to comfort the sun

The smoky mahjong hall, before entering the door, you can hear the noise of people, as if the roof is about to be lifted, it is even worse when you enter the door, the mahjong table is clattered, and the parts beside the table are pitiful It was hanging on the ground, and it swayed unsteadily as soon as it slapped the table.

Sun Fuzhou pinched the legs of the sunglasses with his index finger and thumb, pulled them down slightly, and swept his gaze across the area. Most of the players were middle-aged men and women, and everyone was fighting enthusiastically at the card table until he saw a table next to the wall. , a young woman was walking towards the back door with a purse between her hands.

The back of the woman is very slender, with maroon curly hair tucked under the back of her head, she is wearing a khaki raincoat that reaches to her calves, and a belt is tied around her waist, showing a graceful waist.

Almost the second he saw her, Sun Fuzhou chased after her.

The mahjong parlor used almost all the available space, and arranged the entire second floor to the brim. In the denser places, it was almost back to back. Sun Fuzhou was extremely difficult to slip through the crowd, and on the way even provoked Countless eyes and curses.

Sun Fuzhou kept staring at the woman, not knowing whether to wait for him, the woman walked very slowly, and even seemed to stop at the back door for a few seconds at the end.

But when he arrived at the back door, the woman was still gone.

Going down the stairs at the back door are all kinds of narrow paths, just looking at it makes me dizzy.

Sun Fuzhou took off the sunglasses that got in the way, put them back in his chest pocket, leaned on the fence of the corridor to look out to no avail, turned around with a frown and called Liu Chenglin.

"Old Liu, I saw someone, but I didn't keep up, it was like playing tricks on me... It's a woman, quite young, I can't see her face clearly, but she should be pretty... I'll check the nearby surveillance cameras... "

He was talking on the phone as he walked down the small stairs by the back door.

The stairs are narrow, there are no lights, and the whitewashed walls are covered with unlocking phones and small advertisements.

As soon as he reached the first floor, a voice suddenly stopped him.

"Captain Sun." The young woman who had long since disappeared was waiting for him in the dark and narrow stairwell, her face completely immersed in the darkness, "Are you looking for me?"

Sun Fuzhou paused while grabbing the phone, and then greeted Liu Chenglin on the other end of the phone, then turned to look at the woman's hands, which were very white and thin, tightly clutching her purse, with his fingertips hard The place is turning white from the center to the surroundings, I don't know if it's because of nervousness or fear.

Sun Fuzhou raised his phone: "Did you send me a text message?"

The woman nodded, not intending to come out of the narrow wall.

Sun Fuzhou blocked the only exit in front of her: "Why did you send it to me? Are you a murderer?"

The woman shook her head hesitantly. She bit her lower lip. Although her face was beautiful, her complexion was really bad: "It's not me, I'm not sure who it is, but I heard that you are investigating previous cases, so I want to report it."

Sun Fuzhou said: "Report the case to the bureau to go through the procedures and complete the formalities to file the case."

"No!" The woman gripped her bag even tighter, her delicate eyebrows were slightly frowned, "It's a case that happened a long time ago, otherwise I wouldn't ask you out here."

Sun Fuzhou crossed his arms in front of his chest, and examined her for a few seconds: "You explain that photo first, I'm considering hearing your grievances."

The woman's hand holding the purse loosened a little, and her brows stretched: "...I can only tell you that I helped her escape, but it's a pity that she is too stupid and unlucky...don't use that kind of look Look at me, I really don't know who the murderer is, it's just a coincidence to help her."

Sun Fuzhou didn't speak, he was thinking about the truth of what the woman said.

"You said you helped her escape, where did you come from?"

"...I don't know, I only know the 'inside' of that place, not its 'outside'."

This makes sense.

Sun Fuzhou pondered for a while: "Tell me about your grievances."

The woman let out a thin breath: "It's my sister. She also disappeared 16 years ago...Although she may have passed away, she must be seen alive and dead. She has not been heard from for so many years. Everywhere I can find..."

Sun Fuzhou asked, "Why didn't you call the police?"

The woman shook her head: "I can't call the police...I'm sorry, I have unavoidable reasons."

Sun Fuzhou suddenly fixed his gaze on him: "The disappearance of your sister...is related to KTV in the classic era?"

The woman gave him a deep look, then nodded heavily under his gaze.

On the taxi back, Sun Fuzhou took out a photo from his briefcase. In the photo, the girl was wearing a school uniform, looking shyly and beautifully at the camera, showing a not-so-obvious smile.

The girl in the photo is named Li Fangxue, who was studying nursing at Xicheng Vocational High School 16 years ago. This photo was taken at the welcome party when she was 16 years old and just entered school.

According to Li Fei—that is, the woman who texted him—she had a congenital disease and had been receiving treatment in the hospital, so her sister was studying and working around to raise medical expenses for her.

