Chapter 102 The Most Beautiful Woman in Criminal Investigation (6) (1/2)

"After Mingfang got off work, I stayed in the store to play games with my friends. I was not called up until all the customers from the hot pot restaurant upstairs left. I stayed up all night and returned to the store at about five o'clock the next day. After cleaning for a while, the first person to arrive was Zhang Hua. When everyone arrived, I went back to the lounge to catch up on my sleep."

Yuanfang carefully recorded and asked, "Do you remember where Zou Mingfang said she was going?"

"She told other waiters in the store when she got off work. I overheard and it seemed that she was planning to go to the department store opposite to buy clothes."

"Okay, thank you for your cooperation. Please wait a moment."

Lin Shiheng and Shuiwei stood outside and watched Yuanfang pull the door out.

"Captain Lin, what he did that day is exactly the same as what others said. We checked the surveillance of that street. After get off work that day, Zou Mingfang did not leave the building gate, which means that she was most likely controlled before she could leave the building."

Feng Kaiming came out of the room at the other end of the corridor: "Zhang Hua's statement is still the same as last time. He went back after get off work and was always alone. The surveillance shows that he did leave the building immediately after get off work, but he entered the building at five in the morning the next day, which is different from the time Zeng Longhai said he arrived at the store."

Lin Shiheng took the notebook he handed over, lowered his eyes and flipped through it, while Asked: "Who entered the building first?"

"Zhang Hua, he entered the building almost 20 minutes earlier than Zeng Longhai."

When Yuan Fang heard this, he quickly added: "But according to Zeng Longhai, he is the only one who has the key to the store."

"Keys can be duplicated, but nothing can be guaranteed."

Feng Kaiming touched his chin, "And most importantly, Zhang Hua lied. He clearly arrived at five o'clock, but he insisted on saying it was six o'clock. He was not in the store for the extra hour, so where did he go?"

"There are doubts. He lied when human lives were at stake."

Lin Shiheng also frowned slightly: "Where is Zhang Mei?"

"She was gone the day before yesterday In the store, and then after closing, he invited the store staff to dinner, and then everyone went out to sing together, and when they came back, they all came back together, and then they were in the hot pot restaurant all the time, and the waiters in these hot pot restaurants can prove it.

Shui Wei frowned: "Is there no surveillance in the hot pot restaurant? And there is no surveillance in this building?"

"This building has been built for too long, and it has only really prospered in recent years. In addition, because the bosses who opened stores in it would install surveillance to prevent things from being lost, they have never installed it."

Feng Kaiming quickly replied: "The hot pot restaurant did install it, but the store was renovated for the second time some time ago, and the surveillance was accidentally removed. It's broken, so I can't provide surveillance evidence."

"Ah..."

Yuan Fang sighed: "I hate this the most. It's a modern society, and we still have to rely on clues to investigate cases."

Because she had studied with him for a while, Shui Wei had a good relationship with him. Now seeing the "master" looking so sad, she quickly comforted him: "It's not bad, at least we found out that Zhang Hua was lying through the surveillance outside the building, didn't we?"

"Awei is still good to me, and we are worthy of our relationship as master and apprentice."

Yuan Fang pretended to cry and reached out to pat Shui Wei's shoulder, but before he reached the destination, his hand was blocked by a report.

The owner of the report, Lin Shiheng, used it with a cold face to move Yuan Fang's hand away.

"You can cry, but you are not allowed to touch it."

Yuan Fang: "..."

Feng Kaiming: "..."

By the way, I almost forgot that Captain Lin seems to be with Shui Wei.

After the stiffness, Yuan Fang still boldly asked: "Captain Lin, you and A Wei?"

Lin Shiheng raised his chin slightly, with an expression that he was talking about a serious topic, and his magnetic voice also carried a solemn message.

"I am her boyfriend and her future husband."

"So in the future, you'd better not have any physical contact with her."

