A few minutes later, they came out of the bathroom, passed the entrance of the hot pot restaurant, and walked towards the elevator.

A middle-aged man wearing a black uniform with a "Duty Manager" nameplate on his chest stood at the door of the store and kept looking this way. When he saw Hu Pingtao and others approaching, he hurriedly went up to them and blocked the way:

"I'm sorry, please wait a moment."

Ding Jian asked in confusion: "What's wrong?"

The manager on duty looked serious: "I'm sorry, something happened. We are a cafeteria here. According to the standards, you just had a meal for four adults. Because your two children are less than 1.2 meters tall,

So they're free."

Yin Li took out the receipt and asked puzzledly: "We have already paid. Well, the bill is still here and has not been thrown away!"

The manager on duty explained: "According to regulations, when dining in our restaurant, please consider the food you take and do not waste it, otherwise you will be fined."

Everyone suddenly realized.

Hu Pingtao asked strangely: "We have finished eating all the things we brought! When we left just now, we asked the waiter to come over and take a look. Why are we saying there is a fine now?"

The manager on duty looked a little ugly: "You poured the leftover food into the pot, so the waiter didn't notice it at the time. Because there was too much wasted food, at least more than one kilogram, so you have to make up for it."

"This is impossible!" Su Xiaolin shouted as soon as she heard this: "We have all finished eating, there is nothing left at all."

Ding Jian was also indignant: "We have always paid attention to this when eating, and there is absolutely no waste. One kilogram...are you kidding me?"

The manager on duty looked a little unhappy and tried to control his tone: "We don't want this to happen. But there is too much wasted food this time, so you must make up the difference."

If it was something else, maybe Hu Pingtao would admit it. But he grew up in a military compound, and his father was strict in this regard. He asked that no leftovers be left after every meal. If he couldn't finish the meal,

, Just save it for the next meal.

"The food we brought has really been eaten, there is absolutely no way there will be anything left." He explained seriously to the manager on duty: "How about we go back and take a look?"

"Okay." The manager on duty nodded.

Returning to the previous booth, the hot pot on the table has not been removed.

The manager on duty picked up a pair of chopsticks, stirred in the pot, and picked up a lot of vegetables along the side of the pot: "See for yourselves! It's really such a waste."

Several people were stunned immediately.

A layer of floating oil on the surface of the hot pot obscured the view. As the chopsticks stirred, all the vegetables hidden underneath were exposed: sliced ​​meat, potatoes, green bamboo shoots, tofu skin, duck tongue... there were a lot of them, and the portions were astonishing.

The manager on duty didn't lie. The total weight of these dishes is definitely more than one kilogram.

Hu Pingtao was a little confused. He clearly remembered that when he was about to finish eating, he used a slotted spoon to turn around in the pot, and at the same time asked: Who is not full yet, do you want to get more food?

Fatty Ding, who usually has the best appetite, also said that he really couldn't eat any more. He was already very full and very full.

Before he could speak, Su Xiaolin frowned and shouted: "Are you mistaken? We have finished eating everything we brought. What is in this pot is not our food, absolutely not!"

The manager on duty didn't understand at first, subconsciously thinking that the guests at this table wanted to default on their bills, so he asked in a more serious tone: "What do you mean by that?"

Hu Pingtao took a step forward, stood in front of his wife, and said seriously: "These dishes are not real. Someone poured them into the pot deliberately after we left."

Now the manager on duty understood. He was a little stunned: "...Why...it can't be right?"

Hu Pingtao has been at the police station all year round and has encountered similar cases before. He raised his head, looked around, pointed at the surveillance camera on the wall diagonally opposite, and asked: "Can your surveillance work?"

The manager on duty looked in the direction he pointed, nodded and replied: "It can be used."

"It will be clear after you turn up the surveillance camera and take a look." Hu Pingtao said seriously: "If it is our responsibility, we can handle it how we should handle it. I will compensate you every penny."

As he said this, he took out his ID from his breast pocket and said, "I'm a police officer."

At this time, the word "police" represents credibility, not to mention requesting surveillance is a normal and reasonable request.

In fact, when Hu Pingtao took out his ID, the manager on duty felt that there was something fishy about it, but subconsciously wanted to refuse. After all, surveillance is not adjusted casually. If problems other than wasting food are really found through the video, it is estimated that things will happen by then. It's hard to end.

