I am a super cop

Chapter 1573 Shortcut 【Two Chapters in One】

The guitar was also smashed, and he cried as well. Gao Mingyang felt that this was definitely his darkest moment.

The woman in the lyrics was just buried in the wilderness, which made it hard for me to accept.

It seemed that my music dream, like a glass, suddenly fell to the ground with a "bang".

A mental breakdown is far more tormenting than a physical breakdown. Only now can Lu Weiwei and Gu Chen understand the madness of a musician.

This kind of crazy smashing of his beloved guitar, how much collapse can he do?
At least Lu Weiwei feels that this guitar looks very expensive, and it is estimated that it will be enough to last for half a year when converted into potato chips.

Gu Chen didn't say anything at the moment, he directly supported Gao Mingyang who was slumped on the ground, and slowly pulled him up, then supported Gao Mingyang, and walked towards the room step by step.

Then he asked Lu Weiwei to close the door so that Gao Mingyang could vent his emotions in the closed room.

After 3 minutes, Gao Mingyang stopped crying, and with his red and swollen eyes, he said unwillingly:

"Gu Chen, do you know? Xu Xintong is my dream, now that the dream is gone, living... seems meaningless."

"Have you been living in someone else's world?" Gu Chen was somewhat disappointed with Gao Mingyang's abandonment.

This is not what I want to see.

As a singer-songwriter, it can be scary to feel like your life is meaningless.

Although Gu Chen doesn't have much contact with singers, he knows that all singers have the problem of being noble and living in their own world.

It is often difficult for outsiders to enter their spiritual world.

As Gao Mingyang, who has his own creative attitude and looks down on the secular and noisy environment, it seems that Xu Xintong is his spiritual sustenance.

Now that the goal is gone, it seems that life has become stagnant.

Therefore, Gu Chen can understand Gao Mingyang's collapse.

Poured a cup of tea for Gao Mingyang and handed it to him. Gu Chen also comforted him and said, "You can't be resurrected after death, so don't be too sad."

"As for Xu Xintong's death, we will do our best to investigate it, but for now, I need you to tell me the truth."

Hearing Gu Chen's words, Gao Mingyang, with his red and swollen eyes, slowly raised his head and asked, "What do you want me to tell the truth?"

"About Xu Xintong, is there anything you haven't explained clearly?" Gu Chen said.

Gao Mingyang didn't seem to understand what Gu Chen meant, so he asked again: "What exactly do you want to say?"

"Xu Xintong... seems to be pregnant. Her lower abdomen has obvious signs of pregnancy." Seeing that Gao Mingyang didn't seem to be able to find the direction of the problem, Lu Weiwei simply told him the specific situation.

But hearing this, Gao Mingyang seemed to be in a daze. He looked out the window dully, and it took him a long time to recover.

"You...you mean, Xu Xintong...she's pregnant?"

"Ah."

Lu Weiwei and Gu Chen both nodded.

Gao Mingyang was stunned again: "This... How is this possible? She is pregnant, why didn't she mention it to me? She... Isn't she my best friend?"

"That's right, isn't she your best friend? Why didn't you tell me about her pregnancy?" Lu Weiwei also felt that things were too strange.

After all, the relationship between Gao Mingyang and Xu Xintong is something that is difficult for everyone to understand.

Even if the two were in the same room and discussed the issue until dawn, even if they slept in the same room, nothing happened.

This shows that Gao Mingyang and Xu Xintong trust each other.

For such a pair of close neighbors, Xu Xintong should talk about everything to Gao Mingyang, but she didn't talk about her pregnancy with Gao Mingyang.

From Lu Weiwei's point of view, this was definitely not normal.

After Gao Mingyang learned that Xu Xintong was pregnant, he was also dumbfounded.

Perhaps Xu Xintong exists like a white moonlight in his eyes.

But now, it seems that this cognition has also been shattered.

"Gao Mingyang, you haven't answered my question yet." Seeing that Gao Mingyang was still in a daze, Gu Chen reminded him instantly.

"No... I don't know. How could she have a boyfriend? Shouldn't she? She... She's busy with work every day, how could it be? How could I not know? "

"Didn't he tell you about it?" Lu Weiwei asked.

