Chapter 1354: Chapter 169: A Very Polite Uninvited Guest

8:15 AM, the City Bureau’s Criminal Police Team forensic doctor Old Xu finished breakfast, put on a white coat, and, accompanied by Zhao Hongxing and others, walked into the office with his assistant to draw blood from Liu Jie with a disposable syringe. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

Liu Jie was very resistant, but was held tightly by several armed police officers and could only watch helplessly as the blood was drawn.

"Hungry? Want to eat?"

"..."

"I’m talking to you, lift your head up, do you even know where you are? Be honest."

"Director Zhao, if he doesn’t want to eat, forget it. You’ve been up all night, go get some sleep."

"Okay, I’ll go upstairs for a nap first. Notify me when the identification results are out."

"Yes!"

The police and armed police who participated in the capture action all left, and Liu Jie was handed over to two police officers from the Water Police Station for custody.

It’s not the right time for interrogation.

Han Yu didn’t rush back to Lang Mountain and didn’t interrogate, instead he looked at the discouraged suspect and curiously asked, "Are you Liu Jie?"

"..."

To put it in Jiangcheng people’s words, Liu Jie was extremely anxious at this moment.

In the past few hours, he grasped two important pieces of information: first, he had become quite "popular," with Changhang Binjiang Police Station wanting to take him away, the police from his hometown Dujiang County Police Bureau wanting to take him away, and even the armed police from Binjiang Border Control Station wanting to investigate him.

Binjiang Water Police Bureau firmly disagreed, with all these departments almost wanting to "tear him apart!"

The second piece of information was that the police had DNA testing technology like those in Hong Kong crime films, and as long as the test results showed his DNA matched the DNA on those cargo ship chains, the police would believe he committed the thefts, and no explanation would matter.

Precisely because of this, the police hadn’t come for interrogation yet.

It’s all over.

This time it’s really over!

Liu Jie regretted it immensely, secretly thinking that if only he’d known the police in Binjiang would make such a big deal, he shouldn’t have come to Binjiang for money.

Han Yu noticed his panic and sat in front of him, "Liu Jie, I know a bit about your situation, otherwise I wouldn’t have come here. I’m not interested in the cases the Water Police Station and Changhang Bureau are investigating, I just want to ask if you’re interested in offering to atone for your crimes."

Liu Jie looked up for a moment, then hung his head down again without a word.

"Look, this is my badge." Han Yu showed his police ID, half-true and half-false, "I’m in charge of investigating smuggling. From what I’ve learned just now, you seem quite familiar with the situation on the river. If you can provide valuable smuggling clues, if they can arrest you, I can protect you."

Liu Jie was stunned, unable to believe there could be such a police officer.

Han Yu smiled and continued, "When I say protect, I don’t mean I can really get you out; I mean I can issue a certificate of meritorious conduct for you. When you go to court in the future, and the judge sees the certificate issued by our Smuggling Crime Investigation Branch, they might consider reducing your sentence."

They didn’t know when the DNA test results would come out, but once they did, the trouble would be huge!

Liu Jie wanted to make amends, but he wasn’t particularly familiar with the situation on the river, nor did he know any smuggling clues, so he pretended not to hear and continued hanging his head.

At this point, a police officer knocked on the door from outside.

"Director Han, could you step outside for a moment? Director Wang just instructed that no one is allowed to meet the suspect without his consent."

"Sorry, I was just chatting with him casually, I’m leaving now."

Han Yu pretended to be easy-going, put away his badge, and walked out of the office.

Liu Jie raised his head and watched Han Yu’s back, feeling even colder inside, thinking the Binjiang Water Police were determined to deal with him.

Wang Wenhong indeed had given instructions, but the instruction wasn’t to forbid Han Yu from seeing the suspect; it was to call Han Yu out to discuss the next steps.

The two stood at the entrance of the station canteen, analyzing the suspect’s psychological state.

"I think he’s panicking."

"Then when to interrogate?"

"Let’s wait a bit longer, and starve him, wait until he’s cold and hungry, and then crush his psychological defenses in one go."

"Didn’t expect, you have quite a method for analyzing people," Wang Wenhong couldn’t help but laugh.

Han Yu glanced back at the office building, smiling, "This is the last resort; if we had evidence, we wouldn’t need to go to such trouble."

As the two were chatting, a police car drove in.

A plainclothes criminal police officer from the City Bureau got out of the car, bringing a young man over and saluting.

"Hello, Director Wang, Master Han from Public University heard you were doing DNA tests on the suspect, wanted to come and see, Captain Wei asked me to bring Master Han here."

"Hello Director Wang, my surname is Han, first name Bo, sorry for the trouble."

Wang Wenhong asked in surprise, "Han Daji?"

The young top student smiled in confirmation, "Didn’t expect Director Wang you’d know of me."

"You investigated the republic’s first tax case; the backbone of our Binjiang Police Bureau’s Economic Investigation System were almost all your former subordinates. I’ve long heard of you, didn’t expect to meet you in person, welcome welcome."

"Director Wang, it’s not as impressive as you said."

"It’s not exaggerated, as Director Chen says, you’re the pride of our Binjiang Police, we all must learn from you," Wang Wenhong firmly shook the unexpected guest’s hand, turning around with a smile, "Master Han, let me introduce you, this gentleman is also named Han, first name Yu, he used to be a police officer in our Binjiang Police System, now transferred to the Smuggling Crime Investigation System, currently the head of the Water Anti-Smuggling Department at Binjiang Smuggling Crime Investigation Branch."

