In the car, Officer Wang's warning seemed to have no threatening effect on Zhao Qiang. Not only did Zhao Qiang not listen, he even rolled his eyes.
This made Officer Wang on the side angry and continued to warn: "What? Looking at your posture, are you not ready to cooperate?"
"I don't even know what you are talking about? How can I cooperate?" Zhao Qiang felt that Comrade Lao Wang could not do anything to him, so he answered quite confidently.
Officer Wang frowned and was about to say a few more words, but was interrupted by Gu Chen in the front row:
"Senior Brother Wang, I think it's better to take him back to Furong Branch first and then make a decision."
"Okay." Seeing that Gu Chen had already spoken, it seemed a bit difficult to interrogate a stubborn person like Zhao Qiang in the car.
If Zhao Qiang is brought back to Furong Branch, in that dim light and quiet environment, maybe Zhao Qiang will behave differently.
Gu Chen also reminded: "Ding Liang and Huang Zunlong are nearby. I asked them to take Zhao Qiang back to the branch first."
As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Chen took out his cell phone and made a call.
Not long after, a response came from the other end of the phone: "Gu Chen."
"Ding Liang, where are you now? Are you almost there? Okay, I'll wait for you here, um, okay."
After some communication, Gu Chen hung up the phone directly.
In just three or four minutes, a police car quickly arrived in front of Gu Chen's vehicle.
Officer Wang pushed open the door, pulled Zhao Qiang out of the car, handed it over to Ding Liang and Huang Zunlong, and warned:
"Take this person back to the branch first and wait until we come back."
"Understood." Ding Liang took Zhao Qiang from Officer Wang's hand. Seeing that Zhao Qiang was wearing rose gold handcuffs, he knew that this guy was a tough guy.
Huang Zunlong pushed Zhao Qiang and pushed him in front of the police car, reminding him: "Get in the car."
After taking Zhao Qiang away, Gu Chen breathed a sigh of relief.
Lu Weiwei asked: "Junior Brother Gu, do we have to go to that southern restaurant now?"
"Yes, let's go now." Gu Chen didn't want to spend too much time here.
Controlling Zhao Qiang is only the first step.
Later, we need to investigate Zou Yuhua's situation through Zhao Qiang.
But the restaurant where the two met secretly was obviously the focus of his next investigation.
So, Gu Chen and others continued to drive to the outside of Nanfang Restaurant.
This is an old business district with narrow roads and vehicles are not allowed to pass.
Therefore, barriers are installed outside these narrow alleys.
Gu Chen could only park the car in a paid parking lot. After getting out of the car, he took Lu Weiwei, Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha and walked directly towards the restaurant.
At this moment, the time has reached 9:10 pm.
Although it is already late at night, for southern cities like Jiangnan City with rich nightlife, the activities near the business district are basically active until after the early morning.
Although this is an old business district, it is also the busiest place in the surrounding area.
When Gu Chen walked to the door of Nanfang Restaurant, there were even some customers inside enjoying late-night snacks.
But the number of people was not very large, there were only two tables.
Gu Chen led everyone into the store. There seemed to be no one at the front desk, but a middle-aged woman was cleaning the kitchen at the moment. She seemed to be preparing to finish the last two orders and finish the work.
Seeing Gu Chen and others coming over to clean the house, the middle-aged woman immediately stopped what she was doing and took the initiative to step forward and ask:
"How many of you want to eat?"
"Are you still open this late at night?" Gu Chen saw that the time had reached 9:12 pm, but the middle-aged woman seemed to want to receive customers.
The middle-aged woman grinned: "Hey, if you have business, just do it. It's a small business anyway. Why not make money if you have money?"
"Besides, the rent of shops here is also very expensive, so it's better to earn more."
"That's right." Yuan Shasha looked around and said involuntarily:
"But we're not here to eat tonight, we're here to inquire about someone."
"Inquiring about someone?" Seeing that these people were not here to eat in the store, the middle-aged woman looked a little disappointed.
But when I think about it, the time has come to this time, the other party has not eaten, and I have been less troubled for a while, I feel relieved after thinking about it.
Although she was not doing business, the landlady still asked politely: "Then who do you want to inquire about?"