Gao Mingyang shook his head fiercely: "No, she never told me about it, why didn't she tell me about it? Could it be... Could it be the leader?"

As if thinking of something, Gao Mingyang's eyes suddenly froze, and he said angrily: "Yes, it must be her leader, whose surname seems to be Xiao."

"Why are you sure she is the leader?" Seeing that Gao Mingyang also seemed to be targeting Xiao Zhicheng with suspicion, Gu Chen quickly asked him.

Gao Mingyang stood up in an instant, walked a few steps back and forth in front of the two of them, then turned his head abruptly, and said with a complicated expression: "Once, I didn't go out to sing, but just sat at home."

"But I found out that Xu Xintong didn't go home at night, and no one answered the phone."

"Later, I think it was around one o'clock in the morning, a car suddenly drove into the yard, and a man took Xu Xintong home."

"After the vehicle left, I asked Xu Xintong who that man was? She said that he was leading Vice President Xiao. They were in the team building that night and sang until very late."

"Later, I went out to have supper again, and then Vice President Xiao drove her home."

After thinking about it, Gao Mingyang said again: "By the way, that Vice President Xiao drove her home more than once."

"Xu Xintong said that she has very few friends in the company, and her education is not high. It has been this vice president Xiao who has been covering her all along, so that she can gain a foothold in the company, so she has always been very grateful to this vice president Xiao."

"If that's the case, then the man she has been in contact with must be the one surnamed Xiao, and that child...maybe it's his?"

Seeing Gu Chen's hesitant expression, Gao Mingyang pleaded: "Gu Chen, you are a policeman, you must investigate this Xiao, and you must avenge Xu Xintong, she can't just die like this."

"She is such a good girl. She left her hometown and came here. She just wants to gain a foothold in this city. Is she wrong? Why is it like this?"

In the middle of the sentence, all kinds of grievances came to my heart, and Gao Mingyang seemed to see his own shadow again in Xu Xintong's experience.

That helplessness suddenly came to my heart.

Sadness flows upstream in an instant.

Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei looked at each other, and seemed to understand the specific situation.

Xiao Zhicheng may be the father of the child in Xu Xintong's womb.

But why was Xu Xintong buried in the wilderness after being strangled to death?Gu Chen is not too clear at the moment.

As for Xiao Zhicheng's situation, he had to think long-term.

……

……

After leaving Osmanthus Lane, Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei and Officer Ding rushed to the Furong branch overnight.

In the office at this time, He Junchao was sitting with Xiaohui, a policewoman at the front desk in the service hall.

The two were chatting and laughing, and Xiaohui was still holding Lu Weiwei's shrimp-flavored potato chips in her hand.

Seeing everyone coming in suddenly, He Jun's expression froze, and his smile disappeared instantly.

Seeing this, Xiaohui quickly stood up.

"Lu... Senior Sister Lu, Senior Brother Gu, Senior Brother Ding."

"Huh? Xiaohui, why are you here?" Officer Ding also looked curious when he saw this.

Xiaohui grinned: "I couldn't sleep at night, and I came back late from shopping with my colleagues, and Brother He asked me to bring him something to eat, saying that he was working on a case, so I thought about it and brought him a bowl of fried noodles .”

"Then...then Senior Brother He asked me to sit here and chat with him, and also bought me some potato chips."

"So that's the case?" Lu Weiwei looked at her shrimp-flavored potato chips, which instantly became a material for He Junchao to flirt with, and her teeth itch with hatred.

Seeing this, He Junchao quickly apologized and said with a smile: "Look how nice Xiaohui is. I said I was hungry and asked her to bring me something to eat, and she immediately brought me some fried noodles."

"Thinking that we can't let her work for nothing, right? So, I treat her to potato chips, hehe, this...is there nothing wrong with it?"

"Of course there's nothing wrong with it, but you also..."

Lu Weiwei was halfway through speaking, but was patted on the shoulder by Police Officer Ding.

Lu Weiwei instantly remembered that she was in the office hall during the day and ruined He Junchao's good date.

