Hearing what Lu Weiwei said, the noodle shop owner was stunned for a moment, but he quickly calmed down.
After turning on the lights in the living room, the noodle shop owner poured everyone a glass of water.
Everyone also sat down around a dining table.
"Boss, don't be busy. Come and sit down. I'm looking for you today because I want to have an in-depth communication with you." Officer Wang said.
"In-depth communication?" Listening to Officer Wang's words, the noodle shop owner looked hesitant, but he still followed everyone's wishes and sat across from everyone.
Gu Chen and others were sitting casually around the noodle shop owner, looking relaxed.
Everyone also remained silent for a few seconds, and the atmosphere suddenly became weird.
The noodle shop owner couldn't hold it in anymore, so he asked with a wry smile: "Comrade police, you came here once yesterday and again today. Did you find some important clues?"
"You're really right." Yuan Shasha nodded silently and turned on the law enforcement recorder.
Everyone instantly entered interrogation mode.
The living room of this noodle shop was used as an interrogation room in the police station.
The tense atmosphere was still spreading. The noodle shop owner took a deep breath and said with a wry smile: "Look at you, you have made the atmosphere so tense."
After a pause, the noodle shop owner said again: "If you have anything to ask, just ask, I will tell you everything I know."
"Have you ever seen this brand of chocolate?" Gu Chen didn't talk nonsense to him. He directly opened the photo album on his phone and showed the photo of the paper crane wrapping paper in front of the noodle shop owner.
The noodle shop owner looked dumbfounded, a little confused.
"Not sure?" Seeing this, Lu Weiwei quickly explained: "Then let me put it this way, a week ago, that is, the night the pancake proprietress disappeared, there was a person who went to the place where she disappeared."
Looking up at the noodle shop owner in front of her, Lu Weiwei also continued with a smile:
"And the address that person went to was the family area of the mining area, which is the community where the mining area manager Zhao Deming lives."
"What did he do after he got there? Oh, by the way, he still didn't know where Zhao Deming's house was? So, he met a little girl."
"And this little girl happened to be Zhao Deming's neighbor, so the man asked her, where is Zhao Deming's home?"
"The little girl was very innocent and told him the address. Then, he gave the little girl a piece of beautifully packaged chocolate."
Having said this, Lu Weiwei looked at the noodle shop owner in front of her with confident eyes and asked: "Does this story sound familiar?"
"I...I don't know what you are talking about?" After listening to Lu Weiwei's explanation, the noodle shop owner swallowed his saliva and stammered.
However, from the micro-expression of the noodle shop owner, everyone can actually see that the noodle shop owner is actually very nervous.
This uncontrollable expression was displayed in front of everyone at this moment.
Of course, when the noodle shop owner said these words, everyone didn't rush to respond, they just looked at him seriously.
The noodle shop owner might have been a little embarrassed by everyone's looks, so he added:
"You...why are you looking at me like this? Are there any words on my face?"
"You have... something on your face!" Gu Chen started teasing and looked at the noodle shop owner with serious eyes.
It made the noodle shop owner tremble.
The noodle shop owner also gave a wry smile and said to relieve his embarrassment: "Officer Gu, are you joking? Why are there words on my face?"
"Of course you have something on your face." Knowing that the noodle shop owner was pretending to be crazy, Gu Chen stopped pretending and said straightforwardly:
"Actually, you know very well that the man who gave the little girl chocolate was actually you, right? You were the one who sneaked into the home of the mining manager Zhao Deming that day."
After the words fell, the scene fell into dead silence again.
The noodle shop owner looked at Gu Chen blankly, his whole facial muscles twitching.
But a moment later, the noodle shop owner suddenly laughed out loud: "Hahaha, Officer Gu, are you kidding me? I've been to the mining area? I've never been there at all."
"Then do you know what we found on this chocolate wrapper?" Facing the restaurant owner's rebuttal, Lu Weiwei raised her eyebrows and continued to ask.
The noodle shop owner's heart skipped a beat and he shook his head with a wry smile.
So Lu Weiwei told him: "This little girl did not throw away the chocolate wrapper that she finished eating."
