Chapter 89 Hot Tea
When Chi Xia and Luo Xun returned to the task force, Lin Wenjue and others also arrived one after another.
Luo Xun told them what he had learned from Lu Tao, and then made the arrangements: "Let's put Zhou Wanrou aside for now. Chi Xia and I will go take a look if we have time . Lao Lin, you and Lao Cao will take care of Tang Lan and Liu Caiyun. Chi Xia and I will go to Du Xiaoyu and Wan Jiaqian."
"Boss, what should I do then?" Curly raised his hand weakly.
"You are good at collecting information and organizing materials. You should stay in the bureau ready to provide support at any time. Focus on investigating the situation of Du Xiaoyu's ex-boyfriend. Also, go to Lao Ning to see if there are any new clues. We can communicate at any time if there is any situation."
Luo Xun said, looking at everyone: "No one has any objection, right?"
Everyone shook their heads, and Cao Bin smiled and said, "That must be the case."
Chi Xia handed the car keys to Cao Bin: "Brother Cao, you guys drive my car."
Cao Bin's enthusiasm immediately increased fifty times.
Chi Xia smiled and looked at Luo Xun: "Captain Luo, the fuel cost will be reimbursed by the bureau, right?"
Before Luo Xun could say anything, Lin Wenjue and Cao Bin rushed to assure her: "Don't worry, Xiaoxia, if the bureau doesn't report it, we will report it for you!"
"Look at how ignorant you are."
Luo Xun looked disgusted, but still said seriously: "What the bureau has to pay will be paid."
Cao Bin and Lin Wenjue exchanged triumphant looks, twirling the key ring in their hands: "Then let's go, Boss."
Especially Cao Bin, he runs faster than a monkey.
After they left the house, Curly complained quietly behind them: "I've never seen Lao Cao so excited when he goes out on a mission. He's like getting married..."
Luo Xun also found it a little funny. He retracted his gaze and said, "Chi Xia, let's go too. Juanmao, you stay at home."
Curly immediately stood up and saluted: "Don't worry, Captain! Protecting our crystal is my lifelong pursuit!"
"You are such a jerk." Luo Xun rolled his eyes and left with Chi Xia.
After getting in the car, Luo Xun had already planned the route: "Let's go to Wan Jiaqian's house first, then to Du Xiaoyu's house. If there is enough time, we can also visit Zhou Wanrou's house."
"Okay." Chi Xia had already fastened his seat belt skillfully.
While Luo Xun was driving, Chi Xia familiarized herself with the relevant information about Wan Jiaqian and Du Xiaoyu. She looked at it for a while and suddenly asked Luo Xun: "Captain Luo, do you think the relevant descriptions in these two documents are true?"
She wouldn't ask this question for no reason. Luo Xun glanced at the paper in her hand, thought for a moment, and then said, "The relevant descriptions in this document all come from the family or friends of the missing person. Without verification, they are still very subjective. Why, did you see something?"
“Not sure.”
Chi Xia said: "It was mentioned in the file that Wan Jiaqian had gone through a lot of trouble to fight for the custody of her daughter with her ex-husband. Judging from what her parents said, she must have cared about her daughter very much. How could such a woman abandon her daughter and disappear just because of a quarrel with her parents? Is she missing subjectively or objectively?"
"I hope she is missing subjectively. Objectively missing would be troublesome."
Luo Xun said: "Where is Du Xiaoyu? She should be the top priority of our investigation this time. Her ex-boyfriend is a student majoring in chemistry."
"According to the information, Du Xiaoyu is older than her ex-boyfriend, and her family conditions and career are relatively successful, so having a baby out of wedlock is not a big deal for her. But the information is not comprehensive. It seems to say a lot, but it's all vague. I can't see anything else for now."
Coincidentally, Curly sent the information of Du Xiaoyu’s ex-boyfriend, and Chi Xia took a look at it first.
"but……"
She suddenly smiled: "Du Xiaoyu, who has a wealthy family and a successful career, is a great loss to her ex-boyfriend Shen Ping for breaking up with this woman."
"Shen Ping...is your family poor, or does you need Du Xiaoyu's help at work?" The sun rose, and Luo Xun raised the car window on Chi Xia's side.
"Shen Ping is not from Dongzhou, but judging from his expertise, it would be better for him to stay in Dongzhou or find a better way to go somewhere broader. The most important point is, judging from the information that Brother Yu just sent, Du Xiaoyu's father has some connections in his professional field. Under such circumstances, I don't think he would take the initiative to break up."
