Detective: From the Police Academy

Chapter 266 Missing Mother and Child

September 12, evening.

Zhongpeng Apartment, downstairs.

A Mitsubishi SUV stopped by the roadside. Luo Rui opened the door and looked up.

The apartment building has been in disrepair for many years. The exterior walls are covered with white tiles, and each household's balcony is welded with thin, dense, rusty wire mesh.

This building has seven floors in total, but it is very spacious, with at least dozens of families living on each floor.

Because there is no awning on each balcony, the floor is eroded by rain, forming ugly yellow stains.

At this time, there were two children standing on the balcony, looking down.

As soon as they met Luo Rui's eyes, the two children turned and ran into the house.

Fang Yonghui got out of the car, walked around the front of the car and came to Luo Rui.

"Luo Da, the person who called the police should be here."

Luo Rui nodded, retracted his gaze, and then looked around.

This is the old town area of ​​Guangxing City, next to the vegetable market and a key high school.

This used to be where the locals lived, but due to urban renewal, the business district moved south, so the locals moved away. The old houses were left behind, waiting to be demolished while being rented out to outsiders and country people.

However, this is not the case with Zhongpeng Apartment, which is a building specially built for renting out.

The first floor is lined with small shops, including an informal hair salon, a tattoo shop, a convenience store and a blind massage room.

When it comes to informal hair salons, Luo Rui has deep feelings about it.

If you just take a look inside, you will see very few hairdressing equipment, only a few scissors and combs. Two or three young girls are sitting in the chairs, posing in front of the mirror.

What kind of place is this? You don't have to think about it.

The place for playing poker is usually on the second floor.

If there is a private room, there is usually cash hidden in the pillowcase.

Add fifty yuan and you can experience a different taste. This is the market price.

If you meet a handsome and sunny boy, he will even give you money.

If you meet a virgin boy, he or she will be very considerate and give you a red envelope.

There are many such things. The person who collects the money may be the other person's boyfriend. When you leave, he or she may even say to you enthusiastically, "Come and visit often."

Luo Rui only took a quick glance and knew what the nature of the hair salon opposite was.

Half-covered, half-exposed, it is obviously a den selling sex.

However, such matters are handled by the Public Security Brigade, and Luo Rui doesn't want to get involved.

Luo Rui pushed open the glass door of the blind massage room.

"Ding Dong, Ding Dong..."

He looked up and saw a wind chime hanging on the glass door. Whenever someone came in, the wind chime would make a pleasant sound.

After entering the door, there is a row of white curtains.

A middle-aged man wearing sunglasses walked out cautiously.

"Welcome, both of you?"

"Yes." Luo Rui responded without saying much, but he was a little muttering in his heart.

"Massage? Or bone setting? The items are posted on the wall, you can take a look."

Luo Rui walked up to him and stared at him.

"Are you really blind?"

"This customer is genuine. My store has been open for several years and all the neighbors know it."

His face was originally facing the door, but when he heard the direction of the voice, he turned his body and faced Luo Rui.

Luo Rui was a little curious: "Then how do you know there are two of us?"

"I have been blind since childhood and am very sensitive to sounds. I can hear footsteps."

"Oh? So that's how it is." Luo Rui took out his ID from his pocket and placed it in front of him.

"Ah? Are you the police?" The man was startled.

Luo Rui shook his head with a smile, and Fang Yonghui also laughed.

"That's right, take off your sunglasses and talk properly."

The man hurriedly took off his sunglasses, revealing a pair of eyes with more white than black, and the black pupils were lighter in color.

"Officer, I am not blind, but I am partially sighted. I cannot see clearly beyond two meters. I have been like this since I was a child, so I am not lying."

Luo Rui didn't intend to pursue him. It was not easy for everyone to make a living.

"Don't be nervous, this is not what we are here for."

"That's good. I have all the necessary credentials and I've learned the craft. I'm not out to cheat customers."

Luo Rui waved his hand and asked, "Your name is Lai Xingyong?"

"It's me." Lai Xingyong said enthusiastically, "Two officers, please take a seat first. I'll go get you some drinks."

He turned to leave, but Luo Rui reached out and grabbed him: "No need, we have something important to discuss with you."

"Uh... OK, go ahead."

