Diary of a Criminal Investigator-Chapter 352: Boss, I Want to Buy a Dinosaur

As soon as Wang Gui heard this, most of his uneasiness instantly disappeared. It seemed that the other party was targeting Fourth Zhang.

In that case, it didn’t have much to do with him because Wang Gui knew he didn’t have much to do with Fourth Zhang, just nominally sworn brothers, a type of brotherhood he had dozens of.

"His real name is Zhang Wang, and he lives in the Garden District on Nangang Street."

"Officer, I don’t know this person well. Did he... commit murder?"

Back when I was in trouble, only four people came to arrest me, but now it’s like a dozen or twenty people. Unless he did something major, it wouldn’t be like this.

"Why are you prying? What, are you thinking of tipping him off?"

Tipping him off?

Wang Gui shook his head like a rattle drum: "No, no, no, I’m not close to him, we’ve just had a few meals together, his matters have nothing to do with me."

"Really, officer, you have to believe me, ever since I came out last time, I haven’t done a single bad thing, I’ve turned over a new leaf."

Zhang Chao naturally could not believe Wang Gui’s words: "Not close? If you’re not close, would he attend your birthday party?"

Wang Gui was taken aback: "Well... people from the street... they respect each other, and... I also wanted to grab some gift money, really not close."

"What business does Zhang Wang do, do you have any dealings with him?"

"He runs a toy store, a few years ago he was imprisoned for theft, but after being released, as far as I know, he’s also turned over a new leaf, selling children’s toys and such."

Toy store?

"Physical store?"

"Yes, it’s right downstairs from where he lives, you’ll see it as soon as you go there."

"Have you ever participated in Zhang Wang’s other businesses?"

"Other businesses?" Wang Gui was stunned: "I don’t know if he has any other business, and as for his business, I haven’t been involved, we just know each other."

Ren Qiang, who had been watching from the side, glanced at the detective who had just searched the room. The other shook his head, indicating nothing was found.

Ren Qiang spoke directly: "You don’t know about him selling guns?"

Selling guns?

Wang Gui almost slipped off the chair he was sitting on.

Sweat, as big as beans, became visible to the naked eye, and he stuttered when speaking.

"Po-police, Sir Officer... what did you say... guns?!"

Wang Gui wasn’t stupid; during his years inside, he’d seen all sorts of criminals, including those involved in firearms.

So, he knew what kind of crime this was, and he also knew that as long as you were involved with this, you might as well say goodbye to freedom for life.

"I... I really didn’t know, he... he’s just a distant relative, and in our youth, we stole a few things together."

"Just a hundred kilograms of rebar, really, I swear, besides this, I haven’t done anything with him!"

Just earlier he said he wasn’t close, and now they’re suddenly distant relatives, this guy is just telling tall tales.

Zhang Chao and others questioned some more details, asking specifically about Zhang Wang.

"Brother Qiang, this Wang Gui... doesn’t seem to be involved."

Ren Qiang nodded slightly, just now nothing related to firearms was found in Wang Gui’s home.

But as to which parts of what he said were true or false, it couldn’t be verified.

"Arrange a team to keep him under control first, don’t alert the enemy, we’re heading straight to Zhang Wang’s toy store."

An hour later.

At the Garden District on Nangang Street, the local precinct chief was already waiting.

"Group Leader Ren, the Garden District is right up ahead, this Zhang Wang has a past record for theft, released five years ago."

"When he was first released, we monitored him for a while, discovered he was behaving well, later checked regularly, and found no special circumstances."

"Does he have family at home?"

"I just asked the neighborhood committee member, he got married the year before last, had a child last year, there’s a mother, wife, and a child at home."

Based on the local precinct situation, what Wang Gui said wasn’t a lie.

The information on Zhang Wang was relatively accurate.

"Brother Qiang, what’s the plan, should we nab them?"

"Just now our people confirmed that Zhang Wang is in the store."

As soon as Ren Qiang and the others arrived, they immediately sent two team members disguised as parents buying toys into the toy store to scout.

Confirmed, Zhang Wang is inside.

"Set it up, the store is open for business, catching them in the toy store is unexpected, let’s act now."

"Here’s the plan: three teams, one ambush at the back window, two at the door, the rest come in with me."

"Be careful, the suspect might be armed, exercise extreme caution."

After laying out the plan, Ren Qiang didn’t act immediately but called Qin Yong for approval.

"Can you ensure there won’t be any mishaps?"

"The risk is manageable, the target is alone in the toy store, our people have just investigated inside, acting now is low risk."

Ren Qiang didn’t speak in absolutes.

Qin Yong understood too, in such situations, nobody can guarantee perfection.

The two have been detectives all their lives, executing capture missions hundreds of times.

About 99% of these captures were smooth, but the remaining 1% always had various issues. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Like the last six-hundred kidnapping case, who would have thought the suspect had a homemade grenade in his pocket?

If the capture hadn’t taken place at the suspect’s home, where he feared blowing up his own mother...

The consequences would have been unimaginable.

Capture missions are never foolproof; the goal is to minimize lapses.

"Approved to act!"

"Yes!"

Abruptly hanging up, Ren Qiang’s expression changed: "Everyone, check your weapons, chamber your rounds!"

"Move out!"

Instead of rushing into the toy store, the dozen people moved in groups.

Those covering the back windows went in first, getting into position at the ambush site.

The rest entered the toy store gradually.

"Boss, do you have rubber dinosaur toys?"

Zhang Chao strutted into the toy store, casually glancing at the counter and setting his eyes on the toys on the shelves.

"Yes, yes, on the last row, in the middle shelf."

Zhang Chao didn’t speak further, following Zhang Wang’s directions, he walked to the last shelf, rummaging through the dinosaurs on it.

As Zhang Chao moved away, Ren Qiang entered: "Boss, do you have any figurines?"

"Right over here."

Zhang Wang pointed to the wall behind him, indeed lined with figurines.

"Boss, that big dinosaur up there, can you get it for me, how much is it?"

Zhang Wang glanced and saw they were pointing at the large dinosaur on the last shelf, over a meter long.

"This one’s over three hundred, if you really want it, I’ll sell it for two hundred ninety."

Zhang Chao feigned hesitation: "Two hundred thirty, how about that?"

Zhang Wang stepped out from behind the counter: "That’s below cost, tell you what, lowest I can go is two hundred seventy, if you want it, I’ll get it for you."

"Two hundred seventy..."

"Alright, but throw in a small dinosaur."

Zhang Wang smiled as they picked up a tiny two-centimeter plastic dinosaur: "These retail at two yuan apiece, I’ll give you two."

As he finished speaking, the other party pulled out a ladder from the corner and climbed up to grab the dinosaur.

At that moment, Zhang Chao and the other were face-to-face, with Ren Qiang behind.

The two of them exchanged glances, and lunged at the same time!