Two o'clock in the morning, the case hall.

Chen Yi stood there like a scarecrow, motionless.

In sight, there is the list provided by Zhang Jingang and Chen Zhiyao.

He has now kicked Cui Kun out of his mind for the time being, and with a new gaze, he has taken a look at the old case of disappearance more than ten years ago.

Again, that's the same sentence.

If there is a connection between the two cases, then the new case is the key to the old case, and the old case is the best way to break the deadlock in the new case.

Common.

As long as more common ground can be found.

These three words are not enough.

"What if Cui Kun is not the murderer?"

Chen Yi raised his hand to hold the whiteboard, lowered his head and closed his eyes slightly, and the picture in his mind unfolded, which was the situation of Cui Kun facing the interrogation before.

"I didn't kill her!"

……

"I didn't kill anyone anyway!"

……

"You have to be proof!"

Expressions, tones, and contents, like slow-moving movies, skimmed through Chen Yi's mind frame by frame, pausing from time to time.

Cui Kun's state does have points that can be deduced, not like a trick that he played with the police in a fit of anger and did not admit it.

Especially that sentence: I didn't kill anyone anyway.

Now there are more new clues after the interrogation, that is, in Cui Kun's car, biological traces suspected of Zhao Ruoyao were found.

can't be wrong, it must be Zhao Ruoyao after identification.

If he went to Cui Kun with new evidence, what would he say?

Thinking of this, Chen Yi whispered to himself: "So what? What's wrong with getting into my car, I didn't kill anyone anyway! ”

Didn't kill anyway?

Can it be interpreted like this: That's right, I just controlled her, I just stunned him, I didn't kill anyone, anyway, I just didn't kill anyone!

In a deeper sense, is the murderer a different one?

Locking in this possibility, Chen Yi opened his eyes and looked at the list on the whiteboard again.

He picked up the marker pen in his hand and drew a circle on each of the three lists.

The name of the overlapping intersection is Bai Guoxiang.

Bai Guoxiang?

Chen Yi was stunned for a moment, then turned around and came to the computer, and began to search for the information of the Kangshi Group in the recent period.

"I almost forgot a question, my father is no longer involved in charity work, what does he, Bai Guoxiang, as the chairman, do by himself?"

As he spoke, Chen Yi looked at the information that popped up on the screen.

In the past six months, there has been a problem with the products of the Contship Group, which has led to a significant decline in social evaluation, and the company has suffered a lot of negative impacts.

PR, is working on it.

The donation ceremony is one of the ways to ease the image of Contship Group in the eyes of the public.

Many reporters were invited to that ceremony, and it was also promoted by well-intentioned people to publicize it.

Is this why Bai Guoxiang was there in person?

Recalling the conversation with Bai Guoxiang during the day, Chen Yi slid the mouse and opened the video of the donation ceremony.

The scene was very lively, a peaceful scene, Bai Guoxiang smiled, and personally handed the gift in his hand to Zhao Ruoyao.

Zhao Ruoyao is very happy and looking forward to it.

However, when Bai Guoxiang faced Zhao Ruoyao, he did not leave directly like others, but after staying for a while, he raised his hand to brush Zhao Ruoyao's hair.

Like, the elders' love for the younger generations.

Zhao Ruoyao didn't care, and her smile never disappeared, after all, she was facing an elder who could be called a grandfather.

"The two know each other?"

Chen Yi frowned, got up and came to the whiteboard again, took out his mobile phone, and flipped through the photos of two missing girls more than ten years ago.

Then, carefully compare with Zhao Ruoyao.

Suddenly, his eyes froze, as if he had found something, and he really didn't care about it before.

The third common denominator is here.

The face shape of the three girls, relatively special, belongs to the combination of diamond-shaped face and goose egg face, which looks very comfortable and is easy to fall in love with at first sight.

It's not particularly pretty, but it's impressive and extremely attractive.

This kind of appearance is much better than those makeup or plastic faces.

"Is it ......?"

Chen Yi put away his mobile phone and returned to the computer to search for information about the Ningshun Welfare Institute.

Unfortunately, there are very few.

When the Ninh Thuan Welfare Institute was abandoned, the network was not particularly developed, so it did not leave much information background.

After discovering this, Chen Yi let go of the mouse and leaned back in the chair.

When he took his eyes off Cui Kun, the seemingly chaotic clues disappeared and merged with each other to form the most reasonable line.

There is no doubt about this line.

Since there is no doubt, that is the most likely fact.

"It seems that I need to go to the Ningshun Welfare Institute, I don't know if it is still there, whether it has been demolished."

Chen Yi muttered to himself, sat on the chair and gradually fell asleep.

……

The next day, because of the urgency of the case, everyone came early.

However, there was no trace of Chen Yi.

"Where's Chen Yi?"

Zhuo Yun was strange, shouted twice and did not respond, then fixed his gaze and walked to the whiteboard in the case handling hall.

It's plastered with photos and documents, as well as redundant lines that make it difficult to understand.

As time passed, more and more people came, and they all came around, including Fang Shuyu.

"Where's Chen Yi?"

Fang Shuyu had the same question.

