In the room, Xu Lihua seemed to be aware of the seriousness of the situation. It can be said that the police came to find Zhang Zhiqiang this time more to hold him accountable.
After all, although the projects Zhang Zhiqiang took over were not considered major projects, the impact was not good.
If something like this happens now, I'm afraid it will be difficult for Zhang Zhiqiang to deal with it.
Crossing her chest with both hands and holding her chin up to think, Xu Lihua also said thoughtfully:
"This Zhang Zhiqiang, who is usually quite arrogant, why would he suddenly disappear? It doesn't make sense?"
Shaking her head, Xu Lihua added: "I remember last night, he just confirmed the details of the document with me, and then asked me to remember to prepare all the materials for the iron guardrail."
"I also deliver goods continuously from the warehouse based on the orders provided by him."
"It's not enough. I also borrowed some from other colleagues to help him handle things properly."
With a faint sigh, Xu Lihua added: "But this guy is so good, why did he disappear? I'm afraid he was really kidnapped?"
"It's not impossible." Seeing that Xu Lihua also began to believe that Zhang Zhiqiang might have been kidnapped, Lu Weiwei also reminded:
"Zhang Zhiqiang last appeared here, so we want to know more about you. As for the situations you mentioned, we will investigate."
"Senior Brother Gu." As soon as Lu Weiwei finished speaking, Yuan Shasha, who had also prepared Zhao Xuwen's transcript, took the initiative to come over and report: "The identity authentication has been completed."
"Comrade police, can I leave first?" Zhao Xuwen seemed very embarrassed staying here.
It was also a proactive suggestion.
Gu Chen hesitated for a few seconds and then asked Zhao Xuwen: "How much do you know about Zhang Zhiqiang?"
"Zhang Zhiqiang?" After thinking for a moment, Zhao Xuwen shook his head and said truthfully: "Sorry, comrade police, I am not very familiar with Zhang Zhiqiang and I don't know much about him."
"Have you ever had any contact with him?" Lu Weiwei asked quickly.
"No, I usually deal with financial issues at Xu Head Office. I usually see Zhang Zhiqiang's name on the bills, but I have never even seen Zhang Zhiqiang."
"Okay." Seeing Zhao Xuwen, he didn't seem to understand Zhang Zhiqiang's situation. It was really embarrassing to leave him here.
Officer Wang simply waved his hand: "Then you go first."
"Oh, thank you." Picking up the cigarette on his bedside table, Zhao Xuwen nodded to Xu Lihua and said, "Mr. Xu, I'm leaving first?"
"Well, let's go." Xu Lihua also had a headache and waved her hand to Zhao Xuwen.
Seeing Zhao Xuwen leave quickly and close the door, Xu Lihua lay weakly on the sofa, holding her forehead and said:
"Where should Zhang Zhiqiang be now? I don't know very well, but I know that he seems to have offended someone recently?"
"Then why didn't you say anything just now?" Seeing Xu Lihua suddenly change her tone, Officer Wang also looked puzzled.
"I didn't remember it just now, that is, Zhang Zhiqiang said that to me casually. Now I hear from you that he has disappeared, and it seems that he did not disappear for no reason."
"So, when I think about those things before, it is indeed such a thing."
"How do you say that?" Gu Chen also wanted to know the truth now.
Xu Lihua picked up the water glass on the table, put it to her mouth, took a sip, and then said:
"Just a few days ago, when Zhang Zhiqiang was with me, he was also cursing. Later, when he hung up the phone, he also said he was a little unhappy and said that he had been a bit negative recently."
"A bit back?" Hearing this, Gu Chen raised his eyebrows and continued to ask:
"What exactly did he want to say?"
"It's just a series of strange things that happened around him recently. They seem to have no connection, but if you think about it carefully, it's definitely not simple that so many things happened intensively."
After hearing Xu Lihua's words, everyone looked at each other in shock.
Yuan Shasha also continued to ask: "Can you be more specific?"
