In the lounge, Gu Chen's words were also well-intentioned.
I know that the noodle shop owner has his own difficulties, so I made it very clear. I hope that the noodle shop owner can explain it honestly.
The noodle shop owner sighed and looked up at Gu Chen. He didn't know what to say for a long time.
At this time, Lu Weiwei, who had read the test report, also walked up to Gu Chen and reminded the noodle shop owner:
"I say, now you'd better tell everything you know about the situation, strive for meritorious service, and take the initiative to plead guilty."
Picking up the test document in her hand, Lu Weiwei said again: "You have to know that we have all the evidence of your crime now. If you want to play tricks, it is basically impossible."
"The only thing you can do now is to actively cooperate with us and explain clearly what happened. Do you understand?"
When Lu Weiwei finished speaking, the noodle shop owner seemed to have listened. He could only nod silently and said involuntarily:
"I know you are all doing this for my own good, but I did all this alone and have nothing to do with anyone else."
"Did you do it alone? In other words, the missing proprietress was taken away by you?" Listening to the noodle shop owner's story, Officer Wang stepped forward and asked.
The noodle shop owner sighed, thought about it for a long time, and then nodded silently and admitted proactively: "Yes, I did everything. It's all me."
"What's going on?" Yuan Shasha, who then stepped forward, also asked with a puzzled look on her face:
"You're so good, why are you trying to get in trouble with this pancake proprietress? What on earth do you think? Do you have a blood feud with her or something?"
"That's right." As soon as Yuan Shasha finished speaking, the noodle shop owner's words immediately interrupted Yuan Shasha's words.
The atmosphere in the lounge suddenly became tense.
Everyone looked at the noodle shop owner with incredulous eyes.
Gu Chen looked around and then continued to question the noodle shop owner: "You don't have to be so excited now. You also know that all the evidence now points to you and you can't escape the punishment of the law."
"However, I can give you a chance now to explain things proactively. You don't need to speak too hastily. Speak slowly."
Gu Chen noticed the noodle shop owner's constant mood swings, as if he might go berserk at any time.
Facing such a person with extremely unstable emotions, Gu Chen needs to calm his emotions, otherwise, once this kind of person goes to extremes, there will be another result.
Gu Chen hoped that the noodle shop owner could honestly explain his problems in a relatively peaceful environment.
Rather than deliberately stimulating his emotions.
Especially when such criminal suspects are faced with various evidences and can no longer escape their guilt, they often have an extreme idea, that is, to kill the fish and defeat the net.
Of course, Gu Chen didn't want this situation to happen. Gu Chen hoped that the best result would be to be able to communicate calmly with the suspect.
The same is true now.
It was after a few heavy breaths that the noodle shop owner calmed down his emotions.
He raised his head to look at Gu Chen and the others, with frustrated expressions on his face, and couldn't help but choked and said:
"Actually, I have always wanted to take revenge on the pancake proprietress. She has a deep hatred for me and, of course, her husband. They both deserve to die."
"Why did you say that?" When Officer Wang heard the noodle shop owner using such vicious words to attack the couple in the pancake shop, he really couldn't figure out how there was such hatred between these two groups of people.
Lu Weiwei also quickly asked: "How come there is so much hatred between you and them?"
"It's them." Looking up at Lu Weiwei and Officer Wang, the noodle shop owner looked ferocious and said sternly: "These two bitches, they killed my father."
"Hey, don't you wait a minute." Perhaps because he felt that his brain circuit was a little difficult to turn around, Officer Wang waved his hand and continued to ask:
"You said that these two couples killed your father? But how come they are related to your father?"
"Yes, what is their relationship with your father?" Yuan Shasha became more and more confused as she listened, feeling that there seemed to be something hidden here.
Gu Chen quickly comforted him and said, "Calm down first and talk about the matter slowly."
Turning her head and glancing in the direction of Yuan Shasha, Yuan Shasha understood and had already picked up paper and pen, preparing to record on the spot.
Everyone immediately fell silent, waiting for the noodle shop owner to explain himself.
At this moment, the noodle shop owner was already in tears, as if what had been suppressed in his heart for a long time was finally released at this moment.
He choked up a few times, and then asked slowly: "Do you know why this pancake-making couple has such a good business?"
"Why is business so good?" Listening to the noodle shop owner's story, Lu Weiwei held her chin up and thought thoughtfully.
After all, it was the pancakes made by the couple who had eaten the pancakes, so as a foodie, Lu Weiwei certainly had her own right to speak, and she said slowly:
"Of course that's because their exclusive secret recipe seasoning is special and has its own natural advantages compared to other pancakes."
