While the waiter wasn't paying attention, Yang Xingyue took a lipstick from the box very quickly, and then put the one in her hand into the space in the box.

Long Xu frowned. He felt a little confused when he looked at it, and asked doubtfully: "Yang Xingyue should be planning to steal something when people are not prepared. But didn't she already get a lipstick, why did she bother?"

Hu Pingtao explained with a smile: "You don't understand this. Any cosmetic brand operating at a shopping mall counter will prepare some samples for customers to try."

Long Xu frowned and said: "I know this. But I don't understand. You can try out foundation, eye shadow and the like, just apply it directly on your face. As for lipstick... it is wiped on the mouth, everyone

Wipe it all, the saliva...tsk tsk tsk tsk, it makes me feel dirty just thinking about it."

Hu Pingtao laughed "haha": "I heard that you have never gone shopping with your wife. Trying lipstick is not what you think. People rub it on the back of their hands first, and then rub it on their lips with their fingers. The main purpose is to try lipstick.

Try the color and gloss, and if you like it, spend the money to buy it.”

Long Xu suddenly realized: "Boss, what do you mean, the lipstick Yang Xingyue stole is nothing even if it has been used by others?"

Hu Pingtao put away the smile on his face and said lightly: "It's hard to say. Maybe she felt that the lipstick she tried before was not good, or she might want to change to a new one."

Long Xu stared at the screen and shook his head: "This counter clerk is the same. Things were stolen by someone. Why didn't she react at all?"

Hu Pingtao thought for a moment: "Maybe these trial cosmetics are not important to her!"

"There is another situation where some trial products are actually gifts used by merchants to reward customers. Let's talk about the brand Estee Lauder! They are all sets, some cost hundreds of dollars, some cost more than a thousand, and some cost as much as several thousand.

Different price points are aimed at different groups of people. If you buy a lot, reach a certain point, or buy a platinum set, the merchant will give you some gifts, but the quantity is not large, just a small bottle."

Long Xu asked: "In other words, what Yang Xingyue stole was a gift?"

Hu Pingtao shook his head: "That's not necessarily the case. In short, this matter is put on hold for the time being, and we will investigate everything."

The surveillance video continues to play.

When Yang Xingyue left the cosmetics counter, the waiter never noticed that a lipstick was missing from the sample set.

Yang Xingyue walked to the jewelry display area. In front of a "concave"-shaped counter, she was attracted by a bracelet and asked the waiter to take it out and take a look.

This is a silver bracelet with a strong ethnic style. It is divided into nine thin rings, gathered into a string, and hung with bells and garlands. It looks very beautiful.

Precious metal jewelry can be tried on. Yang Xingyue put the silver bracelet on her left wrist, looked at the light, then turned to the mirror, and gestured left and right to see the effect of trying it on.

At this time, the narrator came over to a man and a woman, who seemed to be a couple. The waiter glanced at Yang Xingyue, who was looking in the mirror. Seeing that she was motionless, he turned around and walked towards the man and woman, greeting her warmly.

The moment the waiter turned around, Yang Xingyue ran outside at an extremely fast speed.

The man and woman were stunned.

The waiter was stunned for a moment, then woke up and hurriedly chased him out.

The surveillance video ends here.

Zhou Changhao stood behind Hu Pingtao and Long Xu and explained: "I rushed over with my people after receiving the alarm and caught this woman on the third floor of the shopping mall."

Hearing this, Hu Pingtao and Long Xu turned around at the same time and looked at Zhou Changhao with surprised eyes.

"Why is it the third floor?"

"Lao Zhou, are you kidding me?"

According to normal people's thinking, if you rob something, you must run away as soon as possible. Outside Jinyuan Mall is the main road, and fifty meters to the east is the overpass, where there is a large flow of people and the crowds are dense. To put it bluntly, as long as the speed is

Hurry up and rush across the intersection. Even if there is surveillance video afterwards, it will be difficult to find the target.

Why did Yang Xingyue do the opposite and go to the third floor instead of running outside the mall after stealing the bracelet?

Zhou Changhao shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands: "How do I know? This case has not yet been tried. When I rushed here, the security guard at the door told me that the jewelry counter immediately called the security department and also

After reporting the case, they sent people to guard the gate of the shopping mall after getting the news, but no target matching the characteristics was found. I was also confused at the time, so I led people to search up the floor, and found the target in a clothing store on the third floor.

.”

Hu Pingtao asked doubtfully: "She is hiding in the clothing store?"

"No!" Zhou Changhao deliberately prolonged his tone and said mysteriously, "Guess what she was doing in the clothing store at that time?"

Long Xu is a straight man: "How do I know? Could it be buying clothes?"

Zhou Changhao slapped his thigh hard: "You are right, she is indeed buying clothes."

Hu Pingtao thought in silence for a few seconds and asked tentatively: "Does she want to change her clothes and cover her face to avoid our sight?"

Zhou Changhao smiled and said: "You are overthinking. This woman was holding a pair of white linen hot pants in her hand and standing in front of the mirror to gesture. I didn't pay attention at first, but a security guard next to me had sharp eyes and saw her.

Wearing those bracelets on her arms, we surrounded her and caught her."

Long Xu felt it was really unbelievable when he heard this: "She didn't run away? She didn't hide the stolen bracelet, just wear it on her hand?"

Hu Pingtao said to himself: "Is there something wrong with this woman's brain?"

