Lin Shuyue and Hang Jiabai ran one after the other, equally fast. In the blink of an eye, they rushed out of the crowd. Xu Bo's colleagues also came over. They were stunned for a moment and immediately caught up.
Especially Xu Bo's colleague named Zhang Xiaoxiao, who just joined the criminal police team this year, is very active in catching criminals. How active is she? She doesn't go home after get off work, but goes to subway stations and train stations to catch thieves.
It has only been two months, but she has already made a name for herself among thieves. She is now nicknamed "Thieves' Sorrow".
Their Yangcheng Criminal Investigation Team is quite large, and they handle a lot of cases, but not too many major cases. There are very few major cases like the one in Pengcheng that happen every two or three days.
When they came just now, Xu Bo said that the reporter from Pengcheng named Lin Shuyue was also here. Looking back at her first report to the present, which case was not a major special case? Not to mention Zhang Xiaoxiao, even the old comrades who had been in the industry for more than 20 years were very excited.
There were too many people watching on the road, and a steady stream of people were coming towards the monitoring room, which undoubtedly caused a certain degree of trouble to Lin Shuyue and Hang Jiabai's pursuit, especially when Hang Jiabai was unfamiliar with the school environment.
There is a banyan forest next to the school's lotus pond. Lin Shuyue, Hang Jiabai and others chased someone here, and the person who had been running in front disappeared.
Hang Jiabai and Lin Shuyue stopped at the spot one after the other, and Zhang Xiaoxiao and others also caught up. Her physical strength was obviously very good. From the monitoring room to here, the distance was nearly 1,000 meters, and she had to turn several corners in the middle, but she didn't blush or breathe heavily.
Hang Jiabai looked around. The banyan forest was only three trees, but they were obviously very old, with huge branches and leaves that covered the sky and earth like an umbrella. There were many stone tables and chairs under the trees. Usually at this time, there would always be people sitting under the trees to enjoy the cool air, but today there was no one.
Hang Jiabai and Lin Shuyue walked into the banyan tree forest and looked in every corner, but there was no one inside.
Lin Shuyue looked at the good and evil identification system again, and the black as ink 75% good and evil red dot was no longer there. This meant that in just one or two minutes, this person ran out of the 200-meter good and evil radar range.
Zhang Xiaoxiao and the others didn't know what Lin Shuyue and the others were looking for, but they followed them. When the school leaders, Xu Bo, and some students who were watching the fun came over, Hang Jiabai said, "Find a few people to focus on investigating this place. Let Xu Bo check the surveillance and focus on finding a girl wearing black long sleeves and long pants, with black hair down to her waist and bangs covering her eyes."
When Hang Jiabai followed the direction given by Lin Shuyue, this girl was the only one who ran after seeing them chasing her, and her speed was getting faster and faster.
Hang Jiabai had a good memory, and he immediately remembered that when he checked the surveillance, there were one or two shots in which this girl appeared. But because she appeared so normal, and Hang Jiabai's thoughts were on the school's faculty and staff, he didn't notice it.
"Okay, Officer Hang." Zhang Xiaoxiao immediately responded to what he said.
The group walked back, with Hang Jiabai walking in front and telling the school leaders about their recent discovery.
The school leaders had not run such a long and fast distance for many years, and they had not yet caught their breath, but they were in a good mood, as if they had seen the sun after clearing away the clouds.
The most frightening thing about cases like this where students are missing is that there are no clues at all. Now that they have clues, that's a good thing.
Xu Simiao and Liu Shuqing's parented ran slower, but they also heard what Hang Jiabai said, and mother Xu and mother Liu tears fell immediately.
"Officer Hang, you must catch the bad guys and rescue my daughter. I beg you." Xu Simiao was born at a time when family planning was the strictest. Both of them had city hukou, and for the sake of father Xu's work, they only gave birth to Xu Simiao. (TL's Note: 'Hukou' is a household registration system that serves as a crucial form of identification and residence record.)
Later, family planning was not so strict, but the couple had no intention of having another child. Raising a child is not easy, and they both felt that one child was enough. Now that Xu Simiao had such an incident, mother Xu felt like the sky was falling.
