Chapter 65 Chapter 65 The Second Drawing
Lin Ning has never taken a frontal photo of the handsome guy she mentioned, and she doesn't seem to have told her parents about the hospitalization. So we can only investigate from her friends. She went to college in City A and worked in City A for a few years. She should have her own social circle in City A.
But after checking Lin Ning's circle of friends, Yang Xingping said: "Lin Ning lost contact with her friends before she left City A. Before she died, she hadn't contacted these people for a year, and she didn't reply when someone contacted her."
Pei Qing was stunned: "She had emotional problems after leaving City A? Why? I saw that she was normal when she was first hospitalized."
Xu An: "Talk to her old friends. Are there any of her friends in City A?"
Yang Xingping checked the location and nodded: "Several people who chat frequently are here."
Pei Qing raised his hand: "I'll go."
Xu An looked at Yang Xingping, and Yang Xingping said, "I'll follow you."
Xu An was relieved. He pointed at the photo on the whiteboard and said, "I'll stay and check Lin Dazhi's recent contacts. If he knows Yu Lu, there must be a way for the two of them to get in touch."
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Pei Qing and Yang Xingping found Qiao Yaping, who was the one who continued to send messages to Lin Ning even after Lin Ning took the initiative to cut off contact.
Qiao Yaping works in a private company. After Pei Qing called her, Qiao Yaping agreed to come out for a meeting.
At six o'clock in the evening, Qiao Yaping had just got off work and met Pei Qing and Yang Xingping in a coffee shop next to the company.
She sat on the sofa and talked about what happened before she lost contact with Lin Ning.
"Before we lost contact, I actually didn't notice anything was wrong with Lin Ning. Later, when I couldn't get in touch with Lin Ning, I went through our old chat records and discovered that something had been wrong with Lin Ning's mental state for a long time."
Qiao Yaping and Lin Ning were roommates in college. After graduation, they often chatted and said bad things about their boss.
She is not a strong-willed person. After being found by the police, Qiao Yaping was very frank and cooperative. She also wanted to know the cause of Lin Ning's death.
She continued, "Lin Ning used to have a very good attitude. She used to like to send me good things in life. She sent me a lot of things at the beginning when she was recovering from a broken leg. Later, she said she met a handsome guy in the nursing home, so she sent me less."
Pei Qing interjected: "Do you have a photo of this handsome guy?"
Qiao Yaping shook her head: "Lin Ning wanted to secretly take a photo for me, but this man was very perceptive and never took the photo. But later when I went to the sanatorium to see Lin Ning, I took a look and knew at once that this handsome guy was very self-centered. At that time, I told Lin Ning to just look at his face and not to develop further. Later, Lin Ning didn't tell me much about him."
Has Qiao Yaping seen the handsome guy that Lin Ning mentioned?
Yang Xingping found Liao Fan's photo and asked her to identify him.
"Is it him?"
Qiao Yaping looked at it carefully before nodding.
"It's him. Ever since Lin Ning met him, he chatted with me less and less, and later he just stopped looking for me!"
When she said this, Qiao Yaping's voice was full of resentment.
"Did Lin Ning get into trouble because of him? She used to be so optimistic."
Finally confirming that Lin Ning and Liao Fan knew each other and finding out the reason why Lin Dazhi went to Shuixie to work as a security guard, Pei Qing relaxed for a moment and answered Qiao Yaping's question: "We are still investigating."
Qiao Yaping said solemnly: "Lin Ning must have been PUA'd by this man. You can tell from the looks of it that this man has a bad temper."
Pei Qing and Yang Xingping accepted her advice and decided to conduct further investigation on Liao Fan.
After separating from Qiao Yaping, Pei Qing and Yang Xingping returned to the car.
Yang Xingping checked Liao Fan's recent spending records and found that there were very few expenses under Liao Fan's personal name.
Pei Qing took a look and said, "He must be using someone else's card, such as Liao Xiaoyun's card."
