I am a super cop

In the office, after thinking it over again and again, Gu Chen asked Teacher Xu again: "Teacher Xu, when Zhao Xiaochuan was in school, who did he get along with better, the kind of close friends?"

"Best friend?" Teacher Xu was stunned for a moment and fell into deep thought, but he became hesitant.

After a long while, he slowly said, "I do remember there was a student who had a good relationship with him."

"These two guys usually like to stay together, go to the cafeteria together, and go to get out of class together."

"But this student, I can't remember his name, but I know he is in our class."

"Then do you have their graduation photos?" Gu Chen continued to ask after hearing this.

"Yes." Teacher Xu nodded silently and said without hesitation:

"I taught Zhao Xiaochuan's class until they graduated from junior high school, and I have kept all their graduation photos in a cabinet at home."

After thinking for a while, Teacher Xu said, "How about you come back with me and I'll get it for you?"

"Thank you very much." Seeing that Teacher Xu had the photos, Gu Chen hurriedly thanked him.

Then, everyone followed Teacher Xu out of the office.

Zhao Qing, who was communicating with his colleagues in the office corridor, saw this and immediately stopped communicating with his colleagues and took the initiative to come over and ask:

"How's it going? Officer Gu."

"Teacher Xu provided them with a lot of clues. We now need to go to Teacher Xu's house to get some things." Gu Chen said.

"Oh, that will be helpful for your investigation, right? That's good." Seeing that Teacher Xu, whom he had arranged, had brought help to Gu Chen's team, Zhao Qing quickly said.

Gu Chen also shook hands with Zhao Qing and thanked him: "Thank you, Secretary Zhao. If it weren't for you, it would be quite troublesome for us to handle this case."

"You're welcome. It's my duty." Zhao Qing was also a down-to-earth person. He smiled and joked with Gu Chen.

After the two of them had a brief conversation, Gu Chen hurriedly drove and took Teacher Xu back to Teacher Xu's home.

Teacher Xu's home is in the northern part of the town, on a higher ground.

Standing here, you can overlook the entire town, but there are not many buildings here and the population is relatively small.

But this is more in line with the taste of teachers' families, after all, the scenery here is nice.

"Officer Gu, please come in." After opening the iron gate of the yard with the key, Teacher Xu also invited everyone to come in.

Gu Chen sighed and quickly led everyone into the yard.

Afterwards, everyone followed Teacher Xu into his living room.

Teacher Xu walked into a study room, started opening the drawers, and took out a large photo album.

Here are photos that Teacher Xu has kept since he was young, as well as photos he has kept during his teaching years.

Teacher Xu flipped through the books and read, "Zhao Xiaochuan? Which class is he from? Oh, this class. Yes, this class."

It seemed that he had found Zhao Xiaochuan's graduation photo. Teacher Xu quickly took out the album and looked at it carefully.

Then he pointed at one of the men and said, "This is the student who gets along well with Zhao Xiaochuan. His name is Zhao Zhuowen. They are often together."

"So when you asked, he was the first person I thought of."

Gu Chen also picked up the photo and looked at it carefully according to Teacher Xu's introduction. Then he looked at Zhao Zhuowen's appearance and asked Teacher Xu:

"Teacher Xu, where does Zhao Zhuowen live now?"

"I remember he seemed to live in another town," said Teacher Xu.

"So what is he doing now?" Lu Weiwei asked curiously.

Teacher Xu shook his head: "I'm not sure about this, but I feel that he should be working in another place. However, during the New Year period, he must be at home."

"It's just not clear whether he has left now."

"Do you have any contact information?" asked Officer Wang.

Seeing this, Gu Chen quickly turned the photo over. On the back were these people's home addresses and some contact information.

Gu Chen quickly found Zhao Zhuowen's contact number and asked, "Teacher Xu, are these their own mobile phone numbers?"

"It may be the parents' fault. They don't allow junior high school students to bring mobile phones with them," said Teacher Xu.

"As long as I can contact Zhao Zhuowen, it will be fine." Gu Chen didn't care too much and started calling according to the contact information on the back of the graduation photo.

Soon, a middle-aged man's voice sounded on the phone: "Hello? Who are you?"

"I'm from the Furong Branch of the Jiangnan City Public Security Bureau. May I ask if Zhao Wenzhuo is your relative?" Gu Chen went straight to the point.

