Transmigrating Back to 2007 (1)

Then he had to think carefully about how to make that fellow Chen disappear without anyone knowing.

Lian Chi thought with an expressionless face.

But fortunately, that fellow Chen wouldn't move until next month.

So he had time to discard this dangerous thought and come up with a better method to deal with that fellow Chen.

Lian Chi's hand, which was tightly gripping the chopsticks, loosened slightly.

The next day, Lian Chi went to work at the real estate agency again.

Even though he wished he could immediately start a new transmigration journey.

After all, he still carried a debt of 4.8 million yuan on his shoulders.

It's just that he felt that in the previous transmigration, although he earned 200,000 yuan, he believed he could have earned more if he had prepared thoroughly beforehand. So he should think of a few more money-making methods to cope with different transmigration situations and maximize the profit of each transmigration.

So it wasn't until five days later that he stood in front of the bathroom door again.

He reached out his left hand and opened the door.

He lifted his left foot and stepped in first.

"Creak."

The familiar sound suddenly rang out.

"...A Chi, the Liu Sheng Li murder case, the Provincial Supreme Court is about to announce its verdict. An old classmate of mine works at the Supreme Court, and he told me that the outcome might not be very optimistic; you need to prepare yourself mentally."

In the office, the Bureau Chief of the Liu City Police Bureau said to Lian Chi, sighing.

Lian Chi was stunned for a few seconds, then simply said, "I understand."

Not long after, he left the Bureau Chief's office and returned to his own.

This was Liu City, Bian Province, in 2007.

The original owner, Lian Chi, 33 years old, was currently the Captain of the Second Criminal Investigation Detachment of the Liu City Police Bureau.

Within the police system, a criminal investigation captain at this age was definitely considered a young and talented individual.

But four months ago, a TV station in Gang City reported on the Liu Sheng Li rape and murder case, focusing on Liu Sheng Li's family. To clear Liu Sheng Li's name, they had spent all their family assets, repeatedly appealed, to the point where Liu Sheng Li's father died in a car accident on the way to appeal, and Liu's mother also died of grief. Liu Sheng Li's wife was currently seriously ill, not even having a few hundred yuan for medicine. Yet, despite this, no police, procuratorial, or legal agencies in Bian Province helped them.

As soon as this news was released, it caused a huge stir in Gang City.

When the news reached the mainland, the whole country was naturally shocked.

Moreover, when local reporters from Bian Province interviewed Liu Sheng Li, Liu Sheng Li claimed that he had initially been coerced into confessing, which was why he admitted to being the perpetrator of this rape and murder case. Afterwards, he even showed every reporter who visited him his old injuries.

These reporters eventually reported on the matter, and public opinion completely boiled over.

So two months ago, the Bian Provincial Supreme Court took on this case.

And this case was clearly the first murder case the original owner had personally solved ten years ago, and it was thanks to this case that he had established himself in the Liu City Police Bureau.

Lian Chi knew this Lian Chi, and also knew the outcome of this case.

The case eventually concluded with the Provincial Supreme Court releasing Liu Sheng Li due to insufficient evidence.

To appease public anger, Lian Chi was subsequently suspended from duty for investigation.

It was also during this period that a man named Chen Li from Mao Province, due to failed stock market investments, not only lost all his family assets but also owed tens of millions. He was also betrayed by his girlfriend and brothers at the same time, so he decided to commit suicide by jumping off a building.

But he felt that simply jumping off a building to die would be too useless. So he decided to do something earth-shattering before he died, such as killing a social scumbag to make his death more valuable.

Just then, he saw the news about this case.

So he traveled thousands of miles from Mao Province to Bian Province, and then one morning, he drove and ran over Lian Chi, who was out for breakfast.

After this incident spread, the public all believed that Lian Chi deserved it, and they praised the perpetrator.

Many citizens even generously donated money, and in less than three days, they helped the perpetrator Chen Li pay off all his debts.

The perpetrator Chen Li immediately abandoned his intention to commit suicide after killing Lian Chi.

Ultimately, the perpetrator Chen Li was sentenced to death, with a two-year reprieve, which was later reduced to life imprisonment after two years.

In Lian Chi's third year of university, the perpetrator Chen Li had just been released from prison. Thanks to the development of free media, he started selling goods online, with annual earnings reaching millions.

Because of this, the professors at their university often used this incident to warn future generations to strictly adhere to regulations, to be fair and civilized, to avoid ending up like Lian Chi, dead for over a decade yet still dragged out and ridiculed.

Lian Chi vaguely guessed his transmigration mission this time.

Just then, a knock sounded at the door.

Lian Chi said, "Come in."

A young police officer walked in: "Uh, Captain Lian, the Wan Min County Police Bureau sent a request for investigative assistance, asking the Bureau to send a few experts to guide them in investigating a murder and body disposal case."

Wan Min County was Liu Sheng Li's hometown.

But it couldn't be denied that at the Liu City Police Bureau, Lian Chi was an expert in murder cases.

Most importantly, other teams were currently busy with other cases.

So the young police officer reported this to Lian Chi.

