I am a super cop

In the guest house, Gu Chen listened to Zhao Deming's story and felt that it was full of loopholes.

You know, the pancake proprietress and her husband run the pancake stall, and the business is very good.

It can be said that their pancake shop can now be regarded as an Internet celebrity snack in Jiangnan City.

There is an endless stream of diners coming here, and there is a long queue every day.

For this kind of business, if nothing else, the annual income is 60 to [-] yuan, which is the lowest, and it may be even higher.

But under such a good business situation, the pancake proprietress wanted to take refuge with Zhao Deming, who was working as a senior manager in the mine. It was obviously a bit unjustifiable.

Moreover, the mines here are far from the city and the transportation is not convenient.

It can be said that describing this place as a ravine is not an exaggeration at all.

But in Zhao Deming's mouth, it seems that the pancake proprietress has come to seek refuge with him, which is somewhat suspected of putting a high hat on himself.

"Zhao Deming, do you think your friend came to seek refuge with you and work here?" Gu Chen also asked in confirmation.

Zhao Deming nodded silently: "I think so."

"Isn't this nonsense?" Officer Wang also saw the flaw in the question and said quickly:
"If someone runs their own business and is still in the urban area, they may make more money than you do as a manager."

"That's it, why do people still need to go to this ravine to ask you to help them find a job?"

Shaking his head, Officer Wang smiled angrily and said, "Zhao Deming, what are you talking about?"

"That's right." Lu Weiwei couldn't stand it anymore and said angrily: "Have you told us the truth?"

"Yes, I have been telling you the truth." It felt like these policemen still didn't believe in themselves, and Zhao Deming's face suddenly became ugly.

Yuan Shasha also shook her head and said: "Zhao Deming, everything you said from beginning to end is inconsistent with the facts."

"You said that your friend ran away from home because of a conflict with her husband. You also said that she wanted to come here to seek refuge with you."

"I think you must have made a mistake. You must know that this is not the first time that your friend has run away from home."

"It lasts for a few days at a time, and she will go back when she has had enough trouble. But now, on the first day she came to your place, it can be said that she disappeared on the first night. It is hard for people to believe what you said."

Turning to look at the big bed, Yuan Shasha continued to point to the undisturbed bedding and said:

"Look, even the bedding in the guest house has not been disturbed, which means that they didn't sleep here on the first night."

"I didn't even have time to tidy up the clothes on the bed before the person disappeared."

"This fully shows that the person was called out at night and then disappeared without a trace."

"But you said that you went back after sending the other party to the guest house. This is somewhat far-fetched."

"This...how is this far-fetched?" It felt like Yuan Shasha's words were poking at his heart, and Zhao Deming suddenly seemed a little embarrassed.

At this moment, Zou Yaohua, who had been standing silently in the corner, also sighed heavily and said angrily:

"You're just talking nonsense."

"What did you say?" After hearing what Zou Yaohua said, Zhao Deming looked at him with confusion.

At this time, Zou Yaohua, who was clenching his fists, looked up at Zhao Deming again, his fists even clenched loudly.

Zou Yaohua walked towards Zhao Deming step by step.

At this moment, Zhao Deming, who was obviously shocked by Zou Yaohua's strong aura, kept retreating towards the corner as Zou Yaohua continued to approach.

When Zhao Deming retreated to the corner and had no way out, he looked nervously at Gu Chen beside him and asked quickly:

"Comrade police, this...is this your colleague?"

It felt like this man didn't look like a policeman, and it seemed that from the moment he saw him, Zhao Deming noticed that this guy seemed to be staring at him with fierce eyes, making him feel uncomfortable.

But now, he used such a strong method to force himself into a corner, which made Zhao Deming feel guilty.

"Pa!" Just when Zou Yaohua wanted to continue to approach Zhao Deming, Gu Chen, who was standing aside, put his left hand on Zou Yaohua's shoulder.

Then, he held Zou Yaohua firmly in place.

"Zou Yaohua, please step back first."

