monologue

Wen Ti stood outside the ward and asked Chu Xingmu: "Do you need to go from Changqing District to Chang'an District for the inspection? Captain Chu, what are you thinking?"

Chu Xingmu put his hands in his pockets and said casually: "I suddenly remembered something, I have to come to the hospital anyway, it doesn't make any difference."

Chu Xingmu said that he would take Wen Ti to take a film to check his head, but he walked for more than an hour and returned to Chang'an District. What's the point of returning to Changqing District halfway and almost getting into a car accident?

"Wait here for me, I'll get the film." Chu Xingmu left first.

They were outside Guan Lingling's father's ward. Guan Zhen had already rested. Chu Xingmu contacted He Zongquan again. After checking Wen Ti's head, they were going somewhere. Wen Ti felt that he must have lost his mind before running with Chu Xingmu. After running back and forth, he doesn't need to take care of this kind of case, or he can be on duty in the office to read the files. Wen Ti showed strong reluctance about this. No wonder Qi Shaocheng told him in private that he must go out with Chu Xingmu. To prepare in all aspects, Wen Ti turned and sat on the chair outside the ward.

"Who are you?" Wen Ti turned her head, and there was an old man standing less than two meters away from him, who looked about 60 years old.

"Wen Ti from the Criminal Investigation Team of the City Bureau." Wen Ti stood up.

He Zongquan asked: "Did you come with Captain Chu?"

Wen Ti smiled and said: "Well, he went to get something, and he will be back soon."

"Sit down, I'm here to look for him." He Zongquan sat next to Wen Ti, and he motioned for Wen Ti to sit down too.

He Zongquan reported his name: "I am He Zongquan, the criminal police officer responsible for investigating Guan Lingling's disappearance 15 years ago."

Wen Ti smiled and asked, "Mr. He has retired, right?"

"I have retired for several years, and I have been worried about this case."

"I heard from Captain Chu that you suspect that Guan Lingling was not abducted. She was probably kidnapped, but the purpose of the kidnappers was not to demand a ransom from her family." Wen Ti did not hear Chu Xingmu say this, From the beginning of the case to now, the clues that Chu Xingmu said revolve around Chang'an District and the Chang'an Sub-bureau. They ruled out a lot of guesses about Guan Lingling's disappearance. The case that makes an old criminal policeman who has retired for many years still care about it is definitely not as simple as disappearance. , but when it comes to Chu Xingmu, Wen Ti's credibility for He Zongquan will be higher.

"I have suspected it for a long time, but Qingshi is so big, and Anning Road is no longer the Anning Road it used to be. I know how difficult it is to check." He Zongquan sighed while supporting his knees.

Wen Ti asked, "Can I ask you a few questions?"

"Just ask if you have anything, don't be so polite."

"Were you in charge of investigating this case back then?"

He Zongquan shook his head and said, "No, the person in charge of this case is Wang Yuemin, the former criminal investigation team leader of Chang'an Branch."

"Wang Yuemin? But he's not the head of the Criminal Investigation Detachment of the Chang'an Branch, and there doesn't seem to be a senior named Wang Yuemin in the branch. Has he retired?"

"No, he was later transferred to the Xinyue branch. I heard that he had been the anti-drug captain for two years, and now he is the deputy director of the Xinyue branch. You don't know, it's normal. Not many comrades who work with me stay in the Chang'an branch. Lah, several of them have been transferred to the New Moon Sub-bureau."

"Then was that the only clue you found back then? Guan Lingling was carried away by a man."

"At that time, Anning Road was quite chaotic. Social workers collected protection fees. People who murdered, robbed, raped, set fire to, and stole in the street. The gangsters in the neighborhood formed gangs. They made troubles today and fought tomorrow. They couldn't be controlled."

"Has the Guan family ever been harassed by those people?"

"I've never heard of this. Guan Zhen and his wife are kind-hearted. Their business is also good. They will help the neighbors when they are in trouble. Even those gangsters don't make things difficult for them."

