I am a super cop

Chapter 2979 Part-time Photographer

Xu Guang in the interrogation room was already very regretful. It seemed that he knew from the very beginning what he would encounter, but he did not expect that this day would come so soon.

Moreover, he dragged his brother down and fell into deep self-blame.

Therefore, in the subsequent investigation, Xu Guang was very cooperative and told everything he said, confessing everything he had done.

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10 pm.

Furong Branch Office.

Everyone sat together and continued to discuss the kidnapping case.

Everyone was relieved that Xu Guang was captured, and they also found Zhao Xiaomin, which at least ensured that they could make it to the concert.

But now the only one who has escaped is the murderer who killed Liu Wenjie.

Because according to Xu Guang, he just followed Liu Wenjie's wishes and took Liu Wenjie from the photography house to the riverside in the suburbs.

When Liu Wenjie arrived there, he seemed to be waiting for other people.

But Liu Wenjian drowned, and there were some rope marks on his neck and wrists.

This shows that his hands were trapped before his death, and he was even strangled by someone from behind.

Gu Chen picked up the thermos cup, took a sip of wolfberry tea, and said:
"The person who was able to strangle Liu Wenjie's neck and control him must be very strong, at least he was able to control Liu Wenjie."

"That's right." Lu Weiwei said while drinking yogurt:

"The murderer must be a strong man, and he must have a very close relationship with Liu Wenjie."

"Because Liu Wenjie asked Xu Guang to take him to the riverside, it is obvious that Liu Wenjie does not want others to know his whereabouts."

"It can be seen that the person Liu Wenjie wanted to meet was probably related to the kidnapping case, or the two of them might be accomplices."

"But the other party killed Liu Wenjie by the river. Perhaps from the beginning, the other party wanted to silence him."

"Moreover, the 30 yuan promised was most likely provided by the other party, who might have originally wanted Liu Wenjie to handle the matter."

"Unfortunately, Liu Wenjie subcontracted this matter to Xu Guang, and he, Liu Wenjie, might even make a profit from the difference."

"Yes." Hearing Lu Weiwei's words, Yuan Shasha beside her also quickly agreed:
"I also feel that the money used to kidnap Zhao Xiaomin must be more than 30 yuan. Liu Wenjie is most likely a middleman."

"He didn't want to do it himself, so he found Xu Guang because Xu Guang had received some small favors from him before, and Xu Guang was from another place."

"So compared to Liu Wenjie, Xu Guang is more suitable to participate in the kidnapping, but the question is, why did the murderer, or the employer, kill Liu Wenjie before kidnapping Zhao Xiaomin?"

"It's very simple." At this moment, Officer Wang was leaning back in his chair, drinking wolfberry tea in his hand, and said slowly:
"Because Liu Wenjie has already handed down the task, that is, passed it to Xu Guang, and asked Xu Guang to participate in the kidnapping."

"Then the mission fell into Xu Guang's hands. If Xu Guang completed the kidnapping, then Liu Wenjie, as the middleman, would be silenced."

"Because only Liu Wenjie was killed, no one knows who sent Xu Guang to participate in the kidnapping of Zhao Xiaomin."

"This will provide an extra layer of security for the planners."

"What about the kidnapped Zhao Xiaomin? Wouldn't she be left out? What if Xu Guang lets Zhao Xiaomin go?" Yuan Shasha said.

Gu Chen shook his head: "The murderer must have known the specific situation here because he did this."

"First of all, Liu Wenjie must have told Xu Guang that Zhao Xiaomin should be kidnapped and detained in a secret location, but he did not order the killing of Zhao Xiaomin."

"The reason is very clear, that is, to detain Zhao Xiaomin and delay the process."

"And this delay is obviously because of the celebrity concert."

"Yes." When Gu Chen said this, Lu Weiwei beside him quickly agreed:
"Because the murderer had no intention of killing Zhao Xiaomin from the beginning, kidnapping Zhao Xiaomin seemed to be just a bargaining chip."

"And Xu Guang's identity would be exposed because he participated in the kidnapping. If he lets Zhao Xiaomin go, he will definitely be arrested."

