The case analysis meeting on the 6.15 disappearance case is in progress, and Guan Jie, deputy captain of the Criminal Police Detachment of Zhongjiang City Police Department, also came to the meeting.
"It's been hard work these days! With everyone's efforts, the case has made some progress. I hope everyone can grit their teeth and keep working hard to win the case as soon as possible." Guan Jie's loud voice echoed in the conference room.
"Yes." Everyone present agreed in unison.
"Okay, let's talk about what we know so far."
"The results of the DNA identification have come out, and the identity of the deceased has been confirmed. He is Meng Yuanming, the only son of Meng Anyong, chairman of Anyong Group." He Xiaohui said holding the identification report.
"Okay, confirming the identity of the deceased is the first step in solving the case. In the future, we can follow the social relationships of the deceased to identify people who have conflicts of interest with him." Guan Jie instructed.
"Based on the information provided by Meng Yuanming's wife He Fang, combined with Zhang Guifu's statement about transferring the dumpling restaurant, and our visits on the pedestrian street, it can be concluded that Meng Yuanming has been away from home for 15 years."
"Have there been no news about Meng Yuanming from He Fang or Meng Anyong in the past 15 years?" Guan Jie asked.
"He Fang said so." He Xiaohui replied.
"What did He Fang say about the reason why Meng Yuanming ran away from home?" Guan Jie asked.
"He Fang did not provide any reason for this, but just said that it could not be confirmed."
"The reason why Meng Yuanming left home must be clarified. It is a bit strange that the two parties have lived in the same city for 15 years without any contact." Guan Jie said.
"Okay, let's continue the investigation."
"Is there any progress in the interrogation of Xie Yuan?" Guan Jie asked.
"Xie Yuan was interrogated twice more. He always emphasized that he did not kill anyone and said that he just went to the river embankment to relax." Zhang Pengfei answered.
"Should we tell Xie Yuan the identity of the deceased?" He Xiaohui asked.
"I think so. He thought that if we didn't know the identity of the deceased, we couldn't find a reason for his murder, so he refused to explain. Telling him the identity of the deceased might defeat his last psychological defense." Guan Jie replied.
"Yiran made a major discovery while investigating the relationship between Tian Shan and Meng Yuanming. Please tell me about it," He Xiaohui said.
Ding Yiran opened the folder in front of him and said:
"We checked the schooling, life and work experiences of Xie Yuan, Tian Shan and Meng Yuanming. We found that before Xie Yuan married Tian Shan, their life trajectories had no intersection. But when we searched for Meng Yuanming's information, we found that he and Tian Shan
Shandu graduated from Zhongjiang University majoring in mechanical design and manufacturing. She also enrolled in the same year and graduated in the same year."
"Oh, did they know each other before?" Guan Jie said.
"Whether Meng Yuanming and Tian Shan know each other requires further evidence." Ding Yiran answered.
"If Meng Yuanming and Tian Shan knew each other before, and their shops were on opposite sides of the same street, then Xie Yuan's killing of Meng Yuanming might have been a murder of love!" He Xiaohui said.
After hearing He Xiaohui's analysis, everyone nodded.
"Yes, Xiao He's analysis makes sense. After we crack the identity of the deceased in this case, many doubts can be connected. We must seize the opportunity and solve the case in one fell swoop. Xiao He, please give the order."
"Okay. Based on the information we have so far, we have three directions for investigation. One is to continue investigating the relationship between Meng Yuanming and Tian Shan. This task is handled by Deng Ru and Ding Yiran. The second is to continue to contact He Fang.
To understand why Meng Yuanming left home, Su Le and Zhang Pengfei are responsible for this task. The third is to continue interrogating Xie Yuan and pry open his mouth. I will do this myself. Do you have any questions?" He Xiaohui ordered.
"No problem." Everyone answered together.
"Are Tian Shan going to talk to her again?" Su Le asked.
"Wait a moment until we get evidence of her acquaintance with Meng Yuanming, and then we can go find her." He Xiaohui said.