"Is it convenient to talk here?" Gu Chen looked around and asked as a reminder.
The middle-aged woman didn't quite understand. She wanted to ask something. But Officer Wang on the side showed her police card and whispered:
"We are from the Criminal Investigation Team of Furong Branch. I would like to ask you about something. Isn't it convenient?"
"Oh, it turns out they are comrades from the police." Seeing that these four people were actually police officers, the landlady's tone became much more polite.
Since the guests at the two tables drank a lot of wine, both parties talked very loudly.
Even though Gu Chen and others were talking at the front desk, the loud voices of these people still covered up all this.
So everyone walked behind the front desk, and Gu Chen took out his mobile phone, showed Zou Yuhua's photo in front of the middle-aged woman and asked, "Do you know this person?"
"this person……"
Taking Gu Chen's cell phone, the middle-aged woman squinted her eyes, and then said slowly: "He? I know him. He is a customer who often comes to our restaurant to eat."
"Then are you familiar with him?" Lu Weiwei asked again.
"Well, how do you put this? He is just a customer. When he comes, it is the busiest time in my store, so he doesn't communicate much."
"I just visit it often and everyone looks familiar."
"Very good." Yuan Shasha adjusted the angle of the law enforcement recorder in her hand, and then asked again:
"Then when he usually comes to your restaurant to eat, is he alone? Or is he a few people?"
"It's a person." As soon as Yuan Shasha finished speaking, the middle-aged woman quickly answered:
"Every time he comes over to eat, he is by himself."
"Are you sure? He didn't eat with anyone else?" Officer Wang felt a little confused, so he quickly asked again.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! But the middle-aged woman's answer is still affirmative: "That's right, anyway, every time he comes here, he comes here to eat alone."
"Every time he orders a different dish, saying that my dishes are more in line with his appetite, so every time he doesn't order too much, just a few dishes, and then leaves after eating."
"Okay." Seeing what the middle-aged woman said, Gu Chen took his phone back, found Zhao Qiang's photo again, showed it in front of the landlady and said:
"Then do you know this person?"
"This person..." She was also confused by Gu Chen's questions, but the middle-aged woman continued to check.
But after just one glance, the middle-aged woman continued to nod: "I know him. He is also a customer of ours and often comes to our store to eat."
"Then are you familiar with him?" Officer Wang also asked quickly.
The middle-aged woman still shook her head and denied, "I don't know him very well, I just know him by face. It's because I come to the store to eat often. I know him when I see him, but it's just because he is my customer."
"Okay." After hearing what the middle-aged woman said, Gu Chen continued to remind:
"Then the customer in the previous photo and the current customer, do they sit next to each other every time, and the time they enter your store before and after does not exceed 10 minutes?"
When asked by Gu Chen, the middle-aged woman suddenly looked confused.
But thinking back to Gu Chen's question just now, it seemed like something was wrong?
After thinking about it, the middle-aged woman nodded in agreement: "Yes, these two people seem to often sit and eat together."
"But, the two of them eat their own food. They always cook and eat at my place alone."
"Isn't there time to eat together?" Yuan Shasha asked.
The middle-aged woman shook her head: "No, they don't know each other, why do they want to eat together?"
"Are you sure these two people don't know each other at all?" Lu Weiwei continued to ask.
At this time, the middle-aged woman fell into deep self-doubt.
After thinking for a long time, he nodded and confirmed: "Yes, they probably don't know each other. I haven't seen them communicate with each other anyway."
After thinking for a while, the middle-aged woman added: "Oh, by the way, the only communication may be when one of the parties asks the other party to get a tissue or disposable chopsticks from the table."
"Other times, everyone eats their own meal. There seems to be no communication throughout the whole process. It feels like we don't know each other."
While listening to the middle-aged woman's various explanations, Gu Chen also began to observe the surrounding environment.
There is surveillance in the store, and the surveillance is mainly installed in the corner behind the cashier.
Through monitoring, you can not only see the situation behind the front desk, but also the entire dining hall.
Gu Chen pointed at the surveillance camera and said, "Can you take a look at the surveillance camera here?"
