Chapter 021: Interlude

Pang Jitong looked at Fu Liangtao's back, and unexpectedly remembered what Brother Cong said about Fu Liangtao just now.

It took only six years from joining the Force to joining the Regional Crime Unit.

While it normally takes an average of 10 years for an average police officer to become a member of the Wan Chai Headquarters after graduating from the Academy, Fu Leung-tao joined the Regional Crime Unit in just six years. In 2015, he was demoted to the Technology Crime Division (TCD), which was transferred to the Cyber Security and Technology Crime Bureau (CSTCB) in early 2015.

Pang Jitong remembered Brother Cong's original words: "Who knows what conditions the leader talked to Xu Lao Fox about? In short, when the leader joined the TCD, it was a fact that everyone could see that he was demoted. The old fox is the most precious person in our police force, and he will not let go of such an outstanding talent." Superintendent Xu actually looks like he is only in his forties, but Fu Liangtao and Brother Cong both refer to him as an old fox behind his back.

Fu Liangtao also majored in information technology-related subjects in college, and after joining TCD, he became a member of the forensic team, and successively rotated in different positions in the four teams A, B, C, and D. It took an extra five years to sit back in the position before he switched to the Cybercrime Bureau.

People are looking forward to high places, and those who work are just looking forward to a promotion and a salary increase? If it was Pang Jitong, he would definitely not leave the Regional Serious Crime Team, which had the opportunity to contact major cases at all times. I don't know, Fu Liangtao tried his best to transfer to TCD, what is the picture.

After getting along with Fu Liangtao for most of the day, Pang Jitong didn't think that Fu Liangtao was the kind of person who acted in a disorderly manner, and Pang Jitong felt that Fu Liangtao would not take Zhou Muqing's case just because he needed a pretext.

Pang Jitong unexpectedly remembered the reason why Fu Liangtao took over Zhou Muqing's case - Xu Jingjia.

So, Pang Jitong said tentatively: "In this way, in fact, there are still many similarities between the two cases."

Hearing Pang Jitong's words, Fu Liangtao took two steps back and sat on the edge of the long table like Pang Jitong. I saw a smile on Fu Liangtao's lips and said, "This...... I'll have to listen to the report from the Forensic Sub-Committee to make a conclusion."

Seeing this, Pang Jitong knew that Fu Liangtao was selling Guanzi again, so he couldn't help but pouted with disdain. Pang Jitong's gaze kept wandering on the different similarities in the two mind maps.

"I don't quite understand why Li Bingde and Zhou Muqing were mentally trapped because of this online harassment before they died, and they still don't want to report it to the police." Pang Jitong asked, and then pointed to the round boxes marked "no alarm" in the two mind maps.

Indeed, before Zhou Muqing and Li Bingde died, there was no sign that they planned to call the police. In Zhou Maoxing's confession, it was even mentioned that Zhou Muqing even prevented him from reporting the incident to the police and did not want to open a case for investigation.

Hearing Pang Jitong's confusion, Fu Liangtao smiled and asked rhetorically, "Do you think it is normal for the victim to report to the police?" Fu Liangtao's question was as if Pang Jitong's idea was even more unreasonable.

In this way, Pang Jitong only felt even more confused, so he asked, "Could it be ...... Isn't it?"

Fu explained, "Even in traditional crimes, there are cases where the victim does not report to the relevant authorities, and the same is true for computer crimes.

Based on repeated random surveys of victims in different jurisdictions over the past 30 years, it is clear that victims may choose not to report cases to the police for a variety of reasons.

Reasons include not believing that the case will be taken seriously by the police, believing that calling the police is a big fuss, thinking that it is better to be private, that it is troublesome to report the case, and that there will be retaliation or follow-up trouble after reporting the case.

In cases involving computer crimes, the reporting rate is often even lower. As many computer crimes are not yet well known, victims who seek assistance from others or mention their victimization will first be questioned by all parties, especially those closest to them......

A knock on the door interrupted Fu Liangtao's words, causing the two to turn around and look over. "Tao, I didn't disturb your discussion, did I?" It was none other than the big-eyed beauty that Pang Jitong met outside the aisle in the morning.

The voice of the big-eyed beauty sounds very clear at the moment, which matches her appearance very well. The big smiling eyes, as well as the chestnut brown hair that swayed with the beauty, made Pang Jitong's eyes unconsciously follow the figure of the comer.

"How so? Aren't we waiting for you?" Fu Liangtao replied with a smile, then turned to Pang Jitong and continued: "However, if we can understand the reasons why Li Bingde and Zhou Muqing did not consider calling the police, it will definitely help us understand the facts of the case."

didn't hear Pang Jitong's response, Fu Liangtao's eyes turned around Pang Jitong's face, as if he could feel Pang Jitong's emotions suddenly incarnated into the male protagonist of a girl's comics. Fu Liangtao expected that Pang Jitong's eyes when he looked at Luo Mengning might still have a foggy background, as well as a little starlight and pink petals that were falling.

Fu Liangtao didn't continue to speak, but instead made an introduction, and said to Luo Mengning: "Ah Ning, this is the newcomer of our team who just came today, Pang Ji and Sha Zhan. We all call him..."

"Aji!" Pang Ji was in a hurry, and raised his voice to snatch Fu Liangtao's words. After finishing speaking, Pang Jitong was shocked to realize that the tone of his voice had unconsciously soared too high due to nervousness, so he lowered his voice again, tried to pull the corners of his stiff mouth and said, "The other people...... They all call me Aji."

Fu Liangtao looked at Pang Jitong's embarrassed appearance, unconcealed the smile in his eyes, and said to Pang Jitong: "This is Luo Mengning Probationary Inspector, and he is the deputy commander of Team C of the Forensic Authentication Group."

Pang Jitong didn't expect that Luo Mengning, who was about the same age as him, was already the deputy commander of the team, and he couldn't help but feel a stagnation in his heart, all the special effects that accompanied Luo Mengning's figure disappeared in an instant, and the rigid smile on his face became more and more unnatural. Pang Jitong stretched out his hand and tried to maintain a down-to-earth and generous attitude and said to Luo Mengning, "Hello!"

Luo Mengning smiled and responded, "Hello!" Out of politeness, he stretched out his hand to shake Pang Jitong's hand, but his face immediately turned to Fu Liangtao and said, "Actually, I met him in the elevator lobby this morning. He seems to be quite familiar with mobile phones. It was also thanks to him that we noticed that Lu Shangzhi had hidden an important piece of evidence." Between the words, he didn't look at Pang Ji again.

"Oh?" Fu Liangtao listened, raised his eyebrows, glanced at Pang Jitong, and the smile was not reduced, and he was about to say something, but he stopped because he saw Qin Xiangwen of the Forensic A team walking in from outside.

Pang Jitong secretly breathed a sigh of relief. I don't know why, Pang Jitong intuitively thinks that what Fu Liangtao was going to say would be better if he didn't say it.

Fu Liangtao introduced Pang Jitong and Qin Xiangwen again, Qin Xiangwen, who was wearing a dark blue long-sleeved shirt and black trousers, kept his head slightly down, unconsciously shrunk his shoulders, and his eyes were evasive, giving people a feeling of not being very confident. According to Fu Liangtao, Qin Xiangwen is also a newcomer to TCD like Pang Jitong, and he only reported a month earlier than Pang Jitong.