Chapter 733 - 676: Arrest
Li Haochen, holding a file, walked briskly into the building of the Zhengguang Branch Criminal Police Brigade, accompanied by Cui Xiaohu.
There had been a breakthrough in the task force at Zhengguang Bureau, which stirred a sense of urgency in Li Haochen. As they walked, he urged Cui Xiaohu, saying, "Hurry up. I told you we should have brought this psychological profile over earlier. I heard Jiang Yuan has made another breakthrough."
"A breakthrough doesn’t necessarily mean the case will be solved. Jiang Yuan has been here for so long, it’s normal to have breakthroughs," Cui Xiaohu said with a smile as he looked at Li Haochen. He knew Li Haochen wanted to prove himself with psychological profiling.
The pressure from the ministry was immense, and for a young man like Li Haochen, it was very difficult to make a name for himself with investigative skills alone. He wanted to make his mark with psychological profiling, but that would require the backing of a decisive or major case. Otherwise, it would always be considered a minor technique.
However, the development of this technique was very slow in China. Although Li Haochen’s reasoning was strong, the accuracy rate of his psychological profiles could only be said to be good—at best. Of course, that was actually quite remarkable, as even the psychological profiles provided by the founder, the FBI, were often filled with errors, sometimes even completely off the mark.
In general, psychological profiling is a technique that is half art and half science, but it involves even more of the artistic element than skull restoration skills do, which in other words, means it’s much less reliable.
Li Haochen had been somewhat insecure about presenting his psychological profile, but now, upon hearing about a breakthrough in the task force—though he did not yet know the specific details— the efficiency with which Jiang Yuan had previously handled cold cases made it impossible for him to remain composed.
Other task forces working on cold cases might plan on a timeline of half a year or even a year just for starters. Three months was just the beginning.
Yet, Jiang Yuan had already demonstrated a markedly different approach to solving cases, and Li Haochen was not keen to let the report he had spent days on go to waste.
After not finding anyone in Tao Lu’s office, they headed to the task force meeting room, where they saw Tao Lu and several detectives gathered in conversation.