Xu Zheng originally thought that the choice of which case would be discussed by the big guys, and at the worst it should be the participation of two squadron leaders.

Who knew that when I went to work on Wednesday, I was told that the bureau leaders had already been determined, and it was the disappearance case ten years ago.

It is also known as the Wumei disappearance case. Ten years ago, that is, in 2024, from March after the year, five women disappeared in Changming urban area in a year's time.

The age ranges from 18 to 36 years old, and the main reason why it is called the Wumei disappearance case is that they are extremely beautiful, and they or their families have a lot of property.

The reason why these five disappearance cases were handled together was that in addition to the fact that the five people disappeared without warning, there was also a photo posted on the circle of friends on the day of the disappearance of the five women.

The photo is a cartoon version of the background picture of a boy and girl, many people think that this photo should represent the first love, represent the beautiful love, and the murderer should be abandoned by the first love or his death.

Or maybe he was killed by the murderer. But the police did not find any clues in this regard at the time. At this time, Xu Zheng was excited, the case was only ten years ago, he had heard a little about this case before, but he didn't expect that it had not been solved for so many years.

And what makes Xu Zheng even more excited is that Wan Haihong and Wang Nianpan have investigated this case, and the results speak for themselves, if they solve it in a slippery way, wouldn't this be another thing to tease them.

It's just that as he looked through the file, Xu Zheng's heart cooled, the file was very simple, it was all about the family, work, school, relatives, friends, and classmates of these five women... In short, there is no clue to the murderer in so much information, and it cannot be said that there is none, and some of them are the inferences and conjectures of various investigators.

Xu Zheng took a cursory look and sighed in his heart, these materials don't seem to be useful for solving the case, and if there is, it won't become an unsolved case.

One day, Xu Zheng and his colleagues repeatedly checked the files, and everyone changed from high interest at the beginning to listlessness.

Sure enough, the simpler the crime process, the more difficult it is to investigate. Anyway, when it was time to get off work, Xu Zheng shook his head, and he was dizzy from thinking all day.

Wan Haihong and Yang Zhengchang rushed to the second team before getting off work, and when they saw everyone like this, they knew that they had gained nothing, but this was obviously what they expected.

The two of them came over to encourage everyone, and gave the second team a month to investigate the case.

"Although this case does not seem to be difficult to handle, in the past ten years, the relevant criminal investigation experts in our municipal bureau, the provincial department and even the ministry have tried, and I don't need to say much about the results. Give you a month to fight for it, does Xu Zheng have confidence? ”

"There must be!" Xu Zheng stood up and said loudly against his will, in front of so many people, no matter what, you have to cooperate with the leader.

Wan Haihong waved his hand and smiled and asked Xu Zheng to sit down first,

"Look at this Xu Detective, he is so unconfident in speaking, such an old Yang, you can go to the meeting in the city at night for me, and I will take him out for a walk." Su Xuejing, who was 36 years old when she disappeared, lived in Taiping South Road, Qinhuai District, and Meijing Tiancheng Community, it is said that she has been missing for ten years, but when Wan Haihong took Xu Zheng to visit Su Xuejing's husband, he found that her man had never been married.

According to the information, the man named Chu Libin is 6 years old this year, and he has not remarried since his wife disappeared ten years ago, raising a son and a daughter with the help of his parents.

According to the relevant laws of the state, if a natural person has been missing for two years or more, his immediate family members can apply to the public security organ for the death of the natural person with relevant documents.

Because Su Xuejing has insurance, Chu Libin received a compensation of 800,000 yuan four years after his disappearance, of course, if you don't apply for the death of the missing person, the insurance company will not pay it so quickly, plus his own work is good, so after Xu Zheng knocked on the door and went in, he found that their home should be good.

On the side of the entrance of the door, there was a Han Ding brand fishing gear, which he had never seen Han Dongwen buy, and it was not cheap.

"Detachment Wan, why are you here today?" Although Chu Libin is not short of money, he is definitely not a happy person, with white hair on his temples, forehead lines and nasolabial folds are very profound, which makes him look more than ten years old.

Wan Haihong smiled and let Xu Zheng out,

"Mr. Chu, this is the case-handling elite of our Municipal Bureau Detachment, Xu Zheng, at present, your wife's case is in charge of their second brigade..."

Now seeing that Wan Haihong brought such a young policeman, the doubts on his face were undisguised, if Wan Haihong hadn't followed this time, perhaps, he would have coaxed Xu Zheng out directly.

Every time the case is reopened, there is both hope and disappointment, and the taste is not difficult for the parties to understand.

Wan Haihong saw that the smile on Chu Libin's face disappeared, and his forehead was like a wrinkled rag.

