Chapter 10

"I was wondering why she suddenly became extravagant with her money in the last two months. Before, she would feel painful for several days if she ordered spicy hot pot for lunch, but now she buys a gold bracelet worth more than 10,000 yuan without any hesitation!" The technician curled his lips with half envy and half jealousy, but his hands did not stop moving with his professional ethics.

"It seems like they got into a fight with the Public Security Bureau and extorted money! I'd say society is pretty lenient these days. As long as you're unreasonable and shameless, there's always a way out."

Luo Jingyao frowned slightly when she heard this. This answer was a little different from what she had imagined.

It is known that the copycat case of the June 13 serial murder case only appeared last week, and Wang Guifen only started to cause trouble in the past two days. The Public Security Bureau has determined that there were no flaws in the investigation of Huang Guojun's case that year, so it is naturally impossible to give her any compensation.

But this news is not entirely useless. Wang Guifen is just a low-level waiter in this store, with a relatively fixed daily income of only a base salary plus full attendance. So under what circumstances would someone who used to live a relatively frugal life be able to afford to overspend?

Could this incident be related to her going to the Public Security Bureau to make a scene?

For a moment, her mind was full of thoughts, but on the surface she continued to deal with the technician without showing any emotion.

But until the end of the service project, no new discoveries were made.

After seeing off the satisfied beauty consultant Sister Fang, Luo Jingyao sorted out her thoughts while changing into the bathrobe provided by the store, and then took the elevator upstairs smoothly under the guidance of the service staff.

The layout of the second floor is spacious and unobstructed at first glance, with various green screens used to divide the public rest area, leisure and entertainment area, and dining area.

As soon as she got off the elevator, she saw Pang Guang leaning against a game console in front of her, watching the fun. He was so focused that he didn't even notice anything unusual when she walked behind him.

Two minutes later, as music representing failure began to play from the game console, the little boy who had been monopolizing the game console finally used up all his game coins. He left with his head hung, looking back every few steps, and was reluctant to leave.

Then Pang Guang rushed to the game machine with an excited look on his face, took out a few game coins from the pocket of his men's bathrobe, and stuffed two into the coin slot without hesitation.

After that, he started to control the game with the joystick, but Luo Jingyao thought his movements and expression were too casual.

Just when she was puzzled, the familiar sound of failure music rang out again. However, the next second, Pang Guang, who was even more excited than before, spent two game coins again to turn on the game console.

It was still the same familiar, perfunctory movements and attitude, but the difference was that the young man's long face gradually turned purple for some reason.

Ding ding ding ding ding!

An unexpected and slightly harsh ringtone rang out, and the entire game console began to flash dazzling lights from top to bottom. This spectacular sight almost instantly attracted the attention of everyone present.

A large number of game coins poured out from the bottom of the game machine. Pang Guang was so happy that he danced with joy. He bent down and carefully picked up the game coins he had won with his bathrobe. He grinned and went to the front desk of the game hall to exchange for prizes.

On the way, he happened to run into the little boy who was playing the same video game with him, and he winked at him in a very proud manner.

The angry little boy burst into tears, leaving Luo Jingyao stunned.

"These gaming machines out there are all set up in advance by the merchants. Pang Guang is particularly good at this kind of probability algorithm. He can figure out the tricks just by watching for a while."

At this moment, Lin Jiafan appeared from nowhere behind her and kindly explained, "He's become more restrained now because of work. Back when he was in school, he was blacklisted from all the game halls in the city, and many bosses hired people to block him in dead ends and give him a lesson."

"He had a very strong personality back then. The more the arcade owner lectured him, the more he would try to get in, and the harsher the lecture he would receive."

Wu Yu's mouth twitched, and Luo Jingyao praised him, not against her will: "Officer Pang is a high-end special talent after all. It's understandable that he has a unique habit of relieving stress."

When Lin Jiafan heard her say this, he just squeezed out a chuckle through his nose.

Not long after, Pang Guang came over to them, hugging an oversized polar bear stuffed animal. "Finally, Coach Luo is here. Boss, can we go enjoy ourselves now?"

After listening to this, Lin Jiafan glanced at him sideways, then raised his chin to signal the two to follow.

Soon the three of them arrived at a guest room with two single beds placed on the left and right.

Before Luo Jingyao and Pang Guang could ask what it meant, someone knocked on the door from outside, and then two masseuses, a man and a woman, came in.

"I'll trouble you two masters to take care of these two." Lin Jiafan crossed his arms across his chest, and his handsome and elegant appearance looked very innocent.

