Gu Xizhou looked at Si Yu with an umbrella in his hand, looked at him strangely, and said, "What are you doing with the umbrella?"
"it works."
Gu Xizhou turned the corner and saw a row of bungalows next to it, about a dozen in a row, and on the other side of the street was a four-story building built by farmers, which was also built into a small single room for rent.
But at this time, there seemed to be no one there. Gu Xizhou looked around, and the surrounding area was closed. Gu Xizhou wanted to knock on the door, but Si Yu stopped him and said, "It's useless for you to knock on the door, definitely no one."
Gu Xizhou said, "Why?"
"Everyone who lives around here comes from out of town to work. Ningqing is a rainy season in summer, so we can't go to work on rainy days, but today is a sunny day. The residents are all busy on the construction site, and of course no one is home." Si Yu explained.
Gu Xizhou glanced at the time on his watch as he walked. It was only after three o'clock in the afternoon. He couldn't go to the construction site or factory to find someone to understand the situation, right
"I'm going, how long does it take?"
"Don't worry, those people will be back in an hour at most." Si Yu said casually.
Gu Xizhou turned to look at him, and at this moment, a drop of water suddenly hit his cheek.
Tick tock, in an instant, the road was dusty, and the air was filled with the smell of dust. Gu Xizhou was about to walk to the parking place when an umbrella appeared above his head, "Did you know it was going to rain?"
Si Yu held an umbrella with one hand and said softly, "When I drove you in the morning, the radio broadcast the weather forecast saying that there would be heavy rain."
"Why didn't I hear it?" Gu Xizhou raised his eyebrows.
"You fell asleep."
The two were very close, and Si Yu's low, hoarse voice seemed to rub against his eardrums, making his ears feel a little itchy.
The heavy rain hit people's bodies and caused pain, and puddles formed on the ground. The water droplets splashed down, and instantly burst into a spray, which made people covered with muddy water.
Several criminal policemen hurriedly got into the police car, wiped the water off their bodies with paper, and couldn't help complaining:
"What the hell is this weather? It's raining when it rains, isn't it too violent?"
"Damn it, it's a bad start today, I just encountered this rainstorm before I walked very far."
"Hey, Team Gu is not in the car!"
I don't know who muttered, and then everyone realized that there was one person missing from their co-pilot. They subconsciously searched for Gu Xizhou, looked at the Bentley luxury car next door, there was no one in the car, Lao Guo took it out. I sent a WeChat message to Gu Xizhou from my mobile phone—
"Gu Team, where are you? It's raining, we all got back to the car!"
Gu Xizhou glanced at the rainwater that was flowing along the canopy like running water outside the window, and replied, "I am in a resident's house, and I will continue the investigation when the rain stops."
Everyone heard Gu Xizhou's voice coming from the mobile phone. It's all you look at me and I look at you. Why haven't they met such a good tenant? Gotta run back in the rain!
At the door of a private house, a handsome man with deep facial features put away the umbrella in his hand and leaned against the corner of the door before turning around and thanking the owner of the house.
"Thank you old man for letting us come in to take shelter from the rain." Si Yu's voice was loud, because the old man's ears were not very good, only by increasing his voice, the white-haired old man could barely hear Si Yu's words clearly.
The old man sat on the old man's chair, shook the chair slightly, shook it, and waved to Si Yu, "You're welcome."
Gu Xizhou got up and walked over. The old man was a local farmer. They were about to leave just now. The enthusiastic old man opened the door and invited them in to avoid the rain. They were lucky to meet this old man. With such a big fish outside, even if there is an umbrella waiting for them to go back, the trousers are all wet.
"Master, thank you."
"It's okay, it's okay, don't be polite to the old man!" The old man smiled and said, "After my wife left, my son and daughter were all in the city, and I was bored alone. Seeing you young people, I still feel happy.”
Gu Xizhou smiled, and while looking out, he asked the old man, "Master, I want to ask you something, are there any lost children around here?"
The old man shook his head, "I don't know this, I don't go out very much, young man, why are you asking this?"
Gu Xizhou took out his police card from his bag and explained, "I'm here for the police to investigate."
"Oh," the old man nodded and said, "Actually, I can't see clearly. There are migrant workers who come to work in the city, or they are local farmers. I haven't heard of any traffickers. "
"It's not that there are traffickers, but we suspect that there may be a lost child nearby, but we haven't received a report, so come and take a look."
The old man's cloudy eyes opened, and it seemed a little strange, "How can a child get lost and his parents don't report to the police? I think the child is not from us, right?"
"We also find it strange."
The old man added: "But here are all farmers who come to the city to work, and not many have children. If they are really our children, they should be easy to find.
