disappearing gold

Chapter 8 Xiaofan is on a business trip
  Lao Sun has encountered countless cases since he started working, large and small, and almost all of them have been successfully solved. But this case was a bit tricky. Both victims died, and the suspects related to the case could not be contacted.

The longer the investigation of this case takes, the more effort it takes. At the beginning of 2023, when he and Ah Huang were sitting on the hillside of Kulai Mountain Scenic Area to rest, the case flashed through Lao Sun's mind like lightning. Who would have thought that the final result would really be hit by the disciple's words?
  This time, Lao Sun did not participate in the visit because of stomachache. Zhu Lan took Tong Ge to find Song Xiaofan's home and knocked on the door.

Tong Ge noticed the spell on the door and couldn't help but take a few steps back, as if he was afraid of catching some bad luck. He said: "Zhu Lan, what's going on? Has the Song Xiaofan family offended anyone?"

"I don't know. Let's ask Song Xiaofan's workplace first." Zhu Lan answered casually.

At this time, the door opened, but it was not Ms. Wang who opened the door, but Liu Hu. He was surprised to see someone from the criminal police team, and his expression suddenly stiffened.

"Why is it you again? Have you found Xiaofan?" After a pause, he choked out a sentence.

Zhu Lan couldn't tell whether the expression on his face was happiness or sadness.

"Whether I can find him or not depends on your cooperation." Tong Ge counterattacked coldly.

Liu Hu's shoulders visibly shrank back, and his handsome face turned pale with fear.

Zhu Lan was stunned for a moment, thinking to herself, are children's songs that scary?

She didn't show off, "Has Ms. Wang gone to work? Do you know where Song Xiaofan works?"

"Well..." Liu Hu rubbed his hands, "I never ask about her son. After all, we have been dating for less than half a year."

It’s a bit unexpected. Doesn’t this man live in Song Xiaofan’s house? But he knew nothing about Song Xiaofan, which was not normal.

He added: "She went to buy groceries. If you don't mind, you can wait."

So they waited on the spot.

In the past, I came here in a hurry, but now that I am free, Zhu Lan has time to look around. Sitting in the living room, you can see the scenery outside the balcony at a glance. There are more and more real estate projects in Qingcheng City. The concrete and steel buildings pointing straight to the sky were shrouded in gray fog, and the buildings further away seemed to have their heads cut off.

But the commercial building with three bedrooms and one living room has bright windows and is spotless. Floating bamboo curtains add a lively bright color to the interior, and the floor is a large area of ​​light green tiles.

The decoration style is fresh and simple. In addition to a set of frayed leather sofas, a TV, an air conditioner, a water dispenser, and two old porcelain ornaments. Everything was from the usual domestic brands, not even a decent new appliance. Nowadays, most people have smart sweepers, projectors, tablets, smart speakers and other electrical appliances, but Song Xiaofan does not have them at home.

It seems that this family is not well-off.

So where did Song Xiaofan get the strength and money to find someone to order a gold spring knife? Could it be that the knife was made in the past? Has he been a wealthy young man before?

The door opened silently, and Ms. Wang's voice interrupted Zhu Lan's thoughts, "My dear, are you hungry? I'll cook for you right away." She put the dishes on the shoe rack in the entrance and lowered her head to change her shoes. .

When she didn't hear a response, she glanced around the living room strangely, and saw the detective and her boyfriend who was hesitant to speak.

"Is there any news about Fanfan? Is there any news about Cheng Fei?" She was stunned for a while, then rushed over and asked in surprise.

But Zhu Lan shook her head, "No, Cheng Fei has been absent from work for many days."

"Fanfan...my Fanfan..." Ms. Wang's expression changed, and then she slumped to the ground muttering to herself.

A week after the incident, her face became gray and gray, her face lost the moisture and smoothness it had when we first met her, and there were three pustules around her nose and lips.

Liu Hu walked over to help her up and comforted her softly: "Don't be sad, Xiaofan has his own destiny. I believe he will return safely."

"Really? Fanfan has always been my spiritual support. You know, I don't want to live without him." Ms. Wang grabbed his hand, her slender fingers grasped his big hand, her eyes were filled with laughter. Already filled with tears.

But he gave her an encouraging, firm look.

Ms. Wang was helped by him to sit on the sofa, feeling better.

Tong Ge spoke, "Ms. Wang, where does Song Xiaofan work?"

"Fanfan works as a salesperson in an aluminum alloy company. You can get there directly by taking the No. 8 bus from downstairs." She said. "Thanks!"

Farewell to Ms. Wang and Liu Hu, Zhu Lan and Tong Ge boarded the No. 8 bus. The Aluminum Alloy Company was at the last stop of Route 8, which circled almost half of Qingcheng City, so they were shaken to pieces by the bus.

When they got out of the car, they shook their heads and took a breath of fresh air. The aluminum alloy company was still some distance away from the platform, so they endured nausea and walked over.

Sure enough, there was a large open space ahead, and a car slowly drove out of it. There is a security booth next to the metal folding fence. After explaining their intention, the fat security uncle asked them to register their visit record.

Anyway, they entered the company and found the front desk. The front desk said that the boss was having a meeting inside, so he took them to the reception room to wait.

Zhu Lan has a flat mouth.

Tong Ge complained: "When is the meeting not going to happen? You just wait until we come to have the meeting. Isn't it because you have something wrong with you?"

"You're naive, do you think such a busy boss will always hang around you?" Zhu Lan smiled.

In fact, the children's songs just wanted to make her smile.

Half an hour later, the boss came out. They asked about Song Xiaofan's whereabouts, and the boss felt strange, "Our company often has to go on business trips, and business trips within the city only take about a week. But business trips outside the city may take half a month. This time Song Xiaofan took the initiative to take the trip. He is on a business trip and should be on his way to do business. By the way, did he get into trouble? "

"Why do you think so?" Tong Ge put down his pen and asked.

The boss frowned and said, "Song Xiaofan has a bad mouth and sometimes offends customers or other people. He also likes to ask for leave whenever he has nothing to do. He doesn't know what he is doing."

Children's songs are recorded.

"Oh, we're not sure yet whether he got into trouble. Do you mean that this was a normal business trip and there was nothing unusual about him?" Zhu Lan asked.

The boss shook his head, "At least I didn't see it."

"Really?"

"You don't believe it?" The boss immediately dialed Song Xiaofan's number. As expected, the call was just like Ms. Wang's call. The phone was turned off and could not be connected.

"Hey! This!" He wanted to slap himself. Why did he come to such an early conclusion?

This stumped the two young detectives, and the matter reached a deadlock.

For a long time, Zhu Lan thought of Ms. Wang's mention that Cheng Fei had introduced Song Xiaofan to work. She turned her attention to the company boss, "Well, was Song Xiaofan introduced to work here by a man named Cheng Fei?"

"What Cheng Fei? I don't know him. Xiaofan came here because he was introduced by a girl."

Zhu Lan thought she heard wrongly, "Isn't he a boy?"

The boss shook his head.

Zhu Lan couldn't help but ask: "Then when did Song Xiaofan come to work at your place?"

"Hey! It seems to be the end of 2020. He was very handsome, I remember it clearly!" The boss still remembers it clearly.

"That means he has been running the business for two years." Zhu Lan murmured.

Tong Ge asked: "Who introduced him to run the business?"

The boss thought for a moment and said, "A female colleague who is close to Song Xiaofan."

　Autumn and winter are dry and the eyes are prone to getting angry. One update.

　　
  　
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