I am a super cop

Inside the room, Gu Chen continued to ask: "Uncle, can you give me that person's phone number?"

"Oh, wait a minute." The old man realized it later and quickly returned to his room.

Not long after, the old man came out again with his phone and started looking in the address book. Then he stood in front of Gu Chen and said, "This is the person."

Gu Chen wrote down the phone number and sent it to He Junchao, asking him to help investigate and track it. He then asked the old man:
"By the way, uncle, what is his regular pattern for coming back? Does he come back every other day? Or every few days?"

"Not fixed." The old man shook his head and continued:

"He's a man with no fixed whereabouts. I really didn't pay much attention to him before, and I don't like to care about these things."

"Because my family is not at home, it's quite lonely living alone in this house. It's good to have someone to talk to occasionally."

With a sigh, the old man continued, "If that person is really the one you are looking for, then I can only say that I was blind. However, if there is any news, I will definitely inform you as soon as possible."

"Okay." Seeing the old man say this, Gu Chen nodded in agreement, and then asked the old man:
"So what kind of transportation does he usually take to leave? Does he have his own car or something?"

"No car, how could he have a car? He usually takes the bus." said the old man.

Hearing this, Xu Wenjie also quickly confirmed: "Are you taking the urban and rural bus?"

"Yes." The old man nodded silently and said without hesitation:
“It’s taking the town and country bus.”

"Okay." Seeing this situation, everyone looked at each other and seemed to have a new direction for investigation.

Afterwards, everyone had a brief conversation with the old man and then left.

Tell the old man not to panic if something happens, stabilize the situation, and then notify the police.

……

……

After returning to the Nanou Town Police Station, Gu Chen and his colleagues immediately took action.

Officer Wang directly dialed He Junchao's phone number: "He Junchao, how is the phone number search going?"

"Old Wang, the phone number that Gu Chen sent me just now is no longer in service. It's obvious that that guy was trying to trick this old man." He Junchao said on the phone.

So Officer Wang asked again: "Can you check the surveillance of urban and rural buses?"

"Of course we can, but we need to contact the bus company tomorrow," said He Junchao.

"Okay, then I understand."

Officer Wang also had a brief conversation with He Junchao before hanging up the phone.

Looking back at Gu Chen, Officer Wang also reminded him, "We can check the surveillance on the bus, but we have to wait until tomorrow, and we need the cooperation of the bus company."

"It's easy if we can investigate." Gu Chen, who learned about the situation, also breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at Xu Wenjie and said:
"Old Xu, thank you for your help tonight. We will go back now."

"Going back? Going back so late? Aren't you going to stay in our police station? We have dormitories here." Xu Wenjie said.

"No." Gu Chen shook his head and said without hesitation: "We have to rush back immediately. Tomorrow's work will be very heavy."

"Okay then." Seeing Gu Chen's insistence, Xu Wenjie stopped forcing him and could only nod in agreement.

"Then drive carefully at night."

"it is good."

Gu Chen shook hands and said goodbye to Xu Wenjie and the police officers from the police station, then led everyone out of the office and drove away.

……

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The next morning, Gu Chen asked He Junchao to contact the urban and rural bus company early, and Gu Chen and several others arrived at the company gate before work.

I followed the bus company employees in, and it was only 6:50 at this time.

A man who looked like a leader of the bus company also brought Gu Chen and others into the dispatch room, and then found a middle-aged woman.

"Please help the police to retrieve the surveillance footage." said the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged woman was also curious and asked: "Where did you retrieve it from?"

"Take the bus from Jiangnan City to Nanou Town." Lu Weiwei said.

"When?" the middle-aged woman asked again.

"We need all those from the last few days." said Officer Wang.

The middle-aged woman had no choice but to do as the police asked and began to retrieve the surveillance footage from inside the car according to the police's request.

Soon, everyone discovered that the man who got on one of the cars was the person they were looking for.