Thinking about it, it was compensation, so he didn't care about anything, he waved his hand and said, "But you can't just invite people to eat potato chips?"

Walking back to her seat, Lu Weiwei generously opened the drawer, took a handful of vacuum-packed fried chicken legs, quail eggs, grilled hot sausages and other snacks, and threw them on He Junchao's table, saying:
"Xiaohui, we are all on our own. He Junchao asked me to buy these snacks for him before. He said that if Xiaohui comes to our office, then we have to get something to greet him."

"Ah? Brother He really said that?" Hearing Lu Weiwei's words, Xiaohui also showed a flattered look.

At this time, He Junchao, seeing Lu Weiwei assisting himself, immediately replied with a smile on his face: "Of course, I have long wanted to invite Xiaohui to sit in the office of our criminal investigation team, so that Xiaohui can grow up." experience."

"Well, that's great. I've also heard that Senior Brother Gu's case-handling skills are among the best in the entire Jiangnan City."

"Many of our colleagues at the front desk are very envious and want to find a chance to visit your criminal investigation team's office."

He Junchao said here that he wanted to invite Xiaohui to the office of the criminal investigation team, but Xiaohui mentioned Gu Chen, which made He Junchao quite embarrassed.

Gu Chen also scratched the back of his head, and said slowly: "Actually, there is nothing interesting about handling a case. If Xiaohui is willing to visit, we welcome you at any time, but we are currently handling a case, so..."

Seeing Gu Chen reaching out to make a "please" gesture, Xiaohui immediately understood, took the initiative to pick up the phone, gave up her seat and said, "I understand, I don't want to disturb your work, I'll sit and play with my phone, and I'll be leaving after a while .”

"Okay." Seeing that Xiaohui understood, Gu Chen took the initiative to walk to He Junchao, and signaled He Junchao to retrieve the surveillance files, so that he could see Xiao Zhicheng's recent whereabouts.

And Xiaohui was sitting on the side, bored, and immediately turned on her phone and started reading online novels.

Lu Weiwei felt sorry for her snacks. There were not many shrimp-flavored potato chips, but there was only the last pack left, and it was still beside Xiaohui.

So Lu Weiwei pretended to be close, sat next to Xiaohui for a moment, pretended to ask, and took the only remaining pack of shrimp-flavored potato chips in her hand, and also tore open the package and pretended to ask her: "Xiaohui, what are you looking at?"

"The online novel of the domineering president." Xiaohui said with a smile.

Lu Weiwei frowned: "Look at this? Is the current domineering president good-looking? It seems to be a routine."

"That's right." Seeing that Lu Weiwei took the initiative to get close to her, Xiaohui also grinned, and took the initiative to share her reading experience with Lu Weiwei:

"Actually, the homogenization of the current Overbearing President's novels is quite serious. It can be said that in the current status of the Overbearing President's novels, 10 out of 11 are Chapter 1 Returning to China, and 9 are commercial giants."

"8 are not close to women, 7 are married, 6 have been in a car accident, and 5 must have met the heroine when they were young, but they pretended not to have seen each other."

After a pause, Xiaohui said again: "Also, four of the male lead's surnames are Shen, three are surnamed Gu, and two are surnamed Fu, and they all have a doctor friend."

"The classic line is..."

Looking up at the ceiling, Xiaohui thought about it for a few seconds, and then said: "The classic line is...in the middle of the night, what do you want me to do with this little illness?"

"That's right." Feeling that Xiaohui said the main point, Lu Weiwei was overjoyed: "It's really like this, and the male lead usually lives in a big villa, and there is a butler to take care of him."

"And there's the butler's words, I haven't seen the young master smile for a long time." Xiaohui also added instantly, feeling that both of them got the point.

When Lu Weiwei heard it, she was immediately happy: "Haha, that's true, and the heroine looks ordinary at first glance, but she has a unique temperament and is very beautiful when she dresses up."

"Also, the young master brings different girls back every time, except for the heroine."

"Basically it belongs to that kind. There are 8 books where the heroine must not be favored at home, and the hero must like the heroine's half-sister. In the end, the heroine's younger sister is a bad person. I mistakenly think that the heroine is a bad person."

