But when I got to the cafeteria, I found out that breakfast would not be served until six o'clock.
He got up a little early. It was only five forty, and there were still twenty minutes until six o'clock.
Qin Zheng didn't just wait there. He turned around and walked out of the guesthouse. He took this opportunity to run a few kilometers and get familiar with the surrounding environment.
Qin Zheng walked along the old street around the guesthouse and came back at exactly seven o'clock. After having breakfast, he returned to his room on the second floor.
As soon as I turned from the stairwell to the corridor, I saw a person standing at the door of my room. It was Xu Yingjie.
"Sorry to have kept you waiting. I just went downstairs to the cafeteria to eat." Qin Zheng explained, walked quickly to the door and opened it: "Comrade Xu, you came really early today."
"I have nothing to do at home, so I just came here early." Xu Yingjie said with a smile.
"Come in quickly." Qin Zheng opened the door and entered the house first, with Xu Yingjie following behind him.
After entering the house, Xu Yingjie handed the map in his hand to Qin Zheng: "Comrade Qin, this is the traffic map of Shanghai. I heard you say yesterday that you are not familiar with the streets of Shanghai and don't know where you are when walking. So I brought the traffic map from home. I hope this map can be helpful to you."
"Comrade Xu, you are so thoughtful." Qin Zheng took it with a look of surprise and found that it contained not only a full map of Shanghai, but also maps of various districts in Shanghai and streets in the central area of Shanghai. The content was very detailed.
Qin Zheng thanked him, "Thank you, Comrade Xu. This map is a timely help for me!"
"This traffic map was published on June 1st. It's the most comprehensive regional map released in recent times. I hope it's helpful to you." Xu Yingjie said, "Do you have any more now? If not, I'll take you to exchange some local food coupons. After that, it'll be almost time to go to work. Then we can go to the police station."
"OK."
Qin Zheng folded the map and put it into the handbag he carried with him. He followed Xu Yingjie's instructions and followed him to exchange food coupons.
The place to exchange food coupons is not far from the guesthouse. In addition to the Public Security Bureau, there are several state-owned units in this area. Most things can be done without leaving the old street.
Qin Zheng was not sure how long he could stay in Shanghai, so he did not exchange too many local food coupons at one time. He only calculated his food intake for ten days and temporarily exchanged ten kilograms of small-denomination local food coupons.
After exchanging the food coupons, the two went directly to the Public Security Bureau.
By eight o'clock, almost all the officials from the Public Security Bureau had arrived for work.
The subdistrict police bureau doesn't usually deal with any major criminal cases, so the police officers are quite free and the atmosphere is relaxed and warm.
As soon as Qin Zheng entered the Public Security Bureau compound, he felt the hustle and bustle inside. People were chatting and drinking tea, talking about everything under the sun and bragging. All kinds of noisy sounds mixed together, making the place less solemn and more down-to-earth.
Xu Yingjie is popular and many people greeted him along the way.
He smiled and nodded in response, without stopping, he led Qin Zheng directly to the archive room at the back of the office building.
The door of the archive room was closed. He knocked politely and said, "Sister Shan? Are you in the room?"
"Come in." Luo Shan responded.
With Luo Shan's permission, Xu Yingjie pushed the door open and walked into the room. He said with a smile, "Sister Shan, I'd like to look over the file I read a few days ago. Could you please find it for me?"
"It's the one from May 8th to the end of June, right?" Luo Shan asked. "Did you look at it a few days ago?"
Xu Yingjie nodded: "Yes."
"Wait." Sister Shan said, picked up the key and opened the door inside the archive room. Through the crack of the door, Qin Zheng saw rows of tall bookcases inside, and the bookcases were filled with case files that the Public Security Bureau had handled in the past.
Luo Shan manages the archives room and is very familiar with the placement of the case files inside. She remembers clearly which file should be placed where.
So within two minutes of entering, she took out a brown manila file bag and handed it to Xu Yingjie: "Xiao Xu, take a look, is this the one?"
"Yes, this one, thank you, Sister Shan."
Luo Shan hummed, "Since you've confirmed everything, just sign it. Return it as soon as you've reviewed it."
"Know."
Xu Yingjie knew the procedure and readily signed the registration booklet written by Luo Shan.
Luo Shan put away the registration book and turned her gaze to Qin Zheng standing beside her: "Who is this?"
"This is Comrade Qin Zheng, my classmate's comrade-in-arms." Xu Yingjie introduced Luo Shan to him, and then said to Qin Zheng, "This is Comrade Luo Shan, who is in charge of the archives room in our branch."
"Hello, Comrade Luo." Qin Zheng nodded slightly and extended his hand towards her.
"Hello, Comrade Qin." Luo Shan quickly extended her hand to shake his. She asked, "You look like a soldier, are you currently serving?"
Qin Zheng nodded: "Yes."
"So you and Xiao Xu came here together to check the files, right...?"
"Looking for relatives."
Qin Zheng explained, "My sister was abducted by human traffickers when she was just born. I've been searching for her for over ten days, and only a few days ago did we finally make some key progress. In the case file Comrade Xu found, there's a child who was intentionally swapped at birth. I suspect she's the sister I'm looking for, so..."
"Oh, so that's how it is. I have to check it out carefully." Luo Shan had an impression of the contents of the file he was looking for.
The little girl was switched when she was born. When she was sixteen, it was suddenly discovered that she was not her biological father. Her father was not her father, her mother was not her mother, and her godmother was the culprit who harmed her... It's really pitiful when you think about it.
At this moment, Xu Yingjie suddenly said "eh".
Qin Zheng immediately turned around and asked, "Comrade Xu, what's wrong?"
Xu Yingjie had already opened the case file and was holding the document inside when he said with a puzzled look on his face, "Why does this document suddenly have an extra corner? It didn't have one when I looked at it two days ago."
"There's an extra corner?" Qin Zheng frowned slightly, feeling a faint sense of unease rising in his heart: "Comrade Xu, are you sure it only appeared in the past few days? It wasn't there before?"
"It wasn't there before, it must have appeared in the past two days!" Xu Yingjie was very confident in his memory. He was sure that when he checked the file two days ago, there was no such folded corner in the document. It must have been found after he checked it.
Thinking of this, Xu Yingjie immediately turned to Luo Shan and asked, "Sister Shan, besides me, has anyone else in our bureau reviewed this file in the past two days?"
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