Luo Rui looked at Fang Yonghui, who turned on the law enforcement recorder and took out a notebook.

"On October 10nd, at 2 o'clock in the evening, our police center received your call. You said on the phone that you heard someone upstairs shouting for help, and the noise was very loud, is that correct?"

Lai Xingyong nodded quickly: "It is true. Someone from the police station came and I told them everything. They also went upstairs to check and found that it was a young couple fighting upstairs.

Officer, is this what you are here for?"

Luo Rui did not answer his question, but asked directly: "Which floor do you live on?"

Lai Xingyong pointed to the ceiling: "Second floor."

"Tell me about the specific situation at that time."

Lai Xingyong pondered for a while, then slowly said, "That day was the second day of the festival, and my shop was quite busy until half past ten in the evening. I first had a midnight snack downstairs, and didn't go upstairs until almost eleven o'clock.

As soon as I went upstairs, I heard a loud quarrel on the third floor. A woman kept shouting, "Murder, murder!" I was scared at the time. I went to the third floor and saw a man holding a woman's hair with a kitchen knife in his hand.

I was terrified and immediately ran to the second floor and called the police on my cell phone.

When the police arrived, they took the young couple away.

However, the man held the knife to scare his girlfriend and did not really attack her, otherwise something bad would have happened a long time ago.”

Luo Rui nodded: "Besides this incident, did you find anything else unusual that night?"

Lai Xingyong scratched his head: "Is there anything else?"

"Have you seen the mother and son in Room 4 on the 416th floor? Here's a photo, take a look." Luo Rui took out the photo and handed it to him.

"Ok."

Lai Xingyong took the photo in his hand and studied it carefully for a while: "I have seen them. They also live in this apartment. The boy is a student at a nearby high school. Every time I met him, he was wearing a school uniform.

He is a very nice person. Sometimes when he meets an old man or woman coming back from shopping for groceries downstairs, he will help them carry the groceries upstairs.”

After he finished speaking, he looked at Luo Rui and asked, "What happened to them?"

"When was the last time you saw them?"

"Now that you mention it, it occurs to me that I haven't seen this mother and son for some time. You asked me when I last saw them, officer, but I don't know."

"Okay, I understand." Luo Rui nodded: "Then who are the people in this building who are most familiar with this mother and daughter?"

Lai Xingyong shook his head: "This building is rented out to us outsiders. Everyone is busy with work, so it's hard to say who is familiar with whom. And every time I see this woman, she is shopping alone. I haven't seen her interacting with anyone."

"Okay! If you remember anything, just call me and write down my number."

Lai Xingyong took out his cell phone and Luo Rui gave him a number.

At eight o'clock in the evening, Luo Rui and Fang Yonghui walked out of the blind massage room.

Because it was early winter, it got dark very early and the neon lights on both sides of the street were lit up.

Fang Yonghui said: "Luo Da, where are we going now?"

Luo Rui turned around and looked at the apartment building behind him again: "It's time to get off work, let's go back first."

……

When the two returned to the Haijiang Branch, the others had already returned from their visits.

The criminal team's office is at the end of the corridor, next to the tea room.

The 50-square-meter office is separated by a glass wall on the left side. Behind the glass wall is the office of the Criminal Police First Squadron, which is also Du Feng's direct line.

At this time, the head of the First Squadron had already gone off work, and the lights on the ceiling were turned off. Only the lights on the criminal team's side were still on.

There was a long table in the office with eight computers on it and two empty seats.

The original group of eight people now has only six people left.

There is a whiteboard next to the window.

At this time, there were two photos of a man and a woman on the whiteboard.

Name: You Qiumei
Age: 38 years old

Birthplace: Xiajia Town, Guangxing City
Occupation: Farmer

Name: Xia Bing

Age: 1X years old.

Birthplace: Xiajia Town, Guangxing City
Occupation: Student

These two people are exactly the people that Luo Rui is investigating today.

This morning, the Haijiang Branch received a call from You Qiumei’s husband. According to him, his wife and son disappeared more than a month ago, and their cell phones could not be reached.

You Qiumei’s husband is Xia Lijun, who works away from home all year round, earning money and supporting the family alone.

