I am a super cop

Chapter 2712 An Honest Man with a Criminal Record

After discovering the loophole in the hotel wall, Gu Chen arranged for some police officers to conduct a detailed inspection of all wall areas.

Although no other loopholes were found, it is certain that the hotel may have an unshirkable responsibility.

This incident is also likely to be closely related to the hotel’s internal staff.

When we arrived in the hall, the fat manager immediately stepped forward.

Gu Chen waved his hand: "Manager, give me a list of all the staff in your hotel."

"what?"

"It's the list of staff members. We need their detailed information." Seeing the fat hotel manager stunned for a moment, Lu Weiwei repeated it.

The hotel manager finally reacted and asked quickly, "Is that... all of them?"

"All of them." Gu Chen repeated.

"Okay, okay, wait a moment, I'll ask the HR department to help retrieve it." Seeing the police's firm attitude at the moment, and the discovery of something fishy in the basement and the loopholes in the hotel wall.

It can be said that today's hotel managers dare not be negligent in the slightest.

After all, all of these things indicate that the hotel is highly suspicious. The manager is clear about this, and anyone with a discerning eye can see it.

After a short absence, the manager came over with a stack of A4 papers and handed the documents to Gu Chen with both hands.

Gu Chen took a look and found that they were all employee information sheets, which contained the identity information of all new employees.

Gu Chen handed the file to Yuan Shasha and reminded her, "Xiao Yuan, send this to Senior Brother He and ask him to investigate."

"I understand." Yuan Shasha nodded silently, immediately took the documents to the coffee table next to her, started taking pictures one by one, and then sent them to He Junchao.

On the other side, Gu Chen also waved to the fat manager: "Manager, you sit down first."

"Ah? Oh." The fat manager reacted and immediately tiptoed to sit on the sofa in the hall. He couldn't help but adjust his glasses and was extremely nervous.

"Manager, let me ask you, from yesterday to today, has anyone among your staff shown any abnormal behavior?"

"Abnormal behavior?" The fat manager looked up and thought for a moment, then shook his head.

"Then is there anyone here who has a criminal record?" Gu Chen asked again.

“Uh…” The fat manager was stunned and seemed to be frozen there.

Officer Wang was a little impatient and continued to ask, "I'm asking you a question. Who among you staff has a criminal record?"

"Uh, that... that maintenance guy."

"Which maintenance technician?" Lu Weiwei continued to urge.

The fat manager lowered his head and said slowly, "That's the one, Master Liu."

"Master Liu? The Master Liu who took us to the underground warehouse?" Gu Chen raised his eyebrows and continued to ask.

The fat manager nodded silently: "Yes, it's that Master Liu."

"Who else?" Officer Wang continued to ask.

The fat manager thought for a few seconds and shook his head: "No, it's just this Master Liu, he has a criminal record before."

"What's wrong with him?" asked Officer Wang.

"That's right, it's intentional to hurt someone."

"Be more specific." Seeing that the fat manager was hesitant in speaking, Officer Wang couldn't help but remind him.

The fat manager adjusted his glasses again and then said, "I also heard that Master Liu had intentionally injured someone before. He got into a fight with someone and stabbed him with a knife. Fortunately, the other person was fine, so he was sentenced to several years in prison."

"If this causes a death, then it will be the end, right?"

"Master Liu was so powerful back then?" Listening to the fat manager's explanation, Lu Weiwei also felt a little unbelievable.

My impression of Master Liu is that he seems like an honest man, and when he brought everyone to the underground warehouse, Master Liu himself said that he was an honest man.

It was because he was honest that his leader arranged for him to manage the warehouse.

But it was such a person who almost caused a murder back then. It was outrageous no matter how you looked at it.

But the fact is the fact, Gu Chen can only ask the fat manager to call Master Liu.

Not long after, the fat manager called Master Liu over.

At this moment, Master Liu, who had just witnessed the entire police search process, was also feeling very nervous.

