Although Xu Zhenguo and He Li agreed in advance to ask Qu Yanan to continue taking notes, Xu Zhenguo did not explain the specific matter of the inquiry.

This made He Li very embarrassed.

He had no choice but to start with Zhang Lei's hobbies and asked Qu Yanan many questions that had nothing to do with the case.

He Li learned from his conversation with Qu Yanan that Zhang Lei loved fishing and had regular drinking companions, but he often socialized with different clients at night and had multiple unidentified friends of the opposite sex.

Zhang Lei himself is considered a workaholic and is very strict with his subordinates. The middle and senior leaders of the company, including Wang Guiqing, have criticized this.

However, Qu Yanan knew very little about Zhang Lei's debt problem, which shows that Zhang Lei is also a person who is obsessed with saving face. The so-called glory in front of others and suffering in the future is generally like this.

Just when He Li was worried about continuing to ask what was going on, Xu Zhenguo walked out of Li Lianbo's room, holding a local cigarette case in his hand and asked: "Qu Yanan, does Li Lianbo smoke?"

Qu Yanan was at a loss when she saw the cigarette box. She covered her mouth and said in shock: "I have always been very strict with Li Lianbo, just because I am afraid that he will follow the same path as his father Li Dong. Why...how can he still smoke?"

Woolen cloth?"

Xu Zhenguo opened the cigarette case and saw that there were seven cigarettes and a disposable lighter left in the cigarette case.

This local cigarette costs fifteen yuan a pack and is a common brand found in local cigarette shops in Youjiang.

"Have you never seen Li Lianbo smoking?"

Qu Yanan still shook his head: "Really not... at least I haven't seen it."

Xu Zhenguo put the cigarette case into a transparent plastic bag and asked at the same time: "Is your room easy to go in and take a look at?"

Qu Yanan bit her lip and didn't know how to answer.

"You seem to be wary of us two gentlemen. Do you think this is okay? You can follow me in. I promise not to touch anything."

Qu Yanan had no choice but to follow Xu Zhenguo's wishes and accompany him into his room.

Qu Yanan's bedroom is slightly larger than Li Lianbo's. The entire room's walls are painted with white latex paint. Compared with the restaurant and Li Lianbo's room, it is much newer. It looks like it must have been repainted within the past year.

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In the center of the room is a double bed, with a bedside table on either side of the bed. Near the door is a wardrobe that also reaches the top, and Qu Yanan's dressing table is placed next to the window sill.

The soft furnishings in the entire bedroom are mainly dirty pink, which looks cute and not gaudy. However, for a woman in her thirties, this color is still a bit too thin.

"These are all arranged by Zhang Lei..." Qu Yanan introduced awkwardly.

Xu Zhenguo frowned. For some reason, he seemed not satisfied with the layout of the room.

Qu Yanan opened his wardrobe and dressing table under Xu Zhenguo's command, and put them away after Xu Zhenguo nodded.

After about a few minutes, Xu Zhenguo really couldn't find anything to find out, so he had to walk back to the restaurant.

Xu Zhenguo signaled He Li to continue the unfinished conversation, and walked alone to the corridor outside Qu Yanan's rented house.

Xu Zhenguo stood in the long corridor on the third floor, took out the plastic bag containing the cigarette case and called Zhou Quan.

"Hey, Xiao Zhou, how is the investigation of the murder case on Longshou Mountain going?"

"There is no progress yet, but the physical evidence I sent to the identification center has produced results. The body fluid extracted from Qi Xiaoting's body is consistent with Chao Wenlong's DNA."

"So Chao Wenlong was still in the villa when Zhang Lei was killed. He does have an alibi."

"Yes, so I suspect that you may be Chao Wenlong's attorney. Now Chao Wenlong has been completely cleared of murder suspicion." Zhou Quan made a joke.

"How does your Xincheng District Bureau plan to deal with Chao Wenlong?"

"Chao Wenlong has been declared an online fugitive on suspicion of rape and illegal detention. His men are currently closing in on all of them."

"Okay, I hope I can take this opportunity to catch all these people."

Xu Zhenguo asked again: "By the way, have you got any results on the physical evidence you extracted in Qu Yanan's room 902?"

