After a while, Gu Song called Qi Ruonan and Zhao Xiaolin to go out for dinner together. As soon as they walked into the courtyard, they bumped into Xia Shi, who had come back from running outside.

Qi Ruonan seemed very enthusiastic, and greeted with a smile without considering Gu Song's feelings: "Brother Xia Shi, let's go to dinner together, senior brother is in for a treat." ”

"No need, I'll ......" Xia Shi glanced at Gu Song, and before he could finish speaking, Zhao Xiaolin also joined in the fun: "Let's go together, it's rare to have a chance to eat with the two detectives." ”

It was difficult to resist the enthusiasm, and Xia Shi had to reluctantly join their team.

The four of them came to a small restaurant near the city bureau and sat down at a table inside. Gu Song sat opposite Qi Ruonan, Zhao Xiaolin sat next to him, and Xia Shi sat diagonally opposite. After a few people quickly finished ordering the food, Gu Song took the initiative to ask Xia Shi, "Did you get anything out of the day today?" ”

"What are you asking?"

"Let's hear both things." Gu Song seemed to know very well the movements of this day in summer time. He looked around, then took out the anonymous letter and placed it on the table and said, "It's all my own people here, tell us the truth if you find anything." Anyway, you owe Ruonan an explanation for this letter, don't you? ”

"Okay." Xia Shi drank a sip of water and moistened his throat, and he didn't intend to hide anything. "Let's start with the investigation of the trafficker killer. At noon today, when someone was going home and sleeping, Xiao Meng and I went to the vicinity of the bazaar to inquire about the suspect's information. After a round of visits, no one in the market had an impression of the suspect we were looking for. The vendor also said he didn't remember such a person being seen near the beggar.

In addition, the investigators did not inquire about the location where the female victim took Xiaofang to beg, and the investigation will continue.

(Because the two victims were begging separately with their two children, the police are not sure which target the suspect had been in close contact with, so neither side can let their guard down.) However, because the geographical location of the female victim is relatively remote, there is no clear surveillance video for reference, so they can only rely on on-site visits to inquire about the news. Considering that Xiaofang's photo has not appeared on the Internet, it is more likely that the suspect will find Xiaojie first and appear in the market. ）

"After leaving the market, I took the time to learn about Jiang Xiaoyan's disappearance." Speaking of which, Xia Shi roughly explained the circumstances of the disappearance case and the origin of the anonymous letter to Qi Ruonan and Zhao Xiaolin. Then, he revealed what he had learned so far.

On the morning of January 30, 2016, after Jiang Xiaoyan made a phone call with her friend Mu Zi, she went to the media company to interview as a part-time model at the agreed time.

Because Mu Zi was ill and couldn't go to the interview together, he was always worried about Jiang Xiaoyan's situation. At noon, Mu Zi called Jiang Xiaoyan to inquire about the results of the interview and found that the other party's mobile phone had been turned off. At that time, Mu Zi thought that the interview was not over yet, or that the other party had received a job and started taking pictures, so he didn't worry too much.

It wasn't until after six o'clock in the afternoon that Mu Zi made countless phone calls, but he still couldn't contact Jiang Xiaoyan, and then he felt that something was wrong.

That night, Mu Zi went to the police station to call the police and explained the situation to the police. The police contacted Jiang Xiaoyan's parents as soon as possible. Because Jiang Xiaoyan's father was sick in bed and couldn't walk, Jiang Xiaoyan's mother was the only one who came to the police station.

Upon learning of her daughter's disappearance, Jiang Xiaoyan's mother almost fainted on the spot. She put all the responsibility for her daughter's disappearance on Mu Zi, saying that it was all Mu Zi's fault, and cried and shouted for Mu Zi to return her daughter. This incident caused great trauma to Mu Zi's psychology. In fact, Jiang Xiaoyan would have such a thing, and Mu Zi's heart was more sad than anyone else. She would rather the person who had an accident happen to her than her best friend falling into the wrong hands.

On the morning of January 31, the police sent people to Shining Media Co., Ltd., where Jiang Xiaoyan participated in the interview, to learn about the situation, and at the same time found someone to investigate the company's background information. The company was founded a year ago with a registered capital of 1 million yuan, and its main business scope includes brand promotion, etiquette modeling, exhibition display, film and television shooting, etc., and is a formal and legal company.

According to the interviewer, Ms. Chen, Jiang Xiaoyan did come to their company for an interview the morning before, and they felt that Jiang Xiaoyan's image and temperament were more in line with the requirements, and promised to arrange a job for her as soon as possible and let her go back and wait for the notice.

