"Why are there two lanes?" Lu Weiwei looked at the two lanes on the left and right with some confusion.
But Officer Wang quickly responded: "It's simple. Xiao Yuan and I go to the right, and you and Gu Chen go to the left. If any of you spot these two old people first, let us know."
"Okay." After hearing what Officer Wang said, Gu Chen nodded in agreement.
Then everyone parted ways at the intersection.
So Gu Chen took Lu Weiwei and walked down step by step along the stone steps.
It is close to the river and the terrain is high, so the gap between the buildings will be relatively large.
This place was a residential area a long time ago. After years of development, it has gradually formed an old community.
Although the population continued to grow in that era, and there were many factories nearby, most of the residents here were family members of employees of those factories.
In addition, there is no demand for demolition here, so only old houses can be renovated.
Many old buildings look clean and tidy after renovation.
Therefore, many ancient buildings and ancient roads have been preserved here.
There were some rattling sounds on the stone slabs that Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei were walking on.
There are moss growing on many of the stone slabs, but it can be seen that because there are residents living here, the stone roads are relatively tidy.
"Junior Brother Gu, there seem to be a lot of old people living in this place." Along the way, Lu Weiwei has seen many old people living in old houses on both sides of the road.
Gu Chen nodded silently: "Maybe they have lived here for many years and don't want to move out, right?"
"How about we go over and ask?" Lu Weiwei said.
"Okay." Gu Chen also agreed.
So the two of them turned directly in at an intersection and found an old lady peeling edamame at the door.
Lu Weiwei hurriedly left and communicated with the old man: "Grandma, have you seen this person?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Lu Weiwei took out the photos of Wen Jun's grandma and grandpa and showed them in front of the old lady.
The old lady picked up the reading glasses beside her and put them on the bridge of her nose. She squinted and shook her head: "I haven't seen it before."
"They seem to live nearby. Have you never seen them?" Lu Weiwei asked again.
The old lady still hesitated for a moment, but continued to shake her head in denial: "I haven't seen it."
"So, have any outsiders moved here recently?" Gu Chen also changed his way of asking questions.
The old lady thought for a moment and said slowly: "These are all old houses. Generally, the people who live around here are small traders doing business on that old street."
"Normally, local people will rent out some old houses to outsiders."
"But it's only a small part, because many of those who do business here have bought houses in the city, and those who live here are small traders and small businesses."
"Then do you know which house has recently moved in?" Gu Chen also continued to ask.
The old lady scratched the back of her head and pointed to a location below: "A few months ago, a pair of old people seemed to have moved down there. I just heard about it, but I don't go that way very often, so I don't know.
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"Where is it down there?" Lu Weiwei asked with bright eyes after hearing this.
The old lady stood up immediately, took Lu Weiwei and Gu Chen to the stone steps, pointed to a house and said, "Is that that house? Is it the white one?"
"I saw it." Gu Chen responded.
"You just go straight to that house, that one."
"Okay, thank you, grandma." Seeing that the old lady had already provided information, this was very useful to Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei.
After all, for the elderly who recently moved here, this range is relatively small and easier to break through.
After bidding farewell to the old lady, the two of them continued walking down the stone steps.
I don’t know how long they walked before they discovered that the white building was on the left side of the two of them.
There is a trail to enter, but it is relatively narrow and there are many firefighting facilities around it.
Gu Chen took Lu Weiwei inside and came to the building.
This is a three-story building with a small courtyard, but it is only a mini courtyard.
There is a grapefruit tree planted in the yard, and the building door is open.
Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei looked at each other, pushed open the iron gate of the courtyard, and came to the building.
"Is there anyone there?" Seeing that there was no one around, Lu Weiwei tried to call out, but soon she heard a movement from inside the house.
"Is there anyone there?" Lu Weiwei called again.
"Is there anyone renting a house?" At this moment, a middle-aged woman's response came from behind the building.
Not long after, the middle-aged woman in pajamas walked out of the building.
