The Case of Love

Chapter 86 Solved
Su Xiaohan recognized the woman in a white shirt sitting by the window. The photo Li Ying sent her was not beautified and looked very similar to her.

After both parties confirmed their identities, Zhou Yifeng and Su Xiaohan sat opposite Li Ying and went straight to the point without much greetings.

Li Ying said that after the fire, she left the garment factory and applied for a job selling insurance at an insurance company. Later, she returned to the mall under Junan Securities to work as a salesperson. When she was working at the garment factory, she and Zhang Tai were in a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship. However, after the garment factory caught fire, Zhang Tai sent her a message, and then there was no news.

"What message did he send you?" Zhou Yifeng and Su Xiaohan asked almost at the same time.

"He said she was sorry to me and asked us not to contact each other anymore. I was very angry at the time and called him, but the call was unanswered. I went to find his friend Yuan Ye, but Yuan Ye didn't know where he had gone." Even after a few years, there was still resentment in Li Ying's tone.

"Before the fire in the garment factory, did you see Zhang Tai meet anyone? Or did anyone come to see him?" Su Xiaohan asked after Li Ying calmed down.

Li Ying recalled carefully, and after a while, her eyes lit up and she said, "I didn't see anyone come to see him, but I remember that on the morning of the factory fire, I went to the security room to have breakfast with him. While we were eating, he received a call, and when he came back, his eyes were straight, as if he was thinking about something, which made people feel weird. I asked him what was wrong, but he didn't say anything."

Hearing this, Zhou Yifeng and Su Xiaohan looked at each other, and both felt that there was something wrong with the call Zhang Tai went out to answer.

"Li Ying, do you remember what time Zhang Tai answered the call in the morning? What was his cell phone number at that time?" Zhou Yifeng wanted to start his investigation from this phone call.

"We have lunch at 7 o'clock every morning, so it should be a little after 7 o'clock at that time. I forgot his cell phone number at that time, I'll look for it." Li Ying looked through the address book on her cell phone, found Zhang Tai's cell phone number and showed it to Zhou Yifeng.

Zhou Yifeng wrote down the cell phone number and sent it to Li Zhisong, asking him to find Zhang Tai's call records at around seven o'clock in the morning on the day the garment factory caught fire.

After asking Li Ying a few more questions, Zhou Yifeng paid the bill and said goodbye to Su Xiaohan. Before leaving, Zhou Yifeng told Li Ying that if she thought of other information related to the case, she could contact them at any time.

On the way back to the bureau, Zhou Yifeng received a call from Li Zhisong. Xiao Ji from the technical department had processed the surveillance video to make it clearer so that the appearance of the people in the video could be seen clearly.

He sent the screenshot of the video to Zhou Yifeng, who took a look at it and showed it to Su Xiaohan. Su Xiaohan was not very familiar with the people in the factory and could not confirm whether the people in the surveillance video were workers in the garment factory.

With Zhou Yifeng's consent, she sent a screenshot of the video to her sister, wanting her to see if she knew the man. Su Xiaoxin quickly replied, saying that she would ask the old workers in the factory to help confirm it.

Su Xiaohan was looking forward to it, hoping that this person was a factory worker, so that the subsequent investigation would be much easier. However, a few minutes later, her sister's reply made her completely give up this idea. Master Zhang from the garment factory has worked in the factory for more than 30 years. He knows everyone in the factory, old or new. He can be sure that the person in the surveillance video is not a factory worker.

Seeing that Su Xiaohan was a little frustrated, Zhou Yifeng advised: "We have photos, are we still worried that we can't find the person? Let your senior brother do a comparison in the system, maybe we can find out who this person is soon."

Su Xiaohan sighed: "This is the only way. I hope we can confirm this person's identity."

When the two returned to the bureau, Li Zhisong was sitting in front of Xiao Ji's computer, doing a portrait comparison with him. The person in the video was highly similar to a person named Chen Hongjie, and they were basically sure that this person was Chen Hongjie.

Zhou Yifeng and Su Xiaohan went over to take a look, and to their surprise, the man’s registered residence was in F County.

"Captain Zhou, the recent events seem to be related to this F County. My sister also had an accident in F County." Su Xiaohan was suspicious, she felt that this was definitely not a coincidence. "Yes, this county must be crazy, it's incredible!" Li Zhisong also sighed with Su Xiaohan.

"Let's find a way to find Chen Hongjie first. By the way, Zhisong, how's the call record check going?" Zhou Yifeng asked.

Li Zhisong frowned and said, "Boss, I asked, and the telecommunications company can only check call records from the past seven months. The maximum time limit for saving call records is six months, and the data will be automatically overwritten after six months."

"It seems that this clue cannot be investigated further." Zhou Yifeng leaned back in his chair and stretched his body. The days of investigating the case made him physically and mentally exhausted.

"Captain Zhou, there is Chen Hongjie's phone number in the system. I'll call him and see if I can get through." Li Zhisong stared at the computer, checking Chen Hongjie's detailed information.

"Okay, if you can get through, ask him to come to the bureau." Zhou Yifeng said sideways when he heard the voice.

While discussing the case, Su Xiaohan's cell phone vibrated and she quickly picked up the call, seeing it was her sister.

She thought her sister called her because she had new clues, but she didn't expect that she was asking her to go home early in the evening, saying that Guan Mingshan was coming to their house for dinner.

Su Xiaohan still remembers that when her father was alive, Guan Mingshan was a frequent visitor to their home. However, in recent years, he rarely comes home, but he will call from time to time to care about them. He will also send gifts to their home during festivals.

Su Xiaohan looked at the time and promised her sister that she would go back early. She regarded Guan Mingshan as her own uncle. If it were someone else, she probably wouldn't consider going back to have dinner with him.

After hearing the conversation between Su Xiaohan and her sister, Zhou Yifeng did not arrange for her to work overtime, and urged her to go home early. It was only six o'clock when Su Xiaohan got home. Since she started working at the Criminal Investigation Detachment, she rarely went home so early.

The living room was very lively. Guan Mingshan had arrived and was sitting on the sofa drinking tea. There was another person with him, who was sitting next to Li Aifang and pouring tea for her.

Seeing Su Xiaohan come in, Guan Mingshan hurriedly stood up to greet her, and the man also put down his teacup and stood up.

Su Xiaohan looked at him subconsciously, and when she saw his face clearly, she couldn't help but be shocked.

A few days ago, she had been wondering where she had seen the person in the portrait. Now that he appeared in her living room, her previous confusion was solved. No wonder she felt that the person in the portrait looked familiar. It turned out that he was Guan Mingshan's friend and they had met in a bar.

"Uncle Guan!" Su Xiaohan greeted Guan Mingshan warmly.

"Xiao Han, I heard from your mother that you work overtime almost every day. Did you come back early today just for Uncle Guan?" Guan Mingshan smiled and looked very kind.

Su Xiaohan blinked mischievously and said jokingly, "Uncle Guan is right! When I thought of my Uncle Guan coming, I lost all my thoughts. When our team leader saw that I didn't like to work, he got angry and sent me back!"

(End of this chapter)