Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 259 Running into My Ex-Boyfriend

Chen Shu put away the searchlight and handed it to Chen Chuan. The three of them ran towards the main entrance of the shopping mall.

"Brother Shu, don't we need someone to stay and watch the scene?" Zhu Chaoran asked quickly as they passed the vicinity of the body.

Chen Shu glanced at the growing crowd of onlookers nearby, who were taking photos with their phones, and shook his head: "It's alright, the police will be here soon. There's no point in us staying here; we won't find anything here."

He regretted it as soon as the words left his mouth; perhaps the fat man simply wanted to stay and keep him company.

Chen Shu slowed his pace a few steps: "Fatty, why don't you stay down there?"

Zhu Chaoran, who was following behind, couldn't brake in time and almost bumped into Chen Shu, who had suddenly stopped in front of him: "It's okay, Brother Shu. You said it's useless to keep this place, so I won't keep it. I'll listen to you."

Chen Shu glanced back at Zhu Chaoran, whose eyes were firm and who had regained his composure, nodded, and continued on his way.

The three of them entered the lobby on the first floor and bumped into a security guard who had just come out of the guardhouse.

"Who are you! What are you doing here!"

Chen Shu immediately took out a cigarette and shoved it into the hand of the security guard who had clearly just woken up: "Sir, did anyone take the elevator up earlier?"

You can't hit someone who's smiling, especially one who's giving you a gift!
Chen Shu's actions this time were definitely a display of high emotional intelligence.

The security guard wiped his face with his hand, chuckled, and took the cigarette, putting it in his pocket. "Didn't notice, probably not. Who would come into the building in the middle of the night? By the way, what brings you here?"

Everyone was speechless; this security guard was practically useless, completely out of control.

Chen Shu replied, "Oh, let's go up to the roof and take a look. Is it safe to go up?"

The security guard, cigarette dangling from his lips, waved his hand: "Sure, sure. Everyone's off work tonight, nobody cares. Just go ahead. By the way, what's all the noise outside? Is something happening?"

"Someone jumped off a building."

Chen Shu left his words and led Chen Chuan and Zhu Chaoran into the lobby, where they pressed the elevator button. An elevator that was waiting on the first floor immediately opened its doors.

Chen Shu grabbed Zhu Chaoran, who was about to rush inside with his head down: "Wait a minute."

He pointed to the elevator inside that was displaying numbers descending from the upper floor: "Someone must be coming down. Let's wait and see who it is."

According to the security guard at the gatehouse, no one usually comes to the building at this time. The three of them walked to the elevator door and waited for it to open.

"Ding dong."

As soon as the elevator doors opened, a young man was indeed standing inside.

Chen Shu looked closely and was shocked to see that it was Yingying's ex-boyfriend!
Chen Chuan took a step forward in perfect unison, blocking the elevator entrance.

Chen Shu stepped into the elevator, looked the other person in the eye, and asked directly, "You just came down from the rooftop?"

Her ex-boyfriend probably recognized the three men as the same three he'd been drinking with at the bar earlier. Seeing their hostile tone as they questioned her, she refused to answer, instead asking, "What, why should I tell you?"

Zhu Chaoran, who had been calm, suddenly lunged past Chen Shu at her ex-boyfriend, grabbed him by the collar, and slammed him against the mirror in the elevator, gritting her teeth as she said:

"I'm asking you, did you come down from the roof?"

The man was a little dazed. The man, who was over 1.8 meters tall and had a huge build, attacked him as soon as they met, which really caught him off guard.

"Hey! What are you doing?"

"What do you want?! I'm calling the police!" "Let me go!"

Chen Shu, who had been observing coldly, suddenly said, "Yingying is dead."

The ex-boyfriend, who had been stubbornly arguing with the group, froze upon hearing the news of his ex-girlfriend's death, stammering, "..."
"Yingying... Yingying is dead? How is that possible? How did she die? Where is she?"

As soon as he said it, Chen Shu stared intently at his ex-boyfriend's expression. Based on his years of experience in handling cases, the change in his expression over those few seconds did not seem fake.

After all, they are college students; they can't hide their thoughts.

He probably didn't know Yingying was dead, but he was still a suspect. Chen Shu shook his head: "Fatty, take him to Yingying's side. Chen Chuan, let's continue upstairs."

The elevator doors closed again, and the elevator began to slowly ascend.

Various chaotic thoughts and guesses flashed through Chen Shu's mind. Combining the clues he had obtained, he deduced the course of the case step by step.

The group had been chatting happily in the booth, and Yingying didn't seem like someone who wanted to commit suicide at all. Furthermore, after the other person left, she had her classmate Chen Rou come and get her hat and sunglasses, further confirming that she couldn't possibly be suicidal.

If it was an accident, then the ex-boyfriend, who had just come down from the roof, is the prime suspect. Leaving aside the fact that he came down right after Yingying's fall, his earlier questions about Yingying's whereabouts and his demeanor suggest he didn't encounter her on the roof.

Chen Shu glanced at the surveillance monitor on the elevator ceiling: "Chen Chuan, call Zhu Chaoran and ask him to check the surveillance footage with the building management to see who came up in the elevator with Yingying during this period."

Taking advantage of Zhu Chaoran's absence, Chen Chuan asked, "Chen Shu, shouldn't we examine the body first to determine whether Yingying was dead or alive before she fell from the building?"

“We can’t examine this on-site; a forensic doctor has to do a blood test. But when we left, we only heard the sound of the body hitting the ground, not Yingying’s cries. So I feel that Yingying was very likely already dead before she fell.”

Chen Shu looked up at the flashing electronic display above the door and voiced his judgment.

Chen Chuan suddenly realized: "So that's how it is. That's why you promised Fatty you would investigate, because this is a real murder scene."

"Not entirely. The main jurisdiction isn't with us. If we get involved in this kind of case and something goes wrong later, we'll be in big trouble."

"Ha, how many years have we been together? Don't think I don't know, you just can't stand it."

"Yeah, like you said later, at least we've had drinks together, so we can be considered friends."

As soon as Chen Shu finished speaking, the elevator doors slowly opened, and the two of them stepped out and immediately saw the stairwell across the street.

Before entering the stairwell, Chen Shu took out the disposable gloves and plastic bags that Zhu Chaoran had bought at the convenience store and gave one to Chen Chuan.

The two men put on gloves and shoe covers and entered the stairwell. They went up one floor and opened the heavy fire door to enter the top floor of the six-story commercial building.

The first thing he saw was the building's elevator control room, which was dark inside. Chen Shu pushed the door open and found it was locked.

He took out his phone and dialed Yingying's number, which Zhu Chaoran had sent him.

"Chen Chuan, let's look for it together. I think Yingying's phone is most likely on the roof. Oh, and put the searchlight somewhere high up and turn it on."

Chen Shu took out the flashlight that Zhu Chaoran had bought, turned it on with a "snap," and headed straight for the parapet wall by the roadside to begin a thorough search.

Chen Chuan looked around, found a high spot, quickly climbed up, and turned on the high-powered outdoor searchlight.

With a "whoosh," the entire top floor immediately lit up.

(End of this chapter)