I am a super cop

Chapter 518 The Office Murderer

Xia He also seemed to be terrified by this sudden change. She covered her face and became excited, and her breathing became more rapid.

Gu Chen said: "Don't be nervous, just speak slowly."

After Xia He worked hard to calm down, she took a deep breath and said, "Xiao Ling took two cups of brewed coffee from the tray that Lao Liu handed over, and gave one of them to me."

"But not long after drinking the coffee, Xiao Ling suddenly coughed badly, and the coffee she drank sprayed all over the table."

"I asked her what's wrong? She said she was not feeling well, so she drank some water, but later, her painful symptoms intensified, and she seemed to slowly lose consciousness. On the ground, even the water glasses on the table were broken."

"I hurried over to hug her and check the situation, but she couldn't wake up, and even her breathing was very weak."

Looking at the dozen or so male and female colleagues, Xia He said with a mournful face, "We have never seen such a situation before. We felt that Xiao Ling was in danger, so we hurriedly called 120."

Listening to Xia He's explanation, Lu Weiwei walked up to the dozen or so men and women curiously, pointed at the old Liu and said, "If I heard correctly just now, you handed these two cups of coffee to Xiao Ling Yes, and then Xiao Ling gave Xia He another cup, am I right?'

"No...no, of course the police comrades are right." At this moment, Lao Liu's eyes were erratic, and he seemed to be terrified.

Lu Weiwei continued to stare at him, and asked: "That is to say, these two cups of coffee were finally delivered to Xiao Ling through your hand, so Mr. Liu is the most suspicious?"

As soon as he heard Lu Weiwei's words, Lao Liu panicked at that time, and hurriedly took two steps back and waved his hands: "I didn't do it, I definitely didn't do it."

"I was kind. I saw Xia He poured a cup of hot water, so I wanted to make a cup of coffee for her. How could I know that Xiao Ling wanted it too."

"Wait a minute." Hearing Old Liu's words, Police Officer Wang interrupted immediately: "According to what you said, did you just want to make coffee for Xia He at first?"

Seeing Police Officer Wang's sharp eyes, Old Liu panicked even more, and quickly waved his hands and said, "No, no, it's not what you imagined, it's really not."

"I haven't said what it is yet, why are you so nervous?" Officer Wang also snorted twice, feeling that the old Liu in front of him was almost scared to death.

"Comrade policeman, you...don't tease me." Old Liu quickly wiped off his cold sweat, then calmed down and said, "I understand what you mean, but I didn't intend to harm Xia He either."

"Comrade policeman, I feel that Old Liu will not harm me." Seeing that Police Officer Wang pointed his suspicion at Old Liu, Xia He quickly explained: "Old Liu is usually very kind to me, and always greets me with care."

"He always rushes to help me with a lot of dirty work. I often work overtime, and he will help me order supper."

"In my opinion, Lao Liu is like my brother. How could he harm me? Absolutely not."

It was also after Xia He took the initiative to clarify for him that Lao Liu heaved a sigh of relief, nodded quickly and said, "That's right, comrade policeman, I really don't mean to harm Xia He."

"I see." At this time, after Gu Chen finished the basic notes, he turned his head and asked the tall and thin man who greeted him just now: "What is the name of this gentleman?"

"Oh, my surname is Liu, my name is Liu Chuan, and I'm the department manager of the company." Liu Chuan hurriedly reported his family name, with an expression of nervousness.

"Hello, Manager Liu, are these people people who have drunk coffee?" Gu Chen asked.

Liu Chuan looked around, nodded and said: "That's right, these are all made by Lao Liu, and some of them helped make coffee, so we suspect that Xiao Ling's poisoning must be related to them."

"Poisoned? Why are you so sure?"

"Because... because it was the answer given by the 120 ambulance staff during the first aid. They said it was an obvious symptom of poisoning, so everyone panicked. Fortunately, Xia He quickly asked everyone to protect the scene and call the police. , so Comrade Police, now everyone has not touched these utensils and coffee again."

