I am a super cop
Chapter 1765 Bizarre Coincidence [2 in 1 Chapter]
Chapter 1765 Bizarre Coincidence 【Two Chapters in One】
Inside the office.
When Lu Weiwei pronounced the name "Zhou Wencai", Zhou Zhengnan's eyes were obviously filled with fear and shock.
"This should be your father's old acquaintance, right? Or, this should also be your old acquaintance?" Lu Weiwei said.
"You mean... the person who was burned to death was Zhou Wencai? Is... the Zhou Wencai I knew?"
Zhou Zhengnan looked at everyone, as if he still had doubts in his eyes.
The name "Zhou Wencai" may have been heard a lot back then, but now it seems very strange to me, and I haven't heard of it for several years.
But linking Zhou Wencai with the charred corpse really shocked Zhou Zhengnan.
"Cough cough." Officer Wang coughed dryly, and said involuntarily, "Zhou Wencai was the former chairman of 'Wencai Huaxia Co., Ltd.'."
"Later, his company went bankrupt due to poor management, and Zhou Wencai has disappeared since then. However, he should be familiar to your Zhou family, right?"
"That's right." Hearing Officer Wang's words, Zhou Zhengnan nodded silently, agreeing, "Zhou Wencai, our Zhou family does know him very well."
"Because, he and my old man are deadly rivals. Both of them started their business in the same place, which is also a competitive relationship."
"It's just that my old man is better at doing business than him, but he focuses on public welfare and charity."
After a pause, Zhou Zhengnan said again: "You also know that, as a businessman, you must first pursue profit first. If your company does not make money, then doing charity is one less time."
"And if your company can keep making money, have good accounts, and a steady stream of cash flow, then you can do whatever charity you want."
Shaking his head, Zhou Zhengnan also sighed helplessly: "Anyway, our Zhou family doesn't like him very much. After all, there are contradictions."
"Then are you familiar with Zhou Wencai?" Gu Chen asked him.
Zhou Zhengnan shook his head: "I seldom deal with him, and my old man also said that we should seldom associate with Zhou Wencai's family. After all, colleagues are enemies."
"In the past, my old man could still regard Zhou Wencai's company as a competitor, but now, with the scale of our Zhengnan Group, we don't even think highly of his bankrupt company."
"If you want to talk about bankruptcy, that is also a normal phenomenon, and there is nothing to say."
From Zhou Zhengnan's mouth, Gu Chen also probably knew that the surname was also Zhou, but the two families seemed to have deep conflicts.
This is consistent with what Zhou Wencai's daughter Zhou Hui said.
But Gu Chen also discovered from Zhou Zhengnan's mouth that Zhou Zhengnan's understanding of Zhou Wencai was not very clear.
The reason was simple, Zhou Jiayou did not allow his son Zhou Zhengnan to have any contact with Zhou Wencai's family.
Therefore, it seems unrealistic for Zhou Zhengnan to know more about Zhou Wencai.
After thinking about it, Gu Chen felt that it was still necessary to let Zhou Zhengnan lead the way and go to his old man to find out the situation, so he cut to the chase and said:
"Since you don't know much about Zhou Wencai, we hope you can take us to meet your old man."
"The two of them have known each other for many years. Although they are both competitors, they must know each other better."
Looking up at Zhou Zhengnan, Gu Chen said again: "Now, Zhou Wencai was burnt to death for no apparent reason, there may be another secret behind it."
"Another...other secret?" Hearing Gu Chen's words, it seemed that there was something in his words, Zhou Zhengnan immediately asked again:
"Comrade policeman, what is going on? Why was this Zhou Wen burned to death? Hasn't he disappeared for several years?"
"I haven't even heard anything about him in these years, but why was he burned to death?"
Zhou Zhengnan also seemed to have many doubts in his mind.
Although Zhou Wencai was not related to him, but after all, he was his father's business rival for many years.
It is unbelievable to get such a result now.
Therefore, when Gu Chen said this, Zhou Zhengnan also wanted to know, what exactly has Zhou Wencai been doing all these years?
Gu Chen sighed faintly, and said truthfully, "Zhou Wencai has been living a nomadic life in various streets in Jiangnan City for the past few years."
"Wandering? Zhou Wencai?" Hearing Gu Chen's explanation, Zhou Zhengnan was stunned.
He thought that after Zhou Wencai went bankrupt, he might choose to live in seclusion to avoid debts.
But after all, Zhou Wencai's family was quite rich back then, even if the company went bankrupt, the company's fixed assets and some of his own fixed assets were used to pay off the debts, and it was still completely able to meet the debts.
But Zhou Zhengnan never expected that Zhou Wencai, the competitor who caused his father a headache back then, turned into a homeless man after bankruptcy?
"It's unbelievable, right? We were also shocked when we found out his identity." Lu Weiwei crossed her arms and shook her head and sighed:
"However, this person always has his back, and Zhou Wencai's personality should be very complicated, because we have learned some of his past and found that he is also a tragic character."
"Besides, according to our investigation of the fire scene, there is something strange about Zhou Wencai's death. That's why I want to ask your father about the situation. After all, your father Zhou Jiayou should also be the person who knows Zhou Wencai best."
"Strange? You mean... Zhou Wen was set on fire to death?" Hearing this, Zhou Zhengnan suddenly realized.
It seems that the police came to find their father this time just for this matter.
Officer Wang also nodded in acquiescence: "Yes, Zhou Wencai died a little strangely, but after all, we don't know much about his past."
"Especially Zhou Wencai has been living a homeless life for the past few years, and the network around him has been disconnected long ago. Even his family members can't find him."
"But now, he was burned to death in such a muddleheaded way. We suspect that it has something to do with his enemies, and we want to know something about Zhou Wencai's past."
As soon as he heard Police Officer Wang say "the enemy", Zhou Zhengnan stared at him immediately, and quickly put aside the relationship and said:
"Police...Comrade policeman, Zhou Wencai and our family did have conflicts in the past, but those were normal business practices in the past."
"It's normal to say that our peers are enemies, but now the scale of our Zhengnan Group's development is far beyond that of his Zhou Wencai's company, and his company's industry, even if we look up, we may not be able to see us. Zhengnan Group."
"In this case, Zhou Wencai went bankrupt and has been homeless for a few years. Our Zhengnan Group, including my old man, has absolutely no need to harm him."
"So this enemy is definitely not our family, absolutely not."
"We didn't say it was your family." Seeing that Zhou Zhengnan was in a hurry, Yuan Shasha reminded her:
"We just said that the suspicion that Zhou Wencai's death may have something to do with his enemy's family, but we didn't say it was your family."
"We just want to find your old man and learn something from him. After all, Zhou Wen has only disappeared for a few years, and the social relationship has been broken long ago. We can only find out about it from his old acquaintances."
After thinking for a while, Yuan Shasha said again: "Of course, the 'old acquaintances' mentioned here may not necessarily be his friends, but could also be his former competitors, such as your father Zhou Jiayou."
"Uh……"
Feeling that the police were right to consider this aspect, Zhou Zhengnan hesitated for a moment before saying: "That's all right, I'll contact the old man, but since my old man retired, he generally has no fixed place to live."
"Sometimes I'm at home, sometimes I go to my friend's place. Anyway, let me call and ask."
"Then it's time to work." Gu Chen said.
Zhou Zhengnan picked up his mobile phone and began to dial the number, but the phone was always turned off, which made Zhou Zhengnan a little embarrassed.
After all, the four policemen were watching, and it felt a little unjustifiable that I couldn't contact my old man.
After some phone calls to no avail, Zhou Zhengnan immediately dialed another number.
Not long after, the phone was connected, and Zhou Zhengnan immediately asked, "Aunt Liu, where is the old man?"
"What? You don't know either? How come you don't know? Damn, did he tell you anything? What? Okay, I know, um, okay. "
After answering several times, Zhou Zhengnan hung up the phone, looked at Gu Chen and the others helplessly and said, "I'm sorry, comrade policeman, my old man... he's gone."
"Missing?" Lu Weiwei said angrily when she heard the words: "He is your father, how could he disappear?"
