"I confessed."

In the afternoon, Wei Zhenguo came over with a smile on his face to report good news.

Jiang Yuan was reading a book and couldn't help but stand up in surprise. "So fast?"

"He thought he was involved in some big case and confessed to stealing an electric bike, afraid of being wrongly accused," Wei Zhenguo laughed and said, "When we asked for the specific number of cases, we found fingerprints on his hand and he confessed to six cases. The way of selling stolen goods was also exposed."

"Wei team is amazing. It seems that having more people is beneficial," Jiang Yuan immediately complimented. After all, they took on the case because of him.

"Having more people is definitely better. The average suspect sees three or four of us standing there and doesn't resist much. But if you go with just two people, they will definitely think about running away," Wei Zhenguo shared his experience and added, "Today, I was most afraid of stumbling upon a thief's den. These small-time thieves are different from those who commit major crimes. Some people like to call their friends. They commit small crimes and don't have strong guard against each other... I've encountered a case before where five people rented a room, slept on bunk beds, and earned less money combined than factory workers who screw bolts. But when you ask them, they are all happy and joyful."

"In college, the living expenses of a dormitory boy may be less than that of a factory worker who screws bolts," Jiang Yuan said.

Wang, the resident trace examiner in the forensic office, laughed unkindly. "That's true."

"In short, we have to guard against accidents. If they hold a gathering or something... it doesn't matter for rough men, but if they hurt forensic, it would be a big loss," Wei Zhenguo warned.

"It won't be that serious..." Jiang Yuan said.

"Be careful anyway." Wei Zhenguo said seriously, "To be honest, as long as you can find the clues, no matter who you give them to, we will make it clear for you. By the way, I haven't finished talking about the case just now."

"Is there a follow-up?"

"Of course, we mobilized 11 people for this," Wei Zhenguo laughed and said, "Let's talk about Cai Bin first. He is the girlfriend of a small-time thief and there is no major problem with her. She is just lazy and likes to use her phone all day, occasionally going shopping. When Cai Bin comes back from committing a crime, he buys groceries and cooks for her. Based on her personality and daily life, she should not have participated in theft and selling stolen goods..."

Listening to the summary, Wang said, "Did he steal electric bikes to support her?"

"More or less. Then, based on the clues provided by Cai Bin for selling stolen goods, we just caught two more people and seized dozens of electric bikes, electric tricycles, and hundreds of batteries. If we follow this lead, we may still have more gains. After the case is solved, we may be able to get a lot of restitution for people," Wei Zhenguo said.

This time, even Wu Jun couldn't sit still, holding a tea cup and looking over. "You caught a lot of fish with this fishing rod."

Wei Zhenguo smiled. "It's like setting up a net in advance and catching a lot of fish."

"How do you mean?""In previous years, didn't we also have a specialized team for theft? Last year it was home burglaries, the year before that it was pickpocketing on public transportation...this year, with the scale of what they're doing, it might be a specialized team for stealing electric bikes. We're essentially taking preemptive action."

"But it's hard to say. Given the current situation, they might have gone all in on phone scams." Wu Jun took a sip of tea and proposed a conclusion that was quite plausible. Nowadays, phone scam cases accounted for over 50% of all reported cases, with even higher amounts of money involved. Compared to that, theft cases were child's play.

Wei Zhenguo was speechless, but had to admit that it was very likely.

Compared to scams that could easily involve millions of yuan, the complaints about stolen electric bikes worth only a few hundred thousand yuan were not as loud.

Wei Zhenguo shook his head. "Anyway, solving the case is a good thing."

"That's right."

"Actually, when we had specialized teams in the past, we went through the same process. First, we'd find a small-time thief to get information, then follow the clues. Our cases in this county weren't as convoluted...oh, right..." Wei Zhenguo slapped his thigh and said, "Jiang, the two guys who stole electric bikes using hydraulic cutters and tricycles, Cai Bin said he knows them, and they've been arrested."

Jiang Yuan laughed out loud and said helplessly, "Looks like I dug through the trash for nothing."

"How could that be? When it comes to convicting them, having DNA evidence or not makes a big difference. And if we have DNA evidence when we catch these two, we can definitely connect them to more cases. Compared to interrogating them without any solid evidence, it would be much easier. If we could have this kind of solid physical evidence for every case, I'd be willing to dig through the trash every day." Wei Zhenguo laughed heartily, and even the wrinkles on his face deepened.

He turned to Jiang Yuan and asked with a smile, "Jiang, do you have any new leads today?"

"Today..." Jiang Yuan looked down at the novel "Great Doctor Ling Ran" on his computer screen and felt a little ashamed. Had he been too relaxed today?

Wu Jun coughed twice and defused the situation. "Wei, with all those cases you just mentioned, won't they keep us busy for a week or two? What other leads do we need?"

"We don't need that much time. At most, 10 days..." Wei Zhenguo knew that Jiang Yuan didn't have any new cases to work on, so he immediately asked seriously, "Jiang, if you have time, could you help me with a case?"

"What case?"

"The case of the missing person, number 326. The Ding Lan missing person case." Wei Zhenguo answered quickly.

Jiang Yuan searched in his software, and Wu Jun and Xiao Wang also came over.

"Jiang Yuan mainly works on arch fingerprint patterns now." Xiao Wang felt responsible for explaining to Jiang Yuan, and added, "He also has a tendency towards trace evidence analysis...""Um..." Jiang Yuan had to interrupt Xiao Wang and said, "I have been studying other types of fingerprints recently. It should be possible now."

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Jiang Yuan's previous task was to identify LV3 bow-shaped patterns, which has been upgraded to LV3 full fingerprint identification. Compared to other types of patterns, bow-shaped patterns are relatively rare. In other words, after obtaining the Chongqing-style single-finger fingerprint analysis method (LV3) for full fingerprints, Jiang Yuan's shooting range has greatly expanded.

Xiao Wang couldn't believe it. He admitted that Jiang Yuan was skilled, but to study and master types that he couldn't do in just a few weeks was beyond his understanding.

Xiao Wang knew few experts, but he believed that experts always had quirks. When Jiang Yuan said he was good at bow-shaped patterns, he easily understood. But now that Jiang Yuan said he could remove this limitation, Xiao Wang felt uneasy.

Jiang Yuan casually said, "I have been cramming recently... Wei, tell me about your case."