As soon as these words came out, two more shocked faces were harvested.

Including Shui Wei, her cheeks flushed instantly.

Although she had thought about announcing the relationship in front of her colleagues, why did she feel so ashamed after hearing Captain Lin's calm tone and normal expression?

"Uh... well, congratulations, congratulations to both of you for being single."

Finally, Feng Kaiming, who always liked to make jokes, was the first to react. He quickly put on a smile and started to congratulate Lin Shiheng, smiling at him slyly: "Such a big deal, why don't we have a meal together after the case is solved?"

"We can also officially announce that the most handsome Captain Lin and the most beautiful Awei in our Seventh Branch are together, and give out wedding candies or something."

Yuan Fang weakly reminded: "Deputy Captain, wedding candies are only given out when you get married."

Feng Kaiming waved his hand and said smoothly: "It's okay, it's okay. From today on, wedding candies can be given out even when you are in a relationship."

Yuan Fang: ... The deputy captain was really stimulated.

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No matter how envious and jealous we are that two single dogs are no longer single, as police officers working overtime, we still have to continue to yawn and work overtime.

There was no way. For such murder cases, the higher-ups always required a quick solution, especially for the Seventh Branch, which was specialized in solving such cases.

When Zhang Hua asked again, Lin Shiheng and Shui Wei were watching.

The surveillance route of him appearing at the door at five in the morning was placed in front of him outside the building.

After playing it, Zhang Hua, who was originally calm, became obviously panicked, and his hands began to stir together.

Feng Kaiming knocked on the table, "Tell me, why did you lie."

"This is my personal **. I can swear that Mingfang's death is really none of my business. Can I not say it?"

Zhang Hua's name is very ordinary, but he is very handsome. According to the colleagues who asked him before, he has a standard celebrity face. When he looks at him with pleading and pity, it really makes people feel soft.

However, no matter how good-looking he is, he is not as good-looking as Lin Shiheng who is watching nearby. In addition, Feng Kaiming, a straight man, does not have an aesthetic for men, and his expression is still serious and without extramarital affairs.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Zhang. You are currently under serious suspicion. Whether you tell the truth or not directly affects whether we suspect you are a suspect."

Zhang Hua's expression instantly fell. He looked around, and then raised his head with concern to look at Lin Shiheng and Shui Wei standing in front of him.

"Well... Actually, I did arrive at the building at five o'clock yesterday, but I didn't go to the restaurant, but went to the hot pot restaurant upstairs."

"When I went there, they hadn't come back yet. I had the key to the hot pot restaurant, so I went in and slept in the lounge for an hour."

Feng Kaiming was stunned: "Wait, you have the key to the hot pot restaurant, and you still go upstairs to sleep?"

The corners of his mouth twitched. Could it be what he thought?

However, it was what he thought.

Zhang Hua's good-looking face was full of frustration at the moment. His shoulders sank, his back was slightly bent, and he looked very tired.

"Yes, Sister Zhang Mei and I are from the same village, and it was she who introduced me to work at Longhai Restaurant."

"My father died early, and my mother has always been in poor health. My family is poor and needs someone to take care of her. I stopped going to school before I graduated from elementary school. I have no education, no skills, and my mother needs someone to take care of her all the time. I have been hanging around in the village before, occasionally going to the town to do odd jobs, and I come back to spend the money I earn, and go to work again after I spend it."

"When I was seventeen, my mother died, and I hung around for a few more years. I was in a daze every day, sleeping when I was full, and eating again when I woke up. I didn't live like a human being. Three years passed like this. On the day Sister Zhang Mei came back to see her mother, her mother fell in the morning, and I helped her back. She was grateful to me and wanted to give me money, but I refused. She took me to Zhongyuan City and let me work in Brother Zeng's restaurant."

Feng Kaiming and Lin Shiheng, who have handled many cases and seen many complicated emotions, already had a hunch in their hearts.

