Maybe Kevin didn't realize why Azhe crawled out of the bar from the vent.
This strange situation made Kevin seem at a loss.
Gu Chen also calmed down for a few seconds before asking Kevin again: "Mr. Kevin, we should ask you this. You were the ones who came into contact with Hu Kai that day, so logically speaking, you should know best."
"No, no, I just chatted with him for a few words. He asked me about people, but I didn't tell him, and I don't know."
Looking up at the vent above the bar toilet window, Kevin also frowned and continued:
"But I don't know why this guy wants to crawl out of here?"
"It's very simple." Seeing that Kevin couldn't understand, Lu Weiwei walked directly to the two of them and explained based on her own experience:
"A large part of the reason why Vujicic wanted to climb out of here is that he must not dare to pass through the hall, because there must be people in the hall at this moment that he cannot afford to offend."
"Someone who can't afford to offend?" After hearing Lu Weiwei's explanation, Kevin hesitated for a few seconds, but then cleared the relationship and said:
"Then I don't know. I don't know this Hu Kai in the first place, and now he climbed out of the toilet vent in our bar, and I'm still confused?"
"As for what you said, there may be people in the hall that he can't afford to offend, but that's none of my business."
"Let's do this." Seeing that the situation had come to this, Gu Chen also thought about it and said:
"Come back with me and I'll make a copy of your bar's surveillance records."
"No... no problem." Seeing that the situation was easily solved, Kevin immediately agreed.
Later, Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei followed Kevin back to the bar.
Gu Chen copied the surveillance videos from various places and sent them directly to He Junchao, asking He Junchao to focus on checking the people in the video, especially those who appeared in the video between 9 and 10 pm the night before yesterday.
Because what Lu Weiwei said is very reasonable, if Hu Kai hadn't met someone he couldn't afford to offend.
Then he wouldn't hide in the toilet in a hurry and then crawl away from the toilet ventilation duct.
All of this seems to make Hu Zhe's disappearance become strange again.
After completing the work inside the bar, Gu Chen took Lu Weiwei back to the place that appeared in the video, which is the link between Binjiang Road and Yanjiang Road.
There happened to be a surveillance camera that could capture it, and judging from the last image of Vujicic, he did not look very panicked.
Instead, he walked very calmly towards the river.
So Gu Chen followed the area where Hu Zhe disappeared and searched for it.
Only then did I realize that this is where the guardrail ends, with some steps extending directly into the river.
In the summer, many swimmers will appear here and swim in the water from here.
Gu Chen looked back and saw two mobile cabins on the shore, with the logo of the Jiangnan Swimming and Fitness Association on them. They seemed to be rooms where swimmers change into swimsuits and take a shower.
Since it was just after noon, there were no swimming crowds by the river yet.
So it looked very peaceful here, but Gu Chen knew very well that Hu Zhe appeared at this location around 10 o'clock in the evening.
The guardrail along the river, whether going left or right, will eventually lead to the driving road.
There are surveillance cameras at intersections that can capture the movements of pedestrians.
But unfortunately, Vujicic did not appear in the surveillance footage.
It can be said that Hu Zicic disappeared after arriving at the riverside.
The only explanation is that Hu Zhe went into the water.
But Hu Zicic can swim. If he was trying to avoid some acquaintances inside the bar, then he had already escaped outside and there was no need to go to the river.
Everything seems to be full of weirdness.
"That's not right." Gu Chen frowned and complained.
When Lu Weiwei heard this, she quickly asked Gu Chen: "Junior Brother Gu, what's wrong?"
"What on earth was Vujicic hiding from? Why did he walk from the river? Did he swim across the river? Or did he swim to other shores and then disembark?"
"Then we will definitely not do it here, because He Junchao has already investigated clearly, and the entire coastal surveillance at the bar found no trace of Hu Zicic."
"Then it's possible that he swam to the other side?" Gu Chen said, looking at the busy traffic on the other side.
Lu Weiwei thought for a few seconds and then said: "Can He Junchao check this again to see if there are any mistakes?"
"After all, the river is so wide. According to the influence of water flow, even if Hu Zicic swam to the other side, it should be in the downstream area."
After she finished speaking, Lu Weiwei also pointed out an area.
Gu Chen nodded silently: "It's possible, but now I'm more curious, why did Hu Zhe climb out of the vent of the bar toilet?"
He sighed softly, feeling that today's vacation was in vain, so Gu Chen quickly said to Lu Weiwei:
"Senior Sister Lu, I think we should go back to the branch and see if we can find any clues."