Zhuo Yun shook his head: "I don't know, I guess I found something, go verify it, right?" ”

"What's the situation with this Bai Guoxiang?"

As he spoke, he pointed to the name at the top of the whiteboard.

Generally speaking, the criminal police's habit of handling cases will write the name of the final suspect in a prominent position above.

And the three words Bai Guoxiang are quite eye-catching, and they also have key logos.

Fang Shuyu wondered: "Bai Guoxiang? ”

"Bai Guoxiang is the chairman of Kangshi Group, and Chen Yi and I visited yesterday."

"The person is very good, it seems that he has a good relationship with Chen Yi's father, and the two companies still cooperate."

Zhuo Yun: "Uh......"

He took out his mobile phone and wanted to call Chen Yi, but finally gave up, and it was better not to bother for the time being.

"Let's work first, yesterday's appraisal results haven't been done yet."

"According to Chen Yi's previous instructions, everyone entered the work."

Everyone: "Okay." ”

……

At ten o'clock in the morning, after inquiring, Chen Yi drove to an old town in Yangcheng.

After getting out of the car, he stood in front of a building.

The iron gate that has fallen into disrepair, the bungalows with mottled walls, and the high flagpole in the courtyard are no longer flying red flags.

He shifted his gaze, and on the other side he could see a big tree that was not low in age, and the autumn wind was blowing, and the withered yellow leaves were flying from time to time.

Crash! Crash!

It wasn't quiet inside, there was the sound of sweeping floors.

Chen Yi raised his hand and pushed open the iron door.

Squeak!

It is true that the iron door has not been maintained for a long time, and under the frictional pressure, it makes an overwhelming screeching sound.

Hearing the movement, the sweeping uncle looked up.

"Hello, uncle."

Chen Yi smiled and quickened his pace.

The old man was a little strange, stopped sweeping the floor, put his hands on the broom rod, and supported his body.

"Is there anything wrong, young man?" The old man's voice was a little hoarse.

Chen Yi came to the front and said with a smile: "Uncle, I am a policeman, and I want to come and talk to you." ”

As he spoke, he pulled out a cigarette and handed it over.

The old man glanced at it, shook his head and said, "I have quit a long time ago." ”

Chen Yi didn't insist and put it in his mouth.

Watching Chen Yi light a cigarette, the old man spoke: "You won't be here to check on the missing, right?" ”

Hearing this, Chen Yi made a move, obviously not wanting to move the other party's first sentence, and said his purpose, which was very unexpected.

Seeing that he was right, the old man sighed and shook his head: "It's been so many years, and I'm still investigating." ”

"Back then, you were still in elementary school, right? It's a lot of waves. ”

Chen Yi was slightly silent and said, "Uncle, isn't this welfare home deserted?" Why are you still working? ”

The old man glanced at him, picked up the broom and continued to sweep the floor slowly, and said: "It's nothing to retire, and being idle is idle." ”

"This place, it's quite impressive."

Chen Yi hesitated: "You used to be from the welfare home...... Dean? ”

The old man smiled: "What dean, how can you have that life, it's just a janitor, and by the way, he is also in charge of the room." ”

Chen Yi nodded: "Oh, I see." ”

"That...... Can you tell me about Zhang Mengxia and Wang Haiqi? ”

Old man: "Didn't you say it more than ten years ago, you can check the information yourself." ”

Chen Yi: "I want to listen to it again, is it okay, uncle?" ”

The old man was helpless, so he used the broom rod to support his body again, turned his head to look at Chen Yidao, "What do you want to hear?" ”

Chen Yidao: "Just talk about it, uncle." ”

The old man was silent for a moment, and then said, "These two children are very likable." ”

"You should have a picture there, aren't you handsome?"

"Hey, it's a pity, I don't know where I went."

"The most impressive thing for me is Wang Haiqi, Haiqi is a quirky child, very amused, and often comes over to chat with me and asks me to tell her about things outside."

"Now, you're in your thirties, right? I don't know if I'm married, if I have children. ”

"If I had a child, I would be as cute as her."

"You say, you don't want to come back to see me."

"Hey."

Sighing again, the old man continued to sweep.

Chen Yi was quiet for a while and said, "In case they ......"

As soon as he said four words, the old man suddenly turned his head and interrupted: "What if? You can't have a crow's beak at a young age! ”

"Aren't you a policeman? When you can't even find someone as a police officer, how do you do it? ”

Facing the old man who was suddenly a little emotional, Chen Yi expressed his apology: "I'm sorry uncle." ”

The old man was indignant, glared at him, and continued to work, going farther and farther.

Chen Yi stepped forward and chased after him, and said, "Uncle, who did the two of you go with the closest back then?" ”

The old man turned his back to Chen Yi and replied, "Zhang Mengxia doesn't know, Wang Haiqi and I are very close. ”

Chen Yi: "Except for you?" ”

"I'm talking about adult males, not necessarily from welfare homes."

Old man: "That's the dean." ”

Chen Yi: "Is the dean's name Bai Guoxiang?" ”

Old man: "No, the Bai Guoxiang you said is the big boss outside, who has funded a lot of money, a good person." ”

(End of chapter)