CH 36

On December 13, 3020, at the gate of Guangmei Community, Jiang Chengyan found Zhang Cheng, who delivered food to Gao Ming in the early morning on the 3rd.

Zhang Cheng took the phone and looked at it, he nodded and said, “It’s all recorded here, I delivered it, what happened?”

“Do you remember what the customer looks like that day?”

Zhang Cheng said with a bitter face, “I deliver so many takeaways every day, how can I remember so many?”

“Your delivery route must be divided by district right? He said he always orders early in the morning. You should have some impression of him.”

“Every day early in the morning?” Zhang Cheng thought about it and said, “Oh, there is indeed such a person, it’s in the Guangfu Community. I heard that man is an anchor. If it’s right, then it would be him who took the delivery on the 3rd. After all that time, everyone else would have gone to bed.”

“Are you sure?”

“If it’s No. 6-1-3003 in the Guangfu community, it’s him. Yes, his surname is Gao.”

“Do you remember what time you delivered the food to his house?”

“There’s a time record on it. As long as the delivery is confirmed, there are delivery time records showed up. There will be no error of more than two minutes before and after it is recorded.”

“Okay, thank you, you can go now.”

Zhang Cheng left, Jiang Chengyan looked at the time and said, ” It’s noon. Let’s go have something to eat before going to Huakang Hotel.”

Chen Miao smiled, “No wonder why I feel hungry. It’s mealtime.”

They casually found a noodle restaurant and ordered a large bowl of noodles, and drove directly to the Huakang Hotel after eating. After showing the ID, they found the Hotel Manager and directly looked up the guest registration record on April 21. As expected, Shen Xin’s name was found.

Jiang Chengyan looked at the hotel manager and asked, “Why is there only Shen Xin’s name on this register? Didn’t there still be a man also checked in at that time?”

“A man? If there are two people staying, we will definitely do the registration. Since there is no such thing, it means that only this lady named Shen Xin is staying.” The hotel manager paused, and then said, “But it’s not impossible if the lady booked the room in advance and the man enters directly afterward.”

“Manager, how often do you clear up the surveillance video here?”

“Generally, it is automatically cleared up in half a year, and the recorded in April should have been deleted.”

“I need you to confirm. Oh, by the way, if there is still the check-in record from April to the present, I would like to trouble you to find it for me.”

The manager nodded, turned around, and went to the office. After a while, he came out with a pile of documents and said, “Captain Jiang, this is the check-in registration from April to now, you can check it first. I’ll go to the monitoring room to take a look.”

“Okay, thank you, manager.” Jiang Chengyan divided the information into two parts and checked it with Chen Miao.

“Captain, there is also a check-in record of Shen Xin in September.”

“Not only in September, but in May, June, July, August, almost every month, you look at the latest check-in time. It should be on your side.”

Chen Miao looked for it quickly and said, “Captain, here, the most recent record was in November. That is last month. There is only Shen Xin’s check-in record.

“Let’s go to the monitoring room.”

The two came to the monitoring room together, and the hotel manager was startled, and then said, “I went to the toilet just now,  I’m sorry for the delay.”

“It’s okay. We came here to check the surveillance video on November 15.”

“November 15th?” The manager looked at the security guard in the monitoring room and said, “Take out the surveillance video on November 15th.”

The security responded and quickly retrieved the video. Jiang Chengyan took the place of the security guard and watched the video at 4 times the speed. When the time came to 10:45 in the evening, Shen Xin’s figure appeared on the screen, with a man following him. The man was dressed in black casual clothes, with a mask and hat. After the two registered at the front desk, they took the elevator directly into the room.

Jiang Chengyan looked at the manager and said, “Manager, you have seen it too, there are two people staying, but only Shen Xin’s name is registered at the front desk. This is obviously against the rules.”

The manager’s face became ugly, he reminded the video to look at the front desk receptionist who registered it. “Captain Jiang, we have repeatedly emphasized that the check-in and registration must be done well. It must be the people at the front desk who are cheating. I will ask about it.”

“Bring the person here. Let’s us talk.”

“Okay, Captain Jiang. Please wait a moment.

About five minutes later, the manager returned to the monitoring room again, followed by the receptionist, who was about thirty years old and looked  little nervous.

The manager pushed forward and said, “these two are police officers from the Criminal Investigation Team. Whatever they ask, answer it honestly. Do you understand?”

“I… I understand.” The receptionist said timidly.

Jiang Chengyan asked directly, “What’s your name?”

“My name is Zhang Jie.”

Jiang Chengyan pointed to Shen Xin in the video and asked, “Do you know the woman in this video?”

Zhang Jie glanced at the video and said honestly, “I know, she is a regular customer of our hotel, her name is Shen Xin.”

“They both checked in, why did they only use Shen Xin’s ID for registration?”

“Because …… because they are all regular customers, so I registered only using Shen Xin ID.”

“Do you know that you violated the rules by doing this? If this man is a criminal suspect… What will be the consequences of doing something like this? Have you thought about it?”

Zhang Jie said in a panic, “I… No, this gentleman used his ID card when he first came, but he didn’t register it later.”