Xu Lihua nodded: "That's right, he has encountered some strange things recently. For example, his tire went flat for no reason, and he was also scratched."
"Then, the dog at home suddenly died. His death was so strange that it even frightened his daughter."
"Which home is it? The home in Magic City?" Officer Wang asked.
"Yes, his family is from Shanghai, and his daughter is in junior high school." Xu Lihua said.
"Okay, keep talking." Officer Wang extended his hand to signal.
Xu Lihua nodded silently and continued: "Also, once when he was walking on the road, a flower pot suddenly fell on top of his head and smashed it directly beside him. The soil was scattered on the ground, which scared him quite a lot."
"The most terrible thing is that these things all happened intensively within half a month, to be precise, within 10 days."
"So strange?" Listening to Xu Lihua's explanation, Officer Wang felt incredible.
Lu Weiwei thought thoughtfully: "If these things all happened independently, it would be really strange."
"It's true that he was unlucky. The tire was flat, which is normal. The car was scratched. Maybe it was someone deliberately playing a prank. The dog at home suddenly died. In addition, there was a flower pot that fell upstairs. It was just right.
It fell next to Zhang Zhiqiang."
Taking a deep breath, Officer Wang also smiled and said: "It's interesting. Didn't he investigate it himself?"
"I don't know." After hearing Officer Wang's words, Xu Lihua shook her head and said truthfully:
"But when I heard the things he told me, I found them quite interesting. I also said that he memorized them very well."
"But now, the person who came here to contract the security work for the outer guardrail of the concert has disappeared in a daze."
Looking up at Gu Chen, Xu Lihua also continued to explain: "If everything that happened before was an accident, then Zhang Zhiqiang's disappearance now, I feel, may be related to the previous things."
After a pause, seeing that Gu Chen and others were silent, Xu Lihua quickly added: "Of course, these are just my personal speculations. Is this the case? This... I can't say."
"Did he himself say that someone wanted to harm him?"
"No, he just feels that he is a bit unlucky, that's all." Xu Lihua said.
Subsequently, the two parties conducted relevant communications on some details.
Xu Lihua also explained in detail the entire process of Zhang Zhiqiang's communication with herself these days.
Including the time and place, it can be said that Xu Lihua explained everything she knew or guessed to Gu Chen.
Gu Chen still had a lot to investigate, so he said goodbye to Xu Lihua and led everyone to the front desk of the Lido Hotel again.
"Where is your control room?" Gu Chen asked.
"This way." The short-haired female receptionist said.
"Take us there." Gu Chen said.
"No problem, please come with me." Seeing Gu Chen's request, the short-haired female receptionist was very cooperative. Dang even led Gu Chen's team and walked directly towards the monitoring room.
In the monitoring room, Gu Chen watched the video about Zhang Zhiqiang last night.
Especially around 7 o'clock in the evening, when the female cashier from Zhang Zhiqiang's company came to deliver documents.
Gu Chen compared the time, and it basically matched the time provided by the female cashier.
The female cashier came to Xu Lihua's room, and then, not long after, she came out of the room, then went downstairs to the hotel's buffet area to enjoy dinner.
He stayed in the restaurant the whole time, and the female cashier left only after the meal was finished.
After reading the situation about the female cashier, Gu Chen probably knew that the female cashier did not lie.
However, according to Xu Lihua, after the female cashier left, about half an hour later, Zhang Zhiqiang left Xu Lihua's room and walked directly downstairs.
After exiting the elevator door, Zhang Zhiqiang took a taxi in front of the hotel.
Then he disappeared into the traffic.
Gu Chen directly took out his mobile phone and contacted He Junchao. Not long after, the call was connected: "Brother He, have you read the information I sent you?"
"I've seen it. The taxi Zhang Zhiqiang got into got off near an old community. There is less surveillance there. That's where he disappeared."
"So I suspect he may be staying in that community."