When Master Liu was called by the police and saw the faces of Gu Chen and others, he lowered his head, somewhat afraid to look them in the face.

"Master Liu, does this matter have anything to do with you?" Officer Wang didn't care too much and went straight to the point.

Upon hearing this, Master Liu quickly waved his hands and denied it, "No, no, this matter has nothing to do with me."

"But the key to the warehouse is in your care," Officer Wang reminded again.

After all, only by controlling the warehouse key can one open the warehouse door, enter the ventilation duct from inside the warehouse, and then escape from the exit.

And judging from the current situation, it is obvious that Wen Jun’s disappearance is closely related to the people inside the hotel.

Master Liu happened to be an internal staff member of the hotel and a maintenance master.

Obviously, he was also familiar with the various wiring problems within the hotel.

If you want to do something about the hotel's wiring, that's easy to do.

Plus, the warehouse key is managed by Master Liu, so everything makes sense.

Especially the food residues under Master Liu's feet. No one else stepped on them, but Master Liu was the only one who stepped on them when everyone was inspecting the warehouse.

This led to Gu Chen later discovering that there was food stuck on the soles of Master Liu's feet.

If we say that this was an unintentional act on Master Liu's part, it would probably be a bit far-fetched.

"Comrade police officer, I am just a warehouse keeper. How could I be related to this matter?"

"But you are still a circuit maintenance master. You are familiar with all the circuit facilities in the hotel, aren't you?" Lu Weiwei continued to remind.

This suggests that the power outage in the hotel might be related to Master Liu.

But Master Liu continued to wave his hands and denied: "This really has nothing to do with me. There was a problem with the circuit. I was the one who found the cause and fixed it." "Then you can also cry thief." Yuan Shasha, who had already sent the entire list to He Junchao, also came up at this moment.

Master Liu said innocently, "It's unfair. I really am wronged. Just because I'm a circuit repairman, you can't say I have anything to do with this matter?"

"I'm an honest man. I wouldn't do such a thing, really."

"Haha." Hearing Master Liu's words, Officer Wang was delighted and said without hesitation:
"How can an honest person say that he is an honest person? Then let me ask you, have you ever committed a criminal record?"

Officer Wang's words seemed to hurt Master Liu. Master Liu's face froze and he was speechless.

Officer Wang continued to ask: "Why did you use Tao to commit murder back then?"

"Because, because I was bullied." Having said this, Master Liu lowered his head.

Seeing that Master Liu was a little emotional, Gu Chen quickly interrupted Officer Wang's questioning and said directly: "Don't think too much, we just want to understand the situation of the main personnel in the hotel."

"After all, you know that you are in charge of the warehouse and you are responsible for repairing the circuits. But after this incident, everything seems to be related to you."

"We investigated your criminal record and wanted to discuss the matter objectively and understand the situation."

"I know, you just look down on people with criminal records." As soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, Master Liu also started to act innocent.

But Gu Chen didn't buy it and continued to ask him: "You haven't answered us yet, why did you commit the crime with a knife?"

"It's because I was bullied." Master Liu raised his head and said helplessly:

"That summer, I dragged some watermelons from my hometown to the town to sell, but I ran into some local thugs."

"I had some problems with them before, so when they saw me, they deliberately came to my watermelon stand to cause trouble and deliberately anger me."

"Then, they attacked my watermelon stand, deliberately forcing me to do it, and then smashed my watermelon stand."

Having said that, Master Liu's long-suppressed emotions burst out at this moment.

He looked up and around, and said unhappily, "It's because I'm relatively honest and have always been forbearing that they think I'm easy to bully."

"In addition to the previous incidents, they just wouldn't let me go. They deliberately smashed the watermelons that I had worked so hard to grow in my hometown onto the ground, and asked me what I wanted."

Master Liu sighed helplessly and said, "Later, I had no choice. After being provoked and pushed by them in various ways, I finally slapped the most arrogant one."