Because her son was in high school and the family wanted to provide him with a better study environment, You Qiumei moved to the city with her son.

The family was not well-off to begin with, and although the child had good grades, the annual rent and living expenses were still a huge expense.

Seeing Luo Rui coming back, everyone perked up.

Luo Rui put the handbag on the table, which contained his gun.

If you meet a criminal police, as long as they are holding a black handbag, it will be filled with this thing.

"Tell me, how did the visit go today?"

Yang Bo stood up, and Luo Rui pressed his hand towards him: "You've been tired all day, sit down and talk."

"Okay." Yang Bo sat in the chair and said, "I went to Xia Bing's school with Lao Tian today, and his class teacher confirmed that he did not go to school on October 10th.

Xia Bing is a very good student in school, ranking among the top three in the class. The head teacher pays great attention to him and he has never missed any class.

When the head teacher found out that he didn't come to class, he called his mother immediately. However, You Qiumei's cell phone was turned off. The head teacher called many times but couldn't get through.

The school only left You Qiumei's phone number, so a week later, the head teacher went to Xia Bing's hometown to get Xia Lijun's phone number, and then notified the other party."

Luo Rui nodded slightly and glanced across. The empty chair opposite was Cai Xiaojing's seat.

In the past, her desk was piled with documents and materials, but now it has been cleaned up and nothing is left.

The members of the criminal team all looked at Luo Rui, and when they saw his eyes, they all sighed in their hearts.

Fang Yonghui coughed, and Luo Rui came back to his senses.

"Oh, sorry, I was distracted." Luo Rui touched his nose, "Where were we just talking? Yes, Xia Bing didn't go to school on October 10, and the class teacher contacted his father Xia Lijun a week later. But Xia Lijun didn't call the police until today after more than a month? What is he doing?"

Chu Yang took over the conversation: "Team Leader, I visited Xia Lijun today. According to him, he called the police on October 10, but the police center did not pay attention to it immediately and did not file a case. Because there are too few cases of adults and children disappearing together.

Generally speaking, when a mother runs away from home with her children, it is most likely due to family conflicts.

Xia Lijun was working in another province, and because the factory refused to grant him leave, he did not rush back immediately. It was only now, almost two months after his wife and child disappeared, that he made up his mind to quit his job. He took the train yesterday and called the police early this morning.

Su Mingyuan smacked his lips and said, "This person is really conceited. Is work so important? He just came back after almost two months."

Tian Guanghan retorted: "You are not married yet, so you don't understand the financial pressure. Xia Lijun is the only one who earns money to support his family. If he loses his job, where will he earn money?"

"If you lose your job, you can always find another one. Is that so difficult?"

Chu Yang shook his head: "That's different. Xia Lijun's job in the factory is logistics procurement. This kind of job doesn't pay much, but it's a lot of money, so he didn't quit immediately. There is a reason for this.

There is another point that I didn’t mention just now. Two days before the mother and son disappeared, Xia Lijun did have an argument with You Qiumei on the phone, which is also the reason for his indecision.

The content of the quarrel was that You Qiumei had a younger brother who was going to get married at the end of the year. Her two older sisters each contributed 40,000 yuan to help the younger brother buy a car. You Qiumei asked Xia Lijun for the 40,000 yuan, but Xia Lijun refused.

Tian Guanghan shook his head: "What a brother-protecting maniac. I think Xia Lijun did nothing wrong. If it were me, I wouldn't do it either. Are you kidding me? One person earns money, and the whole family spends it. And he has to spend money to buy a car for his brother-in-law for nothing? How can this be justified?"

Su Mingyuan smiled and said, "Old Tian, ​​I see you are so excited, do you have a brother-in-law too?"

"Get lost, my wife only has a sister, and mine is a sister-in-law."

"Hey……"

At this time, Luo Rui pointed at Chu Yang and said, "Did you call You Qiumei's family?"

"not yet."

"Okay!" Luo Rui looked at the wall clock and it was almost ten o'clock.

"Early tomorrow morning, Chu Yang will contact Xia Lijun's factory to see if he has resigned in the next two days, and then check his train ticket to confirm his return time. After doing this, you and Su Mingyuan will visit You Qiumei's parents' home, and be careful in case they are lying.

