Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 786 Nosy
Chen Chuan walked into the house.

Before the person was even seen, the moment the door opened, the shouting and yelling began.

"What are you three grown men doing behind closed doors? What are you doing? Haha, I packed some delicious food for you."

Chen Chuan walked in with a smile and saw that Chen Shu and Zhu Yiba were both holding cups of tea. He waved his hand casually and said, "Xiao Hai, hurry up and go to my room and bring me a tea cake from your suitcase."

"okay!"

When Brother Chuan makes a move, it's always a masterpiece.

After agreeing, Jiang Hai grabbed the room key and immediately ran out.

At this moment, Zhu Yiba looked at Jiang Hai's back as he ran off with great interest and said with some regret, "It's a pity that this murder case was solved. If Huang Mao had some social experience or better connections in the team, he could have solved this case and we wouldn't have wasted our time."

As he spoke, he became increasingly indignant: "Damn it! We were the ones who solved this murder case, but in the end, they got away with it!"

Chen Chuan looked relaxed, not at all annoyed, and teased, "Come on, we're here on vacation, let's have a good time."

Zhu Yiba was both amused and exasperated: "Chen Chuan, I see you really act like an outsider when you're handling cases. You've probably watched dozens of episodes of anime, right? Anyone would be happy with that."

“Of course I’m an outsider here.” Chen Chuan happily pulled a flower cake from the bag and started eating it with gusto. “Mmm, eat it quickly, it’s fresh out of the oven and still warm.”

Chen Shu took out a packet of flower cakes from the bag and handed it to Zhu Yiba, saying, "How can you say it was all for nothing? Huang Mao is new to the unit, so he doesn't need to be obsessed with winning cases. What's more important is to build good relationships with his colleagues. In the Criminal Investigation Division, as long as you have good connections, you'll only get more and more cases. There's no such thing as a lack of cases."

Zhu Yiba scratched his head and said awkwardly, "I'm just a little disappointed. After all, we put in a lot of effort, and we were the ones who finally caught the person, but they were taken away by just a few words from their lips."

Chen Shu comforted him, "We're on their turf, and it's their case, so it's only right and proper to hand it over to them. Actually, as long as Huang Mao can settle down, we'll have gained something."

"Chen Da." Zhu Yiba was deeply moved.

Chen Shu patted the other person on the shoulder at the right moment, and suddenly felt that he was getting old.

"Holy crap, I'm about to throw up from watching this." At that moment, a mocking voice rang out from inside the room, "But things can't possibly end so simply."

Chen Chuan crossed his arms and chuckled.

"Huh? Wasn't he already arrested? That kid Zheng Jie, it's obvious he's the one who did it." Zhu Yiba turned his head, knowing that Chen Chuan's words clearly had a hidden meaning.

Chen Chuan pointed at Chen Shu and said with a grin, "If the case is really over, our Conan Shu didn't sleep in the fragrant bed of a five-star hotel last night. Instead, he went to the crime scene and wandered around for half a day. What was he doing? Tsk tsk, that reluctant expression, people who didn't know better would think he let his old lover go."

Chen Shu corrected him, "Don't talk nonsense. The seal on the door was blown off by the wind. I was afraid that some other unrelated person might go in, so I helped to put it back on."

"Aren't you considered an unrelated person? The seal was blown off by the wind, so you can go in?" Chen Chuan rolled his eyes at the other person and deliberately raised his voice, "Oh, I see. You want to help check if any unrelated people have lost anything in the room, right? Haha."

Chen Shu shrugged, at a loss for what to do with his friend, and explained, "I'm just a little puzzled by the rope marks on the curtains at the crime scene. Logically, there should be mud on the rope, but the rope used for hanging was clean."

He paused, frowning as he pondered, considering various possibilities: "I wonder if the mud on the grass downstairs is the same as the mud on the curtains. How did the mud from downstairs get into the upstairs rooms?"

When it comes to the case, Zhu Yiba, who is encountering this kind of murder case for the first time, still feels a strong sense of involvement.

Although a long time has passed since Zhu Yiba transferred from the border armed police to the local public security force, he has been working in the special police force, and his daily work consists of either training or patrolling.

