Chapter 409: The Set-Up (1/2)

I went out and got us coffee and breakfast. When I called out to her, Xiaotao lifted her head and rubbed her eyes sleepily, ”Song Yang, you’re here!”

”Why work yourself so hard?” I sighed, feeling rather distressed for her.

Xiaotao tore open the sandwich bag and took a bite, ”The old man was crying for his daughter in the detention room last night. How could I go home and sleep with a peace of mind? What happened last night seemed to fuel the entire task force. We all agreed that the murderers cannot escape the law, otherwise we’d be forsaking the badge we so proudly wear.”

“Did you find anything?” I asked.

Xiaotao made a quick phone call and an officer soon sent over a document. ”Captain Huang, we’ve checked their bank accounts, credit cards and insurance. The largest expense they’ve made is 200,000 yuan.”

”I don't think that’s enough to pay for the Dog Trainer,” I said, shaking my head.

Xiaotao opened the file, glancing through before handing it over to me. The details of their recent income and expenditures were included. The daily consumption of these second-generation rich kids was nothing short of incredible. The money was paid to a wine company; they spent 200,000 yuan just to buy a bottle of wine.

The total expenses of these four young masters added up to more than two million yuan a week. However, the transactions were all separate and used for miscellaneous items. It seemed we hadn’t found the clue we were searching for.

A thought suddenly crossed my mind, ”Did they call the lawyers yesterday?”

”No, the lawyers came by themselves!”

I chuckled, ”We’ve completely ignored something important. It wasn’t the kids who hired the Dog Trainer to clean up after their mess. It’s their rich daddies!”

”Check the transactions made by the suspects’ fathers,” Xiaotao instructed the officer.

Shortly after the officer left, there was a commotion outside. Wang Yuanchao returned with four people in custody. Last night, Xiaotao ordered Wang Yuanchao to investigate the latest murder. He visited the residents nearby and managed to obtain the surveillance videos in the area. The license plate number of the murderers caught on camera led him to them.

The four suspects were a muscular man in his forties, a skinny middle-aged man who wore glasses, a sixty-year-old man, and an effeminate man with beautiful skin who resembled a model or makeup artist.

I grabbed one of them by the hand and found all his fingerprints corroded by chemicals.

”What do the four of you do?” I asked.

”How much did the Dog Trainer give you to do this?” I added.

”I don't understand what you're saying,” replied the effeminate man. “We committed the murders and now you’ve arrested us. We’re guilty!”

Xiaotao waved her hand, ”Alright, take them away for interrogation.”

The four confessed to the crime which was undoubtedly arranged by the Dog Trainer. The man actually managed to find four people willing to take the blame.

During the interrogation, I watched outside the room. Xiaotao asked if I made any discoveries. ”Their expressions are strange, very numb. When they confessed their crimes, it was as if they were talking about someone else, completely ignoring the fact that they might lose their lives.”

”Were they hypnotized?” speculated Xiaotao.