Chapter 2071
Although he has doubts about Gu Chen's identity, Niu Geng still won't admit it on the surface, and he also wants to see what kind of moth Gu Chen wants to do.
So he put on airs and said, "This...Gu Ju, right? You said you want to talk to me about business, that's fine, let's talk about business."
Sitting back on his swivel chair, Niu Geng raised Erlang's legs and said with some disdain: "By the way, what business do you have to discuss with Niu and others?"
"Xu Tiankai, do you know this person?" Gu Chen said.
Niu Geng frowned slightly, and thoughtfully said: "Xu Tiankai? What does he do?"
"You don't know Xu Tiankai?" Lu Weiwei felt puzzled.
But Niu Geng also seemed to be confused, so he picked up his mobile phone and interrupted everyone: "Wait a minute."
After a while, Niu Geng dialed the phone and simply said "you come to my office" on the phone, and then hung up the phone.
Seeing the four policemen in front of him staring at him, Niu Geng grinned and explained to everyone:
"Sorry, I have a lot of business sectors here, and I don't know which business sector you are talking about. When I ask my assistant to come over, he will know better."
Just as Niu Geng was talking with everyone, a man in a suit just walked into the room.
When he saw the four policemen, the man seemed not surprised, and walked directly in the direction of Niu Geng.
"Boss Niu, are you looking for me?" the man in the suit said.
"Little Hu, who is Xu Tiankai?" Niu Geng said, taking a puff of his cigar.
The man in the suit grinned: "A person who has a loan relationship with us, Xiaohu."
"That's our borrower?" Niu Geng raised his eyebrows and said.
The man in the suit nodded silently: "Yes."
"That's good." Seeing that the assistant knew the ins and outs of the matter, Niu Geng held the cigar in his left hand and gestured to Gu Chen and the others:
"Tell them about it."
"Okay." The man in the suit said very little, then turned around and faced Gu Chen and the others.
It was only then that Gu Chen discovered that this thin man in a suit had colorful tattoos on his neck, which didn't seem to match his suit attire.
The man has a cropped head, and there seems to be a knife scar at the corner of his eye.
The whole person gives people a cold look, looking like a ruthless person.
The man also looked at Gu Chen and asked, "Who are you?"
"We are from the Furong branch," Yuan Shasha explained.
Lu Weiwei also hurriedly agreed: "I came here this time to learn about Xu Tiankai's situation with you, and I hope you can tell us."
"Huh!" Hearing the two people's words, the man in the suit just snorted softly, and said with some disdain:
"What do you want to know?"
"About Xu Tiankai, did he borrow some money from you?" Gu Chen said.
The man in the suit nodded slightly: "Excuse me."
"How much?" Officer Wang asked.
The man in the suit slowly raised his right hand, gestured at the number with his fingers, and said, "180,000."
"So much?" Lu Weiwei was taken aback.
But Gu Chen hurriedly asked: "Did he tell you what the purpose of borrowing this money is?"
The man in the suit snorted and said slowly, "For users who borrow money, there are only a few situations."
"Either the company's cash flow is poor and it needs money urgently, or it is in debt and needs to tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall."
"And this Xu Tiankai seems to be borrowing money from his girlfriend to pay off his debts, right? I still remember that's what this guy said."
After thinking about it, the man in the suit forced a smile and said, "At that time I laughed at him as a lover."
Hearing that the man in a suit said something, Gu Chen and his colleagues looked at each other, feeling that it was true.
The man in the suit looked at the people and said with a smile, "However, this Xu Tiankai has already reached the repayment date, and he still hasn't fulfilled his repayment obligation."
"So you sent people to violently collect debts? Let a few debt collectors beat Xu Tiankai violently in the alley?" Gu Chen also casually said what he saw that day.
But at this moment, the man in the suit was stunned, and replied to Gu Chen seriously:
"how do you know?"
After thinking about it, the man in the suit came to his senses, and said with a smile, "So, you are the policeman who helped Xu Tiankai that day?"
"I heard that there was a policeman helping Xu Tiankai. Could it be you?"
"That's right." Gu Chen didn't hide it, and said straight to the point: "Xu Tiankai's family lives near my house, and I happened to meet that day."
"Your people are really ruthless in their attacks. Are you trying to beat him to death? Are you trying to beat him to death?"
It was also when Xiao Hu, a male assistant in a suit, verified Gu Chen's identity as a police officer. Niu Geng, who had been watching the show, was surprised and quickly explained:
"Haha, that's not true. It's just that this kid robbed the money and refused to pay it back. We also sent people to collect the debt."
"It may be that the subordinates have a bad temper, and this guy has been avoiding debts. Therefore, the subordinates lost their temper for a while and beat up this man named Xu Tiankai."
After finishing speaking, Niu Geng took another puff of his cigar, and then said slowly, "But don't worry, we won't kill the borrower, he owes us money."
"If we kill those who owe money, who do we ask for money? Our people should know how to deal with it."
"Know how to measure?" He also heard Niu Geng's words about beating people so fresh and refined, Gu Chen also refuted on the spot, and said in a bad mood:
"I was at the scene at the time. You are so measured. If I hadn't stopped him, Xu Tiankai might have been beaten into a maim by your people. You people are really vicious."
"Haha, what can I do? Who told him not to pay back the money? None of our money came from the wind."
When Niu Geng heard Gu Chen's words, he also smiled contemptuously.
I feel that Gu Chen's coming this time is not just because of the debt collectors under him, using violent means to deal with these debtors, right?
The man in the suit was also observing the conversation between Niu Geng and Gu Chen, he couldn't help but interjected:
"Comrade policeman, you have to be considerate of us people. We will get back the money we lent out."
"However, these people have repeatedly defaulted on their debts and often evade our debt collection. It may be that these people under their command were pushed into a hurry, so they didn't control their emotions well and took some aggressive actions."
After a pause, the man in the suit continued: "Of course, when these people come back later, I will educate them well so that they...convince others with virtue."
When the man in the suit uttered the last four words "convincing people with virtue", he obviously increased his expectations, and seemed to be acting strangely.
Gu Chen didn't argue with him, but continued: "To tell you the truth, we came here this time to find out, because Xu Tiankai might be involved in a murder case."
"Therefore, we must understand all those who have debts with Xu Tiankai, and hope that you will truthfully explain the details of your relationship with Xu Tiankai."
"Murder? Is Xu Tiankai involved in a murder?" Hearing what Gu Chen said, the man in the suit frowned, but quickly calmed down and continued:
"However, we just borrow money, no matter what the borrower does. As for the murder case you mentioned, then we don't know much about it."
"Then can you tell us about Xu Tiankai's recent situation?" It seems that it is difficult to ask about Xu Tiankai from these people, but Police Officer Wang still wants to fight for it.
Fortunately, the man in the suit didn't mean to embarrass him, and said truthfully: "We don't have much contact with Xu Tiankai."
"When I first met him, I met him by chance at a wine party."
"Then one day, Xu Tiankai found me according to the business card I gave him that day, and said that he wanted to borrow a sum of money."
"
Of course, I also asked Xu Tiankai, what do you want this money for? I thought he was in business. "
"After all, doing business can generate profits, and we are also very willing to lend to businessmen, because businessmen's funds are constantly flowing, and repayment should not be a big problem."
With a faint sigh, the man in the suit also looked disappointed: "I didn't expect this Xu Tiankai, he actually told me truthfully that he wanted to help his girlfriend."
"He said that his girlfriend owed a debt and needed to repay it, but money was a bit tight for the time being, so he borrowed a sum of money from us as an emergency."
"So he borrowed you 180,000?" Lu Weiwei said.