When she saw two policemen in uniform, the middle-aged woman looked dumbfounded and asked out of curiosity: "Comrade police, what do you want me to do?"
"Is this your home?" Gu Chen pointed at the white building and said.
"Yes, this is my home." The middle-aged woman nodded silently.
So Lu Weiwei continued to ask: "In addition to your own family, has your home been rented out to others?"
"Yes." When Lu Weiwei asked, the middle-aged woman quickly responded:
"It's an old house and there are a lot of empty rooms, so I rent it out to outsiders. It costs a few hundred yuan to rent out a room. It's quite cost-effective."
"Then, do these two people live at your place?" Upon hearing this, Gu Chen also directly took out his mobile phone and opened the photo album.
Looking at the old man on Gu Chen's cell phone, the middle-aged woman's expression was stunned, she nodded silently, and couldn't help but say:
"These two old people do live in my place and moved here a few months ago, but it's strange. They signed a contract for half a year, but they suddenly wanted to move out at the end of last month."
"I said that the contract has been signed and the rent has been paid. If you temporarily breach the contract, I will not refund the rent."
"But the strange thing is that they didn't even ask for rent. They just said there was an emergency at home and they had to leave quickly."
"I was quite puzzled at the time, but after all, they didn't give me any less money. Overall, I made a profit, so I just let them."
"They moved out early? At the end of last month?" When Lu Weiwei heard this, she also noticed something fishy.
The middle-aged woman nodded silently: "Yes, it was just last month...last month was 29, right? Then she suddenly told me that they had something urgent to move out."
"But they left after just a few months, and they left in such a hurry, as if they were on the run. It's a funny couple of old people."
"Do you still have the rental contract?" Gu Chen asked.
"some."
"Take it and take a look." Gu Chen said.
"Okay, wait a moment, I'll go look for you." After her voice fell, the middle-aged woman immediately walked into the house again and opened the door of a room on the first floor.
Then, the two of them heard a commotion in the room.
Lu Weiwei looked at Gu Chen and expressed her own opinion: "Junior brother Gu, do you think these two old people are suspicious?"
"It seems that I have been running away from something? It seems that I live here for fear of being known."
"Especially for these two old people's neighbors, when they meet them here, they leave in a hurry. This is very abnormal in itself."
"I know." Lu Weiwei expressed her doubts.
Indeed, judging from the various behaviors of the two old people, it is indeed worthy of vigilance.
Especially for two old people to live in a place like this instead of living in their own old house, this is very unreasonable.
You know, that old house back then is still owned by the old couple, but why don't the two old people live back there?
Just when I thought of this, there was a sound of footsteps in the room.
Not long after, the middle-aged woman came to the two of them with a contract: "This is it."
Gu Chen took the rental contract in his hand and took a closer look. The name of the renter was Xu Baogen. It turned out to be Xu Guiying's father, Wen Jun's grandfather.
And there is an accurate ID number here.
Gu Chen also took out his mobile phone without hesitation, took a photo, then returned the contract to the middle-aged woman and asked:
"Did they leave anything behind when they left?"
"Well, it's just some daily necessities. Some of them were not taken away, but left in the room."
"Can you take us there to have a look?" Gu Chen said.
"Oh, okay." It felt like these two policemen were here to investigate the case, so the middle-aged woman did not dare to neglect and quickly led them upstairs.
The middle-aged woman also said while walking: "We live in the first floor of this house, and the second and third floors are rented out."
"But there are quite few people renting it. This old couple rented a room on the second floor, and there are toilets on each floor with dry and wet separations. You can also cook, which is very convenient."
While talking, the middle-aged woman had already led the two people to the room, then took out the key and opened it.
With a "squeak" sound, the door was pushed open.
Only then did Gu Chen realize that the room was not big, but the floor was already in a mess, and many plastic bags were just thrown on the ground casually.
When the middle-aged woman saw this, she also smiled and said: "When the old couple packed their things, they didn't clean them, so it was a mess."
