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

"They were kidnapped!"

Chen Xuanran gasped in shock, her pretty face turning frosty.

Guo Qian was struck dumb, her body went limp, and she almost slipped off the chair, but fortunately Chen Xuanran caught her in time. Although she had been mentally prepared, seeing the evidence that her sister might have been kidnapped was still unbearable for her.

Luo Fei's gaze was fixed on the unlicensed black van that disappeared from the surveillance range, his eyes icy cold.

Crane Spring Manor, Reincarnation Group, Xie Junshan, a bizarre feng shui arrangement, a missing girl, a kidnapping vehicle without license plates... all the clues seem to point to an extremely large and evil black hand hidden behind the scenes!

"check!"

Luo Fei's voice was as cold as ice, and he immediately dialed Zhou Xiaobei's number.

"Xiao Bei! We've located a car! At 11:27 PM on the 4th of last month, a black van without license plates drove out of Exit B of the underground parking garage at Hequan Mountain Villa. The brand and model are suspected to be a Buick GL8!"

"I want you to track this car down to the last detail, at all costs, after it leaves the garage! Dig it out, even if it has to go to the ends of the earth!"

At this moment, the nature of the case has escalated from a missing person to a clear kidnapping! And the cunning and caution of the adversaries far exceed those of ordinary criminals!

After finding the crucial clue of the unlicensed black minivan, Luo Fei knew that the subsequent tracking and data analysis would be a huge undertaking, far beyond what he and Chen Xuanran could complete quickly.

He acted decisively, sharing access to the cloud-based surveillance video with Zhou Xiaobei so that he could use technical means to track the vehicle, while simultaneously dialing the Jiangcheng Special Case Team's number.

"Chen Fan, it's me, Luo Fei."

"Brother Fei! Any new mission?"

Chen Fan's capable voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Notify everyone in the Special Case Team that, except for the Ghost Team who have other missions, everyone else immediately drop all non-urgent work, take the necessary equipment, and rush to Haizhu City, Wuyue Province to meet me as quickly as possible! There is an urgent major case!"

Luo Fei's tone was serious and left no room for argument.

"Understood! We'll prepare immediately and send the first flight over!"

Chen Fan accepted the order without any hesitation.

After hanging up the phone, Luo Fei looked at Guo Qian, who looked flustered, and Chen Xuanran, who looked worried, and said...

"Let's find a place to eat first, and wait while we eat. I've called everyone in the group over."

The three of them found a Sichuan restaurant near Hequan Villa that looked fairly lively. After sitting down and ordering, while waiting, Luo Fei looked at Guo Qian and asked...

"Ms. Guo, you said on the phone yesterday that you learned about the name 'Hequan Villa' through a college classmate?"

Guo Qian nodded, trying to calm her fear after seeing the surveillance video, and replied.

"Yes. I was extremely anxious yesterday, asking around everywhere. I happened to get in touch with a college classmate. She got married and moved to Haizhu City, and... she lives in Hequan Villa!"

When I mentioned "Black Spring Villa" to her before my sister disappeared, she immediately corrected me, saying that there was only one similar-sounding place in Haizhu City called "Crane Spring Villa," and also told me that the neighborhood had a very bad reputation... I then realized that I might have misheard her, or that my sister might not have heard clearly in her dream.

She paused, looked at Luo Fei, her eyes filled with a hint of persistence and apology.

"Officer Luo, I know I might be being a bit presumptuous, and coming along might disrupt your work."

But my husband takes care of our family business, and my only thought right now is to find my sister.

I guessed you'd come to Haizhu to investigate after confirming the leads, and I... I really can't just wait at home alone. Mengyun... she's my only sister, I have to find her!

Upon hearing this, Chen Xuanran gently patted Guo Qian's hand to comfort her, and then asked.

"Ms. Guo, could you tell us more about your sister? For example, her personality, what she likes to do, whether she has any close friends, or... whether she has offended anyone?"

When Guo Qian mentioned her younger sister, her eyes softened considerably, but also revealed a deeper sense of heartache.

"Mengyun... was very obedient since she was a child, had good grades, a cheerful personality, and was beautiful. No one in the neighborhood, teacher, or classmate disliked her."

She has a very kind heart and a loving nature.

She was lost in memories.

"I remember when she was in elementary school, she saw some elderly people scavenging near our community. She took the initiative to collect waste cardboard boxes and plastic bottles from her home and neighbors, sorted them out neatly, and regularly delivered them to those elderly people."

