Free Web NovelChapter 333: Chapter 322 Amphetamine_1
Zhu Yunhai?
Upon mentioning this name, Zhou Ning dismissed it, because according to household registration relationships, Zhu Yunhai was the son of Zhu Yufen, who was the adopted daughter of Zhu Kelin, so legally he was the grandson of Zhu Kelin.
According to the law of inheritance, Zhu Yufen was the legal heir of Zhu Yunhai’s estate. Even if succession was determined by order, Zhu Yunhai would not qualify, unless there was a will.
Therefore, there was no conflict of interest here. Instead, it was Bai Xiangrong’s father who once played a cunning trick with Zhu Kelin. Could he not harbor such intentions?
It seemed crucial to find Bai Xiangrong at the moment. Having been classmates since childhood, as closely connected as Meng to Jiao, if they really were that close, would Bai Xiangrong watch Zhu Yunping take drugs and drive away?
Thinking this, Zhou Ning looked towards Mr. Qu, who just then raised his hand.
"I’ve found the intersection where the car came out, Director Xu, come and take a look, it’s right here."
The three of them hurried over. Mr. Qu played a surveillance clip, slowed down the footage, and there it was, the egg-yellow Lexus speeding out of the intersection. Even in slow motion, the car’s speed was evident. They then traced back to the intersection the car had come from, which had no surveillance. Afterward, Mr. Qu opened a map, pointed, and said:
"I’ve traced it to the intersection of Shunyan Road and Lushui Road. The car came out from this side road, but following the road across Lushui Road, I found no record of the Lexus coming or going.
I reckon the car came from this stretch. According to the map, there are four areas here, one is Jinshuiqiao Kindergarten, one is the south gate of Ideal City Royal Garden, another is the under-construction Tulip Garden, which isn’t inhabited yet, and the last is Cloud Top Guesthouse."
Xu Dayuan’s finger landed on the Cloud Top Guesthouse, then he looked towards Mr. Qu.
"Disregarding the construction site, there are three places. We can rule out the kindergarten, and among a community and a guesthouse, the latter is more likely. Yufei, get in touch with Mr. Zeng, isn’t he around East Li Overpass? Have them go there immediately to check for registration records of Zhu Yunping and Bai Xiangrong, and of course, they can also use the name of the deceased to search."
Liu Yufei hurried to make the phone call and soon returned.
"They are already on their way. Also, Mr. Bai called, Zhu Kelin is arguing with the doctors at the hospital, he wants his child sent to Hushang City for treatment. He said some very distasteful things—how the local facilities aren’t good enough and neither are the doctors.
This angered the doctors, who said that it’s suicide to transfer hospitals during surgery. But he’s very insistent and keeps asking why the police are there. Is his son a prisoner?"
Xu Dayuan knew Mr. Bai couldn’t handle the situation, so he quickly dialed Tao Zhenshan’s number.
"Where are you?
"Near the Central Hospital. I’m going to take a look before heading back to the squadron. Is something up, boss?"
"Get to the Central Hospital as quickly as possible. Zhu Kelin is there causing a scene, wanting to transfer Zhu Yunping. Mr. Bai can’t keep things under control. Go steady the situation. Tell him his son is now a criminal suspect and that they can consult with out-of-province doctors or invite them to participate in the treatment, but the patient cannot leave our sight."
"Consider it done! With your word, I’ll stand firm. Don’t worry, boss. I’ll go put out his arrogance and get him to cooperate with the investigation properly, teach him that money isn’t everything!"
Xu Dayuan: ...
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March 15, 15:44
Sun Gaotie, running and carrying a stack of test reports, rushed into the lab.
Zhou Ning stood up, with Xu Dayuan also turning quickly and reaching out his hand. Sun Gaotie ran towards them, stepped over Xu Dayuan’s foot, ignored his hand, and placed the reports into Zhou Ning’s hands, speaking non-stop:
"Boss, take a look quickly, the report is out, and a lot has been found in Fu Wendan’s blood work."
Zhou Ning quickly took the report to read. Knowing Xu Dayuan was anxious, he directly said:
"For Fu Wendan’s blood test, the components of Ice D and HLY that we suspected earlier were found, along with amphetamine and an enoxaparin, which is a class of phosphodiesterase inhibitors."
Xu Dayuan was confused—he knew the former but was baffled by the string of latter terms, recognizing the characters but not their combined meaning.
"Speak in a way I can understand."
Zhou Ning looked embarrassed, Mr. Zhao bumped Xu Dayuan and snickered cheekily.
"Zhou Xiaozhou, you too, insisting on being so cryptic. You know what Spanish Fly is, right? It’s even more potent, and it’s for women’s use, you get it?"
Xu Dayuan gave Mr. Zhao a glance.
"Stop talking in riddles. I don’t know what that’s all about."
Zhou Ning pursed his lips, thought for a moment, and explained:
"It means this girl was drugged, with substances that can speed up the heartbeat, constrict blood vessels, raise blood pressure, and enhance excitement—and they were used in combinations. Amphetamine, in particular, is a controlled substance with addictive properties, roughly equivalent to what men call the blue pill."
Xu Dayuan realized the implication.
"According to your previous analysis, the girl had vomited bile in her esophagus and stomach, which means she threw up. Even so, to find so many prohibitive substances in her blood, she must have been given an unknown quantity of drugs. Whoever drugged her didn’t intend to let her live!"