"But there are usually no people living there. If someone rents the house, we will clean it."
"It's okay." Gu Chen didn't mind this, but was rather glad that the house wasn't cleaned too much.
Entering the room, Gu Chen carefully inspected everything around him.
There is a large bed, a wardrobe, a desk and two chairs.
There is a small balcony connected to the room. Open the balcony door and you can go outside the house.
And this is exactly where the clothes are hung.
Seeing all this, Gu Chen turned back and walked into the room, and also checked the sundries left by the two old people.
"They are all daily necessities and worthless things. Maybe they were taken away in a hurry, so I don't want them anymore." Seeing Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei inspecting them carefully, the middle-aged woman also hurriedly explained.
At this time, Lu Weiwei looked up at the middle-aged woman and asked her curiously: "When you took over the room, did you take anything away from the room?"
"No, no, they are all worthless things. I have never cleaned them up at all." After hearing what Lu Weiwei said, the middle-aged woman quickly clarified.
After all, it seemed that the two policemen were also looking for something, so the middle-aged woman was very cautious when speaking.
But after a moment, she immediately asked: "By the way, comrade police, is there something wrong with these two people?"
"We just want to find them now. They may be involved in a case." Gu Chen did not say it too straightforwardly.
But the middle-aged woman understood the meaning. It was probably that these two old people might be involved in the same case, so the police came to investigate.
Thinking of this, the middle-aged woman became a little nervous, and quickly added: "I just had a vacant room to rent to them, so I didn't think too much about it. They left in a hurry and didn't know what they were going to do."
"Anyway, the rental contract is just like that. You can see for yourselves and see if there is anything else you need to cooperate with."
"No more for now." Seeing that the room was filled with daily clutter, which had no investigative value, Gu Chen also raised his head and looked at the middle-aged woman, and said:
"When they left, did they really not tell you where they were going?"
"No." Faced with Gu Chen's question, the middle-aged woman still chose to shake her head in denial.
So Gu Chen said again: "What do you think, will they go back to another place? Or will they continue to stay in this city?"
"Well……"
This question seemed so difficult that the middle-aged woman suddenly became mute.
Seeing that the middle-aged woman really couldn't answer, Lu Weiwei also sighed and said:
"Forget it, if you know anything about the whereabouts of these two old people, remember to contact us in time."
While talking, Lu Weiwei left the criminal investigation team’s business card to the woman.
"Okay, okay, if there is any news about these two people, I will inform you as soon as possible."
After a while of communication, the two sides parted at the gate of the courtyard.
Later, Lu Weiwei contacted Officer Wang and asked Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha to meet at the intersection.
When everyone came together, Yuan Shasha quickly came over and asked: "How is it? Senior Sister Lu, Senior Brother Gu, have you found the residence of the old couple?"
"I found it after searching, but the two old people moved away again." Lu Weiwei also looked frustrated.
I always felt that these two old men might have smelled something and met an acquaintance here, so they left quickly.
If they hadn't met acquaintances, the old couple might have been living in seclusion here.
Officer Wang was also curious and said: "Only the old couple live here, what about Xu Guiying? Doesn't she live here?"
"No." Faced with Officer Wang's question, Gu Chen shook his head and denied:
"The current investigation shows that only the old couple lives here, and Xu Guiying is not there."
"But as long as we find this old couple, we will definitely find Xu Guiying."
While he was talking, Gu Chen's cell phone suddenly rang.
When he saw that the call was from He Junchao, Gu Chen quickly opened the answer button: "Brother He, how are you?"
"Gu Chen, I checked the identity information you provided me. This old couple used to live in Rongcheng, but I don't know what happened? They just moved back here in the past few months."
"Live in Rongcheng? Don't you live in the Magic City?" Gu Chen thought that the people who moved Xu Guiying's family were people from the Magic City, and the trucks they hired also had license plates there.
Logically speaking, he should have moved to the Magic City, but now He Junchao told him that he was in Rongcheng, which made Gu Chen quite curious.
