Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 120 New Evidence
When Wang Fan stated that he "saw Liu Wanying standing naked with a middle-aged man in the fire escape corridor outside the building," he paused and fell into thought.

Chen Shu lit a cigarette for Li Meng, who had stopped writing, without urging Wang Fan. Everyone needed to rest for a while and digest the information they had received.

A few minutes later, Wang Fan glanced at the full statement paper written by Li Meng, gritted his teeth and said, "Officer, Liu Wanying said that the man raped her, but the man said that Liu Wanying seduced him. The two of them also agreed on a price in the elevator, three thousand yuan per time."

Chen Shu remained silent for a long time. This was a kindergarten teacher, a gardener of the flowers of the motherland!
Although police officers should be skeptical of everything when handling cases, Chen Shu, with his extensive experience, knew that Wang Fan was not lying at this moment.

Of course, objectively speaking, stating only a portion of the facts is also a form of lying.

He pulled out the photo of "Xu Long forcibly dragging Liu Wanying away in the elevator" and handed it to Wang Fan: "Since you went downstairs to find the hotel staff, you should have seen this scene on the surveillance footage."

Wang Fan: "I've seen it. So I quickly ran to the fifth floor to find them."

Chen Shu nodded and took back the photo.

Judging from the photos, regardless of whether there was a prior deal between the two, Liu Wanying's action of pulling on the door at the last moment was clearly a rejection of Xu Long's "invitation to the game".

Even if a prostitute clearly refuses during the transaction, and the client insists on further interaction, the client can still be convicted of sexual assault.

Chen Shu: "Tell me what happened on the fire escape staircase on the fifth floor."

Wang Fan: "I was a bit excited because I had been drinking, so I stood at the door, pointed at the man, said a few harsh words, and punched him a few times. As a result, he offered to pay compensation, and I saw that Liu Wanying agreed, so we asked for 30,000 yuan."

The man said he only had 3,000 yuan on him, and he would bring the rest before 9 a.m. the next morning. I took the 3,000 yuan from him, added him on WeChat, and then went back to our room on the sixth floor with Liu Wanying.

Chen Shu: "Continue?"

Wang Fan: "After returning to my room, Liu Wanying didn't mention it again. Since she didn't say anything, I didn't ask either. I went to work the next morning."

"Where's the money?"

"When I left, I left the money on the table in the hotel room."

Chen Shu pondered for a moment and then asked, "Did you know that Liu Wanying came to the police station to report a crime last night?"

Wang Fan shook his head.

He was the boyfriend but didn't know his girlfriend had called the police.

It seems that their relationship has broken down.

Oh, the girl in the archery case is so pitiful.

Chen Shu handed him a cigarette: "How do you plan to handle this matter?"

Wang Fan looked surprised: "Me? What do I need to handle?"

He then nervously pressed on, "This case won't involve me, will it? I really don't know anything about it."

Is this guy even her boyfriend?!
Why are you acting like a spectator at a play?!

Are they already trying to shift the blame after only two days?!

Li Meng, as the assisting police officer, was very professional. Although his face was full of exclamation marks, he still held back from speaking. Chen Shu glanced at Li Meng, knowing he was anxious, and asked for him, "As Liu Wanying's boyfriend, we, the police, respect your wishes."

Chen Shu's words were essentially just empty talk, an attempt to extract information and subtly probe Liu Wanying's thoughts.

Wang Fan was startled and hurriedly explained, "Who said I'm her boyfriend? We're just friends in a QQ group!"

A group for casual sex partners?
So they were just friends with benefits...

The cramped carriage fell into dead silence, and the three young men did not speak again.

After a long, long time, Chen Shu finally came to his senses: "You seemed quite angry when you were saying that just now?"

Wang Fan realized he had gone astray earlier. He glanced at the policeman who was staring intently at him and dared not say anything more. After hesitating for a long time, he finally told the truth: "Well, after that guy did that, I couldn't keep going. So I got really, really angry."

A bolt of lightning struck.

Chen Shu and Li Meng failed to hold their throats.

Before leaving, Wang Fan repeatedly reminded the two policemen that if they needed to contact him later, they should just give him a call and he would come immediately. He also stressed that they must not go to his workplace to look for anyone.

Such a timid and cowardly person would not dare to give false testimony.

What he said is probably true.

Chen Shu watched Wang Fan's departing figure and fell into deep thought.

Li Meng took out a cigarette and handed one to Chen Shu: "I still suggest arresting Xu Long first! Although, according to what Liu Wanying's lover said earlier, this case shouldn't be a rape case."

However, if Liu Wanying were to post any further accusations online under her real name, we'd be in trouble. Therefore, we can't skip the proper procedures. If it's ultimately proven that it wasn't rape, then we'll release Xu Long.

As a section-level leader, Li Meng was very thoughtful, and the reasons he proposed for the arrest were extremely reasonable.

Although Chen Shu was somewhat unsure whether this was a phrase he had come up with on the spot because he was determined to arrest someone.

This guy has an innate obsession with catching people...

"We will definitely arrest her, but now is not the time. Don't worry, Liu Wanying won't be going live on Douyin in the next few days."

Chen Shu offered Li Meng a few words of comfort, then closed his eyes, took a couple of puffs of cigarettes, and ignored her, his mind wandering.

Wang Fan stated that when Xu Long and Liu Wanying were in the elevator, they reached a transaction agreement for 3,000 yuan. Although the final compensation was set at 30,000 yuan, the amount actually paid on the spot was only the 3,000 yuan that Xu Long had on him. The amount was consistent, which is consistent with the behavior of a man driven by lust. Therefore, this matter is likely true.

When Liu Wanying, who is from another province, called the police, she did not dial 110 like ordinary people. Instead, she specifically looked up the phone number of Zhongshan Police Station online and came alone in the middle of the night. Was she guilty and afraid to make a big deal out of it?
Did she really think that the small police station only focused on mediation and didn't handle criminal cases? And then she was going to use the police's name to blackmail the other party?
Extortion?

Finally, Chen Shu made a decision: "Let's not arrest them. Let's go back and ask Liu Wanying now."

Li Meng felt a little embarrassed, opened her mouth, but didn't say anything.

(End of this chapter)