Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 263: The Mystery Revealed
How to remotely control Yingying's death time?

How could that be? Chen Shu, are you kidding me?
The crowd shivered in the night wind, their minds in utter turmoil.

They were stunned by Chen Shu's words, their thoughts thrown into disarray, and at this moment they could only blindly follow him.

The incident happened suddenly. Chen Shu thought of the joyful drinking session with everyone just a few hours earlier and their current separation by death. His expression turned slightly somber, and his voice lowered.
“I only had some suspicions at first, but when I saw where Yingying’s phone was placed, I was certain that this was a murder case.”

Attracted by Chen Shu's words, everyone climbed onto the platform from the side and leaned out to look down over the parapet.

Because of the need to recreate the scene, Yingying's phone was placed on a rectangular strip protruding from the bottom of the outer wall, as instructed by her ex-boyfriend.

“Unless it was deliberately placed there, there’s only a very small chance it would fall there.” Ming was the first to straighten his back, his face serious. “I understand what Chen Shu means. The murderer used the ringing of a cell phone outside the wall to make the victim subconsciously turn sideways and flip over in the direction of the sound.”

Chen Chuan clicked his tongue: "Because it's already the middle of the night, no one would call Yingying. But Chen Rou has too many reasons to call Yingying, like your ex-boyfriend is coming upstairs or something."

By controlling the incoming call time and ringtone of the phone, it's equivalent to controlling when Yingying commits suicide. Holy crap! That's ingenious!

The ex-boyfriend, pale-faced, followed the conversation of the two people in front of him and added haltingly, "After I went up to the roof, if I couldn't find Yingying, I would definitely call her, and then I would definitely be attracted by the ringing of the cell phone outside the wall, and finally I would definitely find it and take the phone. Even if I later found out that Yingying had committed suicide by jumping off the building, I would find a few reasons to keep the phone in my own hands."

Chen Shu hummed in agreement and nodded, saying, "You might even take Yingying's high heels with you. The two most direct and important pieces of evidence will then disappear."

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

"The general outline of the case should be like this. Chen Rou first lured her ex-boyfriend, who wanted to get back together, to a bar under the pretext of drinking with Yingying that night. Then, Chen Rou took Yingying to the rooftop to continue drinking, got her drunk, set up the scene, and left."

She went back downstairs to her dormitory and contacted her ex-boyfriend, asking him to go up to the roof to find Yingying. Her real purpose was not only to demonstrate her alibi, but also to allow him to take away the tools of the crime before the police arrived, without his knowledge.

Then, they could estimate the time, call Yingying's cell phone, triggering the chain reaction previously set up on the rooftop, ultimately causing her to fall to her death. That should be the main plot.

After hearing the phrase "flowers in a greenhouse," the ex-boyfriend looked at Chen Shu, seemingly wanting to say something but holding back.

Chen Shu frowned, seemingly lost in thought, and didn't notice her ex-boyfriend's behavior.

Chen Chuan, who was standing to the side, said, "Just say what you have to say, don't beat around the bush."

Because of Chen Chuan's words, everyone's attention was drawn to his ex-boyfriend.

"Officer, I'm a little scared."

"Don't worry, I'll be gentle." Chen Chuan laughed: "Don't fret, are you afraid they'll target you?"

Wait a minute, could the reason for this case be a love triangle, where love turned into hate?

Looking at her ex-boyfriend's awkward expression, Chen Chuan felt that it was pretty much the truth.

Gossip is human nature. Chen Chuan, who was intrigued, took out a pack of cigarettes and, laughing and joking, put his arm around his ex-boyfriend and went to a corner to chat.

Chen Shu looked at the two of them helplessly, thinking that Chen Chuan was really treating this time as a health retreat and would brag about it when he got back; while the man who had just lost his ex-girlfriend didn't look like the man who had chased after women to the bar to beg for reconciliation.

A cigarette appeared in front of Chen Shu. "Young man, you're impressive. Sigh, you have to admit you're getting old." Ming Ge, a man approaching fifty who had been assigned to the duty group by his supervisor, suddenly felt a little lonely, but also much more at ease.

Chen Shu took the cigarette, not paying attention to the brand, and put it in his mouth. He played his usual game with Zeng Hong: "Brother Ming, this cigarette is good. You have good taste."

Ming grinned broadly: "Haha, my cigarettes aren't expensive, but they're exceptionally fresh, let me tell you."

Chen Shu suddenly turned his head, listened intently for a while, and said, "Brother Ming, the ambulance is here. I'm going down to see my friend off."

After saying that, he left Ming, who was talking eloquently, and went straight to the stairwell.

"friend?"

Ming, a veteran detective who had been handling criminal cases on the front lines for over a decade and had seen too many dead bodies, was stunned at the scene.

After gossiping, Chen Chuan returned to Chen Shu and casually slipped half a pack of white cigarettes to Ming Ge.

Recalling the previous case he solved and the white smoke in his mouth, Ming said with lingering enthusiasm, "Your classmate Chen Shu is really amazing. I guess he's about as good as Li Meng, who solved the high-IQ kidnapping case. It's a pity he went to the police station. Sigh."

Chen Chuan spat dismissively, "Li Meng? He broke his leg before he even saw the kidnappers. Ming-ge, I know about that kidnapping case you're talking about. Chen Shu personally caught the kidnappers."

"what!"

The white smoke in Ming's mouth slipped out of his mouth and floated lightly to the ground.

After the initial shock, Doflamingo explained to himself, "That's how it should be, that's how it should be!"

Commercial buildings, roadside
Out of humanitarian concern, paramedics lifted Yingying's body onto a stretcher and carried it to the ambulance.

Chen Shu put his arm around Zhu Chaoran's shoulder and watched the busy paramedics. Both of them felt a little uneasy.

"Aren't you going to get the coat back?" Chen Shu saw a paramedic take the black coat that was covering the body and casually stuff it into the corner of the car.

Zhu Chaoran shook his head and remained silent.

The two watched the whole thing in silence, while the trainee police officer from the police station who was originally in charge of receiving the call was now extremely busy.

After the ambulance drove away, Yi Gan Er wiped the sweat from his forehead and walked towards Chen Shu. However, he received a call from the police station on the way, so he could only stand at a distance, wave goodbye, and go back.

Chen Shu tightened his grip on Zhu Chaoran's neck and dragged him slowly outside, saying in a casual tone, "Fatty, are you hungry? Let's go get some breakfast."

Zhu Chaoran pursed his lips and shook his head.

"Haha, Fatty, let's go grab some early drinks. Let me tell you, back when I was an intern, my mentor would take me out drinking every day, and we'd drink until morning. The whole evening was quite interesting, you know."

The sound gradually faded until it disappeared by the roadside.

(End of this chapter)