"Hello, I'm Criminal Investigator Ying Haijun."

The surname Ying is relatively rare.

It's considered an uncommon surname.

Even though the most famous representative is Qin Shi Huang, Ying Zheng.

The man spoke first.

As he spoke, he simultaneously placed his criminal investigator ID in front of Jiang Ran and the other person.

Then, quickly withdrew it.

Xiao An was somewhat stunned, stepping off the treadmill in a daze.

Very puzzled: "Criminal investigator? May I ask, Mr. Investigator, what brings you to us?"

Ying Haijun said: "I have a different perspective on this suicide case at your gym, so I need to check your gym's surveillance footage and employee roster. The front desk area out there is in complete chaos, so I wanted to ask, are the two of you staff members?"

Hearing this.

Especially that phrase, "have a different perspective."

Xiao An became so excited she fired off a rapid string of words: "I am! I am! I can take you!"

Her excited demeanor made Ying Haijun's eyelids twitch.

Of course, outsiders would never understand Xiao An's feelings.

Her good friend died, ultimately ruled a suicide. She didn't believe it, but had no evidence.

Then, suddenly, a criminal investigator appears, saying he has a different perspective on this case. How could that not excite her?

Just like that, Xiao An took Ying Haijun to the third floor.

Jiang Ran also stepped off the treadmill and followed.

The three arrived at an office on the third floor.

There were several staff members inside the office.

Xiao An explained the situation to them.

Simultaneously, after Ying Haijun showed them his criminal investigator ID.

These staff members handed over their gym's complete employee roster to him.

What he wanted was the roster covering the entire year, both resigned and current employees.

Once he had these, Ying Haijun directly found an empty desk and chair in the office, sat down.

And began examining these employee records.

Jiang Ran and Xiao An stood beside him, watching him.

Ying Haijun didn't feel awkward.

He started reviewing them.

First, he removed all female employees from the roster.

Keeping only the males.

After keeping only the males.

He began looking through them one by one.

After a quick initial scan, he asked Xiao An to pick out the roster of employees who had already resigned from their gym.

After Xiao An picked them out.

Ying Haijun asked if there were photos of these people?

The employee roster the gym gave him consisted entirely of the employment application forms these employees filled out when they first joined.

Not a single photo, all handwritten personal information.

Upon being told there weren't any.

Ying Haijun took these employee records to the surveillance room.

And began checking the surveillance footage.

He seemed to be checking the footage not to review specific events, but to use the footage.

To determine what the male employees on this roster looked like.

But unfortunately, the surveillance footage seemed to have issues.

Intermittent.

Messy, missing chunks.

After checking a lot of footage, he couldn't find clear images of many people on this employee roster.

"Probably due to the earlier incident with the first-floor surveillance, right?"

Xiao An offered this explanation.

Ying Haijun listened, then gave up on using the footage to confirm what these people looked like.

He pulled out a domestic Rice phone.

And photographed each of the male employee records he had selected, one by one.

After photographing them, the three left the surveillance room.

Ying Haijun returned the employee records to Xiao An.

And prepared to leave.

"Mr. Investigator, could you add me on WeChat? I want to know if, in the end, you can find something that proves my friend didn't commit suicide."

Xiao An's pitiful, pleading gaze was enough to make many men unable to refuse.

Ying Haijun agreed, and they added each other on WeChat, but Jiang Ran sensed it wasn't because he found Xiao An pitiful.

Xiao An took the employee records back to the previous office.

Ying Haijun went downstairs, preparing to leave the gym. Jiang Ran glanced at both parties, then decided to follow Ying Haijun.

Outside the gym.

"Why are you following me?"

Ying Haijun turned around, staring at Jiang Ran who had a black backpack on his back, his expression unfriendly.

Jiang Ran smiled: "Oh, it's like this. I'm someone who really loves detective novels and TV shows, so I wanted to see how criminal investigators work in real life."

Ying Haijun turned his head, snorting coldly: "Since you like watching those detective shows, do you think ordinary people can follow criminal investigators while they work?"

Jiang Ran said: "Under normal circumstances, definitely not, it involves confidentiality."

"But, as you said, the premise is, you are a criminal investigator."

"But, are you?"

Jiang Ran said the most aggressive, damaging words in the most amiable tone.

Faced with this challenge, Ying Haijun frowned: "If I'm not, then are you?"

"Do you know your current behavior constitutes harassing me during an investigation?"

Jiang Ran shrugged his nose: "Alright, stop pretending. You can fool those gym people, but you can't fool my nose."

"I can smell it. You definitely have had the scent of a police officer on you, but that scent is getting fainter and fainter."

"If I'm not mistaken, you probably were the criminal investigator you claimed to be before, but now, you definitely don't hold that position anymore."

Ying Haijun didn't respond, only his eyes grew increasingly cold.

Jiang Ran said: "Don't get angry, don't get agitated. I just want to follow and observe."

Ying Haijun lowered his head, a trace of disdain appearing on his thin, narrow face: "Alright, stop fooling around here. If you continue disturbing my investigation, I really will have to invite you for some 'tea'."

After saying that, he walked toward a white car parked by the roadside.

Jiang Ran chuckled: "Well then, I'll call the police emergency number right now and tell them that today, a criminal investigator surnamed Ying..."

Ying Haijun's footsteps halted.

The face he turned showed an expression of being so angry he laughed: "Fine, fine, fine. You can come along too."

Jiang Ran smiled slightly and followed Ying Haijun into his white car.

After getting in and sitting in the passenger seat, Jiang Ran fastened his seatbelt: "Where do you plan to investigate next?"

Ying Haijun glanced at Jiang Ran. From their earlier conversation, he had already sensed that this Jiang Ran was definitely no ordinary person.

Therefore, he didn't plan to be evasive.

"First, investigate these resigned individuals. Go check the residential addresses they registered on these employee records."

After that, Jiang Ran asked no further questions.

Next, the two proceeded together toward their shared objective.

...

Ying Haijun first investigated those male employees who had already resigned.

From observing his series of actions, Jiang Ran could conclude that this person was probably looking for that New Coach.

But now Ying Haijun faced a problem.

The employee records in his hand were the employees' registration/onboarding forms.

Would you fill in real information on an onboarding form?

Besides name, age, and your own phone number, would you fill the other blanks with real information?