I am a super cop

Chapter 197 The Disappearing James

Police Officer Wang took off the walkie-talkie on his belt, pressed the call button and said, "I am Lao Wang from the Criminal Investigation Group [-] of the Furong Police Station. I am nearby. I will take someone over there immediately. It's over."

"receive……"

Seeing the abnormal behavior of several policemen, David asked Gu Chen puzzled: "Are you still working?"

"That's right, there are police reports on West Street and Minxiang." Gu Chen was also quite surprised, isn't this the place where the foreigner David is renting?It's too much of a coincidence.

"I happen to be going back too, can I go with you?" David asked.

Gu Chen glanced at him and said, "If you want, you can do whatever you want."

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09:30 in the evening.

The gentle breeze dissipated the heat of the night a lot.

Officer Wang drove to the intersection of a narrow alley...

This is a one-way street, but often some ignorant drivers like to park their cars on the side of the road, so that when two cars run side by side, they are prone to scratches.

The road is paved with blue bricks, so that driving on the road has a very bumpy feeling.

Originally, Wei Junzhi from the Judicial Police Academy had to return to the Furong Police Station with his old comrades after completing the task.

However, due to the sudden incident, Police Officer Wang took his old partners Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei into the car directly, and Wei Junzhi had no choice but to follow Gu Chen to the direction of Minxiang.

The blond foreigner, David, walked along the alley inside from the pedestrian street.

There are many narrow roads here, which are not suitable for driving, and sometimes driving is not necessarily faster than taking a shortcut.

When Police Officer Wang stopped in a small square in Minxiang, David also came here from another direction.

There are many foreigners dressed in fashion in this place, and several tall blonde women are also standing aside.

Many people were not surprised to see the police car parked here, and they were all busy with their own affairs.

"Why are there so many foreigners in this place?" Lu Weiwei was quite surprised after getting off the car.

"The rent here is not expensive, and it is located in the commercial district. The most important thing is that the river runs through this place, and there are many ancient buildings in the south of the Yangtze River, so it is very popular among foreigners. Many foreigners who come here for work and play will choose to live here. Renting a house has over time formed a small gathering place for foreigners.”

Gu Chen also informed Lu Weiwei based on what he knew.

Officer Wang nodded and said, "Gu Chen is right. I have heard that there are many foreigners living in this community. It is not surprising."

"Where is that place?" Lu Weiwei asked.

Officer Wang pointed to an old villa with a yard in front of him and said, "It's right there, Lane 19, No. 203."

Several people walked along the path, and a young blonde woman in a white dress was standing at the door, waiting anxiously.

Surrounded by a few foreigners, and a small number of locals.

Seeing four policemen approaching, the blond woman hurried out of the crowd.

"Who called the police?" Gu Chen turned on the law enforcement recorder and stepped forward to ask.

"It's me, officer." The blond woman with a relatively standard Chinese pronunciation stepped forward and said.

Gu Chen took out the notebook and said, "What's the situation? Tell me."

The blond woman covered her mouth and shed tears of grievance: "Officer, my husband is missing. He may...maybe been kidnapped."

"Kidnapping?" Lu Weiwei and Officer Wang said in unison.

Several people looked at each other in blank dismay, quite surprised.

Seeing a large crowd gathered at the door, Gu Chen had no choice but to say, "Can you go in and talk."

The blond woman nodded, stepped aside and said, "Please."

Officer Wang and Lu Weiwei walked into the courtyard first, while Gu Chen stopped and said to Wei Junzhi, "You stay here, don't let others in."

"Don't worry, brother, I know." After following Gu Chen for a day, Wei Junzhi's confidence also got a certain boost, and he nodded immediately to express his understanding.

He knew that the task Gu Chen had arranged for him was to seal off the scene and prevent irrelevant personnel from entering the yard.

Originally, he followed to see the situation, but now that he got the task assigned by his senior, Wei Junzhi was also quite excited.

Arriving at the lobby on the first floor of the old villa, the blond woman took out several bottles of drinks from the refrigerator and placed them next to several people.

"Have something to drink, sir," said the blond woman.

"Thank you." Gu Chen thanked, and continued: "Let's get down to business, I ask, you answer, do you understand?"

The woman nodded: "Understood."

"Your name."

"Linda."

"Country of Citizenship."

"China."

Gu Chen's pen paused briefly on the page, and looked up at Linda: "Your nationality is Chinese?"

"Yes, police officer." Linda nodded and said there is no problem: "I have lived in this land with my parents since I was a child, and I also like the culture here very much, so I followed my parents early and got a Chinese passport. Green card, I am also Chinese.”

Hearing such an answer, Gu Chen, Police Officer Wang and Lu Weiwei were quite surprised.

"No wonder you speak Chinese so well." Lu Weiwei said.

Linda nodded: "Thank you."

"You said your husband was kidnapped. Is there any basis?" Gu Chen raised his head and asked.