If they weren't walking on the road, mother Xu would have knelt down in front of Hang Jiabai.
Hang Jiabai said solemnly to mother Xu: "Auntie, this is our duty, don't worry."
At this time, Hang Jiabai's three words "don't worry" miraculously calmed mother Xu's anxious heart.
The group went to the monitoring room, and this time, father Xu and mother Xu also followed them in.
Lin Shuyue did not go. She and Zhang Xiaoxiao and others were visiting the onlookers, especially those closest to the girl in black clothes and black hair.
Lin Shuyue had a very small social circle when she was in college. Apart from some people in the same major who she had to socialize with, she generally didn't know people from other colleges.
And because everyone saw that she was acting with Hang Jiabai and the others, some students mistook her for a police officer.
She followed Zhang Xiaoxiao, who asked questions and took notes.
The person they were asking was a girl with a lot of cute hairpins in her hair. She was standing next to the girl in black. When asked by Lin Shuyue and the others, she said, "I don't know her. I have never seen such a person before today."
The girl with the cute hairpin was obviously impressed by the girl who wore long sleeves in such hot weather: "It's quite strange though, she's so tall, and she has a very light perfume smell on her body. Like pine wood, quite cold."
The cute girl was obviously very knowledgeable about perfume. It took only a few tens of seconds from the time that person walked into Lin Shuyue's radar detection range to the time that Lin Shuyue discovered her. In such a short time, she could smell the scent of the person and accurately describe the fragrance, which was amazing.
Hearing the scent of pine, Lin Shuyue and Zhang Xiaoxiao looked at each other.
She was tall, thin, had no obvious feminine features, and wore pine-scented perfume, which made the two of them associate her with something strange.
After the girl with the cute hairpin left, they met up with the Yangcheng police who were also doing the interview. They interviewed no less than 50 people, but got very little information. No one knew her.
"Why does this person seem to have suddenly appeared?" Zhang Xiaoxiao grabbed her short hair in annoyance, then she looked at Lin Shuyue: "Reporter Lin, did you see her face clearly?"
Lin Shuyue shook her head: "No, when Officer Hang and I chased her out, she was already walking outside."
The woman obviously came to check out the situation. Her behavior was just like the feeling of returning to the crime scene after committing a crime in some cases.
Moreover, that person's anti-reconnaissance ability was very strong. When Hang Jiabai started to chase her, she had already started running.
Zhang Xiaoxiao looked through the records she had just asked: "Lin Ji, do you think this person could be a boy?"
Lin Shuyue was about to speak when Hang Jiabai and the others came down, followed by Xu Bo. The two were discussing the surveillance records they had just watched.
Hang Jiabai said: "There is an 80 percent chance that this person is the suspect."
Xu Bo said: "I have organized everyone to conduct a thorough investigation of the school."
Zhang Xiaoxiao couldn't wait to walk up to him: "Captain Xu, Captain Hang, did the surveillance camera see the person's face?"
Xu Bo is also very capable. When he and Hang Jiabai were in school, they were not only friends but also competitors most of the time. After graduation, their relationship remained the same, but the competition had changed from school subjects to competition in the workplace.
From who gets promoted first, to how many cases they handle and how many criminals they catch each year. The two of them became the captains of the criminal investigation team one after another, both young and promising. In the past, the two were evenly matched, but this year, with Lin Shuyue, the crime detection machine, the walking Conan, he has surpassed Xu Bo by a lot.
"No, she even remembered to hide from the cameras when she was running away." Xu Bo had seen people who were alert, but he had never seen someone as alert as this.
There were police chasing her from behind, but she was hiding from the camera even at this critical moment. From here to the banyan tree forest beside the lotus pond, there were countless cameras in the distance of more than 1,000 meters, but she was able to walk into the blind spot of the surveillance. Only a few staggered cameras captured her figure, but without exception, her long hair covered her face, not a bit of it was revealed!
Hang Jiabai's brows were already furrowed tightly. He glanced at Zhang Xiaoxiao, then at Xu Bo, and said, "This is a very cunning criminal. We need to be extremely alert."
