Zhang Ying's words also seemed to imply that there seemed to be some secrets hidden between him and Hu Zhe.
Since all previous suspects have been eliminated as relevant suspects, Gu Chen believes that Hu Zhe's disappearance is ultimately his fault.
In other words, some people around Hu Zhe may have influenced Hu Zhe.
But now listening to what Zhang Ying said, Gu Chen felt that things seemed to be far from that simple.
"What did he say to you?" Gu Chen breathed, as if something was wrong.
Zhang Ying on the other end of the phone also sighed quietly and said helplessly:
"I don't know if I should tell you these things."
"Of course, every word you say now will play a vital role in our investigation of the case." Lu Weiwei was also confused by Zhang Ying.
It's already this time, and Zhang Ying is still hesitating.
Officer Wang also quickly persuaded: "Zhang Ying, just say what you have to say? It's okay, just say it slowly."
"Yes, Zhang Ying, if you want to find Hu Zhe, you'd better explain to us in detail the situation of the people around Hu Zhe, otherwise it will be difficult for us to judge Hu Zhe's current situation." Yuan Shasha continued to agree.
Zhang Ying was a little shaken.
But at least Gu Chen could tell that when Zhang Ying said those words just now, she felt a little regretful and didn't seem to want to mention it to the police at all.
But when my emotions reached this point, I thought back to those previous situations, and I couldn't hold back for a while, so I spilled the beans.
But now, under everyone's urging, Zhang Ying seems to have no choice but to say it.
After hesitating again and again, Zhang Ying also sighed, and then said slowly: "Okay, since you all want to know, then I will tell you."
"That night, Vujicic came to me and wanted to ask for help because he had provoked someone he could not afford to offend."
"A person who cannot be offended? What do you mean by that? Has Hu Zhe offended someone?" Gu Chen could tell that Hu Zhe seemed to be in trouble at that time.
Gu Chen had actually been puzzled by the fact that Hu Zhe climbed out of the ventilation duct of the bar. He always felt that Hu Zhe was afraid of someone, so he did not dare to go out to the main entrance of the bar.
But now listening to what Zhang Ying said, I feel that Hu Zhe has really provoked some people who shouldn't be provoked.
Zhang Ying sighed and said slowly: "Actually, it was because of the fame of the band members that Hu Zhe had gained a lot of female fans."
"Coupled with the fact that he was confident and bright at the time, he was also very popular among female fans. Many women took the initiative to throw themselves at him, including one's girlfriend."
"And that person, who was in the area near our campus at the time, was also in the campus loan business. He had many subordinates, and he was ruthless."
"But Vujicic doesn't know that one of the female fans he has a private relationship with is the man's girlfriend."
"Moreover, Vujicic also slept with someone, but the man found out about it."
"So, when he disappeared the day before the commercial performance, he was actually caught by that man?" Gu Chen followed the situation given by Zhang Ying and roughly analyzed the specific situation.
Zhang Ying on the phone definitely replied: "Yes, just the night before our commercial performance, Hu Zhe and the woman had a tryst in the hotel. As a result, they were blocked in the hotel by a group of people and beaten up."
"That group of people is the younger brother of the woman's boyfriend, and that man is also there."
"At that time, he was about to be beaten to death, but Hu Zhe tried his best to protect his head, so his face was not bruised, but he was also covered in bruises."
With a faint sigh, Zhang Ying said helplessly: "I was really confused at the time. I knew that Hu Zhe had a girlfriend, but I didn't expect that before he broke up with his girlfriend, he was in love with another woman.
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"The key point is that this woman is not kind. She obviously has a boyfriend who is in the loan business, but she hangs out with Hu Zhe."
"The result was good. The boss was completely angered and threatened to get rid of him."
"Vujicic was completely frightened at that time. He was beaten almost to death and might not have even saved his life."
"What happened next? Is there no way to turn things around?" Yuan Shasha also asked anxiously.
