monologue

After Chu Xingmu came out of the hospital, he went to the Chang'an branch again. He called several comrades who were in charge of investigating the case 15 years ago. Gotta ask someone who's done the case.

The first thing Chu Xingmu saw was the retired old criminal policeman. He Zongquan was the retired old criminal policeman. Apart from Guan Lingling's father, he was the only one who never forgot about this case for so many years.

"Guan Lingling has been missing for 15 years, and I have also missed it for 15 years. Back then we used all available police forces, and almost searched Chang'an District but could not find Guan Lingling. There was no surveillance at that time, and most of the trips were by bicycle. We They believed that Guan Lingling was trafficked by human traffickers. Later, Chang’an District cracked several human trafficking cases and arrested more than 20 human traffickers, but they all said that they had never seen a five-year-old girl in a red down jacket.” Chu Xingmu and Qi Shaocheng listened carefully to what happened before.

"We searched the area around the place where the child disappeared. Except for an elderly lady who said she saw a man holding a little girl in a red down jacket passing by her house, there were no extra clues. We expanded the scope of the search. I went to the two adjacent districts and found nothing. In the end, I could only suspend this case. This suspension lasted for 15 years. The comrades who were in charge of the investigation retired and were transferred. I still take this case out from time to time. .”

Chu Xingmu asked: "Only the old lady saw it?"

He Zongquan nodded and said, "She's the only one. It's been 15 years, and she died a long time ago."

"Guan Lingling was wearing a red down jacket, dark blue velvet pants, pink leather shoes, and ponytails when she disappeared. The old lady said that the person who carried Guan Lingling away seemed to be wearing a black jacket and a cotton padded jacket. Hat, I've approached that old lady many times, and in the end her children didn't want us to keep disturbing them, so we didn't pursue it any further."

"Where is Guan Zhen's original tailor shop?"

"Anning Road has been demolished and rebuilt a long time ago. Now that area is a commercial street that was built a few years ago. It doesn't look like an old street at all. Even the road has been changed."

"What about those people who live in the old neighborhood, where have they all moved?"

"You have to ask the comrades in the household registration office about this."

Chu Xingmu stood up, shook hands with He Zongquan, and said, "I have to trouble you to run a few more times later, if it's convenient for you, can you help us investigate the case?"

He Zongquan said: "There is nothing convenient or inconvenient. I can just say it if I need it. If Guan Lingling's case can really be solved, it will be over. I have been thinking about it for so many years. Her father has also looked for me many times before. "

"Okay, then we will contact you later." Chu Xingmu and Qi Shaocheng thanked He Zongquan and left the Chang'an branch.

On the other side, Xia Ci and the others joined up with the people from the Xinyue District Bureau, and put some police force in the Xinyue District first. After all, Meng Yue's last missing place was in the Xinyue District.

Xia Ci and Lang Lang went to the intersection where Meng Yue last appeared, passing through Badong Road. The intersection was monitored nearby. Witnesses said that Meng Yue was standing at the intersection in front of the cold drink shop.

Lang Lang observed the orientation of the surrounding buildings on the side of the flyover. The main road of Xinyue District, Jingba Road, is a two-way eight-lane road. Jingba Road crosses Changqing District, Shanghe District, Chang'an District and Xinyue District. There are two floors of overpass, the lower one is the roadway, and the upper two floors are sidewalks. The cold drink shop is just under the overpass. If you want to cross the road, you can only go over the overpass. According to the description of the witness, she went upstairs from the nearest overpass Seeing Meng Yue, after she went down, Meng Yue disappeared.

"What do you think is the possibility of Meng Yue being taken away by a passing vehicle?" Lang Lang asked Xia Ci beside him.

Xia Ci said: "It shouldn't be too big. At least there are people in front of the cold drink shop. The passing vehicles are not so bold to take Meng Yue away from the crowd. There are so many surveillance cameras around here."

"But the comrades in the branch office called up all the nearby surveillance cameras, and we checked it several times. There was no little girl in a pink and blue dress with a red schoolbag at the door of the cold drink shop. There are only two possibilities. The problem, or there is a problem with the witnesses."

"We watched the monitoring and tuned it out, and it has not been handled by anyone else. The possibility of being deleted is not high."

Lang Lang and Xia Ci had already stepped onto the overpass. Lang Lang stood still by the guardrail of the overpass. There was a dense crowd behind them and traffic flow under their feet. Lang Lang said, "Look, we are now on the first floor of the overpass. There are two roads, one leads directly to those commercial buildings, and the other is the steps going down. The view from above is so wide. If it is true as the eyewitness said, she should have watched Meng Yue go downstairs. Is there anyone around Meng Yue? , whichever direction she goes, can be seen."

Xia Ci asked: "You mean, the people in the sub-bureau were misled from the beginning?"

"I also have a bold guess. The surveillance we saw may have been dealt with long ago. If so, the branch office can suspend the case on the grounds that the lack of clues makes it difficult to investigate, or we took over the case. We couldn't find any clues from the Crescent District, so we could only go back to Changqing District to find out how Meng Yue got to the Crescent District based on the clues provided by eyewitnesses." Lang Lang looked at Xia Ci with a serious expression.