"Look at the four-story house I built, there are twenty-three families living in it, and only two have children. Studying in the city is really troublesome."
The old man said a few words, Gu Xizhou can only sigh that the old man is really lonely, very talkative, the rain has not stopped, Gu Xizhou saw people come back in the rain one after another, and the workers came back in groups in twos and threes.
The place where the old man asked Gu Xizhou and Si Yu to take shelter from the rain is the place to go upstairs. When you open the door, you can see the people who pass by and go upstairs. The interpersonal relationship of the old man seems to be very good. There are many men and women passing by the door. People also greeted the old man from a distance.
About thirty minutes later, the rainstorm finally stopped. After Gu Xizhou and Si Yu thanked the old man, they left quickly and walked to the stairs next door. According to the situation just inquired, they found a resident with children and asked if they had any. The child is missing.
"I haven't heard of anyone's child being lost. Comrade police, are you looking for the wrong place?" The dark-skinned and honest man scratched his head and replied.
"Are there any lost children around here?" Gu Xizhou asked again.
"No, there are all workers who live nearby. Although they don't know each other well, they have met each other on the construction site. If anyone's child really disappeared, it must have been spread all over the construction site."
The simple and honest man added: "I sent my child to school in person today, so I definitely didn't lose it."
…
After inquiring about several households, none of the people who rented the house in the old man's place heard that anyone's child was lost, which made Gu Xizhou a little difficult.
The suspicious person must be someone from the vicinity, otherwise he would not disappear in the vicinity, but if there is no lost child in the vicinity, the only way to have the parent who notified the missing person go to the police station is to identify the body.
Thinking of this, Gu Xizhou had a headache.
The visit took a long time, and soon it was six o'clock in the afternoon. Gu Xizhou saw a large group of men and women wearing the same uniform returning home.
Gu Xizhou had to visit again. He walked to the door of the family and knocked on the door. The door was opened by a thin and small middle-aged man. All kinds of rubbish picked up from outside, and an indescribable stench.
"Who, who are you looking for?" The thin man flinched and asked in a low voice, obviously afraid of strangers.
"Hello, I'm a policeman. I want to ask you about the situation." When Gu Xizhou said this, he noticed that the skinny man was shaking violently, and he couldn't help drawing a question mark in his heart. Fear of the police, is it out of fear of the profession, or because of something else
"You, you said." The thin man nodded.
Gu Xizhou said solemnly: "I asked your neighbor just now, you have children at home, how old are your children?"
"One is three years old and one is eight years old."
Three years old!
This age is in line with the age of the child they found the body, Gu Xizhou quickly asked: "I just looked and didn't see your children, they didn't come back from school?"
The skinny man shook his head: "The younger one is going back to my hometown with my wife, and the older one is still at school today."
Gu Xizhou heard the words, "Is the little one a son?"
"Yes what's the matter?"
"Then... have you been in touch with your wife recently? Are they in their hometown now?"
"Of course! Of course I want to contact her. I went back to my hometown a few days ago and called me." The thin man looked at Gu Xizhou vigilantly, and seemed a little puzzled and suspicious, "Why are you asking this? ?"
"Oh, it's nothing, just wanted to make sure if there are any children missing around here."
Thin man: "No, I haven't heard anyone say it."
"okay, thank you."
After saying goodbye to the skinny man, Gu Xizhou found several other colleagues and asked, "Have you found anything?"
"No, there are no lost children around here."
"If the murderer really lives here, after all our tossing, he must be alert," Gu Xizhou said after thinking for a while, "In this way, you now inform the local police station to have them conduct a census immediately, and put the nearby The occupants are all entered in the file, and the owners here are contacted to ask them to help notice if anyone has recently left the lease."
Everyone took the order and immediately went to execute the order. Gu Xizhou looked back and saw Si Yu was looking at him. Gu Xizhou stepped forward and said, "I still have work to do today, so you should go home first."
"It's okay." Although it had just rained, the weather was still very hot, and Si Yu didn't know where to find a piece of white paper to use as a fan.
Gu Xizhou gave him a funny look, and was about to say why Si Yu didn't get in the car to turn on the air conditioner, but his eyes swept across the white paper and stopped, grabbed the white paper in Si Yu's hand, and frowned. Become a Sichuan character!
This white paper was printed in black and white as a leaflet. Gu Xizhou glanced at the content of the promotion and saw that it was that kind of cult propaganda. At the same time, in the middle of the leaflet was a strange symbol, which happened to be dead. Symbol on the little boy's arm!
Gu Xizhou stared at Si Yu and asked anxiously, "Where did you come from?"
Si Yu pointed to a house in the distance, winked at Gu Xizhou and said, "It was too hot just now, so I picked up a random piece of waste paper downstairs in that building."