Chapter 290 Sister Niu

Hongcheng City Bureau, Third Brigade Office.

Wu Yongcheng didn't come back until noon. During this time, Zhou Yi received a call from his third uncle, who told him that the steel coil had been successfully delivered to the tractor factory and that there would probably be results soon, and he would keep an eye on it.

When it was time for dinner, everyone went to the cafeteria to eat.

Chen Yan was two minutes late because he had to go to the bathroom.

After washing his hands, he came out of the toilet and walked towards the cafeteria. Just as he passed the door of the Third Brigade Office, the phone inside suddenly rang.

Chen Yan immediately turned back to answer the phone.

"Hello, this is the Third Squadron of the Criminal Investigation Detachment of the Hongcheng City Public Security Bureau."

"Oh, it's Officer Xia from Anyuan. Yes, I'm Chen Yan who contacted you before."

"Yes, yes."

"Okay, I understand. I will report this to my superiors as soon as possible and cooperate with your work."

In the cafeteria, Zhou Yi and the other two were eating, but they didn't see Chen Yan for a long time.

After more than ten minutes, Chen Yan came over with the rice bowl.

"We thought you fell into the toilet." Jiang Biao joked.

"I received a call from Anyuan City," said Chen Yan.

Zhou Yi immediately asked alertly, "Anyuan City? Did they find Li Youqiang?"

When my grandfather was in the hospital, Zhou Yi's mother took on a job for him. The son of an old lady in the hospital disappeared inexplicably, and the old lady was worried all day long.

The missing person is called Li Youqiang, and the last city he may have gone to is Anyuan City in the neighboring province.

After Zhou Yi took over the matter, Chen Yan helped contact the Criminal Investigation Detachment in Anyuan City and asked them to pay attention to this man named Li Youqiang.

Anyuan City helped to investigate, but no one named Li Youqiang was found among the detainees or those who reported missing.

When Pan Hongjie's second team was investigating the case of the naked corpse in the machine well, someone suddenly remembered that they had helped Hongcheng to investigate a missing person named Li Youqiang.

Pan Hongjie also remembered this incident, so he used it as a clue and asked someone to contact Hongcheng to see if they could provide some assistance in the investigation.

That's why Chen Yan received this call.

In response to Zhou Yi's question, Chen Yan shook his head and explained the situation of An Yuan's body. He said that it was precisely because it could not be identified that he wanted to ask them for help in confirmation.

"Brother Yan, wait for Captain Wu to come back and report to him, then I will go to Li Youqiang's house with you." Zhou Yi said.

Chen Yan nodded, looked around, and said worriedly, "Why hasn't Master come back yet? Is there something wrong?"

After hearing what he said, Qiao Jiali and Jiang Biao also became a little nervous.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Yi said calmly, "It's okay, Captain Wu will live a hundred years."

After a while, they all finished eating and were waiting for Chen Yan. Wu Yongcheng arrived late with a tray of food.

"Hey, why is Chen Yan eating so slowly today?" Wu Yongcheng said as he sat down.

The four of them greeted each other immediately, some called Captain Wu "Captain Wu" and some called Master "Master".

As soon as Zhou Yi heard Wu Yongcheng's tone, he knew that it was okay and he would not die.

"Master, how is the situation after your checkup at the hospital?"

Wu Yongcheng looked at Chen Yan in surprise: "Who said I went to the hospital?"

The three of them pointed at Zhou Yi in unison. Zhou Yi thought to himself, good fellow, he sold me out without a second's hesitation.

"You've become a spirit."

"So Master, are you feeling unwell somewhere?" Chen Yan asked with concern.

"There's something wrong with my lumbar spine, which is causing nerve compression and chest pain," Wu Yongcheng sighed. "Alas, as I get older, I can't stop having problems."

Zhou Yi thought to himself, sure enough, there is a problem, but I am just scaring myself.

It’s not Wu Yongcheng’s fault. He has been alone in Hongcheng for so many years. Single middle-aged men like this are most likely to have wild thoughts.

Moreover, the police may not be afraid of sacrifice, but everyone is afraid of terminal illness.

So Zhou Yi understood very well that it would be great if nothing happened.

He stopped teasing Wu Yongcheng, and Chen Yan reported to him what happened in Anyuan City.

Due to the previous searchlight operation, Li Youqiang was already listed as a missing person, and Wu Yongcheng knew the basic situation.

He then gave the order: "Zhou Yi and Chen Yan go to Li Youqiang's home to understand the situation and ask his family if they have any obvious features that can be used for identification. At the same time, collect Li Youqiang's fingerprints."

The reason why Wu Yongcheng did not mention DNA is because there is already a long queue of people waiting for DNA tests in the provincial capital.

It is a situation where there are too many people and too little resources. The DNA results submitted for testing in the Tang Xue case have not yet come out.

Therefore, the current requirements of the provincial department for DNA applications are serious cases, important cases, and old cases with key investigative needs.

"Xiao Qiao, you and Biaozi go find out about the person who disappeared with Li Youqiang. What was his name..."

Chen Yan added: "Fu Daqing, nicknamed Gua Ge."

"Yes, Fu Daqing, check his social connections to see if he's been around recently, what he did before he disappeared, and if he's behaved in any unusual way."

"Okay, Captain Wu."

