I'm a New Police Detective: Specializing in Solving Strange Cases

The next day, he looked at the calendar. Today was already late December and New Year was almost approaching. The case must be solved before the New Year.

Calling Wang Qian, Zhang Xiaonan went to the hospital to find Chen Jing's boyfriend.

They checked Chen Jing's cell phone and various social software, but did not find any other close male friends. The address book included college classmates and high school classmates, but basically they were not in this city.

So these people are excluded first, but we don’t give up on them completely.

So Chen Jing's cell phone was kept by Zhang Xiaonan first, and she would answer it when someone contacted her.

The smell of disinfectant in the hospital was very strong, and Lin Yu immediately covered his nose. He was naturally not used to the smell of that.

The two police officers who were staring at Wang Lezhang saw Lin Yu and the others and immediately waved to them.

Lin Yu asked: "How is it, has Wang Lezhang been here all the time?"

The two answers have always been there, and they have always been there, never leaving.

Lin Yu said: "I'll find two people to take over the shift later. You are tired and need to take a rest."

The two men saluted them, then opened the door, and Lin Yu saw a young man who looked familiar.

It was him, the boy who carpooled with Chen Jing last time.

It was dark that day and Lin Yu was sitting in the front row. I wonder if he recognized him.

After revealing my identity to the young man, he sat up straight.

Lin Yu first asked the nurse how the young man was doing and when he would be better.

The nurse replied that Wang Lezhang was just weak and nothing serious was wrong, and he could be discharged from the hospital after resting for another day.

The nurse's words made them all breathe a sigh of relief.

Seeing that Wang Lezhang was a little nervous, Lin Yu comforted him: "Don't be nervous, we are just here to understand some situations."

Wang Lezhang said “hmm”.

Lin Yu asked straight to the point: "Where were you that night?"

"At home." This is also a normal answer, and most people would answer this way.

Lin Yu wiped his nose: "You've never been out?"

Wang Lezhang insisted: "I was sleeping at home the whole time."

Wang Qian looked at his helpless record.

Lin Yu changed his mind and asked him: "Has Chen Jing ever mentioned the betrothal gift to you? How many times and when?"

Wang Lezhang looked at the ceiling and let out a breath: "I haven't mentioned it formally, I just talked about it. The first time was last month when I proposed to her.

Then she told me that her parents wanted a dowry of 28 yuan, and I told her that my family was a little tight at the moment.

The second time was when I just had a holiday earlier this month. I told her that we would get married after graduation, and then she very considerately asked me how to solve the issue of the betrothal gift.

"Then tell her how to solve it?"

“I didn’t say anything because I didn’t know how to solve it.”

Lin Yu thought for a moment and asked again: "Hasn't it been mentioned in the past few days?"

"No."

"Did she tell you that her parents would not agree to your being together if there was no gift?"

At this time, Wang Lezhang's heart skipped a beat, and Lin Yu noticed his subtle expression.

Then he answered: "It seems that I have mentioned it."

"When was it?"

"It was during the holidays, when we talked about the betrothal gift for the second time."

At this time, the nurse came over to remind Wang Lezhang that it was time to take a rest. Lin Yu looked at Wang Qian, and the two said goodbye to Wang Lezhang: "You rest first, today's questioning ends here, we will come back another day."

Lin Yu asked the nurse for a mask, put it on to cover his nose, and left with Wang Qian.

In the car, Lin Yu asked Wang Qian: "Do you think he lied?"

"This? I really can't tell. I guess you're not lying, right?"

Lin Yu smiled and said nothing.

Wang Qian asked: "Where should we check next?"

"Go eat something and relax." Lin Yu smiled mysteriously.

Then he opened the map on his phone and asked Wang Qian to turn around and stop at a place.

Lin Yu walked towards a restaurant. He looked around outside and asked the boss, "Boss, is the food stall closed?"

The boss came out from the back room: "It's you. The food stall will be open until the evening. But the food stall has everything except barbecue, haha."

He was surprised to recognize Lin Yu and asked, "Do you know me?"

The boss laughed and said, "You're the only one who came to eat at the food stall that night."

"You have a great memory!" Lin Yu really admired this boss.

I took this opportunity to order hot pot first, and then asked: "Then you must remember the couple at the table next to me, right?"

The boss smiled and replied, "Of course I remember. They were a couple of college students from Nanxiao District. They even shared a car with you when you left."

Lin Yu gave him a thumbs up: "Boss, you have a good memory. Do you remember what they said?"

"What did you say?" The boss was a little confused.

Lin Yu touched his nose: "Oh, when they were chatting, did they talk about betrothal gifts or something like that?"

The boss thought for a moment and said, "It seems that they did talk about it, but I was sitting far away and couldn't hear it clearly."

"Then tell me as much as you can remember?"

The boss was still busy at the time and felt a little puzzled. Why should I ask him this question?

Lin Yu saw his doubts and had to show him his police ID: "Oh, it's like this, we are police officers and we are investigating a case."

"Turns out they are some police officers." Then he looked up, as if recalling something.

Then he said, "Oh, yes, I remember now. It seemed that the girl was the first to mention the gift that night. I seemed to hear her parents asking for a gift, and if they didn't have one, they wouldn't agree to them being together. I didn't hear the rest clearly."

After Lin Yu said thank you to him, he felt much better.

Wang Qian asked him puzzledly: "Brother Lin, why are you asking him these questions?"

Lin Yu looked at him, took the notebook on his desk, and opened it to him: "The answer is here."

Zhang Xiaonan and Wang Qian put down their chopsticks and carefully looked at the notes they had taken.

After looking at it for a while, the two suddenly realized: "Are you talking about the issue of the bride price? Wang Lezhang lied?"

Lin Yu swallowed a mouthful of beef and smiled at Wang Qian: "Correct, he lied. In fact, Chen Jing mentioned it more than twice, and the most recent one was not at the beginning of the month, but at the end of the month. It is also possible that there was another time on the night when Chen Jing was hanged."

Wang Qian put down the notebook and said, "Good fellow, I'll go catch him now."

Lin Yu held him back: "Eat first, he can't run away. Besides, our evidence is not enough. Just based on the problem of him lying, he can also say that he forgot."

Wang Qian thought it made sense and started eating the beef hotpot.

Zhang Xiaonan teased again, "Tell me, if Yu Xiaoyu knew that the three of us were eating hot pot and we didn't invite her, would she be angry?"

Wang Qian looked at her and said with a smile, "He will be angry for sure, but he won't be angry at us two, haha."

Lin Yu: "Beef hotpot can't stop you from eating?"

The two burst into laughter.

At this moment, they didn't know that Wang Lezhang was preparing for his next big move.