The man in the suit grinned, shook his right index finger, and corrected: "He only borrowed 100,000 from us, and the other 80,000 is his liquidated damages and interest."
"It's almost doubled. Isn't your interest rate too high?" When he heard the news of huge profits, Police Officer Wang became very uneasy.
But the man in the suit took it easy and said, "That can't be helped, we have an agreement."
"After all, his money is not for commercial purposes, and the risk is high."
"He wants to go to the bank for a loan, but in his situation, it is difficult to obtain the corresponding qualifications. He can only turn to private lending companies like us."
Putting his index fingers together, the man in the suit said solemnly, "Comrade police, you should know that if we take high risks, we must also have high returns. We won't trade at a loss."
"Besides, this thing is what you like, but when the repayment date comes, he has repeatedly breached the contract first. Let's use a little trick to make him pay back the money as soon as possible, isn't that too much?"
"It's wrong to hit someone anyway," Yuan Shasha also reminded.
But Gu Chen is thinking at the moment.
After all, according to what Bao Chen knew about Xu Tiankai, Xu Tiankai would not become an old man.
But now, for his girlfriend Zhou Min, he was in debt everywhere.
But he clearly heard from Xu Tiankai's mouth that Zhou Min had been missing for a long time, and his whereabouts were unknown.
But according to the deceased Liu Yi's friend Peng Yu, at 4:30 pm three days ago, Xu Tiankai was discussing things with Zhou Min.
From this point of view, Xu Tiankai is suspected of lying.
So Gu Chen asked the man in the suit again: "Since you know Xu Tiankai, you might as well tell me, what kind of person is this Xu Tiankai?"
"What kind of person?" Hearing Gu Chen say these words, the man in the suit was taken aback for a moment.
But after a while, the man in the suit also said slowly: "Xu Tiankai, a...a guy who does things recklessly. He seems to have no opinions of his own and is easily swayed by emotions."
"Take the matter of borrowing money. In fact, when he borrowed money, I once persuaded him to think twice, but Xu Tiankai didn't listen."
"He seems determined to borrow money, but I also see that he can't change it at all. Fortunately, he still has a car. If he can't pay back the money, he can buy a car."
"But when the repayment date came, I found out that after he sold his car, he went to repay the previous family's payment, but there was no movement from my side."
With a faint sigh, the man in the suit also said embarrassingly, "So I have no choice but to ask my subordinates to collect debts."
"But this guy is fine, he didn't say a word, his phone was turned off, and he disappeared."
"I sent someone to look for him at his house, but Xu Tiankai's parents didn't know about it either."
Shaking his head, the man in the suit also raised his eyebrows and said, "So, Comrade Police, what do you think I should do? What can I do?"
"Because of this bad debt, I was even severely criticized by our boss Niu. I also rely on performance to make a living."
"That's right." Hearing the assistant's grievances, Niu Geng also said sympathetically, "We are a company, and we want to make a profit. Bad debts mean we have to take a lot of risks."
"Originally, we also provided short-term capital turnover for some small companies, that is, small business owners who are not eligible for bank loans, and earn some interest from it."
"
But if you don’t pay back the money you owe, then we will lose money, and we also have to survive. "
"So Xu Tiankai borrowed money from you in order to pay off his girlfriend's debt?" Although this kind of reason feels strange, after all, what he said is reasonable.
The man in the suit also nodded slightly, and reconfirmed, "That's right, I didn't want to borrow this reason, but it was because everyone knew each other, and Xu Tiankai still had a car at the time."
"Then I thought, let's borrow it, but this guy is not kind, he plays hide-and-seek with me every day, and I'm still looking for him."
"Then can you find him?" Officer Wang asked.
The man in the suit smiled wryly, and said helplessly, "If the police comrades can help find this Xu Tiankai, I ask you to let me know."
After the words fell, the man in the suit also took out his business card, walked up to several people, and skillfully handed out his personal business card to the four of them, explaining:
"This is my business card. If you find Xu Tiankai, please give me a call. The money didn't come from the wind. He should pay it back."
"Okay." Seeing that the other party's words have reached this point, Gu Chen didn't want to make things difficult for him.
So he readily accepted the business card, stood up and said, "Then I'll bother you."
"You're welcome." Seeing how many people were about to leave, the man in the suit said, "How many people should I send?"
"No need." Gu Chen kindly declined, but also greeted Niu Geng before leaving the office.
It was also when Gu Chen and the others left the office, the man in the suit closed the door after confirming that they had left the office, and returned to Niu Geng.
Niu Geng also looked puzzled, and asked, "Are these people really the police?"
"Really." The man in the suit nodded.
Niu Geng gave a "tsk", and said somewhat unclearly: "But this young man named Gu Chen, at such a young age, why is he a third-level police inspector? Or is he the acting deputy director of the Furong Sub-bureau? This guy has someone above him. How about it?"
Originally, there was doubt about Gu Chen's identity, but what the assistant Xiao Hu said also confirmed the situation of Gu Chen saving people that day.
So Xiao Hu, the male assistant in a suit, also said truthfully: "Mr. Niu, it should be true, because the people who taught Xu Tiankai under his hands that day did indeed see it. The policeman named Gu Chen took out his ID as a policeman."
"Forget it." I feel that Gu Chen must be someone who can't be offended. Besides, doing this kind of lending business is walking on the edge of the law.
Niu Geng didn't want to cause trouble, so he waved his hand and told Xiao Hu, the male assistant in a suit, to leave for now.
On Gu Chen's side, after returning to the police car, everyone was lost in thought.
Officer Wang couldn't help but said, "Could it be that our investigation direction is still wrong? Since Zhou Min's disappearance is false, then Xu Tiankai's loan is true."
"It's also possible that Xu Tiankai borrowed 100,000 yuan from Niu Geng's company under the pretext of his girlfriend Zhou Min's disappearance due to debts." Lu Weiwei thought for a while, but then said:
"That's not right, Xu Tiankai borrowed so much money, he will have to pay it back sooner or later."
"Even if Zhou Min's disappearance is fake, or the two of them may be working together to swindle money, doesn't he know that Niu Geng is not easy to mess with?"
"It's true." Yuan Shasha, who was sitting in the back row, also expressed her thoughts after hearing the exchange of several people:
"Is it not easy for this burdock to find Xu Tiankai? Xu Tiankai can escape the monk but not the temple."
"Since he dares to borrow money, then Niu Geng and his gang will definitely find his home."
"And didn't you hear what the man in the suit said just now? His subordinates have indeed been to Xu Tiankai's house, but they just can't find it."
"But if Xu Tiankai intends to cheat the 100,000 yuan, or the current 180,000 yuan, then he has to make a plan and bear the consequences of not even thinking about going home in the future."
"I don't understand." Listening to everyone's narration, Gu Chen also shook his head.
Xin said that Xu Tiankai's mysterious operation is really hard to understand.
But now, the death of Liu Yi and the disappearance of Xu Tiankai and Zhou Min seemed to confirm that they were suspected of murder to a certain extent.
But at least until now, it is difficult for Gu Chen to determine the motive of the murder.
If it was a love killing, it seemed unlikely. Xu Tiankai might not be able to kill a person for Zhou Min's sake.
But what is love killing? At least I have to find Xu Tiankai and Zhou Min first, and then ask about the specific situation.
Now Xu Tiankai and Zhou Min, the two of them seem to have evaporated, which makes Gu Chen a little dizzy.
At least not for now.
Just when Gu Chen was hesitating, He Junchao's phone call suddenly came.
Gu Chen thought that He Junchao might have found the whereabouts of Xu Tiankai and Zhou Min, so he quickly pressed the answer button and asked:
"Senior Brother He, have you found out the whereabouts of Xu Tiankai and Zhou Min?"