"But the beating went wrong, and then I was surrounded and beaten by a group of people. Not only did they beat me, they also smashed my watermelon stand. In the end, I was beaten black and blue and fell to the ground, unable to get up. They also spat on me and humiliated me in various ways."

After hearing Master Liu talk about his past, everyone present fell silent.

Perhaps even the hotel manager had never heard that Master Liu was humiliated like this.

Master Liu also took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down before saying:
"Later, the beast stepped on my head and rubbed my face on the ground, leaving bloody marks. At that moment, I couldn't bear it anymore."

"Just when those bastards were about to turn around and leave, I suddenly got up from the ground, picked up the machete on the ground, and stabbed the most arrogant guy in the butt."

At this point, Master Liu was helpless: "There was nothing I could do. I was so angry that I stabbed the guy a few more times, scaring the other hooligans away."

"I thought the stabbed beast was dead, but he managed to survive."

"Later, I was sentenced to several years in prison. Sometimes I regret it because I was too impulsive at the time. But I did this when I was young."

"At that time, I was full of rage and was treated like that by the other party, so I was blinded by anger and that's why I made this mistake."

Master Liu sighed helplessly, "If I were to do it all over again, I would definitely not be so impulsive. I would choose to call the police directly and let them deal with them."

Looking up at Gu Chen and the others, Master Liu also looked frustrated and choked up as he said:

"Just because I have a criminal record, you can't think that all the bad things are done by me, right? I am innocent."

"Master Liu, don't get excited." It can be seen that Master Liu feels very wronged at this moment, and his defense is about to break down.

Gu Chen quickly calmed his emotions and continued to explain: "Although we are not clear about the situations you mentioned."

"However, we will also conduct an investigation based on facts. We will never wrongly accuse a good person, and we will never let an outsider go."

"But now, you have to tell us what you have been doing from yesterday till now. We must know your whereabouts."

"What have I been doing?" Master Liu was stunned when he heard Gu Chen say this, and he also recalled:
"Yesterday during the day, I rested in the morning and came to work in the afternoon."

"Normally, I come to work in the afternoon, and then I finish my shift and can go back to rest the next morning."

"So were you at home all morning yesterday?" Lu Weiwei asked.

"Yes." Master Liu nodded silently and said without hesitation: "I was at home yesterday morning. My wife can testify to this."

"So what do you do during work in the afternoon?" Officer Wang asked again.

"Just... a routine inspection? Go around a few places, and then rest in the office."

"Sometimes, when goods arrive at the warehouse, I have to go to the warehouse to open the door, and then help register the goods in and out of the warehouse."

“After the goods are put into the warehouse, I go back to the office upstairs to enjoy the air conditioning.”

"Because usually everyone is crowded in the air-conditioned room to rest."

"Is that all?" Lu Weiwei asked.

"Yeah." Master Liu nodded silently and continued to explain: "In fact, our business is quite simple. When we are busy, we are very busy, and when we are not busy, we are also very idle."

"When you have nothing to do, you can sit in the office and enjoy the air conditioning, but if there is anything that needs repair or maintenance, I will have to run around until the problem is solved."

"Because all the wiring and pipeline issues in the hotel are given to me to be responsible for, I have to be on duty."

Hearing what Master Liu said, Gu Chen frowned slightly and continued to ask him:

"Who in your hotel is as knowledgeable about line maintenance as you are?"

"Someone who knows as much about line maintenance as I do?" After hearing what Gu Chen said, Master Liu was stunned for a moment, and blurted out:

"Then it can only be the person who took my shift. We both have staggered breaks."

"If he works, then I rest, and if I work, he rests. Sometimes, when there are major issues, we both have to work together."

"So, where is that person now?" After hearing what Master Liu said, Officer Wang also looked curious.

Having said that, everyone actually knows that the staff member who does the same job as Master Liu may also be a major suspect.

Master Liu was stunned for a moment, then blurted out, "He must be resting at home. At this time, he usually stays at home. I guess he will come over to take over my shift soon."

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