"Haha, Senior Sister Lu, that's really the case."

It felt like Xiaohui had a sense of substitution as soon as she chatted with Lu Weiwei about the domineering president's text, and the two of them also instantly brought the topic closer.

He Junchao glanced at the noisy two, and also reminded him: "What time is it now? Is this still popular?"

"You don't understand." Lu Weiwei glanced at him, and complained, "Girls like to watch this now. Although it's a bit of a routine, it's cool to watch."

"Hehe." Seeing Lu Weiwei refute himself there, He Junchao expressed dissatisfaction, and immediately refuted and replied: "But now Chapter 1 is returning to China, and Chapter 2...is quarantined."

After the words fell, Lu Weiwei and Xiaohui stopped talking at the same time, and looked at He Junchao with contemptuous eyes.

Officer Ding, on the other hand, leaned forward and backward with laughter, and complained, "Don't tell me, no matter what level of domineering president you are now, once you return to China, you have to be quarantined first. There's nothing wrong with that, haha."

"Okay, let's not talk about it." Feeling that there is no way to chat with He Junchao, Lu Weiwei simply didn't bother with him, and walked directly to Gu Chen's side.

At this time, Gu Chen was still looking through various surveillance news about Xiao Zhicheng.

Lu Weiwei didn't watch the whole process, so she asked Gu Chen: "Junior brother Gu, did Xiao Zhicheng have any specific movements before Xu Xintong disappeared? Including the night Xu Xintong disappeared, did he have any special abnormalities after returning home?"

"That's for sure." Gu Chen retrieved one of the surveillance files, clicked it to play, and explained to everyone:

"This Xiao Zhicheng, since the night Xu Xintong disappeared, after he left Osmanthus Lane, his whole behavior has become too weird."

Pointing to the picture of Xiao Zhicheng on the screen, Gu Chen said again: "This should be the picture of him going home. From the moment he got off the car, it can be seen that he was completely depressed on the road, and he seemed to have been hit by some kind of blow."

"And from the way he walks, it can be seen that Xiao Zhicheng is preoccupied at the moment."

Turning off the screen, Gu Chen retrieved another surveillance screen prepared by He Junchao, and continued to explain: "This is the appearance of Xiao Zhicheng when he went to work the next day."

"It can be seen that everything that night didn't seem to have any impact on him at all. Xu Xintong's disappearance made him behave too plainly, as if nothing happened."

"And in our subsequent investigation of him, he himself said that Xu Xintong sent himself a resignation text message, but I have seen the time when Xiao Zhicheng received the text message, it was after he left Osmanthus Alley."

"After leaving Osmanthus Alley?" Hearing Gu Chen's words, everyone's nerves suddenly became tense.

Lu Weiwei said: "If Xiao Zhicheng had already killed Xu Xintong at that time, why would Xu Xintong send a text message to resign?"

"And I still remember that the text message that Uncle Zhao received was also after Xiao Zhicheng left Osmanthus Alley."

The voice fell, and the scene became quiet again.

But at this time, Gu Chen questioned again: "Although Xiao Zhicheng went to the vicinity of Osmanthus Alley, after disappearing from the surveillance screen, he returned the same way."

"But we have not captured evidence that he has indeed been to Osmanthus Alley."

"If you just go to him rashly and ask him about the specific situation, then he will definitely not admit it."

"That's right." Officer Ding nodded silently after hearing this, and said in agreement, "If he really did it, then Xiao Zhicheng will definitely deny it."

"Since we have no evidence to prove that he went to Osmanthus Alley that night, then he can deny it at all, and we will be the ones who will be passive."

"One more thing." As soon as Police Officer Ding finished speaking, Gu Chen raised his hand to remind: "One more thing, Brother He simulated the traffic jam situation that night, and eliminated the specific traffic flow that night, and made a rough deduction time. "

"What Senior Brother He told me at the time was that if we drove to Osmanthus Alley normally that night, excluding the traffic jam time on the road, there was only a possibility of staying in Osmanthus Alley for 20 minutes."

