"Is there anyone there?" Standing at the front desk, Gu Chen shouted towards the corridor.
However, there was no response from inside the house, which made everyone confused.
"Why is there no one in such a big place?" Officer Wang looked around and realized that a middle-aged woman was walking across the road, carrying a bag of fruit.
I also saw a police car parked in front of the hotel and several uniformed police officers standing inside.
But the middle-aged woman was not too curious, and it seemed that she had not been dealing with the police for more than a day or two.
When they reached the door, before Gu Chen and others could speak, the middle-aged woman asked:
"Then what? Comrade police, is there something wrong?"
"Does this person live at your place?" Lu Weiwei opened the photo album directly and showed Zhou Xiaotong's photo in front of her.
The middle-aged woman squinted her eyes and nodded slightly: "Yes, I live here."
"Then where is she now? Has she been back in the past few days?" Gu Chen quickly asked.
The middle-aged woman shook her head: "I'm not sure about this."
"Not sure? She's staying in your hotel, you're not sure? This doesn't make sense, right?" Lu Weiwei felt that the middle-aged woman was a little perfunctory, so she couldn't help but say more.
But the middle-aged woman argued with reason: "Comrade police, she booked a room for a week, and it hasn't expired yet, and she hasn't checked out yet. Of course I don't care about that."
"When does she go out every day? I can't control that. Besides, even if I do, it's the day she checks out."
"Don't talk nonsense yet." Officer Wang walked back and forth twice before coming to the middle-aged woman and said:
"Now, immediately, help me investigate the specific accommodation situation of this woman."
"How to investigate?" The middle-aged woman looked confused. Seeing the displeasure on Officer Wang's face, she relented and said:
"Oh, can I help you watch the surveillance?"
"Yes, yes, hurry up." Officer Wang didn't want to be verbose with her, but to be honest, this middle-aged woman was indeed verbose.
The middle-aged woman put down the fruit in her hand and then came to the front desk. According to the requirements of Gu Chen and others, she began to investigate and monitor.
At this moment, Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei and Officer Wang were gathered behind the middle-aged woman.
With her chubby fingers, she kept clicking the mouse. The middle-aged woman turned to look at Gu Chen and said, "Comrade police, all the surveillance you want is here."
"This woman went out late at night after checking in the room that day. After that, I didn't record her here again, and she didn't come back at all."
It seems that he realized that something was wrong, and then thought that the police found Xinxin Hotel, and they must have come to investigate the disappearance of the woman.
Only now did the middle-aged woman feel a sense of urgency.
However, Gu Chen already knew about these and came here this time to understand the internal problems of the hotel.
But I checked the surveillance just now. After Zhou Xiaotong checked into his room, the surveillance on the corridor showed that no one had entered the room.
When Zhou Xiaotong went out, she seemed to take a small satchel with her.
Inside the small satchel, there might just be some daily necessities, or there might be a flashlight in it.
"Did she say anything to you when she checked into your hotel that day?" Gu Chen turned to ask the middle-aged woman again.
The middle-aged woman shook her head: "You didn't say anything? You just said you would stay for a week and paid a week's rent and deposit."
"We didn't ask any more about the rest, and there was no need to ask any more."
"Did her expression change when she checked in that day?" Lu Weiwei didn't give up and continued to ask.
But the middle-aged woman still shook her head: "It was very normal and she didn't say anything. I was the one who handled the check-in procedures, but I haven't seen her since."
The atmosphere suddenly became tense.
Zhou Xiaotong disappeared on the night he checked in. It was obvious that some accident happened.
Gu Chen knew very well that if nothing unexpected happened to Zhou Xiaotong, she might stay in this hotel for about a week.
But after Zhou Xiaotong paid the rent for a week, he suddenly left Xinxin Hotel late at night on the day of check-in and disappeared into the hinterland of the forest behind Xinxin Hotel. This was unpredictable.
Obviously, Zhou Xiaotong probably just wanted to go to the forest behind Xinxin Hotel and had no intention of not coming back.
But now it seems that Zhou Xiaotong obviously had an accident in the back mountain position, which led to this result.
