The old policeman retired and had nothing to do, and the missing child was a thorn in his heart that he could not let go for many years.
Although I know the possibility is low, what if these people really find the answer?
Gu Qingqiu stared at the old policeman for a few minutes before nodding in agreement: "Come up here!"
The black man drove everyone to the vegetable market.
"Of those vegetable stalls you investigated, which one is still open now?"
Gu Qingqiu asked casually.
"There are more than a dozen, right?"
The old policeman recalled:
Lin Baici raised his eyebrows.
The fact that the old policeman could talk about it immediately shows that he is still paying attention to those people.
"How are they doing?"
Xia Hongyao inquired and took a small notebook to record.
"After so many years, some people can't continue working without making money, some have changed careers, and some are old and have no one to take over!"
The old policeman would go to the vegetable market at least once every month: "The remaining dozen or so are either prosperous shops or have good skills and can make money, so they are still doing it!"
"Do you think there are any suspects among these stall owners?"
Rule pollution questioning.
The old policeman was silent. It was not good to suspect someone for no reason. Besides, he said it himself, these people would definitely go to the other party to investigate.
The old policeman glanced at these people. From the temperament point of view, except for this big bear girl, the others were not easy to mess with, giving him a strong aura of a wolf in sheep's clothing.
"Little Loach, what do you think?"
Xia Hongyao didn't expect to get anything out of the old policeman's mouth, so he still had to rely on his two trump cards.
As long as this old policeman is smart enough, this disappearance case will not become a long-standing case.
"It's hard to say!"
Gu Qingqiu recalled those transcripts: "You have to read them to know!"
It was 4pm when everyone arrived at the Kwun Tong wet market.
It's almost time to get off work, and the streets are a little congested, with a lot of people buying groceries.
Gu Qingqiu did not go directly to the stall owners to inquire, but observed them from a distance, even pretending to be guests and bargaining for food.
After walking around like this, an hour passed.
"Alumni, what do you think?"
Gu Qingqiu wanted to hear Lin Baici's opinion.
"I don't see anything unusual!"
Lin Baici told the truth.
Gu Qingqiu smiled and turned to look at Hoffman and his party: "Don't follow me. There are so many people, they will scare them!"
"no!"
Hoffman refused.
"Then wait until I finish asking and then ask again!"
Gu Qingqiu looked at Hoffman: "If you want to leave here early, don't cause trouble!"
call!
The cowboy sister and the black man whistled because what Gu Qingqiu said was very rude.
Hoffman's face was gloomy, but he didn't speak, which was regarded as acquiescence.
After all, he is also a well-established dragon-level boss. Silence is already the biggest concession. You can't just say, 'Okay, I won't go.'
No more face?
Others have no objection, because judging from their short time together, this Hong Kong girl and Lin Shen should be the two with the best IQs among this group of people.
"Can I continue to follow?"
The old policeman wants to go.
"Can!"
Gu Qingqiu started at the east end of the vegetable market and found a barbecue restaurant.
Before everyone even entered the store, the smell of braised pork penetrated their noses.
"Lao Cai?"
The boss was an old man in his fifties, wearing a white vest. When he saw Cai Yonghao, he took the initiative to say hello.
Xia Hongyao looked at Cai Yonghao with doubt in his eyes.
“I’ve been here several times before to investigate, and then I thought their roast goose and barbecued pork were pretty good, so I bought them often!”
Cai Yonghao explained.
"These are..."
The boss is a little confused.
"Hello, I am a reporter from a TV station, and these are my colleagues. We are currently working on a program!"
Gu Qingqiu smiled and made up an identity.
"oh!"
The boss believed me, mainly because Gu Qingqiu spoke authentic Hong Kong Islander, plus his good looks, which was a bonus.
As long as you are a man, it is difficult not to have a crush on Gu Qingqiu.
Gu Qingqiu extended his hand in a friendly manner.
The boss immediately took it.
"Do you still remember that a child disappeared in the vegetable market more than 20 years ago?"
Gu Qingqiu got straight to the point: "We want to do a program on this topic!"
"Remember!"
The boss glanced at Cai Yonghao: "Lao Cai has asked me several times."
"Did you talk about it later?"
"Yeah, but there's no way, this is life, who let that child meet?"
The boss shrugged his shoulders.
