Chapter 20 Chapter 20
As soon as Lu Jianing finished speaking, the whole room fell silent. This book is exclusively compiled for you by the LK team
Wang Peishen stared at Liu Ru in disbelief: "Is what she said true?" This book is exclusively compiled for you by the LK team
"No," Liu Ru denied immediately, "I didn't see Meng Yuan last night at all. She framed me."
"Then tell me, where were you between 6:30 and 8:30 last night?" Lu Jianing stared at her and asked, "Is there any witness?"
"I was in the dormitory," Liu Ru said in panic, "I was the only one in the dormitory at the time, and there was no witness."
"No witnesses, no alibi?" Lu Jianing observed her expression and continued to add fuel to the fire, "Captain He, I think she is highly suspected of committing a crime and has a motive. Arrest her immediately."
"It really wasn't me." Liu Ru continued to deny.
"Captain He is the criminal police officer with the highest crime-solving rate in Linjiang City," Lu Jianing threatened with a smile, "You can't lie~"
"I..." Liu Ru hesitated and confessed, "It was indeed me who quarreled with Meng Yuan last night..."
Halfway through her words, Liu Ru was afraid that Lu Jianing and the others would not believe her, so she excitedly added: "But we just had a little friction, it's not serious enough for me to kill her."
"What caused the friction between you two?" Lu Jianing asked with a serious expression.
Liu Ru pursed her lips and hesitated: "Yes... because of a disagreement."
Lu Jianing continued to ask: "In the end, who of you won the argument?"
"We haven't quarreled since you showed up." Liu Ru said truthfully.
"So, the reason you didn't continue quarreling is because you were worried that I would hear what you were quarreling about?" Lu Jianing asked with a sneer.
"Yes." Liu Ru replied.
"In that case, I'm even more curious. I don't even know you guys, what are you arguing about that you're afraid of a stranger like me finding out?"
Liu Ru pursed her lips and said nothing.
"You're not going to say it, right?" Lu Jianing said to He Qifeng beside him, "Captain He..."
Before he could finish the rest of the sentence, Liu Ru immediately interrupted and said, "I... I suspect she stole my things. Yes, I suspect she stole my things."
As time went on, Liu Ru's voice became softer, and one could vaguely sense a slight tremor in her voice.
Like being afraid of something.
Lu Jianing continued to ask: "What did she steal from you?"
"Money..." Liu Ru's voice gradually became lower.
"She is the top star here. Logically, she should earn more than you. Why would she steal your money?" Lu Jianing said.
"Maybe it's because no one would complain about having too much money," said Liu Ru.
Lu Jianing sighed casually: "That makes sense."
Lu Jianing raised his head and looked at He Qifeng for a second, and He Qifeng nodded in tacit understanding.
"Okay, that's all for today. We'll be leaving first." He Qifeng said as he put away the notebook.
"By the way," Lu Jianing said before leaving, "all your confessions will become evidence, so remember to go to the police station and put your fingerprints on them when you have time."
Liu Ru was silent for a moment and said, "Okay."
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After He Qifeng and Lu Jianing left, they did not go directly back to the police station, but went to the crime scene.
Although the scene has been surveyed, as the case has not been solved, Jiang Yubai sent people to cordon off the area yesterday in order to protect the scene.
"Captain Congratulations." The criminal police officer guarding the door called out politely.
"Well, thank you for your hard work." He Qifeng said casually.
The criminal police at the door naturally handed He Qifeng two pairs of gloves and foot covers.
He Qifeng opened one and gave it to Lu Jianing.
While putting on the foot covers, Lu Jianing asked, "Uncle Master, what do you think?"
He Qifeng glanced down at her and replied, "She lied."
"You've noticed it too, right?" Lu Jianing said.
"Well, when she was answering the questions, her eyes were wandering and her words were hesitant. It was easy to tell that she was lying." He Qifeng said, "But she probably didn't lie on purpose. She was probably afraid of something."
"Yes, I can clearly sense that her fear is most likely caused by this bar." Lu Jianing added.
He Qifeng seemed to have guessed what she was thinking, and he said, "Well, so you asked her to go to the police station to take fingerprints, but you actually wanted to go to the police station to question her again."
Lu Jianing: "Yes, I always feel that the clues she hides are the key to solving the case."
He Qifeng stared at her.
Lu Jianing felt uncomfortable being stared at by him: "What are you doing?"
"Nothing," He Qifeng said nonchalantly, "I just feel that you are worthy of being Jiang Aichen's apprentice."
What does he mean?
Are you threatening her?
Lu Jianing's heart was in his throat: "Uncle Master, I didn't cause you any trouble. I hope you won't tell my master about my affairs."
He Qifeng lifted the safety guardrail and walked in: "Why are you so afraid of your master?"
"It's not that I'm afraid of him, but I feel that he and my master know my dark history," Lu Jianing said, "What if I'm not honest and he reveals my dark history? Wouldn't I have any face left?"
