7:30 AM the next morning.

Li Jian arrived at the soup dumpling shop opposite the Jiangcheng City Public Security Bureau.

He ordered a basket of soup dumplings and a serving of oil tea.

Thinking about the frequent recent criminal cases, the criminal investigation team's members have been quite busy.

He picked up his phone and sent a message to the WeChat work group.

"Everyone has been working hard lately, I'll treat you to breakfast this morning."

"Anyone who hasn't had breakfast can come to the soup dumpling shop opposite the bureau."

Just as he sent the message, someone replied, "Mr. Li, I'm here."

Soon after.

Li Jian's phone started buzzing with WeChat notifications.

"Mr. Li, +1."

"Mr. Li, +1."

"Mr. Li, +1."

....

Listening to the WeChat notifications, Li Jian's lips curled up.

When he usually sends a work notice to the group, everyone's response is slow.

Some people even act like they didn't see it.

Unexpectedly, the enthusiasm was so high for today's message.

Within 10 minutes, the soup dumpling breakfast shop was packed with Jiangcheng Criminal Investigation Team members.

The owner looked surprised to see so many customers coming in all at once.

Li Jian waved to the owner, "Let them eat freely, I'll settle the bill later."

With the commitment from the criminal investigation team's leader, the owner quickly sped up his dumpling-making.

Just as the words were spoken, another white sedan stopped at the dumpling shop's entrance.

Chen He, Jiang An, Zhang Yean, and Wan opened the car doors and got out.

Li Jian looked up and saw them.

"What a coincidence?"

"I didn't see you respond in the group earlier."

Chen He chuckled, glanced at the steaming dumplings in the steamer.,

"Mr. Li, we responded to the leader's call by showing our actions directly."

Wan also chuckled, "That's right, as soon as we saw the message, we drove over immediately, always maintaining solidarity with the leader."

"Wherever you eat, that's where we'll eat."

Li Jian laughed and said, "I wish our work pace was as consistent."

As they spoke, the owner brought over a basket of soup dumplings.

Zhang Yean picked up the chopsticks, grabbed one. "Leader, these are way better than the bread toast in the car, thanks for your generosity."

"Haha, you've worked hard! Eat more!"

After 20 minutes, everyone finished their breakfast.

Li Jian pulled out his wallet and headed to the cash register.

The owner was grinning from ear to ear, "Mr. Li, I'll give you a 10% discount this time, a total of 360."

Li Jian handed over four red bills.

"Mr. Li, welcome to bring your team over for dumplings next time!"

"Will you be coming over tomorrow? I can prepare the ingredients in advance!"

Li Jian took the change and shook his head, "No need to prepare for tomorrow, I'm a bit overwhelmed."

After finishing breakfast, the group returned to Jiangcheng Public Security Bureau.

Captain Li Jian said, "Everyone ate well this morning, we'll need to exert ourselves soon."

"Return to the original crime scene and search for the missing tool."

Wan raised his hand and patted his chest.

"Mr. Li, don't worry!"

"I just had two baskets of soup dumplings, every cell in my body is full of energy."

"Even if it means digging three feet into the ground, I'll find the tool."

30 minutes later.

Two police cars drove into Jiangtai Construction Site once again.

Before the police cars even came to a stop, Mr. Zhang approached.

"Mr. Li."

Li Jian nodded.

"Is Site No. 5 still under lockdown?"

Mr. Zhang replied, "Of course, the work was arranged by Mr. Li personally, we're fully cooperative."

"Without your order to lift the lockdown, we absolutely won't dare to barge in."

"Thank you for your cooperation."

"Only by solving this case early can you start the construction of Building No. 5."

Mr. Zhang laughed.

"Of course!"

Then Mr. Zhang trotted over.

"I heard that Chen Feng from the site was taken away by you last night."

"Can I ask if he's the culprit?"

Li Jian turned back to look at him.

"Thank you for your concern for our investigation work."

"But I'm sorry, I can't answer that question."

Mr. Zhang quickly responded, "Mr. Li, my apologies, I was too nosy."

5 minutes later.

Chen He, Jiang An, Zhang Yean, and Wan, carrying toolboxes, arrived at the cordoned-off area of Building No. 5.

Zhang Yian looked around, pointed to the area marked with a human figure.

"At the time, Liu Jun's body was here."

"However, the nearby bloodstains have been washed away and are no longer visible due to the rain."

Jiang An stepped forward, closely examined the ground, then looked up at the cliff on the 10th floor.

He pondered, if the tool was forcibly thrown down, where might it have landed?

Immediately, an image of the 10th floor appeared in Jiang An's mind.

Tea, cups, wipe marks, steel bars...

At this moment, Li Jian approached and said, "If the culprit threw the tool, besides this spot, are there other possible locations?"

Jiang An looked around and said, "This area has the highest possibility."

"Of course, if the culprit abandoned the tool with great force, it could be thrown even further."

Thinking for a moment, Li Jian nodded and said, "Let's first search this area, then keep widening the search radius."

Immediately, the five of them put on gloves and shoe covers.

Each picked up an engineering shovel and walked inside the cordoned-off area.

The five formed a line and started advancing from one end.

They didn't spare any brick, any sand, or stone ahead.

Even if it was a piece of rubble, they'd dig it up and inspect.

From one end to the other, the distance was less than 100 meters, but it took the five of them 30 minutes.

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