Gu Qingqiu smiled and let go of the boss's hand: "Bring me a pound of roast pork!"
Several people came out of the store with a white lunch box in their hands.
"That's all you ask?"
The old policeman frowned and looked at Gu Qingqiu suspiciously, feeling that this woman was not reliable.
This is too fast!
"No need to ask, just an ordinary person!"
Gu Qingqiu was very sure.
"Don't worry about it. Little Loach says it's no problem, so it's no problem!"
Xia Hongyao took the chopsticks and stuffed two mouthfuls of goose meat while it was still hot.
"..."
Cai Yonghao still doesn't believe it.
Gu Qingqiu took out a pack of disinfectant paper towels, took one, and wiped his hands carefully.
She was holding her boss's hand just now, and her index finger was placed on the pulse of his wrist.
This is called cold reading.
When Gu Qingqiu asked, the boss showed no response, no sympathy at all, and didn't even have the mentality of a spectator.
To put it bluntly, he is the kind of person who will be fine with it if a child disappears nearby, and will not have any other unnecessary thoughts.
Next, Gu Qingqiu visited three more homes.
There is a fruit stall, a cold vegetable vendor, and a food stall.
They are all old stores that have been in business for more than 30 years.
The owner of the fruit stall was not easy to talk to and ignored Gu Qingqiu at all. After a few questions, he started to drive them away.
"Is this person suspicious?"
Xia Hongyao felt that there was something wrong with the fruit stall owner.
"He has no suspicion, he is just sick and there must be a problem at home."
Gu Qingqiu explained.
"..."
The old policeman thought this girl was too arrogant.
"That fruit shop is considered a prosperous shop, but look at the boss's clothes, which are too simple, and there are unwashed dishes and leftovers on the table, which shows that he is not living a good life and no one is taking care of him!"
Gu Qingqiu talked eloquently: "All traces prove that he has no wife, and his children are most likely unfilial!"
The most important thing is that when Gu Qingqiu mentioned the disappearance case, the old store was obviously stunned.
It means he has forgotten it a long time ago.
Through cold reading, Gu Qingqiu judged that the other party was not pretending.
The fifth shop is a shop that sells aquatic products. It is not small in area, and the location it occupies has a lot of customers. It is a prosperous shop.
It can be said that one shop has been passed down for three generations.
"Lao Cai, are you here to buy fish again?"
The boss knows the old policeman.
“Spend time with some friends!”
Cai Yonghao turned his head and motioned to Gu Qingqiu and the others behind him with his eyes.
The fishery boss looked over.
"Who are..."
The aquatic product owner is in his fifties, wearing a brown leather apron. There is a lounge chair in the shop, and there is a radio next to it, and a broadcast is playing inside.
"We are from a TV station and we plan to do a program."
Gu Qingqiu stretched out her hand, and when the other party took it, she still said what she said before: "Do you still remember that a child disappeared in this market more than 20 years ago?"
"ah?"
The boss was stunned for a moment, as if he was reminiscing, and then he quickly seemed to remember it, with a look of sudden realization: "This is what happened!"
"Has the child been found?"
"No!"
Gu Qingqiu sighed: "After so many years, he must have died long ago, right?"
"Oh, the missing child must have been abducted by human traffickers, right? He will definitely not die!"
The boss let go of Gu Qingqiu's hand.
"Do you understand the situation?"
Gu Qingqiu asked: "We want to use the disappearance case as the theme, and I hope you can add some details!"
"Don't worry, your work won't be in vain!"
Gu Qingqiu took out a wad of money.
"This is not a matter of money. I am just a fish seller and I don't know about this kind of disappearance case!"
The boss smiled bitterly.
"It's okay, just tell me what you know and I'll make a note of it!"
Gu Qingqiu asked.
"I don't know anything!"
When the aquatic product owner saw a customer coming in, he immediately greeted him: "Sister, are you buying fish? They just arrived today!"
Gu Qingqiu came out, walked more than ten meters, and stood still, wiping his hands with a disinfectant paper towel while looking at the store.
"Is there a problem?"
Xia Hongyao looked happy.
"Let's go, you're all here, let's finish visiting the remaining stores!"
Gu Qingqiu raised his fingers towards Xia Hongyao and Lin Baici.
