I am a super cop

Chapter 2399 Secret [Two in one chapter]

In the restaurant, Lu Weiwei was also confused by Gu Chen's sudden reminder and quickly replied:
"I said that if such conflicts continue to accumulate, I feel that her husband will completely explode."

"Her husband?" Gu Chen seemed to have discovered something?After a brief reflection, he nodded calmly and agreed: "I understand."

Looking up at the noodle shop proprietress, Gu Chen asked again: "Then have you noticed any changes in the expression of your best friend's husband every time he comes to pick her up?"

"What changes? I didn't pay much attention to this."

"Think about it carefully." Officer Wang said.

"It seems like I just admit my mistake." She scratched her chin with her right hand, and the noodle shop owner also said in retrospect:
"Anyway, every time my best friend's husband comes to pick her up, he really feels like he's treating her like a princess, coaxing her in every way."

"Although my best friend also said that most of the time, the fault is hers, but she will definitely not admit it. She likes to see her husband do as he is told."

"Isn't this too much?" Yuan Shasha frowned slightly, not quite understanding.

But the noodle shop proprietress sighed and said indifferently: "It doesn't matter who is at fault. The key is that both parties need steps."

"Every time, her old princess came over to admit her mistake. Over time, the two of them formed a tacit understanding."

"So, although her husband is a little unhappy, he has to admit his mistake and take his wife home."

"Okay." Hearing what the noodle shop proprietress said, Gu Chen reminded him, "Then his expression is full of helplessness? In other words, he feels unhappy, but he still wants to smile, is that right?"

"Yeah, almost." Seeing that Gu Chen said this, the noodle shop owner's wife could only nod in agreement.

Gu Chen lowered his head to look at his watch, then stood up and took the initiative to shake hands with the noodle shop proprietress:
"Thank you very much for your cooperation. If your best friend has any specific movements, or takes the initiative to contact you, please remember to get in touch with us."

After finishing his words, Gu Chen placed the business card of the criminal investigation team's office on the dining table.

The noodle shop proprietress held it in her hand and nodded silently.

Afterwards, Gu Chen followed the procedure and asked the noodle shop owner to leave her identity information and contact information before taking everyone back to the car.

Lu Weiwei closed the car door and turned to look at Gu Chen: "Junior brother Gu, do you think there is something wrong with this pancake boss?"

"Maybe a little." Gu Chen fastened his seat belt and said thoughtfully:
"Actually, when we met them, these two couples seemed to get along very harmoniously."

"What I didn't expect is that there are so many things behind this. If you didn't have a deep understanding of the situation of these two couples, you might not be able to imagine that there is such a relationship between the two."

"Especially the boss lady, I feel like she's cheating on her." Yuan Shasha also made her own judgment based on the clues from everyone's previous investigation.

Officer Wang chuckled and said, "Isn't it obvious? This pancake proprietress keeps meeting with Zou Yaohua, the driver who transports aquatic products."

"And each time it was in a different place. It felt like a young couple going on a date. However, when Zou Yaohua was questioned by our police, he kept saying that he was not familiar with the pancake proprietress."

Lying back on the seat, Officer Wang shook his head: "For lying so blatantly, isn't he afraid that our police will find out?"

"It can be seen that there must be a problem between Zou Yaohua and the pancake proprietress."

After the words fell, the car was quiet. Officer Wang was a little confused. He coughed twice as a tactic, and then said again:

"Then what? Aren't you going to give me some reaction?"

Seeing that everyone was still thinking, Officer Wang immediately looked at Gu Chen and said, "Gu Chen, what do you think?"

"There must be something wrong with the pancake proprietress. Moreover, her quarrel with her husband seems more like a premeditation."

"What do you say?" After listening to Gu Chen's explanation, Officer Wang quickly asked again.

Gu Chen crossed his arms and analyzed, "First of all, the pancake proprietress and the fishery driver Zou Yaohua know each other, that's for sure."

"So, their meeting must have been agreed upon in advance."

"This is easy to explain. As soon as the pancake proprietress had a quarrel, she ran away from home, and then took a road rarely traveled and came to that narrow alley."

