Li Rui guessed what he was thinking. He was afraid that he would steal or destroy the important items at the other exhibition booths, but he didn't expose him. He nodded and said, "Okay." He then said to Gu Yingtong, "Yingtong, you two wait at the entrance for a while."
Gu Yingtong was very worried. She gently placed her hand on his arm and said in a concerned tone, "You have to be careful!"
Li Rui smiled and said, "Don't worry. This so-called murderer isn't a real murderer. There's no danger in catching him." He then went in with the fat security guard.
After the two of them went in, Li Rui suddenly stopped after a few steps. He then realized that the empty area D was actually so big. It was about a hundred meters long and forty to fifty meters wide. There were four main aisles facing north and south, and more than ten smaller aisles facing east and west. There were ten to twenty exhibition booths (some of which were empty) densely distributed around these aisles. There were also at least four toilets, four sanitation rooms, and a storage room at every exhibition booth.
Not to mention hiding one or two people, even hiding ten or twenty people wouldn't be a problem at all in such a large stadium. For the search party, if the search party had too few people, such as the two of them now, and they were walking together, not only would they have to spend a lot of time searching every corner of the stadium, they would also have to face a situation that could happen at any time. If they were discovered by the hiding murderer during the search, he would definitely find a way to quietly change his hiding spot, and there was a high chance that he would escape from the search party. Therefore, they had to take precautions and respond to this.
Li Rui thought for a while and said to the fat security guard beside him, "No, the venue is too big. There are too many places to hide. Let's call them all in and let them guard the important spots to prevent the murderer from changing his hiding spot!"
When the fat security guard heard this, he answered blankly, "That works too."
Li Rui said, "Then I'll call them all in and you can lock the door. That way, we won't have to worry about the murderer escaping."
The security guard just let it be. "Okay."
Li Rui turned around and walked to the door. He called the three people in and told them his idea.
Gu Yingtong said softly, "You're right. Actually, I think that if the murderer was really hiding here, he would have discovered us when we were shouting outside. He should also know that we're here to capture him. He would definitely hide like crazy."
The female subordinate said angrily, "What's the use of hiding? Even if he can hide in a rat hole, we have to find him tonight! "
Li Rui nodded and instructed the fat security guard to lock the main door. Then, he began to arrange the positions. With the small aisles facing east and west as the standard, one person would stand in the middle of every three aisles. They would be in charge of monitoring the surroundings. If they saw anyone or heard any movement, they would be alerted immediately. There were more than ten such aisles facing north and south in Zone D, and there were four people standing there. The two security guards, Gu Yingtong, and the female subordinate would each be in charge of one area. As a free agent, Li Rui was in charge of the search.
After the arrangements were made, everyone began to move. The four of them went to their positions. The female subordinate went back to Qingyang's booth to retrieve her phone. Li Rui ran to the innermost part of the venue and searched from the inside to the outside. He searched every nook and cranny, every booth, sanitation room, washroom … He didn't let go of any place that could hide people. He searched here and there until he found Huangzhou's booth.
Li Rui's eyes were fixed on the storage room in Huangzhou's booth. He felt that there was a ninety percent chance that this was done by the people in Huangzhou. Director Li might be the mastermind. He secretly sent one of his subordinates to do this, and after that person did it, he would subconsciously return to Huangzhou's booth to hide. This was because he was most familiar with this place and had the greatest sense of belonging here. Therefore, there was a need for him to search this place carefully. The storage room was the most likely place for him to hide!
In fact, Li Rui had searched through five storage rooms along the way. Unfortunately, those storage rooms all contained valuable items and were all locked. He couldn't open any of them to take a look. Now, he was a little worried. He was worried that such a situation would happen. The culprit was hiding in the storage room in Huangzhou's booth and had locked the door. No matter how he knocked, the culprit wouldn't open the door and would pretend that there was no one inside. If that happened, he would be helpless. He couldn't even rule out the possibility that the culprit was really hiding inside.
Although he was worried, he still had to search according to plan!
Li Rui took a deep breath and quickly walked up to the booth. He reached the storage room and reached for the doorknob. Just as he grabbed the doorknob, before he could turn it, he suddenly heard Gu Yingtong's exclamation from outside. "Ah, there's someone here!"
Li Ruixin's head suddenly throbbed. He couldn't be bothered to search the storage room and immediately ran to where Gu Yingtong was. When he ran to Gu Yingtong's side, the two security guards also ran over. The four of them looked at the side exit of the multi-purpose hall. There was a man in his late twenties standing there.