According to He Xiaohui's arrangement, Su Le and Zhang Pengfei came to Anyong Group again. This time they met He Fang not in the reception room on the first floor, but in He Fang's dedicated reception room on the 28th floor of Anyong Building.
Su Le and Zhang Pengfei were greeted by a thin and fair young man. He stood at the entrance of the elevator. As soon as Su Le and Zhang Pengfei stepped out of the elevator, the young man came up and bowed to say hello:
"Hello, are these Mr. Su and Mr. Zhang?"
Su Le smiled and nodded in agreement.
"Please come with me over here." The young man led Su Le and Zhang Pengfei into a high-end reception room.
"Please take a seat. I am Mr. He's intern secretary Xiao Xu. Would you like some coffee or tea?"
"Coffee bar." Maybe it was because they were exhausted physically and mentally from the continuous work these days, so both Su Le and Zhang Pengfei chose coffee.
"Okay, please wait a moment, Mr. He will be here soon." Secretary Xiao Xu poured the coffee and exited the reception room.
After He Fang came in, he was not polite to Su Le and the others. After sitting down on the sofa, he said directly:
"I saw you two last time."
"Yes, I visited Mr. He last time with Team He." Zhang Pengfei said.
"Do you have the results of the DNA test?" He Fang asked.
"Yes, we are here specifically to explain this matter to Mr. He this time. Through DNA identification, it has been confirmed that the body in the Zerui River is Mr. Meng Yuanming."
"Oh, it is indeed him, I just can't confirm it."
"Mr. He, we also want to know about Mr. Meng's interpersonal relationships during his lifetime." Zhang Pengfei said.
"As I said last time, I haven't seen Meng Yuanming in 15 years and I don't understand his current situation at all."
"Please also think carefully about the relationship between Mr. Meng before he left home." Zhang Pengfei said.
"I want to ask you first, how did he die?" He Fang said.
Zhang Pengfei and Su Le looked at each other, Su Le nodded slightly, Zhang Pengfei said to He Fang:
"Mr. Meng Yuanming was strangled to death from behind and his body was thrown into the river."
"Are there any suspects currently?" He Fang continued to ask.
"Not yet. We want to start with his interpersonal relationships and find people who have conflicts of interest with him." Zhang Pengfei Gu Bu Maze.
"I said, I don't know him." He Fang said.
"Do you think there is any information that can help us solve this case?" Zhang Pengfei continued to ask.
He Fang thought for a moment and said:
"I really can't think of any information that would help you solve this case."
"How was Meng Yuanming's relationship with you before he ran away from home?" Su Le interjected and asked.
He Fang glanced at Su Le and said openly:
"We had just gotten married at that time, and our relationship was still very good. Who knew he would be like this..."
"What is the relationship between Meng Yuanming and his father, Mr. Meng Anyong?"
"Father and son, just like that, not nervous or intimate."
"Did Meng Yuanming's mother pass away very early?"
"Yes, I heard from my father that my mother-in-law passed away when Yuan Ming was 5 years old."
"What was the cause of death?"
"I heard it's cancer, it seems to be lung cancer."
"Did Meng Yuanming have better friends before he ran away from home?"
"Yuan Ming is introverted and not very good at making friends. We had not been married for long at that time and we didn't know much about his friends." He Fang answered calmly and seasonedly.
When Su Le and Zhang Pengfei said goodbye, He Fang sent them outside the reception room door. Secretary Xiao Xu was standing in the distance waiting for instructions. He Fang waved to him and said:
"Xiao Xu, help me send the two police officers away."
At this time Su Le took out a business card and handed it to He Fang and said:
"Mr. He, if you remember anything or have any needs, you can call us at any time."
He Fang’s courtesy business card says:
"Okay, if I think of anything, I will definitely call you."
Watching Su Le and Zhang Pengfei go away, He Fang threw Su Le's business card into the trash can at the door.
It was dinner time when he came out of Anyong Building. Su Le's stomach growled with hunger, and he said to Zhang Pengfei:
"Brother Fei, let's go, I'll treat you to dinner."