"Mr. Chu, have you lost confidence in our police?"

"Ten thousand detachments, look at what you said, come, come and sit inside." Chu Libin beckoned Wan Haihong and Xu Zheng to come in, and poured tea for them.

"To tell you the truth, our family has been missing quietly for ten years, and there has been no news. We hope you understand. Wan Haihong put away his smile and said with a straight face: "Mr. Chu, we came this time, and I dare not say that we will make a 100% decision to you, but I can represent the detachment on behalf of the city bureau, and this time to restart your wife's disappearance case, there are definitely more police resources than before." As he spoke, he pointed at Xu Zheng again,

"This Xu squadron has extraordinary combat power since he became a police officer, and has won many personal second-class merits and third-class merits, you can inquire about this casually."

"The 10,000 detachment laughed, I still don't believe your words." Chu Libin glanced at Xu Zheng carefully and smiled at him,

"There is a way that heroes come out of teenagers, I see that Squadron Xu is full of spirit and heroic, maybe there is really hope that this case will be solved in his hands." This kind of polite talk Xu Zheng can only smile, if he stands up and guarantees to resolutely solve the case of Su Xuejing's disappearance, it is estimated that Chu Libin really thinks that he is talking big.

"Mr. Chu, your son and daughter are in high school, right?" Wan Haihong looked around Chu Libin's house and found that it was about the same as three years ago, and he had nothing to do with him.

Chu Libin talked about a pair of children, and his expression became proud,

"Well, I was admitted to Qinhuai No. 1 Middle School, which made me worry a lot..."The two chatted for a long time before Wan Haihong proposed to say goodbye, Xu Zheng didn't talk much this time, but he didn't understand what the significance of the Wan detachment bringing him here.

Needless to say, the victim's family must be very pitiful, especially a person like Chu Libin, who is very affectionate, but it is still the same sentence, there are many poor people in this world, could it be that the 10,000 detachment brought him over today to comfort and inform the victim's family?

On the way back, no, Xu was driving, but Wan Haihong asked him to drive to the side of the bridge area, which was obvious, Wan Haihong was ready to take him to the next victim's house.

"Do you think that I won't let you go home after work, and I will bring you here to do something that seems meaningless?" Wan Haihong sat in the back of the car, his eyes closed.

This is a topic of inquiry, and the truth of the police can be divided into three categories, one is to treat the police as a profession and go to work to make money; One is for dreams, eliminating violence, and serving the people; The third category is the fisher, don't mention it.

Most of the old policemen like Wan Haihong belong to the second category, while Xu Zheng is young and uncertain, but there is a high probability that he is inclined to the second type.

However, people like Wan Haihong came to the door one by one to make it clear to the victims' families, to be honest, he didn't do this in the previous cases.

Xu Zheng considered the wording,

"Did the Wan detachment slap you in the face in this case back then?"

"You... You! Wan Haihong had done a good job of teaching Xu just a lesson in ideology and morality, but when he thought that this kid would dare to arrange himself directly, he sighed,

"It's right if you want to say this, when I first became the detachment leader, I used this case as the first fire for the new officer. As a result, the fire burned directly to myself, and my old buddies still make fun of me about it. It can be seen that in any case, investigators must go all out when handling the case. Xu Zheng nodded hurriedly and asked casually, "Then why did you bring me here?" ”

"What am I bringing you here for, you won't realize it yourself?" Wan Haihong said angrily: "Many people think that the times have changed, and thinking is not so important, but I think if you want to go further, you must stick to your thoughts." We domestic officials are all a group of like-minded people, so you have to ponder the truth more. What Wan Haihong said was in the clouds, Xu Zheng didn't understand it, but he understood Wan Haihong's intention today, this was for him to refine his heart.

On the one hand, he is consoling the families of the victims, and on the other hand, he also puts his place among the masses, not just for show.

Yiqiao District University Town, Changming Normal School, Fang Lilin, a university professor, is 58 years old this year, ten years ago his daughter Fang Xinhua was 18 years old, a freshman at Changming University, but he didn't expect this disappearance to be ten years.

Old Professor... Why does Xu Zheng call him an old professor, because he is the same as Chu Libin, he looks ten years old when he looks old, and he is full of gray hair, and like Chu Libin, he is now living alone.

Fang Xinhua is his only daughter, in the past ten years, his wife has died of depression because of this matter, and the old professor is now living to find the truth about his daughter's disappearance.

He is also the person who went to the detachment to inquire about the progress of the case in this Wumei disappearance case. At first glance, Xu Zheng felt that the old professor had a big temper, no, seeing that it was Wan Haihong who knocked on the door, he snorted dissatisfiedly, but no matter how tired he was of the police, he would not turn Wan Haihong away.

