Tiger Police

Chapter 420
"Please help me find my child. My child is missing."

The cashier at the supermarket kept persuading: "Don't cry, we are all helping to find it. The police have been called, and the police will be here soon."

A middle-aged man in a supermarket uniform, who looked like a manager on duty, was maintaining order. He said to the onlookers, "Everyone, don't crowd here, the more chaotic the more accidents are likely to happen. Let's spread out! That... If you were there at that time, Anyone who sees this lesbian child please stay, help her recall, and provide clues as much as possible.”

There were two security guards beside him, and one of them repeatedly persuaded: "Don't worry, I am the security captain here. As soon as I got the news, I will notify all the exits downstairs to be closed and strictly check all guests with children. The one holding the baby, no one is allowed to release it."

This is no ordinary civil dispute.Hu Pingtao heard a few words from afar, and hurriedly speeded up and ran forward.

After a few strides to the cashier, he looked at the middle-aged woman who was crying, and asked hurriedly, "Don't worry, just speak slowly, what's going on?"

The woman's emotions were on the verge of collapse at any time, she cried incoherently: "...I...I came shopping...the child disappeared in a blink of an eye."

Because some time has passed since the incident, the waiter and the duty manager were in front of the cash register.Under their explanation, Hu Pingtao quickly understood what happened.

The woman who lost her child was Tao Yunfeng, who lived in a residential area across the road from the business district.

Her child is small, only five months old, a boy.

Her husband left for work early in the morning, and Tao Yunfeng was bored at home with the children. It happened that the eggs at home were almost finished, and there was only half a bottle of soy sauce left, so she thought of visiting the supermarket and buying some.

A five-month-old child is already curious about the outside world, and is not tired of being pushed around in a stroller.Tao Yunfeng took her child to the mall and entered the underground supermarket. Because there were not many things to buy, she didn't use the shopping cart provided by the supermarket.

She first bought two boxes of eggs, and then bought a bottle of soy sauce.There is a stainless steel grid under the stroller, which is usually used to store sundries such as urinals and diapers, but it was just emptied today to store things.

After Tao Yunfeng gave birth, she stayed at home for confinement.After recovering, I can't go out far, the most I can do is walk downstairs.She has been closed for too long, and today she managed to take advantage of the absence of the elderly at home and her husband's inability to control her, so she sneaked into the supermarket, feeling that everything she looked at was fresh.

Anyway, I prepared a large bottle of milk in advance, and handed it to the child when he was hungry.Pushing the stroller, Tao Yunfeng walked around all the areas, feeling like a prisoner who has been locked up in a prison for a long time, finally looking forward to the time to relax, to see the blue sky and the sun.

Tao Yunfeng likes sweets very much, especially raisins.When she walked to the dry goods area, she found a dark red raisin on the counter, with large particles and a unique fruity aroma.

According to the salesman in charge of the counter, this is a product just imported from northern Xinjiang. It is called "Xiangfei No. [-]". It is big and sweet, and the price is cheap, so it is very easy to sell.It was sold out almost as soon as it was released.This is the last batch in the warehouse.Because today is Monday, there are few people in the supermarket in the morning. It is estimated that in the afternoon or evening, there will be more people, and it will disappear soon.

Tao Yunfeng felt interested as soon as she heard it, so she put the stroller aside, took a plastic bag from the shelf and started picking raisins.She usually likes to take advantage of small things, and buying raisins is no exception. She uses a spoon to pick little by little, and only picks the big ones, so she almost takes them one by one with her hands... Just like that, she almost turned over all the raisins on the entire table One time, this filled the plastic bag half full.

Salesmen have seen a lot of picky customers like her, and they have long been used to it.Anyway, as long as you don't touch the goods with your hands, you don't eat for free, and you don't keep them privately, the salesman will turn a blind eye and close his eyes, too lazy to care.After all, I only earn such a little salary a month, as long as the things are sold out as soon as possible, there will be performance.Selling dried fruit is the same as selling fruit. The big high-quality products are always sold first, and the rest are black clowns. The company also has a stipulated discarding ratio, so she is very concerned about Tao Yunfeng's behavior of picking one by one. , just watched with cold eyes, ridiculed in his heart, but didn't say a word of restraint.