"Ah?" The middle-aged woman who reacted slowly also glanced back at her surveillance camera, then nodded in agreement:
"Okay, you can watch it if you want. The computer can be accessed here."
After the words fell, the middle-aged woman quickly gave up her position.
Gu Chen naturally sat in front of the computer and quickly found the monitoring system.
After opening it, start focusing on meal times based on the date.
Because they had already asked Wu Xiaofeng and Ji Zhe to inquire about the specific time when Zou Yuhua and Zhao Qiang ate in the store in the small conference room of the branch.
Therefore, Gu Chen, who has a master-level memory, directly retrieved the meal time for the two of them that day.
The picture soon appeared in front of everyone, and Gu Chen kept zooming in on the picture.
Not long after, Zou Yuhua walked into the store first and said hello to the cashier in a familiar manner.
But at the checkout counter at this time, a middle-aged man was sitting there, seemingly sorting out the drawers.
"Is this your husband?" Gu Chen turned to look at the middle-aged woman beside him.
The middle-aged woman also nodded silently and couldn't help but said: "Yes, it's my husband. At that time, he came earlier and the store was not very busy, so my husband was packing things at the front desk."
"But my husband does all the cooking in the kitchen. He should still be cleaning the kitchen now."
After thinking for a while, the middle-aged woman asked again: "Should you call my husband over from the kitchen?"
"No need for now." Gu Chen said.
The middle-aged woman said "Oh" and continued to stand aside, waiting for Gu Chen's questions.
Gu Chen, on the other hand, continued to observe Zou Yuhua's situation.
In the surveillance video, Zou Yuhua casually said a few words to his boss, then found an empty seat to sit down and played with his mobile phone.
Not long after, Zhao Qiang also came in from the outside. First he looked in the direction of Zou Yuhua, and after confirming Zou Yuhua's position, he called a few words in the direction of the kitchen.
Not long after, the middle-aged woman appeared in the surveillance footage. She briefly communicated with Zhao Qiang and then immediately went back to the kitchen.
Obviously, the middle-aged woman went to assist her husband in cooking.
After Zhao Qiang looked around, he directly chose to sit behind Zou Yuhua, and the two sat there back to back.
Zhao Qiang also took out his mobile phone and pretended to read a novel on it.
"This guy's intention is a bit obvious." Lu Weiwei reminded her after seeing all this in the picture:
"There are so many empty seats here, but he has to sit behind Zou Yuhua."
"That's right." Officer Wang, who saw the problem, continued to remind Gu Chen:
"Gu Chen, look down again."
"Yeah." Gu Chen nodded silently, then zoomed in a little more and continued to observe the movements of the two people.
It can be said that when Zhao Qiang walked towards Zou Yuhua just now, Zou Yuhua turned around to confirm.
After that, the two of them didn't look back at each other until they left.
But Gu Chen could clearly see from Zou Yuhua's facial features facing the camera that Zou Yuhua made a very obvious speech movement while playing on his mobile phone or even eating.
And when other customers came to the store and sat in the area near Zou Yuhua, Zou Yuhua would even take out his mobile phone and pretend to answer the phone.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! At this moment, Zhao Qiang will also pick up the phone and put it to his ear.
Both of them seemed to be using pretend phone calls to continue their mutual communication.
When Zou Yuhua hung up the phone, Zhao Qiang would also hang up randomly.
Sometimes Zhao Qiang hangs up first, but no matter what the situation is? The time when the two hang up is almost always very close.
Ordinary people may not see many problems, but Gu Chen and the others can identify each other at a glance. This is just a way to cover each other's conversations in public.
Everyone was overjoyed when they saw this scene, which at least showed that it was no accident that these two guys had dinner at the Southern Restaurant, but a deliberate arrangement.
Later, Gu Chen discovered that Zou Yuhua walked out of the restaurant first after finishing his meal.
Zhao Qiang, who was behind, left the restaurant 15 minutes later. This time difference was a bit big.
Afterwards, Gu Chen found the same problem based on Wu Xiaofeng and Ji Zhe's dinner time for other two people.
No matter who comes to the restaurant first, the second person will choose to stay close to the first person.
Sometimes there is really no suitable seat, and one of the people who comes first will even move his seat so that the two of them can be close together.