Zhang Ying on the phone laughed and said helplessly: "It's not impossible. At that time, Hu Zhe was beaten half to death and he knelt on the ground begging for mercy."
"The boss doesn't want to cause trouble, but he won't let it go when his girlfriend opens a room with Hu Zhe in private."
"So, he brought a piece of paper and asked Hu Zhe to write down an IOU for a loan of 150,000."
"If he doesn't get the money within three days, the boss will completely destroy Hu Zhe. Hu Zhe will be ruined and even expelled from the school."
Speaking of this, Zhang Ying also sighed heavily and said with choked sobs:
"So that night, Vujicic told me that they locked him in the hotel and not only forced him to write down an IOU, but also took many evidence photos."
"In the end, he was beaten violently in various ways. It was not until that afternoon that Vujicic was kicked out of the hotel."
"Vujicic was stunned at the time and went to the hospital to treat his wounds first. However, he missed the commercial performance and was afraid that the band members would blame him."
"In the end, there was really no other way, so I ran to our school at night and asked me for help."
"He asked you to borrow money?" Officer Wang asked.
"Yes." Zhang Ying on the phone did not shy away and said straightforwardly: "He asked me to borrow money and asked me to help him no matter what this time."
"Otherwise, he will definitely be ruined. He is such a proud person, but he almost ruined his future because of a woman."
"He knows that he can't escape. After all, he hasn't graduated yet and still has to perform in this area."
"In addition, the aura of the band members is too dazzling. He can escape like a monk but cannot escape from the temple. There are still many tricks in other people's hands."
"So, Vujicic asked me to help him and must lend him money."
"Otherwise, after three days, he may be ruined by that man or even expelled from the school."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! At the end, Zhang Ying seemed to be unable to continue.
On the phone, all Gu Chen heard was Zhang Ying's sigh.
Gu Chen was silent for a few seconds, and then asked: "Zhang Ying, how did you settle the money later?"
"I couldn't help it. I was also a student at the time. Although I could get a good salary by participating in commercial performances as a band."
"But the band is a group of people after all. If it's divided into individual hands, it's actually not that much."
"In addition, as we play in a band, all kinds of costumes and styles are quite expensive, and the cost is usually very high."
"So, my deposit at that time was less than 30,000 yuan, so I could only lend him more than 20,000 yuan. I really had no choice about the rest."
Zhang Ying said this and seemed to feel regretful that her money was borrowed.
Seeing this, Lu Weiwei continued to ask: "How did you get the other money? Did the other members of your band lend a helping hand to Vujicic?"
"That's right." As soon as Lu Weiwei finished speaking, Zhang Ying said truthfully:
"There was no other way out at that time. You know, those of us who are in the band, our interests are actually highly tied."
"And Vujicic is still the backbone of our band. If Vujicic falls, it will not be him alone, but our entire metal band."
"If our band is unable to receive commercial performances and has to disband because of Vujicic's incident, then we will never agree to it."
Sighing softly, Zhang Ying tried to calm down and then continued:
"So we have no choice but to retreat. We have reached the point of no return."
"So, after discussion, we band members decided to give Vujicic a hand."
"But this money can only be regarded as being lent to Hu Zhe to eliminate disasters."
"Just like that, on the last day of the three-day period, all the members of our band accompanied Hu Zhe to the online loan company."
"We put 150,000 yuan on that person's desk and got back the IOU, and the two parties reluctantly reconciled."
After a pause, Zhang Ying calmed down briefly and then said again:
"So, do you know now why even though Vujicic is setting up a barbecue stall and running a small business, he still refuses to give up the band, and even uses the money he earns to subsidize the entire band?"
"Because this is what he owed us back then. It was us who gave Vujicic a hand at the most critical moment."
"Although Vujicic is sometimes very unreliable, he also values love and justice, and is very obsessed with music."
"So, our band has experienced various difficulties after graduation, but it has never failed."
"The reason is that Vujicic is protecting this metal band."
