I am a super cop

Zhao Deming did give everyone a new investigation idea, which is to place suspicion on the husband of the pancake proprietress and her best friend.

This was something Gu Chen had not thought of before, but judging from the current situation, Zhao Deming was also suspicious.

However, judging from the current situation, it is impossible to confirm that these bloody objects found must be related to Zhao Deming.

We still need to wait for the Municipal Bureau's Technical Section to get the test results before we can make a judgment.

"Officer Gu." Seeing that Gu Chen was still thinking, Zhao Deming also raised his eyebrows and asked:
"What? Are you still doubting my statement?"

Frowning, Zhao Deming said again: "Hey, Officer Gu, when has it been? Why don't you believe me yet?"

"Then why should I believe you?" Gu Chen also looked at Zhao Deming and said.

Zhao Deming immediately sat upright and couldn't help but said: "Okay, although I know that you have prejudices against me, Zhao Deming, but I don't blame you."

"After all, you found many items in my house that even I didn't know about, which really shocked me. I also hope that this matter can be thoroughly investigated."

"However, you should consider the clues I have provided you, right? After all, my friends talking to me about these things are not groundless."

"Her husband is obviously not good to her, but how come you tell her that her husband has become a good man? I really don't know how this confusion of right and wrong came about?"

"But then I thought about it, and I feel like you probably believed some people's opinions. For example, my friend's best friend probably gave you a lot of her opinions."

"That's why you think my friend's husband is a good man, right?"

Seeing what Zhao Deming said is indeed worth pondering.

Gu Chen and his colleagues looked at each other and thought seriously about Zhao Deming's questions.

Lu Weiwei said: "What you said makes sense, but what are the details? We still need further investigation, and you'd better tell everything you know honestly."

"That's for sure." Seeing what Lu Weiwei said, Zhao Deming nodded silently and couldn't help but say:
"Not to mention anything else, I, Zhao Deming, am a good friend to me. She ran away from home and she came to me to talk about these things, which is enough to show her absolute trust in me."

With a faint sigh, Zhao Deming added: "It's a pity that I was so busy with work that I forgot to communicate with her, so her whereabouts are unknown now."

"All of this is my fault, so I am willing to do my best to cooperate with your police in handling the case."

"This is not only responsible for my friends, but also responsible for myself. After all, I was confused and was involved in this matter. I was also surprised."

"Especially the things you found in my home, I really couldn't wash them away even if I jumped into the Yellow River."

Rubbing his face with both hands, trying to calm himself down, Zhao Deming continued:

"No matter what, I have to prove my innocence for myself, so I will tell you everything I know."

After a pause, Zhao Deming leaned forward again and said involuntarily: "Comrade police, I now seriously suspect that my friend's best friend is lying to you."

"If you believe me, you can go and investigate her best friends and see who she has frequent contact with. Maybe you will have the answer."

"You don't need to worry about this, we have our own plan." After hearing Zhao Deming's words, Officer Wang also said casually.

Zhao Deming gave a thumbs up: "I believe that my intuition will not be wrong."

……

……

After completing the preliminary interrogation of Zhao Deming, Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei, Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha also returned to the criminal investigation team office.

Everyone is also thinking repeatedly about what Zhao Deming said.

Officer Wang wrote the noodle shop owner's wife on the whiteboard, circled it with a pen, then faced everyone and asked, "What do you think of this woman?"

"People should not be judged by their appearance." Yuan Shasha thought for a moment, crossed her arms and said calmly:
"Just like what Zhao Deming said, he thought that after talking to the pancake proprietress, he felt that her husband was not treating her well."

"But what we heard from her was basically the image of her husband as a good man, which was completely opposite to what he had in mind."

"Perhaps it was this contrast in image that made Zhao Deming suspicious, plus the things we found from his home."

After a pause, Yuan Shasha looked up at Gu Chen and said, "Maybe the things we found from his house were really put in by someone?"

"It's possible." Gu Chen sighed and said truthfully:
"The righteous words that Zhao Deming said feel like they are true. Since he is so sure, he must have his own reasons."

"If he has nothing to do with the whole thing, then the credibility of his explanation is still relatively high."

"But the difficulty is that he has deep contact with the pancake proprietress and even arranged accommodation for the pancake proprietress."

"The last one is the pancake proprietress. She actually disappeared on his property, and she has something to do with him."

"Yes." Lu Weiwei lay on the seat and said helplessly:
"If he had nothing to do with the whole thing, it would be much simpler."

"But now, it's hard to explain that the bloody objects that appear in his home have nothing to do with him."

