If you are asked to deliver food, you will attract suspects everywhere

Chapter 181 Questioning
Another policeman continued:

"We contacted the homeowner by phone, and after obtaining the other party's permission, we inspected the room accompanied by the property owner and found that everything inside was normal and that no one had lived in it recently."

Upon hearing this,
The young takeaway boy immediately retorted:

"It's impossible. I've been here to deliver takeout more than a dozen times. That girl obviously lives in 702. How could there be no one there?"

One of the policemen frowned and said:
"Is it possible that you remembered the wrong room number? Or maybe you remembered the wrong building. The layout of the residential buildings in this community is basically the same, and it is easy to be confused."

The young takeaway boy shook his head,

Said with certainty:
“I am very familiar with this community, there is no way I can make a mistake!”

said,

The delivery boy suddenly seemed to think of something,
He looked at the two policemen and asked:

"Comrade police, is it possible that the landlord actually rented out the house during this period, but did not report it to the property management community, so he concealed the true situation from the police!"

The two policemen heard this and

I frowned and thought about it,
Then he shook his head and said:

"Renting is not a big problem. Even if you don't report it, there will be no penalty if you make it up in time later. There should be no need for the landlord to lie."

"That's not necessarily the case. If the homeowner would rather have one more thing than one less thing because he is abroad, it is very possible to lie."

The young delivery boy did not agree with the police’s statement.

He turned to look at Ning Ye and said:
"My purpose is actually very simple. As long as I confirm that the girl is safe now, I can rest assured!"

heard,

Ning Ye touched her chin and thought for a while.
In a blink of an eye, he glanced at the eldest lady beside him,

"Rich woman, what do you think of this?"

The current situation only involves missing persons,
There's not much danger, though.

Therefore, Ning Ye's tone became more relaxed.

The eldest lady rolled her eyes at Ning Ye and said:
"I think what the delivery boy and the police said is possible. If we want to know the truth, we probably have to enter the room and see it."

Ning Ye nodded and said:
"The room must be inspected, but before that, we may be able to conduct preliminary verification from another aspect."

then,

Ning Ye looked at the young delivery boy and asked:
"If the girl ordered food online, there should be an order record. Can you show it to me?"

The delivery boy heard this,

But he shook his head and said:

"She did not place an order through a takeout platform, but ordered takeout from a restaurant's prestige group, so there is no order information on the platform."

heard,

Ning Ye narrowed her eyes,
Then think about it for a while,
Continue to ask:

"Has that restaurant joined the takeout platform? Also, is there any difference in price between ordering on Weixin Group and ordering on the takeout platform?"

The young takeaway boy thought for a while,

He replied with a serious face:

"The business of that restaurant is very booming, and it also has a takeout platform, but I don't know the price of prestige group ordering and platform ordering."

"However, the platform has to charge merchants a share. I think Weixin Group should be cheaper. Perhaps this is why she ordered food through Weixin Group."

Ning Ye nodded slightly,

Then he looked at the delivery boy and asked:
"During the process of delivering food to the other party, did you leave any relevant traces, such as taking photos, or saving the address record provided by the other party to the merchant?"

The delivery boy frowned.

Then he shook his head and said:
"This is also where I am a little confused, because the address record she left for the restaurant is wrong, and she always contacted me by phone to deliver the food."

"I pay more attention to the privacy of my customers and generally don't have the habit of taking photos, so I don't keep any relevant evidence."

"There should be call records, right?" Ning Ye continued to ask.

did not expect,
The takeaway boy continued to shake his head.

"There was something wrong with my phone some time ago. The address book was cleaned up and all previous call records were deleted. However, I have saved the phone number of that girl."

Ning Ye took a deep look at the delivery boy.
Then he turned to look at the two policemen beside him.
"Have you understood the question I asked him just now?"

The two policemen were stunned.
One of the policemen quickly explained:

"The last time he reported the crime, we confirmed through the landlord that the room was unoccupied and reported the situation to him, but he had no objection at the time, so we did not conduct a more in-depth investigation!"

