There's a Clue!
"Yes!" Lingshan nodded. "Yang Bro, I feel like these cases seem normal, but there's so many coincidences that it's unusual. I feel like there's a possibility of combining all these cases, and so I'm putting them all together! But up until now, I still haven't figured out the motive of the culprit or the criminal organization. What's their goal? Even if they're the ones who caught the missing people, what's the point of them catching them? "
"That's right- the fact that you're able to think of all this means that you've done your analysis." Huaijun nodded. "But haven't you noticed that all these missing people have one thing in common?"
"What is it? Their occupations, their ages, they're all different. They don't even know each other … … "Lingshan blinked.
"They're the lowest class of workers in society, and none of them have good financial conditions!" Huaijun said as he pointed at the case files. "None of these people's families are rich. If that's the case, then we can make a bold guess!"
"Why would these people run away after beating people up? According to the case files, the victims in these cases are basically all lightly injured, or even worse than that. The suspects are the majority, and they only need to pay civil compensation. If their families were rich, they could just pay some money, why would they run away? "Huaijun continued." Of course, this is just on the surface! Looking at it from a deeper level, these people's crimes and escapes are pretty much the same, and we can't just use superficial reasons to analyze it! Let's make a bold hypothesis- if I'm the mastermind, and I'm looking for people to do things for me to achieve a certain goal, I'll probably kill them after I'm done. Then, I'll create some false pretenses to confuse the police and the public, making them think that these people ran away on their own. It's completely reasonable! "
"Hm … So you're saying that these people's disappearances were planned by someone, and that the missing people were even cooperating with the mastermind to put on a show?" Lingshan said, shocked. She'd felt that something wasn't right before, but she couldn't put her finger on it. Now that Huaijun said it, she understood.
"Yes!" Huaijun nodded. "The missing person didn't cooperate, and the mastermind alone wouldn't be able to pull this off. How many people do you think would do something like that, if they just ran away after beating someone up? Even if it happens occasionally, it's very rare. How could so many people run away at once? "
"Then … Why would they cooperate … Is it because of benefits?" Lingshan wasn't an idiot- she figured it out right away.
"This brings us back to the common point that I mentioned earlier. They are all from poor families. If people like them are given a chance to make money and are enticed, perhaps 50% of them will take the bait!" Huaijun nodded. "So, I think you shouldn't put your focus on finding the missing people. If I'm not mistaken, they're either dead or locked up, and you won't have much of a chance of finding them. Your main focus should be on visiting some of the lower levels of society and asking around to see if there have been any recent attempts to use benefits to entice people to do something. I don't believe that the suspect can convince everyone 100% of the time. There must be people who refused, and you should look for clues from those who refused! "
"Ah! That's right … Yang Bro, hearing you say that makes me feel like I've been enlightened! "Lingshan said.
"Haha, it'll get better after a while. It's actually a very simple problem, I've just been exposed to it a lot." Huaijun smiled. "I think that as long as you follow this train of thought when you get back, you'll be able to solve the case pretty soon."
"Yes, thank you for the guidance, Yang Bro!" Lingshan said sincerely.
"Let's not talk about that. Let's talk about you and House Yu. Since you're engaged to House Yu, then Lin Yi …" Huaijun was still a little worried about Lin Yi. After all, House Yu was a big family, and it wouldn't be good if they got into a conflict. "House Yu's way of doing things is very domineering. If they find out about Lin Yi, I'm afraid that they'll do something to him."
"Do something?" Lingshan's face was a little weird. She smiled bitterly. "Yang Bro, you're from a noble house as well. Didn't you hear about the big thing that happened in Songshan?"
"What big thing?" Huaijun paused. "I've been busy with the case these days, so I didn't pay attention to what the noble houses are doing. We, House Yang, on the other hand, are only able to maintain our position as one of the five small noble houses. As long as the elder of House Yang is there, our position won't be affected, so I didn't pay too much attention …"
"Lin Yi and House Yu are enemies now! Lin Yi crippled House Yu's Yu Kun, and killed his father, Yu Bide … House Yu and Lin Yi have been enemies for a long time now … "Lingshan smiled bitterly," Do you think that there's a chance that Lin Yi and House Yu would be able to resolve the conflict even if this didn't happen? "
"Seriously?" Huaijun said as he stood up from the bed in shock. He didn't think that Lin Yi would be this strong. He'd only been in Songshan for a few days, and he'd already killed two masters from the head of the nine noble houses, House Yu! Wasn't this a little too strong?
Huaijun was worried that Lin Yi would be at a disadvantage in the conflict with House Yu, but who would've thought that it was House Yu who was at a disadvantage now! Huaijun couldn't help but sigh. "Captain is captain, after all. Anyone else would've died a long time ago if they killed two House Yu, but boss is perfectly fine! What a strong man!"
"Yeah!" Lingshan couldn't believe it as well, but this was the type of man she liked. She wouldn't like him if he was a coward, hiding when something happened.
"Forget it, I'm not going to get involved. Your business is too complicated …" Huaijun smiled bitterly. "You want to stay here tonight? I'll treat you to dinner? "
"It's okay, I can't wait to get back to work on this case!" Lingshan was starting to get impatient now that she had a direction to work on.
"Alright, next time then. I'm tight on time here as well!" Huaijun sighed. "Bring Lin Yi with you next time, we can have a good chat. I have something to talk to him about … Forget it, I'll call him alone!"
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