I am a super cop

Chapter 1297 is right next door to me

Inside the corridor of Honghu Hotel.

Due to the excessive movement of the police investigation.

And hotel guests are required to stay in the room and not go out, so many customers can only stand at the door.

However, before Gu Chen arrived, Huang Zunlong had already investigated many households, so the investigation was much easier.

But because the woman who checked lived in the room next to the deceased, she didn't have a serious job.

Therefore, Gu Chen temporarily listed her as a suspect.

After all, according to the man at the front desk, the woman walked into the hotel from outside 5 minutes before the deceased called for help.

This is a theoretical possibility of committing a crime in terms of time.

Gu Chen returned to the door of the woman's room and asked her, "Do you know the deceased?"

"See...several times." The woman said.

"Then have you communicated with him?" Gu Chen asked again.

The woman's eyes dodged, and her words began to slur.

You know, such subtle movements cannot escape Gu Chen's eyes.

Gu Chen immediately found out that the woman was lying.

Glancing at Lu Weiwei beside her, Gu Chen asked, "Senior Sister Lu, what's her name?"

"Zhuang Ting." Lu Weiwei blurted out after checking her ID card just now.

"Are you a local?" Gu Chen asked again.

Lu Weiwei shook her head: "Outsider, from Jiangbei."

"Alright Zhuang Ting." Gu Chen looked away, looked at the shivering Zhuang Ting in front of him, and said seriously:

"Let me ask you, how long have you been in Jiangnan City?"

"Half... half a month." Zhuang Ting spoke softly.

"Half a month, right?" Gu Chen recorded these, and then asked: "Then you came here for half a month, are you here to visit relatives, or to work?"

"This..." Zhuang Ting was taken aback.

It seemed that Gu Chen had hit the nail on the head.

Officer Wang was a little impatient, and said directly: "Are you here to ask someone? Are you here to find someone, or are you here to work?"

"I want... I want to work here, but... But there seems to be no suitable one, so I want to take a look first." Zhuang Ting lowered her head, not daring to look straight ahead.

Gu Chen smiled lightly, and continued to ask her: "Are you the only one who ran from Jiangbei to Jiangnan?"

"En." Zhuang Ting silently nodded.

"Why do you want to come here?" Gu Chen asked again.

"Because...because I feel that the environment here is not bad, so...so, I thought of coming alone..."

"Zhuang Ting." Before Zhuang Ting finished speaking, Gu Chen interrupted directly: "You are here to find someone, right? You might as well just say it, because even if you don't say it, we can still get clues through technical means , so... please think about it."

Seeing that Zhuang Ting was still weaving lies, Gu Chen felt the need to tell her clearly.

After all, in Gu Chen's case-handling world, he doesn't want to waste more time on case-handling and pretending to be lies.

After being told by Gu Chen, Zhuang Ting raised her eyes.

When she briefly met Gu Chen's sharp gaze, Zhuang Ting subconsciously avoided her gaze.

Seeing this, Lu Weiwei quickly echoed, "Just explain the matter clearly. Are you here to find someone?"

"You have to know, my Junior Brother Gu is very accurate at seeing people. He can tell whether you have lied or not at a glance."

"I... I'm actually." Taking a deep breath, Zhuang Ting seemed to have not recovered from the shock just now.

Gu Chen quickly comforted and said, "You don't need to worry, talk slowly if you have something to do."

"Yeah." Zhuang Ting patted her chest, and then tried to calm down, and said, "Well, I admit that the deceased, that is, Liu Wenhe, is my boyfriend."

"Your boyfriend?"

Hearing Zhuang Ting's remarks, all the police officers present were taken aback.

Gu Chen was not that surprised.

Because these are all within my expectations.

Since Zhuang Ting explained to the police just now, she has no job.

And lived in the hotel for half a month, and was alone.

Gu Chen felt that there seemed to be something wrong with Zhuang Ting.

And answering the police's questioning is also coy, not frank at all.

After a comprehensive analysis, Gu Chen felt that there seemed to be some connection between Zhuang Ting and the deceased Liu Wenhe.

