In the private room, I felt like I was eating with fear, and it looked like an interrogation.
The bearded man hesitated again at this moment, and asked weakly: "Comrade police, if you ask these questions, do you think I am related to the whole thing?"
"I didn't say you were related to this matter. We just want to know what's going on with this company," Officer Wang said.
"Oh." After a brief pause for a few seconds, the bearded man raised his head and asked again: "Then what do you want to know?"
"Is there anything unusual on the island where the old man is the island guard?"
"Abnormal situation?" The bearded man was stunned for a moment, his expression slightly nervous, but he quickly shook his head in denial.
"No?" Lu Weiwei said.
"Well, I didn't find anything unusual."
"Are you sure? Do you want to think about it again?" Yuan Shasha felt that things would not be that simple.
But soon, the bearded man changed his view and said quickly:
"Eh? If you ask that, I just remembered something."
"What's going on?" Everyone said in unison when they heard this.
The bearded man touched his prickly beard, raised his head and said:
"We have a leader. Every time we go to the island to deliver supplies, he will go with us."
After the words fell, the bearded man glanced at Liu Xia beside him and asked hurriedly: "You have also been to the island once, you should know, right?"
"Me?" She pointed at herself and was stunned. Liu Xia was also thoughtful.
After a while, Liu Xia slowly said: "If you say so, I seem to remember a little bit."
Lifting her head, Liu Xia also asked weakly: "Is the person you are talking about wearing glasses, polite, but not very talkative?"
"Pa!" After hearing Liu Xia's words, the bearded man also slapped the table and affirmed: "Yes, that person's name is Wan Feng, and he is also a technician, but he is my leader."
"Anyway, Wan Feng has to go with us every time we go to deliver supplies."
"Then he usually doesn't like to talk or something?" Officer Xiaozhuang asked.
"Yes, I just don't like to talk." The bearded man did not hide his tuck at this moment and said straightforwardly:
"This Wan Feng is actually a very strange person in our company. He seldom communicates with us at work. Except when he wants to give us tasks, he usually doesn't come to see us."
"That's why I was very comfortable working in that company before, with less work and more money."
"And this Wan Feng seems to be the core manager of this company. He is very familiar with the top leaders of our company."
"Actually, he also has the final say on the office of this company."
"Especially after arriving on the island, every time we get together to have dinner, he will always leave mysteriously for a period of time. No one knows what he is doing?"
"When I asked him, he just wanted to go around the island and check out the equipment. I felt that he was quite serious about his work."
After a pause, the bearded man continued to explain: "To put it mildly, he is serious and responsible at work, but to put it bluntly, I don't know what he is doing outside?"
"Anyway, we won't ask. We feel that this person is just a weirdo."
"But, you said that someone's disappearance is related to the work of the island guard. I don't know if this matter has anything to do with my old club? But what is certain is that Wan Feng, thinking about it now, must have problems."
Listening to the bearded man's explanation, everyone at the scene was stunned, and for a while everyone fell into deep thought.
At this moment, Liu Xia, who was sitting in the corner, said slowly: "I remember that when I followed the company's supply ship to the island to celebrate the New Year with my dad, I did see this Wanfeng.
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"I also remember that every time they went to the island, they would have a meal on the island and cook in the canteen on the island."
"That time, a few of us, the boat master, and Wan Feng were all cooking in the canteen, but Wan Feng said he wanted to go out for a walk and do an inspection."
"Although they had already inspected the equipment that time when they went there to inspect it, he still had to inspect it again."
"At first, I thought he didn't want to work and just wanted to wait for us to prepare the meals before he came over, but that was not the case."
"What is the actual situation?" Listening to Liu Xia's story, Gu Chen felt more and more that Wan Feng was not simple.
Liu Xia thought for a few seconds and then said slowly: "Actually, when we were almost done eating, he came late and seemed to be sweating a little."
"I teased him about working outside? But he didn't say anything."