"I don't know either?" Zhou Zhengnan shook his head, also puzzled and said: "I heard from my nanny that the old man went out a few days ago and hasn't come back yet."
"Did you go out a few days ago?" Gu Chen felt a little strange when he heard this.
Zhou Zhengnan was afraid that Gu Chen would misunderstand, so he quickly explained: "That's right, my old man likes to walk around after he retires."
"Sometimes, I will go out without saying hello, and stay with friends for a few days."
"So my nanny usually can't get in touch with the old man and is anxious, but the old man will come back by himself in a few days."
"So when I went out this time, the nanny said that my old man was going to meet an old friend, so the nanny didn't pay attention. Maybe the old man is at a friend's house."
"What day did you leave?" Gu Chen hurriedly asked again.
"The day before yesterday?" Zhou Zhengnan said.
"The day before yesterday? But the fire happened in these two days." Lu Weiwei also started to connect based on the clues provided by Zhou Zhengnan.
When Zhou Zhengnan heard this, his expression was extremely embarrassing.
After all, anyone with a discerning eye knows that the old man doesn't go out early or late, but he just goes out in the past few days when his nemesis Zhou Wencai has an accident.
And now I can't even get through the phone, which is tantamount to making the police suspicious.
Thinking about it is a bit dizzy, but Zhou Zhengnan still tried his best to defend his old man: "Comrade policeman, my old man must have gone to a friend's place to visit, and the phone must have run out of battery."
"I'll call him again in a while, and I'll definitely get through."
"But we don't have so much time." Gu Chen also told the truth, and then said: "Your nanny doesn't know where Zhou Jiayou has gone? Does anyone else who is familiar with your father Zhou Jiayou know his whereabouts?"
"Uh..." Zhou Zhengnan hesitated for a few seconds, then shook his head:
"There is only this nanny in the family. This nanny also watched me grow up. My mother passed away early, so this Aunt Liu has always been taking care of me."
"It can be said that if even my nanny, Aunt Liu, doesn't know, then no one else should know."
"After all, my old man will explain everything to Aunt Liu in advance."
"Understood." Hearing what Zhou Zhengnan said, Gu Chen also recorded the nanny Aunt Liu, and said:
"In order to find your old man as soon as possible, I suggest you take us home to see the situation."
"Uh..." Zhou Zhengnan resisted a little, but in this situation, if he refused, it would be tantamount to saying that there was a problem with his family.
After all, it involves a human life.
Now Zhou Zhengnan is not too clear about whether Zhou Wencai's death has anything to do with his old man?
If there is, taking the police to investigate will obviously put the old man in trouble.
But looking back, Zhou Zhengnan felt that his old man was not stupid.
In the past few years, Zhou Wencai, the old man didn't have to look at him at all.
A tramp, do you need to take him seriously?Obviously not.
But for such a homeless man living on the street, is it necessary for my old man to harm him?It feels like the answer is no.
So after weighing the pros and cons, Zhou Zhengnan nodded in agreement and said, "All right, I'll take you to my house to have a look. As for whether you can find my old man, that's up to you."
"Thank you for your cooperation." Seeing that Zhou Zhengnan finally let go, Lu Weiwei also felt relieved.
Although there were some episodes during the investigation, at least it can be seen that Zhou Jiayou may have a certain connection with Zhou Wencai's death.
With the mysterious disappearance of Zhou Jiayou in the past few days, it is difficult for him to rule out the suspicion.
Originally, everyone was still worrying about Zhou Wencai's network, because of the disconnection of his wandering career in the past few years.
Zhou Jiayou's disappearance during a sensitive time is very intriguing.
Later, at the request of Gu Chen and the others, Zhou Zhengnan came downstairs to the company's headquarters and led the way in his red Ferrari.
Gu Chen, driving a police car with the license plate ending in AE86, followed closely behind.
The two cars drove in the old city for a while, came to the ring road, passed the ring road, passed through the Furong Tunnel, and came to a tourist resort.
At this time, not long after leaving the tunnel, the red Ferrari drove to the right.
This is an upscale residential community.
All properties are built around a lake.
Various single-family, duplex and townhouses can be seen everywhere.
The surrounding trees are shady, and some high-end plants are planted.
The first impression is that it is a wealthy residential area.
After communicating with the man in exquisite security uniform at the door, the security opened the gate of the underground parking lot.
Gu Chen followed closely behind in the car, and they came to the underground garage together.
The vehicles here are generally high-end, and there are many sports cars.
After turning left, Zhou Zhengnan parked his car at the end of a passage.
Gu Chen directly parked on the side of Zhou Zhengnan's sports car.
After closing the car door, Zhou Zhengnan invited, "This is where my old man will live after he retires."
"He has been busy all his life, and now he likes quietness very much, so he moved to this quiet place to retire."
"It can be seen that the environment is good." Lu Weiwei didn't know much about this geomantic treasure.
I didn't even see the signboard of the community at the door, so I asked curiously: "By the way, what is the name of your community? Why is there no signboard of the community at the gate?"
"Hehe." Hearing Lu Weiwei's words, Zhou Zhengnan led everyone to his house and explained to everyone:
"Our community is called Wenger Community in Jiangnan City. It is a low-key name. Because it is a high-end residential area, the residents here generally have high requirements."
"Originally, everyone felt that the name was not grand, but the signboard at the gate is not high-end."
"So many residents feel that this gate makes them lose face, so they ask the developer to redesign the high-end signboard."
"No, the previous old door signboard has been removed, and the custom-made high-end door and supporting modules have not yet been shipped, so there is no name for the door."
"So that's the case?" Listening to Zhou Zhengnan's explanation, Lu Weiwei also felt that rich people really want face.
While talking, Zhou Zhengnan also led everyone to his villa, then pushed open the gate of the yard, and led everyone in.
An old lady in nanny clothes frowned suddenly, and hurried out of the door of the room, stood at the door and asked curiously: "Zhengnan, what's going on here? Why are the police here?"
"I'm here to find the old man." Zhou Zhengnan led Gu Chen and the others inside, and also told the nanny, "Aunt Liu, go and make some cups of tea for me."
"Okay." Upon hearing this, the old lady named Aunt Liu turned around and went to the restaurant.
Seeing this, Yuan Shasha asked him curiously, "Mr. Zhou Zhengnan, is this the only nanny in your family?"
"That's right." Sitting on the sofa, Zhou Zhengnan also nodded in agreement: "Aunt Liu has been in our house for many years, and it is considered a family."
"The main reason is that Aunt Liu is good at cooking. My old man is also very picky about the taste of food, but Aunt Liu's cooking can just satisfy my old man's taste buds."
"So, Aunt Liu has stayed at our house for so many years."
Glancing at Aunt Liu who was making tea for everyone, Zhou Zhengnan also said indifferently: "But Aunt Liu is getting older now, and she will probably retire next year after finishing her work this year, and I'm also helping my old man find a new nanny. "
While speaking, Aunt Liu had already served the brewed tea to everyone.
Gu Chen thanked her, and when she saw Aunt Liu turned to leave, she stopped directly: "Aunt Liu, sit here, we have something to ask you."
"Ah?" Upon hearing this, Aunt Liu stopped in her tracks and looked at Zhou Zhengnan in a bewildered state.
At this time, Zhou Zhengnan was crossing his legs, drinking the tea in his hand, nodding silently, and said: "Aunt Liu, please sit here first, comrade police ask you anything, just say what you want, don't be nervous."
"Okay... okay." Hearing this, Aunt Liu sat directly opposite Gu Chen, stroked a few silver hairs on her temples, and said lightly:
"No matter what happens, Mr. Zhou always asks a lawyer to discuss it. Therefore, I haven't dealt with the police much, and I'm not used to it."
"It's okay, we're mainly here to learn about Zhou Jiayou's situation." Officer Wang also cut to the chase.
I feel that in this huge villa, only Aunt Liu and Zhou Jiayou live here, and it feels too deserted.
It's no wonder that after Zhou Jiayou retired, he went out for a walk.
Aunt Liu nodded silently: "If you have anything to ask, just ask."
