I am a super cop

Everyone has walked out of the forest, and the question facing everyone now is the whereabouts of Zhao Wenli.

According to the B&B owner, someone did hike out from the mountains a few days ago and purchased some supplies at the B&B.

But now, there is no trace of Zhao Wenli, which is obviously a bit abnormal.

Maybe Zhao Wenli and Zhuang Qing did not take this direct route, but the possibility is relatively low.

Because in the mountains and forests, there are only two options: one is to go back along the ridge line to the Golden Summit of Wufeng Mountain.

The other way is to reach another scenic spot halfway.

And along the way, everyone also found packaging bags of K brand compressed biscuits.

According to Zhao Wenli's mother, this might be Zhao Wenli's food ration.

And the man who purchased supplies from the B&B owner a few days ago might be the group of people who walked with Zhao Wenli.

Now all we have to do is find a vehicle.

We walked down the mountain along the road. Days of outdoor hiking had exhausted everyone's physical strength.

At this moment, everyone wanted to take a short break, but they had to find Zhao Wenli and Zhuang Qing, so no one dared to delay.

"Junior Brother Gu, let's take a rest here." Lu Weiwei was very tired and found a small square on the side of the road, so she suggested taking a rest.

Gu Chen looked at everyone's mental state and agreed, "Okay, let's rest here for a while."

"Everyone, don't leave, take a rest." Seeing this, the team leader also reminded everyone.

Everyone took off their equipment and sat on the steps nearby.

At this moment, Gu Chen's phone rang again. Seeing that it was a call from He Junchao, Gu Chen quickly swiped the answer button and asked:

"Brother He, how is it?"

"Gu Chen, I actually found a suspicious vehicle." He Junchao said on the phone.

Gu Chen immediately became interested and asked quickly, "What's the situation with this car?"

"A van with a license plate from another province had been parked in the Wolong Valley Hot Spring Resort several days ago."

"And the range should be at the exit of the mountain. Just a few days ago, this car suddenly left the Wolong Valley Hot Spring Resort. Calculating the time, it is close to the time when those people purchased supplies."

"And I checked the surveillance here. After the group of people purchased the supplies, they were not seen on the road."

"Obviously, they must have driven away."

"Then did you capture the driver of this van on surveillance camera?" Gu Chen asked quickly.

"Yes, but his face is covered and we can't see his appearance clearly. He is wrapped very tightly." said He Junchao on the phone.

Gu Chen hesitated for a moment, then asked He Junchao: "Then can you track the final destination of this car?"

"We are still investigating. The last time I saw this car, it was at a fork in the road. The surveillance camera there captured the trace of this car, and then there was no news."

"So I suspect that maybe the gang parked their car nearby and this could be their destination."

"Where's the address? Send it to me." said Gu Chen.

"Okay, I'll send it to you right away."

He Junchao also communicated with Gu Chen on the phone before hanging up.

When Gu Chen looked at the map on his phone, he realized that the last location the car was seen was deep in the mountains.

And those are all side roads, not main roads.

Thinking of this, Gu Chen felt more and more that something was wrong.

So he quickly reminded everyone, "Brother He has already found a suspicious vehicle parked in the heart of a forest. I mean, go take a look."

"Yes." Officer Wang nodded silently, looked around, and said, "The question now is, how do we get there?"

"Let's stop a car along the way." As soon as Lu Weiwei finished speaking, she saw a small truck slowly driving down the mountain.

Seeing this, Lu Weiwei quickly walked to the side of the road and waved at the pickup truck, asking it to stop.

The driver saw many people on the roadside, many of whom were wearing search and rescue team uniforms, so he immediately stopped the car without knowing the situation clearly.

"What's wrong?" The driver rolled down the window and asked curiously.

Lu Weiwei showed her police ID and explained, "We are currently investigating a missing person case and need to go somewhere, but we can't get a taxi here right now."