Therefore, I still have a strong curiosity about this kind of investigation and case handling.

Seeing Chen Shu bring it up, he chimed in, "Zheng Jie lived on the fourth floor, and the deceased was on the third floor. Could the rope have been used to hang him? Didn't you deduce earlier, Chen Da, that there should have been a second rope at the scene?"

"Possibly." Chen Shu rubbed his chin and said slowly. After speaking, he didn't seem inclined to investigate further, as if he had truly put the case aside. After a moment of silence in the room, Chen Chuan clicked his tongue and teased, "Shu, you're really addicted to playing Conan, aren't you tired of it? The case has already been handed over to them to handle themselves, why are you still getting involved? We're on vacation, not on a business trip. Shu, aren't you tired of being a person?"

Chen Shu scratched his head sheepishly and admitted, "I'm not tired, I'm just a little itchy."

“We’re not animals, we need to rest even if we’re not tired.” Chen Chuan tidied up the clutter on the table and tossed it onto the sofa for making tea later, while lecturing his old classmate, “You, do you still think they’re begging you for help? This provincial capital is so big, do you think we can’t even find someone to solve the case? Expecting a guy from another province like you to help us? Save your breath, my brother! My dear brother!”

Chen Shu chuckled awkwardly a few times but did not reply.

Chen Chuan rolled up his sleeves, coughed twice as if he hadn't said enough, and was about to take advantage of this rare opportunity to say a few more words when his cell phone suddenly rang in the room.

Zhu Yiba, who was holding a flower cake and about to take a few bites, suddenly paused and took out his phone from his pocket.

Under the light, the caller's name on the phone screen was clearly visible.

Yellow hair.

"Platoon leader! Zheng Jie has a complete alibi!"

"He might not be the murderer!"

"How to do?"

Zhu Yiba hung up the phone and looked at Chen Shu and Chen Chuan. The three of them looked at each other in bewilderment.

A moment later, Zhu Yiba was the first to ask, "Brother Chen, what do we do now?"

As Huang Mao's former platoon leader, Zhu Yiba genuinely wanted to help his underling. However, the fruits of their hard work from the past few days had been snatched away in the blink of an eye, and he was truly embarrassed to let everyone work for nothing again.

He regretted it as soon as the words left his mouth.

Chen Chuan frowned, annoyed, and said, "Guys, we're here for a vacation, not a business trip!"

"Delicious, mmm, really delicious." Chen Shu didn't answer directly, but nodded in praise while eating the flower cakes that Chen Chuan had specially brought from outside. "These snacks are indeed very good. Hey, Chen Chuan, I have to say, you have a good eye. I really don't know how we would live without you."

"Come on, stop flattering me." Chen Chuan's lips were practically curled up to the sky, but he still stuck to his position, "You guys go if you want, I'm not going."

"Hmm, I must say, these pies are actually pretty good. Chen Chuan, where do you sell them? I'll buy a few boxes and send them to my dad later." Realizing what he was getting into, Zhu Yiba immediately started taking pictures, showing none of the reserve one would expect from a demobilized soldier.

"Alright, alright, stop putting so much pressure on me. I admit defeat. You guys are really hopeless." Chen Chuan shook his head helplessly. "You're really good for nothing."

Just then, Jiang Hai came running back excitedly, holding a tea cake in his hands, and asked expectantly, "What are you going to do? Are you going back to work on a case? Aren't you going to have some tea?"

"Drink!" Chen Chuan took the tea cake and skillfully began to brew the tea.

Jiang Hai, somewhat dejected as usual, asked, "Huh? You're quitting? What do we do now?"

Chen Chuan felt a little wronged and said, "Let's keep drinking after we finish. What else can we do? Our Captain Chen is known for being a busybody."

Chen Shu quickly finished the flower cake in his hand, stood up and said, "Haha, you guys have some tea first, I'm going to make a phone call. Huang Mao's side probably hasn't gotten used to our police's collective investigation style yet, so he called in a hurry."

"I'll go and explain things to them, and I'll be right back. Tonight, we're not going anywhere; we'll just rest at the hotel."

Chen Shu left with his phone in his pocket, leaving the three of them looking at each other in bewilderment.

(End of this chapter)