I am a super cop

With the information provided by He Junchao, Gu Chen felt that these two people might have a direct connection with the incident of the electrician's death.

So after He Junchao sent the relevant photo screenshots, Gu Chen prepared to take people to arrest the two men in person.

Since the two lived in different areas, Gu Chen planned to take them to Huangjia Village in the eastern suburbs first, which was closer to the KTV.

Gu Chen planned to hand over the capture mission in Liujia Village in the northern suburbs to Ding Liang and Huang Zunlong.

"Ding Liang, I have sent you the message. Take your men to Liujia Village in the northern suburbs immediately and bring this person back for me."

"Understood. Leave this matter to me. As long as this person is still in Liujia Village, I can help you bring him back."

Ding Liang was also full of confidence on the phone.

After communicating the details with each other, Gu Chen hung up the phone, then walked up to Officer Wang and the others and said, "Let's go, set off now."

"Okay." Everyone didn't waste any time. Seeing that Gu Chen had already dealt with the problem, they followed Gu Chen and walked out of the KTV together.

After everyone got on the bus, they went directly to Huangjia Village in the eastern suburbs.

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When the vehicle slowly arrived at the destination, everyone realized that Huangjia Village was on the edge of the urban area.

Nowadays, many residential areas have been built here, and the surrounding buildings are also complex.

There is a road under construction here recently, so a lot of various construction machinery are parked nearby.

Various iron fences block off many areas.

Therefore, in order to pass through the road, you need to pass through some narrow areas.

Gu Chen parked the car in front of a supermarket, then pulled up the handbrake, took out his phone, and continued to contact He Junchao: "Brother He, we have arrived at the entrance of Lihua Supermarket. Where do you think the man is?"

Soon, He Junchao's voice reply came from my hand: "I don't know about this. There are road repairs in this area recently, and many surveillance cameras have stopped working."

"I can only see that guy entering this area, but where exactly he is, you need to investigate it yourself."

"But what is certain is that this guy may not have been out and has been staying in this place all the time."

"Because there is only one way out, which is the road construction section you are currently in."

"If he wants to go out, he must pass through here, but there is no trace of him."

"Okay." Seeing that He Junchao was unable to do anything, Gu Chen had to search on his own.

So after communicating with He Junchao, he hung up the phone.

"What? He can't find it either?" asked Lu Weiwei, who was sitting in the passenger seat.

"Yeah." Gu Chen nodded silently, and said without hesitation: "The road here is under construction recently, and many monitoring equipment cannot be used temporarily."

"Oh no." Feeling that it was the wrong time, Lu Weiwei sighed and said helplessly:

"No matter. We are nearby anyway. Let's check it out. It shouldn't be a big problem."

"Then get off the car." said Yuan Shasha in the back seat.

So everyone opened the car door and got off one after another.

Gu Chen first came to the entrance of Lihua Supermarket.

Judging from the location, this should be the largest supermarket in the vicinity, and there should be a lot of people coming here to shop.

Gu Chen simply wanted to find his boss to find out what was going on.

"Boss, bring four bottles of water." Gu Chen walked to the counter and said.

"Here." The boss was a short, thin man, the kind that would fall over if the wind blew.

He found four bottles of mineral water from the display cabinet next to the cash register and handed them directly to Gu Chen.

After Gu Chen distributed the mineral water, he took out his cell phone and showed it to the boss:
"Boss, I want to ask you about someone. Have you seen this person?"

"This person?" Upon hearing this, the short boss immediately stretched his neck and squinted to take a look.

But after a moment, he nodded and confirmed: "I know him, his name is Maozi, he is an idle guy, he often buys things on credit in my store, and he still hasn't paid several hundred yuan for cigarettes."

Seeing that the boss knew her, Yuan Shasha quickly asked, "What kind of work does he usually do?"

"What kind of job is it? I'm just a person who idles around all day. When I go out to work, I just find some day-to-day jobs, earn a day or two, and then I can lie down for a day or two."

Sitting back in his seat, the short boss continued, "This guy, when he has money in his pocket, he comes to my place desperately to spend money."