"But Officer Gu, he is obviously lying." Zou Yaohua said unwillingly.

"We will solve this problem." Gu Chen said calmly.

Zou Yaohua frowned. Although he was unwilling to do so, he still followed Gu Chen's instructions and took the initiative to retreat behind the others and turned to look out the window.

Faced with this situation, the confused manager Zhao Deming felt guilty at the moment and quickly pointed at Zou Yaohua and said:
"He... who is he?"

"He is your friend's ex-boyfriend." Lu Weiwei said.

Upon hearing these words, manager Zhao Deming immediately felt an invisible murderous aura emanating from Zou Yaohua.

Only then did the manager Zhao Deming realize why this guy named Zou Yaohua had always regarded him as his enemy and even looked at him in a wrong way.

But now I realize that this is my friend’s ex-boyfriend.

But now, my friend just disappeared out of thin air, and disappeared after coming into contact with me.

Therefore, from a feeling point of view, Zou Yaohua regarded himself as the culprit, so he looked at himself in a wrong way.

With a heavy sigh, manager Zhao Deming quickly comforted her: "Brother, I can understand your mood. She and I are just ordinary friends."

"We were colleagues before, so we have a good relationship, like buddies."

"I'm also very worried about her disappearance. Aren't you trying to find a solution?"

"Don't you have any idea about her disappearance?" Faced with the remarks of the mine manager Zhao Deming, Zou Yaohua obviously didn't buy it, and he said fiercely:
"She came to the mine to find you, you had dinner with her, and then you took her to the guest house, but she didn't even stay there that night and disappeared mysteriously."

"But in this case, you didn't contact her for a whole week, and you even forgot that she came to the mine guest house."

With a heavy sigh, Zou Yaohua said angrily: "Tell me, among these things you said, which one is true? Which one is false?"

"Such a ridiculous lie, you just opened your mouth. In my opinion, she was kidnapped by you, and it was all your doing."

"Bah!" Zou Yaohua also scolded him to death. Mine manager Zhao Deming was also unhappy and said angrily:
"I told you not to slander anyone, okay? I was really busy with work, and for a while, I actually forgot about it."

"Also, she hasn't contacted me. Even if she sends me a text message, I still remember it."

He sighed quietly, feeling that he needed other support.

So the mine manager looked at Gu Chen and the others, and said quickly: "Comrade police, I am busy with all kinds of trivial work every day, and I don't have so much energy to think about these things."

"Sometimes when you are busy socializing, it's understandable that you occasionally don't remember something, right?"

"Besides, I have to meet with countless leaders and managers, big and small, every day. I meet so many people that I occasionally forget something. Is this understandable?"

After the words fell, I originally wanted to get the support of Gu Chen and others, but Gu Chen and others were silent at this moment.

This made mine manager Zhao Deming look embarrassed.

Seeing that Gu Chen and the others didn't respond at all, Zhao Deming quickly said: "Comrade police, could you please say something?"

"Zhao Deming." Seeing that Zhao Deming was in urgent need of everyone's support, Lu Weiwei also got straight to the point:

"The situations you mentioned should be possible."

"But, this friend of yours, who is very close to you, came here to see you. You even invited them to dinner and helped them arrange accommodation."

"Finally, you told me that the next day you would forget that this person existed."

Shaking her head, Lu Weiwei also smiled and said: "

I don't believe it either. I feel like your statement is a bit forced. "

"But, that's how it is." Feeling that everyone was wronging him, the mining manager Zhao Deming also tried his best to defend himself.

But at this moment, it seems that Zhao Deming’s claims do not receive any support.

After all, even ordinary people cannot do such ridiculous things.

Lu Weiwei pointed to the big bed in the room and said, "Zhao Deming, take a look for yourself. The front desk said that your friend has never been in this room since he checked in."

"Furthermore, we can also tell from the condition inside the trash can that it looks like it has just been moved in."

"Even the quilt on the big bed was not turned over, which means the other party didn't sleep here at all at night."