"You guys did a good job." After inspecting the items at the scene, Officer Wang said with satisfaction, "We all know how to protect the scene well, which is rare, but..."

Police Officer Wang glanced at Old Liu, smiled and said, "But I'm curious, why is Old Liu so nice to Xia He? Does Old Liu treat each of you like this?"

Officer Wang also asked the question that Gu Chen wanted to ask just now but didn't ask, and the scene suddenly became quiet.

Everyone in the office, whether it was the dozen or so men and women gathered together, or other employees who were in charge of watching the fun, all looked at each other in blank dismay, as if everyone knew about this issue.

Liu Chuan also coughed twice, and then lowered his tone and said to Police Officer Wang: "Comrade police, Lao Liu is already old, his wife died in a car accident a few years ago, and he has never remarried, but now it is rare to meet someone he likes. Besides, Xia He is about to get divorced, so..."

"I see." When Liu Chuan said this, Police Officer Wang immediately understood.

The co-author Lao Liu is interested in Xia He, and has all kinds of affection for her.

But if that's the case, it seems that Lao Liu didn't intend to harm Xia He at all, so he wouldn't poison her coffee.

And Xia He's whitewashing of old Liu just now seems to prove this point.

Furthermore, it was Old Liu who came to Xiao Ling with two cups of coffee, Xiao Ling took one of them and handed the other to Xia He.

From this point of view, everyone seems to be unaware of the fact that coffee is poisonous.

It was also when Liu Chuan mentioned the special relationship between him and Lao Liu, Xia He blushed and quickly lowered his head.

After all, a few days ago, I didn't want to raise Ah Bao after the divorce, but now that Old Liu suddenly appeared, Xia He's face was also dull.

Besides embarrassment is embarrassment.

"Then, is Mr. Liu the only person who makes coffee for everyone?" Gu Chen asked again after making a group of relationship diagrams for several people in the notebook.

Among the dozen or so employees involved, another female employee immediately said, "Lao Liu didn't make it up alone, Xiaoya and Xiaofang also helped."

"Then who is Xiaoya Xiaofang?" Gu Chen asked again.

At this moment, two female employees standing in the corner, one thin and the other fat, looked at each other nervously, and then slowly raised their hands.

"I...I am Xiaoya." The tall and thin female employee said.

Another chubby female employee also said, "I'm Xiaofang."

Gu Chen walked up to the two of them, walked back and forth twice in front of them, and then asked again: "So, the two of you did the pouring and serving of coffee together?"

"Yes...it's like this, Shou Xiaoya was nervous, and hurriedly said: "We poured the coffee together, and we also delivered it together, but it's hard to distinguish between the cups. We also poured the coffee from the cupboard in the office. , the cups were taken randomly, and everyone also picked them at random. "

"Yes, Comrade Police." Fat Xiaofang on the side also hurriedly said: "This matter really has nothing to do with us. We all know that Old Liu likes Xia He."

"So when Old Liu saw Xia He pouring a cup of hot water, he wanted to help Xia He make coffee."

"But those of us usually receive a lot of small favors from Lao Liu, and everyone often makes jokes about Lao Liu and Xia He."

"After all, we all know that Xia He has a very bad relationship with her husband, and the two are going through divorce procedures."

"Lao Liu is a real person, and his wife passed away in a car accident a few years ago, and she lived alone all the time, so we all know that Lao Liu wants to chase Xia He, so that's why he made a fuss."

"But there are so many people in our office, it must be very hard and time-consuming for Lao Liu to come here one by one, so Xiaoya and I took the initiative to help."

"However, we really didn't expect that Xiao Ling would be poisoned suddenly? She was fine before drinking coffee."

Seeing that Fat Xiaofang was agitated, covering her face and crying, Gu Chen quickly comforted her and said, "Don't be nervous, we are investigating and collecting evidence."

