I am a super cop

Chapter 706 The Disappearing Sofa Bed 【Seeking Monthly Pass】

In order to let more people hear, Gu Chen simply turned on the speakerphone and asked, "Excuse me, is it Zhu Lei?"

"Who are you?" The man seemed to have a cigarette dangling from his mouth, surrounded by the noise of playing mahjong.

"I'm a policeman from the Criminal Investigation Group [-] of the Furong Branch. I want to know, do you know a girl who is studying at the Jiangnan Nursing Vocational College? Her name is Zhang Lan."

"Zhang Lan?" The man's answer was calm, as if all his attention was on the mahjong table, he just said perfunctorily: "Oh, I know, what's wrong?"

"Does she live with you?" Gu Chen asked again.

On the other end of the phone, the man slammed the mahjong on the table: "Yeah, what's wrong?"

He Lijuan tugged at Gu Chen's sleeve, telling Gu Chen to quickly ask about her daughter's whereabouts.

Gu Chen nodded slightly, and continued to ask: "Then where is she now?"

"Where are you now? Oh, she... went shopping." After Zhu Lei finished speaking, there was another noise of mahjong being placed on the table.

Soon there was a commotion around...

Some scolded, some were happy, followed by another mahjong rubbing noise.

Gu Chen frowned, and continued to ask: "When was the last time you saw her?"

"The last time? Maybe it was the day before yesterday? Or the day before yesterday? Well, I don't remember much anyway. Anyway, she doesn't often live with me, and sometimes goes to live with other people."

"Zhu Lei, Zhang Lan is missing now. Her family cannot contact her and they have called the police. We are now at the door of your rental house. Please come back immediately for investigation."

Seeing that Zhu Lei was absent-minded when answering the phone, Gu Chen adjusted his tone and continued speaking.

On the other hand, Zhu Lei, who was playing mahjong, seemed to have noticed the change in Gu Chen's attitude, and was a little apprehensive for a while.

Under Gu Chen's repeated questioning, he completely changed his tone and seemed a little uneasy.

"Comrade policeman, actually... I really don't know where she went, and I haven't heard any news about her these days. Really, you should ask someone else." Zhu Lei said.

Gu Chen said bluntly: "I order you now, go back to your rental house immediately and open the door."

"Zhang Lan's parents are with me right now. They suspect that their daughter Zhang Lan is in the house. I'll give you 5 minutes."

"Five...five minutes?" Zhu Lei was also stunned when he heard the words, and said weakly: "I said comrade policeman, I have to walk more than ten minutes from the rental house."

"6 minutes." Gu Chen said again.

"Six minutes? I can't even fly, I still have one game left."

As soon as Zhu Lei finished speaking, the people around him seemed to understand the meaning. Was Zhu Lei talking to the police?
So a rough voice reminded in a low voice: "Old Zhu, you are an idiot, if you don't go to the police to find you, will we still play mahjong?"

"That's right, hurry up and get out, Xiao Liu is here to take the order." Another voice reminded.

Zhu Lei seemed to be ostracized collectively.

In desperation, Zhu Lei could only agree: "Then...well, give me 15 minutes."

"10 minutes, I'll give you 10 minutes, and you have to fly over here, we'll wait for you at the door."

"This, this is too..."

Zhu Lei wanted to say something more, but it was not important anymore, Gu Chen hung up the phone directly.

Seeing this, He Lijuan on the side tightly clenched her hands on her chest, and kept muttering, "What kind of man did Zhang Lan marry? It's really Bai who has educated him for so many years. This child is really embarrassing." Heart."

"Ms. He, don't worry, when this Zhu Lei comes over to ask, maybe he can find Zhang Lan." Gu Chen also hurriedly said a few words of comfort.

It can be seen that the two couples are about to collapse now, and it feels like the darkest moment of life.

About 8 minutes and 30 seconds later, a man with a short cut and a big gold chain around his neck drove an old second-hand car and parked firmly in front of his house.

Seeing many policemen standing at the door, the man's eyes were still a little uneasy.

After he got out of the car, he quickly took out a cigarette to smoke for Gu Chen.

"Comrade police, smoke a cigarette."

"No need." Gu Chen stretched out his hand to block it, but he saw many tattoos of Peppa Pig on the man's arm, as well as various English tattoos on his neck.

