Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
At first, Zhao Yu didn’t quite understand why the Beiqian Police Station would give him such an extravagant reception. Later, when he got in a luxury bus and saw how the other police officers looked at him so respectfully, this gave him more insight on the subject.
The first reason for this warm welcome was that the Beiqian Police Station was actively cooperating with his superiors. The second reason was that the Devil Case had a great impact upon this area.
After all, the Devil Case had actually happened in Beiqian. So, for the people here, its impact was higher than the Headless Female Corpses Case’s. Therefore, the local police, whether for public or private reasons, attached great importance to its outcome.
In addition to the above two points, Zhao Yu’s current popularity was also a reason. Ever since he had cracked the Headless Female Corpses Case, Zhao Yu had become a legend within the criminal investigation circle. Additionally, he was the head of his special investigation group, so it was natural that he would be given special treatment.
In the big bus, there were only Zhao Yu, Cui Lizhu, Deputy Bureau Chief Xu and several accompanying officers. Such a grand welcome had impressed Zhao Yu, and he decided that he was satisfied with the current state of the Beiqian Police Station and its staff.
This grand welcome, as well as some other key details, showed that they were different from other police stations. For example, they knew that Zhao Yu’s ankle was injured, so they had specially prepared an advanced multi-functional wheelchair for him that could function by itself, sparing Zhao Yu the effort of having to push the wheel himself.
Also, they had place a makeshift ramp that was connected to the bus, allowing Zhao Yu’s wheelchair to be transported smoothly into the bus. This attention to detail reflected quite well upon them, as well as foreshadowed how carefully they would treat any details in a case investigation.
Moreover, they had not only invited a professional doctor and nurse to help him, but they even had managed to get his medical records from Yaoming Hospital in advance, allowing Dr. Yin to have already tailored a rehabilitation plan for him, which could help him recover without affecting his work!
Such attention to detail had definitely won Zhao Yu’s favor. The case was the same for Cui Lizhu.
After getting in the bus, she had immediately opened her gift. Within the fancy wrapped box, as well as some beautiful and fancy notebooks and stationery, there was a pricey mobile phone and a modern tablet!
“Wow!” Cui Lizhu said in a low voice as she whispered in Zhao Yu’s ear, “I never knew that a special investigator position came with such advantages! You must have received loads of such gifts before! It’s no wonder that you are so hardworking! Look, there are just two of us, yet they sent over such a big bus. The Yaoming police force looks so lame compared with all of this!”
Zhao Yu quickly criticized her, “Can you shut up now? Mind what you are saying! Don’t appear like you’ve never seen such things before!”
Cui Lizhu pouted her little mouth and asked, “So you think of yourself as a saint, huh? I just saw you hold the chief’s hand and almost not let her go!”
Upon hearing this, Zhao Yu glanced at Deputy Bureau Chief Xu. Although she was middle-aged, she still looked really good. Zhao Yu could only imagine how beautiful she had been when she was younger.
“You better be careful, or I’ll tell that violent leader woman of yours about all of this, and she will surely punish you!” As Cui Lizhu said this, she touched her gift and held it in her arms as if it was a treasure.
At this time, something attracted Deputy Bureau Chief Xu’s attention, so she came over to Zhao Yu and said respectfully, “Um.. Leader Zhao. Oh… Sorry… I mean… Yu. Ha ha! That’s how I should address you. There’s something I wanted to let you know right away.”
Deputy Bureau Chief Xu took a breath, then said, “Before this, we got leader Miao’s order, instructing us that we must pay attention to blocking the news in order not alert the media or the public about the case updates in the Devil Case. But… I hope you can understand that it is impossible for us to completely block every piece of information from leaking, especially in such a large investigation.”
Deputy Bureau Chief Xu then added, “Even if the media does not take the initiative to cover this, the investigation will inevitably become a hot topic among the public opinion forums. After all, you know how much of an impact the Devil Case has in this area, and modern communication technology just won’t let us to block every bit of information easily!”
