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Chapter 113 The Disciple's Last Wish! (Please Subscribe)

Jiang Bala took out his notebook, with a pen clipped inside, clearly ready to take notes at any time.

He looked at Yang Jinwen, and then slowly said, "What he just said is right. Fu and I do find the situation of missing female students from Chengnan Health School in recent years very suspicious."

Shortly after the Spring Festival in 1992, during the period when students of Chengnan Health School returned to school, a girl named Zhang Qian went missing.

On January 21st, shortly after noon, Zhang Qian left her schoolbag and a woven bag containing clothes in her dormitory and went out to buy daily necessities. She did not return to school that night and was therefore declared missing.

At this moment, Yang Jinwen was copying something into his notebook. He looked up and asked, "92? Did her mother go to the school? Did she jump off the girls' dormitory?"

"That's right. On January 21st of the following year, Zhang Qian had been missing for a year. The school couldn't give an answer, and she was never found."

In despair, her mother jumped from the balcony of her dormitory.

She was on the third floor, so she shouldn't have died, but when Zhang Qian's mother jumped, her head hit the concrete steps below, and she died instantly.

After Jiang Bala finished speaking, Fu Yun chimed in, "Let me say a few words. When Zhang Qian's mother jumped off the building, she was wearing her daughter's clothes, a bright red coat."

Before jumping off the building, she told the school principal that she would haunt the person who killed her daughter, clearly believing Zhang Qian was dead.

Someone dressed in red jumped off a building?
Wen Ling frowned upon hearing this. Even though she was a forensic doctor who dealt with corpses year-round, she still felt a chill run down her spine.

Yang Jinwen had heard from Jiang Yuxin that there were rumors in the girls' dormitory of the nursing school that Zhang Qian's mother's spirit was wandering around the school, searching for the person who killed her daughter.

Yang Jinwen asked, "Why would Zhang Qian's mother believe that someone killed her daughter?"

Jiang Bala tapped the table with his pen: "We didn't investigate this in depth, nor did we have time to do so."

Fu Yun continued, "Before 1992, there were also female students who went missing at Chengnan Health School. However, some of these girls went to work in coastal cities, while others went to other places to engage in illicit occupations. There were clues to their whereabouts, and some of them would call or write back to let their families know where they were."

After Zhang Qian's mother jumped off the building, the police station investigated for a period of time.

They discovered that Zhang Qian had completely disappeared; not only did no one know where she was, but she also hadn't written or made any phone calls home.

Yang Jinwen asked, "So you think her disappearance is very suspicious?"

Jiang Bala nodded: "He's most likely been murdered."

After he finished speaking, he licked his fingers, turned a page in his notebook, and continued, "Next, there's 1993, which is also one of the reasons why we think Zhang Qian's disappearance is very suspicious."

Also in 1993, after the Spring Festival, during the return-to-school period at Chengnan Health School, a girl named Wang Lin went missing.

She went missing on February 9th. On the second night after arriving at school, she went out and never returned.

Then in 1994, there were no reports of missing girls.

But in 1995, two girls disappeared, one in July before summer vacation and the other in December. Their names were Liao Dongmei and Jia Chun.

"In 1996, it wasn't just female students who went missing, but a mother and daughter, Qin Xuelan and her mother Zhang Huiqun."

Qin Xuelan was also a student at a nursing school.

In May 1996, Zhang Huiqun traveled from the countryside to the city to sell the chickens and ducks she raised at the farmers' market. After selling them, she carried a basket on her back and went to the school to find her daughter.

After leaving school, Qin Xuelan ate noodles with her mother at a small restaurant. After that, the mother and daughter disappeared together.

At the time, the police station investigated and, according to Zhang Huiqun's husband, the couple had argued that night, and Zhang Huiqun had also said that she did not want to stay in the house any longer.

The next day, before dawn, she took her own chickens and ducks into the city to sell at the farmers' market. The police speculated that she was probably raising money for the trip and had left home with her daughter.

However, an experienced police officer at the police station raised a question because Qin Xuelan had not taken any clothes from her dormitory except for her schoolbag.

Furthermore, she did not inform her classmates or teachers of her whereabouts.

Hearing this, Yang Jinwen's expression grew increasingly solemn, as did Wen Ling's.

It is said that several female students from Chengnan Health School have gone missing in recent years, but there is no concrete understanding of the situation.

As each name was spoken, it seemed to be instantly given life.

Wen Jian felt the same way. He understood that a single missing person case wouldn't seem like a big deal.

Every year, the police station encounters dozens of missing persons cases, and the families who come to report them are all very anxious.

The police station found that some cases involved people who simply ran away from home, while others were missing and could not be found.

These disappearances are all isolated incidents with no commonalities.

However, if you connect all these disappearances from Chengnan Health School, it becomes quite frightening.

He felt as if a giant black hand was hovering over the South City Health School, ready to abduct the female students at any moment.

Jiang Bala let out a breath and continued, "Finally, there's this year, something that happened last week: a girl named Ma Weiwei went missing."

Fu Yun nodded: "I went to Chengnan Health School yesterday and also visited Ma Weiwei's dormitory. The situation is the same as in previous years; the girl's luggage is still there."