"That is to say, if this is the case, it only took Xiao Zhicheng about 20 minutes from committing the crime to burying the person in the wilderness."

"There is a contradiction in time, so I think that although Xiao Zhicheng is very suspicious, he doesn't seem to have enough time to commit the crime."

"You mean...not enough time to commit the crime?" Lu Weiwei said.

Gu Chen nodded silently: "Because this is also an estimated time. After all, that section of the road is under construction, and traffic jams are inevitable."

"So, if Xiao Zhicheng is to be suspected of being the murderer, at least he must have enough time to commit the crime."

"If this condition cannot be met, then the possibility of him being the murderer is almost zero."

"I see." Listening to Gu Chen's explanation, Lu Weiwei suddenly realized: "The most important thing now is that there is not enough time to commit the crime, so we can simulate it again to see if there are other shortcuts?"

"Yeah." Gu Chen nodded silently, thought about it briefly, and then said: "When Xiao Zhicheng drove to Osmanthus Alley, it was a working day, and he started after Xu Xintong left the company by car."

"It means that the two went to Osmanthus Alley one after the other. According to Gao Mingyang, Xiao Zhicheng has been to Osmanthus Alley before and is familiar with that area, which can save Xiao Zhicheng the time of surveying the terrain."

"Besides, all the road sections are now full of potholes, and it is not clear which route Xiao Zhicheng took at that time. Therefore, I have to investigate this on the spot tomorrow. It is best to be able to accurately determine the exact time."

"I agree." Officer Ding yawned, and said involuntarily, "Now everyone is tired after a busy night, so hurry up and take a rest, and go to that road tomorrow morning to see the situation."

"I agree." He Junchao rubbed his eyes, but also looked tired: "I am also very sleepy, and my eyes are almost blurred after retrieving so many surveillance files."

Seeing that everyone was going to rest, Xiaohui couldn't stay here any longer.

So he quickly stood up, said goodbye to everyone, and said, "Since you all have to rest, then I will go back quickly and see you tomorrow."

"See you tomorrow."

Everyone echoed in unison and watched Xiaohui leave slowly.

At this moment, Lu Weiwei suddenly hooked He Junchao.

He Junchao stared blankly: "Why?"

"Give me the money." Lu Weiwei said.

He Junchao looked confused, and asked again: "I... why should I give you money?"

"I'll sell those snacks to you at a discount. You can just give me two hundred and three hundred, and you just have to make sense of it." Lu Weiwei said.

When He Junchao heard the words, he stood up with a "whoosh" and said, "What? You don't give these things away for free? I thought you gave them to me?"

"Are you thinking too much? Why should I give it to you? You paid me to buy these, hurry up and get the money." Lu Weiwei continued to tickle her fingers, as if there was no negotiating.

I feel that Lu Weiwei is a bit unreasonable, but just now made Xiaohui so happy, He Junchao can forget it after thinking about it, after all, Lu Weiwei also assisted herself.

Thinking of this, He Junchao took out his phone and was about to transfer the money to Lu Weiwei.

But at this moment, He Junchao seemed to have regained his composure, so he immediately held the phone to his chest again:
"Oh, that's not right, just your snacks, at most it won't exceed 100 yuan, right? You actually asked me for two hundred and three hundred? You are a profiteer."

"What kind of profiteer? It's so ugly?" Lu Weiwei didn't do it at first, and directly retorted: "I bought this from a store and shipped it to the office. After all, the shipping fee is considered an additional cost, right?"

"Hehe, freight?" He Junchao gave a wry smile when he heard Lu Weiwei's heresy, and said again:

"From the store next to the gate of our Furong branch, you deliver snacks to the office, and you charge me 100 or 100 for goods that cost less than [-] yuan. Did you, Lu Weiwei, fly to the office in a rocket? "

Hearing He Junchao reasoning with her here, Lu Weiwei also knew she was wrong, so she quickly replied in a different tone:
"Then I'll help you with an assist. I haven't told Xiaohui yet. You stole my favorite shrimp-flavored potato chips to court her. The service fee is one or two hundred, isn't it too much?"

