The two of them had a casual bite to eat at a nearby diner and said goodbye. Shu Qing wanted to go back to school for dance lessons, and made an appointment with Gu Liao to meet in the hospital in the evening. Gu Yan called the old criminal policeman named Zhang Yunhai, and after indicating his identity and intentions, he took the initiative to invite him to the substation to talk.

Zhang Yunhai is a warm and easy-going old policeman, although he is in his early fifties, he is still tall and energetic. Qin Yu's case is currently in his charge.

After a brief greeting, Gu Liao went straight to the point and said, "Sorry to bother you." I am here today mainly to learn about the situation of Qin Yu's disappearance, can you tell me about the current progress of the investigation? ”

Zhang Yunhai handed Gu Liao a cigarette, Gu Liao waved his hand, said thank you, he lit one himself, took a puff, and said slowly: "To be honest, so far, we haven't found any valuable clues." You are Qin Yu's friend and a police officer, and I hope you can provide us with some help.

"At 9:13 p.m. on August 14, Qin Yu suddenly disappeared in a blind spot in Area E of the hospital's underground parking lot. Judging from the reaction of his family and Qin Yu's performance before his disappearance, it is unlikely that Qin Yu ran away from home by himself. Therefore, we suspect that Qin Yu encountered some unexpected situations in this monitoring blind spot.

"Suppose Qin Yu was attacked by someone during this time, if the attacker was a stranger and this person was not psychopathic, then he must have done it for money. The kidnapping has been ruled out, as Qin Yu's family has not received any blackmail calls since his disappearance. Robbery is a possibility, but I think it's very unlikely, because it all happened so cleanly that it didn't leave any traces or clues at all, which didn't quite fit the pattern of robbery. So I think it was probably premeditated, and the perpetrators were very cautious and very knowledgeable about the environment of the hospital.

"The possibility of a stranger committing the crime was preliminarily ruled out, and we focused our investigation on Qin Yu's social connections, but the work did not go well......"

"Do you suspect that someone hurt Qin Yu for the purpose of revenge?" Gu Yan suddenly took over the conversation, he didn't need Zhang Yunhai's introduction to know the results of this investigation, because no one knew Qin Yu's personality better than him.

Qin Yu, 28 years old, Ph.D. in cell biology, is currently engaged in research at an American-invested pharmaceutical company. Like most high-IQ geniuses, Qin Yu also has some minor quirks. He is an introvert and is not good at dealing with people, and most of his mind is devoted to the research career he loves. Except for Gu Li, a good brother who grew up together, his social circle is basically limited to the field he is engaged in. For such a person, it is really difficult to form hatred with people outside.

Emotional entanglements are also nonsense.

Qin Yu is known for his high IQ and low EQ in the eyes of his family and colleagues. For him, it was far more difficult to please a girl than it was to write an academic paper. When I fell in love with Shu Qing, the woman took the initiative to pursue him, which seemed incredible to outsiders, but Shu Qing was such a woman with "unique taste".

Shu Qing, 27 years old, with an elegant temperament and excellent appearance, was a ballet dancer before she got married, and now works as a dance teacher at a private art school. Since she was in elementary school, Shu Qing has had many suitors around her, and she received a love letter from a boy in three days. Gu Liao also wrote a letter to Shu Qing when he was in junior high school, but Shu Qing didn't like boys younger than herself, so she returned the letter to him without reading it, and told him not to make such jokes in the future.

Because of family education, Shu Qing has a well-behaved personality, is sensible and obedient, and has never been in love before she is an adult. According to her own words, she began to like Qin Yu when she applied for art school when she was fifteen years old, and Qin Yu helped her tutor cultural classes. Although the people around her didn't understand why she didn't choose so many excellent suitors, she just fell in love with that "science geek", but she enjoyed it, and explained to people beautifully: "Our Qin Yu is also very good, he is the smartest man I have ever met." ”

Obviously, whether it is Qin Yu or Shu Qing, there is no possibility of derailment. The police certainly couldn't find anything out of this regard.

