The pancake boss was a little excited now. He originally thought that Zou Yaohua was enough to make people miserable, but he didn't expect that his lover had another friend in Jiangnan City.
And this person is now a senior manager, and he has prospered so well that he even went to the mining area to look for him after running away from home.
This made the pancake owner feel shattered and felt as if he had been betrayed by his lover.
Gu Chen could also see clues from the pancake boss's mood, and quickly comforted him:
"The two of them, your lover's best friend also said, are former colleagues and good buddies."
"Haha, good buddy? Is it so simple to be a good buddy?" Facing Gu Chen's explanation, the pancake owner frowned and said angrily:
"In my opinion, this Zhao Deming is not that simple. Why doesn't my wife go to Zou Yaohua, who she often chats with? Instead, she goes to find Zhao Deming?"
"I have to ask you this?" Seeing that the pancake boss was on the verge of collapse, Lu Weiwei quickly retorted to stabilize the pancake boss's mood.
The pancake boss sighed heavily and said angrily:
"To be honest, this is the first time I have heard of the name Zhao Deming."
Turning to look at the noodle shop owner, the pancake owner also asked: "But why have I never heard of this person from you?"
"I didn't know this person was in Jiangnan City." It felt baffling, and the noodle shop owner also complained.
Officer Wang quickly interrupted: "Okay, don't argue anymore. The key issue now is that Zhao Deming said that he didn't contact your lover for a week, but we also went in to investigate the guest house where your lover stayed."
"We found that the bedding inside had not been opened. Also, your lover's clothes were just thrown on the bed so casually. It seemed that he had not checked in at all that day."
"In addition, Zhao Deming left early to deal with matters at the mine, so he also has an alibi, indicating that your lover disappeared after purchasing daily necessities."
"Then look for surveillance." Faced with Officer Wang's words, the pancake owner was also very anxious.
Yuan Shasha also sighed and said angrily: "With surveillance, we have already gone to investigate, but the key place is a ravine."
"How can there be surveillance there? There is no surveillance at all. Moreover, we also learned from Zhao Deming that there has been a deep conflict between you and your lover for a long time."
"We have talked about this since Zhao Deming had dinner with your lover, and this is completely inconsistent with what you stated before."
Glancing at the noodle shop proprietress, Yuan Shasha added, "It's not consistent with what you said. From the beginning to the end, you were speaking for your best friend's husband."
"But according to Zhao Deming, your best friend's husband is not like this at all."
"This..." It felt like she finally said something to her head. The noodle shop owner hesitated for a few seconds and said angrily:
"But can you blame me? I don't want to get involved in the affairs between the two of them."
"I know that my best friend has a lot of questions, but if you ask me, of course I can only say good things to avoid others saying that I am talking too much."
"But this is an investigation case, so you should be realistic. Can you find your best friend by saying good things?" Lu Weiwei was also defeated by the noodle shop owner's words.
Just to avoid offending others, you just say the black things are white?
When the pancake boss saw this, he also started to argue.
The noodle shop owner's wife didn't show any weakness, and the group of people suddenly started to quarrel.
Gu Chen couldn't stand listening any longer, so he interrupted loudly: "Okay, stop arguing. Can arguing solve the problem?"
The quarrel was also interrupted by Gu Chen's sudden words. Everyone was stunned for a moment and looked at Gu Chen involuntarily.
Gu Chen also sighed and said helplessly: "Now that everyone's misunderstanding has been resolved, let's be honest and seek truth from facts."
Glancing at the noodle shop proprietress, Gu Chen said: "Proprietress, I know that the relationship between you and your bestie is very delicate. You are fellow villagers and you grew up in the same place, so there is no need to talk about your feelings."
"You don't want to embarrass her husband because of your nonsense. I can understand that, but by doing so, you completely misled our police investigation."
"If you don't explain this matter clearly, it is very likely that our police will mistakenly believe that there is an ulterior secret between you and her husband."
