"I just think that people like Wang Huanzhi should pay the price."

"So you lie and frame him?" Wu Cuo said angrily: "You are... favoritism and abuse of power! What right do you have to rely on your own preferences..."

"Senior brother, don't say these high-sounding words to me," Liu Yang smiled bitterly, lit a smoke and said, "What do you know? You won't understand what I've experienced."

"Pretty hard!" Yan Ruyu couldn't stand this boy's pretentiousness, "This is a case-solving, not a talent show, but also a miserable one. I'm not interested in your experience.

Don't ask for anything else, at least your attitude must be worthy of the school you have attended, otherwise you don't want to call him a senior brother.

If you are wrong, admit it. Don’t make excuses when you need legal responsibility.”

Liu Yang was speechless after being speechless. Finally, he lowered his head and said, "I made up the mess. Because of my disgust towards Wang Huanzhi, I made up the facts to frame him."

"What was the real situation yesterday morning?"

"Yesterday morning... I didn't pay attention to that kid at all. I was actually looking at my phone while everyone was busy."

"So the child goes into the kitchen... you don't know at all?"

"Yes, that's what I made up."

"Where did you look at your phone?"

"In the bathroom," Liu Yang pointed to the bathroom for guests to use. "I am here. I usually hide here when I want to smoke a cigarette."

"Can anyone prove it?"

"I'm afraid not. At that time, I was the only one in the bathroom."

...

After finishing his inquiry to Liu Yang, Yan Ruyu sighed: "What's wrong with the school now? Those who obviously have problems can be excellent students? Your school is really... out of the youth."

Wu Cuo couldn't hold back her face and kept retaliating: "I'm pretty good... Uh, I'll take the time to talk to the teacher about this Liu Yang."

"When will your nosy problem be changed, life will be easier," Yan Ruyu threw a piece of candy into her mouth. "Teaching and educating is not your job. If you talk too much, it may be thankless."

Wu Cuo was about to defend himself, but Yan Ruyu waved his hand, "Forget it, I don't care. Let's continue talking about the case. I want to talk to the store owner for a few words next time, and the boss's wife will be the same. I have two questions to figure out."

Yan Ruyu’s first question is very simple:

"Who has the store door key?"

The boss said with his fingers: "I have one, my wife has one, Chef Wu has one, and a key is at the cashier."

The cashier has been working in the store for three or four years, and we can trust her and put a key in her place purely for emergency response.”

"The cashier also stayed, right?"

"That's right."

"Then have any problems with the storage of these four keys?"

"My wife and I are here, and Master Wu's should be there too. As for the cashier's key... I have never used it after I give it out. How is it stored? You have to ask her."

The second question:

"Late the night before yesterday, any of the four people who took the keys opened the front door and returned to the store?"

"My wife and I must have never been here, we are sleeping at home.

As for others, I don’t know.”

...

The next person to be questioned is the cashier.

She is a girl in her early 20s. Her snow-white foundation cannot cover her dark skin, but instead gives people the feeling of "donkey dung eggs are frosted".

She was wearing blue eyeshadow that was not suitable for Asians, and the left and right sides were not very well-proportioned.

Facing the police, she seemed very cramped. After sitting down, her feet kept rubbing on the ground.

"Don't be nervous, we just check with you. Is the front door key still there?"

The cashier was stunned for a moment, and asked in horror: "What's wrong with the key? Is it... the key related to the death of the child?"

"Maybe." Yan Ruyu did not give her a clear answer, but stared at her reaction and asked: "What? Is there something wrong with the key in your hand?"

As he asked this, the girl shrank for a moment, and she took two or three seconds to come back to her senses. She had already started crying as soon as she opened her mouth.

"I lost the key."

Yan Ruyu handed her a cup of hot water and said in a routine inquiry tone: "When did it be lost?"

When the girl saw that the other party had not blamed her, she mustered up her courage again, "I have been losing it for a long time... Probably... it has been a little half a year... No, not only I remember it was lost when the summer first entered, and it has been more than half a year."

So long?

Yan Ruyu and Wu Cuo looked at each other, and both saw the same doubts as themselves from each other's eyes.

Half a year ago, Xiaoyu's mother had not taken him to her sister's house, so it was impossible for someone to steal the keys to harm Xiaoyu at that time.

The only explanation is that losing the key has nothing to do with this case.

...

When asked about the keys, Chef Wu simply took out a bunch of keys hanging on his belt.

"My keys are always kept with me, but there has never been any problem."

As he said that, he inserted a key into the keyhole of the front door and twisted it twice.

Yan Ruyu asked again: "The night before yesterday - the night before Xiaoyu's mother was burned, have you ever been to the store?"

"No, I've been sleeping at home."

"Who can prove it?"

"With your wife and children, and... if you don't sleep well at night, what will I do in the store?"

“Okay, we’ll check it out.

There is another last question. As far as we know, the boss plans to open a new store, and it is a mutton noodle soup store, but he did not invite you to invest in the new store...

From this, we have reason to infer that the boss has obtained your recipe through some method, that is,... your recipe is worthless and they can kick you out at any time.

What do you think of this inference?”

Yan Ruyu’s problem is very open.

Usually during interrogation, the criminal police’s questions are specific and sharp, and can be answered clearly with "yes" or "no". Open-ended questions mean that the suspect will be given the opportunity to care about his interests and often there is no advantage.

But today is not an interrogation, but a routine inquiry.

Yan Ruyu asked this because the question he raised was just an inference, and he didn't want to say it too much.

"Okay, they do know the recipe, and they are cheating." Chef Wu hesitated for a while and finally gave the answer.

"Scam?"

"Actually, the couple and I don't agree with each other, and we have been working together for the past few years because of money.

A few days ago, they discussed with me and said they wanted to open a branch, so they proposed a plan.

I gave them the recipe, they transferred the store to me at a low price, and from then on I walked on my Yangguan Road and they crossed their single-plank bridge.

This was a good idea, but what I didn't expect was that I gave them the recipe and they never mentioned the transfer of the store again.

I did hold my breath in my heart, so when you asked me just now, I didn’t dare to tell the truth, because... it was dead! It was the child of the boss’ relatives’ family. If you treat me as the murderer, where can I go to reason?!"

"If you don't want to be suspected, just think about it carefully. Apart from your wife and daughter, who can prove that you didn't come to the store the night before?"

"Uh... the day before yesterday... by the way! The neighbors and couples fought. I thought they were too noisy and shouted. They should have an impression!"

...

After the inquiry of Chef Wu, Wu Cuo rubbed his temples and said, "Who do you want to ask next?"

"I didn't ask anymore. I asked for it for a day. I was so tired that I got off work."

"I'll go!" Wu Cuo said in shock: "This is not your style!"

"If you can figure out my style thoroughly, then will it be me?" Yan Ruyu didn't care. "Give me some time to think about it. I dare say that the murderer will be almost revealed."
Chapter completed!