Then everyone watched the man get off the bus in Nanou Town, and the time coincided with the time the man went to the clinic for treatment.

So Gu Chen asked the middle-aged woman to check the surveillance footage of the next day, and the surveillance footage on the vehicle showed that the man got off the vehicle again on the way to the city.

Gu Chen observed that the man got on and off the bus at different locations each time, as if he was intentionally covering up something?
But just as he was thinking about it, Lu Weiwei beside him reminded Gu Chen: "Junior Brother Gu, there seems to be something wrong with this person. He doesn't get on and off the bus at a fixed place."

"I noticed that, too." Gu Chen nodded silently after hearing this, and said without hesitation: "This person gets on and off the bus at random places every time. This is probably to cover up his real destination."

"That should be the nearby area." said Officer Wang.

Yuan Shasha also said, "That's for sure. The places where he got on and off the bus were all on the way to the city. In total, there were three different places. This means that the place he really wanted to go was nearby."

Gu Chen opened the map on his phone and started checking based on these get-off locations, roughly circling a range.

"There are no buildings nearby, only a large scrapyard. I guess he should be here."

"Then let's go over and take a look?" Yuan Shasha said.

Gu Chen thought about it for a while, and nodded in agreement: "Okay, let's go over and take a look now."

No one cared too much and quickly put on their equipment and started driving towards the scrap yard.

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The scrapyard is located in the suburbs, or to be more precise, in the central area of ​​the urban area and Nan European Town.

When Gu Chen parked the car in front of the scrap yard, he immediately became alert and told everyone to get out of the car.

After everyone got off the bus, they started walking towards the entrance of the scrap yard.

The place is overgrown with weeds and seems to have few inhabitants. There is a large, dilapidated iron gate at the entrance, and the inside is filled with all kinds of waste, much of which is piled up like a mountain.

There was also the smell of motor oil everywhere.

Gu Chen stopped and looked around. Lu Weiwei came up behind Gu Chen and reminded him:
"Junior Brother Gu, there doesn't seem to be anyone here. It looks like an abandoned scrapyard."

"It can't be abandoned." Gu Chen shook his head in denial and quickly explained:

"The scraps here are also valuable. If no one is watching, they can be easily stolen." "So there must be someone on duty in this scrap yard."

"Okay." Seeing Gu Chen's words, Lu Weiwei asked again: "Then where does the person on duty live?"

"It should be there." As soon as Lu Weiwei finished speaking, Yuan Shasha pointed to one of the areas and explained:

"Over there, there looks to be a container house. The person on duty should be living there."

"It's probably true." Gu Chen also observed according to Yuan Shasha's instructions, and then slowly said, "Let's go and take a look."

Everyone was also cautious and began to move towards the container house.

But when they arrived at the door of the container house, they found that the door was closed. Through the window, they could see an iron bed inside with a fat man sleeping on it.

The surrounding area was filled with all kinds of debris and was in a mess.

Gu Chen looked around and then knocked on the door.

The fat man in the room also heard the noise and turned around reluctantly.

Through the window, the fat man also saw Gu Chen and the others, so he quickly put on his slippers, walked to the door and opened it.

"You are..." The fat man looked confused.

Gu Chen and others showed their police IDs.

Officer Wang: "We are from the Furong Branch and are currently investigating a man."

After he finished speaking, Officer Wang showed the surveillance screenshot of the man and asked, "Do you know this person?"

"This person? I know him." Seeing this, the fat man quickly nodded in agreement.

"What is his relationship with you?" Gu Chen asked again.

The fat man quickly explained: "This is my fellow villager, he is in the scrap recycling business."

"Scrap collection business?" Hearing this, Lu Weiwei quickly asked:

"So, this scrapyard belongs to him? He's the boss?"

"He's not the boss." Seeing that no one understood what he meant, the fat man quickly explained:

"He runs a scrap recycling business somewhere else, but recently wanted to develop here, so he came here to live with me. He wanted to stay here first and then investigate the market."

