The Late Night Train

Chapter 48: Third Story Seed (47)

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Before walking out of the toilet, Xu Jinghao washed her face with cold water and touched up her makeup again. She had always been strong and didn't want people to find out she had cried. Annie told Xu Jinghao that two police officers were waiting for her in Lao Luo's office. Entering the office, Xu Jinghao saw Feng Ye and Ji Qiuhong sitting on the sofa, while Lao Luo was still sitting in his seat. This scene was the same as a few days ago, but this time Xu Jinghao's mood was completely different from that then.

The first person to speak this time was Ji Qiuhong: "Sorry to bother you. We received another report earlier and came to understand the situation. Excuse me, do you know Wen Yufan?"

Xu Jinghao looked calm on the outside, but her heart was already in turmoil. At this moment, she felt a strong sense of crisis. Almost at the same time, she felt a swelling in the back of her head, as if a headache was about to occur.

"No! Not at this time!" Xu Jinghao shouted in her heart, trying to suppress her headache with her thoughts.

This method actually worked, and Xu Jing secretly breathed a sigh of relief as the back of her brain returned to normal as if she had received an order.

Seeing that Xu Jinghao was a little distracted, Ji Qiuhong lost no time in asking: "Did you think of anything about Wen Yufan? Or do you already know about his disappearance?"

"What?" Xu Jinghao returned to normal and replied: "Sorry, I was still thinking about work just now. What did you ask just now?"

Ji Qiuhong curled her lips, but patiently repeated: "Excuse me, do you know Wen Yufan?"

"Wen Yufan?" Xu Jinghao repeated it deliberately, pretending to remember, and then said after a while: "Oh, yes, I remembered it. He is Jiang Manman's ex-boyfriend. What happened?"

"He is missing!" Ji Qiuhong said in a serious tone, staring at Xu Jinghao without blinking. "The person who shared the apartment with him once mentioned that a woman had gone to find him. After that person's description, we felt that it seemed It’s you, Comrade Xu!”

"Ah!" Xu Jinghao exclaimed just right, and then said to herself: "How could this happen? I did go to his residence a few days ago, but it was not to find him, but to find Jiang Manman."

When Lao Luo heard this, his body trembled slightly, and then returned to normal. Feng Ye glanced at Lao Luo. He seemed to be always hiding in the shadows, making it impossible to see clearly what was true. If he could see Lao Luo's face through the shadows, he would find a sneer on the corner of his mouth.

"Jiang Manman?" Ji Qiuhong continued to ask: "What's going on? Sorry, it's not directed at you, but we need to collect all aspects of information about the case."

Xu Jing nodded understandingly and said, "That's it. When I checked my past work records, I found that some documents were not done rigorously enough in the past, and they were all signed by Jiang Manman. In order to organize these documents, I remembered I wanted to ask Jiang Manman. But after I went there, I found that Jiang Manman actually... "

"What! Is it another disappearance?" Feng Ye asked impatiently. Over the past few days, he had become extremely sensitive, and he felt that there would be another disappearance case at every turn.

Feng Ye's sudden shout made Xu Jinghao look a little flustered, but she quickly regained her composure and said as if she was amused: "That's not true! Are you going to disappear just because of this work issue?"

"Uh... that's not what he meant." Ji Qiuhong didn't want to explain more and just continued the topic: "Jiang Manman actually... what's wrong?"

"Oh!" Xu Jing seemed to have woken up from a dream and continued: "Jiang Manman and Wen Yufan had already broken up and moved away. So I wasted no time."

Although Xu Jinghao hid it very well, the trace of panic was still keenly captured by Ji Qiuhong. Ji Qiuhong asked almost immediately: "According to the co-tenant, Wen Yufan went out with you later?"

"That's true." Xu Jing paused for a moment after saying this. At the same time, her brain was running rapidly, and then she said, "This Wen Yufan is really a bit pretentious."

"Hypocritical?" Ji Qiuhong was a little confused.

"That's true." Xu Jinghao looked embarrassed and started to talk nonsense: "At that time, he said he wanted to go out and have a chat. Originally, I thought he knew where Jiang Manman had moved, so we found a place with him. I sat down in the cafe and talked slowly. Unexpectedly, he poured bitter water on me all night and told me how Jiang Manman abandoned him. When I asked about Jiang Manman’s whereabouts, he had no idea at all. .”

