I am a super cop

Chapter 2405 The whole story [two in one chapter]

It feels like what Zhou Xiang said makes sense. After all, this is a veteran driver in the mining area. Drivers like Zhou Xiang should be the ones who know best about the troubles in the mining area.

Therefore, Gu Chen also felt that Zhou Xiang's dictation was more credible.

After all, the pancake proprietress is a good and secretive woman who deliberately gets into trouble with her husband and then runs away from home.

First, we took the van of our old friend Zou Yaohua and got off near the Dukou Bridge.

Then, they boarded a cargo ship under the ferry bridge and went directly along the channel to the dock to disembark.

You know, this dock is the property of the mining boss.

And all the staff here, or in other words, the businessmen here, are more or less dealing with factories and mines.

Thinking about it this way, the pancake proprietress may have come here to find an acquaintance, and this acquaintance may be the manager Zhao mentioned by the truck driver Zhou Xiang?
Gu Chen quickly asked: "Then do you know what the full name of Manager Zhao is?"

"Full name?" After thinking for a few seconds, Zhou Xiang also said slowly: "It seems to be called... Zhao Deming, yes, it is called Zhao Deming, 'De' for both political integrity and talent, and 'Ming' for brightness."

After a pause, Zhou Xiang pointed to an area ahead and said, "Did you see that? That's the office area of ​​the mining area. Go to the second floor of that building to find Zhao Deming. You might be able to meet him there."

"Okay, thank you." Listening to what Zhou Xiang said, Gu Chen now felt that the possibility of the pancake proprietress looking for Zhao Deming was very high.

So after everyone said goodbye to the truck driver Zhou Xiang, they walked directly along the road ahead to the office area Zhou Xiang mentioned.

When they came to the door, everyone looked at it casually.

The office buildings here seem to be relatively old.

Moreover, many buildings in the mining area can see traces of time, and they look like old mining factories at first glance.

In this building, there are also many staff members coming and going, busy with their respective tasks.

Gu Chen stopped a young man and asked hurriedly: "Hello, is Zhao Deming, manager Zhao here?"

"Manager Zhao?" The young man was stunned for a moment, but soon came to his senses and said quickly:

"Oh, you go to the second floor, then go up the stairs, go all the way to the right, all the way to the end, that office is his."

"Okay, thank you." After learning Zhao Deming's specific location, Gu Chen also said thank you.

The young man smiled slightly and left.

So Gu Chen and the others continued walking to the second floor without stopping.

Following the guidance of the young man just now, everyone quickly reached the innermost part.

There was a "Manager's Office" sign hanging on the door. Gu Chen heard someone talking on the phone, so he knocked on the door gently.

However, the people in the room seemed to ignore it at all and continued to talk on the phone.

Seeing this, Gu Chen directly turned the handle and opened the door gently.

At this moment, a middle-aged man with his hair styled into a slicked back was crossing his legs on the desk, lying on the seat and tilting the seat back.

He answered the phone leisurely, with a proud smile on his face from time to time.

Seeing Gu Chen and others standing at the door, the middle-aged man simply said a few words to the other end of the phone and then hung up.

"Hello, are you Manager Zhao Deming Zhao?" Gu Chen walked in first and asked straight to the point.

The middle-aged man raised his eyebrows, stood up, and asked hurriedly: "Yes, I am Zhao Deming, who are you..."

"Oh, we are from the Criminal Investigation Team of Furong Branch." Officer Wang took out his police card and showed it in front of Zhao Deming.

Zhao Deming's expression was stunned, and he asked weakly: "Comrade police, what's going on when you're looking for me?"

"Do you know this person?" Lu Weiwei stepped forward, opened the photo album on her phone, and showed the photo of the pancake proprietress in front of Zhao Deming.

"I know, this is my friend." Zhao Deming didn't seem very surprised after seeing the person in the photo.

But after a while, Zhao Deming asked curiously: "No, you came here to see me just to ask me if I know this person?"

