On November 7, 2015, I received a message from an informant named "Bai Xiaobai" saying that a clue to the "missing girl" had been found. Maybe I'm afraid I won't be able to see it, Bai Xiaobai sent a sentence more than 20 times.

Let me first explain what a "missing girl" is. It's not just one person, it's a group of people.

In the past two years, when I was searching and investigating missing cases, I noticed one thing. Among the missing people in Yan City, there are many such girls. They are immigrants, and like most of the city's population, they live on the edge of the city, and most of them share houses. Squeeze the morning rush hour to go to work during the day, squeeze the evening rush hour to get off work at night, wash and sleep when you get home, and the cycle repeats.

According to the statistics of the missing girls in my possession, these people are between the ages of 18 and 30, do not have a high income, and do not keep in touch with family and friends very often. It was only long after the disappearance that someone called the police. I've got thirty or so of these girls missing—I don't know, haven't been found, there must be more.

I think someone is targeting these kinds of girls.

When I talked to Zhou Yong, he was a little unconvinced: "Coincidence, can't it happen that there are more out-of-town girls who have disappeared in the past two years?" ”

I'm more convinced that someone is targeting these girls. They are very tired every day, they don't even want to say a word when they get home, they rarely contact friends and family, and only occasionally give a thumbs up in the circle of friends. Even if you die in your own room, you have to stink before anyone knows. The disappearances in my hands for nearly two years bear this out.

Having said that, I was a little excited to receive a tip about the "missing girl".

I asked the informant, Bai Xiaobai, if you could elaborate, and the reply said yes. Then she voiced me – it was a girl. She talked about an incident she experienced, which may have something to do with the "missing girl".

"On November 2nd, I went to the stadium to see my idol Kiko's concert. I don't usually have any friends, so I go by myself. Sitting next to him were a few people who had come together, two men and one woman. When she saw that I was alone, the woman talked to me. Ask me where I'm from, and ask me if I go to school or work here. ”

I interrupted Bai Xiaobai and said, "Then you're quite young!" ”

Bai Xiaobai made a white-eyed expression: "I haven't graduated for long. Oops, you listen to me first! The woman was very warm to me. Throughout the concert, she kept chatting with me about trivial things in life and celebrity gossip or something, but I didn't look at it. I was a little hungry after watching the concert, so I ordered a grilled cold noodle on the side of the road, with sausage and eggs. ”

Roadside stalls are unhygienic and it is better not to eat them

I said I've eaten that too, and it's delicious with sugar.

Bai Xiaobai: "Yes, yes, it's delicious with sugar." Oops, don't interrupt. Someone slapped me in the back and scared me. When I turned around, it was the woman sitting next to me during the concert. The woman saw that I was eating roasted cold noodles, so she dragged me to eat with me. I'm a very thin-skinned person, she kept asking me to go, I pushed a few times, and when I saw that the two men weren't there, I followed. ”

I said, "Are you thin-skinned?" ”

Bai Xiaobai made another white expression: "You don't understand, she turned left and right and took me to a bar." I started to think it was a wine saucer, and I was startled. Later, there were quite a lot of people, and the menu was clearly priced, so I was relieved. I ordered fries and asked for a beer. After chatting for a while, the woman suddenly told me that this bar has a private room, and she has a few friends here, so let me go to the private room to play together. I didn't think it was all, I didn't agree, and then a woman popped up and insisted on dragging me in to play. I felt a little wrong, said I wanted to go home, went out, there was a taxi at the door. I got in the car and told the master to go quickly, and when the car drove away, I looked back and chased out with the two women, as well as a man. ”

I asked, "And then what did you do?" Coming home? ”

She said, "Yes." But after driving for a while, the driver suddenly told me that there was a white car behind me, and asked if it was following me. I was so frightened that I asked the driver if there was a police station nearby or something, and I drove there! Then the driver pulled me to a nearby police station. ”

I asked Bai Xiaobai, why do you think this matter is related to the "missing girl"?