"Very good." Gu Chen turned on the law enforcement recorder, took out the notebook and asked her, "You said that Zhou Jiayou left the villa the day before yesterday, right?"
"Yes." Aunt Liu nodded silently.
"What time is it?" Gu Chen asked again.
"What time exactly? It seems... It seems to be around 7 o'clock in the morning, right? The old man drove his newly bought electric car out after breakfast. "
"Then did he explain anything to you before he went out?" Lu Weiwei hurriedly asked again.
Aunt Liu was stunned for two seconds, and thoughtfully said: "Explain? It seems that there is nothing to explain. When he was leaving, I asked him where he was going?"
"He said he was going to meet a friend, and then...then he hasn't come back until now."
"Can't get through the phone?" Officer Wang asked.
Aunt Liu also nodded silently, and echoed, "That's right, he didn't come home very late that night, so I didn't feel at ease, so I called him and wanted to ask him to see when he would come back?"
"As a result, I couldn't get through the phone at all, and the phone was always turned off."
"Maybe there is no electricity?" Zhou Zhengnan said.
Aunt Liu nodded and said, "Maybe? But the phone is out of battery, so it can be charged. If you don't bring a charger, you can borrow one, right?"
"Anyway, Mr. Zhou is good at everything, but he is not willing to reveal his whereabouts, so I don't know how to cook."
"You couldn't get through the phone the night before yesterday?" Gu Chen recorded these, raised his head and asked Aunt Liu:
"Aunt Liu, how about the next few days? Have you received a call from Zhou Jiayou?"
"No, since then, Mr. Zhou can't be contacted." Aunt Liu said.
When Lu Weiwei heard this, she hurriedly asked her, "Then you can't even contact him, Zhou Jiayou, so why didn't you call the police to find him? Or you can tell Zhou Zhengnan to send someone to look for him."
"Hehe." Hearing Lu Weiwei's remarks, Aunt Liu laughed dryly, shook her head and said, "Comrade policewoman, you don't know our old President Zhou's temper."
"He's a bit nervous. He usually thinks of what he thinks. When he wants to go out, he can take some luggage and go out immediately, and he can go there for a few days."
"Anyway, I don't ask about his whereabouts, and I dare not ask. Zhengnan should know this best."
After finishing speaking, Aunt Liu looked at Zhou Zhengnan.
Zhou Zhengnan drank tea and nodded silently: "That's right, my old man has this habit, and he really hates being asked about his whereabouts."
"How many partners back then, broke through the threshold and wanted to see my old man and talk about messy cooperation."
"So my old man has a headache, because sometimes, even if he goes to play golf with his friends, he can meet those business people who want to cooperate with my old man on the golf course, which is very annoying."
"Therefore, from that time on, he strictly prohibited the company's secretary from telling others about his whereabouts privately."
"From that time on, even when Aunt Liu asked about his whereabouts, he only said what he was going to do, but where exactly? Maybe he wouldn't say."
"Such a weird personality?" Yuan Shasha was quite curious when she heard the words: "Then your father Zhou Jiayou usually doesn't reveal his whereabouts when he goes out, and the most important thing is that he can't be contacted by phone?"
"Isn't that right?" Zhou Zhengnan turned his head to look at Aunt Liu who was on the side, and said without hesitation, "My old man changed his number after he retired."
"Aunt Liu, I, and a few friends know the current mobile phone number. Generally speaking, he doesn't want to be harassed after retirement."
"Anyway, he's also very weird. Anyway, I don't like the character of my old man very much."
"Don't talk about that for now." It felt like Zhou Zhengnan was talking here and there, but he didn't explain clearly.
So Gu Chen raised his head and asked Aunt Liu again: "Aunt Liu, Zhou Jiayou usually calls you when he is away for a few days, right?"
"Yes." Aunt Liu nodded silently, and echoed, "I usually call at night to ask him when he will be back, and he will give a brief explanation."
"After all, Mr. Zhou sometimes brings friends back the next day, so if any friends want to come, I need to prepare some ingredients for hospitality in advance, so I will call every night to confirm."
"But Zhou Jiayou didn't leave this time, right?" Officer Wang said.
Aunt Liu nodded silently: "It's strange to say that Mr. Zhou's mobile phone is usually turned on. Even if the phone fails for a day occasionally, he will get in touch with me after charging."
"But this time..."
Speaking of this, Aunt Liu also shook her head: "But this time it's quite strange. After I left, I couldn't get through the phone for several days."
"But then again, this is also a normal operation, because Mr. Zhou has such a personality, so I don't want to ask too many questions."
"If he's bringing friends home, he'll definitely give me advance notice."
Clenching her hands tightly together, Aunt Liu was also a little nervous and said, "But this time there is no contact, no matter how hard I can get in touch."
"This is a bit abnormal." Hearing Aunt Liu's explanation, Gu Chen also raised his own doubts: "The friend Zhou Jiayou went to see, could it be Zhou Wencai?"
"Pfft!" As soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, Zhou Zhengnan choked up the tea just as he drank it, and quickly waved his hands to persuade him:
"Officer Gu, don't make random assumptions. It might just be a coincidence. My old man might just be having a party with friends."
"Then why can't I get through the phone?" Officer Wang said.
"This..." Although what he just said was straightforward, Zhou Zhengnan was speechless in the face of Police Officer Wang's question.
Because what the police said is correct, the phone cannot be contacted, it may be that there is a problem.
But during the period after Zhou Jiayou left the villa, a fire broke out in the miscellaneous goods warehouse of the railway freight yard, and Zhou Wencai was burned to coke.
Moreover, according to the investigation of Gu Chen and several people, it was found that Zhou Wen had a high probability that he was killed first and then set on fire.
In this way, the cover of the fire was used to destroy the corpses and wipe out the traces.
Obviously, the murderer did it very successfully.
When the firefighters found Zhou Wencai's body, it was already a pile of charred charcoal.
The whole body was burnt beyond recognition, looking horrific.
But at this time, Gu Chen brought someone to investigate. Zhou Zhengnan's father, Zhou Jiayou, was also Zhou Wencai's deadly enemy, but he disappeared at this time.
Now, with Zhou Jiayou's disappearance, the atmosphere became more and more heavy.
Although Zhou Zhengnan had various reasons, it was difficult for him to answer such a question.
"Officer Gu, although I don't know where my old man is going? But I'm sure there will be no intersection between him and Zhou Wencai."
"I hope so." Gu Chen closed the notebook and said with a sigh:
"Now Zhou Wencai's death, your father is very suspicious, but..."
Seeing that Zhou Zhengnan still wanted to refute, Gu Chen interrupted directly, and said, "But, this is just a suspicion. As for the truth of the matter? We will investigate further."
"Officer Gu, with your words, I feel relieved." Seeing that Gu Chen also made an objective evaluation, Zhou Zhengnan broke out in a cold sweat and said:
"I really don't know the whereabouts of my old man. If I want to know, I will definitely tell you as soon as possible."
"Okay." Gu Chen nodded silently, feeling that the clues he could get from Aunt Liu were very limited, so he could only stop there.
Therefore, after Gu Chen recorded the last information, he asked Zhou Zhengnan, "What is the license plate number of the electric car your father Zhou Jiayou drives?"
"Uh...the ending number is four 4s. This is his usual car, a white car."
"Very good." After Gu Chen finished recording the last message, he also stood up and shook hands with Zhou Zhengnan to thank him: "Thank you very much for your cooperation, and please contact us as soon as possible after contacting Zhou Jiayou."
After finishing speaking, Gu Chen handed two business cards to Zhou Zhengnan and Aunt Liu, also reminding him: "There is our office landline number on it, once you contact Zhou Jiayou, please contact us immediately."
"Will do."
Hearing Gu Chen's remarks, Zhou Zhengnan and Aunt Liu almost spoke in unison.
Afterwards, after everyone exchanged a few simple greetings in the living room, Zhou Zhengnan thought that Gu Chen was about to leave, but Gu Chen suddenly stopped, looked at a bedroom on the first floor and said, "Zhou Jiayou lives on the first floor, right?" ?”
"Yes, Mr. Zhou lives there." Aunt Liu also nodded in agreement.
