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RTRP – Chapter One

At the airport arrival terminal, Du Jing saw a young man with thick gla.s.ses, and wearing the name tag, Li Huai Ren. Li Huai Ren was holding up a sign, ‘Du Jing’.

Du Jing walked past the women gossiping about him, put on his sungla.s.ses, and made his way toward Li Huai Ren.

‘Sir, are you Du Jing?’ Li Huai Ren asked, sounding starstruck. ‘Chief asked me to be your chauffeur. Big brother Du Jing, are you hungry?’

‘Key,’ Du Jing said, holding out his hand. ‘I don’t need a chauffeur. Tell Chief, I’ll see him soon.’

Li Huai Ren pa.s.sed the rental car key to Du Jing, and he watched Du Jing follow the crowd outside the airport.

‘Indeed, idols like Du Jing are in a league of their own,’ Li Huai Ren murmured.

At a car wash cafe, Du Jing ordered a coffee at the counter.

‘Do you offer valet services too?’ Du Jing asked the cas.h.i.+er.

‘Yes sir,’ the cas.h.i.+er replied in a wary tone, fidgeting an expensive ring on his left hand. ‘All you need to do is fill out a consent form.’

Du Jing accepted the consent form, and he filled out the form using an alias name.

‘Looks like you have a lot of regulars,’ Du Jing said.

‘Yes sir,’ the cas.h.i.+er said, filing the signed consent form.

Du Jing walked outside, and he called the police headquarters’ direct line.

‘h.e.l.lo, how can I help you?’ Xiao Zhang asked.

‘I’m Du Jing,’ Du Jing said. ‘I’m at the car wash at 23 Dung Hua Road. Tell Chief to dispatch his crew here. I found the criminal responsible for the homicide, and rape crimes committed six months ago. I’m leaving in fifteen minutes.’

At the police headquarters, Xiao Zhang heard the phone line disconnect before he could ask Du Jing for further details.

‘Does anyone know who Du Jing is?’ Xiao Zhang asked his team.

‘Du Jing?’ a cop asked. ‘He’s a famous criminal psychologist. Chief invited him to fly here to solve the homicide cold case.’

‘Du Jing just called,’ Xiao Zhang said. ‘He claims he found the criminal, and he wants Chief to dispatch a team to a car wash location.’

‘You should hurry up and tell Chief,’ the cop said.

Xiao Zhang went to inform Chief, and Chief dispatched his crew immediately.

Less than fifteen minutes later, three police cars arrived at the car wash. The cops walked into the car wash cafe, and they a.s.sumed the tall man wearing sungla.s.ses, and drinking coffee was Du Jing.

‘h.e.l.lo, are you Du Jing?’ a cop asked.

‘Go arrest the criminal in the storeroom,’ Du Jing said. ‘Right now, he’s alone, and unarmed.’

‘What if-’ the cop said.

‘I a.s.sume Chief instructed everyone to follow my orders,’ Du Jing said. ‘Go arrest the criminal.’

The cops listened to Du Jing’s order, and they arrested the criminal.

‘What now?’ another cop asked.

‘Search the storeroom for evidence,’ Du Jing said.

Two cops dragged the handcuffed criminal outside, and the remaining cops searched the storeroom.

Inside the storeroom, hidden under a mattress was a trap door leading to the bas.e.m.e.nt. They found graphic photos of the murdered victims, and the camera used to film the murdered victims’ a.s.saults.

Five minutes later, Chief arrived at the car wash, and he supervised his crew bagging the evidence.

Du Jing nodded his head, acknowledging Chief, and he left.