"No...it's not like that." It felt like the noodle shop owner became anxious after hearing what Gu Chen said.
Gu Chen pressed his hands and continued: "I know your original intention is not this, but you will mislead our police to think this way."
"If we don't investigate clearly, it will make the whole incident more complicated, do you understand?"
"I...I know, I know I'm wrong." It felt like there was nothing wrong with what Gu Chen said.
The things he told Gu Chen in the early morning were indeed processed by him before he said them out. No wonder Gu Chen now has to go back to the noodle shop to verify them clearly.
The lady proprietor here felt remorseful. Gu Chen looked at the pancake boss again and said:
"You too. If there have been conflicts between you and your lover before, and there is some distrust between the two of you, you should also say it in advance."
"You have established yourself as a good husband, which caused us to overlook many details during the investigation."
"Coupled with the restaurant owner's subjective evaluation of you, this directly results in our inability to have an objective understanding of you."
"Once others make unfavorable comments about you and you are suspected of lying, do you know what the consequences will be? That is to direct the suspicion of this matter towards yourself."
"I know, I know I was wrong, comrade policeman, I...I don't want to do this either, but the family scandal cannot be made public."
Faced with Gu Chen's education, the pancake boss also seemed a little embarrassed.
But after all, this is a family matter. If this kind of thing is known to the police, I will lose some face.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Of course, Gu Chen could also understand the pancake boss’s situation at the moment, and couldn’t help but say:
"Now the situation has been clarified. Your lover went to the guest house over at the mining area and then disappeared at night."
"And the reason why she went to the mining area was also because of the conflict between you, which made her want to go out and relax. Maybe she wanted to chat with her old colleagues, relax, and then go home in a few days."
"I never thought that when I went to the mining area, I would suddenly disappear. Now it seems that it is indeed a bit strange. If the pair of earrings sent to your home were really sent by the kidnapper."
"Then the kidnapper should know the situation of your family very well."
"How could this happen?" Listening to Gu Chen's words, the pancake owner also became nervous.
His hands kept rubbing together, and his whole mood was in a state of ups and downs.
When the noodle shop owner saw this, she quickly asked: "What should I do now? How can I find my best friend?"
"This depends on how much real information you provide?" the shop owner said, and Lu Weiwei also got straight to the point:
"Since your best friend was kidnapped, it means that the other party had a premeditated plan. Perhaps they knew your best friend's specific movements very early and have even been following her."
"Maybe it was an unexpected incident. I accidentally discovered your best friend in a guest house near the mining area, and kidnapped her on the spur of the moment. This is all possible."
"Then what does it mean to send back earrings?" The pancake owner heard this and quickly asked.
Lu Weiwei sighed and explained patiently: "If the other party wants to blackmail you, then they must let you know that your lover is in their hands."
"So, by sending a pair of earrings back, I probably want you to know that your lover has been kidnapped."
After a pause, Lu Weiwei added: "But the problem is, the other party didn't make any request, which makes me a little bit confused."
"If it's a kidnapping, they usually ask for money, but it's somewhat unreasonable to just send you this pair of earrings without asking for ransom."
"Yes." As soon as Lu Weiwei finished speaking, Yuan Shasha on the side also said quickly:
"Even if you want to kidnap, you should find a wealthy family. Although you are running an ordinary pancake business, judging from the number of your businesses, you should be able to make a lot of money. I guess you are being targeted.
Already."
"There is another situation where your lover is randomly kidnapped near the mining area. After learning your lover's address."
"In order to make money, these kidnappers temporarily sent a pair of your lover's earrings directly to your door."
"As for why the issue of ransom was not raised? I don't know this yet, but I feel that the other party will make a request sooner or later."
"Yes, if it was kidnapping for financial gain, then there should be a ransom demand. If you don't mention the explanation, you haven't thought about it yet, or you want to give you a blow first." The noodle shop owner listened to everyone's analysis and expressed her own opinion.