Bai Xiaobai calmly analyzed me: "As soon as I heard the accent, I knew that I was a foreigner; I listened to the concert alone, and I didn't have any friends when I saw it; She asked me a lot of personal questions, such as whether I was in constant contact with my family. I thought about it later, and the questions she asked were basically the same as the information you said earlier about the 'missing girl', and I sent you something, which I found today. Because I was scared, I have been searching for what happened on the day of the concert for the past few days. ”

She sent me a link, and I clicked on it, and it was a post.

The poster said that the girl in the room next door to him has not been back in the past few days, and he has not returned to messages, and his phone has been turned off. He didn't know the girl very well, and asked if he should call the police in this situation. He also took a screenshot of the girl's last state of the circle of friends, in what looked like a bar. said that this girl loves to post on Moments, the kind that swipes the screen every day, and she hasn't even posted Moments in the past few days.

I asked Bai Xiaobai what this post could prove.

Bai Xiaobai said: "This is the bar where the woman took me, I sent a private message to the poster, and he said that this circle of friends was posted on November 2, which was the day of the concert!" I also asked for some information about his female neighbor, and it was very consistent with the 'missing girl'! ”

I asked her if she knew where the bar was. Bai Xiaobai said that she didn't know, she was blinded by the woman that day.

I asked, is there any other information? She sent me a photo of the girl who disappeared on November 2. said that it was a Northeast girl, named Huang Lei, and the photo was found by her neighbor from the circle of friends.

After chatting with Bai Xiaobai, I think this matter is worth investigating. But first, I'm going to find that bar.

There are hundreds of bars near the stadium, and I need a connoisseur, and I happen to have someone close to me who knows a lot about them. I sent the photo to Zhou Yong and asked him if he recognized the bar in the photo. After Zhou Yong saw the photos, he immediately concluded: "First of all, it's not a High bar, the club in the stadium can basically be ruled out." It's not a beer bar either, and pubs like 'Irish pub' and 'Cow Beer Hall' can also be ruled out. Zhou Yong excluded 90% of the bars in the stadium.

"It's not in the cocktail bar I remember, the cocktail bar on the other side of the stadium doesn't show. There were cocktails, there were shows, and the lights weren't that dim. In the stadium, hey, there's only one kind of bar. ”

I nodded, understood.

In foreign countries, bars are accurately divided into Club and Ba

and Pub. The scale of the club is relatively large, the operation is more commercial and professional, and the people who come here are mainly dancing, drinking, making friends, and there will be many performances; Ba

More emphasis on wine culture, different Ba

There are different signature wines, and the wine culture of each store is also different; The consumption and style of Pub are low, and the guests are generally students and ordinary people, mainly to drink beer and chat, and many people are willing to gather with friends in Pub to chat and watch football.

In our country, whether it is Pub or Ba

Or Club, all called bars, many clubs in the stadium have Chinese names of so-and-so bars. Some people like to call Club High, Pub and Ba

Let's call it light. But the one we're looking for is different from all three.

There is a bar street next to the stadium, and when men walk there at night, people will keep coming up to greet them: "Big brother, go to us, the performance is free, and the little sister is very energetic!" ”

Generally, this kind of "soliciting" bar will have some edge service. This kind of bar looks lively, but it is full of nurseries, so in order to give customers a sense of trust, they can enter the door to consume. This type of bar is generally closed during the day, and the investigation has to be done in the evening.

I sent a message to Zhou Yong and said that it is better to choose a day than to hit the day, it just so happens to be night, let's start work. Zhou Yong replied to me: "What, I just finished taking a shower!" ”

I live close to each other, and by the time Zhou Yong arrived, I had already compared the bar with photos.

