Chapter 3

A brief silence appeared in the meeting room. Everyone was digesting the information just received, brewing the content of their speeches in their hearts.

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June 21st, 4:15 PM, Fenglin Garden complex, outside the lawn downstairs of Building 3, a thin woman wearing a floral nightgown, with a head of fluffy curly hair covering most of her face, wearing slippers, walked gingerly along the wall to downstairs of Unit 2, bent down to pick up a white object and left quickly...

June 21st, 6:00 PM, in a hotel in Yandu District, Yiling City, Ren Jiahe received a strange call. He waited patiently for 10 seconds before slowly pressing the talk button. The call lasted less than 5 seconds when he stood up from the sofa with a "Whoosh!" and shouted: "What did you say?! Don't play this kind of joke!" After another while, he collapsed softly as if his spine had been pulled out, falling onto the sofa, while a man's voice still came from the phone in his hand: "Ren Jiahe, are you okay..."

6:30 PM, a taxi with Yiling license plates drove rapidly toward Zizhen City!

In the criminal police brigade meeting room of the Jiangdong Bureau, several old criminal police officers had just expressed their views on the death event. Although they had different opinions, almost everyone believed that Ge Manli should not have died by accident!

Gu Changzheng snorted in his nose. After going to the scene in the afternoon, his first feeling was that this was a murder case. He was quite gratified by everyone's common cognition. He looked at Gao Jianjun, and Gao Jianjun smiled: "Everyone's analysis is not bad. Captain Gu, you go ahead and arrange the following work! I hope to get results soon!"

After Gu Changzheng responded, he turned to the criminal police in the meeting room and said: "Guo Hao, Li Hai, go check the surveillance of Fenglin Garden complex for the past week and the surveillance on all roads leading to Fenglin Garden complex. If you find any suspicious people, find them all for me! Gao Ye, you take two people to visit Ge Manli's unit, as well as all the social relationships of her and her husband! Yanzi, stay at the base camp, collect information from all sides, and notify me immediately if there is any situation! Do you all understand!"

"Understood!" Following Gu Changzheng's arrangement, everyone went out to do their own things.

Leaving Luo Fei standing there in a daze, why is there nothing for me to do?

Gu Changzheng glanced at the dazed Luo Fei: "What are you dazed about? Come with me!"

It is now 9:40 PM, four hours have passed since the reporter called the police.

Luo Fei followed the silent Gu Changzheng, seeing that he seemed to be thinking about some problem, and did not dare to disturb him. Before long, the two arrived at the second meeting room at the end of the corridor.

Luo Fei pushed open the meeting room door first, only to see a young man of thirty-five or thirty-six, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, looking scholarly, sitting inside, looking dusty at this moment! Through the not-so-thick lenses, he saw his eyes were red, as if he had just cried bitterly.

"Mr. Ren, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. I am Gu Changzheng, captain of the criminal police brigade of the Jiangdong Bureau, and this is Little Luo." Gu Changzheng looked at the man and said.

This person was Ge Manli's husband, Ren Jiahe, owner of Zizhen City Heli Trading Co., Ltd.

Ren Jiahe stood up upon hearing the sound. Luo Fei noticed that this Ren Jiahe was quite tall, estimated to be 180 cm, with a medium build. He wore a watch on his left wrist with a leather strap, and a plain gold ring on the ring finger of his right hand. His outfit was fresh, but the clothes looked very high-quality. There was a slight belly, which fit his status as a company boss. After standing up, he reached out to Gu Changzheng and said: "Not at all, Captain Gu has spent a lot of effort on Lili's matter..."

Just after saying Ge Manli's name, he lowered his head, and his voice choked up!

This person gave Luo Fei a good feeling, without the vulgarity and money-grubbing smell of ordinary businessmen, feeling more like a teacher or someone in the system.

Gu Changzheng looked at him meaningfully. He was not someone who knew how to comfort others. After gently shaking hands with Ren Jiahe, he said: "Mr. Ren, please accept my condolences. We still want to see you so late because there are some things we still need to understand in detail with you."

Ren Jiahe stabilized his emotions, sat on the chair in front of the small conference table, took off his glasses and wiped the corners of his eyes, saying: "Captain Gu, if there is anything you need to understand, just ask." Luo Fei noticed that the corners of his eyes were wet; it seemed that his whole emotion was still immersed in the pain of losing his beloved.