But this statement put the pancake owner in a dilemma, and he was sobbing and said:
"As a family, we do business diligently and earn hard-earned money. We have not offended anyone. Why did we encounter this situation? God is so unfair to our family, right?"
At the end of the sentence, the pancake boss put his forehead with one hand, and seemed to be in an extremely bad mood.
At this moment, the atmosphere was surprisingly awkward.
It was at this time that the noodle shop owner, who had been cleaning the kitchen, poured tea for everyone.
Officer Wang thanked him and then continued: "I think you must have offended someone? In other words, you have offended someone before, but you can't remember it for a while."
"Your lover's mysterious disappearance this time, or in other words, may have been kidnapped, there should be a certain degree of revenge."
"Retaliation?" After listening to Officer Wang's explanation, the pancake owner waved his hand and said: "Comrade police, it's not that I don't want to explain, but our family has never offended anyone?"
"You also know that we are all businessmen and ordinary people working hard to make money every day."
"And the people we deal with are all the ingredients owners, as well as the customers who buy pancakes."
"Who are you trying to offend? I'm sorry, I really haven't."
"Could they be colleagues?" Gu Chen said casually while drinking the tea made by the noodle shop owner.
The pancake owner shook his head: "Impossible. There are pancake makers around us, but everyone's tastes and styles are different."
"Besides, everyone makes money based on their own abilities, so there's no need to kill me, right?"
"Yes." As soon as the pancake boss finished speaking, the noodle shop owner also added:
"Everyone is in business. They make more or less, depending on their abilities. For example, our noodle shop here is doing pretty well, and you should also be able to see that there are several noodle shops around us."
"You and your family can't do all the business. If you say that just because our noodle shop is doing well, you want to kidnap me, then that's too much, right?"
The explanation given by the noodle shop owner's wife seems to be very realistic. At least it shows that there may be competition among colleagues, but it feels completely unnecessary to escalate competition to kidnapping.
Gu Chen nodded silently and added: "If it is not malicious competition among peers, then this is not the reason. There should be other reasons."
After a pause, Gu Chen looked at the pancake owner with sharp eyes and said, "Is there anything else you are hiding from me?"
"I……"
"I'm telling you." Seeing the pancake owner hesitate for a moment, Gu Chen quickly reminded him:
"If you hide something from me, our investigation will come to a standstill."
"Because this means that we cannot identify the suspect. If you want to say that this kidnapping was accidental, you can only say that the kidnapper kidnapped randomly for some purpose."
"But you will eventually make your own demands, but if the kidnapper has deep conflicts with your family."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Then if you don't say anything, or if you, like our previous investigation, are trying to beautify your image as a good husband, then no matter how much we investigate, it will be impossible
Get the most realistic situation, do you understand?"
"I...I understand." Faced with Gu Chen's preaching, the pancake owner nodded silently and couldn't help but say:
"However, what I want to say is still the same. We have not offended anyone. Really, you don't have to believe what I said before, but you can completely believe what I say now."
"Okay, I can only keep my own opinions now." Gu Chen didn't say anything absolutely.
Because in Gu Chen's opinion, the pancake boss, the couple from the noodle shop, Zou Yaohua who delivers aquatic products, and the mining manager Zhao Deming are all untrustworthy.
It seems that everyone is suspected, but Gu Chen currently needs to figure out the relationship between these people.
For example, after having an in-depth communication with Zou Yaohua, who delivered aquatic products, I found out that the relationship between him and the lady behind the pancake shop was indeed just an ordinary chat.
After all, no matter what, the two of them can be considered old acquaintances.
It also includes Zhao Deming from the mining area. I learned from the noodle shop proprietress that the pancake proprietress and Zhao Deming are also very good friends.
However, Gu Chen found many bloody objects from Zhao Deming's home, which currently require further verification.
Therefore, Gu Chen was very suspicious of Zhao Deming.
Of course, I also need to verify the clues provided by Zhao Deming, so tonight, I will gather everyone together at the noodle shop to ask the matter clearly.