"That is...that is, the surveillance blind spot, the area where she finally disappeared."

"Yes." After hearing what Gu Chen said, Lu Weiwei also agreed.

So Gu Chen added: "This means that the pancake proprietress was planning to go here beforehand, and she just took advantage of the quarrel with her husband and running away from home."

"In her opinion, because of the previous quarrel with her husband and running away from home, she thought that her husband would believe that it would be the same this time."

"In other words, in a few days, she will take the initiative to admit her mistake and then take her back from her best friend's house."

"So this time, the pancake proprietress was still the same, but when she came to the blind spot of surveillance, Zou Yaohua, who happened to be transporting aquatic products, also happened to arrive here."

"The two of them happen to know each other and have gotten together before. In this way, it is actually easy to judge."

"That's the pancake boss lady. This quarrel is fake, but the reunion with Zou Yaohua is real."

After a pause, Gu Chen calmed down briefly and then said again:

"Taking advantage of this quarrel, the pancake proprietress got into Zou Yaohua's car and left. After that, we lost contact with her for a week."

"As for where Zou Yaohua went with the pancake proprietress? I guess it's the place he rents."

"Senior Brother Gu, what you mean is that Zou Yaohua brought the pancake proprietress to his place of residence, so she should be there now, right?" Yuan Shasha also asked curiously.

Gu Chen nodded silently: "Under normal circumstances, it is like this."

"Furthermore, according to the investigation, Senior Brother He has not found the pancake proprietress to appear in the limited surveillance footage."

"So, no matter what, we still need to investigate Zou Yaohua's residence ourselves."

"I guess people should be here."

"Where is the aquatic product base?" Officer Wang asked.

Gu Chen shook his head: "Wu Xiaofeng and Ji Zhe have been squatting there until dawn and found nothing unusual, so I asked them to withdraw first."

"As for Ding Liang and Huang Zunlong, they are following Zou Yaohua. So far, there is no specific information. I will send a text message to ask them now."

Gu Chen was also helpless now. According to the agreement, at least Ding Liang and Huang Zunlong should also send him a message.

But it hasn't happened so far, which makes Gu Chen a little anxious.

But in order to avoid unnecessary trouble caused by calling Ding Liang and Huang Zunlong to follow him, Gu Chen chose to send a text message first.

Not long after, Gu Chen's cell phone suddenly rang.

When he saw that the caller was Ding Liang, Gu Chen opened the answer button without saying a word and asked, "How's it going?"

"Gu Chen, this Zou Yaohua has been wandering around major aquatic product bases without any major problems."

Listening to Ding Liang's reply on the other end of the phone, Gu Chen continued to ask, "Can you be more specific?"

"Uh, okay, specifically, this Zou Yaohua took a taxi back to the aquatic products base, and then loaded some more aquatic products from there and transported them to the aquatic products market in his gray van."

"Anyway, he hasn't stopped since last night. He just stopped now and lay down in the van to rest."

"Have been busy all night?" After hearing this answer, Gu Chen hesitated for a moment, and then asked again:
"Ding Liang, you mean that since Zou Yaohua left our Furong branch last night, he returned to the aquatic product base and started delivering goods. He has been busy until dawn and is only resting now?"

"Yes." Ding Liang said on the other end of the phone.

Gu Chen frowned: "Has he been to other places during this period?"

"No." Ding Liang objected, and then said:

"Based on your analysis, Huang Zunlong and I think the same way. We feel that he is being targeted by our police, so he must be cautious in everything he does."

"I guess he didn't dare to expose himself too much, so he was busy and doing his own work."

"Well, come with me." After hearing what Ding Liang said, Gu Chen also agreed:
"This guy is quite cunning. He said before that he wasn't familiar with the pancake proprietress, which was also a lie."

"Through investigation, we can find that this Zou Yaohua has had many private gatherings with the pancake proprietress."

"It can be said that from this point alone, he has serious suspicions, and we now suspect that the pancake proprietress may be hiding in his residence."

"Then just arrest him." Ding Liang said.

"Wait a minute." Gu Chen was not in a hurry, and then said: "Zou Yaohua can't run away."

