"Cat, do you want to make a birthday wish?" Bai Yutang felt the warmth on the corners of his mouth, so he immediately seized the opportunity to make a request.
Zhan Zhao smiled and said, "what do you want?"
"Let's do it!" Bai Yutang said without hesitation.
Zhan Zhao nodded, which instantly made Bai Yutang overjoyed. He picked Zhan Zhao up and ran to the bedroom. However, he then heard Zhan Zhao say slowly, "I also have a birthday wish."
Bai Yutang blinked at Zhan Zhao, who rolled into the quilt, wrapped himself up and said lazily, "turn off the lights and sleep!"
Bai Yutang was stunned. Seeing that Zhan Zhao was wrapped in the quilt, revealing only the back of his hand, Bai Yutang sighed helplessly. He turned off the light and lay down in the quilt.
10 seconds went by after the lights went out.
"Damn rat! What are you doing with your hands?"
"Stop touching me!"
"Go to sleep!"
"I'm sleeping!"
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Early the next morning, Zhan Zhao was woken up and was sleepily pulled out of the quilt by Bai Yutang. They drove to the police station after getting ready.
"Xiao Bai, what are we going to do about the case?" Zhan Zhao asked Bai Yutang helplessly.
"At the moment, we can only investigate from the people on the list." Bai Yutang sighed. "This is a big one. I hope we don't get any other cases during this period, or we won't be able to solve this case quickly."
When the two men returned to the police station, they saw that everyone else had already arrived. When they saw Bai Yutang walk in, they all covered their mouths and smiled. Then, they went to the side to work on the case.
Bai Yutang's faced turned gloomy, as Gong Sun stood aside with a white coat in his hands. It looked like he was resting after doing a long autopsy. Everyone must have been gossiping.
Bai Chi was standing at the table, tilting his head and listening to a box on the table.
"What are you doing, Chi Chi?" Zhan Zhao walked over curiously.
"There is a big package for you."
"Package?" When Zhan Zhao went over to have a look, he saw the police station's address written on it, as well as Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang's names. The address of the sender was a public mailbox.
Zhan Zhao was curious, so he began to tear it open.
"Wait..." Bai Chi quickly stopped and asked, "will there be a bomb in there?"
Zhan Zhao didn't know whether to laugh or cry as he said, "since the explosion from last time, every bag or box that comes in has to be checked by electronic surveillance, dogs and guards."
While Zhan Zhao spoke, he opened the outer layer of the package. Inside, he saw a slightly smaller box wrapped in a layer of wrapping paper.
Zhan Zhao raised his eyebrows and thought to himself, "why go through all this trouble?" Then, he continued to unwrap the box.
Everyone curiously craned their necks to see. Bai Yutang also walked over to take a look. When Zhan Zhao removed the tenth layer of packaging, he exploded.
"Who sent this?!" Zhan Zhao roared, "Do they have nothing better to do?!"
Bai Yutang was unable to laugh or cry. "Cat, let me open the rest."
"No." Zhan Zhao stubbornly opened it himself and muttered, "I want to see how many layers there are!"
Finally, after getting through 26 layers, Zhan Zhao touched the thing inside. He then tore the last layer open. Inside was a small white box with a cartoon mouse and a cartoon cat printed on it. There were the words 'Happy Birthday' written on it in gold.
Zhan Zhao raised his eyebrows, feeling a lot better. He looked at Bai Yutang and said, "did you do this?"
Bai Yutang smiled. "I'm not that boring."
Zhan Zhao wrinkled his nose and looked at the people in SCI. They all shook their heads innocently, indicating it was not from them.
"Da Ding, Xiao Ding!" Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang.
Bai Yutang thought for a moment and said, "it does seem to be their style, but didn't they already send a box of snacks and CDs the day before our birthday? The weird ones you really like."
Zhan Zhao blinked and asked, "those dried Panamanian bananas, Nepalese sausages, shredded Cambodian squid and so on?"
"Mmhmm." Bai Yutang nodded.
"Oh... they're from the twins? I thought it was from my mom." Zhan Zhao said, as he lifted the lid of the box. There was a picture on it. The back of the photo was facing up, and it had a sentence written on it with pen. The sentences said, 'I won't give it to you! Hmph! Never!'
Zhan Zhao frowned, looked at Bai Yutang, picked up the picture and turned it over.
"Hahaha!" Bai Yutang couldn't help but burst out laughing at the picture, while Zhan Zhao was livid.
Bai Chi also curiously leaned over to have a look and saw that the man in the picture had long black hair and white clothes. It was Zhao Jue, whom they had not seen for a long time. He seemed to be in some big courtyard, with five or six lovely little lions lying at his feet. In his hands was a chubby white lion that Zhan Zhao had always dreamed of, smiling proudly at the camera.
"Cat... Forget it." Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao, who had a gloomy face. "What he wants to see is the look on your face right now."
Zhan Zhao hummed angrily, then turned to stare at Bai Yutang. "That's too much!"
Bai Yutang was helpless. "Not my problem..."
Zhan Zhao looked at the picture for a long time, then wrinkled his nose. "The little lion is so cute..."
Everyone pretended not to hear, as they lowered their heads and went on with their work.
"Is there anything else in the box?" Bai Yutang asked, while taking a look at the box in Zhan Zhao's hand. He saw that the box was empty, with a layer of wool on the bottom. However, using such a box just for this picture seemed a little strange.
