The Case of Love

Chapter 85 Hard Drive
"Wait a little longer, wait until your sister leaves, then we'll go find him!" Zhou Yifeng was very thoughtful. He first had to make sure that this man would not pose a threat to Su Xiaoxin.

Su Xiaohan agreed and continued to stare in the direction of her sister.

The man stayed for a short time, and left after talking to Su Xiaoxin. Seeing him walk away for a distance, Zhou Yifeng asked Su Xiaohan to find Su Xiaoxin, and he went to chase the man.

Su Xiaoxin sat on the bench, looking straight ahead, as if thinking about something. In her hand was a black mobile hard drive.

Su Xiaohan sat next to her sister and asked, "Sister, why did this person come to see you?"

Su Xiaoxin's eyes fell on the hard drive in her hand, and she said in a deep voice, "He gave this to me, saying that there is something we want in it. He said that he is Zhang Tai's friend, and Zhang Tai entrusted him to keep the hard drive. He said that if he is fine, then the hard drive should be considered non-existent. If something happens to him one day, please ask him to give the hard drive to me."

Su Xiaoxin's words confirmed Su Xiaohan's judgment, and she was even more certain that this person was Zhang Tai's friend Yuan Ye.

"Xiao Han, what do you think is in here?" Su Xiaoxin asked.

"I think it has something to do with the fire in the garment factory that year. We'll know when we take it back and take a look. Sister, I'll take you home and then go back to the bureau." Su Xiaohan felt that her sister was not in good condition and was a little worried about her.

"No need, the driver came with me, wait for me in the parking lot. You and Captain Zhou, take this back quickly and see what's inside." Like her sister, Su Xiaoxin was also eager to know what was in the hard drive. She was even more anxious when she heard her sister say that the contents might be related to the fire in the garment factory.

Knowing that the driver had followed, Su Xiaohan no longer insisted on sending her sister off. After watching her leave, she went to find Zhou Yifeng. They took the man back to the bureau.

As she guessed, the man who sent the hard drive to Su Xiaoxin was Zhang Tai's friend Yuan Ye. His appearance brought new progress to the case. In the inquiry room, Yuan Ye told Zhou Yifeng and Su Xiaohan what he knew.

According to Yuan Ye, he remembered that after the garment factory caught fire, Zhang Tai left Beijing very quickly, and he could not contact him. A few months later, Zhang Tai suddenly appeared and handed him the hard drive, telling him that if something happened to him one day, he should hand it over to the person in charge of Junan Group. He was surprised at the time and asked him if he was in any danger. Zhang Tai only said that someone had threatened him. When he asked more questions, Zhang Tai refused to say anything, saying that the less he knew, the better.

Xiao Ji from the technical department had cracked the hard drive password and saw the contents. As Su Xiaohan expected, the hard drive contained a surveillance video. The surveillance video was taken the day before the fire at the garment factory. A camera in the factory captured the face of the person who climbed over the wall to enter the factory, but the video was very unclear and the person's appearance was almost invisible.

Su Xiaohan was puzzled. After the fire in the garment factory, the police checked the surveillance video in the factory and did not find any problems. Why did this surveillance video appear?
Before the fire in the garment factory, she rarely went to the factory and was not familiar with the factory area. Based on the factory floor plan her sister had sent her before, she could not determine the location of the surveillance camera that shot the video. After thinking about it, she asked Zhou Yifeng for permission to show the video to Yuan Ye, who had worked in the factory for several years and should be familiar with the factory area. Zhou Yifeng agreed.

The two returned to the inquiry room and played the surveillance video in the hard drive to Yuan Ye. After watching the video, Yuan Ye quickly determined that the camera was located near the factory building where the fire broke out. Hearing him say this, Su Xiaohan understood why the police did not find any problems with the surveillance video at the beginning.

Since the camera was near the factory building that caught fire, it was very likely burned along with the fire. Therefore, unless someone was very familiar with the factory, no one would know that there was a surveillance camera near the factory building, let alone pay attention to the surveillance video.

At this moment, it seemed as if all the troubles were solved. Zhou Yifeng organized a meeting for the team to discuss Zhang Tai's case and the original garment factory fire case.

"Boss, based on the current situation, I am more in favor of Xiaohan's inference. The fire in the garment factory was man-made, and the person in the surveillance video was most likely someone who went to the factory. Because the camera captured him, this person bribed the security guard Zhang Tai and bought the surveillance video. Zhang Tai had a backup plan and saved it on the hard drive." After watching the surveillance video, Li Zhisong spoke first.

"That's right, my senior brother and I thought the same thing. And I infer that Zhang Tai's murder may also be related to the fire. So, I think we can restart the investigation of the garment factory fire case, and the two cases can be handled together!" Su Xiaohan continued.

"We can consider combining these two cases. Xiaofeng, how's the surveillance going? Have you found any suspicious people or vehicles?" Zhou Yifeng agreed with the ideas of Li Zhisong and others, and asked Zhu Xiaofeng about the surveillance situation.

"Boss, although that area is not very prosperous, there are always some hikers who go there to climb mountains or camp. During the time when Zhang Tai was killed, dozens of cars passed by, and we are investigating. The more difficult thing now is that there is no surveillance where the body was buried." Zhu Xiaofeng looked embarrassed.

"Okay, you check this side first. The most urgent thing is that we need to find out who is in the surveillance video kept by Zhang Tai. How is Xiao Ji? Can the surveillance footage be made clearer?" Zhou Yifeng asked.

"Xiao Ji said it would take some time. I'll go over and take a look later. It should be almost done!" Li Zhisong replied.

After the meeting, Li Zhisong went to the technical department to find Xiao Ji, Xu Jungang and Zhu Xiaofeng continued to check the vehicles, and Ma Nan went to check Zhang Tai’s call records to see who he had contacted before he was killed.

Su Xiaohan received a call from her sister, and Su Xiaoxin told her that Zhang Tai had a girlfriend in the garment factory before his death, but the garment factory caught fire, and they broke up after Zhang Tai left Beijing. The woman's name is Li Ying, and she is currently working as a salesperson in a shopping mall under Junan.

Su Xiaohan was very excited to hear this news. She reported to Zhou Yifeng as soon as she hung up the phone.

Zhou Yifeng smiled and said, "Your sister is quite capable. She can find out anything she wants to find out."

"Of course. My sister is not only capable, but also has a wide network of contacts. And don't forget, she is my sister! With a younger sister like me, the older sister will naturally not be bad!" Su Xiaohan said with some pride.

Zhou Yifeng looked at her and felt that she was a little different from before. He remembered that when Su Xiaohan first came to the team, she was always a little reserved when talking to him, but now she was obviously much more relaxed. The change in her attitude towards him made him feel very comfortable.

Su Xiaohan called Li Ying and arranged a meeting place with her. Zhou Yifeng went with her to find Li Ying to find out the situation. Su Xiaohan had a hunch that Li Ying should be able to tell them something about Zhang Tai that they didn't know before.

Daan Shopping Mall under Junan is a comprehensive shopping mall integrating clothing, catering, supermarkets, etc. There is a cafe on the first floor of the mall, and Li Ying asked them to meet in the cafe.

(End of this chapter)