"But if he wanted to protect himself, there is a high probability that he would kill Zhao Xiaomin."

"This will make the hope of finding Zhao Xiaomin even slimmer, and will also cause Zhao Xiaomin to miss the celebrity concert. The biggest losers will be Mr. Liao from the MCN agency and the partners."

"Someone is trying to disrupt a celebrity concert," said Officer Wang.

Lu Weiwei sighed: "Isn't this obvious? But the key is, why do you do this? Why do you want to ruin the star concert?"

"Perhaps it is for commercial competition purposes, or perhaps it is for personal revenge." Gu Chen crossed his arms and said thoughtfully:

"The former may be targeting Mr. Liao from the MCN agency, or in other words, other co-organizers."

"And the latter may be specifically targeting Zhao Xiaomin."

"But Zhao Xiaomin is just a new female anchor who graduated from college not long ago. She just relied on luck to gain a wave of traffic and then joined the popular girl group in the MCN agency." said Officer Wang.

Gu Chen retorted: "Maybe the situation we imagined is not that simple."

"What do you mean?" Officer Wang expressed confusion.

Gu Chen said seriously: "Maybe the well-behaved and sensible Zhao Xiaomin we met is not the Zhao Xiaomin we imagined. Maybe Zhao Xiaomin has a side that is unknown to the public."

Gu Chen's words seemed to remind everyone.

At first, everyone felt that Zhao Xiaomin was a complete victim, perhaps passively involved in some business disputes and became a scapegoat.

But now, what Gu Chen said just now seems to make sense.

Everyone looked at each other, and then looked at Gu Chen again.

Gu Chen looked at He Junchao and urged him, "Brother He, we still need to pay special attention to Zhao Xiaomin's network of relationships."

"I understand." Seeing Gu Chen say this, He Junchao quickly agreed.

Gu Chen continued, "Let's go to the hospital tomorrow and have a good talk with Zhao Xiaoming to see how many secrets she has."

"Yeah." Seeing this, everyone nodded in agreement.

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The next morning, outside the hospital ward.

Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei, Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha came to the door and looked at the situation inside through the glass window of the ward door.

At this moment, Zhao Xiaomin was still lying on the hospital bed resting, and next to Zhao Xiaomin's bed, Ji Zhe was sitting on a wooden chair, drowsy and seemed very tired.

So Gu Chen and others pushed the door open and walked in. Ji Zhe, who was drowsy just now, woke up immediately out of conditioned reflex and looked towards the door vigilantly.

When Ji Zhe saw that the people coming were Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei, Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha, he breathed a sigh of relief, then stood up and walked over.

"Senior Brother Gu, are you here?"

"Thank you for your hard work. You should go and have a rest first." Gu Chen said.

"It's okay, I'm not tired, and it won't be long since I took over." Ji Zhe grinned.

"Then you can take a rest over here." Lu Weiwei said.

"Okay." Ji Zhe nodded silently, then moved the stool to the side and continued to sit there with his eyes closed to rest.

Gu Chen and others came to Zhao Xiaomin's bed and sat on the bed next to Zhao Xiaomin.

At this moment, Zhao Xiaomin seemed to have heard the noise and slowly opened her eyes. But when she saw that the person coming was Gu Chen, Zhao Xiaomin breathed a sigh of relief and took the initiative to greet Gu Chen:
"Officer Gu, it's you?"

"Yes, it's me. I came to see you. Are you okay?" Gu Chen also said in a casual tone.

Zhao Xiaomin, who was lying on the hospital bed, smiled slightly and said slowly: "Compared to before, my body has recovered a lot."

"But I still don't have the strength. I may need two days to recover. Then I will join our team and train together to prepare for the star-studded concert."

"Your health is in such a bad state, and you still want to attend a star concert? In my opinion, you'd better not go. After all, your health is more important." Lu Weiwei knew that Zhao Xiaomin would not give up, but she still said this politely.

Zhao Xiaomin grinned and said quickly:
"It's impossible to give up. This kind of opportunity is really rare. This may be the most glorious moment in my career."

"Moreover, members of girl groups like us who rely on traffic to become famous may be able to enjoy the traffic dividend."