"Can we go in and have a look before we leave?" Gu Chen said.
Aunt Liu grinned, "Of course."
After the words were finished, Aunt Liu walked directly to the door and pushed open the half-hidden door.
Everyone followed in.
Generally speaking, Zhou Jiayou's bedroom is decorated in a very simple style, and there is a partition door between the bedroom and the study.
Gu Chen pushed open the door and continued to the study.
At this moment, various business books and autobiographies of various business elites are filling the bookshelves.
The desk was empty and clean.
Gu Chen rummaged through the study for a few times, then turned around and asked Aunt Liu, "What does the old man usually do in the study?"
"Reading." Aunt Liu said.
"Then before you left, did you notice anything unusual about him?" Gu Chen asked again.
"Uh..." Aunt Liu was speechless for a moment, and after thinking over and over again, she replied:
"There is nothing unusual about it. He usually talks a lot outside, but rarely at home."
"En." Gu Chen nodded silently, sat directly on Zhou Jiayou's chair, and opened the desk drawer casually.
At this moment, all kinds of exquisite notebooks inside took up almost half of the space in the long drawer.
Gu Chen then flipped through a few books, almost all of which were about some records in the mall.
Perhaps for people of Zhou Jiayou's generation, the way they record may be more inclined to use the most traditional notebook to write by hand.
Because computers are obviously too advanced for someone like Zhou Jiayou.
And Zhou Jiayou should also understand that computers are sometimes unreliable.
If the company's confidential documents were suddenly lost due to a computer virus, it would have disastrous consequences for the entire Zhengnan Group.
Gu Chen put down the notebook in his hand, and started to pick up another notebook to read.
Gu Chen, who has a master-level memory, flips through notes extremely quickly, and basically can finish a book in a short time.
But so far, Gu Chen has not found anything about Zhang Wencai from these notes.
When Gu Chen opened the notebook to the middle, he suddenly found a handmade bookmark between the pages of the notebook.
The painting on the bookmark is a landscape, basically it can be determined that it is drawn with a pen and some colored paints.
And because this handmade rectangular bookmark is relatively old, the color of the bookmark has also become a little yellowish.
And right above the bookmark, in the small round hole drilled with an awl, the red ribbon tied with it has also faded badly.
But even so, Gu Chen can still see that this is a red ribbon.
Because of people in that era, bookmarks were generally tied with small holes with red ribbons.
"This handmade bookmark is very beautiful and special." Gu Chen held the bookmark in his hand and asked Zhou Zhengnan curiously:
"What is painted on it?"
"Uh! I... I don't know, isn't it just an ordinary bookmark? It feels like some scenery." Zhou Zhengnan said.
"Did your father Zhou Jiayou draw it?" Lu Weiwei asked.
Zhou Zhengnan froze for a moment, then shook his head: "I don't know about it, anyway, I saw it when I was young, but I'm not interested in it, and I won't ask about it."
"Okay." Gu Chen nodded silently, clipped the bookmark again, and continued to flip through the remaining pages.
After all the notebooks in the long drawer had been flipped through, Gu Chen stacked the notebooks neatly and closed the drawer again.
"Any questions?" Zhou Zhengnan said.
"Not yet." Gu Chen said casually, and then walked towards the door.
With Zhou Zhengnan seeing off the guests, everyone returned to the parking lot.
Before Gu Chen drove, he repeatedly told Zhou Jiayou to contact the police as soon as possible after returning home.
Then drove back to Seremban Branch.
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11:40am.
Seeing that it was almost time for dinner, He Junchao immediately found the white electric car with the license plate ending in 4 and 2 at the request of Gu Chen, and immediately reminded him:
"Gu Chen, I've found the car you're looking for."
"Where is it?" Gu Chen turned his head and asked.
"In...Xiaoxu Auto Home is a car maintenance store." He Junchao said.
"What about Zhou Jiayou?" Officer Wang hurriedly asked him.
He Junchao shook his head: "From the roadside monitoring, we can only see that Zhou Jiayou left alone after driving the car to the door of this maintenance shop."
"In this place, roads are being built everywhere, and even the traffic lights are temporary solar mobile traffic lights. I can only capture this information at a very far intersection with the only remaining camera."
"Then Zhou Jiayou didn't come back to pick up the car?" Lu Weiwei also asked.
He Junchao shook his head: "No, the car seems to have been parked at that 'Xiaoxu Automobile Home' after maintenance, and it has always been there."
"Strange." Hearing He Junchao's words, Gu Chen also frowned.
You know, if Zhou Jiayou's mobile phone has been shut down for the past few days, there is something strange about it, then this Zhou Jiayou's car was also left in the car maintenance shop for a few days, which undoubtedly aggravated Zhou Jiayou's suspicion.
Now, not only Zhou Jiayou's cell phone cannot be connected, but even his car has not been retrieved.
Everyone looked at each other, feeling that Zhou Jiayou's disappearance might have something to do with Zhou Wencai's death.
After all, if according to normal logic, Zhou Wencai's death was murdered, then the murderer must have enmity with Zhou Wencai.
According to this reasoning, Zhou Jiayou was obviously one of the suspects.
But now, everyone went to investigate Zhou Jiayou, but Zhou Jiayou mysteriously disappeared.
Not only the phone could not be connected, but even the vehicle was not retrieved.
Obviously, Zhou Jiayou's disappearance this time has made Gu Chen's team unable to take it lightly.
"Senior Brother Gu, this Zhou Jiayou must be suspected. How could it be such a coincidence? Oh, Zhou Wencai was murdered and burned to a charred corpse these days, but Zhou Jiayou just disappeared these few days. Will these two people Get together?"
"It's possible." Gu Chen crossed his hands and said solemnly: "These two people may have some connection, but so far, there is no definite evidence."
"Besides, Senior Brother He can't find Zhou Jiayou's specific whereabouts yet, but that place is still under construction, but I don't understand why he, Zhou Jiayou, refuses to go to other stores that don't build roads? Go to this road repair store?"
Looking at the specific address link sent by He Junchao, Gu Chen said again:
"You know, the location of the maintenance store of 'Xiaoxu Automobile Home' is not very good, even a bit remote."
"On some better roads nearby, there are car repair and maintenance stores everywhere, but he didn't go."
"Junior Brother Gu." Hearing Gu Chen say this, Lu Weiwei's eyes lit up immediately, and said, "Could this be the case? For example, Zhou Jiayou did it on purpose?"
"He just wanted to find a store that was building roads, so as to avoid the nearby surveillance? In this way, our police will not be able to find his whereabouts afterwards, what do you think?"
"It's very likely that's the case." Gu Chen has also handled many similar cases. It can be said that avoiding city surveillance is a compulsory course for many criminals.
Obviously, Zhou Jiayou also had this kind of motivation.
After thinking for a few seconds, Gu Chen immediately picked up the phone again and dialed Ding Liang's number.
Not long after, the phone was connected, and Gu Chen directly asked, "Ding Liang, where are you now?"
"On the way back to the Furong sub-bureau. I'm rushing back for lunch. What's the matter? Are you busy?" Ding Liang asked on the phone.
Gu Chen said bluntly: "Then don't come back now, and go to a place to investigate."
"What?" Hearing Gu Chen's speech, Ding Liang said with a confused face: "It's time for lunch, why don't you wait for me to finish lunch and then help you investigate in the afternoon, how about it?"
"I can't wait." Gu Chen knew that he was a little sorry for handling the case during lunch, but now that time is urgent, if Zhou Jiayou's whereabouts are not found out, it seems that the case handling will fall into a dead end.
So Gu Chen said again: "All right, you come back to eat now, and I will bring someone over to investigate."
"Don't!" As soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, Ding Liang on the other end of the phone directly retorted:
"Seeing how you are in such a hurry, I guess you have to go now. Okay, let's turn around now and have lunch outside. Please send me the specific address as soon as possible. What is the specific investigation? You tell me, and I will help you. "
After all, Ding Liang and Huang Zunlong are Gu Chen's roommates, and they know Gu Chen's style of handling cases well.
The current task seems to be imminent, and it feels like Gu Chen is racing against time, so Ding Liang agreed quite readily.
