Woman who didn't want to call the police
Chen Yingsheng quickly switched to the backstage, opened the privacy settings and turned off the camera, only then did he realize that he had turned off the wireless LAN a long time ago.
The scene just now was not her and the fake girl having a video call with the camera on, it was just a part of the game.
After staying on the privacy settings interface for a while, Chen Yingsheng returned to the game interface, and the familiar voice of a mechanical female voice sounded:
"Congratulations on successfully passing this exam. It, no, it's her now. She will bring you the person you've been missing. She will find you within a week and announce your exam results."
"If you don't want her to find you, don't go out for a week, don't answer the phone, don't go online, and don't open the door to anyone, including your relatives and friends."
"I wish you a good result."
The test is over.
Chen Yingsheng's hands and forearms were all cold. He didn't know if it was because of fear or because he had maintained the same posture for too long.
She closed her notebook, walked past the cabinet that had just made a slight noise without looking away, and opened the door of the study.
"Are you okay?" Zuo Xufei stood straight at the door, as if he was on guard. He was startled by Chen Yingsheng's pale face.
"Not bad." He took the notebook from Chen Yingsheng's hand, "Are you hungry? Come with me to get something to eat."
Zuo Xufei looked back at the dark study and followed Chen Yingsheng.
Chen Yingsheng didn't take him to the kitchen, but to the guest bedroom.
Zuo Xufei looked around and said, "Where is the food here? Where is your kitchen? I'll get it for you."
"No need." Chen Yingsheng slightly opened the window and motioned Zuo Xu to come over and see, "You are about to find danger."
The two men put their heads close to the window, one above and one below, and saw a young girl wearing a mask hurriedly running out of the gate and nimbly climbing over the courtyard wall.
Zuo Xufei wanted to call the girl, but Chen Yingsheng quickly covered his mouth.
Chen Yingsheng let go of her hand only after the thin girl ran away. Zuo Xufei waited quietly for an explanation.
"She was the one who opened the door, and she was the one hiding in the study just now. I couldn't hide it from you. As soon as I entered the study, I found more books on the bookshelf, and I knew she was hiding in the cabinet."
"She took the books out of the cabinet and put them on the bookshelf." Zuo Xufei put down the notebook in his hand.
"Yes, we talked for a long time at the door, which gave her an opportunity. She found a way to hide."
The girl looked underage, about 1.6 meters tall, thin, with shoulder-length hair tied into a low ponytail.
Zuo Xufei sighed: "Who is she?"
"I'm not sure."
"Who would believe that you don't know who she is?" Zuo Xufei was angry. "You are so protective of her, what is her relationship with you?"
"Don't be anxious." Chen Yingsheng said quickly.
"I mean I'm not sure, not that I don't know at all. Besides, I'm not lying to you. You're a police officer, why would I lie to you? This is just a temporary solution."
"Then tell me your expedient plan." Zuo Xufei was still angry.
"She is the daughter of Luo Chunxi, the owner of the rice noodle stall at Shuguang Vegetable Market. I think Luo Chunxi is a victim of a fake person game."
Zuo Xufei was so angry that he laughed: "No need for 'should be' and 'can't be sure' this time."
"I should use it." Chen Yingsheng added, "But I'm afraid you'll be angry, so I won't use it."
Zuo Xufei really laughed now: "Start from the beginning and I'll listen. You should know that even if she didn't steal anything, it's illegal to break into a private house."
Chen Yingsheng nodded: "There is an old vegetable market one kilometer north of here. Luo Chunxi opened a stall selling rice noodles in the vegetable market and has been doing so for more than ten years."
"That noodle shop is very famous. I've eaten it before." Zuo Xufei was a little surprised.
"I haven't eaten it, but I know her noodles are very popular. 11 days ago, Luo Chunxi came to the office at 12 o'clock in the evening and entrusted me with a task."
"The rice noodle stall owner entrusted you." Zuo Xufei was even more surprised. "Your place looks very expensive."
Indeed, Detective Shrike used this small western-style building as his office in order to give clients a strong and expensive first impression.
"She makes a lot of money selling rice noodles. Don't underestimate her. But Luo Chunxi wanted to leave as soon as she came in, and I happened to not be at home when she came in."
Chen Yingsheng’s thoughts went back to the night of December 22, 2009.
After she ordered takeout that day, the delivery guy called to say that a car was parked on the one-way street, blocking the intersection.
The young man's electric bike couldn't enter the one-way street, and he was afraid of being fined if he parked on the side of the road, so he asked Chen Yingsheng to come out and pick it up, and Chen Yingsheng readily agreed.
It was only a two-minute walk from the office to the intersection, and Chen Yingsheng did not lock the main gate or the courtyard gate.
When Chen Yingsheng came back with the takeaway, he saw a skinny middle-aged woman standing in front of the gate, looking up at the glazed roof.
The woman looked to be about 40 years old. She was short, with dark skin and dry hair. Her nose was wide and thick, and her nose bridge was deeply sunken.
She was dressed quite simply, in a short black down jacket with dark pants and a pair of badly worn sneakers.
Chen Yingsheng observed that the edges of the woman's sleeves were stained with some oil stains and white marks, which might have been left accidentally when cooking noodles or steaming rice.
