Chapter 64: Rapid Investigation

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Not long after the conversation about Chu Mengyao's family affairs ended, the voice of Uncle Fu came from outside the study. It was unclear whether he had been deliberately waiting for their conversation to end before knocking, or if he just happened to come up at this moment.

In any case, although Chu Pengzhan said that Uncle Fu was a trustworthy person, Lin Yi always felt that Chu Pengzhan seemed to be hiding something from him. He didn't just ask him to accompany Chu Mengyao as a study partner, nanny, and bodyguard; there seemed to be a deeper meaning.

However, what exactly it was, Chu Pengzhan didn't say, and Lin Yi believed that Uncle Fu probably didn't know either. It seemed only Chu Pengzhan knew.

"Mr. Chu, I've parked the car. Can I come in?" Uncle Fu asked.

"Come in. I was just talking to Xiaoyi about yesterday's events," Chu Pengzhan said.

Uncle Fu pushed the door open and sat down on the sofa next to Lin Yi.

"Earlier, we were discussing why the kidnappers chose the bank. Xiaoyi mentioned that it was because the school required each student to have a bank card, to prepare for depositing tuition fees..." Seeing Uncle Fu come in, Chu Pengzhan continued the previous topic: "This suggests that there might be someone at Mengyao's school who is leaking information. Otherwise, the kidnappers wouldn't have chosen this time to rob the bank."

"Yes," Lin Yi nodded. "I think so too. And I believe this person should be a staff member of the school, not a student. Only staff members would know these things in advance. By the time the students find out, it's almost time to leave school. Notifying the kidnappers at that point would be too late!"

"Very good!" Chu Pengzhan nodded in approval, seemingly very satisfied with Lin Yi's insight. "I will also investigate the school... but... never mind, let's not talk about that..."

"What? Is it difficult? Isn't Uncle Chu a board member of the school?" Lin Yi was a bit puzzled. Investigating at the school should be relatively easy for Chu Pengzhan, right?

"I am a board member, but there are three board members, each holding shares in the school. So, there are many of their people in the school, making the investigation quite challenging..." Chu Pengzhan didn't hide this from Lin Yi, as it wasn't a secret.

"I see. Then I'll pay attention when I go to school," Lin Yi said after hearing Chu Pengzhan's explanation.

At this point, Lin Yi had a clearer understanding. The kidnappers didn't kidnap Chu Mengyao to extort money or harm her, but to force Chu Pengzhan to make concessions in business cooperation.

Moreover, the kidnappers didn't choose to kidnap her elsewhere to mislead the police and delay the investigation. If Chu Pengzhan's daughter was kidnapped, the police would undoubtedly mobilize a large force to search for the kidnappers.

In that case, the kidnappers might not achieve their goal before Chu Mengyao was found by the police.

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After Yang Huaijun returned to the criminal investigation team, he immediately helped Song Lingshan investigate the bank robbery. However, the case became much easier in Yang Huaijun's hands!

Yang Huaijun directly called the city management command center and obtained the surveillance footage from the streets around the bank yesterday. Only then did Song Lingshan realize how foolish she had been!

Although the "Digital City Management" system had been in use in Songshan for less than a month, Yang Huaijun had keenly remembered this useful information. "Digital City Management" refers to the use of information technology and mobile communication technology to handle, analyze, and manage all urban management components and events, promoting the modernization and informatization of urban management.

The city management bureau had installed surveillance cameras on major streets to monitor the area 24/7, to monitor sanitation and traffic flow.

At the time, Song Lingshan had also thought about obtaining footage from the traffic police, but unfortunately, the traffic police's cameras only activated during red lights to capture traffic violations and were otherwise turned off.

Therefore, Song Lingshan had to give up, but she didn't expect that Yang Huaijun would think of using the city management department's surveillance footage to solve the case.

Although it seemed simple, it highlighted one thing: she wasn't meticulous enough! Some things that seemed irrelevant to work often played an unexpected role at critical moments.

With the surveillance footage, everything became much easier. Since the 24/7 monitoring cameras were recently installed and were still in the trial phase, not many people knew about them, so the kidnappers couldn't have known.

In fact, they clearly didn't. On the road segment managed by Zhang Xiaohang, not long after the first car with the license plate Song A74110 left, a second car with the same license plate, a commercial van, passed by. This was undoubtedly the vehicle the kidnappers were using!

From there, it was a matter of following the trail to determine the general area where the kidnappers' vehicle was located! Why "general area"? Because the 24/7 surveillance cameras were only installed on the main roads in the city, and not on some remote streets. Therefore, they could only estimate the kidnappers' approximate location based on the final footage.

However, even this was enough. The search area was significantly narrowed, making the search much easier...

Zhong Pinliang spent the whole day in fear. He never expected that a seemingly rural transfer student would be so formidable. Yesterday, he provoked him, and today, Lin Yi beat one of the school's top figures, Zou Ruoming. He thought Lin Yi would be in big trouble, but instead, the Black Panther, whom he had brought, was beaten up badly!

At this moment, Zhong Pinliang finally understood what a difference in strength meant. Even with a gun, the Black Panther couldn't beat Lin Yi. What could he do?

However, he couldn't appear too weak in front of Zhang Naipao and Gao Xiaofu. He hated Lin Yi to the bone but was also terrified of him!

Using ordinary methods, he definitely couldn't deal with Lin Yi. To avenge his humiliation, he had to come up with another plan.

"Brother Liang, why is Lin Yi so strong..." Gao Xiaofu said, somewhat annoyed. "But, isn't the Black Panther too weak? I thought he was really something, but he's not much better than what we saw yesterday!"

"Exactly, with a gun and still so wimpy. If I were him, I'd have shot Lin Yi!" Zhang Naipao also said angrily.

Gao Xiaofu and Zhang Naipao hadn't been in the real world. They only heard Zhong Pinliang talk about how formidable the Black Panther was. Today, they saw him and thought he wasn't that impressive, so they weren't particularly shocked.

The truly shocked one was Zhong Pinliang. Only he knew the Black Panther's true abilities, and now he was continuously losing to Lin Yi...