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Inside the office.
When Lu Weiwei pronounced the name "Zhou Wencai", Zhou Zhengnan's eyes were obviously filled with fear and shock.
"This should be your father's old acquaintance, right? Or, this should also be your old acquaintance?" Lu Weiwei said.
"You mean... the person who was burned to death was Zhou Wencai? Is... the Zhou Wencai I knew?"
Zhou Zhengnan looked at everyone, as if he still had doubts in his eyes.
The name "Zhou Wencai" may have been heard a lot back then, but now it seems very strange to me, and I haven't heard of it for several years.
But linking Zhou Wencai with the charred corpse really shocked Zhou Zhengnan.
"Cough cough." Officer Wang coughed dryly, and said involuntarily, "Zhou Wencai was the former chairman of 'Wencai Huaxia Co., Ltd.'."
"Later, his company went bankrupt due to poor management, and Zhou Wencai has disappeared since then. However, he should be familiar to your Zhou family, right?"
"That's right." Hearing Officer Wang's words, Zhou Zhengnan nodded silently, agreeing, "Zhou Wencai, our Zhou family does know him very well."
"Because, he and my old man are deadly rivals. Both of them started their business in the same place, which is also a competitive relationship."
"It's just that my old man is better at doing business than him, but he focuses on public welfare and charity."
After a pause, Zhou Zhengnan said again: "You also know that, as a businessman, you must first pursue profit first. If your company does not make money, then doing charity is one less time."
"And if your company can keep making money, have good accounts, and a steady stream of cash flow, then you can do whatever charity you want."
Shaking his head, Zhou Zhengnan also sighed helplessly: "Anyway, our Zhou family doesn't like him very much. After all, there are contradictions."
"Then are you familiar with Zhou Wencai?" Gu Chen asked him.
Zhou Zhengnan shook his head: "I seldom deal with him, and my old man also said that we should seldom associate with Zhou Wencai's family. After all, colleagues are enemies."
"In the past, my old man could still regard Zhou Wencai's company as a competitor, but now, with the scale of our Zhengnan Group, we don't even think highly of his bankrupt company."
"If you want to talk about bankruptcy, that is also a normal phenomenon, and there is nothing to say."
From Zhou Zhengnan's mouth, Gu Chen also probably knew that the surname was also Zhou, but the two families seemed to have deep conflicts.
This is consistent with what Zhou Wencai's daughter Zhou Hui said.
But Gu Chen also discovered from Zhou Zhengnan's mouth that Zhou Zhengnan's understanding of Zhou Wencai was not very clear.
The reason was simple, Zhou Jiayou did not allow his son Zhou Zhengnan to have any contact with Zhou Wencai's family.
Therefore, it seems unrealistic for Zhou Zhengnan to know more about Zhou Wencai.
After thinking about it, Gu Chen felt that it was still necessary to let Zhou Zhengnan lead the way and go to his old man to find out the situation, so he cut to the chase and said:
"Since you don't know much about Zhou Wencai, we hope you can take us to meet your old man."
"The two of them have known each other for many years. Although they are both competitors, they must know each other better."
Looking up at Zhou Zhengnan, Gu Chen said again: "Now, Zhou Wencai was burnt to death for no apparent reason, there may be another secret behind it."
"Another...other secret?" Hearing Gu Chen's words, it seemed that there was something in his words, Zhou Zhengnan immediately asked again:
"Comrade policeman, what is going on? Why was this Zhou Wen burned to death? Hasn't he disappeared for several years?"
"I haven't even heard anything about him in these years, but why was he burned to death?"
Zhou Zhengnan also seemed to have many doubts in his mind.
Although Zhou Wencai was not related to him, but after all, he was his father's business rival for many years.
It is unbelievable to get such a result now.
Therefore, when Gu Chen said this, Zhou Zhengnan also wanted to know, what exactly has Zhou Wencai been doing all these years?
Gu Chen sighed faintly, and said truthfully, "Zhou Wencai has been living a nomadic life in various streets in Jiangnan City for the past few years."
"Wandering? Zhou Wencai?" Hearing Gu Chen's explanation, Zhou Zhengnan was stunned.
He thought that after Zhou Wencai went bankrupt, he might choose to live in seclusion to avoid debts.
But after all, Zhou Wencai's family was quite rich back then, even if the company went bankrupt, the company's fixed assets and some of his own fixed assets were used to pay off the debts, and it was still completely able to meet the debts.
But Zhou Zhengnan never expected that Zhou Wencai, the competitor who caused his father a headache back then, turned into a homeless man after bankruptcy?
"It's unbelievable, right? We were also shocked when we found out his identity." Lu Weiwei crossed her arms and shook her head and sighed:
"However, this person always has his back, and Zhou Wencai's personality should be very complicated, because we have learned some of his past and found that he is also a tragic character."
"Besides, according to our investigation of the fire scene, there is something strange about Zhou Wencai's death. That's why I want to ask your father about the situation. After all, your father Zhou Jiayou should also be the person who knows Zhou Wencai best."
"Strange? You mean... Zhou Wen was set on fire to death?" Hearing this, Zhou Zhengnan suddenly realized.
It seems that the police came to find their father this time just for this matter.
Officer Wang also nodded in acquiescence: "Yes, Zhou Wencai died a little strangely, but after all, we don't know much about his past."
"Especially Zhou Wencai has been living a homeless life for the past few years, and the network around him has been disconnected long ago. Even his family members can't find him."
"But now, he was burned to death in such a muddleheaded way. We suspect that it has something to do with his enemies, and we want to know something about Zhou Wencai's past."
As soon as he heard Police Officer Wang say "the enemy", Zhou Zhengnan stared at him immediately, and quickly put aside the relationship and said:
"Police...Comrade policeman, Zhou Wencai and our family did have conflicts in the past, but those were normal business practices in the past."
"It's normal to say that our peers are enemies, but now the scale of our Zhengnan Group's development is far beyond that of his Zhou Wencai's company, and his company's industry, even if we look up, we may not be able to see us. Zhengnan Group."
"In this case, Zhou Wencai went bankrupt and has been homeless for a few years. Our Zhengnan Group, including my old man, has absolutely no need to harm him."
"So this enemy is definitely not our family, absolutely not."
"We didn't say it was your family." Seeing that Zhou Zhengnan was in a hurry, Yuan Shasha reminded her:
"We just said that the suspicion that Zhou Wencai's death may have something to do with his enemy's family, but we didn't say it was your family."
"We just want to find your old man and learn something from him. After all, Zhou Wen has only disappeared for a few years, and the social relationship has been broken long ago. We can only find out about it from his old acquaintances."
After thinking for a while, Yuan Shasha said again: "Of course, the 'old acquaintances' mentioned here may not necessarily be his friends, but could also be his former competitors, such as your father Zhou Jiayou."
"Uh……"
Feeling that the police were right to consider this aspect, Zhou Zhengnan hesitated for a moment before saying: "That's all right, I'll contact the old man, but since my old man retired, he generally has no fixed place to live."
"Sometimes I'm at home, sometimes I go to my friend's place. Anyway, let me call and ask."
"Then it's time to work." Gu Chen said.
Zhou Zhengnan picked up his mobile phone and began to dial the number, but the phone was always turned off, which made Zhou Zhengnan a little embarrassed.
After all, the four policemen were watching, and it felt a little unjustifiable that I couldn't contact my old man.
After some phone calls to no avail, Zhou Zhengnan immediately dialed another number.
Not long after, the phone was connected, and Zhou Zhengnan immediately asked, "Aunt Liu, where is the old man?"
"What? You don't know either? How come you don't know? Damn, did he tell you anything? What? Okay, I know, um, okay. "
After answering several times, Zhou Zhengnan hung up the phone, looked at Gu Chen and the others helplessly and said, "I'm sorry, comrade policeman, my old man... he's gone."
"Missing?" Lu Weiwei said angrily when she heard the words: "He is your father, how could he disappear?"
"I don't know either?" Zhou Zhengnan shook his head, also puzzled and said: "I heard from my nanny that the old man went out a few days ago and hasn't come back yet."