Perhaps after hearing the policeman introduce himself, the other party seemed more alert and asked again: "What do you want to do with Zhao Zhuowen?"

"Were he and Zhao Xiaochuan classmates in junior high school? We are currently investigating the case of Zhao Xiaochuan's disappearance."

"We heard that Zhao Zhuowen was his best classmate at the time, so we wanted to ask Zhao Zhuowen about Zhao Xiaochuan."

Gu Chen also directly stated the problem.

Knowing that it was not his son Zhao Zhuowen who got into trouble, the middle-aged man on the other end of the phone breathed a sigh of relief and said calmly: "I am Zhao Zhuowen's father. I haven't contacted our Zhuowen for a long time, the Zhao Xiaochuan you are talking about."

"It doesn't matter. We just want to find out about Zhao Xiaochuan through Zhao Zhuowen." Gu Chen continued.

There was silence for a few seconds on the other end of the phone before a response came: "Then how do you want to know?"

"Is Zhao Zhuowen at home now?" Gu Chen asked.

"Yes, but I have to go out to work tomorrow." said the middle-aged man.

"Then we'll come to find you." Gu Chen said quickly upon seeing this.

"Okay, then you guys come find us here..."

The middle-aged man also told Gu Chen his home address. Gu Chen simply thanked him on the phone before hanging up.

Taking a deep breath, Gu Chen said calmly: "Zhao Zhuowen's house is not far from here, let's go there now."

"Okay." Seeing this, everyone set off immediately.

Gu Chen also shook hands with Teacher Xu again to express his gratitude and said, "Thank you very much for your cooperation, Teacher Xu."

"Of course, of course. If you need any help, please let me know."

"Okay, let's go first."

"I'm busy now."

……

After the two of them exchanged a few simple greetings, Teacher Xu watched Gu Chen and his companions drive away and disappear at the end of the road.

Gu Chen continued driving and arrived at the next town.

Based on the address given by the man on the phone, we found a building with a yard.

At this moment, the gate of the yard was opened, and it seemed that someone was standing at the door looking around.

When Gu Chen parked the car at the side of the door, the middle-aged man standing at the door took the initiative to come out. Seeing Gu Chen and his companions get out of the car, he immediately came forward and gave Gu Chen a cigarette:
"Comrade police officer, you were just talking to me."

"Thank you, I don't smoke." After rejecting the middle-aged man's kindness, Gu Chen continued, "Is Zhao Zhuowen home?"

"Yes, in the living room." The middle-aged man handed the cigarette to Officer Wang again. After Officer Wang politely declined, he led everyone to the living room.

At this moment, a young man in casual clothes was also standing at the door.

Like his father, Zhao Zhuowen has a long face, and you can tell at first glance that they are father and son.

"Are you Zhao Zhuowen?" Gu Chen asked.

"Yes." Zhao Zhuowen nodded silently.

Gu Chen asked again: "Were you and Zhao Xiaochuan classmates in junior high school?"

"Yes, we went to high school together, but we were not in the same class," said Zhao Zhuowen.

"Can we chat?" Gu Chen asked.

"Okay, how about going to my room?" Zhao Zhuowen said.

Afterwards, everyone, led by Zhao Zhuowen, came to his room, a place where the walls were covered with basketball posters.

Zhao Zhuowen brought stools and chairs for everyone, and then chose to sit at the head of the bed.

Yuan Shasha closed the door of the room and turned on the law enforcement recorder.

Gu Chen got straight to the point. He opened the photo album on his phone, pointed their graduation photo in front of Zhao Zhuowen, and asked:
“Do you still remember this photo?”

"Yes, this is our graduation photo in the third year of junior high school. Zhao Xiaochuan was standing in front of me at that time." Zhao Zhuowen just took a look and said quickly.

"I heard that you had a good relationship with Zhao Xiaochuan when you were in school. Were you close friends?" Lu Weiwei asked.

Zhao Zhuowen smiled and said, "We can't be called close buddies, we just have fun together."

"So what kind of person do you think Zhao Xiaochuan is?" Officer Wang asked curiously.

"Zhao Xiaochuan?" Zhao Zhuowen crossed his fingers and looked up, thinking for a few seconds before slowly speaking:

"He is a rather introverted person with a hot temper. He loses his temper easily."

"But I remember that he wasn't like this before."

