Chapter 10 Chapter 9 Unexpected Clues

Since taking over the Donghu murder case, everyone in the Criminal Police Brigade has been extremely busy, but unexpectedly, the clues were suddenly cut off again.As for the reason why Mr. Pan and Wu Lingling both went out that night, it was because the two husband and wife met on a date. It was said that it was their wedding anniversary. They suddenly remembered it, so they decided to meet.Xia Zicheng and Zhong Mingyue at the western restaurant where they were dating have already investigated clearly. According to the waiter, they did share a romantic wedding anniversary in the western restaurant that night. The timing basically coincided.

"What a fucking waste of time this time!" Zhong Mingyue clenched her fists and slammed on the wall, a dull echo sounded. Other colleagues paced around the office morosely, about to go mad like dogs. "What should I do now?" The director drooped his fat head and seemed to be muttering to himself.He kept cursing that this difficult case had come under his jurisdiction.He knew that if it really couldn't be cracked, he might not be able to sit on the position of director. Seeing Xia Zicheng holding his head in thought, he seemed to be recalling the whole case.Even so, he still puts all his hopes on Xia Zicheng, and he believes that there is no case that he cannot solve.He is the detective, Sherlock Holmes.

In the silence, suddenly the phone in the criminal police room rang, and after a while I heard Dabao's rough conversation with the other party. "Captain Xia, your phone number." Dabao poked out his head as fat as a pig.Colleagues feel that he is more official than the director. "Who's calling?" Xia Zicheng was still in a bad mood, looking up at Dabao, but his feet didn't move. "He's a citizen. I heard that he can provide some clues about the Donghu murder." "Really?" Everyone stared at Dabao almost in shock. Dabao smiled innocently.

Xia Zicheng rushed into the criminal police room, and as soon as he picked up the phone, he hurriedly said, "I'm Xia Zicheng, are you?" "I'm Wang Dan. I'm a salesperson at Mr. Zhou's jewelry counter in Guangyang Department Store. I probably know about the Donghu murder case because I read the newspaper. Now I have some clues to give you." A girl's gentle voice came from the other end of the phone. Xia Zi felt itchy on purpose. "Really? That's great! Where are you now, can we meet and talk?" "Of course there is no problem. I'm at work now and I don't get off work until twelve o'clock."

"That's good, I'll go over now. Mr. Zhou's jewelry counter in Guangyang Department Store, right?" Xia Zicheng motioned Dabao to hand him a pen and notebook, and quickly wrote down on it. "Yes, on the second floor." Xia Zicheng suddenly heard another girl's voice from over there: "Are you ready? I'm very busy now." "Okay." Wang Dan hurriedly replied from the other end, and then said to Xia Zicheng, "Okay, Gotta get busy first." Before Xia Zicheng could say see you later, the other party hung up. At this time, it was already eleven o'clock in the morning.

Xia Zicheng and Zhong Mingyue asked the waiter on the third floor the location of Mr. Zhou's jewelry counter, and the waiter pointed to the counter not far ahead and said, "That's right there." "Thank you!" After Xia Zicheng thanked, the two walked over quickly. There were two waitresses chatting in Mr. Zhou's jewelry counter. Seeing a customer, one of them rushed forward to say hello: "Two gentlemen, please take a look, which one do you like?" Xia Zicheng heard her voice, it was the one on the phone, and he took out his criminal certificate from his arms.When the other party saw it, there was an expression of awe on his face.Xia Zicheng knew that most girls would feel this way when they saw Xing Gian.

"I am Wang Dan." She responded and asked them to sit down. They took a closer look at Wang Dan, who had a beautiful oval face and a handsome appearance, with long hair tied back, and a pair of casual shoes under white overalls.They thought she was, so to speak, a fine beauty. "Is it convenient to talk here?" Zhong Mingyue took out a notebook from her arms and stared at Wang Dan. "No problem. I just said a few words according to what I know." Wang Dan sat down opposite them and said calmly. "Okay, in order not to delay your work, let's get into the topic directly." Xia Zicheng looked at the other party concisely and peacefully.

