Chapter 45 Intelligence [VIP]
Fu Shengyan arrived very quickly. In less than half an hour, he drove from the city center to the west of the city and arrived downstairs of the residential complex where Yu Yingying lived.
Lin Zhihua opened the door for him and turned sideways to motion him to come in and talk.
In the living room, Yu Yingying stared at her phone anxiously, with a look of exhaustion on her face that even her heavy makeup couldn't hide.
Fu Shengyan glanced at her and whispered in Lin Zhihua's ear, "What's going on?"
"Yu Miaomiao is missing," Lin Zhihua said quickly. "She hasn't been seen since yesterday afternoon, and her phone is disconnected. Yu Yingying suspects she went to look for a previous surrogacy client and reported it to the police this morning, but there's been no news yet."
Before leaving last time, Lin Zhihua and Yu Yingying exchanged contact information and agreed to call each other if there was any new progress in the case.
Yu Yingying has been working night shifts these days and gets home around nine o'clock. When she returned to her rental house this morning, she found that the dinner she prepared for Yu Miaomiao yesterday was still in the refrigerator untouched.
It seems that Yu Miaomiao did not eat at home last night, and she did not see anyone in the room.
At first I suspected that the person had gone out for something, but I didn’t get a reply to the message for a long time and the phone call was not connected.
Yu Yingying felt nervous at the time, fearing that something might happen. She even called her father and learned from him that Yu Miaomiao had not returned home since the college entrance examination.
She searched the room but didn't find the note Yu Miaomiao left for her. Logically, this child wouldn't disappear without saying a word.
With the previous precedent, Yu Yingying reacted immediately. After failing to get through on the phone for dozens of times, she reported the person missing.
The police station wouldn't file a case until 24 hours had passed, and after finally getting through 24 hours, Yu Yingying still hadn't heard from her. The police, fearing she'd gone home, told her to go back and wait, but she couldn't sit still at home, so she called Lin Zhihua for help.
After understanding the whole story, Fu Shengyan frowned. The matter has not been concluded yet. After the last lesson, the girl should have learned her lesson and would not think of going down this wrong path again.
"The police just called. Yu Miaomiao was last seen on surveillance at 9:00 this morning near Chang'an Road—"
Before Lin Zhihua could finish her words, the door was knocked again.
"Is Miaomiao back?" Yu Yingying's eyes lit up and she quickly stepped forward to open the door.
Outside the door were Zhuo Jing and He Anwen.
Yu Yingying couldn't help feeling a little disappointed. She calmed down and asked, "Officer Zhuo, Officer He, is there any news about Miaomiao?"
Zhuo Jing nodded slightly and showed them his police ID. "We are here to find Miss Yu to learn about what happened before Yu Miaomiao disappeared."
They went into the house and sat down. Yu Yingying poured two glasses of water and said carefully, "Miaomiao has been looking for a summer job since she came back from the hospital. A few days ago, she told me that she found one and is working as a waiter in a restaurant with her high school classmates."
"I know that restaurant; it's a legitimate chain. I only asked about her salary and work schedule, but I haven't been to her workplace." A trace of self-blame flashed across Yu Yingying's face, her hands clasped tightly together. "Miaomiao works the afternoon shift and doesn't go to work until after 11 a.m. Everything is normal when she's at home, nothing out of the ordinary. Summer job... Officer, was she scammed?!"
Zhuo Jing shook his head with a serious expression: "Yu Miaomiao is indeed working as a summer intern in the restaurant, but she asked for leave yesterday. Her colleagues said that she hasn't come to work for two days."
Yu Yingying bit her lip and nodded. After a moment of silence, she asked, "What about the hospital? Did she go to see the surrogate doctor?"
Zhuo Jing remained noncommittal and only said, "We checked the surveillance cameras near Ruian Hospital and didn't see Yu Miaomiao there."
Yu Yingying then breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that Miaomiao should not have gone to the hospital.
Before he could even breathe a sigh of relief, He Anwen pulled out a document from his pocket. He stared into Yu Yingying's eyes and said, "We deciphered her chat software from the tablet you provided, and discovered that she's been in contact with someone named 'Lianhua' for the past two days."
"This Lianhua is the middleman of an underground surrogacy agency." He Anwen pushed the screenshot of the chat history to the opposite side. Lin Zhihua looked down at it. It showed the process of Lianhua contacting Yu Miaomiao and discussing meeting with the client to sign the contract. The words were vague. There was no mention of money and address. It only mentioned meeting offline to chat.
The phone in her pocket vibrated a few times. Lin Zhihua suppressed the urge to ask for the offline location, opened her phone, and took a look at the message she had just received.
Her expression suddenly changed, and she looked up at Zhuo Jing: "Our people got new clues from Liu Kaining."
Zhuo Jing knew that Liu Kaining was Fu Shengyan's former assistant and had been bribed to leave City A. He immediately sat up straight after hearing the news.
Lin Zhiji thought, "Wangde Village, west of City A. The 'factory site' is in a self-built house in that urban village."
Her words were vague and sounded like a code, but Zhuo Jing knew she was talking about the location of the surrogacy agency's laboratory and delivery room.