Being stared at by so many people, the man looked flustered and embarrassed. However, he still smiled and explained, "Don't shout. I'm not a bad person. I … I'm also an official from our province who came to participate in the investment fair. Before the exhibition closed, I had diarrhea and went to the washroom. After squatting there for a long time, I realized that the exhibition was already closed. No one answered my calls, so I could only … could only stay here for the night. It's great that you can come. The door is open, right? I'll leave first. "After he finished speaking, he wanted to leave.
Li Rui took two steps forward and stood in front of him, blocking him with a cold expression.
The man was stunned and smiled. "Comrade, you … What do you mean? Why are you blocking me? Aren't you going to let me go? "
Li Rui snorted and said, "I recognize you. You're a staff member from Huangzhou's exhibition. Yesterday evening, when your staff from Huangzhou quarreled with our people from Qingyang's exhibition, you were standing behind Director Li!"
The man's face turned pale when he was recognized. He said embarrassedly, "Is that so? You … You have a good memory. But it's good that you recognize me. You can prove that I'm not lying. Can you let me go now? "
Li Rui didn't say anything. He just looked at him from head to toe, from his hair to the leather shoes on his feet, then from the leather shoes to the top of his head. After looking at him, he circled behind him.
The man's hair stood on end under his stare. He looked at him with an uneasy expression.
Li Rui finally looked him in the eyes and asked, "Let me ask you. Do you know that someone splashed paint on our Qingyang's exhibition?"
The man's expression didn't change much when he heard that. He said blankly, "What? What did you say happened to your exhibition? Someone splashed paint on it? Something like that happened? I didn't know. I … After I was trapped in the venue, I ran to the multipurpose hall. There's a sofa here, and I've been napping on it. I don't know what happened outside. "
Li Rui smiled meaningfully and said, "You're still pretending with me? You were the one who splashed the paint! "
When the man heard that, his expression changed instantly. He said angrily, "You … What nonsense are you talking about? Who splashed it? Don't accuse me wrongly. Why would I splash paint on your exhibition? "
Li Rui didn't say anything. He just looked at him with a faint smile.
The man looked at Gu Yingtong and company. Seeing that they were also looking at him, he became even more embarrassed and shouted, "Why are you all looking at me like that? What does this have to do with me? I didn't do it! "
Li Rui sneered. "Keep pretending! Keep pretending! If you didn't do it, who else could it be? You think your explanation will pass, but in fact, it's full of loopholes. Let's talk about one of the most obvious problems. After you were trapped in the venue and couldn't find anyone to open the door, wouldn't you have called your leader? Let your leader talk to the exhibition hall's staff and let you out? You stayed in there and slept. It's fine if you didn't get angry because you couldn't get out, but you were willing to starve for a night. What normal person would do that? "
The man's face turned pale as he retorted, "My phone ran out of battery. I couldn't make a call. Do you think I didn't want to call someone?"
Li Rui said, "Is that so? Then give me your phone. I'll see if it really ran out of battery."
The man suddenly took a step back and said angrily, "Are you crazy? Someone splashed paint on your exhibition. Go find the person who did it. Why are you stopping me? Why, are you using me as a scapegoat? Let me tell you, don't think I'm easy to bully. If you want to use me as a scapegoat, show me evidence first. What evidence do you have to prove that I did it?! "After saying that, he snorted angrily and said," I splashed paint? Let me ask you, if I splashed it, where did my paint come from? I'm inviting investors at the Expo. Why would I need paint? Ha, you don't know shit. Preposterous! "
Li Rui didn't want to waste too much time on him. After all, they hadn't eaten dinner yet. He said, "You don't have to quibble. You dare to come to our exhibition with me. As long as you go, I can find evidence to prove that you did it. Of course, you can choose not to go. That will prove that you have a guilty conscience. I'll call the police immediately! "
The man looked at him angrily and waved his hand. "Fine, I'll go. But let me say this first. What if you don't have evidence?"
Li Rui didn't consider this possibility at all. He blurted out, "You can do whatever you want with me!"
The man shouted with resentment, "If you don't have evidence, then you're slandering me. I won't let you off. I want you to kneel down and kowtow to me. I want you to slap yourself three times!"
Li Rui smiled and said, "Okay, let's go." After saying that, he walked towards the Qingyang exhibition.
The man looked at Gu Yingtong and the others. He sneered and followed.
Gu Yingtong ran to Li Rui's side and asked softly, "How confident are you?"
Li Rui smiled and replied, "100% confident!"
Gu Yingtong was very surprised. She didn't know where his confidence came from.
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