"Yes." As soon as Liu Xia finished speaking, the bearded man beside her quickly added:
"That's just the way he is, and it's like this every time. Every time it's meal time, he has to go out early, and he feels like he's deliberately trying to avoid us."
"So every time we were washing vegetables and cooking in the kitchen, he would disappear without a trace."
"We thought he just wanted to be lazy, under the guise of going to patrol the island, and then wait for us to prepare the food, then come over and eat the ready-made food."
After a pause, the bearded man said angrily: "I didn't feel anything was wrong before, but now that I think about it, there seems to be something wrong with Wan Feng."
"What does he seem to be doing on the island? But we can't figure it out."
"Is there anyone on duty on that island now?" Gu Chen asked casually while listening to the bearded man's story.
The bearded man hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I don't think I've heard of it. It was there before, but..."
Glancing at Liu Xia, the bearded man said, "He is her old man, but I don't know yet."
"Because the previous company packaged and sold off all its businesses, that company seems to have been run more extensively. Did they recruit island guards? I don't know about this."
"But I know that if you want to go to that island, you can go to Gimpo Pier. Taking a boat there is the closest."
"Jimpo Pier? Is it the Pier in Jinpu Town?" Officer Xiaozhuang was a local after all, so he quickly asked one more question.
"Yes, that's right, it's the dock in Jinpu Town. It's the closest there. Every time we supply supplies, we take a boat there."
"You go over there and find a man named A Jin. He is a ship boss there and has several ships in his hands."
"Every time we send supplies, we rent a boat from him. You can go to him and ask, or ask him to take you to the island."
"A Jin?" Hearing this name, Gu Chen thought about it and asked: "Then do you know where Wan Feng goes on the island every time?"
"Just go to the alley behind the canteen and leave. Every time we start washing vegetables and cooking, he will leave."
"Then he appeared again when we were halfway through the meal," the bearded man said.
As various meals were served, Luo Hu also started chatting with everyone, explaining various things about his daily work in that company and the specific situation on the island.
Gu Chen listened carefully, but also discovered many problems.
I always felt that the circumstances described by the bearded man pointed to the man named Wan Feng.
"As for Wan Feng, as the core manager and technician of that company, it seems that every time he goes to the island, he comes with certain tasks."
"And the so-called island patrol actually means avoiding people and going to the island to do other things without wanting to be discovered by these people."
This further strengthened Gu Chen's determination to go to that island to find out what it was like.
After dinner, Gu Chen also said goodbye to the bearded man and Zhang Wei.
Liu Xia also took a taxi to the hospital to accompany her father who was lying in the ICU ward.
Gu Chen and others were driven by police officer Xiaozhuang to Jinpu Town.
This is a coastal town. The area of the town is not large, and due to the restrictions of the terrain, the buildings are scattered and the population is not concentrated.
The largest area naturally became the center of the town.
Not far from the town, there is an artificial dock.
There are some small and medium-sized boats parked at the pier.
Officer Xiaozhuang parked the vehicle beside the road, and everyone immediately got out of the car and arrived at the dock.
At this moment, a boss was sorting out the tools on his boat.
So Gu Chen quickly asked: "Master, do you know that there is a ship owner named A Jin here?"
Listening to Gu Chen's inquiry, the middle-aged man who was sorting tools on the deck of the ship also looked up curiously.
While looking at Gu Chen, the man also asked curiously: "What are you looking for him for?"
"We want to go to sea on his boat." Lu Weiwei blurted out directly on the side.
The middle-aged man raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "It's late at night, who goes to sea at night?"
"We can go during the day." Yuan Shasha quickly added.
Seeing that everyone had serious faces, the middle-aged man hesitated for a moment and said slowly:
"So, are you planning to go to sea tomorrow?"
"Yes." Lu Weiwei nodded silently and asked the man: "So master, where is this Ah Jin?"
"I am the person you are looking for." After learning the specific purpose of everyone's visit, the middle-aged man stopped pretending and directly revealed his identity.