Yang Xingping: “That’s troublesome.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Xu An called.
Xu An: "Lin Dazhi has a Weibo account."
Pei Qing: "Hmm? He wrote something on it?"
Xu An found one and read it out.
"On August 15th, I took over at 6am and left at 6pm. It was sunny and then cloudy. The Yinlu East District Bar was open. Drinks were half price, so you can have a drink."
"On August 17, it was raining heavily. The drinks at Yinlu Bar were awful. I went to another bar. My colleagues told me that rich people like to go to cocktail lounges nowadays, where the night scene is rich."
Xu An pointed out the problem: "The weather here is wrong. It didn't rain on August 17th."
Pei Qing understood: "It's just a way to convey information."
Xu An: "Yes, I checked the weather in the past. There are more than a dozen posts on Lin Dazhi's Weibo about abnormal weather, and bars and nightclubs often appear among them, which are all night venues."
His gaze paused for a few seconds at the cocktail lounge.
Yang Xingping said: "That will coincide with Yu Lu's return home time."
Pei Qing immediately said: "I'll go find Duan Jiajia to see if she has any impression."
Duan Jiajia seldom goes out because she is in a wheelchair. Also, due to her poor health and poor sleep quality, she is very familiar with the daily routine of Yu Lu, who lives next door.
Pei Qing took Lin Dazhi's Weibo post to ask Duan Jiajia.
Duan Jiajia found her work log, recalled carefully, and finally said: "On August 17, Yu Lu did come home very late. He was not back before 12 o'clock."
The timing is right.
Yu Lu must have gone to the cocktail lounge.
Why did we go to the cocktail lounge? Did Liao Fan also appear in the cocktail lounge that day?
Pei Qing: "I'll drive over now. It's seven o'clock. It should be open for business if I go there now."
Xu An: "Okay, be careful and stay safe."
Pei Qing: "I know, don't worry."
The sky was filled with colorful clouds and in the orange sunset, Pei Qing drove Yang Xingping to the cocktail lounge.
The lounge was located on the upper floors of a commercial building. Pei Qing drove into the parking lot, looked around the parking lot, and looked around the commercial building, but he did not see the motorcycle that Liao Fan rode that day.
Liao Fan may not come today.
She and Yang Xingping got on the elevator and found the cocktail lounge.
As soon as you enter the door, you will see a dazzling array of wine cabinets. The wine cabinet has about a dozen layers, exuding a warm lingering charm under the warm yellow light.
In addition to the seats next to the bar, there are also some scattered seats in the hall, and if you go further in you can see semi-enclosed booths.
Pei Qing pulled Yang Xingping in.
Yang Xingping first glanced at the surveillance cameras in the lounge. There was one when he just entered the door, and there was another on the wine cabinet at the bar.
There are scattered surveillance cameras on the top of the hall, but they are not dense, at least they do not cover the entire hall.
Yang Xingping lowered his voice and said, "The surveillance does not cover everything."
Pei Qing took out the Bluetooth headset and put it on his ears, then scanned the lounge with his eyes.
Xu An called and Pei Qing answered the call.
Xu An: "How is it? Are you there yet?"
He was making a group call, and Yang Xingping put on his headphones when he saw it.
Pei Qing replied: "We're here. The decoration is nice, the wine cabinet looks good, and there are people taking pictures next to the wine cabinet. I'll go take a picture later."
Xu An: "Okay."
Yang Xingping asked Pei Qing: "There are booths on both sides, which side are you going to?"
Pei Qing pointed to the north, and Yang Xingping understood and walked towards the south.
The two men separated, and before Pei Qing left, he went to the bar and ordered a cocktail.
The wine cabinet at the bar is arc-shaped, with wisps of white mist spreading out from the wine cabinet, adding a bit of coolness.
Pei Qing took a photo and included the people at the bar.
