Legendary FBI Detective

"impossible!"

In the small apartment, his wife Ma Jinli saw the photo in the screenshot of the surveillance video, threw it back on the table, shook her head and said loudly:

"No way! He is definitely not my husband Nokvik!"

Luo An glanced at Chenier and said nothing. Chenier moved her chair to sit next to Ma Jinli and asked in a low voice:

"Ma Jinli, have you had any contact with your husband in the past eight hours?"

“No, but every once in a while Nokwick would go out and drive for people to make money.

Because we are worried about being deducted from the money, we basically don’t make phone calls. This has happened many times, and I’m used to it..."

As she spoke, Ma Jinli's voice became softer and softer, and her eyes became redder and redder. Finally, her words slowly stopped, and she covered her face with her hands and sobbed softly.

Luo An poured a glass of water and pushed it to the other party. Chenier gently patted Ma Jinli's back and comforted her in a low voice:

"I know this must be hard for you, I'm sorry..."

As time passed, Ma Jinli's mood gradually stabilized, and Chenier then asked:

"Does Nokwick have any enemies?"

"I don't know, he's just a taxi driver..."

Ma Jinli picked up the photo again, looked at the familiar face of the man in the photo, and kept repeating a few sentences.

Luo An whispered:

"Ms. Makinli, the best way to find out who killed your husband is for you to tell us all the information you know."

Ma Jinli's mouth moved slightly when she heard this, and she seemed to want to say something but stopped. Seeing this, Luo An took the tissue and put it in front of her, and then added:

"Ms. Makinli, we are on the same side as you when it comes to finding the murderer."

After a long silence, Ma Jinli picked up a tissue and wiped her tears, and said with a choked voice:

"I...I sometimes did suspect that Nokwick had a secret, but I didn't intend to ask, because I could see that his secret had nothing to do with women, and he didn't find another woman..."

Chenier patted Maggie's back gently and asked:

"What secret? Can you tell us?"

"… Nokwick would sometimes hide money, right in the basement."

An ugly smile appeared on Ma Jinli's face and she explained:

"There is a safe that he hid there. Nokwick always thought that I didn't know about it. In fact, I was just too lazy to expose him."

"OK."

Luo An nodded:

"Can we check the safe? There may be some clues in it."

Ma Jinli nodded:

"Okay, but I don't know the password."

Half an hour later, the trace inspection department detective called by Luo An took out some professional equipment and quickly opened the safe behind the basement wall.

“A very high-end safe.”

The agent from the Trace Inspection Section smiled at Luo An:

"But it seems a bit unsuitable for a taxi driver."

"Thanks for your hard work."

Luo An patted the other party's shoulder, and Chenier opened the door of the safe and started to take things out.

"what is inside?"

"U.S. dollars, euros, pounds... each bundle is about 10,000."

Chenelle put aside a dozen piles of money and complained:

"Did we find a spy?"

"If it's a spy, there must be something like a passport or a weapon."

Luo An picked up the coins, looked at them casually, and asked:

"Is there anything else in the safe?"

"And a locked metal box."

Chenier handed the box to Luo An, bent down to look at the contents of the safe, stood up and shook her head:

"Gone."

"OK."

Hanging outside the metal box was a small lock that was the most common on the market. Just as the agent from the Trace Inspection Section was about to get the tools, Luo An had already used the wire he found to open the lock in twos and twos.

The agent from the Trace Inspection Section froze on the spot and looked at Luo An in surprise. Luo An handed the lock to his hand and smiled, then opened the metal box.

Chenelle stretched her neck to look inside the box, only to find that there was only a mobile phone, a key, and nothing else.

"..."

Chenier picked up the key and looked at it, was silent for a few seconds, and said:

"Why do you feel like we are playing a puzzle game? What treasure chest does this key allow us to find next?"

"Maybe, maybe there's some big reward in the treasure chest."

Luo An replied casually, picked up the mobile phone in the box and looked at it. After pondering for a few seconds, he led people to clean up the scene and drove back to Investigation Team No. 13.

"Winslow, Lacey, you two go check this key and see if you can find out anything."

Back in the office area, Luo An handed the keys to Winslow and Lacey, then gave the phone to Mona and said:

"This is up to you."

"no problem."

Mona took the phone, plugged in the data cable and connected it to the computer. Luo An and Cheniel sat next to them to rest. As soon as they picked up the food and took a few bites, Mona said:

"Everyone, there is so much information on this phone."

Luo An took a bite of his burger and moved his chair to Mona:

"How to say?"

"The first is the memo. The owner of this phone actually kept an account book in the memo."

Mona showed Luo An the computer screen, which was full of digital records of income and expenditure. It took a long time to scroll down to reach the end.

“The most recent record was three days ago, +10,000 in revenue.”

Luo An took a closer look and saw that there were only income and expenses in the account book, with no specific reasons. It was impossible to see the source and whereabouts of the money.

Chenier glanced briefly and looked away, then asked:

"Besides this account book, are there any other clues?"

"At 8:30 this morning, someone sent a text message to the owner of this phone."

Mona typed on the keyboard a few times, and a text message appeared in front of them:

"Are you ghosting me? (Are you letting me go?)"

After seeing the content of the text message clearly, Chenier cheered up and said:

"The victim Nokwick died in the early hours of this morning. The person who sent this text message seems not to know about it!"

Luo An raised his eyebrows and asked:

"Mona, can you find out who sent this text message?"

"Can't find it."

Mona shook her head, pointed to her laptop and said:

"The other party's number is not registered, and the GPS is not turned on. The only thing that can be determined is that when the other party sent this text message, the base station that received the signal was in the west of Washington, D.C., and the other party should be in Washington, D.C."

Chenier frowned slightly when she heard this and looked at Luo An:

"what to do?"

Luo An thought for a while and said in a deep voice:

"Send a text message and answer that person! Agree on a meeting place and time, and we'll catch some fish!"

"no problem."

Cheniel picked up the phone and asked:

"Where is the date?"

"Make an appointment in a place with few surveillance and not too many people."

Luo An thought for a while and gave an address:

"Garfield Park."

Chenier thought about the habit of texting and chatting between Nokwick and her that she had seen on Maginli's phone before, disguised her typing method, and sent the time and location.

Time passed by, and the atmosphere in the office area was very solemn.

Several people were staring at their mobile phones. Except for the sound of Mona typing on the keyboard to locate the other party, Roan was silent with his arms folded on his chest. Michelle and Chenelle's breathing became much quieter.

Ding dong——

Suddenly, a text message rang, and Chenier quickly picked up her phone to check, only to see a message from the person opposite:

【OK】

"Yes!"

Chenelle and Michelle were immediately excited, clapped each other's palms and shouted. Roan looked at Mona and asked:

"Have you located that person?"

Mona shook her head:

"Time is too short."

"Then prepare your weapons."

Luo An patted Cheney on the shoulder and said:

"Send a message to Winslow and Lacey, and in three hours we will go to Garfield Park to arrest them!"

"clear!"

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Three hours passed in a flash, and we were in Garfield Park.

Roan, Chenelle, Winslow and Lacey were all dressed as ordinary people, hanging out or chatting with passers-by. Mona and Michelle were sitting in a car with computers connected to the monitor to check the situation.

Not long after, a man wearing a brown jacket came into view. The man paused for a moment, then turned around and ran away!