Chapter 39 Look at my men. Yu Qing didn't say anything...

Yu Qing didn't speak or approach; he just stood quietly watching Shu Yuhe.

When Shu Yuhe can't see his face and can't make judgments from other people's expressions, people feel even more panicked.

Zhou Fengyun and Luo Jianjie watched quietly in the monitoring room.

Luo Jianjie glanced at Zhou Fengyun and whispered, "You seem to trust him a lot."

This big shot had only been around for a few days, yet Zhou Fengyun's enthusiasm for him surpassed that of the older generation.

"Intuition," Zhou Fengyun replied.

"Intuition about what?"

"I had a feeling he could get things done."

Luo Jianjie shrugged, speechless. In their line of work, sometimes you have to trust your intuition.

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In the interrogation room.

Yu Qing was analyzing the mask panel.

Shu Yuhe's micro-expressions were all captured.

Analysis results: Guilt, panic, fear.

Yu Qing asked, "Where's your phone?"

Shu Yuhe paused for a moment before replying, "The police took it for investigation and haven't given it to me yet."

Yu Qing then asked, "How many cell phones do you have?"

Shu Yuhe paused a little longer this time before answering softly, "Two, one work phone and one personal phone."

"The police confiscated two cell phones?"

“No… just one, my personal cell phone. I don’t remember bringing my work phone home; it’s at the shop,” Shu Yuhe replied.

After asking the question, Yu Qing turned around and walked out.

Shu Yuhe stared at his retreating figure, utterly bewildered.

As soon as Yu Qing came out, Zhou Fengyun followed him out.

"What were you found?"

"She's suspicious. Have you checked her work phone?" Yu Qing received a reply this morning, probably from her colleague.

Luo Jianjie glanced at the document and said, "It doesn't mention that she has two cell phones. I'll have the criminal police check it out."

Zhou Fengyun nodded, "Bring that phone back."

Yu Qing asked, "By the way, does she usually leave her phone at the store, or did she just forget to bring it back yesterday?"

Luo Jianjie nodded and left.

Zhou Fengyun understood what Yu Qing was thinking.

There's always a reason why someone's lifestyle suddenly changes.

Looking at Yu Qing at this moment, even though he couldn't see his face, Zhou Fengyun could feel the composure and wisdom emanating from him.

This meticulous mind is unlike that of a young man in his prime.

"You'd be perfect for criminal investigation. How old are you today?"

"Three hundred and eight."

"You lied to me again." Zhou Fengyun smirked and ignored him.

Yu Qing shrugged, admitting he didn't believe it.

While waiting for news, Yu Qingfei went to Shu Yuhe's house to check on her.

Shu Yuhe's house has been sealed off, and the neighbors have all moved out overnight.

When Yu Qing entered the house, the living room was clean, with no signs of a struggle or bloodstains. Only in the study where the victim was killed were there traces of blood splattered.

Xu Laixin died quickly after having his throat slit; he didn't struggle much.

So the study wasn't very messy.

Yu Qing looked around every corner of the study, his helmet analyzing the situation.

The screen he saw showed arrows next to all the items, with an analysis of each item next to the arrows.

Everything in the study was normal, and there was nothing unusual about it.

Yu Qing left the study and went into the master bedroom.

There are many small items in the master bedroom, especially on the dressing table, where all kinds of small bottles and helmets have been analyzed one by one.

Yu Qing wasn't interested in these things; he glanced at them and looked elsewhere.

He caught a glimpse of something and looked back.

An arrow protrudes from under the bed on the mask panel.

He squatted down and looked at it; it was a small, square package.

He reached out, and two black beetles appeared in his palm.

Two flies buzzed as they flew under the bed and carried the small package out.

It is a condom, unused.

Yu Qing remembered something, got up and went to the dressing table. In the corner was a storage basket with several boxes of condoms inside.

The surface was covered in dust, and it was clear that it hadn't been touched in a long time.

The boxes of those sets were all the same brand, but the one I found on the ground was a different brand.

Yu Qing took out his phone, took a picture, and sent it to Zhou Fengyun.

"Found a small condom of a different brand."

The background of the photo is the untouched boxes on the dressing table.

Zhou Fengyun: "You should have plastic bags at home. Use plastic bags to pack it back."

Yu Qing: "Okay."

As soon as Yu Qing finished sending the message and turned around, he instantly felt a chill blow in from the doorway.