After all this trouble, it was already afternoon and the school leaders gradually dispersed, leaving only a few people with Lin Shuyue and the others.
The students who were watching also dispersed because today was Tuesday and they all had classes in the afternoon.
Mr. Xu and Mrs. Xu, Mr. Liu and Mrs. Liu followed Lin Shuyue and the others closely, afraid of missing any news.
The police officers who were investigating in the banyan tree forest also came back. They had dug deep into the ground but still found nothing.
A group of policemen stood together in the hot weather to discuss the case. The sun was scorching and the sky blue shirts they were wearing soon became wet.
Lin Shuyue was chatting with Liu Shuqing, and they talked about the conversation between Lin Shuyue and Xu Simiao last night.
Liu Shuqing knew this: "She told me that we both thought about it together and realized that we only thought about the cleaners we often looked back at, and nothing else."
Liu Shuqing's eyes were swollen. She sniffed and said, "We didn't remember the tall, thin girl in black at all."
Because she is too normal and too ordinary. In this era, there are too many girls with thick bangs. Sitting on the roadside and counting the passers-by, eight girls have this hairstyle, and the other two are boys. In Lin Shuyue's previous life, there was a story circulating on the Internet about a young couple who were dating and talked about breaking up without seeing each other's eyes or foreheads.
Liu Shuqing herself also has side bangs.
Lin Shuyue expressed her understanding, and then asked her: "Shuqing, think carefully, when you were chatting with Xu Simiao this morning, was there anything unusual?"
Liu Shuqing thought about it carefully. Xu Simiao got up a little earlier than her. When she got up to brush her teeth, Xu Simiao had already finished. Liu Shuqing didn't take it to heart, because usually when it was her turn to get breakfast, she would get up a few minutes earlier.
When she came out of the bathroom after washing up, Xu Simiao had already left without even saying a word.
Liu Shuqing didn't think much about it at first, but now that she thought about it carefully, she felt that something was very wrong: "Usually, she would tell me where she was going, but she didn't say anything this morning, which is a bit abnormal."
Lin Shuyue perked up: "Where are your roommates? Can you ask them what they were doing in the morning before Xu Simiao went out?"
Liu Shuqing said: "Sure. My roommates are over there."
There are four people living in a dormitory at Yangcheng University. Liu Shuqing pointed at two girls standing not far away. One of them was wearing a sky blue skirt and the other was wearing short-sleeved shirt and jeans.
Lin Shuyue was brought over by Liu Shuqing. After Liu Shuqing introduced them to each other, Lin Shuyue began to ask questions. The two girls fell into deep thought. It was the girl in the sky blue skirt who spoke first: "Si Miao didn't leave after taking the lunch box. She just sat on the chair. But just after she sat down, her cell phone rang, and then she stood up and walked outside. She replied to a message before leaving. We thought she was chatting with Shuqing, so we didn't take it seriously."
Xu Simiao and Liu Shuqing were very affectionate and would often send messages to each other in the dormitory. They were used to it.
Liu Shuqing was stunned: "No, she didn't send me a message."
Xu Bo and Hang Jiabai arrived behind Lin Shuyue and the others without knowing when. They had the same idea as Lin Shuyue. This message sent to Xu Simiao's mobile phone before she left was crucial.
Xu Bo said: "What does her phone sound like? Is it a text message tone or a penguin tone?"
The most commonly used way of chatting for young people today has been upgraded from text messages to Penguin.
The girl in the sky blue skirt thought for a moment and said, "It seems to be neither of them. It was a ding sound."
Liu Shuqing immediately said, "It's not the sound of a text message, nor is it Penguin. Simiao registered for Feixun last month."
Feixun is an Internet communication software that first became popular in Hong Kong, Macau and Formosa. In recent years, it has a large market share, but it is not as popular as Penguin. Its message notification sound is a ding.
Lin Shuyue remembered that the main feature of this software was that it could log in through dual channels.
She asked: "Does Xu Simiao have a computer? Will she log in to Feixun on the computer?"
"Yes." Liu Shuqing said, "We both have Feixun, but I don't like to use it, so I rarely log in. But Si Miao likes to make friends, so she logs in to Feixun often."
