Although Ning Xue had repeatedly rejected the director's "kindness", when they came to Baisha Township, the township chief was waiting at the intersection early.

Ning Xue was not very happy, because it made her feel that Nanjiang County did not regard herself as a policeman at all, or even as an adult on the spot, but as a mentally handicapped lady who needed someone to protect her at all times.

Wang Yu whispered comforting her: "This is not bad, at least with the township chief here, it will be more convenient for us to visit the families of other victims." ”

Ning Xue left the mobile phone number of the township chief and asked him to go back first, saying that she would contact him when she needed it.

The first stop for her and Wang Yu was naturally Guojun's house.

The situation at Guojun's house is not very good, a two-story bungalow hut, chickens and ducks are running all over the yard, and the pigs in the pigsty are screaming with hunger.

This is actually the general level in the village, and the other families I saw along the way are not much better.

Although it is the Chinese New Year period, there is no New Year's atmosphere at home.

It was deserted, neither pasting Spring Festival couplets nor setting off firecrackers.

A middle-aged man, squatting on the threshold, smoking a dry cigarette with blank eyes.

He is Guojun's father.

After learning that Wang Yu and Ning Xue were here to help his son clear their grievances, Xu's father was very moved, and despite the persuasion of Wang Yu and Ning Xue, he had to pick up the firewood knife and slaughtered a big fat goose, saying that he would entertain them well today.

Ning Xue said helplessly: "Auntie, you take us to Guojun's room to have a look." ”

"Okay, you come with me."

Mother Xu took the two into the house.

Guojun's room is on the second floor.

There are a total of four rooms on the second floor, and they are all warehouses except for Kunijun's room.

One of them was full of paddy, another was full of corn, and one was stocked with sundries.

In Guojun's room, in addition to the basic furniture such as the bed, wardrobe, and desk, the most conspicuous thing is the award certificate posted on the wall.

After reading these awards from elementary school to junior high school and high school, Wang Yu finally affirmed that Xu's mother did not exaggerate, Guojun is really a very good child.

At least in terms of learning.

Wang Yu saw a group photo of his junior high school graduation on the table.

In the last row, there are five people with faces painted side by side.

Wang Yu took this photo and asked Xu's mother: "Sister Xu, which person in the photo is Guojun?" ”

Mother Xu pointed to a short-haired teenager on the right side of the five pasty faces and said, "He is Guojun." ”

Wang Yu nodded, and then asked, "Are these five people next to this the missing five children?" ”

"That's right, they are the five classmates who Guojun disappeared, because they have a very good relationship, so when they take the graduation photo, they all stand together."

Xu Mu then said confusedly: "It's so strange...... I remembered that their faces were clear, why are they suddenly blurry now? ”

Wang Yu then asked, "Can you still recognize who they are?" ”

Mother Xu looked at the photo and tried to identify: "I can only recognize the thinnest one in the middle, his nickname is Gouzi, and his nickname is Zhou Wei." ”

Ning Xue on the side heard the name Zhou Wei and was immediately attracted to it.

Because when she was in the Public Security Bureau before, she had already read the police case files, and Zhou Wei was the only one among these people who could not determine the time of disappearance.

The remaining four teenagers disappeared for four consecutive days on February 5, 6, 7, and 8.

Only this Zhou Wei did not determine the time of disappearance.

Because the case file shows that Zhou Wei is a divorced family, he lives with his parents, and his father works in other places all the year round, so he basically lives alone.

At the time of the crime, Zhou Wei's father had not returned to his hometown, so no one knew exactly when he disappeared.

Ning Xue asked, "Aunt Xu, when was the last time you saw Zhou Wei?" ”

Xu's mother recalled: "The last time I saw the dog was on February 2nd, when Guojun and the five of them went fishing by the river. ”

Wang Yu said: "That is to say, on the same day, after Guojun came back, he began to lock himself in the house, unwilling to see people?" ”

Mother Xu nodded, wiped her tears with her sleeve, and said sadly: "I don't know what Guojun saw outside that day, how did he become like that after returning home......"

Wang Yu said to Ning Xue: "We should go to the rest of the children's homes now." ”

Ning Xue also had this intention, and he immediately called the township chief.

In less than ten minutes, the township chief arrived on a motorcycle.

As soon as they met, the township chief said courteously: "Miss Ning, Young Master Wang, I have asked my mother-in-law to prepare wine and food at home, and you will come to my house for dinner tonight." ”

Ning Xue said: "Thank you for the kindness of the township chief, but Uncle Xu and Aunt Xu have already cooked my meal with Wang Yu, so I can only say sorry." ”

The township chief was a little embarrassed and said, "It's okay, as long as the two young ladies are willing to appreciate their faces, welcome to come at any time." ”

Ning Xue said seriously: "Township Chief, we want to visit the families of the other four missing teenagers except Zhou Wei, and we ask you to lead the way." ”

The township chief parked the motorcycle in the courtyard of Guojun's house, and then took Wang Yu and Ning Xue to start visiting the four families in the order of their disappearance.

Ning Xue's question boils down to two, where did your child go before he disappeared? What are the unusual manifestations?

The answers from the four households were almost identical.

That is, before the disappearance, the four teenagers were all abnormally "peaceful", specifically, they had always been crazy all day long during the holidays, and in those days, they suddenly stayed at home and were unwilling to go out.

And their mood seems to be restless, as if something is on their minds.

As for the way they disappeared, it was the same.

They didn't get up for a long time in the morning, and their family knocked on the door and called people in the house but there was no response, and when they forcibly opened the door and went in, they found that there was no one in the house.

Because these children are not young, they are all sixteen or seventeen years old, especially the children in the countryside are sensible and self-reliant, so even if they don't say hello when they go out to play for three or five days, the family never worries.

This is a view that hurts these parents.

By the time they realize that something is wrong, it is too late to make amends. The government put pressure on them to help find the child.

Ning Xue asked them, why did they suspect that the disappearance of their children was related to Xu Guojun?

Their answers are very illogical and laughable.

Because they feel that these six teenagers are inseparable every day, but in the end, only Guojun is fine, so Guojun must be responsible.

It is simply a manifestation of the idea of not suffering from the few but suffering from inequality.

After visiting the four families, it was already dark.

Wang Yu and Ning Xue returned to Guojun's house and had a hearty dinner.

There are no hotels or hostels in the township, so Wang Yu and Ning Xue can only stay at Guojun's house.

The Xu couple changed their son Guojun's bed with brand new sheets, so that Ning Xue could sleep in this room at night.

They also vacated the tool room next door and made a bed in it so that Wang Yu could sleep at night.

It was still early, Wang Yu and Ning Xue sat on the bed in Guojun's house, analyzing the case under the orange white woven lamp.

Ning Xue said that the top priority was to find the five missing teenagers.

Wang Yu bluntly said that they are probably no longer alive, and the fake photo on the graduation photo is a sign.

Ning Xue was not very surprised, this was what she expected, even through the probability analysis of criminal cases, in general, similar disappearance cases, 95% of the results are the murder of the missing person.

"Wang Yu, what do you think is the key to this case?"

"Riverside!"

"Riverside?"

"That's right, it's by the river. The last collective action of the six teenagers was to go fishing together on the afternoon of February 2. Since that day, Guojun has been seriously autistic, and the rest of the people are more or less abnormal. Then, three days later, on February 5th, the teenagers disappeared one after another. So I think it must be unusual for them to go fishing in the river this time. ”

"It's a pity that it's already night, otherwise we can go to the river to have a look." Ning Xue said with some regret.