Why is it inconsistent?
Luo Yuwen pushed open the bookstore door. It was his first time entering the store that morning. There were many customers in the store, most of whom were sitting in chairs drinking coffee.
Looking around the store and not seeing Qu Qing, Luo Yuwen decided to wait in the store for a while and sat down at the bar.
"What can I do for you, sir?"
"A flat white, hot."
"Okay, please wait."
The waiter moved quickly, and soon a cup of fragrant Orlando White was placed in front of him. The oily coffee liquid mixed with milk was blended in the white porcelain cup.
Luo Yuwen picked it up and took a sip, only to find it very bitter.
Why does Jiang Shuiying like to drink this?
Just as she was thinking about it, the secret door of the bar was opened from the inside, and Qu Qing came out in a white dress. She saw Luo Yuwen at a glance and looked a little surprised.
"Mr. Luo? Why are you alone?"
"Miss Jiang...she has something to attend to, so I'm the only one here today."
"Miss Qu, could you please excuse me for a moment?"
Qu Qing's expression was a little strange, but he still agreed. There were many customers in the store, so the two of them went to the staff lounge.
"Ms. Qu, I just went to the dessert shop. On the day Yan Ming died, did you come into contact with a delivery man there?"
Qu Qing looked surprised, as if he hadn't expected Luo Yuwen to find this out. He then explained that the delivery driver had been in a hurry that day, saying the numbers, but had taken the wrong one. Qu Qing had excellent eyesight and immediately spotted the fruit and vegetable juice among the pile of takeouts. He couldn't just stand there and watch someone deliver the wrong one.
"He was sweating profusely and anxious at the time, and I reminded him out of good intentions."
Luo Yuwen hesitated, "Just a reminder? You didn't touch the glass of juice?"
Qu Qing shook his head.
"Do you still remember what the delivery man looked like?"
Qu Qing still shook his head. "He was wearing a sunscreen mask. I could only see his forehead and eyes."
This is strange, is it another coincidence?
Luo Yuwen thanked Qu Qing, paid the bill and left Qu Qing's bookstore. He returned to the parking lot to smoke and think about where to start the investigation next.
It happened that Qu Qing was in the dessert shop that day, happened to see the glass of fruit and vegetable juice, and happened to remind the delivery man not to take the wrong one.
It just so happened that these two words permeated the entire case, and this feeling of having no clue made Luo Yuwen very annoyed.
Luo Yuwen slammed the cigarette butt shut, took out his cell phone, clicked on the number of the male delivery man he had just saved, and dialed it.
Fortunately, finding a delivery driver was relatively easy; the male driver specialized in this area. Luo Yuwen explained his purpose over the phone and offered to pay him, and the male driver readily agreed. Anyone would be willing to do something that could earn them money with just a few words.
The deliverymen in this area often gathered in an open space to rest, and Luo Yuwen easily found him by riding his motorcycle.
Although the delivery man was wearing a sun mask, his skin was dark and he looked relatively honest.
"Was it you who called me just now?"
Luo Yuwen nodded. After the two of them left the crowd, Luo Yuwen asked, "Did you send a glass of fruit and vegetable juice to Yan's, that is, the Yan's Group?"
The male delivery man was a little flustered when he heard this, "...It's me, but I'm really just a delivery man!"
"I don't know why that glass of juice killed someone. It made me afraid to deliver food for several days and I stopped working for several days."
"Have the police come to you?"
"Yeah, they asked a lot of questions, but when I sent it over, the seals and packaging were all intact, so they said I wasn't a suspect. After I gave my statement, they let me go."
"And I just put the takeaway in the takeaway cabinet downstairs, took a photo and came out. I didn't go upstairs."
"I still have the photo, let me show it to you..."
As the male delivery man opened the photo, Luo Yuwen saw that what he said was true. The juice in the photo was well packaged and placed in the takeaway cabinet, and even had two seals on it.
This is true, but what about Qu Qing?
Luo Yuwen continued to ask: "Did you meet a woman in the dessert shop that day, and was it she who reminded you that you took the wrong takeaway?"
The male delivery man's expression was even more shocked, "How did you know that?"
Luo Yuwen held up his cell phone and showed a photo of Qu Qing, which he had taken when he was watching the surveillance camera at the dessert shop.
"Is it her?"
The delivery man nodded. "Yes! It was her. One of my orders nearly ran out of time that day, and I hurriedly picked up the wrong one. She called me over and handed me the right one."
Luo Yuwen frowned, "She handed it to you?"
The male delivery man nodded rapidly, "Yes, she seemed to be a customer. The cup I wanted was next to her takeaway, so she handed it to me."
Luo Yuwen sensed something was wrong. Earlier in the bookstore, Qu Qing had clearly told him that he did not touch the glass of juice, but the delivery man said that it was Qu Qing who handed it to him. Qu Qing was lying!
Moreover, Qu Qing is very likely to have poisoned the juice the moment it came into contact with it, and that place is a blind spot for surveillance. Although there is no concrete evidence, it is not impossible.
"...What happened?" The male delivery man trembled with fear.
Luo Yuwen shook his head, gave the delivery man the payment and let him go. He leaned on his motorcycle alone, thinking about where to go next.
