Chapter 223: President Lou

The end of the highway is always layered mountains. This is the road from Nancheng to Baicheng, and it is also the road along the Ying River to the sea.

After a two-hour drive, they finally entered Baicheng.

Zhong Kui entered Zhong Xiaoyu's hometown like a tourist.

"We asked the Baicheng police to assist in understanding the whereabouts of all personnel at the Baisha District Branch of the Jiangnan Development Bank. There is news now. On the day Hao Weiwei was murdered, only one person asked for leave and was not in the bank. It was their Vice President, Lou Jing." As soon as the car got off the highway, Wu Shanqiu received the news and said.

"Oh? The range is so small?" Qi Fei felt slightly surprised.

"It's a good sign. I did a divination before coming. It seems this trip to Baicheng will go smoothly." Zhong Kui said with a smile.

The car entered the downtown area of Nancheng. The road kept narrowing, and the trees kept getting denser.

Beside a plane tree road with only two lanes, the opening bank of the fake bank card used by the cyber killer—the Baisha District Branch of the Jiangnan Development Bank—was there with an inconspicuous door.

Entering the meeting room, waiting for them was a lady in her forties, with dark skin, short hair to her ears, and dense yellow-brown spots on her cheeks and heavy dark circles under her eyes, making her look very tired.

"Hello, I am Lou Jing, Vice President of the Baisha Branch. The Baicheng Public Security Bureau has called me. What can I do for you?"

This tone of speaking clearly didn't know that she had become a suspect in this case and only treated herself as the person in charge of the branch to receive the police.

Qi Fei didn't correct Lou Jing's misunderstanding immediately, but followed her meaning and said: "President Lou, we are investigating a criminal case. The murderer used a fake bank account and indicated that the opening bank was your branch, so we came to understand the situation."

"Since it is fabricated, it should have nothing to do with us. I don't know what else you need to understand?" Lou Jing flashed a trace of displeasure in her eyes, clearly feeling that the investigation reason Qi Fei put forward was too far-fetched.

"It's not strange to know that there is a Baisha District in Baicheng, but it's not so simple to know that there is a branch of the Jiangnan Development Bank in Baisha District. If you want to fabricate it randomly, he can write a non-existent bank branch. Since he wrote yours, it shows that he knows you." Zhong Kui said from the side, "The time for registering the bank card was early last year. Are there any employees in your bank who particularly like science fiction novels, or who are relatively rigid in doing things?"

When Lou Jing heard Zhong Kui's words, she couldn't help but look at her a few more times. Clearly, like others, she also felt that this glamorous woman didn't look like a police officer.

"Miss, I find it very difficult to answer the two characteristics you mentioned. First of all, our branch has no obligation to understand the hobbies of employees. As for being rigid, this depends on how you understand it. Most of our business needs to be handled carefully and strictly according to the process. If this feature is the rigidity you mentioned, then all our qualified employees here meet your description." Lou Jing was clearly resistant to Zhong Kui's suspicion of her employees, and her verbal response was inevitably sharp.

Zhong Kui was not angry, and even smiled: "This is just a method of elimination. I hope you can assist us in understanding."

Qi Fei opened the transcript book and said to Lou Jing as a matter of routine: "President Lou, why don't you talk about yourself first? We learned that two weeks ago, you asked for leave for personal reasons. Do you mind telling us the reason?"

Lou Jing was the Vice President after all, and her reaction was very fast: "The case you are investigating, that person died two weeks ago, right?"

"Hmm, we just want to understand your alibi." Qi Fei had already picked up his pen, posing as if he wanted to record.

Lou Jing crossed her fingers and put her hands on the table. She looked calm and said: "The reason I asked for leave is very simple. My lover went on a business trip those days, and the child was about to take the college entrance examination and needed care, so I asked the bank for a few days off. You can verify this with the bank leaders."

Zhong Kui said immediately after hearing this: "Hmm, you are not the murderer."

At this time, a trace of surprise appeared in Lou Jing's eyes. She didn't understand why Zhong Kui could draw this conclusion so quickly.

Zhong Kui clearly saw her doubt and smiled: "I can read minds."

"She is a psychologist." Qi Fei hurriedly found a patch, otherwise Zhong Kui would have to say something mysterious again to make people suspicious, and then winked at Zhong Kui, probably meaning not to mess around.

Zhong Kui turned her eyes uninterestingly and found a patch: "Okay, I just saw your habitual action of crossing your fingers. Your left thumb is on top. If I'm not mistaken, you are a left-handed person, right? Ordinary people will be used to having their right thumb on top."

Lou Jing looked at her hands, and it seemed that even she hadn't noticed: "That's right, I am a left-handed person."

"Hmm, judging from the traces of the murderer's knife, he should be used to using his right hand. So, you are not." Zhong Kui crossed her hands in front of her chest and said unhurriedly, "Besides, from my personal speculation, the possibility that he is an employee of your bank is not high. Exposing the unit where he works directly is too insecure for him.

We just want to figure out why he used your branch to commit fraud." She tilted her head and looked at Lou Jing with that observational expression, making Lou Jing feel uncomfortable all over, "Speaking of which, it seems you have been under a lot of pressure recently."

"Sigh, the business of the bank is very rolled now. I, the Vice President, have to pull business and manage it. It's too busy. Plus, the child is going to upgrade this year, and her father is getting busier and busier, so it is indeed too much pressure. Oh, sorry, this has nothing to do with you." Lou Jing said, seemingly thinking of something. This question of Zhong Kui just now made her show a puzzled expression again. She hesitated and said: "Have we met?"

Zhong Kui's eyes fluttered, and then she said coldly: "I have never met you."

Lou Jing's inelastic skin left a "chuan" mark as her eyebrows wrinkled, muttering: "I always feel that you should be someone I know..."

"Let's keep our attention on the case we are tracking." Zhong Kui clearly didn't want her to continue thinking about this problem and interrupted her thoughts, "The person we are looking for may have handled business."

"Then, the range is too wide." Lou Jing blurted out, "Our branch is the branch with the best business of Nankai Bank in Baicheng. If you want to find your suspect from our customers, it is no different from finding a needle in a haystack."

However, Zhong Kui had been watching her face and suddenly said: "However, you already have a candidate in your heart." ===== CHAPTER 224 =====