Pretending not to notice the woman's nervousness and embarrassment, Chen Yingsheng greeted her in a friendly manner: "Hello, I'm Detective Chen Yingsheng. Are you here to consult about your commission? Come in and talk."
The woman became even more nervous after she saw Chen Yingsheng clearly in the light from the door. She leaned towards the door, as if she was ready to run away at any time.
She said loudly in Mandarin with a strange accent: "I saw the door was open, and I thought you were inside, so I just came in."
Chen Yingsheng smiled reassuringly, pushed the woman into the house unnoticeably, and then closed the door naturally.
A big case is coming, Chen Yingsheng thought firmly.
"It's okay, let's sit down and talk about it. What is the commission and what should I call you?"
The woman stammered, "No, nothing. I'm leaving now."
"Why did you come to the detective agency if you don't have a commission? You can tell me anything else. Let's have a cup of tea first."
The woman's face turned red and she seemed unable to tell a lie.
After holding it in for a while, she asked bluntly: "You don't charge by the minute for consultation here, do you?"
Chen Yingsheng almost spit out the tea in his mouth, but he suppressed his smile: "The consultation is free of charge. You can tell me the details of the commission first, and then we can negotiate the price."
The woman still looked hesitant and hesitant.
Chen Yingsheng pushed the teacup forward, sat behind the table and waited patiently.
Judging from the woman's dress and accent, she was a migrant worker, probably working as a kitchen helper or as a self-employed businessman.
Almost every time, manual laborers similar to women come to the detective agency, they bring big cases.
The reason is quite simple, their money is hard-earned, and every penny is earned through sweat.
Even if some people earn a lot of money, if there is nothing big, they will not come to do "consultation" and "commissioning" which sound like they will cost a lot of money.
What's more, the pricing of this service is completely controlled by the seller, which makes it even more difficult for them to accept.
Chen Yingsheng's patience was rewarded. The woman wet her lips with tea and said with great determination: "You are famous. I have seen you on TV. You helped the police solve the case."
"You're too much of a compliment. It's all just empty reputation."
The woman raised her head and looked directly into Chen Yingsheng's eyes: "I just want to ask, do you have to tell the police everything?"
Chen Yingsheng remained calm: "No, I will base my decision on the client's interests and respect the client's privacy."
The woman was relieved: "Don't report what I'm going to say next, and don't ask why I didn't report it. I don't need to report it."
"Okay." Chen Yingsheng agreed seriously, and his hand under the table quietly opened the address book on his mobile phone. The first line of the address book was Wang Ruibin.
"My daughter has been missing for 3 days."
The phone was locked and Chen Yingsheng breathed a sigh of relief.
The woman's expression and tone just now made it seem as if she wanted Chen Yingsheng to accompany her to dispose of the body.
"How should I call you? How old is your daughter and what is her name?" Chen Yingsheng asked with concern.
"My name is Luo Chunxi, and I sell rice noodles in the vegetable market in front." Luo Chunxi realized that he had forgotten to introduce himself.
"My daughter's name is Lolina. She is 17 years old and a sophomore at No. 7 Middle School."
"A missing child is a big deal. Are other family members looking for him too?"
"There's no one else at home." Luo Chunxi avoided Chen Yingsheng's gaze, "It's just the two of us."
Chen Yingsheng nodded in understanding: "Did anything happen before he disappeared?"
"Lina said she doesn't want to go to school anymore." Luo Chunxi's tears suddenly fell.
"She wanted to help me at the stall, how could I agree to it, and then..." Luo Chunxi didn't want to say it anymore.
Chen Yingsheng helped to add: "There were some one-sided physical conflicts."
Luo Chunxi nodded silently.
"What was the specific extent of the conflict? Was she embarrassed to go to school with her injuries, so she ran away from home?"
"It hasn't reached that extent. I wouldn't hit a child like that." Luo Chunxi hurriedly explained.
Rule out hospitals and pharmacies first, there is no need to check these two places.
After ruling out the possibility that the mother domestically abused her daughter and accidentally killed her, the case was treated as an ordinary missing person.
Chen Yingsheng continued to ask: "Is it because of family difficulties that Lina wants to make money earlier, so she doesn't go to school?"
"No." Luo Chunxi said honestly, "To be honest, I look at my tattered clothes, but I can actually earn this much every year."
She made a gesture, and Chen Yingsheng cooperated by showing surprise and admiration.
"No. 7 Middle School is a key middle school. How are Lina's grades?"
"Lina's grades are pretty good." Luo Chunxi was visibly happier when he talked about this. "The head teacher said that if she can keep up the performance, she will be admitted to Danshan Normal University."
"Do the homeroom teacher and Lina's friends know about her disappearance?"
Luo Chunxi looked unhappy: "I asked for leave for her and didn't tell the school that she was missing."
Are you afraid that the school will call the police? Chen Yingsheng observed Luo Chunxi's expression and swallowed his questions.
"Her friends..." Luo Chunxi's face could only be described as gray, "I don't know who her friends are."
"Someone has to watch over the stall every day. If I close the stall for a day, I'll lose money. The market is a messy place, and Lina is used to staying at home by herself since she was a child."
"I'll go to school with you tomorrow." Chen Yingsheng promised, "Don't worry, I won't tell the class teacher about Lina's disappearance."
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