He Qifeng said nonchalantly: "Don't you have enough dark history?"
Lu Jianing stopped and said "Ah" in confusion. When He Qifeng walked away, she quickly followed him: "He Qifeng, what do you mean? Let me tell you, the rumors are not credible."
"That time in the car, that Bai something said I was a drama queen and a middle school student, but I just endured it and just assumed that he believed the rumors. Ignorance is not a crime."
"You can't believe it. Even if you do believe it, you can't go to my master and whisper it in his ear."
He Qifeng paused for a moment, and the unsuspecting Lu Jianing crashed into his back.
His back was stiff and straight, which made Lu Jianing's nose sore.
Lu Jianing protested unceremoniously: "He Qifeng, what are you doing!"
"I didn't do anything," He Qifeng turned his head and looked at her and said, "I just wanted to tell you that I'm not that free to go to Jiang Aichen to complain about you every day."
Lu Jianing silently complained: "If I'm not that free, then I'm not that free."
"This is the crime scene." He Qifeng, who was standing outside the women's restroom in front, said.
Lu Jianing turned his head from the side and peeked inside secretly.
"Do you have any impression of this place?" He Qifeng asked.
"Yes," Lu Jianing said with certainty, "I was standing here fiddling with clothes when I was knocked unconscious."
Lu Jianing stood there demonstrating the movements. She just raised her arm, intending to recreate the scene at that time.
Suddenly, as if she realized something, she stopped moving and turned her body unconsciously.
She looked around, and finally her eyes stopped on the open door.
"What's wrong?" He Qifeng asked.
"This door is not right. I remember that when it was opened, it covered half of the mirror," Lu Jianing explained. "If it was opened the way it is now, I should be able to see clearly who knocked me out. She has no place to hide."
"You mean the place where you fainted was not in this women's bathroom?" He Qifeng asked.
"I don't know," Lu Jianin said strictly, "but at least it's not this door."
"Do you remember how you walked into the crime scene?" He Qifeng continued to ask.
"I don't remember," Lu Jianing said, "I just remember it was very winding and it took me a long time to get there."
"Compared with the path we took today?" He Qifeng asked again.
Lu Jianing thought for a while and said, "Not as close as today."
"Let's talk about this issue later. Let's check the crime scene first." He Qifeng ordered.
"good."
As soon as Lu Jianing agreed, the two of them tacitly started looking for clues separately.
The whole toilet is very clean. Except for the separate cubicles, almost all the furnishings inside can be seen at a glance.
Wearing white gloves, Lu Jianing searched cubicle after cubicle, and suddenly found traces of someone having opened the back of a toilet.
"Uncle-master, come quickly." Lu Jianing called out.
He Qifeng rushed over immediately after hearing the noise: "What's wrong?"
The two of them squeezed into a small bathroom cubicle.
Lu Jianing pointed to the sink and said, "Uncle Master, help me, there seems to be something in here."
He Qifeng said: "Get out of the way."
Lu Jianing walked out slowly.
He Qifeng gently lifted the lid of the toilet sink, and Lu Jianing immediately stuck his head inside.
The water inside was not very clear, and there was some green moss faintly attached around it.
"What is this?" Lu Jianing said, pointing to a piece of plaid fabric inside.
"I don't know." He Qifeng carefully took out the piece of cloth.
Lu Jianing studied the cloth and said, "Judging from the uneven untidy threads around the cloth, it must have been torn apart by someone using external force."
Lu Jianing looked up and asked He Qifeng: "Why would someone stuff the cloth here?"
"Put it away, and ask Jiang Xingye to extract the DNA to see if there is any biological information we need." He Qifeng put the cloth into a bag and said, "I'll let you know when there is a result."
Realizing that He Qifeng had really brought him here to investigate the case, Lu Jianing, who had been keeping secrets from him, touched the tip of his nose unnaturally.
It's really shameful.
"Captain Congratulations." Lu Jianing shouted seriously.
"Hmm?" He Qifeng looked away from his phone. "What's wrong?"
Lu Jianing struggled for a moment, but in the end, kindness prevailed over selfishness. She confessed, "Captain He, I'm actually hiding something from you."
There was no change in He Qifeng's expression: "What's the matter?"
"In fact, I not only recorded the audio last night," Lu Jianing said, "I also collected the biological information of the suspect who knocked me out."
He Qifeng frowned and said nothing.
Lu Jianing's heart was beating like a drum, and she always had the illusion that she was counting her "ten sins". She said: "I sent the DNA information for examination, and it turned out that the person who knocked me out was the deceased Meng Yuan."
He Qifeng came to a conclusion: "Did Meng Yuan knock you out?"
"Yes." Lu Jianing answered honestly.
"Did you know her before?" He Qifeng continued to ask.
"I don't know her. This is my second time coming to this bar. I haven't even spoken a word to her." Lu Jianing said truthfully.
"So, why did she knock you out?" He Qifeng asked his question.