"But now, we don't want Vujicic to continue to resist like this. What he owed us back then has been paid back to us. In fact, all of us have paid off."
"So that's it." After listening to Zhang Ying's various stories, Gu Chen roughly understood the origin of the matter.
Thinking of Hu Zhe's strange behavior after disappearing, Gu Chen quickly asked again:
"Then from now on, have you and this moneylender been at odds with each other?"
"Yes, that's right." After hearing what Gu Chen said, Zhang Ying also sighed and said:
"Because of that incident, the guy who made the online loan always regarded us as a thorn in his side."
"His loan business is very profitable, and he changes girlfriends very quickly."
"The woman who hung out with Hu Zicic was quickly abandoned by him, but the man's hatred for Hu Zicic could not be eliminated."
"So, in the following days, we would often meet."
"But every time they see Vujicic, they always find him in all kinds of trouble."
"Wait a minute." When Gu Chen heard this, he quickly interrupted:
"You mean, he will come to trouble Vujicic in the future? How to say it specifically?"
"Harmful!" Zhang Ying sighed and said with a smile:
"It's quite irritating to say the least, because that guy who lends money has many younger brothers around him."
"And these people are all helping that man collect debts, and they all know that Vujicic once slept with their boss's woman."
"So these people will not let go of Hu Zhe in this hatred. Whenever they meet Hu Zhe in public, they will come over to provoke him intentionally or unintentionally."
After a pause, Zhang Ying on the other end of the phone thought briefly, and then said again:
"For example, he comes over, touches you on purpose, and then says he doesn't like you and gets into an argument."
"Then, they may deliberately look for trouble."
"In short, these bastards can use various tricks to bully you in order to provoke and bully Vujicic."
"Vujicic is also used to being bullied by them, so every time he meets a group of them, he will avoid them intentionally or unintentionally."
"But why didn't you tell these things before?" Gu Chen felt a little unhappy when Zhang Ying finally revealed the key information.
This is completely consistent with the situation when I discovered that Vujicic escaped from the bar.
But Zhang Ying never mentioned it to herself.
Zhang Ying was silent for a few seconds and said helplessly: "Gu Ju, I don't know what to tell you."
"Vujicic is a man who cares about face. He once told us repeatedly that these things back then would rot in our stomachs no matter what."
"Because he knows that once these black materials are known to others, people with malicious intentions will always expose the matter."
"As a musician, once his stain is exposed, his popularity will basically disappear."
"It is absolutely impossible to become famous in the music field. In today's terms, they are bad artists. Many platforms will not like such problematic artists."
"What's more, the reputation of our metal bands still rises and falls."
After sniffing, Zhang Ying choked a few times and then said again:
"So we need to rely on constant touring to increase the popularity of our band."
"Vujicic also fantasizes that we can be sought after by all kinds of people just like when we were in school, and we can win championships in various business competitions with our far superior strength."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "But everyone knows that this is simply impossible. It is already impossible. We may be disbanded at any time. Only Vujicic is unwilling to accept reality."
At the end, Zhang Ying's emotions seemed to be stirred up.
She spoke with a roar, as if she had had enough over the years.
Especially the band tour has long exhausted the nurse, and she even feels like she is walking like a zombie every day at work.
The phone suddenly became silent.
Gu Chen kept these in mind and said slowly: "Zhang Ying, I can understand how difficult it has been for your band these years."
"Now I can finally understand a more comprehensive Vujicic from you."
"It can be said that Vujicic is indeed a person who is very interested in fame and fortune. He has indeed sacrificed a lot to make himself famous and has failed many times, but he does not want to give up."
"He doesn't want to give up the glory of the past, but this glory has actually ended long ago. If he can't make some achievements in the band after graduation."
"Then, just like now, you all have your own jobs, but you still work hard to support this half-dead band. In fact, you all want to give it a last try."
"That's right." Listening to Gu Chen's sincere words, Zhang Ying on the other end of the phone was also in tears at this moment:
"We people have suffered too much and traveled too many roads over the years."
