T2he first time Jiang Pingce woke up, he found that the environment around him was a police station. He was wearing a blue uniform, and there were many colleagues who were also wearing uniforms around, but he couldn’t see Yue Xingwen’s figure.
Jiang Pingce immediately opened the Research Group’s chat channel to contact Xingwen, but found that the chat channel was disabled, so he had to calm down and observe the surroundings, and obtain useful information by the way.
The city, called Beishan City, was a coastal city with beautiful scenery and a very developed tourism industry. The criminal police force he belonged to was the criminal police team of Qingtang District of Beishan City, which was responsible for criminal cases in the entire Qingtang District. The captain of the police force, surnamed Lin, was a middle-aged man of about 45 years old, who looked bearded and unkempt, but in fact shrewd and competent, solving numerous cases.
This captain Lin was also the master he met when he came to the police force for ‘internship’.
Recently, there was a serial murder case in Qingtang District, and when Jiang Pingce woke up, the master was sorting out the file of the case. Jiang Pingce took the opportunity to take a look and quickly note down the content of the case in case it was related to this examination.
At 6 pm, waiting for the other police officers to leave one after another, Jiang Pingce walked out of the office and happened to meet Ke Shaobin.
Ke Shaobin worked in the Cyber Investigation division of the Criminal Police force, and this job also gave everyone great convenience.
Taking advantage of the fact that there were few people in the police force, Ke Shaobin sneaked back to the office with Jiang Pingce and Qin Miao, turned on the office computer, and began to search for his teammates in the citizens’ information.
In the real-name city, it was still very convenient for the police to find people. After entering the names of teammates, excluding some with the same name and surname, Jiang Pingce quickly locked the target——
Lan Yarong, lawyer at Minghui Law Firm; Yue Xingwen and Lin Manluo, who had just graduated from Beijiang University of Political Science and Law, also interned at the same law firm.
Jiang Pingce said, “It seems that senior sister Lan, Xingwen and senior sister Lin are together.”
This made him feel a lot relieved, at least Xingwen had someone by his side.
Ke Shaobin followed closely and checked Liu Zhaoqing and said, “Senior brother Liu Zhaoqing and senior brother Xu Yishen are both doctors in the Municipal People’s Hospital, Qin Lu is a nurse, the three of them are together.”
When Qin Miao heard her sister with Liu and Xu’s group, she couldn’t help but wonder, “What is the basis for our identities? Qin Lu’s profession has nothing to do with medicine, how could she be assigned to the hospital as a nurse?”
Jiang Pingce guessed and said, “It should be distributed according to the clue area, and the 12 people were divided into several teams, looking for clues related to the case, and finally summarizing and reasoning. Xingwen is also not majoring in law and is assigned to a law firm.”
Qin Miao said, “This makes sense. What about the rest?”
Ke Shaobin said, “Xin Yan is an intern at the forensic identification center. Brother Zhuo Feng is an electrician of the Jinzuo Garden district, junior brother Zhang Xiaonian seems to be involved in the design of the Jinzuo Garden district, and also bought a house in this community. I found that he has a property under his name, currently living in Jinzuo’s room 33-1, unit 2, building C.”
Jiang Pingce’s gaze quickly swept over the computer screen and said, “We were divided into 5 groups. Criminal police, forensic, lawyer, hospital, community.”
The scattered grouping showed that the clues of this case were not concentrated like the construction site of the Faculty of Architecture, but scattered in all directions. It was also good that teammates were scattered. Everyone could collect clues at the same time, and the amount of information they could find would be five times more than if all the members were together.
Ke Shaobin adjusted his glasses and asked seriously, “What should we do next ah? Find our teammates?”
Jiang Pingce leaned over to look at his computer and said, “Can you find everyone’s phone? Direct phone contact.”
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Unexpectedly, the library was kind and actually equipped everyone with their own mobile phones. Perhaps this was the reason for disabling the Research Group’s chat channel—— as long as the students who were assigned to the police force were the first to find the information of their teammates, it was easy to contact the others.
Jiang Pingce also took out the mobile phone in his pocket and dialed the phone number on the information.
