Siheyuan: Fighting against Japanese Aggression in Beijing

Chapter 342 Li Yuanjun's Troubles

So, that afternoon, Huaihua followed Balanggu and boarded the train heading south.

As she herself said, she might really be an insignificant member of this family.

That night, Xiaodang didn't react when Huaihua didn't come back, but Qin Huairu didn't feel like something was missing because Huaihua lived with Xiaodang.

At ten o'clock the next morning, Li's Medical Clinic, as usual, had completed the day's tasks by ten o'clock. At this time, Li Kangri was discussing business matters with Xu Damao. Xu Damao was planning to set up a food factory to try, but due to policy reasons, he could not run it alone. The two were talking about this topic at the moment.

"Da Mao, wait, don't worry. There will be plenty of opportunities in the future. Right now, our focus should still be on the south. We are not short of money anyway. Find someone to cooperate with and set up some business there."

As they were talking, they heard footsteps outside the door, and then they saw Li Yuanjun, looking tired, walking in with a female colleague.

"Reinforcements, why are you here?" Xu Damao asked.

"I just went to the end of the alley to investigate the case at hand, and I happened to pass by the clinic, so I came to see what my brother was doing."

"What can I do? Of course I am running a clinic. But you look so embarrassed, as if you have been heartbroken." Li Kangri joked.

"Puchi," the female colleagues next to her covered their mouths and laughed.

"What are you laughing at?" Li Yuanjun rolled his eyes at his colleague and sat down on the sofa carelessly.

The female colleague was not annoyed and continued to sit next to him with a smile on her face.

"Brother, I've run into trouble. It's more painful than a broken heart. I come to you for some inspiration." Li Yuanjun complained after sitting down.

"You've never been heartbroken, so how do you know that what you've experienced is worse than being heartbroken? You're lying with your eyes open!"

"Puchi," the female colleague laughed again, this time even louder.

"Reinforcements, why don't you introduce this female comrade with such a lovely smile?" Xu Damao asked.

"Her! Her name is Xu Shengnan, my colleague." Li Yuanjun said casually.

"Reinforcements, is it the "sheng" in giving birth to a child or the "sheng" in victory? If it's the "sheng" in giving birth to a child, that would be great." Xu Damao joked.

"Haha, you and I thought the same thing at first. It's the Sheng of victory. When I heard this name, I knew that his family favors boys over girls." Li Yuanjun said with a smile.

"No, my dad means that I'm no worse than men, so he calls me that. Indeed, I'm not worse. I'm the first female police officer in our police station." Xu Shengnan said proudly.

"Cousin! Hello, Comrade Xu Shengnan, my name is Xu Damao." Xu Damao stretched out his hand with a smile.

"Your last name is also Xu? That's great, I meet a relative." Xu Shengnan smiled and shook Xu Damao's hand.

"This is my master, and also the big brother of the reinforcements, his name is Li Kangri." Xu Damao introduced.

"Hello, Brother Li."

"Haha, okay, all good. Why are you guys out investigating the case so early in the morning?" Li Kangri asked.

As soon as Li Kangri talked about the case, Li Yuanjun complained, "Brother, I don't know if there is a problem somewhere. There have been too many cases in our alley this month. First, four or five houses in the alley were robbed, and then there was a rape and murder case. I don't have any clues at all. Isn't this frustrating? I've been looking for several days and there is no clue at all. If this continues, I can forget about my job as deputy police officer."

"Oh, so many cases happened? I haven't heard of them." Li Kangri said in surprise.

"You spend all day either seeing patients or negotiating business, so how could you pay attention to what's happening on the street?" said Li Yuanjun.

"Hehe, then what are you doing here?"

"Brother, I think you have a quick mind. Let me get some inspiration from you first. Can you analyze it for me?" Li Yuanjun said.

"Aren't you afraid of making a mistake in telling me the case?"

"I'm not going to say anything specific, I just want you to give me some ideas."

"Okay, how should I put it?" Li Kangri thought, "Let's talk about the theft case first. There are only two types of thieves, one is a habitual thief, and the other is not. Do you think he is a habitual thief?"

"I think he is a habitual thief, and I suspect that these cases were committed by one person or a group of people, because the methods and time are similar."

"Have you checked those people with criminal records?"

"Yes, but I didn't find any clues. I checked several and couldn't find the time to commit the crime."

"Is it possible that he was not caught by you, or that he came from other places?"

"It's hard to say. I have no idea anyway." Li Yuanjun said dejectedly.

"Let me ask you, besides our street, have similar cases occurred in other streets?"

"Yes, there were five cases in our street and four in nearby streets. The methods seemed to be the same."

"Then it is very likely that they are locals, and it is also very likely that they are from these alleys, otherwise they would not have chosen to steal here." Li Kangri said.

"Hey, it's the same as my analysis, but it's useless. There are no valuable clues at the scene."

"What about the rape and murder case? Was it just rape and murder or was there also theft?"

"A lot of it was lost, and quite a lot," Li Yuanjun said. "The deceased's family was well-off, and his grandfather was a high-ranking official. That's why I have a headache. The higher-ups call to inquire about it every day, and the city's criminal police team has also been here in the past few days."

"Is it possible that this rape and murder was committed by someone who was attracted by the woman during the theft? Is this actually one person or a group of people?"

"Yeah? Why didn't I think that this was actually a case of someone being tempted by beauty during the theft? It should be, and it was one person. We judged from the footprints at the scene that there was only one person," Li Yuanjun said excitedly.

But he soon said dejectedly, "Even if it's just one person, we can't do anything. I haven't solved any of these cases. I feel like I'm not suitable to be a police officer."

"Hey, you backed down and doubted yourself when you encountered such a little difficulty. It's a pity that you used to be a platoon leader." Li Kangri said contemptuously.

"Brother, it's not that I'm backing down. It's just that there are no useful clues in this case. I don't even have a direction to work towards." Li Yuanjun said helplessly.

"Master, I have a solution, but I don't know whether I should tell you or not?" Xu Damao suddenly interrupted.

"What can't be said?" Li Kangri asked.

"Haha, I told you then!" Xu Damao said slyly, "Master, how about you give the reinforcements a word to find some clues?"

Hearing about fortune-telling for clues, Li Yuanjun immediately straightened up with renewed energy, "Yes, brother, you are Li Shenxian, you can definitely do it, definitely can do it, come on, let me tell you about the fortune."