Ning Ye heard this,

Suddenly he turned around and looked at the delivery boy,

"Why didn't you insist on asking the police to investigate? Why did you wait until now to bring up the old matter again?"

The takeaway boy's face changed slightly.

After hesitating for a while, he said:
"I was too busy with work in those days, so I didn't have much energy to pay attention to this matter. However, after learning about the police investigation, I still felt that there was a problem, and I happened to meet you today, so I asked for your help. .”

Ning Ye stared at the delivery boy for a while.
Didn't say anything more,
Instead, he said to the two policemen:
"Please contact the property management, I want to see the situation inside the room."

heard,

One of the policemen nodded.

Then he immediately turned around and walked downstairs.

The remaining policeman asked Ning Ye:
"Do you need me to check with the restaurant?"

Ning Ye didn't answer immediately,
Instead asked:

"Have you checked that girl's phone number before?"

The policeman nodded and said:
"Although the number dialed was an empty number, the information of the registrant of the number was verified. However, the call belonged to an overseas country and our police did not obtain the user's information."

"It is also for this reason that we suspected that the delivery boy might be lying, so we did not take the case seriously."

Ning Ye glanced at the delivery boy,
After thinking for a while, he said:
"He did hide something, but what he said about the girl's disappearance should not be a big problem."

heard,

The takeaway boy’s eyes moved imperceptibly.

But nothing was said.

The eldest lady next to her looked at Ning Ye with some doubts.

"Why do you think he didn't lie about his disappearance?"

Ning Ye explained:
"Because the information he just provided involves situations that can actually be verified."

"For example, the police can restore the restaurant Weixin Group's ordering records, the corresponding payment records, and even the call records he deleted."

"Moreover, his words generally sound logical and self-consistent. If the girl he mentioned does exist and does not want to leave too many traces of living in this house, then her seemingly unreasonable behavior can be completely justified. .”

Ning Ye said,

Looking towards room 702,

"Moreover, the other party is using an overseas number, which is very suspicious in itself, because in this case, it is basically difficult to find out the other party's information through prestige and phone number!"

"However, this is just my rough judgment. If I want to get more clues, I need to check the room first."

heard,

The eldest lady nodded thoughtfully,
then,

She frowned,
Looking at the silent delivery boy next to him,
"The lie that the call records were deleted is obviously too strange. Are you hiding something?"

The delivery boy heard this,

The corners of my eyes twitched unconsciously,

He quickly waved his hand and said:
"I did have a problem with my phone before, I didn't lie to you!"

The eldest lady laughed and said,
Just about to say something more,
But Ning Ye stopped her with her hand,
"Give him some time and let him think about it. Even if he has a problem, it shouldn't be a big problem. Otherwise, he wouldn't dare call the police twice in a row."

said,

Ning Ye looked at the delivery boy and said:
"If you have time to think about it carefully, maybe the information you provided can help the police find the missing girl."

The delivery boy heard this,

An extremely unnatural smile appeared on his face,
But he didn't answer Ning Ye's words.Ning Ye didn't care about this;

then,

He looked at the remaining policeman and said:
"There is no need to go to the restaurant for the time being. The clues that can be obtained are limited. The house that needs to be inspected right now is the focus."

The policeman nodded,
Then he briefly talked to Ning Ye about the interviews with 702’s neighbors.
Not long after,

As the elevator bell rang,

then,

A group of uniformed policemen,

Walk out of the elevator with your head held high.

When the policeman beside Ning Ye saw this,
He immediately greeted him,

Simultaneously,

Introduce the identity of the visitor to Ning Ye,

"This is Team Ma and Team Yu from our police station. After they heard that you were involved in this case, they took it very seriously, so they rushed here in person!"

Among the arriving group of police officers,

The two middle-aged police officers in charge were very enthusiastic.
Shake hands with Ning Ye as soon as they meet,

"The young man is indeed young and promising. We have all admired him for a long time!"

Director Ma and Captain Yu laughed and said,
Facing Ning Ye, he showed no airs of leadership.

Ning Ye quickly responded humbly,
He has accumulated enough experience in this regard,
More than enough to handle such a scene.

