Chapter 48 Recording 5

  （1）

  Shuxiang Garden is a well-known high-end residential area in W City, with its geographical location, living environment and property management being among the best. It is divided into several residential areas, including villas and townhouses, which are considered to be the most expensive in W City. The prices of houses in major cities have been rising sharply, so although Shuxiang Garden does not consist entirely of independent villa-style buildings, it still attracts many people's attention due to its excellent location along the river and within the second ring road. As a result, the houses here were quickly sold out shortly after Yu Shi Real Estate Company developed them as commodity housing.

  Many people do not like living in high-rise buildings, after all, decoration and power outages are not very convenient. In this community, the highest house price is a small villa, followed by six to eight floors of multi-storey buildings, and finally more than 20 floors of high-rise buildings.

  "I've always felt that living too high up gives me a feeling of being thrown to death when I look down." Liao Xinxin looked up at the 32-story building closest to her, "Especially for those who are afraid of heights, they'll probably be scared to death."

  "You're quite fragile." Yuan Fei glanced at Liao Xin Xin.

  Liao Xinxin ignored Yuan Fei's words and said, "Why haven't you gone to adjust the monitor yet?"

  "Didn't you see the police officer making a phone call?" Yuan Fei gave her a glance, "Why would I go over there so early before he's even finished giving orders?"

  Shen Yu is on the phone with Yoon Chang-kyung right now.

  "Yes, it was at Shuxiang Garden," Shen Yu said. "I remember that the task force had a case where the crime scene was here. It was a suicide case, and the deceased was a secretary of the general manager of Yaoyu Real Estate. It involved internal secret real estate contract documents of the company. You help me check if this case is still under investigation."

  Liao Xinxin's left ear was listening to Shen Yu making a phone call, while her right ear was listening to Yuan Fei talking. Her mouth didn't stop moving either: "My home is on the 12th floor and I don't dare look down, it's terrifying! When I look down, I get dizzy."

  "You're really fragile." Yuan Fei said the same thing again.

  Shen Yu's voice rose from beside him, "Is it still in progress? The surveillance vehicle shouldn't have withdrawn yet, huh, okay, I know." He hung up the phone and smiled at Liao Xin Xin and Yuan Fei with a rather good mood.

  "What's wrong?" asked Liao Xinxin.

  "The area around the building where the incident occurred should be a key surveillance area, that is, these high-rise buildings," said Yuan Fei. "There should be many surveillance points in the community."

  "Right." Shen Yu nodded, "This way we don't need to go and retrieve the tapes either, there will be a backup in the recording room, just go back and check. Also, let's get the surveillance footage from the special case team."

  "Alright, I'll go and arrange it," said Yuan Fei, "Do you want all of them from the past two weeks?"

  "All adjusted, our only clue now is these surveillance videos, hoping to capture people who have contact with Xiao Ke." Shen Yu glanced around in a circle, his eyes paused for a moment on a small Beike car parked by the roadside, and then paused again on an Overlander parked near the garage, before saying, "Back to the hall."

  Yuan Fei and Liao Xinxin hurried to catch up, with Liao Xinxin asking along the way, "What's going on? Aren't we investigating anymore? We've been running around for half a day and now we're just leaving like this?"

  "Haven't you understood yet?" Yuan Fei's face was full of surprise. "Two weeks ago, there was a suicide case in Shuxiang Garden, just a few days after Yu Chen's death. The deceased jumped from the balcony of his 12th-floor home and died on the spot with head injuries. Because she was the private secretary of the general manager of Yaozhu Real Estate, she had many company contracts and documents in her hands, so someone suspected it was murder. However, no evidence has been found yet, and Yaozhu is making a big fuss about it, so the police department has set up a special case team to investigate."

  "Yaozhu? That company that's second only to the Yu family's real estate, and often clashes with the Yu family?" Liao Xinxin listened, her expression turning sour as she furrowed her brow.

  "That's right," said Yuan Fei. "They had just signed a contract for a piece of land that the Yu family had been unable to acquire, and due to Yu Chen's death, the Yu family's real estate side did not react in time, so it was taken by Ya Zhu. As a result, before they could even gloat for a few days, the general manager's private secretary got into trouble, and the contract was lost."

  "Does that mean the contract is invalid?"

  "Hmm." Yuan Fei replied, "The Yu family re-negotiated the deal and ultimately took over that piece of land. Yao Zhuang signed the contract but lost it in just a few days and even paid the penalty for breach of contract."

  "This." Liao Xinxin scratched her head, "There's always a strange feeling."

  "It's just a coincidence, right?" Yuan Fei smiled and said, "However, the task force has been investigating for so long but hasn't found anything. All the evidence suggests that the deceased committed suicide, and it's estimated that the case will be closed in a few days."

  Liao Xinxin furrowed her brow, suppressing the bad feeling and redirecting her thoughts. "Will there be surveillance set up by the special case team in the residential area?"

  "Yes, the Buick car that the police officer was looking at just now should be it. It's equipped with infrared surveillance cameras. There should be many such installations in the neighborhood. Because there are only surveillance cameras set up along the main roads in this neighborhood, we can't see the entrance of each building. Now that we have the surveillance footage from the task force, it will be much easier."

  （2）

  When they returned to the hall, it was already half an hour later. Yin Changjing was waiting for them in the office and stood up as soon as Shen Yu walked in.

  "I've already told the task force." Yin Changjing said in a loud voice, "The video recordings have all been retrieved, you can take a look later."

  "Alright." Shen Yu nodded, "Also, I need to drop by and pick up that case file later."

  "No problem, the task force is a bunch of useless people, if you weren't busy with Yu Rong's case, I would have made you investigate this case, it's been two weeks and there's no clue at all. Yao Zhu's side has been putting pressure on us," Yin Changjing gritted his teeth, "They have connections in the government, it's really driving me crazy!"

  Shen Yu thought for a moment, "Don't worry about the pressure from that side, Hall Chief won't let Yao Zhu mess around. The Yu family case and Yao Zhu's case are only two days apart, it doesn't matter if we handle them together. I'll go get the files later and take a look at the specific situation. There's Yuan Fei and Liao Xin Xin here, just watching the video, there's nothing they can't understand."

  "Come on, Nani, come with me." Yoon Chang-jeong said after fixing his gaze on Yuan Fei and Liao Xinxin, "You two go get the surveillance footage from the residential area and the special case team's monitoring footage later, I've already arranged it."

  Yuan Fei and Liao Xinxin nodded.

  "Is that all?" asked Liao Xinxin.

  "That's right," said a police officer. "The video on this side is from the property management of Shuxiang Garden, and the one on that side is from the surveillance of the special case group."

  "Alright, thank you." Yuan Fei said after speaking a sentence, then sat down on the chair and took out the tape.

  "Let's get started."

  A black VHS tape case, a gradually brightening screen, and a timer ticking away second by second.

  It was unclear which video they were watching when Yuan Fei and Liao Xin's eyes suddenly widened.

  A girl wearing a baseball cap walked into the frame. She pressed down on the brim, but that face was already very familiar to them.

  It's Xiao Ke.