"Okay." Wang Dan took a deep breath, his big eyes with long eyelashes drooped slightly, and looked straight at Xia Zicheng, "I saw in the newspaper some time ago that you provided the suspect for the East Lake murder case, I saw I have met with one of them, and the reason why I have not called the Public Security Bureau is that I am worried that the information I provide will hurt the other party, or it will be useless.” "Who is it?" Xia Zicheng asked again. "Nana." "Nana?" Xia Zicheng took out Nana's photo from his pocket and showed it to her.

"That's right, she's right." Wang Dan nodded with certainty. "When did you meet her?" "Well, it was the night of the seventh of this month." "Where is it, a movie theater?" "No, it's where magic is performed." "The... place where magic is performed." Xia Zicheng and Zhong Mingyue looked at each other in shock, and they saw the real suspect in each other's eyes. "It really is her, not bad!" Xia Zicheng became more and more determined in his heart. "How could it be her?" Zhong Mingyue still didn't quite believe the facts.

"What time did you see her at the magic show that night on the 7th?" Zhong Mingyue asked before Xia Zicheng could ask. "I saw her at about nine o'clock that night." Wang Dan hesitated for a moment and said with some hesitation. "Nine o'clock?" They stared at her in surprise. "Although it is not very clear, it should be similar." "There should be a lot of people there that night, and the environment inside must have been very unpleasant. Why are you so sure that you saw her appear inside?" Xia Zicheng thought about the environment at that time, and asked.