"Okay, I'll listen to you." Seeing what Gu Chen said and the clues at the scene were very limited, Lu Weiwei followed Gu Chen and returned directly to Furong Branch.
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It was already 2 p.m. when the two arrived at the criminal investigation team of the branch.
At this moment, He Junchao is still investigating the characters in the video.
Seeing Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei in casual clothes walking in from outside, He Junchao also complained repeatedly:
"It's really exhausting me. There are so many characters. How do you want me to investigate them?"
"Let me take a look." Gu Chen took a closer look and then warned:
"You only need to stare at Hu Zhe at this time and see what Hu Zhe is looking at?"
"If Vujicic keeps staring at a certain area, it means he is avoiding that person."
"But..." As soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, He Junchao also expressed his opinion:
"But Gu Chen, this Hu Zhe, from the beginning to the end, didn't even look at a special area to observe."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! After finishing his words, He Junchao pointed to the screen and analyzed: "Look here, this is how Hu Zhe just came in. He has been looking for someone."
"Then I asked people, kept looking for people, asked people again, and kept doing things over and over again."
"It can be said that he never looked at anyone before he entered the toilet passage. How do you ask me to investigate this?"
"I didn't look at someone strangely in the hall, but after entering the toilet, I hurriedly climbed up the ventilation pipe, and then escaped from the ventilation pipe exit. This is a big mistake."
Walking back and forth behind He Junchao, Lu Weiwei snapped her fingers and said:
"There is only one possibility. This Hu Zhe is an acquaintance whom he met in the passageway of the toilet."
"Yes." Seeing Lu Weiwei express her opinion, Gu Chen quickly urged:
"Senior Brother He, please quickly investigate who has come out of the toilet passage after Hu Zhe entered, and then focus on investigating these people."
"Got it." It felt like it should be so, so He Junchao didn't say anything more. He directly started taking screenshots of all the customers who came out of the aisle according to the progress of the video screen.
After completing all operations, He Junchao began to take screenshots of these surveillance cameras, and then used software to perform face recognition.
Since scanning facial information requires a set of sophisticated algorithms, what does He Junchao need?
As time passed by, Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei looked at each other from time to time, waiting anxiously.
After a long time passed, He Junchao finally matched the information in the database and quickly reported to Gu Chen:
"Gu Chen, I found some here, take a look."
After the words fell, He Junchao clicked on the message, showed it in front of Gu Chen and said:
"I checked. After Hu Zhe entered the toilet passage, a total of seven men came out of the toilet."
"I scanned the data of these seven people and found that three men had criminal records."
"Give me a detailed introduction." Gu Chen, who was standing behind He Junchao with his arms folded, said.
He Junchao nodded slightly, continued the operation, and then retrieved the information of one of the men and said:
"This man, a man in formal attire, was imprisoned for several years because he participated in fraud. After he was released, he also hung out with some bosses, running errands and so on."
"What about the second one?" Gu Chen asked again.
"The second one is this bald one. He is relatively tall and a bit heavy." After the words fell, He Junchao continued his work of retrieving and said:
"This person is interesting. He is the leader of the security department in a factory owned by a relative. He is responsible for the security of the factory."
"There is also this, this tall, thin man with a ponytail. This man has his own mortgage company and does some mortgage business. He has also been in jail for illegal business."
"Apart from these three people, are there no problems with everyone else?" Gu Chen looked at everything in front of him and asked again.
He Junchao shook his head: "We haven't found any criminal records so far? Only these three people have special circumstances."
"Then these three people, do they know each other?" Lu Weiwei suddenly remembered something again? She quickly asked.
He Junchao shook his head: "I really don't know this."
"Then check it quickly." Lu Weiwei urged.
He Junchao rolled his eyes at her and lay down listlessly on his seat, muttering to himself: "It's so hard. I need a cup of milk tea to replenish my energy."
Lu Weiwei quickly heard what He Junchao meant, her eyes widened, and she said angrily: "He Junchao, did you secretly look through my drawer again?"
"No? Why should I look through your drawers?" He Junchao put on an innocent face.
Lu Weiwei snorted and said angrily: "He Junchao, stop pretending. I just bought the brewed milk tea last night. You told me today that you want a cup of milk tea to replenish your energy."
"What are you trying to do if you're not covering your ears? It's obvious that you were secretly looking through my bedroom to look for snacks while I was out of the office. Stop pretending."
