Since He Shirui was near the bar, they couldn't see the surveillance.
The two checked the other surveillance but couldn't find He Shirui.
"Could this be the last surveillance of He Shirui before she died?" Li Hui guessed.
Han Bin stood up and stretched. "Let's go to the bar and ask."
"You're right. It's time to move around." Li Hui held onto the table and slowly stood up.
Han Bin smiled. "You're sick again."
"Pfft, it's just that I've been sitting for too long and it's uncomfortable," Li Hui snorted.
"Young people should exercise more. Sitting for too long is not only bad for the back, it's also bad for the front." Han Bin squinted his eyes.
"Pfft, I haven't used it yet. It's new. How is it bad?" Li Hui was like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.
"Haha …"
Han Bin laughed heartily and walked out of the surveillance room.
Li Hui's expression became even worse. "Stand there and tell me what you're laughing at!"
The two walked out of the hotel and arrived at the bar not long after.
Han Bin often went to the beach, but he had never been to an open-air bar like this. The reason was simple — it was expensive.
There was no one around the bar. Han Bin sat on the high chair in front of the counter and prepared to experience it.
Li Hui hesitated and stood beside Han Bin.
"Handsome guys, what would you like to drink?" a young female bartender asked.
Han Bin looked around. "Pretty lady, are you alone?"
"Usually, two people at this time. There aren't many customers today, so I'm enough," the female bartender said.
"Were you here last night?" Han Bin asked.
"Why?" the female bartender asked.
Han Bin took out his police badge. "Police."
"Officer, you're here to investigate the female corpse at the beach, right?" the female bartender asked.
"From your tone, it sounds like you know something?"
"I know that if we don't solve this problem, our business won't be able to continue." The female bartender sighed.
"You are just a worker. Why are you worrying about the boss? If there are no customers, just rest," Li Hui said.
"Big Brother, you're working for the government. We're not the same. We only get a commission when we have more customers and sell more alcohol. Relying on that dead salary isn't even enough for food and accommodation." The female bartender sighed.
"Does your bar have surveillance cameras?"
"No, in the words of our boss, we don't want to look for trouble."
"If everyone thinks like your boss, it would be strange if the crime rate isn't high." Li Hui snorted.
"Were you here last night?" Han Bin asked.
"That woman drowned last night?" the bartender asked.
Han Bin frowned. "Do you want us to close the case earlier?"
The bartender answered without hesitation, "Yes."
"I'll ask and you answer, okay?"
"OK." The female bartender made an OK gesture.
"Were you here last night?"
"No, I'm on the day shift."
"Who was in charge here last night?"
"Before 9: 30 pm, there are two people. After 9: 30 pm, there are fewer customers. Usually, one person stays."
"Who was here after 9: 30 pm?"
"Jiang Anyang."
"Do you have his number?"
"We're all in contact through WeChat, but he's probably sleeping at this time. He might not reply."
"Buzz …" Han Bin's phone rang. He opened it and saw that it was the second WeChat group.
Zeng Ping sent a message: "There are new clues. Meet at the police station."
Han Bin took out a pen and paper and wrote down his phone number. "Jiang Anyang is at work. Ask him to contact me."
…
Ten minutes later, Han Bin and Li Hui returned to the police station. Tian Li and Zhao Ming also arrived one after another.
Zheng Kaixuan and Zeng Ping were whispering at the side. When they saw that everyone had arrived, they walked over.
Zheng Kaixuan glanced at his watch and said, "It's four in the afternoon now. Everyone went out to investigate for three hours. Just in time to summarize the clues."
"Captain Zheng, I've contacted the parents of the deceased. They're already on their way here," Tian Li said.
"Okay." Zheng Kaixuan nodded and asked, "What did the communications company find?"
"I printed a copy of the deceased's call records and text messages. There were a few people who contacted the deceased frequently. I've already found their identity information," Tian Li said as she took out a document and placed it on the projector at the side.
"One of the phone numbers is more special. In the three days before He Shirui died, this phone number called her eleven times. He Shirui only answered once and hung up on the other ten times."
"Who's the owner?"
"The deceased's ex-boyfriend, Mao Yiran."
"Eleven calls in three days and hung up on ten times. Does this count as a thousand-mile robbery?" Zhao Ming said.
"If someone hung up on me like this, I'd definitely be furious." Li Hui shrugged.
"Zhao Ming, did you find anything in He Shirui's room?"
"The forensics team didn't find anything, but I found something."
"Don't keep me in suspense. Tell me."
"He Shirui's family should be quite rich. Her room is a sea-view room. You can see the sea from the balcony. The cost of a day's room and breakfast is 1,800 yuan," Zhao Ming said.
"Compared to your family?" Li Hui winked.
"Brother Hui, my family is relocated, not nouveau riche. If I spend money like this, my dad will definitely beat me up." Zhao Ming smiled and added,
"Of course, the honeymoon is excluded."
"You're a bachelor and you're thinking quite far." Li Hui snorted.
"Don't joke around." Zheng Kaixuan waved his hand. "Li Hui, use your energy to talk about the case."
"Captain Zheng, we checked the hotel and the surrounding surveillance cameras and found that what Tang Yu said was true. Last night, He Shirui left the hotel at eight and appeared in a nearby bar at ten past ten. Since then, she hasn't appeared in the surveillance cameras," Li Hui explained.
"What was the deceased doing between eight and ten?" Zheng Kaixuan asked.
"We can't see it from the surveillance cameras." Li Hui shrugged.
Zheng Kaixuan thought for a moment, then pointed at Ceng Ping. "Why don't you tell me what you discovered?"
"I went to the internet company to retrieve the deceased's WeChat record and found that the last chat record was last night at ten past ten with her ex-boyfriend, Mao Yiran." Zeng Ping said as he put a copy of the chat record on the projector.
"This is the conversation between the two. He Shirui invited Mao Yiran to the beach to have a good chat with him and clarify their relationship."
"Tsk, tsk. It seems that He Shirui drank a lot last night." Li Hui smacked his lips.
"That's what I thought at first. Later, I looked through the previous chat records and found that Mao Yiran had arrived in Harima City on August 23rd, which is the day before yesterday," Zeng Ping said.
"Mao Yiran came to Qingdao on August 23rd and He Shirui died on August 24th. What a coincidence," Tian Li said in surprise.
Zeng Ping pointed at the chat record on the projector with his right index finger. "More coincidentally, Mao Yiran came to Golden Beach at eleven last night."
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