Tao Yunfeng picked out a big bag of raisins, and was about to happily go to the cashier to pay the bill.She subconsciously turned around to pull the stroller beside her, but she didn't expect to take a closer look: there was nothing behind her.

"Where's the car?"

She was completely stunned at the time, her mind went blank, and she stood there blankly with the bag of raisins in her hand, tongue-tied.

"Where's my child?" Immediately afterwards, a more serious question popped up in his mind.

As soon as he let go of his hand, the plastic bag fell to the ground, and the raisins were scattered all over the ground.

Tao Yunfeng cried out, "Where is my car? Where is my child?"

No one answered, and several nearby people who heard her yelling turned their heads and looked at her with strange eyes, as if she was a lunatic who had just escaped from a mental hospital.

The salesman came over very unhappy, pointed at the raisins scattered on the ground, frowned and said, "What's the matter with you! Why do you throw good things around? You have already picked these, according to our The rule here is that since it is bagged, the money must be counted... Hey, I am talking to you, do you hear me? You..."

Tao Yunfeng's eyes turned blood red. She grabbed the salesman's arm, shook it desperately, and let out a deafening scream: "My son is missing. When I was shopping just now, the stroller was behind me. Did you see that?" he?"

Her distorted expression was terrifying, and the salesman was terrified, and quickly pulled his arm out of Tao Yunfeng's hand: "I didn't see it! You...you don't care about it, how do I know it's your son?"

Tao Yunfeng was confused, and hurried back and forth in the supermarket, calling her son's name while running.

The whole supermarket suddenly became chaotic.

If she continues to torment, the situation is very likely to become uncontrollable.

Fortunately, even though Tao Yunfeng was in a hurry, she still maintained the necessary sobriety in her mind—she rushed to the cashier aisle of the supermarket as quickly as possible, explained the situation to the cashier, and asked for help.

The supermarket usually uses a talker for communication, and the teller quickly called the duty manager, and immediately notified the security department of the situation, and then dialed [-] to call the police.

……

Seeing Tao Yunfeng sobbing softly with tears all over his face, Hu Pingtao comforted him: "Don't worry, we will definitely help you find the child."

He then turned to the manager on duty and the security captain of the mall standing next to him, and asked, "When I came here just now, I heard you say from the stairs that all the exits of the mall have been closed?"

The security captain is a strong man in his 40s.He nodded and explained: "This is a key commercial demonstration area that the city and the province pay attention to. Because there are many people and mixed hands, similar things have happened before. Later, we did targeted training including fire alarms, Once a robbery incident occurs, the relevant personnel in the area must report it immediately, and the security master control room will conduct comprehensive monitoring, so that the problem can be resolved as soon as possible."

The duty manager next to her pointed at Tao Yunfeng and said earnestly: "From the time she rescued our teller to the time I got the news and passed it on to the security center of the mall, it took no more than 3 minutes."

He then pointed to the security captain: "This is Captain Shen from the security department of our shopping mall. He ordered all exits to be closed at that time, and strictly checked customers with children."

Hu Pingtao understood what the manager on duty said: "That is to say, the person who stole the child should still be in the mall now?"

The manager on duty nodded and explained: "Our shopping mall is located in the center of the ancient town area. There is no underground parking lot here, and all vehicles can only be parked outside the ancient town. The shopping mall is divided into ground and underground. The supermarket is located on the second floor of the basement, with the dining area above. Upstairs are cosmetics and clothing counters, and upstairs are cinemas, gyms and bars."

"At the time of design, we referred to some successful commercial center business models abroad. Customers come in from the entrance on the first floor, and if they want to go to the supermarket on the second basement floor, they must pass through the dining area on the first floor. "The special design of the glyph makes it necessary to go around the corridor twice and walk through most of the restaurants before reaching the elevator in the middle of the area."

Hu Pingtao narrowed his eyes and nodded slightly: "That is to say, even if the person who stole the child has already left the supermarket, he must go around the corridor twice before returning to the exit of the mall on the first floor?"