Since Zhuang Ting was the hotel that the deceased Liu Wenhe entered 5 minutes before calling for help, it can be further explained that Zhuang Ting may be the murderer.

"Why are you lying?" Gu Chen asked her with bright eyes.

Zhuang Ting covered her face with her hands, leaned against the wall, and said in frustration, "Because... because I don't want my relationship with him to be known by others."

"Aren't you his girlfriend? Why are you still afraid that others will know about your relationship?" Lu Weiwei said here, and suddenly remembered something, so she asked again:

"Oh, by the way, since you two are a couple, why do you live in two separate rooms?"

"I……"

Just as Zhuang Ting wanted to speak, she hesitated to speak.

Officer Wang was a sensible person, so he hurriedly asked, "That Liu Wenhe looks much older than you, does he have a family?"

"En." Seeing that Police Officer Wang had already told her the unspeakable secret, Zhuang Ting nodded in acquiescence.

Lu Weiwei frowned slightly, and said angrily, "Then what are you doing? Destroying someone's family?"

"I'm innocent." When Lu Weiwei said this, Zhuang Ting's nose turned red immediately, and she also looked aggrieved:
"I didn't know he had a family before. Liu Wenhe often went to Jiangbei on business trips. We also met at a nightclub in Jiangbei."

After a pause, Zhuang Ting said again: "At that time, he was very generous, and I really admired him. He said that he was the principal of a private elementary school in Jiangnan City, and he is still single."

"He kept hinting that he was interested in me, and then started pursuing me like crazy."

Seeing that Zhuang Ting was also choked with sobs, Gu Chen asked again: "Then what happened after that?"

"Later?" Zhuang Ting raised her head and said helplessly, "Later, he often came to Jiangbei on business trips, saying that the company was planning to open a branch school in Jiangbei, so he would spend more and more time in Jiangbei."

"As he said, basically he will come two or three times a month, and stay for three or four days, four or five days each time."

"That's it, the two of us were together, but later I didn't want to live in two places, so I told him that I would come to Jiangnan City and live with him."

Sniffing, Zhuang Ting also looked frustrated: "But who knows, originally I wanted to surprise him, but when I suddenly appeared in front of him, I thought he would be very happy."

"But when I showed up at the gate of his school, ready to meet him, he suddenly pretended to chat with his colleagues, deliberately pretending that he didn't know me."

"After he drove away, he called me again and asked me what was going on?"

"Then what do you say?" Lu Weiwei asked.

Zhuang Ting shook her head: "What else can I say? I said I want to work in Jiangnan City and go to their school."

"Because Liu Wenhe is the principal, it shouldn't be too difficult to get me to work in a private school. After all, I have a teacher qualification certificate. I want to come to Jiangnan City and work with him."

"In this way, the two of us can be together all the time, and we don't have to wait for him to go to Jiangbei on a business trip to meet every time."

Police Officer Wang shook his head, and said in a bad mood, "Maybe he let you down?"

"Yes." Zhuang Ting wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and said with emotion: "But who would have thought that he lied to me. I said that I would come to work at the school, and he immediately asked me to go to the hotel he reserved first."

Glancing at her room, Zhuang Ting said again: "This is the hotel, Room 503."

"But, since it was Liu Wenhe who arranged the hotel room for you, why did he open another room next door?"

Gu Chen rarely encountered such a situation.

From Gu Chen's point of view, Liu Wenhe just wants to hide his beauty in a golden house, but there is no need to open two rooms.

Zhuang Ting shook her head: "I don't know what he meant by Liu Wenhe. He let me live here with peace of mind. He was afraid that I would have no money to spend. He also sent me thousands of dollars to the card, which was regarded as living expenses."

"Then, when he came to see me that night, I found out that he also opened one in the next room."

"Ask him why, he said to be on the safe side, and confessed to me, in fact...he hasn't divorced yet."

"Tsk tsk, old scumbag." Hearing what Zhuang Ting said, Lu Weiwei couldn't help shaking her head.