During the phone call, He Junchao also followed Gu Chen's instructions and tracked the vehicle Zhang Zhiqiang was riding in.
Gu Chen said humbly, "Okay, then you can send me the address and we'll go over and take a look right away."
"Okay, I will send it to you later, please check it carefully."
After a brief communication, the two hung up the phone.
Seeing Gu Chen's worried face, Lu Weiwei quickly stepped forward and asked, "How is it?"
"I'm very curious." Gu Chen crossed his arms and said thoughtfully: "I'm very curious. Why did Zhang Zhiqiang choose to take a taxi to the Lido Hotel when he obviously has a car?"
"Or does he think it's more convenient to take a taxi?"
"Maybe his own vehicle broke down, or the car was lent to someone else?" Yuan Shasha also raised a possibility.
When Gu Chen heard this, he immediately picked up his phone again, edited the message and sent it to He Junchao.
The general idea is to ask He Junchao to investigate where Zhang Zhiqiang's vehicle is currently? Is there a malfunction?
After a short wait, He Junchao called again: "Gu Chen, Zhang Zhiqiang's vehicle seems to have been lent to someone else, so he took a taxi here."
"Is it someone from the company or who?" Gu Chen asked.
"A woman doesn't seem to be from his company. Now I find that this car seems to be parked in a beauty salon. I guess it is one of Zhang Zhiqiang's old friends? I am also guessing." He Junchao said.
"Help me keep an eye on this woman and investigate her situation." Gu Chen warned.
"Okay, leave it to me." He Junchao replied quite readily.
Gu Chen hung up the phone and didn't want to waste a moment.
Since it is getting late, it will be quite difficult to investigate.
In addition, the place where Zhang Zhiqiang disappeared was in an old community with many old stilts around.
This is bound to cause some trouble for the investigation.
However, based on the current investigation, it is unlikely that Zhang Zhiqiang went to such a place specifically.
The only possibility is that Zhang Zhiqiang may need to see someone.
Otherwise, he might stay in Xu Lihua's room at the Lido Hotel and hang out with her until dawn.
The vehicle was on the road without stopping. Gu Chen turned right at the intersection and parked the vehicle firmly in a free parking space.
Unlike the surrounding tall buildings, this area is surrounded by walls.
Many houses have been demolished, but some old buildings are still standing there.
In addition, there are many shacks and factories built here, and the roads between various buildings are also very narrow.
It gives people an old and shabby feeling.
After everyone got off the bus, they entered through a walled entrance.
Many buildings here have various "demolish" characters painted on their walls.
Not far inside the wall, there was a temporary shed, and inside the shed was a damaged bungalow.
Judging from the sign, this should be a motorcycle repair shop.
"Let's go and take a look." Gu Chen said.
"Let's go." Officer Wang also wanted to find someone to ask about the situation.
So everyone in the group went directly to the motorcycle repair shop.
At this moment, a middle-aged man in the house with oil stains on his hands also walked out of the door with tools.
When he saw four policemen in uniform, he was suddenly startled and asked curiously: "Comrade police, is your motorcycle broken?"
"Oh, no." Gu Chen shook his head and took the initiative to walk up to the middle-aged man and asked him:
"I would like to ask, is this all a demolition zone?"
"That's right." Looking around, the middle-aged master also smiled and said: "This place has long been designated as a demolition area, didn't you see? The surrounding areas surrounded by walls are all subject to demolition."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "The place to be demolished is quite big." Lu Weiwei looked around and said quickly:
"Then why does this place not look like it was demolished? Some places have been partially demolished, like over there, several houses over there have been demolished, but why is a house here still retaining its original appearance?
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"Also, I see there are some small factories here. From the noise, it seems they are still producing."
After hearing what Lu Weiwei said, the middle-aged master glanced at some small factories not far behind him and said with a smile:
"Yes, there used to be some small processing factories here, making hardware, packaging, and everything else. This used to be a village."
"Now it has become a village in the city, and everything around it has been developed."