"Are you Ah Jin?" Lu Weiwei, Officer Wang, Officer Yuan Shasha and Officer Xiaozhuang heard this and all said in unison, feeling a little incredible.
Officer Wang also smiled and said: "Are you A Jin? Then why didn't you tell me earlier?"
"I have to know what you want to do with me, right?" Ah Jin also looked serious.
Officer Xiaozhuang sighed and hurriedly took two steps forward. He said in a bad mood:
"We are looking for you because we want to go to sea on your ship. We also have some questions that we would like to ask you for information."
"Then what do you want to do?" After hearing what Officer Xiaozhuang said, Ah Jin also threw his tools on the plywood aside and continued to ask.
"Do you know about Jintuo Company? It is responsible for wind power generation on islands. It seems that the ships their company transports supplies are all rented from your house..."
"Yes." As soon as Officer Xiaozhuang finished speaking, Ah Jin nodded in agreement:
"I know that company. It's a very wealthy company. They used to hire my boat when they went to sea. They rented it almost twice a month."
"But then the company seemed to have packaged the business and sold it, so there was no need to use boats. Then the new company that took over seemed to have its own ideas and didn't ask me to rent a boat to go to sea."
With a faint sigh, Ah Jin said helplessly: "So, now I have made a lot less money."
"Is that so?" Listening to Ah Jin's story, Gu Chen probably knew that Ah Jin had quite a few complaints about this company.
But after all, Jintuo Company’s previous business dealings all required a connection with Ah Jin, so Gu Chen decided to ask again, so he added:
"Do you know this Wanfeng?"
"Wan Feng? Mr. Wan? Of course, of course I know him, because every time we rent a boat, he provides business, so we were quite familiar at that time."
After a pause, Ah Jin asked again: "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with Wan Feng?"
"Nothing." It felt like this Ah Jin didn't seem to know much about the situation of Jintuo Company. He was just responsible for running ships and transportation for them and earning some transportation fees.
So Gu Chen quickly said: "We are going to that island tomorrow and want to rent your boat. Can you go out to sea with us tomorrow?"
"Of course." After hearing what Gu Chen said, A Jin agreed readily and said quickly:
"Then you can come back tomorrow. Early tomorrow morning, you can come here and wait for me, and I will take you there."
Looking up and looking around, Ah Jin said again: "After all, it's getting late now and I have to go home. What's the matter? Let's talk about it tomorrow?"
"Okay." Seeing that he and Ah Jin had reached an agreement, Gu Chen also breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that he could finally go to the island to investigate tomorrow.
So everyone had a brief chat at the dock, and then everyone dispersed.
So Officer Xiaozhuang took Gu Chen's team back to the hotel in the city, preparing to go out to sea early tomorrow morning to investigate the island.
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The next morning, 6 a.m.
Gu Chen waited for Officer Xiaozhuang who drove over downstairs of the hotel. It was only 6:35 when everyone arrived at the previously agreed upon location, which was Gimpo Pier.
The time everyone agreed on was around 6:30 to 7:00, so Gu Chen and the others were quite on time.
Since the sun rises early in the east, everyone wants to use the shortest possible time to land on the island as soon as possible.
In this way, everyone can use the light of sunrise to reach the island, and when the sun rises, they can investigate the island.
However, everyone waited at Gimpo Pier until 7:30, but there was no sign of Ah Jin.
Officer Wang was a little impatient. He also looked at Officer Xiaozhuang and reminded him:
"Officer Xiaozhuang, this Ah Jin hasn't come here yet. He probably overslept. Please call and ask. You happened to have Ah Jin's contact information yesterday."
"Okay." Seeing that the matter was over, Officer Xiaozhuang did not hesitate. He took out his cell phone and started to contact Ajin.
But the call was put through, but no one answered the call, which made Officer Xiaozhuang a little confused.
"What's going on? Why don't you answer the phone?" Officer Xiaozhuang also looked hesitant when he dialed and then disconnected the call for the second time.