"Because the wrapping paper of this chocolate was very exquisite and beautiful, she collected the wrapping paper and folded it into paper cranes and put them at home."
"And this little paper crane finally fell into our hands, and with the help of the Municipal Bureau's Technical Section, we found the fingerprints on the wrapping paper."
With a sigh, Lu Weiwei glanced at the nervous noodle shop owner in front of her and said:
"If we guessed correctly, the fingerprints left on the wrapping paper, except for the little girl, should mainly be that of the suspect."
"And that person must be the real kidnapper who sneaked into Zhao Deming's house and hid some bloody objects in his house."
"Haha." After listening to Lu Weiwei's explanation, the noodle shop owner smiled bitterly and said helplessly:
"Officer Lu, why do I get more and more confused the more I listen? What bloody objects? What is hidden in Zhao Deming's house? What are all these things?"
"Ahem." As soon as the noodle shop owner finished speaking, Officer Wang on the side also coughed twice and said quickly:
"It means that we found some bloody objects in Zhao Deming's home. Some of them were bloody rags and bloody tissues under the bed in his bedroom."
After looking up and thinking for a moment, Officer Wang added, "What's more, there is a bloody blade in the storage room upstairs in his house."
"Oh, what next?" After listening to Officer Wang's explanation, the noodle shop owner continued to ask.
"Then?" Officer Wang raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Then guess what? We will take these blood samples to the Technical Department of the Municipal Bureau for testing."
"Based on DNA sample matching, it was found that it was the blood of the missing pancake proprietress. Do you think it was a coincidence? We also told everyone about this in your store yesterday."
Hearing what Officer Wang said, the noodle shop owner involuntarily clenched his hands into fists and said with a forced smile:
"Is that so? That means that yesterday you said you were going to do a test, and the results have come out. Is it really the blood of my wife's best friend?"
Seeing everyone nodding in unison, the noodle shop owner also sighed and said: "Oh, it seems that something unexpected happened. How could this happen?"
Looking up at everyone, the noodle shop owner continued: "So, have you found her?"
"It depends on whether you are willing to explain it or not?" Yuan Shasha raised her eyebrows and said.
"Ouch!" the noodle shop owner sighed, and also complained: "What does this have to do with me?"
"How long do you want to keep pretending?" It feels like this noodle shop owner just won't shed tears until he sees the coffin. It's already this time and he's still pretending to be calm.
Lu Weiwei couldn't stand it anymore and said angrily: "Did you know that we have a stub of the fingerprints on the chocolate packaging?"
"If I take you over for testing, I might be able to match your fingerprints."
"Haha." After hearing what Lu Weiwei said, the noodle shop owner smiled calmly:
"What makes you think that I was the one who gave the little girl chocolate?"
"Because, that kind of chocolate was bought by your lover at the Trade City." The owner of the restaurant said confidently, and Gu Chen knew that this was his final struggle.
So I had a direct showdown with him.
I feel that when dealing with this kind of person, you should play straight with him and let him know where you are currently.
Otherwise, he may still think that he still has a chance and want to struggle again.
Of course, Gu Chen would not give him this opportunity, so what he said was very straightforward.
At this moment, the noodle shop owner was dumbfounded and didn't even know how to refute.
So Gu Chen continued to explain: "Actually, you don't have to pretend anymore. The reason why we can find you means that we have sufficient evidence."
After a pause, Gu Chen continued: "Actually, to put it bluntly, you should never give that piece of chocolate to that little girl just to please her."
"You have to know that if we hadn't found the wrapper of the chocolate, or even if the little girl threw the wrapper away after eating the chocolate, we wouldn't have been able to find you."
"Haha, what should I say?" Facing Gu Chen's explanation, the noodle shop owner was flustered, but he still spoke harshly.
Of course, Gu Chen knew that in the face of absolute evidence, the noodle shop owner's tough talk was useless.
So he continued to explain: "Based on the wrapping paper of this chocolate, we found the general agent of this chocolate in Jiangnan City."
"Also, we found the same type of chocolate, but coincidentally, this kind of chocolate is expensive and not easy to sell."
"The general agent bought 10 boxes in total and only sold three boxes."