He looked back and saw nothing outside the door.

A red exclamation mark lit up on the mask panel: the ghostly aura index is rising.

Yu Qing came out, and the red exclamation mark on the mask panel disappeared again.

Yu Qing looked at every corner of the house again, but found nothing.

Yu Qing made a video call to Zhou Fengyun.

Zhou Fengyun answered the call quickly: "Any discoveries?"

Yu Qing: "Have you checked the concentration of ghostly energy here?"

Zhou Fengyun: "We checked, but found nothing."

Yu Qing: "I just sensed ghostly energy, but it disappeared in an instant."

Zhou Fengyun: "I'll come and support you."

Yu Qing: "No need, it's already gone."

Zhou Fengyun: "The criminal police have sent word that nothing was found on Shu Yuhe's work phone. She usually takes her work phone home, but last night she specifically gave it to her colleague Lin Qiao to help her reply to today's customer messages."

Yu Qing: "Just as I suspected, she knew Xu Laixin would be killed."

Zhou Fengyun: "That's right, you should come back first."

After Yu Qing hung up the phone, Shu Yuhe knew that Xu Laixin would die and that the police would be looking for her. She was worried that it would affect her performance and that she wouldn't be able to reply to customer messages in time, so she specially handed her phone to a colleague.

This indicates that she believed she was innocent and could return to work.

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Inside the Criminal Investigation Brigade.

Fang Youshen watched the surveillance footage from Shu Yuhe's house to the Shengbei Bridge section again.

The subordinates below were also repeatedly watching the surveillance footage.

How can someone commit murder and dispose of a body completely avoid surveillance?

"Boss, I've looked twice more and still can't find it. Could the murderer, Shu Yuhe, really be a ghost? How did the body suddenly appear in the river?"

Fang Youshen asked, "How many surveillance cameras can see the river? Have you found anything?"

The person in charge of monitoring the river replied, "No, the body appeared in the blind spot between the two cameras, so we can't determine whether the body appeared suddenly or was thrown in from somewhere."

"Boss, I checked all the vehicles that passed through Shengbei Bridge between the time Xu Laixin died and when he was discovered. Among the car owners who were related to Xu Laixin and Shu Yuhe, there was Zheng Zhihao and Fang Ting."

These two men were his longtime friends and university classmates when they investigated Xu Laixin's social connections.

Fang Youshen: "Let's go visit him."

"good."

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When plainclothes detectives came to question Jung Ji-ho, he was not in good spirits, yawning repeatedly and having heavy dark circles under his eyes.

"Didn't sleep well? What were you doing last night?" the detective asked jokingly.

Zheng Zhihao said weakly, "My wife had a miscarriage. I haven't been sleeping well these past few days. My wife is in the room. Can we talk quietly?"

"Okay." The detective nodded in agreement. "I'm here today to ask if you and Xu Laixin are good friends?"

“Yes, we were classmates in college and we still hang out together after graduation. We have a good relationship. What’s wrong?” Zheng Zhihao stared at the three police officers with wide eyes.

The detective then asked, "Did you meet him yesterday?"

Zheng Zhihao nodded: "Yes, I've met him. I and a few other friends often go to his house for dinner. We had dinner together last night."

"Is Shu Yuhe here?" the detective asked.

“She’s not here. She’s at work. She didn’t come back when we left. It was just a few of us guys last night.”

"Who are they? Tell me their names."

"Fang Ting, Lu Mingxiao, Chen Qiuyue."

What did you eat?

"I just bought some cooked food, roast duck, braised chicken feet, large intestines, and a few pizzas... Are you criminal police officers? What did he do wrong?" Zheng Zhihao seemed to realize something was wrong and looked at the certificates they had placed on the table.

"He's dead," the detective said.

"What?" Zheng Zhihao shouted, then immediately covered his mouth and glanced back at the door, afraid of disturbing his wife.

He asked in a low voice, "Dead? Why? When? How did you die? Did you die from overwork due to playing games for too long?"

"Sudden death wouldn't happen to us; if we did, it would be an unnatural death. What time did you leave?"

"Around 7:30, I still have a parking ticket for their neighborhood." Zheng Zhihao took a ticket out of a box on the coffee table and handed it to the detective. "The time is on this."

The detective took the receipt, photographed it, and then asked, "Are there several of you, one person per car?"

