Chapter 65 Lost Contact
Bang, bang, bang.
There was a rapid knock on the door, and there seemed to be a sound of equipment falling in the room.
The man looked anxious as he looked at a woman in her 50s beside him. The woman was still gasping for breath. It was obvious that she was exhausted from climbing the stairs so quickly.
"Aunt, are Haicheng and his wife home? Or did they go out to celebrate Valentine's Day yesterday?"
When the woman saw that no one opened the door, she became anxious and stuttered in panic.
"I... I don't know. That's not right... It was around seven in the morning. Zhang Xin went to send her child to kindergarten. I leaned out the window and saw them. Xiaobao even waved at me. He should have... should have gone to work. Why did you come to their house to look for them?"
"We made an appointment yesterday. Haicheng and I are going to meet this morning. I will meet with Qinjian Group at noon. All the design drafts are with him. I waited until nine o'clock but didn't see anyone. No one answered the phone, so I came here. Don't you have the key to their house?"
The woman shook her head.
"I just moved from the village to the first floor of Unit 3. It's too high here so I don't usually come here. The kids sometimes stay with me at night and I pick them up when they come back, so I don't usually leave them the key. Mingliang, is there anything wrong with my Haicheng?"
The man tried his best to smile and patted the old lady on the back. He felt that what he had just said was a little worrying.
"Don't worry, Auntie. I'll go ask other colleagues to see if Haicheng has gone to Qinjian Group first. You go home and wait for a call. If not, I'll come over later."
The woman nodded and waved her hand quickly.
"Go quickly, I'll go downstairs and ask the guard too. There aren't many people living in this community, most of them are renovating their homes. He knows my Haicheng."
As they talked, the two entered the corridor and ran downstairs.
The man dialed a number and just as he reached his car, the call was connected.
"Engineer Wang, it's almost ten o'clock. You haven't contacted Engineer Wen yet? Mr. Chen has urged us twice. I see he's getting mad at Xiao Huang and the others!"
"Don't worry, Xiao Qin, please contact Qinjian Group to see if Wen Haicheng went there directly?"
"I just called, and the person at Qinjian Group didn't see Engineer Wen's car, and none of our people went there."
Wang Mingliang paused and thought, "Oh, the car! How could I have forgotten about this?"
After looking around, he saw a black Passat parked in a parking space on the east side. When he saw the license plate number, Wang Mingliang's heart skipped a beat.
This is Wen Haicheng’s car, and his car is at home!
Controlling the tension in his heart, Wang Mingliang suddenly thought of something and asked quickly:
"Oh, by the way, I remember you demonstrated yesterday that our new iPhone 4 can show real-time location. Didn't you use Wen Haicheng's phone as a sample to search? Can you check where his phone is now? I just called but no one answered."
"Engineer Wang, please wait a moment. I can check it now. I just logged in yesterday and I didn't delete the information... I found it. Isn't this the home of Engineer Wen?"
Wang Mingliang was stunned, not sure what he heard.
"Tell me again, where is it?"
"Is it the Xinhuayuan community next to Xinhua Village on the beach? I took a screenshot and sent it to you on QQ. Please check if the location is correct."
As his cell phone vibrated, Wang Mingliang quickly opened QQ. The screenshot location was right under his feet, and a bad premonition spread throughout his body.
I'm at home and no one answers the phone. This... isn't this a problem?
Thinking of this, Wang Mingliang clicked on the dial-up page tremblingly, controlling the trembling of his lips.
"Hello, is this 110? I want to call the police. Two of my colleagues are missing and their families can't get in touch with them. However, their cell phones are located at home and their mother can't open the door. I'm worried something has happened to them. Please come and take a look. The address is..."
…
Forty minutes later.
Zhou Ning opened the car door and got out. Da Zhao followed him, muttering something, opened the trunk, carried two boxes, and staggered behind Zhou Ning.
"This guy just celebrated Valentine's Day yesterday, and he's here to work today. It's Chinese New Year and the 15th day is not even off. This criminal really has no holidays and doesn't even know how to take a break."
Xu Dayuan glanced at him, and Zhao Xinli shut up instantly, moving slightly sideways and hiding beside Zhou Ning.
However, due to his size, Zhou Ning could only block half of it.
"Your mouth can do both good and bad things. Can you avoid work by complaining? Besides, no matter how much you memorize, it is better to do it in practice. This can make you improve more than memorizing any amount of books."
Xu Dayuan glanced at him again and kept nodding at Zhou Ning.
"Comrade Zhou Xiaozhou is right."
