The Devil in the World (10)

In the morning, when Lu He returned to the bureau, Luo Xiaoguo had already summoned Zeng Haoqiang, the manager of the Development Bank.

Lu He ate a few bites of bread, drank a sip of water, and immediately took Liang Yunfeng and Lin Tao to the interrogation room. Cai Shuangxi was in charge of taking notes.

As soon as he walked out of the door, Luo Xiaoguo walked over to Yan Chun's desk and said, "Our team never rests, doesn't eat or drink, and has become a steel man."

"Isn't that what road teams are like? They work hard day and night, but they don't get married or find a partner. They're already grown up, and sooner or later Xiao Liang will be corrupted."

"You know what? Even the road team needs time to find a target."

"I'm almost 30 now. The kids of other brothers in the bureau are already able to make soy sauce."

Luo Xiaoguo smiled and said, "I have been optimistic about Lu Dui and Chen Jierong since the year before last. I heard that Old Liu also wanted to bring them together, but for some reason, there was no progress."

"Chen Jierong is pretty, but a little old."

"What you said is true," Luo Xiaoguo rolled his eyes at him, "You and Captain Lu are still a good match, standing together they look so handsome and beautiful."

"Deputy Luo, I have a new idea. I think Meng Siqi seems to be more suitable for the road team."

"Hmm?" Luo Xiaoguo leaned forward, "Tell me what you mean."

"Last time, Team One and Team Two worked together on a case. I found that Team Lu took good care of Meng Siqi. You know how Team Lu treats girls. Isn't he just a buddy? But I felt that Meng Siqi was different. The look in his eyes was different."

"You kid." Luo Xiaoguo was excited, "Now that you mention it, I think so too."

"What Vice President Luo meant is that we should think of a solution for them both."

Luo Xiaoguo seemed to think about it carefully, but then left his table. "Captain Lu doesn't always have this attitude towards cases and people who can solve them. You're over-speculating. Let Captain Lu know. Wait for the direction of the bureau and what Old Liu means. Don't speculate. Hurry up and do the tasks Captain Lu has assigned you. Don't be idle. You're affecting my work."

Yan Chun licked his lips. Wasn't Luo Xiaoguo looking for him to chat? How did he become the one affecting his work?

In the interrogation room, Lu He walked in and found a chair to sit down. He asked Lin Tao to be in charge of the interrogation.

In the team, Lin Tao is the most stable, but his thinking is slow in criminal investigation, but he has no problem doing things, so he will temporarily fill in the questions in this interrogation. Liang Yunfeng is a new college student from a prestigious school. He has a good attitude and is proactive, but he still needs to grow.

This couldn't help but remind him of last May, when the bureau gave him two new recruits, Liang Yunfeng and Meng Siqi. He didn't even look at their information. He asked Luo Xiaoguo to finalize the decision. Luo Xiaoguo finally chose Liang Yunfeng and explained to him that Liang Yunfeng graduated from a prestigious university, had a strong learning ability, and could grow into a top student in the team in three years. In fact, Liang Yunfeng was indeed very good, and had grown rapidly in the past year.

The other person was a girl. Lu He took a look at her photo and saw a very pretty girl with a bit of childishness in her eyes. In fact, he had no special requirements on gender. Although criminal investigation work was very hard, he always hoped that the bureau would assign a girl to the team. After all, the team was full of male detectives, and there was no one to do many detailed tasks, and the atmosphere in the team was a bit rough.

Luo Xiaoguo's suggestion at the time was that Meng Siqi was not very good. Not to mention that his school was not as good as Liang Yunfeng's, and he looked weak. He also investigated his family background and learned that he was from a wealthy second-generation family and probably could not endure any hardship. If he came, he would be a drag on the team.

Lu He felt that Luo Xiaoguo's words were biased. These were not actually reasons, but there was only one spot for a team. If there were two, he would definitely take both, but the spots were limited. Luo Xiaoguo had already written the application, and he didn't want to embarrass him by writing another one, so he signed it immediately.

Almost a year has passed, and when Lu He looks back on the past, he has a different feeling. Meng Siqi is too different. Although he admits that Liang Yunfeng is very good, if he is given a choice, he will choose Meng Siqi without hesitation, and he doesn't need a reason.

"Zeng Haoqiang, do you know why we summoned you here?"

Lin Tao started asking questions, and Lu He came back to his senses from his fragmented thoughts.

Zeng Haoqiang's state was completely different from yesterday. Yesterday he was in the bank, full of enthusiasm and reciting poems. Today he seemed to be aware of something happening and there was some nervousness on his face, but perhaps because he was hiding it professionally, his expression looked very strange.