With a big gold chain and a small watch, a cut-cut face, a pair of white leggings and a pair of peas shoes, he looks like a spirited guy no matter what.

Zhu Lei is not very old, maybe less than thirty, but the dark circles under his eyes are scary, giving people a feeling of youth and maturity.

"Comrade policeman, didn't I tell you on the phone? I really don't know where Zhang Lan is going."

"Don't talk nonsense, open the door."

Gu Chen didn't have time to talk to him, since he came to the rental house, of course he had to make sure whether Zhang Lan was still at home.

Zhu Lei thought he couldn't screw Gu Chen, so he could only nod his head and compromise, "That's fine, I'll open it for you."

After opening the door, Zhu Lei took the initiative to stand aside and seemed to be very cooperative.

Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei, Police Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha entered the room first.

Since it is a self-built house in the countryside, the structure of the house is also very strange, which is somewhat different from the normal two-bedroom and two-living room.

The key is to have a negative layer...

The first floor is connected to the basement on the first floor, and is connected up and down by an additional wooden staircase.

After Gu Chen checked the room up and down, he didn't find any trace of Zhang Lan.

But what puzzled Gu Chen was that since Zhang Lan had lived here, there were no women's products found in the house from head to toe.

It seemed that Zhu Lei lived in the whole big room by himself.

"Where are Zhang Lan's belongings?" Gu Chen asked.

"She...maybe she took it away?" Zhu Lei scratched the back of his head with an expression of ignorance.

"Slap!" He Lijuan stepped forward and slapped Zhu Lei on the face: "Tell me, what did you do to my daughter? Tell me?"

"You must have done something to my daughter, otherwise she would be fine, wouldn't she just disappear?" Seeing this, Zhang Lan's father wanted to come forward to teach her a lesson, but Police Officer Wang hurriedly stopped her.

The scene suddenly became noisy, and everyone scuffled together.

The meaning of Zhang Lan's parents is very clear, Zhang Lan's disappearance cannot be separated from Zhu Lei.

After all, my daughter kept in touch with me every day, but the quiet disappearance of these two days must not be justified.

And Zhang Lan's classmates, Lu Min and He Lu, also explained.

Zhang Lan had been living with Zhu Lei before.

But in the past few days, Zhang Lan has frequently returned to the previous rental house, and began to take the two sisters to the stadium to watch football.

Others may not understand, but Lu Min and He Lu, who are classmates and roommates, obviously understand.

This is the rhythm of Zhang Lan changing her boyfriend. Obviously, her relationship with Zhu Lei has broken down.

When I first met Zhu Lei, I heard it was because of a ball game...

This also makes sense, why Zhang Lan's parents always believed that the disappearance of their daughter Zhang Lan had something to do with Zhu Lei after listening to the two's arguments.

"Everyone stop." After finally pushing everyone away, Gu Chen took Zhu Lei to a small room and asked alone, "Zhu Lei, what's going on with you and Zhang Lan these days?"

"No...nothing, what could be the case?" Zhu Lei tugged at his collar, and said involuntarily, "We both have this personality, and it's normal to have a little conflict sometimes."

"That is to say, before Zhang Lan disappeared, did you quarrel?" Gu Chen asked again.

"Arguing... I've been arguing, but so what? Isn't it normal to quarrel?" Zhu Lei put a cigarette in his mouth and touched his whole body, but found that he didn't bring the lighter, and immediately threw the cigarette aside, saying:
"Comrade policeman, let me tell you the truth. It is true that Zhang Lan and I have a disagreement. After the previous quarrel, Zhang Lan also left here. I think her classmates and roommates should be aware of this, and she came here to help She took things."

"However, after a while, after we both calm down with each other, Zhang Lan will come back by herself, and everyone will act as if nothing happened."

"Actually, Zhang Lan has performed this kind of moving back and forth many times. That's why I think that she may move to a man's house when she leaves this time."

"What did you say?" Zhu Lei's words were also heard by He Lijuan outside the room. He Lijuan was furious, pointing at Zhu Lei's nose and cursing: "You bastard, you are slandering my daughter, I will fight with you!" gone."

"Ms. He calm down."

"Ms. He stop."

"Don't act rashly."