Gu Chen suddenly thought of the taxi Zhou Xiaotong took when he took a taxi from the high-speed rail station to this hotel.
Thinking that the taxi driver might know something about Zhou Xiaotong, Gu Chen immediately took out his cell phone and walked to the door.
Not long after, He Junchao's phone was called: "Gu Chen, what's going on?"
"That driver who sent Zhou Xiaotong to the hotel that day, please help me contact him and ask him to make a call." Gu Chen said.
"Okay, wait a moment." Although it is troublesome, it is not something that is impossible for He Junchao.
Five or six minutes after hanging up the phone, an unfamiliar local number was displayed directly on the screen of Gu Chen's mobile phone.
Gu Chen directly opened the answer button, and a middle-aged man's voice immediately came from there:
"Hello, are you Officer Gu?"
"I'm Gu Chen." Gu Chen introduced himself and then asked: "Are you the driver who sent a woman from Haidong City to Xinxin Hotel at the high-speed rail station that day?"
"Yes, I brought a young woman with me that day. I picked her up at the high-speed rail station and sent her to the Xinxin Hotel. What happened?"
The taxi driver obviously didn't know the specific situation and asked with a confused look on his face.
Gu Chen didn't hide anything, and went straight to the point: "That woman is missing now. I want to ask, what did she talk to you in the car that day?"
"Missing?" After hearing Gu Chen's explanation, the taxi driver obviously paused, and then confirmed with some confusion:
"Comrade police, are you saying that the girl is missing?"
"That's right, so I need to know something from you. Can you explain it to me?" Gu Chen said.
"Wait a minute." As if his brain hadn't reacted yet, the taxi driver on the other end of the phone paused for a few seconds, and then said slowly:
"This incident has happened for a few days. What is the specific situation? I am not very impressed."
"It seems like, I just chatted with her casually and found out that she is from Haidong City and wants to find a job and development in Jiangnan City. That's what she said."
"He only told you this?" Gu Chen asked.
"Well, that's about it. I suggested that she come here at the time. I said, if you want to find a job, you can either live near the old train station. After all, it's in the center of the city. It's convenient to go anywhere. The transportation is great."
"I also told her, either you go to the east side of the city, where there are many companies and employment opportunities."
"But, as always, she wants to stay at the Xinxin Hotel in the west of the city."
Saying this seemed to bring back all kinds of memories of the taxi driver, so he continued:
"By the way, that's what she said. I was quite surprised at the time. I felt that she was not familiar with this place, but she had to go to the Xinxin Hotel in the west of the city."
"But you know how to find a job. You live in a remote urban-rural fringe area like the Xinxin Hotel in the west of the city. The transportation is not very convenient. Why are you looking for a job as a knitting machine?"
"If you are looking for some ordinary jobs, such as cashier, washing dishes, etc., then you can come here."
"But I also heard that she seems to have just graduated from college, so that's even more wrong."
"So, what do you think is going on with her?" Gu Chen also got a rough idea of Zhou Xiaotong's situation from the middle-aged driver's mouth.
This is exactly the same as my original guess.
Jiangnan City natives all know the strategies for finding a job, and they even reminded Zhou Xiaotong.
But obviously, Zhou Xiaotong couldn't listen, and came to the Xinxin Hotel in the west of the city as always.
It can be seen that she received the invitation letter and wanted to come over to complete some kind of contract.
But the more confusing things were, the more headache it gave Gu Chen.
Because no matter what happened before, the investigation case can be investigated based on various clues.
But Gu Chen was most afraid of clues like this without any clues.
For example, the invitation letter Zhou Xiaotong received to complete the contract was simple and empty in content, and it seemed that only the recipient and sender could understand each other.
It's like two people are playing riddles in their relationship, and only each other can understand what they mean.
But if you hand this kind of letter to outsiders, outsiders have no ability to understand these things.
Gu Chen was a little worried, but the most important thing now was to find Zhou Xiaotong.
The longer Zhou Xiaotong is not found, the more dangerous he will be.
Gu Chen immediately asked the taxi driver: "Master, did you observe anything unusual about this female passenger that day?"
"No." The taxi driver's reply was straightforward: "It was just an ordinary chat that day. That's the basic situation."