"No, it's Xinxin Hotel." He Junchao said on the phone.
"Xinxin Hotel? What's wrong with Xinxin Hotel? We just came out of there." Gu Chen felt baffled.
But He Junchao continued: "It was someone from Xinxin Hotel who reported that a little girl was missing. Now the parents are going crazy, so they called the police."
After a pause, He Junchao said again: "I have asked the nearby police officers to deal with this case, but I was thinking, could it be related to Xu Tiankai and Zhou Min?"
"After all, Xu Tiankai and Zhou Min checked out of Xinxin Hotel early in the morning, just like disappearing from the world."
"And this missing little girl may have disappeared during this period of time, I think..."
"I understand." Before He Junchao finished speaking, Gu Chen answered directly:
"You want us to go over and see if the little girl's disappearance is related to Xu Tiankai and Zhou Min, right?"
"Yes, that's what it means." He Junchao on the phone also said truthfully.
Gu Chen also agreed: "Okay, let's go there."
After the two exchanged a few words, Gu Chen hung up the phone, started the car, and started driving towards Xinxin Hotel.
On the way, Lu Weiwei also asked, "The little girl from Xinxin Hotel is missing?"
"That's right, I don't know the specific situation? Let's go and have a look." Gu Chen, who was driving, also said casually.
Officer Wang said a little worriedly: "Oh, this incident really happened one after another. The whereabouts of Xu Tiankai and Zhou Min have not been found here, and a little girl is missing here."
Several people also complained in the car, and the car soon arrived at Xinxin Hotel.
At this moment, Gu Chen found that the vehicles of Ding Liang and Huang Zunlong were parked at the door.
He should have received a police report from He Junchao and went to deal with it.
So Gu Chen parked the police car behind Ding Liang and Huang Zunlong's vehicles.
After getting off the car, everyone immediately walked towards Xinxin Hotel.
At this moment, there was no one at the front desk, but there seemed to be a noise from upstairs.
Gu Chen and the others didn't delay, and walked directly towards the second floor.
At this moment, in the passageway on the second floor, Gu Chen found a room with light at the door. Ding Liang and Huang Zunlong were standing at the door, as if they were discussing something with the people in the room?
So Gu Chen hurried over to find out the situation.
"Ding Liang, Huang Zunlong." Seeing the two roommates, Gu Chen greeted directly.
"Gu Chen? Why are you here?" Seeing the appearance of Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei, Police Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha, Ding Liang was a little surprised.
And Lu Weiwei quickly explained: "We came here once before to investigate eucalyptus."
"Isn't it? Not long after I left, I heard that a little girl disappeared here."
"Thinking, could it be related to the eucalyptus we're investigating? So I hurried over to have a look."
"So that's the case?" Hearing Lu Weiwei's explanation, Ding Liang also nodded slightly, and then allowed Huang Zunlong to continue negotiating with the couple in the room.
He himself pulled Gu Chen and the others outside.
Through the dark corridor, Ding Liang also explained to Gu Chen and the others: "That is, the parents of this child, who came from other places, originally wanted to come here to join relatives."
"As for their relatives, they work at a construction site. It is inconvenient because they have just arrived in Jiangnan City and they have children with them."
"So, the couple left the 3-year-old girl alone in the hotel."
"Before I left, I bought some food for the little girl, and told her not to run around, especially not to leave the room."
"So?" Listening to Ding Liang's explanation, Gu Chen continued to ask.
Ding Liang also spread his hands, and said helplessly, "So? I don't know what's going on? When the two couples were at a relative's construction site, they had already negotiated with the foreman on their wages, and they planned to move to the construction site to work someday."
"But when I came back, I found that the little daughter who was staying in the hotel room suddenly disappeared."
"The couple, they searched here and there for a long time, and they also asked shopkeepers and passers-by around, but everyone said they didn't see it."
"Is that so?" Listening to Ding Liang's explanation, Gu Chen also reminded, "It's easy to handle, let He Junchao call the surveillance camera and check, maybe we can find the little girl."
"Alas!" Ding Liang felt a little helpless as soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, and explained:
"If He Junchao could find it, he would have called to inform him a long time ago. It can be seen that the surveillance has not caught it."
"Then when exactly did he disappear?" Lu Weiwei said.
"I don't know." Ding Liang shook his head, looked at the crying couple in the room, and then said:
"I heard that these two couples went out early in the morning, and the time to go out was about 5 o'clock in the morning."
"Because their relatives' construction site started early, they had to drive for nearly an hour to get to the construction site."
"So, after the daughter was settled early in the morning, the couple went out, and this was the situation when they came back."
"Aren't these two couples too careless? Two people go out and leave a three-year-old child in the hotel, at least one must be left behind?" Yuan Shasha also felt that the parents were a little careless after listening to Ding Liang's explanation. big.
Xin said that you should leave someone to accompany the child, so that the child will not get lost.
After all, this is also a strange city for this family.
When Ding Liang heard Yuan Shasha's remarks, he quickly explained: "Actually, this couple can't be blamed entirely."
"After all, working on a construction site requires people, so it depends on what you can do?"
"The couple are both skilled workers. If they want the contractor to stay, they have to work on site."
"So the two husbands and wives went to apply for the job today. They both have to show their skills. Who can't tell by mouth?"
"There is no other way, life is difficult, the couple can only leave their children in the room, and then they go to the construction site to apply for jobs."
"Okay, I see." Listening to Ding Liang's explanation, Gu Chen probably understood the reason of the problem.
But turning around, Gu Chen suddenly discovered that the room where the little girl disappeared happened to be adjacent to the room where Xu Tiankai and Zhou Min stayed last night.
The little girl's room is on the left, while Xu Tiankai and Zhou Min's rooms are on the right.
Seeing this scene, Gu Chen frowned slightly, and said in thought, "It can't be such a coincidence, can it?"
After realizing it, Lu Weiwei discovered the clue based on Gu Chen's expression and said, "Eh? The next room, isn't the room where Xu Tiankai and Zhou Min stayed last night?"
"That's right." Yuan Shasha also noticed the problem and couldn't help but look at several people.
Officer Wang stroked the beard on his chin, and asked with a puzzled expression, "Could it be that the disappearance of this little girl is really related to these two people?"
At this moment, there was another burst of crying in the room, and the mother's crying seemed to make her voice hoarse.
Gu Chen frowned, and walked directly into this small room.
At this moment, Huang Zunlong is still taking notes and communicating with the two couples.
On the other side, the middle-aged female receptionist was still standing.
Compared with when Gu Chen met her before, the middle-aged female receptionist at this moment,
His expression was stiff, and he seemed to know that he was in trouble.
"How is it?" Gu Chen asked casually when he walked to Huang Zunlong's side.
Huang Zunlong shook his head, and said a little: "It's difficult? There is no monitoring here, and everyone doesn't know when the little girl got lost?"
"And, so far, He Junchao has not given us any monitoring information."
"I see." Gu Chen had actually questioned the safety of this hotel a long time ago.
Mainly all locations, not even a monitor.
Moreover, the corridor was dim and the vision was poor. Officer Wang almost fell down in the corridor.
Looking at the man in front of him patting his wife's back, Gu Chen stepped forward and asked, "Are you all foreigners?"
"That's right." The man choked up, looked at Gu Chen, and said, "It was originally introduced by a relative, and he came here to find a job."
"But the boss over there said, let's try it early this morning, and if the technology is good, we can stay and work."
"But our husband and wife originally wanted to make more money, so we let the child stay in the hotel so that she would not run around."
