Chapter 1196 - 611: A Bizarre Case

Soon, the driver turned the steering wheel, and the vehicle merged onto another high-speed road.

The direction this highway was heading towards was exactly Pudong City.

Inside the car, Director Hou and Jiang An exchanged a few words and then slowly drifted into a restful state.

The continuous work on solving cases had exhausted them mentally.

Aside from the number of cases, the difficulty of each one was enough to pressurize them immensely.

It’s like solving a competition problem which is way more brain-straining than doing a thousand multiplication problems, not to mention the constant communication with others.

The cases Director Hou and Jiang An were involved in solving were extremely complex cold case homicides.

On the one hand, due to their identities, both were supervisors and experts assigned by the provincial department.

Coming to supervise the cases below, they not only represented their own image but also that of the Provincial Criminal Investigation Brigade.

If the cases could not be solved promptly, there would be no way to report back to the brigade leaders, let alone earn individual second-class meritorious service.

In the police force, everyone works hard, but being sufficiently hardworking alone doesn’t grant you a second-class individual merit.

Hard work can earn you commendation, even excellent advanced recognition.

However, earning individual second-class merit is highly improbable.

Achievements are always placed first, rewarding achievements and penalizing faults - this is an age-old saying.

Meanwhile, at the Pudong City highway entrance.

A middle-aged man in a white shirt, accompanied by two middle-aged men in blue shirts, was sitting inside a business vehicle by the highway entrance.

The atmosphere inside the car was very oppressive.

The car window was slightly open, and several people inside were smoking.

The middle-aged man in the white shirt was the Deputy Director of Criminal Investigation of Pudong City – Tang Changbing.

The other two in blue shirts were the captain of the criminal investigation squad Xu Ming and Deputy Captain Li Jian.

Director Tang took a couple of puffs, glanced outside the window, and then raised his hand to check his watch, appearing very anxious.

He turned his head to ask the squad captain Xu Ming, "Is the conference room ready?"

"Ready!"

"The incident occurred not long ago, we have reviewed it multiple times, and the materials are very complete."

"That’s good." The director nodded lightly, his face extremely serious.

"Personally, I think there shouldn’t be much of a problem, but how did the male components within the deceased come about? I’ve always been doubtful."

At this moment, Deputy Captain Li Jian tentatively said, "Director Tang, shouldn’t we engage some psychological lie detection experts to conduct some psychological tests on that male?"

"Throughout the case, although that man doesn’t have a clear time for committing the crime, is there a possibility that people around him are collectively lying?"

"Even, perhaps purposely lending clothes to others to disguise themselves?"

Upon hearing this, Director Tang thought for a moment and said to Li Jian, "I haven’t ruled out such a possibility you mentioned."

"However, there is one point I find quite important, which is during the investigation of criminal cases, we shouldn’t overly doubt objective evidence."

"If subjective evidence is placed before us, we have reason to doubt, but if it’s objective evidence, we shouldn’t suspect too much."

"However, we must thoroughly investigate that person’s whereabouts."

"Okay! Director Tang, I will follow through on this matter."

Then, Director Tang looked at Xu Ming and asked, "What is the background of the personnel requested from the provincial department this time?"

"I’ve heard about Director Hou before, his professional level is decent, but I’ve never interacted with Mr. Jiang, is he a new police officer accompanying?"

Upon hearing this, squad captain Xu Ming smiled and said, "Director Tang, Mr. Jiang is the captain of the Jiangcheng City Criminal Investigation Squad, a very young and capable person."

"Last year at the provincial criminal investigation summit forum, he presented a report on exploring complex case issues from the victim’s perspective, which I found very enlightening and greatly instructive for our practice."

"He must have some tricks up his sleeve; privately, I’ve heard some say Mr. Jiang is particularly adept at solving cases."

"Him accompanying Director Hou this time, I believe he possesses considerable strength."

Upon hearing this, Director Tang nodded.

"That’s good!"

"Speaking of this case, it isn’t complex, just a person’s death leading to a series of events."

"However, from the perspective of social stability and appeasing the family’s emotions, handling it is extremely challenging, even more complicated than previous homicide cases."

"If a homicide occurs, and the suspect is very clear, we can just proceed with the arrest."

"However, in this case, the challenges we face are far more complex, and the conclusions are uncertain."

...

Thus, the three waited at the highway entrance for nearly four hours continuously.

Until half-past seven in the evening, the vehicle carrying Director Hou and Jiang An slowly entered the highway entrance.

As Director Hou and Jiang An exited the toll station, they saw Director Tang, Xu Ming, and Li Jian standing at the entrance waiting.

After all, they came to solve problems, not just supervise; the Pudong City Public Security Bureau was very welcoming of this.

As their vehicle stopped, Director Tang enthusiastically stepped forward to shake hands, "Director Hou, Mr. Jiang, you’ve worked hard!"

"Thank you both for coming to guide us in Pudong City."

Director Hou shook his hand saying, "Director Tang, long time no see."

"I remember the last time we met, you were still the captain of the criminal investigation squad; truly impressive changes, now you are the Deputy Director in charge of criminal investigations."