boyutpedia Chapter 70 Investigation Fails
Chapter 70 Investigation Fails
For the next two days, Gu Huai did not return to Pengcheng.
He visited the entire auto parts market in Guangzhou.
He didn't miss any of the used auto parts markets in Baiyun, Tianhe, and Haizhu districts.
Chen Guodong accompanied him all day yesterday, but he was too busy today, so Gu Huai went running around by himself all morning.
However, the result was the same as the previous two days: no, no, still no.
The owner of this last car was Wang Jun. The car was a red Toyota Crown 130, almost new. Even in Shenzhen, such cars are relatively rare. It was one of the "vanity projects" to showcase the special economic zone's style.
Logically speaking, such a luxury car shouldn't disappear without a trace, but it did.
Gu Huai sat on the bed in the guesthouse, with a map of Guangzhou spread out in front of him, covered with circles drawn in red pen.
Each circle represents a market he visited.
He stared at the circles for a long time, and after confirming that he hadn't missed a single place, he folded the map and stuffed it into his bag.
Just then, the phone rang.
Gu Huai answered the phone, and Hou Hao's hoarse voice came from the other end, "Huai, when are you coming back?"
"It's not decided yet," Gu Huai said. "How's things going on your end?"
Two days ago, under Ling Yue's urging, Hou Hao went to Wang Weiguo alone to report on the case.
Wang Weiguo took this discovery very seriously and immediately contacted the heads of various branches, asking them to cooperate with Hou Hao in investigating the sex workers in Pengcheng to see if they could find any clues.
"Don't even mention it. I've been to six police stations in the past two days. With their help, I've found quite a few women with criminal records. My legs are all worn out from running around like this," Hou Hao said. "Not only am I exhausted, but there's also been little progress. Those people are very tight-lipped. Whenever I ask them a question, they either say they don't know or simply refuse to speak."
"There was another one who hugged my leg and cried, saying that she had elderly parents to support, young children to raise, and a younger brother who needed to go to school, and asked me not to make things difficult for her."
These women who have fallen into prostitution are already a criminal group. When they see the police, they are like mice seeing a cat. If you try to get information from them, their first reaction is to deny it.
It's not that I don't want to help, but I'm afraid of being framed.
"Ah Huai, please come back quickly." Hou Hao repeated again, "I really can't hold on by myself anymore."
Gu Huai thought for a moment, "This afternoon, I'll go back this afternoon."
After hanging up the phone, Gu Huai lay on the bed, quietly staring at the ceiling.
He couldn't find any clues, and neither could Hou Hao; it was as if both paths were blocked.
Must we really wait for the suspect to slip up? Can't I really save the victims who are still alive?
After thinking for a moment, he sat up straight.
It's time to go back.
I've hidden my talents for the past couple of days, it's time to show them off.
However, before going back, he had to go to one more place.
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Yixian University.
The campus was still as quiet as ever.
Gu Huai strode through the banyan tree-lined path and pushed open the door to the forensic building.
The smell of formaldehyde in the corridor was even stronger than last time, which meant that some laboratory must be conducting an autopsy.
Wang Jingyuan's laboratory was on the third floor. The door was locked at the moment, with a sign that read "Restricted Laboratory Area, Do Not Enter".
He pressed the doorbell, and a moment later Wang Jingyuan came out.
"Professor Wang, I've come to inquire about the progress."
"Come on, let's talk in my office." Wang Jingyuan turned around and gave a few instructions into the room before leading Gu Huai downstairs.
There was a diagram of the DNA double helix structure in his office, and next to it were chemical formulas that he couldn't understand at all.
It was clear that Professor Wang was also lecturing to his students during his spare time from the experiments.
"The DNA extraction of the sample has been completed." After arriving at the office, Wang Jingyuan explained to Gu Huai, "The next step is to do PCR amplification, which will take about two days. After amplification, we will run electrophoresis and then compare the results. If all goes well, we can get the results within five days."
"Thank you, Professor Wang," Gu Huai said. "This is much faster than expected."
"There's nothing we can do about it," Wang Jingyuan smiled. "Xia was pushing us hard, so I added more staff on our side. The students are all taking turns working on it, 24 hours a day."
Gu Huai nodded heavily. "Professor Wang, thank you for your hard work."
"It's not hard work." Wang Jingyuan waved his hand. "This is the first time our research group has worked with a real case, and the students are all very enthusiastic."
As they were talking, footsteps came from the corridor, and Xia Wanying pushed open the door and walked in, carrying a plastic bag full of lunch boxes.
"Officer Gu? You didn't go back to Pengcheng?"
"I'll be going back soon," Gu Huai said. "I'll come and check on the progress before I leave."
Xia Wanying handed the lunchbox to Wang Jingyuan, "Professor, your lunch is here."
Wang Jingyuan took the bag. "Then I'll go deliver the food to the students first. You guys chat."
After saying that, he quickly walked towards the door.
After Professor Wang left, Xia Wanying finally asked, "How's the case going?"
"It's not going well." Gu Huai shook his head. "We've been investigating in Guangzhou for two days and haven't found any information. Our visits to Pengcheng haven't made any progress either."
Xia Wanying frowned and remained silent.
She picked up her lunchbox, opened it, picked at it with her chopsticks, didn't eat, and closed it again. "So what should we do next? We can't just stay like this, can we?"
"Once you have the results on your end, I'll go report to Chief Wang." Gu Huai sighed and said, "Right now, this case is still listed as a missing person case in the bureau. Once it becomes a murder case, the bureau will take it more seriously."
Although he said that, Gu Huai knew very well that normally this case should have been classified as a murder case long ago. It was only because a more important person had gone missing that the branch had delayed classifying the case.
Moreover, he strongly suspects that even if the January 30 case is ultimately classified as a murder, the department will not have the manpower to investigate it for the time being.
If it really comes to that, I'll have no choice but to stubbornly confront Wang Weiguo.
Xia Wanying nodded silently after hearing this. "Don't worry, I'll keep an eye on things here. I'll let you know as soon as there are any results."
After chatting with Xia Wanying for a few more minutes, he got up to say goodbye.
After leaving the forensic building, he stood on the steps and sighed. Feeling frustrated, he took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, which he had bought with Chen Guodong during their visit the day before.
Just as I was about to take out a cigarette and light it, my pager went off.
Looking down, he saw an unfamiliar number followed by the words: Zhang Guiyuan.
Gu Huai's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately ran back to his office.
With Xia Wanying looking puzzled, he dialed the number listed.
Not long after, Zhang Guiyuan's voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Officer Gu, there's been some progress on the matter you asked me to inquire about."