Sniffing, the man also regretted and said: "I never thought that the child was lost, I really don't know what to say, I... I should die."
After the words fell, the man actually started to beat himself.
Seeing this, the woman hurriedly stopped her, and the two immediately embraced and wept again.
Seeing this, Lu Weiwei hurriedly comforted her: "I tell you, since you are here to work, the child is too young and should be taken care of at home."
"We think about it too." The woman turned her head to look at Lu Weiwei, who was crying already at this moment, and also choked up and said:
"Originally we wanted the child to stay in the country and let the child's grandmother take care of it, but some time ago, the child's grandmother broke her leg and just came home from the hospital. She can't take care of herself, so how can she take care of the child?"
"I heard from relatives that there is also a kindergarten at the construction site. After thinking about it, my husband and I felt that we should bring our children with us."
"Usually, let the children take care of them in the kindergarten, and let the children stay in the dormitory on the construction site when they come back, so that they can also take care of the children."
Sucking her nose, the woman sighed heavily, and said with a choked voice, "But who would have thought? The child just stayed in this hotel for a short time before he disappeared."
In the end, the woman cried again, and glanced at the middle-aged woman at the front desk, pointing at her and crying:
"It's all your hotel's fault. My child was lost from your hotel. Your hotel accompanied my child..."
The woman cried loudly, heart-piercingly, but her voice was a little hoarse because she had used too much force before.
As for the middle-aged woman at the front desk, she was also confused by the two couples, and she didn't know what to do for a while.
She glanced at Gu Chen and the others, then looked at the couple, and said helplessly:
"How can this be my fault? You left the child in the room yourself."
"Will this kid go out and play by himself? No one can tell? Why did he rely on us?"
"Besides, if you want to talk about responsibility, then you are the biggest responsibility. The two of you brought such a small child with you and left her alone in the hotel."
"What does this little kid know? He might abduct him with a lollipop."
"Wow!"
I also heard the middle-aged female receptionist say that her daughter might be abducted with a lollipop.
It was really difficult for Gu Chen to control the situation, but looking at the mess in the room, he also reminded everyone:
"Everyone, stop arguing. If you can get the child back just by fighting, then I advise you to save yourselves."
"Comrade policeman, what do you say?" The child's father seemed to be doing the same thing now.
It seems that the police are his last straw.
Gu Chen also sighed heavily, looked around, and then said: "
I need to do an inspection of the room, you guys go out first. "
"Okay." Seeing that the police were willing to look for his child, and the middle-aged man stopped messing around, he immediately patted his wife on the back and persuaded him:
"Honey, let's go out first and let the police comrade check it out."
Hearing the words, the woman seemed to have lost the nonsense just now, stood up directly, and walked out of the room with the support of her husband.
Gu Chen said to the middle-aged female receptionist, "You go out too."
"Ah!" Feeling that I am here and can't help with anything, the middle-aged woman at the front desk also sighed and left the room with thoughts.
And Police Officer Wang behind him lowered his chin at Ding Liang and Huang Zunlong, and asked them to go over to appease the couple.
So, in the whole room, only Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei, Police Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha were left in an instant.
Compared with Xu Tiankai and Zhou Min's room next door, this room is obviously bigger in terms of space.
Xu Tiankai and Zhou Min's room next door has a big bed, but this room has two small beds.
So Gu Chen arranged: "Everyone, check and see if there are any suspicious traces at the scene."
"Yeah." Also under Gu Chen's order, Lu Weiwei, Police Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha immediately took out their bright flashlights and searched every corner of the room.
Gu Chen first looked at the trash can. It can be said that the trash can is full of all kinds of snack bags, and the little girl may be a snack.
Gu Chen put on white gloves, squatted down, and began to search for specific information in the trash can.
Generally speaking, if you want to find out doubts and clues from the room, it is actually a good way to find the trash can.
A lot of information can actually be captured from a small trash can.
This is also the first place the police check when they search a hotel room.
Soon, Gu Chen found spicy strips, appetizing peanuts, various French buns, and some candy wrappers in the trash can.
The small trash can is now full to the brim.
Among them, there is no package of ham sausage.
Standing up, Gu Chen began to check the situation at the head of the bed again.
At this time, Lu Weiwei had already come out of the toilet and reported: "Everything in the toilet is normal, and there is no sign of anything wrong."
"I didn't find anything here either?" Yuan Shasha, who checked the ground with Police Officer Wang, also said truthfully.
Gu Chen looked back at the window, and immediately came to the direction of the window.
Find the window position, which is a Siamese structure.
There is a lot of dust, but there are obvious and looming small footprints at the window position.
Gu Chen frowned, quickly took out a bright flashlight, and hit the light source on the window sill.
Seeing this, Lu Weiwei immediately came over with a look of surprise: "Footprints? Such a small footprint, could it be..."
"That's right." Before Lu Weiwei could finish speaking, Gu Chen interrupted:
"This small footprint may have been left by that little girl."
Hearing that Gu Chen had made a discovery, Police Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha immediately put down their inspection work and came to Gu Chen's side.
"Gu Chen, did the little girl climb out of the window?" Officer Wang asked.
"It's possible." Gu Chen was not sure yet, so he pushed the window to the maximum.
Because the windows here have fire safety requirements, no anti-theft nets have been installed.
So windows are screens in addition to glass.
Gu Chen poked his head out, looked left and right, and found that the place below the window sill was very narrow, and there were basically air-conditioning units installed here.
But Gu Chen turned his head and found that there seemed to be some traces of friction on the outer unit of the air conditioner.
It is preliminarily inferred that it is some traces of finger friction.
Seeing this, Gu Chen was startled, after all, the next door is the room of Xu Tiankai and Zhou Min.
"But why are there traces of friction on the external air conditioner between the two rooms? There is only one possibility. The people in the two rooms communicated through the external air conditioner."
"Brother Gu, are you saying that the little girl might have run into the next room from outside?" Yuan Shasha was also surprised when she heard Gu Chen's explanation.
Gu Chen nodded in agreement: "That's right, the small footprints on the window sill and the air conditioner are actually barriers separating the two rooms."
"Besides, the air conditioner has been hung outside for a long time, so there must be a lot of dust on it."
"But now, there are traces of friction on the top of the air conditioner's outer unit. Obviously, this is a human-made action to support the air conditioner's outer unit."
"My God!" Officer Wang also poked his head out and saw the rubbing fingerprints on the outer unit of the air conditioner. Officer Wang couldn't help exclaiming:
"Could it be that this little girl was bored in the room alone, so she opened the window and crawled to other rooms along the narrow space outside?"
After thinking for a while, Police Officer Wang said again immediately: "But... But next door is the room of Xu Tiankai and Zhou Min."
"Could it be that the little girl was taken away by Xu Tiankai and Zhou Min? After all, the two couples set off at 6 in the morning. At that time, Xu Tiankai and Zhou Min next door should still be in the room?" The front desk explained and analyzed the situation at the scene.
At this moment, everyone fell silent at the same time.
Gu Chen didn't think much about it, because it was difficult for adults to climb outside through the window.
At least space does not allow.
But judging from the traces at the scene, the little girl must have climbed out of the window, then walked over the air conditioner outside the air conditioner along the small space by the window, and went to the next area.
Thinking of this, Gu Chen retracted his head and hurried out of the room.
Seeing that the middle-aged female receptionist was shrinking in the corner at the moment, like a big injustice about to lose money, Gu Chen hurriedly reminded: "Please help me open the door of the next room, quickly."
"Uh, just a moment...wait a moment." Although Gu Chen's sudden behavior was not clear, the middle-aged female receptionist turned around and left.
