I am a super cop

Chapter 2894 A God-given Opportunity
After struggling for a long time, Feng Ze looked at Gu Chen and said, "Comrade police, I am sure there is no one around."

"We tied the deceased with ropes and threw him into the reservoir."

"And we are 100% sure that we left after we didn't see that person floating up."

"But I don't know if there are other people around who are watching silently. And the deceased, is he pretending to be dead? I don't know that either."

Shaking his head, Feng Ze continued, "Anyway, I'm just following the instructions of our leader."

"And he also promised me that after the matter is completed, he will give me a reward, which is actually a hush money, asking me not to say anything nonsense."

"After all, I have always been following our leader. We have been partners for many years. He trusts me very much. I can't betray him, right?"

At this point, Feng Ze seemed to think of the time when he was betrayed by the bald leader. He was filled with anger and couldn't help but curse:
"But damn, I didn't betray him, but he betrayed me? Damn it."

After a few words spoken in a very maternal tone, Feng Ze and the bald man had completely broken up.

But from this Gu Chen could also see that the two of them were indeed not aware of the deceased's condition at the time.

It is very likely that the deceased, after pretending to be dead, secretly untied the rope underwater, and then swam to an area with more aquatic plants to hide.

After making sure the bald man had left, he tried to slowly move to the shore.

This situation is safer and more in line with the facts.

After all, the man was not electrocuted to death, but drowned, which was completely different from what the bald man and Feng Ze said.

Gu Chen certainly had reason to believe that there might be another love story involved.

The only uncertain factor is Zhao Xiaochuan.

Because according to the bald man and Feng Ze, they did not see anyone else when they dumped the body into the reservoir.

But based on Gu Chen's previous investigation, it is not difficult to find that Zhao Xiaochuan had been to the vicinity of the reservoir at about the same time.

At this time, it is very likely that Zhao Xiaochuan found the bald man and Feng Ze dumping the body near the reservoir.

If the deceased had not been electrocuted, he would have chosen to swim to the shore, and at this time, Zhao Xiaochuan would definitely have met the deceased.

Thinking of this, Gu Chen felt that the situation was becoming more and more complicated. After they finished taking the final statement from Feng Ze, Gu Chen left the interrogation room with everyone else.

Finally, everyone interrogated the bald man and Xu Gong in turn, but the information they obtained was basically the same as what they had previously obtained.

The bald man’s statement was very similar to Feng Ze’s.

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At 7 o'clock in the evening, the Criminal Investigation Team's comprehensive office was brightly lit.

Gu Chen sat there thinking quietly, while Lu Weiwei and a few others who had just returned from outside also came to Gu Chen's side.

Seeing that Gu Chen looked unhappy, Lu Weiwei quickly placed a bottle of yogurt on Gu Chen's desk and said, "Junior Brother Gu, are you still thinking about this case?"

"Yes, because according to the autopsy report from medical examiner Gao Chuanfeng, the deceased did die from drowning, not electrocution."

"This is different from what the bald man and Feng Ze said. They both insisted that the other party was electrocuted to death due to excessive use of the electric baton."

Shaking his head, Gu Chen sighed: "But this is obviously wrong."

"Could it be that Gao Chuanfeng made a mistake?" Yuan Shasha asked curiously.

But Gu Chen waved his hand and said, "No, we have worked with Gao Chuanfeng so many times, and he has inherited Liu's rigorous work attitude."

"And I have confirmed with him repeatedly that there is no problem with this result."

"The ones with problems are the bald man and Feng Ze," said Officer Wang.

"They may be fine too." said Gu Chen.

Officer Wang looked at Gu Chen and said, "Who has a problem?"

"There's something wrong with the deceased, there's something wrong with Zhao Xiaochuan," said Gu Chen.

After hearing what Gu Chen said, everyone looked at each other, as if Gu Chen's idea was very bold.

So Lu Weiwei quickly asked Gu Chen: "Junior Brother Gu, you don't think that the death of the deceased is related to Zhao Xiaochuan, do you? You don't think that Zhao Xiaochuan killed the deceased, do you?"

"Senior Sister Lu really understands me. Yes, that's what I think." Seeing that Lu Weiwei had guessed his thoughts, Gu Chen simply expressed his concerns.