"It's like this, officer." Linda adjusted her emotions and continued: "An hour ago, I received a call from a stranger, and the person inside told me that if I want my husband to live, I need to prepare 50 cash. "

Gu Chen was silent for a few seconds, and asked, "Could it be a prank? Haven't you contacted your husband recently?"

"No, Comrade Police, this is not a prank." Linda said with tears in her voice: "My husband has been unable to be contacted since last night. I thought his phone was dead, but I was wrong. That person is From my husband's phone."

"Wait." Lu Weiwei interrupted suddenly: "Could it be that this is the case, for example, your husband's phone was lost and someone picked it up, and then called to scam?"

Linda shook her head again: "No, when my husband loses his phone, he will call me immediately to tell me that he did this half a year ago, so I'm sure it's not the phone lost, but my The husband was kidnapped."

"Since your husband disappeared last night, aren't you at home?" Gu Chen changed his pen and continued to ask.

Linda was frustrated and said helplessly: "I played mahjong with a few neighbors last night. Mahjong is so fun. I played all night. I didn't find out until this morning that my husband didn't even make a phone call last night. Call, I felt something strange at the time, and thought he was asleep, but he always calls me first, and he didn't call yesterday."

"And then?" Gu Chen continued to ask.

"Then? Then just an hour ago, I received the same call." Linda sobbed a few times, and the tears fell again: "I haven't seen my husband for a whole day, he never disappears like this Yes, I must have been kidnapped, I'm sure, I really didn't expect such a thing to happen, God, what should I do?"

"Don't get excited." Officer Wang, who had been listening silently, interrupted Linda: "Since someone called to ask you to pay the ransom, didn't they tell you how to hand over the money to him after you prepare it?" Is it?"

Linda shook her head: "No, they didn't say how to exchange cash for my husband, they just let me continue to wait for the phone call, but I was scared at home alone, I don't know who else I can ask for help here alone, I just You can risk calling the police."

"My God, if it's true, wouldn't you have harmed your husband by calling the police like this?" Gu Chen also held his forehead, feeling that the woman was too reckless.

Logically speaking, the kidnapper would have told him not to call the police on the phone, but from Linda's dictation, there was no such thing.

Could it be that the kidnappers were too amateur?

And everyone received an alarm report that a woman named Linda said that her husband was in danger and needed police help. The alarm center was temporarily unable to identify the situation, so the nearby police officers on duty were sent to find out the situation.

If it was really a kidnapping, Gu Chen, Officer Wang and others could choose to go there in casual clothes instead of wearing police uniforms.

When she said this, Linda's mood seemed to fluctuate greatly, and she showed signs of collapse for a while, and she was very impatient.

Gu Chen hurriedly stepped forward and patted her on the shoulder: "Ms. Linda, please calm down first."

Without further ado, Linda threw herself on Gu Chen, hugged Gu Chen and cried loudly, "Officer, I'm very scared, my husband may die, you must save him, please save him."

"Okay, but let go first." Gu Chen opened his hands, the notebook in his left hand, and the signature pen in his right, looking at Lu Weiwei with his eyes.

Lu Weiwei understood in seconds, and hurried forward, pulled away Linda who was hugging Gu Chen tightly, and continued to hug Linda instead of Gu Chen: "Ms. Linda, don't worry, please trust our police, we will definitely arrest your husband get back."

Seeing the two women hugging each other, Police Officer Wang and Gu Chen also had headaches.

Linda gave too few clues, and Linda's husband had been out of contact since last night, and only received a threatening call today.

If this is the case, was Linda's husband kidnapped last night or early this morning.

Or being kidnapped after going out today, these situations are all possible.

"Ms. Linda, what is your husband's name? What does he do?" Officer Wang turned around and asked.

Linda adjusted her mood, and then said: "My husband's name is James. He runs a trading company in Jiangnan City, mainly exporting shoes, clothing and bags to Europe, America, and some places in East Africa."

"Then you haven't asked the neighbors nearby, has anyone seen him today or last night?" Gu Chen asked.

Linda hesitated, then shook her head.

Police Officer Wang turned to Gu Chen and said, "Go to the next door and ask to see who has seen Ms. Linda's husband, James, between last night and now."

"No problem." Gu Chen nodded, and quickly turned around and came to the yard.

Since the police car was parked in the square outside, and four more police officers entered Linda's old villa, there were many curious crowds around the door.

There are foreigners and locals...

"Wei Junzhi." Gu Chen walked to the door.

Wei Junzhi still stood firmly in the yard, closed the iron gate, and did not let others go in.

"Brother, do you have any orders?" Wei Junzhi turned around and asked, but he was still very nervous.

After all, it was the first time I faced the eyes of so many strangers, but I thought it was the first time I had the opportunity to go on a mission with the police of the criminal investigation team of the police station, and my heart was still surging.

"Not yet, just follow me to make an inquiry." Gu Chen said and walked towards the door.

Wei Junzhi was stunned for two seconds before quickly following Gu Chen.

