WWY Chapter 38

Chapter 38: Cross Flower Street. Who did he just say?

Chapter 38: Cross Flower Street. Who did he just say?

Based on the license plate number, the police quickly contacted the night shift driver of the taxi company and invited him to the Criminal Investigation Brigade to assist in the investigation.

The middle-aged bald driver initially complained a bit, saying that he had just finished the night shift and couldn’t work at night without sleep.

Later, when he heard that he had inadvertently become an accomplice in a kidnapping case, and that the other party had a gun, he panicked: “Police officer, this has nothing to do with me. I didn’t know they were bad people. If I had known, I definitely wouldn’t have picked them up!”

Wu Li said kindly: “Don’t be nervous, we’re not trying to hold you responsible, we just want to trouble you to recall the situation that day so that we can catch the criminal suspects as soon as possible and rescue the girl.”

“Hey!” The driver nodded vigorously, “Then ask away!”

“What’s your surname?”

“My surname is Xue, Xue Fan.”

“Mr. Xue, where did the person in the photo get into the car that day?”

“Probably… let me think, it should be the suburban expressway, the fork in the road near the salt field, right by the side of the road.” Xue Fan smiled sheepishly, “I know it’s not allowed to park on the expressway, but there weren’t many cars on the road at the time, and besides, I saw one of them holding a person, and I was worried that something had happened. I was just being kind, and I only stopped after making sure it was safe!”

“How many people were there?”

“Two men, also holding one in their arms. After getting in the car, I could see clearly that it was a girl in a school uniform.”

Wu Li placed two photos of the suspects in front of him: “Take a look, are these them?”

“Yes, but their eyes weren’t this fierce.”

That wasn’t a big problem, the photos were reconstructed by the technical department based on the appearance in the surveillance, and the micro-expressions were definitely different.

“Did you see the girl’s appearance?”

“No, the girl was wearing a very wide jacket, a men’s style, and the hat covered her face. I could only tell she was a girl from her figure.”

Wu Li took the photo of suspect number two holding Yingying Zou and showed it to him: “Is this the girl?”

Xue Fan’s eyes lit up: “Yes, yes, it should be her, the same clothes, and that mole, it’s quite pretty!”

Tuxi Ling tapped the table with the tip of his pen: “Was she still alive at the time?”

“Huh?” Xue Fan was stunned, with a horrified expression, “No, she was alive, right? Alive! When they got in the car, I turned on the light in the car, and she seemed unaccustomed to the light, and kept shrinking into the man’s arms.”

The people in the meeting room breathed a sigh of relief.

Tuxi Ling went through the scribbled handwriting on his notebook and asked, “Mr. Xue, why were you on the expressway so late? It seems that taxis are rarely seen on the expressway.”

Speaking of this, Xue Fan looked unlucky: “You don’t know how unlucky I was that day. I took an order online. Before taking the order, I heard that it was two kilometers away. After taking the order, I found out that it was two hundred kilometers, but there was no way, I had already taken it. If I canceled the order, the bonus for me and the day shift would be gone, so I could only admit that I was unlucky and ran over there for nothing. As a result, when I ran to the place according to the location, amazing, it was an empty space! The customer’s phone was an empty number, wasn’t that a ghost?”

Tuxi Ling’s pen paused, and he exchanged glances with Shengbo Xia, their expressions very subtle.

“And then?”

“Then I called the platform customer service, and they said it might be a system error. I said, how can you compensate for my loss? They said that they could only cancel this order, but compensation was impossible. Do you think they are reasonable? Is there no one who can control them?” Speaking of this, Xue Fan looked indignant, obviously suffering from the exploitation of the capitalists for a long time, “Fortunately, I picked up a job on the roadside on the way back, which slightly made up for the loss.”

“So what was the reason?”

“I don’t know, they haven’t given me an answer until now, and I’m too lazy to ask, anyway, it’s like this, just consider it a loss of gas money!”

Tuxi Ling gave Shengbo Xia a look, and he went out.

“Where was the destination of the three people?”

“As soon as the person sitting in the front got in the car, he said to go to the People’s Hospital first. I also thought they were quite strange, so I asked about the situation. The person in front said that the two people in the back were his son and daughter, and the daughter suddenly fell ill and had to go to the hospital. Wouldn’t you say it was a coincidence? There are no taxis running on the expressway during the day, let alone at night, they were lucky!”

“People’s Hospital?” Tuxi Ling frowned, looking out the window at the street opposite.

Across a few buildings, half of a light green emergency building was exposed, with the two characters “People” inlaid on the building.

“Did they get out of the car at the hospital?”

“No!” Xue Fan slapped the table, “Suddenly they said they didn’t bring their medical records, and asked me to take them to a relative’s house, he wanted to settle his daughter first, and then go home to get them.”

“Relative’s house? What location?”

“He said it was near the hospital, and asked me to drive around the nearby streets. After a few laps, I couldn’t find it, and then he said to just go to another relative’s house. I was unhappy, but he gave me 400 yuan, and at that time the meter showed only 130 yuan. There were no other jobs late at night, so of course I agreed!”

“And then?”

“The other relative’s address was accurate, but it was a bit far, over in Cross Flower Street.”

Tuxi Ling suddenly sat up straight: “Specifics?”

