Yu Hanjiang hadn't slept for two days and two nights. Xiao Lou, seeing that it was almost 3 a.m., urged him to rest. Yu Hanjiang was indeed exhausted, so he simply listened to Xiao Lou and fell asleep fully clothed on the sofa in the Police Station office.
Xiao Lou took a taxi back to the hospital and slept for a few hours in the duty room.
As dawn broke, Yu Hanjiang was suddenly awakened by a nightmare—he dreamt of the gruesome scene in room 201. Although he couldn't see the girl's face clearly, he could only vaguely sense two men and a woman arguing inside. The cold, damp environment of the basement, the blood everywhere, and the girl's desperate tears made Yu Hanjiang feel as if he were there, experiencing it all firsthand.
He felt as if he were floating in the air, watching a cruel movie.
He hadn't witnessed what actually happened in room 201; the events in his dream were merely theoretical deductions based on his examination of the evidence at the scene. But Yu Hanjiang believed his deduction was correct—the other person's genes detected in the bloodstains could not possibly have come from the victim.
Yu Fugui is a key suspect who must be investigated.
Yu Hanjiang washed his face with cold water to keep himself awake.
At eight o'clock in the morning, police officers from various departments began arriving at work. Yu Hanjiang went to the police office in the building next door, found an older police officer in his forties, and asked, "Captain Lin, do you remember Yu Fugui? You handled the case of his burglary back then, didn't you?"
He had downloaded Yu Fugui's file from the police database last night and saved it on his phone. When he opened his phone and showed the file to the other person, Officer Lin quickly remembered it and said, "I remember, I was the one who led the team to arrest him back then! This kid was a repeat offender who stole from several nearby residents. I finally caught him."
As Officer Lin recalled the past, he pointed to the 20-year-old young man in the photo and said, "This guy was quite handsome and tall, but unfortunately he didn't do any proper work and instead did some petty theft. I gave him a good beating back then."
"I read in the files that his parents divorced a long time ago?" Yu Hanjiang pulled up a chair and sat opposite Officer Lin, clearly intending to discuss this person in detail. Officer Lin gestured for a young intern to pour Captain Yu a glass of water and asked curiously, " Captain Yu, why are you suddenly interested in this person? You're the Chief of the Criminal Police Department, could this guy… have committed murder?!"
"He is connected to a murder case we are investigating." Yu Hanjiang did not elaborate, "I want to know more about his past experiences, and whether he still has any family or friends."
"Oh! Then you've come to the right person." Officer Lin said with a smile, "Back then, to catch him, I investigated every single one of his extended family. This kid's background is actually quite pitiful. His father used to own a hardware store, but unfortunately, he lost everything in business and often got drunk and beat his wife. Later, Yu Fugui's mother couldn't take it anymore and ran away, abandoning the children. His father then became a thief. Yu Fugui learned from his father from a young age and surpassed his father in skill. Back then, he robbed five households in one neighborhood, avoiding all the surveillance cameras. If the homeowner hadn't suddenly returned when he was robbing the sixth house, catching him red-handed, we might not have been able to catch him."
"Avoided all surveillance?" Yu Hanjiang raised an eyebrow slightly. "This person has a pretty strong counter-surveillance awareness."
"Yes, why be a thief? I think he has the talent to be a detective!" Officer Lin sighed and said, "After we brought him back, we gave him some ideological education. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison. According to the prison guards, he behaved quite well in prison. He was very diligent, got along well with his fellow inmates, and even read some books."
"Where did he go after he was released from prison, Captain Lin? Have you been following up on that?"
"It seems he went to the farmers' market in the west of the city and worked as a food delivery driver for a while." Officer Lin paused, then said with certainty, "That's right. The prison guard I know mentioned to me that once when he ordered food delivery, he happened to run into Yu Fugui delivering the food. He was quite pleased and told me that this kid finally stopped stealing after being released from prison and found a proper job."
"..." Yu Hanjiang paused slightly. They were both delivery drivers, and delivering food in the same area, so there was a very high chance that Yu Fugui knew Wang Wei. Perhaps Wang Wei learned from him that organ trafficking could yield high profits?
"Does he still have any relatives?" Yu Hanjiang asked.
"His mother ran away a long time ago and never cared about him. His father was a habitual thief who later fell to his death while climbing buildings to steal. During the ten years he was in prison, no one visited him, and his aunts and uncles refused to acknowledge him," Officer Lin lamented. "This family is probably too bizarre; no relatives dare to associate with them. After all, gamblers, alcoholics, and habitual thieves—having relatives like that is just asking for trouble."