As she grew up and went to middle school and university, she was always the school's ambassador of love. She organized her classmates to donate money many times, and used the money to buy gifts and fruit to visit elderly people living alone in nursing homes.

During her three years of high school alone, she organized seven or eight donation drives of varying sizes, and she spent most of her allowance on these causes.

She also frequently feeds the stray cats in the neighborhood; she raised several kittens from infancy…

A bitter smile appeared on Guo Qian's lips.

"Because she is beautiful and kind-hearted, she has had many boys pursuing her since high school. As far as I know, no fewer than twenty have confessed their feelings to her."

But she didn't seem interested in these things, always thinking those boys were childish; she was much more mature than the average girl.

She seemed uninterested in men; at least, she had never had a boyfriend before she disappeared.

Guo Qian confirmed this regarding Gong Xiaorui.

"I've heard of Gong Xiaorui. She was Mengyun's best friend in college, a classmate, and even lived in the same dormitory."

One summer vacation, she even came to Tanzhou and stayed with us for a few days. She was a rather quiet and introverted girl.

When Luo Fei showed her Gong Xiaorui's photo to confirm, she nodded again, her face showing surprise and a deeper unease.

"I never expected Xiao Rui to disappear too... How could the two of them have disappeared together?"

She grabbed Luo Fei's hand as if it were her last lifeline, her voice choked with emotion.

"Officer Luo, my classmate said that Hequan Villa is often haunted and very eerie! Could it be that my sister and her friends... could it be that they encountered something unclean?"
I've looked you up and know you're a super detective who's solved many incredible cases! All my hopes are pinned on you now, which is why I couldn't help but come along..."

Looking at Guo Qian's tearful face, Luo Fei nodded steadily, his tone firm.

"Miss Guo, rest assured, we will do our best to investigate. We want to see the person alive, or... we want to see their body."

"No ghost or monster in this world can escape the punishment of the law. If there is one, I will personally find it!" His words carried an undeniable power, which calmed Guo Qian's panicked heart a little.

After finishing their meal, Luo Fei and Chen Xuanran immediately rented a spacious apartment with a wide view in a newly built residential area directly opposite Hequan Villa through an intermediary. This apartment would serve as the special task force's temporary office and command center in Haizhu City.

This location offers a good view of the entrance to Hequan Villa while remaining relatively secluded.

At the same time, Chen Xuanran also quickly contacted the Wuyue Provincial State Security Bureau.

Upon learning that the renowned Luo Fei Special Case Team had been stationed in Haizhu to investigate a series of disappearances and that the case might involve serious crimes such as kidnapping, the branch leadership attached great importance to the matter and immediately communicated with the Haizhu City Police Department, requesting their full cooperation with all actions of the Luo Fei Special Case Team and the provision of all necessary support and resources.

The Haizhu Municipal Bureau naturally dared not neglect the task and stated that it would cooperate unconditionally.

In the evening, the members of the special task force—Chen Fan, Wu Peixiong, Su Muchen, Wang Feifei, Zhou Xiaobei, and forensic doctor Yuan Bingyan—all took the earliest flight to Haizhu City and quickly went to the temporary command center according to the address given by Luo Feifa.

Once everyone was present, Luo Fei immediately convened an emergency meeting in the spacious living room.

He stood in front of a large glass panel that served as a makeshift whiteboard and gave a detailed account and introduction of the disappearances of Guo Mengyun and Gong Xiaorui, as well as the case of the college student couple who mysteriously disappeared from Hequan Villa last year.

"...That's the basic situation. It can be confirmed that Guo Mengyun and Gong Xiaorui entered Hequan Villa on the morning of the 4th of last month, and were taken away from Exit B of the underground parking garage by an unlicensed black minivan at 11:27 p.m. that night."

The couple who disappeared last year, according to the case files and property management staff, vanished into thin air after entering the community, and were not found leaving the premises on any exit surveillance footage.

Luo Fei used a marker to draw key time points and clues on the whiteboard.

After hearing this, the team members all showed solemn and incredulous expressions.

"Four people... all disappeared in the same neighborhood?"
This is so bizarre!

Wang Feifei clicked her tongue.

"No one has been seen, neither alive nor dead, and the security cameras couldn't even capture them leaving? Is it really like the rumors say, that this neighborhood eats people?"

Wu Peixiong crossed his arms, his brows furrowed.

Chen Fan remained relatively calm, stroking his chin as he analyzed the situation.

"If the surveillance cameras didn't capture him leaving, then the route they took to leave the community needs to be investigated. It's unlikely they climbed over the wall; the community should have basic security measures."