"One of the boxes was given out in the past few days, so it can be ruled out directly. The other box was bought by a bald, fat man as a birthday gift for his child's classmate, so it can be basically ruled out."
"But the last customer purchased this chocolate 10 days ago, that is, a few days before the pancake proprietress disappeared."
"And this purchasing customer is your lover."
"Me...my wife?" Listening to Gu Chen's explanation, the noodle shop owner became even more panicked.
Gu Chen directly opened the photo album on his mobile phone and showed a screenshot of the transfer in front of the noodle shop owner and said:
"This is the transaction record of the general agent and dealer. The avatar clearly records the transfer. It is the picture of the door of your store. This can't be wrong, right?"
The owner of the restaurant took one look at him and instantly felt a cold sweat on his head. Gu Chen said again:
"This avatar should be that of your lover, right? And the avatar picture is the door of your store, which shows that our investigation was not wrong."
"The person who bought this chocolate 10 days ago is your lover."
"And a few days after your lover bought this chocolate, that is, a week ago, on the day the pancake proprietress disappeared, you gave this brand of chocolate directly to the little girl."
"And you have to know that a total of three boxes of this chocolate were sold in Jiangnan City, and your generosity to children directly exposed you."
"Judging from the current situation, you should be the mysterious man who inquired about Zhao Deming's home that day."
"And the pancake proprietress may have been kidnapped by you, because we retrieved the surveillance footage from that day and found that you had quietly left the noodle shop in the afternoon and disappeared."
"We tried to call all the surrounding surveillance cameras to find your whereabouts, but to no avail. It seems that you have been deliberately avoiding all the surveillance cameras here."
"Moreover, at such a busy time in the evening, you were not in the store, and you didn't even come back until late at night."
Shaking his head, Gu Chen couldn't help but said: "Can you explain to me where you went from that afternoon to late at night?"
"I……"
Also being asked by Gu Chen, the noodle shop owner was speechless for a moment.
When Lu Weiwei saw this, she also smiled and said: "I guess you can't explain it, right?"
"I'm telling you, don't think you can evade our tracking. Any flaw you leave behind will betray you."
After a pause, Lu Weiwei took a step forward and continued to ask: "Let me ask you, are you the one who kidnapped the pancake proprietress?"
"No." Lowering his head, the noodle shop owner also assumed a tough stance.
It seemed that he was not afraid of the police's forceful interrogation.
Officer Wang laughed and said helplessly: "I said you are really interesting. All the evidence points to you, but you are still pretending here?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "I don't believe you can carry on forever."
After a pause, Officer Wang continued: "How about this? You're closed anyway. It just so happens that you can come with us to the Technical Section of the Municipal Bureau and have your fingerprints matched. How about that?"
After the words fell, everyone's eyes turned to the noodle shop owner.
I saw that the owner of the restaurant was trembling at the moment and seemed to be holding back.
However, everyone did not want to waste too much time here. Officer Wang directly suggested: "Then let's go and close the store. Let's speak with facts and evidence."
After the words fell, the owner of the restaurant had not yet taken any action.
Officer Wang immediately became anxious, feeling that this was a stubborn guy, so he winked at Lu Weiwei standing aside.
Lu Weiwei understood and immediately walked behind the noodle shop owner and lifted him up.
"No need." After the noodle shop owner threw Lu Weiwei away, he said calmly: "I will close the door myself, you are not needed."
"Then you'd better hurry up and don't play any tricks with us." Lu Weiwei also felt that the current noodle shop owner seemed to have a murderous look in his eyes.
However, Lu Weiwei would not give him a chance to escape and always stayed by the noodle shop owner's side with everyone.
Just like that, under everyone's gaze, the noodle shop owner turned off the lights, pulled down the rolling shutter, and locked it.
Finally, under the escort of Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha, they all got into the back seat of the police car.
Everyone drove directly to the Technical Section of the Municipal Bureau.
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When he saw Gu Chen appearing at the door of the city bureau's technical department testing room again, forensic doctor Gao Chuanfeng was a little collapsed. He shook his head and took the initiative to walk to the door.
