I am a super cop

Recently, Gangnam City has been experiencing strong winds and heavy rain due to the passage of a typhoon, and the strong winds have damaged many trees on the streets.

Therefore, after the storm, in addition to sanitation workers clearing the broken branches from the streets, many community volunteers also joined in.

However, the chaotic state of the streets still caused many people to be late for work.

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Furong Branch Office.

Officer Wang leaned against the window, gazing at the sunlight streaming in, and couldn't help but strike a pose as if he were intoxicated: "This sunlight feels so warm."

"Old Wang, I heard that the tree in front of your old house broke and damaged the house. How come you're still so calm?" Lu Weiwei couldn't help but complain.

Officer Wang turned around and sighed, saying, "This isn't the first time something like this has happened."

"Looks like you're quite experienced," Lu Weiwei said again.

Officer Wang said nonchalantly, "Anyway, if that jujube tree is broken, there's still another jujube tree."

"So you have two jujube trees in front of your house?" Lu Weiwei asked curiously.

"Of course, it's been many years," Officer Wang said.

"Then why didn't you bring us any dates to eat?" Lu Weiwei suddenly felt very angry.

Officer Wang chuckled and said, "Isn't it because I'm too lazy to bring them? In the past, there were many people in the countryside, and every household planted fruit trees in front of their houses."

“Whenever the fruit trees bear fruit, everyone picks them and gives some to each household.”

"Later, the rural population dwindled, and unless people from other places came back and brought their children to the village, we would pick some fruit from the trees for them to eat."

"But now, even the children rarely go back, unless it's during holidays, but then they miss the peak season for fruit ripening."

With his hands outstretched, Officer Wang couldn't help but sigh, "So, many times, these fruits just rot on the trees and nobody picks them because they're too lazy to do it."

"What a pity," Yuan Shasha sighed upon hearing this. "Fruit is very expensive in the city now, but no one picks fruit in the countryside. How ironic."

"Haha, after I retire, I'll go back to my old house and live a pastoral life every day."

"Grow whatever fruit you want to eat. The South is rich in fruit, so we can be self-sufficient."

"That's a good idea." Lu Weiwei couldn't help but tease Officer Wang after hearing his complaints.

Just then, the phone rang.

Upon seeing this, Yuan Shasha quickly went to answer the phone.

"Hello, this is the Furong Branch. What's the situation? Oh, okay, um..."

Yuan Shasha was also taking notes carefully, and then asked the other party, "How long has your son been missing? Five days? Okay, then could it be that he went to..."

Before she could finish speaking, Yuan Shasha paused, then slowly said, "Okay, okay, we'll help you, alright..."

After a brief exchange, Yuan Shasha finally hung up the phone and turned to look at everyone.

“Someone called the police saying that he hadn’t been able to contact his son for several days and was very worried about him.”

"Anything else?" Gu Chen asked again.

"Also, the person who called the police is from out of town, and his son is also from out of town. He works here and they usually keep in touch."

“But recently, we suddenly lost contact with his son, so the person who reported him to the police was very worried and has been calling him these past few days, but no one has answered.”

"So, having no other option, the other party dialed the police in our jurisdiction."

"Do you have his son's specific address?" Gu Chen asked.

"No." Yuan Shasha shook her head and said without further ado:

"The person who called the police said that his son came here to work and rented a place to live, but he had never been here before, so he didn't know his son's exact location, but he provided his son's detailed information."

"Give it to Senior Brother He and ask him to help look it up," Gu Chen said.

“Okay.” Yuan Shasha nodded silently and handed the recorded information to He Junchao.

No one really paid much attention to it, since it's common for people to go missing, but more often than not, it's just that they don't want to contact them.

Many people deliberately don't answer their family's calls because they have conflicts with their families.

In some cases, couples call the police because they can't find each other, but the real reason is that the other person doesn't want to contact them.

Therefore, it is common for police to call the police because someone has gone missing, and this is the case most often when adults go missing.

However, there are exceptions, such as when a child goes missing, which must be taken seriously.

He Junchao, on the other hand, quickly found the address based on the detailed information provided by the complainant.