Not long after, the middle-aged female receptionist brought a large bunch of keys and turned the door lock directly.
The door creaked and was pushed open again.
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So he put on airs and said, "This...Gu Ju, right? You said you want to talk to me about business, that's fine, let's talk about business."
Sitting back on his swivel chair, Niu Geng raised Erlang's legs and said with some disdain: "By the way, what business do you have to discuss with Niu and others?"
"Xu Tiankai, do you know this person?" Gu Chen said.
Niu Geng frowned slightly, and thoughtfully said: "Xu Tiankai? What does he do?"
"You don't know Xu Tiankai?" Lu Weiwei felt puzzled.
But Niu Geng also seemed to be confused, so he picked up his mobile phone and interrupted everyone: "Wait a minute."
After a while, Niu Geng dialed the phone and simply said "you come to my office" on the phone, and then hung up the phone.
Seeing the four policemen in front of him staring at him, Niu Geng grinned and explained to everyone:
"Sorry, I have a lot of business sectors here, and I don't know which business sector you are talking about. When I ask my assistant to come over, he will know better."
Just as Niu Geng was talking with everyone, a man in a suit just walked into the room.
When he saw the four policemen, the man seemed not surprised, and walked directly in the direction of Niu Geng.
"Boss Niu, are you looking for me?" the man in the suit said.
"Little Hu, who is Xu Tiankai?" Niu Geng said, taking a puff of his cigar.
The man in the suit grinned: "A person who has a loan relationship with us, Xiaohu."
"That's our borrower?" Niu Geng raised his eyebrows and said.
The man in the suit nodded silently: "Yes."
"That's good." Seeing that the assistant knew the ins and outs of the matter, Niu Geng held the cigar in his left hand and gestured to Gu Chen and the others:
"Tell them about it."
"Okay." The man in the suit said very little, then turned around and faced Gu Chen and the others.
It was only then that Gu Chen discovered that this thin man in a suit had colorful tattoos on his neck, which didn't seem to match his suit attire.
The man has a cropped head, and there seems to be a knife scar at the corner of his eye.
The whole person gives people a cold look, looking like a ruthless person.
The man also looked at Gu Chen and asked, "Who are you?"
"We are from the Furong branch," Yuan Shasha explained.
Lu Weiwei also hurriedly agreed: "I came here this time to learn about Xu Tiankai's situation with you, and I hope you can tell us."
"Huh!" Hearing the two people's words, the man in the suit just snorted softly, and said with some disdain:
"What do you want to know?"
"About Xu Tiankai, did he borrow some money from you?" Gu Chen said.
The man in the suit nodded slightly: "Excuse me."
"How much?" Officer Wang asked.
The man in the suit slowly raised his right hand, gestured at the number with his fingers, and said, "180,000."
"So much?" Lu Weiwei was taken aback.
But Gu Chen hurriedly asked: "Did he tell you what the purpose of borrowing this money is?"
The man in the suit snorted and said slowly, "For users who borrow money, there are only a few situations."
"Either the company's cash flow is poor and it needs money urgently, or it is in debt and needs to tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall."
"And this Xu Tiankai seems to be borrowing money from his girlfriend to pay off his debts, right? I still remember that's what this guy said."
After thinking about it, the man in the suit forced a smile and said, "At that time I laughed at him as a lover."
Hearing that the man in a suit said something, Gu Chen and his colleagues looked at each other, feeling that it was true.
The man in the suit looked at the people and said with a smile, "However, this Xu Tiankai has already reached the repayment date, and he still hasn't fulfilled his repayment obligation."
"So you sent people to violently collect debts? Let a few debt collectors beat Xu Tiankai violently in the alley?" Gu Chen also casually said what he saw that day.
But at this moment, the man in the suit was stunned, and replied to Gu Chen seriously:
"how do you know?"
After thinking about it, the man in the suit came to his senses, and said with a smile, "So, you are the policeman who helped Xu Tiankai that day?"
"I heard that there was a policeman helping Xu Tiankai. Could it be you?"
"That's right." Gu Chen didn't hide it, and said straight to the point: "Xu Tiankai's family lives near my house, and I happened to meet that day."
"Your people are really ruthless in their attacks. Are you trying to beat him to death? Are you trying to beat him to death?"
It was also when Xiao Hu, a male assistant in a suit, verified Gu Chen's identity as a police officer. Niu Geng, who had been watching the show, was surprised and quickly explained:
"Haha, that's not true. It's just that this kid robbed the money and refused to pay it back. We also sent people to collect the debt."
"It may be that the subordinates have a bad temper, and this guy has been avoiding debts. Therefore, the subordinates lost their temper for a while and beat up this man named Xu Tiankai."
After finishing speaking, Niu Geng took another puff of his cigar, and then said slowly, "But don't worry, we won't kill the borrower, he owes us money."
"If we kill those who owe money, who do we ask for money? Our people should know how to deal with it."
"Know how to measure?" He also heard Niu Geng's words about beating people so fresh and refined, Gu Chen also refuted on the spot, and said in a bad mood:
"I was at the scene at the time. You are so measured. If I hadn't stopped him, Xu Tiankai might have been beaten into a maim by your people. You people are really vicious."
"Haha, what can I do? Who told him not to pay back the money? None of our money came from the wind."
When Niu Geng heard Gu Chen's words, he also smiled contemptuously.
I feel that Gu Chen's coming this time is not just because of the debt collectors under him, using violent means to deal with these debtors, right?
The man in the suit was also observing the conversation between Niu Geng and Gu Chen, he couldn't help but interjected:
"Comrade policeman, you have to be considerate of us people. We will get back the money we lent out."
"However, these people have repeatedly defaulted on their debts and often evade our debt collection. It may be that these people under their command were pushed into a hurry, so they didn't control their emotions well and took some aggressive actions."
After a pause, the man in the suit continued: "Of course, when these people come back later, I will educate them well so that they...convince others with virtue."
When the man in the suit uttered the last four words "convincing people with virtue", he obviously increased his expectations, and seemed to be acting strangely.
Gu Chen didn't argue with him, but continued: "To tell you the truth, we came here this time to find out, because Xu Tiankai might be involved in a murder case."
"Therefore, we must understand all those who have debts with Xu Tiankai, and hope that you will truthfully explain the details of your relationship with Xu Tiankai."
"Murder? Is Xu Tiankai involved in a murder?" Hearing what Gu Chen said, the man in the suit frowned, but quickly calmed down and continued:
"However, we just borrow money, no matter what the borrower does. As for the murder case you mentioned, then we don't know much about it."
"Then can you tell us about Xu Tiankai's recent situation?" It seems that it is difficult to ask about Xu Tiankai from these people, but Police Officer Wang still wants to fight for it.
Fortunately, the man in the suit didn't mean to embarrass him, and said truthfully: "We don't have much contact with Xu Tiankai."
"When I first met him, I met him by chance at a wine party."
"Then one day, Xu Tiankai found me according to the business card I gave him that day, and said that he wanted to borrow a sum of money."
"
Of course, I also asked Xu Tiankai, what do you want this money for? I thought he was in business. "
"After all, doing business can generate profits, and we are also very willing to lend to businessmen, because businessmen's funds are constantly flowing, and repayment should not be a big problem."
With a faint sigh, the man in the suit also looked disappointed: "I didn't expect this Xu Tiankai, he actually told me truthfully that he wanted to help his girlfriend."
"He said that his girlfriend owed a debt and needed to repay it, but money was a bit tight for the time being, so he borrowed a sum of money from us as an emergency."
"So he borrowed you 180,000?" Lu Weiwei said.
The man in the suit grinned, shook his right index finger, and corrected: "He only borrowed 100,000 from us, and the other 80,000 is his liquidated damages and interest."
