I am a super cop

In the office, everyone looked at the disorganized photos and fell into deep thought.

After a moment, Lu Weiwei finally said what she had been thinking: "Junior Brother Gu, do you think they were kidnapped?"

"Everything is possible." Gu Chen just nodded slightly and said without hesitation:
"Logically speaking, two girls, one of whom has hiked in Wufeng Mountain several times, shouldn't get lost."

"There are many hikers who go to that hiking route, so the probability of getting lost is estimated to be very small."

After he finished speaking, Gu Chen continued, "But there is another possibility, that is, they met other hikers on the road."

"They formed a temporary team and decided to set out together, but halfway through, those hikers may have taken them to some unpopular routes, which caused everyone to get lost."

"After all, the Wufeng Mountain Scenic Area is too large, and there is no mobile phone signal when hiking in the mountains."

"They usually stay there for several days, so the power supply must be running out, and it is possible that they get lost and lose contact."

"But..." Gu Chen paused halfway through his words and continued:

"But it's a little strange that this bag was left on the road, and there was a valuable camera in it, which doesn't make sense."

"They didn't carry such an important thing with them, but just dropped it on the road. I don't think they forgot it, but deliberately dropped it on the roadside."

"Senior Brother Gu, after listening to your analysis, I feel more and more that the two people might have been kidnapped." Yuan Shasha also made her own inference based on Gu Chen's judgment.

Officer Wang nodded silently: "If this is the case, being kidnapped is not impossible."

"One more thing." Just as everyone was analyzing along the lines of Gu Chen, Gu Chen interrupted again:
"The daughter of the person who called the police, the missing Zhao Wenli, was hiking in Wufeng Mountain for the first time."

"It is said that she met her travel partner online and had never met him before, but he had several hiking experiences in Wufeng Mountain."

"So, if I think about the problem a little more complicatedly, could it be that they are not the only two people on this hike?"

"What do you mean, Junior Brother Gu? The other girl might have asked others to go with her, and this girl might have followed the others and taken her to another route?"

"Yes." Gu Chen snapped his fingers and said, "This situation is very likely."

"After all, Zhao Wenli has no hiking experience, and I have confirmed with her mother that the camera is indeed her daughter's."

"This means that all the photos in this camera were taken by her herself."

"According to Mr. Zhang from the Wufeng Mountain Scenic Area Management Office, the other photos are relatively normal, including some landscape photos and some personal photos of Zhao Wenli."

"But there were no other people in the photos. But at the end of the shoot, she actually started taking dozens of photos at random. This sudden and abnormal behavior was obviously very abnormal."

"This means that she might have been controlled at the time and could only follow the other girl."

"And there were probably other people around them at the time."

"That's right." After hearing what Gu Chen said, Officer Wang also agreed:

"If there were no other people, and if Zhao Wenli had not been controlled, it would be impossible for her to take dozens of photos with a camera and then throw it away."

"In my opinion, this was more like a cry for help, indicating that her personal freedom had been controlled at the time."

After a pause, Officer Wang asked Gu Chen again: "By the way, Gu Chen, what's the name of that other girl?"

"Zhuang Qing." Gu Chen said.

"Yes, I think we need to investigate this Zhuang Qing thoroughly," Officer Wang also reminded.

Gu Chen glanced in the direction of He Junchao and said, "Senior Brother He, investigate this Zhuang Qing."

"No problem, send me the message." said He Junchao who was sitting next to him.

"I'll send it to you." Seeing this, Lu Weiwei went back to the computer and started sending the file information to He Junchao.

Afterwards, He Junchao immediately entered the investigation phase.

At the same time, Officer Wang slowly said, "Zhuang Qing and Zhao Wenli were originally two people who had no intersection, according to her mother."

"Zhao Wenli also talked to her mother before leaving home to go hiking."

"Her mother was worried about her safety at the time, but Zhao Wenli insisted again and again, saying that her mother's life was a wilderness and she wanted freedom, and she was already an adult."