Gu Yan said these thoughts, and Zhang Yunhai nodded again and again after hearing this: "Yes, we didn't find any person around Qin Yu who had the motive to hurt him. So we wonder if it could be someone who likes Shu Qing who committed the crime because he was jealous of Qin Yu. We asked Shu Qing to provide a detailed list of all the people she could think of. There is no harvest yet, and it is estimated that this road will not work. ”

"Not necessarily." Gu Liao didn't give up so quickly, "Some crushes hide deeply, and the more such people are, the more likely they are to be psychopathic and do extreme things." There must be something missing in that list, and I'll ask someone about it later. In addition, I think you can investigate Qin Yu's field of work and find out if anyone has ever been strongly jealous of Qin Yu's talent and achievements. Although Qin Yu doesn't like to talk and is a little wooden, his achievements in academic research are still very admirable. ”

"You have a point." Zhang Yunhai spit out a smoke ring and said to Gu Liao with a wry smile: "Although the current progress of the investigation is not very optimistic, I will not let this matter be left like this." ”

Gu Yan didn't answer, but he knew what Zhang Yunhai meant. Compared with criminal cases that have already been identified, the investigation of unexplained missing persons is often perfunctory, and the investigation can only be put aside for a period of time without results.

Zhang Yunhai was able to attach so much importance to Qin Yu's case and do such a meticulous investigation, which made Gu Yan feel very gratified. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look at Zhang Yunhai with confused eyes, "Officer Zhang, I'm a person who likes to get to the bottom of things, let me ask you a question, don't you mind." ”

"Are you trying to ask me, why are you so concerned about Qin Yu's affairs?" didn't wait for Gu Liao to finish speaking, Zhang Yunhai opened his mouth for him first. ”

Gu Yan grinned awkwardly, feeling that this question was indeed not very polite. But now that the two sides have made it clear, there is no need for him to go around in circles. "Needless to say, you are a good cop who is very responsible. But what I want to know is, at the police station that day, why did you take the initiative to help Shu Qing investigate this matter? Qin Yu had only been missing for twelve hours at the time, and there was no evidence that he had been wrongfully violated. Besides, you had other work to do at the time, so there was no need to bother yourself. ”

Zhang Yunhai smiled and said, "You and I are both policemen, and we all know what is going on." In China, there has always been controversy over the filing and investigation of missing persons. In many cases, because it is impossible to determine whether the missing person has been violated, after receiving a report, the police's lack of attention often delays a lot of valuable investigation time. Once a homicide is involved in the future, due to the initial investigation work is not done properly, the physical evidence will disappear, the traces will be destroyed, and the memories of the relevant personnel will gradually fade, which will add great difficulty to the subsequent work, and may even become a headless case.

"No matter what others do, I can't just watch this happen. As long as I am within my ability, I will definitely do my best to help the families of those who reported the crime. Speaking of this, Zhang Yunhai's face showed a sad expression, as if he remembered some sad past.

Gu Lian noticed the other party's emotional changes and immediately straightened up. At this time, Zhang Yunhai continued thoughtfully: "Six years ago, my nephew disappeared. He was a senior in college out of town. At that time, there were basically no classes in the school, and it was normal for students not to go back to their dormitories for two or three days. My nephew only became suspicious of my roommate three days after he disappeared. The roommate told the counselor of their class, who went to the local police station to report the incident.

"The police filed the case, did information collection and other work, and then asked them to go back and wait for news, and at the same time asked them to arrange teachers and classmates to help find it. At that time, the police didn't think that a young man in his twenties could encounter any danger, maybe he ran somewhere to play, and didn't pay attention to this matter at all.

"It wasn't until two weeks later that the criminal police team matched the information about the missing person case when they were dealing with a murder case and looking for the source of the body. At that time, my nephew had been killed for 17 days and had been immersed in the icy river for more than half a month. Later, after investigation, it was found that the person who killed my nephew and dumped his body was a married male teacher at their school. The motive for the murder was very simple, my nephew once bumped into this male teacher cheating on a beautiful female student in the school, and he was afraid that my nephew would leak this matter, destroy his family, and damage his reputation, so he killed and killed him.

"Since this incident, I have taken the report of missing persons very seriously. I can understand the feelings of the families of the missing people, and I want to avoid some tragedies as much as possible through my own efforts. If it can't be avoided, then find out the suspicion as soon as possible and solve the case as soon as possible, instead of just sitting in the office and passively waiting for the body to appear. ”

"I'm sorry, I ......" After listening to Zhang Yunhai's explanation, Gu Liao felt even more that he shouldn't ask this question. But after understanding the other party's intentions, Gu Liao also became more trusting of the old policeman in front of him.

Seeing that Gu Yan had the intention of apologizing, Zhang Yunhai hurriedly waved his hand to stop: "Okay, let's not say anything superfluous, the most important thing at the moment is to find Qin Yu's whereabouts." ”