He first dialed Yue Xingwen’s phone. Yue Xingwen was washing up in the dormitory at this time, and was a bit surprised when he heard his mobile phone ringing. Upon seeing the caller ID was an unfamiliar number, he immediately picked it up and said, “Hello?”
A familiar voice sounded, “It’s me.”
Yue Xingwen’s eyes brightened, “Pingce?”
Jiang Pingce’s tone couldn’t help but become gentle and said “En, are you okay?”
Yue Xingwen nodded and said, “I just returned to the dormitory. I was at the Minghui Law Firm with senior sister Lan and senior sister Manluo.” He paused and asked with concern, “Pingce, where are you? By the way, how can you know my phone number?”
Jiang Pingce said, “I’m in the criminal police force, Ke Shaobin and Qin Miao are also here. Ke Shaobin found everyone’s information through the police internal data registration network. Where do you live now?”
Yue Xingwen’s residence was not registered in the information. He had just come to the law firm, food and accommodation were arranged by the law firm, and this apartment was not in his name. Yue Xingwen quickly replied, “I live in Xinghai Apartment opposite Xinghai Building. Building A33-03, senior sister Manlup is at 33-04, and senior sister Lan also lives in this apartment, on the top floor 33-06.”
Jiang Pingce held the mobile phone to his ear, took Ke Shaobin’s computer, opened the map of the city, and quickly entered the Xinghai Apartment. He found that ‘Xinghai Apartment’ and Zhuo Feng’s community ‘Jinzuo Garden’ were separated by a street. Coincidentally, Minghui Law Firm was in the middle of these two communities.
Jiang Pingce quickly built a map model in his mind, and the location of the three buildings was connected by a ‘triangle’, and he immediately asked, “How many floors is your law firm on the Xinghai Building?”
Yue Xingwen said, “The highest floor is the 40th floor.”
Jiang Pingce, “In other words, if something happens to the law firm, the top floor of the apartment where senior sister Lan lives and the top floor of the residential building where Zhang Xiaonian lives, can they witness the scene of the crime?”
Yue Xingwen was shocked, but he did not expect that Jiang Pingce had quickly estimated the significance of everyone’s location. Their residence could indeed see the Minghui Law Firm through the window.
Sensing what Jiang Pingce was going to say, Yue Xingwen immediately stood up and said, “In which community is Xiao Nian? I will find him now.”
Jiang Pingce said, “Crossing the road, diagonally across the Jinzuo Garden District, go to the property to find Zhuo Feng, and then find Zhang Xiaonian in room 33-1, unit 2, building C. Something may happen tonight, and if the library doesn’t force us to sleep, everyone should try to stay awake and keep an eye on the law firm.”
Yue Xingwen nodded and said, “Understood. What about your side?”
Jiang Pingce said, “I’ll get in touch with the others as soon as possible. I plan to sleep in the police station tonight, in case someone calls the police in the middle of the night, I can also follow the officer on duty.”
Yue Xingwen said, “Okay, call me if you need anything.”
Although they could not see each other, they still had a tacit understanding of the division of labor. After Yue Xingwen hung up the phone, he saved this caller number into the address book, called Lin Manluo and senior sister Lan, and went to the opposite community to find Zhuo Feng and Zhang Xiaonian.
After the five people gathered, they exchanged information with each other, saved their phone numbers, and then returned to their posts.
Jiang Pingce called the hospital.
The person who answered the phone at the nurse station in the ward happened to be Qin Lu. Jiang Pingce whispered, “Qin Lu, find Xu Yishen and Liu Zhaoqing in the hospital as soon as possible, ask which department they are in, whether they are on the night shift tonight or not. Save my phone number, and contact me after the three of you are together.”
Qin Lu was confused at that time. She was a student from the Geography Department, wearing a nurse’s uniform, and the doctor in the ward also asked her to go for ward rounds. She was so nervous that she did not know where to put her hands and feet, for fear that she would accidentally make a mistake. After hearing Jiang Pingce’s voice, she finally breathed a sigh of relief and immediately went to various departments to find Liu Zhaoqing and Xu Yishen.
Soon, she saw Xu Yishen in the surgical ward and found Liu Zhaoqing in the emergency hall on the first floor. After the three of them met, they walked into Liu Zhaoqing’s office, locked the door, and called Jiang Pingce.
