148: Arrested, coincidence or conspiracy
“It's a case involving jail time. Don't worry, it has nothing to do with you. We won't come looking for you unless you break the law.”
“Oh, oh.”
Manager Wang stood rooted to the spot, watching Old Wang being taken away. He shook his head, “Old Wang never looked like a good person, did he?”
Behind him, the drivers had all dispersed, no one bothering to respond to him. Only Xiao Chen remained, still confused as to why this was happening… By the time they returned to the station, it was almost quitting time. Yu Haifeng saw the three of them escorting someone in and asked curiously, “Lin Zi, who is this?”
Wang Longxin said triumphantly, “Team Leader Yu, we caught that scammer! This damn old man was hiding quite well.”
“Oh, you caught him? In three days?” Yu Haifeng’s eyes lit up.
“Not bad, Lin Zi, it’s different when you handle it. You catch them every time.”
“That’s right, Team Leader Yu, you don’t know, even though the surveillance didn’t capture it, Brother Ye still directly pinpointed the suspect’s range and profession. Amazing.” Qi Shan also had a look of admiration.
Ye Lin shook his head, speechless, and had the two of them take Wang Defu in for questioning.
“Team Leader Yu, this person probably has more than just this one case. I estimate he has about 3-5 cases.” Ye Lin reported to Yu Haifeng.
“Alright, you guys question him first. I’m almost done with the Qiang Teng Group team’s case here. If the three of you are short-handed, I’ll add more people for you.” Yu Haifeng said.
“Team Leader Yu, do the things we’ve found so far connect to the Qiang Teng Group?” Ye Lin asked softly.
Yu Haifeng sighed, shook his head, and walked away.
Ye Lin’s expression darkened. It seemed the current situation wasn’t very good; no clues related to Qiang Teng had been found.
Never mind, we’ll see when the people from the Provincial Level arrive.
That night, Ye Lin and his team interrogated Wang Defu thoroughly. The old man tried to play dumb at first.
However, Qi Shan presented the police report from the Medical University last year and the surveillance footage from the Normal University this time, leaving him no room to deny and forcing him to confess everything.
According to Wang Defu’s confession, his wife divorced him because he was lazy and gluttonous. He drove a delivery truck for a company, earning a meager living, and found life very boring.
One time, he watched an Eagle Nation movie, which had a plot where a man disguised himself as a secret agent, specifically to swindle lonely married women.
Of course, that was in Eagle Nation. Most married women in Great Xia are independent and work, so few are idle. Thus, he targeted university students.
As for why university students, this guy’s answer was interesting: he saw a news report about several university students being tricked and sold into a remote mountain village by a trafficker who only had primary school education.
The internet was saying that university students nowadays were pure and easy to deceive, so he decided to act.
The first time at the Medical University, he was inexperienced and didn’t weave a good story, so he didn’t trick that girl. Later, his acting became more convincing, and he successfully scammed several girls in a row.
The money wasn’t much; he mainly enjoyed the feeling and coveted the girls’ bodies.
Under Ye Lin’s interrogation, Wang Defu confessed to having scammed a total of 7 girls, with 2 failures. All of them were students from various universities in Yuezhou.
After confirming the confession, Ye Lin arranged for everyone to rest, planning to contact the complainants and other victims the next day… The next day, 7 victims were contacted by Qi Shan and confirmed the fact of being scammed. Only 1 girl could not be reached.
Ye Lin took a look; the girl was from Yuezhou University, named Liang Jing. According to Wang Defu’s confession, this girl was very peculiar. Besides the first girl from the Medical University whom he failed to trick due to his own inexperience, this girl was the only other one he hadn't scammed.
Wang Defu recalled that when this girl first heard him say he was a secret agent, her eyes lit up, thinking he was really there to catch someone, and she was very cooperative.
But before he even left the campus, he felt that the girl had probably seen through his disguise as a scammer. She just didn't expose him, merely watching him perform silently.
This made him very awkward; sometimes his lines got mixed up, and he almost couldn't continue the act.
However, since she didn't expose him, he continued to perform.
All the way to the hospital entrance, he said it would cost 5,000 yuan to save someone. The girl withdrew 7,000 yuan for him, then looked at him sincerely and said:
“Don’t do this kind of thing anymore. Compared to those other people, you’re already considered a good person.”
With that, she left Wang Defu, who was left utterly stunned.
At that moment, Wang Defu felt like he was going to collapse. He felt his soul had been cleansed, and the girl’s compassionate gaze and tolerant expression constantly reappeared in his mind. For a time, he wondered if he shouldn’t be scamming people anymore.
However, he eventually couldn't resist the temptation of money and physical pleasure and continued his criminal activities.
According to his confession, he met this girl in September. For the following month, he didn't have any intentions, and it wasn't until November that he went to the Normal University and repeated his old trick.
“Never mind, if we can’t reach her, we’ll try again in a couple of days. These clues are enough to get him sentenced for several years.” Ye Lin said.
“Okay, Brother Ye, then I’ll organize the files for handover.” Qi Shan responded, then busied herself with her work.
As one case was solved, the system’s reward sound also rang out.
“Congratulations, Host, for apprehending a scammer. Reward item: [Spider Gloves]. After use, a layer of spider silk covers the palms, allowing you to crawl on any smooth surface.”
This sounds like the Spider-Man’s spider silk from an Eagle Nation movie in a previous life.
I’ll keep it for now; it’ll definitely be useful.
While Ye Lin was fiddling with the gloves in the system, Yu Haifeng walked in, his face serious.
“Everyone, stop for a moment. We have a new case.”
Hearing Yu Haifeng’s words, everyone gathered around.
Yu Haifeng held up the case file in his hand and said solemnly, “This is a jumping case. Because the deceased is a female university student and died on campus, the bureau wants our Criminal Police Team to be responsible for the investigation. We need to confirm whether it was suicide or homicide and provide an explanation to the school faculty, students, and society as soon as possible.”
A female university student jumping from a building on campus – this certainly sounded sensational and ripe for speculation, no wonder the bureau took it seriously.
Yu Haifeng picked up the case file and began to introduce the details of the case.
“The deceased is a third-year student from Yuezhou University. She was discovered last night after jumping from the roof of the teaching building. Her name is Liang Jing.” Yu Haifeng read from the case file with a blank expression.
As soon as he finished, Ye Lin suddenly stood up, looking at Yu Haifeng in shock, and asked loudly, “Team Leader Yu, what was the deceased’s name?”
“Ah? Liang Jing. Do you know her?” Yu Haifeng asked in surprise.
If it was someone Ye Lin knew, then Ye Lin would have to recuse himself.
“Let me see the deceased’s information.” Ye Lin took the file from Yu Haifeng’s hand.