Solving the case: Combining the police dog's olfactory genes at the beginning

"You mean... that girl might have been imprisoned in the 'future,' and then somehow sent a distress message to Guo Mengyun's dream in the 'past'? That's why she knew the number you wouldn't use for three years, and also knew you would become a policeman in the future?"

This inference was so bold that even she felt a chill run down her spine.

Luo Fei nodded, then shook his head.

"That's one possibility."

But there is another possibility…

He looked at Chen Xuanran and said slowly.

"Perhaps, that imprisoned girl is right beside us, it could be me, you, or even someone we all know?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Xuanran shivered violently, a chill rising from the soles of his feet!

She instantly thought of all sorts of possibilities, and her voice became a little strained.

"You...you mean, it might be me? Or Wenjun? Or...or some other girl you know? It's just that for some reason, Guo Mengyun heard her voice as her sister in her dream?"

This thought sent a chill down Luo Fei's spine, making him shudder! If the imprisoned girl was someone he knew, then Guo Mengyun's choice to go to Jiangcheng as her first stop made perfect sense!

Was she going to Jiangcheng to find clues related to her dream, or... to confirm the identity of the girl in her dream?

"check!"

Luo Fei immediately took out his phone and called Zhou Xiaobei again.

"Xiao Bei, please check the missing persons reports in Jiangcheng for the past three months, no, the past six months, with a focus on young women!"

"understand!"

Zhou Xiaobei was extremely efficient; not long after, a brief document was sent to Luo Fei's phone.

Luo Fei opened the information and examined it carefully with Chen Xuanran. There were only three people on the list: two men and one woman.

The woman was over sixty years old and had gone missing due to dementia; she was clearly not the young girl in the dream who had asked Guo Mengyun for help.

"Not someone I know..."

Chen Xuanran breathed a sigh of relief, but then fell into a new dilemma.

"If the girl in the dream wasn't someone we knew, why would Guo Mengyun make a special trip to Jiangcheng first?"

She could have just gone directly to Haizhu City.

Luo Fei put down his phone, his gaze sharp.

"Therefore, the key point is likely not in that elusive 'Black Spring Manor,' but in Jiangcheng! We must find out exactly what Guo Mengyun did and who she met during her short day in Jiangcheng!"

Just then, the dishes they ordered were served one after another.

Luo Fei picked up his chopsticks and had only taken a few bites when a sudden flash of inspiration struck him, as if he had grasped something crucial!
He abruptly put down his chopsticks, not even bothering to eat, and picked up his phone again to call Zhou Xiaobei, his tone urgent.

"Xiao Bei! There's one more thing. Immediately retrieve all of Guo Mengyun's call records from the month before she disappeared—no, the two months before! Record them in detail, and highlight those who made frequent and long calls!"

"Okay, Fei-ge, right away!"

Zhou Xiaobei seemed to realize the urgency of the situation.

A few minutes later, a detailed list of call logs was sent to Luo Fei's WeChat.

Luo Fei immediately put down his chopsticks and began to read intently.

Chen Xuanran also leaned over to watch.

The record was long, and Luo Fei quickly swiped the screen, his eyes scanning the lines of data like a hawk. Suddenly, his finger stopped on one record!

That was around 10 a.m. on the day Guo Mengyun disappeared! A number from Jiangcheng made a 40-minute phone call with her!

"This is it!"

Luo Fei pointed to the record, his tone certain.

"She spoke to this number for forty minutes before she left for Jiangcheng!"

This is absolutely not normal!

He immediately reached out his hand to Chen Xuanran.

"Xuanran, can I borrow your phone for a moment?"

Guo Qian knew his own number, and he didn't want to alert the enemy.

Chen Xuanran understood and immediately handed over his phone.

Luo Fei dialed the number recorded on the log.

"Hello, the number you dialed is currently switched off..."

A cold, automated system notification came through the receiver.

Luo Fei frowned and dialed Guo Mengyun's number using Chen Xuanran's phone, but it was also switched off.

"Both of them are switched off..."

Luo Fei's heart sank; this was definitely not a good sign.

He hung up the phone and immediately sent the Jiangcheng number to Zhou Xiaobei.

"Xiao Bei, check this number first! I need to know all the owner's information!"

The few minutes of waiting for a reply felt exceptionally long, and Luo Fei and Chen Xuanran lost their appetite.

Finally, Luo Fei's phone rang; it was Zhou Xiaobei calling.

"Brother Fei, we've found it!"