Liu Zhaoqing said, “Pingce, what’s the situation?”
Jiang Pingce asked, “Are you guys scheduled for the night shift tonight?”
Liu Zhaoqing, “That’s right, the three of us are on the night shift.”
It seemed that something would happen tonight.
Jiang Pingce prompted, “Pay close attention to the situation in the ward you are responsible for, remember what abnormalities each patient has, and summarize it tomorrow. Rest assured, all teammates have been found, and we are working in groups this time.”
Liu Zhaoqing suddenly realized, “Understood.”
Jiang Pingce asked Ke Shaobin to call Xin Yan. Xin Yan was a withdrawn person and was not very easy to get along with, so let Ke Shaobin notify him and then talk better.
After receiving a call from Ke Shaobin, Xin Yan’s voice was a bit nervous, “Where are you?”
Ke Shaobin said, “I’m in the criminal police force.”
Xin Yan frowned, “What did you commit and were arrested by the police?”
Ke Shaobin was speechless, “I’m in the Cyber Investigation division, this time, I’m a police officer!”
Xin Yan: “…”
Ke Shaobin said, “Don’t worry, I’m with Pingce and Qin Miao, and other teammates have also been contacted. We found out that you are an intern in the forensic center, if there is a corpse sent over tomorrow, can you follow the master to participate in the autopsy, get the cause of death?”
Ke Shaobin thought it was really difficult for Xin Yan, he was arranged in the forensic side alone. The Chemistry Department usually only dealt with cold instruments, he might be afraid when he saw dead people, right?
Unexpectedly, Xin Yan suddenly said coldly, “Don’t worry, I will pay attention to the results on the forensic side at any time.”
Ke Shaobin said, “Then, we’ll be in touch tomorrow.”
After ending the call, Ke Shaobin looked at Jiang Pingce, “I don’t know what will happen tonight?”
Jiang Pingce said, “There is probably a lawyer who is going to die tonight.”
After all, this course was called <The Death of a Lawyer>, the hint was too obvious.
However, who would die?
Jiang Pingce returned to the duty room, sat on the sofa and looked out the window.
At some point, it started to rain outside the window, and the rain gradually became heavier. By 00:00 in the morning, it had turned into a torrential downpour.
The bustling city was still lit up at night, with pedestrians not visible on the streets and cars rushing back and forth during heavy rains. The beautiful floor-to-ceiling windows of the Xinghai Building in the center of the city were drenched with rain, as if they were covered with a layer of fog.
Xinghai Building was a 40-story office building, and the doors were locked after work hours.
Yue Xingwen sat by the window and looked out. The rain was falling heavier, blurring his vision, and suddenly, he seemed to see someone fall from the roof, and it disappeared in just a moment, as if he was hallucinating.
Yue Xingwen suddenly got up and came to the window, and looked downstairs——
It was impossible to see if there were any bodies downstairs in the rainstorm.
He hurriedly told the news to Lan Yarong and Lin Manluo, the three people personally went downstairs to see. In the pouring rain, even with an umbrella, the clothes on his body were soaked in an instant. Yue Xingwen took out his mobile phone to illuminate, looked around for a long time, and found nothing.
Yue Xingwen couldn’t help but wonder in his heart, “I obviously saw someone fall from the roof, it can’t be a blurry vision, right?”
Lan Yarong frowned and said, “I’ve seen it, too. It should be around here, where did it fall?”
The three looked at each other and raised their heads at the same time——
They saw that there was a person stuck on the billboard on the third floor. The person’s eyes were wide, and the blood on his face was flowing down the raid, and the blood just flowed to the top of the three people’s heads.
Yue Xingwen: “…”
He quickly reached out to wipe the blood off his face and took out his mobile phone to call Jiang Pingce, “Someone fell off the building, and the deceased is a lawyer from Minghui Law Firm, Zhou Ziyang.”
Jiang Pingce’s spirit immediately rose, “Call 110, we will go over immediately!”
The last bit made me a bit speechless.
If I were in their situation I’d propably scream loudly first 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Thank you for the chapter!!!
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Lowkey shipping Xiao Ke and Xin Yan 😆