Such an obvious operation made everyone watch it with gusto.
Gu Chen held his chin and thought for a moment, turned to look at the middle-aged woman who was still cleaning the table not far away, and asked:
"Boss lady, can we make a copy of these surveillance videos?"
"Of course." Gu Chen and the others are policemen, so the middle-aged woman naturally doesn't want to say anything. Just try to cooperate.
Without saying anything, Gu Chen took out the mobile USB flash drive and copied the images he needed directly into it.
After completing all the operations, Gu Chen stood up directly and came to the middle-aged woman.
"Is it done?" The middle-aged woman put down the rag in her hand and asked Gu Chen curiously.
Gu Chen nodded silently and said gratefully: "Thank you, boss lady, for your cooperation, but I hope you won't mention today's matter to anyone, otherwise it will affect our normal handling of the case."
"I understand." Faced with Gu Chen's persuasion, the middle-aged woman nodded fiercely, but still asked a word:
"By the way, did these two people commit something?"
Seeing that everyone was silent, but looked at me with strange eyes.
The middle-aged woman who understood it immediately covered her mouth and said, "I understand, this is a secret, I won't ask."
"Thank you very much for your cooperation. Goodbye." Gu Chen just said a simple greeting, turned around and took everyone away immediately.
Returning to the car, Gu Chen started the vehicle without stopping and drove towards the Furong branch.
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On the way, Lu Weiwei, who was sitting in the passenger seat, also said with a proud face: "With this evidence, I think Zhao Qiang, even if he still wants to be tough, there is probably nothing he can do."
"After all, in the surveillance, everyone is watching his and Zou Yuhua's every move. I don't believe it because he can't see it himself."
"But this guy named Zhao Qiang is not that easy to deal with." Officer Wang briefly interrogated Zhao Qiang in the car, but it did not achieve any results.
Not only that, Officer Wang also saw that Zhao Qiang was a tough guy.
But Yuan Shasha remained optimistic and said: "I believe that with these evidences in our hands and patient persuasion, maybe this Zhao Qiang will still be willing to cooperate?"
"After all, the relationship between these two people is not necessarily monolithic. They can share blessings, but they may not necessarily share hardships."
"We have seen too many people. When disaster strikes, they all fly away. I think Zhao Qiang will not be much better."
"Let's go back and take a look at the situation." Gu Chen didn't know yet how many secrets the Zhao Qiang he was facing had with Zou Yuhua.
But one thing Gu Chen believes is that he currently has the full initiative and the evidence is in hand, but it is not comprehensive.
But this did not prevent Gu Chen from doubting Zou Yuhua and Zhao Qiang.
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The time came to 11 o'clock in the evening.
At this time, in Interrogation Room No. 1, Zhao Qiang was handcuffed and sitting quietly on the interrogation chair.
In the entire dark environment, only a light was shining above Zhao Qiang's head.
The light shone on Zhao Qiang's head, making Zhao Qiang obviously uncomfortable.
The entire interrogation room was empty, and Zhao Qiang's patience was gradually wearing thin as he waited.
At this moment, the door suddenly opened, and Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei, Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha came from outside and sat in their respective seats one after another.
Seeing Gu Chen and others, Zhao Qiang's uneasy mood became even more tense.
The door was closed, Yuan Shasha adjusted the camera connected to the computer and focused the screen on Zhao Qiang in front of her.
Gu Chen, on the other hand, opened Zhao Qiang's handcuffs, returned to his seat, opened the notebook, and placed the writing pen upright on one side.
When Zhao Qiang saw the crowd, he lowered his head involuntarily.
At this moment, Gu Chen also glanced in the direction of Yuan Shasha and nodded to indicate that Yuan Shasha could start.
Soon, Yuan Shasha copied Gu Chen's surveillance footage of Zou Yuhua and Zhao Qiang eating at the Southern Restaurant and played it through the projection in the interrogation room.
At this moment, Zhao Qiang looked up at the wall behind Gu Chen and the others, and suddenly his own image appeared on the wall, and he couldn't help but be shocked.
But Gu Chen and the others still didn't ask any questions and just let the surveillance footage continue to play.
As if he understood the intentions of Gu Chen and others, Zhao Qiang lowered his head again, seemingly helpless.