Zhou Quan said slightly apologetically: "It can't be said that there is no progress at all. The fabric fibers are indeed cotton and linen fabrics as you said, and the fingerprints have been compared and they are those of two people."

"Whose?"

"He Li and Zhang Lei." Zhou Quan complained rather helplessly, "It doesn't matter if you have Zhang Lei's fingerprints. I didn't expect that He Li, a police officer who graduated from the police academy, didn't even have this bit of common sense. He would actually put the handle on the window.

Leaving fingerprints on it is really a retarded operation.”

"What about the cigarette butts?" Xu Zhenguo asked again.

"It looks like the cigarette butts have been placed in the window interlayer for a while. It should not have been left recently. I also extracted the sponge at the cigarette holder, and no relevant personnel have been found."

"Can you read the brand clearly on the cigarette butt?"

"It should be...Nanjing."

Xu Zhenguo lowered his head and glanced at the cigarette case in the bag. The brand must be different, but what if Li Lianbo also smokes other brands?

Xu Zhenguo then thought again and wondered what smoking had to do with the disappearance and the secret room. Was he worrying too much?

But Xu Zhenguo still reminded Zhou Quan: "Maybe one of Li Lianbo and Zhang Yunhao smoked this cigarette."

"Brother Xu, this cigarette butt does not look like it was smoked recently. But if you are stubborn, I will reluctantly do it and help you compare it."

Xu Zhenguo hung up the phone and turned back to the room.

The conversation between He Li and Qu Yanan was coming to an end. Qu Yanan noticed that Xu Zhenguo had returned to the room again, and his eyes fell on him unconsciously.

"On the night Li Lianbo disappeared, when did you return home?" Xu Zhenguo looked at Qu Yanan and asked.

"I remember it was about nine o'clock in the evening."

"You came back alone?"

Qu Yanan shook his head: "Zhang Lei sent me back. My house is in an alley, and the lights are too dim at night. He was worried, so he kept sending me downstairs."

"It was already so late, why didn't you go stay at Zhang Lei's house?"

"I don't feel comfortable leaving Li Lianbo alone at home. I always took Li Lianbo with me every time I went to Zhang Lei's house."

"Did you notice anything unusual when you got home?"

Qu Yanan thought for a moment and replied: "I didn't notice anything unusual at first. The door was locked normally. But when I entered the room, I found that Li Lianbo was not at home. I felt strange at the time. Li Lianbo will be out of school before eight o'clock on Friday night

, how can I get home in forty minutes?"

"Then what?"

"After I got home, I was going to change clothes. When I opened the cabinet, I found that the suitcase on the top of the wardrobe was missing. I thought something was abnormal, so I went through everything in the house. In the end, except for some of Li Lianbo's clothes, the rest

Nothing was lost.”

"What did Li Lianbo take away?"

Qu Yanan felt strange and asked: "Did you tell me before?"

Xu Zhenguo explained: "I want to be more detailed this time. He Li, please write down everything Qu Yanan said in your notebook."

He Li nodded and got ready to record.

"Missing is a pair of off-white sneakers, packed in a shoe box, two pairs of sports shorts, both black, two short-sleeved T-shirts, one white and one light blue, and a blue towel.

That’s probably it.”

"How big is your suitcase?"

Qu Yanan gestured with his hands: "It's about seventy centimeters long."

He Li thought to himself, can such a big suitcase only contain so many things?

The clothes Li Lianbo took were all summer wear. He seemed to have no plans to leave home for a long time.

"Qu Yanan, you said before that Li Lianbo brought dozens of dollars in pocket money?"

"Well...this is my guess." Qu Yanan explained, "I will give him twenty yuan every week as pocket money. I guess he will save some money."

Xu Zhenguo nodded: "Oh, by the way, do you like taking artistic photos?"

"Art photo?" Qu Yanan raised his head with a confused look on his face.

Xu Zhenguo touched his eyebrows and said awkwardly: "It's okay, I'm just asking casually. Everyone loves beauty, not to mention that your temperament is better than others, so there should be photos like this, right?"

Qu Yanan burst out laughing: "My children are so old and I am so busy at work. How can I have such leisure?"
Chapter completed!