Chapter 150 Qi Xiaolei is missing
The next morning
"Cough cough cough..." Han Jianye couldn't stop coughing. The weather was dry and his throat was itchy and uncomfortable.
At this time, Liao Wei hurriedly found Han Jianye and said seriously, "Something bad has happened, Captain Han."
Han Jianye frowned and asked in a deep voice, "What's wrong?"
"This morning I couldn't wait for Xiaolei to come to work, so I called her. It turned out that her phone was at the police station, and a police officer answered the phone. After asking, I found out that a primary school student passed by Baima Street and found it, and then took it to the police station for safekeeping."
Liao Wei said anxiously. After hearing this, Han Jianye stood up instantly, frowning: "How could this happen?"
Liao Wei had a bad feeling in his heart, and his voice trembled slightly: "Xiao Lei drove home by herself last night. Her home is still some distance away from Baima Street. How could she drop her phone there? Captain Han, do you think Xiao Lei is in trouble?"
Han Jianye quickly comforted him: "Don't panic, Xiaolei is quite skilled. Have you been to her house to check? Could it be that her phone was lost and was picked up by a primary school student on the street?"
Liao Wei shook his head anxiously: "Not yet, I'll go check it out now."
"Go ahead." Han Jianye watched him leave with a hint of worry in his eyes.
Ye Bai ran into Liao Wei walking quickly in the corridor, "What's wrong?"
"Xiaobai, come with me to visit Xiaolei's home."
Ye Bai was still confused, "What happened to Xiaolei?"
"Xiaolei didn't come to work, and her phone was found on the roadside by a primary school student who took it to the police station. I was worried that something had happened to her."
After hearing this, Ye Bai quickened his pace, "Then hurry up and go."
Han Jianye silently took out a cigarette from his pocket and put it in his mouth.
He felt inexplicably restless and tried to light a cigarette, but found that his lighter would not light a cigarette.
He fiddled with it for a few times in annoyance, and finally slammed the lighter on the table with a "pop", turned around and strode out of the office.
As soon as he went out, he said to Su Wan and Si Yue: "Let's go to Baima Street."
Si Yue and Su Wan looked at each other, their eyes full of confusion, but they didn't ask any more questions and followed his footsteps silently.
At the same time, Ye Bai and Liao Wei just came out of Qi Xiaolei's apartment.
The house was empty and her car was not downstairs from the apartment.
The two looked at each other, feeling a little uneasy, and drove to Baima Street.
Unexpectedly, as soon as I got there, I ran into Han Jianye and his group.
What was even more surprising was that Qi Xiaolei's car was parked under a tree on the side of Baima Street.
But there was no one in the car, and everyone's heart sank instantly, and an ominous premonition filled the air.
Su Wan frowned and muttered in a low voice: "Why is Xiaolei's car here?"
Liao Wei's eyes were looking towards the alley at the end of the street. He murmured, "I seem to have heard Xiaolei say that there is a very delicious fried spring rolls restaurant here. Last night, we went home after supper. Xiaolei might have stopped by here to buy fried spring rolls on her way home. The alley is too narrow for the car to drive in, so she parked the car here."
Ye Bai looked up and looked around, then pointed to a surveillance camera not far away and said, "Let's check the surveillance first."
At this moment, everyone's cell phones rang almost at the same time. An urgent message made everyone's heart tighten. The message asked them to rush to the garbage pool on Xinnan Avenue immediately. A sanitation worker found a female corpse in a sack while cleaning up the garbage.
Everyone looked at each other in shock.
Qi Xiaolei suddenly disappeared, and now a female corpse was found. The two events collided and made the atmosphere instantly solemn.
On the way to departure, everyone was in a heavy mood, and no one mentioned the speculation "Could the female corpse be Xiaolei?"
Liao Wei clenched his fists tightly, pounded his aching heart, and gasped heavily, as if even breathing had become difficult.
When they arrived at the scene, the place was already well protected by the police.
The forensic team led by Mai Shaozhen had obviously arrived earlier than them, and the scene was busy.
Liao Wei felt his steps becoming heavier and heavier, and he followed Ye Bai with a grim look on his face. Every step he took felt like he was dragging a thousand-pound lead block.
His heart was beating like a drum and his mind was filled with ominous thoughts.
Han Jianye frowned and strode towards the garbage pool.
The moment he saw the corpse, he felt inexplicably relieved, but he couldn't help but open his eyes wide in surprise.
The deceased turned out to be someone he knew, Tao Xiaoni, who had gone to the police station to report the crime after narrowly escaping from the kidnappers' car last time.
Ye Bai was also shocked when he saw Tao Xiaoni.
How could Tao Xiaoni die suddenly?
Liao Wei immediately spoke up, his voice trembling: "Could it be another case of kidnapping and sacrificing someone alive?"
He clearly remembered the horrific scene of being buried alive that night. The suffocating fear made him never want to experience it again in his life.
Han Jianye sighed and said in a heavy tone: "Li Zhimu confessed that a wealthy woman from abroad paid him to do this. The abandoned villa area is too large, and we still don't know where the rich woman's son is buried. Moreover, we don't know the real information about the rich woman. Their communication was conveyed through a middleman. She is abroad and is probably a foreigner, which makes it even more difficult for us to get started."
Ye Bai was silent for a moment, his eyes flashed with a gleam of light, he looked at Han Jianye and put forward a bold hypothesis: "Is it possible that the mysterious rich woman has returned to China? We interrupted their good deeds last time, this time, they came prepared, ready to retaliate against us?"
He paused and continued, "Otherwise, it would be hard for me to explain why Tao Xiaoni was murdered and Qi Xiaolei suddenly disappeared."
Han Jianye's expression suddenly became serious.
If what Ye Bai said was true, then Qi Xiaolei's situation would be very dire.
He clenched his fists, feeling a strong sense of uneasiness in his heart.
At this time, Mai Shaozhen came over and said calmly: "I have observed that the deceased was strangled to death. The time of death was between 11 and 12 last night. There were no other obvious external injuries on the body. We will tell you more details after we issue the autopsy report."
Han Jianye nodded, his eyes swept over everyone, and said seriously: "The phone might have been left behind by Xiaolei before she was abducted. The surveillance cameras on Baima Street and Xinnan Avenue must be checked. They must have used a car to arrest people and dump bodies. Time is life, hurry up and check!"
Ye Bai sighed, his eyes full of determination.
He was 100% sure in his mind that this matter was definitely related to the last case of human sacrifice. The mastermind behind this must be targeting them, and Tao Xiaoni's death was undoubtedly a blatant provocation to them.
"If Tao Xiaoni hadn't escaped last time, the sacrifice plan of the four girls would have been a 'complete success'." Ye Bai said in a low voice, with a hint of helplessness and anger in his tone.