After a pause, Lu Weiwei continued her analysis: "From a technical perspective, the tastes of the pancakes are actually very similar."
"And the production process is similar. The key to the taste lies in the seasonings used."
Blinking, Lu Weiwei asked the noodle shop owner: "Am I right? After all, you are also in the food business."
"That's right." Listening to Lu Weiwei's story, the noodle shop owner sniffed and said slowly:
"You're absolutely right. The reason why the two of them make money making pancakes is because of the secret seasoning."
"But have you ever thought about it? They have been working in ordinary company factories before. Why haven't they thought about going into the pancake business for so many years?"
"But in recent years, the pancake business has suddenly started. Moreover, the pancake business can amaze all the diners and make a lot of money. Have you ever thought about this problem?"
"Is this a simple question?" After hearing what the noodle shop owner said, Officer Wang quickly interrupted:
"They just wanted to find a stable job before, but they found that such a job was not comfortable and the money was low."
"Although it's harder to run a food business by yourself, it's also very free. Plus they have exclusive secret recipes..."
After saying this, Officer Wang suddenly discovered the problem, stopped suddenly, and then said again:
"Yes, how come they suddenly have an exclusive secret recipe? If the two of them have never been in the pancake business before, how did they come up with this exclusive secret recipe?"
"Or did the two of them acquire it through study?"
Turning to look in the direction of Gu Chen, Officer Wang also continued to ask: "Gu Chen, do you remember how these two couples started their business?"
"There were records during the previous investigation." Gu Chen responded and continued:
"I remember that these two couples worked in a factory before. In the past few years, they returned to their hometown and learned the exclusive secret recipe of an old man. They even visited and studied it."
Turning to look at the noodle shop owner, Gu Chen said, "Maybe their secret recipe was learned from their old man."
"Haha." After listening to Gu Chen's explanation, the noodle shop owner shook his head and said with a smile:
"Officer Gu, you are thinking too simply. Since you want to know, I will tell you. The old man who has the exclusive secret recipe is my old man."
"Your old man?"
Hearing what the noodle shop owner said, everyone present was shocked and felt that things seemed to be getting more and more bizarre.
Gu Chen frowned and asked quickly: "You said that the old man who has the exclusive secret recipe is your father?"
The owner of the restaurant nodded silently, and Gu Chen asked again: "So, your father is the master who taught these two couples the exclusive secret recipe? So, the relationship between you should be very good?"
"Haha, you take it for granted." Seeing what Gu Chen said, the noodle shop owner also shook his head in denial.
"The relationship is not good?" Seeing this situation, Lu Weiwei also thought about it and said: "So, after these two couples mastered your father's exclusive seasoning recipe, they formed a competitive relationship with your father?"
After thinking about it, Lu Weiwei immediately denied herself: "No, no, how is it possible?"
"Your father is doing business in the north, and these two couples are doing business in the south. It doesn't affect each other's making money at all."
Looking up at the noodle shop owner, Lu Weiwei asked again: "Then why?"
"Because my father never thought of telling them the recipe of the secret sauce." The noodle shop owner frowned and said fiercely.
It seems that the resentment in my heart is difficult to calm down at this moment.
It seems that the Jianbing couple have a blood feud with themselves.
Gu Chen was a little confused and continued to ask: "You said that the couple's secret sauce was learned from your father's exclusive secret recipe. Then why did you say that your father didn't teach it to them?"
"Isn't what you said contradicting yourself?"
"Haha." Listening to Gu Chen's question, the noodle shop owner could only smile bitterly.
But after a while, he tried to calm down, and then said: "Officer Gu, don't you still know? My old man's secret recipe has never been spread to the outside world, and even I have never obtained it."
"But don't you still know where these two couples got their secret recipe?"
"Did you learn it secretly?" Gu Chen subconsciously had this idea when he saw the restaurant owner's hysterical reply.
"Hahahaha." After hearing what Gu Chen said, the noodle shop owner finally laughed loudly, and his laughter seemed to become a little crazy.
Officer Wang frowned and reminded: "What are you doing? What is stealing learning? If your father doesn't teach it, can they still force it to steal learning? You'd better speak clearly."
"Yes, you'd better explain clearly." Yuan Shasha on the side also agreed.
At this moment, the noodle shop owner also gradually calmed down amidst a burst of crazy laughter.
But after calming down, he seemed to have not gotten out of this atmosphere. He scratched his head with both hands and looked at Gu Chen with his tired eyes.
