I am a super cop

After confirming the specific time and place with the aunt, Gu Chen hung up the phone. Only then did he realize that Wen Jun had been hiding something from everyone.

Before, everyone helped Wen Jun to find the whereabouts of his mother, but now, when Wen Jun got the news, he avoided everyone as soon as possible.

Of course, Gu Chen could understand it. After all, this was Wen Jun’s family affair. If Wen Jun could find his mother with his own ability, that would naturally be a good thing.

But now that Wen Jun has been kidnapped, it is hard for Gu Chen not to wonder if there is something else hidden behind this incident?

"Brother He, on the morning of the 28th of last month, at the entrance of Ah Fu Fried Nuts Shop on Laodong Street, an old lady met an elderly couple. They chatted for a while, as if they were old acquaintances meeting each other after many years."

"Pay attention to these two elderly people. They left by car. Help me track their whereabouts."

During the phone call, Gu Chen also gave various instructions.

He Junchao also quickly agreed: "Okay, I will inform you as soon as there is news."

"Then let's go to Ah Fu's fried snacks shop and wait for your news." Gu Chen said.

The two of them had a brief conversation before hanging up the phone.

Afterwards, Gu Chen took Lu Weiwei, Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha and immediately rushed to the scene.

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When everyone parked their cars near the snack shop, He Junchao's phone call came in.

Gu Chen quickly asked: "Brother He, how is it?"

"Something's wrong." He Junchao also looked confused.

Gu Chen quickly asked him: "Something's wrong? Something's wrong?"

"The two elderly people you mentioned did appear on the nearby streets. Moreover, I was able to find footage of them leaving in a vehicle through surveillance."

"But what's strange is that when the car stopped, it directly picked up another passenger, and it seemed that there were no two elderly people in the car at all."

"You mean, these two old people got out of the car in a blind spot of the surveillance camera?" Gu Chen seemed to realize that something was wrong.

He Junchao on the phone also hurriedly explained: "That's about what you mean, right? But from the beginning to the end, the car just slowed down when passing near a certain residential area."

"Perhaps these two elderly people got off the bus in that neighborhood. It can only be this place."

"Where is the location?" Gu Chen asked again quickly.

"It's near Laodong Street, and it's only a few hundred meters away from the Ah Fu Fried Nuts Shop."

"How many hundreds of meters?" Gu Chen looked confused.

He Junchao also quickly explained: "Yes, it's only a few hundred meters, so I think that for this distance, there is no need to take a taxi."

"Unless there is one possibility, that is, the two elderly people wanted to get away from that acquaintance as quickly as possible, so they called a car, and then stopped the car immediately after the car drove a distance away."

"What you said is possible. According to what I know, the two elderly people originally moved away many years ago, but they were only recently encountered by people from their old community."

"And these two old men really want to leave quickly."

After hearing what Gu Chen said, He Junchao immediately understood: "That's right, these two old people must live nearby."

"They deliberately took a taxi to get away from their acquaintances, so they must live near this community."

"Okay, send me the coordinates where they last appeared, and the screenshots of the surveillance footage of the two elderly people," said Gu Chen.

"No problem, I'll send it to your phone later." He Junchao replied quickly.

The two had a brief conversation and hung up the phone again.

So Gu Chen shared what had just happened with everyone again.

Yuan Shasha seemed to be thinking: "I'm very curious, why is this happening to Wen Jun's grandparents? Why did they move back to Jiangnan City out of nowhere?"

"Besides, you should normally be happy to see an old acquaintance, but not only did you not leave your contact information, but you also left in a hurry. There must be something fishy going on."

"Yes." As soon as Yuan Shasha finished speaking, Lu Weiwei also said:

"I feel like Wen Jun's grandparents are suspicious and they are hiding some secret that cannot be seen by others."

"Normal people definitely wouldn't be like this. Only when they are hiding a secret can they not let outsiders know. That's why they hide when they meet acquaintances."

"No matter what the situation is, let's go find someone directly." Officer Wang was also unable to hold back any longer.

I always feel that there is something wrong with Wen Jun.

So everyone followed the previous route and arrived at the entrance of Afu Fried Nuts Shop.