"Her mother didn't think too much about it at the time. She thought that if she lived with another girl, she would have someone to take care of her."

"Besides, hiking in Wufeng Mountain Scenic Area is not too far from home, so I can accept it after thinking about it."

"But this mother overlooked an important link, that is, the companion named Zhuang Qing had never met her daughter Zhao Wenli before."

"They were just online friends, but they made an appointment to go hiking together."

After a pause, Officer Wang sighed and continued to explain:

"Although this kind of group travel is now very common, it can also be seen that Zhao Wenli's awareness of prevention is still relatively weak."

"So from now on, Zhuang Qing is more likely to be the suspect."

Listening to Officer Wang's analysis, Gu Chen turned his head to look in the direction of He Junchao and asked:

"Brother He, have you found any results on Zhuang Qing? After all, Zhuang Qing's parents haven't called the police yet."

"I found it." As soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, He Junchao quickly replied:

"This Zhuang Qing works in a bar. He stopped studying after graduating from high school and has been working in a bar for several years."

"Working in a bar?" Hearing what He Junchao said, Lu Weiwei frowned slightly and said slowly:

"If that's the case, then Zhuang Qing's social relationships must be quite complicated."

"After all, if you're so young and in a bar, you're likely to get tangled up with older men."

"In the cases we have handled before, many young women working in bars have participated in crimes committed by some gangs."

"Maybe she was dragged into this by those male customers. Of course, this is just my guess."

"Hmm." Gu Chen listened to the analysis and said slowly, "There is indeed something suspicious about Zhuang Qing. It's best to find out her social connections."

After a pause, Gu Chen asked He Junchao again: "Brother He, do you have any connections with Zhuang Qing?"

"This will take time, but what I can find out now is that Zhuang Qing works at Z Bar."

"If we want to investigate Zhuang Qing, we can only do a field investigation and ask her colleagues or something."

"Yeah." Gu Chen also had the same idea, so he stood up and said, "Let's go to Z Bar to look for clues."

"I'll go with you." Upon hearing this, Lu Weiwei hurriedly wanted to go out on the police mission with Gu Chen.

Since it was a low-key investigation, Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei chose to travel in casual clothes.

Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha stayed in the office, waiting for new clues from He Junchao. …

……

When the vehicle stopped steadily at the entrance of Z Bar, the middle-aged security guard hurried forward and guided Gu Chen to park the civilian car in an empty space.

After getting off the car, Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei, who were wearing casual clothes, went directly to Z Bar.

Since it is not yet prime business hours, there are not many people having fun in the bar.

Gu Chen came to the front desk first. Before the female receptionist could speak, Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei both showed their police IDs.

"We are from the Furong Branch. May I ask if this person is your employee?" Lu Weiwei directly showed Zhuang Qing's photo.

The female receptionist squinted her eyes and nodded quickly: "Yes, yes, she is a staff member here and a colleague of mine."

"Is she at work now?" Gu Chen asked.

The female receptionist shook her head: "She's been taking leave a lot recently. I think she went hiking?"

"Climb a mountain? Which mountain?" Gu Chen asked knowingly.

The female receptionist thought for a moment, then slowly said, "It seems to be... Wufeng Mountain. She likes hiking and often asks for leave to go hiking."

“Sometimes I envy her.”

"Does she have her contact information? Can you see her circle of friends?" Lu Weiwei asked quickly after hearing this.

But the receptionist shook her head and explained, "Her Moments are visible for three days, and she rarely posts."

"Contact information? I called her and asked her to come back to work, but the call could not be connected."

"I guess the signal is not good in the mountains. She often can't get the signal, so you can't find her even if you want to."

"Is that so?" Listening to the explanation of the female receptionist, Lu Weiwei felt more and more that there seemed to be something wrong with Zhuang Qing.

So, prompted by Gu Chen's eyes, Lu Weiwei continued to ask: "Then do you know who has the best relationship with Zhuang Qing here?"

