Diary of a Criminal Investigator

Song Mingguang watched Chen Tianbao’s adept performance, feeling somewhat surprised inside.

Performing so vividly in the interrogation room, why are you a security guard? You should have been an actor.

Chen Tianbao’s words didn’t seem to raise significant suspicion, and according to what the other party said, he had already been online and was about to return to his hometown.

"Officer Song, do you think I’m doing alright?"

After hanging up the phone, Chen Tianbao quickly asked, "Does this count as a meritorious service despite being guilty?"

"Can my sentence be reduced?"

Chen Tianbao’s actions definitely count as making amends while being guilty; the police have yet to find the specific location of the three criminal suspects responsible for bank robbery.

Currently, Chen Tianbao helped the police to identify one of them.

Moreover, from the standpoint of criminal acts, Chen Tianbao merely relayed information rather than directly participating in the robbery, so his crime isn’t particularly severe.

It’s the other three people whose crimes are severe.

Robbing a bank with guns, although their guns were fake, technically can’t be considered armed robbery.

But robbing a bank’s cash transport vehicle is a serious crime.

At least a ten-year sentence.

Leaving the interrogation room, Song Mingguang immediately went to report to Li Donglin.

"The person is in the county and returning to his hometown today, should we go?"

Now that one person’s location has been confirmed, all that remains is to capture him.

Li Donglin didn’t hesitate at all: "Let’s go!"

Luo Qiang stayed behind with the Special Crime Unit, responsible for watching Chen Tianbao.

Actually, if it were just about guarding, there wouldn’t be a need for the Special Crime Unit to leave people behind, but the unit used Chen Tianbao to contact Chen Zheng.

They feared that Chen Zheng might call during the gap in the arrest operation.

Therefore, having people from the Special Crime Unit made Li Donglin more confident.

After driving for three hours, they finally arrived at Penghu County in Haizhou City.

"Lu Chuan, this is your territory now."

"Director Li, don’t worry, I’ve already briefed the Criminal Investigation Team here in Penghu County, but I haven’t let them act rashly."

"Their people are currently in touch with the village head of the residential village in town, asking him to discreetly inquire if Chen Zheng has returned."

"Once confirmed, we’ll act!"

Buzz, buzz, buzz!

Just as they were speaking, Lu Chuan’s phone rang.

"It’s the Criminal Investigation Team from Penghu County."

Lu Chuan answered the phone: "...Okay, thank you, got it!"

Ending the call, Lu Chuan reported to Li Donglin.

"Director Li, it’s confirmed that he arrived at the village just three hours ago."

Li Donglin struck his fists together: "Good! Start the capture operation immediately!"

At this time, the vehicle carrying Li Donglin and others was already on the road heading to the village, about half an hour away from reaching it.

Since it was decided to carry out the capture, Lu Chuan contacted the Criminal Investigation Team in Penghu County to notify the local police station in the village and town for coordination and assistance.

Of course, they didn’t need the local police to participate directly, but for locating Chen Zheng’s home, they needed help from local people.

By the time they arrived in AM Village, it was already noon, with the sun overhead.

The village head of AM Village wasn’t waiting at the entrance but had already reached the town’s police station.

It was Wang Changjun’s first time participating in such an operation.

The old village head appeared very excited.

Along with him came the leader of Team Three.

"Commander, this is Captain Chen Hao of Team Three in our village."

"He is the most familiar with the situation; he saw Chen Zheng return to the village this morning around 9 o’clock."

Chen Hao had dark skin, looked honest and simple, a genuine farmer.

Following behind Wang Changjun, he didn’t speak much.

"There’s no time to lose, let’s depart now!"

From Chen Tianbao, it was confirmed that Chen Zheng and the other two only had fake weapons, nothing real, so from a safety perspective, this capture operation was relatively safer.

Li Donglin and Lu Chuan drove with Chen Hao and Wang Changjun in the lead vehicle.

"The third house from the east, the one with a single green wall, is Chen Zheng’s home!"

Turning a sharp corner, Team Three of AM Village came into everyone’s view.

Chen Hao pointed to a nearby farmhouse ahead, explaining to Lu Chuan and Li Donglin.

Li Dongling picked up the walkie-talkie: "Wang Song, Song Mingguang, you two flank from the back, drive past to the rear, and Lu Chuan and I will advance from the front."

"Got it!"

"Understood!"

Team Three had over 100 households, with houses built along both sides of the village road.

Each household had a vegetable garden, and behind Chen Zheng’s house was a machine farming path.

Wang Song and Song Mingguang entered the village and turned onto the machine farming route, preparing to flank from Chen Zheng’s backyard.

For this capture operation, Li Donglin’s strategy was to execute swiftly and seize quickly.

The vehicle stopped abruptly, and Li Donglin and Lu Chuan opened the car doors and dashed into the courtyard at full speed.

Behind them, Wang Song and Song Mingguang acted simultaneously to prevent Chen Zheng from escaping through the back door upon seeing Li Donglin and Lu Chuan enter the front.

At that moment, Chen Zheng was at home having lunch.

"Son, try this chicken, your mother has been stewing it all morning."

"What did you work on this year? Bringing back so much money?"

Upon returning, Chen Zheng brought back fifty thousand yuan for his parents.

Claiming it was wages from his labor.

Chen Zheng ate a chicken leg: "I did some small business with some friends, made some money. Rest assured, Mom and Dad, I can make lots of money every year from now on."

"You won’t have to suffer anymore, and there’s no need to tend to the fields at home."

Actually, Chen Zheng wasn’t too worried about the bank robbery incident.

The plan he and his two partners had arranged was flawless, and no one knew at all.

The police were right under his nose and still didn’t notice him.

As for Chen Tianbao, he never considered him as a possible source of exposure.

The other party merely made a phone call, without participating in the other processes.

Moreover, after this robbery, Chen Zheng intended to never commit a crime again; he would just live by this money for the rest of his life.

This trip back home was, on one hand, to lay low, and on the other, to reassure his parents that their son had money.

Having given his son a chicken leg, Chen Zheng’s father noticed a car stopping at the door as he looked up.

Two people came charging into the courtyard.

"Ah Zheng, are these friends of yours coming?"

Friends?

"No, why? Dad?"

Chen Zheng’s father pointed outside: "Why are there two people outside?"

With more than 200 people belonging to the AM Village’s Team Three, Chen Zheng’s father was familiar after living there for a lifetime, and these two were clearly strangers; he thought they might be his son’s friends.

Chen Zheng looked up, his spirit left him.

Damn!

It’s over!

He no longer cared to eat the chicken leg and stumbled to open the door and escape without wearing shoes.

However, Li Donglin and Lu Chuan moved too swiftly.

As Chen Zheng opened the door, Li Donglin and Lu Chuan—especially Lu Chuan—were only three to five meters from the door.

"Stop!"