Wen Ti nodded and asked again: "How was the relationship between the relatives and friends of the Guan family and them at that time?"

Speaking of this, He Zongquan's eyes lit up, and he said, "You've got the point. It stands to reason that Guan Zhen and his wife are so nice, and their family should be very harmonious. But since Guan Lingling disappeared, their relatives basically They have all cut off contact with them, and I heard that Guan Lingling's mother has gone crazy, and even took her sister's daughter home secretly, and those people saw that she was crazy, so they seldom interacted with their family."

"Crazy? Didn't you say that she only has depression?" Wen Ti was a little surprised. There is still a big difference between depression and mental illness, but they only knew that Guan Lingling's mother committed suicide because of depression.

"Does she have a history of mental illness?"

He Zongquan shook his head: "That's not true, I just became crazy later, talking incoherently, but it will be fine after a while."

"Intermittent mental illness, the stimulus should be Guan Lingling's disappearance, missing her daughter too much, too much mental pressure, and depression. She must have been in pain at the time, so she chose to commit suicide." Wen Ti said.

He Zongquan said with a smile, "Your little comrade is different from Captain Chu. He asked for clues related to the case as soon as he came up."

"Captain Chu is busy with official duties and must ask important questions. He travels to Chang'an District twice a day. If he asks about these small details again, I'm afraid it will be even more confusing." Wen Ti decided to be a good person and leave a message for Chu Xingmu For the sake of face, Chu Xingmu took a film for so long and didn't see him back.

"Well, I have been to all the prisons in Chang'an District, but there was no conclusion in the end. The bureau suspended this case, and the detection direction is still on human trafficking." He Zongquan looked at the door of the ward and said, "I saw you 15 years ago. When Guan Zhen was in his thirties, he was only 15 years old, almost catching up with me."

Wen Ti asked him: "Then you were the only one who thought that Guan Lingling was kidnapped?"

"It was I who brought it up first, and then it was left alone." At that time, only He Zongquan believed that Guan Lingling's disappearance was not human trafficking, and was probably kidnapped. However, no motive or clue could be found for the kidnapping. Wang Yuemin He and other comrades denied his guess, and He Zongquan never mentioned it again.

"Mr. He, you came here so soon?" Chu Xingmu came out of the elevator and saw that there was someone more at the door of the ward, and he recognized who it was by looking at his clothes.

Wen Ti and He Zongquan looked at Chu Xingmu at the same time, Chu Xingmu came over with Wen Ti's CT film in his hand, He Zongquan asked after seeing what was in his hand: "Are you injured?"

"It's not me, it's the one next to you. When I went back in the morning, I ran into a car accident and hit my head. Come and check." Chu Xingmu walked in front of the two, and Wen Ti and He Zongquan stood up together.

Chu Xingmu said to Wen Ti: "Except for the scratches, your brain is very good, and it will not affect you and Wen Xiangqin's fight for family property."

Wen Ti nodded: "That's good, otherwise it will be cheap for nothing Wen Xiangqin, if he can't tolerate me, I will have to sleep on the street in the future."

It was only then that He Zongquan noticed the band-aid on Wen Ti's head. Wen Ti was well-dressed, and her tone and attitude when talking to people were very comfortable. Compared with Chu Xingmu's casualness, ordinary people are obviously more willing to talk to Wen Ti. He Zongquan said with a smile: "Your partner is very strange."

"You're joking, I can't carry it on my shoulders, I can't lift it with my hands, and I always make Captain Chu angry, and I can't afford it as a partner." Wen Ti positioned himself, which made Chu Xingmu raise his eyebrows at him to express his dissatisfaction.

"Captain Chu, why did you call me here?" He Zongquan asked.

Chu Xingmu said: "I want to ask you something about 15 years ago. Where are the seniors who investigated the case with you now, and what are their positions?"

