Chapter 40: The Case is Basically Solved

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  Zhu Secretary had a more or less understanding of what happened to Chi Shi today. It's just that Chi Shi didn't know about Luo Lin's background, so Zhu Secretary treated this little guy who was quite influential in school as an ordinary family, or even a poor family's rascal.

  After some thought, Secretary Zhu decided to make Qi Shi's injury report a bit more serious and immediately spoke to Director Qiu in an official tone: "As for the proof of injury, Director Qiu, we must be realistic."

  Director Qiu should understand Secretary Zhu's meaning. That is to say, it means to write more heavily, the heavier the better!

  "...and the medical records of these other few..." said Qiu, pointing to the three people in the hospital room who were also lying on their stomachs with their butts up, two golden-haired men and one man named Long.

  Zhu, the secretary, frowned and said to Director Qiu: "These three? They must be coincidentally in the same ward. Judging from their appearance, they seem to be idle people from society. I don't know them. Director Qiu, when you go to issue the injury certificate later, don't forget to arrange for this injured Chi Shi to be transferred to a single room."

  Qiu Director nodded in understanding and then retreated.

  In the director's office, Director Qiu made a simple arrangement and handed it over to his subordinates for handling. He himself went to the ward to accompany Zhu Dasecretary for a while. This great god represented Vice Mayor Chi, who was busy with millions of things every day. It was naturally a priority to take this opportunity to get close to him. In the future, who knows what would happen, and he would owe himself a favor.

  After Director Qiu left, one of his assistant doctors went to the medical department to handle the injury certificate for Chi Shi. He happened to see Dr. Liu sitting behind the printer looking listless.

  "Hey? Little Liu, why do you look like you just woke up?"

  Dr. Xiao Liu turned his head and glanced back, saying casually, "Some unlucky things, let's just forget about them."

  "Ah, just in time you're here, help me out. Director Qiu asked me to help Qi Shi from room 217 with a injury certificate. Let me whisper to you, Qi Shi's dad is our city's vice mayor, and this time he got beaten up and hospitalized. The injury certificate needs to be made to look more serious, even Zhu the secretary came personally. You know what to do, right?"

  The assistant doctor turned around to leave, "I ate something bad today, I'm going to the bathroom, you... help me draft an injury report, seal it in a file bag and store it in the archive room, then tell me the file number. I reckon it won't be long before we need it. Remember, the injury certificate needs to be factual."

  Before he finished speaking, he gave a "you know what I mean" look and left.

  Xiao Liu was about to say that he would soon be resigning and wouldn't take any position, but just as he was thinking of refusing, he heard the assistant doctor utter the words "Zhu Daishu" (Secretary Zhu), and suddenly realized it was none other than the arrogant little official from earlier!

  Do you want an injury certificate? Make it more serious?

  Xiao Liu smiled slyly, he still had some cleverness, knowing that Secretary Zhu was trying to frame others. Alright, I'll help you out before I submit my resignation letter. The hospitality earlier wasn't good enough, now I'm giving it to you again.

  Xiao Liu roughly looked at Chi Shi's various examination items, except for the report from the anorectal department which was slightly more serious, but overall this Chi Shi didn't have any problems. Resting for two or three days and avoiding spicy food a bit, he would recover quickly. It hadn't even reached the level of minor injury, however looking at what the assistant doctor just handed over, it seemed like they wanted to make it into a more serious injury.

  Alright, more seriously then.

  Xiao Liu tidied up and finally came up with a summary report: Name, male, health status, good. Xiao Liu smiled slyly and filled in the "whether suffering from any disease" section: Prostatitis, symptoms: urine splitting during urination...

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  Zhu's secretary didn't stay in the hospital for long, and he hadn't even reviewed Chi's injury report. He thought that Director Qiu had already arranged things, and his attitude towards work was still quite reliable. This matter needed to be reported back to Vice Mayor Chi as soon as possible, after all, it was his own son. The procedures should be followed properly, and Vice Mayor Chi himself should make the announcement.

  In a neat yet luxurious office, a middle-aged man with a half-bald head and a big belly sat behind his desk. When he heard Zhu's secretary report, he almost burst into anger.

  "Do you know who did it?" The vice mayor suppressed the anger in his heart, his stiff face twisted, and his eyebrows jumped.

  "There is a third-year high school student at Municipal No. 1 High School named Lorraine, who seems to be from an ordinary family." Secretary Zhu replied honestly.

  "Who?" Chi's hand, which was just about to light a cigarette, suddenly froze. "Luo Lin?"

  Zhu Secretary was unclear and repeated in surprise: "Right, it's called Lorraine, Mayor Chi, what's going on?"

  Chubby's face trembled slightly: "Little Zhu, this time it's a bit troublesome. In Municipal No. 1 High School, there is only one called Luo Lin, his father is the chairman of our Zhenzhou City's leading enterprise, the Luo Group."

  Zhu Secretary's face changed greatly: "Isn't this uncle of Lorraine just our Municipal Committee Li Shu..."