"It's almost doubled. Isn't your interest rate too high?" When he heard the news of huge profits, Police Officer Wang became very uneasy.
But the man in the suit took it easy and said, "That can't be helped, we have an agreement."
"After all, his money is not for commercial purposes, and the risk is high."
"He wants to go to the bank for a loan, but in his situation, it is difficult to obtain the corresponding qualifications. He can only turn to private lending companies like us."
Putting his index fingers together, the man in the suit said solemnly, "Comrade police, you should know that if we take high risks, we must also have high returns. We won't trade at a loss."
"Besides, this thing is what you like, but when the repayment date comes, he has repeatedly breached the contract first. Let's use a little trick to make him pay back the money as soon as possible, isn't that too much?"
"It's wrong to hit someone anyway," Yuan Shasha also reminded.
But Gu Chen is thinking at the moment.
After all, according to what Bao Chen knew about Xu Tiankai, Xu Tiankai would not become an old man.
But now, for his girlfriend Zhou Min, he was in debt everywhere.
But he clearly heard from Xu Tiankai's mouth that Zhou Min had been missing for a long time, and his whereabouts were unknown.
But according to the deceased Liu Yi's friend Peng Yu, at 4:30 pm three days ago, Xu Tiankai was discussing things with Zhou Min.
From this point of view, Xu Tiankai is suspected of lying.
So Gu Chen asked the man in the suit again: "Since you know Xu Tiankai, you might as well tell me, what kind of person is this Xu Tiankai?"
"What kind of person?" Hearing Gu Chen say these words, the man in the suit was taken aback for a moment.
But after a while, the man in the suit also said slowly: "Xu Tiankai, a...a guy who does things recklessly. He seems to have no opinions of his own and is easily swayed by emotions."
"Take the matter of borrowing money. In fact, when he borrowed money, I once persuaded him to think twice, but Xu Tiankai didn't listen."
"He seems determined to borrow money, but I also see that he can't change it at all. Fortunately, he still has a car. If he can't pay back the money, he can buy a car."
"But when the repayment date came, I found out that after he sold his car, he went to repay the previous family's payment, but there was no movement from my side."
With a faint sigh, the man in the suit also said embarrassingly, "So I have no choice but to ask my subordinates to collect debts."
"But this guy is fine, he didn't say a word, his phone was turned off, and he disappeared."
"I sent someone to look for him at his house, but Xu Tiankai's parents didn't know about it either."
Shaking his head, the man in the suit also raised his eyebrows and said, "So, Comrade Police, what do you think I should do? What can I do?"
"Because of this bad debt, I was even severely criticized by our boss Niu. I also rely on performance to make a living."
"That's right." Hearing the assistant's grievances, Niu Geng also said sympathetically, "We are a company, and we want to make a profit. Bad debts mean we have to take a lot of risks."
"Originally, we also provided short-term capital turnover for some small companies, that is, small business owners who are not eligible for bank loans, and earn some interest from it."
"
But if you don’t pay back the money you owe, then we will lose money, and we also have to survive. "
"So Xu Tiankai borrowed money from you in order to pay off his girlfriend's debt?" Although this kind of reason feels strange, after all, what he said is reasonable.
The man in the suit also nodded slightly, and reconfirmed, "That's right, I didn't want to borrow this reason, but it was because everyone knew each other, and Xu Tiankai still had a car at the time."
"Then I thought, let's borrow it, but this guy is not kind, he plays hide-and-seek with me every day, and I'm still looking for him."
"Then can you find him?" Officer Wang asked.
The man in the suit smiled wryly, and said helplessly, "If the police comrades can help find this Xu Tiankai, I ask you to let me know."
After the words fell, the man in the suit also took out his business card, walked up to several people, and skillfully handed out his personal business card to the four of them, explaining:
"This is my business card. If you find Xu Tiankai, please give me a call. The money didn't come from the wind. He should pay it back."
"Okay." Seeing that the other party's words have reached this point, Gu Chen didn't want to make things difficult for him.
So he readily accepted the business card, stood up and said, "Then I'll bother you."
"You're welcome." Seeing how many people were about to leave, the man in the suit said, "How many people should I send?"
"No need." Gu Chen kindly declined, but also greeted Niu Geng before leaving the office.
It was also when Gu Chen and the others left the office, the man in the suit closed the door after confirming that they had left the office, and returned to Niu Geng.
Niu Geng also looked puzzled, and asked, "Are these people really the police?"
"Really." The man in the suit nodded.
Niu Geng gave a "tsk", and said somewhat unclearly: "But this young man named Gu Chen, at such a young age, why is he a third-level police inspector? Or is he the acting deputy director of the Furong Sub-bureau? This guy has someone above him. How about it?"
Originally, there was doubt about Gu Chen's identity, but what the assistant Xiao Hu said also confirmed the situation of Gu Chen saving people that day.
So Xiao Hu, the male assistant in a suit, also said truthfully: "Mr. Niu, it should be true, because the people who taught Xu Tiankai under his hands that day did indeed see it. The policeman named Gu Chen took out his ID as a policeman."
"Forget it." I feel that Gu Chen must be someone who can't be offended. Besides, doing this kind of lending business is walking on the edge of the law.
Niu Geng didn't want to cause trouble, so he waved his hand and told Xiao Hu, the male assistant in a suit, to leave for now.
On Gu Chen's side, after returning to the police car, everyone was lost in thought.
Officer Wang couldn't help but said, "Could it be that our investigation direction is still wrong? Since Zhou Min's disappearance is false, then Xu Tiankai's loan is true."
"It's also possible that Xu Tiankai borrowed 100,000 yuan from Niu Geng's company under the pretext of his girlfriend Zhou Min's disappearance due to debts." Lu Weiwei thought for a while, but then said:
"That's not right, Xu Tiankai borrowed so much money, he will have to pay it back sooner or later."
"Even if Zhou Min's disappearance is fake, or the two of them may be working together to swindle money, doesn't he know that Niu Geng is not easy to mess with?"
"It's true." Yuan Shasha, who was sitting in the back row, also expressed her thoughts after hearing the exchange of several people:
"Is it not easy for this burdock to find Xu Tiankai? Xu Tiankai can escape the monk but not the temple."
"Since he dares to borrow money, then Niu Geng and his gang will definitely find his home."
"And didn't you hear what the man in the suit said just now? His subordinates have indeed been to Xu Tiankai's house, but they just can't find it."
"But if Xu Tiankai intends to cheat the 100,000 yuan, or the current 180,000 yuan, then he has to make a plan and bear the consequences of not even thinking about going home in the future."
"I don't understand." Listening to everyone's narration, Gu Chen also shook his head.
Xin said that Xu Tiankai's mysterious operation is really hard to understand.
But now, the death of Liu Yi and the disappearance of Xu Tiankai and Zhou Min seemed to confirm that they were suspected of murder to a certain extent.
But at least until now, it is difficult for Gu Chen to determine the motive of the murder.
If it was a love killing, it seemed unlikely. Xu Tiankai might not be able to kill a person for Zhou Min's sake.
But what is love killing? At least I have to find Xu Tiankai and Zhou Min first, and then ask about the specific situation.
Now Xu Tiankai and Zhou Min, the two of them seem to have evaporated, which makes Gu Chen a little dizzy.
At least not for now.
Just when Gu Chen was hesitating, He Junchao's phone call suddenly came.
Gu Chen thought that He Junchao might have found the whereabouts of Xu Tiankai and Zhou Min, so he quickly pressed the answer button and asked:
"Senior Brother He, have you found out the whereabouts of Xu Tiankai and Zhou Min?"