"Although it's not very bright inside, it's not gloomy either. Besides, she has been sitting next to me, and she left her seat and walked past me twice, so I'm so sure that she can't be wrong." "It's indeed exciting news." Zhong Mingyue smiled teasingly, and quickly recorded Wang Dan's words. "Have you ever left your seat twice?" Xia Zicheng thought to himself why she left her seat, "Should...it's convenient, right?" He still seemed unnatural when he said this sensitive question in front of a strange woman. Wang Dan smiled awkwardly: "Probably not." "Oh, why do you say that?" Xia Zicheng felt more and more confused. "At that time, she was sitting on my right and walked past me. The first time I didn't pay much attention to her, but the second time I walked past me, I couldn't help but take a closer look at her, and found that she was a very A beautiful girl, and the kind that is so beautiful that a man will die, not bad." Wang Dan raised his eyebrows and glanced at them deliberately as he said. Their eyes met, and they nodded with wry smiles. "I noticed that she went to the passage and walked all the way down. At that time, I thought it was strange that she was not going to pee, because the toilet was on the left." "Where is she going?" "I don't know, but the position below the passage on the right is not the exit of the audience, and I guess the passage below is the passage for the staff or magic performers to exit, because I once saw a man who seemed to perform magic appear, and after a while Disappeared. As you all know, magic is really amazing." Wang Dan suddenly became excited as he spoke. They figured she remembered the magic show that night. "And then, did she stay inside to watch the magic show?" "No. She left around 10:30. When I paid attention to her, I found that she seemed to be absent-minded, and she hadn't the mind to watch the magic show. I felt very strange, why people who come here don't like it. Watch a magic show." "The time can't be wrong, right?" "There should be nothing wrong." "That's fine. But why do you think she's not in the mood for a show?" "A woman's intuition." "intuition?" "That's right. Don't you believe that women's instincts are often accurate?" "This, sometimes I still believe it." "That's all I know, I don't think I can tell you anything more?" Wang Dan raised his hands, gestured apologetically, and then smiled. "These evidences are indeed very good." Zhong Mingyue closed his notebook and said with high spirits. "Thank you for the news you provided today," Xia Zicheng happily handed her his business card, "I hope you will remember something else." "I believe not." Wang Dan took the business card and said. "Old Xia, do you think Wang Dan's words are credible?" Zhong Mingyue asked directly as soon as he came out of the jewelry store. "There should be no need for her to lie, don't you think so?" "Maybe." Zhong Mingyue frowned, and then said, "Which clue should we start with?" "what you think?" "Investigate Nana first." "I think so too. If she did appear in the movie theater, why lie? And I speculate that the place where the magic show was performed may be the scene of the murder, because Nana was alone during the time of the deceased's death." "You mean there's a possibility that the place was a murder scene?" "good." "This is a very problematic place. Where would she choose to murder the dead in such a huge place? And she wasn't there when she abandoned the body, so it can't be justified anyway." Xia Zicheng fell into deep thought, and he also thought Can't figure out the tricks. "Why did Nana lie that she was not at the magic show, but at the movie theater? What is the difference between the two? Maybe she couldn't believe that she would be recognized at the magic show no matter what." Coming out of Optics Valley and walking towards the police car parked in the square, Xia Zicheng checked his watch, the hour hand was trying to approach twelve o'clock. Zhong Mingyue checked Nana's phone number in her notebook, and then called: "Hi, I'm Zhong Mingyue from the criminal police team... Are you free now? I want to ask you something that I don't understand about the case... ...Oh, is it? Well then, we'll see each other tonight." "How to say?" "She's not at the company. She went to the printing factory in Hankou because of the magazine cover. She only had time to meet us at night." Zhong Mingyue stopped and looked at Xia Zicheng. Xia Zicheng understood what he meant, and said, "Have lunch first, and then go to the magic show." Zhong Mingyue nodded in agreement. They simply went to Guanggu fast food restaurant to eat, and then asked the waiter where the magic was performed. "It's on the fourth floor here." The waiter cleaned up the dishes and replied without raising his head. "Fourth floor?" They froze for a moment. "good." "Thank you!" Xia Zicheng got up, picked up his coat and walked out with Zhong Mingyue. They found the stairs to the fourth floor, followed the signs on the passage, and found the place where the magic was performed.But when he found the door was locked, he couldn't help but smiled wryly. Seeing them acting suspiciously, the nearby security guard hurried forward: "Sorry, there are no performances here yet." Zhong Mingyue turned around and saw that it was a fat security guard, and took out his criminal police certificate from his arms without haste. When the security guard saw him, he immediately expressed apology: "Is there anything I can do to help?" "Open here, we have something to investigate." Zhong Mingyue pointed at the door. "No problem, but you need to wait." Zhong Mingyue