WWY Chapter 61

Chapter 61: Telling Stories. He hasn’t lost his judgment at all…

Tian Kun’s question was sharp enough, but Lan He only showed a meaningful expression: “Da Sang didn’t let me participate in their affairs. My life on the island was just reading books, watching TV, and drawing. Maybe it’s because I didn’t get too close to them that my sense of right and wrong is still decent. As I grew up, I became more and more aware that my life was abnormal. So when Weiyu He found me, I immediately agreed to acknowledge him. I thought I would be safe at home, but I didn’t expect…”

Tian Kun expressed his understanding. If it was as he said, with Qi A’s feelings for him, he might indeed chase him here and force him back.

He stood up and extended his hand to Lan He, expressing friendliness for the first time: “Mr. Lan He, thank you for your cooperation. We will contact the International Criminal Police Organization.”

Lan He nodded and shook his hand: “You’re welcome.”

After he left, Yaojin Ke stared at what he had just written in his notebook, a little puzzled.

Tian Kun asked, seeing him scratching his head, “What’s wrong?”

“Team Tian, don’t you think…”

“He’s been telling us a story, clearing himself of everything, knowing nothing about illegal things, not participating in any malicious cases. He said so much, seemingly sincere, but in reality, it’s as good as nothing. And what small island? How many small islands are there in the Pacific? The only useful thing is that he provided us with the name of this person called Da Sang. Given that we already know he’s the head of a criminal group, we can find it ourselves as long as we request foreign aid!”

Yaojin Ke slapped his head: “That’s right!”

No wonder he’s the deputy captain of the general team, he’s not just there for show!

“Send someone to keep an eye on him.” Tian Kun walked to the window and happened to see Lan He walking towards the gate, chatting and laughing with Tuxi Ling. “Don’t let Tuxi Ling participate in this case.”

“Team Tian, do you suspect him?”

“I don’t suspect him. I’m worried he’s already lost the judgment a policeman should have.”

Yaojin Ke nodded, silently saying sorry to Tuxi Ling in his heart.

He saw Tuxi Ling standing with Lan He outside the door for a while, helping him hail a taxi, and even noting down the license plate number with concern, he couldn’t help but sigh.

Team Tian has sharp eyes. Now that he mentioned it, the relationship between these two seems indeed too good. Tuxi Ling, this love-starved guy, must have been blinded by friendship.

He ran downstairs to find him, calling out from afar, “Team Ling!”

Tuxi Ling greeted him with a very serious expression.

“What’s wrong? Looking so serious? Worried about Lan He walking alone? Then why didn’t you send him off?”

“Didn’t you notice?”

Yaojin Ke was stunned: “What?”

Tuxi Ling frowned and said: “Lan He has been telling us a story.”

Yaojin Ke: “…”

“You really didn’t notice? Team Tian didn’t notice either?” Tuxi Ling swept a slightly disdainful glance across his face, shook his head in disappointment, and strode into the office building.

Yaojin Ke drooped his shoulders, staring blankly at his back, and muttered to himself: “What? He hasn’t lost his judgment at all…”

He realized he couldn’t let Team Tian put this hat of “stupidity” on him, and hurriedly chased after him to clarify: “Hey! Team Tian just said the same thing!”

Tuxi Ling returned to the office, took Shengbo Xia’s car keys, and walked out again.

Yaojin Ke almost bumped into him, and seeing him in such a hurry, asked, “Where are you going?”

“Going to the docks.” Tuxi Ling thought for a while, then turned back to his work area to take off his police uniform, saying to Yaojin Ke, who was watching the excitement from the side, “Anyway, the task force doesn’t need me, so don’t worry about what I’m doing.”

“Tuxi Ling, you’re undisciplined and disorganized!” Yaojin Ke nitpicked, then asked, “What are you going to the docks for?”

Tuxi Ling hesitated, but still answered truthfully, “Personal matters.”

“That’s not right!” Yaojin Ke leaned in, examining him almost face to face. “You’re hiding something from me?”

Tuxi Ling pushed him away: “Just going to verify a little personal doubt.”

“Let me hear it?”

Yaojin Ke stubbornly blocked Tuxi Ling’s path. He didn’t want him to pester him endlessly, so he told the truth: “When I was looking at Qi A’s route the day before yesterday, I found that before turning towards Lan He’s house, he was actually driving towards the docks.”