But now it won’t work if I don’t adjust it.

Hu Pingtao and others followed the manager on duty upstairs.

Looking at the time on the screen that returned to more than an hour ago, Hu Pingtao said seriously: "You don't have to go back for so long, just go back to when we finished eating and were ready to leave. I guarantee that everything on our table has been eaten. , there is absolutely nothing left. If you don’t believe it, you can take a look later.”

The manager on duty said "hmm" and asked the colleague in charge of technology to continue working on the computer.

The scene returns to when Hu Pingtao and others are about to leave - there are six people in the family. Su Xiaolin and Yin Li are walking in front with their two children. Ding Jian picks up the coat on the chair, and Hu Pingtao carries With a box of snacks bought in the mall, the two of them walked towards the exit together.

Just when they passed the corner of the food refrigerator, the middle-aged woman sitting at the table next to her suddenly stood up and directed the little boy to remove the uneatable food on their table and the half-plates left. Pick it up and pour it into the pot on Hu Pingtao's table.

Seeing this, Su Xiaolin raised her hand to cover her lips and made a surprised sound: "This woman... I remembered that she was sitting at the table next to us when we were eating. How... why is this still happening?"

Yin Li curled her lips disdainfully, pointed at the surveillance screen and said: "While we were eating, I noticed something was wrong with that woman. She kept nagging. Her voice was very low, but I still listened. Probably, they are using us as negative teaching materials to instill all kinds of bad ideas in life to that child."

Ding Jian also nodded repeatedly, in line with his wife's opinion: "I heard it too. She said that we took too much food and couldn't eat it, but she herself was like that. We took more because there were more people, and Tiger and I both It’s edible. Look here, we took several portions of beef, mutton, crabs and shrimps, but we ate them all in the end.”

"No, let's rewind the scene, right here - before we left, Tiger scooped out the soup pot with a spoon, and I picked up the last piece of potato and ate it. I remember it very clearly!"

"This woman eats people's food and doesn't do other people's business! As soon as we left, she poured the leftovers into our pot and educated the children like this... Haha, if we hadn't met, listen to others

I really don’t believe it when I talk about it.”

Hu Pingtao raised his head and looked at the manager on duty who was standing diagonally across from him: "The matter is already clear. I don't need to say more, right?"

A wry smile appeared on the duty manager's face: "I'm sorry, this was an oversight on our part, and it delayed your time... How about this? I'll give you some meal coupons, and you can come to our store to dine next time."

Discount."

Su Xiaolin was not polite. She took the meal ticket from the manager on duty and handed it to Yin Li with a smile.

After leaving the restaurant, we took the elevator to the first floor gate of the shopping mall and found the driver we had booked over the phone. The group of people came to the underground parking lot and prepared to go home.

When she was about to get into the car, Yin Li suddenly stopped. She turned around and asked Hu Pingtao: "Brother Hu, how come this matter is over? You don't plan to look for that woman?"

Hu Pingtao smiled and asked, "So what if we find it? The food she poured into our pot adds up to a hundred yuan at most. Even if the restaurant charges a fine, it's only fifty yuan. This amount of money

It cannot meet the standards for filing a case."

"But..." Yin Li was a little reluctant: "But from a legal perspective, she framed us... no, she should have maliciously framed us!"

Hu Pingtao nodded: "Yes, but the problem is that she has run away. With the surveillance video in the hot pot restaurant, it is difficult to find her, and even if she is found, she can only be educated verbally. Strictly speaking

Said, it's not worth spending police resources on this matter."

Yin Li still understands the truth, but she is itching with hatred: "Why should we bear such a big blame? Don't let me see her again, otherwise..."

Ding Jian put his arm around Yin Li's shoulders and shouted angrily: "When I see her again, I will rush up and hold her down so that my wife can show off her power."

Everyone present laughed.

No one asked specifically how to "show off his power", anyway, Ding Jian is the atmosphere team at this time.

…

Monday, go to work normally.

Hu Pingtao drove into the unit and checked in, casually explained a few words to Tan Tao, turned around and walked out of the office, and drove to the branch.

As usual, a regular meeting will be held today.

