Chapter 1319: Rumors, Investigations, and Doubts
After returning to Binhai City, Su Mingzhe went back to the steel rolling mill to cancel his vacation.

A few days passed in the blink of an eye.

After work every day, Su Mingzhe goes to the scrap yard to help with work.

Although Chen Yuzhou thought that Su Mingzhe's nose was not a nose and his eyes were not eyes, Su Mingzhe was very efficient at his work.

To say that he is worth two people is an understatement.

On weekdays, it would take Xu Banxia and Chen Yuzhou two or three hours to complete a task. But after Su Mingzhe arrived, it could be done in less than half an hour.

Therefore, no matter how much Chen Yuzhou disliked it, he could only watch as the relationship between Su Mingzhe and Xu Banxia grew deeper and deeper.

One day, Su Mingzhe came to the factory. When he was changing into his work clothes in the locker room, a colleague from the factory security department suddenly walked in and waved at Su Mingzhe:
"Su Mingzhe, come here for a moment. There are police officers looking for you."

With a swish——

More than a dozen colleagues in the locker room all turned their eyes to Su Mingzhe.

In this era, ordinary people value living a stable life, and if you are found by the police, it means you have committed a crime.

After Su Mingzhe left with his colleagues from the security department, a member of the team immediately started to talk:
"I knew that this day would come for Su Mingzhe!"

"Li Dazui, you are showing off again?"

Su Mingzhe's master, Zhao Hongqi, who is also a sixth-level worker in the factory, is particularly protective of his apprentice. When he saw his apprentice being talked about, he immediately became unhappy!

But Li Dazui chuckled and retorted:
"Master Zhao, you don't know yet, right? Your apprentice has recently started dating someone. Do you know what his girlfriend does?"

Li Dazui answered without waiting for Zhao Hongqi to speak: "The girl Su Mingzhe is dating has contracted the waste collection station in Shuangshan Street with others. I have inquired about it. The girl often collects stolen goods...Hasn't our factory often lost things recently?...Think about these things carefully...Don't you think that Su Mingzhe will go to jail sooner or later?"

"What nonsense!"

Zhao Hongqi was of a sullen nature and wanted to refute, but it was an indisputable fact that his apprentice was called away.

At this moment, he could only walk towards the workshop with a gloomy face.

Su Mingzhe didn't expect that rumors would start to spread in the workshop just after he was called away by the police for questioning.

Su Mingzhe doesn't care about these things.

Soon, Su Mingzhe arrived at the Security Department.

Zhang Jun, the head of the factory security department, was standing at the door. When he saw Su Mingzhe, he patted his shoulder lightly and said with a faint smile:

"Xiao Su, don't be afraid. The police are here to find out some information. Just tell them what you have to say. Don't worry..."

"Chief Zhang, don't worry."

Su Mingzhe curled his lips, revealing a simple and honest smile.

Zhang Jun patted Su Mingzhe on the shoulder again and then took him into the interrogation room.

It is called an interrogation room, but it is actually an office of the Security Department.

On weekdays, the security department would temporarily detain here any workers who were caught stealing or vagrants who were causing trouble.

As soon as he entered the interrogation room, the three officers in the police caps cast cold glances at Su Mingzhe.

A middle-aged man with a square face was originally looking down at some documents. When he saw Su Mingzhe come in, he looked dignified without being angry, and asked in a serious manner:

"Are you Su Mingzhe?"

"Yes."

"Last Wednesday, you took a day off. Where did you go?"

"Last Wednesday, oh, I went to Changhua."

Su Mingzhe had a simple and honest face as he recounted his actions that day, then said cautiously:

"Comrades, gambling on stones should not be illegal. I have paid taxes on my 300,000 yuan, and I still have the receipts." "I didn't ask you about paying taxes."

The middle-aged man with a square face saw that Su Mingzhe had a young face. His expression did not change much when he answered. He was not as panicked as other criminals. Instead, he believed that the fire at Xue's company had nothing to do with him.

However, as the captain of the Six Gates, the middle-aged man still followed the procedure and continued to ask:

"Where did you go after you came back from Changhua?"

"I went back to the factory first..."

"Where were you from eight to twelve?"

The dinner time of Ba Xue’s Company in Changhua City is around eight o’clock in the evening.

The fire upstairs started at 9:30 in the evening.

The man was discovered by passers-by and the police were called at 10:05.

It was already eleven o'clock when the firefighters put out the fire.

Su Mingzhe thought about it and said:

"Around seven in the evening, my girlfriend, her colleague and I went to the night market next to the police station to eat. We ate until half past nine. A group of outsiders and locals got into a fight. We were afraid of being implicated, so we paid the bill and left early. Around ten o'clock, I returned to my place, took a shower and went to bed."

"Is there any witness?"

"Yes, my girlfriend and her colleague. Oh, by the way, when we went to eat that day, around 8:30, several comrades from the branch came to the night market to check ID cards and temporary residence permits. If those comrades have a good memory, they should be able to remember us..."

Seeing that Su Mingzhe's description did not seem to be a lie, the middle-aged man nodded slowly.

At this time, the other two police officers added some details.

Su Mingzhe answered again 'cautiously', acting like a nobody the whole time.

Seeing that there were no flaws, the three police officers asked Su Mingzhe to sign:

"Don't leave Binhai City casually in the near future!"

"no problem."

After Su Mingzhe signed the contract, he looked relieved. He walked out of the examination room and went back to the workshop to continue working.

The three people in the interrogation room watched Su Mingzhe leave. After a long while, the middle-aged man slowly spoke:

"I don't know why, but I just feel that there's something strange about Su Mingzhe!"

"Master, you are under too much pressure. Everyone looks like a suspect to you."

A young man smiled and poured a cup of water for the middle-aged man, then said:
"You haven't slept well for several days. Why don't you go home and get some sleep? Today's visit will be left to the two of us."

Last Wednesday, a fire broke out at Xue's company, killing fifteen people.

Although the apparent cause of the investigation was that the circuits aged due to rapid heating, which caused the accident.

However, after forensic examinations and visits by the task force, it was discovered that among the fifteen people who died, four or five of them had very good alcohol tolerance on a daily basis, and the alcohol content in their bodies was not enough to cause them to be drunk.

In addition, the task force also found that when the fire broke out, all the doors and windows of the room were locked from the inside, which was very strange.

You know, it's summer now.

In the middle of summer, people are eating hot pot, but instead of opening the windows for ventilation, they lock the doors and windows. Isn't this the biggest anomaly?
In addition, during the subsequent investigation and evidence collection process, the task force discovered that the Xue Company was a local bully and had offended too many people.

To this end, in just four or five days, the comrades of the task force found more than 30 people who had grudges against Xue's Company.

Therefore, the task force increasingly believed that the fire was not an accident but man-made.

For this reason, Su Mingzhe, who had major conflicts of interest with Xue's company on that day, was listed as one of the suspects.

(End of this chapter)