The bartender glanced at her. Pei Qing ruffled her hair to let it relax naturally. She looked at the bartender with a smile and asked, "Can't I take a photo? I saw someone took a photo just now."
The bartender smiled and pushed the prepared margarita in her direction.
"Pretty girls can take whatever pictures they want."
Pei Qing leaned against the bar, took the drink, and said jokingly, "Have you ever seen a handsome guy like me?"
The bartender also laughed: "No one you see is as good as you, if you don't have high standards."
The bartender pointed in a direction.
"You can go there and see if there's anything you like. If you can't find anything, you can also take a look at the night view of the river. You won't be disappointed."
Pei Qing nodded and walked in the direction the bartender pointed.
Coincidentally, this was also the booth that Pei Qing was heading to.
Pei Qing walked towards the booth with Margarita in her hand. She saw many men along the way. In her spare time, she whispered to Xu An, "This man's face is too white... This man is wearing high-heeled shoes. He is probably only 1.7 meters tall after taking off his shoes... This man has too many ear piercings..."
Xu An was driving towards the lounge, and upon hearing this he said, "No wonder you're single."
Pei Qing: "What's wrong with me being single?"
Holding a glass of wine, she walked past one booth after another, scanning the faces of the men one by one.
As she looked, she thought that if she couldn't find him, she would go back and ask the bartender when Liao Fan would arrive.
Finding a man in a bar shouldn't be too eye-catching.
Pei Qing thought as he walked towards the booth.
She walked further and further away, and suddenly, a hurried man appeared in front of her and bumped into her.
Pei Qing was bumped, pressed his hair, and pushed the Bluetooth headset in.
"Who are you? Don't you look where you're going?"
The man's face turned pale and his forehead was covered with cold sweat.
Pei Qing felt something was wrong and grabbed his arm: "Are you okay?"
The man shook her off, took a few quick steps, and rushed into the bathroom.
Pei Qing: "Huh?"
Xu An heard the noise and asked, "What happened?"
Pei Qing: "A man bumped into me."
She looked at her arm and saw a red spot on her forearm.
Xu An said, "Be careful, don't get into physical contact with others, and keep your distance. There are all kinds of people in the bar."
Pei Qing said "Oh", ignored the man and walked inside again.
She walked to the floor-to-ceiling window and looked down at the night view of the river.
After taking a look, she looked away. The view here was wide and the floor-to-ceiling windows stretched for dozens of meters.
Among the scattered crowd, Pei Qing accurately found Liao Fan.
Sure enough, he was here and looked like a regular at the lounge.
Pei Qing was about to walk over when she suddenly heard a noise coming from outside. Before she could react, she saw Liao Fan suddenly stop, throw the wine glass in his hand, then turn around and walk away quickly.
Pei Qing was about to catch up when he heard a few roars from behind.
"Everyone squat! Routine inspection!"
Pei Qing turned her head and saw several tall and strong men behind her, running towards her. In just a few breaths, they pinned Liao Fan and others who wanted to run to the ground.
Pei Qing swallowed and suddenly remembered the man who had bumped into her without looking at the road.
On the phone, Xu An heard a noisy voice and asked Pei Qing: "What's wrong?"
Pei Qing squatted quietly under the gazes of several men, and obediently put the wine glass in the corner so it would not get in the way.
She whispered: "Can't you check what your colleagues are doing recently? I met a colleague! He must be checking DP transactions. He won't ask me to take a blood test too? What bad luck!"
Yang Xingping laughed, "Are you done squatting?"
Pei Qing was surprised: "You don't have to squat?"
Yang Xingping: "I know the person who came."
Pei Qing cursed again: "I'm so unlucky, I don't know him."
Xu An comforted her: "Just squat for a while, I'll come get you later. It's a good thing that Liao Fan was arrested, so it will be easier to continue the investigation."
Pei Qing looked at Liao Fan who was handcuffed and snorted.
"No wonder he rides like crazy, he must be high!"
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