The woman broke away from the man's hand and said angrily.
"What are you doing? It's not all your fault that this is happening!"
"Okay, stop talking and get to work!"
The police office was filled with smoke, and Chen Bai had no clue for a while. In fact, the best way now is to search door to door, but this will definitely not work, and they do not have such power at all, and what others can do
When things like this happen, how can you keep hiding your child in your own home?
"I checked the social relationships of everyone in this building, but basically there is no overlap. Although there are some families who have bad relations with 602, it is just a small friction between neighbors.
But these small frictions shouldn’t turn into this kind of contradiction, right?”
"The problem now is not this. The problem now is that the direction of our investigation is not clear. No one is guilty of the 602 family, but the child disappeared mysteriously when going downstairs. This is a problem in itself. And there is no such thing in this old-fashioned residential building.
Surveillance, none of us know what’s going on.”
The discussion was heated, but Chen Bai's attention was always on the residents' information.
"I'll interrupt you. According to Da Binzi's investigation, there were three families that had conflicts with the victim's family, namely 501, 502, and 302. And they all had conflicts a year ago. What happened a year ago? In terms of time,
Isn’t it a little too coincidental?”
After Chen Bai finished speaking, several people nodded. This was indeed a coincidence.
"These things are too coincidental. I think it is necessary to investigate further."
That night, Chen Bai went there again alone. This time Chen Bai met Zhao Xiang's parents.
"You two, I know you are very anxious now, but I want to ask now, have you really not offended anyone? Especially the people in this building?"
When the woman heard Chen Bai's words, she slowly shed tears.
"No, we really didn't. When 502 called the police because we were too noisy, his wife wasn't pregnant at all. They were just preparing for pregnancy at that time. Otherwise, how could it be possible that the baby hadn't been born after a year? People from 501 said that we were practicing too much.
Noisy, but when we passed by her door during the day, we were very gentle, and the police came to the door. The sound of our children practicing piano could not be heard below at all. As for 302's house, their crazy dog is not just
When our son barks when he goes upstairs, no matter who goes upstairs and hears the sound, their dog will bark wildly, which is none of our business."
The woman was a little helpless, and Chen Bai also felt that this family was actually very honest and would not do anything outrageous.
"Is there any family that has a good relationship with your family?"
Chen Bai actually just asked casually, but unexpectedly the woman thought about it and suddenly said.
"If the relationship is good, it is true. Our family has a good relationship with the family of 202. There is only one little girl in their family. The little girl's mother left them in the early years, and only one man lived with the little girl. The little girl often came to my house to give me
The little girl’s father is usually very busy at work, and if there is no one at home at night, the little girl will come to our house for dinner.”
Chen Bai asked a few more questions, and then went to the second floor. However, there was no one on the second floor at this time, so Chen Bai had no choice but to leave.
"The overall structure of this building is like this. The child's father was waiting at the door. Zhao Xiang's mother watched Zhao Xiang go downstairs. Zhao Xiang must have been stopped by someone while going downstairs."
Chen Bai put the information in his hand on the table and said helplessly.
"It's useless to say this now. We all know now that it was these neighbors who did it, but the question is who kidnapped Zhao Xiang? And for what purpose did he take Zhao Xiang away? He took him away silently.
There must be some purpose in taking away someone else's child, it can't be just to make Zhao Xiang's parents anxious."
"Teacher Chen, could you be the child's parents..."
Da Binzi didn't finish his words, but the meaning was already obvious.
"This can't be true. If it was really the child's parents who did it, they wouldn't look for the child in such a big way. Their collapse and anxiety are all real."
In fact, this is what worries Chen Bai the most. The person who took Zhao Xiang away hasn't said anything yet, and he hasn't even made any demands. What exactly does he want to do? Could it be that he really just wants to take revenge on Zhao Xiang's parents?
?
"Captain, there is a little girl outside looking for you!"
After the little girl came in, Bai Hongwei smiled and stretched out his hand to touch the little girl's head and said.
"Kid, do you have anything to do with the police uncle?"
"Uncle policeman, haven't you found Zhao Xiang yet?"
Chen Bai and others looked at each other, and then realized that the little girl was probably Zhao Xiang's neighbor, and came here specifically to ask after knowing that he was lost.
"Don't worry, the police officer is really working hard to find him. We will let you know as soon as we have any news, okay?"
Chen Bai didn't talk nonsense, squatted down and looked at the little girl and asked.
"Kid, what's your name? What's your relationship with Zhao Xiang?"
"I live in 202, and I often go to Zhao Xiang's house to help with homework."
Chen Bai touched the little girl's head. The little girl looked about thirteen or fourteen years old, but Chen Bai saw an unstoppable worry in the little girl's eyes.
"Don't worry, my uncles will definitely find Zhao Xiang back. By the way, where were you when Zhao Xiang disappeared?"
It's not that Chen Bai thinks too much, but anyone's words are important at this time.
"I am attending a cram school outside. My father is very busy at work and has no time to take care of me. I can only take care of myself."
Chen Bai nodded, and then Chen Bai personally sent the little girl back.
"Don't worry, we will notify you as soon as we find Zhao Xiang, okay?"