"That's it?" Ji Qiuhong was obviously not satisfied with this answer.

Xu Jinghao nodded bravely and said, "That's all I know."

Ji Qiuhong sighed, "That's it for today. If you think of any new clues, please contact us as soon as possible."

Before leaving, Ji Qiuhong glanced at Lao Luo and whispered to Xu Jinghao: "If you have anything to hide, the police will definitely protect your safety."

"No!" Xu Jinghao shook her head quickly and forced a smile: "I am telling the truth. If I think of anything else, I will tell you as soon as possible!"

"It's best this way!" Ji Qiuhong stopped looking at Xu Jinghao, turned around and walked out of the office. Feng Ye saw everything and didn't say anything more, just went out together.

Seeing the office door close, Xu Jinghao stood there for more than a minute, and finally sat down on the sofa without any strength. Just as Xu Jing was taking her breath away, there was a sound of applause from the side. Xu Jinghao felt irritated and turned around to glare at him.

Lao Luo put away his palms and laughed: "I didn't expect you, Xiao Xu, to have such outstanding acting skills. I can't help but admire you."

Xu Jing said angrily: "They found out that Wen Yufan is missing! What should we do now!"

"Don't panic." Lao Luo was obviously much calmer than Xu Jing, and said slowly: "The more you panic, the easier it is to reveal your flaws. Your performance just now was good, so you should continue to do it!"

Xu Jing didn't have time to chat with Lao Luo, so she got up and left.

"But..." Lao Luo added, "It's best to get rid of all the evidence that you have contacted Wen Yufan."

"You mean that mobile phone?" Xu Jinghao became alert.

"You are a smart person and should know that once someone else discovers our secret, the consequences will be..."

"You don't need to say anything!" Xu Jinghao said without looking back, closing the door hard.

With a sound of "Pop!", the small office turned into an isolated space again. The lights seemed to flicker due to the impact of closing the door, and seemed to respond to Lao Luo's deep and weird laughter.

"There must be something wrong with that Xu Jinghao!" Feng Ye said flatly while driving.

Ji Qiuhong did not answer Feng Ye, but sat in the passenger seat thoughtfully.

"Did you hear that?" Feng Ye was very dissatisfied with Ji Qiuhong's reaction.

Ji Qiuhong was startled by the other party and said impatiently: "Of course I know! Why are you yelling!"

Feng Ye was stunned for a moment. Although he was Ji Qiuhong's boss, he was always a little afraid of this woman for some unknown reason. Ji Qiuhong usually seemed very quiet, but once she was deep in thought and was disturbed, she would become extremely irritable. However, because of her outstanding work ability, Feng Ye didn't mind. On the contrary, he would sometimes compromise.

After a short moment of silence, Ji Qiuhong finally came back to her senses and took a long, hard breath. Feng Ye's tone became much kinder and he asked cautiously: "Have you made any new discoveries?"

Ji Qiuhong said calmly: "When I asked about Wen Yufan, Xu Jinghao seemed very nervous, and..."

"Everyone on Earth knows, let's get to the point!" This time it was Feng Ye's turn to become impatient.

Ji Qiuhong glared at Feng Ye and continued: "There is also a problem with that old Luo. Have you noticed that when Jiang Manman was mentioned, that old Luo behaved a little unnaturally. Although he concealed it very well, But it’s hard to escape my eyes.”

Feng Ye nodded and sighed: "There are still some gains from this operation. I think our next step can be to find Jiang Manman. Maybe she knows some inside information."

"If we can find her." Ji Qiuhong bit her lip, "I always have a feeling that we will definitely not find Jiang Manman."

"Could it be that...she is also missing?" Feng Ye asked.

Ji Qiuhong said with a serious expression: "After all, the missing data we know are based on the people who reported the case. It is very likely that there are still missing incidents that we don't know about."

Feng Ye thought for a moment, stepped on the accelerator, and the police car suddenly accelerated.

"We have to go back quickly. It seems that things are more complicated than we thought."