One day later, Moner Avenue, District 2, Ba City.
Five cars stopped, and Zhou Xian, with seven or eight people from the investigation team, followed the local police officers and walked to an ordinary supermarket called Bake.
Yesterday, before Zhou Xian arrived at District 2, he specially went through the procedures for cross-district case handling. The relevant personnel contacted the police department in Ba City and asked them to assist in the investigation.
The group crossed the street and walked into Bake Supermarket. Zhou Xian stood at the door and looked around the interior. He discovered that this was actually a Chinese-owned supermarket. The owner and the delivery employees were all Chinese.
Zhou Xian exchanged a few words with the local case handlers in French, and the other side sent a white man to walk to the front of the cash register and talk to the boss.
The supermarket is not particularly big, with a total area of more than 200 square meters. Zhou Xian walked in from the door and strolled around the room.
In this supermarket, many goods are labeled with Chinese specialty brand labels, such as instant noodles, water, cigarettes and alcohol.
Zhou Xian came to a shelf and looked up at the betel nuts on it. He saw that there were also Zui Xiangtan brand ones. He picked up a bag, looked at it carefully, and compared it with the photos stored in his mobile phone. There was almost no difference between the two.
The bar entrance.
After the local police officer showed his ID, a Chinese man from the investigation team said to the boss, "Can I see the surveillance video in your store?"
"No problem!" When the boss saw the local police officers present, he immediately nodded in agreement.
The investigation team took out a supermarket receipt wrapped in a sealed bag, handed it to the other party and said, "Is this a shopping receipt from your store?"
The boss took a closer look and said, "Yes, it's from our store."
“According to the purchase time on the receipt, please retrieve the surveillance footage and let us take a look.” Someone from the investigation team politely replied.
"Okay, follow me!" The Chinese boss led everyone to a small monitoring room.
…
About ten minutes later.
Zhou Xian and others stood in the monitoring room, watching the boss operating the computer.
After a while, the boss stood up, pointed at the computer screen and said, "This person bought something at this time. He bought three bags of betel nuts, some canned food, instant noodles and so on."
Zhou Xian bent down to look at the computer screen and saw a man standing outside the cashier counter. He was of medium build, wearing a baseball cap and a jacket, and his face was completely invisible.
"How many surveillance videos does your supermarket have?" someone from the investigation team asked on Zhou Xian's behalf.
"There are about six or seven in total. Most of them are auction areas, and there are two at the entrance." The boss replied.
"Can you find me a picture of this person's face?" Zhou Xian turned his head and looked at him: "It's a bit hard to see his face from this angle."
"Actually... I know this person." The boss looked at him, hesitated for a moment and replied.
Zhou Xian was stunned: "Do you know him?"
"Yes, Moner Avenue is half of Chinatown. There are many migrant workers and technicians living here. It's not a big circle." The boss said softly, "This person often comes to our supermarket to buy things. I have seen him several times. His name seems to be Haihai. He should have worked in Mingyuetai Bar for a while!"
"are you sure?"
"It should be certain, because our store is open 24 hours a day." The boss nodded: "He and a few others often come here to buy things in the middle of the night. They should live nearby."
"Do you know where he lives?"
"Then I don't know!" The boss shook his head: "I don't know him, but he always comes here, and those people called his name."
"Think back, did he come to your place after buying things that day?" Zhou Xian asked again.
"No!" The boss thought for a moment and said, "This is the last time he comes to buy something."
…
Twenty minutes later.
Zhou Xian and others left Bake Supermarket and returned to the car.
"Ding Ling Ling!"
The phone rang and Zhou Xian pressed the answer button: "Hello?!"
"Team leader, we have finished our investigation at Nick Mountain Climbing." The person on the phone replied quickly, "We didn't find any useful clues. There are too many video surveillance images, and there are a lot of people in the store every day. We don't have a time period, so it's difficult to identify."
"You can make a copy of the surveillance video and bring it back to carefully examine it. I have some information here that you can compare with." Zhou Xian replied.
"Okay, got it."
After that, the two ended the call. Zhou Xian held the phone tightly and whispered, "Ming Yue Tai Bar! It sounds like a Chinese-owned shop."
"How about we go straight over there?" asked the co-pilot.
“No, no!” Zhou Xian waved his hand: “This bar is too crowded. If we go there rashly, we’ll alert the enemy!”
"That's obvious." The man in the co-pilot seat immediately replied, "This Haihai is either the one who shot Yang Gang and didn't return to Area 2 after finishing his job; or he is the middleman who had contact with the gunman. I guess he is no longer here."
Zhou Xian paused and said, "At night, go over there and do a secret visit!"
"no problem!"
"Oh, no!" Zhou Xian immediately waved his hand: "Well! You communicate with the local police officers later and ask them to find a reason to summon someone who knows Hai Hai and call him over for questioning!"
"That's a good idea. OK, I'll do it!" replied the co-pilot.
…
No words were spoken during the day.
Zhou Xian and others have been in the hotel, reviewing the surveillance video of Nick Mountain Climbing Shop.
It was a little after nine o'clock in the evening, Zhou Xian had just finished his meal, when the investigation team and local police officers returned to the hotel together, handcuffing a man who was about 26 or 27 years old.
Zhou Xian was surprised to see everyone and asked softly, "Did they catch someone who committed a crime?"
“Haha, yeah!” The investigation team member smiled and replied, “They sell medicine in the store!”
Zhou Xian walked up to the man and asked him softly, "Do you know Hai Hai?"
The man hesitated for a moment, then nodded slowly: "I know him!"
"How many days have you not seen him?" Zhou Xian asked again.
"He has not worked at Mingyuetai for a long time, but we were in contact before." The man paused and said, "I said, can you not detain me?"
"That depends on what you say." Zhou Xian bent down and sat down, picked up the cigarette box and asked, "Would you like a cigarette?"
"Thanks!"
Five minutes later, everyone sat in the living room and started chatting with the man.
"Haihai used to be a prostitute at Mingyuetai, hanging out with us every day. Later, he followed a new boss and quit." The man smoked a cigarette: "The boy was a soldier and had skills, so the big brother took a fancy to him."
"What big brother?" Zhou Xian asked.
"His new boss!" The man paused and said, "That man is also a frequent visitor to Mingyuetai, his name is Xin Xiaoming!!"
"What's your name?" Zhou Xian was stunned for a moment and immediately asked.
"Call Xin Xiaoming!"
“…!” When Zhou Xian heard this name, his heart skipped a beat. He knew that he had finally caught the big clue.
…
Somewhere in District 2.
Haihai was locked in the basement, yelling, "What on earth are you guys doing?! Who are you?"