"And this area will be developed into real estate or commercial areas in the future."
"So what's going on now?" Officer Wang was also a little confused.
"Now?" The middle-aged master smiled slightly and explained: "Now, the developer has no money."
"As you know, the real estate business is in a slump right now, and many real estate developers are tightening their belts to survive."
"I was very generous when I bought the land before, but in this real estate business, it doesn't mean that you can always be very popular."
"So, during the current recession, the demolition progress has been much slower. Many of the buildings that were demolished in the early stages were compensated by the developers for their rental costs."
"The plan is to let them temporarily move out of their place of residence and then come back when the house is built."
"But later the developer found out, eh? He didn't have enough money in his pocket, so the demolition stopped."
With a faint sigh, the middle-aged master also sighed helplessly: "So there is no way. Without money, there will be no progress. The small processing factories that were planning to move out will continue to stay here for production."
"Then the developer stopped caring about it, and I heard that several major shareholders even ran away."
"Anyway, there are a lot of debt problems. If you look at this land now, the weeds have grown so high."
"I can see it." Gu Chen also looked at the various ruins in front of him, and couldn't help but nodded silently, and then asked the middle-aged master:
"Master, if you stay here, will your business be okay?"
"It's not bad." The middle-aged master grinned, threw the tools in his hands aside, and then said:
"Before the demolition started here, I had been running a repair shop here. Everyone knows my position."
"So, the business is pretty good, and there is life every day."
Well. After hearing what the middle-aged man said, Gu Chen got straight to the point: "By the way, did you see this car parked near you last night?"
Since Gu Chen could only receive a surveillance screenshot of one of the locations sent by He Junchao, Gu Chen was certain that it was near this location, so he clicked on the photo album on his phone and showed the vehicle photos to the man for review.
The middle-aged master squinted his eyes and asked, "What is this?"
"We are looking for a missing person. Last night, around 8:20, he took a taxi and passed through this area."
Looking left and right, Gu Chen pointed in one direction and said: "It probably came from that location, but since there is demolition here and there is no surveillance, we want to ask you if you have seen this car.
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"No." As soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, the middle-aged master denied it:
"I have never seen this car. Last night around 8:20, I was huddled in my room looking at my phone."
"Have you seen this person before?" Gu Chen directly found Zhang Zhiqiang's ID photo and asked in front of the middle-aged master.
The middle-aged master squinted his eyes and still shook his head: "I've never seen him before. Who is this man? What does he do?"
"A person in charge of a project." Lu Weiwei said.
The middle-aged master hesitated for a few seconds, and then said: "If this person is here to do something, he will definitely go to a nearby processing factory."
"There are many large and small processing factories here, many of which process hardware. Moreover, there is only one larger supermarket here."
"Before the demolition, it was located in the central area of the processing plant. Although there are fewer people here now, there are no other supermarkets around, so the business here is the best."
"If you want to inquire about information about this place, you'd better ask the owner of that supermarket. He is the intelligence center in our area. There is nothing he doesn't know about all kinds of bloody gossip."
"Is it the one that shines over there?" Lu Weiwei asked the middle-aged master for advice based on the flickering neon lights.
The middle-aged master squinted his eyes, then nodded silently and echoed:
"That's right, that twinkling place is his supermarket. You can just go there. The boss is a cripple and a local."
"Okay, thank you." Seeing that the information provided by the middle-aged master was very useful, everyone thanked them, then walked back to the road, took the vehicle, and drove towards the central area of the processing plant.
There are no smooth roads on this road, all are paved with various gravels.
The vehicles driving on it were also swaying and very unstable.
However, there are occasionally several trucks parked side by side on the roadside, which seem to be free shippers delivering goods to processing plants.
When everyone followed the middle-aged master's prompts and arrived at the entrance of the supermarket, they discovered that unlike the quietness of other places in this area, this place seemed extremely lively.
Although it was a demolition area, due to the developer's limited funds, development was stopped and the area was preserved.