"Gao Chuanfeng, I have to trouble you again." Gu Chen smiled slightly.
Gao Chuanfeng also gave a wry smile and shook his head: "Director Gu, you really have everything to do. Why do you only come here late at night every day?"
"If it weren't for your phone call, I would still be in bed playing chess with Duke Zhou. See, you ruined my sweet dream. In my dream, I even lost to Duke Zhou in several games of chess."
"I was about to win the chess game, but you woke me up with a phone call. Is that really okay?"
"Haha, how do I know you are playing chess with Duke Zhou? I will play chess with you someday, but now, you must help me extract this person's fingerprints immediately and match them with the fingerprints on the previous chocolate wrapper.
"
Listening to Gu Chen's words, Gao Chuanfeng also looked helpless and could only accept his fate: "Okay, okay, who made you Director Gu?"
"This official level is overwhelming. Oh, I am unlucky."
With a heavy sigh, Gao Chuanfeng glanced at the middle-aged man beside Gu Chen, surrounded by Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha, and asked, "It's him, right?"
"That's right." Gu Chen nodded silently.
"Then come with me." Gao Chuanfeng waved his fingers at the noodle shop owner and walked directly into the testing room.
When the restaurant owner refused to move, Officer Wang said "tsk" and pushed him in.
Later, with the cooperation of Yuan Shasha, the noodle shop owner was sent to the testing table.
Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei, who were standing at the door of the testing room, also breathed a sigh of relief.
The two of them sat side by side on the waiting chairs in the corridor outside.
Seeing Gu Chen's fingers crossed, Lu Weiwei asked curiously: "Junior Brother Gu, why are you nervous?"
"Ah? Is there any?" After hearing Lu Weiwei's words, Gu Chen subconsciously glanced at Lu Weiwei.
Lu Weiwei nodded silently: "That's great, I even felt your nervous heartbeat."
"Is it such an exaggeration?" Seeing what Lu Weiwei said, Gu Chen also laughed dryly and said quickly:
"Can you feel my nervous heartbeat?"
"Yeah." Lu Weiwei nodded silently and couldn't help but said: "Who allows me to understand your inner OS?"
"So, now I feel that you are extremely nervous. Even all your movements seem to tell me that you are very nervous now."
Seeing Gu Chen grinning, Lu Weiwei quickly said: "Junior Brother Gu, are you afraid that the noodle shop owner's fingerprint test does not match the fingerprint on the chocolate wrapper?"
"Yes." Facing Lu Weiwei's inquiry, Gu Chen nodded and admitted without hesitation:
"I'm really scared now, afraid that the fingerprints won't match. You know, this is the only major progress we have made so far in the investigation."
"But if something unexpected happens to this evidence, then all our previous investigations will be meaningless."
"Yes." After hearing what Gu Chen said, Lu Weiwei also sighed and said:
"Tell me, this noodle shop owner, why does he do this?"
"This pancake proprietress is obviously his wife's best friend, but why would he kidnap the pancake proprietress?"
"Or are all his actions the intention of the noodle shop proprietress? And as a husband, he can only become an accomplice?"
"I don't know." Gu Chen shook his head and sighed helplessly: "This is the question that I don't understand the most right now."
"Moreover, if you look at the noodle shop owner's attitude, ordinary people would have done it long ago when faced with this kind of situation, especially when there was sufficient evidence."
"But he is different. He obviously feels that the evidence has a high probability of pointing to him, but he just doesn't want to admit it. It seems he just wants to fight with us until the end."
With a faint sigh, Gu Chen said again: "But what's the point of persisting like this?"
"He is who he is. In the face of the evidence, can it be said that it will be fine if you don't admit it? It's too naive."
"Haha, maybe this noodle shop owner also has his own difficulties, right?" Lu Weiwei raised her head and glanced in the direction of the testing room, and then said:
"Didn't you listen to the noodle shop owner's true confession last night? He also had an unfortunate marriage, and his career had suffered setbacks many times."
"I wanted to practice my noodle-making skills, but accidentally, I burned down his now wife's noodle shop."
"But fortunately, his current wife is pretty good to him. After burning down a noodle shop, she still chose to marry him."