He Zongquan looked at Chu Xingmu's expression and guessed what he meant by asking. Wen Ti stood aside and looked at the two of them. He took a step back, pushed open the door of the ward and walked in. In the corridor outside the ward, only Chu Xingmu and He Zongquan were gone, the red-lighting surveillance camera was facing them, and there was a green-lighting escape sign on the wall of the corridor.

At Han Shaocheng's house, Bai Yao was sitting with Zhao Chen with a notebook, the tea on the table was no longer hot, Han Shaocheng looked at them and said, "That's all I know, I haven't contacted anyone from Chenghai Brokerage Company before. "

"The two brokerage companies just compete with each other because of business?" Zhao Chen asked while shaking hands.

"Yes, since Cheng Hai secretly suppressed Shen Si, his manager was also dissatisfied with Cheng Hai's actions. Shen Si is a senior I respect very much. I am honored to be in the same company as him." Han Shaocheng's tone was very sincere.

"Then you are not dissatisfied with your agency's termination of the contract with you? They blocked you." Bai Yao asked.

"They told me." Han Shaocheng still remembered the conversation between his senior Shen Si and him on the second day of the grand ceremony night. Although he didn't know what they were going to do, he trusted Shen Si very much at that time.

"They want to block you, did you discuss it?"

"Ah."

Bai Yao asked Zhao Chen in a low voice, "What about Meng Yue?"

Zhao Chen looked at Han Shaocheng and said, "Han Shaocheng, let me ask you one last time, is there any relationship between Meng Yue's disappearance and Xizheng?" If they don't understand the answer to this question, their energy and manpower will be doubled. Check whether Mengyue was kidnapped, and on the other side they have to monitor and track Xizheng. Now that the bureau has taken on three cases at once, they simply don't have the time to conduct such a large-scale investigation with people.

Han Shaocheng frowned and hesitated for a few seconds, then said, "I think it must be related to him!"

Zhao Chen finally asked him, "Have you met Xi Zheng recently?"

Han Shaocheng shook his head and said, "No."

Bai Yao closed the notebook and stood up with Zhao Chen, Zhao Chen said, "Then come here first, we have other tasks."

Han Shaocheng escorted them out, watched Bai Yao and Zhao Chen enter the elevator, Han Shaocheng returned home, a few minutes later, a man wearing a hat and mask came out of Han Shaocheng's house, and also entered the elevator.

Zhao Chen and Bai Yao went downstairs, and when they reached the garage, Bai Yao stood there and said angrily, "He said that Meng Yue's disappearance was related to Xizheng, and at the same time secretly went to see Xizheng, are you kidding us?"

Zhao Chen gloated and asked, "Can't hold back anymore?"

"Can't Han Shaocheng finish a sentence?" Bai Yao breathed out anxiously.

Zhao Chen laughed and said, "It doesn't matter whether he meets Xizheng or not. Since he is sure that Meng Yue's disappearance is related to Xizheng, it means he is also investigating."

"Then did he have a result?"

"We don't know this, but the clues are common."

On the other side, Lang Lang and Xia Ci found the person who saw Meng Yue last—Chen Huiru, Han Shaocheng's ex-girlfriend and Han Ru's friend.

Chen Huiru is a photographer and has his own photography studio. He usually goes out to take pictures. In his free time, he either goes to a beauty salon or invites people to go shopping. Chen Huiru took the wedding photos of Han Ru and Meng Hexuan. The two became good friends.

Lang Lang put the photo on the table, and Chen Huiru said with a normal expression: "I can be sure that there is nothing wrong with the photo. I don't know why the police from the Xinyue branch said there is something wrong with this photo."

"When did you give the photo to the police at the Crescent Precinct?"

"On the day Meng Yue disappeared, I provided this photo, and I still have a backup in my mobile phone." Afraid that the police would not believe what she said, Chen Huiru took out her mobile phone, found the photo taken at that time and put it in Lang Lang In front of Xia Ci.

Lang Lang smiled and said: "We have confirmed the photos, and there is no problem. Your home is in Changqing District. Did you go to Xinyue District that day?"