The high ponytail is over immediately.
"Alumni, you and Hongyao go check out the life trajectory of the aquatic product shop owner."
Arranged by Gu Qingqiu.
"Is there something wrong with him?"
The old policeman immediately asked.
"You'll find out tonight!"
After Gu Qingqiu finished checking out the remaining stores, the time came to six o'clock in the evening.
By the time Gu Qingqiu came back, Hoffman's patience was almost gone: "Have you found anything?"
"Sister Cowboy, go find a secluded place nearby!"
Gu Qingqiu ordered: "Don't go too far!"
"what?"
The black man was very excited: "Kill people and bury their bodies?"
"Alumni, take the red medicine and the black man and guard outside the store, prepare to arrest people!"
Gu Qingqiu continued to make arrangements.
Hoffman looked surprised.
No way?
Did she really find a clue?
A bit fast!
…
At 8 o'clock in the evening, the owner of the aquatic product store packed up and prepared to close the store.
In the distance, the MPV was parked on the side of the road, and there was a van next to it.
"He's leaving!"
The voice of a black man came from the walkie-talkie that Gu Qingqiu bought at night.
Gu Qingqiu glanced at his watch: "Act!"
The van starts.
Xia Hongyao drove it to the front of the aquatic products store and suddenly braked. The black man behind him grabbed the door handle and pulled it hard.
Wow!
The car door is opened.
The cowboy girl and the black man jumped down and went straight to the aquatic product store owner.
The owner of the aquatic product store noticed something was wrong, looked panicked and wanted to run away, but it was too late.
Jiang Ge moved very quickly, grabbed his arm, then twisted and grabbed him, holding him down.
The cowboy sister put a hood prepared in advance on his head, and then two people escorted him and pushed him into the van.
Xia Hongyao started the car and headed to the location that the cowboy girl had found earlier.
"Let's go too!"
Gu Qingqiu motioned to the Korean girl to drive.
"For a stinky fish seller to have us 'entertain' him with a group of dragons, it's a big honor!"
On the intercom, Django was teasing.
Gu Qingqiu asked Xia Hongyao to take a detour on the road for a while, and then drove to the construction site when it got completely dark.
In a building that had not yet been topped off, the fishery boss was escorted to the top floor.
"Who are you?"
"What are you going to do?"
"I'm just a fish seller, I have no money!"
The boss kept begging for mercy and demeaning himself. From the tone of his voice, it sounded like he was panicking and should be frightened.
"We don't seek wealth, only revenge!"
Gu Qingqiu said: "Let him kneel down to the edge of the building!"
"revenge?"
The boss yelled at Qu: "Do you want that prosperous shop? I'll sell it! I'll sell it! Please let me go!"
"Stop pretending, you killed someone, don't you know?"
Gu Qingqiu snorted coldly.
"I didn't kill anyone, don't talk nonsense!"
"You killed a child!"
"You're talking nonsense!"
The boss firmly refused: "You said I killed someone, why don't you show me the evidence?"
No one would recognize this kind of thing.
Hoffman looked at Gu Qingqiu, wondering how she could identify the murderer.
"Okay, then let me ask you a few questions!"
Gu Qingqiu was very calm: "Why did you close so early today?"
"I've inquired, you usually close at 9:30!"
Apparently the boss was upset after hearing the topic of missing children.
"I'm hungry and want to go home early for dinner!"
The boss explained.
"But there are a lot of snacks in your store!"
“Who said you can’t eat after eating snacks?”
Dad quibbles.
Gu Qingqiu smiled and did not continue to dwell on the topic: "When I mentioned the missing child, you showed that you thought for a moment before remembering who it was!"
"But your pulse, the moment I mentioned this child, your heartbeat accelerated."
"Can you tell me why?"
It was also the first time that the cowboy sister heard Gu Qingqiu say this, and she immediately reacted: "Why is he acting? It means there is something wrong!"
"..."
The boss couldn't think of an excuse for a while.
"Boss, you took the initiative to let go of my hand!"
Gu Qingqiu smiled: "It's not that I'm arrogant, any man who shakes my hand will keep holding it as long as I don't take the initiative to let go!"
"Don't tell me you are a gentleman?"
"How can a man who listens to late-night radio, often goes to nightclubs, shampoo rooms, and looks at the legs and bears of passers-by on the street be a gentleman?"