Pointing to the clothes on the bed, Lu Weiwei added, "Look at the clothes on the bed. It looks like they just opened the suitcase and threw them on the bed casually."

"But before I had time to clean up, I went out again, and then disappeared."

After finishing his words, seeing the mine manager Zhao Deming dumbfounded, Lu Weiwei also reminded:
"In this case, how can we trust you?"

"More importantly, we did not find any signs of fighting in the entire room, and everything was neatly placed."

"This means that your friend was following someone out, and there was no fight."

"But, after she went out, she never went back. It's obvious that the accident happened after she went out with someone. Could that person be you, Zhao Deming?"

"No, no, it's definitely not me." Faced with Lu Weiwei's questioning, Zhao Deming was frightened and quickly waved his hand and refused:
"I don't know what happened at all? I only remember that that night, I sent her to the guest house, chatted with her for a few words in the guest house, and then went back."

"I have no idea what happened next. Really, I didn't lie."

Feeling that even if he jumped into the Yellow River, he wouldn't be able to clean himself up. The mine manager, Zhao Deming, also put on an aggrieved attitude.

However, Zhao Deming is a serious suspect after all. It can also be said that he is the person most suspected of kidnapping the pancake proprietress so far in the investigation.

As for why Zhao Deming kidnapped the pancake proprietress?In fact, everyone doesn't know. Maybe it's some internal things between the two that are difficult for outsiders to know.

But judging from the situation at the scene, the pancake proprietress did go out on her own, and there was no sign of being kidnapped.

But in order to verify the statement of the mine manager Zhao Deming, everyone unanimously decided to use the guest house's surveillance to investigate the specific situation.

So, everyone went to the front desk downstairs.

At this moment, a middle-aged woman with heavy makeup was sitting there.

Seeing that everyone had returned to the front desk, the woman at the front desk also asked curiously: "How is your investigation going?"

"Let me ask you." Officer Wang crossed his arms and asked curiously:
"A week ago, this same Zhao Deming sent his friends to the guest house. How long did he stay upstairs in total?"

"This..." Feeling that this question was troubling herself, the middle-aged female receptionist hesitated for a few seconds and seemed to be very entangled in her heart.

After a while, the middle-aged female receptionist also shook her head and said helplessly: "Comrade police, this... I really don't know. After all, it's been a week, who still remembers this."

"How could you not remember that?" Upon hearing that the middle-aged female receptionist was shirking responsibility, Lu Weiwei immediately stepped forward and reminded her:
"I just heard you say it yourself. You asked Zhao Deming at that time whether the woman we were asking about was very thin or S-shaped."

"It shows that you pay more attention to the women brought by Zhao Deming, so you can ask these questions clearly."

Seeing the embarrassed look on the middle-aged female receptionist's face, Lu Weiwei quickly said:
"But in this case, you said that you don't remember what happened a week ago. What are you lying about?"

"Oh, it's unfair." It felt like Lu Weiwei was in a dilemma when she said this.

So the middle-aged female receptionist also quickly said: "Actually, Manager Zhao comes here. He does often bring some female friends."

Having said this, the mine manager Zhao Deming, who was huddled in the corner, subconsciously glanced at the young female receptionist.

At this time, the middle-aged female receptionist continued: "However, I only have some impressions, because many of them are also customers in the mining area and were brought here to rest by Manager Zhao."

"So I don't know much about the relationship between them. Some of them are just my personal random guesses."

"In addition, Manager Zhao and I are old acquaintances, so when he comes to our guest house, it is normal for me to occasionally joke with him."

With a faint sigh, the middle-aged female receptionist also broke into a cold sweat.

I feel like this style of painting is wrong. When I saw Zhao Deming just now, I still looked relaxed, and even chatted with him with a touch of ridicule.

But now, it seems that the situation has changed immediately, and the atmosphere has quickly become serious.

"Really?" Yuan Shasha came to the middle-aged female front desk and asked her with raised eyebrows.

"It's true." The middle-aged female receptionist didn't dare to talk nonsense at this time, and quickly nodded and admitted.

