chasing the dark

Chapter 138 Consequences
After making tea, Wei Lan sat on the side sofa: "Old Zheng is busy with work, and I am often the only one at home. I hope you can catch that person as soon as possible."

"Director Wei, you have to have evidence to arrest someone, right?" Ye Zhanzhou said unhurriedly, "He didn't do anything out of the ordinary. Just from the surveillance video, it is impossible to judge that he is following you, and the police have no right to do so." Detain people at will."

After a slight pause, he continued: "When we came here, we looked around and in the community, and we didn't find anyone acting suspiciously, let alone this person in the surveillance. If you can provide us with the target of suspicion, we can. Check it out."

Wei Lan bit her lower lip, and it took her a long time to say: "If not, the two of you can go to work first, and just let Police Officer Xiaojiang stay."

Ye Zhanzhou rolled his eyelids: "Director Wei, this is against the rules."

Jiang Yu breathed a sigh of relief, she didn't want to stay alone with this arrogant and neurotic woman.

Wei Lan raised her head and said, "Aside from the identities of Lao Zheng and me, we are just a citizen. If we are in danger, shouldn't the police protect us?"

"Director Wei, I wonder if you have misunderstood the protection of the police?" Ye Zhanzhou cleared his throat and said, "If personal and property safety is threatened, you can call the police. After the case is filed and investigated, if necessary, the police will protect the person concerned. But the premise is that...they are really threatened. If they are all like Director Wei, if they suspect they are being followed, they will have to send someone to protect them, which is simply impossible with our police density."

Just as Wei Lan was about to open his mouth, he went on to say, "I'll emphasize again, if Director Wei can provide the suspect, we can file a case immediately."

Of course, Wei Lan knew what it meant to provide a suspect target.She rested her elbows on the handle of the sofa, resting her forehead on her forehead in silence.

After a while, Ding Xuan said: "Director Wei, look, we can't just sit here all the time, please give me a good word!"

"What's the hurry?" Ye Zhanzhou reprimanded pretendingly, "No matter how busy we are, it won't be short of a moment. We must give others some time to think."

Ding Xuan exhaled: "Director Wei, please borrow your bathroom."

Wei Lan finally raised her head and pointed towards the side of the restaurant: "The first room in the corridor is, you go."

After Ding Xuan got up, Ye Zhanzhou asked: "Director Wei, have you offended anyone recently?"

Wei Lan shook her head without thinking.

"Where is Vice Minister Zheng?"

"It's impossible for him to offend anyone."

"What about the rest of your family?"

Seeing that Wei Lan pursed her lips and remained silent, Ye Zhanzhou spread his hands together: "Director Wei, the same sentence, if you can't provide any clues, there is nothing we can do."

Jiang Yu really didn't understand what this woman was thinking. She said, "Director Wei, why are you doing this? We are looking for Zheng Yu to protect him. If the murderer takes the lead, what will be the consequences? you……"

"Ahem..." Ye Zhanzhou coughed heavily twice.

So far, needless to say.Jiang Yu understood in seconds: "I'm sorry, Vice Captain Ye, I didn't mean to."

Ye Zhanzhou didn't look at her anymore, but turned to Wei Lan: "Director Wei, she is a new intern and doesn't understand the rules, so don't mind."

At this time, Ding Xuan, who had gone to the bathroom, came back. Instead of sitting back, he stood by the sofa and asked, "Deputy Ye, when shall we go back?"

Ye Zhanzhou glanced at him, then watched Wei Lan get up: "Director Wei, there is still something to do on the team, so I won't disturb your rest."

"Wait!" Wei Lan also stood up, biting her lip, as if making the final decision.

After another period of silence, she asked, "Deputy Captain Ye, can you tell me what case Xiaoyu is involved in?"

Before, neither she nor Zheng Bohan asked Zheng Yu what case he was involved in, but directly stated that Zheng Yu had never been in Mingyang, and any illegal incidents had nothing to do with him.

Now that I asked, it was obvious that I was pretending to be confused, trying to find out how much the police knew.

In Zheng Bohan's capacity, it is not difficult to know the facts of the case, but it is not certain how much can be found out.

However, Ye Zhanzhou didn't expose it, but sat back on the sofa again, and motioned for her to sit down too.

Opened the phone, took out a photo from inside, and handed it over: "Now that we've finished talking, Director Wei, do you know this person?"

What appeared on the screen was the photo of Lin Zhiheng left in the household registration system.

Wei Lan looked at it, but said nothing.

He flipped back to another photo, which was Ding Yang's life photo: "What about this one?"

This time Wei Lan still didn't answer, but instead asked, "Are they related to the case?"

"Yes, both of them are involved." Ye Zhanzhou put away his phone.

Wei Lan's face became even uglier, her lips trembled a few times, and she asked tentatively, "You mean...they...are all dead?"

Ye Zhanzhou didn't answer directly, but said: "On Christmas night last year, three people took a girl from the bar and raped her. Two of them are the people in the photo just now, and the third is Zheng Yu."

"Impossible, Xiaoyu must have been framed. Last Christmas he was not in Mingyang at all, and he couldn't find any woman under his conditions, and he was with someone else... Absolutely impossible!" Wei Lan repeatedly denied, She spoke very quickly, as if she had planned to say this in advance.

"Director Wei, I haven't finished yet." Ye Zhanzhou said, "In February, that girl found out that she was pregnant. She didn't call the police or seek an explanation from the person concerned. Instead, she chose to commit suicide. Last month, We found the skeleton and determined the identity of the deceased through investigation, and then led to the previous case. Two of the three people died at the time, so I don’t need to say, Director Wei should know what it means.”

Instead of uttering the words completely, but leaving room for imagination, Wei Lan's eyes showed fear: "Then why don't you hurry up and arrest him!"

"Director Wei, while finding the murderer as soon as possible, we don't want any more victims to show up." Ye Zhanzhou said seriously, "That's why I asked you to find out Zheng Yu's whereabouts before."

He glanced at Jiang Yu: "Our colleague was right just now, if the murderer finds Zheng Yu before us, the consequences will be disastrous. If you insist that Zheng Yu has done nothing, then he should stand up , to clarify the facts. If he really did it, it would be good to bear the responsibility he should bear, so as not to end up in a tragic end."

Wei Lan thought for a moment, then said: "If... I mean, if Xiaoyu really did something, would he count as surrendering himself when he comes back?"

"I can write this detail into the report." Ye Zhanzhou said, "Under normal circumstances, if the facts can be truthfully explained, the judge will consider a lighter or mitigated punishment."

Wei Lan lowered her eyes: "I'll try to contact Xiaoyu later."

(End of this chapter)