"Has this person come to the mining area to look for you a week ago?" Yuan Shasha said straightforwardly without following him around the bush.

Zhao Deming frowned, seemingly caught off guard.

But after all, Zhao Deming has senior experience in the mining area, and he is able to deal with various emergencies with ease, so he immediately responded:
"What are you asking about this?"

"You just need to answer yes or no?" Yuan Shasha felt that Zhao Deming was talking too much, but Yuan Shasha just wanted to know the result.

Zhao Deming grinned and nodded silently: "Yes, she did come to the mining area to look for me."

After hearing Zhao Deming's words, Gu Chen and the others looked at each other, feeling that they had finally found the trace of the pancake proprietress.

So Officer Wang quickly asked: "Then where is she now?"

"Now? Now I don't know." After hearing Officer Wang's question, Zhao Deming's answer immediately disappointed Officer Wang.

Officer Wang said angrily: "How could you not know? Didn't she come to see you?"

"Haha." Zhao Deming laughed twice, and also smiled at Officer Wang and said:
"Comrade police, my friend just came to see me. As for where she is now? I don't know. After all, the legs are on someone else's body."

"Then why did she come to the mining area to find you?" Lu Weiwei felt that there must be something fishy about this matter, so she quickly asked.

But Zhao Deming said calmly: "We are good friends, just catching up on old times."

"It's just as simple as reminiscing about old times? There can't be anything else, right?" Lu Weiwei is not so easy to fool after all.

Zhao Deming said this obvious thing so calmly that Lu Weiwei certainly wouldn't believe it.

But Zhao Deming also said calmly: "Comrade policewoman, my good friends came to visit me. They know that I am doing well here, so they came to me to reminisce about old times. Is this wrong?"

Shaking his head, Zhao Deming added: "And I'm usually very busy and have a lot of things to deal with."

"So, I usually don't have that much energy to entertain her. Now you ask me where she is going? Well... I really don't know."

"Are you really not aware or are you pretending not to know?" Gu Chen felt that Zhao Deming seemed to be speaking in a glib tone. At first glance, he was a smooth guy.

So Gu Chen didn't beat around the bush with him, and continued to ask: "Then let me ask you, a week ago, this woman came to you, specifically just to talk about old times with you?"

"Yes, it was as simple as catching up on old times, and I even treated her to a meal." Zhao Deming said.

"When?" Gu Chen asked again.

Zhao Deming thought for a few seconds and quickly replied: "It's evening. She came here in the afternoon. I invited her to have a dinner in the evening and chat by the way."

"Then what?" Lu Weiwei asked quickly.

"Then? Then...then because I am busy with work, I am afraid that the reception will not be good."

"It just so happened that she wouldn't be able to go back for a while after dinner, so I arranged for her to stay in a guest house in our mining area and let her live there. She can leave whenever she wants."

"So, that woman has been living in the guest house in your mining area?" Listening to Zhao Deming's words, Lu Weiwei felt more and more that Zhao Deming was not telling the truth.

In other words, after the introduction just now by the truck driver Zhou Xiang, everyone had a preliminary understanding of Zhao Deming.

That is, Zhao Deming here is indeed very capable and very sociable. It is even rumored that he has 10 women he likes.

And in this way, it feels like the pancake proprietress is just one of them.

Therefore, Lu Weiwei's first impression of Zhao Deming was not good.

At this time, Zhao Deming unhurriedly handed cigarettes to Gu Chen, Officer Wang and Zou Yaohua.

After seeing that the three of them waved their hands and refused, Zhao Deming ordered it for himself.

After taking a puff, Zhao Deming slowly swallowed the smoke and said with a smile:
"Originally, when friends get together, I should accompany her around the neighborhood, but that can't be done now. Our mining area is paying close attention to production safety."

"Moreover, the number of inspections from above has been very frequent recently. We also need to cope with inspections and improve our management level."

With a faint sigh, Zhao Deming also said helplessly: "So, we have no choice here. We are busy with work, and the idea of ​​​​taking friends to visit has disappeared."