Even Shui Wei, a novice, had vaguely guessed the following plot because she loved watching soap operas at eight o'clock after get off work.

As expected, Zhang Hua quickly revealed his secret.

"I am very grateful to Sister Zhang Mei. Her legs and feet are not in good condition. I usually don't rest during holidays, so I go upstairs to help her. Brother Zeng is a playboy and always has women outside. The richer he is, the more he ignores Sister Zhang Mei. I dare not offend Brother Zeng, so I can only find ways to comfort Sister Zhang Mei and make her not unhappy."

"After a while, we got along well."

At this point, he supported his forehead with both hands in pain, and his voice became a little hurried: "It was an accident. I don't want to let Brother Zeng down, but Sister Zhang Mei is also someone I am grateful to. She said that she found comfort in me and asked me to accompany her for a while. She would give me money and would not let others know. I, I agreed in a rush."

Feng Kaiming showed an expression that he had expected, "Do you like her?"

"No, no."

Zhang Hua shook his head quickly: "I admit that I have a good impression of Sister Zhang Mei, but not that kind of good impression. I just want to thank her and repay her, so after she made a request to me, I hesitated and agreed. After all, I really need money. . "

"You are being kept by Zhang Mei? Why are you still with Zou Mingfang?"

"When I was with Mingfang, I had already broken up with Zhang Mei. She said that her daughter had grown up and Zeng Ge had settled down. She decided to live a good life with Zeng Ge and told me not to come to her in the future." Zhang Hua licked his lips nervously. "I was actually a little happy at the time. I took the money from Zhang Mei and planned to quit my job to learn a craft. But because the store was so popular and needed people, Zeng Ge asked me to stay for another month and said he would give me a big red envelope when I left."

"It was during this month that Mingfang and I had an ambiguous relationship. In fact, I liked her a little bit before, but I didn't dare to show it because of Zhang Mei. Mingfang also liked me, so we got together naturally."

Feng Kaiming led him to say: "But you still broke up with her. Why? Because you want to leave here?"

"No."

The pain on Zhang Hua's face became more serious: "Because of Zhang Mei."

"She came to me again and said that she found that she liked me after I stopped looking for her. She offered me a higher price and asked me to continue to be supported by her, but I liked Mingfang and I had money, so I rejected her."

"But Sister Zhang Mei took out the photos of us in bed. I don't know when she took them. If Brother Zeng saw those photos, he would definitely deal with me."

Feng Kaiming thought about the fake smile on the face of the kind fat boss, "Then you agreed?"

"Yes."

Zhang Hua nodded: "After I agreed to Sister Zhang Mei, of course I couldn't continue to be with Mingfang, so I proposed to break up, but Mingfang didn't want to, and had to chase me to ask for the reason. I could only use I didn't like her anymore to prevaricate. After that, she had a quarrel with me, and we broke up completely."

"Comrade police, I really didn't do anything to Mingfang. Even if we broke up, I still liked her. How could I kill her?"

Speaking of this, he was obviously excited, and Feng Kaiming had to comfort him: "We are still investigating now, don't get excited, cooperate with our investigation. If it is really not you, you cooperate with the investigation and help us catch the real murderer, which is worthy of Zou Mingfang."

Lin Shiheng, who was standing behind Feng Kaiming, suddenly asked coldly: "You once repaired the headlights for corpses. There was a crack in the wood under the groove. Did you know?"

Zhang Hua was stunned and thought about it for almost a minute before answering: "I know, it was still my accident. This lamp broke once before, and Brother Zeng asked me to repair it. The ladder was not stable, and I broke it with my hands before I fell down."

"Who knows about this?"

"A lot of people, right? The waiters in the store were all there at the time, and Brother Zeng was also there, but it seemed that there was no one else."

Shui Wei asked: "Is there really no one else? Think about it again?"

Zhang Hua pondered for a while.