"This is something I can't figure out. First, I don't know her, and second, I have no connection with her," Lu Jianing said halfway. She observed He Qifeng's expression inconspicuously, and then continued, "Why did she knock me out?"
"If there is no intersection, then the most likely possibility is that she has set her eyes on something on you." He Qifeng analyzed.
Lu Jianing's eyes narrowed, and his expression gradually deepened.
What was it about her that you were eyeing?
Did she reveal anything that night that attracted Meng Yuan to attack her?
She didn't show off her wealth that night.
Unable to figure it out, He Qifeng suggested, "Let's go back to the police station and see what they have found."
Lu Jianing, who was thinking, immediately regained his concentration: "Ah? ... Yeah, okay."
Lu Jianing took off his shoe covers and gloves and threw them into the trash can nearby.
If Meng Yuan attacked her not because she told He Qifeng Eleanor's secret, then it would be reasonable for Meng Yuan to target something on her.
But she had only seen Meng Yuan once last night, at the corner. If Meng Yuan really wanted something from her, it would have to be something very conspicuous.
Dress? cell phone?
That’s not right. As the top star, Meng Yuan should not lack these.
So what does Meng Yuan want from her?
Lu Jianing felt that there were a lot of clues, but he just didn't know how to sort them out.
Lu Jianing followed He Qifeng for an unknown amount of time when suddenly a man's voice came from the front: "Get lost."
"Master, you are drunk. Go and have some rest." Another person's voice followed.
Lu Jianing and He Qifeng looked over with satisfaction.
Not far away, a man in a suit was staggering and throwing weak "drunken punches" in the air, while another man in a black vest and a white shirt was trying his best to support him.
But it was obvious that the man in the suit didn't appreciate it, and he pushed the man away with force.
"Who are you!"
"Master, you are drunk." The man in the black vest tried his best to persuade him.
"I'm not drunk! You all say I'm drunk, but you're the one who's drunk." The young master's drunken 'footsteps' were overlapping and circling each other, and suddenly he lost his balance and almost made the person next to him stumble.
"Okay, okay, you're not drunk, let's go and rest now." The man in the black vest tried his best to support the young master's body with his own body.
"Come again, come again..."
Lu Jianing and He Qifeng walked over.
"Who are you in this bar?" Lu Jianing asked.
"Who are you..." the man in the black vest asked vigilantly.
"He is He Qifeng, the captain of the Linjiang City Criminal Police Detachment, and I am Lu Jianing, the victim who was knocked unconscious in your bar yesterday." Lu Jianing introduced himself one by one.
Hearing the familiar name, the man in the black vest said, "Mr. Xiaolu, I know you."
Lu Jianing sighed, "This is the first time I know I'm so famous."
The man in the black vest continued, "Mr. Xiaolu, you are joking."
"Don't talk about me. Who is this person in your bar?" Lu Jianing gestured to the man lying on the sofa.
The man in the black vest sighed and said, "I'm our bartender, my name is Zhang Zongqiao, and he is Ji Yao, the owner of our bar."
"Which season?" Lu Jianing frowned and continued to ask.
"The season of seasons, the dazzling of Yao." said Zhang Zongqiao.
Lu Jianing thought for a moment: "The surname Ji is not common in Linjiang."
Zhang Zongqiao said, "Yes, in Linjiang, the surname Ji is indeed not very common. However, Mr. Xiaolu, you should know our Mr. Ji's father."
Lu Jianing: "His father is Ji Ruxian?"
Zhang Zongqiao said: "Yes, he is our President Ji's only son."
Lu Jianing stroked his chin and said nothing, as if he was thinking.
He Qifeng asked: "Do you know him?" This book is compiled exclusively for you by the LK team
"Yes," Lu Jianin said truthfully, "We have business dealings, but our friendship is not deep."
After Lu Jianing answered He Qifeng's question, she asked, "What happened to him? Why is he so drunk?"
Zhang Zongqiao quickly replied, "Our young President Ji had a party with his classmates today and he lost control and drank too much."
Lu Jianing obviously didn't believe it. She raised her voice and said, "All his classmates are girls."
"No...no." Zhang Zongqiao said hesitantly.
"Then why does his perfume smell so mixed?" Lu Jianing said sarcastically, "Could it be that their class reunion was held in a pool of multiple perfumes?"
Zhang Zongqiao was embarrassed for a moment: "What are you talking about, Xiaolu?"
"What am I talking about? You shouldn't ask me. When something happens, you should ask yourself more questions." Lu Jianing smiled confidently. "After all, others may not know what I mean by this, but you should know it."
Zhang Zongqiao was obviously panicked: "Xiaolu, you are joking. How should I know what you want to ask?"
"If you don't know, then who should know?" Lu Jianing pointed to his shoulder. "Your lipstick is about to overflow, and you're still going to pretend."
Zhang Zongqiao's face darkened.
Lu Jianing said slowly, "How many people did you meet? Tell me."
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