"You guys keep an eye on him. We will go to his house to investigate privately. If the situation is true, it will not be too late to take action."

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Seeing that Gu Chen had already said this, Ding Liang didn't say anything more.

The two exchanged a few words and then both hung up the phone.

Then, Gu Chen dialed He Junchao's phone number. When the call was connected, He Junchao also yawned and hurriedly asked Gu Chen, "Gu Chen, I stayed up all night."

"I know, I just want to ask you, where is Zou Yaohua's family?"

"Where is it? Wait a moment." He Junchao seemed to be looking for something. After a moment, He Junchao said slowly:

"Yangyang Road, Zhushan Community, Building 4...Building 4, three units, room 302."

"Are you sure?" Gu Chen asked.

"Sure." He Junchao also said with certainty.

"Okay, then you rest first and leave the rest to us." Gu Chen briefly communicated with He Junchao for a few words before hanging up the phone again.

Lu Weiwei on the side quickly asked: "Let's go to Yangguang Road, Zhushan Community, Building 4..."

"Building 4, Unit 302, Room [-]." Before Lu Weiwei could finish her words, Gu Chen had already started the vehicle and drove directly towards the relevant area.

Since I didn't say hello to Zou Yaohua beforehand, I didn't want to arouse Zou Yaohua's suspicion.

After all, this is an old fox. If there is really a ghost, he will definitely destroy some evidence.

Gu Chen wanted to take advantage of others' unpreparedness, check the environment where Zou Yaohua lived, and ask the people around him about Zou Yaohua's situation.

If there are no clues, then interviews and surveys are the best way to obtain clues.

Arriving near Zhushan Community, Gu Chen followed his usual practice of first observing the surroundings and then deciding who to visit.

Lu Weiwei rolled down the car window by two-thirds, pointed to one of the floors and said, "That's where Zou Yaohua rents."

"Zou Yaohua is also a foreigner, but he and the pancake proprietress are not from the same place."

"And the two of them have never stayed in the same place before. It can be said that Jiangnan City is where they know each other."

"But how did these two people meet? Doesn't the pancake proprietress make pancakes with her husband every day? How can she have time to get to know such a person?" Officer Wang still can't figure out the relationship between the two. What a miracle.

Yuan Shasha crossed her arms and observed, "This Zhushan community seems to be a community renovated from a village in the city. There are no security guards at the door. It is an open community."

"Go over and have a look." Gu Chen didn't hesitate, got out of the car and walked towards the inside of the community.

In the courtyard of the community, you can see some elderly people gathering together, playing chess and chatting everywhere.

Gu Chen came to the 4th building, then observed it, and took everyone directly to Room 302, Unit [-].

Officer Wang kept knocking on the door for a long time, but there was no movement.

After that, everyone returned downstairs, and Gu Chen came directly to a middle-aged woman sunbathing.

When it comes to asking about all kinds of gossip in the community, these people are the most reliable.

And they are often the intelligence agents in the community. Anyone with a short-sighted family cannot escape their clairvoyance and ears.

"Hello, eldest sister." Gu Chen greeted him politely, then took out his mobile phone, showed Zou Yaohua's photo in front of the other party, and asked, "Do you know this person?"

"This person?" The middle-aged woman just squinted her eyes and quickly recognized the person, and quickly replied: "Isn't this the driver who delivers aquatic products?"

"Do you know him?" Lu Weiwei asked quickly.

"We know each other." Turning to look in the direction of Building 4, the middle-aged woman also pointed to the third floor: "Their family lives here, but they rent it."

"Are you familiar with this person?" Officer Wang also asked quickly.

The middle-aged woman grinned: "We don't know each other very well. We just live in the same community. When we meet occasionally, we will say hello and say a few words casually."

After thinking about it, the middle-aged woman asked everyone again: "Oh, by the way, what are you doing with him?"

"We are from the Furong Branch. We have something to do and we wanted to come over to find out more about the situation." Yuan Shasha also took out her ID and showed it in front of the middle-aged woman.

The middle-aged woman squinted her eyes and immediately grinned: "So he's a comrade from the police?"

