Zhang Yichi was almost thrown into chaos because he knew very well what Li Xiangnian and his head teacher meant by saying this. It seemed that Li Xiangnian had initially doubted whether the person under surveillance was really Lu Tao. If he was allowed to investigate in depth, he would soon be
Zhang Yichi will re-enter Li Xiangnian's sight in another identity.
Seeing the confused expression on the head teacher's face and about to open his mouth to ask him something, Zhang Yichi calmly adjusted his attitude and spoke in advance: "Maybe he encountered a problem with the monitoring, and he was afraid that others would be mistaken for Lu Tao."
"Well..." the head teacher answered casually, looking a little disappointed with this statement.
"Teacher, I'm going to use the toilet first. I have to go to class later." Zhang Yichi didn't want to stay here and talk to the class teacher meaninglessly, so he found a reason and planned to leave.
The head teacher also felt that he could not get any useful information from Zhang Yichi, so he asked Zhang Yichi to leave.
Zhang Yichi went to the toilet and returned to the classroom, where he began to think about solutions.
…
Li Xiangnian returned to the bureau and sorted out all the information and ideas he had so far.
"Ahem!" He coughed uncontrollably, and it was only after he drank a mouthful of hot water that he felt relieved.
The route map of Lu Tao's escape from Zhang Yichi's home is very clear, and even the time points under each camera have been marked. The thread finally broke near the woods next to Yonghe Community. At this point, Lu Tao disappeared from the world, and there are no more clues.
.
"Ahem... Huh..." Li Xiangnian took out his mobile phone and repeatedly watched the surveillance video of 'Lu Tao' coming out of Zhang Yichi's house.
He decided to go to the hospital to find Lu Tao's mother. But at this moment, he was extremely tired. After several days of running back and forth, his body had reached its limit.
…
"Don't you always say that you are a detective? Don't you always say that you have solved some big cases? But why can't you catch the murderer of your mother? You can't catch the bad guys at all!"
…
Thinking back to the disappointment on his daughter's face at that time, the daughter who used to beg him with admiration every night to tell him about the wonderful process of solving the case, and the self who was once high-spirited and with a bright future no longer exists.
You can't catch the bad guys at all.
Although he has solved many major cases, he has never caught the murderer of his wife. The beauty that his daughter has always believed in has been destroyed by himself.
"Ahem..."
Li Xiangnian thought again and again and lit a cigarette.
——
Thursday, May 11th.
Li Xiangnian arrived at the hospital early in the morning and met Lu Tao's mother in the ward. She was a middle-aged woman with a sallow complexion, and her body had been damaged by countless dialysis sessions and had lost its luster and vitality.
"Officer Li..." Mother Lu wanted to get up.
Li Xiangnian quickly walked over and helped him lie down, "No need to get up, your health is important."
"Officer, how is Xiao Tao? Why haven't he been found yet..." Mother Lu asked impatiently.
"..." Li Xiangnian considered his words, "We've found him soon. Don't worry, the child will be fine."
"Then I'm relieved. Thank you, police officer." The worried look on Mother Lu's face faded a lot.
Seeing Mother Lu's change, Li Xiangnian felt inexplicably uncomfortable and guilty. He took out his mobile phone and clicked on the recorded surveillance video: "I came here today to ask you for a favor. Please take a look at this video."
The video is exactly the part where 'Lu Tao' came out of Zhang Yichi's house.
"Is this Lu Tao?" Li Xiangnian asked.
Mother Lu was a little confused at first, because this person's school uniform, school bag, shoes, and glasses were exactly the same as Lu Tao's, but from the very beginning of the video, she felt that this person was not Lu Tao.
He is obviously dressed up like his son, but he doesn't look like his son.
"I feel that he is not Lu Tao, but..." Mother Lu was very confused.
Li Xiangnian heard the words he wanted to hear most and least wanted to hear: "But the costume is Lu Tao's costume, right?"
"right……"
"Now, don't worry about the clothes, shoes, and bags. Just look at this person. Is he Lu Tao?" After Li Xiangnian finished speaking, he pursed his lips and waited nervously for Mother Lu's final answer.
"This is not my son."
boom!
It's like there's a thunderclap in my heart!
Li Xiangnian swallowed instinctively. After a few seconds, the buzzing in his head gradually subsided, but what followed was an even more terrifying palpitation.
"I see……"
"What's wrong, officer, does this video have anything to do with Lu Tao?"
"..."
——
that night
On his way home from his evening self-study, Zhang Yichi met Li Xiangnian who was waiting for him.
He noticed that the way Li Xiangnian looked at him had changed slightly. How far had he broken the case? Zhang Yichi couldn't figure it out.
"Are you waiting for me?" Zhang Yichi asked.
"Yes." Li Xiangnian nodded slightly, "Let's talk while walking."
The two of them walked to Zhang Yichi's house together. Li Xiangnian took out a notebook, and under the light of the street lamp, he asked Zhang Yichi: "Did you leave home last Saturday?"
"We went out and bought instant noodles in the evening." Zhang Yichi replied. He didn't know which was the best way to deal with it, pretending to be confused or pretending to be calm, and he seemed a little absent-minded.
"Have you been out on Sunday?" Li Xiangnian asked.
"without."
"Are you sure?"
"Sure."
"This is the surveillance video from downstairs of your house. On Sunday, around twelve o'clock, a person came out. Look who it is." Li Xiangnian handed the phone to Zhang Yichi.
Zhang Yichi took the phone and looked at it. It showed him disguised as Lu Tao: "Lu Tao."
"Are you sure it's Lu Tao?" Li Xiangnian said in a deep voice.
"This school bag, shoes, glasses, at this time, school uniform, who else could it be if it weren't Lu Tao?" Zhang Yichi returned the phone to Li Xiangnian.
After saying that the two of them had arrived in front of Zhang Yichi's unit building, Zhang Yichi raised his eyebrows: "Do you want to go up and continue chatting?"
"No need." Li Xiangnian looked at Zhang Yichi who was standing in front of the unit door.
"Then I'll go up first." Zhang Yichi turned and left.
Li Xiangnian's pupils narrowed and he walked forward quickly: "Wait a minute."
When Zhang Yichi turned around, Li Xiangnian was already in front of the basement door in the corridor. He asked, "Is this the door into the basement?"
"...Probably, I'm not sure." Zhang Yichi felt a little unnatural.
"Do you have the key?" Li Xiangnian asked again.
"I don't know. I rent this house. I'm not sure whether the landlord gave me the key to the basement. How about I go upstairs and look for it?"
Li Xiangnian shook his head: "No need. It's getting late. You can go home and rest."
"Okay." Staying here would arouse Li Xiangnian's suspicion even more, so Zhang Yichi chose to go upstairs as if he didn't care at all.
After Zhang Yichi went upstairs, Li Xiangnian came out of the corridor.
He looked at the time, it was nine eleven. The first purpose of his trip was to ask Zhang Yichi a few words, and the other purpose was to implement the bold idea in his mind.