Lin Shuyue glanced at her family who were playing in the pavilion in front, thought for a moment, then walked up to Lou Fengqin and said a few words. Lou Fengqin knew that she was here for important business this time, so she quickly asked her to leave.
Lin Shuyue took a taxi and called Hang Jiabai in the car. Hang Jiabai had come to Yangcheng with Liu Wushuang early in the morning. Liu Wushuang was preparing for the activities to be attended in the afternoon. Hang Jiabai was bored waiting on the side. After knowing that Lin Shuyue went out shopping with her family, he went directly to the home of Xu Bo, his classmate from the police academy.
At this moment, he was playing with Xu Bo's child. The child was only a little over a month old, so small and soft, with shallow breathing, which made people feel soft in their hearts.
Xu Bo was also taking a break, and was showing off to him how good his life was with a baby and a wife. Hang Jiabai ignored his boasting and teasing, and only focused on looking at the child. He put his hand next to the baby's hand, and the baby seemed to sense something, stretched out his little hand and shook it in the air, then grabbed his fingers, and the little hand was particularly strong, holding it very tightly, and Hang Jiabai dared not move.
The cell phone rang. To avoid waking up the baby, Hang Jiabai went to the balcony to answer the call. Then, the smile on Hang Jiabai's face gradually disappeared and he became serious. After hanging up the phone, he came out to say goodbye to his classmate. Xu Bo, who was watching his baby, was slightly stunned and immediately spoke to keep him. His classmate's mother and wife, who were cooking in the kitchen, also hurried out.
Hang Jiabai said to Xu Bo, "Xu Bo, I have a friend who is from Yangcheng University. She came back to Yangcheng yesterday to get her diploma. She happened to meet a girl from her school who felt she was being followed but couldn't see anything unusual after checking the surveillance."
Hang Jiabai's classmate Xu Bo is also a criminal policeman. He could tell something was wrong just by hearing what Hang Jiabai said, so he stood up as well: "So what's the situation now?"
Hang Jiabai said: "My friend just called and said that her schoolmate from the same school is missing and she wants to go over to see her."
Now, Xu Bo also followed Hang Jiabai out the door. He changed his shoes at the entrance and said, "Come on, I'll follow you."
Hang Jiabai nodded. He was working in Pengcheng, and he was unfamiliar with the place when he arrived in Yangcheng. If something really happened, Xu Bo knew a lot of people and could coordinate with the police here faster and more effectively.
Although it is very realistic, it is true that since ancient times, monks from other places have not been able to ring the local bells well.
The two of them left immediately. Xu Bo's wife looked at his mother and said, "Mom, I'll save half of the vegetables and put them in the refrigerator. I'll cook them when Xu Bo comes back in the afternoon."
"No need, no need. Your body hasn't recovered yet. Just lie down and look after the baby. I'll go and do it."
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Lin Shuyue arrived at Yangcheng University before them. As soon as she got off the taxi, Liu Shuqing ran over and hugged her: "Senior, Si Miao is missing. I can't find her anywhere."
Liu Shuqing was in tears and called Lin Shuyue. She really had no other options. The teachers and students at school had searched the entire school but still couldn't find her. Her idea of calling Lin Shuyue was the same as Xu Simiao's. Lin Shuyue had reported on so many criminal cases, so she must know something about this, right?
She was not a child who knew nothing. She knew what would happen to a girl who had been missing for a long time, so she would try even if there was a slight possibility. When she called Lin Shu, she thought she would be rejected by Lin Shuyue, but she didn't expect Lin Shuyue to really come back. Liu Shuqing was very moved.
Lin Shuyue patted her shoulder and said, "It's okay, don't be afraid. Let's wait for another friend of mine, he's a criminal police officer."
Lin Shuyue's words made Liu Shuqing's eyes light up. Just as she was about to speak, a car stopped in front of them. Hang Jiabai rolled down the window and said to Lin Shuyue, "Wait for me here. I'll go park the car."