"And their child is still with Du Xiaoyu." Luo Xun continued her words: "From a secular point of view, her ex-boyfriend Shen Ping is quite at a disadvantage."
Chi Xia sneered: "Captain Luo, what about from an unworldly perspective?"
Luo Xun smiled and said half-jokingly: "From a secular point of view, sister-brother relationships are not reliable."
Chi Xia turned her head, a smile overflowing from the corner of her eyes.
Soon, the two arrived at the community where Wan Jiaqian lived.
But when they knocked on the door, even Luo Xun and Chi Xia were stunned when they saw the woman holding a child in front of them.
Who else could the person in front of me be other than Wan Jiaqian as mentioned in the information?
When Wan Jiaqian heard that the two were police officers, she was obviously a little panicked, and shouted into the house with a bit of anger: "Dad! Mom! Look at what you have done!"
Chi Xia and Luo Xun went in and found out that Wan Jiaqian played missing because she had a conflict with her parents. She deliberately scared her parents and hid in her good friend's house, refusing to go out. After a while, she started to miss her child and finally came back in shame.
It’s just that her disappearance had caused a lot of buzz in the neighborhood and among relatives, and the family was too concerned about their reputation to go to the police station to withdraw the case.
What a messed up reason this was, Luo Xun simply couldn't understand it.
Luo Xun took a deep breath, his face looked very ugly: "You have already been involved in a false alarm, do you know that? Since you have already reported the missing person, and now the person has returned, you should at least go to the police station to withdraw the case, do you know..."
Before he finished speaking, Wan Jiaqian's father said, "What's the big deal? My child has been back for almost a week, and I haven't seen any movement from you police officers. That means you haven't investigated us properly. We didn't delay you!"
Luo Xun was furious, but he knew in his heart that even if he told them the truth, they would not understand where he was wrong.
"Go and withdraw the case immediately."
He finally said calmly: "Otherwise, many things will be inconvenient for you."
The two of them didn't stay in Wan's house for long and came out quickly.
The first thing Luo Xun did when he came out was to call Lu Tao. Lu Tao knew about this and just smiled helplessly: "Brother, now you know, there are only so many police officers in the team, and we can't distribute them. We can't always keep an eye on one person, ah... it's all tears if I say too much..."
Luo Xun comforted him expressionlessly: "Don't be sad, at least we found someone for you, you can take a break for a few minutes."
Lu Tao's cursing voice came from the other end of the phone.
Luo Xun hung up the phone, helplessness flashed across his face, but he could only smile instead.
Chi Xia didn't say anything until he hung up the phone, "Captain Luo, I feel like we're off to a bad start today."
"That has to happen." Luo Xun started the car: "If Du Xiaoyu comes back on her own, I'll be very happy."
But Luo Xun's wish was ultimately unfulfilled.
At Du Xiaoyu's house, as soon as the nanny opened the door, Luo Xun and Chi Xia heard the crying of a child and the scolding of a middle-aged man: "Cry, cry, cry every day, when will you stop for a while, what if you hurt your throat!"
When Luo Xun and Chi Xia went in, they saw the man sigh heavily again, picked up the child and softened his voice: "Okay, okay, don't cry, grandpa will buy you toys, whatever you want, grandpa will buy you, don't cry, grandpa will feel bad if you cry... your mother is a bastard..."
The one holding the child just now should be Du Xiaoyu's mother. Seeing Luo Xun and Chi Xia, she asked the nanny: "Who are these two?"
"Police." Luo Xun showed his police ID: "I want to know about Du Xiaoyu's disappearance."
"It wasn't you who came last time..." Du Xiaoyu's mother frowned and didn't seem to be very welcoming to them.
The man handed the child, who had finally calmed down, to the nanny and asked her to take the child into the room. He stood up and said with a fierce face, "It doesn't matter if he is the same one as last time. As long as someone is taking care of us, we should be thankful. Okay, go make two cups of tea."
Du Xiaoyu's mother said "oh" and went to the kitchen.
The man pointed to the sofa and said, "Sit down."
Luo Xun and Chi Xia had just sat down when he spoke again: "What do you want to ask this time? We've come eight or ten times, and you've taken out all our lungs, but where is my child? It's been three months, and there's no sign of him!"
Du Xiaoyu's mother came over with two cups of tea. Upon hearing this, she also said, "Yes, you have to give us an explanation whether this person is dead or alive. The child has been missing for so long, and you...you said at first that we couldn't file a case until the adults were old enough, and then you said that you would do your best. You said good things, but we still don't even know whether the child is alive or dead!"