The police officer, who had been very gentle, suddenly became serious, and Xue Fan was frightened, realizing the seriousness of the situation, he quickly took out his mobile phone: “Don’t worry, don’t worry, I have to look at the map, they asked me to stop in a very remote place!”

While recalling, he slid the map, tracing the route he had taken, and finally locked onto a location.

“Here, officer, it’s here, I remember there was a breakfast shop where I got out of the car, the steamed buns smelled pretty good!”

At this time, Shengbo Xia also came back: “Ling team, the platform replied that the order was generated out of thin air, it should be a system BUG, but they haven’t found the reason!”

Tuxi Ling sneered.

He quickly led people to the designated location, and conducted a carpet search of the surrounding area, and finally locked the target on a group of lonely buildings under construction at the foot of the mountain.

This piece of land has a lot of investment, and the project is very good, with the surrounding scenery of lakes and mountains, but unfortunately it has been abandoned, and the construction company has not even removed the tower cranes, and seems to be expecting to restart the work one day.

The building has begun to take shape, and the first few buildings have been basically completed. Some of the owners who were scammed have moved into the bare rooms.

The workload of searching this building is quite large. There is no monitoring, no elevators, and Tuxi Ling can only contact the Cross Flower Street Police Station for joint action.

They relied on their legs to search layer by layer, household by household, and eliminated the owners and vagrants one by one. Finally, in a building without windows by the lake, they found traces of unidentified personnel living there.

Unfortunately, judging from the few small bugs falling from the water glass, the people living here had left long ago.

Unlike other vagrants, the three-bedroom and one-living room bare room was kept very clean by them. There were basic facilities such as faucets and toilets installed by the construction company. The lighting was provided by strong flashlights, the beds were made of bricks and wooden boards, the bedding was brand new, and the food was various cooked foods and instant foods.

Tuxi Ling picked up a colorful small package from under the bed, and the muscles on both cheeks tightened.

Shengbo Xia shouted: “Ling team, is it Bobo candy again? This really is their foothold!”

Unfortunately, although the other party left in a hurry, they seemed to have been prepared for a long time, and nothing that could be used to find their identity information was left behind.

Wu Li greeted in the toilet: “Ling team, a used sanitary napkin was found in the toilet trash can, Yingying Zou is still alive!”

“Don’t be happy too early, take it back for testing first to see if it’s Yingying Zou.”

“Yes!”

Shengbo Xia looked tangled: “If it’s Yingying Zou, then these two people are quite nice to her? Buying sanitary products, and giving her a separate bedroom, aren’t they afraid that she will find a chance to escape?”

Tuxi Ling frowned: “Maybe they’re really not afraid, Yingying Zou is just an underage girl, and one of the suspects is very strong in combat, it’s normal not to take her seriously.”

Shengbo Xia muttered: “Still feels weird.”

Indeed, it was weird, and Tuxi Ling also noticed something was wrong, but the top priority now was no longer Yingying Zou, but shifted to the two criminal suspects who possessed guns, and they must be found as soon as possible.

“It’s a pity that we didn’t catch them in the act. I guess with such a big commotion, they won’t come back.”

“They even took Yingying Zou away, they definitely won’t come back. Maybe they planned to change places after the incident. These two people are very vigilant, like they’ve received professional training.”

This was still inspired by Lan He’s “Middle East mercenaries” remarks.

Lan He?

Tuxi Ling’s heart immediately rose, and he immediately called Lan He.

The voice on the other side was still lazy: “Hello? Officer Ling?”

Tuxi Ling breathed a slight sigh of relief: “Are you still in the hospital?”

“Yes, I plan to be discharged from the hospital in the afternoon, are you coming to pick me up?”

“What discharge? You haven’t had your stitches removed yet, did the doctor agree?”

“Agreed, I had a checkup, I’m fine, just don’t touch the wound, just come over again to remove the stitches.”

Tuxi Ling suspected that he had bribed the doctor, and was very angry: “Can’t you stay a few more days? It’s only the third day, why are you so worrying?”

Lan He, who had been scolded for no reason, was extremely unhappy, and retorted: “Then you were discharged on the second day, didn’t you also not have your stitches removed? Besides, it’s none of your business?”

Tuxi Ling only straightened up halfway, and immediately gave in, and settled for second best: “Where’s Jiu Ya?”

Lan He was still in a bad mood: “Peeling apples, what for?”

“Let him protect you every step of the way, remember, it’s every step of the way! I’m going to apply to the team to send people to protect you 24 hours a day, before our people arrive, stay in the hospital and don’t leave!”

“What happened? I don’t need anyone to protect me!”

“We found the foothold of the people who hurt you, but it’s already empty, I suspect they won’t give up, you’re in danger.”

“Oh, I see.”

“Lan He!” His understated tone made Tuxi Ling very angry, “Don’t take it lightly!”

Lan He chuckled: “Officer Ling, what are you anxious about? What’s wrong? The way you’re talking today, people who don’t know would think you’re someone to me!”

Tuxi Ling: “…”

“Okay, Si’nian He has finished the discharge procedures, I’ll talk later!”

“Lan He! Hello?”

Tuxi Ling shouted into the microphone, but a “beep—” busy tone had already come from the receiver.

Who did he just say?

Si’nian He?