The bar is called Moon Harbor, and there are implied advertisements in the windows, and the words "Performances are free" are posted on the wall next to the door. Zhou Yong and I entered Moon Harbor, and a ** immediately greeted us: "What do you two handsome guys drink?" We have all the wine here, the show starts at 9 o'clock, and if you want a girl to accompany you, we have a private room here. ”

I motioned Zhou Yong to step forward to deal with it with my eyes, and Zhou Yong straightened his chest: "Sister, listen to me first, we are looking for a girl, but we are looking for a specific girl." ”

Zhou Yong flipped out the photo of Huang Lei on his mobile phone: "This girl, do you have an impression?" ** Glancing at the photo, his face changed: "You police?" ”

Zhou Yong smiled: "Do you look like me?" I often mix up this area, Victoria's brother Wang knows, that's my eldest brother. ”

Zhou Yong pointed at me again: "You don't look like him, he has such long hair and a beard that he doesn't like to shave, so he has already been cleared out of the police force!" ”

**Obviously relaxed: "I don't have any impression of this girl, when did she come, in the hall or in the private room?" If you have a hall to help you look at the monitoring, there is no way to do it in the private room. ”

I said, "I should have come on November 2nd, please help me check." ”

** nodded, and said to Zhou Yong: "You add my WeChat, send me the girl's photo, and I'll look at it." After a while, ** came back, let's follow: "I did come, let's go, I'll take you to see." ”

Zhou Yong and I went into a small dark room with her, and there were three desks in it, and there was an all-in-one computer on each table. She showed us the surveillance on November 2 on her computer. Huang Lei was wearing a white dress and sitting at the bar. After a while, a man sat down, and the two kept chatting, and finally left together.

In addition to Huang Lei, I also deliberately looked for the origin of this case - Bai Xiaobai, but I didn't see similar people appearing, I asked**Can this surveillance monitor the entire hall? She shook her head: "If we lean against the east or west wall, we won't be able to monitor it." ”

I didn't care about Bai Xiaobai for the time being, and asked ** if I knew who the person sitting with Huang Lei was. Zhou Yong wondered: "Brother Xu, you are out of standard for this problem." With so many guests every day, how does she remember to stay? ”

I said, "You ask her if this is a guest, you look at his thin-legged pants, pointed shoes, white suit, and hairstyle, I can smell cologne through the surveillance, if I'm not mistaken, it's a cowherd." ”

Zhou Yong gave me a thumbs up, turned his head and asked**: "Sister, is your store still doing this business?" **Shaking his head: "No, he is the young master of the string field[1]

。 Zhou Yong suddenly let out an "oh".

I asked her if she knew what the name of the "young master" was, and she nodded: "Wang Min." ”

Zhou Yong smiled: "Sister, do you have any other information?" Say more, and I promise to come to you next time. ”

She glanced at Zhou Yong: "I heard that he is a highly talented student of the Conservatory of Music, and it seems that he is going to study abroad." ”

Zhou Yong: "Sister, I can't find anything out of what you said, do you have a membership card here?" I'm going to make one now, can't I come to consume it often in the future! ”

**nodded: "He likes the Huating Hotel on Shangwen Road the most, and says that it is the most intentionally decorated among all express hotels." ”

Out of the bar, I asked Zhou Yong who Victoria's brother Wang was, and Zhou Yong smiled: "I don't know either, I've heard others say it, it seems to work well in this film." ”

The Huating Hotel on Shangwen Road is located in an alley, which looks inconspicuous, but it is indeed decorated in an antique style, and the building materials are made of wood. Zhou Yong glanced at it a few times: "Next time, I will also come here to live and try." The little sister at the front desk was already sleepy and yawned, and I was just about to step forward, but Zhou Yong stopped me: "Brother Xu, I'll come this time." I held out my hand and motioned for yes.

Zhou Yong took out a bunch of keys, lay on the front desk, and put one hand on it: "I am a friend of Huang Lei, she dropped the key on my car, please help me give it to her." ”

The front desk checked: "Hello, sir, there is no one named Huang Lei staying today." Zhou Yong said: "Impossible, I watched her come in, you can help me check again!" ”

The front desk hurriedly searched for "Huang Lei" again on the computer, and then said: "Sir, there is really no such person staying today, can you give her a call?" Ask her which room she lives in? ”

Zhou Yong: "What about Wang Min?" ”

After searching at the front desk, he said, "He's moved in, do you need me to help you transfer your things to him?" ”

A modified candid watch

Zhou Yong withdrew his hand wearing the watch camera and said, "Forget it, I'll call him in a while, give it to him myself." ”

In the eyes of the neurotic at the front desk, Zhou Yong walked out of the hotel and raised his hand at me: "The search records have been recorded." I nodded and told him to quickly upload it to the computer.