At this moment, the noodle shop owner seems to be disheartened. It seems that he can finally let go of the grievances he has suffered for many years.
He looked at Gu Chen and said slowly: "Officer Gu, I admire your ability. You can find flaws from these subtle clues and finally investigate me."
"From this point alone, I admire you and your team. I admit that it was my final small mistake that led to my being exposed."
Nodding, the noodle shop owner continued: "Actually, the thing is very simple, because from the beginning, all this was my fault. What I want to do is to avenge myself a few years ago."
"It's just that I have been looking for an opportunity, and this opportunity, in my opinion today, is mature. I want to get back all the things I lost."
"I want this couple to get the retribution they deserve."
"But if they commit a crime, you can call the police." Lu Weiwei said.
The noodle shop owner shook his right finger and said with a wry smile: "No, sometimes, the punishment they deserve is to be dealt with by law, because you are too kind to them."
"I hope to use my own way to make them receive the punishment they deserve, so I started setting up this trap a few years ago, but today is the time to close the net."
Looking up at Gu Chen, the noodle shop owner also sighed and shook his head helplessly:
"But just by one move, I met you at the last and most critical moment, and you destroyed all my previous efforts."
Shaking his head, the noodle shop owner also smiled self-deprecatingly and murmured to himself: "Maybe, this is fate, the fate I should have."
"Back then, these two bitches were visiting my hometown, looking for suitable job opportunities, but by chance, they met my father who was making pancakes."
"For my father, he has been making pancakes all his life and just wants to stay in his hometown and spend his remaining years in peace."
"But because the place is small, the scope of my father's pancake business is also very limited."
"But even so, my father's pancake business is well-known."
"So?" After hearing what the noodle shop owner said, Gu Chen continued to ask.
"So, when these two couples ate the pancakes made by my father, they seemed to have discovered a business opportunity."
After sniffing, the noodle shop owner tried to calm himself down and then said again:
"They felt that my father's pancakes had reached a new level, and they thought that if they could get my father's skills, they could make a lot of money."
"Because the couple had just lost their jobs and were temporarily unemployed, they had no choice but to think of every way to make money, so they focused on my father's craft."
"Then what did your father say?" Officer Wang raised his eyebrows, also very curious.
The noodle shop owner chuckled and continued: "My father doesn't want to pass on the secret sauce passed down from his ancestors. This is the unique secret recipe of the older generation."
"Actually, before this, a big boss also came to ask about the secret recipe. He thought that if he could get my unique secret recipe, he could expand production and make a lot of money."
"Of course, my family's conditions are not good, but the old man is quite stubborn and he doesn't want to sell his secret recipe."
"And those big bosses also came to me and gave me various benefits. They wanted me to persuade my father to hand over his unique secret recipe."
"There was even a big boss who directly put 100,000 yuan into my card and said that after the project was completed, he would pay hundreds of thousands in benefits."
"I thought if I handed over the secret recipe, I could earn hundreds of thousands."
"This was simply not too good for the conditions our family had at that time."
"But your father didn't accept it, right?" Lu Weiwei said.
The noodle shop owner nodded fiercely: "Yes, he is such an old stubborn man and doesn't care at all. Even if the family conditions are not good, he is not willing to break the rules left by his ancestors."
"Because he has always said that this is something left by our ancestors, and it is a magic weapon that can protect our family from having to worry about food and drink."
"Therefore, our ancestors have always had a rule. If their descendants want to inherit this craft, they can only pass it on, or pass the secret recipe to the next generation before they die."
"The ancestors were afraid that some unscrupulous descendants would appear in the future, and they would use the secret recipe in exchange for favors, thus making the ancestral craftsmanship worthless."
"Wouldn't that be great? Carry forward the ancestral craftsmanship and you can make money yourself."
"No." Faced with Yuan Shasha's curiosity, the noodle shop owner shook his head and denied:
"You don't understand that the rules of our ancestors cannot be changed. It has been this tradition for so many years."
"Because this craft has been passed down for several generations. Our ancestors relied on this craft to survive under various difficult conditions."
"So, our ancestors don't want this craft to be known to more people, nor do we want it to be promoted. We just want to treat it as our exclusive secret recipe and pass it on from generation to generation."
Taking a deep breath, the noodle shop owner also held his forehead and sighed, and said helplessly: "Actually, this rule is dead, I know it, but I didn't expect that my father is also a stubborn old man."
"Moreover, when our family makes the ingredients, the inheritors close the door and hide in the room to prepare the ingredients."