He wanted to relax, but he was tense unconsciously. He wanted to show the same enthusiastic smile he showed to his customers, but he couldn't, so it looked like a forced smile on his face.

"I know that you leaders must still want to know about Ruan Mengying's situation. Don't worry, I will tell you everything I know and will never lie."

"Okay," Lin Tao continued, "Do you know that Ruan Mengying has a younger brother?"

The topic of Lin Tao's inquiry was given by Lu He. Lu He believed that Lin Tao could complete it well, so he kept paying attention to Zeng Haoqiang's expression. Although Zeng Haoqiang was good at socializing and controlling facial emotions, no one could escape his eyes perfectly in the interrogation room.

Zeng Haoqiang replied: "I know Ruan Mengying has a younger brother, but I don't know if he is her biological brother or not... Let me put it this way, I know her parents are divorced. I once went to a party and sent her home. She drank some wine and told me this while we were chatting on the way."

"How did you know about her idea of ​​buying a piano for her brother?"

Zeng Haoqiang was silent for a moment, stretched out his hand and touched his temples, as if thinking, and then said: "I remember, one time when we had lunch, we usually went to a fast food restaurant outside to eat, and she sat opposite me that time, and she asked me, Brother Qiang, how much does a normal piano cost now? I chatted with her casually at the time, and I asked her why she wanted to buy a piano, and whether she liked music. Because pianos are not cheap, and her salary is not high. Ruan Mengying told me that her brother has a talent for music, and she wanted to give him a piano after the college entrance examination. We talked so much at the time, leaders, you can see whether I was satisfied with my answer."

Lin Tao continued to ask: "What happened next? Was she saving money to buy a piano?"

"I don't know about that. To be honest, bank employees don't get paid much, so it would take a while for her to buy a piano. And her brother is taking the college entrance exam this year, so when she resigned, I thought she found a higher-paying job. After all, she has her own goals."

Lin Tao asked: "What kind of job do you think she found?"

Zeng Haoqiang replied: "I don't know. We didn't get in touch afterwards. I didn't know she was in trouble until this year."

Lu He suddenly asked, "Will she take a risk just to buy a piano?"

His voice was deep and powerful, instantly injecting a huge impact into the originally dull and boring interrogation room.

Zeng Haoqiang suddenly turned his neck, as if to confirm who was speaking, and there was a brief hint of panic in his eyes.

This kind of panic is very difficult to detect, but from Lu He's side angle, he could feel the unnatural reflection of the light on his eyeballs. Zeng Haoqiang was indeed a little panicked.

To Lu He, that was not normal, so his question must be a valid one, which meant that Ruan Mengying must have done something to buy the piano and had some kind of connection with Zeng Haoqiang.

Zeng Haoqiang licked his peeling lips, pinched the water glass on the table with his fingers unnaturally, and replied: "I don't know. Ruan Mengying and I don't have much in common. You can also ask other colleagues in the bank. I usually only have business exchanges with her, or we just talk a few words during meals or when I occasionally send her home. If she hadn't been drunk that time, I would not have driven her. She and I are just ordinary colleagues."

Lu He listened to his answer carefully. He felt that Zeng Haoqiang had explained too much. He seemed to be deliberately proving that he and Ruan Mengying had no private relationship. In fact, he didn't need to make such an explanation at all.

Lin Tao glanced at Lu He, and after making sure he had no new questions, he asked again: "What did Ruan Mengying tell you when she resigned? Zeng Haoqiang, this is not your bank, I hope you will answer seriously."

Zeng Haoqiang licked his lips again, as if they were in urgent need of water. He picked up the cup and took a sip of water. It was unclear whether he was trying to hide his nervousness or because his lips were dry.

He didn't look at anyone, but looked at the cup in his hand. "It was actually a simple resignation letter, saying she resigned for personal reasons. She gave it to me that morning, and I didn't ask any questions, so I approved it directly, because in the past, girls like her often resigned. They were young and might want to go out and have fun."

Lu He suddenly shouted, "Zeng Haoqiang, you have been lying all along!"

Zeng Haoqiang raised his head suddenly, his face was pale, as if he was frightened, and he had a stiff expression.

"I didn't, I didn't lie!" Zeng Haoqiang tightly grasped his cheeks, and his Adam's apple rolled violently.

Lu He said angrily: "Do you want me to tell you what you really think? Or do you say it yourself?"