It can be said that the surrounding small processing factories have not been demolished, and the supermarket signs are even flashing neon lights.
There are various cigarette-clipping machines at the entrance of the supermarket, filling many areas.
There are also various billiard tables at the door. Many workers resting nearby will choose to play a few games of billiards here with cigarettes in their mouths.
All kinds of music also come and go.
People come here from time to time to make purchases, and supermarket owners basically stay in the store counting money.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "It's quite lively here." Officer Wang looked around and couldn't help but sigh:
"This looks like the central area of a town, and it feels different from other places."
"Yes." After hearing Officer Wang's words, Lu Weiwei couldn't help but sigh:
"This place feels like another world to me."
"Another world?" Yuan Shasha looked curious.
"Yes." Lu Weiwei nodded silently and continued:
"Look, it's pitch black outside and there are many ruins, but there is such a lively place in the middle of the ruins."
Looking around, Lu Weiwei added: "Also, there are still many buildings around here that have not been demolished, and there are many small processing factories here that are still there."
"There are quite a lot of workers working here, and they have helped boost the consumption in the center of the ruins."
"More importantly, it seems like the world here is different from the outside world."
"It's different." As soon as Lu Weiwei finished speaking, the young man carrying a large bag of daily necessities from the supermarket also said casually:
"There are many factories and workers here. It's too far for everyone to go to other places after get off work."
"Unless you have a battery-powered car, you can ride a battery-powered car there, or you can walk to the roadside, take a taxi, or take a bus."
"However, our place is too remote. You may not be able to get a taxi. The number of buses is also very small, and there are no buses when they arrive."
With a faint sigh, the young man continued: "So, our place is quite boring at night. Everyone likes to run here. You can play billiards and buy things here."
"So..." Glancing at the supermarket behind him, the young man also smiled and said, "So, his business is very good."
"So that's it?" Seeing that the young man seemed quite enthusiastic, Lu Weiwei quickly stepped forward and asked:
"Then how many workers do you have here?"
"There are hundreds of people." The young man rarely interacted with beauties of Lu Weiwei's level, and for a while he felt a little reserved.
"A few hundred people? That's quite a lot." Lu Weiwei glanced in the direction of the supermarket and said with a smile:
"A few hundred people can feed this supermarket."
"Isn't it?" Taking out a cigarette and holding it in his mouth, the young man also explained:
"There are not only migrant workers here, but also some locals. Look, those dark places over there are demolished houses."
Turning to look in another direction, the young man continued: "And here, most of them have not been demolished."
"Although many locals have moved to live elsewhere, there are still many locals staying here."
"So, although this ruins is in tatters, there should still be around 400 people."
"Such a big place is so abandoned?" Officer Wang couldn't help but sigh when he looked at the dirty and messy environment here.
The young man smiled and said, "There's nothing we can do about it. I heard that the developer has no money, and the owners of the small factories here don't want this place to be demolished."
"After all, the rent here is cheap. If we move, the cost will definitely increase."
"It just so happens that the developers have no money. These small factory owners are quite happy to stay, and so are the landlords. After all, there is rent to collect."
"Yeah." After hearing what the young man said, Lu Weiwei took out her phone, opened the photo album, showed Zhang Zhiqiang's photo in front of the young man and said:
"Have you seen this person?"
"This person?" After squinting his eyes and taking a closer look, the young man quickly shook his head and denied, "I haven't seen him before."
Looking back at the supermarket behind him, the young man pointed in the direction of the supermarket and explained:
"You can go to the supermarket and ask. The supermarket owner is a good source of information. As long as you are in this area, if you ask anything, he will be able to tell you the reason."
"Is it so magical?" Yuan Shasha was also very curious after hearing what the young man said.
The young man smiled and said, "That's nothing. After all, there is only one supermarket in this area, and everyone usually likes to gather here and chat."
"So, as time goes by, more and more information is gathered here. The boss is someone who has been here all the time. He knows more than us."
