Chapter 1377 - 1301: Lottery Chariot
"Did you find the phone? The third phone." Jiang Yuan asked the key question.
"Not yet. It was turned off on the day Qikoli died." Meng Chengbiao paused, then said, "We have confirmed the phone number and are contacting the service provider, hoping to get his communication records and texts. Also, Qikoli should have multiple Wechat numbers, and we are confirming those as well."
"What about the other two phones?"
"The other two phones didn’t contain sensitive information. One was used by Qikoli to contact his parents and religious figures. The commonly used second phone was mostly filled with friends, classmates, and business partners, but he didn’t use it often and it wasn’t always with him. The third missing phone was actually the one he used the most daily."
Jiang Yuan quickly understood: "So, you’re saying what he did most on a daily basis was fool around with women?"
"That’s roughly it. Based on what a few of his friends said, apart from putting up with his father’s side, he spent most of his time with various women. His father didn’t allow it but didn’t have time to control him either." Meng Chengbiao broadly described what some of Qikoli’s "friends" had said.
"Are there any suspects among the people and friends around Qikoli?" Jiang Yuan asked again.
Meng Chengbiao said on the other end of the phone: "No discoveries."
"So how do you plan to find this phone or the related information?" Jiang Yuan asked a somewhat critical point. Qikoli’s phone wasn’t registered in his real name, and he had several Wechat numbers. It’s unclear if he used other chatting apps. To obtain further clues, finding the phone itself was essential.
Meng Chengbiao hesitated for a moment, then said: "After our discussion, we currently have an idea. Although it might be relatively complicated."
Jiang Yuan softly said "Hmm," understanding that by complicated, they meant costly, with low success probability, and somewhat unreliable. However, having an idea is better than having none; a complex path to success is better than finding no path at all.
Meng Chengbiao said: "We think that there’s basically no connection between Qikoli and the building at the crime scene. From this angle, why Qikoli went there and who gave him the address, this information might be found through his third phone."