Shaking her head, Lu Weiwei couldn't help but sigh: "If nothing else, I admire his wife very much for this alone."
"But this noodle shop owner has always felt that he is unworthy of his wife. He also has a very low self-esteem in the relationship between husband and wife."
"Even when his wife was chatting with her best friend, he felt that he was not qualified to participate in the discussion. He felt that living like this was too frustrating, right?"
"Yes." After listening to Lu Weiwei's story, Gu Chen nodded silently and couldn't help but say:
"Generally speaking, this noodle shop owner may have some psychological problems."
"Especially the low self-esteem, it seems to be deep in his bones. I don't know what he is thinking about?"
"Also, I wonder if this action is his personal behavior? Or is it the request of his lover?"
"In short, let's wait for the result. He refuses to admit it now, but in the face of the evidence, his persistence will be meaningless."
Glancing in the direction of the testing room, Gu Chen sighed and said, "I hope he can give us a reasonable explanation. Of course, I hope he is fine."
"But, evidence is evidence."
Seeing that Gu Chen was feeling sad for the noodle shop owner, Lu Weiwei quickly patted Gu Chen on the shoulder and said comfortingly:
"Junior Brother Gu, don't worry, what is supposed to come will come sooner or later."
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Time passed by, as the investigation and testing continued to advance, coupled with Gao Chuanfeng's efficient work.
While waiting until late at night, Gao Chuanfeng finally got results.
At this time, Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei, Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha were resting with the noodle shop owner in the waiting room next to the testing room.
The moment Gao Chuanfeng walked in the door, Gu Chen stood up immediately.
Gao Chuanfeng glanced in the direction of the noodle shop owner, and finally walked towards Gu Chen.
Gu Chen also quickly asked: "How is it?"
"See for yourself." Gao Chuanfeng handed the test report to Gu Chen, and whispered in Gu Chen's ear: "It matches perfectly. Among the fingerprints left on the chocolate wrapper you gave me, there is a fingerprint that matches his
's fingerprints are an exact match."
"Is that correct?" Gu Chen raised his head and asked softly.
Gao Chuanfeng shook his head: "There is no way I can make a mistake. You have to believe in my strength."
"Okay, thank you." Gu Chen patted Gao Chuanfeng on the shoulder and turned around to find the noodle shop owner.
However, Gao Chuanfeng grabbed Gu Chen's arm and dragged Gu Chen back to where he was.
Gu Chen's expression was stunned and he quickly asked: "What's wrong?"
"As you said, play chess with me." Gao Chuanfeng quickly reminded.
Gu Chen suddenly realized: "I understand. When I'm free, I'll play a few games with you."
After finishing his words, Gu Chen continued to turn around, preparing to go find the noodle shop owner.
But at this moment, Gao Chuanfeng pulled his arm again.
"What's wrong?" Gu Chen frowned and continued to ask.
"Also, you come to me so frequently and ask for my help in the middle of the night. One meal is not too much, right? You haven't invited me to dinner for a long time, and now you can't even bear to buy chicken legs."
"Harm! What do I want to ask for? It's easy to say." It felt like Gao Chuanfeng had worked so hard to be a bully and a horse for himself, and this request was not too much.
If it were another police officer who came to the Technical Section of the Municipal Bureau and asked Gao Chuanfeng for the test report, it would be a good thing if he was not kicked out by Gao Chuanfeng.
But Gu Chen was Liu Forensic Doctor's apprentice. Like Gao Chuanfeng, he came from the same school.
Moreover, when Gao Chuanfeng was still a rookie forensic doctor, he had been partnering with Gu Chen.
It can be said that Gu Chen gave Gao Chuanfeng a lot of practical experience and helped Gao Chuanfeng establish his position in the field of forensic testing so quickly.
Forensic Doctor Liu is much more relaxed now. He can take time to attend lectures at many universities, and various social activities have become more frequent.
The reason is actually that Gao Chuanfeng can take on this important task and completely relieves forensic doctor Liu of a lot of work pressure.
Therefore, Gao Chuanfeng and Gu Chen can be regarded as mutual achievements, so only Gu Chen can have the right of Gao Chuanfeng to be on call.