After taking a puff of the cigarette, the young man quickly added: "I have to bring supper to my brothers. I have to go."
"Okay, thank you." It felt like the young man had provided everyone with enough information, and Lu Weiwei didn't want to disturb her any further.
But one thing is certain, that is, this supermarket is exactly the same as what the middle-aged master of the motorcycle repair shop said before.
In everyone's opinion, the owner of this supermarket is the know-it-all here.
"Ding dong, welcome."
Just when Gu Chen and others walked into the store, a sensing device suddenly sounded a mechanical sound.
The boss was sitting behind the cashier, playing with his mobile phone, not paying attention to the person in front of him, and the video of the beautiful woman on his mobile phone started to fly.
"Boss." Gu Chen stepped forward and took the initiative to say hello.
When the short-haired middle-aged boss saw that he was wearing a uniform, he immediately put down his phone, stood up and said:
"Hey? Comrade police, what can I do for you?"
"Boss, they say you are the jack-of-all-trades here. Is it really so magical?" Lu Weiwei did not ask straightforward questions, but teased him.
When the short-haired middle-aged boss heard this, he also smiled and said: "They blew it, how am I a know-it-all?"
"Boss is so humble." Seeing that the middle-aged short-haired boss was so humble, Gu Chen didn't follow him in vain. He directly opened the photo album on his phone, showed Zhang Zhiqiang's photo in front of the middle-aged short-haired boss and asked:
"Have you seen this person last night?"
"This person?" The boss just glanced at him, nodded and confirmed:
"I've seen him. He did come here last night."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Are you sure?" Seeing the boss speaking so readily, Officer Wang was even a little unbelievable.
The short-haired middle-aged boss smiled and said: "Of course I am sure that I basically know everyone who works and lives in this place. This person is a bit unfamiliar, but I can still remember his appearance."
After thinking for a while, before Gu Chen and others could continue to ask questions, the short-haired middle-aged man continued:
"He should have come to my store around 9 o'clock last night."
"Do you remember the time?" Hearing what the short-haired middle-aged boss said, Yuan Shasha also expressed admiration.
The supermarket owner waved his hand and said with a smile: "Oh! It's nothing. Anyway, it's just that my memory is better."
"We who do business have to remember a lot of things. Over time, we will develop a kind of muscle memory. Anyway, it is all developed through exercise."
When communicating with the police, the supermarket owner appeared to be at ease.
Gu Chen admired the boss's honesty very much, so he quickly asked: "Has this person ever come to your supermarket to shop?"
"I bought a pack of cigarettes." After he finished speaking, the supermarket owner glanced back, took a pack of Soft China into his hand, threw it on the cashier, pointed at the cigarette and said, "That's the kind of cigarette."
"Besides that, what else did he buy?" Gu Chen asked again.
"No more." The supermarket owner shook his head.
"No more?" Gu Chen looked confused and asked quickly:
"Then how many people did he come over? Was he alone, or did he have friends with him?"
"Is he the only one?" The supermarket owner cracked melon seeds and said in retrospect:
"At that time, he was the only one who came in to buy something, as if he was waiting for someone."
"Anyway, I see that he has been looking outside. Maybe my place is more lively than other places, so most people like to sit outside my supermarket."
Pointing to the outside, the supermarket owner added: "So, I set up a few billiard tables and a few benches outside the supermarket."
"Everyone usually sits outside like this, and he was no exception yesterday. However, he was standing and his eyes were looking over there."
"Is that over there?" According to what the supermarket owner said, Lu Weiwei pointed to an uphill section.
"Yes, he was standing at the door, looking over there all the time. Then, it didn't seem to take long, just as long as he finished smoking a cigarette, he left in that direction, probably to go
Find someone."
"Did you see him again after that?" Yuan Shasha quickly asked after hearing this.
But the owner of Wanshitong Supermarket shook his head: "I saw him once yesterday."
