When the second brigade was having a morning meeting the next day, Director Zhang from the detachment's general office suddenly called Zhang Yuqi. After she answered the phone, her face became colorful and she looked at the members of the second brigade. Xu Zheng paused.
Zhan Xuzheng immediately had a bad feeling. No, Zhang Yuqi pursed her lips and smiled slightly,
"Xu Zheng, Li Wanwan, there are a group of guests coming downstairs. You two go to receive them. You must know what you should and shouldn't say." Xu Zheng and Li Wanwan felt confused by Zhang Yuqi's words. , I just guessed that it was my colleagues from other places who needed help, but Lang Shaobai and Zhuang Qiang looked like they were laughing. It didn't seem like they were assisting their colleagues.
When Xu Zheng and Li Wanwan arrived downstairs, he realized that it was no wonder that the faces of his colleagues were colorful, because the visitors were the family members of the victims of Wumei's disappearance. Except for the husband of the missing person Su Xuejing, several others were the parents of the missing person.
As soon as he entered the conference room downstairs, Professor Fang Lilin saw him. The young old man was energetic and wore gray short-sleeved clothes. He was very clean today. He took a few steps quickly and held Xu Zheng's hand.
"Comrade Xiao Xu, we just heard from Director Zhang that there has been significant progress in our daughter's case?"
"Hehe..." Xu Zheng suddenly felt that the old man was laying landmines for him. Director Zhang is the old director of the general office. He doesn't know what's going on in the detachment. The case of the second brigade is now strictly confidential. How could he possibly Speaking to the outside world.
When I saw Xu Zheng, I immediately pretended to be stupid. The uncles and aunties nearby immediately pretended to criticize Professor Fang.
"You old man, Comrade Xu worked so hard to solve the case. Are you ashamed to plot against him here?"
"Lao Fang, you can't do this. Don't let Comrade Xu feel cold. Come on, Comrade Xu, sit down quickly. Is there any progress in our case?" Zhan
"Yes, Comrade Xu, when you went to my house before, you gave us a guarantee that you would catch the murderer."
"Comrade Xiao Xu, we have no choice but to come here today. We are definitely grateful for you to reopen my daughter's case, but it has been more than ten days and there is still no news. We can't wait any longer!" Until this moment! Only then did Xu Zheng really understand Zhang Yuqi’s teasing eyes. He looked at Li Wanwan as if asking for help. This little junior sister, who had always been the elder brother and the younger brother, saw him surrounded by these uncles and aunties and kept talking, Li Wanwan was innocent. He winked at Xu Zheng.
Then he silently retreated to the door. It is really a difficult job to appease the emotions of the victim's family.
No wonder Chief Yang and the others were most afraid of Huang Xinyi's father coming to their door. The old man was unreasonable. The Huang family's tragedy was never solved. As soon as Old Man Huang came, he sat in the detachment for a day. Who could bear this?
Now Xu Zheng was listening to these old men and women asking him for explanations. He was extremely speechless. After all, he was young. He had no choice but to answer their questions seriously one by one. As for the progress of the case, this is I really can’t say.
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"Uncle and aunt, please sit down first. Sit down and let's talk. Wanwan, you can get some bottles of water for uncle and aunt. I want you to go for a run on such a hot day. If you want to know anything next time, you can call me directly. ..." Xu Zhizhao talked hard and finally persuaded these old people to sit down.
When he saw Chu Libin, he said a few words at the beginning and remained silent the rest of the time, so he immediately turned the conversation to Chu Libin.
"Master Chu, please tell us, ten years have passed since our case, but our superiors gave us three months, so you don't have to worry." Chu Libin mentioned it when he saw Xu Zheng , he also had to step forward to help this young detective,
"Uncle Fang, Uncle Liu, Aunt Ping, Aunt Tao, let's sit down first and listen to what Officer Xu said." What Xu Zheng didn't expect was that as soon as Chu Libin's words came out, these old men and women actually obeyed them. His words temporarily let Xu Zheng go.
Come to think of it, Chu Libin is the only one among the husbands of the five missing girls who has not remarried. He has two children by himself, and he is also the only middle-aged man who often comes to the detachment to inquire about the progress of the case. It seems that he is the leader of the family members. .
Even Fang Lilin, a private detective, followed Chu Libin's suggestion, but the old man just sat down when he sat down, but he still held Xu Zheng's left hand with both hands, and his strength was quite strong.
Xu Zheng saw that Professor Fang was very excited, with fear and anxiety written all over his face. It seemed that he just said that the case had not made any progress, and he felt a little panicked in his heart. However, the progress of the case was now at the critical stage, and it was necessary to Keep it confidential to the outside world,
"Professor Fang, you are a private investigator and should be very familiar with our criminal investigation and case handling procedures. You keep using your words to deceive me. Why, do you want me to break the rules?" Zhan Fang Lilin lowered his head in shame, but the old man wanted more Knowing the progress of his daughter's case, he apologized to Xu Zheng sincerely.
"Xiao Xu, what I did just now was indeed wrong. You also know that if I don't seek justice for my daughter, I will never settle in peace!" Xu Zheng was not really angry. He looked at Professor Fang and other victims' families. Judging by the expectant looks in their eyes, these are the victims' parents. Ten years have passed, except for Chu Libin, the other women's husbands and boyfriends have already forgotten these five missing women.