"No, it's Xinxin Hotel." He Junchao said on the phone.
"Xinxin Hotel? What's wrong with Xinxin Hotel? We just came out of there." Gu Chen felt baffled.
But He Junchao continued: "It was someone from Xinxin Hotel who reported that a little girl was missing. Now the parents are going crazy, so they called the police."
After a pause, He Junchao said again: "I have asked the nearby police officers to deal with this case, but I was thinking, could it be related to Xu Tiankai and Zhou Min?"
"After all, Xu Tiankai and Zhou Min checked out of Xinxin Hotel early in the morning, just like disappearing from the world."
"And this missing little girl may have disappeared during this period of time, I think..."
"I understand." Before He Junchao finished speaking, Gu Chen answered directly:
"You want us to go over and see if the little girl's disappearance is related to Xu Tiankai and Zhou Min, right?"
"Yes, that's what it means." He Junchao on the phone also said truthfully.
Gu Chen also agreed: "Okay, let's go there."
After the two exchanged a few words, Gu Chen hung up the phone, started the car, and started driving towards Xinxin Hotel.
On the way, Lu Weiwei also asked, "The little girl from Xinxin Hotel is missing?"
"That's right, I don't know the specific situation? Let's go and have a look." Gu Chen, who was driving, also said casually.
Officer Wang said a little worriedly: "Oh, this incident really happened one after another. The whereabouts of Xu Tiankai and Zhou Min have not been found here, and a little girl is missing here."
Several people also complained in the car, and the car soon arrived at Xinxin Hotel.
At this moment, Gu Chen found that the vehicles of Ding Liang and Huang Zunlong were parked at the door.
He should have received a police report from He Junchao and went to deal with it.
So Gu Chen parked the police car behind Ding Liang and Huang Zunlong's vehicles.
After getting off the car, everyone immediately walked towards Xinxin Hotel.
At this moment, there was no one at the front desk, but there seemed to be a noise from upstairs.
Gu Chen and the others didn't delay, and walked directly towards the second floor.
At this moment, in the passageway on the second floor, Gu Chen found a room with light at the door. Ding Liang and Huang Zunlong were standing at the door, as if they were discussing something with the people in the room?
So Gu Chen hurried over to find out the situation.
"Ding Liang, Huang Zunlong." Seeing the two roommates, Gu Chen greeted directly.
"Gu Chen? Why are you here?" Seeing the appearance of Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei, Police Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha, Ding Liang was a little surprised.
And Lu Weiwei quickly explained: "We came here once before to investigate eucalyptus."
"Isn't it? Not long after I left, I heard that a little girl disappeared here."
"Thinking, could it be related to the eucalyptus we're investigating? So I hurried over to have a look."
"So that's the case?" Hearing Lu Weiwei's explanation, Ding Liang also nodded slightly, and then allowed Huang Zunlong to continue negotiating with the couple in the room.
He himself pulled Gu Chen and the others outside.
Through the dark corridor, Ding Liang also explained to Gu Chen and the others: "That is, the parents of this child, who came from other places, originally wanted to come here to join relatives."
"As for their relatives, they work at a construction site. It is inconvenient because they have just arrived in Jiangnan City and they have children with them."
"So, the couple left the 3-year-old girl alone in the hotel."
"Before I left, I bought some food for the little girl, and told her not to run around, especially not to leave the room."
"So?" Listening to Ding Liang's explanation, Gu Chen continued to ask.
Ding Liang also spread his hands, and said helplessly, "So? I don't know what's going on? When the two couples were at a relative's construction site, they had already negotiated with the foreman on their wages, and they planned to move to the construction site to work someday."
"But when I came back, I found that the little daughter who was staying in the hotel room suddenly disappeared."
"The couple, they searched here and there for a long time, and they also asked shopkeepers and passers-by around, but everyone said they didn't see it."
"Is that so?" Listening to Ding Liang's explanation, Gu Chen also reminded, "It's easy to handle, let He Junchao call the surveillance camera and check, maybe we can find the little girl."
"Alas!" Ding Liang felt a little helpless as soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, and explained:
"If He Junchao could find it, he would have called to inform him a long time ago. It can be seen that the surveillance has not caught it."
"Then when exactly did he disappear?" Lu Weiwei said.
"I don't know." Ding Liang shook his head, looked at the crying couple in the room, and then said:
"I heard that these two couples went out early in the morning, and the time to go out was about 5 o'clock in the morning."
"Because their relatives' construction site started early, they had to drive for nearly an hour to get to the construction site."
"So, after the daughter was settled early in the morning, the couple went out, and this was the situation when they came back."
"Aren't these two couples too careless? Two people go out and leave a three-year-old child in the hotel, at least one must be left behind?" Yuan Shasha also felt that the parents were a little careless after listening to Ding Liang's explanation. big.
Xin said that you should leave someone to accompany the child, so that the child will not get lost.
After all, this is also a strange city for this family.
When Ding Liang heard Yuan Shasha's remarks, he quickly explained: "Actually, this couple can't be blamed entirely."
"After all, working on a construction site requires people, so it depends on what you can do?"
"The couple are both skilled workers. If they want the contractor to stay, they have to work on site."
"So the two husbands and wives went to apply for the job today. They both have to show their skills. Who can't tell by mouth?"
"There is no other way, life is difficult, the couple can only leave their children in the room, and then they go to the construction site to apply for jobs."
"Okay, I see." Listening to Ding Liang's explanation, Gu Chen probably understood the reason of the problem.
But turning around, Gu Chen suddenly discovered that the room where the little girl disappeared happened to be adjacent to the room where Xu Tiankai and Zhou Min stayed last night.
The little girl's room is on the left, while Xu Tiankai and Zhou Min's rooms are on the right.
Seeing this scene, Gu Chen frowned slightly, and said in thought, "It can't be such a coincidence, can it?"
After realizing it, Lu Weiwei discovered the clue based on Gu Chen's expression and said, "Eh? The next room, isn't the room where Xu Tiankai and Zhou Min stayed last night?"
"That's right." Yuan Shasha also noticed the problem and couldn't help but look at several people.
Officer Wang stroked the beard on his chin, and asked with a puzzled expression, "Could it be that the disappearance of this little girl is really related to these two people?"
At this moment, there was another burst of crying in the room, and the mother's crying seemed to make her voice hoarse.
Gu Chen frowned, and walked directly into this small room.
At this moment, Huang Zunlong is still taking notes and communicating with the two couples.
On the other side, the middle-aged female receptionist was still standing.
Compared with when Gu Chen met her before, the middle-aged female receptionist at this moment,
His expression was stiff, and he seemed to know that he was in trouble.
"How is it?" Gu Chen asked casually when he walked to Huang Zunlong's side.
Huang Zunlong shook his head, and said a little: "It's difficult? There is no monitoring here, and everyone doesn't know when the little girl got lost?"
"And, so far, He Junchao has not given us any monitoring information."
"I see." Gu Chen had actually questioned the safety of this hotel a long time ago.
Mainly all locations, not even a monitor.
Moreover, the corridor was dim and the vision was poor. Officer Wang almost fell down in the corridor.
Looking at the man in front of him patting his wife's back, Gu Chen stepped forward and asked, "Are you all foreigners?"
"That's right." The man choked up, looked at Gu Chen, and said, "It was originally introduced by a relative, and he came here to find a job."
"But the boss over there said, let's try it early this morning, and if the technology is good, we can stay and work."
"But our husband and wife originally wanted to make more money, so we let the child stay in the hotel so that she would not run around."
Sniffing, the man also regretted and said: "I never thought that the child was lost, I really don't know what to say, I... I should die."
