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When Ren Jia told Zhuang Yan that the witness was leaving the next day, she was near the witness's location.

Originally, this was an opportunity she created for herself by taking advantage of her position. She also wanted to have both ends of the world. If Zhuang Yan asked her not to be present, she would participate openly and honestly on the grounds that she was the first to arrive.

As for Zhuang Yan giving up questioning witnesses, based on her understanding of his work attitude, it would never happen.

Sure enough, on the phone, he didn't ask any more questions and just asked for his address.

After Ren Jia sent the address, she called the witness.

"Mr. Luo, I contacted you this morning and I have arrived at the gate of your community. Are you at home now?"

The attitude on the phone was very enthusiastic, "Yeah, right now, I'll go down and pick you up."

"There's no rush." ​​Ren Jia added, "My companion hasn't arrived yet. I'll wait for him at the door for a while. I'll call you when he arrives."

The two hung up the phone.After that, Ren Jia sat on the flower stand at the entrance of the community. Not long after, another call came in. It was the dinner delivery she had ordered in advance.

Because he only had the address of the community, the delivery man was standing at the gate looking in, but the call was not connected. Not far away, he shouted, "Ren Jia's takeout, here."

The deliveryman was wondering why someone was sitting at the door of the community to pick up food.

However, after checking the phone number and seeing that it was indeed him, the deliveryman left with peace of mind.

After getting the meal, Ren Jia was not in a hurry to eat. Instead, she put the meal aside, took out her headphones and started watching a movie to pass the time.

She waited for nearly an hour and a half.

Although it was spring, the weather in March was still cold, especially at night. Ren Jia, who was already wearing little clothing, had been exposed to the cold wind for so long, and her hands were red from the cold.

But she didn't care at all, and even deliberately unbuttoned her coat to deliberately catch the cold. By the time Zhuang Yan arrived, her voice was obviously hoarse.

"Zhuang Inspector, I'm closer to here, so I came over first. Have you eaten? I bought a light meal. I was worried that you hadn't eaten, so I bought an extra one."

Her voice was a little buzzing, her throat kept coughing, and her hands were stiff from the cold. She seemed to be unable to hold a large meal bag steadily.

Zhuang Yan frowned slightly, "You should confirm the time with me. I won't come over until after dinner."

"It's okay, it's okay." Ren Jia quickly smiled and said, "I'm just thinking about work. I've been following this case for a long time, but the prisoner was found not guilty just because he had mental illness. I don't accept it. There must be evidence, but I haven't yet." turn up."

Zhuang Yan saw that her face was pale from the cold. He hesitated for a moment and then advised: "Go back to the car and rest and eat. Leave him to me."

Ren Jia was firm, "Zhuang Inspector, you want to find out the truth, and so do I. Although I don't doubt your ability to work, I can't keep myself out of it, and I'm not hungry, so don't worry."

Zhuang Yan fell silent, but his pace slowed down a little.As a colleague, he couldn't find fault with Ren Jia, and there was no reason to embarrass him.

Ren Jia followed him, but after taking only two steps, she suddenly said: "Zhuang Inspector, can you put this bag in the trunk of your car? I have a traffic restriction today and I am not driving. It's not good to carry it up."

Zhuang Yan stopped and took a look at the meal bag in her hand. It was a large thermal bag, but it contained food after all, so it would be inappropriate to put it in the trunk.

He picked up the bag and put it in the trunk.

The two of them then walked into the community.

Ren Jia first called Mr. Luo, and after hanging up the phone, she talked to Zhuang Yan about the witness.

"He was a cleaner at Chengkang Medical. He was fired without reason, but he received a large amount of compensation.

After asking many questions, I found out that he had a certain connection with this case. I checked his compensation amount. Originally, he only needed to compensate more than 2, but the actual amount that was credited to his card was [-]. This is more than [-]. The money must be there for some reason. "

Zhuang Yan nodded slightly, and while the two were talking, an old man who looked in his fifties or sixties came over.

Seeing the two of them, the uncle paused and his eyes fell on Ren Jia, "Ren's inspection?"

"Mr. Luo." Ren Jia stepped forward, pointed at Zhuang Yan and introduced, "This is my colleague, you can call him Zhuang Jian."

Lao Luo chuckled and said while leading the way: "You called me an hour ago to say that someone was coming soon. We haven't contacted you for so long. I thought you were gone."

Ren Jia looked at Zhuang Yan, and sure enough, the latter said slightly apologetically: "I was late."

Lao Luo waved his hands, "I have nothing to do. Ren must have been waiting for a long time to check. She called me a long time ago. I have been waiting for you at home."

Ren Jia quickly explained, "The bank inspector is busy with work."

Zhuang Yan didn't say anything until he arrived at Lao Luo's home and after a few people formally sat down, he asked: "Why were you dismissed from Chengkang Medical back then?"

Lao Luo looked confused, "I don't know what the employees can do if the company wants to lay off employees. I was not the only one who was laid off at that time."

Ren Jia said in time: "Yes, I checked. There are five people in your group, and they were all fired. But only you received a higher compensation than normal. Why did you get a hundred thousand compensation?"

Lao Luo's expression did not look panicked, but was very calm, "The dean gave it to me alone. He was worried that the other four people would cause trouble and affect the public image, so he asked me to tactfully persuade the others to accept compensation, and I acted as the insider. Damn it, at least you can let everyone else leave peacefully."

Zhuang Yan stared at Lao Luo's eyes. His eye muscles relaxed naturally and his whole body was not tense. He was telling the truth.

He then asked, "Although I don't mean to offend, in the public perception, cleaning is a grassroots job. Why would he worry about you making trouble? Do you have a tendency to make trouble?"

Lao Luo was confused, "I don't know what the dean was thinking. Anyway, he came to me and said that because labor costs were too high, the company was going to lay off employees, and our team would all be laid off.

My first reaction was not to agree, but he said that he would give me [-] yuan in compensation. He also said that only I had it, and the condition was that I persuade others to accept the compensation and leave automatically.

I can't earn [-] yuan a year, not to mention that the boss wants to lay off employees. It's useless for me to make a fuss. I might as well accept [-] yuan, so I agreed. "

After a pause, he said warily: "Why are you asking these questions? Do you want me to give the money back? Then I won't do it. That's what I deserve, not to mention that it was several years ago."

Ren Jia immediately said with relief: "Don't worry, I'm not pursuing anything, I'm just trying to understand what happened back then."

When Lao Luo heard this, he relaxed.

Zhuang Yan pondered for a while and asked him again, "Among the five people, why did you choose? Instead of the other four?"

Lao Luo was very sure about this, "The dean should be familiar with me. I was responsible for cleaning his office at that time."

Zhuang Yan's eyes moved slightly, "Do you remember when you were fired? Did you get notified by someone during the cleaning process that they were going to fire you? Or were you notified by someone during the break? What was your first feeling when you heard that you were going to be fired? "

His series of questions brought Lao Luo's mind back to the time of the incident.

Lao Luo answered based on his memories, and was about to ask when he heard again: "A few days before you were dismissed, in the dean's office, did anything surprising happen to you? What did you see or hear?"

"be surprised?"

Although many years have passed, people can often remember a special memory for a long time. Even if they forget it temporarily, it will remain deep in their mind until they are reminded by some relevant clues and recall it again.

After going through a series of memories just now, Lao Luo actually remembered something. He slapped his thigh and said, "There is really one thing."