But for now, everyone's explanation is quite thorough. In this way, all kinds of mysteries between the noodle shop owner and the pancake owner have been solved.
In this way, Gu Chen could focus all suspicions and the next direction of investigation on the mining manager Zhao Deming.
Because the blood stains and those bloody objects were things that he couldn't explain clearly, Gu Chen could follow up on them further.
"Do you have your lover's physical examination report?" Gu Chen asked.
"Yes, I went for a physical examination when I applied for a health certificate." said the pancake owner.
"Take a photo and send me the health certificate." Gu Chen said.
"No problem." Faced with Gu Chen's request, the pancake owner readily agreed.
Although I don’t know yet, what is Gu Chen’s purpose for doing this?
But as far as the current situation is concerned, being able to find your lover is more important than anything else.
So the pancake boss immediately agreed: "I will send it to you immediately after I get back."
"Very good." Gu Chen nodded silently, looked at everyone, and then said:
"If there is any news about the pancake boss lady, you must share it as soon as possible."
"We will also try to find the whereabouts of the pancake proprietress based on these clues. Do you understand?"
"Ming...understand." Faced with Gu Chen's question, everyone nodded seriously.
Afterwards, Yuan Shasha sent her contact cards to everyone. After everyone exchanged a few words in the noodle shop, they returned to their vehicles and drove directly to the Technical Section of the Municipal Bureau.
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On the way, Lu Weiwei, who was sitting in the passenger seat, also curiously asked Gu Chen: "Junior brother Gu, who do you think is the most suspicious among these people?"
"Mining manager Zhao Deming." Gu Chen, who was driving, said calmly.
"Is it because of those bloody objects?" Lu Weiwei asked again.
Gu Chen nodded silently: "This is only part of it. First of all, these bloody rags and tissues, as well as the bloody blade, Zhao Deming can't explain where they came from?"
"Then there's only one possibility. He put all these things there, but he just doesn't admit it."
"Yes." As soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, Officer Wang, who was sitting in the back seat of the vehicle, waved his hand and said:
"There are so many bloody objects hidden in the house. It can't be justified."
"Furthermore, you must know that this pancake proprietress disappeared near the guest house in the mining area."
"This is Zhao Deming's territory, so it should have something to do with him."
"Isn't that right?" After hearing Officer Wang's words, Yuan Shasha also added: "Anyway, we got a lot of evidence from Zhao Deming, and it will be clear after testing."
"Moreover, this Zhao Deming feels like all kinds of deception, especially what he told us. Which parts are true? Which parts are false? It's hard for us to judge this at all."
"So I'm going to the Municipal Bureau's Technical Department to check the situation." After Yuan Shasha finished speaking, Gu Chen also increased the accelerator and drove directly towards the Municipal Bureau's Technical Department.
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When everyone parked their cars in the parking space of the Municipal Bureau's Technical Section Building and went upstairs together to look for Gao Chuanfeng.
The entire testing room was actually empty, except for the rest room, where a trainee forensic doctor was on duty.
Seeing Gu Chen and others walking into the lounge from outside, the trainee forensic doctor quickly stood up.
"Where is Gao Chuanfeng?" Lu Weiwei looked around and asked curiously.
"Oh, Senior Brother Gao went out for supper and should be back soon." The trainee forensic doctor was a young man with acne on his face, and he also spoke in a naive manner.
Lu Weiwei frowned slightly and deliberately teased him: "Are you new here? Why haven't I seen you before?"
"Oh, I just came to the city bureau's technical department as an intern, and I haven't met many senior brothers and sisters." The young trainee forensic doctor also quickly replied with a smile.
Gu Chen took a step forward and said, "We have brought several samples to you for testing today. I wonder if they have been completed?"
"Which unit are you from?" After hearing Gu Chen's words, the trainee forensic doctor with acne-covered face asked quickly.
"We are from the Criminal Investigation Team of Furong Branch." Officer Wang on the side quickly announced his home address.