Zhuang Ting also looked aggrieved: "I was dumbfounded at the time. He said that he was going through the divorce procedures with his ex-wife, but the ex-wife kept delaying, but the two had separated for a long time."

"But because of the differences in property distribution, if I intervene now, it will just give Liu Wenhe's ex-wife an excuse."

"So, Liu Wenhe told me that in the current situation, we must be cautious between us. That's why he opened two rooms for the sake of insurance."

"Liu Wenhe has a lot of inner drama." Hearing Zhuang Ting's remarks, Police Officer Wang also felt ashamed for him.

It was obviously a lie, but when it came to Zhuang Ting, she actually believed it.

Zhuang Ting shook her head, and said involuntarily, "So, these days, I have been cautious for fear of being followed, especially by someone sent by Liu Wenhe's wife."

"Wait a minute." Hearing Zhuang Ting's words, Gu Chen hurriedly asked: "You mean, Liu Wenhe's ex-wife sent someone to follow you?"

"No, no, this is just my guess. After all, it was Liu Wenhe who told me to be cautious, saying that once his wife caught the handle, the property might be divided up a lot."

"So for the sake of the future, I can only express to the outside world that I don't know Liu Wenhe."

"So we asked you just now, you have been pretending to be deaf and dumb?" Officer Wang asked.

Zhuang Ting nodded silently: "I can't help it either, Liu Wenhe told me not to tell anyone about our relationship."

"In addition, I found so many policemen at the door conducting investigations here, and went to the next door, I knew there must be something wrong with Liu Wenhe's room, but I didn't know that Liu Wenhe was in the room."

"Then after you came in from the outside, did you go to him?" Gu Chen asked.

Zhuang Ting nodded silently: "After I came in from the outside, I once knocked on the door of the next room."

"Generally speaking, if Liu Wenhe is around, he will observe the cat's eye and then open the door. We do this every time."

"But this time, I knocked for a long time, but there was no movement inside. I thought Liu Wenhe was not in the room, so... so I went back to my room."

"I never thought that after a while, your police came to investigate, and then...then I was called out by you."

"So, you knocked on Liu Wenhe's room, right?" Gu Chen confirmed again.

Zhuang Ting nodded and admitted: "That's right."

"After that, after returning to your own room, did you hear any movement next door?" Gu Chen asked again.

Zhuang Ting said with some embarrassment: "Comrade policeman, the sound insulation effect of this hotel room is really good. I can't hear the movement in the next room at all, but I can hear the movement in the corridor."

"So?" Lu Weiwei asked.

"So...that's why I didn't hear it either." Zhuang Ting cried bitterly.

Everyone looked at each other, feeling that the situation was getting more and more confusing.

You know, the relationship between Zhuang Ting and Liu Wenhe is very complicated.

And Liu Wenhe was killed, what was the motive for the murder?It's intriguing.

But judging from the current situation, if what Zhuang Ting said is true, then Liu Wenhe's wife may be very suspicious.

As for whether this is really the case, Gu Chen feels that further investigation is needed.

At this moment, Gu Chen saw the man at the front desk staring at the door number of another room.

The other room happened to be another room next to No. 502 at the scene of the crime, house number 501.

Thinking of Liu Wenhe's girlfriend living next door, will there be new discoveries next door?
With this thought in mind, Gu Chen came to the man at the front desk.

The man at the front desk glanced at Gu Chen who was beside him, and quickly stepped aside and said, "Comrade police."

"What are you looking at?" Gu Chen asked.

"No...no, just take a look, just take a look." The man at the front desk said.

Officer Wang also noticed the abnormal communication between the two, so he put his hands on his hips, walked to the other side of the man at the front desk, pointed to the house number and said, "Who lives in room 501?"

"I don't know, but he came in after the incident," said the man at the front desk.

Gu Chen and Officer Wang subconsciously looked at each other.

Officer Wang hurriedly asked, "What's the situation? Tell me clearly."

"Just... not long after I received the call, I was scared, so I called the police and ran to the door of the hotel."