"It can be said that everything seems to revolve around Zhao Deming. If he says that Zhao Deming has nothing to do with this matter and is completely an outsider, I don't believe it."

"I don't believe it either." Officer Wang also echoed and continued:

"This Zhao Deming doesn't look like a good person no matter how you look at him."

"Pfft!" Hearing Officer Wang's words, Yuan Shasha on the side suppressed a laugh: "So Brother Wang, you still judge people by their appearance?"

"It feels like he's not a good person. Besides, haven't you listened to what those drivers said? Isn't there enough gossip about this guy?"

"It doesn't feel any better for a person like this? As for him trying his best to distance himself from the pancake proprietress, does it feel like he is trying his best to hide something?"

"As for what it is? We don't know. We can only investigate slowly."

"Yeah." After hearing Officer Wang's words, Gu Chen looked in the direction of He Junchao and warned:
"Senior Brother He, immediately keep an eye on the noodle shop proprietress. If the noodle shop proprietress told us what she told us before, the pancake boss told her so, then the problem will be serious."

"At least it shows that there seems to be some hidden connection between these two groups of people."

"Yes." As soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, Lu Weiwei on the side also expressed her opinion:
"If the best friend of the pancake proprietress intends to harm her, then she will be in danger."

"Because of her husband's personality, we can only know about it through the words of her best friend."

"But once someone lies, we won't be able to judge the authenticity of the matter. We still need to investigate the noodle shop owner's wife to see if there is any deep relationship between her and the pancake owner?"

"In other words, what secrets are hidden between these two people? We need to do something against the pancake proprietress."

"I know." After hearing what Lu Weiwei said, He Junchao nodded feebly and echoed:
"I'll try my best to see what's going on with the noodle shop owner?"

"For this kind of thing, it's best to push back the investigation time to a week ago."

"We need to see if there is any other connection between the noodle shop owner and the pancake owner before we can draw a conclusion."

"Then thank you for the hard work, Senior Brother He." Seeing He Junchao say this, Gu Chen also comforted him.

He Junchao smiled bitterly and shook his head helplessly: "It's not hard work, but life is hard."

After everyone determined the direction of their work, they immediately became busy.

He Junchao also began to focus on investigating the situation of the noodle shop proprietress.

Gu Chen, on his side, was also sorting out the various clues he had investigated and repeatedly analyzing the tricks in them.

For now, there are many people whom everyone has suspected, such as Zou Yaohua, the driver who delivers aquatic products, Zhao Deming, the mine manager, the pancake boss, and the noodle shop proprietress.

It seems that each of these people is more or less suspected.

However, for now, Gu Chen found some bloody objects from Zhao Deming's home, especially bloody blades, which gave everyone a breakthrough in evidence.

Therefore, for now, Zhao Deming is the most suspicious, but Zhao Deming gave his own judgment. He even suspected the pancake proprietress's best friend.

So this also gave Gu Chen a new direction of investigation.

However, Gu Chen would not be fooled by a few words. The important point still needed to be investigated by himself.

"Gu Chen." Gu Chen here was still sorting out his documents, and He Junchao on the other end suddenly called out.

Gu Chen looked up and asked hurriedly: "What's wrong?"

"Come and take a look." He Junchao said casually while staring at the screen.

Gu Chen didn't care too much, put down the documents in hand, and quickly came over.

"Look at this person, is she the noodle shop owner?" He Junchao pointed to a picture and said.

Gu Chen squinted and realized that the picture showed a narrow alley, which seemed to be near the noodle shop owner's mother's store.

So Gu Chen asked again: "Where is this place?"

"It's behind the noodle shop owner's wife's store. Behind them is this narrow alley. This time was a week ago. In the picture, the noodle shop owner's wife was communicating with a man here."

After a pause, He Junchao added: "And this man looks like the pancake boss."

"Yes, it's him." Gu Chen recognized the man in the surveillance video at a glance.

After hearing this, Lu Weiwei, Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha also came to He Junchao one after another.

Everyone's eyes were fixed on the computer screen at this moment.

He Junchao pointed at the screen and said, "The noodle shop owner seems to be talking to the pancake owner about something very important."

"From the two people entering this narrow alley, it is not difficult to tell that the pancake boss went there first, and then after looking around for a long time, he took out his mobile phone and dialed the phone number."

"And not long after, the noodle shop owner walked out of the back door of her store."

"Two people had an argument in this narrow alley."

"Yes, there was a dispute." Gu Chen looked at the surveillance screen and confirmed again.

Lu Weiwei said quickly: "Is it because of the pancake boss lady?"

"Nine times out of ten, yes." Officer Wang said.

Yuan Shasha frowned: "Would you like to take a look again?"