"Later I told this friend to let her stay here as long as she wants."

"After all, my friend also said that she had a fight with her husband and she was running away from home. She probably wanted to come here to relax."

"But after all, I came here to relax, and I went through so many ways to get here."

"If I use busy work as an excuse to drive people away, what will I become?"

"So, I let her live in the guest house in our mining area. That place is pretty good, similar to a hotel suite in the city."

"She can stay there and relax or something."

"Then you don't care about her?" Officer Wang asked.

Zhao Deming smiled and said: "I..."

As soon as Zhao Deming finished speaking, a phone call came over.

Zhao Deming immediately answered the phone and communicated with the person on the phone.

Listening to the various professional terms, everyone knew that this was Zhao Deming communicating with company personnel about work matters.

After hanging up the call, Zhao Deming sighed quietly, then smiled at Gu Chen and the others and said:

"You have also seen that in this place, there are a lot of chores and trivial matters at work. Many managements can't solve it, so they just leave all this mess to me."

With a heavy sigh, Zhao Deming also said with a wry smile: "I can't help it. Dealing with these complicated and trivial matters every day is enough to make me collapse."

"So, I really don't have time to take care of my friend."

After thinking about it, Zhao Deming also looked surprised and said:

"By the way, I don't even know. Has that friend of mine left? It's been such a long time and I've been busy with work. I don't even remember to ask that friend about his specific situation."

As soon as Zhao Deming finished speaking, he picked up the phone and dialed a phone number.

At this moment, Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei, Officer Wang, Yuan Shasha and Zou Yaohua were all staring at Zhao Deming.

Everyone knows that the phone number of the pancake proprietress has been out of reach as early as a week ago.

At this moment, everyone wants to see Zhao Deming's current reaction.

However, after making several repeated calls, Zhao Deming also looked at Gu Chen and the others with a puzzled expression.

"What? Can't get through?" As expected, Gu Chen raised his eyebrows and asked him.

Zhao Deming looked confused and said in confusion: "It's strange. Why can't my friend's contact number be reached? I don't know if she is still living in the guest house?"

After thinking about it, Zhao Deming also looked horrified and said: "Is she still waiting for me in the guest house to reminisce about old times?"

"You can really use your imagination." Seeing what Zhao Deming explained, it seemed clear and coherent.

This makes everyone really feel that she is the pancake proprietress who currently lives near the mining area guest house.

So Gu Chen simply confessed: "We came here just to find that lady."

"The reason is that her husband has called the police and said that his lover has been missing for a week."

"According to our investigation, this woman has been to your mining area and is an acquaintance of yours. Therefore, we have reason to believe that you should know the ins and outs of the whole matter."

"Uh……"

Hearing what Gu Chen said, Zhao Deming's heart skipped a beat and he smiled and said:

"What are you kidding about, comrade police? I've told you, I'm usually very busy at work."

Looking up out of the window, Zhao Deming also frowned and thought, and then said slowly:

"I only remember that when she came to see me in the mining area that day, I invited her to dinner that night, and then personally drove her to the guest house in our mining area and paid for her room."

"I remember what I told her at the time. I advised her to go back as soon as possible so as not to have any trouble with her husband."

"After all, I'm too busy with work here, so it's impossible for me to provide all-round hospitality."

"So, we had a great time eating and chatting, but later, after I sent her to the guest house and helped her take care of everything, I focused on my work."

With a faint sigh, Zhao Deming also sighed helplessly: "If you hadn't come here today, I would have almost forgotten that this friend of mine is still in the mining area guest house. Maybe he has been waiting for me to stop being busy, right?"

"Really?" Listening to Zhao Deming's remarks, Yuan Shasha was also skeptical and couldn't help but say:

"In that case, could you please come with us to check on the situation and see if the lady is still there?"

"That's fine." Seeing that Yuan Shasha said this, Zhao Deming thought about it again and again and responded:
"It's just right. You can go over and see my friend and apologize to her face to face."

"After all, it's really inappropriate to leave her in a guest house in the mining area with no contact."