"I gave Chen Qiuyue a ride, and the other two each had their own car."

"So after you took Chen Qiuyue home, you went back to your own home?"

"He lives in the building next to mine," Zheng Zhihao pointed in the direction next to him.

The detective nodded, while his colleague quietly took a statement.

"What do you think of Xu Laixin and Shu Yuhe's relationship?" the detective asked again.

“They were fine before, but recently… there’s been some conflict. I heard from Xu Laixin that they’re breaking up… Officer, how did my brother die? It couldn’t have been Shu Yuhe who killed him, could it?” Zheng Zhihao asked incredulously.

"We haven't been able to identify the killer yet. That's why I came to ask you, do you have any guesses about the killer?"

"It couldn't be me, I don't know about others. He was perfectly fine when we had dinner together last night. I can hardly believe you're saying this now. How did he die?"

"His throat was slit, and then his body was dumped."

"Ah? That's Shu Yuhe?"

The detective didn't answer, and seeing that there were no further problems, he decisively ended the conversation.

As everyone stood up, the detective who had been asking questions glanced at the policewoman taking the statement.

The policewoman understood and asked, "May I take a look at your wife? Just one look, I won't say anything that might upset her."

“Okay, I’ll go tell her. She’s not feeling well right now.” Zheng Zhihao turned and went into the room. He whispered a few words to his wife and then came out to invite the policewoman over.

The policewoman just glanced at it, said "I wish you a speedy recovery," and left.

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After they came out, the policewoman said, "His wife looked very haggard, but Zheng Zhihao didn't seem very sad."

The male detective shrugged. "Go talk to Fang Ting."

Chen Qiuyue and Zheng Zhihao lived in the next building, and what he said was no different from what Zheng Zhihao said.

Afterwards, I asked two other people, and they all gave the same answer.

When asked about Xu Laixin's murder, Zheng Zhihao remained the calmest, seemingly accepting the fact quickly.

Chen Qiuyue was stunned for a long time, repeatedly asking if it was true.

After a long period of shock, he showed a sad and bewildered expression.

Fang Ting and Lu Mingxiao were initially shocked and doubted that it was real, but eventually fell into grief and anger, constantly asking who the murderer was.

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Zhou Fengyun sent someone with instruments to Shu Yuhe's house again to test the concentration of ghost energy, but found nothing.

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"The current evidence isn't enough to detain Shu Yuhe as a suspect, so let's release her first." Zhou Fengyun looked at the new information Fang Youshen had just sent over.

There were traces of ghostly energy remaining on Xu Laixin's body, and there were also traces of ghostly energy remaining on the murder weapon at the scene.

Shu Yuhe has an alibi, and tests have shown that there is no ghostly aura or supernatural ability on her body.

The video showing Shu Yuhe committing murder only proves that someone who looks very much like Shu Yuhe committed the crime.

So Shu Yuhe, who was detained by the Supernatural Abilities Bureau, can go home for the time being.

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When Yu Qing saw the message that Zhou Fengyun had sent, he was already in the monitoring room of Zheng Zhihao's residential area.

When he appeared in his gear, the community security guards excitedly took photos with him.

After fulfilling their request, Yu Qing showed them his work ID: "I'm here to take care of something, can you cooperate with me?"

"Just tell us what you need us to cooperate with, and we will definitely cooperate."

The older men were all very enthusiastic.

Yu Qing said, "I just want to see the surveillance footage after 8 p.m. last night."

“What’s so trivial? What do you want to see, sir? We’re here every day, we know everyone in the neighborhood, we know all the gossip.” The enthusiastic man was eager to tell him all the gossip.

Yu Qing laughed and said, "I want to see the surveillance footage of Zheng Zhihao's return."

"Him? I'll find it for you." The older brother immediately searched for surveillance footage on the computer.

"His wife had a miscarriage a few days ago. Tsk tsk tsk, poor thing, she was about to give birth, her belly was so big, she was over seven months along."

"Why did you miscarry?" Yu Qing asked.

"I heard she accidentally fell and got into a fight with her husband. They were arguing a lot that day, throwing things around and making a lot of noise." The older brother said, then found the surveillance video. "Boss, look, this is the video of Zheng Zhihao coming back yesterday. Look."

The older brother paused the surveillance footage, then zoomed in and pointed at the screen.

Yu Qing leaned closer to take a look.

