Wu Gang didn't know how things were progressing upstairs, but after talking with the police in the lobby downstairs for a while, he quickly came to a conclusion.
"It's highly likely that it was committed by someone known to the victim."
“There are many shops on this street. If he doesn’t know the shop, how would he know if there is cash in the shop?”
"No way, officer." Wu Gang was a little confused. "Our employees have known about this for a while now, but the money has never been stolen before."
Everyone only knew that the sales revenue after 5 p.m. that day was in the store, but they didn't know that there was a reserve fund of 2,000 yuan in the store.
"This is also our speculation based on the situation on site."
"Look, although you can see the cashier as soon as you enter through the main door, are the boxes you actually use for collecting payments empty?"
Wu Gang looked at the box the policeman was pointing to, and it was indeed a push-open box used for the cash register, with individual compartments inside, where bills of various denominations were kept separate.
“We have confirmed with the two comrades who came in first. When they came in, the sliding cash box was not open and the lock was still on.”
"Only the bottom money box was pried open, but wouldn't anyone with eyes look at the top money box first? Who would guess that the money was in the bottom box?"
After the police explained the situation, Wu Gang had no choice but to believe that the theft was most likely committed by someone he knew, and that the crime was swift, accurate, and ruthless, without any hesitation.
"Gather all the employees in the store first, and we'll find out the situation one by one." After the policeman finished speaking, Wu Gang hurriedly called all the kitchen staff over and handed the policeman the store's roster.
"Why is one person missing?" a policeman asked while counting heads.
Wu Gang knew who he was talking about. "She's upstairs. I'll call her down right away."
As Wu Gang went upstairs, he felt uneasy. He didn't know how long Wu Ermei could hold on. He hoped she hadn't said anything and that the police would call her down now, so he could stall for as long as possible.
When Wu Gang got upstairs and saw that Zhou Sui was the only one there, he was stunned.
"She went to the toilet for almost half an hour." Wu Gang was dumbfounded after hearing Zhou Sui's words.
There was no one in the restroom. When he called the employees out, he specifically sent someone to check the restroom to make sure everyone was in the lobby.
"I... I'll go downstairs to check the restroom." Wu Gang thought to himself, "Could this person have run away because they're scared? But I'm right at the front door, and I haven't seen anyone leave."
Zhou Sui sensed something was wrong, so she followed Wu Gang downstairs and went straight to the women's restroom.
Below the toilet window, there was a plastic stool. Zhou Sui stood on it and saw that she could climb out of the window using the stool as a step. Outside was a small alley.
"Go and check carefully if anyone is still in the women's restroom." Zhou Sui was looking outside when Wu Gang led the female employee to the restroom door.
"No need to look anymore, the person has run away." Zhou Sui got off the stool, her eyes scanned the toilet, and finally her gaze fell on the place where brooms and mops were piled up, where a clump of something was stuffed.
Zhou Sui pulled it out and saw that it was the store's work uniform.
"Run? They ran away?" Knowing that no one was inside, Wu Gang dared to take a step inside.
"That's impossible, why would she run away?" Wu Ermei isn't a brave person. Even if she's afraid of Zhou Sui, she would only hide. How could she escape by climbing out of the window?
“Yeah, why is she running away?” Zhou Sui tossed the work uniform to Wu Gang, who quickly caught it. He looked at Zhou Sui, then at the uniform, and for some reason, he had a bad feeling.
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