"Then please ask Manager Zhao to lead the way." Seeing this, Gu Chen could only remind him casually.

Zhao Deming still cooperated with the work and nodded in agreement.

Later, after getting rid of several documents in his hand, Zhao Deming signed his name.

He put these files on the table for a moment, and then put them into the folders on the table.

Standing up, pulling up his shirt, Zhao Deming also said politely: "Then please invite some police comrades to come with me to see the situation?"...

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Under the leadership of Zhao Deming, everyone drove.

Gu Chen was sitting in the passenger seat of Zhao Deming, and the vehicle slowly drove towards a street.

And here, there is indeed a guest house, which is named after the mining area, but at first glance, it is a privately contracted hotel.

"Where is your boss?" Zhao Deming asked as he walked in.

The middle-aged female receptionist wearing heavy makeup quickly replied: "Yo? So it's Manager Zhao? Our boss has something to do today."

"Going out?" Zhao Deming seemed to regard this guest house as his personal property.

But when he heard that the boss was not there, Zhao Deming asked the middle-aged female receptionist again: "Then the woman I brought over last time, is she still in the room now?"

"Last time? Which time was it? Also, which woman did you bring? The one with yellow hair and a very thin figure? Or the one with short hair and an amazing figure?"

At the end of the conversation, the middle-aged female receptionist even made an S-line gesture with her hand.

Lu Weiwei blushed when she heard this.

At this moment, Zhao Deming also realized that what the middle-aged female receptionist said seemed inappropriate.

After all, it's okay if everyone knows about your scandal, but of course it's okay if you tell it in front of strangers.

But the key is, these people are police or criminal investigation team.

This made Zhao Deming a little worried.

But you have to know that Zhao Deming was not like this before. He had always been arrogant and domineering, and he and the middle-aged female receptionist probably teased each other a lot.

Of course, the middle-aged female receptionist is now teasing Zhao Deming as a joke.

But Zhao Deming panicked...

You know, the pancake proprietress did come here to look for you, but now, you have to hand him over to the police, so that things can turn around for you.

After all, her husband has already called the police. If Zhao Deming loses contact with the pancake proprietress for too long, they may be investigated as suspects.

So, Zhao Deming also waved his hand to the female receptionist and said with a serious look:

"These friends of mine are all from the Criminal Investigation Team of Furong Branch. They are here this time to investigate the woman living in your guest house."

Afraid that the middle-aged female receptionist might not understand what he meant, Zhao Deming continued to explain:

"That's the woman I personally sent to the guest house last week at night."

"Oh." I just heard Zhao Deming say that these are from the Criminal Investigation Team of Furong Branch. The middle-aged female receptionist over there immediately understood the reason.

So he quickly replied: "That woman only stayed for one day, and then she disappeared."

"Gone? Why are you missing?" Upon hearing what the middle-aged female receptionist said, Zhao Deming seemed to be full of questions.

But the middle-aged female receptionist said seriously: "It's true that she disappeared, but her luggage is still there."

"Wait a minute, why am I getting more and more confused?" After listening to the middle-aged female receptionist's explanation, Zhao Deming clapped his head with both hands and said thoughtfully:
"You said that the woman's luggage is still there, but she is not there. Is that what you mean?"

"Yes." Zhao Dewen's expression felt a little strange, and the middle-aged female receptionist responded quickly.

But Zhao Deming looked panicked and quickly asked: "Then how did you handle her luggage?"

"What else can we do? Everything is put in the room. Besides, didn't you, Manager Zhao, say that this lady's room here can be stayed as long as she wants."

"I also listened to your opinion, so I didn't clean her room. But the room is empty, but I can't contact her, and I don't know where she has been these days?"

"After all, if everything is left in the room, it means she will come back."

"I hope so." Zhao Deming looked confused, turned to look at Gu Chen, and said helplessly:
"Comrade police, look, I was negligent at this moment and actually forgot about the existence of this friend. I guess she would have scolded me a few times when she left. Who knows, after all, the room is still there."

