This unassuming little thing turned out to be the crucial piece of evidence.
It just goes to show that details truly determine success or failure.
Now that the suspect had been identified, the subsequent pursuit had a clear direction.
Jiang Li also promptly provided this information to the police.
The surveillance footage at the motorcycle dealership had been overwritten, but he could remember what the buyer looked like. He also went to the police station to have a sketch drawn.
As they were leaving the police station, the dealership owner quietly asked Jiang Li, "Will you really pay five million if the person is caught?"
Jiang Li nodded. "Of course. You can rest assured. Since you've provided valid leads, you'll get your five hundred thousand without a single cent missing."
The dealership owner's eyes sparkled. He said he'd get in touch later and then left.
Early this morning, Jiang Li received a call from the dealership owner saying that the person had been caught.
He immediately rushed to the police station and saw a disheveled young man squatting in the corner, his expression blank.
After various interrogations, the young man readily confessed to his crime.
At this time, the dealership owner walked over somewhat sheepishly and asked Jiang Li when the bonus would be transferred, as he had to share it with his brothers.
It turned out that after the dealership owner was certain that the five - million - yuan reward was real, he had a little trick up his sleeve and didn't reveal all the leads.
The reason the perpetrator came to his dealership to buy a motorcycle was that he was introduced by a fellow villager.
The owner even gave the introducer five hundred yuan.
After the owner had the sketch drawn, he immediately went back to find that fellow villager and asked about the young man.
The fellow villager didn't know anything about the case and just told everything he knew.
The young man's name was Chen Wei. He was only twenty - four or twenty - five years old. After dropping out of school early, he associated with all sorts of hooligans.
Naturally, he had also picked up many bad habits. He was a gambler and resorted to stealing when he was short of money.
So they were quite puzzled when he suddenly had enough money to buy a motorcycle.
But it was ultimately someone else's business, so they didn't ask any more questions.
The dealership owner then asked the fellow villager where Chen Wei was.
The fellow villager said that a few days ago, Chen Wei had suddenly become rich. He went to gamble on some high - stakes games and, of course, lost all his money. They didn't know where he had gone into hiding these days.
The dealership owner gave the fellow villager ten thousand yuan, saying that he needed to find Chen Wei for something. If the fellow villager could find him, he would give him a few more ten thousand.
The fellow villager's eyes lit up at the sight of the money. He immediately started shouting in the fellow - villager group that Chen Wei owed him money and that he was looking for him.
Chen Wei didn't actually owe him any money. If he saw this, he would surely jump out and argue with him.
But they waited for a long time, and Chen Wei never showed up.
The dealership owner realized that someone else must also be looking for Chen Wei. He immediately panicked and asked the fellow villager to take him directly to find him.
He also organized many of his brothers to search together.
Later, they really found him in an abandoned warehouse.
When Chen Wei saw them, he thought it was the casino people coming to collect the debt. He immediately knelt down and begged for mercy.
Without any nonsense, the dealership owner directly took him to the police station and then called Jiang Li.
Chen Wei had owed a high - interest loan at the casino. He had been on the run and had been hungry for two days.
After arriving at the police station, he confessed everything almost without much interrogation.
He was indeed the one who hit Xu Tingyu, but he had been acting on someone else's orders.
That person had given him two hundred thousand yuan and a photo of Xu Tingyu.
The request at that time was to kill the person and to do it in the form of a car accident if possible, so that he could easily get away with it.
After the deed was done, he would be given another one million yuan.
Although he was willing to do anything for money, he still didn't dare to kill someone.
He pretended to agree, thinking that two hundred thousand was two hundred thousand. He would get the money first.
As soon as he got the two hundred thousand, he lost most of it at the casino that same day.
After losing all his money, he started to think about that one - million - yuan reward.
After contacting the mastermind, the mastermind said that Xu Tingyu had already returned to Kyoto early and gave him an address.
Based on the clues provided, he staked out Xu Tingyu for a day and then decided to make his move.
He had bought the motorcycle a month ago. At that time, he had won some money and wanted to show off.
He couldn't afford an expensive one and immediately took a fancy to this second - hand motorcycle.
After buying it, he didn't even bother to register it. He just put on a fake license plate.
With that one - million - yuan reward as bait, he didn't think much and just rode the motorcycle there.
Anyway, once he got the one million, he could buy any car he wanted. He could just throw this old motorcycle into the lake.
He had it all planned out.
But it was his first time attempting to kill someone, and he was scared.
At the critical moment, in a panic, he rammed into her without even accelerating the motorcycle enough, and it was in a busy downtown area.
There were so many loopholes in his plan.
He was also scared out of his wits, and there were cars chasing him.
Fortunately, he was very familiar with this area. He managed to shake off the cars after making a few detours.
Later, after the mastermind knew that he had made his move, another two hundred thousand yuan was transferred to him, with the promise that the rest would be paid after Xu Tingyu was dead.
But Xu Tingyu didn't die. After he lost that two hundred thousand at the casino, he couldn't get in touch with the mastermind anymore.
Because he thought he would get the remaining money, he boasted in the casino that he was about to get rich and borrowed a high - interest loan.
Of course, it all ended in failure.
These two days, he had been on the run from his creditors and didn't know that there was a reward out for his capture.
"If I had known I was worth so much, I would have turned myself in. I could have had the five - million - yuan reward all to myself," Chen Wei said after eating at the police station.
"Brother, I don't blame you. But after I get out, could you give me a little of that money? I'm the biggest hero after all."
The dealership owner naturally ignored him.
This kid didn't even know who he had offended and still dreamed of getting out?
But there was no need for the owner to spell it out. As long as he got the money he deserved, that was enough.
Jiang Li was quite straightforward. He gave the dealership owner a phone number and told him to contact the legal department of Qi Group directly.
The dealership owner left happily.
After completing the formalities at the police station, Jiang Li immediately went to report the good news to Qi Shifeng and the others.
"I've shown him the photos of several suspects and let him listen to the voice recordings," Jiang Li said.
"When Chen Wei received the second two - hundred - thousand - yuan payment in cash, he saw the mastermind once. He said the person was wearing a mask and a hat and was well - covered."
"But in the end, based on the figure in the photo and the voice in the recording, he pointed to the same person, Zhang Wan."
Zhang Wan had always been the prime suspect.
That day, Xu Tingyu had almost been certain it was her.
Now, having Chen Wei identify her was just to find direct evidence.
Qi Shifeng's face darkened.
If Zhang Wan had found someone bolder, the consequences were unthinkable.
"She's really crazy. She did such a heinous thing for Qi Ye," Qi Shifeng said.
Xu Tingyu was much calmer.
She even let out a soft laugh and looked at Qi Shifeng.
"Don't you think she's a lot like Qi Ye? What's the difference between her hiring someone to kill me and Qi Ye hiring someone to kill you?"
Both were people who couldn't get the one they loved and thus became psychologically twisted.