"You have the best relationship with her?" After thinking for a few seconds, the female receptionist slowly said:
"I don't know who is closest to her here, but there are quite a few who are just her friends."

"Many young people who come here to spend money are quite wealthy, and they often mingle with Zhuang Qing."

"And these young people like to travel by car, race around on motorcycles, and hike in various ways."

"Anyway, these people can always play together. Sometimes I envy them."

"Then why don't you play with them?" Gu Chen asked.

"Oh, I have thought about it." After hearing what Gu Chen said, the female receptionist also smiled and said:
"But people like them who play outside all day and don't work much, unless they have a mine at home."

"That is, those young people, they all come from well-off families, even if they don't go out to work, they can live well every month relying on the pocket money given by their parents."

"But Zhuang Qing is different. She is an ordinary person from an ordinary family. She doesn't make much money from her job, and she often doesn't go to work."

"But I just wanted to hang out with the group. I felt it was very prestigious to travel with that group of people frequently."

"The only drawback, I guess, is the lack of money. After all, playing like this is really expensive."

"How could she hold on for so long?" Lu Weiwei felt a little unbelievable. After all, the income and expenditure seemed to be out of balance.

But the words of the female receptionist were a bit heartbreaking: "Zhuang Qing is just a socialite. If she doesn't have money to play, she will take out a loan to play."

"Besides, when she goes out to play with these rich people, sometimes she doesn't even need to pay for it herself, because those people will take her with them."

"The only thing is, she might use the guise of being in a relationship with them to go out and have fun, right?"

"No, what does this sentence mean?" The more Lu Weiwei listened, the more she felt something was wrong.

After all, you have to take out a loan just to go out and have fun, which sounds really shocking.

Seeing this, the female receptionist also smiled and said, "It's just that I often fall in love with these rich people."

"Then go out together as boyfriend and girlfriend, spend some time together and get what you want."

"Then if you get tired of being together, just break up. Zhuang Qing is still young anyway, and she feels that this is how she should play and enjoy herself."

"Sometimes, those people would help her pay off her loans. Of course, there were some who were stingy, but Zhuang Qing could always handle it."

"Hearing what you said, why do I feel that Zhuang Qing's life is quite chaotic?"

"I don't know how many boyfriends I've had."

After thinking about it, Lu Weiwei suddenly realized and quickly asked the female receptionist: "Could this Zhuang Qing be that kind of person?"

"Ah, ah, ah, I never said that." Seeing that Lu Weiwei seemed to have heard something, the female receptionist quickly distanced herself from the matter and said:

"I just said that she changes boyfriends very quickly. Sometimes, they break up after just a few days of hanging out together. But this is her private matter after all. I have no right to interfere."

"Did you meet those people in the bar?" Gu Chen asked.

"Most of them, right? Anyway, there are young and old people, handsome and ugly people, but they all have one thing in common, which is that they are rich and can afford a lot of travel expenses."

"Because Zhuang Qing often takes out loans to travel. In her words, while you are still young, go out and have fun."

"Then have more romances, make more friends, and when you can no longer play, go back and find an honest man to marry."

"Why do these three views feel so strange?" After listening to the hint from the female receptionist, Lu Weiwei seemed to understand Zhuang Qing's situation in seconds.

But the receptionist said indifferently: "Zhuang Qing probably won't be here for long anyway."

"After all, she always asks for leave to go out and have fun. If this continues, she won't make any money and will still be in debt."

"Of course, this is their own life choice. We can't control it, nor do we want to control it."

"Do you know this person?" After listening to the various explanations from the female receptionist, Gu Chen directly showed Zhao Wenli's photo.

The female receptionist leaned forward, squinted her eyes and observed, then said slowly:
"I seem to have some impression of this woman, but I also seem to have no impression of her."

"So have you ever met her?" Lu Weiwei continued to ask.

At this moment, the female receptionist suddenly realized what was going on and quickly replied, "I've seen it before, on Zhuang Qing's phone."

"Zhuang Qing told me that this was her partner for mountain climbing."

...(End of chapter)