Chen Huiru nodded, "A friend of mine has an event in the Crescent District. We made an appointment to go shopping with her after the event, but she was busy so I went to find her."

"When did you leave Changqing District?"

"Around eleven o'clock in the morning, I just happened to be on vacation in those few days."

"What's your friend's name?"

Chen Huiru looked at Lang Lang hesitantly, Xia Ci stared at her expression closely, trying to capture some strange emotions from her face, Chen Huiru said, "Shan Weiya."

"Shan Weiya?" Lang Lang asked in surprise.

Seeing Lang Lang's reaction, Chen Huiru thought she was surprised that she was good friends with the actress, so she said, "Are you her fan?"

Lang Lang quickly waved his hand: "You misunderstood, I don't chase stars." Lang Lang just felt strange that Meng Yue disappeared on the day Chen Huiru and Shan Weiya met, it should be just a coincidence.

"Does Shan Weiya know about Meng Yue's disappearance?" Xia Ci asked.

Chen Huiru said: "She knew that the police of the Xinyue branch asked me to find someone to prove that I was indeed looking for a friend that day, so I called Shan Weiya, and she said that her manager and the police had already confirmed it. Afterwards, the police from the Xinyue Sub-bureau didn’t look for me again.”

"Did you and Shan Weiya see Meng Yue together?"

"Well, the two of us were upstairs at the time, and I pointed it out to her. I took Meng Yue to dinner with her a while ago." Chen Huiru said.

What Chen Huiru said was almost the same as what Lang Lang and the others found out. The possibility of Chen Huiru lying should not be very high, but thinking of the relationship between Shan Weiya and Xizheng, Lang Lang was a little uncertain.

Lang Lang asked again: "It was just the two of you that day?"

Chen Huiru recalled it for a while, and said: "There is also Xizheng's manager, Xizheng, do you know?"

Lang Lang smiled and nodded: "I know, why is Xizheng's manager with you?"

"I don't know about it. At that time, he said he was passing by, sat with us for a while and then left."

Xia Ci thought that there was no need to ask Chen Huiru any more. They already understood what she said, so Xia Ci signaled Lang Lang to end the conversation.

Lang Lang said: "Then let's stop here today. If you think of something later, you can contact us anytime. Meng Yue has been missing for a week. I don't know if he is dead or alive."

Chen Huiru's expression became disturbed, and she said, "Xiaoyue will be fine for sure."

Xia Ci glanced at her calmly, and then his eyes fell on the workbench behind Chen Huiru. Xia Ci stood up and walked towards the workbench. Chen Huiru and Lang Lang turned their heads to look at him. Pick up a few photos and ask, "Who are the people in this photo?"

Chen Huiru stood up and walked to Xia Ci's side. She took the photo from Xia Ci's hand and said in a disguised way: "This was taken when I took Xiaoyue and Shan Weiya to dinner last time. At that time, Xiaoyue said she hadn't seen it yet. As for the celebrities, I just took a few photos with my mobile phone, and I planned to give them to them, but I never had time."

"The man next to him is Xizheng?" Xia Ci asked.

Chen Huiru nodded, "I just met him that day, Xiaoyue liked him very much, and asked me if I could take a photo with him, so we did."

Xia Ci looked at Lang Lang, Lang Lang smiled and said, "Can you give us a picture of this?"

Chen Huiru was a little reluctant, but she felt that if they didn't give it to Lang Lang, they might suspect that Meng Yue's disappearance had something to do with her, so Chen Huiru handed the photo to Lang Lang unnaturally.

Lang Lang took the photo and looked at it in his hand. There were six people in the photo. Chen Huiru, Meng Yue, and Shan Weiya stood in front, and Xizheng stood slightly beside Shan Weiya. A slightly chubby person is sitting on the sofa with his back to the camera, and at the far end is a man standing by the sofa on the phone. Because of the lighting problem, the two figures behind him are not clear.