He rubbed his chin, got on the motorcycle again, and drove towards Yan's.
He wanted to find the male secretary again and watch the surveillance footage from that day again.
Yan's is still as busy as ever, with many people coming in and out. The lobby on the first floor is very grand, a full five meters high. In the middle is an electronic gate, and you have to swipe your card to enter the elevator hall. The front desk and rest area are located on both sides of the gate.
Luo Yuwen stood at the front desk, feeling a slight headache.
The person at the front desk was replaced, and this person did not know Luo Yuwen.
"Sir, I'm sorry, I can't let you in without an appointment."
"But I'm helping your boss investigate a case. Can you be flexible? I'll only see one person for ten minutes."
"Sir, I'm really sorry, you have to make an appointment first."
Luo Yuwen rubbed his brows helplessly and sat in the rest area, holding his mobile phone, looking at Jiang Shuiying and Yan Ying's calls, not knowing who to call.
His finger hovered over Jiang Shuiying's number, and he thought for a long time before pressing it.
Luo Yuwen clicked on Yan Ying's number and dialed. He held up the phone, waiting for the call to be connected. But strangely, no one answered.
What on earth is Yan Ying doing? He hasn't contacted me for several days.
Luo Yuwen was about to call again when he saw the receptionist walking towards him with a troubled look on her face, and she put down the phone.
"Well, sir, our boss has told me to let you in."
"I'm so sorry, please."
Luo Yuwen: “?”
He looked up and found a camera right above him. He had a hunch that Jiang Shuiying was watching him through the camera in this office building.
He stood up and followed the receptionist into the electronic gate.
In the elevator lobby, the receptionist asked, "Sir, who are you looking for?"
Luo Yuwen explained that he was looking for Yan Ming's former secretary and wanted to watch the surveillance footage from that day again, but was met with a conflicted look from the receptionist.
"Sir, that male secretary has resigned."
"What?!"
***
In the office, Jiang Shuiying leaned back in her chair, the real-time surveillance video playing on the notebook in front of her. She had watched Luo Yuwen from the moment he entered the elevator to the moment he entered. Luo Yuwen's guess was correct; it was indeed she who called the front desk to let him in.
Luo Yuwen on the screen was standing in the elevator hall, talking to the front desk anxiously. This scene made Jiang Shuiying let out a muffled laugh.
Jiang Shuiying seemed to have lost interest. She closed her computer and stood up to leave the office. She took a dedicated elevator that went directly to the first floor, while Luo Yuwen took a regular elevator. They went up one at a time and missed each other.
Jiang Shuiying left Yan's and got into the familiar nanny car. Luo Yuwen followed the receptionist to Yan's logistics department, ready to review the surveillance footage from that day again.
There are a lot of surveillance cameras in the Yan Building, and the logistics department alone occupies half a floor. The air-conditioning inside is very strong, and the computer cases emitting blue light are densely placed in a row. Luo Yuwen was frozen as soon as he entered.
The receptionist took him to the monitoring room, turning left and right again. There was no light on inside, and the entire wall was covered with display screens emitting a faint blue light. The monitor was sitting in the middle. She was a woman in her forties.
After explaining the purpose of the visit, the person sitting in the middle of the display screen turned out to be Luo Yuwen.
He watched carefully and attentively all the surveillance footage from two days before and after the incident.
The surveillance footage showed Yan Ming arriving at the company early the previous morning and leaving in a hurry with his male secretary. He looked nervous and appeared to have skipped lunch. Yan Ming and his male secretary were not seen at the company until the afternoon.
Moreover, Luo Yuwen paid careful attention and found that Jiang Shuiying did not appear in the company either.
So strange.
The next day, which was the day of the incident, Yan Ming did not show up at the company until noon, and his expression looked even worse. After arriving at the company, he went straight into the office.
What happened next was just as Luo Yuwen had seen. At noon, the male secretary brought takeout to Yan Ming's office and left empty-handed. About ten minutes later, Yan Ming pushed open the door, raised his phone to his ear, and headed for the terrace with an abrupt expression. Another ten minutes later, he returned from the terrace, looking a bit irritated, and went back to his office, closing the door.
What happened next was that Yan Ming died alone in the office, and the surveillance footage was in chaos.
Luo Yuwen frowned tightly. He always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't put his finger on it.
He dragged the progress bar back and forth, repeatedly watching the part where the male secretary delivered takeout to Yan Ming.
Seeing Luo Yuwen like this, the monitor on the side couldn't help but ask: "Young man, is there any problem?"
Luo Yuwen shook his head, he couldn't explain it himself.
He dragged the progress bar back and forth, and the male secretary walked back and forth in the monitor five times before finally discovering something was wrong.
The surveillance camera in the corridor was opposite Yan Ming's office. When the male secretary knocked on the door while carrying takeout, he had his back to the surveillance camera.
Normally, one should hold the takeaway in one hand and knock on the door with the other, but the male secretary put the takeaway in front of him, kept both hands there for about ten seconds, and then raised the other hand to knock on the door. The whole process was very fast, and he kept the takeaway tightly blocked throughout the whole process.
These ten seconds are more than enough for him to poison!
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