"That's the best." Listening to the conversation between Zhao Deming and the middle-aged female receptionist, Gu Chen felt that maybe he could make some important discoveries by investigating the room of the pancake proprietress?

After all, the person hasn't been found yet, which makes it difficult for Gu Chen to let go of his hanging heart.

So after a while of communication with the middle-aged female receptionist, Zhao Deming finally got the key card for that room.

So he took Gu Chen and others all the way to the door of the room.

Not long after, Zhao Deming used the room card to open the door, but he saw all kinds of luggage lying around in the room, and even a piece of pajamas made of cool material randomly discarded on the bed.

Seeing this scene, Gu Chen was already recreating the scene in his mind.

But according to Gu Chen's investigation of the room, it seemed that the place had not been damaged.

Judging from the messy clothes on the bed, it seemed that he was in a hurry when he left and did not have time to clean up.

"What on earth is going on?" Gu Chen frowned, feeling that there must be something fishy here.

Zhao Deming also looked around and even checked in the toilet.

Back in the living room, Zhao Deming also looked puzzled: "I really don't know, when did this friend of mine leave?"

"But if you leave, just leave. Without even saying hello, without making phone calls, without sending text messages, it will be like disappearing from the world."

With a heavy sigh, Zhao Deming shook his head helplessly: "So that now I don't even know when she left?"

"She should have slept that night and left the next day." Gu Chen said casually as soon as Zhao Deming finished speaking.

Zhao Deming's expression was stunned, and he quickly looked at Gu Chen, also looking in disbelief: "How do you know?"

"Look at this." Gu Chen poked the trash can on the ground with his foot and reminded:
"The female front desk said that she checked into the room and didn't leave. So, what the female front desk means is that no one cleaned the room, and she didn't even know if there was anyone in the room?"

"In this case, there is no need to clean the garbage, but look at the trash can."

As soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, Zhao Deming immediately carefully checked the situation in the trash can based on the ideas provided by Gu Chen.

Looking up at Gu Chen, Zhao Deming also looked incredulous.

"How about it? Just a few simple napkins?"

"Yes, it was napkins. There were only two napkins, crumpled up and thrown into this trash can."

"What do you think?" Feeling that he had already reminded him this far, Gu Chen quickly asked.

The smarter Zhao Deming seemed to immediately understand what Gu Chen and others meant.

So Zhao Deming quickly said: "I understand, my friend only stayed for one night, but he went out the next day and has not returned yet."

Speaking of this, Zhao Deming seemed to feel guilty.

You know, this is a mining area, although scientific mining methods are used and attention is paid to the details of every link.

But the mining area is more dangerous after all. If someone stays here for a long time, they suddenly disappear.

Zhao Deming is a smart man, he knows what situation he will face?
"Then do you know where your friend is most likely to go?" Lu Weiwei couldn't help but ask.

But Zhao Deming shook his head hard and couldn't help but said: "Comrade policewoman, I really don't know about this, and I don't know clearly."

"After all, I'm busy with work, and sometimes I really can't take care of my friends."

"Because most of my friends who come to visit me stay here for one or two nights."

"Then we go to visit a museum in our mining area and then leave, so I'm used to it."

"Moreover, many management relatives here, including these workers, are very accustomed to it."

"But, you brought that lady, and now you have lost it." Lu Weiwei reminded her again.

Feeling that the police were quarreling with him today, Zhao Deming was a little dissatisfied and quickly clarified:
"But this matter has nothing to do with me."

"Okay." Gu Chen saw that Zhao Deming himself was starting to panic, so Gu Chen quickly asked again:

"Then let me ask you, that night, the first night your friend came to see you, didn't you eat at a nearby restaurant?"

"That's right." After hearing what Gu Chen said, Zhao Deming also nodded silently.

So Gu Chen asked again: "So, what did you talk about that night?"

"Harm! What else can we talk about? My parents are short-lived." With a faint sigh, Zhao Deming also said helplessly:
"My friend and I are old acquaintances, and we worked together in the same company."