Xia Ci felt that what she said made sense. The photos provided by the witnesses were completely different from the surveillance provided to them by the sub-bureau, although the videos were more reliable than the photos.

"But the comrades at the sub-bureau have been investigating for a week. If someone... I think it's unlikely." How could the other party know who the missing little girl was and where she disappeared, and deal with the nearby surveillance in advance?

"I just have this guess." Lang Lang looked at the cold drink shop under the bridge and smiled, "Let's go, let's go to that cold drink shop."

Lang Lang left the handrail, turned and walked down the bridge, Xia Ci followed.

The cold drink shop is a small shop, inside is the owner and the clerk who make the drinks, outside there is a long line of customers, the cashier counter separates the inside from the outside, there are many customers at the door, and Lang Lang only leaves when the customers in front are almost gone Going up the steps, he said, "Two cups of lemon green tea, one at room temperature and one with ice."

Lang Lang turned his head and said to Xia Ci: "Next time please."

Xia Ci nodded slightly, the female clerk quickly settled the order, Lang Lang asked after paying, "Please ask, did you see a little girl wearing a pink and blue dress and carrying a red schoolbag at the door of the store a week ago? "

Lang Lang turned around and pointed to the place, "It's at that intersection, very close to your store."

The female clerk stretched her neck and looked out, and asked in a familiar tone: "Are you here to find a missing little girl?"

Lang Lang smiled and said: "Yes, many people should have asked you to understand the situation."

The female clerk said: "The police have come to question us many times in the past few days."

Lang Lang said: "Then you did see a little girl with a red schoolbag?"

The shop assistant looked around Lang Lang and asked in a low voice, "Are you also the police?"

Lang Lang nodded, took out his ID and showed it to the female clerk, who said: "Someone in our store did see a little girl, but when the police came to adjust the surveillance, there was no one in our area." A little girl with a red schoolbag appeared, they watched the surveillance video many times, and the colleague who said he saw the little girl asked for leave today."

"You mean, when the surveillance video of this place was called out, there was no little girl in it?" Lang Lang asked with a frown.

The saleswoman nodded and said, "Sounds pretty sinister."

Xia Ci was listening to the conversation between the two women in front, he turned his gaze to the bridge, Lang Lang walked up to him with two glasses of iced drinks, and couldn't help kicking Xia Ci's calf.

"What are you laughing at?" Lang Lang asked dissatisfied.

Xia Ci took the lemon green tea with her lips pursed, and said, "I don't understand why the conversation between you women always goes in a weird and weird direction. It's just that the video has been processed, but you talk in a supernatural direction."

"Just like you and the boss, asking everything is like interrogating a prisoner?" Lang Lang rolled his eyes at Xia Ci, and walked in the opposite direction after him. Thinking that he was better than Chu Xingmu, Lang Lang proposed to go back to the Xinyue branch.

After four o'clock in the afternoon, the team members who went out to investigate and visit all went back one after another. Chu Xingmu and Qi Shaocheng returned to the city bureau one after another. Han Shaocheng and Meng Yue's parents had been waiting for Chu Xingmu. After entering the door, Chu Xingmu Putting the phone and wallet on his desk, he hurried to meet Han Shaocheng and Meng Yue's parents.

In the reception room, Wen Ti was sitting on a chair beside her, talking to the three of them with a notebook in her hand, while Chu Daha lay quietly at Wen Ti’s feet, Chu Xingmu pushed open the door of the reception room, and the people inside People turned their heads to him in unison, Wen Ti stood up after seeing him, and Chu Daha under his feet also stood up.

Chu Xingmu walked towards Wen Ti, Wen Ti handed the record book in his hand to Chu Xingmu, Chu Xingmu nodded to him, then Wen Ti went out, Chu Daha also went out with Wen Ti, Chu Xingmu looked at Chu Daha, who was not looking sideways, and had a toothache. This little bastard actually rebelled?

"Captain Chu." Han Shaocheng stood up.

"Who provided that photo of Meng Yue?" Chu Xingmu asked as he put the notebook on the table.

Han Shaocheng said: "It's my ex-girlfriend Chen Huiru, she and my sister used to be friends."

Chu Xingmu asked: "Han Shaocheng, what is the reason why you fought Xizheng?"

Han Shaocheng's eyes dodged a little, he hit Xizheng not because Xizheng contradicted Shen Si, but because of another matter.

"Chen Huiru took Xiaoyue out not long ago. I made an appointment with her to take Xiaoyue out that day. I added an announcement temporarily and asked Chen Huiru to take Xiaoyue out first." Han Shaocheng has not talked to his sister about these things yet. Brother-in-law said, because he himself is not sure.

"Later, I heard from Xiaoyue that Chen Huiru took her to dinner with a beautiful sister. They met a few people during the meal. I asked Chen Huiru who she had dinner with. She said it was her friend Shan Weiya. On the way to dinner, they met Xi Zhenghe. Cheng Hai, the owner of Xizheng's agency, Shan Weiya and Xizheng are friends."