"Did you go out a few days ago?" Gu Chen felt a little strange when he heard this.
Zhou Zhengnan was afraid that Gu Chen would misunderstand, so he quickly explained: "That's right, my old man likes to walk around after he retires."
"Sometimes, I will go out without saying hello, and stay with friends for a few days."
"So my nanny usually can't get in touch with the old man and is anxious, but the old man will come back by himself in a few days."
"So when I went out this time, the nanny said that my old man was going to meet an old friend, so the nanny didn't pay attention. Maybe the old man is at a friend's house."
"What day did you leave?" Gu Chen hurriedly asked again.
"The day before yesterday?" Zhou Zhengnan said.
"The day before yesterday? But the fire happened in these two days." Lu Weiwei also started to connect based on the clues provided by Zhou Zhengnan.
When Zhou Zhengnan heard this, his expression was extremely embarrassing.
After all, anyone with a discerning eye knows that the old man doesn't go out early or late, but he just goes out in the past few days when his nemesis Zhou Wencai has an accident.
And now I can't even get through the phone, which is tantamount to making the police suspicious.
Thinking about it is a bit dizzy, but Zhou Zhengnan still tried his best to defend his old man: "Comrade policeman, my old man must have gone to a friend's place to visit, and the phone must have run out of battery."
"I'll call him again in a while, and I'll definitely get through."
"But we don't have so much time." Gu Chen also told the truth, and then said: "Your nanny doesn't know where Zhou Jiayou has gone? Does anyone else who is familiar with your father Zhou Jiayou know his whereabouts?"
"Uh..." Zhou Zhengnan hesitated for a few seconds, then shook his head:
"There is only this nanny in the family. This nanny also watched me grow up. My mother passed away early, so this Aunt Liu has always been taking care of me."
"It can be said that if even my nanny, Aunt Liu, doesn't know, then no one else should know."
"After all, my old man will explain everything to Aunt Liu in advance."
"Understood." Hearing what Zhou Zhengnan said, Gu Chen also recorded the nanny Aunt Liu, and said:
"In order to find your old man as soon as possible, I suggest you take us home to see the situation."
"Uh..." Zhou Zhengnan resisted a little, but in this situation, if he refused, it would be tantamount to saying that there was a problem with his family.
After all, it involves a human life.
Now Zhou Zhengnan is not too clear about whether Zhou Wencai's death has anything to do with his old man?
If there is, taking the police to investigate will obviously put the old man in trouble.
But looking back, Zhou Zhengnan felt that his old man was not stupid.
In the past few years, Zhou Wencai, the old man didn't have to look at him at all.
A tramp, do you need to take him seriously?Obviously not.
But for such a homeless man living on the street, is it necessary for my old man to harm him?It feels like the answer is no.
So after weighing the pros and cons, Zhou Zhengnan nodded in agreement and said, "All right, I'll take you to my house to have a look. As for whether you can find my old man, that's up to you."
"Thank you for your cooperation." Seeing that Zhou Zhengnan finally let go, Lu Weiwei also felt relieved.
Although there were some episodes during the investigation, at least it can be seen that Zhou Jiayou may have a certain connection with Zhou Wencai's death.
With the mysterious disappearance of Zhou Jiayou in the past few days, it is difficult for him to rule out the suspicion.
Originally, everyone was still worrying about Zhou Wencai's network, because of the disconnection of his wandering career in the past few years.
Zhou Jiayou's disappearance during a sensitive time is very intriguing.
Later, at the request of Gu Chen and the others, Zhou Zhengnan came downstairs to the company's headquarters and led the way in his red Ferrari.
Gu Chen, driving a police car with the license plate ending in AE86, followed closely behind.
The two cars drove in the old city for a while, came to the ring road, passed the ring road, passed through the Furong Tunnel, and came to a tourist resort.
At this time, not long after leaving the tunnel, the red Ferrari drove to the right.
This is an upscale residential community.
All properties are built around a lake.
Various single-family, duplex and townhouses can be seen everywhere.
The surrounding trees are shady, and some high-end plants are planted.
The first impression is that it is a wealthy residential area.
After communicating with the man in exquisite security uniform at the door, the security opened the gate of the underground parking lot.
Gu Chen followed closely behind in the car, and they came to the underground garage together.
The vehicles here are generally high-end, and there are many sports cars.
After turning left, Zhou Zhengnan parked his car at the end of a passage.
Gu Chen directly parked on the side of Zhou Zhengnan's sports car.
After closing the car door, Zhou Zhengnan invited, "This is where my old man will live after he retires."
"He has been busy all his life, and now he likes quietness very much, so he moved to this quiet place to retire."
"It can be seen that the environment is good." Lu Weiwei didn't know much about this geomantic treasure.
I didn't even see the signboard of the community at the door, so I asked curiously: "By the way, what is the name of your community? Why is there no signboard of the community at the gate?"
"Hehe." Hearing Lu Weiwei's words, Zhou Zhengnan led everyone to his house and explained to everyone:
"Our community is called Wenger Community in Jiangnan City. It is a low-key name. Because it is a high-end residential area, the residents here generally have high requirements."
"Originally, everyone felt that the name was not grand, but the signboard at the gate is not high-end."
"So many residents feel that this gate makes them lose face, so they ask the developer to redesign the high-end signboard."
"No, the previous old door signboard has been removed, and the custom-made high-end door and supporting modules have not yet been shipped, so there is no name for the door."
"So that's the case?" Listening to Zhou Zhengnan's explanation, Lu Weiwei also felt that rich people really want face.
While talking, Zhou Zhengnan also led everyone to his villa, then pushed open the gate of the yard, and led everyone in.
An old lady in nanny clothes frowned suddenly, and hurried out of the door of the room, stood at the door and asked curiously: "Zhengnan, what's going on here? Why are the police here?"
"I'm here to find the old man." Zhou Zhengnan led Gu Chen and the others inside, and also told the nanny, "Aunt Liu, go and make some cups of tea for me."
"Okay." Upon hearing this, the old lady named Aunt Liu turned around and went to the restaurant.
Seeing this, Yuan Shasha asked him curiously, "Mr. Zhou Zhengnan, is this the only nanny in your family?"
"That's right." Sitting on the sofa, Zhou Zhengnan also nodded in agreement: "Aunt Liu has been in our house for many years, and it is considered a family."
"The main reason is that Aunt Liu is good at cooking. My old man is also very picky about the taste of food, but Aunt Liu's cooking can just satisfy my old man's taste buds."
"So, Aunt Liu has stayed at our house for so many years."
Glancing at Aunt Liu who was making tea for everyone, Zhou Zhengnan also said indifferently: "But Aunt Liu is getting older now, and she will probably retire next year after finishing her work this year, and I'm also helping my old man find a new nanny. "
While speaking, Aunt Liu had already served the brewed tea to everyone.
Gu Chen thanked her, and when she saw Aunt Liu turned to leave, she stopped directly: "Aunt Liu, sit here, we have something to ask you."
"Ah?" Upon hearing this, Aunt Liu stopped in her tracks and looked at Zhou Zhengnan in a bewildered state.
At this time, Zhou Zhengnan was crossing his legs, drinking the tea in his hand, nodding silently, and said: "Aunt Liu, please sit here first, comrade police ask you anything, just say what you want, don't be nervous."
"Okay... okay." Hearing this, Aunt Liu sat directly opposite Gu Chen, stroked a few silver hairs on her temples, and said lightly:
"No matter what happens, Mr. Zhou always asks a lawyer to discuss it. Therefore, I haven't dealt with the police much, and I'm not used to it."
"It's okay, we're mainly here to learn about Zhou Jiayou's situation." Officer Wang also cut to the chase.
I feel that in this huge villa, only Aunt Liu and Zhou Jiayou live here, and it feels too deserted.
It's no wonder that after Zhou Jiayou retired, he went out for a walk.
Aunt Liu nodded silently: "If you have anything to ask, just ask."
"Very good." Gu Chen turned on the law enforcement recorder, took out the notebook and asked her, "You said that Zhou Jiayou left the villa the day before yesterday, right?"
"Yes." Aunt Liu nodded silently.
