Chapter Fifty-Four: Action

  Action

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  "Alright, I'll go to Shuxiangyuan and retrieve the resident information in a bit," said Yuan Fei.

  Shen Yu nodded, "Mm." He went through the organized video recordings in chronological order and took out the surveillance footage of the special case team for those few days, "Let's take a look at the special case team's footage first."

  The camera on the surveillance vehicle is facing east and can only see the high-rise apartments in District C, but cannot see the main road of Shuxiangyuan or the entrance to the community.

  Shu Xiang Garden is divided into three districts. District A is the villa area with the highest housing prices, all of which are located along the river, with good views and air quality. Many government officials' families and high-level executives of large companies live here. District B is a multi-storey apartment that has been hotly sought after in recent times, generally six to eight storeys high. It is mostly inhabited by people who think villas are too luxurious but have a certain social status. After all, housing prices are getting more and more expensive, so multi-storey buildings are more popular among some residents. As a result, the high-rise apartments that were initially very expensive in Shu Xiang Garden are not favored by people.

  Although District C is said to be the lowest-priced in Xiangyun Garden, it's still not on the same level as other districts. The people living here are also from relatively wealthy families, such as senior employees of some companies or university professors, who attach great importance to the environmental conditions of Xiangyun Garden. Therefore, even if the house prices are higher than elsewhere, they still insist on buying houses in Xiangyun Garden.

  "It's just here, C-12." Yuan Fei pointed to the GPS location map that had just been pulled up, on which the rooftops of all the residential buildings in Shuxiang Garden could be seen. "It's not far from the main road of Shuxiang Garden, located at the edge of Zone C."

  "Uh-huh." Shen Yu nodded, "Play the recording."

  Video file of November 13th morning.

  At 9:15 am, Xiao Ke appeared in the surveillance video of the task force. She seemed to be visiting this neighborhood for the first time, holding a piece of paper and looking up at the apartment building number and door plate number.

  "What's in her hand?" Shen Yu enlarged the image. Due to the advanced surveillance equipment invested by the task force, the clarity and pixel effect of the picture were not bad compared to the surveillance camera at the main entrance of Shuxiangyuan.

  "The recipient's address printed on the package is not very clear, and only a few words can be seen vaguely near the surveillance camera," said Yuan Fei. "Considering that there should be a specific address of the person Xiao Ke was going to visit on the express package in her hand, we also tried to enlarge the video image as much as possible before, but it was just barely visible with only a few words: 'Shuxiangyuan C-12 Building' written in the recipient's address column and 'Qi' written in the recipient's name column. The rest of the information including the recipient's name, contact information, and specific address cannot be seen clearly due to the small font size and angle issues."

  "It can be seen that the recipient's name should be three characters, but the first two characters are all blurred due to the angle," Shen Yu said. "I will hand over this video to a professional for analysis later, but the possibility of guessing out the information is not great. However, this is also very important information."

  The video continues to play, and Xiao Ke lingers for a few steps at the door of the first unit after seeing the apartment building number C-12 clearly, then walks in.

  More than ten minutes later, Xiao Ke walked out again. At this time, the express package she had brought with her when she entered the monitoring area was gone. She looked around and returned with a serious face, walking out of the monitoring range.

  "Second tape recording."

  Video file of November 16th morning.

  At 10:30, Xiao Ke reappeared within the surveillance range. This time, she first looked at her watch, muttered a few words to herself, then looked around and squatted behind a small shrub in a green belt in front of C-12, trying to make her body as low as possible. After staying there for a while, she took down the backpack she was carrying, opened it, and took out several things.

  "It's a telescope." Liao Xinxin pointed at the screen where Xiao Ke took out a telescope and said, "That time I was with the police inspector on the street, we saw Xiao Ke carrying a shopping bag, the police inspector said there was a telescope in her bag."

  "Hmm." Shen Yu didn't have much of a reaction.

  "Hey, your eyesight is really good, unlike me, I'm night-blind." Liao Xin said with a mixture of envy and admiration, "It's just like a bat, can see clearly even in the dark. Your eyesight is really great!"

  "Don't flatter to the point of hitting the horse's leg, I know you don't want to work, but before you start flattering, think it through. You'd better go back and search on Baidu what bats rely on to be active at night." Yuan Fei leaned in, looking at Liao Xinxin with disdain.

  "I was just making an analogy." Liao Xinxin rolled her eyes at the boss.

  Yuan Fei ignored the flying hygiene balls beside him and refocused his gaze on the screen. He took a glance at the time, in about one minute, Ge Tianyu and another girl would come out.

  10:36

  "Ge Tianyu is out," said Yuan Fei.

  Ge Tianyu wore a deep blue short-sleeved sweater, with a bewildered expression, slowly walking out and standing in the middle of the road, staring at a certain point, muttering something to herself. It took her half a day to turn around and walk towards the main road of Shuxiangyuan. Her footsteps were very light, although her face looked barely healthy, but as a whole, she gave people a feeling of having suffered a huge blow, as if she would collapse completely in the next second. This was vastly different from the stunning dance she performed at the Yu family's anniversary dinner a few days later, making it hard to believe that a person's spiritual appearance could change so drastically in just a short period of time.

  On the other side, Xiao Ke quickly stood up after seeing Ge Tianyu turn around and walk away, but at this time, someone else came out of the unit door, so she squatted down again.

  This time it was also a girl, very pretty, but the overly cold expression on her face and her somewhat abnormal pale complexion made people feel a bit creepy.

  "Is this the girl?" Shen Yu looked up at Yuan Fei with a glance.

  "Right."

  "Her eyes were fixed on Ge Tianyu in front of her, it was obvious that she knew Ge Tianyu." Shen Yu enlarged the screen a bit and then pointed to Xiao Ke on the side, "Did you notice?"

  Yuan Fei was taken aback, "What?"

  "After seeing this girl, Xiao Ke's expression." Shen Yu's right hand habitually tapped the table, "A very surprised expression, not just because of simply seeing someone coming over and being surprised." He paused the video and then enlarged Xiao Ke's face.

  "See it?" Shen Yu raised his head and glanced at Yuan Fei again.

  "Indeed." Yuan Fei stared at Xiao Ke's face for a while, "This expression——"

  "It's the look of surprise when seeing an acquaintance appear in a place they shouldn't be." Shen Yu smiled, "Pay attention to her lip shape, after seeing that girl she mouthed three words."

  Lips opening and closing, Yuan Fei responded with three changes in lip shape to Xiao Ke, muttering some vague syllables.

  "Do you feel it? Although I'm not very sure, but don't you think the last word's pronunciation is similar to the character '淇'? Shen Yu raised an eyebrow, "It was the only clear character in the recipient column on the package that Xiao Ke had previously held, and the name was also three characters."