Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 752 Reality is More Absurd Than Television Drama

Having decided to offer assistance, Chen Shu didn't hesitate any longer. He first went to the hotel's server room and quickly reviewed the surveillance footage from last night to the present. Strangely, the footage didn't show any other people entering or leaving the deceased's room.

From around 11 p.m. last night, when the deceased staggered into the room, clearly intoxicated, until the cleaning lady discovered the body this morning, the surveillance camera on the corridor ceiling captured everything clearly. During that time, no other people entered the room.

"Zhu Yiba, pull up all the videos from the past few days and check them. It's possible the murderer entered the room beforehand. After checking the corridor, scan the elevators that stop at our floor and people coming in and out. Compare the check-in information with the front desk staff. If there are any non-residents not in the system, pick them out and check them again."

Following the traditional methods of hotel investigation, Chen Shu assigned Zhu Yiba tasks.

Nowadays, hotels install a large number of surveillance cameras in various locations throughout the hotel. The advantage is that virtually no corner is missed; the disadvantage is that due to the large number of cameras, the workload involved is also extremely heavy.

If only one person is responsible for checking and monitoring the system, it's simply impossible to keep up with everything.

Normally, this kind of video review work involves several people working together, dividing the tasks to obtain the most accurate results within a limited time. For example, video investigation teams within criminal investigation units or under police stations are specifically responsible for this task.

Their daily work is nothing more than watching surveillance cameras.

"Okay." Zhu Yiba agreed and began working with focused concentration.

"Old Zhu, I know you've got your eye on this. Watching the surveillance cameras isn't easy, you'd better hang in there, we're counting on you." Before leaving, Chen Chuan grinned and stuffed a few packs of yellow cigarettes into Zhu Yiba's hand, as if they were the police's secret weapon for completing their mission.

"Didn't you say there weren't even enough cigarettes?" Zhu Yiba said sarcastically, his eyes fixed on the screen, without turning his head.

"Oh, you have a problem with this? I specially hid this for you. Even if you're trying to save money, you can't skimp on your brother." With that incredibly cheesy and melancholic remark, Chen Chuan slammed the server room door shut.

Just as Chen Shu was checking the list of guests on the same floor as the deceased at the hotel reception with the auxiliary police, a middle-aged couple dressed in a fairly fashionable manner rushed over from outside, accompanied by an auxiliary police officer.

As soon as they entered the hotel, they saw people in police uniforms gathered at the front desk, and a group of them rushed over.

Upon inquiry, it was learned that the deceased's parents had gone to the local police station after being notified by the Public Security Bureau, and were then brought to the scene by auxiliary police officers from the station.

Chen Shu took this opportunity to learn about the deceased's social relationships. He was about to take the deceased's parents to a private place to ask them in detail when he learned from the police that their daughter had indeed died. However, their first reaction was not to visit their daughter, but to make a scene in the hotel lobby.

The sound visibly increased in a stepped manner.

"Call your boss over here!" the man shouted menacingly, pointing at the young receptionist. "People have died, and your boss is still trying to hide? Do you think he can escape?"

The woman, tears streaming down her face, screamed and threw a tantrum in the lobby, demanding that the hotel take her daughter. In the end, her hair was disheveled, and she descended into an extremely violent state.

In any case, the tears that fell to the ground cannot be faked, nor can the dusty dress that covered the ground.

Chen Shu didn't immediately realize what had happened. He initially thought the couple had some financial debt or emotional dispute with the hotel owner, which might be the reason the deceased hanged herself. Furthermore, he even assumed the mother and daughter had a very good relationship.

So he stopped trying to dissuade them, pulled back his outstretched right foot, and stood quietly to the side to observe the situation, waiting for the two aggrieved parties to calm down.

The couple's performance was comparable to that of an Oscar-winning actor and actress. On one hand, they were aggressively demanding to see the hotel owner, followed by various verbal threats; on the other hand, they were tearfully expressing their grief.

Chen Shu watched from the side, his heart pounding, thinking that this might be the most dramatic scene he had ever seen.

A short while later, an elderly man with white hair, dressed in a suit, hurriedly stepped out of the elevator. He introduced himself as the hotel's general manager and politely persuaded the middle-aged couple to go to the office next door. Considering the investigation, Chen Shu followed them inside.

At first, the general manager slightly stopped him, but after Chen Shu identified himself as a police officer, he was allowed to enter.

When they arrived at the office, the woman kept crying, saying that the hotel had harmed her daughter. The man kept shouting that their daughter had died at the hotel, so the hotel had to pay compensation.

The couple's words reeked of money, while the hotel owner was the first to ask the police about the deceased's condition and the subsequent handling of the case.

Chen Shu gave a brief explanation.

After learning from the police that his daughter had hanged herself in the hotel bathroom, the man changed his tune, saying that the reason his daughter died must be because of the unreasonable design of the glass door frame in the hotel bathroom, which gave his daughter the opportunity to commit suicide.

As soon as the man finished speaking, the woman sitting on the ground immediately resumed her sobbing and wailing, repeatedly crying out, "My daughter," "My poor daughter."

At this point, Chen Shu roughly understood that the two people had come to ask for money, but he also held onto a small hope, thinking that it was just a mother and daughter's deep affection.

"Two hundred thousand! If you don't agree, I'll go upstairs right now and move my daughter to the lobby so everyone can judge!" The man's face was red, as if he had drunk quite a bit, and he made a move to walk out the door.

"Oh dear! My poor child!" The woman suddenly stopped, and then waited for her husband to finish speaking before wailing. Their perfect coordination made Chen Shu think that the two of them might have a lot of experience.

The general manager didn't refuse on the spot, but looked troubled: "Brother, you know the economy isn't good right now, and business is tough. How about this, let's settle the child down first, give him a place to rest, and then we can find some time later to sit down and talk things over and resolve the rest."

Listening to the general manager's explanation, the couple exchanged glances, assuming that the other was afraid that the girl's death would affect the hotel's business, and their eyes revealed a smug sense of having the boss in their grasp.

The veteran auxiliary police officer who came with them from the police station was clearly an experienced mediator. Seeing that the hotel owner also wanted to settle the matter peacefully, he stepped forward to mediate and said that out of humanitarian considerations, the hotel should just pay 30,000 yuan in funeral expenses.

Upon hearing the police speak, the couple immediately fell silent and both looked at the hotel manager.

The general manager was a straightforward person; he didn't haggle, but immediately took out his phone and transferred the money, even adding an extra 5,000.

After receiving the money, the couple immediately stopped crying and making a scene. They signed the agreement handwritten by the general manager and left satisfied, completely unconcerned about why their daughter had committed suicide, what the reasons were, or what her future plans were.

Perhaps they know the reason, but they don't care.

Ultimately, the hotel general manager and the deceased's parents reached a compensation agreement in the presence of the police, and what seemed like a tragedy ended with a comedic conclusion.

This hasn't even been confirmed as suicide yet! This is more absurd than any TV drama. Chen Shu, who had been watching the whole thing from the sidelines, was completely stunned.

Perhaps, for them, the truth about the deceased's death is not important.

The important thing is that the hotel's operations are not affected, and that the parents receive tangible monetary compensation for their decades of upbringing. It's about how both parties handle the current situation based on their respective interests.

As the couple was about to leave the hotel quickly, Chen Shu felt a tremendous shock. If he remembered correctly, the two of them had not yet gone upstairs to see their daughter's body.

Ha, not even a glance.

(End of this chapter)