"Every one of us is very tired. We all know that this metal band will disband sooner or later."
"The dream of music ended long after graduation. We cannot go back to the past, nor can we immerse ourselves in the past. We should look forward."
At the end of the sentence, Zhang Ying also sniffed hard and continued to choke with sobs:
"So, that day, on behalf of the other members of the band, I came to Vujicic's barbecue stall and told him openly about the disbandment of the band. We made a lot of determination."
"I originally thought that Vujicic would give up, but I don't know why that guy who appeared out of nowhere wanted to give Vujicic hope?"
"Why? This metal band should have disbanded long ago and is half dead, but that person suddenly stood up at that time and encouraged Vujicic to try out at the music festival in the East Lake Camp."
Speaking of this, Zhang Ying on the other end of the phone seemed very angry and shouted angrily:
"I really wanted to go over and beat that person up to shut him up, but at that time Vujicic was already in a daze."
"I know that he won't listen to anyone. He has already gone crazy if he wants to succeed."
"In his opinion, this may be his last chance, so why should I not agree to his last effort?"
"I thought that the result this time would probably not be too good, so I might as well let him end this damn music dream on his own."
"But we didn't expect that he lost contact and suddenly disappeared for us just like the day before the commercial performance."
"But this time, it may be difficult for us to find him at all. I don't know why, but I feel so uncomfortable mentally."
At the end of the conversation, perhaps because she could no longer hold back her sadness, Zhang Ying on the other end of the phone burst into tears.
Gu Chen moved his phone away and looked at his colleagues in the car involuntarily.
Everyone looked at each other, feeling a little overwhelmed.
Originally, I was asking Zhang Ying for news, but now it seems that the entire phone call is full of sadness.
But after all, there were new clues now. After Gu Chen calmed down briefly, he still said solemnly:
"Zhang Ying, please calm down first. Let's not talk about the band's disbandment. Let's talk about Hu Zhe first."
"You said before that when Vujicic encounters those moneylenders now, he is like a mouse meeting a cat, avoiding them, is that true?"
"Yes." Zhang Ying on the phone sniffed and said with sobs.
"The last time Vujicic appeared in the surveillance footage, he crawled out of the toilet ventilation duct in the bar and did not go through the main entrance of the bar."
"Then can I understand that when Vujicic was looking for traces of beggars in the bar, he accidentally met the group of people lending money?"
"So in order to avoid trouble, he did not dare to go out through the main entrance of the bar, so he chose to climb up the ventilation duct above the toilet, and then left the bar through the ventilation duct. Can I understand this?"
After the words fell, there was dead silence on the other end of the phone.
Seeing this, Lu Weiwei also asked: "Zhang Ying, can you understand it this way?"
"Maybe." It took a long time before everyone heard Zhang Ying's reply on the phone.
Gu Chen let out a long sigh of relief, and then asked again: "Then do you know those people who lend money?"
"Let's get to know some." Zhang Ying said again.
"Very good." Seeing that they knew Zhang Ying, Gu Chen quickly reminded:
"Then I will send you some surveillance screenshots now. Take a look and see which loan officers you know in these surveillance screenshots. The more detailed the better, I will send them to you now."
It was only after a while of communication that Gu Chen hung up the phone.
Soon, Gu Chen sent the cell phone pictures to Zhang Ying, asking Zhang Ying to find out the specific identities of the loan officers as soon as possible.
Time passes minute by minute.
Nearly 10 minutes had passed since the photo was sent, but there was no response from Zhang Ying.
Lu Weiwei couldn't sit still and was about to call again.
But at this moment, Gu Chen's cell phone ringtone suddenly rang.
Seeing that the caller was Zhang Ying, Gu Chen quickly opened the answer button and asked: "How is it? Is there any?"
"There is one, the one on the right in the surveillance screenshot of Chapter 2 that you sent me, wearing a black top and dyed red hair."