"Before there is sufficient evidence, each of you is suspected, so you don't have to bear the psychological burden, tell everything you know, and cooperate with our police to handle the case."

"Yeah." Fat Xiaofang also nodded quickly, and then explained to Gu Chen: "I know that your police have always handled cases impartially, and you will never wrong a good person or let a bad person go, but I am not a bad person. Just kind people."

"Okay, I understand." Gu Chen also noticed that Fat Xiaofang was chatty, and immediately interrupted her reply: "I ask you a question and you can answer it, and you don't need to say anything else, okay ?"

"Hmm." Fat Xiaofang understood Gu Chen's meaning, and after two quick "hmm", she stopped talking.

Gu Chen then walked back to Shou Xiaoya and asked her, "Which cup is Xiao Ling drinking coffee from?"

"The... the one on the floor." Shou Xiaoya hurriedly pointed to an empty seat.

Gu Chen turned his head and saw that there were many broken glass on the floor of a cubicle.

Lu Weiwei hurried over, knelt down to check carefully, and then said to Gu Chen: "Junior Brother Gu, the cup is broken, and all the coffee has been spilled on the floor."

"Then collect all these things." Gu Chen immediately put on his white gloves, then took out a paper towel and attached it to the coffee residue, allowing the coffee to quickly absorb onto the paper.

Then Gu Chen took out the evidence collection bag, put the soaked papers in it, and filled in the serial number.

And Lu Weiwei also carefully put these glass fragments into another evidence collection bag, and then filled in the number.

"Comrade police." At this time, Liu Chuan walked up to Gu Chen and asked him: "The cups used by other people, and the leftover coffee, do you want to take them back for testing?"

"Of course." Gu Chen didn't talk nonsense, and directly took out many transparent evidence collection bags from the equipment bag.

He first filled in the number on the evidence collection bag, then filled in Xia He's information, and then asked her: "Ms. Xia, which cup is yours?"

"This." Xia He pointed to the coffee cup on the table.

Gu Chen held it carefully in his hand, looked at the half cup of coffee in the cup, and immediately put the coffee cup and coffee into the evidence collection bag for numbering.

At this time, Lu Weiwei and Police Officer Wang also began to number the coffee that everyone had touched according to the cups that everyone had used, and put them together to take pictures to collect evidence.

Seeing that the police were so busy, Liu Chuan immediately came over and asked Gu Chen, "Comrade police, you all need to be tested, right?"

"That's right." Gu Chen nodded and said, "All of them will be sent to the Technical Section of the Municipal Bureau, and the coffee and cups will be tested."

"Oh, what about us employees?" Liu Chuan asked again.

Gu Chen glanced back at him, and said, "Register your personal information. In addition, we will seal up this big office immediately. Before the case is over, this is still the first scene."

"So I hope that everything here will not be acted rashly, not even a pen can be taken out for me."

"What?" Hearing Gu Chen's words, Liu Chuan was embarrassed and said, "But comrade police, we can't delay our work."

"Human life is at stake." After Gu Chen finished the basic transcript, he said again: "Are you going to destroy the scene? Interrupt the handling of the case?"

"This..." Liu Chuan suddenly froze, quickly waved his hands and explained, "Comrade policeman, that's not what I meant."

"I know what you mean, it's work, don't delay." Gu Chen also patted Liu Chuan on the shoulder before reminding him:
"Manager Liu, give your colleagues who work in the big office a day off. If you really have urgent business to deal with, let them go to other offices to squeeze in and work together. If there is no other way, find a way."

"Okay... okay." I also saw Gu Chen insisting, and besides, the whole big office was the first scene.

Naturally, Liu Chuan also knew that the scene should not be destroyed casually.

So after some thinking and hesitation, he took out his mobile phone, walked back and forth at the door of the big office several times as if reporting to the upper management, and then hung up the phone to report to Gu Chen.

"Comrade police, the higher-ups have agreed that everyone in this big office is on holiday today."