"Furong Branch? Criminal Investigation Team?" Upon hearing this name, the trainee forensic doctor thought for a moment, then nodded slowly and said quickly:
"Yes, there are samples sent from this unit for testing. Senior Brother Gao also told me that you will definitely come to get the results before evening, so I was asked to stay here on duty and wait for you to come over."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Smiling, the trainee forensic doctor continued: "But you are finally here, and the test results have come out, and the documents are here."
While talking, the trainee forensic doctor quickly opened a desk drawer in the lounge and took out a stack of document bags.
Then, he rummaged through the folder with the name of the unit labeled "Criminal Investigation Team of Furong Branch", pulled it out directly, handed it to Gu Chen and said:
"Senior Brother Gao asked me to give this to you."
"It seems that he has already guessed when we will come?" Seeing that Gao Chuanfeng was doing things quite efficiently, Gu Chen took the document bag, unwrapped the thin thread, opened the document bag, and took out the test report.
Lu Weiwei, Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha directly surrounded Gu Chen and started reading together.
"The blood samples tested at Zhao Deming's home were type AB, and they can be confirmed to be human blood."
With a faint sigh, Gu Chen added: "Now we have to wait for the physical examination report from the pancake boss."
"Well, if the pancake proprietress has AB blood type, it would be a bit difficult to handle." Lu Weiwei also sighed, feeling that as long as the AB blood type is successfully matched at this moment, it will inevitably lead to various subsequent investigations.
After all, how did the blood in Zhao Deming's family come about?
Is it what Zhao Deming dictated? Did someone sneak into his house deliberately? Or did he direct and act on his own?
For now, no one knows, but at least one thing is that Zhao Deming is suspected.
"Xiao Yuan, please urge the pancake boss to look at his health certificate and physical examination report. Have you found it?"
"Okay, wait a moment." After hearing Gu Chen's words, Yuan Shasha took out her cell phone and dialed the phone number of the pancake boss.
Not long after, the call was connected, and Yuan Shasha quickly communicated with the pancake owner, urging him to send his wife's health certificate and physical examination report as soon as possible.
After a while of communication, Yuan Shasha hung up the phone and reported to Gu Chen:
"He said he would look for it right away. He just got home and is looking for a health certificate."
"Okay, let's wait." Gu Chen was extremely calm now. He felt that this was an important part of the investigation and should not be rushed.
Not long after, Yuan Shasha received a message from the pancake owner.
After clicking on the information and checking it for a moment, Yuan Shasha's eyes lit up, she looked up at Gu Chen and said:
"Senior Brother Gu, his lover's health certificate and physical examination report have been sent over."
"How's it going? What's his lover's blood type?" Gu Chen raised his head and asked.
"Yes...it's type AB." Yuan Shasha said.
"Type AB?"
Hearing what Yuan Shasha said, Officer Wang and Lu Weiwei also said the same thing, and everyone felt incredible.
Gu Chen frowned: "So, the blood in the bloody objects we found at Zhao Deming's house is all type AB? Are they the blood of the same person?"
"Yes." Lu Weiwei on the side nodded silently and echoed:
"The test report of Gao Chuanfeng shows that it is the same person's blood, and it is the same person's AB blood type."
"So now the blood type of the pancake proprietress is also type AB, does that mean that all the blood in Zhao Deming's family actually belongs to the pancake proprietress?" Yuan Shasha also questioned at this moment.
Gu Chen took a deep breath and said slowly: "It's probably the pancake proprietress's."
"But judging from the current situation, we can't confirm that they are the same person. We still need a DNA sample from the pancake proprietress."
"In this way, we can compare it with the test samples here to verify and see if it is the same person?"
"This is a bit troublesome." Listening to the exchange between Gu Chen and others, the forensic assistant with acne on his face said quickly:
"We only detected blood samples in those bloody objects here. If we need to verify the blood sample of the woman you mentioned, we need to provide her DNA sample."
"However, the pancake proprietress has lost contact now. It is difficult to extract a DNA sample from her, and she is from out of town." Yuan Shasha reminded.