Listening to Zhang Ying's explanation, Gu Chen and everyone found the photo at the same time, and then looked for the red-haired man.
"That's the person." Lu Weiwei, who was beside Gu Chen, found it first and quickly showed the photo to Gu Chen for reference.
Gu Chen nodded silently: "I saw it, so this person is from the lending group and the person who often comes to trouble Hu Zhe, right?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Yes." Zhang Ying on the phone definitely replied:
"Our band went to a commercial performance. Anyway, after that incident, we often met this person at some events."
"Because their business is located near several universities, and we started from the campus to make the band famous."
"It is still very popular in these university areas, so businesses in the university campus areas are also willing to ask us to perform business performances."
"But in this way, we will inevitably have to meet this group of people, so every time we meet this person, he will provoke us in various ways, especially when he has trouble with Vujicic, which has caused us a lot of trouble."
"Sometimes, they even got into fights and alerted the police."
"Fortunately, everyone is more restrained. Anyway, Vujicic later became a little nervous and was always afraid of seeing these people."
"Sometimes, when he sees this group of people shopping on the main road, he will even take a detour. Not to mention feeling aggrieved, he just doesn't dare to provoke these people."
"Okay, I will investigate this person." Listening to Zhang Ying's story, Gu Chen also locked his target.
But after a while, Gu Chen asked again: "What you were talking about before were all about the various grievances and grievances between Hu Zhe and the woman's boyfriend."
"But now I want to know, where is Hu Zhe's real girlfriend? Although they are in a different place, did they break up after that incident?"
As soon as these words came out, Zhang Ying on the other end of the phone was stunned and did not reply for a long time.
Officer Wang also urged: "What is that? Zhang Ying, if you have anything to say, just say it. It doesn't matter. We need to fully understand these now."
"I know." Listening to what Gu Chen and Officer Wang said, Zhang Ying was silent for a few seconds, and then said slowly:
"Actually, Vujicic's girlfriend didn't know what happened to Vujicic at all. She just felt that Vujicic began to slowly alienate her for the sake of his band, and even ignored her."
"So, gradually, Vujicic's girlfriend began to have no feelings for him."
"In addition, his girlfriend is also in good condition, and there is no shortage of suitors in school."
"So soon, his girlfriend broke up with him directly. I heard that she was in love with a senior from their school."
"Then Hu Zhe..." Yuan Shasha also wanted to know Hu Zhe's opinion.
But Zhang Ying said calmly: "Vujicic? What can he think?"
"He did those things behind his girlfriend's back, and he knew in his heart that he was not worthy of his girlfriend."
"So, I agreed later, and from then on, the two of us had no contact with each other."
After thinking about it, Zhang Ying seemed to have thought of something? She quickly said:
"Oh, by the way, I remember that Vujicic told us about this some time ago. His ex-girlfriend seems to be getting married. Maybe it will be within these days?"
"His ex-girlfriend got married?" After hearing this answer, Yuan Shasha thought for a moment and said slowly:
"This seems to have lost contact with him and has nothing to do with it."
"Yes, I think so. Anyway, I only heard him mention it accidentally." Taking a deep breath, Zhang Ying also tried to adjust her emotions, and then smiled and said to Gu Chen:
"Gu Bureau, I have basically told you everything you asked me about, including the secrets between us."
"I just hope you can find Hu Zhe quickly now. I don't want Hu Zhe to be in danger."
"Don't worry, leave this to us." After listening to Zhang Ying's words, Gu Chen comforted her kindly.
After everyone briefly communicated on the phone, they both hung up.
Gu Chen looked back at Yuan Shasha and asked, "Xiao Yuan, have you told Senior Brother He about the photo of the red-haired man?"
"Yes." After listening to Gu Chen's reminder, Yuan Shasha raised her head and quickly agreed:
"I have circled the photo just now and asked Senior Brother He to focus on investigating the red-haired man to see what happened to the red-haired man that night?"