"Stop, stop, stop fighting."

For a while, the short-lived calm was broken again.

This time, together with Lu Min and He Lu, they also joined the ranks of persuading the fight.

Zhu Lei's words completely angered Zhang Lan's parents...

At the same time, he was also forced into the room by the two and could not go out.

People on both sides were very angry. After all, Zhu Lei is a social person. Seeing Zhang Lan's parents speak rudely, Zhu Lei immediately turned back.

"What's wrong with me? I'm an asshole? Please keep your mouth clean. Zhang Lan's matter has nothing to do with me. If you want to find your daughter, go find it yourself. Don't come to my house to play wild. I tell you, I don't welcome it."

"Say one more thing? Believe it or not, I will tear your mouth apart?" Zhang Lan's father was also angry, rolling up his sleeves and vowing to argue with him.

"So what if I say a few more words?" Zhu Lei refused to admit his mistake, but argued with reason: "Just ask Zhang Lan herself, how many men she has been dating."

"Shut up, calm down." Gu Chen stood in the middle and forcibly pushed the two groups of people to the sides, and then reminded: "Ms. He Lijuan, Mr. Zhang, you are here to find out the whereabouts of your daughter, not to come There are quarrels and fights here, do you think fighting can solve the problem?"

"But he said something wrong with my daughter, I can't bear it." He Lijuan was about to cry.

Gu Chen and most of his colleagues were very moved when the stepmother became He Lijuan.

"Let's do this." After hesitating again and again, Gu Chen said, "Since Zhang Lan is missing and the phone cannot be reached, you can go and investigate her bank card."

"Even if she leaves, she won't be able to go far without money. Food, clothing, housing and transportation must cost money, right?"

"Instead of waiting like this, it's better to investigate Zhang Lan's spending."

"That's right, why didn't I think of it?" Mr. Zhang, who was still furious before, was suddenly enlightened when he heard Gu Chen's words.

"My daughter's bank card was opened for her at a bank near the school, and I used my ID card information. How could I have forgotten this?"

"Old Zhang, then...then what are you waiting for? Hurry up and see where your daughter is spending these two days?" He Lijuan immediately felt relieved when she heard this.

Mr. Zhang didn't bother anymore, and hurriedly said, "Then...then you wait for me here, and I'll be right back."

"No problem, go and come back quickly." Gu Chen agreed.

After watching Mr. Zhang leave, Gu Chen turned his attention to Lu Min and He Lu again, and asked, "Zhu Lei said before that Zhang Lan had conflicts and left many times. You once helped her get things, right?"

After Lu Min and He Lu looked at each other, they nodded and said, "That's right, we've actually been here before."

"Then you guys should take a look too." Gu Chen stepped aside and said, "Take a good look here and see if there are any abnormalities around here? Or to see if there is something missing here?"

After Lu Min looked at He Lu again, he tried to say: "The last time was two weeks ago, I... I'll just take a look for now, I don't know if it's accurate."

"It's okay, it's not important. It's best for you to find out the abnormality in the house, because it's very abnormal. Zhang Lan's things are all gone, including her daily necessities, do you understand?"

"know."

When Gu Chen said this, Lu Min and He Lu, who were not considered stupid, obviously knew what Gu Chen meant.

Zhang Lan's daily necessities are missing, which is very telling.

Even if you have to move, at least you will leave something behind.

But there is nothing here, not a single woman's daily necessities.

If it wasn't for the people who lived here, I'm afraid they wouldn't know, there was a female student who lived there before.

Seeing that Gu Chen asked Lu Min and He Lu to look for Zhang Lan's belongings, Zhu Lei didn't seem to mind, and directly stretched out his hand and said, "You can search for whatever you want, if you find Zhang Lan's things, then you can take them away, anyway, stay here It doesn't make sense either."

Seeing that Zhu Lei himself agreed, Gu Chen no longer hesitated, and let two of Zhang Lan's former roommates and classmates search for traces of Zhang Lan's belongings in the house.

Unfortunately, He Lu and Lu Min don't seem to have investigative skills, and the observations in many places are sloppy.

When Gu Chen saw this, he would also take the initiative to come to the two of them and give advice on various tasks.

After 15 minutes passed, Lu Min and He Lu came to Gu Chen with a look of disappointment on their faces.

