The brother and sister analyzed it the whole way.
The most likely explanation is that Tan Ya or the Tan family were instructed by someone to deliberately stage this incident.
Song Anmin: "We don't have any evidence right now. We'll wait for the test results to come out tomorrow before we talk about it."
It was late at night, and there were hardly any people on the road. A cold wind was blowing. The third brother took Rongrong home, and his grandparents asked him about her current situation.
Around midnight, Song Anmin prepared to return to the hospital. As he passed Phoenix Pavilion, the lights were still on inside.
Mao Cheng stopped Song Anmin, asked about the current situation, and then offered Song Anmin a cigarette.
"Go ahead and smoke." Song Anmin glanced into the shop. "Have they all gone home?"
Mao Cheng hummed in agreement, "It's kind of creepy to be here guarding this late at night."
Song Anmin's lips twitched slightly. "What are you afraid of, you big man?"
Mao Cheng: "You wouldn't believe it, I used to work at a hotel, hey, there was an entire floor there, and there was really something wrong with it..."
Mao Cheng paused halfway through his sentence, squinting at the distance ahead, "Why is he back?"
Song Anmin looked in that direction and saw a figure appear not far from the road.
As he got closer, Song Anmin recognized him as Guo Tong, the dishwasher in the shop.
Mao Cheng called out to him, "Guo Tong, what are you doing back here in the middle of the night?"
Guo Tong sighed, but smiled sheepishly. He said apologetically, "I went to my girlfriend's place today, but she didn't have her keys. Luckily, I left a spare key at the shop."
Mao Cheng said "Oh," and then said, "Then go get it quickly. It's late at night, almost one o'clock, and you have to go to work tomorrow."
Guo Tong: "Don't worry, Third Brother, what's the situation at the hospital?"
Everyone who works at Phoenix Pavilion calls Song Anmin Third Brother.
Song Anmin looked dejected. "We'll talk about it when the results come out. If I find out which little brat is behind this, I'll chop his hand off."
Guo Tong also cursed a couple of times.
Mao Cheng: "Why don't you hurry up and get the keys?"
Guo Tong quickly went in and out, took a key in his hand, and left.
Song Anmin glanced at Guo Tong's back, and then heard Mao Cheng's voice in his ear: "Third Brother, why don't I go to the hospital with you?"
Song Anmin looked away. "You stay here and keep watch. I'm leaving now."
"Hey, Third Brother, where are you going?"
Song Anmin: "It's the same here, there are more streetlights."
Song Anmin headed in the direction of Guo Tong. He was right; there were indeed many streetlights in this area.
He was not far from Guo Tong in front of him.
Guo Tong quickly spotted Song Anmin behind him, turned around to greet him, and then quickened his pace.
Upon reaching the crossroads, Guo Tong practically ran, disappearing from Song Anmin's sight.
When Song Anmin returned to the hospital, Tan Ya had already woken up. Wang Ya and Officer Zhao were still at the hospital. They asked Tan Ya about what happened that afternoon, and Tan Ya insisted that she had only eaten at Phoenix Pavilion that afternoon and hadn't even drunk any water.
Song Jianmin mimicked Tan Ya's expression when he spoke to Xu Guiying and her husband, "You haven't even had a sip of water? You're kidding me. You finished eating at 3:40 pm and went to the hospital around 7 pm. I don't believe you haven't had a sip of water."
Tan Ya lives with her parents and grandparents. The Tan family had dinner around 6 p.m., and Tan Ya had a stomachache around 7 p.m. How could Tan Ya not have eaten anything in between?
"Hey, are you saying my daughter lied? She got into trouble at your restaurant, and now you're denying everything? My daughter works at a bank, and you have to compensate her for medical expenses and lost wages!"
Xu Guiying's expression was particularly cold. "What's the panic? If it turns out to be our store's responsibility, we won't blame you for the money."
"What kind of attitude is that, you old woman?!"
Upon hearing this, Song Jianmin immediately flew into a rage. "Who are you calling an old woman? You're the old woman! You have more wrinkles on your face than my grandmother. My grandmother is over sixty but looks younger than you. You call yourself an old woman? I think your whole family are old men and old women!"
"Shut up, you little beast!"
Since returning to the hospital, Song Anmin had been sitting silently on the bench. He growled, "What's the big deal that you're arguing about? The more you argue, the more guilty you seem, right?"
"Quiet down! No noise!" the nurse called out to them for the nth time.
At this moment, Officer Zhao and Wang Ya came out from inside.
Officer Zhao said with a dark face, "Quiet down! If you make any more noise, I'll take you all back to the police station!"
"Officers, if you're going to arrest anyone, you should arrest the restaurant owner! What does this have to do with us? We're the victim's family!"
Wang Ya frowned. "This is a hospital; the other patients need to rest!"
Tan Ya's parents rolled their eyes and found a seat.
Officer Zhao returned to the police station first, while Wang Ya stayed at the hospital to keep watch.
Song Anmin pulled Wang Ya to the end of the corridor. "I have something to tell you."
Wang Ya asked in surprise, "What? It's related to the case?"
Song Anmin's expression was complicated. "I don't know if my suspicions are correct. You're a professional, so let me analyze it first."
Wang Ya listened attentively with an expression of complete relish.
"There's a dishwasher at the main store named Guo Tong."
Yes, I know Wang Ya; I even spoke to her about it today.
“I was taking my sister home just now, and on the way back we passed the main store. When I was talking to Mao Cheng, Guo Tong came back. He said he came back to get his girlfriend’s house key. I asked Mao Cheng, and Guo Tong’s girlfriend works as a cleaner in a factory. Cleaners don’t get off work late at night, and Guo Tong and his colleagues get off work around 9 p.m. So there’s no way he could come back to get the key after midnight.”
Wang Ya narrowed her eyes slightly. "So, you suspect that Guo Tong came back to the store specifically to find out what's going on?"
Song Anmin nodded, "That's right. Guo Tong can't possibly come to the hospital specifically; it would be too conspicuous. At most, he can only go back to the shop and ask Mao Cheng."
Hearing what Song Anmin said, there were doubts. Wang Ya, being a meticulous person, pursed her lips and said, "Guo Tong's situation is just your speculation. Without questioning him, none of this counts."
Song Anmin scratched the back of his head. "I know, I was just asking."
Although Wang Ya did not give a specific answer, Song Anmin observed her expression and was pretty sure there was something wrong!
Wang Ya: "Why are you looking at me like that?"
Song Anmin coughed lightly, "Officer Wang, I feel that I am quite suitable for criminal investigation."
Wang Ya: "...Have you no shame?"
"You're a police officer, how can you make personal attacks like this!"
Wang Ya didn't want to say much to Song Anmin, so she went back to wait outside the ward.
After smoking a cigarette at the top of the stairs, Song Anmin went back to sit down.
At seven o'clock in the morning, Officer Zhao arrived at the hospital.
The dishes brought to Phoenix Pavilion for testing were all fine; no nitrites were found.
However, Tan's parents refused to acknowledge him.
Tan Ya's father was furious: "They must have destroyed the body to cover up the crime! Officers, you arrived at the scene too late yesterday, the evidence must have been destroyed by them!"
Yesterday, besides checking the food, we also checked the belongings of several chefs in the restaurant, and everything was fine. Besides, the police were initially called from Phoenix Pavilion, and at this point in the investigation, there's a 70% chance that Phoenix Pavilion is not involved.
Tan's parents didn't believe it, and Tan Ya also cried foul, causing a commotion in the corridor.
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