"I...I..." Big beads of cold sweat dripped down Zeng Haoqiang's forehead. His nervousness was exposed, but he still insisted on his point of view, "I didn't lie, I really didn't!"

In fact, Lin Tao, Liang Yunfeng and Cai Shuangxi did not understand Lu He's thinking. Lin Tao and Liang Yunfeng had been following this case all the time. Zeng Haoqiang seemed to be a person who had no intersection with Ruan Mengying from the beginning to the end. Maybe today's interrogation was just to understand some things about Ruan Mengying, but Lu He seemed to have known something a long time ago.

"Zeng Haoqiang!" Lu He said sharply, "You said you sent Ruan Mengying home, and she told you she wanted to buy a piano. When she resigned, you agreed easily. Don't you think something is missing? What happened between you and her? Do you want me to tell you in person?"

Zeng Haoqiang's lips trembled slightly, and the fingers holding the water cup showed unnatural strength. The water in the cup was shaking slightly. Lin Tao suddenly felt that Zeng Haoqiang had a big problem and Team Lu must have discovered something.

"Ruan Mengying is dead," Lu He said, "This is a serious criminal case. There is one thing that can never be forgotten, and that is the piano. Zeng Haoqiang, I will give you another chance. If you want to hide it, you are going against the public security organs. You know how serious the consequences are!"

"I'll tell you... I'll tell you everything..." Zeng Haoqiang's hand holding the water cup suddenly trembled violently, and a few drops of water spilled.

However, Lin Tao, Liang Yunfeng and Cai Shuangxi were somewhat stunned. Lin Tao wondered if Zeng Haoqiang was the murderer of Ruan Mengying? Or was he the one who took those unscrupulous photos?

Liang Yunfeng also had this suspicion, but combined with Ruan Mengying's letter, he felt that it was not simple.

Last night in the car, Captain Lu showed one of the photos to everyone. Liang Yunfeng was still driving at the time. He was extremely angry. He said to Lu He: "Captain Lu, I must catch the murderer with you. I really want to cut him into pieces!"

"Yeah, what kind of beast is that to do such a thing!" Lin Tao also kept cursing in the back row.

Lu He finally reminded him, "The photos are important evidence. I will keep them safe. This matter will be kept confidential for the time being. Do you understand?"

Liang Yunfeng knew that this was important evidence and also involved the privacy of a girl. Although she had been killed, these photos must be kept in the police station and must not be leaked. This was his responsibility for the case and even more so for Ruan Mengying.

Looking back, Liang Yunfeng felt that Zeng Haoqiang did not seem to pose such a threat to Ruan Mengying. If Zeng Haoqiang really took these photos, Ruan Mengying could just call the police.

That means Zeng Haoqiang is concerned about something else and he particularly wants to know what happened.

Zeng Haoqiang cried in a hoarse voice: "I like Ruan Mengying. I admit that I like her. She is very beautiful. She has always been the object of my secret love, but I also know that she doesn't like my appearance at all, and I have a family, so I have always kept it in my heart. I just see her every day, talk to her a few words, and sometimes flirt with her, and I am satisfied."

His tone suddenly became heavy: "Until one day, I found something wrong with an account in the bank. I checked the records and found that this account was made by Ruan Mengying. She seemed to have embezzled some money from the bank!"

"The amount of money was not much, only about 7,000 or 8,000 yuan. To be honest, only newly employed employees like them would take the risk of embezzling it. It was nothing more than deducting some tips from the customer's account. In fact, if I had turned a blind eye, this matter would have been over, but I was obsessed with it, so I found her."

"I remember that I found a private room in a tea restaurant and closed the door. I acted as if this matter was very serious. I told Ruan Mengying that I had discovered her illegal operation, which was a crime. If I reported it, she would go to jail."

"Ruan Mengying cried to me that time, saying that she just wanted to buy a piano for her brother. At that time, a friend invited her to invest. As long as she invested a sum of money, she could quickly multiply it several times, so Ruan Mengying embezzled the money. But later, her friend's investment failed and he disappeared, so the money was naturally not returned to her. Ruan Mengying could only keep doing things like robbing Peter to pay Paul. In fact, if she borrowed a sum of money to pay, no one would know."

"I was possessed by a ghost and said I would report her. At that time, Ruan Mengying begged me not to report her. She said she was afraid that her mother and brother would know about this and she didn't know how they would look at her in the future. She promised me to make up the money as soon as possible, hoping that I would let her go this time."

"I agreed, but I put a condition. I said I liked her very much, but she had to sleep with me, otherwise I couldn't stop this matter."