Xia Hongyao nodded, Gu Qingqiu was very charming, especially the devouring divine power. After strengthening his body and no longer being sick, his temperament was amazing.
"You are slandering!"
The boss is anxious.
"When I said that the child was dead and you opened your mouth to say that he was not dead, you know? This is your self-protection mechanism at work!"
Gu Qingqiu suddenly pulled off the boss's hood: "This is the answer given by your instinct!"
"You don't want people to think about that child dying!"
Gudu!
The aquatic product owner swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and now his head and face were covered with sweat.
"I still have evidence, do you still want to listen?"
Gu Qingqiu asked with a smile.
"want!"
Xia Hongyao raised his hand.
"When we are here, when guests come in, you go directly to greet them!"
Gu Qingqiu looked into his boss's eyes.
"Is this wrong?"
The black man scratched his scalp and couldn't understand.
"The way the female customer is dressed and looks at the fish, she doesn't look like someone who eats fish regularly. As a boss who has been selling fish for more than 30 years, you can't tell that, right?"
Gu Qingqiu looked calm: "But you still left the TV reporter behind and went to say hello!"
"Don't say you cherish every customer."
"I have observed later that you are not very enthusiastic about some guests. Furthermore, given your family conditions, you can earn as much as a fish!"
"So to sum it up, you are instinctively 'disliking' me and want to escape."
In fact, there is no need for the boss to answer. This guy's psychological quality is not good. Just by the way he is sweating and panicking, several people present can see the clues.
"He is the murderer and he didn't run away!"
Xia Hong Yao is very sure.
I originally thought that the child was abducted by traffickers, but I didn't expect that he was killed.
"I believe you wouldn't kill a child for no reason. There must be something hidden in it!"
Gu Qingqiu put his hand on the boss's shoulder: "Tell me!"
"..."
The boss is silent.
"We are not the police and we do not want to seek justice. We just want to know the whereabouts of that child."
Gu Qingqiu comforted: "If you tell us, you can go home!"
The boss didn't believe it.
"If you don't tell me now, I will torture you. When the time comes, you will have to bear the blame!"
Hoffman's patience was running out.
"..."
The boss remains silent, everyone is an adult,
Who are you lying to?
"What if I tell you that the child is not dead?"
Gu Qingqiu suddenly spoke.
"ah?"
"What?"
"WHAT?"
Gu Qingqiu's words shocked the cowboy sisters and others.
Gu Qingqiu glanced out of the corner of his eyes. Except for Lin Baici, everyone else looked confused.
As expected of my schoolmate, he is very considerate.
"What did you say?"
The boss was stunned.
"You were taken advantage of!"
Gu Qingqiu smiled faintly: "If my guess is correct, you thought the child was dead, so you threw the 'body' into the sea, right?"
"..."
The boss's lips were trembling.
"Say it, tell it, and you will be freed. Let me catch the real 'man behind the scenes'!"
Gu Qingqiu was good at tempting you: "He made you think that you had killed someone, blamed yourself, felt guilty, and been frightened for twenty-seven years. Are you willing to do that?"
"You don't want her to be punished?"
The fishery boss was shaken, raised his head and looked at Gu Qingqiu: "Are you really sure that the child is not dead?"
Everyone present, including Xia Hongyao, whose intelligence was D, all laughed.
"Ha ha!"
Hoffman couldn't help it and laughed out loud.
Because of the words of the aquatic product owner, the subtext has already admitted that he committed murder.
"I'm sure!"
In fact, Gu Qingqiu was not sure. She still wanted to see the testimony of the fishery boss.
"That night, I was going to the dock to pull goods. In the evening, I had a few more drinks. I started a little late, so I was in a hurry. When I arrived at the dock, I opened the cold storage of the truck and saw a child inside.
, has been frozen to death.”
The fishery boss slumped his shoulders and recalled the past. Even after twenty-seven years, the events of that night were still vivid in his mind.
There's nothing you can do about it, it's killing people and dumping their bodies, you can't remember it even if you don't want to.
"I was so frightened that I instinctively threw the child into the sea."
"I really didn't mean it!"
"By the time I tried to get him back, it was already too late!"
"real!"
"I jumped down to look for him, but couldn't find him!"