"Which one does it look like?" Yuan Shasha asked curiously.

"Ouch." Zhao Zhuowen narrowed his eyes in thought and said slowly:

"He used to have a good temper. We just met and became classmates in the first grade of junior high school."

"He was very sunny and cheerful at that time, but then he suddenly changed."

"When I was chatting with someone in class for the first time, I suddenly heard a loud noise next to me. I turned around and saw that it was Zhao Xiaochuan slamming the table and arguing with a classmate next to him."

"I was stunned at the time, and didn't know what was going on. Then I hurried over to stop the fight."

"I later found out that the person was just leaning on his desk, chatting with someone, and swaying his body out of habit, causing Zhao Xiaochuan's desk to keep shaking."

"You could have just said something about this, but Zhao Xiaochuan slammed his hand on the table, and it made quite a noise."

"Just feel it. Actually, there is no need to do this. We are all classmates. Why should we do this?"

At this point, Zhao Zhuowen shook his head, indicating that he didn't quite understand.

So Lu Weiwei asked again: "Did he experience any stimulation when he was in school?"

"What kind of stimulation have you received?" After thinking for a while, Zhao Zhuowen nodded silently and said:

"Well, you know what, it's really possible."

"What do you mean?" Officer Wang was also quite curious when he heard it.

Zhao Zhuowen, who was sitting at the head of the bed, said slowly, "For example, Zhao Xiaochuan's academic performance has always been very good, among the best."

"Especially in Chinese and math, my grades were very good. I remember that I couldn't beat Zhao Xiaochuan in every exam."

"But later on, I don't know what happened. Xiaochuan's temper became worse and worse, and he started to daydream in class. His grades were up and down at first, but then they started to go downhill."

"Later, even I could easily beat him in the exam. I felt something was wrong. Something must have happened to Zhao Xiaochuan."

"What's going on?" Officer Wang also wanted to know.

"Ouch." Zhao Zhuowen crossed his arms and said thoughtfully:

"I'm not really sure about this. I think I asked him at the time, but he didn't tell me."

"I remember he told me that he was not in good condition for the exam, but I could see that he might have encountered something."

"Then I asked him if there was something wrong at home or something else."

"Originally, as a good brother in the class, it's normal for me to care about my brothers, right? But he got angry and told me to stop caring about it. He said it was okay, so it was okay."

Spreading his hands, Zhao Zhuowen also looked helpless: "Tell me, what can I do?"

"I felt really wronged at the time. I cared about you, but you didn't know how to appreciate it."

"So for a while, I didn't bother to talk to him, but after all, we were still good brothers, and it didn't take long for us to get back to normal."

"Then why his academic performance fluctuates so much? What's the reason?" After thinking about it, Officer Wang continued to ask.

Zhao Zhuowen chuckled and shook his head: "I'm really not sure about this."

"Do you know this person?" Seeing Zhao Zhuowen say this, Gu Chen opened the photo album on his mobile phone again.

This time, the photo shown was that of the deceased Gao Cheng.

Zhao Zhuowen squinted his eyes and looked at it, also thoughtful.

After a long while, he slowly said, "This person looks so familiar. I have an impression of him, but I can't quite remember where I've seen him before?"

"This person is your senior. When you were in junior high school, he was in high school. His name is Gao Cheng." Gu Chen also directly informed Zhao Zhuowen about Gao Cheng's situation.

When Zhao Zhuowen heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he shook his right index finger and said without hesitation:
"Yes, his name is Gao Cheng. I remember now. He is a senior, that's right."

"Does he know Zhao Xiaochuan?" Seeing that Zhao Zhuowen had an impression of Gao Cheng, Lu Weiwei quickly asked.

Zhao Zhuowen scratched his cheek, thought for a few seconds, then nodded and said without hesitation:
"I remember now. Yes, he knows Zhao Xiaochuan. I often see him visiting Zhao Xiaochuan. They must have a good relationship."

"How do you know for sure? Is it because Gao Cheng often comes to see Zhao Xiaochuan?" asked Officer Wang.

"You can say that." With a sigh, Zhao Zhuowen crossed his arms over his chest, swaying his body back and forth, and said in a relaxed manner:

"Anyway, I often see Gao Cheng coming to see Zhao Xiaochuan. I think they live close to each other, so they are probably familiar with each other."

"But, I always feel like something is wrong."

...(End of chapter)