"Can you answer our questions now?" Yuan Shasha asked again.

"Just tell me if you have anything." The middle-aged woman seemed very cheerful.

Everyone looked at each other, and then sat on the stone benches surrounding the middle-aged woman. "How much do you know about Zou Yaohua?" Gu Chen asked.

The middle-aged woman grinned: "It's not like we understand each other. Didn't I say it before? But after all, we are from the same community, so..."

After thinking about it, the middle-aged woman felt that the police came to investigate this time because they had something important to do, so she changed her words and said:

"By the way, comrade police, did Zou Yaohua commit any crime?"

"It is currently involved in a case." Lu Weiwei said.

"Yeah!" The woman pretended to be surprised when she heard this, and instantly started the gossip mode: "What is involved?"

"Does he usually live here alone? Or with a family?" Officer Wang did not answer the question directly, but continued to ask.

When the middle-aged woman saw that the police were serious, she restrained herself a lot. She immediately sat upright and said in retrospect:
"He usually feels like he lives here alone because he is a foreigner."

"But sometimes his family comes over from his hometown."

"It's his wife, children, and parents. They usually don't stay for too long, and then they go back."

"In other words, he usually lives here alone?" Gu Chen asked again.

"Absolutely." The middle-aged woman nodded silently.

"Then does he have any other friends?" Gu Chen asked again.

"Other friends? There don't seem to be any, right?" The middle-aged woman hesitated for a few seconds, but still shook her head in denial.

Officer Wang hesitated and said, "No way? He doesn't usually have other friends at home? Doesn't it mean that he doesn't have other friends in Jiangnan City?"

"Maybe it's because you're too busy at work?" The middle-aged woman scratched her cheek and said thoughtfully:
"His working hours are not fixed anyway, because he has to deliver goods to the fish market. When he is busy, he may not go home for several days."

"Moreover, he always pulls goods from the aquatic product base in Jiangnan City and then transports them to the aquatic product market."

"Sometimes I listen to him and sleep over there at the aquatic product base, and sometimes I sleep in the aquatic product market."

"Sometimes I sleep in the car again. Anyway, I'm used to it being casual, so I don't have to pay too much attention to it."

Listening to the middle-aged woman's remarks, Yuan Shasha also smiled and said: "It seems that you are very familiar with him?"

"I'm familiar with him, but I can't talk about it. I live right across from his house." As the middle-aged woman spoke, she also put the melon seeds in her hand into her mouth.

However, Gu Chen and others were overjoyed when they heard these remarks.

Lu Weiwei asked directly: "That is to say, do you know the time when Zou Yaohua comes in and out of the house?"

"Yes." It feels like this is not a big deal, and the policewoman opposite doesn't need to be so excited, right?

But Lu Weiwei smiled and said, "Has he brought anyone home recently?"

"With people at home? Family?" The middle-aged woman put down the melon seeds in her hand and raised her head to think.

But soon, the middle-aged woman shook her head in denial: "No, it's quiet these days when I go home."

"Because his family is not at home, every time he comes home he is very quiet."

"If someone comes to the house, there must be some communication. However, I haven't heard any movement these days. It should be said that I haven't heard any movement for more than a month."

The middle-aged woman mentioned the time very specifically, which also led Gu Chen to believe that Zou Yaohua might not have brought anyone home within a month.

So if this is the case, Zou Yaohua's condition of bringing the pancake proprietress home seems to be invalid.

In addition, the coverage of surveillance cameras in the community here is not comprehensive, so He Junchao has no relevant surveillance video reference that can be provided.

After thinking about it, Gu Chen asked the middle-aged woman again: "Sister, have you ever seen this person?"

While talking, Gu Chen showed the photo of the pancake proprietress in front of the middle-aged woman.

The middle-aged woman just glanced at him and waved her hands to deny: "No, I have never seen this person before."

"Never seen her before? That is to say, you have never seen this woman come to your community? Come to Zou Yaohua's house?" Lu Weiwei also asked curiously.

The middle-aged woman chuckled: "Comrade policewoman, except for when his family comes over, Zou Yaohua's house will be lively. At other times, it is deserted and there is no movement at all."