Looking at the back of the driver's car, Lu Weiwei asked again: "What kind of cargo are you carrying?"

"No goods. I'm delivering home appliances to a resort on the mountain. I've already finished the delivery and I'm just about to go back."

"That means the carriage is empty, right?" Lu Weiwei asked again.

"Yes." The driver nodded silently.

"Then can we take your car over there?" Lu Weiwei quickly asked.

After much discussion with the driver, he agreed to give us a ride.

Then Lu Weiwei waved to everyone and said, "Everyone, get in the car and get to that location as quickly as possible."

Seeing this, everyone stopped hesitating and started climbing up the mountain into the back of the pickup truck with their equipment.

Since there are guardrails around, everyone's safety is guaranteed.

So the driver slowed down and, according to Gu Chen's mobile phone navigation, started driving towards the place where the van last disappeared.

After going back and forth through various bends in the mountains, Gu Chen finally found the last monitoring location given by He Junchao.

"Stop the car." Gu Chen reminded.

The driver immediately slowed down, pulled over, and asked Gu Chen, "What's wrong? Is this here?"

"Yes." Gu Chen looked around and then said:

"This should be the place. Everyone get out of the car, get out of the car." After he finished speaking, Gu Chen patted the car door.

When everyone saw this, they immediately understood what he meant, and everyone quickly got off the car with their equipment.

So everyone gathered on the roadside and said goodbye to the driver.

Gu Chen pointed to one of the dirt roads and said, "Senior Brother He told me the last location, and it's here."

"The van left the highway and drove directly towards the dirt road. It should be heading in this direction."

Lu Weiwei glanced at the guide, Lao Zhang, and asked hurriedly, "Lao Zhang, where are we going?"

"I'm not too sure about that." Lao Zhang was also a little confused. He took the initiative to walk in front of everyone and said without hesitation:
"This place is another city, and my home is mainly at the foot of Wufeng Mountain, which is equivalent to reaching the other side of the mountain from one side." "Although I have hiked here before, I have never walked on these dirt roads here, and I don't know where to go."

After he finished speaking, Lao Zhang took out his phone, checked on the map, and shook his head, "Not sure."

"What about you, captain? Have you been there?" Lu Weiwei quickly asked the search and rescue team leader.

The search and rescue team leader also shook his head at this moment: "I have never been there, so I don't know where this place is."

"Then forget it, let's go over and take a look." Gu Chen said.

Everyone looked at each other, and without hesitation, they started off again.

Everyone started walking towards the dirt road. The road was a bit narrow, but there were indeed tire marks of vehicles on the road.

So we just kept walking like this, and after about forty minutes, we saw a silver van parked not far away.

Gu Chen quickly asked everyone to stop and observed the situation safely for a few seconds before confirming:
"Yes, the van with a license plate number from another province that Senior Brother He told me about is this one."

"It looks like we've found it." Seeing this, Officer Wang was overjoyed, so everyone began to slowly approach the vehicle, trying to find out what was going on.

But when everyone surrounded the vehicle, they found that there was no one inside.

When looking through the car window, there was nothing inside.

"This is a very old car. It looks like it's about to be scrapped." Yuan Shasha looked at the vehicle and couldn't help but say.

Gu Chen nodded silently: "The car is a bit broken, but it can accommodate that group of people."

"But the vehicle is parked here, but the people are nowhere to be found. They must have gone into the mountains," said the search and rescue leader.

Lao Zhang also quickly agreed: "Yes, he must have walked into the mountains, otherwise he wouldn't have driven the car here."

"And there are no roads ahead, just some narrow dirt roads."

"I think they parked here because they couldn't drive in front."

"Let's go," the search and rescue team leader said without hesitation.

Everyone quickly walked forward, while Gu Chen kept observing the road conditions.

When Lu Weiwei approached Gu Chen, she asked him curiously, "What are you looking at, Junior Brother Gu?"