Liu Shuqing couldn't wait any longer: "I'll take you to the dormitory to have a look."
A group of people walked towards the dormitory, followed by Mr. and Mrs. Xu.
Liu Shuqing was leading the way for Lin Shuyue and the others while talking to them.
"Simao often tells me about her netizens. Her netizens are both male and female. They all like outdoor sports, such as mountain climbing, lake tours, camping, etc. She has also joined an outdoor sports penguin group on the Cape Forum. It's just that Simao is a newcomer and our schoolwork is relatively heavy, so she hasn't participated in any activities yet."
"It was at that time that Si Miao came into contact with Feixun." Liu Shuqing paused and said, "There was an online friend who was close to Si Miao, a girl called Sister Guan. Si Miao said that this Sister Guan was very patient. If she had any questions, Sister Guan would do her best to answer them. She runs an outdoor goods store."
"There is also a guy called Brother Yuan. He is the leader of the outdoor sports group. He often organizes people in the group to do sports. He seems to like outdoor sports very much. It is said that he is also a member of a skydiving club. Simiao admires him very much."
Liu Shuqing tried her best to restore what Xu Simiao had said to her.
After she finished speaking, Lin Shuyue asked, "Shuqing, is Xu Simiao in a relationship?"
Liu Shuqing subconsciously glanced at Mr. and Mrs. Xu, and then said, "No, when she was in high school, mother Xu and father Xu said that the most important thing for her at that stage was to study, and that she could only date in college. Didn't we just start college? She hasn't found someone she likes yet."
Like father Xu and mother Xu, Liu Shuqing's parents planned their children very carefully, and planned what they should do and when. Liu Shuqing and Xu Simiao listened to them very much, and they agreed that they must have a sweet love in college. However, when they really went to college, there were many people pursuing them, but they really had no intention of falling in love. If asked, they just didn't have a good eye for anyone.
Mother Xu started crying again. Her daughter, her well-behaved and obedient daughter. Mother Liu patted her shoulder. Father Xu and Father Liu stood by with worried faces.
As they were talking, they had already arrived at Liu Shuqing and Xu Simiao's dormitory. They lived in dormitory 209 on the 2nd floor.
The room for four people was cleaned very cleanly and tidily arranged. Because it was where the girls lived, there was a faint fragrance.
Xu Simiao and Liu Shuqing's beds were next to each other, on the left side of the door.
The bed has two levels, the upper level is the bed and the lower level is a table and storage rack. There are four cabinets next to the window, and each cabinet has a name on it.
On the table under Xu Simiao's bed, there was a silver laptop with the Lenovo logo printed on it, and the other end was plugged in. Next to the laptop was a wooden comb and a mini clip.
Liu Shuqing went to open Xu Simiao's computer and entered the password. Xu Simiao's password was very simple, just her date of birth. Anyone who knew her well could decipher it.
Xu Bo walked over, swiped the mouse, and clicked on the web page. Currently, Feixun only has a web version.
The school's internet speed was pretty good. After two jumps, he was able to log in. What caught their eye was a pink interface. On the left hand side was a row of address book lists.
Liu Shuqing said: "Si Miao likes to use Feixun. One of the advantages is that Feixun can change the color of screen page."
Xu Simiao's Feixun screen page color is changed every two or three days.
Lin Shuyue didn't use Feixun. When she was born before, Penguin had already developed to the point where you could DIY your own screen page and sell them. She always thought that this thing was too fancy and it was better to use the default color. In addition, she had already started working when she came here, and most people used Penguin for communication, so she didn't use Feixun.
Zhang Xiaoxiao was using Feixun. She was watching from the side and couldn't help but said, "I still prefer the green screen color. It looks better than the pink one."
"I like green, too." The girl in the sky blue dress echoed Zhang Xiaoxiao. Zhang Xiaoxiao smiled at her, but it was not appropriate to continue the conversation at this occasion.
At the front is an outdoor communication group, where people are still talking. Even if you don't click in, the nicknames and words in the zoomed-out box are still jumping. Click in and you will see that a group of people are chatting and talking about things that happened around them, such as the sky is blue, it is raining heavily, etc.
