Chapter 240 - 240 231 Her Feet

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240: Chapter 231: Her Feet 240: Chapter 231: Her Feet Qinghe College was bordered on three sides by streets and on one side by water. As a result, students had created multiple doors on the three sides—some were as tall as one and a half meters so one could just bend over to get through, others required crouching to squeeze out, and there were even smaller ones that could only be used to pass takeout through. The marks of digging and chiseling on the red wall made each opening seem like it was growing. One could imagine that if every student who crawled through these holes touched them with force, it wouldn’t be a dream for these openings to expand to the size of ordinary doors. Every so often, Qinghe College would tackle the behavior of creating holes in the tall walls. Discovered holes would be swiftly filled in and the surrounding areas reinforced to prevent students from making new holes and possible accidents occurring after some time. The principal’s secretary delivered the surveillance footage from the small restaurant opposite one of the holes to the detectives. Upon viewing it, they saw the camera was directly aimed at the hole, capturing the faces of those entering and exiting with crystal clear clarity. “Do the students know about this camera?” Jiang Yuan, having graduated from school not long ago, could strongly sense the deterrent effect of the video. “Those who want to know will find out,” the principal said with a proud smile. “In your terms, the purpose of this camera is mainly for detection, not for providing evidence.” To use as evidence, it could be used only once, but for surveillance, it could be used an infinite number of times. Students sneaking out usually wouldn’t avoid the camera, and truth be told, they couldn’t if they wanted to. So, as long as the existence of the act could be confirmed here, there were plenty of other cameras in the school that could serve as evidence. Jiang Yuan appraised the principal up and down. The man had a square face and appeared very righteous at first glance, but Jiang Yuan had not expected... Indeed, it was said that people with a left nostril smaller than the right one had a tendency to be a bit sneakily malicious... “Is it helpful?” the principal asked with concern, watching the detectives’ operations as if he wanted to learn their techniques. His movements at this moment were much like those of Zeng Zhuohu’s students under his supervision. But this time, the detective’s operations were simple enough for even him to understand. Principal Heng Wenxuan appeared to have learned something. In reality, what was there to learn? The detectives here were merely using the most basic functions. Jiang Yuan looked at a few of Zeng Zhuohu’s students and felt a sudden, slight sympathy for them. With the principal being so eager to jump in, it was likely he had many daily thoughts. The detectives searched through group after group of camera feeds, and by the time they found the thieves, they had already gone through five holes. Jiang Yuan was getting weary of the search, thinking to himself that having a few more doors wouldn’t be so bad. In the video, two thieves were clearly seen bending over to crawl out and then handing out their suitcases. Passing students even lent them a hand. However, upon fixing the camera angle, it was visible that the two thieves had not only donned masks and sunglasses but also had their lower faces covered by sun-protective clothing, leaving almost no skin exposed. The watching detectives were both amused and aggravated: “What are students thinking nowadays, dressing like this and no one calls the police?” Jiang Yuan felt the remark was incorrect, but glancing at the faces of the two burglars, he thought there might be some truth to it. “By the way, if the monkey was in the suitcase, wouldn’t it make noise?” Jiang Yuan asked Zeng Zhuohu. “It should,” Zeng Zhuohu shook his head. Jiang Yuan nodded, guessing they might have used some drug, but he didn’t voice his thoughts. “Let’s go get fingerprints,” Jiang Yuan said, pointing to the top part of the hole in the video image. The female student carrying the luggage, because she needed to lift the suitcase, had touched the wall with her hand, and she was not wearing gloves. In such hot weather, covering one’s face could perhaps be explained as sun protection, but wearing gloves would be too uncomfortable. However, during the monkey theft, the two were likely wearing gloves, only to take them off after coming out, probably not anticipating that they would draw attention just ten minutes after leaving the wildlife building. This kind of exposure for thieves was not uncommon. Laypeople might think if it were them committing the crime, they would stay completely covered up, never removing the disguise even at the door. In reality, it is quite difficult to accomplish because laypeople only think about it and have never actually practised it—this is where the professionalism of career criminals is evident; when