Lin Shuyue made an OK gesture, and Hang Jiabai's car whooshed out. After a while, Hang Jiabai came over with a man who was almost as tall as him.
Hang Jiabai and the others stood in front of Lin Shuyue and Liu Shuqing and introduced them: "Ah Yue, this is my classmate, currently working in the Yangcheng Criminal Investigation Team, named Xu Bo. Xu Bo, this is my friend, Lin Shuyue, a reporter for Pengcheng Metropolis Daily."
Xu Bo looked at Lin Shuyue seriously.
As for Lin Shuyue, she herself may not feel anything, but in the entire Guangdong Province's public security system, her name is not small, especially the contributions she has made to the Pengcheng Public Security Bureau, which made other public security bureaus jealous.
Which of those cases is not a major case? If you take it out, not to mention Guangdong Province, it would be a big deal even in the whole country! The Public Security Bureau of Pengcheng is now very famous in the whole country, especially the case of the deadly water delivery worker. If reporter Lin had not happened to interview the couple who had a particularly good relationship, who would have thought that there was something wrong with the water she drank? If she had not called the police, who would have thought that behind the liver cancer, someone had been poisoning the water for years?
Which of the major cases after that didn't involve Lin Shuyue? The vampire Jia Yongchang case, the great sutra wheel case, how much help did her participation give to the police? What's the most amazing thing? The most amazing thing is that she went back to her hometown with her sister and brother-in-law and uncovered a twenty-year-long crime in the inner room of the pear orchard! And the feeding fetish case that happened a few days ago, it is said that the key evidence was provided to the police by her!
There is a new policeman in Xu Bo's unit who likes to watch various anime missions, among which there is one called Conan, where murder always happened wherever he goes. Xu Bo thinks that Lin Shuyue is similar to that Conan.
Just after arriving in Guangzhou, she encountered this kind of case. Because of the special physique of this person named Lin Shuyue, Xu Bo did not dare to treat this matter as an ordinary case of missing college students.
"Reporter Lin, I've long heard of your name." After Xu Bo finished speaking, he glanced at Hang Jiabai with an ambiguous look in his eyes. Hang Jiabai understood what he wanted to express and slightly looked away.
Lin Shuyue responded and subconsciously looked at Hang Jiabai, not quite understanding what Xu Bo meant by this. Hang Jiabai did not explain, but just smiled at Lin Shuyue, then asked Liu Shuqing about Xu Simiao's behavior before his disappearance, while leading them into the university.
Because of Xu Simiao's disappearance, the entire school was searched for but still could not find her. This incident was like a thunderclap in the ears of the school students. They gathered in groups of three or four. Even those who usually liked to go out to play did not dare to go out and could only gather with their friends.
With the two criminal police officers joining in, Liu Shuqing was more excited: "In our dormitory, we take turns to get breakfast every morning. This morning it was Simiao's turn. While she was getting breakfast, I went to the bathroom for a while. When I came out, Simiao was already gone. Because we have a very important class soon, and she was afraid of being late."
When Liu Shuqing said this, her nose felt sore and she was about to cry again. She actually didn't squat in the toilet for that long, it's only less than five minutes, but Xu Simiao was impatient and obviously couldn't wait any longer. Since she couldn't find Xu Simiao, she had been blaming herself and worrying about why she had to go to the toilet today. If she didn't go to the toilet, Xu Simiao wouldn't be left alone and wouldn't be missing.
"There are four canteens in our school. We usually have breakfast in Canteen 2 which is closer to the dormitory building. It only takes ten minutes to get from our dormitory building to Canteen 2."
"Before 7:10, we were still chatting on Penguin, but after 7:10, we stopped chatting. She didn't reply to my messages, and I didn't pay attention at the time. It's normal that you don't have time to check your phone when you meet acquaintances in line for food. Until 7:30, she still didn't reply to my message, so I called her. The call was connected, but no one answered."