So Yuan Shasha asked again: "Do you still have the surveillance video from a week ago?"

"Uh..." Feeling that this question seemed a bit embarrassing, the middle-aged female receptionist looked around, then reminded Yuan Shasha:
"Comrade policewoman, can you check if there are any surveillance cameras around you?" After hearing what the middle-aged female receptionist said, Yuan Shasha obeyed and immediately began to check the surrounding equipment.

However, everyone observed for a long time, but did not find any surveillance cameras.

Officer Wang was also puzzled: "Huh? That's strange, why don't you even have a camera in your guest house?"

"It's not that the boss is reluctant to part with it. I feel like there's no need for a small place like ours."

"After all, it's just a time-honored guest house, and the people who stay here are all customers from the mining area, or some salespeople who work with us."

"Haha, it's really weird." After hearing the middle-aged woman's words at the front desk, Lu Weiwei was speechless and said:

"But if an accident happens here, can you bear the responsibility?"

"I definitely can't afford it, but it's none of my business. I'm just a part-time worker. I can do whatever the boss asks me to do."

Faced with Lu Weiwei's doubts, the middle-aged female receptionist also had her own explanation.

Lu Weiwei felt that she was really going to be defeated by this guest house, so she sighed heavily and asked hurriedly: "What about your boss?"

"Maybe I went out to buy things." The middle-aged female receptionist said.

Lu Weiwei immediately said: "Let him come back now."

"Uh……"

"Hurry up and call." Before the middle-aged female receptionist could finish her words, Lu Weiwei immediately reminded her.

"Oh." The middle-aged female receptionist reacted and immediately started to connect.

Not long after, the middle-aged female receptionist hung up the phone and quickly replied: "Comrade police, our boss will be back soon and is already on the way. Please wait here for a moment."

At this time, the middle-aged female receptionist began to speak extremely politely.

It seems that something really serious happened in the guest house.

At this moment, the mine manager Zhao Deming felt uncomfortable because he was being stared at as a suspect.

And there are many questions that I still can’t answer.

At this moment, an old car suddenly stopped at the door, and a tall and thin man got out of the car.

After closing the car door, he immediately opened the trunk of the car and reminded him in the direction of the front desk of the guest house:
"Come here and do me a favor, take these things in."

While he was talking, the tall and thin man had already begun to move various types of cardboard boxes from the trunk to the ground.

The middle-aged female receptionist also rushed forward at this moment, lifted the cardboard box on the ground, and sneakily approached the tall and thin man to remind him a few words.

Then he secretly glanced at Gu Chen and the others.

When the tall and thin man heard this, he looked at Gu Chen and the others in the direction of the front desk with some surprise.

After being stunned for a few seconds, the tall and thin man continued to arrange for the middle-aged woman at the front desk to move these large and small cardboard boxes into the guest house, while he himself walked towards Gu Chen and others in a smart manner.

"Hello, I am the owner of this guest house." The tall and thin man first shook hands with Gu Chen and others.

Gu Chen also responded immediately: "I am Gu Chen from Furong Branch. This time I was responsible for investigating a missing person case, but I happened to find that the missing person actually lived in your guest house."

"Oh?" After hearing what Gu Chen said, the tall and thin man immediately became curious and asked quickly:
"So, what exactly is going on?"

"The specific situation is that a week ago, Zhao Deming, the manager of this mine, brought one of his female friends, who was a former colleague, to your guest house. Do you remember this?"

"A week ago? Bringing a woman here?" Scratching his cheek, the tall and thin man also seemed a little at a loss.

Obviously, he seems to know some of Zhao Deming's gossip and trivial matters, and he also knows Zhao Deming's character clearly, and he often brings women to this guest house.

Therefore, the tall and thin man responded very cautiously, for fear that he would say the wrong thing.

"How was it? Do you have any impressions?" When Officer Wang saw that the tall and thin man did not respond, he quickly stepped forward and asked.