"You, you, you." I felt like I was bickering, and I was not Lu Weiwei's opponent at all, and Lu Weiwei was about to be smashed to pieces in an instant.

He Junchao grabbed Officer Ding and complained, "Old Ding, you come to judge, this Lu Weiwei is too much, isn't it? Isn't this extortion?"

"Haha, okay, just give her a hundred transfers." Officer Ding was willing to be the peacemaker between the two, and he also complained to Lu Weiwei:

"Weiwei, He Junchao is not young anymore, after all, he has something to do with this Xiaohui, so don't make things difficult for him."

"Okay." Seeing Comrade Lao Ding's words, Lu Weiwei didn't care about it: "Then transfer one hundred, the service fee is free, and the next time I need an assist, the service fee will be doubled."

He Junchao: "..."

I feel that I shouldn't provoke this clown.

……

……

The next morning, the sun was shining.

Gu Chen and everyone came to the office early.

Since Police Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha are still on vacation, it is not easy for Gu Chen to disturb them.

After all, you just came back from abroad and you need to be with your family.

As for handling this case, Gu Chen felt that he had to rely on himself.

Taking Lu Weiwei with her, Gu Chen drove to the vicinity of Osmanthus Alley.

Then, according to Xiao Zhicheng's previous driving route, Gu Chen gradually drove into the monitoring blind spot.

At a construction section, Gu Chen parked the car aside and reminded Lu Weiwei, who was on the co-pilot, "Xiao Zhicheng lost the monitoring screen here, let's get off here and see if there are any other people around." shortcut."

"Yes." Lu Weiwei nodded silently, and opened the car door directly.

On the side of the road, several road construction workers are slowly arranging their tools.

Seeing two policemen in police uniforms approaching, looking left and right, they immediately started talking in a low voice.

Gu Chen drilled into the road repair area through a gap in the iron sheet of the road, directly boarded an excavator, and stood on the sidelines watching from a high place.

A man wearing a hard hat stepped forward and asked, "Comrade policeman, are you okay?"

"Do you have a shortcut to Osmanthus Lane?" Gu Chen asked.

"Shortcut? Go to Osmanthus Alley?" The helmeted man scratched the back of his head and thought about it for a few seconds, then shook his hand and said, "It's a bit far if you walk normally, after all, the roads here are separated by iron plates. opened."

"But if it is commuting time, we will remove one of the iron sheets. If the car passes by the fork, it can save a lot of time."

"What did you say? During commuting hours, you will remove the partition?" Hearing the words of the man in the helmet, Gu Chen couldn't help being taken aback.

These situations were something I hadn't grasped before.

Seeing that Gu Chen was so excited, the man in the hard hat replied with a smile: "Comrade policeman, you don't have to be so excited, do you?"

"During commuting time, the roads are congested. If we don't open a few openings to divert traffic, the roads here will be blocked until very late. Therefore, the engineering command asked us to remove the partitions of some of the forks during the morning and evening peak hours of commuting. Open it to facilitate the diversion of these vehicles."

"As for the sweet-scented osmanthus alley you mentioned, you can turn right at the intersection in front of you, but you have to wait for the commute to and from get off work. Now the time has passed and we have re-gambled it."

"Is it the intersection in front?" Gu Chen pointed to the fork not far ahead and asked.

The man in the hard hat nodded silently: "Yes, yes, it is the front."

"Thanks."

Gu Chen jumped off the excavator, returned directly to Lu Weiwei, and reminded, "Come on, let's go ahead and have a look."

After the two got into the car, they drove forward for a while.

At this moment, inside the road maintenance section, only the sound of "dong dong dong dong" can be heard one after another.

After Gu Chen got out of the car, he immediately began to remove the roadblock, and gently removed the concealed iron partition.

At this moment, a fork in the road leading to Osmanthus Lane appeared in front of Gu Chen.

There were a few workers who were wondering before, who was blocking the partitions in a building?
But seeing Gu Chen in police uniform, he didn't dare to say anything.

Gu Chen walked up to several workers and asked loudly, "Excuse me, in the past 10 days, will you remove these roadblocks during the morning and evening peak hours of your commute every day?"