Liu Shuqing was already wiping away tears. "There weren't many people eating breakfast in the second cafeteria. Even if we had to queue up for breakfast, she would have come back in 40 minutes. But there was no movement for 40 minutes, so I went out to look for her. Logically, we were walking the same way. She came back from the second cafeteria and I went to the second cafeteria, so we would have met. But I didn't see her until I got to the second cafeteria."
"I asked the auntie who serves food in the second canteen who is on good terms with us, and she said she had left food for us. Simiao has never been here." This was the main evidence that Liu Shuqing believed Xu Simiao had met with an unexpected accident.
Xu Simiao and Liu Shuqing grew up together. When they were young, they grew up in the same family compound for several years. As they were both little girls, they played together every day. Xu Simiao's mother was a particularly gentle housewife. She made them eat breakfast since they were young. Liu Shuqing's parents were both busy and sometimes had to work night shifts. If the factory had a lot of orders, her father would have to work overtime and not come back for a long time.
At that time, Liu Shuqing had three meals a day at Xu Simiao's house, and the habit of eating breakfast was formed at that time. Later, Xu Simiao's father was laid off, and the family moved away. When they met again, they were in high school. The childhood friends reunited after a long separation, and the two were as close as one person. They even applied to the same university for college, and they were like conjoined twins when they didn't have classes. Even if one of them went out to do something, they never lost contact.
Under such circumstances, Xu Simiao's loss of contact this time was particularly abnormal.
Liu Shuqing's phone was transferred to Hang Jiabai's hands. He flipped through it and found that, just as she said, they had never lost contact. There had never been a record of not contacting each other for such a long time. They even lived in the same dormitory and would lie on the bed and chat for a while before going to bed at night. They were very close.
The phone was transferred to Xu Bo's hand. After reading it, he asked, "Have you called the police?"
Liu Shuqing nodded: "I told the teacher first, and the teacher took this matter very seriously. He immediately organized people to search throughout the school. When we couldn't find her, I called 110. The police came and looked for her, but they said they would have to wait for 48 hours before they could file a case. Unless a direct relative takes Simiao's ID to report the case, or there is evidence that can prove that Simiao is in danger of personal safety."
After a pause, Liu Shuqing continued, "I have called Si Miao's parents, and they are on their way."
As they talked, they arrived downstairs of the dormitory building, where Bai Fuan and his group were waiting for Liu Shuqing. It was a big deal for a student to go missing in school, not to mention that Xu Simiao had already reported it to the school, suspecting that someone was following them.
No matter what happened to Xu Simiao's disappearance, it could not be concealed. Moreover, the journalism department of their school was specialized in reporting news, and 30% of the media professionals in the province came from their school. Under such circumstances, they had no way to stop the students and graduates of the journalism department from reporting this matter, otherwise, the journalism department of their school would cease to exist from now on. What's worse, the careers of the graduates from their school would also be severely damaged.
From 7:40 in the morning when the school leaders received Liu Shuqing's report, to 7:50 when the school leaders organized everyone to look for Xu Simiao, it has been more than three hours now, and there is still no news of Xu Simiao. The school's leadership team and students feel very heavy.
They all knew that in missing cases like this, the later the person was found, the higher the possibility that they had been murdered.
When Bai Fuan saw Lin Shuyue and Hang Jiabai, he was immediately excited. He told the school leaders around him. The school principal was also there, so he immediately walked over and shook hands with Hang Jiabai. Hang Jiabai then introduced Xu Bo, and everyone finally looked relieved.
At this moment, a group of police officers led by a school teacher also arrived. Their leader knew Xu Bo and came forward to talk to him.
A female college student disappeared in broad daylight at school. This was a big deal. Although the police from the nearby police station refused to file a case, they did not ignore it. They had been busy all morning and had checked all the surveillance cameras outside the school.
After greeting Xu Bohang and Jiabai, the leading police officer looked at Lin Shuyue with a very curious look, and then said to the school leaders: "Principal Pei, we have checked the surveillance cameras inside and outside the school, and we didn't see Xu Simiao."
Xu Simiao seemed to have disappeared out of thin air, without any trace at all.