There is not much traffic now, so there are no customers in front of many shops.

There was a middle-aged woman sitting at Ah Fu's door. She was fat and eating melon seeds.

Seeing Gu Chen and the others coming to the door, he immediately stood up and asked, "What would you like to order?"

"Have you seen these two people?" Gu Chen showed the surveillance screenshot sent by He Junchao in front of the middle-aged woman.

"Yes, I have seen him. He used to come here often to buy things." The middle-aged proprietress seemed to have a good memory.

Gu Chen just showed the surveillance screenshot in front of her, and she could immediately know who it was?
Of course, it is understandable that businessmen have good memories.

Everyone was overjoyed, and Lu Weiwei immediately asked, "Do they live nearby?"

"That should be the case." The middle-aged lady boss continued to crack melon seeds, and seemed to be thinking: "She used to come to my place often to buy things."

"But I haven't seen him recently, and he doesn't seem to have been here either."

"In other words, they had always been visiting Old East Street before?" Yuan Shasha asked.

"Yes." The middle-aged woman nodded silently.

So Yuan Shasha asked again: "How long have they been here?"

"How long?" After hesitating for a moment, the middle-aged lady boss continued to recall: "It seems like it has been more than a month. At least during that period of time, it basically appeared here frequently."

"Besides, they like to buy things from my store, so I am familiar with their faces. If you show me a photo, I can recognize them immediately."

"Then do you know where they live?" Upon hearing this, Officer Wang quickly asked her.

The middle-aged female proprietress hesitated for a moment, and seemed to be thinking: "Where do you live? Oh, this...it's hard to say. Maybe, I live nearby."

"Live nearby?" Upon hearing this, Officer Wang and everyone else looked at each other in surprise.

This is similar to everyone’s previous judgment.

And Lu Weiwei continued to ask: "What do they usually buy?"

"What do you usually buy?" Hearing Lu Weiwei's question, and seeing that everyone was wearing police uniforms, he knew that the police might be investigating something. So he didn't dare to neglect it and quickly introduced it to Lu Weiwei:
"This one, this one, it's great to have this one, they usually like to buy these..."

As the middle-aged woman continued to introduce her products, Gu Chen probably understood that these kinds of fried snacks might be the favorites of the old couple.

But thinking that the old couple might live nearby, Gu Chen also became alert. Especially after hearing the middle-aged proprietress' introduction, the old couple had not appeared for a long time, which meant that the two elderly people, perhaps after meeting acquaintances, felt that this place was unsafe, so they quickly moved away.

This is why it hasn't appeared for a long time.

But this is what Gu Chen fears the most, because once the old couple leaves, it will be very difficult to find them.

So Gu Chen quickly took out his phone again, showed Wen Jun's photo in front of him, and asked, "Have you seen this person?"

"This young man?" Upon seeing the person in the photo, the middle-aged female boss immediately replied:

"I've seen him before. Isn't this the young man who came here last night?"

"What did he tell you?" asked Officer Wang.

"What did you say? It seems that you were also asking about these two old people." Halfway through her words, the middle-aged woman asked a middle-aged fat man in the store:

"Honey, did a young man come over last night to ask about the two old people?"

Seeing that no one responded, the middle-aged lady boss quickly explained to Gu Chen: "Last night, my husband was here. I was tidying up the warehouse in the back. I'll ask you something. Please wait a moment."

"Okay." Seeing that the middle-aged female boss was so enthusiastic, everyone could only stand here and continue waiting.

Then, the middle-aged woman walked to the door of the warehouse in the back row and asked inside: "Husband, I want to ask you a question."

"Ah? Wait a minute."

After a while of fiddling, the middle-aged fat man put down his work, followed the boss lady to the cashier, picked up the thermos cup and asked, "What's wrong?"

"I'm asking you, wasn't there a young man who came to our store last night to ask about the two old people? Weren't you here at the time?"

"Oh, yes, there is a young man." Looking up at Gu Chen and others at the door, the man realized that it was the police who were asking about this matter.

So I quickly responded, "The young man asked me if there were two elderly people coming to our store last month... on the morning of the 28th of last month."