But Officer Wang on the side waved his hand and said: "This is not difficult. The couple making pancakes have children, and their children are in their hometown."
"To match the blood samples we have here, we need DNA samples from the couple's children."
After a pause, Officer Wang also gave a solution: "Otherwise, let the pancake boss notify his relatives in his hometown immediately and ask them to take the child to the hospital for a DNA test. We need his child's DNA sample."
"In this way, it can be matched with the samples we have here."
"This method is okay." Gu Chen crossed his arms and nodded silently, and then said:
"In addition, let them contact the local hospital for testing. We need to maintain communication with them."
"Once the test results are available, we need to know the results immediately."
Glancing at the acne-covered trainee forensic doctor, Gu Chen said again: "Leave this to Gao Chuanfeng, is there any problem?"
"No problem, I will tell Senior Brother Gao when he comes back," the trainee forensic doctor said.
"Very good." Gu Chen was quite satisfied and patted the trainee forensic doctor on the shoulder before saying again:
"From now on, I will give you this person's contact information. After you communicate with him and determine the hospital for DNA sample testing, remember to keep in touch with them."
"I need to know the sample matching information as soon as the DNA sample is tested. Can I do it?"
"Yes." Faced with Gu Chen's inquiry, the trainee forensic doctor nodded firmly and patted his chest as he assured:
"Leave this to us, no problem."
"Then it's time to work." Gu Chen breathed a sigh of relief and continued to look in the direction of Yuan Shasha.
Yuan Shasha immediately understood what Gu Chen meant, so she immediately called him.
After the call was connected, Yuan Shasha directly switched to hands-free mode and said quickly:
"We have seen the photo you sent, and now we have a blood sample here for testing. It is also type AB, which is exactly the same as your lover's blood type."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "But in order to confirm whether this blood is left by your lover, our suggestion is to have your child do a DNA test at the hospital in his hometown.
Detection.”
"And the test results will be sent to our municipal bureau's technical department as soon as possible."
"And we will make a match based on your test results, do you understand?"
"Understood." After listening to Yuan Shasha's explanation, the pancake boss on the other end of the phone also replied:
"Does that happen now?"
"The sooner, the better. We are waiting for the results here. In addition, we will issue a document to assist in the investigation of the case, so that you can get the results as soon as possible."
"Otherwise, no one knows how long the test will take. With the documents we have issued, your hometown hospital will probably be able to do it faster."
"If it really doesn't work, you can also call the hospital leaders. We will communicate directly with the hospital and let them get the results as soon as possible."
"I understand." After listening to Yuan Shasha's patient explanation, the pancake owner suddenly understood and quickly replied:
"Well, let's do this. I will ask my family to take the child to the hospital tonight to see when the test can be done. If it can be arranged as soon as possible, I will ask my hometown to do it immediately."
"Okay, this is best. Later we will also issue a document to the hospital to cooperate with the investigation to facilitate your testing."
"Then thank you, comrade police."
"You're welcome."
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Both parties were polite for a while, and then they both hung up the phone.
Gu Chen also looked up at the trainee forensic doctor in front of him and said, "Do you have any problem with issuing a document to assist in the investigation?"
"No problem, the leader's signature is required." said the trainee forensic doctor.
"You don't need to worry about this. You can print out a document to cooperate with the investigation now, an official seal and so on. We will go to the city bureau leaders to get it done later." Officer Wang also said quickly.
The trainee forensic doctor also knew that time was tight, so he went to do it immediately.
After completing all operations, Gu Chen's team members gathered together instantly.
Officer Wang also sighed heavily and said helplessly: "Huh? You guys think, if something really happened to Zhao Deming, the pancake proprietress, then what grudges does Zhao Deming have with the pancake proprietress?
?”
"Who knows this?" Lu Weiwei sighed and shook her head helplessly:
"I always feel that the relationship between these people is not that simple. They all hide many secrets and they don't tell the truth."