Therefore, the most likely scenario is that they left by vehicle through an underground passageway with incomplete or no surveillance coverage.

Luo Fei nodded.

"Xuanran and I think so too."

When the couple went missing, the local police must have checked their vehicle, but apparently without success.

This time, Guo Mengyun and Gong Xiaorui were told that the other party used a vehicle without license plates, indicating they came prepared and had a strong sense of counter-surveillance.

Su Muchen adjusted his glasses and added.

“There is another possibility: even if the vehicle was captured on camera, if the perpetrator had disposed of the victim... such as hiding them in the trunk or disguising them, given the level of detail in the police investigation at the time, they might have missed it.”

Forensic pathologist Yuan Bingyan spoke calmly.

"Regardless of the method, the fact that the perpetrator or criminal gang could commit multiple crimes in the same place without leaving a trace indicates that they are extremely familiar with the neighborhood and have a strong ability to conceal their activities and clean up crime scenes."

This was definitely not a spur-of-the-moment, ordinary kidnapping.

A silence fell over the meeting room. The fog surrounding Crane Spring Manor seemed thicker and more dangerous than they had imagined. The cunning and experience of their opponents put immense pressure on everyone.

Luo Fei's gaze swept over each team member, and he said in a deep voice.

"Alright, everyone understands the situation now."

From this moment forward, the serial disappearances at Hequan Villa are officially designated as the Special Case Unit's top priority! Xiao Bei, you are responsible for starting with that unlicensed black minivan and using all available technological means to track its final destination!
Chen Fan, you take Pei Xiong and Mu Chen to thoroughly review all the files and physical evidence in last year's case of the missing couple, looking for any details that might have been overlooked! Fei Fei, you cooperate with Xuan Ran to conduct an in-depth investigation into the Reincarnation Group and Xie Junshan's social connections and financial flows, to see if you can find any other breakthroughs!

"Yes!"

All team members responded in unison, their eyes filled with fighting spirit.

After the meeting, the special task force immediately sprang into action.

Zhou Xiaobei distributed a massive amount of surveillance video data to each team member. Apart from Chen Xuanran, who needed to coordinate relationships with various parties and conduct follow-up investigations, everyone, including Luo Fei himself, devoted themselves to the tedious but crucial work of video screening.

Inside the makeshift command center, only the sounds of mouse clicks and keyboard taps remained, along with the occasional sip of coffee or energy drinks to stay awake. Time slipped away silently, frame by frame, on the screen, from afternoon until late at night, and then into the early hours of the next day.

As dawn broke outside the window, the last team member rubbed his red and dry eyes and looked up.

Everyone looked at each other and saw the same result in each other's eyes—helplessness and confusion.

"Brother Fei, I've finished reading them all."

Chen Fan gave a report on behalf of everyone, his voice hoarse from staying up all night.

“From the time Guo Mengyun and Gong Xiaorui entered Hequan Villa at 8:56 a.m. on the 4th of last month until the date we copied the surveillance footage, for more than a month, the surveillance cameras at both the front and back gates of the community, including pedestrian and vehicle access, did not capture any footage of the two of them leaving.”

Zhou Xiaobei added.

“We also checked the vehicles entering and exiting the underground parking garage. Apart from the black van without license plates which was extremely suspicious, the other vehicles entering and exiting could basically be matched with the registered owners’ vehicles in the community.”

Or perhaps it was a delivery or moving van, or a courier vehicle. Initial investigations have not revealed any other suspicious vehicles that could have transported two adults out.

This result brought back Su Muchen's earlier speculation that "the person might not have left the community at all," and the atmosphere became somewhat heavy for a moment.

Luo Fei frowned, his fingers tapping unconsciously on the table. He had thoroughly checked all the exit surveillance footage, but there really was no trace of them leaving?
What exactly did that unlicensed car take away? If the people are still in the community, how have they survived all these days? And where are they hiding?
Although the occupancy rate of that community was low, it was not completely deserted. It would be extremely difficult to hide two living people without being discovered.

Just when things were at a standstill, Guo Qian had children at home who needed care, and her parents' death anniversary was approaching in a few days, so she was extremely reluctant and worried.

But she also knew that staying here wouldn't be of much help and might even cause trouble. After communicating with Luo Fei and Chen Xuanran, she decided to return to Tanzhou first and repeatedly begged them to inform her immediately if there was any news.

After seeing Guo Qian off, the special task force took a short break and discussed the matter. They concluded that the key to their success lay in the mysterious Reincarnation Group and its founder, Xie Junshan. (End of Chapter)