He Junchao looked at Gu Chen: "Gu Chen, the address has been found. This person's name is Pan Xu, 25 years old, and he is currently renting a place in an old community. I have sent you the address."

"Okay." After receiving the message, Gu Chen reminded him, "Let's go take a look. I happen to have some documents here, so we can go to the Municipal Bureau later."

“Okay.” Lu Weiwei was the first to stand up.

Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha then removed their personal equipment.

Everyone started their vehicles downstairs and drove directly towards their destination.

After a 40-minute drive, everyone arrived at an old community where the buildings were generally six stories high and there were many residents.

Gu Chen drove the car into the community courtyard, found a parking space, and after parking the car, led everyone directly to the corresponding building according to the address.

"This is it." Gu Chen checked the address before leading everyone up the stairs to the sixth floor in one go.

"Knock, knock, knock." Gu Chen knocked on the door three times, but there was no response from inside.

Gu Chen continued to knock on the door, but still received no response.

"Could he not be home?" Lu Weiwei asked.

Officer Wang echoed, "He's definitely not home."

Yuan Shasha quickly suggested, "Why don't we ask the neighbors in the neighborhood?"

So everyone split up and began to inquire about the whereabouts of the man named Pan Xu.

Because the residential area was quite large, there weren't many people walking around, so Gu Chen and his companions didn't get much information out of them.

Afterwards, everyone went outside the residential area, where there were many restaurants. So, based on the information he had retrieved, Gu Chen began to ask each household one by one:

Have you seen this person before?

"No." "Have you seen him?"

"No."

……

Gu Chen and his companions asked at several restaurants. When they arrived at one, Gu Chen took out the photo again and asked, "Have you seen this person before?"

"Oh, I recognize this person. He's a regular customer here." The owner, a short-haired man, also recognized the man in the photo at a glance.

So Gu Chen quickly asked again, "Have you seen him recently?"

"Recently?" Upon hearing Gu Chen's words, the restaurant owner quickly shook his head: "I haven't seen him. I'm wondering the same thing. Why haven't he come to the restaurant lately? I think he must have gone out of town."

"Why do you have the feeling that he went to another city?" Lu Weiwei asked curiously upon hearing this.

The restaurant owner smiled slightly and quickly explained, "It's very simple, because this person is a regular customer of mine."

"The first time he came to my restaurant, he ordered a green pepper and shredded pork rice bowl. After that, he always ordered the green pepper and shredded pork rice bowl every time he came."

"So gradually, we became familiar with each other. Whenever he came to the restaurant in the evening, I would make eye contact with him and say to him, 'The usual, right?' He would nod, and I would go and cook for him."

"Because he's a regular customer, I give him a very generous portion."

"I see?" Upon hearing the restaurant owner's explanation, Officer Wang nodded silently and said without further ado:
"And now? Haven't you been here at all during this period?"

"No." The restaurant owner shook his head and said without further ado:
"Recently... it seems like he hasn't been here for about 5 days, right? I feel like he must have gone out of town. He's from out of town and came here to work. He usually eats breakfast and lunch near the company."

"But he usually has dinner at my place, because I think he rents an apartment in this neighborhood."

"Yes, he lives in this neighborhood." Upon hearing the shop owner's explanation, Officer Wang nodded silently.

"Right? So he must have gone out of town, otherwise he wouldn't have stopped coming to my restaurant."

"Is that so?" Upon hearing the restaurant owner's words, Officer Wang nodded silently.

So Gu Chen quickly asked, "What does he do for a living here?"

"It seems... they sell electronic products, right?" the restaurant owner said.

"Do you know where he works?" Lu Weiwei asked again.

The restaurant owner thought for a moment and then slowly said, "I remember he told me that he worked at a computer brand store here, I think it was called Jinyuan Computer? I think that's the name."

While listening, Gu Chen also searched on his phone and quickly found the address of Jinyuan Computer.

Gu Chen then showed the restaurant owner the map on his phone: "Is this the place?"

The restaurant owner squinted at him and nodded vigorously: "Yes, yes, he works here. He used to work in the provincial capital, but later he was supposedly sent by the company to work at the branch office here."

