Chapter 155 Double Clues: The Art of Doppelganger?

The investigation soon had a breakthrough. The police retrieved surveillance footage from cameras at key locations in the mall, and based on the height characteristics of the masked man, eight suspects were quickly identified.

One of the suspects caught Fang Rui's attention. The suspect had appeared in a group photo of Sun Xiaoning's company building.

Fang Rui quickly found out his identity. His name was Chen Yuankun, a buyer in the purchasing department of Jianhua Engineering Company, and the deceased Wang Yonghua was his immediate superior.

Fang Rui took Chen Yuankun to the interrogation room.

Chen Yuankun was wearing a black suit and black-framed glasses. He was a conservative young man, but he looked very handsome and looked a bit like a popular traffic star who has been very popular recently.

He grabbed his trouser legs nervously, "Comrade police, why did you suddenly call me over? Is it because of the traffic violation I committed some time ago? But that should be the responsibility of the traffic police, right?"

Fang Rui looked at Chen Yuankun carefully. There were no scratches on his hands and face. His skin was pale, but the skin of the man in the video was wheat-colored. His expression and posture were also different from the suspect in the video.

Fang Rui asked, "Mr. Chen, do you know Sun Xiaoning?"

Chen Yuankun narrowed his eyes and recalled carefully. He said, "Not really. She is in the administrative department. Our work does not overlap much. Occasionally, I need to ask her department for data, but I usually communicate with her subordinate Xiaolin."

"What is the relationship between Wang Yonghua and Sun Xiaoning?"

"I'm not sure about this."

"Does Sun Xiaoning often participate in your department's team-building activities?"

"I don't remember very well."

"We have seen photos of you and her."

"I remember now that she came here a few times." Chen Yuankun lowered his voice and said, "Someone in the office is saying that our manager has an improper relationship with her. Manager Wang is a playboy and often has affairs with female colleagues in the company. I don't know if this scandal is true."

"Where were you between 8 and 11 p.m. on June 23?"

"On the evening of the 23rd? I got home around 7 that day, cooked dinner at home, and then had a video conference at home from around 9 to 10:30. There was a problem with the goods provided by a supplier. The model and size of one type of steel were different from what I ordered, and the quantity of another type of building material was also wrong. Because this matter was very urgent, the supplier's salesperson and I worked overtime to deal with it."

Xiao Zhang saw that he didn't look like he was lying, and there was no need to tell such a lie that would be easily exposed at once, but the surveillance video clearly captured him shopping in the mall during that time.

"Are you sure you were at home during that time?" Fang Rui questioned.

"Yes, I remember it very clearly. If you don't believe me, you can contact the salesperson of the supplier, he can testify for me." Chen Yuankun raised his voice and tried to defend himself.

"But the mall's surveillance camera captured you shopping in the mall that night." Fang Rui stared at him, "The surveillance camera captured it very clearly, that person looks very similar to you."

Chen Yuankun was shocked, "Impossible! I was at home at the time, how could I appear in the mall? And I haven't been to the mall for a long time."

Fang Rui saw that he was still making excuses, so he asked Xiao Zhang to play the surveillance video for him.

The more Chen Yuankun looked, the paler his face became, and he murmured, "No, it's impossible. This is not me."

"But his face is exactly like yours."

Chen Yuankun stared at the screen carefully, then said happily, "Comrade police, look, his hair is so rough and dyed, but my hair has never been dyed. This person is not me, he just looks more like me."

Xiao Zhang compared the person in the surveillance video with Chen Yuankun. The two people looked almost exactly the same, but the person in the video had a slightly darker and yellower skin, yellow hair, and his words and deeds were unkempt, like a little gangster. He was indeed different from Chen Yuankun.

Fang Rui asked, "Mr. Chen, do you have twin brothers?"

Chen Yuankun said with certainty, "No, my parents only gave birth to me. I haven't heard that I have other brothers."