Gu Changzheng sat opposite him. After he put his glasses back on, he took out a cigarette and handed it to Ren Jiahe, who shook his head: "Thank you, I don't smoke, please feel free."

"Hehe! Not smoking is good, that's a good habit! Does your wife smoke?" Gu Changzheng smiled and asked.

"No." Ren Jiahe adjusted his glasses frame and said lightly.

"Oh, then does your wife drink? I mean, does she drink at home usually? Or does she have a habit or tendency to drink heavily?"

Ren Jiahe hesitated: "I knew she could drink a little before we got married. Due to the nature of her work, sometimes it's inevitable to have social engagements, and it's normal to be able to drink a little, but if you say she drinks heavily, I think it shouldn't be the case!"

"Hehe, your wife is usually very fond of cleanliness, right?" Gu Changzheng lit a "White Sand" himself and took a fierce puff. Before long, a cloud of smoke rose in the room. Ren Jiahe frowned slightly; it could be seen that he had a relatively large reaction to the smell of smoke.

But he still replied politely: "Yes, Lili is very fond of cleanliness, especially loves bathing. Even in winter, she has to wash twice a day, not to mention summer. The housework at home is also a must every day. She can't tolerate even a little dust at home. I even teased her, fortunately, we live in a small apartment, otherwise, cleaning every day would be exhausting."

"Why don't you hire a nanny?"

Ren Jiahe looked up at Gu Changzheng: "Lili doesn't like other people at home. Her mysophobia makes her dislike outsiders appearing at home."

"Oh, then there should be very few guests visiting your home?"

"Yes, she doesn't like it, and I follow her. Usually, entertaining friends is done outside."

"Then, as far as you know, has your wife ever made enemies or had any economic disputes with anyone at her unit or in society?"

Ren Jiahe was suddenly stunned! Then he said excitedly: "Captain Gu, what do you mean? Could it be that Lili was murdered?!"

Gu Changzheng did not answer his question immediately, just stared fixedly into his eyes!

Ren Jiahe was a little unnerved by being stared at by this veteran criminal police officer who had been through many battles. He said with slight anger: "What do you mean by looking at me like this, Captain Gu?"

Gu Changzheng laughed lightly: "Does Mr. Ren think your wife died by accident?"

Ren Jiahe had already returned to calm at this time. He said slowly: "I'm just guessing. As for Captain Gu's question just now, I can tell you very clearly that Lili had an excellent personality. As far as I know, she was very popular in her unit. Although she was a business pacesetter in the troupe and the troupe leaders had high expectations for her, she spared no effort to give newcomers opportunities, and everyone was quite polite to her. As for society, after I married her, I didn't see her having much contact with the outside world. The only close best friend was Yang Liu from the city station."

Ren Jiahe stopped and thought for a while: "As for economic disputes, that's even less likely. Lili belonged to that kind of relatively easygoing person. Her attitude toward money was to use more if there is more, and use less if there is less, and she had no concept of money. If you say she had economic disputes with others, it should be impossible!"

"Did she contact you before the incident?"

"Contacted! Near noon, I was talking about things at the business trip unit, and Lili sent me a message saying that I'm afraid I can't escape at noon, I must drink, how annoying, etc. I replied to her after the meal, but she didn't reply. Later, at 2:45 PM, she called me back, saying that she drank a lot of alcohol at noon and also danced a dance and sweated all over, feeling very uncomfortable. Then Xiao Liu from the troupe sent her home, and also said that she would make an appointment with Yang Liu later, and the two would go shopping together, etc."

Saying this, he took out his mobile phone, adjusted the call record, and handed it to Gu Changzheng. Gu Changzheng signaled Luo Fei to take it. Luo Fei nodded to Ren Jiahe, took the phone and looked at it carefully, and then looked at the message he sent to Ge Manli under Ren Jiahe's operation.

Luo Fei glanced at Gu Changzheng and nodded gently. Gu Changzheng said: "Thank you, Mr. Ren, for your cooperation. Let's stop here for today. As for Ge Manli's parents..."

"Oh, I will handle it properly." Ren Jiahe said in a low voice.

"Good, but before there is a clear conclusion on the case, don't notify her parents for the time being."

Ren Jiahe reached out and adjusted his glasses frame, nodding: "Okay."

At this time, "Knock, knock, knock," a knock on the door came from outside, "Come in!" Gu Changzheng said loudly.

The door was pushed open silently, and criminal police Wu Yan walked in. She glanced at Ren Jiahe and whispered a few words in Gu Changzheng's ear.