After the words fell, the man actually started to beat himself.
Seeing this, the woman hurriedly stopped her, and the two immediately embraced and wept again.
Seeing this, Lu Weiwei hurriedly comforted her: "I tell you, since you are here to work, the child is too young and should be taken care of at home."
"We think about it too." The woman turned her head to look at Lu Weiwei, who was crying already at this moment, and also choked up and said:
"Originally we wanted the child to stay in the country and let the child's grandmother take care of it, but some time ago, the child's grandmother broke her leg and just came home from the hospital. She can't take care of herself, so how can she take care of the child?"
"I heard from relatives that there is also a kindergarten at the construction site. After thinking about it, my husband and I felt that we should bring our children with us."
"Usually, let the children take care of them in the kindergarten, and let the children stay in the dormitory on the construction site when they come back, so that they can also take care of the children."
Sucking her nose, the woman sighed heavily, and said with a choked voice, "But who would have thought? The child just stayed in this hotel for a short time before he disappeared."
In the end, the woman cried again, and glanced at the middle-aged woman at the front desk, pointing at her and crying:
"It's all your hotel's fault. My child was lost from your hotel. Your hotel accompanied my child..."
The woman cried loudly, heart-piercingly, but her voice was a little hoarse because she had used too much force before.
As for the middle-aged woman at the front desk, she was also confused by the two couples, and she didn't know what to do for a while.
She glanced at Gu Chen and the others, then looked at the couple, and said helplessly:
"How can this be my fault? You left the child in the room yourself."
"Will this kid go out and play by himself? No one can tell? Why did he rely on us?"
"Besides, if you want to talk about responsibility, then you are the biggest responsibility. The two of you brought such a small child with you and left her alone in the hotel."
"What does this little kid know? He might abduct him with a lollipop."
"Wow!"
I also heard the middle-aged female receptionist say that her daughter might be abducted with a lollipop.
It was really difficult for Gu Chen to control the situation, but looking at the mess in the room, he also reminded everyone:
"Everyone, stop arguing. If you can get the child back just by fighting, then I advise you to save yourselves."
"Comrade policeman, what do you say?" The child's father seemed to be doing the same thing now.
It seems that the police are his last straw.
Gu Chen also sighed heavily, looked around, and then said: "
I need to do an inspection of the room, you guys go out first. "
"Okay." Seeing that the police were willing to look for his child, and the middle-aged man stopped messing around, he immediately patted his wife on the back and persuaded him:
"Honey, let's go out first and let the police comrade check it out."
Hearing the words, the woman seemed to have lost the nonsense just now, stood up directly, and walked out of the room with the support of her husband.
Gu Chen said to the middle-aged female receptionist, "You go out too."
"Ah!" Feeling that I am here and can't help with anything, the middle-aged woman at the front desk also sighed and left the room with thoughts.
And Police Officer Wang behind him lowered his chin at Ding Liang and Huang Zunlong, and asked them to go over to appease the couple.
So, in the whole room, only Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei, Police Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha were left in an instant.
Compared with Xu Tiankai and Zhou Min's room next door, this room is obviously bigger in terms of space.
Xu Tiankai and Zhou Min's room next door has a big bed, but this room has two small beds.
So Gu Chen arranged: "Everyone, check and see if there are any suspicious traces at the scene."
"Yeah." Also under Gu Chen's order, Lu Weiwei, Police Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha immediately took out their bright flashlights and searched every corner of the room.
Gu Chen first looked at the trash can. It can be said that the trash can is full of all kinds of snack bags, and the little girl may be a snack.
Gu Chen put on white gloves, squatted down, and began to search for specific information in the trash can.
Generally speaking, if you want to find out doubts and clues from the room, it is actually a good way to find the trash can.
A lot of information can actually be captured from a small trash can.
This is also the first place the police check when they search a hotel room.
Soon, Gu Chen found spicy strips, appetizing peanuts, various French buns, and some candy wrappers in the trash can.
The small trash can is now full to the brim.
Among them, there is no package of ham sausage.
Standing up, Gu Chen began to check the situation at the head of the bed again.
At this time, Lu Weiwei had already come out of the toilet and reported: "Everything in the toilet is normal, and there is no sign of anything wrong."
"I didn't find anything here either?" Yuan Shasha, who checked the ground with Police Officer Wang, also said truthfully.
Gu Chen looked back at the window, and immediately came to the direction of the window.
Find the window position, which is a Siamese structure.
There is a lot of dust, but there are obvious and looming small footprints at the window position.
Gu Chen frowned, quickly took out a bright flashlight, and hit the light source on the window sill.
Seeing this, Lu Weiwei immediately came over with a look of surprise: "Footprints? Such a small footprint, could it be..."
"That's right." Before Lu Weiwei could finish speaking, Gu Chen interrupted:
"This small footprint may have been left by that little girl."
Hearing that Gu Chen had made a discovery, Police Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha immediately put down their inspection work and came to Gu Chen's side.
"Gu Chen, did the little girl climb out of the window?" Officer Wang asked.
"It's possible." Gu Chen was not sure yet, so he pushed the window to the maximum.
Because the windows here have fire safety requirements, no anti-theft nets have been installed.
So windows are screens in addition to glass.
Gu Chen poked his head out, looked left and right, and found that the place below the window sill was very narrow, and there were basically air-conditioning units installed here.
But Gu Chen turned his head and found that there seemed to be some traces of friction on the outer unit of the air conditioner.
It is preliminarily inferred that it is some traces of finger friction.
Seeing this, Gu Chen was startled, after all, the next door is the room of Xu Tiankai and Zhou Min.
"But why are there traces of friction on the external air conditioner between the two rooms? There is only one possibility. The people in the two rooms communicated through the external air conditioner."
"Brother Gu, are you saying that the little girl might have run into the next room from outside?" Yuan Shasha was also surprised when she heard Gu Chen's explanation.
Gu Chen nodded in agreement: "That's right, the small footprints on the window sill and the air conditioner are actually barriers separating the two rooms."
"Besides, the air conditioner has been hung outside for a long time, so there must be a lot of dust on it."
"But now, there are traces of friction on the top of the air conditioner's outer unit. Obviously, this is a human-made action to support the air conditioner's outer unit."
"My God!" Officer Wang also poked his head out and saw the rubbing fingerprints on the outer unit of the air conditioner. Officer Wang couldn't help exclaiming:
"Could it be that this little girl was bored in the room alone, so she opened the window and crawled to other rooms along the narrow space outside?"
After thinking for a while, Police Officer Wang said again immediately: "But... But next door is the room of Xu Tiankai and Zhou Min."
"Could it be that the little girl was taken away by Xu Tiankai and Zhou Min? After all, the two couples set off at 6 in the morning. At that time, Xu Tiankai and Zhou Min next door should still be in the room?" The front desk explained and analyzed the situation at the scene.
At this moment, everyone fell silent at the same time.
Gu Chen didn't think much about it, because it was difficult for adults to climb outside through the window.
At least space does not allow.
But judging from the traces at the scene, the little girl must have climbed out of the window, then walked over the air conditioner outside the air conditioner along the small space by the window, and went to the next area.
Thinking of this, Gu Chen retracted his head and hurried out of the room.
Seeing that the middle-aged female receptionist was shrinking in the corner at the moment, like a big injustice about to lose money, Gu Chen hurriedly reminded: "Please help me open the door of the next room, quickly."
"Uh, just a moment...wait a moment." Although Gu Chen's sudden behavior was not clear, the middle-aged female receptionist turned around and left.
Not long after, the middle-aged female receptionist brought a large bunch of keys and turned the door lock directly.
The door creaked and was pushed open again.
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