nodded quietly. The security guard suddenly turned around and ran forward, disappearing from their sight for a while. About ten minutes later, he ran out of breath and opened the door. "Do you still need help?" "You follow in, there may be some things I need to ask you about." Zhong Mingyue felt that the security guard was more enthusiastic about Xingdai. "Okay!" After entering, the security guard cleverly turned on the lights. They looked inside carefully. It looked like a movie theater, with a stage below and passages on both sides. According to what Wang Dan said, they checked the passage here, and found that, as Wang Dan said, the passage on the right really leads to the backstage.Regarding this doubt, I asked the security guard, and he nodded in agreement. "Sitting in such a place, will the people next door see clearly?" Zhong Mingyue stroked the seat and asked suddenly. "If it's a show, you can usually see it clearly." "Will Rue recognize each other even if we meet outside the next day?" "I can't tell you that. It also depends on the memory of the other party. If you meet by chance, you probably won't leave much impression, unless you are impressed for the first time." Zhong Mingyue looked at the fat security guard appreciatively, it seemed that he was not stupid. Xia Zizheng didn't have any valuable clues to discover, suddenly remembered what Wang Dan said, turned to look at the security guard and said, "On the night of the 7th, is there a magic show here?" The security guard froze for a moment, then nodded. "That night, after the magic show started, who was guarding the door all the time?" "Captain Xia is asking the right person." The security guard stroked his middle hair, which was not very messy, with a silly smile. "Oh," Xia Zicheng was a little surprised, "Think carefully, after the magic show started, it was about half past ten, has anyone left?" "No." The security guard said without hesitation, "After the magic show started, no one left. I can guarantee this. And I guess, such a good-looking magic trick, of course I heard that no one would leave halfway through seeing it. Do you say so?" "But there will be another situation. Some people's purpose is not to watch magic, but watching magic is just a cover." "You mean to say that someone uses magic tricks to do bad things. I really don't understand." The security guard stroked his forehead this time and smirked. "Yes. But really no one left that night?" "It can't be wrong." "Did you ever leave during a performance? Or to take a pee or something." "Oh, this is true. I seem to have been there a few times to urinate. I can't remember, but the urinal is next to the gate. Even if I urinate, I can still hear footsteps coming out." The security guard seemed very firm and confident. "It seems really nerve-wracking!" Zhong Mingyue shrugged and looked at Xia Zicheng with a wry smile. "Thank you for your help today." Xia Zicheng extended his hand enthusiastically. The security guard was flattered for a moment, then smiled and held out his hand. The two hands just shook slightly, and then parted. Coming out from inside, they found that the bathroom was really on the side of the gate. Based on their experience, if they had sensitive hearing, it was normal for someone to come out and hear footsteps. As the two went downstairs, they heard Zhong Mingyue say: "In this case, what Wang Dan said may be a lie." "She doesn't have to lie to us." "If she didn't lie, how could Nana mysteriously disappear at the magic show place." "This is also where I feel puzzled." Xia Zicheng frowned, lost in thought. "In this way, is it still necessary for us to meet Nana at night?" "It seems unnecessary. Even if she asks, she can't naively say that she has appeared there before." "In that case, didn't she speak and slap her own mouth?" "good." "If what Wang Dan said is true, then the murderer we are facing this time is not a simple-minded person." "I didn't expect women to be so smart. It seems that our jobs will not be kept this time." "I hope not." In order to find more evidence to prove Nana's motive for killing, Xia Zicheng remembered Dongwen's words: "President Pan and Nana are actually lovers." He inferred that if Nana was found to be Mr. Pan's underground lover, it would prove Nana's motive for killing. After all, it would not make sense to infer that she killed the editor-in-chief based on the motive of the magazine. So they decided to ask Mr. Pan again, hoping to find the key to the case from him.Xia Zicheng called Boss Pan that afternoon, but Boss Pan said on the other end that he happened to be on a business trip and would not be able to come back until two days later. "How could it be such a coincidence?" Xia Zicheng told Zhong Mingyue the content of the phone call. Zhong Mingyue also found it incredible. In the two days since Boss Pan didn't come back, they didn't send anyone to follow Nana in order not to startle the snake.They guessed that if the murderer was really her, she would not be a simple girl who could come up with such a perfect murder case, and sending someone to follow her would only make her more cautious. At ten o'clock in the morning on the third day, Xia Zicheng and Zhong Mingyue were waiting in the office with sad faces. Suddenly Xia Zicheng's mobile phone vibrated in his trouser pocket, and he hurriedly took it out. Seeing that it was Mr. Pan, his face immediately showed shock. "Captain Xia, hello, I've returned to the ancient city, do you need my help." There were noisy voices from the surroundings. "Can we meet and talk again." "Well, I just got off the plane, how