"Cheng Hai?" Chu Xingmu frowned, suddenly he had a bad guess.

"After Xiaoyue disappeared, I asked a friend to help post a missing person notice. At that time, I met Xizheng in the store. He knew from nowhere that I was looking for Xiaoyue. We didn't know each other at all, but he asked someone to come and talk to me. I said that Xiaoyue is very cute. I was very angry and had a conflict with him. At the party after the award ceremony, he provoked the seniors of our company. I thought of what he said before, so I couldn't help hitting him. Then I went to I joined the South Mansion Detective Agency and entrusted them to investigate Xizheng and Chenghai. I suspect that Xiaoyue's disappearance has something to do with them, but I don't have evidence and I can't question them. I can only seek help from the police, but it's been a week , Xiaoyue still has no news." Han Shaocheng covered his face and couldn't bear to look at Han Ru.

Han Ru asked with red eyes: "Who is related to Xiaoyue's disappearance? Didn't she get lost? Why didn't you tell me!"

Han Shaocheng quickly explained: "I don't have evidence, I'm just guessing, I'm not sure if Xiaoyue's disappearance is related to them, sister, I... I didn't deliberately hide it from you."

Han Ru bit her lower lip tightly, trying to hold back her tears, "Han Shaocheng, you're only talking about such a big thing now? You've been silent for so many days, why didn't you say anything when you reported the crime!"

Han Shaocheng lowered his head and didn't dare to look at Han Ru. Meng Hexuan sat beside him. He didn't intervene casually. He was just as worried about Meng Yue as Han Ru was, for fear that something might happen to her. It's just a guess, he has no basis, even if the clue he provided when reporting the case may not be taken seriously by the police.

Chu Xingmu really didn't expect that one of Meng Yue's missing clues would point to Cheng Hai. Xizheng and Han Shaocheng didn't know each other, so why would Xizheng tell Han Shaocheng that Meng Yue was cute?

Chu Xingmu asked Han Shaocheng and others to go home first, and if there was news, he would contact them immediately, and then Han Shaocheng and Meng Yue's parents left the police station together.

Chu Xingmu went out from the reception room, stood with his hands in his pockets at the gate of the office, watching Chu Daha circle around Wen Ti, Wen Ti put together the files he had finished reading, and he turned around and saw Chu Xingmu Looking down at Chu Daha, who was wagging his tail happily, he probably knew why Chu Xingmu was so angry.

"Chu Daha, come here for me." Chu Xingmu stood at the door and shouted, his voice was not loud, but it scared Chu Daha into a fright, and Wen Ti frowned slightly.

Qi Shaocheng, who was standing at the door of the tea room drinking water, was so startled by Chu Xingmu's words that he almost choked himself. Even if Chu Xingmu was dissatisfied with his appearance at the police station, he didn't have to be so obvious, right?Qi Shaocheng moved to the door and listened to the conversation between the two outside.

"Captain Chu, if you have any questions, we can have an interview. I don't want to affect your mood in handling the case because of my personal reasons." Wen Ti decided to take a step back.

Chu Xingmu had been waiting for Wen Ti to speak for a long time, and now that Wen Ti took the initiative to talk to him, he must seize this opportunity, so Chu Xingmu asked him indifferently: "What is the purpose of your coming here?" ?”

Wen Ti smiled and said: "If you have any doubts about my appearance, you can go to Zhong Changxin. He was the one who invited me to join the research center time and time again, and he also recommended me to Director Li as a consultant for mental illness crimes. If you say Purpose, I think you should go to Zhong Changxin for confirmation instead of losing your temper with me in this office."

"I didn't lose my temper with you." Chu Xingmu walked to his desk, "I lost my temper with Chu Daha."

"You're mad at the dog because it's close to me, so you're still mad at me."

"Having a temper tantrum is something a brat like you does."

"You lost your temper because Chu Daha didn't monitor me according to your request, and it circled around me, making you angry."

"Don't I even have the right to lose my temper with my dog?" Chu Xingmu asked with wide eyes.

Unexpectedly, Wen Ti actually talked about the issue of power with Chu Xingmu seriously: "Although Bu...Although Chu Daha is a dog, it also has the right to make friends. If Captain Chu thinks that Chu Daha is close, I will let him If you're unhappy, then the problem is with you and not with the dog, and you can't impose personal preferences on a dog."

Chu Xingmu: "..."

"Little devil, what did you just say?" Chu Xingmu seemed to have heard a new topic suddenly, and he was so lectured that he couldn't refute it. Wouldn't Chu Daha have damaged his human rights by fighting him for three hundred rounds every day?

Wen Ti said calmly, "The dog is gone."

Chu Xingmu turned around to see, where was Chu Daha in the office?The little bunny slipped very fast.

Qi Shaocheng stood in the tea room with a cup in his hand and was dumbfounded. Wen Ti was the first person he had ever seen who dared to talk to Chu Xingmu like that.