Zhou Changhao shook his head and said seriously: "It doesn't look like it to me. She was struggling all the time when I caught her. She said "she was just joking" and asked me to let her go. He also said that she would go back to the jewelry counter and put her away.

Return the bracelet."

Hu Pingtao also found it difficult to understand this.

"Let's do this! Now that we've caught the person, let's take a copy of the surveillance video away, and then ask one person from the mall and one from the jewelry counter to follow us back to the police station. We'll make separate records for them, and then we'll investigate the case clearly."

…

Half an hour later, Eryuan Road Police Station, interrogation room.

Hu Pingtao looked at Yang Xingyue who was handcuffed on the interrogation chair and said lightly: "Tell me! Why did you steal that bracelet?"

Yang Xingyue's expression was a little sluggish. She tilted her head, her long hair was messy, and she spoke hesitantly: "I didn't steal, I... I was just joking with the woman selling jewelry."

Hu Pingtao was not interested in her words at all: "I remind you, this is the police station. Once you come in, you'd better give up all unrealistic illusions and explain the problem honestly."

Yang Xingyue shouted unhappily: "I just said it nicely! I was really joking."

Hu Pingtao watched the change of expression on her face: "Do you think anyone will believe what you say? That bracelet is not cheap. It is handmade from sterling silver and set with more than thirty blue diamonds. Although it is not a piece of carat grade,

Diamond, but the selling price is as high as more than 60,000 yuan. You didn’t say anything, just grabbed someone’s stuff and ran away. Are you kidding me?”

Without waiting for Yang Xingyue to answer, Hu Pingtao said bluntly: "What you are doing is obviously robbery."

Yang Xingyue raised her head and argued: "I didn't."

The voice was weak and weak, and there was an indescribable fear and timidity in it.

Hu Pingtao ignored her, took out his cigarettes and lighter, took one out of the cigarette case and held it between his fingers. He did not light it, but lightly tapped the front end of the cigarette on the table a few times.

"No..." After a long while, he sneered sarcastically: "You don't have the final say on this kind of thing. There is surveillance in the jewelry store, and there is a complete live video from the time you entered the store to the time you ran away with the bracelet. I really don't understand.

What are you thinking about in your head? You are a serious undergraduate! What did you study in college? "

Yang Xingyue opened her mouth, as if she wanted to argue. When the words came to her lips, her attitude suddenly softened, and she said pitifully: "I...I was wrong, isn't it okay? I don't want the bracelet anymore, I apologize to her."

Hu Pingtao's hand froze and he asked subconsciously: "Apologise? What do you mean?"

Yang Xingyue pouted and said unhappily: "That's the woman selling jewelry in the mall! Didn't she call the police? I just apologize to her and admit my mistake, that's all!"

Hearing this, Hu Pingtao came to his senses. He looked at Yang Xingyue in disbelief: "What, you think this matter will be over just by talking about it casually? Apologize... you can say it out loud."

Yang Xingyue frowned and said unhappily: "Then what do you want? It's not a big deal. I told you it was just a joke. Anyway, the bracelet is not broken, and I didn't sell it to pay back the money.

, what else do you want?"

Hu Pingtao fell into silence for half a minute.

After a long time, he raised his head and looked at Yang Xingyue with complicated eyes: "It seems that you really don't realize the seriousness of this matter. Then I will explain it to you!"

"That bracelet is made of sterling silver and is worth tens of thousands. According to relevant laws and regulations, a case of theft and robbery can be filed as long as the amount involved exceeds three thousand."

"You take someone else's bracelet and turn around and run away. There is no denying this. No matter where you talk about it, it is robbery. If the bracelet is priced at a few hundred yuan, or a thousand yuan, we can mediate and handle it as a civil dispute.

Of course, the key point is to see the attitude of the shopping mall. If they are willing to accept mediation, then you only need to compensate for the losses. But if they refuse mediation and are determined to go through the procedures, then there is nothing we can do, and you will be detained for at least five days.

"

"You understand, what I just said is a case where the value of the case is less than three thousand yuan. The bracelet you robbed is very expensive, tens of thousands! So you must file a case. Let me tell you this! I want to make a big deal as small as possible.

It is impossible. The reason why we are interrogating you is to give you the opportunity to confess and be lenient. If you honestly explain the problem, the court will consider it based on the materials we submitted when making its decision."

Yang Xingyue was immediately dumbfounded.

"What? Court? You mean... to impose a sentence?"

"Is this such a big deal?"

"I told you it was just a joke."

Yang Xingyue never dreamed that things would turn out like this.

Hu Pingtao lit the cigarette, took a deep breath, and said seriously: "You'd better confess it honestly! This is not the first time you have done this kind of thing. If it is your first offense, I can give you a chance to reform. But

From what we know, you are a habitual offender."

"I... this is really my first time!" Yang Xingyue screamed again. She still insisted on her previous statement: "It was just a joke, I..."

"That's enough!" Hu Pingtao got angry and slammed the table hard, startling Long Xu who was recording next to him: "If you make jokes again, I won't care and will send you to the detention center directly."

Yang Xingyue was so frightened by his furious appearance that her face turned pale and her whole body trembled.

Hu Pingtao suppressed his anger and stared at her: "Do you think we don't know anything? You stole an Estee Lauder lipstick from the cosmetics counter in the mall today."

Yang Xingyue had a look of fear on her face, her mouth was open, and she couldn't speak for a long time.
To be continued...