"Besides, there are many aquatic products stored in Zou Yaohua's house, and the smell is quite unpleasant."

While chewing the melon seeds in her hand, the middle-aged woman continued to explain: "One time, the water pipe in my house broke down late at night and the water leaked. I couldn't solve it for a while."

"I ran to the other side to ask for help from Zou Yaohua. He helped me fix it in three strokes, five divided by two."

"Because I went to his house, I discovered that there were many plastic boxes containing aquatic products stacked in their house, and there were also various aquatic products piled inside."

"Oh, that smell, not to mention how fishy it is, the pungent smell, people like me can't stand it at all."

"Fortunately, the door of Zou Yaohua's house is closed, otherwise if the smell spread, the entire corridor would probably smell like this."

"Yeah." As soon as the middle-aged woman here finished speaking, Officer Wang also echoed:
"When I first knocked on the door, I also smelled a fishy smell, but I had to stick it close to the door to feel it."

"Really?" Seeing Officer Wang saying the same thing, the middle-aged woman quickly said:

"So, after that time, although I brought some fruits to thank Zou Yaohua who lives across the door, I also made it clear to him that the accommodation in this community should not be used as a warehouse."

"After all, no one wants to live in a room with all kinds of aquatic products in the opposite door. The smell is quite scary just thinking about it."

After a pause, the middle-aged woman continued: "Later, this Zou Yaohua is quite enlightened. If I say this, he will understand it soon."

"Only a small part of what he pulls out of the van is stored in the bathroom, and these things will no longer be placed in the living room."

"Yeah." Listening to the middle-aged woman's story, Gu Chen wrote it down and continued to ask her for advice:
"But, this person knows Zou Yaohua, but you have never seen her in the community?"

"I'm sure I've never seen it before." After hearing what Gu Chen said, the middle-aged woman quickly replied with a very firm attitude.

"Okay." It didn't look like the middle-aged woman was lying, so Gu Chen didn't embarrass her.

But thinking that there might be aquatic products stored in Zou Yaohua's home, Gu Chen felt that it was necessary to investigate.

Originally, Gu Chen didn't want to alert the enemy. After all, Zou Yaohua was taken to the police station for investigation, which had already made Zou Yaohua fearful.

Therefore, Gu Chen's judgment is that Zou Yaohua will not make too much noise during this period and will definitely do his job honestly. He just doesn't want the police to discover his abnormality.

Of course, Gu Chen also followed him, but he sent an investigation team to closely watch Zou Yaohua's every move.

But if the investigation team could not find any abnormality about Zou Yaohua, then Gu Chen could only ask Zou Yaohua to return home and cooperate with the police for inspection.

But the pancake proprietress lost contact for a week, which is really chilling.

It is not difficult to see from the disappearance of the surveillance that everything seems to be proceeding according to plan.

After communicating with the middle-aged woman, Gu Chen and others got into the car, but did not leave immediately.

Gu Chen dialed He Junchao's phone number again.

Not long after, He Junchao's phone was connected again.

"Brother He, what's going on with the pancake boss?" Gu Chen asked.

"It's still the same." He Junchao looked a little tired on the phone.

After all, working all night long, toolman He Junchao's physical strength declined severely, and his speech was also listless.

So Gu Chen quickly asked: "Did he have anything unusual before?"

"I have investigated before." He Junchao's reply came on the phone, but there was no movement soon.

Gu Chen could only hear some tapping sounds while operating the computer through his mobile phone.

Soon, He Junchao's reply came again on the phone: "I analyzed various surveillance video images of the Pancake Boss this month."

"In addition to making pancakes at the market, he also goes to the vegetable market to purchase ingredients."

"In his free time, that is, when the pancake owner leaves the house and goes shopping with her best friends, the pancake owner rarely goes out and basically stays at home."

"Then what is he doing at home?" Lu Weiwei, who was sitting in the passenger seat, also quickly asked Gu Chen's mobile phone.

When He Junchao heard that it was Lu Weiwei's movement, he quickly replied: "I don't know this very well. I can only capture his daily life through some surveillance footage."