The four of them stood up and left, with Zhou Yi being the last one to stand up.

Wu Yongcheng took a bite of his rice, looked up and saw that Zhou Yi hadn't left yet, and asked, "Anything else?"

"Captain Wu, a gentleman's word is his bond." Zhou Yi raised his eyebrows and said.

Wu Yongcheng, who still had food in his mouth, was stunned: "What the hell?"

Zhou Yi smiled and turned to leave.

Wu Yongcheng suddenly reacted and shouted at him: "The gentleman said the horse is lame."

…

Zhou Yi and Chen Yan first went to retrieve Li Youqiang's household registration file.

Li Youqiang is 42 years old and lives in an old street in Nanming District with his mother, wife and children.

His father passed away more than ten years ago, and his mother was Sister Niu, whom Zhou Yi had met in the hospital before.

Zhou Yi remembered that when he was dragged by his mother to Sister Niu's ward, he took a quick look and saw that the disease written on the medical record card at the head of Sister Niu's bed seemed to be cerebrovascular disease.

I didn't see anyone accompanying her, and she didn't hire a caregiver. I guess her family is pretty poor.

At that time, it was said that because Li Youqiang was not doing his job and was idle, his wife was dissatisfied and took their son home. I don’t know what the situation is now.

Zhou Yi and Chen Yan drove to Haitang Old Street according to their registered address.

However, when we reached the intersection, the car had to stop because there was a drainage ditch at the intersection, which was quite wide and covered with only two stone slabs.

Chen Yan took a look and felt that it was not that he could not drive through, but that he was afraid of damaging the stone slab.

The two parked their car nearby and got out to walk.

This street is much older than Zhou Yi imagined. It was basically developed from the former shantytown.

The two followed the address, walked through the narrow and intricate alleys, and finally found Li Youqiang's house among the messy old houses and the electric wires overhead.

There is a word "Fu" pasted on an old wooden door, and the texture of the wooden door is obviously old.

Zhou Yi knocked on the door and a voice came from inside the room.

"Here I come."

After a while, an old lady opened the door. It was Sister Niu whom Zhou Yi had met before.

When they call her "big sister", it is actually Zhou Yi's mother and others who call her that. In fact, Big Sister Niu is already over sixty years old.

"You guys..." Sister Niu asked with squinted eyes because the lighting in the entire old street was poor due to the high building density.

"Are you Niu Fengxian?" Chen Yan asked.

"I am Niu Fengxian."

"Li Youqiang is your son, right?"

When Sister Niu heard the name Li Youqiang, she trembled all over and asked excitedly, "Do you know my son?"

Suddenly, she recognized Zhou Yi and pointed at him and said, "You...are you the son of that police officer, Ms. Zhang from the hospital?"

Zhou Yi nodded: "Sister Niu, we want to find out about your son Li Youqiang's situation. Is that convenient for you?"

Sister Niu nodded quickly and said, "That's convenient, that's convenient. Come in, young men."

Zhou Yi and Chen Yan followed him into the house.

The room was dark, and Sister Niu quickly turned on the light switch.

An incandescent light bulb lit up above my head, but it was still dim, better than nothing.

The house wasn't big, with only two rooms inside and outside, totaling only about 20 square meters. It was quite simple. The walls were covered with newspapers, but some of the newspapers had moldy spots due to the humidity, so another layer of newspaper was pasted on to cover it up.

They couldn't see the inner room clearly because of insufficient light, and the outer room basically took on the functions of cooking, dining and living room.

There is a folding bed in the corner, and a curtain made from a washed-out blue bed sheet is hung beside the bed, serving as a partition.

There was no toilet in the room, but under the folding bed was a toilet with a red lid.

The house, which is as far as the eye can see, shows the poverty of life everywhere.

"Please sit down, I'll pour you a glass of water." Sister Niu said hurriedly, she was obviously very nervous.

"Sister Niu, no, no, please stop working." Zhou Yi asked her after asking her to sit down, "Are you home alone?"

Sister Niu nodded and said, "Ever since there's been no news from Qiangzi, my daughter-in-law has taken her grandson back to her parents' home, leaving me alone at home."

"Yes... Is there any news about my Qiangzi?" Sister Niu said in a trembling voice.

Zhou Yi comforted him, "We are here today to understand the situation so that we can help you find your son, so don't be too nervous."

"You...didn't lie to me..."

"Sister Niu, we are police officers, how could we lie to people? Here, look, this is my ID." Zhou Yi took out his ID and said.

Sister Niu waved her hands repeatedly: "No, no, I know you are a police officer. Your mother said so, I believe you."

"This is our policy," Zhou Yi said comfortingly after showing his ID. "We're conducting a routine investigation today, so please cooperate with us as much as possible so that we can find your son as soon as possible."

After hearing what Zhou Yi said, Sister Niu was obviously relieved, and then Chen Yan began to ask questions.

The two learned Li Youqiang's basic personal information, including height and weight, some of his circumstances before leaving Hongcheng, and his social relationships.

I also asked for Li Youqiang's wife's work unit and maiden address, because there are some information that a mother may not know clearly, but it is different for the person next to her.

However, they still learned a piece of information from Sister Niu, a clear feature that could confirm whether the male corpse in Anyuan City was Li Youqiang.