"Very good." Hearing that Yuan Shasha had already taken a step ahead of him and sent the photo to He Junchao, Gu Chen breathed a sigh of relief. He lay back on the seat and closed his eyes quietly, waiting for He Junchao's reply.
Everyone immediately relaxed and prepared to rest in the car for a while.
About half an hour later, Gu Chen's cell phone in the car suddenly rang.
Gu Chen, who was still resting just now, immediately took the phone reflexively and quickly opened the answer button:
"Senior Brother He, that red-haired one..."
"The red-haired man is a bit suspicious." Before Gu Chen could finish speaking, He Junchao on the other end of the phone quickly reported.
Gu Chen frowned: "How do you say that?"
"It's very simple." He Junchao replied straightforwardly without being verbose:
"Based on the screenshots and photos you sent me, I focused on this red-haired man."
"I found out that this person is a debt collector who specializes in collecting debts for a loan company."
"You saw him partying on the dance floor of the bar, but in fact, this guy came in with Vujicic."
"Did you follow Hu Zhe in?" Listening to He Junchao's analysis on the speaker phone, Lu Weiwei was a little confused and asked quickly:
"I said He Junchao, you said this person came in with Hu Zhe? Is there any evidence?"
"Yes." He Junchao was silent for a few seconds, and everyone could hear the typing on the keyboard on the other end of the phone.
Not long after, He Junchao continued to reply:
"I have sent the photos of the red-haired man's whereabouts that night to the temporary work group. You can take a look for yourselves."
"That night, Hu Zhe was walking along the bars on Binjiang Road, going door to door inquiring about beggars."
"But this guy also behaves very strangely. He will go to any bar where Vujicic goes."
"Following Hu Zhe, we went back and forth to three bars on Binjiang Road."
After a pause, He Junchao added: "Moreover, based on the fact that the red-haired man followed Vujicic, I carefully analyzed Vujicic's subtle movements when looking for beggars."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "I found that Vujicic was actually wary of subtle movements around him many times."
"When I looked at him before, I thought he was looking left and right, looking for signs of beggars."
"But now after I analyze the surveillance video frame by frame, I find that Vujicic is not actually looking for beggars, but is subconsciously wary of his surroundings."
"He was wary of people who threatened him until he entered the last bar and asked people inside about the beggars."
"Also, look at the last surveillance screenshot I sent you."
Listening to He Junchao's introduction on the phone, everyone picked up their phones and clicked on the temporary work group.
Only then did everyone realize that He Junchao had edited the photo and took screenshots of the actions of the red-haired man and Vujicic.
It is not difficult to see from this picture that Vujicic actually made eye contact with this red-haired man.
"Did you see it? Vujicic discovered this red-haired man. Although the red-haired man quickly pretended to be on the dance floor and caroused with the music, Vujicic still discovered him."
"I thought he was looking for beggars on the dance floor before, but now it seems that's not the case at all."
"He was looking for the red-haired man on the dance floor. It was because Vujicic discovered that the red-haired man had been following him that he pretended not to know and went to the toilet."
"Then he escaped through the ventilation duct above the toilet. I think this is also the reason. He must have wanted to escape from the red-haired man through the ventilation duct in the toilet."
"And the men we investigated earlier who came out of the toilet passage had nothing to do with this incident."
He Junchao said this, and it seemed that the truth was gradually emerging.
Officer Wang looked at the photo in disbelief and said with surprise: "So that's it? We have always been in the wrong direction of the investigation. It turns out that this red-haired man is the key to Vujicic's escape."
"What about the current movements of this red-haired man?" Yuan Shasha also quickly asked.
"I'm still investigating, but unfortunately, I don't know why. After Vujicic escaped from the ventilation duct of the bar, the red-haired man behind him also waited for a long time."
"He was a little impatient and even went to the toilet to check the situation. But when he realized that Vujicic had left, he took advantage of the night and left the bar."
"But the strange thing is that in the end, his whereabouts also disappeared by the river, and there was no trace of the red-haired man after that."