“Okay… I’ll discuss this with Miao Ying later,” Zhao Yu said. “I think that she just wants to wait and only let the public know the real truth after the case is officially cracked. Otherwise, the media coverage and public opinion will only get in the way and be detrimental to our investigation!”
“I understand!” Deputy Bureau Chief Xu nodded, then said, “We have sent more people to join our Networking Security Team. We will do our best! I hope that the truth of this case will come out soon! Our people, especially the families of the victims, have been waiting for answers for too long.”
Zhao Yu understand Deputy Bureau Chief Xu’s meaning at once, as this case had caused a great deal of controversy when Captain Jin was in charge of the investigation. At that time, the leadership had been divided into two sides.
One side believed that they should thoroughly investigate the case to find out the identity of the real murderer, so that the victims could rest in peace and their families could have closure. The other side opposed further investigation, saying that it was too risky.
They believed that the families of the victims would believe that the deceased had committed suicides, and they simply wanted to close the case with that. They argued that if they insisted on further investigation, this would only confirm to the public that the deceased victims did not commit suicide, but were murdered!
In that case, the police would then have to catch the murderer. Otherwise, the victims’ families would be hurt and disappointed all over again, which would also seriously affect the credibility of the police.
However, in order to find out the real truth, the Criminal Division finally set up a special investigation group to investigate the case. Unfortunately, because the police failed to catch the murderer, the case was not solved and the Criminal Division was criticized for its inability to tie up all of the loose ends.
In the yellow notebook, Captain Jin also wrote notes about what happened to them when they were investigating the case. It was for this reason that Zhao Yu had decided to investigate this case. It was also for this same reason that Director Chief Jiao didn’t agree with him doing so.
She was worried that Zhao Yu would experience the same failure as those before him. Moreover, besides Zhao Yu ruining his reputation, she worried that this case would stir up controversy yet again, just like it had those many years ago.
However, Zhao Yu had already made up his mind. He believed that solving this case was his duty.
Moreover, he was confident in his abilities, and he believed that as long as he investigated the case, there was hope for its being solved. Otherwise, no one would ever know the real truth!
Although Beiqian was only a third-tier city, it had a strong economic standing, which was no worse than the provincial capital city’s. Through the window, Zhao Yu could see tall buildings and clean broad roads. This place was clearly much more developed than Qinshan.
The Beiqian Police Station was located in the high-tech area that was near the airport. After around 10 minutes, the bus had arrived at its destination.
The bus stopped at the main entrance of the police station, which was a tall and beautiful building. As soon as Zhao Yu got out of the bus, he saw Miao Ying and Ran Tao waiting for him.
“Boss, I missed you so much!” Ran Tao quickly came up to Zhao Yu and helped him push his wheelchair into the spacious and bright hall.
He then said, “Boss, Nobody is better than you! Things happens wherever you go. You must tell me about all about your heroic deeds, especially about catching Jiang Ke! I heard that you caught him with a sewage truck!”
Zhao Yu didn’t reply to him as he handed the flowers that he got at the welcome party to Miao Ying. He then presented the recycled flowers to her shamelessly and said, “Honey, I brought them for you from Yaoming. Do you like them?”
Deputy Bureau Chief Xu and her staff members had shocked looks on their faces after hearing this. Only Cui Lizhu was unsurprised, as she had seen such antics before.
Miao Ying took the flowers, then bent down and hugged Zhao Yu. She then said with regret, “Yu, I should have gone with you to Yaoming! Regardless, I hope that you can bring your good luck to Beiqian as well!”
Zhao Yu pointed to his right leg and rolled his eyes as he said, “Look how lucky I am! Haha!”
Ran Tao chuckled, then said excitedly, “Boss, don’t pretend that you are not excited! After all, you just dealt with the thief Tao Xiang and the robber Jiang Ke, who are both well-known! You caught both of them! All of the other police forces are so jealous of you right now!”
“Oh… Cut the crap!” Miao Ying said as she put the flowers in Zhao Yu’s arms and pushed him toward the elevator. She then said, “Tell me about the new evidence! Hurry up!”