There is no information about Huang Lei's stay recently, but there is Wang Min's, and Wang Min opened a room on the night Huang Lei disappeared. In the information recorded by Zhou Yong, we found Wang Min's room number.

According to the information of Wang Min given by **, combined with the ID card information photographed by Zhou Yong, I really found this person. Wang Min is a student at the Conservatory of Music, studying pop music, and there are photos of him participating in school activities on the Internet, and the same person on his ID card. The news on the campus network also reported that he scored 2,100 points on the SAT, had received an admission letter from the BK Conservatory of Music, and received a scholarship of $10,000.

Zhou Yong was dumbfounded: "Such a good school, it's quite good, and it also gets a scholarship, why should you be a cowherd?" ”

I said, "Yes, look at you, you can drop out of graduate school in China." If you look at other people, you are not even as good as a cowherd in this comparison. ”

Zhou Yong's face changed: "What's the use of $10,000, BK Conservatory of Music is a well-known aristocratic school, and if you save money to study, you will have to pay at least $400,000." Although I dropped out of school, I don't have to waste so much money from my parents anymore! ”

I asked him how much his dad was spending on a car. Zhou Yong thought for a while and began to change the topic: "Brother Xu, did you say that he came out to be a cowherd, is it because he wants to save up for living expenses at the Conservatory?" ”

I said, "It's not a hobby or it's for money, what else can there be?" ”

Wang Min lives in a double-bed room on the second floor with a price of 477 yuan. I leaned on the door and listened, there was the sound of water and the sound of a ball game, and I listened to the replay of the game between Portugal and Wales in the early hours of the morning.

I knocked on the door and asked who it was and I said takeout. Wang Min opened the door: "...... so soon" Zhou Yong and I pushed him into the room, and he was startled: "Is there something wrong with the two eldest brothers?" ”

I told him that Huang Lei was missing. He asked me who Huang Lei was. I said, "It's the short-haired girl I dated you the day before yesterday." He let out an "oh" and said no more.

Zhou Yongle was happy: "One fraud and one accuracy, you really have an appointment!" ”

I motioned to Zhou Yong not to speak, and said to Wang Min: "I just want to know about the situation, I heard that you were admitted to the BK Conservatory of Music, if you don't want me to write a letter to report you as a cowherd and affect your studies, you don't have to say anything." Of course, Americans don't take this very seriously, and it's very likely that it won't affect your studies. But I have nothing to lose by trying, don't you think? ”

At this time, a girl came out of the bathroom after taking a shower, and was startled to see two more men in the room. Wang Min said to the girl: "Baby, go back first, I'll make an appointment with you tomorrow." ”

The girl got dressed stupidly and was just about to go out, when Wang Min stopped her: "Hey, gift!" The girl was stunned for a moment, then turned around and picked up a large teddy bear in her chair and walked away.

I stepped on Zhou Yong's foot, motioned him with my chin to go out, and inquired about the news, Zhou Yong stood up: "I'll go out to smoke a cigarette, Brother Xu, you talk." ”

After the girl left, Wang Min told some things about Huang Lei: "The two of us met on the Internet. I asked her to go to a bar for a drink that day, and we had a good chat, and I had known her online for a long time, so I naturally opened a room. After finishing her work, she took a shower and was leaving, saying that she wanted to go home. I explained how good it would be to leave early, and she said that the company computer had left her at home, and she had to go back to get it. ”

I asked Wang Min what he was doing when Huang Lei left. Wang Min said he slept in the hotel until the next day and never went out. After Zhou Yong and I went downstairs, we pretended to come to the hotel to catch the rapist and asked to see the surveillance on November 2. I told the front desk that someone told us that Zhou Yong's wife opened a room here with another man on November 2, and we want to take a look at the surveillance. The front desk said she didn't have that right. I threatened that the hotel did not register her ID card at that time, which was not compliant, and that we would call the police if we did not show the surveillance.