Bai Yutang put the box on the table and pressed around inside with his hand. Sure enough, he touched something hard. He reached out and took a knife from the table, then cut the inside layer along the edge of the box. There was a small piece of black plastic with a yellow circuit in the middle. It was like a little chip.
"Jiang Ping?" Bai Yutang called Jiang Ping and asked, "what is this?"
"Oh, it's the chip from a memory card." Jiang Ping picked it up and looked at it. "You have to restore it to its original state before you can use it."
"How long will it take?" Zhan Zhao asked.
"Two days," Jiang Ping said before getting to work.
"I wonder what Zhao Jue got for us this time." Bai Yutang turned to look at Zhan Zhao, who wrinkled his nose and said, "it can't be anything good." Then, he looked at the lion cub again, completely forgetting about Zhao Jue.
After seeing Zhan Zhao stare at the picture for a long time, Bai Yutang quickly ran inside. He didn't know what to do standing at the table, so he went to ask Gong Sun about the autopsy.
"There are not many clues, and the lipstick does not match the one from the paper." Gong Sun shook his head. "Zhang Ying is very cunning."
"Captain... There are millions of people named Zhang Ying in the country." Ma Han said to Bai Yutang, "can you narrow it down for me to check again?"
Zhan Zhao came out of the office and said, "well... She's between 27 to 35 years old, around 1.7 meters tall. She did not go through higher education, and has gone through violence, such as beatings, rape, etc. She was married, but her husband died. She has a daughter who is younger than 10 years old."
Everyone was puzzled as they looked at Zhan Zhao. Bai Yutang was also surprised. "Cat... I can understand everything except that she has a daughter."
Zhan Zhao thought for a moment and said, "it's not speculation, it's a feeling."
"Feeling?" Gong Sun thought this was something new. "You even go by feeling?"
"Mmhmm." Zhan Zhao nodded and said, "I always think that people who wants to take revenge in such an extreme way must have gone through a lot in life... They must be mentally strong... Also, things related to their child will definitely make them strong, especially for women. For some reason, when I saw her, I felt that she has a daughter."
Everyone nodded.
"How many Zhang Yings have you found?" Bai Yutang asked Ma Han.
"After narrowing it down, there are still tens of thousands of them." Ma Han answered while looking at the computer.
"Include those with immigration records." Zhan Zhao said.
"Three thousand." Ma Han answered.
"A daughter who has studied abroad." Zhan Zhao continued to narrow things down.
"Over 900." Ma Han answered.
Zhan Zhao was silent for a moment and then said, "after the daughter disappeared, she was declared dead!"
Everyone was stunned. Ma Han checked and said, "there's only one."
As soon as they saw the picture, Bai Yutang was surprised. "She told us her real name?"
"Her daughter disappeared and died?" Luo Tian frowned and asked Zhan Zhao.
Zhan Zhao shook his head and said, "this is the best way to hide someone. Her daughter must be in the safest place that only she knows."
"Print out the information. We'll check it out." Bai Yutang ordered.
"Okay." Ma Han began to print the information. At this moment, someone knocked on the door. "Xiao Bai, Xiao Zhan."
When Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao looked back, they saw Lu Fang come in with a folder.
"What's the matter?" Bai Yutang asked as he looked at Zhan Zhao and thought to himself, "it's what we're afraid of. There's a new case, which means the current one will be delayed."
"There is a case." Lu Fang said. "Bao Sir wanted you guys to investigate."
"What case?" Bai Yutang took the folder and opened it. There were a few photos that looked like a gallery.
"There has been a thief recently." Lu Fang said helplessly. "He has stolen several world-class artworks in S City. This week happens to be Art Week. Many world-class museums are opening. If things get lost, it will affect a lot of relationships."
Bai Yutang frowned and said, "he wants us to investigate this as well?"
Lu Fang saw that Bai Yutang was very reluctant, so he said with a smile, "Bao Sir said that you might be interested in the big boss of this art gallery."
Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other. They saw that the major shareholder of the gallery was Li Hao.
"Li Hao... This name sounds familiar." Bai Yutang blinked as Zhan Zhao hit him on the arm. "We saw the name on the list yesterday!"
"You're right!" Bai Yutang nodded and immediately understood what Bao Sir meant... He wanted them to investigate from here.
"Okay." Bai Yutang put away the folder and said to Lu Fang, "we'll take the case."
Lu Fang left feeling satisfied.
Bai Yutang looked at everyone and said, "Cat, Luo Tian, Bai Chi and I will go to the gallery and meet this Li Hao. Everyone else, continue to pursue the clues on Zhang Ying, as well as details of the people on the list. Also, investigate the source of the heroin found in Su Mao's home."
With that, everyone dispersed. On the way to the gallery, Zhan Zhao headed to the post office and sent a letter.
Three days later, in a villa somewhere, a man in black walked into the garden with a letter. In the courtyard, a long-haired man in a white sweater was drawing.
The man in black gave the letter to Zhao Jue and left.
Zhao Jue looked at the envelope, smiled and opened it. There was only one picture in it. When he took out the photo, he saw that it was the picture he had sent to Zhan Zhao. However, the little white lion in the middle was cut out and replaced with a pig's head.