The person in the picture is wearing a baseball cap and a mask, so their face is completely obscured.

"You can't even see his face, how can you tell who he is?"

The older brother said, "This car belongs to Zheng Zhihao, and these clothes... they look like his too. He often wears this jacket."

"There's someone else in the back. Who is it?" Yu Qing saw someone in the back seat, but couldn't make out who it was.

"This...this is no longer visible." The older brother looked at the surveillance footage from a different angle.

They couldn't even see who was in the back seat.

Another older brother came over to take a look.

He exclaimed in surprise, "This, this, the one behind him looks like an inflatable doll."

"What?" Yu Qing tilted his head.

Are you sure?

The man, who was easily startled, said, "I was in the parking lot at the time, and I even greeted him, but he ignored me, so I left. However, when I passed by the car window, I saw that the person in the back seat looked like an inflatable doll. It was dressed in clothes, wearing a hat and sunglasses, but I'm sure it was an inflatable doll."

The man in front of me asked, "How can you be so sure? It's not even on the security camera."

Yu Qing was also curious: "How can you be so sure? You were only looking out the car window."

The older brother blushed and said shyly and awkwardly, "I also have... the same one. I recognized it at a glance."

The other guys in the monitoring room all looked at him with surprised and strange expressions.

Someone laughed first, and then the others followed suit.

"Sure, living alone is so enjoyable!"

"What brand is it? Is it any good? Can you give me a link?"

"Hahaha."

"Go away, go away..." the older brother said, blushing. "I'm sharing my little secret for the big boss."

Yu Qing suppressed a laugh: "Thank you."

After leaving the monitoring room, Yu Qing went to Xu Laixin residential area to check the surveillance footage.

The surveillance footage showed them all getting into the car.

Yu Qing watched the footage of the car driving away several times.

The first surveillance footage shows that they all got into the car.

The second surveillance video shows the cars in the order of red, gray, and black.

The order of the cars in the third surveillance video is red car, black car, gray car.

There are blind spots in the surveillance system.

There is a section of road that is not captured by the surveillance cameras before the third surveillance footage.

The red car and the black car were traveling at almost the same speed, so they appeared on the surveillance footage one after the other at a constant speed.

However, the gray car appears in the third scene two minutes after the black car leaves.

"How far is it from here to here?" Yu Qing asked, pointing to the second and third surveillance screens.

The security guard said, "It's very close, only five or six meters away."

Five or six meters, it's impossible that it took two minutes to drive there. Obviously, the gray car stopped for two minutes, and the driver of the gray car was Zheng Zhihao at first, while Chen Qiuyue was initially sitting in the passenger seat.

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When Yu Qing sent these findings to Zhou Fengyun, Fang Youshen happened to be in Zhou Fengyun's office.

Zhou Fengyun looked at Fang Youshen with a proud expression and said, "Look at my people, and look at yours. How are you investigating cases?"

Fang Youshen's face immediately turned quite ugly upon seeing this.

He could only sigh and say, "These are people with connections sent from above; they don't take their work seriously."

"Which young master is here to gain experience?" Zhou Fengyun asked.

"Don't even mention it. Just thinking about that guy annoys me. Luckily, this case is under your jurisdiction now, otherwise, if he messed things up for me, I'd be completely disgraced."

Zhou Fengyun chuckled.

Fang Youshen quickly tried to salvage the situation, saying, "I'll have someone interrogate Zheng Zhihao and Chen Qiuyue right away."

After saying that, Fang Youshen strode away.

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In the blind spot of the parking lot's surveillance cameras.

Chen Qiuyue grabbed Zheng Zhihao by the collar and asked in a low voice, "Did you kill him?"

Zheng Zhihao looked around in a panic, then lowered his voice in fear and said, "It wasn't me, don't talk nonsense, let's go to your house, let's go."

"Go to my house? Let's talk this out here. I don't trust you, lest you kill me to cover it up." Chen Qiuyue released Zheng Zhihao's collar and looked around.

There's no one else in the parking lot right now.

They were in a corner, with a large pillar blocking their view.

Jung Ji-ho raised his hand and swore, "I didn't kill him, I really didn't kill him. What reason would I have to kill him? We've been friends for so many years, would I do something like that?"

"Who is that? That woman?" Chen Qiu asked suspiciously.

"I don't know, I really don't know."