"What time is it?" Gu Chen asked again.
"What time exactly? It seems... It seems to be around 7 o'clock in the morning, right? The old man drove his newly bought electric car out after breakfast. "
"Then did he explain anything to you before he went out?" Lu Weiwei hurriedly asked again.
Aunt Liu was stunned for two seconds, and thoughtfully said: "Explain? It seems that there is nothing to explain. When he was leaving, I asked him where he was going?"
"He said he was going to meet a friend, and then...then he hasn't come back until now."
"Can't get through the phone?" Officer Wang asked.
Aunt Liu also nodded silently, and echoed, "That's right, he didn't come home very late that night, so I didn't feel at ease, so I called him and wanted to ask him to see when he would come back?"
"As a result, I couldn't get through the phone at all, and the phone was always turned off."
"Maybe there is no electricity?" Zhou Zhengnan said.
Aunt Liu nodded and said, "Maybe? But the phone is out of battery, so it can be charged. If you don't bring a charger, you can borrow one, right?"
"Anyway, Mr. Zhou is good at everything, but he is not willing to reveal his whereabouts, so I don't know how to cook."
"You couldn't get through the phone the night before yesterday?" Gu Chen recorded these, raised his head and asked Aunt Liu:
"Aunt Liu, how about the next few days? Have you received a call from Zhou Jiayou?"
"No, since then, Mr. Zhou can't be contacted." Aunt Liu said.
When Lu Weiwei heard this, she hurriedly asked her, "Then you can't even contact him, Zhou Jiayou, so why didn't you call the police to find him? Or you can tell Zhou Zhengnan to send someone to look for him."
"Hehe." Hearing Lu Weiwei's remarks, Aunt Liu laughed dryly, shook her head and said, "Comrade policewoman, you don't know our old President Zhou's temper."
"He's a bit nervous. He usually thinks of what he thinks. When he wants to go out, he can take some luggage and go out immediately, and he can go there for a few days."
"Anyway, I don't ask about his whereabouts, and I dare not ask. Zhengnan should know this best."
After finishing speaking, Aunt Liu looked at Zhou Zhengnan.
Zhou Zhengnan drank tea and nodded silently: "That's right, my old man has this habit, and he really hates being asked about his whereabouts."
"How many partners back then, broke through the threshold and wanted to see my old man and talk about messy cooperation."
"So my old man has a headache, because sometimes, even if he goes to play golf with his friends, he can meet those business people who want to cooperate with my old man on the golf course, which is very annoying."
"Therefore, from that time on, he strictly prohibited the company's secretary from telling others about his whereabouts privately."
"From that time on, even when Aunt Liu asked about his whereabouts, he only said what he was going to do, but where exactly? Maybe he wouldn't say."
"Such a weird personality?" Yuan Shasha was quite curious when she heard the words: "Then your father Zhou Jiayou usually doesn't reveal his whereabouts when he goes out, and the most important thing is that he can't be contacted by phone?"
"Isn't that right?" Zhou Zhengnan turned his head to look at Aunt Liu who was on the side, and said without hesitation, "My old man changed his number after he retired."
"Aunt Liu, I, and a few friends know the current mobile phone number. Generally speaking, he doesn't want to be harassed after retirement."
"Anyway, he's also very weird. Anyway, I don't like the character of my old man very much."
"Don't talk about that for now." It felt like Zhou Zhengnan was talking here and there, but he didn't explain clearly.
So Gu Chen raised his head and asked Aunt Liu again: "Aunt Liu, Zhou Jiayou usually calls you when he is away for a few days, right?"
"Yes." Aunt Liu nodded silently, and echoed, "I usually call at night to ask him when he will be back, and he will give a brief explanation."
"After all, Mr. Zhou sometimes brings friends back the next day, so if any friends want to come, I need to prepare some ingredients for hospitality in advance, so I will call every night to confirm."
"But Zhou Jiayou didn't leave this time, right?" Officer Wang said.
Aunt Liu nodded silently: "It's strange to say that Mr. Zhou's mobile phone is usually turned on. Even if the phone fails for a day occasionally, he will get in touch with me after charging."
"But this time..."
Speaking of this, Aunt Liu also shook her head: "But this time it's quite strange. After I left, I couldn't get through the phone for several days."
"But then again, this is also a normal operation, because Mr. Zhou has such a personality, so I don't want to ask too many questions."
"If he's bringing friends home, he'll definitely give me advance notice."
Clenching her hands tightly together, Aunt Liu was also a little nervous and said, "But this time there is no contact, no matter how hard I can get in touch."
"This is a bit abnormal." Hearing Aunt Liu's explanation, Gu Chen also raised his own doubts: "The friend Zhou Jiayou went to see, could it be Zhou Wencai?"
"Pfft!" As soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, Zhou Zhengnan choked up the tea just as he drank it, and quickly waved his hands to persuade him:
"Officer Gu, don't make random assumptions. It might just be a coincidence. My old man might just be having a party with friends."
"Then why can't I get through the phone?" Officer Wang said.
"This..." Although what he just said was straightforward, Zhou Zhengnan was speechless in the face of Police Officer Wang's question.
Because what the police said is correct, the phone cannot be contacted, it may be that there is a problem.
But during the period after Zhou Jiayou left the villa, a fire broke out in the miscellaneous goods warehouse of the railway freight yard, and Zhou Wencai was burned to coke.
Moreover, according to the investigation of Gu Chen and several people, it was found that Zhou Wen had a high probability that he was killed first and then set on fire.
In this way, the cover of the fire was used to destroy the corpses and wipe out the traces.
Obviously, the murderer did it very successfully.
When the firefighters found Zhou Wencai's body, it was already a pile of charred charcoal.
The whole body was burnt beyond recognition, looking horrific.
But at this time, Gu Chen brought someone to investigate. Zhou Zhengnan's father, Zhou Jiayou, was also Zhou Wencai's deadly enemy, but he disappeared at this time.
Now, with Zhou Jiayou's disappearance, the atmosphere became more and more heavy.
Although Zhou Zhengnan had various reasons, it was difficult for him to answer such a question.
"Officer Gu, although I don't know where my old man is going? But I'm sure there will be no intersection between him and Zhou Wencai."
"I hope so." Gu Chen closed the notebook and said with a sigh:
"Now Zhou Wencai's death, your father is very suspicious, but..."
Seeing that Zhou Zhengnan still wanted to refute, Gu Chen interrupted directly, and said, "But, this is just a suspicion. As for the truth of the matter? We will investigate further."
"Officer Gu, with your words, I feel relieved." Seeing that Gu Chen also made an objective evaluation, Zhou Zhengnan broke out in a cold sweat and said:
"I really don't know the whereabouts of my old man. If I want to know, I will definitely tell you as soon as possible."
"Okay." Gu Chen nodded silently, feeling that the clues he could get from Aunt Liu were very limited, so he could only stop there.
Therefore, after Gu Chen recorded the last information, he asked Zhou Zhengnan, "What is the license plate number of the electric car your father Zhou Jiayou drives?"
"Uh...the ending number is four 4s. This is his usual car, a white car."
"Very good." After Gu Chen finished recording the last message, he also stood up and shook hands with Zhou Zhengnan to thank him: "Thank you very much for your cooperation, and please contact us as soon as possible after contacting Zhou Jiayou."
After finishing speaking, Gu Chen handed two business cards to Zhou Zhengnan and Aunt Liu, also reminding him: "There is our office landline number on it, once you contact Zhou Jiayou, please contact us immediately."
"Will do."
Hearing Gu Chen's remarks, Zhou Zhengnan and Aunt Liu almost spoke in unison.
Afterwards, after everyone exchanged a few simple greetings in the living room, Zhou Zhengnan thought that Gu Chen was about to leave, but Gu Chen suddenly stopped, looked at a bedroom on the first floor and said, "Zhou Jiayou lives on the first floor, right?" ?”
"Yes, Mr. Zhou lives there." Aunt Liu also nodded in agreement.
"Can we go in and have a look before we leave?" Gu Chen said.
Aunt Liu grinned, "Of course."