Here, as soon as Zhao Deming finished speaking, there were Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei, Officer Wang, and Yuan Shasha.

There was also Zou Yaowen, who was brought in for investigation and later helped everyone find the whereabouts of the pancake proprietress. Everyone looked at Zhao Deming with strange eyes.

Zhao Deming clearly felt guilty, so he quickly asked: "Is there a problem?"

"No problem, keep talking." The one who spoke this time was Zou Yaohua, who had been following Gu Chen's team and kept a low profile.

After all, according to Zou Yaohua, the pancake proprietress was his former lover.

Moreover, the two did work in the same company.

Thinking about it this way, it feels like Zhao Deming should be the other boyfriend of this pancake proprietress.

Then the idea of ​​everyone gossiping arises spontaneously.

Zhao Deming was also confused, but he continued to reply:
"This friend and I used to work in the same company, and we were also partners."

"Later, for some reasons, we all left each other, but we kept in touch."

"Until that day, when I was very busy, she came to me and said that she had run away from home and had no place to live. She wanted to stay here for a few days."

After sighing, fearing that Gu Chen's team would not believe it, Zhao Deming quickly added: "It's true, she is like this sometimes."

"So, I originally thought of treating her to dinner and letting her have a good rest at the guest house for a day or two before going home for a reunion."

Spreading his hands, Zhao Deming added: "That's the truth, but then because I was so busy that I was so short-circuited that I forgot that my friend existed in the guest house."

"So, you don't know anything about the disappearance of this friend?" Lu Weiwei listened to Zhao Deming's words and felt that Zhao Deming did not tell the truth at all.

But Zhao Deming didn't care about this. In his words, he seemed to be trying his best to clear up the relationship between himself and this missing woman.

Of course, everyone can see Zhao Deming's little thoughts.

But at this moment, Zhao Deming clearly felt that Zou Yaohua behind Gu Chen was more excited.

"Comrade police." Looking up at Gu Chen, Zhao Deming also asked curiously:
"So, does this matter really have anything to do with me?"

"Obviously there is a relationship." Gu Chen first said something affirmative, and then quickly said:
"Judging from the scene, it is very obvious that the missing person disappeared in the room."

"However, it is not difficult to see from the messy clothes on the big bed in the room that this is a gesture of opening the suitcase and preparing to have a good rest here."

"No." As soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, Officer Wang echoed:

"From the arrangement of clothes in the room, it can indeed be seen that the woman left in a hurry. She seemed to have encountered something urgent?"

"So much so that I left in such a hurry that I didn't even have time to take out all the luggage in the room, and my clothes were thrown on the bed."

"If you don't clean it up, it means you just went out to do some minor errands, but you will be back soon."

With a sigh, Officer Wang added: "But the strange thing is that after your friend left, it seemed that he never came back."

"No...it can't be so weird, right?" Zhao Deming seemed a little scared after hearing Officer Wang's explanation.

It seems a little unreasonable to feel that people just disappear out of thin air.

But now, people have disappeared in the mining area on their side, and the police have also come to the door.

All conditions seemed to be unfavorable to him.

But fortunately, Zhao Deming has a mouth that can tell the taste, and he also tries his best to provide himself with various ways to clear up the relationship.

Gu Chen stretched out his hand to interrupt Zhao Deming's remarks and continued to ask:

"What happened next? Did you come to this room together after dinner?"

"Yes." Faced with Gu Chen's question, Zhao Deming nodded silently and couldn't help but explain.

Gu Chen asked again: "What did you talk about in the guest house room that night? Can you explain it in detail?"

"Uh……"

It felt like this involved privacy issues, but in the face of the mysterious disappearance of his friend, Zhao Deming thought about it again and again, and reluctantly agreed:
"Okay, actually, there's no big problem. You just want to discuss some things about life with me."

"Because I can see that my friend came to see me this time to seek refuge with me. He brought all his luggage with him."

"I just told her before that I was a senior manager here, but now, it feels like she wants to come work in our mine."

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