"Yes." Due to the excessive mechanical noise on site, one of the tall and thin workers also responded loudly:
"The leader asked us to open the roadblocks during morning and evening rush hours to divert cars and reduce the pressure of traffic jams."

After a pause, the tall and thin worker asked again: "Comrade policeman, why are you asking this?"

"It's nothing, can you help open the roadblock now? We're going this way." Gu Chen said.

The tall and thin worker was a little puzzled, and said that it was not the rush hour for traffic jams, and it was okay to take a detour.

But to open the roadblock and pass by the path, it feels a bit overwhelming.

But Gu Chen is a policeman, so the other party didn't dare to say anything, thinking that maybe there was something important to do, so he waved his hand and said to a few workers around him: "You guys come here and help the police comrades remove the iron sheet."

"Thank you." Seeing that the worker was willing to cooperate, Gu Chen patted him on the shoulder, and then sat back in the vehicle.

As the iron barrier was removed, Gu Chen drove directly towards the small road.

According to his familiarity with this area, Gu Chen made a few turns and continued to drive towards the fork in the road. It didn't take long before he came to the outskirts of the wilderness of Osmanthus Alley.

After stopping the car firmly, Gu Chen glanced at the time on the car and couldn't help but sigh, "It's only 7 minutes."

"Then if there is a traffic jam, how long will it take us to drive in the direction of Osmanthus Lane?"

Lu Weiwei, who was sitting in the co-pilot, asked.

In Gu Chen's mind for a short while, based on the real-time monitoring images provided by He Junchao at that time, as well as the traffic jam situation on the road, after some analysis, he replied:
"If you follow the situation at the time, you need to go around a lot."

"But if it was during the peak traffic jam period, it would take longer at least."

With a faint sigh, Gu Chen also said with emotion: "Based on this calculation, if Xiao Zhicheng drives from this intersection to Osmanthus Alley that night, he will spend about an hour in Osmanthus Alley without the time spent on the road. Lane old house committed the crime."

"So, 20 minutes is not the shortest time?" Lu Weiwei asked.

Gu Chen nodded silently: "In addition to the large circle that needs to be detoured due to the traffic jam on the road, Xiao Zhicheng can actually save about 50 minutes of time."

"If it's a crime, that's enough, but digging requires tools. Unless Xiao Zhicheng brings the tools himself, he has to use ready-made tools."

"Ready-made? That is the tool that comes with the yard?" Lu Weiwei said.

Gu Chen nodded slightly: "Almost, so in the yard, we have to search again."

"Especially around, to see if there is any possibility of these tools being abandoned."

"Then what are you waiting for?" Knowing the specific situation from Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei seemed to be more targeted.

The two got out of the police car together and started walking towards the courtyard.

At this moment, a couple is sitting in the yard, cleaning and sorting the ingredients they bought.

Two carts for barbecue are also neatly placed on one side.

Seeing Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei walking into the courtyard, the two became nervous.

The two couples must have heard about what happened last night, so when they saw the police coming to the yard, they couldn't help muttering in their hearts.

Gu Chen then glanced at Gao Mingyang's room, and was about to walk over and knock on the door to call him, but was stopped directly by the middle-aged woman between the two couples: "That person is not at home, he went out early in the morning."

Hearing this, Gu Chen turned around slowly, and asked again: "Then do you know where he went?"

"Maybe I went to eat breakfast? Or to do other things, I don't know the details." Another middle-aged man also replied lightly.

Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei looked at each other, and then they walked slowly in front of the couple.

Gu Chen pointed to the decorator's room and asked, "What about this person?"

"This person?" The middle-aged woman glanced at her and shook her head directly: "I haven't been back for a few days, so I guess he's living at the construction site again."

"Are you here today to investigate the cause of Xu Xintong's death?" The middle-aged man seemed to know the purpose of Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei's visit, so he asked curiously.

Gu Chen grinned and nodded silently: "Yes, we are here to investigate the case. We were here last night, but we didn't meet you two."

