chasing the dark

Chapter 251
Su Liang's identity was identified after the Lantern Festival, and the result was beyond expectations.

The man's name is Gao Dawei, and he is serving his sentence in Qingtaishan Prison, more than 100 kilometers away from downtown Mingyang.

Ye Zhanzhou contacted the prison and finally met Gao Dawei on a Friday afternoon.

There is still a certain difference in appearance between the middle-aged man in front of him and Su Liang ten years ago.

At that time, Su Liang was 28 years old, a rebellious young man.Even in the detention center, he still has a nonchalant expression in the photo.

And Gao Dawei is thin, with sunken cheeks, and his extremely short-shaven hair has turned gray a lot. He looks about 50 years old when he is less than [-] years old.

He was charged with kidnapping, sentenced to 15 years, and has now served five years in prison.

After looking him over, Ye Zhanzhou asked, "Gao Dawei, how are you doing here?"

Gao Dawei didn't know why, so before he came, he only heard from the guard that the police wanted to see him, but he didn't know why.

He blinked and replied: "Report to the leader, it's good, it's good."

"Just tell me if you have any difficulties." Ye Zhanzhou raised his chin towards him.

Gao Dawei quickly emphasized again: "There is no difficulty, everything is fine."

Ye Zhanzhou popped a cigarette out of the box and handed it over. Gao Dawei rubbed his handcuffed hands, but he didn't take it.

"Don't worry about smoking, I've already said hello." Ye Zhanzhou passed the cigarette forward again.

Gao Dawei glanced at the small window on the door, and there was indeed no one outside, so he took it and held it in his mouth.

Ye Zhanzhou nodded to him: "Don't be so nervous."

Taking a deep puff of the cigarette, Gao Dawei half-closed his eyes and enjoyed the process of the smoke from his mouth to his nasal cavity.

After a while, half a cigarette was smoked in, and he said hoarsely: "Leader, can I ask what you want from me?"

"I want to ask you why Lin Jiahao was kidnapped."

Before coming here, he and Jiang Yu had checked the case files. Lin Jiahao was six years old at the time. After Gao Dawei kidnapped him, he demanded 76 ransom from his father Lin Hai.

After receiving the alarm, the police quickly attacked and rescued Lin Jiahao from a bungalow that was about to be demolished seven hours later.

Gao Dawei was stunned for a moment, his lips moved and he said a few words: "For money."

"The kidnapping and extortion is of course for money, but why did you ask Lin Jiahao's father for 76?" Ye Zhanzhou stared at him and asked.

30, 50, or even 100, 1000 are not uncommon. It's intriguing to have wholes and odds like him.

Gao Dawei looked away uncomfortably: "His son is in my hands, as much as I want or as much as I want."

"I'm afraid it's not that simple, is it?" Ye Zhanzhou lit a cigarette by himself and smoked slowly.

Gao Dawei's eyes wandered across the faces of the two people on the opposite side: "Leader, you were not among the policemen who handled my case back then?"

That's all for men, this little girl looks like she is only in her early twenties, how old was she when she committed the crime?

Ye Zhanzhou nodded calmly: "It is true that we did not handle your case."

"Then why are you here? Curious? Or... collecting information for writing a book?"

There have been reporters, psychologists and some unknown people in the prison. They will ask some prisoners strange questions and use them as material.

Gao Dawei had no contact with these people, but his inmates were once called to ask him what kind of mentality he had when he killed someone.

Ye Zhanzhou smiled: "I know even if you don't tell me, you owe Lin Hai money, that's why you tied up his son, right?"

Gao Dawei was stunned for a moment, and then he began to smoke the half-remained cigarette vigorously.The police who handled the case didn't ask about the money owed, so he didn't say anything.

It's not that he doesn't want to say it, it's that he doesn't dare.

As soon as he entered the detention center here, Lin Hai would say something. If he dared to speak nonsense, he would be killed when he came out.

Even though he knew that Lin Hai had died the year before last, he still didn't say anything.

It wasn't that he was afraid of anything, but he knew very well that no matter what Lin Hai did, he could not obliterate the fact of his kidnapping.

"Su Liang!"

Gao Dawei was caught in his own thoughts, subconsciously said "um", and then raised his eyes to realize that he had been fooled.

He quickly asked: "Leader, what did you just say? I didn't hear clearly."

"Stop pretending!" Ye Zhanzhou raised the corners of his lips, "Do you know what the blood draw is for when you enter the detention center?"

He only paused for a second before continuing: "It's not just for physical examination, but more importantly, to collect blood type and DNA. Names and identities can be changed, but DNA can't be changed at any time."

"Su Liang, your current case can't be overturned. But if you cooperate with us, not only can your sentence be reduced, but you won't have any worries after you leave."

This is indeed a very attractive condition, but Gao Dawei still shook his head: "Leader, I don't know what you are talking about."

Jiang Yu took out a photo: "You know what you are talking about, so why play dumb. Take a look, this is the page with a successful match in the database."

On the photo was a computer screen with the words "successful match" displayed on it, and there were two photos behind it, which were taken by Su Liang and Gao Dawei when they entered the detention center.

"To tell you the truth, even without you, Yuhua would be finished. I asked you to testify, just to make the whole process faster." Ye Zhanzhou lit another cigarette for him, "If it wasn't for the higher-ups wanting to thoroughly investigate what happened back then How could we come to you. You don’t need to explain the reason, you should be clear about it.”

"I've been in prison for five years, and you know what it feels like better than anyone else." Jiang Yu echoed, "There are still ten years left, if you can make a meritorious service..."

What do prison inmates look forward to most?Eating and drinking are secondary, the most important thing is "full holiday discount".

But whether it is release after serving the sentence, commutation of sentence, or parole, in the final analysis, it is to leave this place earlier.

A reduced sentence can be obtained by earning points every month, but compared with meritorious service, the points seem to be insignificant.

"Leader, the more you talk about it, the more confused I become?" After taking the last puff of his cigarette, Gao Dawei... no, it was Su Liang, and he smiled with an inexplicable meaning.

Seeing that the attitude of the man opposite him had softened, Jiang Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

It is true that people entering the detention center have to take blood and leave blood types and DNA samples, but there is only Gao Dawei's DNA in the database, and there is no Su Liang's at all.Otherwise, there is no need to expend so much effort.

Ye Zhanzhou raised his wrist and looked at his watch: "I'm here today, you go back and think about it, we'll hear your answer next week."

This kind of thing can't be pushed too hard, otherwise it will backfire.Give him time to weigh the pros and cons by himself.

Ye Zhanzhou got up to call the prison guards, stopped at the door, turned his head and said, "We will keep things secret today, you can rest assured that as long as you don't tell, no one here will know, including the warden."

Duan Baili arranged to go to Qingtaishan Prison this time, and the visit was for a prison visit, not an interrogation.Even the prison guards who checked in didn't know why they were here.

(End of this chapter)