Chapter 86 Rainy Night, Blood
"I sent you an audio clip earlier."
Xia Lili tugged at the corner of Li Qihan's clothes and said, "Can you lend me your phone?"
Li Qihan unlocked his phone without hesitation and handed it to Xia Lili.
Xia Lili originally thought that a busy man like Li Qiuhan would have a lot of WeChat messages, and her own messages would be swallowed up.
But she didn't expect that when she looked at her phone, Li Qihan actually pinned the chat box with her.
Xia Lili clicked into the WeChat chat box between the two and played the audio message she had previously sent to Li Qihan.
This is the background sound of the police hotline call center that Xia Lili found specifically in a public security documentary.
The two came to the utility room on the side, and Xia Lili answered Xiang Quan's call.
Xiang Quan's voice came from the phone: "Hello"
Xiang Quan's tone was grateful: "Miss Xiaoxia, I saw the part-time job information you sent me. Thank you so much for your help!"
Xia Lili said in a casual tone, "Well, it's just a small favor, let's help each other!"
"I'm already at work, and my shift starts in twenty minutes. Brother Xiang, is there anything else you're calling about?"
"If not, I won't be able to answer the phone for six hours. If you have any ideas for part-time jobs, please send me a message. I'll see it after get off work and reply."
Xia Lili was using Li Qihan's mobile phone to play the background sound of the police call center, giving Xiang Quan the feeling that she was at the Public Security Bureau.
After she said this, Xiang Quan on the opposite side fell into silence and hesitation.
Xia Lili created an opportunity for him to think: "My colleague will be looking for me later, please wait for me."
Then Xia Lili came close to Li Qihan and whispered to him to say a few words.
Li Qihan said a few words in a businesslike tone: "Xiao Xia, please organize the police report and send it to me."
"Recently, several response policies have been issued. Now that we have sufficient police force, you must improve the efficiency of responding to calls and ensure the safety of the people."
"Hey, Brother Xiang, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for so long." Xia Lili said.
Xiang Quan's tone was excited: "Miss Xiaoxia, I, I want to call the police!"
Xia Lili looked up in surprise when she heard that, and exchanged glances with Li Qihan. Li Qihan raised his chin and asked Xia Lili to continue cooperating with the person on the other end of the phone.
"Ah, Brother Xiang, you need to call the police."
Xia Lili sounded surprised, then pressed on, "What happened? Is it urgent? Tell me in detail, and I'll handle it for you right away. My boss is right outside the door."
"It was..." Xiang Quan lowered his voice, "in the early morning of four days ago."
"It rained heavily that day, with thunder and lightning."
"After I finished unloading the goods at the supermarket's cold storage and was leaving get off work, I had already walked several hundred meters when I suddenly remembered that I had forgotten to turn off a device in the cold storage."
"These past few days I've always felt the temperature in the cold storage is exceptionally low. I suspected I might have made some operational error, and fearing my supervisor would deduct my pay, I hurried back to check."
Xiang Quan paused here and said, "I found a car parked in front of the cold storage. It was a truck I had never seen before."
"There were a few people moving things from the cold storage to the truck. They weren't wearing supermarket porters' vests, they were all wearing white protective suits and masks."
Xia Lili noticed that the voice on the other end was trembling with nervousness, and quickly calmed him down: "Don't be anxious, don't be nervous, just speak slowly."
"Are you going to the Dongxing food stall? We have a few plainclothes police officers patrolling there. I'll have my colleagues meet you at the entrance of the Dongxing food stall. You'll be fine."
Xia Lili's words were like a shot of adrenaline. Xiang Quan took a deep breath and slowly calmed down.
"I suspected it was a thief who stole something. When something was missing from the cold storage, the supervisor blamed me and held me responsible."
"I saw that there were many people moving goods, so I didn't dare to confront them head-on. I turned on my phone and recorded the thieves stealing, intending to keep it as a backup to prove my innocence. But I didn't expect the result!"
Xiang Quan shuddered as he spoke. "When they were moving the items, two people were carrying a rectangular iron box. One of them tripped over something, and the box fell to the ground. And out of the box, a mannequin wrapped in black plastic and clear plastic wrap rolled."
"I'm just wondering why thieves still steal this these days. And why would they put plastic products like mannequins, which don't need insulation, in a cold storage?"
"After they loaded the things into the car and drove away, I walked closer with an umbrella and a flashlight and saw reddish water flowing by my feet, but it soon turned into clear rain and washed over the edges of my shoes."
Xiang Quan thought of the scene that night and his body began to tremble involuntarily.
That night, he stared at the blood flowing on the ground and suddenly remembered that the temperature in the cold storage had been low during this period.
He reported the matter to his supervisor, who simply said it was no problem and told him not to take it to heart.
The doubts in my heart have been answered. Mannequins don't need to be kept warm or placed in a cold storage, but human bodies do...
"I looked in the direction the red water had just flowed, and suddenly remembered that the mannequin they were carrying fell right here!"
After Xiang Quan and Xia Lili described what happened that night, they seemed relieved: "I just sent the video I took that night to your WeChat."
Xia Lili quickly opened the WeChat chat box between the two people and used the data on the secondary card to download the original video.
She asked, "Brother Xiang, has anyone contacted you after this incident?"
Xiang Quan's tone was serious when he heard this. "I've been thinking about whether to call the police, but I'm also worried it might be a misunderstanding, or like in a TV show, where I call the police but they don't show up first, and I end up getting threatened instead... And I don't know if it's just me, but I feel like someone's watching me on my way to and from get off work these past few days."
He paused, "This afternoon, when I just arrived at work to count the goods, my supervisor suddenly came to me. After chatting with me for a while, he suddenly asked me when I left the cold storage four nights ago."
"I reported the time I clocked out and left, but I didn't disclose that I went back to the cold storage."
"So I was distracted while doing the inventory today until the snacks in your hand fell to the ground and caught my attention."
After listening to Xiang Quan, Xia Lili had a general understanding of the whole story.
"Brother Xiang, I have recorded what you said and will report it to the leader now."
"Thank you so much, you're so brave."
"I'll send you the phone number of our plainclothes officers later. Contact them and they'll protect you. They'll also send police to your home to protect your children."
Xiang Quan sighed: "No, I should thank you for appearing. It gave me the courage to say all this."
"Otherwise, if this drags on, I might be in danger. I'm too timid."
"Officer Xia, should I still go on the night shift tonight? I'm afraid..."
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