"That day you asked me to pretend to be you and drive back, and you even put a dummy in the back seat. I felt something was off. Did you and that woman kill him together? If you were having an affair, why kill someone?" Chen Qiuyue really couldn't understand when Zheng Zhihao and Shu Yuhe started getting together. He didn't know.

He was only slightly shocked when he found out; he never expected that Shu Yuhe, who seemed so virtuous and conservative, would be so promiscuous.

But aside from being shocked, there was nothing else; it's just that kind of thing between men and women.

Even those who are satisfied want to seek some excitement, especially since Xu Laixin has been addicted to games in the past year and has a bad attitude towards Shu Yuhe.

It's not impossible that Shu Yuhe cheated on him and had an affair with his brother.

But killing someone really wasn't necessary, was it?

Last night, we all had dinner together, and Xu Laixin didn't seem to know that Shu Yuhe and Zheng Zhihao were having an affair.

"I swear to God, why don't you believe me? I really didn't kill him, I really didn't kill him." Zheng Zhihao was so anxious that his face turned red.

"Then why did you go back last night?"

"I...I didn't go back. Shu Yuhe said she took leave to secretly come back and meet me. I was afraid that the truth would come out, so I made the lie more convincing and asked you to help me. Shu Yuhe and I were at a small hotel behind the community..." Zheng Zhihao lowered his head, glanced at him, and then lowered his head again guiltily.

“If it wasn’t you or Shu Yuhe, then who killed Xu Laixin? He didn’t have any enemies… When the police came to see me today, I thought you were the one who killed him. I almost became an accomplice. Tell me the truth, don’t get me in trouble.”

"I'm telling the truth, I really didn't kill him. Why would I kill him? I've already slept with his wife, and I have a wife too. I can't divorce my wife and be with Shu Yuhe. We were just doing it secretly..."

Chen Qiuyue glared at him, then turned her head and saw a familiar person getting out of a car parked not far away.

It's the criminal police officer who came today.

Chen Qiuyue immediately pulled Zheng Zhihao down to squat down.

"The detectives are here again..."

Zheng Zhihao's face turned deathly pale in an instant, and he trembled with fear.

The more Chen Qiu looked at him, the more suspicious she became; this guy probably wasn't telling the truth.

Chen Qiuyue no longer believed Zheng Zhihao. She secretly looked out and saw that the criminal police were heading towards the elevator entrance of his building.

"You're here to see me. You should go home first, or hurry up and run. I'll just say I don't know anything."

"What do you mean by that? Are you trying to betray me?"

“There are surveillance cameras everywhere now. Do you think they would believe me if I lied? The fact that they came back means they must know something. You'd better watch yourself.” Chen Qiuyue glanced at Zheng Zhihao, then got up and left.

Zheng Zhihao collapsed to the ground with a thud, dazed for a moment, then quickly got up and ran towards the elevator near his home.

He wants to run, he wants to run... but where can he run to?

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Yu Qing sent Shu Yuhe a WeChat message: "The police contacted me today. Is something wrong with you?"

Shu Yuhe had already been released by this time.

She didn't go home, but went straight to work at the store.

My colleagues at the store have all seen the news.

She knew her boyfriend had been murdered.

Everyone has been gossiping all day.

Seeing her arrive as if nothing had happened, I breathed a sigh of relief.

Her being able to come back proves that she didn't kill the person, right?

Lin Qiao asked her in a low voice, "Do you know who killed him? What happened yesterday?"

"I don't know. When I got back, he wasn't there. I was completely bewildered," Shu Yuhe sighed wearily.

Seeing that she looked pale, Lin Qiao said with concern, "You should go back and rest. You look terrible."

"I don't want to go back. I feel more comfortable here with more people around. I won't be able to sleep if I go back." Shu Yuhe and Lin Qiao took their work phones and started replying to customer messages.

He asked, "Did you send out the customer's items for me?"

Lin Qiao nodded: "It's been sent. It should arrive soon. Same-city delivery is very fast."

Shu Yuhe happened to see the message sent by Yu Qing.

His expression turned even worse.

She sat in the chair and replied to the message: "I'm sorry to have troubled you. I'm fine, it was my boyfriend who had an accident. I'm so sorry. I'll send you a gift to apologize. I'll send it to you by express delivery in a bit."

Yu Qing: "No need, I'm near your shop. Are you in the shop right now?"

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