"Okay, thank you." After getting Pan Xu's work address, Gu Chen immediately led everyone away.

After everyone got on the bus, we headed directly to the Jinyuan Computer Store.

This is a general electronics store that sells computers from major brands, as well as a small selection of mobile phones.

As soon as Gu Chen and his group entered the store, they were greeted by enthusiastic sales staff.

"Welcome! What kind of computer would you like to buy?"

Although Gu Chen and the others were all wearing police uniforms, the sales assistant still asked them about their needs, as was her habit.

"We're not here to buy computers." Gu Chen finished speaking, showed a photo of Pan Xu from his phone's album, and asked:

"Does this person work here?"

"Yes, but he hasn't come to work for several days." The sales assistant looked surprised when Gu Chen took out the photo.

"He hasn't come to work for several days? Didn't he go on a business trip?" Officer Wang asked with curiosity.

The sales assistant didn't seem to know much about it, and shook her head, saying without further explanation, "I'm not very clear about this."

As soon as she finished speaking, the sales assistant called out to the back, "Sister Zhang, Sister Zhang, come here for a moment."

"Coming, coming." The woman called Sister Zhang was a middle-aged woman who appeared to be the store manager.

Coming out of the back restroom, Sister Zhang saw Gu Chen and the others standing there and looked puzzled. She quickly went up to them and asked, "What's wrong?"

"They're here to see Pan Xu," the sales assistant quickly explained.

Lu Weiwei nodded silently: "That's right, we're here to see Pan Xu. He seems to be one of your staff members, right?"

“Yes.” Faced with Lu Weiwei’s questioning, Sister Zhang quickly chimed in, “He is one of our staff members, but he hasn’t come to work for several days, and we can’t get in touch with him.”

"Didn't he ask for leave?" Yuan Shasha asked curiously.

"No." Sister Zhang shook her head. "At first, I thought the head office had something to discuss with him and wanted him to go back to the provincial capital, since he was sent by the head office."

"Later I contacted the head office to inquire about Pan Xu's whereabouts, but the head office was also confused. They said that the head office had not asked Pan Xu to return."

"So we were also puzzled, after all, you haven't come to work for several days, and you don't answer the phone, and your phone is always switched off."

With a heavy sigh, Sister Zhang said helplessly, "So there's nothing we can do. We don't know what's going on. He doesn't contact us, he doesn't come to work, and we can't find him at all."

"So, Pan Xu hasn't come to work for several days now."

After a pause, Sister Zhang asked the sales assistant again, "How many days has it been?"

"It seems like...it's been five days, hasn't it?" the sales assistant said.

"Yes, he hasn't come to work for five days. That's really too much."

After the rant ended, Sister Zhang seemed to remember something, so she quickly asked Gu Chen:
"By the way, officer, did Pan Xu do something wrong? Is that why you arrested him?"

"No, that's not it." Seeing that Sister Zhang had misunderstood, Gu Chen quickly explained, "His family called the police, saying they hadn't been able to contact him for many days, so we came to find out what was going on."

"Oh, I see? His family didn't know anything about him?" Hearing Gu Chen's words, Sister Zhang was completely stunned and asked again:
"Then you can go to his place and look for him. He rents a place in a community that's a 30-minute drive from here. I think we have the address here."

“We’ve already been there, but no one answered at his rented room,” Yuan Shasha said.

"Oh, they've been there?" Seeing that the police had already visited Pan Xu's rented apartment, Sister Zhang was stunned, looking completely bewildered.
"Where could this guy be? Why isn't he at work? He hasn't even made a phone call."

"The owner of the restaurant he usually eats at also said that he hasn't eaten at the restaurant for several days. He usually goes to the restaurant to eat after get off work," Lu Weiwei said.

"Oh dear." Hearing this, Sister Zhang scratched the back of her head and thought for a moment before saying, "Could it be that he ran off to another city?"

"Is it possible that something happened to Pan Xu?" Gu Chen listened to everyone's various analyses and also expressed his own opinion.

...(End of chapter)