Da Zhao burst out laughing, and the policemen behind him also laughed.
"Xu Da, you are the first to call people nicknames. You don't feel tired even if you say one more word."
Xu Dayuan glared.
"Don't be so disrespectful. I think Zhou Xiao Zhou sounds good. Come upstairs with me without further ado."
"Which floor?"
"Seventh floor."
"The seventh floor? Oh, don't hit my head. If you hit me, I won't be able to memorize the books. Will you be responsible if I fail the exam?"
Da Zhao was shouting all the way, but Zhou Ning was not so relaxed. After all, Xu Dayuan asked a lot of questions on the way here, but the useful information provided by Zhu from the Port Police Station was very limited. He only knew that there was a male death and an injured woman who was sent to the hospital, but he knew nothing else.
So Zhou Ning didn't ask any more questions. He could only wait and see what would happen.
As soon as I reached the seventh floor, I saw a lot of policemen in the corridor. Chief Zhu was also there, smiling and shaking hands with Xu Dayuan.
"Xu Da is here, come and wish you a happy old age!"
Xu Dayuan smiled and didn't respond. He glanced at the door of the east house on the seventh floor, looked at the messy crowd, and his brows slowly frowned.
“Have you all been to the scene?”
A trace of embarrassment flashed across Zhu Suo's face.
"The situation was special at the time, and we didn't know there was a death. A designer from the East China Design Institute called the police, saying that his colleague Wen Haicheng and his wife couldn't find him. They located the location of a foreign mobile phone, which they said was accurate. The phone was at home, but the person couldn't be found, so they wanted to break into the house to check.
The mother of the deceased was also there. She said that she had seen her daughter-in-law send the child to school early in the morning and had not seen her since then. I called a locksmith to come over. When we entered the room, it was a mess. I guess the murderer was looking for money. All the things were scattered everywhere. We found Wen Haicheng in the master bedroom.
The man was tied to the bed and was already dead. We searched the room and found his wife Zhang Xin in the bathroom. She was unconscious and had many injuries on her body. We called an ambulance to take Zhang Xin away, so several groups of people entered the scene, but we didn't touch the body!"
Xu Dayuan nodded and raised his hand.
"Okay, I have the general idea. Your people should retreat downstairs first. I will ask the forensic doctor and the trace examiner to check the scene. Call the person who called the police and the mother of the deceased over here. I will ask about the situation."
Zhu Suo's face looked unhappy. He raised his eyebrows and stretched out his hand behind him.
"Everyone come downstairs."
Zhou Ning poked Da Zhao, who immediately reacted by placing some paper and ink on the ground to collect footprints and smiling at everyone.
"Well, you all wear gloves when you enter the scene, leave footprints before you leave, so we can investigate later."
Zhu Suo stared at Da Zhao for a long time, his expression seemed on the verge of exploding. Zhou Ning stretched out his hand towards Zhu Suo with a decent smile on his face.
"Please, Chief Zhu, arrange for our police officers to move quickly, otherwise we will not be able to conduct an on-site investigation."
Zhu glanced at Zhou Ning and nodded .
"Forensic Doctor Zhou, right? I remember you. You did a great job on the last case. You were better than Forensic Doctor Liu."
Zhou Ning smiled and lowered his eyes slightly. Such praise made him uncomfortable. No matter how capable he was, he could not solve the case by himself. Moreover, Forensic Doctor Liu was his master and had passed on so much experience to him. Besides, solving the case was the joint efforts of the criminal police team. Wasn't this just an eye drop?
"This is the first time I've seen someone praise his apprentice and insult his master. Mr. Zhu is really good at speaking. Let's not waste time."
Zhu Suo frowned and left his footprints in front of Da Zhao.
Xu Dayuan's cheeks trembled, obviously trying not to laugh, and he quickly turned around and shouted.
" What are you doing? Are you waiting for the food to be served? Hurry up and do your job. He Chunyang went to talk to the person who reported the case and inquired about every time point and every detail in detail."
He Chunyang took his men away, and there were fewer people in the corridor. Zhu Suo and his men left footprints and went straight downstairs without saying anything much to Xu Dayuan.
Da Zhao came over and looked at Xu Dayuan with a smile.
"Boss, Comrade Zhou Xiaozhou helped you gain honor this time, right?"
Before Xu Dayuan could glare at him, Zhou Ning came over.
"So much nonsense! Quickly open the passage and take out the newly acquired survey pads. We will place them in the master bedroom where the body was found first, and then take photos of various places in the room."
"Oh my god, do you really treat me as a trace investigator?"