"Haha, it seems I spoke too fast." Feeling that he had exposed himself, He Junchao immediately stopped pretending, straightened his back, and continued:
"Then give me a cup of milk tea. After all, this job is very hard..."
Before He Junchao could finish speaking, Lu Weiwei ran to her seat quickly, took out the brewed milk tea from the drawer, walked directly to He Junchao, and threw the brewed milk tea on the table:
"Here, I'll satisfy you, okay now?"
"Okay." Seeing that Lu Weiwei was still sincere, He Junchao immediately sat upright, as if he was resurrected with full blood, and said with a smile:
"Then I'll reluctantly find out the connections between these people."
Seeing the progress in the investigation work, Gu Chen was naturally happy.
However, this is only the preliminary stage.
Although these people all came out of the bar toilet, even if they have criminal records, they are not necessarily related to Hu Zhe's disappearance.
Gu Chen still understood this clearly.
But so far, what everyone has investigated is very limited. Gu Chen doesn't know what Hu Zhe was thinking at that time.
Also, what exactly did Hu Zhe experience before? If these situations are not investigated clearly, Gu Chen feels that just investigating the information in hand is very limited.
After thinking about it, Gu Chen couldn't help but said: "We still need to go over and investigate the situation on the riverside, especially ask the people swimming there to see if anyone has seen him at that location on the riverside.
Vujicic.”
"Then you have to wait until the afternoon or evening. After all, those who like swimming have their own fixed time to exercise." Lu Weiwei said.
Gu Chen nodded silently and said, "We will go there later and squat on the shore."
"Let's see if we can try our luck and find the person who met Vujicic."
"Yeah." Lu Weiwei nodded silently and didn't say anything else.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Since it will take some time to investigate whether the three customers with criminal records are related to each other, Gu Chen gave He Junchao enough time.
When the time came to 3:30 pm, Gu Chen took Lu Weiwei and drove to Binjiang Road, the area where Hu Zhe disappeared.
We came to the shore again, on one side of the two mobile houses.
At this moment, one after another, some old men riding electric bicycles parked their electric bicycles under the big tree.
Then he took the plastic bag and walked to the side of the mobile cabin, apparently preparing to change into swimming equipment.
There are also some men who take off their underwear directly on the shore and exercise their various joints.
But very few people go into the water.
Since the number of people was not very large, Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei began to ask these swimming masters one by one to see who had seen Hu Zhe around 10 o'clock the night before yesterday.
"I usually don't swim here during the time you mentioned. I usually come here for a swim before dinner, and then go back to take a shower and have dinner."
An old man who was sitting on the steps and flexing his arms and legs said.
Gu Chen nodded silently and asked, "Do you know who is still swimming in the river at 10 o'clock in the evening?"
"It's hard to say." Feeling that this question was a bit difficult, the uncle waved his hand and smiled teasingly:
"I know most of the people who swim in this area, and most of them are members of the Swimming and Fitness Association."
"Many people have their own family chores, but most of them are retired."
"I like to come over for a swim before dinner, sometimes at a certain time in the afternoon. Some association members are themselves bosses, and they have a lot of work on their hands."
"So they will choose to come to the shore to swim at night. This... you have to wait."
When Lu Weiwei heard the uncle's words, she couldn't help but glance at her watch, and then said:
"In other words, there are people in every time period, but their swimming time is relatively fixed."
"Those who swim in the afternoon usually don't swim in the evening, but those who swim in the evening mostly choose to join the swimming team at the same time?"
"Yes, that's the truth." The uncle nodded silently, then moved his joints and walked directly towards the steps and came to the riverside.
With a "plop" sound, the uncle jumped directly into the water and swam towards the center of the river.
And soon, several other uncles whom I had inquired about before jumped directly into the water at another location.
Gu Chen also discovered that there were several diving men on a bridge across the river not far away.
"There are people swimming over there," Lu Weiwei said, pointing to the old man diving from the bridge.
At this moment, another white-haired man wearing faded pants and preparing to come over for swimming said:
"There is another group of people over there. Those people like to dive, and we like to swim."
"Everyone has his or her own swimming range and doesn't disturb each other."
"Listen to what you said, these diving masters, they won't swim here, right?" Gu Chen was not sure, so he asked again to confirm.
The white-haired old man nodded silently: "That's the truth."
As soon as he finished speaking, the old man jumped into the water with a "plop" and swam in the direction of the swimming masters just now.