Luo Xun said, "I came here mainly to learn about Du Xiaoyu's ex-boyfriend Shen Ping. Is there anything you two can tell us?"
"Shen Ping?" Du Xiaoyu's father's face changed: "Why, is my Xiaoyu's disappearance really related to him?"
"Our colleagues should have investigated Shen Ping from the beginning. We came here this time to ask if there are any missing clues. At present, we cannot be sure that he is definitely related to Du Xiaoyu's disappearance."
Chi Xia took over the conversation: "Mr. Du, did Du Xiaoyu have any contact with Shen Ping before she disappeared?"
Du Xiaoyu's father looked at Chi Xia and Luo Xun in silence. He frowned and suddenly said, "You are not in the same group as the previous police."
Luo Xun was slightly surprised, and said calmly: "How do you know we are not in the same group?"
"I have lived for more than fifty years, and these eyes are not for nothing."
The contempt in the man's eyes flashed, and soon turned into a question: "Do you know where Xiaoyu is? Is it related to that bastard Shen Ping?"
"Actually." Luo Xun said, "We are from the special case team of the Municipal Bureau. We came here to learn more about it..."
"Special case team?" The man suddenly stood up, his face gloomy. "Why would a missing person case be assigned to a special case team?"
Luo Xun hesitated for a few seconds, wondering whether he should tell them directly about the bones.
Du Xiaoyu's father spoke first: "What are you standing there for? Speak up! Is it... is it our child..."
He seemed to have thought of something. He staggered two steps and held onto the sofa. His eyes suddenly turned bloodshot and red.
Luo Xun secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "There is no evidence yet. We are just here to understand the situation. Don't get excited."
"There's no evidence for what? There's no evidence for what?"
The man grabbed Luo Xun by the collar, his face horrified: "You mean Xiaoyu might be dead, right?"
Something fell.
Chi Xia subconsciously wanted to go forward, but was blocked by Luo Xun who raised his arm.
“Bang!”
The plate in the woman's hand fell to the ground. She suddenly understood and rushed over to tear Luo Xun's clothes: "What do you mean, what do you mean, my Xiaoyu is just missing, what do you mean, are you cursing her to death!"
She quickly left several obvious scratches on Luo Xun's arm.
He felt helpless and finally understood why Lu Tao told them to be careful. This couple is really smart and impulsive.
He was so hot-tempered that he was a little slow to react.
"You'd better let him go first."
Chi Xia's voice was filled with warning. She went up and clamped Du Xiaoyu's mother's arm, pulling her aside without saying anything.
She looked at Du Xiaoyu's father again, and her cold eyes startled the man and made him a little nervous for no reason.
"We are the police." She saw the scratches on Luo Xun's arm, and her eyes darkened again: "What you did is considered assaulting the police."
Du Xiaoyu's mother was a little scared, but she still argued: "How dare you say you are the police! Not only did you fail to find the person, you also cursed our child to death! How did we attack the police when we attacked you?"
Luo Xun stared at Du Xiaoyu's father coldly and calmly: "Mr. Du, you'd better let me go."
Meeting his gaze, the man shrank back even more. He gritted his teeth and loosened his hand: "I'll let you go this time!"
Luo Xun snorted. He squatted down and took a look. He found the thing that had just fallen under the table. "From the time we entered the door to this moment, everything is in this law enforcement recorder. If our actions have caused harm to you, you can report us. But this thing will not be fake."
Chi Xia's lips curled up slightly.
Du Xiaoyu's parents' faces turned black.
"You'd better calm down, let's have a good talk." Luo Xun straightened his collar, as if he didn't notice the scratches on his arm.
Several people stood in a standoff. Du Xiaoyu's father's heavy breathing showed his anger and dissatisfaction, but he still spoke first: "Okay, go ahead, I want to hear what you have to say!"
"Yesterday, we received a report that someone found a female skeleton on the mountain."
Luo Xun chose to put it bluntly: "After forensic examination, we found five suspected cases among the missing persons..."
Before he could finish his words, Luo Xun saw the man in front of him suddenly grab the hot tea on the table and throw it towards them.
His eyes tightened, and without time to think, he turned around and protected Chi Xia.
The teacup hit Luo Xun's shoulder blade, and the boiling hot tea in the cup spilled all over his back through his thin clothes.
Chi Xia's body shook, and a huge amount of anger accumulated in his body in an instant.
Luo Xun sensed the tension in her body and her suppressed explosive power, so he tightened his arms to hold her.
"Don't be impulsive."
He said, "Chi Xia, let go of your energy, relax, don't be impulsive, I will handle it."
