National Forensic Doctor-Chapter 855 - 794: The Upcoming Case

"I sensed the smell and guessed Jiang Yuan was coming over," Wan Baoming strode into the police canine unit’s territory, his voice modulating expressively, quite characteristic.

Accompanying him was Lei Xin from Qinghe City’s Qianjin District Criminal Police Team, shaking his head and following after Wan Baoming as if he were in a drill.

"I’m making fried rice; have some when you get here." Jiang Yuan had cooked rice for 20 people, anticipating visitors.

Wan Baoming knew Jiang had expected them, but he still felt a chance encounter was more fitting for the scene. He politely accepted a bowl of fried rice and laughed, "I’ve been longing for this bowl of fried rice for a long time."

The first to enter was Hou Lejia, the captain of the Longli County Criminal Police Team, who glanced at Wan Baoming and said, "Changyang City is so big, don’t they have any decent fried rice?"

"Beijing is even bigger, and they don’t have fried rice this good." In terms of literary cultivation, Wan Baoming was well-regarded in the entire provincial police system.

Hou Lejia naturally couldn’t let the Changyang people overshadow him, so he patted Dahei’s head and said, "Call someone."

Dahei then faced Jiang Yuan and barked, "Woof, woof!"

"Good boy!" Jiang Yuan couldn’t help but pat Dahei’s head and asked, "Have you eaten?"

Dahei: "Woof, woof."

"Dahei has retired, and our police force has adopted him," Hou Lejia announced proudly. "He earned another third-class merit last time, his final battle, and he even personally took down a theft suspect. He’s spent a lifetime with our criminal police team, so we’re keeping him here. It’ll be good for him to teach the younger police dogs."

"Congratulations, congratulations! Dahei is awesome! Let me give you a hug." Upon seeing that Dahei was no longer a police dog, Jiang Yuan immediately hugged him and heartily stroked him a few times.

Next door, Dazhuang in the kennel was stunned and began to bark angrily: Woof! Woof! Woof!

Li Li hurried over to comfort him, holding Dazhuang and coaxing, "Don’t be angry, don’t be angry, he’s just playing with Dahei. You know Dahei is retired. From now on, you’ll be the number one meritorious dog in Qinghe City!"

Hou Lejia heard this and muttered while stroking Dahei’s head, "We don’t compare with them, we’re early birds. We’ve already achieved fame and success, right?"

The lifespan of a police dog is limited, and being able to retire without injuries is a fortunate thing. Of course, some people think that happiness for a police dog means dying in the line of duty, but it depends on who the subject of that happiness is.

Lei Xin didn’t really like dogs. He held a bowl of fried rice and started to eat eagerly.

He had indeed rushed over from Qinghe City and was currently handling a case, so busy that he hadn’t eaten much.

Lei Xin finished off his bowl of fried rice in no time, leaving the bowl shining clean.

"Another serving, please!" Lei Xin reached out for more.

Li Li, her hand still petting Dazhuang, served Lei Xin another heaping bowl of Uncle Seventeen’s fried rice.

The rice was slick with oil and speckled with only bits of green onion, surrounded by the yellow of the egg that covered the fried rice. Yet when eaten, it was mysteriously devoid of any taste—a marvel—if this were at a street stall, customers would easily guess that this trick was the vendor’s way to save on eggs.

But the fried rice Jiang Yuan made would only make people praise it as an amazing feat.

"You Qinghe people just love to have more and take more. Bonuses go to you, and we get the transfers, yet you still want an extra bowl of fried rice," Hou Lejia handed Dahei over to an instructor and sat down again, launching into his routine of aggressive personality output.

Compared to the counties below, the downtown criminal police team naturally had all the advantages. In the past, Qianjin District always ranked near the top of the power rankings.

In the past, resources allocated from the city weren’t available to Hou Lejia, and he had much to say about it. Now, with Jiang Yuan emerging as a sign of good fortune from the neighboring county, it was only natural that Hou Lejia’s voice would carry weight.