There was a woven bag under her bed, containing both winter and summer clothes, as well as books and some daily necessities.

The school notified her parents, and I met with them, but the school..."

Fu Yun sighed, exuding a deep sense of powerlessness.

Yang Jinwen wrote down everything they said, then looked up.

"Captain Jiang, I have a question." Jiang pulled out a cigarette case, handed the cigarettes to Fu Yun and Wen Jian, and when he gave one to Wen Ling, she shook her head.

Yang Jinwen took a cigarette but didn't light it, and asked, "Since you've uncovered so many problems, shouldn't the Chengnan branch be investigating as well?"

Jiang Bala took a drag of his cigarette, stared at him, and replied, word by word, "If Captain Liao were still here, we would definitely investigate, but the captain has changed, and we don't have the time now."

His words were quite veiled, but both Yang Jinwen and Wen Jian understood them.

"Then why did you investigate privately?"

Jiang Bala and Fu Yun exchanged a glance, but neither of them said a word.

As Yang Jinwen looked at his records, the name of one of the missing girls caught his eye: Qin Xuelan.

As if sensing something, he immediately asked, "The comrade who sacrificed his life not long ago was named Qin Feng. Is there any connection between him and Qin Xuelan?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Bala paused slightly in his smoking, glaring fiercely at Yang Jinwen.

Fu Yun clicked his tongue: "How did you get such a vivid imagination?"

"Isn't that right?" Yang Jinwen blinked. "You wouldn't investigate these missing girls for no reason, would you?"

Jiang Bala's eyes softened, and she pointed at him with her finger.

"I heard that your North City Brigade has arrested all the perpetrators of the 705 bus robbery?"

Yang Jinwen truthfully replied, "Not a single one escaped."

Jiang Bala nodded: "Very impressive."

After he finished speaking, he took a deep drag on his cigarette, his gaze fixed on the table, his tone low and somber.

"You're right, Qin Feng and Qin Xuelan are cousins. Before my apprentice sacrificed himself, he was investigating his cousin's disappearance; it was probably his unfulfilled wish."

“I understand.” Yang Jinwen nodded: “So Captain Jiang and Captain Fu want to help him fulfill his last wish.”

"Whatever you say."

Jiang Bala looked at Wen Jian: "Director Wen, what's the situation at the Teachers' College?"

Wen Jian tapped the table with his fingers, and after pondering for a long time, he said, "In recent years, there have been cases of female college students going missing, except for one girl named Dou Qiuju who disappeared completely."

Other missing female college students all had clues, unlike the suspicious disappearance of the female student from Chengnan Health School.

Jiang Bala frowned and said, "This clue is very clear: starting in 92, someone has been specifically targeting the female students at the Chengnan Health School!"

Fu Yun told Jiang Bala, "If we want to investigate, we should start from 92, or even before 92."

This investigation is quite extensive. We don't have the time, and the team won't allow us to conduct a private investigation. Old Jiang, what do you suggest we do?

Jiang Bala pondered, "Old Fu, this is something my apprentice did before he died. I will definitely investigate it to the end, otherwise I will be letting him down."

You've been running around with me for days, so stop getting involved. At worst, I'll take a leave of absence without pay and say I'm going to start my own business!

I must get to the bottom of these missing persons cases!

"If all else fails, I'll take a leave of absence with you. Qin Feng, that guy, he was quite generous to me when he was alive."

As the two were discussing in hushed tones, Yang Jinwen spoke up: "Since the South City Brigade isn't investigating, then let's leave it to our North City Brigade to investigate."

Jiang Bala looked up at him: "Can you make that decision?"

"As long as I explain this to my superiors, they will agree."

Fu Yun shook his head: "Agree my ass! Cross-regional investigation? Does Lu Shaohua have the guts to do that?"

Wen Ling replied, "Then contact the Municipal Public Security Bureau and have them investigate this case as a special case!"

At this moment, Jiang Bala and Fu Yun remembered Wen Ling's identity.

This is the only daughter of the Wen Detachment Leader; she has influence within the Municipal Public Security Bureau.

Jiang Bala thought for a moment and shook his head, saying, "We still need to get the South City Health School on our side. If they obstruct us, even the Municipal Bureau might not be able to investigate."

Yang Jinwen wholeheartedly agreed. Ma Weiwei's disappearance and the fact that her parents were kicked out of the school when they tried to get an explanation from the school was indeed a very thorny issue.

He said, "Without a source of the body, we can't file a case. If we find a source of the body, no one can stop us!"

Wen Ling slammed her hand on the table: "This is a good idea! So many girls have gone missing, we need to find them alive or dead, we can't leave no trace."

Wen Jian rolled his eyes: "Don't be delusional. An'nan City is so big, where are you going to find the source of the corpses?"
"With so many unidentified corpses every year, you might not even be able to identify them, let alone find the source of the bodies. I think you're out of your mind."

Wen Ling glared at him fiercely, her eyes icy cold, like someone preparing to dissect a corpse.

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　　Writing a book is not easy, especially a crime novel. I never thought of giving the protagonist any special abilities or using knowledge from his past life to solve cases.

　　I think that writing it like this is meaningless.

　　Thank you to all my godfathers!

　　
　
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