The bond of family and love has made their lives seem like years in the past ten years. Which woman is not the little cotton-padded jacket of her parents, and which woman is not the mother of her child.
"As the investigator of Wu Mei's disappearance case, I have not solved the case for so long. On behalf of the Second Brigade, I would like to apologize to all the elders..." Xu Zheng stood up, and Li Wanwan next to him had a sharp eye this time and followed. Standing up, the two men bowed and apologized to the victim's family present.
Next was a grievance meeting between both parties. Anyway, Xu Zheng refused to talk about the specific progress of the case. Professor Fang saw that he was leaking water, so he put away his little thoughts and pressed it with his hand. Several other old people also fell silent and stopped attacking Xu Zheng.
"Xiao Xu, I heard it just now. The case has made great progress, right?" This time Fang Lilin and other old people stared at Xu Zheng with faces filled with confusion and expectation.
Zhan Xuzheng thought for a while and nodded affirmatively. The old people and Chu Libin cried with joy when they saw this scene, but Li Wanwan pulled his clothes and shook his head slightly.
In fact, Xu Zheng's answer is to give the suspect a castle in the air. If the case is solved, everything will be fine. If not, his words may be grasped by the families of the victims today. If they refuse to let go, they will complain to the leaders of the city bureau. , the consequences... What Xu Zheng and Li Wanwan didn't expect was that after Professor Fang and the others looked at each other, they stood up and bowed to Xu Zheng. This made the two young policemen almost unable to resist.
After persuading for a long time, Professor Fang took Xu Zheng's hand and said: "Ten years, ten years. This is the first time I heard that there has been progress in the case. Alas, let's not talk about it. Xiao Xu, I know you Don't worry, even if the case is not solved this time, I won't blame you." Several other old people also expressed their opinions one after another. It is really better to receive Xu Zheng's words today than to miss him for ten years.
At this time, Li Wanwan said from the side: "The case has entered a critical stage now. We can't make any flaws. Grandpa, aunt, and Mr. Chu, when you leave this office, you must control your emotions to prevent others from being exposed." Noticed." Xu Zheng nodded quickly and added: "That's right, you must not tell outsiders about the case. If someone asks, I think you know how to answer, right?" Zhanzheng Xu Zheng and Lin Wanwan Finally the victim's family was persuaded, and they got a satisfactory answer and prepared to go back. Who knows, Director Zhang suddenly knocked on the door and came in. After looking around, everyone nodded and waved to Xu Zheng to let him out.
When he arrived outside the door, Xu Zheng discovered that besides Zhang Yuqi, Detachment Wan and Chief Yang were also there. Detachment Wan teased Xu Zheng,
"Look, Lao Yang, I said this is not a problem for him, but you still insist on dragging me over to help him calm down the situation." Yang Zhengchang smiled and looked at Xu Zheng with satisfaction.
"Let's get down to business. We discussed it just now and planned to let the families of these victims take a look at the photos of Xue Jiaping, Du Longtao and Bai Shuting to see if they have any impression of these people." Xu Zheng felt that there was a high probability that they would not. He would know, but he did not object because it was a decision made by the leadership and to appease the families of the victims.
The next task is for Ji Meiyue and Li Wanwan to interrogate these old people. This will definitely be fruitless. Therefore, Zhang Yuqi and Xu Zheng did not wait for the results, but went out to investigate Bai Shuting according to yesterday's arrangement.
On the way, Zhang Yuqi praised Xu Zheng and said that he had done a good job in comforting the victim's family. She also said that these tasks would be unavoidable in the future because every family member of the victim in each case would come here with an extremely curious heart. Heart.
Xu Zheng felt ashamed, but instead of explaining, he talked about today's task.
"According to the information from the Anti-History Brigade, Bai Shuting, 38 years old, runs a clothing mall in Xinjiekou, as well as several coffee shops and hotpot restaurants. On weekdays, she mainly shops in her Xinjiekou store She works in the coffee shop at her entrance. She calls it work, but actually she just kills time, because the upstairs of the coffee shop is her beauty shop. It seems to be private, just entertaining her friends." Zhang Yuqi glanced at him and immediately understood Xu Zheng the intention,
"You mean to let me break into her circle of friends? Do you think I have the temperament of a lady? It would be okay if I arranged it a month in advance, but now it's too late. Du Longtao will be out at the beginning of this month, and it will only take eight days in total. time..."
"But..." Zhang Yuqi said, her eyes lit up,
"But your idea is really good. I can't, but you can. Xu Zheng, think about it, can you go to the coffee shop to apply for a waiter or other positions?" In fact, it doesn't make much sense to go to the coffee shop and stare at Bai Shuting, because it is so short. It is impossible for time to come to her side. Even if she becomes Bai Shuting's assistant, she will not get any useful information.
But what if. The more Zhang Yuqi thought about it, the more feasible it became.
"You see, the cafe in Xinjiekou has morning and evening shifts. You can work from 5pm to 10pm. This will not delay your normal work. As long as you go in, you will find a way to find out about Bai Shuting's living habits. If there is anything wrong with her, If there are helpful clues in the case, you have made a great contribution." Xu Zheng was not interested in the cake drawn by Zhang Yuqi.
"Captain, let's conduct the investigation as planned today. As for the undercover cafe, let's discuss it again." Zhan
