"From what we can see, the person did indeed disappear after leaving the hotel." After reviewing the surveillance footage, Officer Li turned to look at Wang Yi. "But this only means that your friend encountered some emergency after leaving the hotel and did not return."
This does not mean that Wang Yi's friend has gone missing, nor does it mean that the other party may have encountered any danger.
“But his phone has been switched off ever since. We can’t reach him by phone, and he doesn’t reply to messages.” Wang Yi immediately explained, “Officer Li, for a normal person, if they really encounter an emergency, keeping their phone switched on at all times is the most important thing, right? Power banks are everywhere now. I don’t believe that someone in an emergency would keep their phone switched off all day.”
Moreover, in Wang Yi's memory, Xiao Zhou was someone who valued real-time information extremely much, and he usually carried five or six power banks in his bag. Wang Yi really didn't believe that the other party would keep his phone switched off for an entire day under any "urgent" circumstances.
After listening to Wang Yi's words, Officer Li also felt that something was strange, so he asked the hotel manager, "Do you have any other entrances or exits here?"
"There are a few more. One leads directly to the back parking lot, another is an internal passage for our employees, and there's also a warehouse where vehicles transporting daily necessities like vegetables and fresh produce park..."
The hotel manager explained the situation to Officer Li very seriously.
"Okay, we'll take a look at all these surveillance videos."
The hotel manager hesitated for a moment, but nodded nonetheless: "Okay, but please move to the monitoring room."
So the group headed straight for the monitoring room.
In the lobby, Lao Qi, who had been sitting and looking at his phone, looked up.
He slowly put away his phone and then prepared to follow.
He had only walked a few steps when a cleaner pushing a cart blocked his way.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry."
The cleaner took a step back and apologized to Lao Qi.
Old Qi glanced at the cleaning lady in front of him, a hint of wariness flashing in his eyes. When he took another step, his steps were no longer in the direction where the group had left. Instead, he naturally walked around the cleaning cart and went to the elevator to wait for it.
Behind him, the cleaning lady hummed a song and slowly pushed her cleaning cart away.
Old Qi didn't look back; he went back to his floor after returning to the elevator.
Doing cleaning work so late at night, that's definitely not normal...
Old Qi went straight back to his room.
Just before entering, Lao Qi glanced discreetly at the security cameras in the corridor.
Was he being watched all along, or were there other people in the hotel who were on alert for the police and other people's investigation?
Old Qi felt that this matter was not simple.
And the "Teacher Xiao" who made him do this is even more extraordinary.
Old Qi, who always sought stability, frowned deeply.
His new boss was a decent person, but sometimes his behavior was really strange, making it hard to figure out his motives...
Hotel room.
Xiao He was completely unaware of Lao Qi's doubts, but he sneezed a few times when his phone beeped with a message.
"Who's thinking about me? Could it be that brat Zhou Junhao, nagging me to go save him?"
Xiao He sniffed.
"I don't have that ability at all—"
He then pressed Enter, and the computer began reading the data.
"This hotel is really interesting. How come I didn't notice it before?"
Xiao He scrolled through the corresponding WiFi names and the connected devices listed below, marveling at their appearance.
Aside from the devices that the hotel's own smart system connects to, some rooms here have an average of four or five connected devices, while others are a bit strange, with more than ten connected devices installed at once.
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