"It's nothing more than chatting with people in the community and occasionally chatting with some people I know on the way home when I go shopping for ingredients."

"Also, I found that this pancake boss likes to chat, and he knows a lot of people. I guess most of them are his customers, right?"

"Have you had any contact with some strange strangers?" Gu Chen asked again.

"No... right?" He Junchao said mid-sentence, but suddenly added "maybe".

Lu Weiwei said angrily: "What do you mean without...? You're not sure about the cooperation yourself?"

"Yes." Faced with Lu Weiwei's doubts, He Junchao said truthfully:

"This pancake boss seems to be a boring person. He seems to know nothing but making money."

"Besides, I heard Gu Chen and you, Lu Weiwei, say before that the reason why their pancakes are so delicious lies in the selection of ingredients."

"I heard that they use all fresh ingredients, and the sauces are also made from a unique secret recipe, so no one else has it, so I brought you a unique version of their delicious pancakes."

"Yes." As soon as He Junchao finished speaking, Gu Chen also took the initiative to admit:

"Perhaps this pancake boss spends a lot of time hiding at home making sauces, right?"

"Maybe." As soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, He Junchao continued:

"Therefore, this guy is also very good. While he is making secret sauce at home, his wife, the pancake proprietress, goes out and then goes shopping with her best friend."

"Or, dating that Zou Yaohua? Anyway, it feels like her husband is working hard at home, making sauces, while she goes to have trysts with other men."

There was a heavy sigh from the other end of the phone, and He Junchao said helplessly:
"I feel a little sorry for this pancake boss now."

"No." As soon as He Junchao finished speaking, Gu Chen said directly:

"My current investigation idea is to place the suspect on this pancake boss."

"What? Another suspect?" After hearing Gu Chen's explanation, He Junchao suddenly said uncomfortably:
"Gu Chen, are you mistaken? How could the husband of this missing person be a suspect? Who couldn't be him? They are a couple, right?"

"There will be emotional discord between the two couples." Seeing that He Junchao had less first-hand information, Gu Chen also said quickly:
"According to our previous investigation, we found that the problem was a quarrel between him and his lover."

"Gu...Gu Chen, tell me about it." He Junchao on the other end of the phone didn't react for a while.

After all, the previous investigation focused on Zou Yaohua, so everyone would instinctively exclude the pancake boss.

But it was different now. The direction of Gu Chen's investigation had taken a 180-degree turn, leaving He Junchao at a loss.

Gu Chen continued to explain: "According to our previous investigation, the two couples in the pancake shop, especially the boss, have a problem with their speech."

"If the pancake proprietress had a dispute with the boss because the ingredients were not fresh, then the probability that the proprietress would run into Zou Yaohua in an alley after leaving home is definitely very small."

"Generally speaking, we feel that the boss lady knows Zou Yaohua, so she asked Zou Yaohua to pick us up."

The wife of the boss would use the quarrel as an excuse to run away from home, but looking back and thinking about it, it is more or less unjustifiable for the pancake boss not to contact his wife for a week.

"After all, it only lasted a few days before. The boss couldn't sit still and wanted to go to his wife's best friend to pick up his wife."

"But now, a full week has passed before he started to panic. The complexity of the situation is self-evident."

"Eh?" Hearing what Gu Chen said, He Junchao on the phone suddenly understood and quickly replied:
"Gu Chen, your idea is very good. Indeed, if you want to talk about abnormality, this boss lady's husband is also abnormal."

"It feels like the boss already knew what was going to happen? That's why he let his wife lose contact for a week before calling his wife."

"Originally, this might not have happened, but it happened anyway."

"As for the suspicious person, Zou Yaohua is the one who delivered aquatic products, and the second one should be the pancake boss."

"You finally figured it out." Seeing that He Junchao had completely understood what he meant, Gu Chen breathed a sigh of relief and continued:
"Now you follow my request and pay close attention to the specific situation of the pancake boss these days."

"Any abnormal behavior on his part must be captured in real-time monitoring and then reported to me."

After a pause, Gu Chen continued: "I just want to know, does this pancake boss have a deep secret buried deep in his heart?"

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