"There are five of them in total." Gu Chen analyzed calmly and said without hesitation:
"I used footprints to determine their number when we were hiking from the forest."

"It now seems that it is basically confirmed that there are two women and three men."

"The women must be Zhao Wenli and Zhuang Qing, and the other three men must be their companions."

"And it can be seen that they had prepared this car a long time ago, waiting to use it after they got out of the forest."

"If Zhao Wenli and Zhuang Qing are really with this group of people, then they are going too far."

"Yes." As soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, Lu Weiwei quickly replied:
"Originally, Zhuang Qing wanted to take Zhao Wenli, a novice hiker, to hike to the Golden Summit."

"But now, he has seriously deviated from the route and left in a car with three other men. This is very problematic."

"Could it be that Zhuang Qing is really in cahoots with them? Has she been deceiving Zhao Wenli from the very beginning?" Yuan Shasha also felt that something was wrong.

After walking back and forth twice, Gu Chen slowly said, "It's possible. After all, three men have to control two women."

"And throughout this journey, we have been able to completely control the situation. I don't think it would be possible with just three people."

"After all, it's three against two. But if Zhuang Qing is in the same group as this group, then four people against Zhao Wenli, a newbie on hiking, may need a bigger force."

"Yes." As soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, Officer Wang quickly agreed:

"I feel that Zhuang Qing is not a simple person. She and Zhao Wenli didn't know each other before, so it's a bit far-fetched to say that they were just friends."

"Zhao Wenli just wanted to find a travel partner who had experience in hiking and was familiar with the route."

"But if she finds herself being controlled by someone, the odds would be four to one. Zhao Wenli would not even be able to resist in this situation."

Officer Wang took a deep breath and tried to calm down before saying:
"That makes sense. It's very likely that Zhao Wenli was taken away by this group of people, but I still have one question that I can't figure out."

"Old Wang, what is it that you don't understand?" Lu Weiwei expressed her curiosity.

Officer Wang said slowly, "So this group of people made so much noise, could it be just to kidnap and control Zhao Wenli?"

"Does it take so much effort to kidnap a person? And they prepared this van long in advance."

"It's conceivable that they had been planning this plan before, and their target was only one person, and that was Zhao Wenli."

"Yes." After listening to Officer Wang's words, Gu Chen hesitated and continued:

"Judging from the existing clues, there is a high probability that Zhao Wenli was kidnapped and controlled."

"But if this is the case, then it means that Zhao Wenli is worth kidnapping. In the eyes of these people, she is valuable."

"But we also know the identity information of Zhao Wenli's family. They are not very wealthy."

"But is it worth all these people's efforts and plans to implement a child from such a family?"

"This shows that there must be other hidden reasons behind Zhao Wenli's kidnapping, which may be exactly what we don't know."

Gu Chen's words once again made the scene silent. Everyone looked at each other, and it seemed that it was difficult to answer this question.

So Gu Chen continued, "The only possible scenario is that Zhao Wenli may have some evidence of someone's crime, so she was plotted against and retaliated against by this group of people."

"Oh my god." Lu Weiwei frowned and continued:

"Does that mean there's something else going on? But after all, we only know so much, and a lot of the time..."

Halfway through her words, Lu Weiwei seemed to remember something and quickly continued:

"Could it be that Zhao Wenli's mother knew something long ago? And the issue she reported to the police may only be one aspect of the problem."

"And the people who actually kidnapped Zhao Wenli may have demands far beyond just extortion."

"Then what about Zhao Wenli's background, including the people she usually interacts with? These all need to be checked again."

"After all, the current situation is becoming increasingly wrong."

……

Everyone also began to discuss various possible problems, but in the end, everyone seemed more willing to believe that Zhao Wenli was most likely kidnapped because she had evidence of someone's crime.

But for some reason, these people don't seem to dare to do anything to Zhao Wenli?
That's why he designed a trap to wait for Zhao Wenli to take the bait.

...(End of chapter)