At half past nine, Director Kong Weiyun walked into the conference room.

This kind of regular meeting is mainly to arrange the work of the week, and at the same time analyze and discuss the problems that occurred in each police station last week. If there is an emergency or major case, arrangements must be made according to the specific situation and relevant personnel will be dispatched to assist.

Kong Weiyun's acting style in this regard is very similar to that of the former director Xiong Jie. There was no cumbersome opening statement and he went directly to the focus of the meeting. After a few short sentences to introduce the situation, he immediately changed the topic and his tone and expression became serious.

"Last Wednesday, at nine o'clock in the evening, a murder occurred at No. 533, Hongyun Street, within the jurisdiction of the Qingyuan Road Police Station, which was the old dormitory of the Bureau of Materials and Materials."

Upon hearing the word "murder", all the participants in the police station, including Hu Pingtao, pricked up their ears and concentrated their attention.

Yang Guangxin, chief of the Qingyuan Road Police Station, was also present. Hu Pingtao was very familiar with him and had a good relationship with him. He noticed that when Kong Weiyun was speaking, the expression on the chief's face was a little unnatural, with his head lowered, and

Sighed softly.

Kong Weiyun fiddled with the documents at hand and continued: "No. 401, Unit 2, Building 6, No. 533 Hongyun Street, someone called the police at that time, and our comrades rushed to the scene quickly. The case is very simple, it is an ordinary couple

Disputes, quarrels, and then it escalates to accusations and verbal divorce."

As he spoke, he turned his attention to the chief of the Qingyuan Road Police Station who kept his head down: "Yang Guangxin, this incident happened in your jurisdiction. Please tell me about the situation at that time."

Yang Guangxin quickly stood up from the chair: "The basic situation is what you said, Director Kong. I was on night shift that day, and according to the regulations, I sent a team to handle it. But... But this matter is really not my fault, and everything was fine at the time.

Yes, I didn’t expect…”

"There are so many things that you didn't expect." Kong Weiyun interrupted him without politeness. His eyes immediately turned to the venue, and his tone became stern: "When a couple quarrels, it is the most basic principle to persuade them to make peace but not to divorce. But this is the most basic principle. But

The comrade who was in charge of handling the case rushed to the scene. After listening to the statements of both parties, he said, "It's not convenient to interfere in this matter," and then let the couple resolve it on their own."

Hu Pingtao raised his hand and asked curiously: "Bureau Kong, can you tell me what the cause of the dispute is?"

Kong Weiyun glanced at him: "The old man in their family is sick and hospitalized, and the total expenses are about 150,000 yuan. Because the old man is the husband, that is, the man's side, he asked the wife to come up with 70,000 yuan, and the two sides will contribute 70,000 yuan.

Get up and settle the hospital bill. My lovely wife

The wife refused and felt that this matter had nothing to do with her. She could only give 30,000 yuan at most, and the other 100,000 yuan should be paid by her husband’s family. Because he had a large family, including two brothers, a sister, and an old lady.

The hospitalization expenses should be shared equally among the four siblings."

Hu Pingtao nodded slightly: "That's right! The elderly in your own family are responsible for themselves."

"The truth is correct, but some people just won't reason with you." Kong Weiyun frowned and explained: "I guess the husband must have concealed something. After all, no matter what, the hospitalization expenses should not be borne by him.

One person was responsible. According to the policeman who handled the incident at the scene, he had a very bad attitude at the time and kept scolding the woman, and the scolding was very unpleasant."

"The specific details and how to handle the case will be discussed later. What I want to say now is that as soon as the transcript was completed, the couple signed, and our police left, less than half an hour later, the neighbor of this family

I called the police and said I heard a cry for help coming from room 401 next door. Then the door next door opened and the woman rushed out and banged on the neighbor's door, saying that the man wanted to kill her."

"When the police arrived at the scene again, the door of Room 401 was open. The neighbor next door was also frightened. He was trembling and couldn't even speak clearly. When he went in, he found that both of them were dead."

"The criminal investigation team has seen the crime scene and is basically sure that the man, the husband, did it first. He chopped his wife to death with a kitchen knife, almost cutting off her head, and then turned the knife around and wiped his own neck."
Chapter completed!