The reason why this B&B is doing well is because of its good location, moderate price, unique decoration style, and the fact that it has been open for a long time. It has gradually gained a good reputation and has been mentioned in various travel guides.
Many people describe this place as having good food and wine, the proprietress is warm and generous, and she is also very beautiful.
The last point is very important. At least the male residents who live here have a very deep impression of the sexy and enchanting landlady.
Therefore, when they heard that the proprietress was missing, the passengers who were planning to check out early in the morning did not leave in a hurry, but stayed to see the result.
Of course, it may also be out of enthusiasm and volunteering to help.
"Hurry and check the surveillance. Did anything happen last night?"
Standing at the bar now is a tall young man wearing rimless glasses, with a childish look on his face. He seems to have never dealt with this kind of situation. He just keeps dialing the number that has been turned off.
Finally, I couldn't bear it any longer and spoke up to remind him.
The young man suddenly exclaimed, wiped his sweat, turned around quickly, and started to retrieve the monitoring from another computer.
Unfortunately, after fiddling with it for a long time, his expression became even more confused: "It's strange, the surveillance. The surveillance can only see the video from the first half of the night. Is it broken?" Then, he seemed to remember something, and with a strong force, he pulled it off the wall.
Pulling out the network cable, he couldn't help but said in shock: "The monitoring cable has been cut off."
"Is something going to happen?" Someone exclaimed, "Why don't you call the police!"
"I've only been missing for half a day. The police will accept it?"
"The surveillance was destroyed. It's obviously abnormal. The police will definitely take care of it, especially if we encounter robbers, right? It's too scary." There was a beautiful little girl in the scene, patting her chest, her face full of fear.
This trembling tone also made Mei Qian, who had been watching from the sidelines, look at her twice.
"Brother, will you..." At this time, Ning Chi came over and whispered.
"It's not clear yet. I only woke up a few minutes earlier than you." Mei Qian replied calmly. After thinking about it, she suddenly raised her voice again: "Where is the person on duty last night? Have you asked?"
When he thought about it, if the B&B was open 24 hours a day, there wouldn't be just one proprietress on duty, right? It would be unsafe and inconvenient. There should be someone else to keep him company. At least there would be someone to help in case of emergencies.
So, could the other person be an accomplice?
Unfortunately, the young man quickly shook his head: "Because Brother Liu has something to do at home, Sister Bai has been alone here for the past two days..."
Before he could finish his words, the glass door of the B&B was pushed open, and a tall, muscular man walked in. Seeing how busy the hall was, he couldn't help but be surprised: "What happened?"
"Master Li, Sister Bai is missing." When the young man saw the visitor, his eyes lit up and he said hurriedly.
"Lost, missing?" The strong man named Master Li was shocked when he heard this, and his words became stuttering.
On the surface, this man seemed to be shocked by the sudden change. When Mei Qian saw this, he immediately cheered up.
Because when the other party was talking, his eyes kept looking at the people around him. When they were cast on him, his eyes obviously changed. Although he tried his best to hide it, Mei Qian felt a trace of panic and fear.
This Master Li should know something...
Finally, several staff at the B&B decided to call the police.
After calling the police, they received instructions from the police and began to persuade the guests who were anxious to check out to stay, well, including Mei Qian.
At least until the police arrived to investigate, these people were kept in the B&B.
There was nothing we could do if something like this happened. Even though some people complained, they stayed in the hall honestly.
The same is true for Mei Qian, but his attention has always been on Master Li.
This Master Li is said to be a chef personally invited by the proprietress. He usually only stays in the kitchen and does not interact much with the guests.
Mei Qian has only met him a few times, so he is not very familiar with him, but now he is basically certain that the wine and food in question last night should have been made by him. Even if the chef is not an accomplice of the proprietress, he may know something about it.
What, that's why when I heard that the boss's wife was missing, the other party looked at me in such a panic?
The police arrived quickly, and coincidentally, the two people who got out of the police car were the two people who had previously written notes for Mei Qian to investigate the counterfeit goods.
After they arrived, they learned about the situation in detail, took photos of the shortened network cables, and checked the surveillance in the first half of the night. Then they asked the waiter to gather all the residents into the lobby. Then they found a secluded room.
Call people in one by one to ask.
Probably because Mei Qian is a celebrity, he and Ning Chi were ranked first.
The questioning actually took a long time, because Mei Qian was very frank and told the story of how he and Ning Chi both fell into coma after eating wine and food last night.
There is no need to hide this, it cannot be concealed at all. Not to mention that he and Ning Chi have not confessed to each other at all, and the table in the room has not been cleared yet.
"Other people don't know, but you, the police, should know that many people, um, many criminals want to dig out some secrets from me. They should have the same purpose as the two people who pretended to be police officers before. I guess, in this B&B
There should be some of these people." At the end of the inquiry, Mei Qian spread his hands helplessly.
"So, Bai Mei's disappearance is related to you being drugged?" The face of the police officer who asked the question became extremely serious, and he called for support on the spot.
When they returned to the hall, Ning Chi was called in again, but Mei Qian was not in a hurry to find a place to sit down. He looked around among the people and raised his eyebrows when he saw that Master Li was not among them.
He simply retreated to the corridor and walked slowly towards the bathroom.
With his ears fully open, he easily heard the movement in the kitchen. And after counting the number of people in his mind, he was sure that there should be only one person in the kitchen, Master Li.
Fortunately, the bathroom was not far from the kitchen, so he entered the kitchen in a flash.
At this time, the chef named Li was holding a knife and cutting vegetables on the cutting board.
When Mei Qian deliberately stepped lightly, the other party didn't notice anyone coming in after opening the curtain.
So, after the proprietress disappeared, Li Damin, the chef of the B&B, also disappeared.
Although the B&B has a back door, it has not been opened for a long time. Unfortunately, there were so many people sitting in the lobby that no one saw him leave.
Therefore, the police concluded that Li Damin disappeared in the B&B.
This stirred up a hornet's nest. While the police were on the scene investigating and collecting evidence, someone else mysteriously disappeared, and the case immediately attracted great attention.
As time goes by, the case of a missing guesthouse has gradually become a local mystery in Hangzhou, and has been called the most bizarre unsolved case of this century.
The police invested a lot of manpower and material resources and conducted careful investigations for several years, but still found nothing.
No one knows where the two men went or whether they survived.
The true truth is that no one can be seen alive, and no corpse can be seen dead...