  Before Secretary Zhu finished speaking, Chi waved his hand to interrupt him, lit the cigarette in his hand, took a hard drag, and exhaled smoke. He also had some thoughts: "The other party is not ordinary, we can only start from the regular channel, Xiao Shi's injury report, have you made contact with the hospital?"

  Zhu Secretary hastily nodded: "Yes, I've said it before, looking for Director Qiu of the Second Municipal Hospital!"

  "Hmm, Xiao Zhu, this matter was handled quite promptly." Vice Mayor Chi nodded, "I estimate it won't take long for this matter to slip into certain people's ears, Xiao Zhu, you must grasp it tightly."

  Secretary Zhu stood up respectfully: "Mayor Chi, I'll leave first." He knew what Vice Mayor Chi meant. Since they all said to go through the regular channels, one point was to take action on the injury certificate, and another point was to report the case as soon as possible. The sooner the better for this kind of thing. Both sides had connections, whoever made the first move and filed a case would have the initiative.

  The vice mayor waved his hand and Zhu, the secretary, retreated.

  Unfortunately, Vice Mayor Chi had calculated everything but did not anticipate that his unlucky son would still be hiding something in his account to Secretary Zhu. That is, the fact that he and Dragon Brother had intended to kidnap and sexually assault Qin Wanshu and Song Meiyan. After all, he was just a child and didn't think things through thoroughly, so this detail wasn't mentioned, fearing that his father would beat him up. However, it was precisely because of this missing link that Vice Mayor Chi was put on the defensive in handling this matter.

  On the other hand, Secretary Wu has already begun to point out the mountains and rivers, handing over Jiang Yan and Zhang's team to take action. Jiang Yan personally went to the Second People's Hospital in the city to bring out that Dragon Brother, and then took him to the bureau and locked him in a small black room.

  When she saw Long Ge's hands, which were wrapped in gauze and still stained with blood, Jiang Yan furrowed her brow slightly and thought to herself: This Luo Lin is not only cunning but also ruthless. The white gauze was stained with blood at the fingertips, and based on her experience investigating many criminal cases, she judged that his fingernails had been completely torn off.

  As she thought of this, Jiang Yan's eyebrows jumped up and down, and the image of Luo Lin's playful and mischievous smile appeared in her mind. That little guy was actually capable of doing such a ruthless thing. He had been hiding it well, and was indeed a little rascal... With that thought, Jiang Yan snapped back to reality, dispelled these distracting thoughts, and exchanged greetings with several colleagues from the team who were experienced in interrogating suspects in the "little black room". She then returned to the office with Zhang. As for Long Ge's testimony, there was no need to manipulate anything, because Luo Lin had also reported truthfully on this aspect.

  What Secretary Wu said, using Long Ge as the entry point, is to prove that Chi Shi and Long Ge are related, and that the two of them are accomplices. As long as they grasp these two points of evidence, Luo Lin can easily get off scot-free, while Chi Shi might end up being locked up because of this. The three charges of kidnapping for ransom, attempted rape, and colluding with underworld figures are enough to put an ordinary person behind bars for many years.

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  Long Ge was not the first time in a small black room, but at this time he was extremely weak, his buttocks were torn and his lungs were in severe pain, he couldn't sit or stand upright, all ten of his fingernails had been pried off, and his fingertips were sending wave after wave of needle-like pain, moreover, the psychological defense line that had been tortured by Lorrain like a devil had already collapsed, and the two police officers almost didn't have to use any effort to get answers to all the questions they asked.

  Twenty minutes later, the two police officers handed Long Ge's testimony to Zhang Dui's hands and then tactfully withdrew, leaving only Zhang Dui and Jiang Yan in the office.

  Zhang roughly flipped through it, and his serious face finally revealed a hint of a smile: "This so-called Dragon Brother, originally named Zhao Zilong. Hehe, the name is indeed quite heroic. At 14 years old, he dropped out of school and started wandering around in society, doing all sorts of thieving and mischief. Later, he partnered with some hoodlums to open a bar with a shady business nature, earning a large sum of money, then long-term rented over a dozen storefronts and subleased them at high prices. On the surface, he's just a slumlord, but in reality, he's committed many illegal acts, including extortionate rent collection, defrauding clients, and operating sex businesses, among other crimes. Moreover, he's ruined many good girls, although this isn't shown in the data - it's just my intuition. ... His criminal record isn't deep, but there are many cases. That son who was one step behind him colluded with him and incited him to commit kidnapping and rape of two women, all clearly stated in the testimony. This case is basically without suspense."

  Jiang Yan heard Gao Zhang's words and suddenly felt a sense of relief in her heart: "Officer Zhang, what do we do next?"

  "Don't rush into filing a case." Zhang smiled and said, "At least we should wait for the people from the other side to come and give us a heads up, right?"

  "When will that be?" Jiang Yan furrowed her brow.

  Just then, the office phone rang. Zhang answered it: "Hello? Ah, Director Hu, who reported the case? Vice Mayor Chi's secretary Zhu? What's the situation?... Alright, got it."

  The phone hung up, and Zhang Du smiled at Jiang Yan: "Hehe, isn't this what they say about 'speak of the devil'?"