Soon, we saw the surveillance.

Wang Min didn't lie, he entered the hotel with Huang Lei at 23:35 that day, and came out at 13:12 the next afternoon, without leaving the hotel in between. The last to check out was Wang Min himself, and there was no other exit from the hotel. And Huang Lei left the hotel at 1:23 a.m.

After watching the surveillance, Zhou Yong asked me what to do, and I said that I had to think about it, "You keep staring at Wang Min, be careful not to let him find out, and I'll do it for you tomorrow." ”

After getting up the next day, I still didn't have a clue, and then I received a call from Zhou Yong: "Brother Xu, the girl who opened the room with Wang Min last night is also missing!" ”

I asked him what was going on. Zhou Yong said: "Didn't you ask me to inquire about the news with that girl yesterday, so I left her contact information." Today, I was bored staring at Wang Min, so I contacted the girl, but I couldn't find anyone. Call and turn off, send messages and don't reply. I asked Sister Jing to go to their school. ”

"And guess what, the school is looking for her, too! There is a solo concert in their school today, she is the lead singer, and the symphony orchestra of dozens of people is waiting for her, and she has been preparing for two months. ”

I didn't speak.

"Brother Xu, this matter must have something to do with Wang Min, where is it so coincidental."

I said, "It does matter, when the girl left, Wang Min asked her to hold a teddy bear, and the teddy bear was quite big and couldn't fit in her bag." We watched the surveillance last night, and Huang Lei was also holding a doll in her hand, which was also very big and couldn't fit in the bag, and I suspect that it was also given by Wang Min. How can there be gifts for normal opening of the house? I suspect it's a code - for his accomplices. ”

Zhou Yong: "This guy's alibi is too sufficient, and nothing can be determined on this basis." But Brother Xu, you said, he is a cowherd, but he has been dating girls outside recently, everyone will think it is abnormal, right? ”

I said, "Yes, so we're going to keep an eye on him, and I'll go over for you now." ”

Zhou Yong: "No, I'll come." ”

I said, "Don't be polite to me, I'll work day shift and you will work night shift in the future." ”

Zhou Yong: "No, Brother Xu, I'm not welcome!" Now I have to come, Wang Min is out of school. ”

Zhou Yong's tracking operation started smoothly. Wang Min didn't notice anyone following, he got on the subway first and transferred to the subway line at Shangwen Road. He stood at the door, and after Zhou Yong got on the train from the other doors, he stood in the middle of the two carriages, staring at Wang Min from afar. Wang Min has nothing abnormal, and Zhou Yong relaxed his vigilance. When he arrived at Tiantai Road, at the moment when the car door was about to close, Wang Min jumped out of the car. After Zhou Yong sat back from the opposite direction, Wang Min was nowhere to be found.

After that, Zhou Yong called me and said, "Brother Xu, I lost it!" ”

I said, "Don't worry, since he got off on Tiantai Road, you can go to Tiantai Road Station to look for it." Maybe he deliberately set off a smoke screen, but he should actually get off on Tiantai Road. I'm driving over there, I'm almost there, I'll talk about it later. ”

Zhou Yong hung up the phone and came out of the Tiantai Road subway station, and saw a man and a woman quarreling not far away, and the man was Wang Min! The two parted unhappily, Wang Min saw that the girl was gone, and he also took a taxi away. Zhou Yong followed the girl and wanted to go up to ask about the situation, but before Zhou Yong could go up, a golden cup suddenly stopped next to the girl, and a bald head jumped out of the car and dragged the girl into the car.

Zhou Yong didn't have a car, so he hurriedly took a photo and sent it to me, and called me: "Brother Xu, just now a golden cup robbed the girl who quarreled with Wang Min, and now it is driving in the direction of Fangcao Road, I will send you the photo." ”

I caught up with Jinbei at the end of Fangcao Road, drove the car to Jinbei and tried to stop him, but the driver probably didn't expect someone to chase him, and drove to Parkview Green Park in a panic. After that, the bald head and the driver abandoned the car and fled.