"That's true." Yu Hanjiang nodded understandingly, then asked, "Have you heard that he's ever had a girlfriend?"
"He had a girlfriend when he went to prison; she was a girl who worked in a clothing factory. However, during the ten years Yu Fugui was sentenced, that girl never came to see him, so we probably lost contact. A normal girl wouldn't wait for a man for ten years, from 20 to 30 years old," Officer Lin said with a smile. "As for whether he has a new girlfriend after his release, I don't know."
"Could you tell me the details of his crimes back then, Captain Lin?" Yu Hanjiang wanted to know as much as possible, and Captain Lin dutifully described Yu Fugui's methods of theft to him—
Yu Fugui targets neighborhoods with a mixed population, where neighbors often don't know each other. He first pretends to be a resident, taking daily walks around the neighborhood to familiarize himself with the environment, and then precisely...
He targets families who are about to travel for work or leisure. After the family leaves, he sneaks into their home late at night, avoiding security cameras, and steals their belongings.
His lock-picking skills are top-notch (he was personally taught by his father), so even if he breaks into a house, he won't leave any trace on the lock. If the neighbors see him opening the door, they might mistakenly think "the homeowner has come home," since he has the key!
His primary targets were women's jewelry. Nowadays, few people keep cash at home, and a woman's necklace can cost thousands of dollars, while earrings, rings, and various other jewelry can be sold for a considerable sum. He was extremely meticulous in his actions, restoring the scene to its original state before leaving, unlike some thieves who leave a mess after entering a house, making it obvious that a burglary has occurred.
Therefore, some women, after returning from trips or business trips, find their necklaces missing and assume they've lost them themselves. Only those with exceptionally good memories, certain they've put their jewelry in a drawer, will report it missing and suspect a burglary. Unfortunately, when Officer Lin and his team investigated, they found absolutely no clues.
This is practically a master thief.
He was eventually caught because the police discovered that several pieces of valuable jewelry had been stolen from a certain residential area. They secretly installed surveillance cameras in the area, and during one of Yu Fugui's thefts, the homeowner suddenly returned home and caught him red-handed. In a panic, Yu Fugui stabbed the homeowner and fled. The homeowner called an ambulance and described Yu Fugui's appearance, which the police used to pinpoint his location through surveillance footage and arrested him within three days.
Officer Lin vividly described the series of thefts from years ago. After listening, Yu Hanjiang asked in a low voice, "Was that neighborhood where things kept going missing the Antai Garden?"
Officer Lin said, "That's right!"
It seems Yu Fugui has an exceptionally deep understanding of the " Antai Garden " neighborhood. Perhaps the organ transplant organization's choice of this location for the surgery was partly due to Yu Fugui's influence. He's not some insignificant little fish, but a big fish in the organ transplant organization!
However, Yu Fugui served ten years in prison and was only released two years ago. That is to say, he has only been back in society for two years. In such a short time, it is impossible for him to build a large organ trafficking organization.
Organ trafficking is an illegal and extremely dangerous activity, and everything must be conducted in secrecy. Furthermore, the organization needs a well-structured personnel network and a clear distribution of profits. For example, who should perform the surgeries? The surgeon must not only possess the relevant medical skills but also ensure confidentiality. Who recruits patients? Who handles the aftermath? Who finds buyers and sellers, and how is the profit-sharing calculated?
Such a complex organization must have been established for more than two years.
In the two years since Yu Fugui's release from prison, he has come into contact with an organ transplant organization while delivering food. The organization trusts him as a stranger, so the possibility of them recruiting him is close to zero. Such organizations would definitely conduct thorough background checks before recruiting, otherwise, if betrayed, they risk being arrested by the police.
How did Yu Fugui join the organization within two years?
After thinking about it carefully, Yu Hanjiang suddenly realized a key point.
ten years!
Yu Fugui was imprisoned for a full ten years!
Could it be that during his imprisonment, he came into contact with a high-ranking member of the organization who knew he was exceptionally skilled at counter-surveillance and a habitual thief who could pick all sorts of locks, and therefore introduced him to the organization? After his release, he could become a full member without needing to undergo any organizational review, and even help the organization build an underground hideout called Antai Garden?
Thinking of this, Yu Hanjiang immediately said, "Captain Lin, could you please help me contact the prison guard who was in charge of Yu Fugui during his service? I need information on all the prisoners who served with him!"
There are quite a few fellow inmates from the same cohort, and the search is quite extensive. Maybe this time, we'll catch a big fish!
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