Unbelievable! The Blond Rookie Is the Chief Detective - Chapter 25

At that moment, Wang Jue and Shi Yi were watching a movie at the Time Cinema when someone sneaked into their room and stole their money while they were away from the hotel.

The specific time is between 10:00 PM and 10:10 PM.

There were no signs of forced entry into the hotel room, meaning the person who entered the room used a card to enter.

Wang Jue and Shi Yi’s room key cards were not lost. The police found the room key card on Shi Yi and went to the hotel to investigate. They found that he and Wang Jue had checked into the Regal Hotel ten days ago.

That’s how they found out the ID he used and learned that his name was Ding Kun.

Because Shi Yi was a victim at the time, the police didn’t think much of it and stopped investigating after finding out her identity.

Unexpectedly, a theft case was hidden behind the murder case.

Although the thief had switched the footage, it wasn’t difficult to find out. What the thief thought was a perfect theft was nothing more than a trivial matter for Su Xiaoxiao and Wan Yan.

The thief only swapped the surveillance footage on one floor; he didn’t replace the entire hotel’s surveillance system.

This means that they just couldn’t see him stealing, but he would always walk out the door after he finished.

If you’re pulling a suitcase and want to enter and leave a hotel without arousing suspicion, the best way to disguise yourself is as a hotel guest.

Therefore, their first task was to investigate guests who checked in and out a few days before the incident.

Su Xiaoxiao’s idea was that the replaced surveillance footage was only ten minutes long. They checked the surveillance footage from the hour after that, including the floors and entrances/exits, and found no suspicious people entering or leaving, indicating that the thief did not leave immediately.

If he took the money but didn’t leave immediately, where would he stay?

Of course, he stayed in his room. This was a premeditated theft, and the thief was one of the hotel guests.

The two went directly to the front desk to check the check-in records, especially the guests who stayed on the same floor as Wang Jue and Shi Yi.

Because the replaced surveillance camera only lasts for ten minutes, only cameras on the same floor can be used to commit the theft within that timeframe. The closer the cameras are, the better, ideally in adjacent rooms, so that the theft can be carried out without anyone noticing.

Su Xiaoxiao guessed that he wouldn’t check out immediately, because it was already past 10 p.m. after he had stolen the things. Checking out at that time would easily arouse suspicion, and leaving without checking out would also arouse suspicion.

When the police come to investigate, they will definitely assume that the thief will flee immediately after stealing something. People who go out at that time after the incident are the most likely to be noticed.

Therefore, he probably waited until the next morning to check out and then left at a leisurely pace.

“Three people checked out the next morning. One of them checked out quite early, around 7 a.m. This person was named Wu Zhenhua, and his room was right next to Ding Kun’s.”

I also remember this person. These days, most people pay by card or WeChat at hotels, but Wu Zhenhua paid in cash. And he didn’t look like a country bumpkin who’d never been to the city, which was quite strange. The same goes for Ding Kun.”

The manager pointed to Wu Zhenhua’s ID card and showed it to them. The photo on the ID card looked unfamiliar, but everyone knew that ID photos were just like that, and many people’s ID photos didn’t look much like them.

“Retrieve the surveillance footage from when he checked out.”

“Okay, just a moment.”

The surveillance footage was quickly retrieved.

A tall, thin man appeared in the video, pulling a huge suitcase. He was wearing a long black cotton coat, with slightly long, curly hair, a mustache, and a sickly pale complexion. He was wearing a plaid scarf and had the air of an artist.

The moment Su Xiaoxiao saw the man, she knew he was disguised. His beard was fake, his pale skin was fake, and his hair was fake.

“That’s right, it’s him. This person is not Wu Zhenhua, it’s Liu Jie.”

Su Xiaoxiao stared into the person’s eyes. With her top-notch disguise skills, no disguise could escape her eyes.

Actually, after hearing that the money was missing, Su Xiaoxiao had a thought. She felt that the loss of money must be related to Liu Jie, especially after knowing the specific time, she became even more certain of her idea.

When they were investigating Liu Jie, they had some doubts about his behavior that night.

According to their speculation, it was Liu Jie who leaked the information about Wang Jue and Shi Yi to Guan Hongwei, but Liu Jie denied it, and there was one thing they couldn’t explain either.

Although Liu Jie appeared in the same place as Guan Hongwei twice, on the night of the incident, he left without waiting for Guan Hongwei to enter the movie theater.

If he leaked the information to Guan Hongwei in order to get revenge on those two, then he should at least have seen Guan Hongwei enter the film studio. Why was he in such a hurry to leave?!

Because they couldn’t explain this, Liu Jie firmly denied that he was the one who tipped them off. They knew he was lying, but there was nothing they could do.

Moreover, they initially thought that Guan Hongwei might inherit his estate after his accident, but Liu Jie mentioned that he had to compensate the victims, so it was impossible for him to get Guan Hongwei’s estate, which is indeed reasonable.

But now she realized that his purpose in doing all this was not to covet Guan Hongwei’s property, but to take the money that Shiyi had swindled from Wang Jue.

He was able to install Trojan horse software on Wang Jue’s phone to monitor him, and Wang Jue’s every move was under his control.

Therefore, he knew that Wang Jue had given the money to Shiyi.

After witnessing Wang Jue and Shi Yi enter the movie theater and confirming that Guan Hongwei had also seen them, he left because he needed to use this time to get the money.

He didn’t really care what Guan Hongwei would do to them; all he wanted was money. Of course, it would be even better if they could both suffer heavy losses, but it didn’t matter if they didn’t.

But even though they understand, they still lack the most crucial evidence: where is the money?

When Liu Jie left, he was pulling a huge suitcase. The small suitcase containing the money must have been placed directly inside the large suitcase. When he left, he brushed past the police officers who came in to inquire about the situation without arousing anyone’s suspicion.

Xia, who was following the two, listened to their rapid-fire analysis and found the suspect. She was completely stunned.

The two men took Xia back to get a search warrant, intending to search Liu Jie’s house first. The money was all in cash, so he couldn’t have kept it in a bank or entrusted it to someone else. It was very likely still at home. To catch the thief red-handed, the money had to be found.

As soon as they entered, they saw several team members escorting someone in. They had caught the suspect in Sun Hongxia’s murder, and everyone was very excited.

He was a man around fifty years old, with tanned skin, spiky hair, and a leather apron over his clothes. He smelled of fish.

His hands were cuffed behind his back, and he was still struggling desperately.

“Let me go! I didn’t kill anyone! I’m not the murderer! Can the police just frame people like that?!”