"Not long after, this customer just came in from the outside, and seeing my nervous look, he asked me what's the matter?
"I said that a customer asked for help, as if he was stabbed with a knife. At that time, the customer was also puzzled and felt that I was joking, but I said no, and said that I had already called the police and told him to be careful."

"Then how did the customer react?" Gu Chen said.

The man at the front desk hesitated for a while, trying to remember, and then said: "He doesn't seem to care, just say he won't come out when he returns to the room."

"But not long after he left, I suddenly realized that the customer who called for help lived next door to him."

"If he goes up to the fifth floor, he might meet the murderer face to face, so...so."

Looking at the house number in front of him, the man at the front desk also trembled and said, "So I don't know if he's okay now, so I... just want to knock on the door and ask."

"Then did you ask?" Officer Wang said.

"Isn't this your police investigation? I don't dare to knock on the door privately, so...so I haven't." The man at the front desk shook his head, feeling that everyone on this day would be scared to death by this situation.

Officer Wang sighed, stepped forward angrily, and knocked three times.

"Is anyone there?" Officer Wang asked.

"Who is it?" As soon as the voice on this side fell, a male voice came from the room on the other side.

"We are the police, and we are on a mission. I hope you can come out and cooperate with the investigation." Officer Wang said.

Not long after, the door of the room was opened, and a middle-aged bald man walked to the door.

While looking up and down Police Officer Wang, he also found Gu Chen beside Police Officer Wang.

The bald man's eyes lit up immediately, he pointed at Gu Chen in front of him and said in astonishment, "You...you seem familiar, have we met somewhere?"

"Sanwei Bookstore." Gu Chen said.

The bald man in front of him is the owner of Sanwei Bookstore and the uncle of dance teacher Zhou Jingjing.

The bald man immediately slapped the bald head, and suddenly realized: "Yes, yes, I saw it at Sanwei Bookstore. There seems to be a little girl who was with you that night."

"It's me." Lu Weiwei saw that the two were chatting happily, and walked directly to Gu Chen's side.

The bald man was stunned again, and said with a faint smile: "So you are the police? I said, why do you know so much about my niece Zhou Jingjing's situation? That's what happened when you co-authored it."

Seeing the bald man talking non-stop, Gu Chen was not in the mood to listen to his teasing.

Instead, he glanced at the room behind the bald man and hurriedly asked him, "You opened this room?"

"Yes... yes." The bald man nodded silently.

Gu Chen put the notebook behind him, and said with a puzzled expression, "But if I remember correctly, you should be a native of Jiangnan City. You don't live here at home?"

"Uh……"

When asked by Gu Chen, the bald man was a little embarrassed, and he was busy explaining: "The thing... the thing is like this, because there are a few customers who want to discuss business in the past few days, so in order to facilitate everyone to rest, I am here The Honghu Hotel opened a room."

"I thought that when we come here, we can play mahjong together for fun, and we can also discuss business by the way, so I specially opened a room with a mahjong table."

After the words fell, the bald man gave up his position directly.

Gu Chen also walked in, stood at the door of the room and glanced at it.

Sure enough, I found that there is indeed a mahjong table at the head of the bed in the bedroom.

Come to think of it, it might be as the bald man said.

But because the bald man lived next door to the deceased, out of professional habits, Gu Chen still took out the notebook and said, "We are handling the case here. Do you know that the resident next door to you was stabbed to death?"

"Ah?" Asked by Gu Chen, the bald man was startled at first, but soon calmed down.

"This...I, I knew it beforehand, because I had just returned to the hotel from outside and looked at the front desk brother, trembling at the door."

"Out of curiosity, I asked him what was going on. The brother at the front desk told me that a customer in a room just called for help and said he was stabbed."

"I didn't pay much attention to it at the time, thinking that I didn't mess with others, so I should be fine, so I took the elevator upstairs and went straight back to my room."

Looking around, there were traces of the police everywhere. The bald man said immediately, "But I didn't know that the dead man's room was next to me."

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(End of this chapter)