Fang Rui said, "We found a DNA sample suspected to be the murderer at the scene. Please cooperate with us to do a DNA test."

"Okay."

After letting Chen Yuankun leave, Fang Rui called the salesperson of the building materials supplier.

"Yes, I started a video conference with Manager Chen at around 8 o'clock in the evening on the 23rd, and it lasted until after 10 o'clock. We were checking the contract because Manager Chen said that there was a problem with the goods we provided and he wanted to claim compensation from us.

I even went back to the factory to find the documents and contracts at that time. After checking, I found that it was their company's inspector who made a mistake. The documents checked by the inspector that day were the documents for the batch of goods that arrived on the 24th, so the model and quantity must not match. Manager Chen was very angry at the time, and after I explained to him, it did not affect our subsequent cooperation with Jianhua."

Fang Rui asked: "Did you record the video conference at that time?"

"No, this is not a formal meeting, we usually don't record it." said the salesperson.

"It involves a contract dispute, so it should be a very important meeting. Didn't you record it to keep evidence?" Fang Rui questioned.

"This...we...I was in a hurry at the time, so I didn't record it." The salesperson hesitated.

"Did you keep the video during the meeting?"

"Of course. I have the start and end time of the video conference on my computer."

The salesperson went on a business trip and took his computer with him. We have to wait until he comes back to check his computer.

After hanging up the phone, Xiao Zhang said, "Could it be that the salesperson colluded with Chen Yuankun? Chen Yuankun certainly can't be at home video chatting with the salesperson while going to the mall to kill people? He doesn't have the ability to clone himself."

The DNA test results will not be available for a while, so Fang Rui and Xiao Zhang went to Jianhua Engineering Company to investigate.

The company's purchasing department is not very big, with more than ten employees, most of whom are young people, and most of them are female employees.

Wang Yonghua is a veteran employee of the company and the boss's brother-in-law, so even though he does not have a good reputation in the company and his work ability is not strong, he still controls the most lucrative purchasing department.

Although Chen Yuankun is just a buyer and has only been in the company for two years, because he graduated from a prestigious university with a master's degree and has strong work ability, he quickly became Wang Yonghua's right-hand man, and the two have a good relationship. Wang Yonghua would bring Chen Yuankun with him to important dinners and meetings.

Fang Rui and Xiao Zhang used Wang Yonghua's office as a temporary inquiry room and took notes from the department's employees one by one.

Although these employees were young, they were well versed in workplace rules and were very tactful in their words.

"What do you think of Wang Yonghua?"

"Our manager is conscientious and responsible in his work, kind to others, and often gets along well with employees. He is a very good leader."

"What is his relationship with Sun Xiaoning?"

"Colleague relationship and cross-departmental superior-subordinate relationship."

"What is the relationship between Chen Yuankun and Wang Yonghua?"

The employee was stunned for a moment, his eyes rolled around a few times, and then he said, "Manager Wang thinks highly of Yuankun. Probably because he has the highest education and the strongest working ability." His tone was somewhat disdainful and sour.

After questioning several employees, he did not get any useful clues.

Xiao Zhang looked around and found a female employee who seemed outgoing and talkative. He invited her to Wang Yonghua's office.

The female employee was named Zhang Xiaoling. As soon as she came in, she took the initiative to gossip, "Comrade police, has our Manager Wang been in trouble? Has Supervisor Sun from the next department also been in trouble? Do you suspect Yuan Kun is the murderer?"

Fang Rui interrupted her, "We ask, you answer, don't make blind guesses, okay?"

Xiao Zhang couldn't help asking, "How do you know all this?"

"I have just collected the questions you asked. And I am good at integrating information."

"..."

"Comrade police, Manager Wang and Supervisor Sun are having an extramarital affair. They hooked up half a year ago because our manager asked me to order flowers for a Miss Sun at that time. I guessed that it should be for Sun Xiaoning. Later, I ran into them kissing in the office, which further confirmed my guess."