Free Web NovelChapter 673: Chapter 641: The Fingerprints of Three People_1
Liu Yufei pointed to the ground and said with a smile: ƒreewebɳovel.com
"The stuff and people are all downstairs, so I think we should start from your end."
Zhou Ning nodded and waved his hand towards the people behind him. Zhu Xingxing and the others gathered around, and Zou Jialong, who had just had his splint removed, also joined in. Zhou Ning didn’t object, and the group quickly went downstairs.
Sure enough, each room downstairs was occupied; there were people shouting and children crying, a total mess. freewēbnoveℓ.com
Zhu Xingxing and the others went to draw blood, while Zhou Ning glanced at the dozen or so boxes on the ground, which mostly contained clothing and cellphones. Zou Jialong and his team came over to move things, and Zhou Ning gestured to Mr. Zhao.
"Call Mr. Qu about the communication equipment, he’s more professional with that stuff. If monitoring or functional testing is needed for the interrogation over there, I’ll send Mr. Wang to take over."
Mr. Zhao hurriedly made the call, and soon came out gesturing to Xia Momo.
"The boss wants Mr. Wang to replace Mr. Qu. Talk about not letting go until we see the rabbit. He just said he wanted Mr. Xia over there most, but after I told him Mr. Xia was dealing with those two portraits, he didn’t insist.
Oh, and I noticed that there are armed police stationed at the highest point of this building and on the rooftop of our small building. Are you worried that someone might take the opportunity to break in?"
Zhou Ning let out a long sigh, and Liu Yufei looked over. Without waiting for Zhou Ning to speak, Liu Yufei quickly said:
"Safety first. I’m more and more convinced that the assassination attempt on Zhou Ning back then is related to the secrets hidden here in Ganzhou. It’s very likely that the same people involved in the incident back then are committing these current actions. By occupying the high ground first, we prevent them from silencing us, which would leave many things unexplained."
"I can’t make it clear either. I don’t know whether the case I was handling at the time is related to their interest group."
Liu Yufei waved her hand.
"Don’t overthink it. The blood draw is complete, so I’ll go with the leader to conduct the interrogation. I need the first floor temporarily to detain these people."
Zhou Ning naturally didn’t object. Just then, a door of a room opened, and a two- or three-year-old child ran out quickly, clutching a doll and not wearing shoes.
Seeing the doll, Liu Yufei paused and glared at Fang Dongsheng.
"What were our orders? All personal belongings must be concentrated for inspection and can only be returned to individuals if there are no problems, right? What is this?"
Fang Dongsheng kept gesturing with his hands.
"This child wouldn’t stop crying. As soon as the doll left her hands, she cried so hard she was almost out of breath. We didn’t know what to do. This was an exception."
Zhou Ning stared at the child for a while, then quickly squatted down and waved to her. The girl hesitated but eventually walked over and reached out her hand.
There was some dark bruising under the girl’s eyes, only on the right side, as if it was a trace of an impact. The eyelid and temple area were somewhat swollen. Zhou Ning gave Mr. Zhao a meaningful look.
"How about you take a photo of us together? This little girl is so pretty. Do you like candies? I can ask that auntie to get you some. But you have to wash your hands before eating candy. You can’t eat with dirty hands, and you can’t hold the doll either."
After considering it, the girl stuffed the doll into Zhou Ning’s arms and headed straight towards Xia Momo, whom Zhou Ning had indicated. When she reached her, she reached out wanting to be lifted up.
Xia Momo picked up the child to go wash her hands, and Liu Yufei blinked.
"Look at you, you haven’t even become a dad yet, but you have a way with kids."
Zhou Ning shook his head.
"Tell Mr. He to look at the photo of our group shot, and ask him if the darkness and swelling on the child’s temporal side and on the right bottom of her eyes could be due to a neuroblastoma?"
Mr. Zhao was all about execution, carrying out whatever Zhou Ning said to the letter. Liu Yufei looked puzzled.
"What kind of tumor?"
"Let’s wait for the news. I think it’s very likely, but such a condition, unless discovered with a lot of money to support it, is quite a dominating tumor, with a very high mortality rate."
Liu Yufei looked shocked and after a moment Mr. Zhao came back, nodding to Zhou Ning.
"Mr. He says to hurry and get biochemical and imaging tests done; it looks highly suspicious."
Liu Yufei thought for a moment and then looked back at Zhou Ning.
"So, you mean to say, the child has a severe illness that Cao Wenyu doesn’t know about, or that Cao Wenyu didn’t care much about the child, hence she never noticed these symptoms. Could it be inferred from this that these three kids are not actually theirs biologically, but just a smokescreen? Maybe they used the pretext of pregnancy and childbirth to do something else?"
Zhou Ning wanted to say that he hadn’t thought that far; he had just caught a glimpse and found it suspicious, so he asked Mr. Zhao to consult with Mr. He. However, Liu Yufei’s analysis was quite intelligent. He didn’t mention that the darkness under the child’s eyelids and the swollen temporal area were already seriously disfigured, obvious even to someone with no medical background.
This kind of neglect made the possibility of the child not being their biological offspring too great, especially since the nanny had offered no hints.
"And we need to question the nanny as well. The blood samples have been sent for testing; I estimate the earliest we’ll get results will be around five o’clock."
Liu Yufei patted Zhou Ning on the shoulder.
"Stop talking and come with me to listen in; if there’s news here, you can inform me promptly."
Zhou Ning shook his head.
"You go ahead, there are quite a few items cleared out from the small warehouse here, and we’re extracting fingerprints for comparison to see who has touched these documents. Moreover, up to now, the personnel files are missing. Just Cao Wenyu alone couldn’t have done this; I think we need to urge Director Xu to have the provincial department cooperate in finding Sun Pengfei."