“When you don’t have money, just owe it first, and pay it back when you have money.”

"Anyway, it's common for people to owe me money. Sometimes it's a few hundred yuan, sometimes it's over a thousand yuan, but they always pay me back a little, so I don't take it seriously."

"After all, he is a frequent customer of mine, but he doesn't have a proper job."

"Has he always been like this? I see he is not young anymore, he must be in his forties, right?" Lu Weiwei said.

"Well, that should be it." The short boss nodded silently and said without hesitation:

"This person's family used to be of average means, but they were lucky enough to be demolished and received a sum of money."

"But all of it was squandered by this guy. He likes gambling and often hangs out in various small casinos in Jiangnan City."

"Whenever I hear this guy walk into my store and talk really loudly, I know he must have made a small fortune and is here to spend money."

"After all, according to his principles, all the money earned must be spent immediately. Only in this way can the luck always be good."

"But there are times when I'm unlucky. At those times, I know he wants to owe me money."

"But it doesn't matter. He can always pay back a little every time. If he keeps defaulting, I won't give him credit."

"Is it like this originally?" Listening to the short boss's story, although everyone had not seen this so-called Maozi, they could roughly understand what the situation was from the short boss's mouth.

"Then do you have this person's address? Also, has this person been to other places recently?" Gu Chen also asked quickly.

"Address?" The boss was stunned for a moment, then walked to the entrance of the supermarket and pointed to a certain location.

"Go straight over there. Do you see that old building? That's where he lives."

"That place? Can people live there? Why does it feel like a shabby dormitory building?" Lu Weiwei couldn't help but sigh when she saw the building.

"Oh!" The short boss smiled and explained, "This guy is just living a lazy life now. How can he have so much money to live in a nice place?"

"Doesn't he have compensation?" Yuan Shasha asked.

"There is compensation money, yes, it was all left by the old man in the family, but the old couple are no longer alive, so he only took the compensation money, not the house."

"That's why he had so much spare money and was able to squander it. That's why he chose to rent a house."

"In the early years, he lived in the community, but in recent years, he has squandered most of his money, so he moved to this old dormitory where no one lives." "This dormitory was the employee dormitory of a state-owned enterprise here. Later, the enterprise moved away, but this dormitory building was preserved."

"Because the land in this large area has been sold to other people, construction has not started yet. The dormitory building is just empty. If you want to live there, you can pay a small amount of rent and we will connect you to electricity."

"Is that so?" After hearing what the short boss said, Lu Weiwei realized that this guy called Maozi seemed to have ended up in this situation today because he had played a good hand of cards badly.

But under such conditions, it feels a bit abnormal to go to such a high-end KTV.

At least the money for going to the KTV this time was definitely not paid by him.

"Okay, thank you. Has he been out recently?" After learning about Maozi's basic accommodation situation, Gu Chen asked about Maozi's activities.

"Recently, it seems that he hasn't been out much, because he bought some food and drinks from me and stayed in his room for a while."

"Sometimes I would go out, but when I went out I would definitely come to my place for that pack of cigarettes. But there were a few days when I didn't come."

"I guess he's probably still lying at home playing with his phone. Anyway, this person is useless."

Seeing the short boss complaining like that, Officer Wang seemed to feel that he was a useless person.

"Okay, thank you." With the information provided by the short boss, Officer Wang quickly expressed his gratitude.

It seems like a blessing to get information from this guy.

So after exchanging a few brief greetings with the short boss, everyone went directly to the old dormitory building.

When everyone came downstairs and passed through the old iron gate, they found that the bottom of the house was already overgrown with weeds.

There is only one path in the middle, and it looks like someone has walked on it.

But still no one cleaned it up.

Outside the abandoned iron gate is a trash can that smells a bit unpleasant.

Walking through the weeds and arriving at the bottom of the dormitory building, Gu Chen looked up and observed that there were still several families living there.

I heard a barbecue tricycle downstairs. I guess someone was setting up a stall here to do business at night and might be working outside during the day.

Work pressure is high nowadays, and many people choose to do some side jobs after get off work.