As soon as he finished speaking, Luo Jingyao and Pang Guang were coaxed and pushed onto the bed by the masseur in a daze.

Before she could catch her breath, she heard the young man's howling, which sounded like a pig being slaughtered. Almost at the same time, she also felt a sore sensation near her shoulder blades as if it was being squeezed hard.

However, this level of pain is nothing to Luo Jingyao. The relaxation after daily overload training is much more painful than this kind of massage that focuses on acupoints.

Compared to her expressionless face throughout the whole process, Pang Guang's side was extremely tragic.

I barely made it through forty minutes, and when the masseur stopped, the other person collapsed on the bed like a rag: tattered and soulless.

It was not until they were the only three people in the room again that Pang Guang sniffed and looked accusingly at the person sitting on the rattan chair at the end of the bed. The slightly red corners of his eyes made him look a little pitiful.

"I knew it wasn't that easy to take advantage of you!"

A hint of a smile flashed across Lin Jiafan's eyes, but he quickly regained his composure and spoke first, "Pang Guang and I took the opportunity to ask the staff downstairs and upstairs about Wang Guifen, but we didn't find anything unexpected."

"Of course not. Didn't we find out that she is really unpopular?" Pang Guang muttered unhappily.

In nearly two hours, they asked at least eight people, and each of them had a strange attitude when mentioning the name Wang Guifen.

Those who are extroverted will briefly mention the woman's past "glorious deeds", and as for those who don't like to communicate with others, there will be a hint of intrigue in their expressions.

"It's understandable that she's not likable given her personality." The young man curled his lips and gave a summary of their work for the whole morning.

Lin Jiafan then set his sights on Luo Jingyao.

She raised her hands and stretched, moving her neck vigorously from side to side as she reported, "I didn't see Wang Guifen in person either. I didn't go looking for her specifically for fear of arousing suspicion, but I did get some information from a beauty consultant."

"She said she's suddenly become wealthy recently. Officers, do you think this might be related to her causing trouble at the police station?"

After pondering for two seconds, Lin Jiafan slowly said, "There is indeed such a possibility."

So what was the ultimate purpose of the person behind Wang Guifen causing trouble? To confuse the police and disrupt their existing investigation?

It seems both reasonable and unreasonable.

The guest room suddenly fell into silence. Pang Guang sat cross-legged on the edge of the bed with a look of bitterness and hatred on his face. The wrinkles between Lin Jiafan's brows were very clear. Only Luo Jingyao looked at this and that.

Although she wanted to help deep down, she didn't know where to start.

Finally, a phone call from Lin Jiafan broke the dreadful atmosphere. The call wasn't long, but it managed to slightly change his expression. He immediately stood up and said, "Brother Guo and the laboratory have made some new progress, and the identity of the latest victim has been confirmed. Let's go back to the bureau first. We need to consider this matter of Wang Guifen in detail."

Pang Guang seemed to have no objection. Luo Jingyao felt it was a pity, but she did not say anything or give any advice.

She was not a police officer, so she naturally didn't know that sometimes the key to successfully solving a case often lies in an inconspicuous clue. This was also the fundamental reason why Lin Jiafan and Pang Guang were not disappointed.

This is how solving a case works. You have to repeat useless work many times before you find the path to success.

Without much conversation, the three of them dispersed, and Luo Jingyao took the elevator back to the women's section on the first floor alone.

After getting out of the elevator, the corridor was unexpectedly quiet, probably because there were few customers in the morning.

She raised her eyes to identify the direction and was about to start walking back the way she came. Unexpectedly, before she had walked a few meters, she was stopped by the movement coming from the staff lounge on the right.

No one knew what they were discussing inside, but every few seconds a burst of hearty laughter would break out. Among them, there was a voice that sounded very familiar to her.

Luo Jingyao first leaned against the door and listened carefully for a while. After noticing footsteps in the house, she quickly hid behind a marble pillar not far away.

As soon as she hid, the door of the lounge opened and Wang Guifen and another service staff member came out one after another.

The two of them were talking and laughing as they reached the fork in the road ahead and then separated to the left and right. Coincidentally, a customer came in at this time. Wang Guifen hurriedly greeted him with a smile on her face. After checking the other party's electronic hand card, she led him to a private bathroom.

Then she turned and walked out, walked to the cabinet table used to store service supplies, took a black cup from it, filled it with water, and went back to the bathroom.

Luo Jingyao kept a distance behind the woman, neither too far nor too close, so she could have a full view of the entire reception process.

But I always feel like something is not right...

etc!

That cup!