Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 262 Remote Control of Murder Time

Commercial building, rooftop.

Ming realized that Chen Shu must have discovered something, so he hurriedly left, probably to check his own ideas.

He stopped what he was doing, jumped off the platform, and ran a few steps to his ex-boyfriend: "Repeat what you just said to that police officer."

The ex-boyfriend recounted his previous conversation with Chen Shu from the beginning, with Chen Chuan, who was standing by and listening, filling in any gaps he had missed.

Ming nodded: "Chen Shu must have become suspicious of the deceased's best friend."

Ming's words made her ex-boyfriend's eyes widen in surprise.

Chen Chuan seemed to be deep in thought.

After recovering, the ex-boyfriend shook his head vigorously: "It couldn't have been Rou Rou who killed her. Rou Rou was almost at the dormitory before Ying Ying fell."

"How did you know?" Chen Chuan asked, puzzled.

"When I was drinking at the bar, Rou Rou called me and said that Ying Ying was drinking alone on the rooftop. So I walked out of the bar and headed towards the building's elevator. When I passed by there, Ying Ying hadn't fallen on the road yet," the ex-boyfriend explained.

After leaving the bar and passing the commercial building, the path leads past the spot where Yingying fell. According to her ex-boyfriend's explanation, Yingying's fall occurred between the time he passed the spot and the time he took the elevator to the rooftop.

Ming confirmed, "My apprentice checked the surveillance footage. The deceased fell before the young man even reached the rooftop."

Chen Chuan looked at her ex-boyfriend and said, "No, what I mean is, how did you know that Chen Rou was almost at the dormitory at that time?"

The ex-boyfriend said matter-of-factly, "We were on a video call at the time, and I saw that she was already downstairs at the school dormitory."

Ming suddenly interjected, "When you talk to Chen Rou, do you call or video chat?"

After thinking for a while, the ex-boyfriend said, "We didn't contact each other much before, and when we did, it was just via WeChat. But today, she actually video-called me."

As soon as she finished speaking, both the ex-boyfriend and Chen Chuan noticed something amiss and fell silent, looking at Ming Ge. They were both intelligent people, but investigating cases still required professionals.

Ming, resting his chin on his hand, said, "If it's about saving money, you could just make a WeChat voice call. It's not very polite or logical to make a video call directly with friends."

The subtext is that Chen Rou deliberately made a video call to her ex-boyfriend so that he could see her background image.

"She's deliberately trying to prove her alibi." Chen Shu, who had returned to the top floor, stared at the high heels on the rooftop not far away and said decisively.

Facing the puzzled looks of the three, Detective Chen Shu began his performance: "I just went downstairs and touched the soles of Yingying's feet. They were very clean, extremely clean, unusually clean."

He strode to the edge of the platform, reached out and swiped his hand across the rooftop, then placed it flat in front of everyone: "If Yingying took off her shoes before jumping, and if she jumped intentionally, then the soles of her feet would definitely have some dust or pebbles on them, just like this hand of mine."

Chen Chuan licked his lips and continued, "You mean Yingying's feet were never on the rooftop? How did she fall? Was she thrown down by someone? But she was the only one there. Chen Rou was already in the car, ready to go back to school!"

"She was lying on the rooftop when she unconsciously turned to one side and fell off." Chen Shu kicked an empty wine bottle at her feet. "She was drunk and asleep at the time, and had already lost consciousness."

Chen Chuan walked to the edge of the rooftop and asked, "This platform is flat. How can Chen Rou be sure that Yingying, who is drunk and asleep, will fall outside instead of falling inside?"

He had already accepted Chen Shu's judgment of the murderer. Although he was still asking questions, his words implied that Chen Rou was playing the role of the murderer.

Chen Shu stared intently at the high heels on the rooftop and explained, "Why do you think the murderer would deliberately take off Yingying's high heels? Was it just to conform to the so-called social custom that 'suicide victims take off their shoes before jumping off buildings or into rivers'? No, she used the high heels as a pillow to support Yingying's head, making her lie horizontally on the edge of the rooftop. In her sleep, because of the obstructive nature of the high heels, Yingying would instinctively roll outwards (towards a lower place), eventually falling to her death. As her roommate, she must have known Yingying's sleeping habits."

The ex-boyfriend stepped forward, still arguing for Chen Rou: "I don't understand what you're saying. I just want to know, if Rou Rou is the murderer, just like this police officer said, given that she had already arranged everything, she was just waiting for Ying Ying to fall from the building."

Then why would she need to contact me and ask me to come upstairs? Besides, if I went upstairs, I would definitely save Yingying, which contradicts the murderer's initial motive! Therefore, Rou Rou is definitely not the murderer!

Chen Shu sighed and pointed out the murderer's intention: "Because the murderer needs you to go upstairs to help her clean up the murder tools. Moreover, she can indeed remotely control the timing of Yingying's fall."

boom.
How can it be!

A great roar erupted from the crowd, as if a thunderclap had exploded within them.

Among them, the only non-police officer standing there, the ex-boyfriend, immediately jumped out and shouted, "I am absolutely not an accomplice, please believe me!"

2:30 AM, Liuya Normal University, girls' dormitory, seventh floor
This is a very ordinary four-person room, with four bunk beds and desks placed on either side of the room.

At this time, the lights, which should have been turned off long ago, were still shining in the dormitory. A slightly chubby girl was leaning against a bed near the balcony, reaching out to shake a girl who was sleeping on the bed.

"Xiao Qi, wake up, wake up."

She shook her for a while before the girl named Xiaoqi finally woke up.

Xiaoqi shielded her eyes from the glaring light with her right hand, muttering, "Chen Rou, what are you yelling about? Can't a person get any sleep? You're back, so go to sleep. What are you yelling about?"

Chen Rou was a little embarrassed: "Oh dear, my phone is dead, and I forgot the charger in the study room. Can I borrow your phone to make a call?"

Xiaoqi rubbed her sleepy eyes and said weakly, "Let Yingying lend it to you."

Chen Rou sighed: "Sigh, she's still drinking with Xiao Zhang. I just wanted to borrow your phone to call her and ask what's going on."

Gossip is indeed a woman's nature.

Xiaoqi perked up immediately, sat up and looked around the dormitory but couldn't find Yingying: "Huh? Are they together again?"

Chen Rou said with a mischievous smile, "You should call and ask what's going on."

Xiaoqi hesitated for a moment, then lay back down on the bed and closed her eyes: "Forget it, it's so late, let's talk about it tomorrow."

Chen Rou reached out and tugged at Xiao Qi's pajamas, pleading, "Just one, just one. Please satisfy my curiosity."

The way she's acting makes it seem like she won't give up until you call her.

Xiao Qi couldn't resist, so she finally took out her phone, unlocked it, and dialed the number. Then she handed the phone to Chen Rou and said, "Ask her yourself."

Chen Rou stretched out her finger and tapped the virtual hands-free button on her phone screen, her smile radiant.

"Xiaoqi, look, it's already past two o'clock. Do you think they might go to a hotel room?"

"Xiao Qi, let me tell you, the melons taste sweeter when eaten together."

(End of this chapter)