Yang Bo and Lao Tian, ​​the two of you go to Zhongpeng Apartment and visit the residents there, check the surrounding surveillance footage, and find out the last time the mother and son left the apartment.

Yonghui, call Xia Lijun to the apartment tomorrow. I want to talk to him.

Director Zhao is free tomorrow, and Room 416 will undergo a technical inspection."

"receive."

"Understood." Everyone answered in unison.

Luo Rui picked up the shoulders on the seat and waved to everyone: "It's getting late, let's go home."

At this time, Fang Yonghui stood up, seeming to want to say something but stopped himself.

Luo Rui looked at him: "What's wrong? Are you okay?"

Fang Yonghui licked his lips and said, "Luo Da, there is one thing I don't understand. There are a lot of cases in the archives room. Why did we choose this case to investigate? I think this missing case is obviously You Qiumei playing disappearance with her child to force her husband. In fact..."

Luo Rui stretched out his hand, interrupted him, and looked at everyone: "Do you think so too?"

Yang Bo didn't say anything. Chu Yang and Su Mingyuan nodded. Tian Guanghan shrugged his shoulders and said, "It's all about investigating the case. I don't care. I'll investigate whatever the team leader tells me to investigate."

Luo Rui walked to the whiteboard with a serious expression and pointed at Xia Bing's photo.

"Xia Bing is a high school student, a boy who is almost an adult, with an independent personality and independent thinking. Besides, Chu Yang has already investigated and found that this child has very good grades in school and has never missed classes.

Do you think he will cooperate with his mother to force his father?"

Fang Yonghui touched the back of his head and said with a smile: "That seems to make sense. Luo Da, I was negligent."

Luo Rui patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's okay. Just pay more attention. After solving two more cases, we should go back to Shahe County."

Fang Yonghui said happily: "Really?"

Yang Bo also had a big smile on his face: "Ah, I really miss Lao Bao and Xiao Wu, and the guys in the bun shop."

Luo Rui smiled, looked at Cai Xiaojing's seat again, and then he looked away.

"Let's go, see you tomorrow."

As soon as he left, the others immediately huddled together.

Su Mingyuan said thoughtfully: "The team leader's expression has been wrong these past two days. He seems to be depressed every day."

Yang Bo nodded: "Who says it's not true? Ever since Lao Qi died, Luo Da's personality has changed."

Tian Guanghan rolled his eyes and said, "Look at your sharp eyes. You even dragged Lao Qi into this."

Su Mingyuan: "You are smart, so why do you think so?"

"You two are both stupid! I don't want to talk to you." Tian Guanghan picked up his briefcase and said, "You can go there slowly. The last one to leave, remember to turn off the lights."

Su Mingyuan and Yang Bo immediately looked at Chu Yang: "Old Chu, you are smarter than us, can you tell me?"

Chu Yang stood up and put his laptop into his bag.

"Some things can only be understood, not expressed in words. No one can tell the team leader's thoughts. If you tell him, you will hurt him."

Su Mingyuan was shocked: "Damn it, you guys are getting more and more mysterious. How did you harm the team leader?"

Fang Yonghui put on his backpack and walked out with Chu Yang. Just as they were about to leave the office, he turned around and said, "You two idiots, remember this, even if you understand, don't tell anyone."

Hearing this, Yang Bo and Su Mingyuan looked at each other, their eyes clear and confused.

……

Luo Rui drove the BMW out of the parking lot and drove on the circular road at night, preparing to go home.

He has a dormitory at work, but before, if he was too busy with a case, he would not go home.

But after talking with his father last time, Luo Rui decided that no matter how busy he is at work in the future, it would be better to live in a beachfront villa.

Although everyone will go to bed after returning home, the whole family will feel at ease when they can see each other in the morning.

Family, that’s the thought.

If you lose it, it will be too late to find a safe haven.

Luo Rui turned on the car radio and rolled down the window, letting the cold night wind blow into the car and hit his face.

At this moment, the cell phone in his pocket suddenly rang.

He held the steering wheel with one hand, took out his cell phone and saw that the screen showed a call from abroad.

Luo Rui's heart trembled. He quickly found the earphones, put them on his ears, and pressed the answer button.

"Hello?" It was a man's voice on the phone.