"Zhao Qiang." Seeing that the time was right, Gu Chen also started to say: "Are you still familiar with the environment of this southern restaurant?"
"Yeah." Zhao Qiang didn't refute, just said "Yeah" and nodded.
"Do you know the person sitting next to you?" Lu Weiwei also quickly asked.
Zhao Qiang hesitated for a few seconds, but then shook his head.
At this moment, Yuan Shasha kept zooming in on the screen, and she could almost see Zou Yuhua's face clearly.
At this moment, Zou Yuhua, with his back to Zhao Qiang, kept talking.
From time to time, he would turn his face slightly, and his intention to communicate with the people behind him was very obvious.
Later, Yuan Shasha retrieved another piece of surveillance, and this time the surveillance showed Zhao Qiang facing the scene.
Similarly, Zhao Qiang was speaking even when there was no one around him, and sitting behind him was Zou Yuhua.
After that, Yuan Shasha continued to switch to other perspectives.
There were many other customers around Zou Yuhua and Zhao Qiang. They both took out their mobile phones and pretended to make a call, but in fact they were talking to each other.
There are also scenes where two people borrow tissues from each other's table, but these scenes are all enlarged by Yuan Shasha's close-ups.
Gu Chen also said slowly: "Zhao Qiang, I'm curious, is the food at the Southern Restaurant really as delicious as you said?"
"It's so delicious. You and this Zou Yuhua arrive at the store within 10 minutes each time."
"When the food is delicious, you must sit together every time, even if you are not sitting at the same table, you must be next to each other."
"Even if there are no other customers around and the entire restaurant dining area is empty, you still have to choose to be next to each other."
After a pause, Gu Chen also shook his head and said, "It's strange, you don't know each other, right? Indeed, because we didn't sit at the same table to eat."
"Can you say that you know each other? It makes sense, because every time you do it next to each other, you are communicating with each other without stopping."
"I just can't understand. What do you have to talk about every time you eat? You can't even sit together for fear of being noticed. Do you two know each other?"
As soon as the words fell, the interrogation room fell silent.
Even everyone's breathing can be heard clearly.
Lu Weiwei frowned slightly and continued to remind: "Zhao Qiang, do you have anything to say?"
"Are you looking too carefully?" Feeling that there was no way to escape, Zhao Qiang took a deep breath and shook his head.
I felt that the tricks I played with Zou Yuhua seemed childish and ridiculous in front of this group of policemen.
But it is obvious that it would be difficult for ordinary people to discover these details without looking through the surveillance camera and observing carefully.
But Gu Chen’s team is not ordinary people.
"What do you want to say?" Officer Wang asked him.
At this time, Zhao Qiang seemed to be relieved and his body relaxed a lot. Then he lay down on the interrogation chair and took a deep breath.
The previous depression seemed to have disappeared at this moment.
Seeing that Zhao Qiang still didn't say anything, Gu Chen asked him calmly: "You and this Zou Yuhua know each other, right?"
"Yes!" Faced with Gu Chen's question, Zhao Qiang nodded and admitted.
"Then why do you pretend not to know each other again?" Gu Chen also leaned forward and put his hands on the table.
Zhao Qiang lowered his head and said with some shame: "As you know, once a person's business becomes big, he will always encounter some troubles."
“Sometimes it’s not convenient for me to take action, so I ask some people from society to help.”
"So? You just help Zou Yuhua deal with some shameful things, right?" Lu Weiwei quickly asked.
Zhao Qiang chuckled and couldn't help but said: "To be honest, Zou Yuhua wanted to build a huge logistics system on the current logistics park."
"There are some demolition households involved here, but most of them are actually quite honest and are very satisfied with the demolition money they were given."
"But there are always a few troublemakers who always think that they can get more compensation by making trouble."
"Moreover, these troublemakers are quite insidious. They promised well at first, but later they pretended to be different, but they just refused to sign the contract."
"But the construction project of our logistics park cannot be delayed forever, so we started to demolish and build at the same time, building a little and then demolishing a little, and demolishing and building in zones."
