I Get A Random New Occupation Every Week-Chapter 2399 - 2400 Important Clue
Chapter 2399: Chapter 2400: Important Clue
Chapter 2399: Chapter 2400: Important Clue
Coming out of the office, Lin Yi found Zhang Peng and Zhang Zixin.
With Gu Yiran not around, it was most appropriate to bring these two along.
On the way to East Slope Town, Lin Yi explained the situation to them.
After hearing about the series of events, both of them were terrified.
They both thought the killer must be a psychopath.
Not your average person could do such a thing.
After driving for about half an hour, the trio arrived at East Slope Town, which is located around the outskirts of Zhong Hai.
If they drove further ahead, they would reach the territory of Yuhang City.
According to the information that Zhang Hui had investigated, the killer drove a van and disappeared after reaching East Port Town.
And the place where the three of them were now was exactly where the surveillance camera was located.
The last segment of footage appeared here.
“Lin Bro, the road ahead leads towards Yuhang. Do you think the killer might have fled in the direction of Yuhang?” Zhang Peng asked.
“It’s possible, but not very likely.”
Lin Yi shared his thoughts.
“Think about it, the last surveillance footage was taken a little after six in the morning, and Gu Yiran ran into danger after eleven o’clock at night. There’s a six to seven hour’s gap, and if he was fleeing for fear of being arrested, those six to seven hours are enough for him to have made it to the mainland.”
“That makes sense!” Zhang Zixin said:
“When we were watching the surveillance footage just now, it seemed that in those six to seven hours, we couldn’t find him at all. The earliest footage appeared a little after five in the morning, and the last segment was a little after six in the morning.”
“Damn it! This guy is really daring and skillful,” Zhang Peng cursed:
“After committing the crime, instead of running away at night, he actually waited until daylight to flee, completely disregarding us.”
“It’s not just disregarding us, it’s practically a provocation!” Zhang Zixin said.
“Right, he’s always been provoking us,” Lin Yi said:
“He could have used a simpler method to commit these murders, but he insists on being fancy. I must admit, I do admire his audacity.”
“Although there’s a chance he might have run to Yuhang, let’s start our search around here first.”
“Alright.”
After discussing, the trio got out of the car to start asking around.
At the same time, Lin Yi called Chen Bingqiang.
He asked Chen to help get in touch with the folks in Yuhang, so if the killer indeed ran in that direction, they could assist in searching.
Chen Bingqiang gladly agreed to such a request.
After all, joint operations for arrests are very common in the police system.
The town was small, and there weren’t many merchants on both sides of the street, so the workload for the three was not that large.
After inquiring at more than a dozen places, they found nothing.
Lin Yi wasn’t very interested either, not believing that the killer would leave any clues here.
Lin Yi mentally prepared himself to visit Xiangyang Village later and meet with that old lady.
No matter what, she couldn’t be separated from this affair.
“Lin Bro! Brother Peng!”
Just as Lin Yi was pondering the next move, he suddenly heard Zhang Zixin’s shout!
“What’s up?” Zhang Peng responded.
“I’ve found something, come quick!”
Lin Yi’s expression changed, and he hurried over.
Next to Zhang Zixin stood a middle-aged man with a cigarette in his mouth, dark-skinned with deep wrinkles around his eyes, appearing to be a very honest person.
“What did you find?”
“He said he saw that van?”
The middle-aged man was also a bit nervous, an ordinary citizen surrounded by three cops, understandably ill at ease.
“Where did you see the van in the photo?” Lin Yi asked.
“This morning, it seemed to have been parked right across from the scrapyard. Then I went off to work, and I don’t know anything else about it,” the middle-aged man was still a bit nervous as he said:
“I’ll tell you again, it just looked similar, I can’t guarantee that the van I saw is the same one in the photo. If there’s any mistake, don’t come looking for me, I’m just an ordinary citizen, I can’t bear such responsibility.”
“No worries, we’re just making inquiries.”
After responding, Lin Yi gave the two people with him a look and then jogged towards the scrapyard across the street.
The scrapyard wasn’t very large, with a big courtyard filled with various kinds of garbage.
A man in his thirties, also with a cigarette dangling from his lips, was processing scrap around him.
Seeing someone come in, the man’s face lit up, thinking that business had come his way.
But when he saw that Zhang Peng and Zhang Zixin were both in uniform, his expression immediately changed.
Police showing up is never good news.
“Do you, do you need something?”
“This morning, did someone come here with a van?”
“Are you here for that van?”
The three exchanged glances; his response was a bit odd.
“You knew we would come?”
The man’s expression soured, and he pointed to a van not far away, saying:
“You have a look first, see if it’s that van.”
Lin Yi’s eyes brightened, even though the license plate had been removed, its appearance was identical.
“Wait a moment, I’ll go take a look.”
Lin Yi walked around the van, then opened the door to look inside.
It felt very much like Fang Daye’s car.
Because Fang Zhiping had provided several photos of his family car, and after comparing them, the similarity was very high.
There were also signs of impact at the front of the car.
Lin Yi guessed that it might be the result of the assault on Gu Yiran the previous night.
Considering all the evidence at hand, it was very likely to be the same car.
“Xin Xin.” Lin Yi called out.
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“Lin Bro.”
“Call the folks back at the station and have them bring Fang Zhiping over to identify the vehicle.”
“Okay.”
After a quick identification, Lin Yi approached the smoking man.
“What’s your name, are you the boss here?”
“My name is Li Xin, I’m the boss too.”
“Tell me about this van.”
“Around six, almost seven in the morning, someone came with the van and said they wanted to sell it, so I took it.”
Lin Yi felt something was off, looked at Li Xin, and said:
“How do you know we were here for this van?”
“Mainly because the van is pretty good, not a lot of miles on it. Normally speaking, even if someone is selling a car, they wouldn’t come here. They should sell it to a second-hand car dealer, so I guessed this must be either a problematic black-market car or a water-damaged accident car that nobody wants,” Li Xin said:
“Plus, you see the front here, it’s got a large dent, looks just like it was in an accident.”
“Weren’t you afraid it was a stolen car?”
“Of course I was scared,” Li Xin said:
“So, I thought I’d take a gamble, offered a particularly low price. If they wanted to sell, I would take it, if not, so be it.”
“How much did you offer?”
Li Xin held up three fingers, “3000, even if I sold it for scrap I wouldn’t lose.”