After thinking about it, Yuan Shasha asked again: "By the way, Senior Brother He, what day is this time?"

"It was just a few days before the pancake proprietress disappeared, and I found that there were more than one such meeting."

After the words fell, He Junchao called up another piece of surveillance again.

Soon, the same plot continued to appear on the surveillance screen.

That is, in that narrow alley, there are still the pancake boss and the noodle shop proprietress.

The two seemed to still be arguing, especially from the surveillance camera's perspective. The two sometimes spread their hands, sometimes walked back and forth, and their emotions were quite intense.

It seemed that there was a serious disagreement and the two began to argue continuously.

"That's weird." Looking at the scene in front of him, Gu Chen also frowned.

He Junchao raised his eyebrows and asked hurriedly: "Gu Chen, what are you surprised about?"

"This is near the noodle shop owner's shop, and this noodle shop is jointly run by the noodle shop owner and her husband."

"When the noodle shop owner comes out of the shop, the noodle shop owner must be responsible for everything in the shop."

After a pause, Gu Chen stared at the computer screen for a while, and then said: "And, judging from the time of the first surveillance video, it should be around noon."

"And in the second scene, the two met in a narrow alley. It should be in the evening, to be precise, it was dinner time."

"At this time, every business is the busiest. But at this time, the noodle shop owner comes out of the shop. Doesn't the boss have any objections?"

"Junior brother Gu." Seeing what Gu Chen said, Lu Weiwei quickly asked:
"Do you think that this noodle shop owner might have known all this for a long time? He just pretended to be silent?"

"Yeah." Facing Lu Weiwei's question, Gu Chen nodded silently and agreed:
"I feel that if the best friend of the pancake proprietress is in the same group as her husband, then the husband of the noodle shop proprietress should also be in the same group."

"But now, we have also talked with the noodle shop owner, and she seems to be a very sincere person."

"But her husband should have known about this kind of thing for a long time, and he should also know why the pancake proprietress ran away from home."

Taking a deep breath, Gu Chen continued: "So I think there is something wrong with this noodle shop owner."

"At least it means that if the noodle shop owner and the pancake owner are in the same group, then the noodle shop owner is also in the same group."

"No matter what, I should know some facts, but I didn't focus on participating."

After thinking for a moment, Gu Chen looked at He Junchao beside him and said, "Brother He, please help me find out when the noodle shop owner and her husband will separate?"

"Around 3 to 5 o'clock in the afternoon." He Junchao paused for a few seconds, confirmed again, and then said:
"That's right, that's right. At this time every day, the noodle shop owner's wife doesn't seem to be in the store."

"And the only one in the store is the owner who is cleaning up and preparing ingredients for the evening."

"In addition to this time period, what other time period is there?" Gu Chen continued to ask.He Junchao replied: "And the closing time is at 9pm."

"But actually, around 8:[-] p.m., the noodle shop owner's wife will go home."

"Then, all the time belongs to the noodle shop owner."

"The noodle shop owner needs to clean the shop and take out the trash. Anyway, he is the only one in the shop at this time, and it is like this almost every day."

"Very good." After learning the news, Gu Chen also sighed, and then said: "We will meet the noodle shop owner around 9 o'clock tonight and talk to him alone."

"Look at what he said about the situation. Is it consistent with what his lover said?"

"Yeah." Everyone heard this and felt that this was more reliable.

……

……

9 pm.

Everyone stayed in the car and waited for a long time.

Across the road is the noodle shop.

Starting at 8:40, everyone saw the proprietress leaving on a scooter, while the proprietress was left alone in the store to clean up the garbage.

"Is it almost done?" Lu Weiwei turned to look at Gu Chen.

Gu Chen nodded silently, then looked at everyone and said, "Go out and meet the noodle shop owner."

After the words fell, everyone got out of the car.

After closing the car door, he walked straight across the road and came to the noodle shop.

At this moment, the noodle shop owner was the only one left inside the noodle shop, peeling garlic and preparing ingredients for tomorrow.

Seeing someone coming in at the door, the noodle shop owner didn't raise his head and just said casually: "We are closed here."

"We're not here to eat noodles." Lu Weiwei took the lead and came to the noodle shop owner.

The noodle shop owner was stunned and slowly raised his head to look at Lu Weiwei.

Because when everyone came to this noodle shop during the day, it was the noodle shop proprietress who greeted us and went to the second floor to discuss.

At that time, the noodle shop owner had been staying in the back kitchen, preparing ingredients for customers, so he didn't know the specific appearance of Gu Chen and the others.

