Diary of a Criminal Investigator-Chapter 271: Zhang Hui’s Aftershock
Wang Guojun’s mother suffers from paralysis and can’t speak complete sentences.
She could only struggle to leave the sofa, watching her son being taken away.
Her eyes were filled with terror and despair.
Her son, it’s not the first time he’s been taken away right in front of her.
And each time, she doesn’t know if her son will ever come back.
Even if he does, she doesn’t know how long it will take.
Or, this time, she might not be able to wait for her son to come back at all.
Sun Jun sighed, stayed behind, and helped the elderly woman back to the sofa with two other detectives.
"Ma’am, Wang Guojun... kidnapping and extortion, but don’t worry, we’ll report your situation, and someone from the nursing home will come to assist later."
Such cases, Sun Jun has seen more than just a few in his years as a police officer.
In crime, the most painful may not be the suspects who are caught, but the parents who raised them.
Who wants their son, whom they’ve raised all their life, to end up deeply in prison?
And there are quite a few like Wang Guojun’s mother who can’t take care of themselves due to illness.
Chen Feng’s Democracy Road police station has taken on quite a bit of this kind of work.
There are three families where the suspect committed a crime leaving children to live with their grandparents.
The police station helps where they can.
This is also another reason why many who are released from prison truly reform themselves.
But more often, families are torn apart and destroyed.
"Wang Guojun, just tell us, where is the person?"
In the car, Ren Qiang had already begun the interrogation.
"Can’t you guys always find me?"
"If the police have the skill, keep looking."
Wang Guojun spat saliva from his mouth and looked nonchalantly at Ren Qiang and the group of detectives around.
"Wang Guojun, at this point, what’s the point of playing rogue?"
"You’ve been caught, and you can’t get the money."
"Doesn’t matter if I can’t get it, as long as my brothers can."
"Are you so sure they will?"
"Why shouldn’t I be? If they can’t, we’ll just rip the ticket, everyone loses."
There was no result from the interrogation in the car.
Wang Guojun steadfastly refused to say anything.
"The person has been locked in the interrogation room, Captain Qin, what should we do?"
Ren Qiang knew these habitual offender veterans too well.
Even when caught, they still refuse to confess, meaning they’re willing to hold out to the end.
These hardened criminals have been through numerous interrogations and are very experienced in dealing with police tactics.
Qin Yong thought for a moment, extinguished the cigarette in his hand: "Let Chen Feng give it a try."
"Chen Feng?"
"Yeah, he’s the director of the Democracy Road police station; Wang Guojun has committed offenses there more than once."
"See if it can be of any use."
"Okay, let’s give it a shot."
Most cases dealt with by the police station are relatively minor, involving scoundrels or drunkards lost on their way home.
Minor incidents are especially frequent, and although the station often detains people, they’re mostly given administrative penalties.
The police station’s interrogation techniques are usually just scaring people, unlike the criminal investigation side, which is highly professional.
Chen Feng, working on the grassroots level all his life, exemplifies the typical police station style.
"You want me to interrogate?"
Chen Feng was a bit surprised when he learned that Qin Yong wanted him to interrogate.
"Our station has never really interrogated any major offenders, Group Leader Ren, you know this, right?"
"The ones in my place are just petty thieves, kidnapping and extortion..."
This type of case is Chen Feng’s first involvement.
He indeed lacks experience.
"He is in your jurisdiction, try first, anyway Captain Qin doesn’t expect you to necessarily get a confession, just give it a try."
"If it’s just trying... alright then."
Interrogation room.
Wang Guojun clearly recognized Chen Feng.
"Director Chen, it’s no use if you come."
"I’m already like this, if the money doesn’t come in, how will my mom live out the rest of her life?"
"Tiger, you still know how to mention your mom..."
Although Chen Feng is not an expert in interrogation techniques, in his years at the station, he’s dealt mostly with resolving disputes and handling conflicts.
He has his ways, in his own right.
Crime Scene Investigation Office.
Zhang Hui gulped down a cup of tea.
Took the cigarette Lu Chuan handed him, and tried lighting it with a lighter.
But his hand wouldn’t cooperate, it just kept trembling.
Seeing this, Lu Chuan picked up the lighter on the desk, flicked it on with a click, and lit the cigarette for Zhang Hui.
Swoosh...
After taking a drag of the Chunghwa, Zhang Hui seemed to calm down significantly.
Looking up at Lu Chuan and Liu Guodong.
"Do you know, we almost didn’t make it back..."
Lu Chuan and others had heard, when apprehending Wang Guojun, a homemade grenade was found on him.
The arrest situation at the time should be described as extremely swift.
Qin Yong’s judgment was also very accurate, deciding to seize Wang Guojun in his home.
It was this decision that saved all the officers on duty.
Zhang Hui took another drag of the cigarette: "If it weren’t for arresting at his house, concerned for his mother, that grenade might have gone off."
When the grenade was found, the pin had already been pulled.
Clearly, Wang Guojun was ready for a deadly showdown when the police broke in.
"Just a bit more... just a bit..."
Lu Chuan didn’t know what to say.
On duty, anything can happen.
Like him, though he’s mostly in the rear, even the few missions can be described as thrilling.
In Lu Chuan’s view, it could only be attributed to Zhang Hui and his team’s good luck. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂
Ultimately, in such situations, even with basic fighting skills and on-site shooting skills, Lu Chuan couldn’t stop a grenade from exploding.
Whoever went, would just be unlucky to encounter it.
Liu Guodong obviously had more of these experiences.
Patted Zhang Hui on the shoulder: "Working in our line, isn’t your head always on the line?"
Swoosh...
Zhang Hui paused, suddenly shook his head with a bitter smile.
"I should probably go to the temple and offer prayers, this time, we narrowly escaped."
"By the way, how’s the interrogation going?"
"No good, that guy isn’t saying anything, like a dead pig not afraid of boiling water."
There was no progress in the car interrogation, Wang Guojun clearly showed a non-cooperative attitude.
"Brother Qiang and the others are still interrogating, but there’s likely no effect."
"The investigation team and the traffic police are still checking the cars at Huijia Square, but there are too many, it’s tough to manage."
Similar conversations were happening in many offices at that moment.
None of the detectives who had just participated in the operation weren’t retrospectively terrified.
Some things happen mostly in an instant, so fast that people may not even have time to react in fear.
But thinking about it afterward, that’s when the real fear sets in.
Interrogation room.
Chen Feng started chatting casually with Wang Guojun.
