Seeing someone coming in, the middle-aged woman in the interrogation room wanted to stand up excitedly, "Comrade police, why on earth did you arrest me? I didn't do anything bad!"
Lin Che and Li Li sat down, Li Li was responsible for questioning, and Lin Che took notes.
"Auntie, don't be nervous. I didn't say you did anything bad. We have a case that requires your cooperation. Just tell us the truth what you know."
"I cooperate, I cooperate!"
The middle-aged woman is very nervous and restless.
Lin Che noticed that this woman looked much older than her actual age. Her right hand was disabled and she only had half of her arm. Judging from the wound, it should have been more than ten years old.
"Are you Liu Ahua?"
"Yes, yes."
"Are you the one who runs Ahua Convenience Store? How long has it been open?"
"I drive it. I've been doing it for five or six years."
"Liu Ahua, do you know a woman named Zhou Xinyu?"
"Zhou Xinyu..."
Liu Ahua read the name again, thought for a few seconds, and shook her head, "I don't recognize it."
Li Li and Lin Che looked at each other for a few seconds. Lin Che held up Zhou Xinyu's photo and asked, "Take a closer look. Do you recognize this person?"
Liu Ahua saw the photo and nodded immediately, "I know her. I don't know her full name. I always call her Xiao Zhou. She often comes to my store to buy things and takes care of my business."
Li Li nodded and continued to ask, "Are you familiar with her?"
"I can't say I'm familiar with her. She just makes small talk when she comes to buy things."
"What are you talking about?"
"Just chatting, what fruits have increased in price, which side dishes are fresh, etc."
Li Li held up the milk bottle in the evidence bag and asked, "Do you have this kind of milk in your store?"
Liu Ahua looked at it carefully and confirmed, "Yes, this kind of milk sells well. I have made an order with the dealer in this area, and they will deliver it every morning."
"How many bottles do you usually give?"
"20 bottles."
"Can it be sold out?"
"Basically everything is sold out. Sometimes it's not enough, but I don't dare to buy more. I just want the milk to be fresh. If it doesn't sell out on the same day, no one will buy it the next day."
"What if we can't sell out? Should we change the date and sell the expired ones as current ones?"
When asked, Li Li's tone and eyes became sharp, and Liu Ahua was so frightened that she stamped her feet and waved her hands.
"No, no, no! I run a neighborhood business, and I have to close my shop early! I will discount the unsold milk the next day. There are several people in the community who specialize in selling this kind of discounted milk to feed the dogs.
If you don’t believe me, you can ask! If the goods are not sold after closing the next day, I will cook and drink them for my daughter, and I will never wait until the third day! My neighbors take care of my business, how could I do this kind of trick?
Things that harm others!"
"The day before yesterday, the 28th, has Zhou Xinyu been here?"
"The day before yesterday... came here!"
"What time did you come and what did you buy?"
"It must have been about five o'clock in the afternoon, when I was cooking. She bought a bottle of milk, half a winter melon, and a grapefruit."
"Then did you say anything?"
"Just chatting for a while, she said that she has been feeling a little hot lately and she wanted to buy a grapefruit and go back and boil the peel in water. She said that it would reduce the heat. I also specially picked one with a thick skin for her. I told her that winter melon soup would also reduce the heat.
Because of the fire, she bought half an extra winter melon, and she even asked me how to make winter melon soup."
"Have there been any suspicious people in the store before?"
Liu Ahua thought for a while and shook her head, "No, they are basically regular customers in the community."
Lin Che made a gesture to Li Li, indicating to wait a moment.
"Liu Ahua, you just said that you were cooking when Zhou Xinyu came to buy things, so could you see what was going on in the store from the kitchen?" Lin Che asked.
"Can't see."
"How long did it take between the time you left the store to cook and when Zhou Xinyu came to buy things?"
"In ten minutes at most, I cooked a dish, and then I heard her calling me."
Lin Che nodded, "Go on."
Li Li asked a few more questions, and Lin Che's phone vibrated. It was a message from Xu Yang, saying that Wang Wan's secretary was here, and Lin Che arranged for Xia Jie to come over and continue recording.
lounge.
Seeing Lin Che come in, Yu Huan closed her laptop, stood up and said hello, still dressed as she was when they met at noon.
"It's almost 12 o'clock. Secretary Yu just got off work?"
"The company has been very busy recently."
Lin Che poured a glass of water and handed it over, "Mr. Wang, what can I do?"
"No, I wanted to come here myself."
Yu Huan's words made Lin Che stop and prepare to sit down, "Secretary Yu, let's talk in the inquiry room."
"good."
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Here, Xu Yang is in charge of the news.
"Secretary Yu, you came here with Ms. Wang Wan at noon, but you didn't say anything. Now you come alone late at night, is it because what you want to say is inconvenient for Ms. Wang Wan to be present?"
"No, it's because I saw the progress of the case investigation released by the police. It mentioned the cause and time of Xin Yu's death, and announced the case handling process after the police station received the call. It said that the case was still under further investigation, but it did not say that she committed suicide.
In addition, you did not agree with Mr. Wang to take away Xin Yu’s body at noon, can I understand that there are still problems with this case, and Xin Yu may have been killed by someone else?”
"Secretary Yu, we cannot disclose the details of the case. Let me first tell you why you are here."
Yu Huan nodded, "To be honest, although Xin Yu has committed suicide many times, I don't believe that Xin Yu will do anything to hurt himself now. I didn't say it at noon because I couldn't produce evidence to prove my
What you said."
"So, you have evidence now?"
"I don't know if it counts, but after reading the police's case release, I don't think I'm overthinking it. There may be a hidden reason behind Xin Yu's death."
Yu Huan took out a few pieces of paper from his bag, on which were printed WeChat chat records.
Lin Che took a quick look, and it was similar to what she saw from her cousin. From the conversation, it was clear that Zhou Xinyu had a very positive attitude towards life.
"And this-"
Yu Huan took out another termination contract, "This is the termination contract that I asked my lawyer friend to help Xin Yu draw up. In June, Xin Yu came to me and said that she wanted to terminate the contract with the comic website because the editor-in-chief had acted without her knowledge.
sold the rights to her new comic, and she suspects that from 2016
Since the beginning of 2017, part of the proceeds from her works have been misappropriated by the website. My friend went to the comic website to negotiate for termination of the contract and compensation on November 16, but the other party was very uncooperative. According to the recording at the time, Wang Qiong, the editor-in-chief of Mengman.com, said a lot
If you go too far, you may even take revenge on Xin Yu!"
Lin Che and Xu Yang looked at each other. This was very useful information that they had not found before.
"We will investigate the situation you mentioned."