Luo Pingjiang had originally been driving towards Qingyuan Mountain. After hanging up the phone with Yuan Ming, he turned around and drove towards the city center.
His mind flashed back to the time many years ago when Ruan Qingqing was sitting on a kayak and looking up at him secretly. She looked so cute and lovely.
It also came to my mind a few days ago when she turned her head away from him and said, I will never betray Mu Yun. At that time, her expression was cold and stubborn.
Luo Pingjiang felt a hollow pain in his heart. He said to himself, Luo Pingjiang, more haste makes waste. This is how I have been waiting for her all these years. Now, it’s the same when looking for her.
The nightlife in the city center has just begun, with neon lights flashing, traffic rushing, and people flowing.
Luo Pingjiang went straight to the light luxury women's clothing brand store on the first floor of the mall.
There were two girls at the cash register, and they asked, "How can I help you, sir?"
Luo Pingjiang took out his cell phone and showed them the photo of the tag: "I want to find this dress."
The older waiter looked at it and said, "Oh, this is the new model we just put in last week. Sir, this way please."
She led Luo Pingjiang to a row of hangers, picked up a skirt, and said, "Limited edition, only one of each size. This is the last one, a large size."
Luo Pingjiang looked at the dress. It was made of satin, light pink with pearlescent luster, with a large V-neck and a big bow on the back.
Price: 1388. This store’s clothes tend to be in pastel colors and decorated with bows, and many of the clothes are in the same style.
Luo Pingjiang took out his cell phone and took a photo.
Waiter: "Hey, sir, do you want to buy something? Don't take pictures."
Luo Pingjiang smiled, quickly put his phone back in his pocket, turned slightly to block the view of other customers and waiters behind him, and whispered: "I have something, can you help me? My sister, my dear sister, someone gave her this skirt a few days ago. Can you help me check the surveillance and see who bought it for her? She should wear a size S."
The waiter lost his smile and said, "No, I can't check it for you. Wouldn't that be leaking customer information?"
As she was about to leave, Luo Pingjiang grabbed her arm, his expression solemn and sincere: "Please help me, my sister...she is deaf and dumb, she is not yet 18 years old. But recently, she has not been home for a few days. The eldest brother is like a father, my sister has a very simple personality, I am afraid she will be deceived."
The waiter was stunned for a moment, obviously remembering something, and looked hesitant.
Luo Pingjiang seemed not to notice, and said with a sad look: "My sister is very beautiful and deaf-mute. If you had seen her, you would have been deeply impressed."
Waiter: "But...I can't disclose customer information at will."
Luo Pingjiang took out a few bills from his pocket, quickly stuffed them into her hands, and said, "Don't think so. You are doing a good deed. I just want to know who is pursuing my underage sister."
The waiter quickly stuffed the money into his pocket and returned to the cashier. After a while, she looked up and nodded to Luo Pingjiang.
Luo Pingjiang walked over and saw a surveillance video on the screen, right in front of the cash register.
He immediately saw Zeng Xi in the picture. She had a pretty face, a shy expression, and was gesturing something in sign language.
Next to Zeng Xi stood a man of medium build. Luo Pingjiang stared at the man intently. He was wearing a fisherman's hat and only half of his chin was visible in the picture.
He was wearing a windbreaker jacket and had a tall and strong frame. Luo Pingjiang knew at a glance that this man had very strong core muscle strength.
The two stayed at the bar for about two minutes. After the man paid the bill, he took the skirt and left with Zeng Xi.
"Is there any surveillance footage of his face?" Luo Pingjiang asked.
The waitress shook her head: "I remember that after he came in, he picked out this skirt and asked your sister to try it on. He sat opposite. I just watched and only this camera captured him.
And it was no use taking pictures because he was always wearing sunglasses. I thought at the time, this guy is so cool, he always wears sunglasses indoors. ”
"What about the sales materials? Is his information registered?"
The waiter denied it again: "No, he didn't register, and he didn't get a membership card."
"Where are the card swipe records?"
The waiter looked a little strange: "No. He paid with cash at the time. Few people carry cash now. We also suggested that he use WeChat or Alipay, but he refused."
Luo Pingjiang asked the waiter to send the only surveillance video to his mobile phone.
He walked out of the mall, looking at the low night and the endless flow of people, thinking clearly in his mind:
This was definitely not the first time the man had committed a crime, or even the second time.
His anti-reconnaissance awareness is very strong and has been integrated into his daily behavior habits.
Finding his trace will be difficult.
But Ruan Qingqing still managed to find him and even had a face-to-face encounter with him. That's why there was that silent call for help.
However, that person has come this far and is definitely a desperado. Ruan Qingqing and Chen Muyun alone would probably not be a match for that man.
Luo Pingjiang's heart sank.
However, what he got now was only a video of Zeng Xi and a man buying clothes. The man's face and identity were unclear, so it could not be considered as evidence at all.
what else? What other traces could he find?
That person must have a car.
This place is not close to the nursing home, so the person must have driven here - if he takes public transportation, he will be captured by too many surveillance cameras and there will be witnesses.
He would never park his car in the mall parking lot.
It won't stop too far either.
Luo Pingjiang looked up. The mall had four doors in total, and the one in front of him was the main gate. There was a lot of traffic at the entrance, and there were no parking spaces at a glance.
Luo Pingjiang turned around and ran to the other three doors. The roads in front of the two gates are wide and have parking lanes, but there are cameras everywhere.
There is a gate that is in the most remote location, with dim light, narrow roads that are difficult to navigate, relatively few vehicles and people, and no cameras. There are no parking strips on the side of the road, but some cars are parked on the side of the road and on the sidewalk.
Luo Pingjiang said to himself, this is it.
Luo Pingjiang looked along the road and saw a convenience store, a fast food restaurant, a furniture store and a fruit store on the side of the road.
Among them, the furniture store and the fruit store are relatively large, occupying two storefronts. Luo Pingjiang walked closer and saw that there were cameras installed at the door of their store, but he didn't know how large the range of the camera was and whether it was possible to capture what he wanted.
Luo Pingjiang touched the fairly generous amount of money in his pocket and walked into the furniture store first.
Twenty minutes later, Luo Pingjiang returned to the car and looked at the two videos on his phone, each only a dozen seconds long.
That was on the same day that the man brought Zeng Xi to buy a skirt, less than half an hour apart.
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