Diary of a Criminal Investigator

Chapter 737: Insatiable Greed, Call the Police!

For Tang Guojin, a billion in cash is not a big deal.Although it is much more difficult than the last 30 million, as long as the other party gives him time, he can come up with it.

But the question is, what to do after coming up with it this time?

The other party kidnapped his daughter and already got 30 million from him.

But the other party is still not satisfied, just two months later, they kidnapped his son.

And this time they want a billion.

Next time, will they kidnap his wife and ask for 2 billion?

And the time after that, will they kidnap him and ask for 10 billion, or even demand the entire Tang Group?

If the last time Tang Xiaoyu was kidnapped, Tang Guojin had a fluke mentality, hoping for peace after giving the money.

But this time with Tang Hao’s abduction, Tang Guojin saw through the other party’s true colors completely.

This gang of people are like wolves who won’t let go of their prey.

Believing them is less likely than believing that pigs can climb trees.

The last time his daughter was kidnapped, and he paid up, she returned safely not because the other party was merciful.

It was because they had already planned to milk more money from him.

They also feared that if there was a fatality, the police would get involved.

Report to the police!

This time, Tang Guojin made up his mind to report to the police.

But there’s a method to reporting to the police.

If he directly called 110 and police showed up in the area, those people might have someone watching his residence.

If the other party found out he reported to the police and ended up killing his son, everything would be over.

So Tang Guojin didn’t dial the emergency number directly.

Fortunately, last time it seemed Tang Hao mentioned that a policeman knew about his daughter’s kidnapping.

And he was from the Lu Family.

This makes things easier.

Tang Guojin picked up the phone and contacted Qiangsheng Group.

The Criminal Investigation Team.

When there are no cases, life in the Criminal Investigation Team is quite comfortable.

As for the 3 million that Er Ma picked up last time.

Because Tang Hao explained that there was too much money, so they casually dropped some.

He didn’t escalate his sister’s kidnapping to the police.

So Lu Chuan wouldn’t directly confiscate the 3 million found by others.

After all, the Tang Family didn’t care about that money and just considered Er Ma to be lucky.

However, based on Lu Chuan’s years of experience as a policeman, he knew that the Tang Family’s matter would not end so easily.

Kidnapping and extortion cases don’t occur often.

In fact, they are very rare.

But Lu Chuan knew that human nature is greedy.

The other party had gotten 30 million from the Tang Family and tasted the sweetness; it was hard to guarantee they wouldn’t strike again.

Although Tang Hao was accompanied by two veterans whenever he went out.

Still, if someone really wanted to make a move, they’d find a solo opportunity.

It’s said that you can’t guard against a thousand days a thief.

So in Lu Chuan’s view, the best solution was to catch them all at once and eliminate the threat completely.

And facts proved... Lu Chuan was right.

Tang Guojin contacted him through his father.

He was the only person from Qiangsheng Group working in the Criminal Investigation Team.

So after Tang Guojin’s inquiry to Qiangsheng Group, he got to know about Lu Chuan.

However, the other party didn’t contact Lu Chuan directly but called Lu Chuan’s father instead.

On the phone, Lu Qiqiang roughly explained the situation of Tang Guojin.

"His son was kidnapped."

"Two or three months ago, his daughter was kidnapped by the same group and they extorted 30 million from them."

"This time the same people have kidnapped his son Tang Hao demanding a billion in cash."

"Old Tang didn’t dare to call the police, seems he knew you had contact with Tang Hao and found my side."

"Son, is it possible to handle this?"

In Lu Qiqiang’s view, if they could handle it, they should; if not, then let Tang Guojin report the case through proper channels.

"Of course, we can handle it."

Recently, the Criminal Investigation Team had nothing to do, and this case Lu Chuan had personally monitored before.

"In that case, Dad, let Tang Guojin know to meet at Guang’s Coffee in Azalea Square soon, I’ll wait for him there."

Lu Chuan originally thought of visiting Tang Guojin’s home.

But, after some thought, to be on the safe side, it was better not to visit them directly.

After all, no one knew whether the kidnappers were watching their house.

And his identity could be easily found online.

So it was safer to ask Tang Guojin to meet him outside.

"Alright, I’ll contact Old Tang now, let him wait for you at the coffee shop."

After hanging up the phone, Lu Chuan didn’t call anyone else; he went to the coffee shop alone.

And he drove his own car.

An hour later.

"President Tang, over here!"

Already seated in the café, Lu Chuan saw Tang Guojin searching around at the entrance.

Although Tang Guojin wasn’t very old, similar in age to Lu Chuan’s father, Lu Qiqiang.

But his face was very pale, looking much older.

Indeed, having both son and daughter kidnapped in succession would drain anyone’s energy immensely.

"Captain Lu," though technically senior to Lu Chuan, this was clearly not the time to discuss personal relationships: "Sorry for the trouble this time."

In fact, after the last meeting between Tang Hao and Lu Chuan, the latter had explained everything to Tang Guojin.

At the time, it was under Tang Guojin’s decision not to involve the police nor pursue the kidnappers any further.

He thought paying 30 million was enough for peace, considering his daughter had returned.

But who’d expect the other party’s greed to extend now to his son?

"President Tang, no need to be polite. I’m a police officer, it’s my duty to handle these matters."

"I heard from my father that those who kidnapped Tang Hao are the same ones who kidnapped your daughter two months ago, correct?"

"Yes, they called me from the same phone."

"They’ve been contacting you only by phone?"

Tang Guojin nodded: "Yes, this is the number."

As he spoke, Tang Guojin took out his phone, showing the number to Lu Chuan.

After noting it down, Lu Chuan immediately sent it to Chen Jiang, asking the Criminal Investigation Team to investigate the source of the number.

Of course, since the other party dared to use this number to call Tang Guojin, it was likely an unregistered phone card.

Even though such a thing is harder to deal with now, there are always ways.

Moreover, it’s not impossible they got it by using someone else’s ID illegally.

"President Tang, could you describe the details of their transaction demands?"

"Also, did the caller’s voice have any distinguishing features?"

After a moment of silence, Tang Guojin began recounting to Lu Chuan the entire ordeal, from his daughter’s kidnapping to her eventual release.

"The other party was very cautious, and the phone I checked was registered to someone named Chen Na."

"The home location was in Hai Province, and during calls, they used a voice changer, so it was hard to tell if it was male or female..."