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On the left side of the missing person advertisement, there is a black and white photo of the missing old man. The old man in the picture is holding a child who seems to be his grandson, with a smile on his face.
It seems that this is just an ordinary missing person notice, nothing special about it.
"Mr. Cheng, look here!"
I was staring at the missing person notice when A Kang suddenly waved his hand to me. I quickly stepped forward and followed A Kang's gaze. I saw another missing person notice posted not far away. On the telephone pole.
“It’s available here too!”
"And here I am!"
"I also saw one..."
Before I had time to take a closer look, Xiaona, who was nearby, was quiet, and Lonnie and the others started shouting.
More and more missing person notices are being discovered, plastered all over the streets and alleys of the county, and the missing persons are all, without exception, elderly people over sixty years old!
Why are there so many elderly people missing in this county? Are they all abducted?
This is strange. There are people who abduct women, children, and even adult men. But this is the first time I have heard of so many elderly people!
After all, these old people are very old. Even if they are kidnapped, they won't be able to sell them for much money, right?
I suppressed the doubts in my heart and continued to look through the missing persons notices one by one, trying to find out what was fishy in them.
Suddenly, I stopped in front of a missing person notice. The missing person was a centenarian!
The photo of the old man looks very weird. His chin is sharp, his two tentacles are turned outwards, and his eyelids are drooping downward. How should I put it? At first glance, he looks like a big catfish!
I know that my opinion is somewhat inappropriate. After all, the old man is very old, and his physical appearance will change a lot. In addition, the photo is in black and white, so it looks a bit weird, which is understandable.
However, when I saw the way the old man disappeared under the missing person notice, I was stunned again. The notice said that the old man disappeared while jogging outside his home at five o'clock in the morning!
A centenarian gets up at five o'clock every morning and goes out for a run?
No matter how you look at it, it makes people feel a little weird, because this is simply not something a normal old man can do!
I called Bai Ze and the others over. After seeing this missing person notice, everyone always believed that there must be something behind it.
So I decided to start my investigation from this missing centenarian to see if I could find any clues.
I took off the missing person notice and called the phone number on it.
The phone rang more than ten times in succession, but no one answered it. Just when I was about to give up, suddenly, an old voice came from the other side.
"Who..."
I quickly said: "Hello, we saw the missing person notice you posted and would like to provide you with some clues so that we can interview you?"
"Oh, that's how it is……"
The old man's reaction seemed a little slow. After a few seconds of pause, she said, "Okay, come on. My family lives on the fifth floor of Unit 2, No. 8, Guangming Hutong..."
After hanging up the phone, I found a store and bought a local map. I found that the address the old man mentioned was in the western suburbs of the county.
We walked all the way, and when we arrived at Guangming Alley, it was getting late.
No. 8 Guangming Hutong is an old residential building. Judging from the worn wall tiles, it seems to be at least several decades old.
This building has a total of five floors and three units. However, the entire building is dark with no light at all. It does not seem to be inhabited.
But now that I'm here, I definitely want to find out. I came to the second unit in the dark. Bai Ze, Hu Hua and I walked in the front, Xiao Na and A Kang stood in the middle, and Lonnie and Jing Jing were in charge of the rear.
The group of people climbed up the dilapidated stairs and soon arrived at the fifth floor.
Each unit here has two rooms on one staircase. Looking at the doors on both sides of the stairs, I didn’t know which door to knock on.
After careful observation, I noticed that the door on the left was covered with cobwebs and had a thick layer of dust to the touch. It seemed that no one had been in or out for a long time.
So I aimed at the door on the right and knocked lightly a few times.
"Hello, is anyone there?"
After knocking several times, there was no movement from inside. I was wondering when I heard a creak and the sound of the door opening suddenly came from behind me.
I turned around and saw that the old door had been opened, and an old woman with silver hair, leaning on a cane, was standing opposite us!
This old woman looked very old. Her body was withered and hunched over, and she was almost lying on the ground!
"Who are you looking for?"
The old man slowly raised his head and made a hoarse voice.
When I saw the old man's face, I couldn't help but feel tight in my heart. I just felt a sense of inexplicable familiarity.
The chin is sharp, the eyelids are drooped downward, and there are two tentacle-like things at the corners of the mouth turning outwards...
Doesn't this look the same as the old man on the missing person notice?
"Old lady, we saw the missing person notice you posted outside and want to help you find the missing old man!"
I tried my best to stay calm and said to the old man with a smile.
"Oh, you are here to help me find my missing wife, please come in..."
As the old lady spoke, she opened the door and invited us into the house.
Bai Ze and the others looked at each other and then followed the old lady into the room.
The room was dark and damp. I was very puzzled. Why didn't the old man turn on the light in such a dark place? Is it to save electricity bills?
As if aware of my doubts, the old lady groped to the corner, and with a click, a light came on above her head. Although it was still dim, she could finally see something clearly.
"Don't be offended. Old lady, my eyesight is bad. I'm almost as blind as a blind person, so I don't usually turn on the lights."
As the old lady spoke, she asked us to sit on an old sofa in the middle of the living room, and she slowly sat down opposite us.
"Can you really help me find my wife?"
After sitting down, the old lady asked me.
"Well, we are private detectives and are very good at finding missing persons. As long as you are willing to provide us with the information we need, we will definitely be able to help you find them!"
I made up an identity at random and said to the old man.
"Then, it won't cost a lot of money, right?"
The old man asked tentatively again, as if he was afraid that we would ask for an exorbitant price.
"Don't worry, mother-in-law, we are here mainly to build up the reputation of our detective agency, so this time we will search for you for free!"
In order to reassure the old man, I said to her.
"That's great, what information do you need to know?"
The old man relaxed and asked us slowly.