Zhou Xiaobei's voice carried a hint of excitement at discovering a crucial clue.

"The owner of this number is Gong Xiaorui, 24 years old, from Jiangcheng BS District, and graduated from Shuangqing University in Jiangcheng! Moreover, the information shows that she and Guo Mengyun were classmates in university and lived in the same dormitory!"
Her current workplace is the Jiangcheng City Telecommunications Bureau!

"Classmate? Roommate?"

Luo Fei suddenly realized, and his tightly furrowed brows finally relaxed a little.

"So that's how it is! Guo Mengyun's trip to Jiangcheng was probably not to find any 'Black Spring Manor,' but rather to see her old classmate, Gong Xiaorui!"

Chen Xuanran instantly grasped the key point and analyzed it.

"Very likely! Because Guo Mengyun had that nightmare again, she was restless and told her most trusted college classmate, Gong Xiaorui, about it."

Perhaps Gong Xiaorui knew something, or perhaps she was persuaded by Guo Mengyun, and the two agreed to go to Haizhu City together to search for the girl from their dreams!

Luo Fei fully agreed with this analysis, and he immediately gave instructions to Zhou Xiaobei on the other end of the phone.

"Xiao Bei, immediately check on Gong Xiaorui's current condition!"

Is she also missing? And did she buy a plane ticket to Haizhu City?

This time, Zhou Xiaobei's investigation results came even faster. "Brother Fei, we've found out! The day after Guo Mengyun arrived in Jiangcheng, Gong Xiaorui used her own ID to buy a ticket for the same flight to Haizhu City as Guo Mengyun!"

Moreover, her employer, the telecommunications bureau, reported that she took a long leave about a month ago citing family matters, and has not returned to work since, and cannot be contacted by phone.

Because she was a contract-based temporary worker, the company assumed she had quit voluntarily and didn't take it too seriously, nor did they call the police.

Zhou Xiaobei paused, then added a heartbreaking piece of information.

"In addition, according to the household registration information, Gong Xiaorui is an orphan who grew up in an orphanage and has no immediate family members."

The call was on speakerphone, and Zhou Xiaobei's words were clearly heard by Luo Fei and Chen Xuanran.

The two exchanged a glance, both seeing solemnity and confirmation in each other's eyes.

The key part of the case has finally been revealed!
Guo Mengyun did not act alone; she went to Haizhu City with her college classmate, Gong Xiaorui! The two young girls embarked on a journey to find the "imprisoned girl" because of a bizarre dream, and then both mysteriously disappeared without a trace!
After clarifying the relationship between Guo Mengyun and Gong Xiaorui's joint actions, Luo Fei asked Zhou Xiaobei to send over Gong Xiaorui's ID photo and everyday photos as well.

The girl in the photo looks delicate and quiet, unlike Guo Mengyun's bright and cheerful demeanor, and has a scholarly air about her.

Based on the information Zhou Xiaobei investigated and the intimate photos of the two, they are indeed very close best friends.

Luo Fei looked at Gong Xiaorui's photo and the more he looked, the more familiar she seemed, as if he had seen her somewhere before.

He immediately activated [Super Memory], quickly recalling recent memories like a movie.

Soon, the scene froze on last month when he was getting a replacement phone card at a telecommunications business hall in Jiangcheng!
The girl who handled his business at the time was Gong Xiaorui!

At that time, he had just made a name for himself at the International Special Police Competition and was considered a semi-public figure. Gong Xiaorui obviously recognized him. During a break from handling her business, she took the initiative to ask to take a photo with him, with a hint of shyness and excitement.

Luo Fei was in a good mood at the time, so he readily agreed.

"is her!"

Luo Fei's eyes narrowed, and he turned his phone screen towards Chen Xuanran.

"Xuanran, look at Gong Xiaorui, do you remember her? Last month when I went to get a replacement phone card, she was the one who arranged the service for me!"

Chen Xuanran looked at the photo carefully and immediately remembered it. A look of realization and surprise flashed in her beautiful eyes.

"That's right! It's her! Oh my god... Is all of this really just a coincidence?"

She quickly figured out the connection and analyzed it.

"Gong Xiaorui works at the telecommunications bureau. She personally handled your SIM card replacement, so she knows your phone number, your surname, and may even have learned about your police officer status through the system or casual conversation at the time!"

And this information perfectly matches the content of Guo Mengyun's bizarre dream three years ago—"a policeman surnamed Luo" and your phone number!