Now looking at Lu Weiwei and the others, I was murmuring in my heart, and asked hurriedly: "You are not here to eat noodles, what are you here for?"

"Boss, we have been to your store before." As he spoke, Gu Chen took out his police ID card and explained:
"We are from Furong Branch."

"Ah?" Upon hearing the identities of Gu Chen and the others, the garlic in the noodle shop owner's hand instantly fell to the table.

After a brief thought, the noodle shop owner came to his senses, quickly picked up the fallen garlic, and then said slowly:
"I remember, haven't you been here before? Why..."

"I still want to talk to you." Officer Wang blurted out before the noodle shop owner could finish speaking.

The noodle shop owner smiled awkwardly and said nervously: "Didn't my wife tell you this question you should ask? What? You want to come and ask it again? But my wife has already gone home. .”

Putting down the garlic on hand, the noodle shop owner clapped his hands, wiped them randomly on his apron, took out his mobile phone, and explained:

"How about I call my wife back?"

"No need." Before the noodle shop owner could dial the number, Gu Chen directly pressed down his right hand holding the phone.

Then, he slowly took out the mobile phone from the noodle shop owner's hand, put it on the table, and then explained solemnly:

"When we come here this time, we are not looking for your lover, but you."

"Looking for me?" Upon hearing that the police were looking for him this time, the noodle shop owner laughed dryly and said quickly:
"What are you looking for me for? I don't know what you want to know."

"You don't need to be nervous." The owner of the restaurant was already extremely nervous at the moment. Officer Wang comforted him and couldn't help but smile and said:

"I just want to have a good chat with you. You don't need to be too tense. Just relax."

While speaking, Officer Wang also made a relaxed posture with his hands spread out.

"Haha." The noodle shop owner, who didn't know what kind of medicine the police were selling, was also a little flustered at this moment.

At this moment, Lu Weiwei also pointed the law enforcement recorder forward, and then asked:
"By the way, boss, are you familiar with your lover's best friend, the lady who runs the pancake business?"

"Absolutely average, not too familiar." Faced with Lu Weiwei's question, the noodle shop owner answered quite calmly.

Lu Weiwei nodded silently, and then said: "I heard that your lover's best friend would choose to live in your house every time she ran away from home. Is this true?"

"Yes." I feel that these questions from the police seem to be too repetitive.

After all, the police had already come once in the early morning to question his wife.

After Gu Chen's team left, the boss's wife must have informed her husband about the content of the interview, which is understandable.

But the questions he heard now seemed to be very similar to the ones his lover told him before, so the noodle shop owner seemed a little uneasy.

I always feel that the police's questions are too repetitive, so the replies are quite straightforward.

Hearing what the noodle shop owner said, Lu Weiwei added: "Very good, that means that every time your lover's best friend runs away from home, she will always live in your house."

"Besides, it's your lover's best friend who comes to take his wife back every time, right?"

"Yes." Faced with these questions, the noodle shop owner answered quite readily.

"Very good." After hearing the noodle shop owner's reply, Yuan Shasha also saw that the time was ripe, so she quickly asked:
"Well, since this pancake proprietress often lives in your house, it should mean that your family has a good relationship."

"It's pretty good." It felt like everyone's questions seemed too childish, but at the same time, the noodle shop owner couldn't figure out the purpose of the police's visit this time.

Therefore, the noodle shop owner is also cautious when answering questions.

Seeing that Gu Chen didn't pay much attention, the noodle shop owner immediately reached out to get his phone back from the table.

It seems that he wants to notify his lover through a mobile phone call and ask his wife to return to deal with these problems.

But as soon as the noodle shop owner stretched out his hand, Gu Chen already understood his intention, so he quickly pretended to be casual and pressed his hand on the noodle shop owner's cell phone. He couldn't help but smile and said:
"Boss, our conversation isn't over yet. Why do you always think about making phone calls?"

"Uh, haha, that's it." Feeling that his intentions were seen through by Gu Chen, the noodle shop owner suddenly laughed awkwardly and quickly explained to everyone:

"Actually, it's like this. I don't like to talk much, and I don't communicate with others very much."

With a faint sigh, the noodle shop owner also said with a bitter face: "So there is nothing I can do. Usually, I leave this kind of thing to my wife."

"My wife definitely knows more about the situation than I do, so I want to find her to answer your questions."

"No." When he met the noodle shop owner, he had an arrogant attitude. Gu Chen smiled slightly, took the phone directly from the table in front of the noodle shop owner, pretended to appreciate the appearance, but muttered:
"This specific situation cannot be explained clearly by your lover in a few words."

"So now, what we need to hear is your voice, you."

