That evening, Yan Chiyu and Wu Yue, who were studying in the classroom, faintly heard opera music coming from the auditorium.
The school and the Peking Opera troupe scheduled a two-day performance. Since there were many students, they watched the performance in shifts.
Today was the first performance, and the students were all first-year high school students. At 8:30 p.m., the show ended, and the students walked away in twos and threes, chatting and laughing.
"Oh my god, Fang Jinhan, you have a mask hanging on your backpack."
"What the heck? Where did this mask come from?"
The person who had spoken earlier stared intently. "Huh? Where did it go?" He rubbed his eyes, incredulous. "Could I have seen wrong? It seems like I must have seen wrong..."
"Seriously!" Fang Jinhan muttered under her breath, then hooked her arm around her roommate's neck and headed towards the cafeteria: "Let's go buy some food, I'm a little hungry. Let's go."
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Even though Tao Xinhua had warned everyone in advance, news of Sha Xiaoyan's disappearance still spread within a small circle of the school.
When the news reached the parents, they began to worry about the school's safety. They believed their child's disappearance must be due to a kidnapping, and besides suspects from outsiders, they even began to suspect the teachers.
Unfortunately, the school has no choice but to suspend classes for two days. The school promises to cooperate fully with the police investigation into the disappearance of senior high school student Sha Xiaoyan, to uncover the truth, and to protect the lives and safety of students and teachers.
The school is also helpless that such a terrible thing happened right at the start of the semester.
Wu Yue was doing her homework at home when a WeChat voice call suddenly rang. To be honest, she was surprised when she saw the contact name that popped up on the screen.
"Officer Chu?"
"Little friend, I need your help with something." Chu Xiao's voice came from the other end of the network cable.
Wu Yue paused for a moment, then said politely, "Please speak."
"I'm downstairs at your place, is it convenient for you to come down and talk?"
The girl stood up and walked to the window. Her gaze passed over the floor-to-ceiling window, which was dappled with moonlight and lamplight. There was indeed a low-key luxury car parked at the entrance.
Chu Xiao, dressed in casual clothes, leaned against the car door, his figure tall and slender. A cigarette was held between two fingers, his expression hidden behind the curling smoke.
The dim streetlights outlined his facial features; he was indeed a handsome uncle.
"I'll go down right away."
Wu Yue hurried down the stairs and pushed open the door.
When Chu Xiao saw Wu Yue appear, he quickly stubbed out his cigarette, turned his face away and exhaled the cigarette, then quickly stuffed two candies into his mouth.
The girl paused for a moment, then asked, "Didn't Officer Chu say he was quitting smoking?"
“I’ve been a bit irritable lately, and I swear this is the only one,” Chu Xiao said, raising an eyebrow. His voice was deep and resonant, with a subtle yet captivating magnetism.
Wu Yue took two steps back. "Please get down to business."
Chu Xiao straightened up and looked at Wu Yue, saying, "The local police station received a case saying that a female classmate of yours has gone missing and they haven't been able to contact her for two days."
Wu Yue nodded: "Sha Xiaoyan, I'm not familiar with her, she's just a classmate."
"Don't misunderstand, little friend. I'm not doubting you." Seeing her cold and distant demeanor, Chu Xiao vaguely guessed why she was acting this way. He smiled and said, "Originally, this matter wouldn't have been the responsibility of our criminal investigation team, but there are two difficulties in this case. In the surveillance footage, which has not been tampered with by anyone, Sha Xiaoyan simply disappeared into thin air."
The girl did not react.
Chu Xiao continued, "The second difficulty was that the day after Sha Xiaoyan disappeared, Jiang Qiang, who had gone to the auditorium with her that day, seemed to have mental problems and kept saying strange things. The police station realized that this might not be an ordinary missing person case, so they transferred it to our criminal investigation team."
That's why I immediately thought of you guys when something like this happened.
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