"Which of you is Linda's neighbor? Did anyone meet her husband James yesterday?" Gu Chen stood at the door and asked each in Chinese and English.

In an instant, the crowd of onlookers looked at each other in blank dismay, one by one looking at each other without knowing why.

"I'm Linda's neighbor," said an old lady, "but I didn't see her husband last night."

"I'm also her neighbor next door, and I haven't seen James." Another middle-aged man also said.

Afterwards, several people admitted to being Linda's neighbors one after another, but without exception, none of them had seen her husband James last night.

Just when Gu Chen thought there was no progress, a man who spoke fluent English suddenly raised his hand behind the crowd and waved to Gu Chen: "Officer, it's me, it's David."

David looked very excited, Gu Chen simply opened the iron gate and came to him through the crowd.

"David, are you Linda's neighbor?" Gu Chen asked him curiously.

"Yes." David admitted unabashedly: "I rented a room in the old villa next door to her house, so I can be regarded as her neighbor."

"Then you met her husband last night?" Gu Chen asked again.

David nodded: "Yes, I seem to have seen it last night."

Gu Chen looked at the crowd on the left and right, and immediately pulled David and said, "David, come in with me."

Afterwards, Wei Junzhi closed the iron gate again and stood guard near the gate.

This time, he was obviously more confident than before...

On the other side, Gu Chen brought David to the lobby on the first floor.

At this moment, Police Officer Wang and Lu Weiwei are still asking for other details.

Seeing Gu Chen leading the blond man he met at the intersection of West Street just now, Police Officer Wang couldn't help asking: "Gu Chen, why did you bring him here?"

"Senior Brother Wang, David is Linda's neighbor. He said he met James yesterday." Gu Chen said.

Seeing this, Linda's eyes suddenly lit up. She hurried up to David and asked in English, "David, is what you said true? Did you really see my husband James last night?"

"That's right, Ms. Linda, your husband will greet me every day when he sees me when he goes out, and we have discussed travel plans together, so...we can be considered good friends."

David talked about James, which is also quite topical.

But after thinking about it, David suddenly said, "Linda, your husband James..."

"He was kidnapped just last night." Linda said here, also in tears.

"What???"

David was taken aback suddenly: "Kidnapped? You mean your husband, James, was kidnapped last night?"

"Yes David, please tell me, what exactly did you see last night? Please." Linda was going crazy now.

When You Qi heard something about her husband, she wanted to know immediately.

"I remember it was around nine o'clock. I was taking pictures of the stars, and I seemed to see a man with a black peaked cap coming to your door."

When David said this, he also began to recall what he saw yesterday.

"Then what happened next?" Gu Chen asked.

"Then? Then James, the husband of Linda's girl, came to the door and brought the man into the house."

"What...what? James brought this man into the room?" Lu Weiwei was quite surprised.

"Yes, that's right, I'm sure that's the case, it's the room that James brought the man into." David confirmed again.

Linda was stunned and didn't know how to speak for a while.

"Then have you seen this person's appearance clearly?" Gu Chen asked.

David shook his head: "It was very dark at that time, and our side was full of old houses, and the street lights were not very bright, and the brim of the man's hat was pulled down very low, but judging by the way he walked, he looked like a man in his 30s. Will be over 40 years old."

David also made a simple analysis based on the basic situation he saw.

"That is to say, the person who came to the house last night should be an acquaintance of Mr. James." Gu Chen looked up at Police Officer Wang and Lu Weiwei: "If it was a stranger, James would not bring him in. It is obvious that this person knows James."

"I agree." Lu Weiwei also said, "We can eliminate the strangers first, and start the investigation from the acquaintances James knows."

"But he knows a lot of people, and my husband knows a lot of acquaintances, isn't it difficult?" Linda was also quite anxious.

Police Officer Wang looked outside the door and asked, "Don't you have any monitoring equipment around your house? Especially in an old house like yours, at least you need to install a monitoring device or something."

"No." Linda shook her head regretfully: "There used to be surveillance here, but after it was often smashed by a few children with stones, the neighbors have always been very taboo, especially the parents of these children, it is very difficult to speak , The issue of compensation has been delayed again and again, and then everyone has no idea of ​​​​installing surveillance.”

"It's over." Lu Weiwei spread her hands and said, "If it weren't for these unlucky children, maybe we would be able to find your husband soon. I'm really afraid of something."

I used to think that in the vicinity of the business district, even if there were no public cameras in this kind of place, there should be private civilian cameras, but who knew that this would happen?
Linda was also quite sad: "Then what should I do now, I can't find James, what should I do?"

"Ms. Linda, don't worry. These policemen are very nice. They will definitely help you find your husband, really." Seeing Linda covering her face and crying at a loss, David took the initiative to comfort her.

Gu Chen crossed his hips, lowered his head and thought for a few seconds, then asked for advice: "Ms. Linda, no matter what, since the incident has already happened, please don't be too sad, we will help you find James' whereabouts as soon as possible. But now, can we do a search of the room?"

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(End of this chapter)