Even if Gao Chuanfeng is sleeping in bed, when Gu Chen calls, he can get out of bed as soon as possible and rush to Gu Chen.
Therefore, Gu Chen felt that he was making money no matter what he did, so he quickly agreed to his request.
"Okay, you have some conscience." Gao Chuanfeng patted Gu Chen on the shoulder, glanced at the others, and then said:
"Then I'll leave the rest to you, and I'll leave you the rest room. I'm going to take a nap and win back the chess game I lost with Duke Zhou."
"Then I wish you success." Gu Chen said with a smile.
"I hope so." Gao Chuanfeng, who was walking towards the door, waved with his back to everyone before closing the door.
At this moment, there was silence in the entire lounge.
Everyone looked at Gu Chen and the report in Gu Chen's hand.
Gu Chen did not look directly, but handed it to Officer Wang who was standing aside, and then went to the corner of the lounge.
At this time, the noodle shop owner was curled up on a sofa here, not daring to look directly at Gu Chen.
"Do you have anything to tell me?" Gu Chen asked.
"What do you want me to say?" the noodle shop owner said without changing his expression, lowering his head.
"Look up at me." Gu Chen reminded.
The noodle shop owner raised his eyes, only briefly confronted Gu Chen, and then quickly looked back.
It seemed that under Gu Chen's sharp gaze, the noodle shop owner simply didn't have the courage to look directly at him.
At this moment, Officer Wang was checking the test report with Lu Weiwei and Yuan Shasha, while on the other side, Gu Chen was standing in the corner, looking down at the noodle shop owner on the sofa.
The two briefly confronted each other for a while, and Gu Chen continued: "The test report has come out, do you want to know the results?"
"Does the result matter?" The noodle shop owner said casually without looking directly at Gu Chen.
And his current tone seems to have lost the confidence he had before, and even his words seem weak and extremely unconfident.
Gu Chen simply found a wooden chair, hooked his right leg in front of it, and sat down casually, at a level with the noodle shop owner.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Gu Chen said: "The test report has come out. The fingerprints on the chocolate wrapper exactly match the fingerprints you detected now."
"This shows that on the day the pancake proprietress disappeared, you had been to the mining area and also to Zhao Deming's house."
After a pause, Gu Chen took a deep breath and asked again: "I just want to know, what is the grudge between you and Zhao Deming?"
"There's no grudge." The noodle shop owner tilted his head and his tone of voice became deeper.
"How long do you want to persist?" Gu Chen asked him.
The noodle shop owner sighed heavily and smiled bitterly.
"Is she involved?" Gu Chen asked.
"Who?" the noodle shop owner asked softly.
"You love me." Gu Chen said.
"She didn't know and she didn't participate." The noodle shop owner lowered his head even further.
"Is this sentence true or false?" Gu Chen asked again.
At this time, the noodle shop owner became silent.
Gu Chen chuckled and said, "Don't you want to communicate with us in this silent tone again?"
"Your passive resistance to the investigation will not do you any good."
While speaking, Gu Chen adjusted the angle of the law enforcement recorder, also using actions to tell the noodle shop owner.
Every move he makes now has an important basis for his subsequent trial.
According to the current record, passivity means that the noodle shop owner will face more severe punishment, but active cooperation is the only way out.
The noodle shop owner chuckled a few times, rubbed his face with his hands, briefly covered his face with his hands for a few seconds, and then slowly moved away.
Looking at Gu Chen in front of him through the gap between his fingers, the noodle shop owner sighed and then said:
"This whole thing has nothing to do with my wife. It was all done by me alone."
"It depends on the situation you explain. If you say it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter? This is unrealistic. I can also understand that you are protecting your lover and don't want your lover to get involved." Gu Chen sighed lightly and continued:
"The problem now is that you two are husband and wife, and you are both closely related to the missing pancake proprietress."
"Secondly, your lover bought this chocolate, but one of the chocolates was given to a little girl by you."
"Your lover was involved in the whole process. How to understand it is our business. You only need to tell us what happened in detail and tell us what your purpose and starting point are."
"Leave the rest to us and we will give you a fair result."