"Uh... Well, this seems to be the case, right? Let me think about it." After thinking for a moment, the tall and thin man snapped his fingers and said:

"Yes, Manager Zhao did bring a female friend here a week ago, but didn't that woman leave with Manager Zhao later?"

"What did you say?" After hearing what the tall and thin man said, Zhao Deming suddenly panicked, quickly looked at Gu Chen, and explained to Gu Chen:
"He was wrong. He must be. I didn't take anyone away from the guest house at all. I went back alone."

"Then who can prove what you said?" Officer Wang asked.

"This one……"

This question immediately stunned Zhao Deming.

Then Officer Wang said again: "No, right?"

"Uh, yes...yes, because I left alone at that time, and it seemed that no one at the front desk was paying attention."

Looking up at the middle-aged female receptionist, Zhao Deming asked, "Did you see me leaving at that time?"

"No." The middle-aged female receptionist shook her head and said truthfully:

"He left at that time. Maybe I was still watching the show on my mobile phone, so I didn't pay much attention."

"What about you? How are you sure that Zhao Deming left with a woman?" Officer Wang immediately turned his attention to the tall and thin boss.

The tall and thin boss also hesitated for a moment, and then said slowly: "I remember, I was at the door at that time."

Looking at the vehicle at the door, the tall and thin man quickly explained: "Yes, I was at the door, sitting in my car, talking on the phone."

"Then, I saw Manager Zhao following a woman out of the guest house."

After a pause, the tall and thin man continued to explain: "Because Manager Zhao is also a frequent visitor to our place. He often brings some customers or the other party's business manager to stay here."

"Because there are so many contacts, I don't know if the people that Manager Zhao brings here every time are from the company? So I don't want to care too much."

"But that day, when Manager Zhao drove to the door of the guest house, he just came out and was about to drive back."

"And at that time, he was indeed following a woman. I guess this should be the person you are looking for, right?"

"That's right." Seeing that the owner of the guest house seemed to be speaking out for justice, Gu Chen took out his mobile phone, opened the photo album, showed it in front of him and asked:

"It's this woman. Take a closer look. Is the person you saw that day her?"

"This one……"

Facing the photo of the pancake proprietress on Gu Chen's cell phone, the tall and thin man hesitated for a moment, but still nodded reluctantly and couldn't help but say:
"It should be her, mainly because it happened a week ago, so the impression is a bit vague."

"As long as it's certain." Gu Chen was very satisfied with this statement.

Although the boss wanted to save various expenses, he did not install any surveillance cameras even in the guest house.

Therefore, Gu Chen cannot judge the authenticity of the matter based on traditional surveillance cameras. He can only figure out the matter by continuously investigating the contacts surrounding the matter.

Gu Chen looked at Zhao Deming, took two steps forward, and continued to ask:

"Zhao Deming, are you lying to us? Someone clearly saw you following your friend out of the guest house."

"This shows that your friend had not gone to bed to rest at that time. He even threw his clothes on the big bed and left the guest house with you before he had time to rest."

After a pause, Gu Chen asked Zhao Deming again: "Zhao Deming, Manager Zhao, what else do you have to say?"

"Harm!" Feeling that he was in trouble this time, Zhao Deming said helplessly:
"Okay, I admit, I came out of the guest house with my friend that day."

Seeing that Zhao Deming seemed to be shaken, Yuan Shasha quickly asked: "What happened next? Where did you go?"

"We didn't go anywhere." Zhao Deming was upset at the moment. He shook his head and then said:

"She just said that she went out in a hurry and didn't bring many daily necessities."

"I thought, although it's not a busy place, there are still supermarkets."

"So, after we checked in, I took her to a nearby supermarket."

After finishing his words, Zhao Deming quickly pointed to the diagonally opposite place in front of him and said, "It was in that small supermarket that I bought some daily necessities."

"Then what?" After hearing what Zhao Deming said, Lu Weiwei quickly asked.

Zhao Deming also sighed and continued: "I was picking things with her in the supermarket. After all, those who come here are guests."