"Ah! Yes, Sister Zhang Mei also knows. My arm was bleeding at that time. She gave me medicine when I went to see her at night. I told her about it."

"Otherwise, I don't know. Comrade, you believe me, I can't kill Mingfang. It's just a breakup. Why would I kill her? There's no reason!"

Lin Shiheng and Shui Wei walked out of the interrogation room first.

"Captain Lin, do you think he lied?"

"From his appearance, body language, and trying to conceal the correct time the police arrived at the building, he is a very cowardly and ignorant person. He loves money, but he doesn't love it to the point of losing his mind. In addition, according to the investigation results, he does not have any deep hatred with Zou Mingfang. I don't think he is the murderer."

Shui Wei nodded: "I don't think so either. Now it depends on Zeng Longhai and Zhang Mei. I don't know why, but I always feel that Zhang Mei is problematic."

"Then let's go see her."

Lin Shiheng took Shui Wei to sit in front of Zhang Mei.

As the previous information shows, Zhang Mei is a very beautiful woman. She is 35 years old this year, and the age difference between her and her husband is quite large. Because of her outstanding appearance, this gap is a little more serious.

Her psychological quality is obviously much stronger than Zhang Hua. When she saw two more people coming, she even showed a friendly smile on her face.

Lin Shiheng ignored this smile, took the notebook handed over by his subordinate, opened it and looked at it, and asked calmly: "Zhang Mei, what do you think of Zou Mingfang?"

"She looks good, smart, and popular."

Zhang Mei smiled and gave an unexpectedly high evaluation.

"If she hadn't been so daring, she wouldn't have been just a waitress."

Lin Shiheng raised his eyebrows: "Do you think you have the guts?"

"Of course."

Zhang Mei smiled wider: "I started working at the age of 15. At that time, I had no education and no skills. I couldn't find a job openly because I was young. I would be targeted and deceived by people with ulterior motives. My starting point was much lower than Zou Mingfang's."

"At that time, in order to make money to get rid of this kind of life, I moved bricks at the construction site, worked as a handyman, decorated a room full of formaldehyde, and delivered food until I was exhausted. As long as I could make money, I was willing to do any job."

Lin Shiheng's expression did not fluctuate. He had neither sympathy for her for working hard at such a young age, nor admiration for her ability. He just continued to ask: "How did you and your husband meet? ”

Zhang Hua leaned back, his smile faded: "Blind date."

"When I was 25, I had my own chain of hot pot restaurants. I felt a little lonely at the time, so I found a blind date agency and started dating. In the end, I fell in love with Zeng Longhai and got married."

"Did you know that Zeng Longhai had a woman outside?"

"Yes."

Zhang Mei sneered: "After I was sick, he started to look for women frequently. I knew it a long time ago, but he just pretended to be deaf and dumb for his daughter."

Speaking of this, her tone became sarcastic: "Why are you asking me, a person with limited mobility, all kinds of questions? I also know that Zeng Longhai was in love with Zou Mingfang, who died? As his wife, his mistress died, so of course I am also a suspect."

Lin Shiheng's eyes sharpened.

"Mistress?"

"You mean before Zou Mingfang died, she was already with Zeng Longhai?"

Zhang Mei paused, her expression became more and more sarcastic, and her words were extremely sharp.

"How would I know about their affairs? Zeng Longhai hardly comes to see me when there is nothing wrong. I won't go down to see him because of my leg problem. Anyway, he is still concerned about his daughter, and I don't bother to care about him. He plays his own games and I play mine."

Lin Shiheng caught the last sentence: "You play your own games?"

"That's right."

Zhang Mei shrugged and flicked her nails casually: "Since Zhang Hua has also been called here by you, he is so soft-hearted that he probably can't hide what happened between us, right?"