"Oh, I remembered, your sister-in-law's birthday is today, and I have to go home quickly. I won't be with you today." Zhang Pengfei said and got into the driver's seat first.
"Hey, what do you mean, you want to dump me?" Su Le asked.
"I'm sorry, buddy. You can find a way to go back by yourself. I won't be able to make it in time. I'll drive away." After Zhang Pengfei said that, he stepped on the accelerator and threw Su Le at the door of Anyong Building.
Su Le looked at the butt of the car flying away from him and shook his head helplessly, then turned and walked towards the subway station. When he was about to reach the subway station, he suddenly discovered that the building in front of him turned out to be a customs building. So he took out his wallet
He took out his cell phone and sent a message to Liu Ruoyun:
"I'm below the customs building. If you are free, can I treat you to dinner?"
Not long after the message was sent, I received a reply.
"Okay, Detective, are you so free today?"
"Where to eat?"
"Italian hotpot on the sixth floor of Joy Shopping Mall. You go first and I'll be there soon."
"What? And Italian fondue?"
"You'll know when you go there."
Su Le took the subway to Joy Shopping Center, and when he went up to the sixth floor, he saw an Italian hot pot restaurant. Su Le found a secluded place to sit down, looking at his phone while waiting for Liu Ruoyun.
Liu Ruoyun hurriedly arrived an hour later, apologized to Su Le and said:
"I'm so sorry. The leader asked for a report at the last minute, so it's late."
"It's okay, it's okay, you can order the food." Although Su Le was almost starving, he could only pretend that nothing was wrong.
The food served in this restaurant was quite fast, and soon Su Le had delicious and tender mutton slices. Only then did he remember to ask:
"Why do you think this restaurant is called Italian hot pot? Isn't it no different from our hot pot?"
"Hahaha, I knew you would think so." Liu Ruoyun laughed happily.
Seeing Liu Ruoyun laughing, Su Le also laughed, but still didn't understand what was going on.
"Let me tell you, the reason why this shop is called Italian Hot Pot is because the owner is Italian." Liu Ruoyun stopped smiling but still grinned.
"Ah, that's it, a hot pot restaurant opened by Italians."
"Yes, isn't this okay?"
"It's OK, it's OK. It's easy to be remembered this way."
The two of them were talking and laughing while eating hot pot, the soup in the pot was boiling, and their two young hearts were beating wildly. After a while, Liu Ruoyun suddenly asked:
"Hey, great detective, let me know how the case goes."
"There has been some progress, but I can't tell you."
"What? It whets my appetite. I'm already full."
"We have discipline and cannot disclose the facts of the case casually."
"Can you tell me in detail when the case is solved?" Liu Ruoyun asked curiously.
"Well, that's about it. By the way, I was really sorry for letting you go home alone last time." Su Le recalled what happened last time and quickly apologized to Liu Ruoyun.
"Oh, yes, I was really angry last time. I promised to send me home, but suddenly I changed my mind."
"I'm sorry, I apologize."
"It's not okay to just apologize like this."
"Then how can I apologize?"
"At least treat me to a meal."
"Didn't I invite you today?"
"Today doesn't count. You didn't say in advance that you were inviting me to dinner because you were apologizing."
"Okay, okay, I'll treat you to an apology meal another day."
Su Le suddenly remembered what happened in the early morning of that day, so he asked:
"Did you really get up so early to run?"
"Of course, I can still lie to you." Liu Ruoyun said pretending to be angry.
"How many meters did you run?"
"10 kilometers!" Liu Ruoyun deliberately turned his head and looked at Su Le sideways.
"What! 10 kilometers, can you run that far?"
"What's 10 kilometers? I'm running a marathon, 42.195 kilometers!" Liu Ruoyun said disdainfully.
"Oh, marathon, I understand, you are so awesome! I admire you! I admire you! I never thought that a weak girl like you could run a marathon." Su Le was so impressed with Liu Ruoyun now.