"If you come here at night, you won't be able to touch us." The middle-aged woman put some ready-made fish balls on bamboo sticks and said jokingly:
"Our husband and wife will leave the stall at 3:[-] in the afternoon, and we have been busy until around the early morning before returning home, so you may not be able to find us before one o'clock in the morning."

After a pause, the middle-aged woman said again: "But you can also go to the square over there to find us, our stall is over there."

"Okay." Seeing that the two couples were still cooperative and actively answering their own questions, Gu Chen turned to ask, "I wonder if there are any digging tools in your small courtyard?"

"A tool for digging?"

When Gu Chen suddenly mentioned this, both husband and wife spoke in unison, with surprised expressions.

Seeing this, Lu Weiwei quickly reminded: "It's just a hoe, a shovel, etc. for digging."

"Oh, there are a few of them. They were all brought back by the renovation. They are usually used by our husband and wife to dig and hoe in the nearby open space." The middle-aged man said.

"Dig and hoe?" Lu Weiwei's expression was blank, and she continued to ask: "What are you digging and hoeing?"

"Growing vegetables." The middle-aged man smiled and replied directly: "Some of our ingredients are going to be bought from the vegetable market, and some of them are grown by ourselves."

"Is farming allowed here?" Lu Weiwei was a little puzzled. After all, it was uncertain when the developers would start construction on that wasteland.

If you grow vegetables rashly, when the bulldozers come, all your efforts will be in vain.

But the middle-aged woman said with a smile: "Although the soil is relatively fertile in the wasteland over there, we dare not plant it. After all, we heard that the developer will start construction recently, and we are afraid that the vegetables we planted will be shoveled away."

"So we set up a few open spaces at the back of the yard, and planted some vegetables."

The direction the middle-aged woman pointed was behind the room where she lived, which belonged to the area close to the old house, and had no intersection with the wasteland that needed to be developed.

Gu Chen nodded silently, and asked politely, "Can you lend us those tools?"

"Of course." The middle-aged woman washed her hands in the washbasin, then shook off the water stains, and then wiped the apron around her waist a few times, before beckoning Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei to follow her, also walking Say:

"We usually put this tool in the gap between the rooms. Anyway, we like to put all kinds of sundry tools here, just throw it away."

While speaking, the middle-aged woman also brought Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei to the door of the old house where she lived.

Afterwards, the middle-aged woman walked to the gap in the corner of the side wall and began to prepare to take out tools.

But just as the middle-aged woman was about to take it, she froze for a moment, staring blankly ahead.

"What's the matter?" Seeing the woman hesitated, Gu Chen also asked curiously.

The middle-aged woman replied weakly: "It's strange, it has been placed here all the time, why is it gone?"

"Is it a tool?" Lu Weiwei stepped forward and asked quickly.

The middle-aged woman nodded silently: "That's right, it's the shovel and the hoe, we usually keep them here."

"Then you haven't used these tools in the past 10 days?" Gu Chen asked again.

"No, I only go to get tools when new species need to be planted, and when it's time to dig the soil, but now I don't need them for the past 10 days, so I don't pay attention."

After thinking about it, the middle-aged woman glanced at the man who was busy, and yelled, "Husband, are the hoe and shovel here?"

"Yeah, what's the matter?" the middle-aged man asked.

"It's gone." The middle-aged woman replied loudly.

"It's gone? How could it be gone? Isn't it always there?"

"It's just gone, do you know who took it away?" the middle-aged woman asked loudly.

"How do I know that?" Why should the police be interested in their hoes and shovels?The middle-aged man temporarily put aside the work at hand and walked all the way to the crowd.

Then he glanced at the gap in the corner of the wall, and said with a puzzled expression, "Huh? The tool is missing? Could it be that the decoration worker took it back?"

"Why does he want this thing? Besides, isn't it everywhere on the construction site? You don't need to go home to get it, right?" The middle-aged woman immediately denied this possibility.

The middle-aged man hesitated, glanced at Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei secretly, and said in a gentle tone: "Comrade police, if you need tools, how about I ask the neighbors next door to see if they have such tools?"

"No need, we're not going to use tools, we're just... looking for tools to bury Xu Xintong in the wasteland." Seeing that the two had misunderstood, Gu Chen also corrected it.

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