Lu Weiwei crossed her arms across her chest and said thoughtfully, "If what Junior Brother Gu said is true, then this is what happened. The deceased escaped by pretending to be dead, and then swam to the shore."

"But he happened to be discovered by Zhao Xiaochuan on the shore. In the end, Zhao Xiaochuan rescued him, but then killed him? In other words, Zhao Xiaochuan did not intend to rescue the deceased, but drowned him directly?"

"Yeah." Listening to Lu Weiwei's story, Gu Chen nodded slightly and said without hesitation:
“That’s roughly what I think.”

"But this is somewhat illogical. Why did Zhao Xiaochuan kill this deceased person? Did they have any hatred?" Officer Wang still expressed his incomprehension.

But Gu Chen said slowly: "What if the two have a grudge? Would this assumption be valid?"

"Have a grudge?"

After hearing what Gu Chen said, everyone was stunned. Everyone looked at each other, as if what Gu Chen said made sense.

Yuan Shasha also said slowly: "If we follow what Senior Brother Gu said, then it is definitely true."

"Besides, these two people must have a deep hatred and a very sharp conflict, otherwise there would be no motive for murder."

"Yeah." After hearing Yuan Shasha's analysis, Lu Weiwei nodded silently and said:
"There must be something wrong between these two people. Previously we thought that the one who killed the deceased was probably the bald man."

"Moreover, he himself took the initiative to admit that he was guilty of manslaughter."

"But Gao Chuanfeng refused to overturn the autopsy results and confirmed that he died of drowning, and the electric shock was just an injury he had suffered previously."

"That means the cause of death was not that the bald man electrocuted the victim and then dumped his body in the reservoir."

"It may be because he met Zhao Xiaochuan on the shore and was drowned by Zhao Xiaochuan."

"But in this way, the bald man and his men don't know that they are not actually the murderer."

"And Zhao Xiaochuan could also take advantage of the bald man's behavior of dumping the body, and after killing the victim, he could put the blame on the bald man."

"In this way, even if we find out the truth, the bald man will definitely confess, after all, he was the one who did it." "But in fact, the murderer is someone else." As soon as Yuan Shasha finished speaking, Officer Wang interrupted her.

Gu Chen nodded silently: "That's about it, but now we have to investigate whether there is any other connection between Zhao Xiaochuan and the deceased."

Looking at He Junchao, Gu Chen said, "Brother He, check the background of these two people. Is there any problem with the relationship between them?"

"No problem, but it will take some time," said He Junchao who was sitting on the side.

"Okay, from now on, let's do our best to investigate the relationship between the two."

"Okay." After hearing what Gu Chen said, He Junchao immediately started to retrieve the information of the two people and said:
"The deceased's name is Gao Cheng. According to my investigation of him, he and Zhao Xiaochuan once attended the same middle school. This is the only connection between them that can be investigated."

Hearing this, Gu Chen quickly asked again: "Are they reading together at the same time?"

"Yes, that should be it." He Junchao nodded silently and said, "The high school they attended together was No. 25 Middle School, which had both junior high and senior high school departments."

"When Zhao Xiaochuan was in junior high school, the deceased Gao Cheng was in high school. The two were several years apart."

"Can you be more specific?" After hearing this, Lu Weiwei looked at He Junchao again.

He Junchao was silent for a few seconds, then began to calculate, and then slowly said:

"When Zhao Xiaochuan was in the first grade of junior high school, Gao Cheng was in the second grade of high school."

"That means these two people went to the same middle school and studied together for two years?" said Officer Wang.

He Junchao nodded silently: "Yes, we studied together at No. 25 Middle School for two years."

"When Zhao Xiaochuan was in the first grade of junior high school, Gao Cheng was in the second grade of senior high school. When Zhao Xiaochuan was in the second grade of junior high school, Gao Cheng was in the third grade of senior high school."

"That's right." After hearing what He Junchao said, Gu Chen gradually felt relieved and said:

"These two people must know each other. They are both from that area and studied in the same middle school."

"They spent two years together in middle school alone, not to mention that they may have known each other before, after all, they are from the same place."