The unexpected guest paused, looking at Han Yu, "Director Han, have we met somewhere?"

"Master Han, I attended your lecture at the Technical Brigade yesterday."

"I remember now, my apologies, my apologies."

The uninvited guest tightly shook Han Yu’s hand, thought for a moment, and asked, "Director Han, did you work in Linghai before?"

"I am a Linghai person, indeed I worked at the Linghai Police Bureau."

"Do you know Secretary Lu of our Liangzhuang?"

"Yes, I do. My father-in-law is from Liangzhuang, or more precisely, he is from Dinghu, which was later merged into Liangzhuang."

Han Yu was quite impressed with the cultural man in front of him, and not wanting to keep him guessing, he directly said, "Master Han, four years ago I went with Secretary Lu to visit your former workplace, met several of your former subordinates, and even dealt with your former subordinate, Shan Xiaojun."

"Director Han, you’re actually ’Salted Fish’!"

"My name is indeed Han Yu."

"It’s really like a flood rushing into a Dragon King Temple, family members not recognizing each other. Secretary Lu often calls me and frequently mentions you during our calls. He said if I encounter anything in Binjiang, I can find you, and that you would definitely look after me."

"Asking me to look after you, don’t joke around."

"You are in leadership, I’m truly not joking."

He is now a graduate student at Public University and seems to have no position.

I am at a full department level, which indeed counts as leadership!

Han Yu laughed and couldn’t help but smilingly ask, "Master Han, since you know Secretary Lu, do you also know Director Lu and Director Lu’s spouse, Director Zhao?"

"I know them, we just had dinner together last night."

"Weren’t you conducting a site inspection with Captain Wei yesterday afternoon?"

"I did go to inspect in the afternoon, but it wasn’t a homicide scene. Although the deceased died of non-natural causes, it wasn’t murder."

"Suicide?"

"Neither." The young top student looked at Director Wang, who was smiling but silent, and explained, "The deceased was fifty-four years old. Although he was found lying in a pool of blood at the scene as the reporter described, and had a wound on his forehead, it wasn’t a fatal injury. If there are no surprises, it should be a stroke that caused his death."

"Gave me a scare. I thought there was another homicide case."

"Director Han, sorry, I heard Director Wang intends to do a DNA test on the suspect, is it true?"

Seeing is believing.

’Han Daji’ is indeed very capable and dedicated.

After changing careers to criminal technology, he’s learning earnestly and has become a criminal investigation expert. Although he returned this time for an internship, as soon as he heard the Water Police Station was going to do DNA, he rushed over.

Han Yu silently praised him, and with some embarrassment, explained, "Don’t laugh at me, Master Han. Doing a DNA test on the suspect was inspired by you. We mainly want the suspect to think we have the capability to do DNA, but we’re not actually going to do it."

"Bluffing the suspect?"

"We neither will collect, nor can collect, biological evidence from the crime scene, we can only bluff the suspect."

"Can it really fool the suspect?" Han Daji was caught between laughter and tears.

Han Yu and Director Wang exchanged a glance, confidently saying, "There shouldn’t be a problem, but to ensure nothing goes wrong, we plan to leave the suspect hanging, conducting the interrogation until they’re close to breaking point."

"I learned something, as long as the case can be cracked, whether or not the DNA test is real is indeed not important."

"Apologies for making you laugh, Master Han."

"Not at all, how could I laugh at you two. Director Wang, Director Han, sorry, I have something to do, maybe I should take my leave first."

"Why not stay and rest for a bit, leave after lunch."

"No need to be so courteous, I really have some matters to attend to."

’Han Daji’ left as soon as he said he would, but remained very polite throughout, always addressing people respectfully, making one feel very comfortable.

Wang Wenhong watched the police car drive out of the yard, turned around, and asked, "Salted Fish, what do you think of this person?"

"Very good, although he’s a top student from Public University, he’s not at all overbearing. He’s somewhat like Director Yu, but not completely."

"I also felt he was somewhat like an administrative police officer."

"Aren’t those with ability all going to the administration, just like you did back then."

"I didn’t have his level back then."

Wang Wenhong patted Han Yu’s arm and sighed, "Although he’s young and currently has no specific position, his former subordinates are spread throughout the Economic Investigation System. Zhang Lan’s previous direct supervisor was trained by him back then. More friends mean more roads, since you and he can be considered half-townmates, you should make friends with him."

"What need do I have for so many friends, besides I already have many, even many comrades."

"That’s true, your paths are different, no need to warm this cold stove."

"Director Wang, you reminded me just in time, Zhang Lan called Ningning yesterday, saying she plans to bring Yuanyuan back for the New Year."

"Is Ming Yuan coming back?"

"Ming Yuan can’t make it back; there’s too much work at his unit, he can’t free himself."

"Did Zhang Lan say when they’ll return?"

"The twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month."

"She sold the house, where will she stay when she gets back?"

"The house in the hometown wasn’t sold, going back to her parental home she’ll definitely have a place to live. She can stay with Haoran in the city, anyway, it’s not for you or me to worry about where she stays."

"When the time comes, ask her which day she’s free, I’ll invite her for a meal."

"Okay."