There was another thing that Lin Zhihua didn't mention. Xia was her boyfriend. Fu Shengyan's death was determined to be an accident. The perpetrator was a truck driver who died on the spot due to blindness in his vision due to long-term fatigue driving.
It was also a car accident.
According to the information Fu Jinnian gave her, the surrogate mother was originally in a warehouse, but when the police arrived, the basement was empty and all the equipment and instruments were found. This made the police suspect that there was an "insider" in the system, so the matter was secretly assigned to Xing, who directly contacted the leaders of the Municipal Bureau.
Fu Shengyan was the lawyer in the Xia Youxi case. When Xia Youxi died, he had an intersection with Zhuo Jing, who was in charge of investigating the case. The two of them had a tacit understanding and exchanged information privately.
Unexpectedly, soon after Fang Jingtian's death, Fu Shengyan also encountered a car accident. They knew this was the case, but they had no evidence. Zhuo Jing was not in a position to investigate the accident in a high-profile manner due to his mission. He could only let the relevant departments classify both accidents as traffic accidents.
From these cases, it is enough to see the cruelty of the people behind the scenes. Zhuo Jing realized that Yu Miaomiao was probably in danger. His expression changed again and again, and he immediately stood up: "Let's go to Wangde Village now."
Just as they were about to leave, there was a rustling sound at the entrance. The next moment, the door was pushed open from the outside, and a person who was beyond everyone's expectations walked in.
"Sister? Uncle police, why are you all here?"
Yu Miaomiao pulled out the key and saw the living room full of people. She blinked in confusion.
“Miaomiao!”
Yu Yingying hugged her tightly. She couldn't tell whether she was angry or relieved more. She hugged her tightly with her arms and calmed down for a while.
She took a deep breath and looked Yu Miaomiao up and down. "Where have you been? You've been out for so long and didn't even call me!"
Yu Miaomiao scratched her head, pulled her phone out of her pocket, and began to talk about other things. "Sorry, sister, my phone is dead. I was trying to find a power bank on the side of the road, but it just shut down! I didn't have any cash on me, so I couldn't even take the bus. I had to walk back, so I got home a little late today."
Yu Yingying was furious when she heard this, and she gritted her teeth and asked, "Don't you know to borrow a passerby's phone to call me first?"
"Aren't you working the night shift? I didn't dare call you because I was afraid of disturbing you at work." Yu Miaomiao looked somewhat innocent. She spread her hands and said in a relaxed tone, "Anyway, I know the way from the restaurant to home very well, so I might as well just walk back..."
Seeing that she was still being stubborn, Lin Zhihua frowned and interrupted her with a sharp look, "Yu Miaomiao, tell me the truth, where did you go today?"
Yu Miaomiao's voice faltered, and she didn't finish. She glanced at the uniformed police officer in the living room and tapped her fingers at her side. "I went to Longxing Winery... I left my contact information when I had a checkup at the hospital, and someone added me as a friend through that. She sent me a message saying that a client had taken a liking to me based on the information I submitted, and offered 750,000 yuan, asking me to come for an 'interview' tomorrow."
Yu Miaomiao glanced at her sister cautiously and lowered her voice: "I don't want money. When I heard that you were looking for the address of a surrogacy agency, I wanted to scout out the way for you in advance."
Zhuo Jing's forehead veins throbbed as he heard this. He suppressed his anger and said, "When encountering something like this, you should call the police immediately instead of trying to be a hero!"
Yu Miaomiao shrugged: "What's there to worry about? They want my belly, and they're counting on me to give birth to their children to make money. They definitely won't hurt me rashly."
"You also know that there will be danger, so you should have told me in advance!" Yu Yingying saw that she was still a little angry, and her tone was very stiff.
"Sis, I'm afraid you won't agree to let me go after I tell you." Yu Miaomiao knew her sister was still angry, so she shook her drooping arm in a flattering manner. Something in her mind seemed to have occurred to her, and her tone was filled with pride. "Don't rush to lecture me yet. I've gathered a lot of information this time."
"I've made an appointment with them. I can go for the transplant surgery next Wednesday. By then, we'll have all the evidence and witnesses, and you can catch them red-handed." Yu Miaomiao smiled slyly. "Besides, I also know who the big boss of the agency is."
Lin Zhihua raised her eyebrows: "Oh? How did you know?"
Yu Miaomiao reported a name, a look of disgust on her face. "Even if she was wearing a mask or a hat, I could recognize her. After all, she's a big star. She used to hype up her relationship with our Xingran every day."
The atmosphere in the room suddenly became solemn.
"Lawyer Fu, Miss Lin." Zhuo Jing suddenly stopped them. "Since the person has been found and it's getting late, you should go back and rest. We, the police, will take care of this matter."
Lin Zhihua knew that Zhuo Jing had something to say to the Yu sisters alone, so she nodded and pulled Fu Shengyan away.
The two of them were silent all the way. When they got in the car, Fu Shengyan couldn't help but ask, "Zhizhi, aren't we going to the urban village or Longxing Winery?"
"No, I don't want you to be in danger again." Lin Zhihua touched his forehead, "Let the police handle this matter. Let's go home and wait for news."
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