Chen Bai is actually a little distressed. The child has not had a mother since he was a child, and his father is busy at work. Children who grow up in such an environment lack care. Zhao Xiang should be one of her few friends. Now that her friend is gone, she should have some
How sad!
"Uncle, come up and sit for a while!"
Chen Bai wanted to refuse, but after thinking about it he followed the little girl upstairs.
"By the way, uncle didn't ask you what your name was just now?"
Chen Bai saw the little girl take out a shabby little jingle keychain from her pocket and take out the key to open the door. The girl opened the door and showed a very innocent and cute smile.
"Just call me Lili!"
Chen Bai saw that the room was very shabby and the walls were yellowed. The house was very clean, but it could still be seen that the family lived a very poor life.
"Uncle, please sit down and rest first, and I'll pour you some water!"
Chen Bai sat for a while and then left. In fact, the reason why Chen Bai came in was to see if Zhao Xiang was at her house. Although his thoughts were a little dark, it was not impossible. Although there was a gap between those houses and Zhao Xiang's house.
They all have some grievances, but if those three families want to let Zhao Xiang in silently, it will be difficult. But only this family has a good relationship with Zhao Xiang, and this little girl and Zhao Xiang still have a good relationship.
Good friend, it would be most likely if a little girl asked Zhao Xiang to come in and kidnap her.
"Teacher Chen, when will you come back? We have made a major discovery here!"
"wait for me!"
After Chen Bai returned to the office, he saw several people staring at the big screen with serious expressions.
"What's wrong? Did you find anything?"
"Teacher Chen, we found that Ruan Ling from 502 in this building reported to the police ten years ago, saying that she had been assaulted while sleeping. Although the police extracted some evidence from the scene, they did not find the suspect.
DNA, so the case was dropped. And it happened that ten years ago, Ruan Ling, Tan Haopeng, and Zhao Xiang's father, Zhao Demin, were also neighbors in the same building. After Ruan Ling's incident, Ruan Ling, Tan Haopeng and Zhao Demin
They moved away one after another, but I don’t know why they became neighbors again ten years later.”
When Chen Bai heard this, he immediately became interested. After so many years of handling cases, he never believed in coincidences. There must be something behind this matter that he didn't know.
"What happened in the case back then?"
Chen Bai sat down, took out a cigarette and lit it.
"Ten years ago, Ruan Ling just entered high school. Because Ruan Ling could not live on campus at that time, Ruan Ling's parents rented a house for Ruan Ling outside the school. But Ruan Ling's parents could not accompany Ruan Ling because of work, so
Ruan Ling, who is only in high school, is already living on her own."
Chen Bai nodded, and after Da Binzi finished speaking, he clicked on the computer and continued.
"It was one evening. Ruan Ling went to bed early after returning home from school. After that, Ruan Ling felt that there was always someone pressing on her, but she couldn't open her eyes. When she woke up the next morning, Ruan Ling found
Her clothes were taken off and the window of her room was opened. Ruan Ling was too scared to go out. Ruan Ling's teacher only found out about this after she found Ruan Ling."
Da Binzi took a drink of water and continued.
"Ten years ago, surveillance was far less common than it is now. The building Ruan Ling rented was also an old-fashioned building. There were no witnesses, not to mention surveillance, and even guardrails were installed at that time.
No. The police found a syringe at the scene, which contained a high-purity anesthetic. It was speculated that Ruan Ling was injected with a high-strength anesthetic that caused her coma and weakness. However, after careful investigation by the police, they did not find it.
Evidence, without witnesses and strong evidence, Ruan Ling's case had to be dropped. After that, Ruan Ling's parents transferred Ruan Ling to another school, and Ruan Ling left the residential building. But the strange thing is
, just after Ruan Ling left, Tan Haopeng and Zhao Demin also left. At that time, Tan Haopeng was a college student living outside with his girlfriend, and Zhao Demin was an editor of a magazine at the time."
Chen Bai touched his chin and thought for a while. Ruan Ling left because of bad memories, but why did these two people leave? If it was simply because they were afraid, it could still be explained, but why did they become friends again ten years later?
Neighbor?
"Which floor did Ruan Ling live on at that time?"
"Fifth floor, 501!"
Da Binzi was stunned after saying this, because Ruan Ling also lives in 501 now.
"Where are the other two?"
"The other two..."
Da Binzi immediately flipped through the information in his hand, and Bai Hongwei anxiously snatched the information from Da Binzi's hand.
"Zhao Demin 602, Tan Haopeng 502."
Chen Bai didn't speak. This is definitely not a coincidence.
"Interesting, these three people have problems!"
Ruan Ling laboriously moved the tiles one by one to the bathroom, but Ruan Ling, who never went out for many years, only moved a dozen or so tiles before she became breathless from exhaustion.
"What are you doing? You will definitely be discovered in a few days soon."
The man watched Ruan Ling stop what she was doing and said angrily.
"Can't you come and help me? These tiles are too heavy!"
"Okay, okay, let me help you!"
The man had no choice but to pick up the tiles on the floor and walk to the bathroom.
