National Forensic Doctor
Chapter 82 - 82 81 Returning the Loot

82: Chapter 81: Returning the Loot 82: Chapter 81: Returning the Loot First team, second team, third and fourth team.

Fifth team, sixth team, seventh and eighth team.

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Throw them among the thieves and they disappear.

Teams of criminal police were dispatched one after another, quickly filling up the case handling center, then moving people to the detention center to the point where the latter didn’t want to take any more.

Of course, the detention center never really wanted people whether there was an issue or not.

Because they were short on manpower, Jiang Yuan also ran a couple of trips for physical examinations, then to the detention center to transfer people—young and middle-aged men and women of the community’s main force with good health were the only ones who could be sent to detention.

Those with poor health or too young in age would require the right opportunity and conditions to get in there.

After all these operations, a month had passed.

Finally, when the last suspect was brought for prosecution, the Diao Lan in the office had grown a whole meter.

Monday.

Jiang Yuan arrived half an hour early at the office and cut a part off the Diao Lan, casually placing it in a water bottle.

As the saying goes: spend long enough in an office and you’ll learn to garden, cultivating new species, whether you’re human or not.

Only those who spend all day staring up at their superiors and scolding their subordinates, those who mess around with male-female, male-male, female-female, transgender relations, and all sorts of relationships, are the ones who have the time to see what others are doing and yet can’t even keep a potted plant alive.

Wang Zhong was guarding the office and rushed over when he saw Jiang Yuan arrive, just in time to see him cut off a branch of the Diao Lan.

“Wow, you’re even arranging flowers!” Wang Zhong, whose speech had been becoming increasingly pleasing, hurriedly came over to help and said, “If you had told me earlier, I would have sorted this flower for you.

I always like messing around with plants at home…”

As he spoke, Wang Zhong took the pruning shears from Jiang Yuan’s hands and snip snip, trimmed off all the Diao Lan’s excess leaves and branches.

Outside the window, some elementary school kids’ singing happened to drift in: Listen to me say thank you, it’s you who warms up the four seasons.

Listening to the melody, Wang Zhong felt it was quite fitting, turned around with a smile and said, “Speaking of thanks, I heard that Captain Huang is organizing a ceremony to return the stolen goods.”

“Seems like it,” Jiang Yuan said, not knowing why as he took the pruning shears and started to trim the Diao Lan into a rounder shape.

Wang Zhong smiled and said, “Well…

according to the order, the return of the tobacco and liquor store goods would be in the first batch.”

Jiang Yuan’s caution had increased markedly since he had been in the criminal police team for so long.

His eyebrows raised slightly as he asked, “Did someone ask you for a favor?”

“No…

it’s not that, I didn’t take any money,” Wang Zhong explained hastily.

Jiang Yuan frowned at Wang Zhong, picturing the image of the female store owner in his mind and couldn’t help saying, “If you didn’t take money, then you’ve got a big problem.”

“No…

How could, it’s not what you think,” Wang Zhong’s explanation was almost desperate.

After rambling for a bit, he finally said dejectedly, “It’s the store owner’s daughter who came to see me specifically.

The girl is still studying, saying how her mother is having such a hard time, constantly in tears…

Of course, I expressed my sympathy…”

“Still studying?” Jiang Yuan’s expression became serious.

Was this the prelude to making a major mistake?

“She’s in college, of legal age, there’s nothing between us, just purely…

purely…”

“Making a request?” Jiang Yuan helped Wang Zhong finish his sentence.

“Don’t be like that, I’ll bring her to you later, it’s really just because I think her family has it tough,” Wang Zhong insisted, his face red.

Jiang Yuan chuckled, “So what do you want me to do?”

Wang Zhong hurriedly said, “Can you talk to Captain Huang for me?

Just have the tobacco and liquor store’s goods returned in the first batch, which actually meets the requirements set by the Political Office, just to make sure they are not squeezed out.

In our team, Captain Huang listens to you…”

“Alright,” Jiang Yuan replied without fuss, and then thought, “Then this afternoon, I’ll just push them to settle the returns as soon as possible.”

His main task of “following the vines to get to the melon” involved returning the confiscated goods back to their rightful owners.

However, even in a county town like this, with so many cases and assets involved, it wasn’t easy to handle freely; at the very least, fulfilling the task of signing off needed to be prioritized.

If it weren’t for the fear of losing the interest of the journalists, this task could have been delayed for a much longer period.

Afternoon.

Jiang Yuan first waited with Wang Zhong in the case hall for Sheng Ying, the daughter of the female store owner of the tobacco and liquor store.

Sheng Ying was quite tall—at least one meter seventy-five—wearing flat shoes made her look exceptionally tall even in the hall.

Her skin was especially fair, with long stretches exposed and no wonder Wang Zhong couldn’t keep his eyes off her.

After all, he was a trace examiner, and unmarked skin deserved extra attention.

“Officer Jiang.” Without needing Wang Zhong’s introduction, Sheng Ying hurried over to greet him.

Jiang Yuan nodded and glancing at Wang Zhong, said, “Actually, you don’t need to come here.

I’ll go talk to Captain Huang, you and Wang Zhong stay here.”

Still a student, Sheng Ying stood somewhat uncertainly before murmuring, “Then I’ll thank you by inviting you to a meal later…”

“No need,” Jiang Yuan waved off and pressed the elevator button.

Seeing this, Wang Zhong turned to Sheng Ying and said, “Officer Jiang is like an awesome cheat mode, with him on the case, it’s definitely going to be fine.

To tell you the truth, Captain Huang is quite good at his job but a bit quirky, often dragging things out, just like that illness common to leaders, no one is targeted…”

“Captain Huang,” Jiang Yuan greeted Comrade Huang Qiangmin, the captain of the criminal police team, who had just stepped out of the elevator.

Wang Zhong’s ears trembled in shock upon hearing that.

A slight turn of his head and he saw Captain Huang with his lips angled up at exactly 44.4 degrees.

“What is it?” Huang Qiangmin asked, looking at Jiang Yuan.

“The daughter of the victim in the tobacco store robbery case heard about the compensation and wants to be listed in the first batch,” Jiang Yuan summarized the situation simply.

Huang Qiangmin gave an “Oh” and nodded, “Alright, since you guys have brought it up, we’ll arrange it accordingly.”

“Thank you, thank you…” Sheng Ying’s face showed happiness as she thanked both Jiang Yuan and Wang Zhong.

“There’s another thing,” Huang Qiangmin said, not paying attention to her but calling Jiang Yuan over, “Good timing to catch you, I’ll talk to you about it now.”

“Okay.”

“Our province is planning to organize a fingerprint competition soon.

The specific time is within this month; prepare yourself to represent both Ningtai County and Qinghe City in the competition.”

“Me?” Jiang Yuan pointed at himself in surprise.

“Who else but you?” Huang Qiangmin smiled at a 99.9-degree angle like a crocodile that had snagged an antelope, telling Jiang Yuan, “In the next few days, get well versed with fingerprinting and stay in good form.

If you can make a name for yourself in one go, it’ll be easier for you to become a chief inspector in the future.”