Li Hongxia's words made Lin Feng silent. He didn't know how to ask further.
Since Li Hongxia had long suspected her son, why didn't she stop him?
"What can I do?" Li Hongxia gave the answer, "Not only did I have broken legs, but I also don't have much strength in my hands. I can only lie in bed. I can't control Cao Fei. I have questioned his way of making money. The other way around, he goes on a hunger strike, and I really can’t do anything about it.”
The two people at the door remained silent, and Zhao Rui stood behind them at some point.
Bai Mo had a very strange feeling. He was not dissatisfied with Li Hongxia's failure to discipline Cao Fei.
Li Hongxia sobbed and took a deep breath, "I knew this day would come sooner or later. Just ask! I will tell you everything."
A depressing atmosphere spread in the bedroom. Lin Feng tried hard to adjust his emotions caused by Li Hongxia, and asked in a deep voice: "Where is Cao Fei now?"
"I don't know." Li Hongxia replied, "He never tells me where he went."
"When was the last time you saw Cao Fei?" Lin Feng asked.
Li Hongxia replied: "Cao Fei came back last night. He said he helped his sister Cao Meng pay the registration fee. Then he said he had something to do and left after dinner."
Lin Feng frowned. As far as he knew, Cao Fei was discovered by Lu Wan yesterday after stealing his cell phone. He probably wouldn't have made any money, so he would probably take action again later.
"What's the registration fee? How much does it cost?" Lin Feng asked.
"Cao Meng's school has been organizing outings these days, which requires a registration fee of 800 yuan. We can all see that she really wants to participate, but she is a sensible girl and did not ask to participate. She also said that she would take advantage of her classmates to go on a trip. Pick up more scraps." Li Hongxia sighed.
"But Cao Fei didn't want his sister to be unhappy. Yesterday was the last day and we were leaving in the evening. When Cao Fei left in the morning, he said he would find a way."
Cao Meng is the second daughter, 10 years old this year. Most children of this age are vain. Cao Fei has just come from this age, so he doesn't want his sister to be disliked by his classmates.
Bai Mo felt a little strange. He took two steps back, turned around and walked into the kitchen.
There are no high-end kitchen utensils in the kitchen, and the seasonings for cooking are not complete.
Bai Mo opened an old-fashioned refrigerator in the corner of the kitchen that was not available on the market. There were some vegetables in the refrigerator, and there was only a piece of meat in the freezer, and the rest were noodles and steamed buns.
Lin Feng was still asking, but Li Hongxia couldn't contact Cao Fei. She didn't know who Cao Fei had contacted, so she only provided Cao Fei's mobile phone number.
After leaving Cao Fei's house, the two said goodbye to Zhao Rui and came to the car.
"I feel something is wrong." Bai Mo said impatiently.
Lin Feng lit a cigarette and motioned for Bai Mo to continue.
Bai Mo said: "Team Lu said that Cao Fei's skills are very clever, comparable to Xing San'er at his peak. Isn't it easy for such a person to make money casually? But why is his family so poor? Now I even I suspect that he stole the mobile phone yesterday just to pay the registration fee for his sister, which shows that he usually has no money at all."
Lin Feng took a puff of cigarette, looked out the car window in the direction of Cao Fei's house, and said coldly: "He may have been coerced."
From the previous chat, Lin Feng discovered that Cao Meng did not go home last night. Since Cao Fei had paid Cao Meng's registration fee, why did he still go out?
After making several calls in a row, Lin Feng soon received the news that Cao Meng attended Wenlao Road Primary School five kilometers away. The school did organize a three-day and two-night trip, but Cao Meng was not on the list.
In other words, Cao Meng, who did not participate in tourism activities, did not go home last night.
The two were analyzing Cao Fei's whereabouts when Bai Yonghui called and asked Lin Feng and Bai Mo to return to the bureau immediately for a meeting.
Returning to the conference room of the police station, Bai Mo was surprised to find that a team of people had arrived. There was a strange face next to Lu Wan, and the two were whispering.
Seeing Lin Feng and Bai Mo return, Bai Yonghui, who was sitting in the middle seat, cleared his throat and said to the man next to Lu Wan: "Let's get started!"
The man nodded and Bai Yonghui introduced: "This is Ma Hongbo, deputy captain of the Criminal Investigation Detachment of the Beining City Public Security Bureau. He is here to ask us to help investigate a criminal gang that is roving and committing crimes."
Ma Hongbo stood up and saluted everyone, without any polite words, and went straight to the point.
In the past six months, a number of thefts have occurred in municipal hospitals in Dongtai Province, as well as neighboring Gui Province and Yunbei Province. The intentions of the other parties are obvious, and the targets are rural people who come to large hospitals in urban areas for medical treatment.
Many of these people will carry cash, and their goal is the cash in the hands of these people.
So far, this gang has committed crimes in 14 municipal hospitals in three provinces, involving 87 cases with a total amount of more than 5 million.
Ma Hongbo has been following this case. According to the rules he summarized, the gang usually commits crimes in one place for two to three days, and then moves to other urban areas.
"I don't understand!" After listening to Ma Hongbo's report, Lin Feng put forward his opinion, "Why didn't you issue a joint investigation notice earlier? At least let us be mentally prepared."
Ma Hongbo smiled helplessly, "This was my mistake. According to the trajectory of their crimes, from Dongtai Province to Gui Province and then to Yunbei Province, I inferred that their next crime location was Sanjiang Province, so I did not notify Dongtai Province. In the city north of Tai Province, I didn’t expect that they would actually kill them.”
If Feng Qiaomei's matter hadn't been leaked online, Ma Hongbo wouldn't have noticed this at all.
Lu Wan asked: "Are there any photos of the suspect?"
Ma Hongbo shook his head, "This gang is very mysterious, and no information about any members has been found so far."
Lin Feng scratched his head and looked back at Bai Mo, who was also looking at him.
"Did you find anything in your investigation?" Ma Hongbo noticed Lin Feng's unusual behavior.
"There is indeed a discovery." Lin Feng told them what they speculated about Cao Fei being coerced.
Ma Hongbo nodded, frowned and recalled, and then said: "According to the information I have, this gang is very independent. They have never sought or coerced local people to assist them in committing crimes."
"Looking at it this way, Captain Lin and Bai Mo's speculation should be correct. Cao Fei was coerced. It seems that he was involved in another kidnapping case." Lu Wan said.
Bai Yonghui did not expect that the case would become so complicated. He said to Ma Hongbo: "Captain, how about you be the commander-in-chief? Our bureau will fully cooperate."
Ma Hongbo waved his hand quickly, "Don't be polite, Bai Ju." Ma Hongbo pointed at Lu Wan, "The name of the female detective of the Army has been spread to the provincial department. With her here, I have no shame to be the commander-in-chief. Besides, This is your territory, I won’t turn my back on you, let the Army come!”
Lu Wan was not as polite as the two leaders and gave orders directly: "Then there are two lines. One is the theft case, focusing on investigating the portraits provided by Feng Qiaomei, and the second team is responsible for the investigation; the other is the kidnapping case, investigating Cao Meng and Cao Meng. Our team is responsible for investigating the traces of Fei.”