about I wait for you at home?" "Okay. We're ready to go now." "See you in an hour then." "Okay, see you in an hour." About an hour later, the police car stopped in front of Mr. Pan's apartment. After ringing the doorbell, there were footsteps coming from inside the door, and then the door opened, and Mr. Pan appeared with a tired face. "I'm really sorry to bother you when you're so busy," Xia Zicheng said. "It's all right. Come in, please!" They sat down on the sofa where they came for the first time, Mr. Pan poured two glasses of boiling water, and then sat opposite them. "If there is anything that can help, you can just tell me directly. I also hope that this case will be concluded as soon as possible." Boss Pan entered the topic very concisely. "In that case..." Xia Zicheng glanced at Zhong Mingyue and hesitated for a moment, "In that case, I'll ask directly." Boss Pan drank his saliva and looked at Xia Zicheng intently. Zhong Mingyue took out her notebook as usual. "At present, according to the evidence we have, it proves that Nana's murder is the most suspected. As for the reason, it is clearly the motive of the murder, but now I mainly want you to confirm." Xia Zicheng deliberately revealed the news to see what Pan always looks like reaction. "How is it possible?" Boss Pan's eyes widened immediately, and his hands were raised in mid-air. "It seems that Boss Pan doesn't know anything about it." Xia Zicheng was not surprised by Boss Pan's reaction at all. "Oh, Captain Xia's meaning..." Boss Pan paused and said with his hands down. "Of course we can't tell you the secrets of the case investigation, but I want to ask you about a very important question." "Please say it's okay!" Xia Zicheng leaned over and looked into Boss Pan's eyes: "I heard that Boss Pan and Nana are not just the relationship between the boss and the employees." "What do you mean?" Boss Pan calmly looked away. "About this point, I don't know clearly, Mr. Pan must be very clear in his heart." "I really don't understand, please explain clearly." Boss Pan raised his head slightly. Xia Zicheng was stunned for a moment, and thought to himself: "Could it be that Mr. Pan really has nothing to do with Nana, but it's impossible. How could Dongwen lie casually? You have to know that he was able to say it out of great determination." Although President Pan and Nana's lover relationship is well concealed, there is no airtight wall in the world, let alone your people who revealed it to us, could it still be fake." Zhong Mingyue was forced to resort to this trick. "Who is my person? It must be a misunderstanding." Mr. Pan's tone weakened significantly. "Of course we can't disclose it. But I hope you will cooperate with our work as much as possible. You don't want us to disclose this matter to Wu Lingling, or to be clear, we don't want to resort to strong methods. You can do it yourself." Zhong Mingyue said bluntly. Of course Xia Zicheng didn't want Zhong Mingyue's tone to be tough, but he knew that this trick would always work for Pan. Mr. Pan's face immediately turned purple, but he calmed down slowly. He knew that concealing the truth would not do him any good, and he would often do unimaginable things when he glanced at it. "Let's talk, we won't announce it to the public." Zhong Mingyue's tone was better than before. Mr. Pan sighed quietly, and then muttered to himself: "Yes, Nana is my lover." Zhong Mingyue glanced at Xia Zicheng with air, and then began to record. Xia Zicheng raised his thumb in the dark approvingly: "When did you start walking with Nana?" "Almost two months." "Oh. Do Wu Lingling and Mi Lip know about your relationship?" "Wu Lingling probably didn't know about it. As for Mi Lip, we knew about it in the first month we started." "It's not easy for two lovers to have a man." "Ok." "You mean they had a quarrel?" "Yes, this is also a very normal phenomenon." "There was a lot of quarreling." "Yes. Two lambs usually look like little sheep. Once they turn against each other, it is indeed a terrifying thing." "About this, is there any evidence that you can provide us, photos and the like." Zhong Mingyue added. President Pan shook his head. "There is no problem with these, and it's not a big problem, but I think you can provide evidence about your relationship with Nana." "Nana and I have always been in an underground relationship. Although we used to be together, we have never had a photo taken." "There are no photos. Is there a place where you went together, such as a hotel or something?" "Hotel? We have been to a hotel before, it can also be said that we are in the hotel all the time we are together." "Is it a habit to go to a family?" "Actually, to be clear, I have only been to her three times for so long, and they are not in the same house." "Three times?" Although Xia Zicheng couldn't deduce whether the number of times was accurate, he thought that he still had a family and Mi Lip, so three times should be normal. He did not say this, but said: "Can you provide the name of the hotel?" "This... Let me think about it." Mr. Pan pondered for a while, and then told them one by one. They decided to investigate whether there was anything to prove the relationship between Nana and Mr. Pan, so they stood up and said goodbye. According to the hotels provided by Mr. Pan, they conducted investigations one by one, but unfortunately, the waiters in the hotel only provided Mr. Pan's ID card for registration. As for Nana's appearance, they seemed to have no impression.What made them even more disappointed was that the surveillance video did not leave any trace of them.