"Aren't you competitors?" Officer Wang asked quickly upon hearing this.

But the fat man didn't seem to care. He smiled and said, "The market is so big. I can't handle it alone. He can go somewhere else to do it."

"Besides, we are from the same hometown, and we can take care of each other here. I don't mind him coming over."

"You are from the same hometown, so you have known each other for a long time?" Gu Chen asked again.

The fat man nodded silently: "Yes, we used to do this kind of business in our hometown, but the market was too small, so we went to different places later. He went to the north, and I came here."

"But his business there doesn't seem to be very good, and the market demand here is quite large, so he wants to come here to take a look and investigate the market."

"We often have dinner together these days."

Hearing this, Gu Chen also became alert and continued to ask: "Does he come to your place often?"

"Uh..." After a brief thought, the fat man slowly said:
"He comes here quite often. He has been here for less than a month."

"So you usually stay here alone? Can you handle it?" Gu Chen asked again.

The fat man shook his head. "I can't handle it all by myself, so I hired a few odd jobs. But they usually come after lunch and work until seven or eight in the evening."

"Because we are not busy in the morning, usually in the afternoon and evening."

"So I usually sleep in the morning and get up around noon."

"What about him? When does he usually come?" Yuan Shasha asked.

"Him? He usually comes over...in the afternoon. Sometimes he comes over in the morning, and sometimes he comes over in the evening."

Hearing the fat man say this, Yuan Shasha frowned slightly and continued to ask: "Does he usually stay with you for a long time? What does he usually do?"

"Uh..." After hesitating for a moment, the fat man quickly said:
"He just wandered around because there were many small business owners who collected waste in the afternoon and delivered the waste they bought to us."

"He usually comes to take a look and help out or something."

"Will he live with you?" Gu Chen asked.

"Uh... yes, I've stayed here a few times. But not in my room. I've lived in a container room at the back," said the fat man.

"Do you have other rooms here?" asked Officer Wang.

The fat man nodded: "Yes, there are several rooms, all behind the pile of junk, and those are container houses, which were purchased and piled up in the back because there was no place to put them."

"Take us to have a look." Gu Chen hurriedly urged upon hearing this.

The fat man was a little helpless, but he could only agree: "Okay, then, follow me."

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone followed the man and walked towards the pile of debris. There was only a small passage here, winding through the pile of waste.

Soon, the fat man brought everyone to the front of the container room and said:
"This is it. It's usually empty, but there's no electricity inside. But there's a bed so you can rest."

While listening to the fat man's explanation, Gu Chen also walked into the container and began to observe the movements inside through the window.

Seeing that the door was locked, Gu Chen glanced at the fat man and reminded him, "Open the door."

"Okay." The fat man walked over reluctantly, rummaged through his pocket, took out a key, and then after searching for a while, he unlocked the door.

Gu Chen and a few others also went in to check.

But there didn't seem to be anything unusual here, just a bed and a pile of miscellaneous items.

After a quick look around, Gu Chen walked out again and asked the fat man to take everyone to see the next room.

Just like that, after Gu Chen and his companions checked all the rooms here, they found nothing, which made Gu Chen somewhat self-doubting.

"Did we make a mistake? Could it be that the man really came here to do scrap purchasing business?"

Just as Gu Chen was puzzled, a pile of cement pipes next to him suddenly attracted Gu Chen's attention.

While everyone was still checking around the container room, Gu Chen was slowly walking towards the pile of cement pipes.

Due to the obstruction of a lot of debris around, Gu Chen could only step on the pile of debris and look at the cement pipes.

Seeing that Gu Chen had been staring at the cement pipe, the fat man walked to Gu Chen and asked curiously, "Comrade police, is there any problem?"

"What's up with those cement pipes of yours? Aren't you a scrap dealer? Do you also buy cement pipes?" Gu Chen asked.

...(End of chapter)