disputes, but for major cases that require investigation, they need to transfer the case to the Criminal Investigation Department, and so Li Zijun and Du Qiang brought him over with this grievance.

Officer Zhao Dongyang spoke and handed over a document, "This is the result of our visits, and it also includes a surveillance video, and here’s the room key."

"Thank you!"

"It’s my duty! By the way, do you still need to look around here? Someone has already collected evidence; if there’s no further issue, the place should be cleaned up." Zhao Dongyang asked the three.

Hearing this, Li Zijun and Du Qiang exchanged glances, then shook their heads, "No need. Let’s go upstairs directly!"

"Alright, follow me!"

The group of four then went upstairs, climbing the stairs to a six-story old building, but Jiang Hong lived in the attic on the top floor.

As soon as they reached the top floor, they saw that the door was plastered with signs demanding money, and even the surrounding walls had threats written in marker pen. All three of them frowned slightly at this.

Just as he was dazed, Zhao Dongyang had already opened the door, and the three of them deftly put on gloves and shoe covers.

Du Qiang casually threw a pair of gloves at him and said, "What are you staring at? Are you planning to go in just like that? Don’t you have any professional integrity?"

Su Qing: ???

The police officer Zhao Dongyang was also a bit puzzled by this. Although the three weren’t wearing police uniforms, Su Qing was the only one who didn’t look like a police officer at a glance.

Realizing this, Su Qing was a bit embarrassed, his face slightly flushed, and he quickly put on his gear and followed them inside.

The attic wasn’t big, about forty square meters, with one bedroom, one living room, and a bathroom, but no kitchen.

As soon as the four entered, they saw the place was in shambles, very messy, with garbage and bottles everywhere.

As he entered, the voiceover in his head began playing.

[Under long-term high-pressure conditions, Jiang Hong’s emotions were very unstable, relying on alcohol to fall asleep.

Then last night, suddenly erupted, smashing things around the house, sitting in the living room until dawn, finally jumping out the bedroom window at six in the morning.]

As the voiceover narrated, Su Qing could almost see the scene from last night, a girl in a white nightgown, hair disheveled, smashing the living room in despair before choosing to end her life.

Ignoring his dazed state, Du Qiang and Li Zijun demonstrated strong professional skills, starting to search the room for suspicious clues with their gloves on.

Professionals had already surveyed the area in the morning, looking for fingerprints, taking photos of the room, and collecting some important and obvious evidence. This was their second sweep, with potentially a third and fourth to follow.

Li Zijun and Du Qiang searched the living room for a long time, but both eventually shook their heads. Clearly, the messy living room had no useful clues, and of course, they couldn’t see fingerprints with the naked eye.

Then the group entered Jiang Hong’s bedroom, where she had taken her life.

Upon entering, they noticed something different; the bedroom was extraordinarily tidy, with items neatly arranged, especially the cosmetics on the dresser, meticulously organized.

Immediately, Li Zijun and Du Qiang began searching the drawers for useful clues.

"Look, Sister Jun!" Du Qiang quickly found a box of opened condoms in the back of a drawer, with several visibly used.

Seeing this, Li Zijun grew interested: "So, does this mean Jiang Hong has a boyfriend, and he’s even been here?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Su Qing’s voice came: "Not necessarily."

"What did you discover?" Li Zijun asked with interest, as it was Su Qing’s first time actively speaking up since they entered.

Even Du Qiang looked at him expectantly, believing him to be the strongest brain among them.

"I mean, even if there was a relationship, it doesn’t necessarily mean they were boyfriend and girlfriend. In today’s society, there are a lot of complicated relationships." Su Qing replied calmly.

In response, Li Zijun asked, "That’s true, but since we know there’s a man involved with her, shouldn’t we check it out?"

Su Qing shook his head: "Then I suppose your workload might be quite large."

Saying this, he picked up a plastic box from the dresser, apparently for holding playing cards, but upon opening it, found it was filled with stacks of business cards.

A casual glance revealed a variety of names, including President Zhao, President Wang, and Boss Qi.

Li Zijun came over for a look and soon understood why he said what he did.

"Are you suggesting... these might be her clients?"

Upon hearing this, Su Qing took a deep breath, as the voiceover in his head provided a hint.

[Often pressed for debt and under heavy economic pressure, Jiang Hong was introduced to the sex trade by acquaintances.]

"A student, without additional work, is renting an apartment outside, and she also has multiple loans. Plus, with these business cards, what kind of work do you think brings in money quickly?" Su Qing explained.

The reason was quite sound. Debt indicated poor financial conditions, and renting an apartment aimed for work convenience, as it’s unlikely she could bring people to the school.

Li Zijun nodded, agreeing that his reasoning made sense.

While Su Qing casually flipped through the business cards, one suddenly caught his eye. Consequently, Su Qing couldn’t help but grin and mutter:

"It’s really a small world!"

"What did you say?" Li Zijun asked beside him.

Responding to this, Su Qing handed over the business card he was holding. Li Zijun took it, frowning slightly: "Xu Feng? What’s up with this person?"

"Nothing much, I just know him. He’s no good, might know something after all!"

Du Qiang: ???

"How come you know people everywhere?"

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