Chapter 194 Is there someone behind the scenes directing this?
After leaving the police station, Gu Jianguo, Shi Dafa, and Fan Nan took the two to the Good Luck Restaurant, the best restaurant in Lizhou. This restaurant had just opened a few months ago, but because the decoration and service were completely different from those of state-owned restaurants, and the food was also delicious, it was very popular.
After entering the restaurant, Gu Jianguo asked the waiter to open a private room, and then asked the waiter for two red envelopes, stuffing one hundred yuan in each before going in.
When the food arrived, Gu Jianguo ate and chatted with them. At the end, he stuffed a red envelope into each of them and said, "Thank you two brothers for your help this time."
Shi Dafa and Fan Nan didn't hesitate to accept the red envelope. Shi Dafa even patted Gu Jianguo on the shoulder and said, "Brother, if you need me in the future, just tell me."
Gu Jianguo nodded in agreement.
After the three of them separated, Fan Nan couldn't wait to open the red envelope and saw a stack of big unity notes. He counted them and there were ten of them. He took a deep breath and turned to Shi Dafa and said, "Brother Fa, Boss Gu is really generous!"
One hundred yuan! His father had been a worker for decades, and only made a little over forty yuan a month.
Shi Dafa also opened his wallet and saw that there was also a hundred dollars in it. He said, "Boss Gu is a respectable man."
After Gu Jianguo and others left, Zhu Qingjun gave the unit of the old lady's son and daughter-in-law to Hu Youwei and Xiao Zhao, and asked the two to go there.
Hu Youwei and Xiao Zhao rode their bicycles to Lizhou University, where the old lady's son and daughter-in-law both worked. The old lady's son was a university teacher, and her daughter-in-law worked in the university library.
When they arrived at the school, they went straight to the school leaders and then met them in the school reception room. Hu Youwei and Xiao Zhao had a clear division of labor: one asked questions and the other took notes.
Hu Youwei said, "I called you two here because I need to understand something. I think you two have heard about the fire at Guangming Supermarket last night."
When the old lady's son Qiu Xingsheng and daughter-in-law Ren Chunfang heard the words "Guangming Supermarket", they looked at each other and their faces became more serious. But they still nodded.
Hu Youwei continued, "The fire at Guangming Supermarket was caused by human error, according to our investigation. Last night, someone saw your mother and a man in his twenties carrying a plastic oil bottle at Guangming Supermarket."
"Impossible!" The old lady's son, Qiu Xingsheng, immediately said excitedly, "It's impossible that my mother did this. Although she likes to take advantage of others and has some dirty hands, she would never set a fire."
Arson! What a terrible thing that was! He couldn't believe his mother could do such a thing.
The old lady and her daughter-in-law sat there without saying a word, but clenched their fists tightly.
"Don't get excited," Hu Youwei said, "We're in the investigation phase now. What was your mother doing last night?"
"I don't know. My brother came from the countryside two days ago, and the two of them rented a house outside."
Qiu Xingsheng thought about what the police had just said, about seeing his mother and a man in his twenties appear together at Guangming Supermarket that night. Suddenly, his heart tightened. Wasn't his brother in his twenties?
"Then please take us to where they rented a house." Hu Youwei stood up and said that. Qiu Xingsheng had no choice but to take them to find someone.
The old lady's surname is Wang, and her name is Wang Yuchun. Her second son is Qiu Xinghua.
Because she stole things from Guangming Supermarket, her daughter-in-law refused to let her stay in Lizhou and wanted her to return to the countryside.
How could she possibly agree? Life in the city was so good! The place to live was clean and bright, she didn't have to work in the fields, and the food and clothing were better than in the country.
So she started to quarrel with her son and daughter-in-law, but her son insisted that he go back to the countryside. She had no choice but to call the village and ask her youngest son to come to the city and then ask her eldest son to find a job for her youngest son.
Now that her youngest son had a job in the city, she could stay there forever. Two days ago, her youngest son, Qiu Xinghua, came to Lizhou, and the two of them rented a house in a large compound near the Lizhou University staff housing complex.
When Hu Youwei and his men arrived, the elderly woman, Wang Yuchun, was chatting with her neighbors. Seeing her eldest son and the police, she stood up in a panic and asked, "Xingsheng, why...why are you here?"
Qiu Xingsheng didn't say anything. He was too embarrassed to speak and felt it was too embarrassing.
"Wang Yuchun, you are suspected of arson. Come with us to the police station." Hu Youwei said coldly.
"I didn't do anything. You can't wrongly accuse me," the old lady said, about to throw a tantrum. At that moment, her youngest son, Qiu Xinghua, came back from outside. As soon as he saw the man in police uniform, he ran out.
Officer Xiao Zhao immediately caught up with them and soon apprehended him. Without further ado, he took Wang Yuchun and Qiu Xinghua to the police station, and Qiu Xingsheng naturally followed suit.
At the police station, Wang Yuchun and Qiu Xinghua refused to admit their involvement. Hu Youwei then asked Xiao Zhao to produce the plastic bottle he had brought back from the crime scene and have Qiu Xingsheng identify it to see if it was theirs.
Qiu Xingsheng shook his head and said no.
Just having witnesses but no physical evidence can convict the suspect, and the matter is at a stalemate here.
After learning about this, Zhu Qingjun took the plastic bottle and looked at it for a while. He said, "Take it to the Dongcheng District Supply and Marketing Cooperative and have them identify it to see if it's what they sell. Then call the gas station staff to see if they recognize these two people."
With a suspect, the case becomes much easier to handle.
After receiving the order, some police officers went to the supply and marketing cooperative, while others went to the gas station. An hour later, both groups arrived with their men.
The person from the supply and marketing cooperative said first: "I sold this pot the day before yesterday. I remember that there was something wrong with it. I don't know what burned the bottom of the pot, so there was a mark on it. So I sold it at a low price."
Hu Youwei asked the salesperson to identify Wang Yuchun. As soon as the salesperson saw Wang Yuchun, he said, "That's her. I sold the pot to her. I remember it clearly. Her accent is different from ours."
Wang Yuchun sat there dejectedly, no longer daring to complain about being wronged.
Then the gas station staff started pointing people out. When they saw Qiu Xinghua, they pointed at him and said, "He bought gas at our station the day before yesterday, using this kettle."
Qiu Xinghua stopped crying foul, and the matter was considered closed. But Qiu Xingsheng still felt resentful. He looked at Wang Yuchun and Qiu Xinghua and said,
"Why? You stole someone's things, but they didn't do anything to you. Why are you so angry? You burned down their supermarket. Do you know that there are people living behind the supermarket? What if they were burned to death? What would you do?"
That's murder!
"Why? It's all because of you. I asked you to find a job for your brother but you refused. So I had no choice but to ask for help. They asked us to burn down Guangming Supermarket. They said we wouldn't be caught, but they were all lying."
Hu Youwei and several other police officers were stunned when they heard this. Does this mean there's someone behind this?
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