Yaojin Ke had noticed it long ago, but when he discussed it with his team members, they unanimously thought it was nothing. Qi A’s route was erratic, possibly to avoid police tracking, choosing the best route.

“Before Maohu Li was arrested, he was trading with Ya Gu. Maohu Li was killed by Qi A. Ya Gu’s trading company often has ships going overseas.”

“You suspect Ya Gu?” Yaojin Ke was horrified. “That can’t be, right? The goods of Gu’s Trade are all approved, and there are special people checking every step. Can they just bring people and guns in and out?”

Tuxi Ling nudged him, signaling him to speak softly: “I said, it’s just a little personal doubt!”

Yaojin Ke was a little worried: “But, what if she really has something going on, you’re going alone…”

Just then, Tuxi Ling’s phone rang. He glanced at it, an unfamiliar number.

“Hello.”

“Team Ling, is that Team Ling?”

“Speaking.”

“Team Ling, this is Yishi Pan, I want to report a case! Our museum has been robbed. Many cultural relics are missing from the warehouse. Please come quickly!”

“Okay, I’ll be right there!”

Yaojin Ke was right next to him, hearing the words in the receiver clearly. After Tuxi Ling hung up, he asked, “Who was that?”

“The curator of the City Museum.” He looked around, really seeing no one else, and said to Yaojin Ke, “I’m going to the City Museum now. Help me report to Director Liu, and also find two people to transfer to me. This is also a major case.”

Yaojin Ke raised his hand to signal that it was no problem.

It was almost eight o’clock in the evening when Tuxi Ling arrived at the museum. It was far from the hustle and bustle of the city, especially at night, ancient and profound, very quiet. But today, he saw all the lights in the museum were on from afar, and several police cars with flashing lights were parked in front of the door.

Before contacting Tuxi Ling, Yishi Pan had already reported to 110. The comrades from the local police station had already set up a cordon and were busy inside and out.

He was touching his bald head, anxiously talking to a policeman. Seeing Tuxi Ling coming over, he waved vigorously: “Team Ling!”

Tuxi Ling nodded to him and extended his hand to the policeman: “Hello, Tuxi Ling from the Criminal Investigation Detachment.”

He was stunned and hurriedly switched the pen in his hand to his left hand, and shook hands with him: “Hello, Team Ling, I am You Ba, the deputy director of the Guangbo Police Station!”

Tuxi Ling looked at the young policeman in front of him, his eyes sparkling again and again.

A tall but not sturdy figure, his tie was meticulously tied, his trousers were straight, his leather shoes were polished, he looked very heroic, with a refreshing short haircut. If he wasn’t wearing a police uniform, one would have thought he was a beautiful man from an idol group.

He also noticed that after shaking hands, he took out a snow-white handkerchief and wiped his hand, as if he had touched something dirty.

Tuxi Ling felt that he was being disliked, and looked down at his hand, seeing nothing unusual.

“Director Ba, what’s the situation?”

Yishi Pan was sweating anxiously, and rushed to say: “Officer Ling, our museum was robbed! I got off work at four thirty today and went home. Tonight, I suddenly remembered that the manuscript for the academic seminar tomorrow was left in the museum, so I came back to get it. I entered from the east side door, and when I passed the warehouse staircase, I found the door below open. This is not allowed. I was quite angry. When I went down to take a look, the warehouse was a mess. The administrator was knocked unconscious and tied to a chair, his mouth sealed with tape. Many things were lost. We haven’t had time to count them yet!”

Tuxi Ling asked in confusion: “Don’t you have an alarm?”

“Yes! The alarm is directly connected to the Guangbo Street Police Station, but Director Ba said they didn’t receive the alarm. It may be a malfunction. This is too coincidental!”

Tuxi Ling looked at You Ba inquiringly, and the latter nodded.

He then asked: “What about the surveillance? Have you looked at it?”

You Ba said: “Black screen, from 18:25 to 18:46, all the surveillance on the first floor and outdoors was a black screen during these 21 minutes.”

Tuxi Ling’s heart sank, a familiar feeling swept over him: “What about the security guards? No patrol, and no one guarding the surveillance?”