I chased the bald head into Parkview Green Park, and the bald head was cornered into the park. I shouted, "There's a pervert, catch the pervert!" ”

Several young men joined the arrest, and finally jumped into Yerba Grass Lake with a bald head. I called Zhou Yong and told him that there was also a driver. After discovering that I went to chase the bald head, the driver is likely to return to Jinbei and drive away. I asked Zhou Yong to go there and keep an eye on it, don't let him find out, and if the driver drives away, he must follow. When Zhou Yong found Jinbei, the car door was open, and the driver was not in the car. Zhou Yong got on the gold cup and found a big suitcase inside. After opening it, there was a girl inside, and it was the girl who quarreled with Wang Min. The girl is in a coma. Zhou Yong patted her face, saw that she didn't react, and hugged her out.

At this time, I also rushed over, and Zhou Yong asked me: "Brother Xu, where is the bald head?" ”

I said, "That idiot can't swim, I don't know why he jumped into the water and escaped, and now he is in a coma and sent to a nearby hospital." "I called Ju Yu again and said that it was supposed to be a human trafficker. She had already sent someone to the hospital to guard her.

Zhou Yong: "Brother Xu, what should I do with this girl?" ”

I said, "I'll take her to the park management first." It looks like the van driver won't be coming back, but you can squat here a little longer, and become a dead horse doctor. ”

I took the girl to the park management office, and Zhou Yong got into the van and hid in the empty space behind the last row of seats. Zhou Yong squatted for a while, feeling that his legs were a little numb. As soon as I wanted to get up and move, I suddenly heard footsteps running in the distance - the van driver had returned. He didn't check the back, hurriedly lit the fire, and drove away. Zhou Yong hid behind his seat, silenced his phone, sent me a message explaining the current situation, and shared the location. I asked him to take the chance, and I'll drive to follow now.

The driver drove in the direction of the east of the city, and Zhou Yongxin sent me a message very much: "This is going out of the city!" Sure enough, the crow's mouth was right, and the driver got on the highway.

Forty kilometers later, the van stopped at a gas station. When refueling, the driver got out of the car and went to the convenience store to buy something, and Zhou Yong took the opportunity to quickly slip down. He ran to my car parked behind the gas station: "Brother Xu, give me a cigarette." It's so suffocating, so nervous, I don't even dare to swallow my saliva, just swallow that mouthful of saliva in two bites! I said, "You can smoke later, this is a gas station!" ”

While he was pulling, the driver of the van came out, put a plastic bag of supplies in the passenger seat, lit a fire and drove away.

We waited for him to drive a short distance, and then hurried to follow. By this time it was completely dark, and I looked at the time, 9:12.

I handed the cigarette to Zhou Yong and said, "Come on, you must be fine, you are still so disgusting to speak." ”

Zhou Yong lit a cigarette with a cigarette lighter: "Brother Xu, when I was squatting in the back of the van just now, I thought of something. ”

I asked him what was going on.

Zhou Yong said: "That informant Bai Xiaobai, we didn't see her in the bar surveillance." She knows us a lot better than we know her. ”

I said yes.

Zhou Yong took a puff of cigarette: "Then you say, if she set up a bureau to deliberately target us, would we have fallen into the trap now?" ”

I nodded and said yes. Although I don't think it's very likely, it is possible.

Then Zhou Yong and I didn't speak, so we drove on the highway in a hurry, the van in front of us appeared and disappeared, we didn't dare to get too close, and we didn't dare to get too far away. We don't know what awaits us, but we do know that if we keep up with it, we will always get some kind of result.

For a moment, I felt like I was in some kind of road movie.

[1]

The young master of the string field refers to a man who wanders in various places and specializes in serving women. They don't always belong to a certain nightclub, but while they "live", they usually order more drinks to promote consumption. Because it is profitable, the store generally chooses to acquiesce to this behavior.