"Ruan Ling, I always feel that this won't work, otherwise we should throw him somewhere else! Binhai is so big, we can just find a place. There is a reservoir east of where I learned to drive, and there is no water all year round.
If you go, I can go to the reservoir in the morning..."
Before the man finished speaking, Ruan Ling gave the man an idiot look in return.
"What are you doing? Have you forgotten why I did this? I didn't do it all for you? This old guy's monthly pension and the pension insurance you bought add up to more than 30,000 yuan. If he doesn't
It’s a good thing that I was discovered. If I was discovered, not only would I lose my money, but the police would also come to my door. Things on the sixth floor were already messy enough, and now it’s better to have one less problem than one more problem.”
The man lowered his head. The cause of the incident still had to start from the day before Zhao Xiang disappeared.
"Son, you have a stable job now. Save some money and wait a few years to collect the down payment to buy a house, and then find a girlfriend. It's impossible for dad to stay with you for the rest of your life."
The man nodded, but what the old man didn't know was that the stable job the man said was to go out and do odd jobs every day, four days a week and three days off. The man studied games in college. He wanted to make a game of his own, but his father
He has never given himself this opportunity, and his father has always said that he has no future. His previous job in the game company was ruined by his father. Now, in order not to make his father anxious, he has to lie to his father that he has a stable job.
"Yes, I understand."
The man did not dare to talk too much. His father was once a high school teacher. From a very young age, the man could feel that his father never regarded him as a child at all, but as one of his students. He demanded perfection in everything.
, as long as it is not achieved, the punishment will be beating and scolding, and the worst case, there will be no food for a day or two.
"My child, I have been strict with you since you were a child so that you can become a useful person to society. I hope you can remember my teachings."
After finally waiting for his father to finish speaking, the man had time to go out. He didn't have to go to work today. He didn't go to the Internet cafe to write code, but quietly went upstairs to 501 on the fifth floor.
"Didn't I tell you not to come up if you're fine?"
Ruan Ling collapsed on the sofa. The man threw her on the sofa and said helplessly.
"I don't want to either, but the old man is too nagging. If I hadn't said that I had work tonight, I would have had to listen to the nagging all night."
When the man said this, the conversation suddenly changed.
"Actually, if only that old man could shut up forever, I could do what I want and be with you."
The man said and stretched out his hand, but Ruan Ling opened it the next second.
"Okay, do you know what you are talking about? Also, I didn't allow you to stay at my place overnight. Just leave as soon as you complain. I'm not used to having people in the house when I'm writing."
The man had no choice but to leave and go downstairs, only to find that he didn't have his ID card. He had nowhere to go and had to find an Internet cafe to stay for a while.
"Dad, I forgot to bring something back!"
The man shouted several times, but did not hear his father's voice. When he was surprised, he suddenly saw a figure lying on the ground. The man rushed over and found that it was his father.
"Dad, Dad, what's wrong with you?"
The man was very nervous, but his father lying on the ground did not respond at all. The man panicked and took out his mobile phone to call an ambulance, but the man stopped at the moment when he was about to call out. The man picked up his father and put him down.
In the chair where I usually sit.
The man knew that this was a good opportunity for him. As long as he concealed the truth that his father was dead, he would not only get his father's pension and insurance money every month, but most importantly, he would never have to listen to his father's nagging again.
.
"Yes, let's do it!"
The next afternoon, Ruan Ling heard the news that Zhao Xiang was missing as soon as she woke up, and also saw an excited man.
"What are you doing? Didn't I tell you not to come to me if you have nothing to do?"
"My dad is dead!"
Ruan Ling was stunned by what the man said, but after the man explained it carefully, Ruan Ling finally understood.
"What are you doing? Are you crazy? Do you know what the consequences will be if someone discovers this kind of thing?"
"No, no one will find out."
Chen Bai went to the archives to investigate the case ten years ago. In fact, it was clearly written in the case file at that time. Although the syringe left by the murderer at the crime scene and the footprints next to the window sill were found, these could not point to the case.
A clear person, and most importantly, no DNA other than Ruan Ling was found at the scene.
"Is this case so unresolved?"
Chen Bai couldn't believe it. After all, the investigation only lasted less than three days and then stopped.
"There was no way. There was really no way at the time. There was no sign of damage to the door lock of Ruan Ling's house. The murderer came in through the window. Although we collected footprints on the window, we only roughly judged that the murderer was a man based on the footprints.
An adult male of about 75 meters. Others, we found nothing."
Chen Bai looked at the information. Although this case was not handled by Bai Hongwei, the case information was very complete. Chen Bai looked at the photos of the scene carefully. The murderer could have entered through the window and seemed to have good skills, but Ruan Ling's confession was very strange.
Ruan Ling said that she went home and finished her homework and then fell asleep. In her dream, she felt someone was pressing on her, but she couldn't wake up. It seemed like she had been drugged. But what kind of drug did the murderer use? And
What method was used? Has the murderer already targeted Ruan Ling, who lives alone? Also, why did Tan Haopeng and Zhao Demin move away after the accident, and then ten years later these people gathered together? Chen Bai is keen
I realized that Zhao Xiang's disappearance was not that simple.