"Once the traffic is gone, I will no longer be popular, and I won't have such good opportunities as now."

With a heavy sigh, Zhao Xiaomin said helplessly:
"So for people like us who come from grassroots backgrounds, it is very necessary to seize opportunities. If I seize this opportunity, I will have the possibility to move to a higher level in my career."

"But if, if I miss this opportunity, then it will be harder than climbing to the sky to get such an opportunity again in the future."

At the end of his speech, Zhao Xiaomin sighed heavily, and his eyes began to moisten:
"In fact, people like us really need to put in 200 percent of our efforts to get the opportunities that others can easily get."

"Sometimes I feel really tired and want to take a break, but I dare not because I have so many fans supporting me now."

"I hope you can continue to be popular." Listening to Zhao Xiaomin's heartfelt words, Lu Weiwei also said comfortingly.

Zhao Xiaomin smiled slightly: "Thank you, Officer Lu."

"Zhao Xiaomin." Seeing that Zhao Xiaomin's mood had improved, Lu Weiwei changed the subject and got back to the point:
"We came to see you this time, actually, we also want to talk to you further."

"What to talk about?" Zhao Xiaomin was also confused when she heard Lu Weiwei say this.

Lu Weiwei smiled slightly and continued, "The man who kidnapped you is called Xu Guang. Do you still remember him?"

Hearing this, Zhao Xiaomin's expression suddenly turned ugly, and he slowly said:

"Of course I have an impression of him. He was the one who locked me in the cement pipe and deprived me of my freedom."

Taking a deep breath, Zhao Xiaomin continued, "Several times, I almost thought I was going to die there."

"You don't know, staying in a place like that is like crying out to the heavens and the earth for help, but nothing works for me. I feel like I'm going crazy. The narrow space can really drive people crazy."

"I kept crying, but no one could save me. It wasn't until I saw Officer Gu that I knew I could finally be saved. At that moment, I really wanted to cry."

"But I found that I didn't even have the energy to cry out loud."

Speaking of this, Zhao Xiaomin choked up, as if all the grievances she had suffered from before came back to her again.

Gu Chen also hurriedly comforted her: "It's over now, everything is fine, and we have also captured the person who kidnapped you, you don't have to worry."

"Thank you, Officer Gu, thank you. If it weren't for you, I might have been trapped to death there. It was you who saved me, and I really have no way to repay you." Looking at Gu Chen, Zhao Xiaomin's eyes were full of gratitude to Gu Chen.

Gu Chen smiled slightly and continued to comfort her: "Don't thank me, this is what I should do as a people's policeman."

"But this time we came here to ask for your help."

"If you need any help from me, I will definitely help." Hearing Gu Chen say this, Zhao Xiaomin quickly responded.

Gu Chen nodded slightly and continued, "We have already captured Xu Guang who kidnapped you, but he is not the mastermind behind the incident. He just took money and did things for others."

"What do you mean?" Zhao Xiaomin's face turned ugly when he heard this.

Gu Chen continued to explain: "That's right, this Xu Guang, he was paid to do things, and the person who paid him to kidnap you was Liu Wenjie, do you still remember this person?"

When Gu Chen mentioned the name "Liu Wenjie", Zhao Xiaomin, who was lying on the hospital bed, trembled all over and his face turned ugly.

Seeing this, Yuan Shasha also hurriedly asked her: "What? Do you have any impression of this person?"

"I have an impression." Zhao Xiaomin nodded silently and said without hesitation: "He seems to be a freelance photographer."

"Yes, that's right, he is a freelance photographer." Yuan Shasha quickly agreed.

So Zhao Xiaomin continued to explain: "This Liu Wenjie also worked part-time in our company. The company asked him to shoot some life videos for these anchors."

"The life art photos and life videos of those beautiful anchors that you usually see are usually taken by him."

"But because anchors mainly focus on live broadcasting, so for life videos like this, or life art photos, generally an anchor will only update two or three times a month."

"But this money is given to Liu Wenjie to earn. He also earns some extra money by shooting for us anchors. However, he is not considered a photographer in our company."

"So he has cooperated with your company before?" Lu Weiwei was also very surprised when she heard Zhao Xiaomin say this.

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