Soon,
Only a few people turned their attention to the case in front of them.

Captain Yu waved,

The policeman who left before,
He took a property staff member to Room 702.

At this time,

Director Ma said to Ning Ye seriously and sincerely:

"We studied this case carefully on the way here, and we found that there were indeed some oversights in the handling process. Now, with your detective genius here, we can completely figure out this matter!"

At this time,

With a "click" sound,
Accompanied by the police,
The property staff opened the door of 702.

Director Ma and Captain Yu looked at each other.
Then he motioned for Ning Ye to enter the room first.

Ning Ye didn't refuse.

Let the eldest lady follow you,

Go directly towards 702.

Director Ma and Captain Yu saw the eldest lady following them.

The two of them were stunned for a moment.
but,

Both of them have a good understanding of each other.

Open one eye and close one eye,

Nothing was said,
Follow the eldest lady into the room,

As for the remaining police officers and others,

They all stayed outside the room.

Ning Ye entered the room,
Turn on the lights in the living room,

Observe the condition of the room immediately.

Standard two bedrooms and one living room,
The overall area is about ninety square meters.
Judging from the furniture and decoration of the room,
It was obviously a room where girls lived.

Director Ma reached out and touched the surface of the locker in the entrance hall.

Then he looked down and said:
"There's dust on the cabinet, and it really doesn't look like it's been inhabited recently."

Captain Yu glanced at the living room.
The curtains in the living room were drawn,

The items in the room are arranged neatly.

Nothing messy at all.

Ning Ye took the eldest lady with her,
Turn the whole house around,
Living room, bedroom, kitchen, bathroom,

Nothing was left out.

After roughly observing the room,
Ning Ye returned to the living room with the eldest lady,
He didn't show much expression on his face;

I just asked the eldest lady:

"Tell me what you think. Do you think the delivery guy outside is lying?"

heard,

The eldest lady imitated Ning Ye,
Touched his smooth and white chin,

He looked thoughtful.

Ning Ye saw this,

His calm face couldn't help but twitch.

"I took a closer look just now. The things in the room are neatly arranged and have not been disturbed. There is also obvious dust accumulation on the floor of the room. If someone really lived here for a month a week ago, this would not be the case."

The eldest lady frowned and expressed her opinion,

Next to me, Director Ma and others, who also looked over the room,
He also nodded in agreement,

Obviously what the eldest lady saw,

They also saw it.

"But... you just seemed to think that the delivery boy was not lying about his disappearance."

The eldest lady looked at Ning Ye hesitantly.

Ning Ye nodded gently,

Then he glanced at Director Ma and the two of them and said:
"What you see is only what is displayed on the surface. If you observe in more detail, you will find problems in the room."

Upon hearing this,
Director Ma and Captain Yu both looked solemn.
He immediately showed a look of listening carefully.

The eldest lady also stared at Ning Ye with her beautiful eyes.

Obviously looking forward to his next words.

Ning Ye didn't explain immediately.

Instead, the eldest lady was brought to a glass cabinet.

then,

Ning Ye turned to the eldest lady and asked:

"Don't you want to learn to solve crimes? Then let me ask you, you have just seen the whole room, what kind of person do you think the homeowner is?"

The eldest lady glanced at the glass cabinet and said,
He tilted his head and thought for a while, then said:

"The objects in the room are very neat, the clothes in the cabinet are stacked meticulously, and even the cosmetics are placed at the same intervals on the table. I feel that she may have a bit of obsessive-compulsive disorder!"

Ning Ye heard this,

Nodding approvingly,

then,

He reached out and opened the glass cabinet door in front of him.
Revealing various cups and bowls inside,
Ceramic cups with various cartoon pictures,
There are also beautiful glass bowls.

"Everyone's personality, behavior and habits are different. If a girl really lives in the room for a month, even if you try your best to cover up the traces, there are always some flaws that may be left inadvertently."

finished,

Ning Ye pointed to the cupboard and asked:

"Take a closer look. Is there anything wrong with the cups and bowls in this cupboard?"

(End of this chapter)