Luo Rui said nothing, feeling a little disappointed.

"Is that Officer Luo?"

"Who are you?"

"Hey, what do you think?"

"Get lost! I'll give you three seconds or I'll hang up!"

"No, no! Can't you tell that I'm Cai Xiaojing's brother, Cai Zhibin?"

Luo Rui was very surprised: "How do you have my phone number? What do you want to talk to me about?"

"Of course I asked my sister for her number. She said you were amazing, so I wanted to return to Peninsula and give you a call to keep in touch. By the way, you asked me to help you find Son Ye-jin, and I asked.

The agent scolded my friend because he didn’t want to perform. ”

Luo Rui curled his lips: "Is that what you are doing?"

"You asked me for a favor before."

Luo Rui snorted coldly: "Okay, I got it. If there is nothing else, I'm hanging up!"

"No, no! There's one more thing I think you can help me with."

Luo Rui rolled his eyes and asked, "Do you want to borrow money?"

"Damn, you could even guess that? You're worthy of being the best detective in China. My sister is right. This is what happened. Shit, Lin Yuner's agent went back on his word and raised the price to 500,000 RMB. I originally had money, but my sister came back with me, so my mom froze my credit cards... I..."

"Snapped!"

Luo Rui hung up the phone without even listening to the end of the conversation. Are you kidding? Borrowing money? No way.

Borrow money to play with Peninsula female artists?

Still Lin Yoona?

Want to eat fart!

As soon as he hung up the phone, Cai Zhibin called again. Luo Rui just glanced at it and didn't even answer it.

Luo Rui drove the car into the garage of the villa. Just as he was about to get out of the car, he received a photo sent by Cai Zhibin.

In the photo, Cai Xiaojing is standing in front of the kitchen counter, wearing an apron around her waist, and cooking dinner.

She has a slender figure and looks very thin, with a strand of hair hanging down the side of her face.

Luo Rui looked at the photo and smiled slightly. He had never seen what she looked like in real life.

At this moment, the text message ringtone of the mobile phone rang, and Luo Rui looked down.

[Officer Luo, don't think I don't know what you're thinking. Just tell me whether you will lend me the money or not? ]

[Get lost!] Luo Rui typed out a text message, not intending to indulge this bully.

Luo Rui got out of the car and closed the door.

Who knows, the phone rang again.

Luo Rui was so angry that he started talking as soon as he picked up the phone.

"Do you want to get beaten? I'm warning you, if you call me again, I'll block you!"

"Hello? Luo Rui, it's me, Du Feng!"

Hearing the voice, Luo Rui rolled his eyes. He raised the phone from his ear to his face and looked at the screen. It was indeed Du Feng's number.

"What's wrong? Captain Du, it's so late, do you want to talk to me about something?"

Du Feng's voice sounded anxious: "It's like this. I just received a call that a fisherman found a male corpse in the woods of Xiahewan. I'm at the scene now. I took a look and it seems that this male corpse is the missing person you are looking for."

"Xia Bing?"

"It should be this child."

Luo Rui's heart sank to the bottom. He glanced at the front door of his house and then walked into the garage.

"Okay, I'll be right over!"

Luo Rui hung up the phone and drove out of the garage.

At this time, Mo Wanqiu stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window on the second floor, looking at the departing car body and sighed slightly.

She turned her head and looked at the computer on the desk.

On the computer screen is Cai Xiaojing's pretty face.

Mo Wanqiu returned to the computer desk and puffed his lips: "He just came back and didn't even go home. Now he's out again. He must be investigating some case again."

Cai Xiaojing smiled and said, "Being a criminal police officer is like this. You have to go out early and come back late. It's very hard. Late autumn, that's it. I'm going offline first."

Mo Wanqiu curled her lips and said, "You don't want to talk anymore after just a few words. I still want to hear about the customs and habits of the people on the peninsula. Well, Mr. Cai, let's talk next time."

"Next chat."

The video on the computer screen immediately cut off.

Mo Wanqiu took out his cell phone and called Luo Rui.

The view penetrates the computer screen.

Cai Xiaojing, who was thousands of miles away, also took out her cell phone.

She sat at the table, lowering her eyes, but she never had the courage to dial the number...

(End of this chapter)