"Junior Brother Gu, there are several families living here. Should we look for them one by one?"

"Okay." Hearing Lu Weiwei's words, Gu Chen also agreed and said, "Take a look at the clothes drying on the balcony and judge how many families there are."

"I've counted, there are six households." As soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, Yuan Shasha on the side quickly responded.

Officer Wang also said, "These people live on the second and third floors. Let's check them separately. Xiao Yuan and I will go to the second floor, and Gu Chen, you and Lu Weiwei will go to the third floor."

"Okay." After hearing what Officer Wang said, everyone immediately divided the work.

Then, knocks on doors began to be heard throughout the corridor.

However, although there were constant knocks on the door on the second floor, there was no sign of the door being opened.

Gu Chen also brought Lu Weiwei to the left side of the third floor. There was a broom outside the door. The door was very clean, and there were some flower lilies on the balcony.

Two pairs of clean slippers were hanging outside.

"This family is quite clean." Gu Chen looked up at the clothes drying in the corridor and found a barbecue apron. He immediately said to Gu Chen:

"This should be the owner of the barbecue truck downstairs, right?"

"It should be." Gu Chen also glanced at the barbecue apron and nodded silently.

But according to the rules, you have to knock on the door.

So Lu Weiwei knocked on the door.

The dormitory rooms here all have iron doors that make a loud bang when you knock on them, causing a lot of noise.

So although it is quiet to live here, you can imagine the noise when someone comes in and out of the house.

"Knock knock knock, is anyone there? Knock knock knock, is anyone there?"

After knocking on the door several times, Lu Weiwei looked at Gu Chen and shook her head: "No one here, maybe the owner is working outside?"

"Yeah." Gu Chen nodded silently, then looked to the end of the aisle, where several pairs of men's sneakers were piled casually at the door.

So Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei walked straight over.

When she arrived at the door, Lu Weiwei quickly covered her mouth and nose, and said with disgust:

"Hmm, the smell at the door is so bad. Why is it so ugly? This person is so untidy."

"It's food." Gu Chen pointed to the trash can at the door, which contained many miscellaneous food packaging bags and some leftover food scraps.

There were all kinds of flies surrounding the trash can. Although it was on an open balcony with good ventilation, the smell was still very bad.

"This should be the residence of that Maozi, right? Only he can live like this." Lu Weiwei sighed, covered her mouth and nose with her left hand, and knocked on the door with her right hand:
"Knock knock knock, is anyone there? Knock knock knock, is anyone there?"

Lu Weiwei knocked on the door repeatedly and suddenly heard some creaking noises from inside.

It sounded like someone getting up from a wooden bed.

Since the windows here are all covered with curtains, it is impossible to see clearly what is going on inside.

Seeing some movement inside, Lu Weiwei continued to knock on the door: "Knock knock knock, is anyone there? Knock knock knock, is anyone there?"

As if he was not tired of it, after a burst of noise in the house, he finally heard the sound of someone putting on slippers and walking towards the door.

Lu Weiwei took a step back and stood in front of Gu Chen.

Not long after, the old door lock clicked, and a middle-aged man with dishevelled hair and unshaven beard, shirtless and squinting, looked at Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei with a puzzled look, and asked:
"Is something wrong with you?"

"Are you Maozi?" Gu Chen asked casually when he saw the man.

The man hesitated for a moment, then nodded dully: "Yes, what's wrong?"

"Do you know this person?" Seeing this, Gu Chen quickly took out the photo of the dead electrician and handed it to Maozi.

Looking at the photo of the electrician on Gu Chen's phone, Mao Zi's heart skipped a beat. He frowned and said hesitantly:

“I don’t seem to know this person.”

"Don't know him? Are you sure?" Seeing the man lying on the spot, Lu Weiwei became very angry.

I thought to myself, we all have evidence that you and the deceased were in the KTV room, and you dare to lie on the spot?
The man also scratched the back of his head and continued to think: "I don't seem to have any impression of this person."

While speaking, the man also knocked his head and said in a daze: "Sorry, I'm still drunk."

...(End of chapter)