“It is said that the surveillance screen showed no anomalies. The security guard in the surveillance room said he didn’t see anything, and he was wondering why he didn’t see the patrolling Old Li and Old Qu. Later, he estimated that they went to the bathroom to smoke, so he didn’t pay attention. I suspect the other party used technical means to use still image coverage.” You Ba looked at the notebook in his hand and reported, “Four patrol guards, divided into two groups, one group on the first floor and one group on the second floor. Each patrol takes about 20 minutes. The suspect timed it very accurately, suspecting an inside job.”

“Ah?” Yishi Pan’s expression was visibly tense. “That can’t be, right? Our museum is full of long-time employees!”

Tuxi Ling followed You Ba’s train of thought and shook his head: “Not necessarily an inside job.”

You Ba was a little surprised, his phoenix eyes, always with a bit of laziness, opened slightly.

Tuxi Ling explained: “It’s impossible for security guards to keep moving during patrol, so these 20 minutes have a lot of uncertainty. Their robbery time is only 20 minutes, which means they are sure the security guards are not resting. Since they can hack into the surveillance, it’s likely that accomplices are remotely assisting in the crime.”

You Ba thought for a while and nodded: “Learned something!”

“Have you questioned Old Li and Old Qu?”

“Questioned, but they don’t remember where they were patrolling at the time of the incident. I think it’s normal to not remember such a mechanical task as patrolling.”

“Yes, but why didn’t they find the warehouse was invaded during their subsequent patrols, but the curator did?”

“They said they didn’t pay attention to the warehouse because the warehouse iron door is closed at night, and it requires a password and fingerprint double insurance to enter. The security guards can only go to the door, so they rarely go down.”

Tuxi Ling asked Yishi Pan: “Then why did you notice it? I remember the warehouse door needs to pass through a staircase corner.”

Yishi Pan leaned back, his eyes widened: “Of course I would notice! I’m the curator, that’s the most important place in our museum!”

Reasonable.

Tuxi Ling felt that You Ba was very meticulous, paying attention to almost all the points that should be noticed, a talent for criminal investigation.

You Ba’s consideration was a different question: “Team Ling, I just reported to the District Criminal Investigation Brigade. They will be here soon. Are you… is the detachment planning to take over?”

Tuxi Ling thought, there might be no one on the detachment’s side. Although he was almost certain that this was done by Da Sang’s gang, the evidence was not sufficient. He might as well let the Guangbo Police Station temporarily investigate first, and then propose to the task force to merge the cases later.

“You investigate. I want to go to the scene and take a look first.”

“Then I’ll accompany you!”

The warehouse was a mess, especially the No. 1 warehouse closest to the door, the hardest hit area.

Curator Pan picked up an ancient sword that had been smashed into two halves on the ground, heartbroken: “Tell me, what is this for! Steal if you want to steal, rob if you want to rob, why smash things!”

Tuxi Ling looked back and quickly stopped him: “Curator Pan, don’t disturb the scene!”

You Ba saw that he didn’t even wear shoe covers, and politely asked him to go out. Curator Pan didn’t go far, and peeked inside from the door.

You Ba said: “It seems that what was left behind is all worthless. This thief is quite discerning!”

Tuxi Ling was surprised: “You also know antiques?”

“My dad likes to collect these things. I’ve learned a little bit from him since I was a child, just a smattering.”

Tuxi Ling subconsciously looked at the Dragon Pattern Jade Disc that Curator Pan had shown him last time. Sure enough, that side was not spared either. All the box lids on that shelf were opened, some of them were already empty, but it was still there.

Tuxi Ling suddenly had a bold idea: “Director Ba, come here.”

He walked over, and You Ba followed curiously, exclaiming “Huh” in amazement when he saw the Dragon Pattern Jade Disc.

“What’s wrong?”

“This pattern, from the Warring States period!”

“Valuable?”

“This is definitely a cultural relic, not allowed to be traded for money, but if it is taken to the black market, I can’t say for sure, but it is definitely priceless! This thief has bad eyes?”

Tuxi Ling frowned.

Even You Ba, who claimed to be a smattering of knowledge, could tell at a glance that it was priceless. Would a thief who specifically came to rob the museum not do his homework?

He suddenly remembered Lan He’s words. Now it seems that there is really a problem with this Dragon Pattern Jade Disc?