Detective Files II

Chapter 158 The Missing Zhou Gui

Zhou Xiaoyue's mobile phone really gave Tian Mi a headache for a while. She thought it would be easy to search for the person she was looking for from the address book, but she didn't expect to call up the address book and found that this new human being stored in the address book were all The weird nickname made it impossible to tell the identity of the other party, and the inbox and outbox of the short message were all deleted.

"I hate those people who delete all the text messages in their mobile phones every day," Tian Mi complained to Lu Xiangdong angrily: "If you didn't do something shameful and afraid of being known by others, why? Then you have to delete all the information if you have a guilty conscience!"

"It might be obsessive-compulsive disorder." Lu Xiangdong said casually.

"I also have obsessive-compulsive disorder. When I listen to music, I have to adjust the volume to the number I like. When I walk, I don't like to step on the lid of the well or the joints of stone bricks. I like to count the steps when I go up and down the stairs. I only like to walk in odd numbers. Even numbers would rather go two steps at a time, but I won’t delete text messages every now and then!” Tian Mi argues while retrieving recent calls: “Because I walk upright and sit upright, there’s nothing to be ashamed of. of."

"I also think you have absolutely no obsessive-compulsive disorder on this issue," Lu Xiangdong sneered mercilessly: "Because you are paranoid at all."

Tian Mi glared at him, and had no time to retaliate, because she saw the last call in the recent call, and the call time was [-]:[-] the night before.

"Look at this!" Tian Mi hurriedly handed the phone to Lu Xiangdong: "Zhou Xiaoyue was killed around 06:30, and a call was received at [-]:[-], what does this mean? I think this person is very likely to be the murderer himself .”

"Or it is possible to know who Zhou Xiaoyue was with at [-]:[-]." Lu Xiangdong added another possibility for Tian Mi.

Tian Mi nodded, picked up the phone, and dialed the number on the recent call. The phone rang for a long time but no one answered. She hung up the replay after the busy signal appeared without giving up. Finally, when her patience was almost exhausted , the call is connected.

However, the result disappointed Tian Mi greatly.

"It's a plug-in card type public phone," she said to Lu Xiangdong after hanging up, "The location is at the foot of the mountain, less than 10 minutes away from Xuezi Road. Originally, I hoped that the call would be connected and bring us Some new information!"

"This phone call did give us new information. Now it is basically certain that the person who made the phone call to Zhou Xiaoyue yesterday was the murderer himself." Lu Xiangdong's thoughts were different from Tian Mi's: "So we didn't get nothing."

What he said was very reasonable, and it instantly cheered Tian Mi up, got up and picked up the coat on the stool next to him, and said to Lu Xiangdong: "Then let's go!"

"Where are you going?" Lu Xiangdong didn't move.

"Go to Zhou Xiaoyue's Fa Xiaoer, Liu Lin!" Tian Mi didn't understand why Lu Xiangdong asked the question knowingly.

Lu Xiangdong raised his wrist, and tapped the glass surface of the watch with the index finger of the other hand: "Even if you fly over like a superman, it's useless. The class over there is halfway through, so you might as well wait a little longer before setting off."

"Then what are we doing now?" Tian Mi felt that what Lu Xiangdong said was actually right, but she was too impatient, wishing to collect all the evidence in one day, and it would be best if all the suspects were also arrested.

Lu Xiangdong also picked up his coat, put it on and walked out: "I'm hungry, eat."

This somewhat late lunch, Tian Mi ate very quickly, almost finishing the food in front of him like a storm, but Lu Xiangdong, on the other hand, ate at his leisure, chewing slowly, let the first step finish the meal and sit down. Tian Mi, who was waiting for him, was almost impatient.

"Why do you take a longer time to eat than a girl!" Tian Mi complained dissatisfied: "I used to say that when I was in England, I only had a few hours of eating and sleeping every day. How did you change your sex now?! Is it because of your age? I'm getting older, so I started to pay attention to health care?"

Lu Xiangdong didn't care about her non-painful sarcasm at all, and he continued as before, slowly picked up a chopsticks dish into the bowl, and said: "I don't spare my life, but life and health should only be wasted on valuable things. , even if I gobble it up like you, it’s still too early to go to No. 21 Middle School to find Liu Lin, and even if you plan to abduct to [-]st Century Middle School to inquire about Zhou Gui, there is more than enough time.”

"How do you know that I plan to go to the 21st Century Middle School to find Zhou Gui?" Tian Mi was a little surprised, and couldn't help asking curiously: "You people who study psychology don't really know mind reading skills, do you?"

Lu Xiangdong curled his lips in disdain: "What kind of mind-reading technique is just a trick to use people's psychology and reactions to make a fool of yourself. Also, my major is criminal psychology, please don't confuse it with psychology."