"Jiang Yuan," Hou Lejia turned around and approached Jiang Yuan, saying, "This time, you truly need to help out our Longli County."

"Has Captain Jiang not already helped your Longli County enough?" Another person emerged from the shadows, pushing a cart of meat-filled buns; it was Wu Junhao.

As Wu Junhao handed out the buns while walking, he said, "I had been to Beijing and just couldn’t stop craving this taste. I called ahead and ordered a hundred buns, all with extra meat."

"Wow, meat buns worth seven hundred yuan? Did you strike it rich or what?" Lei Xin exclaimed.

"Pretty much, I had no expenses in Beijing. Zhengguang Bureau covered everything, and they even provided allowances for transportation, meals, communication, and lots of other things. It’s like I earned an extra salary." Wu Junhao was simply stating facts, but this silence the police chiefs from a few counties nearby.

The price had clearly gone up!

Compared to fixed assets and the cost of various relationships, cash expenses were more challenging for any criminal police team.

Of course, they didn’t actually have many fixed assets or relationships to expend. And part of these additional expenses was, in fact, much lower than the cost of maintaining the current public security.

The chiefs of the criminal police teams from the various counties had all received hints and were pondering to themselves, but none showed any signs of backing down.

Raising the case closure rate and improving the public security in their counties were goals pursued by every city.

However, places like Longli County or Ningtai County suffered from a severe shortage of talent, and once their public security reached a certain level, it became difficult to improve further, regardless of the money offered. Similarly, places like the Zhengguang Bureau or Changyang City Bureau had an abundance of talent, but their public security levels were still hard to raise, and money could hardly make a difference.

"Jiang Yuan," Hou Lejia said, pulling Jiang Yuan’s hand while waving to Dahei in the distance, "let’s proceed as we discussed earlier and add the extra allowances. Our county bureau can also cover it. Tomorrow, you will follow your older brother first, how about that?"

Dahei, who was playing with Li Li and others in the playground, rushed over as soon as he saw Hou Lejia’s gesture, frightening several instructors to run over.

"Let Dahei rub against you, Brother Jiang," Hou Lejia pushed Dahei into Jiang Yuan’s arms, encouraging Dahei to nuzzle Jiang Yuan’s chest.

Jiang Yuan couldn’t help but pat Dahei’s head.

"Captain Jiang, here in Qianjin District, we encountered a case of forcible rape," Lei Xin interrupted Hou Lejia, saying with a serious expression, "And it’s suspected to be a series of connected forcible rapes. Most importantly, another one could happen very soon!"

"What do you mean by ’could happen soon’?" Not just Jiang Yuan, several others looked towards Lei Xin.

Lei Xin lit a cigarette with a snap and explained, "Earlier this year, close to the New Year, our county had a case of forcible rape, where the perpetrator hooded the victim, bound her, and took her to the wilderness on a motorcycle to commit the crime. During the investigation of this case, we discovered that just one year before, at around the same time, there was another similar case of forcible rape. The victim committed suicide by slashing her wrists at home, but the details of the case were similar."

Looking at Jiang Yuan, Lei Xin continued, "Then, as we conducted a more detailed investigation, we found another situation. A woman was walking on Mayang Road even earlier than that, two years ago near the New Year, when suddenly, someone put a bag over her head and pushed her down. However, a car approached, and the suspect hastily fled. The woman then reported the incident to the police accompanied by the car driver."

"Do you suspect it’s the same person responsible?" Jiang Yuan asked.

With a sound of affirmation, Lei Xin said, "We’re almost certain it’s the same individual because the binding marks on the wrists and ankles of the two forcibly raped victims are similar; the method used was also alike. The victim whose assault was unsuccessful encountered a motorcycle and other environmental factors that were very similar, and most notably, if the three cases are connected, each occurred exactly one year apart!"

Lei Xin looked at Jiang Yuan and added, "Now, we’re less than two months away from the New Year. Once it turns, people will start returning home gradually. We hope to catch this guy before another incident occurs! At least, we can’t let him get away this time!"