Lu Weiwei looked frustrated. She sat on the clean steps aside and complained:
"If you want to ask something here, it feels unreliable. It seems that you need to wait until late at night to take a look."
"Then just wait." Gu Chen didn't care. He felt that the time was fixed, so he would wait until about 10 o'clock in the evening.
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Group after group of swimming masters, after questioning by Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei, walked towards the river.
The time soon came to 9pm.
At this moment, Lu Weiwei brought the supper she bought from the roadside to Gu Chen, and sat in a row with Gu Chen.
Lu Weiwei quickly urged: "Junior brother Gu, eat quickly, it will get cold later."
"Yeah." Gu Chen smiled slightly, picked up the sausage in his hand, and took a bite.
Lu Weiwei on the side frowned, glanced secretly at the sausage in Gu Chen's hand, and said with a smile: "I seem to have some chili peppers in this one, and yours seems to have another seasoning in it."
"Really? Isn't it the same condiment?" Gu Chen looked at Lu Weiwei curiously.
Lu Weiwei shook her head: "It doesn't seem to be the case. How about I eat it and see."
After finishing her words, Lu Weiwei directly picked up Gu Chen's right hand and took a bite of the sausage in Gu Chen's right hand.
Then after recalling the taste just now, he couldn't help but said: "Well, it tastes really good. Compared with this one, it seems to be more delicious."
"What about giving this to Senior Sister Lu?" Seeing that Lu Weiwei wanted to eat the sausage in her hand, she couldn't hold it in anymore, so Gu Chen quickly offered the sausage in his hand.
Lu Weiwei was not polite and immediately handed the one in her hand to Gu Chen and said, "How about we exchange it?"
"Okay." Gu Chen said he had no objection.
But just as the two of them finished exchanging sausages, Gu Chen saw two old men coming from the left to communicate.
Due to the street lights on the shore, the light is relatively warm in color, and the light is somewhat dim due to the obstruction of the trees on the shore.
When Gu Chen saw the two of them carrying bags in their hands and walking leisurely towards this side, Gu Chen quickly reminded Lu Weiwei:
"Senior Sister Lu, there are basically not many people coming to swim now. Those who swam before are almost going ashore and going home. I think these two people will have to swim in the water for at least an hour."
"Calculating the time, it should be around 10 p.m."
"Then let's go over and ask?" Lu Weiwei said.
"Ask." Gu Chen was also impatient.
So the two of them put down the snacks in their hands and waited for the two uncles to walk to the front row of the mobile cabin. Then they took the initiative to come over and say hello to the two uncles.
"Hello, we are from Furong Branch and would like to ask you about something."
Lu Weiwei showed her police officer ID and explained her purpose of coming.
The two uncles are also polite, tall and tall, and look like veteran cadres of the work unit.
Seeing that Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei were police officers, one of the men wearing glasses said politely: "Comrade police, what can I do for you?"
"We want to ask you about someone." After the words fell, Gu Chen took out his cell phone, showed Hu Zhe's face in front of the two of them, and asked:
"Do you have any impression of this person?"
"This person? What does this person do? I don't seem to have any memory." The man wearing glasses shook his head, then looked at his companion beside him and asked:
"Have you seen it?"
"I don't know you either." Another short-haired man also shook his head.
So Gu Chen changed his questioning method and continued to ask: "This person came to the river the night before yesterday, around 10 o'clock, and then disappeared. There is no news yet."
"I don't know, did you two swim here at that time?"
"Is that so?" After hearing what Gu Chen said, the man wearing glasses suddenly frowned and thought.
After a while, he also said slowly: "We did swim here the night before yesterday."
"We usually swim at 9pm and swim until 10:30. If we say it was around 10pm the night before, we should be here, right?"
It seemed that he was not sure, so the old man wearing glasses also looked to his side and asked another old man for confirmation.
Another uncle nodded and confirmed: "Yes, we did swim here at 10 o'clock the night before yesterday. I remember we left around 10:20."
"Then have you ever seen a man walk from the steps to the riverside?" Lu Weiwei heard this and looked at the two of them expectantly.
The two people also looked at each other with dull eyes. The old man wearing glasses shook his head and couldn't help but say:
"My memory is not very good, do you remember?"
Seeing the other party posing the question to him, the other short-haired man also thought for a moment and then said slowly:
"I do remember that that night, there seemed to be a person coming from the shore, but it was dark at the time, so I don't know if that person was the person you were looking for?"