"Is it me?" Feeling that Gu Chen said this, the noodle shop owner immediately waved his hand and said: "No, I can't give you any help, really."

I feel like I'm in a bit of a bind right now. Even my mobile phone is under "house arrest". This makes the noodle shop owner suddenly have an ominous premonition.

I feel like I'm sitting on pins and needles here, and the police this time are obviously well prepared.

Therefore, the noodle shop owner feels that he is not easy to deal with.

Originally, he thought about asking his wife to come back to help, but now it seems that Gu Chen's team has already understood their intentions and successfully interrupted the noodle shop owner's thoughts.

The noodle shop owner scratched his head, looked at Gu Chen with a decadent look, and said:
"But what do you want to ask?"

"About your lover and your lover's best friend." Gu Chen saw that the owner of the restaurant had given up on the idea of ​​"asking for help", so he wanted to meet him.

After hearing what Gu Chen said, the noodle shop owner seemed to feel that Gu Chen seemed to know something?
So the noodle shop owner also smiled and said: "Comrade police, didn't my wife tell you about this problem this morning?"

"That's not what she said." Gu Chen refused directly and said:

"I mean, is the relationship between your lover and your lover's best friend really that good? Or is there a gap between the two?"

"This one……"

It felt like the police raised the issue of Wang Zha as soon as they arrived. At this moment, the noodle shop owner was a little overwhelmed.

Seeing this, Lu Weiwei quickly asked: "According to our investigation, there may be a gap between your lover and your lover's best friend. Is this true?"

"how to say?

"What should I say?" The owner of the restaurant had no idea what to say, and Officer Wang quickly reminded him.

"Okay." It felt like he couldn't get out without explaining the situation.

So the noodle shop owner chose to compromise and sat up straight, ready to respond to any questions from Gu Chen's team.

"There are actually many conflicts between my wife and her best friend, but on the surface, they have always maintained their role as best friends."

"Is it true that the pancake proprietress is living in your house because she ran away from home?" Hearing what the noodle shop owner said, Yuan Shasha quickly asked.

"It's true." The noodle shop owner nodded silently and couldn't help but say:

"There are indeed many conflicts between the two, but it is true that her best friend ran away from home, and she always stayed at our house."

With a faint sigh, the noodle shop owner said helplessly:

"It's just because of face that she let her best friend live in her house."

"But in fact, the relationship between the two seems to be getting worse and worse."

"How bad is it?" Listening to the noodle shop owner's story, Gu Chen became interested for a while.

But the noodle shop owner explained with a wry smile: "It's nothing? It's just that... we often quarrel. I even feel that if her best friend continues to live like this, the two of them will fall out sooner or later."

"Then what's the reason?" Officer Wang said.

The noodle shop owner waved his hand and said helplessly: "I don't know about this, but the relationship between the two of them doesn't seem to be that good."

"If it weren't for her best friend, her business is doing better and she earns more, I guess my wife wouldn't want to communicate too much with her."

"It always feels like something is changing between the two of them."

"What about this pancake boss?" Officer Wang asked casually after listening to the noodle shop owner's story.

The noodle shop owner frowned and shook his head helplessly: "I don't know about this."

"You should know." As soon as the words were finished, Gu Chen said righteously on the other side:

"This pancake boss has visited your wife several times in private, always in the narrow alley behind your noodle shop. Don't you know this?"

"Uh... I really don't know." It felt like Gu Chen almost forgot about it if he didn't mention it.

So the noodle shop owner continued to explain: "I only know that my wife went out to chat for a while because someone was looking for her."

"But who specifically did she meet? What did she talk about? I don't even know this."

"Then you don't know, is that man the husband of your wife's best friend?"

"I really don't know." Shaking his head, the noodle shop owner quickly replied:

"If you didn't tell me just now, maybe I wouldn't know about it. Anyway, my wife's best friend's husband came to her to discuss important matters."

"Because as a rule, unless it's something important, her best friend will come over in person and come here to chat with her."

"I know that every time they meet face to face, there are always new complexities that arise."

"However, it feels quite mysterious to me, and they usually don't let me know when they chat."

"I just want to keep working in the kitchen. Of course, I am also quite socially anxious and not good at words, so I don't know what to say?"

"Maybe that's why? That's why they deliberately avoid me?"

"What do you think?" Lu Weiwei asked.

The noodle shop owner hesitated for a moment and then said slowly: "I think it should be like this, or they have secrets that they cannot tell outsiders."

"But you are not an outsider." Lu Weiwei reminded quickly.

"Yes, I'm not an outsider, but... I'm not qualified to listen." The noodle shop owner's words revealed his various sorrows.

... (end of this chapter)