"Whether you will go to work tomorrow or not, everything is waiting for your police's notification. I will also report the situation to everyone in the work group at night."

After thinking about it, Liu Chuan was a little embarrassed: "But Comrade Police, it's okay to have a day off, but, I mean, if this case doesn't progress, then our company can't always have a holiday, it will interfere with the company normal business."

"Don't worry about that." Lu Weiwei also walked over from behind Gu Chen, and said involuntarily, "We will definitely work overtime to find the murderer as soon as possible."

Liu Chuan thought for a while: "If that's the case, then it's great, then...do you have anything else I can do for you?"

Lu Weiwei and Gu Chen looked at each other, Gu Chen said with a smile: "Of course, I need Manager Liu, Xiaoya and Xiaofang, come back to the police station with us and accept the next step of investigation."

"I...me?" When Gu Chen mentioned it suddenly, Liu Chuan was startled, and quickly waved his hand to clarify: "I mean comrade policeman, this matter has nothing to do with me at all."

"When the incident happened, I had been in other departments to communicate with these colleagues. I only found out after being notified."

Seeing that Liu Chuan was too nervous and excited, Gu Chen also smiled, patted him on the shoulder and comforted him: "Manager Liu, don't be so nervous, I just said that you go back to the police station with us and accept the next step of investigation. Not that you're suspect."

Seeing that Liu Chuan seemed to understand but didn't understand, Lu Weiwei also explained angrily: "My junior brother Gu means...you are not suspected, and you are the leader, so I want to ask you to go back and find out more about the situation."

"Oh, so that's the case." Liu Chuan felt that he was a false alarm, and immediately patted his chest and said, "I was scared to death, I was really afraid that you would suddenly say that the murderer was me."

But after thinking about it, Gu Chen mentioned himself, Xiaoya and Xiaofang just now, and Liu Chuan was suspicious again: "But, you still have to bring Xiaoya and Xiaofang, don't they suspect?"

"Not for now!" Gu Chen didn't say too much, but said in a light tone: "Because from their rhetoric, it can be seen that the cup is very difficult to change."

"And the coffee is made randomly, and the coffee given to Xiao Ling and Xia He is not theirs, so I can only temporarily conclude that the two of them are just enthusiastic and are not considered by the murderer."

"And considering that they are internal personnel of this department, it is more convenient to inquire about the news, so..."

"I understand." Before Gu Chen finished speaking, Liu Chuan, who was good at reading words and expressions, immediately understood Gu Chen's meaning: "You want to use Xiaoya and Xiaofang to understand the real relationship between their colleagues?"

"Smart!" Gu Chen nodded, then looked at Lu Weiwei.

Lu Weiwei was not idle either. After registering everyone's basic information, she asked everyone to leave the office.

Police officer Wang is in charge of on-site supervision, and everyone except necessary items needs to pass inspection before they can be taken out.

In addition, all items in the office are not allowed to be taken out without authorization, including writing pens.

Officer Wang then closed the gate and blocked the portable cordon at the gate.

Yanagawa handed the key to Police Officer Wang after locking the door, and pointed to the end of the aisle to explain to several people:

"Comrade police, there is surveillance in the corridor. Anyone who enters or exits this office will be captured by the surveillance camera, so please rest assured that not even a fly can fly in here."

"Thank you for your cooperation." Gu Chen nodded, quite satisfied, then found Shou Xiaoya and Fat Xiaofang who were asking questions just now, and called them to his side.

Then he said to the others: "Today, I would like to trouble everyone to go home and rest first. If you have any questions, we will contact you at any time. If you are contacted, please actively cooperate with the police in handling the case. I hope your colleague Xiao Ling is fine. I also hope that the murderer hiding behind can be caught as soon as possible, thank you for your cooperation."

After Gu Chen finished speaking, he straightened his body and gave everyone a standard salute.

Everyone originally complained a little bit, but after hearing what Gu Chen said, everyone calmed down.

But now everyone has a question, who is this murderer?
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(End of this chapter)