"What's more, my friend may stay in this area for a few more days, so I have no choice but to help pick out things."

"But at that time, all kinds of things were going on in the mine. My mobile phone received endless calls. I even answered the phone and received a message that the phone was very hot and the system reminded me that I needed to cool down."

With a faint sigh, Zhao Deming also said helplessly: "So there is nothing I can do. When my friend was picking out daily necessities, I kept answering the phone at the door."

"In the end, there were important things waiting for me to deal with at the mine, so I quickly told my friend in the supermarket."

"She also said that if I have something to do, I can leave first and deal with my own affairs first."

Spreading his hands, Zhao Deming also said innocently: "So there is no other way, I can only leave first."

"As for what happens next, I have explained it to you many times just now."

"Because I am too busy at work, and I have to deal with a lot of customer leaders every day."

"Once this person gets busy, many things will be indirectly forgotten, so I completely forgot about my friend coming here."

"In addition, my friend has never called me, which makes me forget about this matter and it seems to be natural."

With a faint sigh, Zhao Deming also put on a bitter face and said:
"So comrade police, although my friend came out of the guest house with me, when I went back, I drove back alone, really."

Faced with Zhao Deming's various complaints, everyone looked in the direction of Gu Chen.

At this time, Gu Chen also reminded: "Zhao Deming, you have said so much, who can prove it?"

"Who can prove it?" After hesitating for a few seconds, Zhao Deming quickly pointed to the diagonally opposite side of the guest house and reminded:
"If you don't believe it, you can go to that supermarket and ask about the situation. Did I buy something in their supermarket that night? And was my friend with me?"

As if he had been greatly wronged, Zhao Deming's attitude seemed to become tougher.

Since Gu Chen needed to conduct on-the-spot investigation, he stood at the door of the guest house. After observing for a long time, he approached Lu Weiwei and Yuan Shasha and reminded them:
"Senior Sister Lu, Xiao Yuan, you can go to that supermarket and ask about the situation to see if it is what Zhao Deming said?"

"No problem." Seeing what Gu Chen said, Lu Weiwei immediately took Yuan Shasha and walked towards the small supermarket across the road.

Gu Chen and others stood quietly at the door of the guest house, waiting.

Not long after, Lu Weiwei and Yuan Shasha walked out of the small supermarket opposite and returned directly to Gu Chen.

"How is it?" Gu Chen quickly asked.

Lu Weiwei shook her head and sighed helplessly: "There is no way, there are no surveillance cameras in that supermarket."

"But listening to the supermarket owner's recollections, it seems that there was such a tragic situation."

"In other words, all the situations he just mentioned are true?" Zou Yaohua seemed not to trust Zhao Deming so much, so he asked again to confirm.

Lu Weiwei also nodded silently and admitted, "Everything he said is true. What happened is almost the same."

After receiving Lu Weiwei's affirmative answer, Zou Yaohua suddenly fell into deep thought.

Perhaps it was hard for Zou Yaohua to imagine that things would be like this.

When Gu Chen saw this, he quickly asked Lu Weiwei: "Sister Lu, what happened next? Did Zhao Deming leave first?"

"Yes." Faced with Gu Chen's doubts, Lu Weiwei continued to nod and said, "I asked the boss of that supermarket, and the boss said that it was indeed Zhao Deming who left first and then drove away."

"In the supermarket, the pancake proprietress also purchased a lot of daily necessities and came out about 2 minutes later than Zhao Deming. All of this can be confirmed."

"That means that the pancake proprietress never returned to the guest house after purchasing daily necessities?" Officer Wang shuddered.

Lu Weiwei nodded fiercely: "Although I don't know the specific situation, judging from the current situation, it seems like this is the case."

After Lu Weiwei finished speaking, Gu Chen's eyes fell on Zhao Deming again.

Gu Chen also came to Zhao Deming step by step and said solemnly: "If I know you are lying, you know the consequences."

"I won't lie. It was indeed the case that night. Facts have proven that this matter had nothing to do with me at all. I was wronged."

... (end of this chapter)