Close this chat box. Below the group chat are the chat boxes of Sister Guan and Brother Yuan mentioned by Liu Shuqing, and below them are some classmates and people in the group.
Xu Bo clicked into the chat boxes one by one. Xu Simiao was very lively. The chat content was colloquial and the conversation was very lively.
But when watching the chat content, a person with an inconspicuous puppy avatar in the middle caught Xu Bo and his friends' eyes.
Looking up the chat history, Xu Bo asked Liu Shuqing: "Liu Shuqing, have you heard Xu Simiao talk about this person called Mingyue Ruwo?"
After Liu Shuqing thought about it carefully, she shook her head and said, "No, Simiao didn't tell me about this person."
Liu Shuqing has a good memory. If Xu Simiao has told her about this person, she must have an impression of him.
Xu Bo put the computer in front of Hang Jiabai: "This person named Mingyue Ruwo said in the chat with Xu Simiao that he works near Yangcheng University. The next time Xu Simiao wants to participate in outdoor sports, he can go with him. Xu Simiao didn't talk much with him, but the two of them contacted frequently, and most of the things they talked about were study and life."
The Internet is well developed nowadays, and there are all kinds of people online. There are many people who have been cheated of money and sex by netizens. If they are even more nasty, there are also some who have met with unexpected accidents.
Feixun's web and mobile versions do not share chat records, so their chat records are still displayed from one day ago. One day ago, the boy named Mingyue Ruwo also shared the moon of that day with Xu Simiao.
Zhang Xiaoxiao was already analyzing the situation: "Could it be that this person named Mingyue Ruwo came to Yangcheng University this morning and sent a message to Xu Simiao, and Xu Simiao was very happy to meet an online friend, so he went to meet her, and then she disappeared?"
Zhang Xiaoxiao's analysis made sense. Xu Bo immediately took out his cell phone and called his colleagues, asking them to check the surveillance footage of people entering and leaving the school last night. At the same time, Hang Jiabai suggested asking the staff of the second canteen again.
"She didn't forget to take her lunch box when she left. Maybe the place that person agreed to meet was the school cafeteria. But it's not limited to the second cafeteria. We need to check the first and third cafeterias as well."
Xu Bo thought it made sense, and the two of them left in a hurry. Lin Shuyue frowned, pondered for a while, and then suddenly thought of something.
She asked Liu Shuqing: "Shuqing, I remember you said that you didn't feel anyone following you when you came back yesterday. It was after you came out of the library that you felt like you were being followed or spied on again, right?"
"Yes." Liu Shuqing said.
"Let's go to the library."
The library dormitory building is not far away, and it only takes more than ten minutes to walk there. The library is in the multimedia teaching building. The first and second floors in the southeast corner are all the library.
Pushing open the glass door of the library, cool air mixed with the scent of books and ink hits you in the face.
At the front was the librarian's workbench. The librarian at the moment was a middle-aged woman named Luo Yuexia. Lin Shuyue knew her. She had been there when Lin Shuyue was in college. On the wall behind her was a list of librarians. Lin Shuyue's eyes were fixed on the photo of a man named Cao Yueming.
Lin Shuyue used to be a frequent visitor to the school library. She didn't know the graphic designer named Cao Mingyue, so he must be a new staff member.
Ten seconds later, she took out her cell phone and called Bai Fuan: "Teacher, do you know the librarian Cao Mingyue?"
Bai Fuan was running after the police, and his voice was a little breathless when he spoke to Lin Shuyue: "Cao Mingyue? He is the new librarian this semester. I have seen him, but I am not familiar with him. He took a leave today. When we were checking the school faculty and staff this morning, we waited for him for ten minutes before he came. He took a leave because he had a cold."
"He had a sticker on his face from the IV drip, and his face was flushed and he had a fever. After we checked, we let him go. Why are you asking him this all of a sudden?"
After Bai Fuan paused, his voice changed: "Do you suspect he has a problem? He lives in the staff dormitory building, room 303."
Lin Shuyue rushed to the dormitory 303 for faculty and staff, but there was no one in the dormitory and the table beside the bed was covered with a layer of dust.