"How is it? Have you found Zhang Lan's items?" Gu Chen asked.

"No." Lu Min shook his head, and said, "I have searched upstairs and downstairs, but there is not a single item belonging to Zhang Lan."

"However, it seems that there is a big piece of furniture missing at home." After hesitating for a moment, He Lu reaffirmed, "I saw it before when I came here."

"Oh?" Seeing that He Lu seemed to have discovered something, Gu Chen hurriedly asked, "What kind of furniture?"

"A... sofa bed? I remember that a sofa bed in the basement was missing. I have been here a few times before, and Zhang Lan would often stay in the basement, lying on the sofa bed, watching TV, or doing other things."

"Sometimes she even sleeps there if it's hot at night, but... now the sofa bed is gone."

"Are you sure it's in the basement?" After getting this clue, Gu Chen's eyes lit up, as if he had found a major breakthrough.

"Yes." He Lu nodded and said, "I can take you there."

Also following He Fang's footsteps, Gu Chen held onto the stairs and came to the basement again.

But the room was too dark, giving people a gloomy feeling.

It's hard for Gu Chen to imagine, how could Zhang Lan like such a place?
"Senior Gu Chen, oh no, Officer Gu." Seeing her slip of the tongue, He Lu immediately changed her words: "The sofa bed from before was placed here."

Gu Chen took out a strong flashlight from the nine small pieces of equipment, and began to investigate the traces on the ground.

It can be seen that there does not seem to be any trace of the sofa bed on the tiles, and the surrounding area is clean and tidy, without any defects.

"It seems to have been cleaned." Turning off the bright flashlight, Gu Chen got up to think, but at this time, there seemed to be another fierce fight on the roof.

There was even the sound of a wooden bench toppling over.

"It's Zhang Lan's father." Lu Min said.

"Could it be that Zhang Lan's father is back?" He Lu also felt that the situation was not good.

Without hesitation, Gu Chen directly held on to the wooden stairs and climbed from the basement floor to the first floor.

At this moment, Zhang Lan's father was wrestling with Zhu Lei, and Lu Weiwei and police officers Wang were trying to stop them.

On the other hand, Yuan Shasha hugged He Lijuan, otherwise the couple would play mixed doubles.

"What's the situation?" Gu Chen came between the two of them again, separated them and said, "Can you keep your mouth shut? Can you explain something clearly?"

"Speak clearly? He should be the one who made it clear." Zhang Lan's father was so angry that he pointed at Zhu Lei and cursed: "This bastard has been using my daughter's bank card to withdraw money for the past two days, and he still says he doesn't know Where is my daughter? He is clearly lying. "

He Lijuan also said: "Officer Gu, my husband has already checked. During the two days when my daughter disappeared, he, Zhu Lei, withdrew a large amount of money from my daughter's account. I think he must be Take my daughter's money to play mahjong, he must know where my daughter is."

"I... I don't know, I really don't know." Zhu Lei was also in a hurry, and directly retorted:

"Before, your daughter handed over the card to me for safekeeping, told me the password, and asked me to help her withdraw money and so on. Besides, this card only has the little living expenses on it. I really don't like it. It's just that money is tight these two days, so Borrow it temporarily."

"You are talking nonsense."

"Yes, you are talking nonsense."

The two husband and wife were unwilling to let go, their faces were already red and their necks were thick.

This also brought great doubts to Gu Chen.

Zhang Lan disappeared for two days, but Zhu Lei used Zhang Lan's bank card to withdraw money during these two days, which seems a bit unreasonable.

Also, what about the disappearing sofa bed in the basement?

Thinking of all kinds of situations, a series of fragmented information soon appeared in Gu Chen's mind.

All the information sources are constantly reorganized in Gu Chen's mind, and pieced together into a complete picture group.

"There is no big problem with the bank card situation for the time being. Now we can only start with the sofa bed, which may be more confident."

Gu Chen took a deep breath, turned around and asked Zhu Lei: "Let's put aside the bank card situation first. Besides, let me ask you, what happened to the sofa bed in your basement?"

"This……"

It was also when Gu Chen suddenly mentioned the sofa bed, Zhu Lei's eyes were obviously startled, as if he had some scruples.

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(End of this chapter)