"Then, there was something about leaving by car or something. I was a little confused at the time, so I said I didn't remember."

"He pointed to the surveillance camera in my store and asked me to take a look. He said those two elderly people were his long-lost grandparents."

"I was very puzzled when I heard it. I thought, is this possible? But he insisted, so I showed it to him."

"Can we take a look at it?" Lu Weiwei asked.

"Of course." Seeing the police make this request, the middle-aged man immediately walked to the computer and started operating.

Because of the operation yesterday, the middle-aged man seemed to be more skilled. After a short while, he found the surveillance footage from that time: "Here, this is it."

When Gu Chen and others heard this, they immediately gathered around.

Only then did everyone realize that in the video, Wen Jun’s grandparents were indeed talking to someone at the door of the store.

Gu Chen then enlarged the picture and vaguely saw that the old couple seemed to be very nervous at the time.

The middle-aged woman was communicating with the two elderly people throughout the whole process. Afterwards, the two elderly people hurriedly stopped a taxi on the side of the road and left.

"That's all." The middle-aged man looked at Gu Chen and the others and said without hesitation:

"That young man said that these two people were her grandma and grandpa. Anyway, I don't know if it's true."

"Then what?" Yuan Shasha asked.

"Then he left and stuffed a few hundred dollars into my pocket, saying he was thanking me."

The middle-aged man smiled and scratched the back of his head, and continued: "Anyway, this guy is quite interesting, and I also made a few hundred dollars."

"Thank you." After hearing what the middle-aged man said, Gu Chen expressed his gratitude and then asked:
"Then do you know if there was anyone else with him at the time?"

"Others? No, no, he was alone at the time."

"Is there anyone following him?" Gu Chen asked again.

"No...right?" When the middle-aged man heard Gu Chen say this, he began to become uncertain.

Seeing this, the middle-aged woman patted her husband on the shoulder and asked, "Did you see it?"

"I really didn't see it. I was so happy to have earned a few hundred dollars for free that I didn't pay attention to what was going on around that young man."

"But, he is the one who asked people to come over."

"Okay, thank you, but I want to know, after that young man left, did anyone come to you to ask about that young man?"

"No." Hearing Gu Chen's question, the middle-aged fat man still shook his head:
"I don't remember anyway."

"Okay, thank you." Gu Chen then had a brief conversation with the couple before leading everyone away.

After walking out of the snack shop, Gu Chen took out his mobile phone and immediately dialed He Junchao's number.

Not long after, He Junchao's phone was connected: "Gu Chen."

"Brother He, Wen Jun came to the snack shop last night. Can you help me check the surveillance to see if there were any suspicious people around him at that time?"

"Okay, wait a moment." Hearing Gu Chen say this, He Junchao immediately began to investigate.

Not long after, He Junchao immediately replied to Gu Chen: "Gu Chen, I have checked the surveillance video, and Wen Jun is the only one around."

"Are there no suspicious persons?" Gu Chen asked.

"The preliminary investigation shows that there is nothing wrong. How about I check Wen Jun's situation along the way?"

"This is the best. Tell me immediately if anything happens." Gu Chen said.

"No problem." He Junchao said he understood.

The two of them had a brief conversation and hung up the phone again.

At this moment, Gu Chen could only lead everyone to the place where the two old men disappeared.

When Gu Chen arrived at the place where He Junchao had sent him before, he found that there were many old houses here with many retracted awnings on the eaves.

This old street was originally not wide, and many shops put up sunshades, which quickly blocked the space on both sides of the road.

Although vehicles can pass through this old street, you still have to slow down when driving in it.

Gu Chen briefly observed the surrounding situation and found that once a vehicle passed by here, its speed would be as slow as a snail.

Because there were pedestrians on both sides, and many people riding electric scooters, when Gu Chen walked here, he had to keep pulling to the side to give way to the passers-by.

Thinking of the speed at which the vehicles passed by here before, Gu Chen felt that the two old men might have got off the car here, and then left sight through a small road.

But if you look around, you will find that there are indeed two small passages to the left and right in this place.

Some elderly people were walking around with handbags in their hands.

...(End of chapter)