"The purpose is to prevent outsiders from stealing the knowledge. Even our own children and grandchildren can only pass it on when they are ready to take over such a craft, or when their elders are about to pass away."
"What kind of rotten rules are these? What era is this in? Are you still doing this?" Lu Weiwei was really confused when she heard this explanation.
But the noodle shop owner chuckled and continued to explain: "That's okay. Aren't many time-honored brands passed down by inheriting the craftsmanship of their ancestors?"
"This request from my ancestors is actually understandable. After all, that era was completely different from today."
"In that era, if we could master this exclusive secret recipe, we would be able to feed our descendants."
"But in this day and age, if we master this secret recipe and sell it to outsiders, we can make a fortune. Our family has no skills to begin with, so we rely on this craft to make a living."
"So, of course my father will not pass on this secret recipe to outsiders."
"But your father didn't pass it on to outsiders, so why did these two couples learn it? Did they learn it secretly?" Lu Weiwei had wanted to ask this question just now, and she was eager to know the result.
The noodle shop owner nodded slowly and couldn't help but said: "Absolutely, it's because of my father's craftsmanship that these two idiots are obsessed with it."
"So, they kept pestering my father and wanted to learn this craft from my father."
"Of course, my father would definitely not agree. He told them that when the big bosses came to my home with cash in hand and wanted to buy my family's secret recipe, my father did not go against the wishes of my ancestors."
"How could you easily pass on the secret recipe to these two idiots?"
"Then how did they get it?" Officer Wang was very curious, feeling that there must be something fishy in this.
But the noodle shop owner chuckled and shook his head helplessly: "My father really underestimated the shamelessness of these two people."
"At the beginning, they were focused on studying and wanted to be my father's apprentice."
"Because when we were chatting, they heard that I didn't want to take over this craft, so they wanted to be my father's apprentice and pass on this craft."
"But how could my father not know their little thoughts? Therefore, no matter how attentive they were during the day and deliberately came to work for my father for free as volunteers, my father remained unmoved."
"Because they show sincerity in making an appointment, it shows that they want to get this secret recipe more and more."
"In this way, these two couples rented a house near my father's house and pestered my father every day. Moreover, these two couples were quite patient. They kept pestering me for a month."
"My father was almost moved. He felt that these two couples were quite sincere. He would be angry if he thought about my unfilial son who spends all day doing nothing outside."
"But on the last day of that month, it was clear that my father had some loose ideas and wanted to accept these two people as apprentices and give them a way to make a living."
After sniffing, the noodle shop owner wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and said with choked sobs:
"He didn't tell the truth until he was lying on the hospital bed and breathing his last breath."
"What did he say?" Officer Wang looked curious and quickly asked.
The noodle shop owner also sighed and said: "He was lying on the hospital bed and told me all the changes that happened in the family during my absence."
"Because my mother died early, after my father was laid off, he raised me by himself. However, because of the failure of my previous marriage, I began to lose interest in life, so I moved away from home and separated from my father."
"But my father couldn't persuade me no matter what, so in the end I had to make a living by running a pancake business alone."
"Did you quarrel with your father?" Gu Chen asked softly after hearing the noodle shop owner's true expression.
It seems that there is actually a gap between the noodle shop owner and his father.
The noodle shop owner sighed: "It's bad! It's not just the secret recipe that's causing the disaster. It can be said that our family has a secret recipe for success and failure."
"I also had a wonderful marriage back then. I originally thought that by selling my secret recipe, I could use the money in exchange to buy a good house. My ex-wife thought the same way."
"But my father is a stubborn old man. He insists on abiding by the rules left by his ancestors, but he refuses to sell."
"Even though those big bosses have put the deposit into my card, I haven't inherited the secret recipe after all, so I have no choice but to screw my father."
"In the end, the money has to be returned."
Taking a deep breath, the noodle shop owner said unwillingly: "It is because of this incident that the relationship between me and my ex-wife broke down. My ex-wife felt that she would just have to endure hardships with our family."
"But there was obviously a chance to make a fortune, but because of those old-fashioned ideas, I deserved to suffer. In the end, the noise became more and more fierce, and finally, finally..."
Having said this, the noodle shop owner seemed very aggrieved. He just sighed heavily and said casually:
"In the end, I had no choice but to divorce. It was because of that incident that the relationship between me and my father broke down. In the end, I moved away and lived a homeless life."
"Because I can't forgive my father's stubbornness, and I can't understand those old ideas and rules."
"Because of this, my family was broken up. Sometimes I really can't figure it out."
Having said this, the noodle shop owner wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes in grievance.