“The first time? When? Is the receipt information preserved?”

Zhang Jie thought for a while and said, “It’s around January. I can’t remember the exact date. But, there are backups of the ID information on the computer.”

“I trouble Manager to find out the check-in information for January.”

The manager nodded. He turned around and then walked out.

“Have you seen what this man looks like?”

“I saw him when he first verified the documents. I only saw it once, and I can’t remember it anymore.”

“If you have only been here once, are you considered a regular customer to make the identity information will not be registered?”

“I ……” Zhang Jie subconsciously grabbed the corner of her clothes. Her expression looked a little panicked.

“Zhang Jie, you’d better tell the truth, because this is related to a murder case.”

“Murder case?” Zhang Jie looked at Jiang Chengyan in shock and said anxiously, “Comrade police officer, I’m just a front desk receptionist. Murder cases have nothing to do with me. Really, you have to believe me!”

“Then tell the truth, why didn’t you do registration as a requirement?”

Zhang Jie looked at the security guard sitting next to her, with a struggling look on her face, she was silent for a while, and said, “I charged Shen Xin 200 yuan and promised to register only her name in the future. Comrade police officer, I’m just greedy for two hundred yuan, nothing else, really! Trust me!”

“If you want us to believe in you, you must cooperate with our work.”

“Cooperate, definitely cooperate!”

“Think about it carefully, do you have any special impression of that man?”

“Special?” Zhang Jie frowned, thought for a while, and said, “Comrade police officer, except for the first time that man appeared, he wore a mask and hat every time he came and I never heard him speak. He really wasn’t impressed.”

“Think about it, any information is fine.”

Zhang Jie’s brows became tighter and she was silent for a while. “Oh, yes, there is a tattoo on that man’s wrist. It’s red, but I don’t know what it looks like. That’s all I can think of.”

“Tattoo? On the left wrist or on the right wrist?”

Zhang Jie made a gesture and said, “left wrist, yes, yes, it’s on the left wrist.”

Just then the manager walked in with the documents, “Captain Jiang, this is the check-in record for January. Sheng Xin checked in on 24th January, and a person named Bai Chuan was registered with her at that time. This is the document  information.”

Jiang Chengyan took the information then he reached for his phone to dial Guo Hai’s phone number, “Guo Hai, help me check some identification information. Bai Chuan, ID number 983*********1212.”

“Okay, captain. Wait a minute. “After a while of silence, Guo Hai’s voice sounded again, “Captain, this identity information is fake.”

Jiang Chengyan pointed to the photo on the scanned document, looked at Zhang Jie, and asked, “Is the photo on this ID the same person as the man?” 

“As long as the documents are presented. We will check them, and there should be no mistake.”

Jiang Chengyan picked up his phone and said, “Guo Hai, I’ll send you the photo, and you look up the person in the photo on the intranet.”

“Yes, Captain.”

Jiang Chengyan hung up the phone, then looked at Zhang Jie, “In the future, whether they’re a regular customer or not, you must do a good job in registration. Don’t be greedy for small bargains, understand?”

”Zhang Jie nodded hurriedly and said, “Comrade police, don’t worry, with this lesson, I won’t dare to do it again. ”

“Okay, you can go back. ”

Zhang Jie looked at the manager, and the manager said angrily, “Learn this. I will forget it this time. Keep your memory longer. Next time, don’t do this.”

“Yes, manager. I promise that I will work hard in the future, and I will definitely not be petty.”

“Okay, go back to work.”

Jiang Chengyan retrieved the surveillance video, and without delay, they directly out of the hotel and went to Huacheng Mall immediately.

When the clerk saw a customer entering the door, he quickly greeted him enthusiastically, “welcome, what do you two gentlemen need?”

Jiang Chengyan took out his ID and said, “We are the police, is your manager here?”

The clerk was taken aback when looked at Jiang Chengyan’s ID, and said, “wait a minute, two of you, I will call the manager. ”

After a while, the clerk turned around, and a slightly older woman came over and said, “The two police officers are looking for me. What’s the matter? ”

“I would like to ask, do you have any JSDD brand watches in your store?”

“Yes, JSDD is an internationally renowned brand, and only our store sells it in Huacheng.”

“Do you have a JSDD brand watch with a dark blue dial and broken diamonds inlaid on it in your store? It’s supposed to be a couple model.”

“You’re talking about the night and the stars, right? This is the style that the JSDD brand launched this spring. Because it is a limited release, it has been sold out as soon as it is listed, and now it is out of stock on the market. Of course, if someone wants to change hands, we can talk about it separately.”

“So do you have the brochure for that watch here?”

“Yes, you two wait a moment.” The manager turned around and walked to the shelf by the counter, brought a magazine over, flipped to the page where the watch was located, and said, “This is the one.”

Jiang Chengyan picked up the album and looked at it carefully, and said, “Is this watch sold in pairs?”

“That’s right because it’s a couple’s model, they’re all sold in pairs, not sold in a piece.”

“Branded watches are each numbered, and this should be no exception, right?”

“Yes, of course.”

“Then please help me find the sales records of this watch with all the customer information that purchased this watch.”