After finally waiting for Lu Xiangdong to finish his meal, it was already around three o'clock in the afternoon, and the two of them drove to 21st Century Middle School again.

This time, they were still unable to meet Zhou Gui, but Tian Mi was no longer surprised or surprised by this situation.

"Didn't you say that he was still on the night shift tonight? Why didn't he use it until now?" Tian Mi asked the staff member who received them in the morning.

The staff replied helplessly: "As usual, it's time to come, but he hasn't been seen all day today, so we have already planned to ask someone to take his shift tonight!"

There was no other way, he couldn't find him in person, so he had to ask for Zhou Gui's contact information.

When Tian Mi asked Zhou Gui's mobile phone number and home address, the staff smiled helplessly.

"If we can reach him by phone, do we still need to find someone to work the night shift for him! We have been on the phone for a whole day, and the phone has been turned off and can't be connected!" The staff wrote the phone number and the address recorded in the address book Copy it to Tian Mi, and said: "In the past, he would say that he would not come if he didn't want to come, but he couldn't contact anyone at all. This is really the first time! This old boy is cheating all day long outside, I hope Don't cause any trouble, just plant yourself in!"

Put away Zhou Gui's address and phone number, and thank the staff. Before she could walk out of the gate of 21st Century Middle School, Tian Mi's phone rang. The caller was the colleague she asked to transfer the surveillance video. The camera record of Hou Qiang's car has been retrieved.

"Hou Qiang really lied. When his car passed the intersection yesterday, the time was [-]:[-] p.m.! It's not past [-]:[-] p.m. as he said." Tian Mi hung up the phone, frowning at Lu Xiangdong Said: "How about we change the plan and not go to No. [-] Middle School, and ask Hou Qiang now?"

"It's not that good." Lu Xiangdong did not agree with Tian Mi's opinion this time: "I think Hou Qiang did have something to hide, but there may not be such a serious suspicion."

"Why?" Tian Mi was a little puzzled.

"First of all, his car passed the intersection at 6:[-], and the last call on Zhou Xiaoyue's mobile phone was also at [-]:[-], and the place was near Xuezi Road. You must know that there are five minutes between the intersection and Xuezi Road." It's a [-]-minute drive, even if he drove directly there, didn't even lock the car, and rushed out to make a phone call after stopping, it would be too late." Lu Xiangdong raised a finger, and then raised a second finger: "Hou Qiang this morning Although you tried your best to avoid him and didn't want to get involved with Zhou Xiaoyue, you didn't show nervousness or fear when you mentioned Zhou Xiaoyue, so I don't think he will be the murderer."

"What you said sounds quite reasonable, but I don't know if the evidence is also consistent with your inference!" Tian Mi said so, but she didn't insist on going to Hou Qiang again that afternoon.

After all, she knew one thing in her heart—as a middle school teacher, Hou Qiang's whereabouts were relatively easy to ascertain, but Zhou Xiaoyue's so-called gangster boyfriend didn't even know his name, so his whereabouts were even worse. It's impossible to talk about it, it's safest to dig him out first.

The No. 21 Middle School is not very far from the 10st Century Middle School. It only takes 21 minutes to drive down the mountain. Since it is an ordinary junior high school, the overall momentum is much shorter than that of the [-]st Century Middle School. One is like A rich man with a fat head and big ears, and another poor tenant who looks like a disheveled face.

When I arrived at the No. [-] Middle School, I went straight to the school leader's office. After explaining my purpose, it happened that it was time for the end of class. The school leader immediately asked someone to check the girl named Liu Lin, and at the same time knew which class the girl Zhou Xiaoyue belonged to. .

After a while, a teacher came with a timid little girl.

After all, the school leaders and teachers are people with rich social experience, knowing that the criminal police must have something important to do when they come to the door. After Liu Lin was called, she tactfully left the office, leaving space for Tian Mi, Lu Xiangdong and Liu Lin to be alone.

Liu Lin's appearance was completely different from what Tian Mi imagined before she came.

Originally, Tian Mi learned from the 21st Century Middle School that Zhou Xiaoyue did not have many friends in school because she often hung out outside the school on weekdays, and her interpersonal relationship was very narrow, and Liu Lin was Zhou Xiaoyue's childhood friend and good friend. The two girls must belong to the same category.

Who knew, it was a complete misjudgment.

Liu Lin and Zhou Xiaoyue were about the same height, thinner and paler, with neatly combed ponytails, bangs fixed with hairpins, and a large school uniform with the words "Ninth Middle School" printed on them.

"You are Liu Lin? Zhou Xiaoyue is your friend?" Tian Mi confirmed.

Liu Lin nodded, looking at Tian Mi curiously all the time, as if she had no idea why the two strangers in front of her suddenly called her out of class.

"Zhou Xiaoyue was killed last night." Tian Mi tried to keep her tone gentle: "We need your help now."

(End of this chapter)