Genius Club-Chapter 544 - 5: The Truth Behind Millennium Stakes
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Click.
Lin Xian snapped the cap on his fountain pen and began spinning it on his fingertip:
"Gao Yang, look, this is what I’ve concluded. Zhang Yuqian’s time of death, date of birth, age... as well as the comparison with Chu Anqing’s time of death, date of birth, age."
In front of him,
on the white paper on his desk,
were several lines of densely packed words – data and deductive results recorded by Lin Xian.
This morning, after getting up,
Lin Xian had called Director Liu An of the National Security Bureau directly.
The other party was very enthusiastic upon receiving Lin Xian’s call.
After all, in Director Liu An’s eyes, Lin Xian was a real hero!
This young man had not only provided a huge number of security vulnerabilities to China’s cyber Great Wall, but also thwarted the intrusion attempt by the world’s strongest hacker, Kevin Walker.
Even more, at last year’s World Hacker Competition, he made China proud by defeating Kevin Walker as the final act, taking home the world champion trophy.
Although the trophy itself was of little value or significance, at that particular time, under those specific circumstances, it was an unmatched honor and laurel.
When it was time for Lin Xian to say goodbye and leave for his home country, Director Liu An intended to have Lin Xian stay longer in the Imperial Capital, to introduce him to some leaders, and perhaps to give him a treat.
But Lin Xian was in a hurry to return to East Sea City and his girlfriend... it seemed she had sneaked out and couldn’t stay for long. So, Director Liu An did not insist too much, just telling Lin Xian to keep in touch whether he had matters to deal with or not, and if there were any problems he couldn’t handle, to give him a call.
"Rest assured, if there are matters you can’t handle, I’ll also contact my friends to help you out."
At the time, Director Liu An had cheerfully patted his chest and promised:
"Besides... even if I can’t handle it, there’s always Teacher Gao Yan! If I can’t handle it, Teacher Gao Yan will be able to, and if you are embarrassed to speak with Teacher Gao Yan about something, no problem, I’ll talk to him! Having been his student and subordinate for many years, my skin has thickened, and there’s nothing I can’t bring up in front of him!"
Lin Xian had also smiled and nodded, shaking hands with Director Liu An to say farewell.
He could see that Director Liu An was a man of loyalty,
just as Teacher Gao Yan had described: straightforward, never beating around the bush, saying whatever was on his mind.
After that farewell in the Imperial Capital,
the two had little contact,
only sending each other a greeting text during the Spring Festival.
And now,
without VV’s intelligence gathering abilities to help, Lin Xian had no choice but to seek help from this important figure.
On the phone, he mainly asked Director Liu An for two things.
The first matter,
was to look up the address of an elderly couple from Qufu, Shandong, now living in the Imperial Capital, likely near Xidan – Zhang Shi and Yan Qin.
During their last encounter at Xidan Shopping Plaza, VV had instantly pulled up the couple’s information and relayed it to Lin Xian.
It was very detailed,
including age, education, and various life experiences.
But Lin Xian couldn’t remember so much... at that time, Chu Anqing had just been frightened and hadn’t recovered yet. Moreover, the Xidan Shopping Center was crowded and chaotic, with lots of people and traffic. He only remembered the names of the elderly couple.
But with names, and the names of both husband and wife, it should be easy enough to find them.
Director Liu An immediately agreed to this request, saying it would be very easy to look up the address.
The second matter,
was for Lin Xian to ask Director Liu An to investigate a traffic accident that happened in Qufu, Shandong, in January 2000.
The deceased, Zhang Yuqian, was a young girl born in 1980, the only daughter of that elderly couple, Zhang Shi and Yan Qin.
Because the records from that year were not uploaded to the internet, and especially since VV also found that it was just a traffic accident, not a hit-and-run; there was no party at fault. It was Yan Qin who had driven into a tree; all responsibility was on Yan Qin, so it didn’t count as a major case that was difficult to handle. It was processed with the most basic procedures and naturally, no significant records were left.
Moreover, 20 years was truly too distant a past.
Contrary to Lin Xian’s expectations, Director Liu An also agreed without hesitation:
"Don’t worry, I’ll handle it for you."
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Not long after, the residential community location and the specific address of Zhang Shi and Yan Qin were sent to Lin Xian’s mobile phone.
Then, close to noon, a police officer from Qufu, Shandong, added Lin Xian on WeChat, and sent him various pages – yellowed, fragmented, some gnawed by rats and water-damaged.
And added:
"Mr. Lin, we searched through numerous storehouses for a long time, turned over all records from the year 2000 and only found these related files. Back then, there was really nothing special about this accident, no complications followed, and at most, we just compensated the landscaping department... Regarding the vehicle damage, there was only mandatory vehicle insurance at that time, so we aren’t clear how Yan Qin dealt with the car afterwards."
"In the year 2000, cell phones weren’t even common, let alone dash cams, and there were hardly any street surveillance cameras. Therefore... the details of the accident all came from Yan Qin’s account, with no physical evidence or photographs."
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"Besides, as I have just explained to you, it wasn’t a malicious incident, nor a hit-and-run, and by the time Yan Qin reported the case, it was much later... They were simply too heartbroken and overwhelmed by the death of their daughter to even think about reporting it."
"Later on, it was the landscape department that needed to investigate compensations for the greenbelt and trees. After Yan Qin found out, she took the initiative to report the case and compensated according to the regulations. Everything was dealt with smoothly and quickly, so there’s is very little documentation left. After 20 years, there’s even less to find..."
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