"I checked it out. People like us who are called here by your police to cooperate with the investigation have the right to privacy. You can't take our private Tell others the information. Since that's the case, it doesn't matter whether I tell it or not. "

"I like Zhang Hua very much. I wanted to leave him and live a good life with Zeng Longhai. I didn't expect this guy to be stubborn. Then I'm too lazy to save him. It's not easy to divorce with my daughter. Then he can play his own games and I can play mine. Anyway, it's okay as long as there is no child."

"Comrade police, do you have anything else to ask? It's time for me to take medicine. It's raining outside. My legs are hurting again. I have to take medicine to suppress it."

As he said, Zhang Mei bent down slightly, frowned, looked unhappy and painful, stretched out his hands and rubbed his legs up and down.

Shui Wei listened quietly, still maintaining the original sitting posture, but his eyes were on the fingers she was rubbing her legs.

"Ms. Zhang, is the nail on your right middle finger broken?"

Zhang Mei paused while rubbing her legs, then continued as if nothing had happened, her tone was very nonchalant: "I don't know when it broke, although I am the boss, I still have to work, it's not strange to have a broken nail."

"Excuse me, do you know when the nail broke? Today, or yesterday?"

Zhang Mei rubbed her calf with her hands, her eyes lowered and her expression could not be seen clearly: "I don't know, I didn't notice it until you said it."

"Can I leave now? This leg is really painful."

Lin Shiheng responded lightly: "Thank you for your cooperation."

"Take her out."

Zhang Mei limped out of the door with the help of the female police officer. Shui Wei stared at her legs tightly. She was indeed very weak, not pretending.

She turned her head to look at Lin Shiheng until the door closed.

"Captain Lin, how is it?"

"She has a strong personality and seems very confident."

Lin Shiheng said: "But she has been trying to express that she doesn't care about Zeng Longhai, and even brought up Zhang Hua, who was kept, to strengthen this signal. But a woman with a strong personality, since she doesn't like her husband and this husband doesn't fulfill his duties as a husband, why doesn't she divorce?"

Shui Wei nodded: "Yes, if it's just for the child as she said, it was found that the child was with the mother most of the time, and since she can keep Zhang Hua, she should not be the traditional person who thinks that children must have a father and a mother. Moreover, she has her own hot pot restaurant and has worked hard all the way to get to where she is, so it's not for money."

"She is a little too impatient. If the matter really has nothing to do with her as Zhang Mei said, she shouldn't be so anxious, and she wouldn't put on such a proud and confident attitude to cover it up."

The man knocked on the table with his slender hand: "I think Zhang Mei is more likely."

"I think so too."

Shui Wei analyzed seriously: "Just now I noticed I noticed that her nails were broken. Generally, girls cherish their nails after getting a manicure. Even if they are broken, some girls will cut them flat, some will immediately find a manicurist to fix them, and some are more wealthy and will just pull out the original nails and do them again. "

"Because after getting a manicure, the nails will grow much longer than normal nails. If one of them is suddenly broken, it will be too abrupt. If she stays at home and only family members see it, it won't be a big deal. I just observed Zhang Mei. She should have had her hair done not long ago. The clothes she is wearing are from a very famous brand, and the bag is also a limited edition. The pair of cowhide shoes on her feet The leather shoes are from Jiaohui, and a pair alone costs me half a month's salary."

Shui Wei, who had been holding the Jiaohui brand for a long time but was reluctant to spend money on it, was very sure, "Although Zhang Mei has her own hot pot restaurant, since she can spend so much money on herself, she must be a person who pays attention to her image. How could she not know when her nails broke? Even if she doesn't know the exact time, she can tell the approximate number of days. Moreover, her nails were obviously cut flat just now, but she lied and said that she just found it. There must be something wrong."

"Yes."

Lin Shiheng nodded and stood up.

"Speaking of which, we haven't thoroughly checked Zhang Mei's hot pot restaurant."

"Since Zou Mingfan has never left the building, Zhang Mei, who also has a store in the building, is also a major suspect."

"Let's go to the hot pot restaurant."