The duty manager replied: "Yes. There is another special situation: today is Monday, because there are few people during this time, and the mall will launch discount activities on Mondays and Wednesdays. The lobby on the first floor is usually used for activities. Last week Just renting a "Hongqi" car for the promotion site, plus a coffee brand that entered the venue last night for promotion, the two sides together occupy the entire first floor."

Hu Pingtao recalled that when he entered the shopping mall before, he saw a large number of paper screens covered with advertisements on the first floor, and he couldn't help nodding: "It's true upstairs, all kinds of billboards and temporary pull lines blocked the road. If it wasn't Seeing that we are the police, those advertisers still refuse to give way.”

The manager on duty explained: "People have invested money in advertising, so they must maximize their profits. There are three exits on the first floor of the shopping mall. The "Red Flag" manufacturer and the coffee merchant teamed up to use billboards to enclose the land. No matter which entrance you enter, you must Walk along the route they stipulated, and then you can come to the elevator, get up or down."

The security captain surnamed Shen said: "Since I ordered the exit to be closed, the guards have not found any guests with babies."

"Also, there are surveillance cameras installed on the streets in this area. I asked the people from the technical department to check the surveillance cameras urgently. They are investigating, and if they find anything, they will report it to me immediately."

"It has been 7 minutes since I reported [-], and I haven't received a call from the technical department."

"I'll bet my brains that the people who stole the baby are still in the mall. It's so obvious they can't get out with a baby."

Clear logic and careful thinking.

Hu Pingtao looked at the security captain and the manager on duty approvingly: "Great. I will call for support now and conduct a comprehensive inspection of the entire shopping mall."

……

The police station has limited police force and has to deal with various affairs. It is impossible to transfer everyone here.

This area is under the jurisdiction of Shangyi Community. Hu Pingtao called the director of the community, Xiang Hongyin. The latter immediately asked for instructions from the superior street office and sent more than 50 members of the comprehensive law enforcement team to assist in control.

Tao Yunfeng's mood has become much more stable.She called home, and the four old people rushed to the scene when they heard that their grandson had disappeared.

Half an hour later, her husband rushed over from his work unit after hearing the news.

Because of the bad nature of this matter, the shopping mall attached great importance to it, and sent several additional management personnel. Together with Tao Yunfeng's family, they were divided into three teams, and they were on duty at the three exits of the lobby on the first floor. checking.

In fact, there are very few people who take children of this age to the mall, almost rare.

Hu Pingtao and the security captain split up, starting from the underground supermarket and going up in turn, checking every floor.

Zhang Juan followed closely behind with the program team.Although tired, all the staff, including her, were very excited—this is breaking news, and the content of the program is very good.Not to mention live recording.Once aired, the ratings are sure to be good.

More than two hours passed and the search turned up nothing.

The shopping mall has four floors above ground, plus two floors underground, for a total of six floors.

Hu Pingtao checked very carefully, especially the movie theater on the top floor, which was temporarily closed for this purpose, turned on the lights, and asked the security guards and the police to check the seats one by one.

The bar and KTV opened all the rooms, but the child was still not found.

The commodity counter was not found either.

The dining area was searched all over.

Back in the lobby on the first floor, Hu Pingtao took a bottle of mineral water handed over by the security captain, unscrewed the cap, and poured down half of the bottle in one gulp.

He panted heavily, and frowned: "It's really weird, I searched twice and found nothing... Could it be that the person who stole the child has already left the mall? He went outside?"

The security captain is not as sure as before.He hesitated and said: "The commercial center is a crossroads. I haven't received a call from the technical department so far. This means that they haven't found any problems from the monitoring outside... But this kind of thing is hard to say, there will always be When they were careless. How about... I let them watch it all over again?"

Hu Pingtao thought for a while: "In this way, move forward 3 minutes from the time you made the call, and only watch the surveillance video within 15 minutes after that."

"I calculated during the inspection just now that it takes at least 6 minutes to walk from the underground supermarket to any exit in the lobby on the first floor."

"Stealing a child is not a simple and quick process. Tao Yunfeng came to the supermarket today on a whim, so it is impossible for someone to set up a spot in advance and list her as a target."

(End of this chapter)