Chapter 553: Chapter 553: Searching for Zhao Zhijun

Based on the clues provided by Wang Lili, the breakup process between Zhao Zhijun and Yang Qianqian was not pleasant, and the possibility of Zhao committing murder for money is high.

The occurrence of the dismemberment case, regardless of the methods employed by the murderer, is ultimately to prevent the discovery of the victim’s death.

Thereby concealing the relationship between the murderer and the victim.

Once the dismemberment case is discovered and the identity of the deceased is confirmed, thorough investigations into the victim’s interpersonal relationships could likely pinpoint the suspect.

Zhao Zhijun...

This should be a major clue in solving the case!

In the car.

Song watched as the Mercedes SUV followed their car out.

"Brother Hui, this boyfriend of Wang Lili is quite wealthy."

Zhang Hui glanced at the SUV ahead, nodded, indeed quite wealthy, being able to afford a Mercedes top-class SUV worth over a million, must be a rich person.

"Brother Hui, what do you think these rich people are thinking? So wealthy and still let their girlfriend work as a model out there?"

"You kid, stop worrying about these things. Spend your time and effort thinking about the case instead."

"Oh..."

Rich people?

Zhang Hui shook his head; who knows what rich people think, Lu Chuan’s family is so wealthy and he still works hard at the Criminal Investigation Team.

As for the Mercedes driver...

Maybe the person just wanted a model. If a model doesn’t model, then is she still a model?

The car turned left after exiting the underground garage, and the Mercedes SUV in front turned right, going separate ways.

The information provided by Wang Lili is very important, and it currently seems Zhao Zhijun is a major suspect.

The next step for Zhang Hui is to investigate Zhao Zhijun’s whereabouts during the time of the crime.

Also, the ATM surveillance is being reviewed by the team.

"Unclear, can’t make out anything."

"Let’s get Lu Chuan to try; he’s good with videos."

"Alright, I’ll go call him."

Action Group Two office.

"Lu Chuan, this is the footage from the bank’s ATM, but some of the frames are too blurry, and we can’t see the face clearly."

"Help us out, see if you can make the faces clearer. If we can identify them, the case might be solved."

Lu Chuan glanced at the videos, noting that the blurriness was mainly due to the low resolution of the cameras.

The surveillance equipment of the bank’s ATMs is installed inside the machine. In recent years, they’ve been installing high-definition cameras, but most of the old ones are still standard resolution.

Some are even external cameras.

"Give me an hour, this takes some time to process."

The computers at Criminal Investigation Group Two aren’t capable enough to handle it, so Lu Chuan copied the videos to a USB and took them to his computer.

Original low resolution results in a lot of noise, but Lu Chuan used image transformation from the data stream level to effectively enhance the video clarity.

Lu Chuan’s computer is quite powerful, speeding up the process significantly, allowing him to handle a segment of video in about ten to twenty minutes.

In less than an hour, he had processed all five videos given to him by Action Group Two.

However, the results were not very optimistic; the person withdrawing in the surveillance was wearing a mask and a cap.

Thus, it wasn’t possible to directly identify the person.

Handing the five videos back to Action Group Two, Lu Chuan provided some suggestions.

"The man in the surveillance video, although his face isn’t visible, his walking pattern was captured in two of the videos as he left."

"This person likely sustained a short-term injury on his left foot. You should pay special attention to this during your investigation."

Zhang Hui did not return directly to the Criminal Investigation Team but instead called Qin Yong, providing him with a brief update.

"Based on today’s investigation, Yang Qianqian’s ex-boyfriend Zhao Zhijun is a major suspect."

"We are now heading to Zhao Zhijun’s residence to investigate. We’ll report any new findings to you."

"Alright, stay safe."

The investigation was progressing quickly; Qin Yong did not expect Zhang Hui to find such significant clues so soon.

Yangtze River Road, outside a Meituan delivery point.

Based on Wang Lili’s information, Zhang Hui and others located Zhao Zhijun’s workplace.

Despite Wang Lili also providing Zhao Zhijun’s phone number, Zhang Hui, wary of alerting the suspect, refrained from calling directly.

Instead, they decided to investigate his workplace first.

The person in charge of the delivery point was a middle-aged man in his fifties.

"You’re looking for Zhao? He hasn’t worked here for a while."

"Not working here anymore?"

"Right, it’s been over a month. He didn’t work here long, started delivering about a year ago, worked on and off for less than a year and left a month ago."

"Do you know where he is?"

"That I don’t know, but he should be renting somewhere nearby. You can ask Jiang Baojun; he’s close with Zhao Zhijun."

Jiang Baojun?

"Where is he now?"

"Went out for deliveries. If needed, I can call him back for you."

"Great, please do, and could you keep our visit confidential, especially from Zhao Zhijun."

"Haha, don’t worry, I understand. I’ve cooperated with the police before, rest assured, I won’t say a thing."

The boss was both candid and cooperative: "By the way, officer, did Zhao Zhijun commit a major crime? Why is the Criminal Investigation Team looking for him?"

Without answering, Zhang Hui just looked at the boss, who immediately caught on.

"Ah, got it, confidential, confidential!"

"Officer, please wait, I’ll call Jiang Baojun now."

Zhang Hui and Song waited at the delivery point for four hours until Jiang Baojun returned on his electric scooter.

"Boss, what’s the rush about? I was in the middle of a delivery; now you’re messing with my money-making."

Parking the scooter and removing his helmet, Jiang Baojun complained to the boss.

"Alright, no fuss now, something came up. Come over to our inner room."

"Why so secretive, boss? Are you giving me a raise... hmm?"

Inside, Jiang Baojun saw Zhang Hui and Song.

"Officer Zhang, this is Jiang Baojun. You can ask him anything; he’s sure to know."

The boss then tried to leave.

But was stopped by Jiang Baojun: "Boss, what’s going on? What...officer...officers want, what did I do? I’m not involved in anything illegal."

The boss removed Jiang Baojun’s grip from his arm: "Didn’t say you did anything. These officers want to learn more about Zhao Zhijun; you’re his buddy, so you should know his situation well. Please cooperate. I have some matters to attend to."

And with that, he hurriedly left, leaving Jiang Baojun to face Zhang Hui and Song alone.