Memory inheritor

Chapter 63 Suspicious Points Regarding the Car Accident

Wei Hongsi was almost finished writing the materials when he saw a message from Gu Shiming in the CDU project group's discussion group.

"Hongsi's revised and improved plan is excellent and highly feasible. Let's meet again to discuss it once the new members of this project team are finalized."

The message didn't tag anyone, but it was still a nod, so Wei Hongsi replied with "Received".

He had initially thought that finalizing the new project team members wouldn't take too long, since both Department One and Department Three were directly led by Gu Shiming, so he should be relatively familiar with them. However, judging from the content of this message, it seems that no one has been selected yet.

He knew, of course, that selecting people for the project team wasn't just about being able to do the work; there were definitely many other considerations involved. Gu Shiming's decision to let Yu Sheng, the head of the second department, consider it first was already quite a clear signal.

So, does this mean that parts one and three will also be adjusted?

However, these things had nothing to do with him; what did matter was the so-called "meeting to discuss."

When Wei Hongsi arrived at the company in the morning, he sent messages to Gu Shiming and Yu Sheng respectively, saying that he needed to go out in the afternoon and wouldn't be back until around 3 p.m. If his senior brother wanted to schedule the meeting at that time, he would have to call his older brother to ask for a change of time, since Gu Shiming was paying him a salary while Yu Sheng was just assisting with an investigation.

After a while, seeing no further messages pop up in the discussion group, Wei Hongsi felt reassured and continued writing his materials.

The testing of the first batch of 42 people at the park continued until after 12 noon. A total of 32 people were identified as having been affected by mental contamination under Plan B, which was 3 more than the number they had tested themselves that day.

After the testing was completed, Miao Rui arranged a working meal for them in the company cafeteria, so that these sample subjects could eat their fill before going back, as a gesture of hospitality.

Wei Hongsi had lunch with Ji Cheng and others at the restaurant, and casually mentioned the treatment plan to him, urging him to make arrangements as soon as possible.

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At 1:30 PM, Wei Hongsi took a taxi to the Criminal Investigation Detachment of the branch bureau and went directly to the public office area of ​​the First Brigade. He knocked on his brother's office door, but there was no response.

Just as he was about to knock again, he heard Zhang Shengyong's voice behind him: "He's not here right now."

"Brother Yong." Wei Hongsi turned around and greeted him.

Zhang Shengyong beckoned and led Wei Hongsi to a small conference room inside. He sat down and asked, "You want to inquire about the car accident?"

"Yes." Wei Hongsi nodded. "You heard it from my brother?"

"Yes." Zhang Shengyong lit a cigarette, took a puff, and said while exhaling smoke, "Not only did I hear about it, but I also got my hands on it."

"Really?" Wei Hongsi had originally intended to ask him to put out his cigarette, but after hearing this, he changed his mind and opened the conference room window.

"The traffic police investigated the accident for several days and found that it involved other crimes, so they initiated criminal proceedings and transferred the case to us after it was filed."

Zhang Shengyong avoided sensitive topics and gave Wei Hongsi a general overview of the situation.

Following the incident on Monday, police conducted an autopsy on the mentally ill man's body and found obvious signs of binding on his wrists and ankles, as well as bruises on his torso and thighs indicating blunt force trauma, all of which appeared shortly before his death. This led them to suspect that he had been illegally detained before his death.

Following this lead, the police checked the surveillance footage along the way and finally found the place where the mentally ill man was being held, and arrested the three suspects who had detained him.

According to the suspects, they detained the mentally ill man because he broke into their home, vandalized property, and stole things. Initially, they discovered his mental health issues and tried to drive him away. However, he continued to break in for several days, sometimes even resorting to violence. They were forced to subdue him and were preparing to send him to a mental hospital when he escaped in a moment of inattention.

Although the three suspects gave largely consistent accounts, some doubts remain.

While interrogating the suspect, the police also uncovered the true identity of the mentally ill man. His name is Han Tao, 36 years old, and he does indeed have a history of mental illness.

The investigation had progressed to this stage before the case was transferred.

Zhang Shengyong had only been in charge for a little over half a day, and had just gone through the case details and the clues he had found, without having had time to conduct any further investigation.

However, after taking on the case, he heard Wei Hongbo talk about Wei Hongsi's speculation, so he pulled up all the surveillance footage from the crime scene and used analysis software to reconstruct the scene.

"In some ways, your speculation is correct." Zhang Shengyong stood up and drew a small circle on the whiteboard. "This is the position where the deceased stood before rushing into the traffic lane."

He then drew a small circle at a distance, saying, "This is where you were standing at the time."

He connected the two circles with a dotted line, then drew a black dot slightly above the circle representing Wei Hongsi, and connected the black dot with the circle representing Uncle Han Tao with a solid line.

"According to our software analysis, the center of the deceased's line of sight at the time was along the line of this black dot, which is this solid line."

Zhang Shengyong tapped on the whiteboard, put down his pen, and said, "What we can confirm now is that none of the three suspects were at the scene. So there are still many questions surrounding this person's death."

Wei Hongsi stared at the black dot. If Zhang Shengyong's hand-drawn sketch maintained the basic proportions, that location was indeed not far from him. However, along the thirty-meter stretch of road, given the pedestrian density during the morning rush hour, there should be quite a few people.

"You've already started investigating the people on this line?"

"We are working on it, but the preliminary investigation will take a considerable amount of time."

Wei Hongsi closed his eyes and thought for a moment, then opened them and said, "I suggest we check the people behind me first."

"Oh? What's your basis?" Zhang Shengyong immediately perked up.

"That mentally unstable man... um... the deceased, I remember he had pretty good eyesight. When he was walking down the street that day, although his mental state was a bit off, he was still able to keep track of what was in front of him. If he was really afraid of someone or something, he shouldn't have gotten so close before he noticed."

Zhang Shengyong nodded thoughtfully.

Wei Hong thought for a moment and added, "Moreover, judging from his behavior from the moment he stopped until he ran into the traffic lane, there was a clear reaction process from surprise to fear to running away. This usually only happens when he is a little far away from the source of his fear. If the source of his fear were right in front of him, his reaction would have been more intense, like what we often call jumping. Of course, this is just my subjective guess, for your reference."

Zhang Shengyong smiled slightly: "There is some truth to that."