But he thought Lian Chi wouldn't take this case.

But he didn't expect Lian Chi to remain silent for two seconds and then say, "I understand."

"Go tell Director Yu of the technical team to put aside his current work and go to Wan Min with me this afternoon."

The young police officer: "Yes, huh?"

Lian Chi calmly looked at the bottom right corner of the computer screen; it was time for a meal.

But instead of going to eat, he downloaded a stock market software.

A few years ago, the original owner had opened a stock account, but after significant losses, he stopped playing.

The original owner had over tens of thousands in savings in his bank card. Lian Chi transferred it all to the stock account, then bought shares in a pharmaceutical company called Guang Ji Pharmaceutical.

After doing all this, he got up and went to the cafeteria.

At three in the afternoon, Lian Chi arrived in Wan Min County.

The people from the Wan Min County Police Bureau clearly didn't expect Lian Chi to take this case.

Wasn't he afraid of being pelted with rotten eggs when walking through Wan Min's streets later?

But now was clearly not the time to think about these things, so they immediately became serious: "Captain Lian, hello Director Yu, sorry to trouble you both to come here, please follow us."

Then they led Lian Chi and Director Yu into the meeting room.

Next, Captain Song, the head of the Criminal Investigation Team of the Wan Min County Public Security Bureau, introduced the case to Lian Chi and Director Yu.

"The story begins on April 13th. That day, one of our local fishermen was fishing in the Wan Min River when he retrieved a very large suitcase. Although the suitcase was a bit old, it was very heavy. He thought it belonged to someone who had accidentally dropped it into the water, so he wanted to open it to see if he could find any surprises."

"The result was no clothes or money inside, only segments of a body."

As they spoke, they handed the crime scene photos and some investigation results to Lian Chi and Director Yu.

There were over forty or fifty photos, each segment of the body clearly photographed.

Lian Chi tried to suppress the discomfort in his heart, flipping through each photo.

"The autopsy results showed the victim was female, 35 years old, had been beaten before death, and was suspected of sexual assault. The suitcase belonged to the victim. Based on the length of the moss growing on the surface of the suitcase, we preliminarily determined that the perpetrator disposed of the body about a month ago."

"We then took the victim's DNA and compared it with the DNA of all missing persons in the county within two months, but no match was found. We then extended the timeframe to one year and finally identified the victim as Jing Xiang Di, a resident of Tao Hua Village, who went missing in late October last year."

Hearing this, Lian Chi looked up at Captain Song.

Captain Song said, "Next, we investigated the victim's social relationships and found that she had an open and friendly personality, rarely making enemies, so we ruled out the possibility of being killed due to hatred."

"Then we screened all ex-convicts in the area, but still found no results."

Now, a month had passed since the body was discovered.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have requested assistance from the higher-level Police Bureau.

Lian Chi and Director Yu flipped through the photos again from beginning to end.

The people from the Wan Min County Police Bureau sat to the side, waiting for them to finish.

After a while, Lian Chi suddenly turned to Director Yu beside him: "Do you find the cuts on these body segments too perfect?"

Everyone on Captain Song's team immediately picked up a few photos to examine.

Director Yu nodded: "That indicates the perpetrator is either a professional butcher or someone very skilled."

Very, very skilled?

The pupils of everyone on Captain Song's team constricted.

Lian Chi then turned to Captain Song: "You just said that you took the victim's DNA, first compared it with the DNA of all missing persons in the county within two months, and after no results, extended the timeframe to one year... Does your county have many missing persons in recent years?"

Captain Song's expression changed: "Quite a few."

"Four or five people each month; a small portion run away due to unbearable domestic violence, and half, like the victim, lose contact with their families after going out to work."

Lian Chi took a deep breath: "Take us to the location where the body was discovered."

Captain Song took a deep breath: "Yes."

Very quickly, they arrived at the location where the body was discovered.

Under Captain Song's arrangements, over ten police officers in diving suits jumped into the river.

Seeing them make such a commotion, villagers from nearby villages gathered around.

"What are they doing?"

Sure enough, someone quickly recognized Lian Chi.

"Damn it, isn't that the beast Lian?"

"You dare to come to our Wan Min County again?"

"Damn it, I really want to slap him twice."

But fortunately, the scene was full of police officers, so they only dared to speak out loud.

Ten minutes later, a police officer suddenly surfaced from the water, shouting, "There's something down there."

Twenty minutes later, they retrieved a red suitcase from the water.

Forty minutes later, they retrieved a black suitcase from the water.

An hour later, they retrieved a torn sack from the water.

...

The onlookers were stunned.

"What's inside?"

"I don't know."

"But I know that in the middle of last month, I also retrieved a suitcase from that spot, and it contained a body."

The hearts of everyone on Captain Song's team sank to the bottom of the abyss; their worst fear had come true.

Most importantly.

They turned to look at Lian Chi.

Since arriving in Wan Min County, Lian Chi had only spoken a few sentences.

A few sentences had turned a simple murder and body disposal case into a serial murder case.

It could only be said that he truly lived up to his reputation as Captain Lian.