"Therefore, when Guo Mengyun dreamed of that girl again a month ago and received the place name 'Black Spring Villa,' she probably contacted her best friend Gong Xiaorui immediately to discuss it."

Gong Xiaorui immediately thought of you, whom she had met not long ago!

Chen Xuanran's thoughts became clearer and clearer.

"All the information matches up!"

The two girls probably believed this wasn't a coincidence, but rather a divine intervention or guidance, so they decided to go together to rescue the "girl imprisoned in the dream"!

Luo Fei nodded with a stern face and added a detail.

"Moreover, Guo Mengyun may have tried to contact me before she left, or after she arrived in Haizhu City. I remember about a month ago, I did receive a call from an unknown number. The caller hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but was afraid to, and finally hung up without saying anything. Now that I think about it, it was very likely Guo Mengyun!"

The clues seem to be getting clearer, but they also cast an even more eerie shadow over the whole incident.

Two girls embark on an unknown journey because of a dream and a series of seemingly coincidental pieces of information, and eventually both disappear.

"We must go to Haizhu City!"

Luo Fei and Chen Xuanran reached a consensus.

Luo Fei contacted Zhou Xiaobei again, asking him to use all available resources to thoroughly search the Haizhu City area for any place names, buildings, or even alternative names that might be related to "Black Spring Villa".

However, Zhou Xiaobei's reply came quickly, and the result was disappointing - "Brother Fei, I have searched everywhere, and there is no place called 'Black Spring Villa' in the official place names, tourist attractions, large manors, or even some local folk names registered in Haizhu City."

The only clue seems to have gone cold again.

The two stayed overnight in Tanzhou City, and the next morning, they took the earliest flight to Haizhu City.

The weather that day was extremely bad, with severe thunderstorms along the flight path. The plane was tossed about in the turbulence for more than an hour, like a leaf in a gale, making many passengers very nervous. However, in the end, the plane landed safely at Haizhu Jinwan International Airport.

As soon as Luo Fei stepped out of the sweltering waiting hall, his phone rang. It was Zhou Xiaobei calling.

"Brother Fei, it's confirmed. There is indeed no place called 'Black Spring Villa' in Haizhu City. We've also checked for related homophones and similar names, and there are no matches."

"understood."

Luo Fei hung up the phone, his brow furrowed. The Black Spring Manor route was, for the time being, blocked.

They first found a hotel near the airport to stay in.

Luo Fei recalled Guo Qian saying that when she came to Haizhu City to retrieve surveillance footage, she only saw her sister and Gong Xiaorui get into a taxi at the airport. However, due to blind spots in the surveillance, the license plate could not be captured, and the two paid in cash, making it impossible to track the driver through electronic transactions.

"Cash payment... Guo Mengyun may have used cash, but what about Gong Xiaorui?"

A sudden inspiration struck Luo Fei.

"Xiao Bei, check all of Gong Xiaorui's payment accounts and see if she took a taxi or made any other purchases on the day she arrived in Haizhu City!"

This time, Zhou Xiaobei brought crucial information.

"Brother Fei, we found it! Gong Xiaorui's Alipay records show that she made a taxi fare payment via Alipay on the afternoon of the day she arrived in Haizhu City! The payee is 'Haizhu Baiyun Taxi Company'!"

"Great! Can you find the driver's information?"

"Sure! The payment record is linked to the driver's virtual number and name. I'll send it to you right away!"

Soon, Luo Fei received a message from Zhou Xiaobei.

The driver's surname was Zhao, and a mobile phone number was attached.

Luo Fei did not immediately identify himself as a police officer; instead, he dialed the number directly.

"Hello, is this Master Zhao?"

Luo Fei's tone remained normal.

"It's me. Who are you?"

"I'd like to hire a car for a day, just to drive around Haizhu City. The price is negotiable. Is it convenient for you to pick me up from the Hilton Hotel near Jinwan Airport now?"

Hearing that he could hire the car for a day and that the price was negotiable, Mr. Zhao was clearly interested. After asking for the location in detail, he said he would be there soon. In order to take this "big job", he even turned down other short-distance orders that he had already booked.

About twenty minutes later, a slightly worn white taxi pulled up in front of the hotel.

Luo Fei and Chen Xuanran quickly tidied up and then went downstairs to get into the car.

The driver was a middle-aged man in his forties, with dark skin and a somewhat shrewd appearance.

He glanced at the distinguished-looking Luo Fei and Chen Xuanran through the rearview mirror, confirming his suspicions. (End of Chapter)