Regarding Jiang Xiaoyan's disappearance, company personnel said they had no knowledge. The police retrieved the company's internal surveillance footage and confirmed that Jiang Xiaoyan had entered the company at 9:54 a.m. on January 30 and left the company at 10:37 a.m. At the same time, the time of elevator monitoring also coincides with this time. In other words, Jiang Xiaoyan did not know her whereabouts until after she participated in the interview and left the company.

The media company is located in a high-rise complex in the center of the city, with a six-storey podium below as a commercial building and dozens of large and small companies in the office building above. The office building is separated from the commercial part, with independent entrances and exits, but outside the office building, there is a bustling and noisy commercial block, where people come and go every day, and no one notices what people pass by.

Because there is no evidence that Ms. Jiang's disappearance is directly related to the media company, the investigation into the company ends there. However, the actual situation that Xia Shi learned through the relationship was that in addition to Jiang Xiaoyan, there were several other girls who had participated in the model interview and their whereabouts were also unknown, and this coincidence had to be reminiscent of someone in the company who was playing tricks.

"So you're saying it's likely that the media company is secretly colluding with a gang of traffickers and using their work to provide them with 'supplies'?" After listening to Xia Shi's narration, Gu Song's mood felt very heavy. In fact, he very much hoped that Jiang Xiaoyan's disappearance was just an isolated case, but now it seems that this hope has basically been dashed.

Xia Shi nodded, agreeing very much with Gu Song's opinion. "I think it's probably just a front for them to hire part-time models online. These missing girls have a good image and temperament, and if they want to sell them, they will definitely be able to sell them for a good price. Especially to sell to those ......" Xia Shi suddenly stopped talking. He turned his head to look at Qi Ruonan and found that the latter was looking at him with a horrified expression, probably guessing what he wanted to say.

"I hope it's not like that......" Qi Ruonan said with emotion. As a girl, of course, she can put herself in the victim's shoes and imagine this matter.

Zhao Xiaolin also felt very angry, he clenched his fists, gritted his teeth and said, "How can these beasts do such a heartbreaking thing? Good girls have been ruined by them. ”

"Okay, calm down." Gu Song patted his arm and said, "Since something has happened, no matter how angry we are, it won't help." As a police officer, what we need to think about is how to catch the murderer behind the scenes, and how to save these victimized girls from the hands of demons. ”

Zhao Xiaolin shook his head and smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Song, Brother Xia Shi, sometimes I wonder why some crimes have been solved even though they have happened for so long. There are so many obvious evils in the city, why do we often turn a blind eye to them? I used to hear people speak ill of the police and say that we were incompetent, and I would feel very angry. But now, how do I think that maybe it was because of our negligence that led to the appearance of the Night Killer, who is reminding us to do our duty more conscientiously with our police mission. ”

"Our mission is to catch the Night Killer at all costs." Gu Song did not agree with Zhao Xiaolin's statement, "Although there are inevitably some evils in this society that we ignore, we are trying to fight against all kinds of criminal activities every day, and we don't need a killer in the name of justice to remind us of anything with cruel murder." ”

"That's right." Qi Ruonan will always be on Gu Song's side. "While Mr. Killer's intentions may be good, it's always wrong to kill people anyway. Whoever breaks the law is our enemy, and we must bring this bastard to justice. What do you say, Brother Xia Shi? After speaking, she turned her head to look at Xia Shi, but the latter did not answer, silently lit a cigarette, and then fell into deep thought.

The heavy topic made the mood of several people extremely depressed, and there was a brief silence at the dinner table. Qi Ruonan sighed helplessly, lowered his head and silently picked up the vegetables. Zhao Xiaolin was also a little embarrassed, after all, he was the first to provoke this topic. He took a cigarette from Xia Shi and lit it, and also made a state of thought.

After being silent for a long time, Xia Shicai looked at Gu Song with a serious expression, and slowly spoke: "Let's put aside the matter of the Night Killer first." Do you think that the culprit in the disappearance of the girl is the same criminal organization as the trafficker gang that we are currently pursuing? ”

"If I said yes, would you believe it?" Gu Song replied with a serious expression, "I think these cases should be investigated immediately, and there must be an inextricable connection between them." ”

"Why?"

"Intuition."

"Haha, intuition?" Xia Shi suddenly couldn't control it and laughed. "Such an unreliable reason, you can say it."

"Yes, that's such an unreliable reason." Gu Song also smiled self-deprecatingly, "That's why I said it because you asked." He thought that Xia Shi was going to take the opportunity to ridicule him again, saying that the police should pay attention to truth and evidence in handling cases, and his intuition was too illusory. Unexpectedly, after staring at him for a few seconds, Xia Shi said to him in a very trusting tone: "This time, I believe you!" ”