After the words were finished, Aunt Liu walked directly to the door and pushed open the half-hidden door.
Everyone followed in.
Generally speaking, Zhou Jiayou's bedroom is decorated in a very simple style, and there is a partition door between the bedroom and the study.
Gu Chen pushed open the door and continued to the study.
At this moment, various business books and autobiographies of various business elites are filling the bookshelves.
The desk was empty and clean.
Gu Chen rummaged through the study for a few times, then turned around and asked Aunt Liu, "What does the old man usually do in the study?"
"Reading." Aunt Liu said.
"Then before you left, did you notice anything unusual about him?" Gu Chen asked again.
"Uh..." Aunt Liu was speechless for a moment, and after thinking over and over again, she replied:
"There is nothing unusual about it. He usually talks a lot outside, but rarely at home."
"En." Gu Chen nodded silently, sat directly on Zhou Jiayou's chair, and opened the desk drawer casually.
At this moment, all kinds of exquisite notebooks inside took up almost half of the space in the long drawer.
Gu Chen then flipped through a few books, almost all of which were about some records in the mall.
Perhaps for people of Zhou Jiayou's generation, the way they record may be more inclined to use the most traditional notebook to write by hand.
Because computers are obviously too advanced for someone like Zhou Jiayou.
And Zhou Jiayou should also understand that computers are sometimes unreliable.
If the company's confidential documents were suddenly lost due to a computer virus, it would have disastrous consequences for the entire Zhengnan Group.
Gu Chen put down the notebook in his hand, and started to pick up another notebook to read.
Gu Chen, who has a master-level memory, flips through notes extremely quickly, and basically can finish a book in a short time.
But so far, Gu Chen has not found anything about Zhang Wencai from these notes.
When Gu Chen opened the notebook to the middle, he suddenly found a handmade bookmark between the pages of the notebook.
The painting on the bookmark is a landscape, basically it can be determined that it is drawn with a pen and some colored paints.
And because this handmade rectangular bookmark is relatively old, the color of the bookmark has also become a little yellowish.
And right above the bookmark, in the small round hole drilled with an awl, the red ribbon tied with it has also faded badly.
But even so, Gu Chen can still see that this is a red ribbon.
Because of people in that era, bookmarks were generally tied with small holes with red ribbons.
"This handmade bookmark is very beautiful and special." Gu Chen held the bookmark in his hand and asked Zhou Zhengnan curiously:
"What is painted on it?"
"Uh! I... I don't know, isn't it just an ordinary bookmark? It feels like some scenery." Zhou Zhengnan said.
"Did your father Zhou Jiayou draw it?" Lu Weiwei asked.
Zhou Zhengnan froze for a moment, then shook his head: "I don't know about it, anyway, I saw it when I was young, but I'm not interested in it, and I won't ask about it."
"Okay." Gu Chen nodded silently, clipped the bookmark again, and continued to flip through the remaining pages.
After all the notebooks in the long drawer had been flipped through, Gu Chen stacked the notebooks neatly and closed the drawer again.
"Any questions?" Zhou Zhengnan said.
"Not yet." Gu Chen said casually, and then walked towards the door.
With Zhou Zhengnan seeing off the guests, everyone returned to the parking lot.
Before Gu Chen drove, he repeatedly told Zhou Jiayou to contact the police as soon as possible after returning home.
Then drove back to Seremban Branch.
……
……
11:40am.
Seeing that it was almost time for dinner, He Junchao immediately found the white electric car with the license plate ending in 4 and 2 at the request of Gu Chen, and immediately reminded him:
"Gu Chen, I've found the car you're looking for."
"Where is it?" Gu Chen turned his head and asked.
"In...Xiaoxu Auto Home is a car maintenance store." He Junchao said.
"What about Zhou Jiayou?" Officer Wang hurriedly asked him.
He Junchao shook his head: "From the roadside monitoring, we can only see that Zhou Jiayou left alone after driving the car to the door of this maintenance shop."
"In this place, roads are being built everywhere, and even the traffic lights are temporary solar mobile traffic lights. I can only capture this information at a very far intersection with the only remaining camera."
"Then Zhou Jiayou didn't come back to pick up the car?" Lu Weiwei also asked.
He Junchao shook his head: "No, the car seems to have been parked at that 'Xiaoxu Automobile Home' after maintenance, and it has always been there."
"Strange." Hearing He Junchao's words, Gu Chen also frowned.
You know, if Zhou Jiayou's mobile phone has been shut down for the past few days, there is something strange about it, then this Zhou Jiayou's car was also left in the car maintenance shop for a few days, which undoubtedly aggravated Zhou Jiayou's suspicion.
Now, not only Zhou Jiayou's cell phone cannot be connected, but even his car has not been retrieved.
Everyone looked at each other, feeling that Zhou Jiayou's disappearance might have something to do with Zhou Wencai's death.
After all, if according to normal logic, Zhou Wencai's death was murdered, then the murderer must have enmity with Zhou Wencai.
According to this reasoning, Zhou Jiayou was obviously one of the suspects.
But now, everyone went to investigate Zhou Jiayou, but Zhou Jiayou mysteriously disappeared.
Not only the phone could not be connected, but even the vehicle was not retrieved.
Obviously, Zhou Jiayou's disappearance this time has made Gu Chen's team unable to take it lightly.
"Senior Brother Gu, this Zhou Jiayou must be suspected. How could it be such a coincidence? Oh, Zhou Wencai was murdered and burned to a charred corpse these days, but Zhou Jiayou just disappeared these few days. Will these two people Get together?"
"It's possible." Gu Chen crossed his hands and said solemnly: "These two people may have some connection, but so far, there is no definite evidence."
"Besides, Senior Brother He can't find Zhou Jiayou's specific whereabouts yet, but that place is still under construction, but I don't understand why he, Zhou Jiayou, refuses to go to other stores that don't build roads? Go to this road repair store?"
Looking at the specific address link sent by He Junchao, Gu Chen said again:
"You know, the location of the maintenance store of 'Xiaoxu Automobile Home' is not very good, even a bit remote."
"On some better roads nearby, there are car repair and maintenance stores everywhere, but he didn't go."
"Junior Brother Gu." Hearing Gu Chen say this, Lu Weiwei's eyes lit up immediately, and said, "Could this be the case? For example, Zhou Jiayou did it on purpose?"
"He just wanted to find a store that was building roads, so as to avoid the nearby surveillance? In this way, our police will not be able to find his whereabouts afterwards, what do you think?"
"It's very likely that's the case." Gu Chen has also handled many similar cases. It can be said that avoiding city surveillance is a compulsory course for many criminals.
Obviously, Zhou Jiayou also had this kind of motivation.
After thinking for a few seconds, Gu Chen immediately picked up the phone again and dialed Ding Liang's number.
Not long after, the phone was connected, and Gu Chen directly asked, "Ding Liang, where are you now?"
"On the way back to the Furong sub-bureau. I'm rushing back for lunch. What's the matter? Are you busy?" Ding Liang asked on the phone.
Gu Chen said bluntly: "Then don't come back now, and go to a place to investigate."
"What?" Hearing Gu Chen's speech, Ding Liang said with a confused face: "It's time for lunch, why don't you wait for me to finish lunch and then help you investigate in the afternoon, how about it?"
"I can't wait." Gu Chen knew that he was a little sorry for handling the case during lunch, but now that time is urgent, if Zhou Jiayou's whereabouts are not found out, it seems that the case handling will fall into a dead end.
So Gu Chen said again: "All right, you come back to eat now, and I will bring someone over to investigate."
"Don't!" As soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, Ding Liang on the other end of the phone directly retorted:
"Seeing how you are in such a hurry, I guess you have to go now. Okay, let's turn around now and have lunch outside. Please send me the specific address as soon as possible. What is the specific investigation? You tell me, and I will help you. "
After all, Ding Liang and Huang Zunlong are Gu Chen's roommates, and they know Gu Chen's style of handling cases well.
The current task seems to be imminent, and it feels like Gu Chen is racing against time, so Ding Liang agreed quite readily.
……
Ask for votes, with a sincere face. ╰(‵ ′)╯
(End of this chapter)
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