"I advised her to either live in the old train station or in the east area of the city, but she didn't take it and continued to ask me to drive to the Xinxin Hotel in the west of the city."
After taking a deep breath, the driver on the phone said helplessly: "This passenger doesn't listen to your advice, and there's nothing you can do about it."
"After all, I can't control other people's itineraries. What's more, the distance between the old train station and the east of the city is obviously much closer than the Xinxin Hotel in the west of the city."
"I kindly advised her that it would cost more in fares, but she didn't seem to care."
"Finally, I took her to the Xinxin Hotel in the west of the city. After collecting the money, I left."
"Okay, thank you very much." After getting all the answers from the driver, Gu Chen still expressed his gratitude.
After a while of pleasantries, Gu Chen hung up the phone.
At this moment, Lu Weiwei and Officer Wang also walked out of Xinxin Hotel.
Lu Weiwei quickly asked Gu Chen: "Junior Brother Gu, did you ask anything?"
Gu Chen shook his head: "Not yet, but for now, I am certain that someone has designated that after Zhou Xiaotong arrives in Jiangnan City, he must come to the Xinxin Hotel in the west of the city."
"No matter how others persuaded her, Zhou Xiaotong seemed to have no intention of changing her mind."
"Obviously, Zhou Xiaotong came to Jiangnan City this time not to find a job, but to complete a certain task, or in other words, a contract."
"Yes, I should be here to complete a certain contract." As soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, Lu Weiwei on the side also confirmed.
Officer Wang scratched his chin, looked up at Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei, and said, "Do you think we should go shopping in the business district over there now? That's where Zhou Xiaotong has dinner."
"Besides, she stayed there until 10 o'clock at night."
"Is this such a long time just for dinner?"
"No, she must be meeting someone, and then someone reminded her to run to the forest behind the Xinxin Hotel late at night, or somewhere in the forest. Zhou Xiaotong then obeyed and did as she was told." Wang here
As soon as the police officer finished speaking, Lu Weiwei also answered.
At this time, Gu Chen couldn't wait and asked Lu Weiwei and Officer Wang:
"By the way, Senior Sister Lu and Senior Brother Wang, you were in the Xinxin Hotel just now. Did you ask where the forest behind the Xinxin Hotel is?"
"It's time to ask." As soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, Lu Weiwei couldn't wait to say:
"We asked the woman just now, and she told us that there is a path behind the Xinxin Hotel that leads to the mountain."
"But there is nothing in this mountain, but there are some cemeteries."
"Every year during the Qingming Festival, people go up the mountain to sweep tombs and so on."
"Cemetery? Grave sweeping?" Gu Chen frowned slightly when he heard the result given by Lu Weiwei.
Of course, Officer Wang also saw what Gu Chen meant, and asked hurriedly: "Gu Chen, what do you mean, do you feel that Zhou Xiaotong's contract may have something to do with the tomb in the mountain?"
"Yes." As soon as Officer Wang finished speaking, Gu Chen snapped his fingers and said:
"That's what I think, because there are no buildings in the mountains, only cemeteries."
"But what is Zhou Xiaotong doing when he doesn't sleep late at night and quietly goes to the forest in the back mountain?"
"You know, Zhou Xiaotong has just come to Jiangnan City for the first time. She is not familiar with the place. She disappeared into the mountains behind Xinxin Hotel at such a late night."
"You can guess with your toes that she may have been instructed by someone to find out the specific route, and then ran to the forest behind her late at night."
"It seems that Zhou Xiaotong really met the sender when he was eating." Lu Weiwei now seems very convinced of her previous opinion.
Officer Wang also said: "Then what are you waiting for? Time waits for no one. We have to quickly go to the business district over there to see if we can get some clues."
"Um."
A few people just did what they said and immediately set off for the nearby business district.
The business district here is actually mainly concentrated on an old street. The street is not very spacious, and the buildings on both sides are not new and are still a bit old.
The business atmosphere here is very strong, and the shops on both sides are all doing business.
But Gu Chen focused on investigating the restaurant stores, starting with when Zhou Xiaotong was eating, asking the boss to see if he could help find out what happened to Zhou Xiaotong during the meal.
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