"Ho, I thought it was a great god who came to the Humble House, but I didn't expect it to be a detective from Changming City, how did you find the murderer of my daughter?" Facing the old professor with a gun and a stick, Wan Haihong smiled,

"Professor Fang, it's been a long time since I've drunk your old fragrant tea, and we came here today to give you a surprise."

"My tea is not that good for ordinary people, as for you, hum, it's been ten years, and I guess you don't have the face to drink it." Fang Lilin still stimulated Wan Haihong with thorns in his words, but it seems that the two of them should be very familiar with each other in private.

"Look at what you always said, let me first introduce you to a rising star of our police, Xu Zheng, Xu Squadron, who is currently in charge of your daughter's disappearance." Wan Haihong pointed at Xu Zheng and said.

Xu Zheng hurriedly stood up from the sofa, and wanted to salute the old professor, but he thought that he was now in civilian clothes, so he took the initiative to stretch out his hands to show his sincerity.

"Professor Fang, I am the squadron leader of the Second Brigade of the Municipal Bureau Detachment, I..."

"I know you!" Fang Lilin didn't wait for Xu Zheng to finish speaking, and grabbed his hands,

"I know you, Officer Xu Zhengxu, Detective Xu, Xu... I've wanted to visit you in person for a long time, but last week I heard that all of you were on a business trip. Professor Fang was very polite to Xu Zheng this time, obviously he knew very well what Xu Zheng was capable of in the city bureau now, and pulled him to sit on the sofa, making tea and staring at him with hope on his face.

I'm afraid that Xu Zheng won't be able to handle his daughter's case if he says a word. Wan Haihong smiled at the old man's performance, and he didn't see it, he directly picked up the teapot and poured himself a cup.

Xu Zheng saw that Wan Haihong did not participate in the conversation between him and Professor Fang, and smiled bitterly in his heart, he didn't expect this old professor to investigate him so clearly, and he was too enthusiastic, but he was just getting into contact with this case now.

So when the old professor asked him what his thoughts on the case, Xu Zheng was directly stuck. However, Fang Lilin didn't wait for Xu Zheng to answer, and said directly: "After so many years of research, I think the murderer should be only 20-25 years old in 2024, greedy for women's beauty, and dare not take the initiative to contact, with an inferiority complex, so he will secretly follow my daughter." Seeing my daughter like his first love, so... So you should check the young girl who died unexpectedly in Changming back then, starting from the murderer's first love, you will always find his traces..."Fang Lilin said as he pulled out a blackboard from behind the sofa, which was full of Wumei's basic information, and a skull was marked in the middle to represent the murderer, and continued to tell Xu Zheng his guess,

"Officer Xu, only if you re-investigate the school-age girls who died in an accident back then, there will definitely be clues." Wan Haihong watched the old professor become more and more crazy, but he didn't show surprise, it seems that he knows very well that this professor has been obsessed with solving cases for ten years.

Xu Zheng was a little scared, the professor's eyes were too scary, his eyes were bright, this was the look of curiosity and wanting to be recognized, he hurriedly held the old professor's hand, and said sincerely: "I will arrange your opinion when I go back, so that Professor Fang, if you have time in the future, you can go to our detachment to be a criminal consultant, how about it?" "It is said that it is better for the victim's family not to be involved in solving the case, because they have a little clue and they want the police to verify it, and if you don't investigate, they will think that you are fishing.

But Xu Zheng looked at Professor Fang's mental state, and was really afraid that he would get mentally ill if he solved the case like this again.

At this time, Wan Haihong tasted a sip of fragrant tea,

"Professor Fang, Xu Zheng's suggestion, you can consider it, communicate more with the front-line criminal investigators, and save you from working here alone behind closed doors." He seemed to remember something, and said to Xu Zheng: "Oh, by the way, Xu Zheng, you don't know yet, the rough old man in front of you is still a civilian detective." "It turned out that Professor Fang lost his beloved daughter and wife, in addition to work, he set up a private free detective agency in his spare time, of course, this is not official, because the state does not allow it, what about him, when he hears that there is a case, he will secretly research.

Ten years have passed, to be honest, the old professor only has one enthusiasm worthy of praise, and the rest can only be said to have limited talent.

So, when he heard Wan Haihong tease him, Professor Fang glared at him directly, and then snatched the teapot over... At this moment, Xu Zheng looked at the white-haired old man, and stared at the relationship charts on his blackboard, and finally realized that although ten years had passed since the case, the past ten years had not diluted the old professor's motivation to find the murder of his daughter.

It's really not easy to be a parent, from life to death, maybe the day when the truth of Fang Xinhua's disappearance case is revealed, this old professor may just break up...