Chen Shu quickly walked to Santana's car and knocked on the window next to the driver's seat.
Zhu Chaoran, who was on the phone in the car, quickly hung up the phone, rolled down the glass and asked, "What's the matter, Brother Shu?"
"Take a photo and send it to Chaoyang so that Zhao Hu can confirm the shoes."
Chen Shu stuffed the evidence bag containing the red women's shoes into the car window: "By the way, I would like to ask how the Chaoyang transcript is going and if there are any new clues."
Although he already knew that the matter should be close to ten, good investigative habits still made Chen Shu not forget to ask Zhu Chaoran to re-investigate.
Zhu Chaoran nodded. He was used to Chen Shu's cautious and attentive character.
"Fat man, after you say hello to Chaoyang, you go to the property management of the community to adjust the monitoring. In particular, the elevator monitoring and gate access monitoring for the hostages should be focused on investigation. Be polite to them and make up a reason for the investigation yourself."
Chen Shu paused and added: "If you find Liu Yan's relevant videos, you must notify me as soon as possible."
After saying that, he took out the Zhonghua cigarettes in his pocket, stuffed Liu Yan's photo and his police officer ID card into the fat man's hands, and warned: "You can give out more cigarettes, don't save them for me."
"Brother Shu, I listen to you."
After getting the cigarette, Zhu Chaoran smiled and hurriedly got out of the car and walked to the gate of the community.
The monitoring of the community can be coordinated by Fatty first. It is best to screen the scene to prevent omissions.
Not letting go of a single detail or a single doubt is a principle he has adhered to for many years in handling cases, and it is also the experience accumulated through many years of setbacks.
The police is not an ordinary profession. Sometimes a small mistake can cause lifelong harm to the victim.
Looking back, Chen Shu walked directly to the steakhouse that Zhao Hu casually mentioned in the interrogation room.
Sometimes, people's casual remarks may be the key to solving the case. Because what they say is actually what they secretly care about in their own hearts and subconsciously, or have paid attention to before.
Chen Shu walked around the steps at the entrance of the steakhouse and found no usable information. The video surveillance above the store door only covered a circle around the entrance of the steakhouse.
It was non-eating time in the afternoon. Through the glass door, I saw that the store was deserted except for the front desk clerk.
"Ding dong! Hello, welcome!"
The door of the store suddenly went dark, and then a female voice came from nearby, with an obvious electronic smell.
Chen Shu opened the door, walked into the store, looked around, and went straight to the front desk.
"Hello! I'm very sorry! Our chef hasn't gone to work yet!" the front desk clerk said a little apologetically and was very young and enthusiastic.
"Hello, Xiaohui. I am a police officer from Zhongshan Police Station. I have something to ask you."
Glancing at the photos of the staff on the food safety business license hanging on the wall at the front desk, Chen Shu showed his signature smile, slightly easing the tension at the scene, then handed over his police station work permit, and then pointed with his hand.
Said outside the door:
"Do you remember the white Lamborghini at the door?"
"Oh...I have an impression that the car owner parked his car there yesterday afternoon and then came to our store for dinner."
Xiaohui looked out the door in the direction of Chen Shu's finger, only glanced at it and then turned back.
"Did you watch her park the car there?" Chen Shu looked directly into Xiaohui's eyes and asked.
"Yes, it was still early and there were no customers in the store yet. I also had nothing to do, so I just stood here and looked around." Xiaohui pointed diagonally downward in front of him and said with certainty:
"She was wearing a white sportswear. Well, by the way, I noticed it when she was still parking. The exhaust sound of her car was quite special."
There are no customers in the store, the clothes are white, the exhaust sound is special, and there are three details. Well, this information should be true.
"Is this woman leaving after finishing her steak?"
"There are more people in the store at the back. I don't know when she will go home." Xiaohui said apologetically.
"You just said you would go home, why do you think so?" Chen Shu asked one after another without any intention of stopping.
"I went home after eating. This woman lives in a community nearby. She has eaten here several times before."
"By the way, do you still remember what the woman was wearing at that time?" Chen Shu briefly tested it.
Repeated questioning of details is one of the basic principles of police handling of cases. If people lie, clues will easily leak out after repeated questioning.
"...Well, it's a white sportswear, officer, I told you before."
Xiaohui frowned and thought for a moment, feeling a little confused, but he still described it accurately.
Chen Shu unconsciously began to review the evidence he already had: Well, it seems that Liu Yan did go home after eating the steak, probably to change clothes and shoes.
“Has the Lamborghini always been parked outside?”
"Yes, when the store got off work last night, I deliberately delayed leaving until very late, just so that I could sneak over and take selfies while there were fewer people in the middle of the night."
Xiaohui's cheeks turned red and she felt a little embarrassed.
Chen Shu nodded towards Xiaohui, showing an understanding look: "This car is indeed good. I went over and touched the car just now to get a feel for the luxury car."
After hearing this, Xiaohui smiled gratefully at Chen Shu.
"So, has anyone paid special attention to this woman or this car lately?"
"Well... when this woman first came in, there was no one in the store. I was busy working later and didn't pay special attention to her." Xiao Hui scratched his scalp, feeling a little embarrassed.
"It's okay, I'm just asking. If you think of anything later, just make this call."
With that said, Chen Shu handed over his police-citizen contact card.
"Okay, Officer Chen!" Xiaohui took the business card with both hands, feeling a little flattered.
Chen Shu nodded, turned around and walked out of the store calmly.
Opening the store door, the "Ding Dong! Hello, welcome!" sounded again.
Ding dong!
As his mind was spinning, Chen Shu was excited, and another idea suddenly came to his mind.
Could it be that these kidnappers are a gang from out of town that committed crimes in other provinces and cities before coming to Dongzhou City, which has already attracted the attention of the Ministry of Public Security.
So this time, as soon as they received the case, within two hours, the Ministry of Public Security responded directly and quickly conveyed the information?
It's a pity that I'm not a criminal officer and didn't receive the order. After all, who cares about a security policeman from a police station?
Chen Shu smiled and shook his head, and began to re-examine the key points he had grasped: From the side, these kidnappers were outsiders. They came to Dongzhou City this time because of their wandering habit.
When kidnapping, you have to visit places, and when you visit places, you have to eat. In order to minimize personal contact, reduce the psychological implications of reducing one's own exposure, and the habitual behavior of people, there is a high probability that several kidnappers from other places will eat at the same place multiple times.
The kidnappers will definitely choose this place subconsciously, as they can observe the location of most parking spaces on the roadside.
Chen Shu stood on the steps in front of the steakhouse, bathing in the setting sun. He looked at the few restaurants on both sides of the road. He quickly targeted the two most suspected restaurants and took out the case memo to write them down one by one.
Next name.
Chen Shu is full of confidence.
…
"Ding ding ding!" the cell phone rang.
"Brother Shu, bad news."
Regarding the explanation in the story, Chen Shu gave his police officer ID to Fatty for use in handling cases, but he himself used the work ID issued by the police station:
For China, the huge lack of police force is a long-standing historical problem, especially for grassroots case-handling agencies, such as police stations or road traffic police teams. It is impossible to strictly follow the law in every case or every procedure.
Then, send out two policemen.
The reality is that unless there is a particularly important matter or procedure, one policeman usually takes several assisting police officers to handle matters. I believe you may have encountered or seen one policeman leading twenty or thirty assisting police officers.
Scenes of cracking down on pornography and gambling, and even assisting the police on duty and handling situations.
When Zhu Chaoran went to the property to retrieve the video as a co-op, it would be difficult to be convincing if he only brought the co-police work certificate issued by the police station.