Gu Chen took out a tissue and handed it to the noodle shop owner. He also reminded him: "Wipe your tears. If you have anything, you can talk to me."
"Thank you." Taking the tissue from Gu Chen, the noodle shop owner said with tears in his eyes and choked with tears:
"I couldn't understand it, and I didn't want to forgive it, but later, when I received a call from my neighbor, saying that my father was dying and wanted to see me one last time."
"When I received this kind of call, I thought it was my father who missed me and deliberately let the neighbor say that. I also mocked the neighbor for his poor acting skills."
"But later on, the more I heard about it, the more something was wrong. I was scolded so badly by my neighbors that I realized that my neighbors didn't seem to lie to me. My father might really be dying."
"So that day, I bought a train ticket overnight and rushed back to the hospital in my hometown."
"I saw my father in the intensive care unit."
Having said this, the noodle shop owner opened his hands, looked at the ceiling blankly, and gestured with his hands and said:
"My father is much more haggard than I imagined. He is so thin that even his skin and bones can be seen. He is lying quietly on the hospital bed as if he is an inanimate body."
"Then what did your father say to you?" Listening to the noodle shop owner's story, Gu Chen seemed to realize that this moment was the key.
The noodle shop owner nodded fiercely, his eyes suddenly became ferocious, and he said fiercely:
"That day, my father asked everyone to go out. He told me the whole truth on the hospital bed."
"He said that those two couples pretended to want to be his apprentice, thinking that I, an unfilial son, might get angry and really be unwilling to inherit this craft and the exclusive secret recipe in the future."
"So, my father is afraid that the unique secret recipe passed down by his ancestors over the years will be lost. He is afraid that he will become a sinner. He is also very conflicted. Is the principle he has adhered to for all these years correct?"
"This is also the first time that he has self-doubt. He feels that he should find an apprentice to pass on and keep up with the changes of the times."
With a heavy sigh, the noodle shop owner also shook his head helplessly: "So, after those two idiots helped my father on a voluntary basis for a month, my father already recognized the two people in his heart."
"It feels like even if they are just pretending, these two people have been pretending for a month, and during this month, my father also made things difficult for them in order to drive them away."
"I don't think so, these two bitches don't care at all. It is precisely because of this that my father feels that he has gone too far. He is also a little soft-hearted and wants to pass on his unique secret recipe to them without charging them tuition.
"
"I just want them as apprentices to abide by our family's old traditions and not to pass on the secret recipe easily."
"Then what happened next?" Officer Wang frowned and continued to ask: "Later, did the two couples use extraordinary means to obtain the secret recipe?"
"Yes." Faced with Officer Wang's question, the noodle shop owner said without hesitation:
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "But who would have thought that these two couples would have some evil intentions in order to seize my father's secret recipe."
"Because I often pester my father, they know the basic production process."
"But the only thing is that when my father prepared the secret sauce, he locked himself in the room."
"Even if they knew, what ingredients did my father buy? But they just didn't know how to mix them."
"Moreover, the two couples are still in their rental house, trying again and again, but they just can't get the smell."
Taking a deep breath, the noodle shop owner also sighed and said: "So, in the end, they just kept doing nothing and secretly stayed in my old house in my hometown while my father was away."
"That is to say, there is a camera installed in the room where my father often prepares secret sauces, and it is well hidden."
"They just want to use this despicable method to steal my father's achievements."
"Isn't this too despicable? Why can't you steal like this?" Lu Weiwei was not happy when she heard this explanation.
Yuan Shasha also echoed: "Yes, even if you can't get it, you can't just steal it like this, right?"
"Haha, some people are willing to do anything for their own benefit. They have been shameless for a month. Do they still care about using such despicable means?"
The noodle shop owner laughed dryly and couldn't help but said: "So, they started their despicable behavior."
"But my father quickly discovered the clues to their behavior."
"Because my father is very wary of these two guys, and my family lives in a bungalow, that kind of old house."
"And those two people come to my father's house every day to peep and study. My father is also very wary."
"So, when my father was preparing the condiments, he found that there seemed to be traces of someone entering the room."
"Thinking about these two days, these two couples have been sneaking around every day, so my father is not sure. Is there a thief in the house?"
"But at first, he didn't pay much attention. But when my father finished making all the seasonings, he suddenly discovered that there seemed to be a tiny light in the corner of the room."
"My father was very curious, so he followed the small light and discovered that these two guys had secretly installed a miniature camera in my house."
"And the whole process of my father preparing the secret recipe was captured by this camera. My father immediately realized that something was wrong, but he also quickly knew who was causing trouble?"