After a pause, Zhao Qiang also took a deep breath and then said again:
"But those troublemakers just took advantage of the fact that Zou Yuhua's construction schedule could not be delayed, and deliberately started to raise the price."
"The original contract amount of compensation had been negotiated before, but they suddenly changed their minds and demanded new compensation."
"But if you want to add a little more, Zou Yuhua might agree. After all, these are just small amounts of money to him."
"But these greedy bastards raised the compensation amount to several times the previous price."
"They just figured out Zou Yuhua that in order to complete the construction of this logistics park, their houses must be demolished, so they have food and accommodation at home, and there's nothing you can do to them."
Taking a deep breath, Zhao Qiang also looked up at Gu Chen and the others in front of him, and asked with a smile:
"If you encounter this kind of problem, how do you solve it?"
"There is always a solution. If you encounter such unreasonable and stubborn households, you should have a peaceful negotiation with them..."
"Hahaha." Hearing what Lu Weiwei said, Zhao Qiang suddenly laughed a few times and then said:
"So comrade policewoman, you should rarely experience this kind of thing, right?"
"Let me tell you, some people are greedy beyond your imagination. You never know how big their appetite is."
"You promise to give them corresponding benefits, but in the end, they are determined to take advantage of you. If you readily agree, then they will continue to do so at a critical time next time."
With a faint sigh, Zhao Qiang shook his head helplessly: "Some people, you will never be able to satisfy their appetite."
"Zou Yuhua has tried almost every method, but there is nothing we can do because these families are really difficult to deal with."
"But for people who are engaged in such a big business, time is very precious to them."
"If you delay the construction period by one day, that means how much workers' wages and how much equipment will be lost?"
"These things that cost money every day are just like running water. If these troubles are not solved, Zou Yuhua may lose more."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "So, Zou Yuhua found you, right?" Gu Chen turned the pen with his right hand and raised his head and asked.
Zhao Qiang did not deny it, but nodded and admitted: "Yes, there are some things that it is not convenient for Zou Yuhua to come forward."
"After all, to the outside world, he, Zou Yuhua, is a well-known entrepreneur, and his image is very important."
"But for such a scoundrel, Zou Yuhua has hit a wall. Faced with the greed of the other family, he has no choice but to find me and let me deal with it.
"
"Then how did you settle it?" After hearing what Zhao Qiang said, Lu Weiwei felt that Zhao Qiang's methods should be a bit shady.
But Zhao Qiang smiled coldly and said calmly: "Everyone has their own weaknesses and weaknesses."
"For example, Zou Yuhua, his weakness and weakness is that the construction period cannot be delayed."
"The expenses for these workers and equipment and machines are all there every day."
"If he doesn't start working for a day, he will lose a lot of money."
"So, those scoundrels saw Zou Yuhua's weakness and knew that he couldn't afford to delay and wanted to save face, so they played rogue with him and defrauded him of his money."
After a pause, Zhao Qiang looked at the people in front of him and continued:
"But Zou Yuhua has his own weaknesses and shortcomings, don't scoundrels like them not?"
"I just treat others the same way I treat them, and use their own methods to deal with themselves."
"Can you be more specific?" Officer Wang reached out and asked.
Zhao Qiang laughed twice, nodded silently, and couldn't help but said: "Actually, I didn't use very strong methods. I just went to the homes of these families and told them that they also have families and children."
"Now they can get the reasonable compensation they want. It's better to just take the money and walk away, but if they want to continue to stay here and act like a rogue."
"Then, some people's children may accidentally get into traffic accidents on their way back from school."
"Some elderly people may be knocked down by strangers while walking on the road. This collision may make the elderly person in your family disabled."
"Or, if you are walking at night, you may encounter some unexpected situations. These are all possible."
"In short, they are not afraid themselves, but they also have to think about their families."
"The elderly and children are their biggest weaknesses."
After the words fell, Zhao Qiang spread his hands, took a deep breath, and said calmly:
"So, I just gave them some 'kind reminders' and hoped that while they were acting rogue, they would not bring harm to their families. They could all be nice and take the money and leave. This would be good for everyone."
"So, they agreed?" Gu Chen asked.
Zhao Qiang nodded silently and said confidently: "With me, Zhao Qiang, there is nothing that cannot be solved."