"Yes." Upon hearing this, Officer Wang also said slowly:

"The relationship between these two people must be complicated. If we follow Gu Chen's reasoning, Gao Cheng was pretending to be dead when he was tied to the rocks and sunk into the reservoir."

"Then he can use his swimming ability to quietly untie the rope, then dive to a nearby pile of seaweed to hide, wait for the bald man and Feng Ze to leave, and then slowly swim to shore."

"But if Gao Cheng has a grudge against Zhao Xiaochuan, and Zhao Xiaochuan happens to be at the scene at that time, then for Zhao Xiaochuan, this is a good opportunity for revenge."

"Because it was the bald man who killed you, Gao Cheng, and if Zhao Xiaochuan kills Gao Cheng again, then the account will definitely be counted on the bald man's head."

"And this bald man will definitely admit it on his own initiative. After all, he was the one who did it."

"This way, Zhao Xiaochuan can get rid of his suspicion of murder, and someone can take the blame. This kind of opportunity doesn't come along all the time."

After Officer Wang finished speaking, he took a deep breath and continued, "Good things like this don't happen every now and then. This may be a chance for Zhao Xiaochuan to take revenge from God."

"But we still don't know whether there is any hatred between the two." Lu Weiwei still reminded.

Gu Chen said calmly: "We need to investigate this ourselves. Now at least my previous doubts have been dispelled."

"That means there is a connection between the missing Zhao Xiaochuan and the deceased Gao Cheng."

"As long as there is a connection, then Gao Cheng's mysterious death must be related to Zhao Xiaochuan."

"Yes." After hearing what Gu Chen said, Yuan Shasha also said quickly: "Then what we need to investigate now is to find Zhao Xiaochuan while investigating the relationship between Zhao Xiaochuan and Gao Cheng."

Everyone in the office quickly determined the direction of the investigation, which made everyone breathe a sigh of relief.

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The next morning, Gu Chen and his colleagues returned to the town to look for Deputy Secretary Zhao Qing.

When Zhao Qing saw Gu Chen and his friends coming again, he quickly came out of the office and greeted them:
"Director Gu, you're here?"

"I talked to Secretary Zhao on the phone before coming here. How is your help in finding out for us?"

Gu Chen walked to the office door and asked straight to the point.

"I have asked for you. There is a retired teacher who lives in our town. He was Zhao Xiaochuan's former middle school teacher and also his homeroom teacher. He taught him during his junior high school years." Zhao Qing said.

"Then this teacher..."

"He's in our office. If you call me early in the morning, I'll help you find the person and bring him to our office." Zhao Qing replied quickly before Lu Weiwei could finish her words.

"That's great, can you take us to meet this person?" Lu Weiwei said excitedly.

"Of course, come with me." After Zhao Qing finished speaking, he immediately took Gu Chen and others into the office building.

Afterwards, Zhao Qing brought Gu Chen and others to one of the offices, pushed open the door, and saw an elderly man with white hair sitting there drinking tea.

Seeing Gu Chen and others coming in, he quickly stood up.

Zhao Qing quickly introduced the white-haired old man, "Teacher Xu, this is Gu Chen, the deputy director of the Furong Branch, and he is looking for you."

"Hello." The man named Teacher Xu also hurriedly shook hands with Gu Chen and introduced himself:
"I'm Zhao Xiaochuan's junior high school class teacher. I heard that you were investigating Zhao Xiaochuan's disappearance and found out that his former junior high school class teacher was also in this town, so you sent Secretary Zhao to find me."

"That's right." Seeing that Teacher Zhao understood the situation, Gu Chen quickly replied:
"We came here this time to get a deeper understanding of Zhao Xiaochuan's situation in school."

After he finished speaking, Gu Chen quickly pointed to the chair and said, "Teacher Xu, let's sit down and talk."

"Okay." Teacher Xu followed Gu Chen's advice and sat back in his chair.

Seeing this, everyone looked for their own seats.

Seeing that everyone was present, Zhao Qing said tactfully, "Then you guys chat slowly, I'll get back to work first."

"Then I'll trouble you, Secretary Zhao." Gu Chen said with gratitude.

"You're welcome. It's just something that happens easily. You guys can chat about it slowly." As he spoke, Zhao Qing had already closed the office door and left on his own accord.

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