Zhou Ning’s expression turned serious as he flipped to the next page and looked further.
"The deceased’s nails had scratch marks on the back of his hand, containing male DNA, which did not match the DNA found in the Smurf stuffed between the driver’s door and seat.""
"However, the portion of the fishing line without the deceased’s blood, as well as the pubic hair found in the deceased’s mouth, both tested positive for the same male DNA, consistent with that found under the nails."
Zhou Ning flipped through to the back, where the remainder was various trace evidence collected inside the vehicle.
"Fingerprints at the scene, I forgot to mention earlier, belonged to three people in the car, Zhu Yunping, Bai Xiangrong, and Fu Wendan. As for some fingerprints that were too old or incomplete, they were not screened." ƒreewebηoveℓ.com
"All the bloodstains inside the vehicle were Fu Wendan’s. The outer packaging of the syringe found in the glove compartment had fingerprints from Zhu Yunping and Bai Xiangrong. The bag of white powder was HLY—it seems necessary to find Bai Xiangrong promptly."
"There’s no way Zhu Yunping stuffed the Smurf full of goods in the car door; maybe the killer wanted to set someone up. But it’s unexpected that DNA was left on the fishing line—didn’t he wear gloves?"
Liu Yongxin leaned in.
"If he thought it through that far, how could he not wear gloves? Maybe the glove got torn. After all, the fishing line is so fine and strong, not everyone is aware of anti-surveillance. We still need to hurry and find the primary crime scene."
Xu Dayuan nodded in agreement.
"Pack up. Let’s also prepare to take a look at the Cloud Top Guesthouse."
After speaking, Xu Dayuan dialed Mr. Zeng’s phone number.
"Have you asked the front desk at Cloud Top Guesthouse? Do they have a record of his stay?"
"Director Xu, I arrived early. Zhu Yunping is a VIP customer here—he always has a suite open, with two bedrooms and a living room. I talked to their manager, who said there are still sounds from the room. They called but no one answered, and they can’t just go up, or the VIP customer will complain, affecting their performance."
Xu Dayuan’s face darkened instantly, and he switched to speakerphone.
"Who did you go with? Is Yufei there?"
From the other end of the phone, Liu Yufei quickly took the call and greeted him.
"Director Xu, I’m here!"
"I don’t want to hear excuses. Get up there and check the room thoroughly. I need to know where Bai Xiangrong is. Tell their so-called manager that if they want to keep running the hotel tomorrow, they’d better cooperate with me. Otherwise, forget about the VIP room—tell him he might lose his job."
"With your support, I can get to work freely. The speaker is on—you heard that, didn’t you?"
"But Miss Police Officer, we’ll suffer losses..."
At Cloud Top Guesthouse, Liu Yufei hung up the phone and stretched out her hand to stop the man’s words.
"I’m informing you, not negotiating. Can you understand that? We’re looking for a murder suspect. Are you trying to shelter him, or maybe you want to obstruct police investigation and have the hotel shut down for a while? It’s okay if you choose this, I understand. Mr. Zeng, check the legal representative of the hotel and notify them about the incident."
The manager quickly clasped his hands and apologized to Liu Yufei:
"I’m sorry, Miss Police Officer, I’ll have someone find the keys right now."
Liu Yufei waved her hand dismissively.
"Mr. Zeng, you stay downstairs, keep an eye on the front desk staff, no one moves or makes calls. Inform the housekeeping staff on the floors via the intercom to wait in front of the VIP room. Which floor and what’s the room number?"
The intimidated manager glanced at the computer screen.
"8th floor, room 801."
After speaking, he picked up the walkie-talkie, but at Liu Yufei’s gesture, handed it over to the girl at the front desk, who was visibly shaking—after all, it’s not every day one encounters such a situation, and it was quite frightening.
"Housekeeping on the eighth floor, go to room 801 and wait outside now. Manager Lu will come up and open the door for you."
Liu Yufei grabbed Manager Lu’s sleeve, just the corner of it, but Manager Lu was already stiff. The criminal police they had brought took the elevators in pairs and went straight to the eighth floor. The east side housekeeping staff was already standing at the end of the corridor, just about to speak when they saw so many police officers.
Especially seeing Manager Lu being pulled by the sleeve by a female police officer, she was momentarily speechless, as if realizing something, and quickly raised her hands.
Liu Yufei approached quickly, whispering in the housekeeper’s ear:
"Give me the master key to the room, stand at the corridor’s window and cover your mouth, don’t make a sound, got it?" freewebnøvel.coɱ
The housekeeping staff was not young, probably in her thirties. She had seen all sorts of people working every day in the hotel, but with the police instructing her like this, she no longer looked at Manager Lu’s warning glances.
She quickly covered her mouth, retreating to crouch by the corridor window, her actions obedient and swift.
Liu Yufei gestured to the officers behind her, all the criminal police positioned themselves on both sides of the door, and Manager Lu was taken by an officer to stand next to the housekeeping staffer, covering his mouth.
Liu Yufei drew her gun, covered the peephole with her head, and held up the card key with three fingers raised. She then rhythmically withdrew them one by one, and as the last finger went down, she scanned the card to unlock the door and was the first to enter with her gun raised.
Upon entering, the scene inside left Liu Yufei stunned.