they commit a crime, they usually rehearse it. For the two petty thieves who stole the monkey, the reason for not always wearing gloves was likely not because they didn’t think of it, but rather because they couldn’t manage it. For instance, dragging a suitcase and wearing gloves in the scorching sun for a ten-minute walk could become very tiring, their hands might slip, and they might struggle to pull the case. At that point, do they rest for a while on the side of the road with gloves on, or do they take off the gloves, wipe the sweat, and keep going? Or perhaps, while walking, they might need to make a phone call or use their mobile phone, which would also get awkward with gloves on. Additionally, during the process of packing the monkeys into boxes, is it necessary to remove gloves? Operations like feeding the monkeys medicine or giving them injections may also require this. In summary, criminal activities are both mental and physical tasks, and it’s inevitable to encounter some unexpected problems and difficulties in the actual process. If one could perfectly overcome this process without any rehearsal, it would require a considerable amount of professionalism. If a newcomer could achieve this level, they’re actually recommended for becoming a spy. As a criminal investigator, I never believe in perfect crimes. Even ordinary police officers don’t believe in them. Everyone trusts that increasing input will lead to more output. And from the perspective of ordinary police, someone like Jiang Yuan also counts as an input. ... A large group of people came to the entrance of the cave in a grand manner, where Jiang Yuan personally lifted the fingerprints. To speak of it, these fingerprints were not easy to extract. Firstly, it was difficult to determine their location, and secondly, there were overlapping fingerprints from several people, which took some professional skills to deal with. Jiang Yuan’s method was to first determine the position of the brick, then take pictures of the entire brick, label it, and then directly remove it to send to the laboratory for extraction. This was also because the case was not from Ningtai County Bureau, and it was handed over to the laboratory of Qinghe City Bureau, for better evidence storage later. After finishing these, Jiang Yuan leisurely returned to Zeng Zhuohu’s office and continued to help him scan through videos. Students admired him profoundly, studying imaging technology even more diligently while serving Jiang Yuan tea and water, attending to him before and after. Later, a few more young girls swarmed into the office. Zeng Zhuohu turned a blind eye; he didn’t have the standing to comment, so he just watched by the side, trying his best to remain in control. For the girls, the tall and strong Jiang Yuan may only score 80 points in appearance, but with the aura of today’s events added, he looked different. “Doctor Jiang, you took the brick to extract fingerprints from it, right?” The girls watched as Jiang Yuan entered some incomprehensible command lines on the computer and began to ask about today’s news. Jiang Yuan hummed in affirmation, “It’s something along those lines.” The girl who asked the question was slender, flat-chested, with a sharp chin, somewhat resembling an Internet celebrity, and she had on pretty makeup, looking quite beautiful as she asked in a sweet voice, “After extracting the fingerprints, would you know who it is?” “If we extract them, then we’ll compare them.” “What does compare mean?” “That means we’ll compare them with the fingerprints in the database.” “Fingerprint database? So if it’s not in the database, there’s no way to compare, right?” “Right,” Jiang Yuan replied while turning his head to look at the girl who had asked the question. Today several people had asked similar questions; this was the first one to ask so meticulously. At this moment, a female student council member boasted, “If it’s a student from our school, they won’t be able to escape.” “Why?” the girl with the celebrity-like face asked curiously. The student council member pursed her lips, glanced at her, and said, “Don’t you punch in for morning exercises every day? Your fingerprints are stored in the fingerprint system you use for attendance.” The Internet celebrity-faced girl froze, her complexion turning pale. This reaction was a bit beyond normal, and Jiang Yuan couldn’t help but lower his head to look at the girl’s feet. After a couple of glances, Jiang Yuan silently took out his phone and sent a message to the detective who led the team this time. “Well, I should be going,” the girl said, perhaps having seen Jiang Yuan’s actions, and turned to leave the office. Jiang Yuan didn’t move an inch. At that moment, Zeng Zhuohu also realized something was amiss and hurriedly said, “Aren’t you going to stop her?” “No need, she won’t get far,” Jiang Yuan replied and immediately made a call. It was too dangerous for a single officer to apprehend a suspect; the team wouldn’t allow it.

Chapter 240 - 240 231 Her Feet

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