Liu Yufei hummed in acknowledgment.
"I’ll speak to Director Xu. You keep busy, and when you’re done, come over quickly. I’ll go and interrogate with Director Xu, and then get in touch with the local provincial department. Of course, we also need to check the one from the provincial capital carefully. With so much going on right under their noses, they can’t just get away with saying they didn’t know."
Zhou Ning nodded; he knew that Liu Yufei was talking about Huang Yubin. Although Huang had exerted a lot of effort, just like Liu Yufei said, how could he not inquire or care about the missing archives and personal information?
This was no longer a matter of incompetence; on the surface, it might look like a mere struggle against Bai Qishan, but when one thought about it more deeply, it sent a chill down one’s spine to realize that from top to bottom, Ganzhou had rotted through.
"Alright, once I’m done here, I’ll head over."
Liu Yufei didn’t waste any words and quickly led her team away. In fact, the clean-up work needed here was also quite extensive. Mr. Zhao organized the personnel, and they sorted through all the files that had been dug out of the small warehouse, and they actually found the two unfinished cases Zhu Jianguo had mentioned.
The content inside was much less than what Zhu Jianguo had on record.
And there were indeed alterations. There was no need for Elder Hu to see it; Zhou Ning could tell the difference in handwriting.
After Zhou Xiangrong’s incident, these two cases were also shelved. According to the records, Sun Pengfei was transferred to the provincial city in 1997, so during his more than one year in office, he didn’t pursue these two cases, and they were also not recorded among the archived cases in the files room.
Shaking his head, Zhou Ning began instructing everyone to collect fingerprints for comparison, and he walked over to Xia Momo’s side.
"How’s the progress?"
Xia Momo shook her head.
"If we could find the original records, the reliability of the facial reconstruction would be higher. With the current reconstruction, we can only make approximations, and with such guessing, the system’s calculation results are very numerous. I’ve just managed to find over four hundred similar faces."
Zhou Ning raised an eyebrow; this result was not unexpected.
"Don’t rush, contact Elder Hu for me and ask how the restoration of the duplicates is going. Wait for the confirmation from Aerospace City, then proceed with the restoration. Looking at these two pictures, they seem more like hand-drawn portraits rather than photos. If that’s the case, there may be eyewitnesses or saved surveillance footage."
"I was thinking the same thing. Actually, once they find the original drawings, I really want to go there myself, not just to see the original content of the file but also to find the person who drew these portraits. Understanding his habitual style of drawing, I feel, would be very helpful for my reconstruction."
Zhou Ning shook his head; he trusted Xia Momo’s capabilities, but this was Longyou Province, and they had no contact with Aerospace City. Moreover, according to Zhu Jianguo, the person who created the portraits was already silenced.
Seeing Zhou Ning silent, Xia Momo thought he was worried about safety and hugged his arm.
"Don’t frown; I’m not saying I’m leaving right now. Fang Mu and the others will be here soon, right? I’ll wait until our people arrive before I head out. That should be fine, right?"
"It’s not that I disagree with you going, but we are going to find that retired archive manager. According to his recollection, the person who drew these two portraits in Aerospace City was silenced."
Xia Momo was clearly startled, and Zhou Ning quickly patted her back to comfort her.
But his mind was already wandering. Indeed, they were short on manpower currently, and a large group of people should arrive shortly. And it was necessary to go to Aerospace City, considering that every situation has two sides. With the files completely missing on the Ganzhou side, someone behind the scenes manipulated everything. So why wouldn’t someone from Aerospace City, which issued the co-investigation request, urge the issue forward?
Perhaps, the situation there was similar to that in Ganzhou, though logic dictated that their security levels would be much higher.
Without any further ado, Zhou Ning looked toward Mr. Zhao; the search had already begun, and the fingerprint search window was still flashing. Fingerprints of three people had been found.
Seeing the results, Zhou Ning’s eyes lit up; the first was Sun Pengfei, which was not surprising to him at all. Clearly, Sun Pengfei knew all about the cases handled by his father, though it was surprising that he touched them without destroying them.
The second person was Zhu Jianguo. According to Zhu Jianguo, he frequented the criminal police team, recording any developments here, which made sense.
The third fingerprint was from a woman named Zhang Cuie. Guan Jian, standing on the side, tapped his head and said,
"I know this Zhang Cuie. She was an assistant police officer and worked as a clerk in the criminal police team for several years, even older than me by four or five years. However, she resigned in 2010. As for what she’s doing now, I have no idea, but she was involved in organizing these materials when they moved."
Mr. Zhao nodded, glanced at Zhou Ning, and seeing that Zhou Ning didn’t ease up, he leaned in and whispered,
"There are several distinct fingerprints on the photographs that have been found, but we haven’t been able to find the owners. I think your father passed away early, and at that time there was no fingerprint information recorded, especially since the files are all lost now, so we can’t trace them."
Zhou Ning understood what Mr. Zhao meant; he wasn’t dwelling on this.
"Keep going. Extract DNA where it’s necessary, especially the page turning spots on the papers, the side surfaces of the photos, and since there were also traces of latex gloves found just now, sample those too. Once the DNA comparisons for Cao Wenyu and the others are out, I’ll go check on Director Xu and the others in the front."
Mr. Zhao waved his hand.
"It would be best to bring Sun Pengfei along as well. This guy got transferred to the provincial prison after the incident, took such a long sick leave during the time of the incident, and his fingerprints are everywhere. He’s definitely problematic."
Zhou Ning glanced at him. Mr. Zhao closed his mouth, and Zhou Ning sent an email with the comparison results to Liu Yufei.