But because at that time Li Fei was just a young boy, lying in the hospital every day looking at a small piece of sky outside the window, she only remembered that her sister was a beautiful and gentle girl, and she was only in the few words that her sister occasionally said. , sporadically remember some part-time jobs, hotels, restaurants, supermarkets, KTV.

When Li Fangxue disappeared, the school was on winter vacation, and it was customary for her to work part-time during the vacation. Her family members took it for granted that she didn't go home for a while, and it was only after the delay that Li Fei realized that her sister must have disappeared.

But at that time, the whole family was busy with her operation, and by the time they noticed it, they had no way to find it.

Because the minors are working part-time, the store owner will be afraid of causing trouble, so there will be no records. What's more, Li Fangxue should have used a pseudonym, so at that time when the police force and skills were scarce, their parents searched for a period of time without results, and then I didn't look any further.

Until now, Li Fei did not know who she had used to contact him through this method, and the most surprising thing was that she was aware of the actions of the Municipal Bureau, and also knew that they were checking the KTV of the classic era.

Let's hope she's not the one with the problem.

While comforting himself, Sun Fuzhou briefed Liu Chenglin about Li Fangxue, asking him to investigate the girl.

When Liu Chenglin received the photo, his first reaction was that he didn't know, so he asked, "Who is this girl?"

Sun Fuzhou said: "I can't make it clear for a while. It's probably what I said in the text message. You should ask someone to check it first. Secretly, I'm not sure if it will be useful. I'm worried that the other party will lose it." Get out the smoke bomb."

It didn't take long for the bureau to check the information of a little girl, and it didn't take long for the information to be sent to Sun Fuzhou.

Liu Chenglin's phone number came in along with the information: "This girl's household registration has been canceled by her family. She disappeared in the first year of high school. The local police station searched for it for a week. I don't know why we were sorting out old cases. Leaving her out."

Sun Fuzhou thought of the previous vocational high school students: "She is also a vocational high school student, but that was 16 years ago. The KTV just opened not long ago. Didn't the flower card already exist at that time?"

Liu Chenglin said: "It doesn't have to be a flower card, doesn't it mean that she often works outside?"

Sun Fuzhou said: "Well, please give me the contact information of the teacher who took her back then. I just happened to pass by the vocational high school to see the situation."

"it is good."

However, the phone hung up for 1 minute and then called again.

Sun Fuzhou didn't even look for any hints. He thought it was Liu Chenglin's swift action, and he found it so quickly, so he picked it up: "It was found out so quickly?"

A familiar voice came over: "Check what?"

Sun Fuzhou was taken aback, and took a look at his phone: "...Brother Shen, I'm at work."

Two days ago, after he found out that Liu Hai had contacted Shen Yuan in private, he neither asked him directly, nor did he secretly check on him, but waited for him to confess or show his flaws. Of course, there was also a small part of the reason that he wanted to try to trust him. Shen Yuan.

Shen Yuan's voice was very lazy, as if he just woke up: "Where are you?"

Sun Fuzhou still thought he was tired, and his voice unknowingly brought distress: "I'm going to Wucheng Vocational High School to do some errands, what's wrong?"

Shen Yuan yawned over there: "I miss you."

Sun Fuzhou was not used to this person acting like a baby all of a sudden, and he acted so naturally, he felt a little bit hit all of a sudden: "Okay, okay, Angel Shen, I'll go back early at night."

The nickname of Angel Shen, who didn't know how long ago, made Shen Yuan suddenly a little messy, and the gentleness he had pretended before disappeared without a trace: "Captain Sun, see you at the gate of the vocational school in 10 minutes."

Obviously it was just an appointment to meet, but it sounded like he was saying: Wait, I will do it. I will kill you.

Before Sun Fuzhou had time to give himself a strong momentum, the phone was hung up.

——This bastard!

He put down his phone and turned to look at the car window, but unexpectedly, he saw the corner of his mouth grinning to the ear in the reflection of the glass.

"Ahem." Sun Fuzhou pressed the corners of his mouth down almost in the blink of an eye, and then asked the driver pretending to be calm, "Master, how long is it?"

The driver looked back at him quite speechlessly, and then looked back to the front—oh, it's already here.

Sun Fuzhou touched the tip of his nose resentfully, paid the fare with a dull face, and got out of the car in desperation.

Soon, a text message from Liu Chenglin was also sent - Li Fangxue's homeroom teacher was still working, currently teaching the graduating class, a female teacher who was about to retire.

"Team Sun!"

Sun Fuzhou was looking at the text message when someone called him from behind.

It was the time when school was over, and when he turned his head, he saw Shen Yuan in a blue sweater, against the crowd of people after school, harmoniously in a sea of ​​blue and white.

——Today is Monday, and the students of No. [-] Middle School must wear blue and white school uniforms to participate in the flag-raising ceremony.

Many years later, he still remembers today, he watched his baby Shen Yuan, leaning on a cane with difficulty, limping, step by step, walking towards him resolutely, full of sunset glow and love, Come and hug him.