Chapter 806: Eight Centimeters Less
When Captain Wen answered my call, the background noise was as noisy as a vegetable market.
"Hello, Miss Xia, what's going on?" His voice was filled with obvious fatigue and a hint of imperfection.
I felt a little embarrassed. Maybe in his eyes, apart from my professional knowledge, I couldn't provide any other value to the case.
I laughed dryly, "Captain Wen, I'm buying groceries."
The other party was stunned and replied vaguely: "Oh, I'm outside. What can I do for you?"
He asked again, and I decisively gave up unnecessary small talk and told him directly about Jiang Yongzhe's disappearance.
Before I could finish, Captain Wen interrupted me, "Ms. Xia, I'm in the serious crime squad. Without evidence, a missing person case isn't even a criminal case. I understand your concern for the teacher's family affairs, but this kind of case is not my responsibility."
"No, no, Captain Wen, please listen to me. I think this case may be related to the Lu family case.
Because it seemed like someone had deliberately lured him out of the country.”
There was silence on the other end of the phone for a few seconds. "Oh? Then tell me, what's suspicious?"
I recounted in detail Jiang Yongzhe's unusual behavior before his disappearance.
"Listen, Miss Xia," Captain Wen's voice suddenly became serious. "I understand your concern for the Lu family case and your enthusiasm, but even if someone deliberately lured him out of the country, this could just be an ordinary missing person case. You know, there are too many cases of adults disappearing on their own. We see so many people disappearing every day..."
"But he had a physical examination two months before he disappeared!" I blurted out, then realized I had interrupted Captain Wen and quickly added, "I mean, disappearing after a physical examination, doesn't this detail have some similarities with the disappearance of COLLIN employees?"
"Physical examination?" Captain Wen's voice became serious. "What kind of physical examination is it? A personal matter or a company benefit?"
"It's definitely not a company benefit. Jiang Yongzhe is an STG employee, I can confirm that. Also, he left the country with a salesperson from a medical examination agency. The police will probably investigate that salesperson next."
Captain Wen's tone slowed down. "Okay, I'll take note. I'll discuss this matter with the responsible colleague. However, Miss Xia, this kind of investigation should be handled by our police. It would be best if you and Mr. Xiao..."
"I understand." I quickly replied, my body automatically standing at attention, almost clenching my fist and swearing an oath. "I'm only providing clues. I will definitely not interfere with the police's work."
After hanging up the phone, Xiao Shiqiu hugged my shoulders from behind and asked, "Did you get a lecture just now?" There was a smile in his voice.
I stiffened my neck and said, "Do you think I'm meddling in your business?"
His hand slid down a little, and as soon as I frowned, he pinched it twice without any hesitation. Without thinking, I slapped the back of his hand and cursed, "You bastard~"
Alas, in TV dramas, the heroine is hugged from behind by the hero, and other people hug him around the waist, which looks so romantic. But the one in mine is different, the position he hugs him in is really hard to describe!
1.88 meters is still too tall for me. I muttered, "If you were 8 centimeters shorter, you would be just right."
He paused, and leaned close to my ear in disbelief: "Are you sure you're satisfied with ten centimeters?"
"Ten centimeters?" I was stunned for a moment, then realized what he was talking about. I was so angry and amused that I turned around and punched him, "You're really getting more and more shameless."
"I have a wife, why should I still have any dignity~" He continued to express his opinions shamelessly, "In fact, I can be even more shameless. Okay, don't think about the surname Jiang or Lu, it's time for the traditional programs that the people love to watch." He half coaxed and half hugged me and dragged me into the room.
Three days later, Xiao Shiqiu asked Xiao Yan to take me to his office. As soon as I entered the door, I saw that Captain Wen's face looked solemn and even darker than before.
"Miss Xia, your guess may be right." He habitually took out a cigarette, then remembered something and paused. Xiao Yan came to his rescue, "Captain Wen, there's a smoking room nearby."
The corner of my mouth twitched, and Captain Wen smiled awkwardly, "I won't light it, I'll just hold it in my mouth." Hold it in my mouth~~
Captain Wen finally put the cigarette to his ear and said seriously, "The detail that Miss Xia mentioned about having a medical examination before her disappearance is indeed a key point. I have reviewed missing persons cases across the country in the past two years that clearly included medical examinations and found more than 20 cases. Of course, the actual number may be even higher. Some family members may not know that the person had a medical examination.
However, I expanded the scope of this idea to include visits to hospitals and blood donations, and found a total of 31 cases."
Xiao Shiqiu frowned, "There are so many?"
Captain Wen was somewhat helpless. "Actually, from a national perspective, this number is not that high. We can't blame the local police for not noticing anything unusual. The number of missing persons nationwide is as high as seven figures each year.
Especially in cases of missing adults, if there is no clear evidence that the person is being persecuted, the police will not take it seriously. After all, they are people with independent behavior, and there are too many cases of running away from home for various reasons.
Captain Wen pulled out a document from his briefcase. "Some of the people involved in these 31 missing persons had their health checkups done as routine checkups organized by their employers, some as free community checkups, and some, like Jiang Yongzhe, who happened to have a special offer or were tricked into doing it by a salesperson..."
Xiao Shiqiu was not concerned about the case and waved his hand to interrupt him, "Captain Wen, you came to me today, not just to discuss the case with me, right? I am a businessman, not a criminal investigator." Xiao Shiqiu crossed his arms and looked at him with a smile.
Then I realized, yes, even if the police found something wrong, why would they come and tell me?
They even came to Xiao Shiqiu's office to talk about this matter, since they didn't need to report their work to Xiao.
Captain Wen didn't feel embarrassed when he heard Xiao Shiqiu say this. He smiled and said, "Boss Xiao, although I think these disappearances are related, it is still very difficult to investigate them together.
The prerequisite for merging cases is that there must be evidence proving relevance, so going through the normal merging process is not only time-consuming, but also highly likely to fail. So…"
"So you want to follow my uncle's path?"
Captain Wen chuckled and said, "There's no need for Director Qiu to open a backdoor for me. Boss Xiao just needs to help me get a meeting with Director Qiu and explain the situation to him."
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